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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56891	Hell reformed or A glasse for favorits Their falls and complaints also the complaints of princes against their favorits. With the dangerous mischiefes of state politicks, flatterers, suborners, secret accusers, false witnesses, &c. Also the reasons of a devill, why he had rather continue in hell; then returne and live againe on earth. With the acclamations of a testator, for making his will before hee dyed: and his advice to others therein. Also the decree of Lucifer, for reformation. With many other notable passages, worthy observation. Discovered in a vision, by D:F:Q:V: A Spanish knight, of the Order of Saint Iames, and Lord of Ivan-Abad. Published by E:M: gent.; Infierno enmendado. English.	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.; Messervy, Edward.	1641 (1641)	Wing Q189; ESTC R220636	37,547	137

him leave the Court. As these detestable words were ending Domitian appeared Drmitian his revenge upon Suetonius who came in choller and dragging after him poore Suetonius Tranquillus saying Amongst all these Historiographers and Chroniclers there are none worse nor more dangerous then those who after the death of Emperours dishonor their reputation according to the fancy of their wits These cursed Writers cannot let Princes be in quiet during their life nor yet after their death for they cause them to revive in their Histories to trouble them afresh as this rash fellow doth towards me who speakes of mee in these tearmes His Treasure sayes he having beene exhausted by reason of the excessive expences which hee had made in building of Edifices causing Playes to be represented and in augmenting the Souldiers pay But I pray in what can a Prince better imploy his Treasure then in making of sumptuous buildings in recreating of himselfe and in recompencing the Warriers Hee endeavoured said he to raise himselfe againe from the expences which were made in the maintenance and entertainement of the Men of Warre to lessen the number But confidering that it was to give way unto strangers to play him some affront he made no scruple to ransack and pillage all manner of wayes the goods of the living and of the dead also which were confiscate upon the report of the least accuser and to undoe a man there needed nought else but to goe and say that he had spoken ill of the Prince Is it thus that one ought to speake of Princes what can he say worse of theeves and robbers Is it not a brazen-fac'd impudence to use the same tearmes for the Scepters of Kings as for Theeves stealing hookes and to compare them alike He tooke possession sayes he againe of those inheritances where he had neither right nor pretext of succession as soone as there was a False witnesse found who would say that hee had heard the deceased to whom Domitian had tyrannically ravished the goods say before his death that Caesar was his Heire Besides hee had imposed an excessive Tribute upon the Jewes and there were some who fained they were none to free themselves from 't And to that purpose I remember that being yet a yong Youth I was present when an Old man of fourescore and ten yeeres old who was thought to be a Jew was visited by the Emperours Deputy also before a great assembly of Counsellors to see whether he was circumcised yea or no. What thinke you Infernall Gentlemen is not that an insupportable injury How can I helpe the faults and excesses of my inferiour Officers For my part I wonder that the Princes my successors doe suffer those scandalous writings to be publish'd to my dishonour I who have spent so much money in the reestablishing of the Libraries which had beene burnt As he uttered this word Suetonius his Complaint Suetonius said with a dying voyce It is true that was a recommendable action and therefore I have not forgotten to make mention thereof But what canst thou reply if I accuse thee to have written in a letter which contained a certaine command these words witnesses of thy pride and impiety Your Lord and your God commands it thus And if I have said the truth in my writings whereof doest thou complaine How have I spoken of the Divine Augustus of Great Iulius Caesar and of Trajan What Heroicall actions have they done which I have not published But for thee and thy semblable who are crowned plagues what fault have I committed putting before your eyes your tyrannies which causes horror unto men and all the earth This discourse of Suetonius was interrupted by the Secret Accuser and Kindler of Dissentions Accusation against the Merchants evill Angel who addressing himselfe to Lucifer shewing him a Divell with his finger That Divell said he comes but now from the World and 't is twenty yeeres since you sent him thither Presently Lucifer commanded that he should come neere he came frowardly and presented himselfe to his Prince How did hee aske hast thou been so bold to stay so long without comming to give an account of thy actions Well thou art come but thou hast not brought along with thee not so much as one poore wicked soule nor no manner of newes from the other World My Prince answered the Divell doe not censure me if you please before you have heard me whosoever condemnes before he heares the party might by chance doe justice but it would not be just Your Divelship may be pleased to remember that you gave mee a Merchant in keeping A Merchant neere unto whom I have imployed the time whereof you asked me an account that is to say I have beene ten yeeres to cause him to commit the Thefts and ten other yeeres to hinder the Restitution See a little the Diabolicall excuse which hee hath found said Lucifer Hell now a daies is not worth any thing all is here corrupted 't is not now what it was wont to be and the Divels are not now worth a rush Then turning towards his Vassall Alas poore idiot was it needfull to stay so long neere a Merchant to make him steale and afterwards to hinder him to restore thou art an ignorant thou dost not yet perfectly understand the Art of Divellishnesse And then calling one of his Officers Carry away said he this Divell and put him in his apprentiship to learne his Trade I see hee is a Knave and that hee tels mee but a Tale doubtlesse hee hired himselfe to the Comedians to bee an Actor in their Playes 't was there that he was occupied At that time there came from the side of a little hillocke Fathers without Children Men who ran after Women They cried out helpe helpe succour us and the men stop stop take them Lucifer commanded that they should all be seased on What 's the matter amongst you said he and one of those men who was almost out of breath answered him Wee are the Fathers without Children and these Carrions Speake more civilly and truly said then a Devill unto him who as one may presume was protector of the respect due unto those Dames he had reason touching the truth for it could not be possible that they should be Fathers without Children It is true said that man that wee are all Fathers as having had Children who called us so wee were married and men of honour and wealth and though we had beene absent a long time and had great sicknesses which hindred us from child-getting though wee were de frigidis maleficiatis or else that being neere them wee did nothing but sleepe neverthelesse they brought us forth Children every yeere which wee were bound to nourish beleeving charitably that they were of our propagation for one poore imbrace which it may be we had once all the yeere long and in this opinion we have ingaged our Soules in a thousand Rapines Robberies Vsuries and