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A00209	A fig for the Spaniard, or Spanish spirits VVherein are liuelie portraihed the damnable deeds, miserable murders, and monstrous massacres of the cursed Spaniard. With a true rehearsal of the late trobles, and troblesome estate of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Portingall: Wherevnto are annexed matters of much marueile, and causes of nolesse consequence. Magna est veritas, & preualet.	G. B., fl. 1592-1597.	1591 (1591)	STC 1026; ESTC S116564	14,477	28

Teretz The common rumor is for stabbing a lustie younker fauoured of the King of Spaine Secretarie to the king of Spaine vpon what occasion is yet vncertaine for that it is the Spaniardes dissembling nature to minde and reuenge one thing but to pretend another being committed to prison found the meanes partly through his wife who daily had accesse vnto him and partly by his letters directed to his friendes about the Court that he escaped some say in the habite of a Countriman who being secretly conueied to Saragosa The occasion of the first rising in Aragō in Aragon among his friends made known vnto them howe indirectly or rather iniuriously the king and inquisition proceeded against them contrarie to iustice and the priuiledges of their Realme to what purpose they did it and to what effect it would insue if it were not remedied As of small drops rise great flouds and of a sparke is kindled a great fire so of this in mans iudgement but a small mole-hill is made so great a mountaine that it may bee a secret iudgement of the Lorde to cause to spring from thence either so great a floud that may drowne all Spaine for their sinnes or so forcible a light fire that may purge purifie them from their dregs But to the matter newes being brought vnto the King and inquisition of the escape of the secretarie that he had gotten Aragon a strong Mandamus The light fire of the gospell was sealed to the Vice-roy to make all speedy and diligent search after him wherein the Vice-roy prooued so painefull that once againe the Secretarie THe double diligence of the Viceroy was taken and cast into prison no doubt but much more narrowly watched then before The holy Fathers of the Inquisition the catercappe deuils Doctors I should say that like bloudy butchers continually thirst after bloud thinking them selues sure and all things in safety whilest they are preparing to sit in iudgement vpon the said Anthonie Teretz and dispatch him in the way were suddenly encountred by a multitude that lay closely in ambushe for the purpose in and about the Cittie from the Countrey and mountaines there about whereby the Secretarie was re-deliuered many of the holy Fathers slaughtered their Couches some of them burnt some hackt and hewed in peeces their seruants scattered the Kings and Vice-royes powers discomfited and to the number of 150 persons slaine The King hauing intelligence of this great dishonour and vnfortunate repulse standing vpon thornes till he were reuenged forthwith dispatched a band of 4000. against them who knowing that the boon of a tyrant is bloud and his grace nothing but death resolued euerie man to trie the last dice of fortune and so die then yeelding bee brought into a second slauerie In fine so well the The rendering of the citties kingdomes of Catalonia and valentia citizens and kingdom of Aragon demeaned themselues against the kings forces that they drew vnto them the citties and kingdomes of Catalonia and Valentia also which three kingdomes are vppe in arms against the King partly to reuenge the deaths of those noble personages whome most cruelly he murdered and partly to defend their antient rites and priuileges and vpon many and waightie considerations haue elected them as some report a new King The names of the Nobles whom lately the King of Spaine hath put to death The names of the nobles who latelie suffered in Spaine be these The Duke of Ossune The Duke of Ferill The Countie of Orgus The Countie of Micas gouernor of Granado strangled and burnt The Archbishop of Corduba confessor to the King The Bishop of Cadis Don Francisco Lapeto president of the Kings counsell Don Vasques Secretarie to the state is fled with 7. Nobles more and Anthany Teretz also whose discourse ye haue heard is fledde and safe with the French King who is his rightfull Liege These vnexpected tumults and sudden claps of war though they haue bin of short continuance yet haue they bene very combersome and bitter vnto the Spaniard and haue not onely caused great hart-burning against him with the Laiety but also some rancour of the Cleargy as may appeare by this probabilitie On All-Saints day last there chanced a Iesuite A pleasant storie of a Iesuite and a frier confirmed by certaine persons of sufficient credite who haue receiued the truth of all these matters which order is most odible to all other Cloysterers to preach in Saragosa before diuers men of account in the citty who among other matters began busily to handle the present mutinies and vnreuerent rebellions of the land against their Soueraigne and holy Fathers of the inquisition shewing the emolument that came by them and inconueniences that would ensue if they were resisted concluding with this corollarium that it would be meritorious both for their bodies soules peaceable to the Realme profitable to themselues their wiues children and kinsefolkes yea and auailable for their landes and liuinges for which they were now in contention if they wold quietly lay down those armes and readilie betake them to the mercy of his Catholique Maiestie and fauour of the holy inquisition A. Frier happilie hearing him and warilie noting more then the common people although generally enough was noted in his Epiphonema or shutting vp of his matter not mistrusted approched the Pulpit and suddenly threwe a chain or coller of puddings about the Iesuits neck A pudding is too good meat for a traiterous Iesuite crying out good people heere is meete dinner for the Iesuits good sermon which deed notwithstanding there were present men of authority of the Citty and questionlesse very many of the currant stamps yet generally it was so well taken that out of the Church the Iesuit was haled into the street and there disguised in a fooles coat carried vppon mens shoulders to bee scorned vp and downe the Citty and whether hee escaped with life is not yet signified And here by the way I wish all men that either heare or read these truthes truly and duly to consider what great cause Don Philip of Spain hath either to pretend or practise any inuasion vpon anie K. Philip if he looke about him at this time hathsmal cause to broch new broiles Prince forraine this yeare hauing so much ado at home not onely with his temporaltie but also with his darling and sweet nurserie his sacred and spotles spiritualtie Thus far concerning the state and affaires of Aragon nowe let vs see what is and hath beene done this yeare in Portingall A Roceio is an open place where gentlemen walke for their plesure in Lisbon Portingal gentleman walking in the Roceio of Lisbon espied a base Castilion of such proud and presumtuous demenor so fantasticall in his attire loftie in his looks and slow in his pace as though he had bin treading of measures could not long bear him but bearded him and iustled him wherevpon The originall

A FIG FOR THE SPANIARD OR SPANISH SPIRITS VVherein are liuelie portraihed the damnable deeds miserable murders and monstrous massacres of the cursed Spaniard With a true rehearsal of the late trobles and troblesome estate of Aragon Catalonia Valencia and Portingall Wherevnto are 〈…〉 of much marueile and causes of 〈◊〉 consequence Magn● est veritas 〈◊〉 praeualet LONDON Printed by Iohn Woolfe and are to be solde by william Wright 1591. TO THE CVRTEOVS GENTLEMEN READERS HEALTH GEntlemen though Philip of Spaine be olde and bed-redde yet hee is not quite dead and though his forces for the present be somewhat weakned yet is hee not vtterly conquered in good time hee may be by diuine assistance and your worthy valors shew your selues therfore the right inheritours of the vertues of your auncestours that is in peace to be mindful of warre and in war most studious of peace bearing alwaies vpright minds and forward heartes to helpe your friendly neighbours For if our friendly neighbors farewell then like all friends we shal fare the better but if they faile of peaceable successe wee can looke for nothing but warlike vproares your wisedomes know what I meane let it be then brieflie pro lege pro rege pro grege Macte virtute sitis Yours at commandement G. B. HAec est virgo poteus haec est Regina fidelis Haec est Diua latens muliebribus alma figuris Quae tot lustra gerens apud Anglos nobile sceptrum Regibus est redamata bonis populoque Deoque LENVOY ONe thing remaines thee Reader yet vndone Cast vp thine eyes and see her splendent grace Whome Graces so adorne that she hath wonne From Monarkes all the first and highest place And raignes on Earth like Goddesse sent from loue In mercie peace prosperitie and loue To her for succour kings do flie from farre No king saue one but ioyes our Sabaes plight Poore strangers from their soyles expeld by warre For Christes sake find fauour in her sight From North from South from East and from the West To hir they come and heere they finde a rest O happie Realme where mercie beareth swaie O happie Realme where Hypocrites auaunt Such Hypocrites I meane that counsayle aye Nought els but death and Princes braines inchant Such Hypocrites in Fryers habites lurke That rapines rapes treasons guyles murders worke Aske France heereof such Hypocrites they rue And England when king Iohn was poysoned Her Maiestie hath found it too too true But Ioue hath vow'd 〈◊〉 saue his daughters head Ioue her defend from all such monsters fell And from the Romish monster that monstrous feend of hell Pro Lege pro Rege pro Groge A FIG FOR THE Spaniard IT hath bene seene from the heginning There hath bene alwaies from time to time a troublesome people in the world and great molesters of their neighbours exāples folow and 〈◊〉 is proued most true that among the nations there hath alwaies beene one seuerall people farre surpassing the other in ambitious price and tyrannicall policy not seeking by neighborhood to quench their vnlawfull thirst to rule but quickning the flames of their vnnaturall dropsie by hawty rage the one purchasing them deadly hatred abroad the other continuall tumults at home both endlesse vnquiet of their restles thoughts In the greene spring of the worlde what time In the second raigne of Orifiel spirite of Saturne The pride tyranny of nimrod sprōg of the seede of Cham. ambition thrusting out her monstrous head began freshly to sow common discord among men and general contempt of God himselfe Nimrod of the seed of cursed Cham tearmed in holy writ a strong hunter that is such a one as compelled men to obay either by force or for feare in loftines of mind forgetting himselfe to be mortall and faining himselfe and fellowe Princes immortall by ouer-maistring his simple neighbours reared a tower whose strange height might match the top of heauen and consequently like God ouer-looke the whole earth But as he that sitteth aboue the Cherubins and laugheth to scorne the fond deuices of worldlinges with woonderfull patience pampreth the proud a while and suffreth them like coped Lyons to swing their short course so when they begin to grow intollerable neuer was their lift so lofty but their fall is as low if not lower to the lowest nook of hell A present and perfect mirrour is this Nimrod who when he had tyrannized ouer his commons The effects of tyranny vsurped ouer his neighbors foraged their Countries neglected diuine rites extinguished true religion and in the mount of his pride for such is the insatiable and swelling ●●●come of ambition opposed himselfe against God was suddenly thrown The fall of Nimrod first king of the world and Emperour of the Chaldeans downe despoiled of his Crowne his glorie rent from him his Maiestie impaired his dominions translated and all his stocke defaced by Assur of whome proceeded afterward the Monarchie and masterdome of the Assirrians These gallants enioying the Empire and his Metropolis Babilon The example of the Assirians proceding of Assur more yeares then Nimrod but with no lesse pride thought it no offence with Nimrod to opresse their subjects rob and spoile their friends depopulate forraine countries slaughter their neighbours vsurpe ouer their Territories and count all lawefull pillage which their swords could wrongfully purchase But as these caualiers dealt with the Chaldeans Such measure as we meat to others such measure shall be met to vs. so likewise are they measured vnto and matched by the Medes who perceiuing their discipline of warre changed altogeather into delicate ●●●●●nesse their wealth reapt by prowesse rupt on the backes of strumpets and that their riches made them rechlesse more apt to take their present case then to delight in their former exploits tooke hartie grace suddenly inuaded them speedily conquered The originall of the Median Monarchie in the fal of wanton Sardanapalus them and forced the woman-like man and vnmanlike King Sardanapalus as he was sitting and spinning among his Curtizans wittingly and wilfully to end his owne life which as some Authors affirme was the onely ●eed that euer hee did to shew himselfe a man spending the rest of his daies The Chaldeans Assirians the first that made was in the world more like a woman Thus were the vain glorious Chaldeans and arrogant Ass●yrians the first seedmen of seditions the stirrers vp of bloudy broyles maintainers of deadly warres and vsurpers ouer their neighbours though happilie not so wille politike and cruell as they yet as wise as warlike and more religious In like violent actions succeeded the Medes and The Persians Greekes and Romanes resembled in pride tyrany to the Caldeans Assirians Meads Persians after them the Greekes and Romanes so that the worlde hath hitherto neuer wanted some one nation sometime it hath had mo that haue beene scourges whippes and terrours vnto the residue But at this present day whether our

of the last dissentions in Portingall the mater was debated by Stafford law the Portingall slaine and the Spaniard escaped into the Castle Immediatly certaine Portingall Gentlemen of his familiars swore reuenge not long since haue had their wils For on S. Mathews day last finding a crue of Castilions reuelling in a brothell house suddenlie set vpon and slewe fiue of them which caused the other Castillions of the Castle to come downe in extreame heat of choller and offer great violence through the cittie vntill the great multitudes of Portingals that were hastilie swarmed together made them betake them to their heeles and euer since more watchfullie warilie guard their But thus it is not ended for since we haue had knowledg of diuers other bickerings castle The mater being brought in question before the Cardinal who now a while keepeth warm the K. of Portingals seat being found that the Spaniards were chief masters of misrule and mischiefe as they are alwaies they were punished seuerelie but all in vaine for old rankor is not easilie forgotten A Paradox King Philip to inioy the crown of Portingall especially committed these three most damnable iniquities first he betraied to death his own Nephew next set paking the Cardinal and lastly exiled and keepeth in exile the right heire nor the antient malice between those two nations lightlie forgiuen For it is impossible may passe for a Paradox to thinke that those two Nations the Portingall and Spaniard will euer be fullie reconciled F●● as often as either they shal remember or their cronicles report the fraudulent feats of false Philip against his neighbour K. and kingly nephew Don Sebastion so braue a yong prince only hope of the Portingals record the dāned vsurping of the spitefull Spaniards miserable exile of Don Anthony lawful and indubitant heire now fauoured and fostered by her Maiestie so often as they shal either speake or thinke vpon the cursed acts of Christophero de Moyra one of the Kings fauorites as often as they shall either heare or thinke vpon the heapes of their poore countrey men that haue bin within this 13. yeares most desperatly murthered and of their owne intollerable seruitude they indure at this instant they will haue as good and fell stomaks as euer they had at the I le of Terferes what time the braue and wise gentleman Don Cyprian Figuredo Christo de Moyra sent a counterfeit cooke into France to poyson Don Antonie This gouernor gaue the king of Spain great battailes and ouercame in both liuing now with his King in England Vasconsalus was gouernour there to the Spaniards cost to rip out their harts and eat them with salt Wherein I aduertise all those of our Nation that without any sufficient triall of their detestable deeds and knowledge of their crabbed nature are such great friends and stout fauorites of the enemies of the world not to bee deceiued but as they be men and should haue the spirite of reason so to bee gouerned and guided by reason Suppose the Spaniard as they wish but God be praised he is verie far from should make a conquest in this land and bring all to his bay as hee hath done in other countries ouer whome hee vsurpeth Would hee tro yee spare this more then them No hee will finde fiue hundred times more cause to ●●ce and ransacke our citties to pill and pole our country to murther and massacre our people then theirs For they were his neighbours we meer strangers they haue bene sometime his friends wee alwaies as he counteth sworne enemies they are of his owne religion wee altogeather contrary they haue the Pope to mittigate his wrath if hee be to fierce wee haue both Pope and Pope-lings to incense him vnto further ire that hee may be more frowarde so that whatsoeuer the Pope and hee could doe that they would doe say they promise they sweare they neuer so much to the contrarie and whatsoeuer they will doe may not bee gainesaid as vnlawfull Wherefore let all English hearts and true hearted English-men say with the Poet. Aurea libertas gemma preciosior omni And whilest they haue it imbrace it not betray it but hazard lands liues lims all to maintain it Finally let those regions ouer whome the Spaniard alreadie tyranizeth be exāples vnto vs whose cofers are alreadie impouerished whose people are mightily impaired whose liues are not theyr owne whose landes vpon euerie light quarrell are confiscate whose antient-rightes are contemned peculiar priuiledges infringed wholesome lawes violated and all in all corrupted then may we couragiously say God the Lord of hostes who is and hath alwaies been our defender is our right and cheerfully vaunt a Fig for the Spaniard We haue hetherto discussed howe vnlike and vnable the Spaniardes is in respect of the foresayd troubles which as yet on no part are fully pacified to pursue his determination nowe let vs prie a litle more narrowly into matters of no lesse consequence and by examining them wee may easily coniecture what he is able to effect The scarcitie therefore of bread and defect of all other store of Wonderfull great dearth throughout all Spaine victuall wherwith Spaine especially the sea-coasts thereof this present yeare haue beene plagued woulde rather haue beene a terrible warning to anie other Prince of corrigible nature to haue humbled himselfe vnto almightie God and to continue in praier for the auoydance of so great a miserie then to prepare and threaten bloudy wars against his neighbour Princes better able for the present to maugre and indure armes then he yea the flourishing kingdome of Naples which for his God punisheth the people sometime for the transgressions of the Prince woonderfull fertilitie was wont to be tearmed the Garden of the world hath these two yeares so ill prospered not onely in her corne and fruites but also in her vintage and other prouision that it is found not to yeeld the third part that it was wont whereby the people perish moste lamentably the Nero Emperor of Rome when hee saw the Citie flaming with fire laughed and soong verses containing the destruction of Troy land is wasted pitifully and all in all lament rufully onely Philip who should be more grieued and pensiue then the rest like his great grandsier Nero when he sawe Rome on fire is so farre from mourning that he rather mocketh and triumpheth risit Sardonico But say that neither these plagues of swelling sedition or pinching famine happily sent by God himselfe to none other ende but to relent his stonie heart and set him at peace with other Princes that seek after and delight in peace can quallifie his hautie humour or quench his hot desire of reuenge Let vs yet weigh if there be not occasions of as great moment to moue and mollifie him except he meane his people shippes artillerie and warlike furniture should rather perish by warre then consumed through famine Who is In Flanders