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A33251	The Protestant school-master containing, plain and easie directions for spelling and reading English, with all necessary rules for the true reading of the English tongue : together with a brief and true account of the bloody persecutions, massacres, plots, treasons, and most inhumane tortures committed by the papists upon Protestants, for near six hundred years past, to this very time, in all countries where they have usurped authority to exercise their cruelties ...: with a description of the variety of their tortures, curiously engraven upon copper plates ... / by Edw. Clark.	Clark, Edw. (Edward)	1680 (1680)	Wing C4437; ESTC R39367	111,345	217

The Protestant School-Master CONTAINING Plain and Easie Directions for spelling and Reading English with all necessary Rules for the True Reading of the English Tongue TOGETHER WITH A Brief and True Account of the Bloody Persecutions Massacres Plots Treasons and most inhumane Tortures committed by the Papists upon Protestants for near six hundred years past to this very time in all Countries where they have usurped Authority to exercise their Cruelties That is The Persecutions of the Protestants in Piedmont Bohemia Germany Poland Lithuania France Italy Spain Portugal The Low Countries Scotland Ireland and England With a Description of the Variety of their Tortures curiously Engraven upon Copper Plates And several other useful Particulars By Edw. Clark B. D. LONDON Printed by T. B. And are to be sold by John How at the Rose and Crown in Sweetings Alley near the Royal Exchange in Cornhil 1680. The Protestant School-Master CONTAINING Plain and Easie Directions for spelling and Reading English with all necessary Rules for the True Reading of the English Tongue TOGETHER WITH A Brief and True Account of the Bloody Persecutions Massacres Plots Treasons and most inhumane Tortures committed by the Papists upon Protestants for near 600 Years past to this very time in all Countries where they have usurped Authority to exercise their Cruelties That is The Persecutions of the Protestants in Piedmont Bohemia Germany Poland Lithuania France Italy Spain Portugal The Low Countries Scotland Ireland and England With a Description of the Variety of their Tortures curiously Engraven upon Copper Plates And several other useful Particulars By Edw. Clark B. D. LONDON Printed by T. B. And are to be sold by Enoch Prossor at the Rose and Crown in Sweetings Alley near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1680. TO THE Protestant Nobility Gentry and Commonalty of ENGLAND SINCE we may Daily observe That the Romish Foxes both Jesuits Priests and Layity do lay out the utmost of their strength and Policy to introduce their cursed Principles and Practices into this Kingdom it concerns every Man to be upon his Guard and to endeavour as much as possible to secure and forewarn all Protestants of the danger of the return of that medly of Non-sence Blasphemy and Slavery And young Persons especially ought to be truly informed thereof since the design of these Sons of Belial is to debauch the Youth of this Nation and therefore upon all occasions you shall hear them vilifying all Religion and abusing the Holy Scriptures there being none fitter to be Roman Catholicks as they non-sensically call themselves than Atheists because they find little or no difference between the Popish Religion if it deserves that Name and none at all since Treasons Rebellions Murders Rapes Burnings and all manner of the most Horrid Cruelties Hell it self can invent are so far from being Crimes or Sins that they are many times counted meritorious and a Man shall deserve Heaven for committing them according to the Doctrine of that Church there being no sin unpardonable but that which they falsly call Heresie or the true Worship of God according to the Scriptures and for this it is that they would have murdered our Gracious Sovereign turned our Land into Blood Slaughter and Confusion For this they would have overthrown our Religion enslaved our Consciences or else have burnt our Bodies to Ashes as they did our Ancestors It is difficult to give a draught of this bloody Beast of Rome it would be a horrid sight to draw him in his full proportion yet take a short view of him so as to tremble at the thoughts of what others have suffered and what he yet hopes to inflict upon us if Divine Providence prevent him not though no doubt but the Almighty will save and deliver us out of his Hands His Eyes are Flames that have consumed the Bodies of many Thousand Martyrs His Mouth is like Hell gaping for his Prey Blood gushes out of his Jaws like Rivers his bloody Tuskes are the Racks and tormenting Engines wherewith he grinds the Bones of Gods Saints His Tail is Armed with the stings of Scorpions wherewith he lashes Kings and Kingdoms from his Throat he belches forth Curses and Excommunications and denounces Judgments and Death upon all that oppose him It is this Monster of Persecution and Cruelty that the Slaves of Rome endeavour to advance in all places where they have Power and Authority and by this you may Judge of their Principles and Religion by these evil Fruits you may Judge of the Tree and what Spirit they are of their hopes are very great and their confidence mighty but we trust Heaven will blast their designs and overthrow their Machinations and yet save his People So that we may have cause to bless the Lord of Heaven and Earth and to praise him in the Congregation Let us therefore have no disagreement among Protestants but let us as one Man by all justifiable and lawful methods in our several Places and Stations oppose this armed Beast of Persecution And let us instruct our Youth both in their Principles and Practices that so they may avoid and fly from them as from that which will certainly ruine Soul Body and Estate for ever This is the design of this little Book which will give a brief Account of the Mischiefs and Villanies committed by that Man of sin upon the Servants of God ever since he appeared in the World the like of which were never acted by Heathens Turks or Infidels and since they make so ill use of Pictures upon many accounts I have endeavoured to draw in Picture some short strokes of the variety of their Tortures practised upon Protestants a Volume not being able to contain the whole of their Horrid Massacres and Inhumane torments Here are likewise Rules for teaching young people to read English so that this may serve instead of any other Book of this kind and youth may at the same time reap both profit and Delight and thereby learn in time to read their Bible that Great Enemy to the Popish Church and which they formerly have and would again burn as well as our Bodies if it were in their power Therefore let us Conclude in the words of the Royal Psalmist Psalm 5. Destroy thou the wicked and mischievous Persecutors O God let them fall by their own Councils Cast them out in the multitude of their Transgressions for they have rebelled against thee but let all those who put their Trust in thee rejoyce let them ever shout for Joy because thou defendest them let them also that love thy Name be Joyful in thee For thou O Lord wilt bless the Righteous with favour wilt thou compass him as with a Shield Amen So Prays he who is an hearty Well-wisher to the Protestant Religion Edw. Clark The Alphabet of several sorts of Letters Roman small Letters a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s s t u v w x y z Italick small Letters a b c

not No-ses have they but smell not They have hands but they han-dle not Feet have they but they walk not nei-ther speak they through their throat They that make them are like un-to them so is e-ve-ry one that trust-eth in them O Is-ra-el trust thou in the Lord for he is their help and their shield O house of A-ron trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield Ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord he is their help and their shield He will bless them that fear the Lord both small and great The Lord shall in-crease you more and more both you and your Chil-dren You are bles-sed of the Lord which made Hea-ven and Earth The Hea-ven e-ven the Hea-vens are the Lords but the Earth hath he gi-ven to the Chil-dren of Men. The dead praise not the Lord nei-ther a-ny that go down in-to si-lence But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for e-ver-more Praise the Lord. DANIEL Chap. 3. NEbuchadnezzar ehe King made an Image of Gold whose height was Three-score Cubits and the breadth thereof six Cubits he set it up in the plain of Dura in the Province of Babylon Then an Herald cryed aloud To you it is commanded O People Nations and Languages That at what time ye hear the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sackbut Psaltery Dulcimer and all kinds of Musick ye fall down and worship the Golden Image that Nebuchadnezzar the King hath set up And who so falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into a burning fiery Furnace Therefore at that time when all the People heard the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sack-but Psaltery and all kinds of Musick all the People the Nations and the Languages fell down and Worshipped the Golden Image that Nebuchadnezar the King had set up Wherefore at that time certain Caldeans came near and Accused the Jews They spake and said to the King Nebuchadnezar O King live for ever Thou O King hast made a Decree that every Man that shall hear the sound of the Cornet Flute Harp Sackbut Psaltery and Dulcimer and all kinds of Musick shall fall down and Worship the Golden Image And who so falleth not down and Worshippeth that he should be cast into the midst of a Burning Fiery Furnace There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the Affairs of the Province of Babylon Shadrach Meshach and Abednego These Men O King have not regarded thee they serve not thy Gods nor Worship the Golden Image that thou hast set up Daniel Chap. 3. Ver. 13. THEN Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar in his Rage and Fu-ry com-mand-ed to bring Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go then they brought these Men be-fore the King Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar Spake and said Is it true O Sha-drach Me-shack and A-bed-ne-go do not ye serve my Gods nor Wor-ship the Gol-den I-mage that I have set up Now if ye be rea-dy that at what time ye hear the Sound of the Cor-net Flute Harp Sack-but Psal-te-ry and Dul-cimer and all kinds of Mu-sick ye fall down and Wor-ship the I-mage which I have made well but if ye Wor-ship not ye shall be cast the same Hour in-to the midst of a Burn-ing Fi-e-ry Fur-nace and who is that God that shall de-li-ver you out of my hands Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go an-swe-red and said un-to the King O Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar we are not care-full to an-swer thee in this matter If it be so our God whom we serve is a-ble to de-li-ver us from the Burn-ing Fi-e-ry Fur-nace and he will de-li-ver us out of thy hand O King But if not be it known un-to thee O King we will not serve thy Gods nor Wor-ship thy Gol-den I-mage which thou hast set up Daniel Chap. 3. Ver. 19. THEN was Nebuchadnezzar full of Fury and the form of his Visage was changed against Shadrach Meshack and Abednego therefore he spake and Commanded that they should heat the Furnace one seven times more then it was wont to be heat And he Commanded the most Mighty Men that were in his Army to bind Shadrach Meshack and Abednego and to cast them into the Burning fiery Furnace Then these Men were bound in their Coats and Hosen and their Hats and their other Garments and were cast into the midst of the Burning Fiery Furnace Therefore because the Kings Commandment was urgent and the Furnace exceeding hot the Flame of the Fire slew those Men that took up Shadrach Meshach and Abednego And these three Men fell down bound into the burning fiery Furnace Then Nebuchadnezzar the King was Astonished and rose up in hast and spake and said unto his Councellors did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the Fire they answered and said unto the King True O King He answered and said Lo I see four men loose walking in the midst of the Fire and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the Mouth of the Burning Fiery Furnace and spake and said Shadrach Meshach and Abednego the Servants of the most High God come forth and come hither then Shadrach Meshach and Abednego came forth of the midst of the Fire And the Princes and Governors and Captains and the Kings Councellors being gathered together saw these Men upon whose Bodies the Fire had no Power nor was an hair of their head Singed neither were their Coats changed nor the smell of Fire had passed on them Daniel 3. Ver. 28. Then Ne-bu-chad-nez-zar spake and said Bles-sed be the God of Sha-drach Me-shech and A-bed-ne go who hath sent his An-gel and de-li-ve-red his Ser-vants that trust-ed in him and have chang-ed the Kings Word and yield-ed their bo-dys that they might not serve nor Wor-ship any God ex-cept their own God There-fore I make a De-cree that e-ve-ry peo-ple Na-ti-on and Language which speak a-ny thing a-miss a-gainst the God of Sha-drach Me-shach and A-bed-ne-go shall be cut in Pie-ces and their Hou-ses shall be made a Dung-hill be-cause there is no o-ther God that can de-li-ver af-ter this sort Then the King pro-mo-ted Sha-drach Mashach and A-bed-ne-go in the Pro-vince of Ba-by-lon Some Verses Written by Mr. John Careless Martyr in Queen Maries Reign and presented to a Gentlewoman who came to Visit him in Prison My Sister Dear God give you Grace With stedfast Faith in Jesus name His Gospel always to Imbrace And live according to the same To Dye for Christ think it no Shame But hope in God and in him trust And you shall have Eternal Joy When you shall rise out of the Dust For which most sweet and blessed Day To God with Faith your Prayer make And in your Prayers pray that I May of that Heavenly Joy partake And thus to God I you Commend Who is your Castle and Defence Let him protect you from all ill Until to Heaven you go from hence Amen 1. Hast Lord from such as would devour Defend by thy Almighty Power Delay not in so

Cacalla a man of Excellent Learning and one Rochus a skilful Graver of Images who turned Protestants and died for the same also one John Pontio Gónsalvo a Priest Juliano Leon Arias Losada a Physician Together with a Lady and several VVomen and Virgins who were burnt at several times in divers places and Twenty others besides who were burnt in one Fire after they had endured all the horrid torments of the Rack the Pully the Trough the Barnacle the Twisting Cord and the rest of the barbarous Tortures and Inventions of the cursed Inquisition Nay divers English men being betrayed by the Insinuation of wicked Informers were likewise burnt in Spain as Nicholas Burton Merchant of London was burnt at Sevil and another English man with him and not long after two more named John Baker and Villiam Burgate and about the same time William Burges Master of an English Ship was burnt there likewise and one William Hooker a youth of about sixteen years old was stoned to death for the bold profession of the Truth As Portugal is but a little Kingdom and the power of the Pope and his Clergy very considerable there as well as in Spain they have wonderfully supprest the power of the Truth with their Tortures yet some have their likewise suffered for the Gospel and among others William Gardner an English man whom they put to death with most exquisite Tortures at Lisbon in the year 1552 for taking the Host out of a Cardinals Hand and stamping it under his Feet He boldly asserting to the King himself That he did it out of Conscience as not being able to endure to see the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper irreverently used to so great Idolatry and although all manner of cruelty was used toward him yet he dyed with extraordinary Constancy singing Psalms in the Flames to the very last moment of his life The Rage and Fury of Papists in the Low-Countreys or Netherlands was no less then in other places For the Inquisition being introduced there it was accompanied with all manner of cruelty At Antwerp one Nicholas an Holy good man was bound up in a Sack and drown'd In Holland a Learned Preacher called Pistorius was burnt being carryed to the stake with a Fools Coat on his back Wendel muta a Widow likewise suffered death with much Constancy Several Ministers were beheaded among the rest one George Scherter who after his head had been cut off for some time and his body lying on his Belly he turning himself on his Back and crossing his Right Foot over the left and his right hand over the left continued so to the great admiration of the Spectators and the Conversion of many Several were drowned others were made away in Prisons others shut up in dark and noisom places and none suffered to come at them being fed only with Bread and Water till they were famished At Lorain several were Martyred some by Fire others beheaded There was a very great Persecution all over Flanders about the year 1544 so that there was hardly a Town or City in all the Countrey wherein some were not banished beheaded or condemned to perpetual Imprisonment neither was there any respect either to Age or Sex but especially at Gaunt many of the chief Persons were burned for being Protestants and several others in Brabant and Artois insomuch that Two Hundred Men and VVomen were cruelly destroyed at one time some of them being drowned some burned alive and some privately murdered so that the Hangman began to be tyred and wearied out with such continual Executions At the Town of Mecklin Dornick and Delden several were put to death and among the rest two Noble Virgins who were Sisters and likewise a Mother and her three Sons who all dyed owning the Gospel and zealously exclaiming against the Cruelty and Idolatry of the Papists And about the same time they miserably tormented one Bertrand for trampling the Host under his Feet whom they thrice put to the Rack and because he would not recant in the Market place of Dornick they put a Ball of Iron into his Mouth to keep him from speaking and then crushed his Right hand between two flat Red hot Irons till the form of it was changed and then did the like by his Foot which he endured with admirable patience then tying him round the wast by a Pully and making a Fire underneath they hoisted him up and down till he was burnt to Ashes which they cast into the River There were several Martyred at Valence and Lisle and one of the Judges pronouncing sentence against these good People said This Day you shall go to dwell with all the Devils in Hell Fire But the greatest Instrument of the Devil in those Countreys was the Duke of Alva who was sent by the King of Spain to Root the Protestants out of the Low-Countreys This Duke boasted one time at his own Table That he had been diligent to root out Heresie for besides those he had slain in the Wars He had put into the hands of the Common Hangman to be Executed within the space of six years no less then Eighteen Thousand Persons And to complete this sad Catastrophe we may also remember that William of Nastaw Prince of Orang was shot by a Villain called Joanville who was encouraged by a Jacobine Fryar to do it the Rascal was thrust through with an Halbert and the Fryar was hang'd But this wound not proving mortal they hired one Gerard a Burgundion who standing behind the Pillar in a Room shot the Prince dead as he past by PSALM 105. WE nothing can of merit claim Not for our sakes thy aid afford But for the Honour of thy Name Thy Mercy and unfailing Word Why should th' insulting Heathen cry Where 's now the God they vainly Praise Our Lord inthron'd above the Sky All underneath at pleasure swayes Their Gods but Gold and Silver be Made by a frail Artificer For they have eyes that cannot see Dumb Mouths and Ears that cannot hear Fools on their Altars Incense throw Who nothing smell their feet are bound Nor have they Power to move or go Their throats give Passage to no sound Their hands can neither give nor take Unapt to punish or defend As senseless they who Idols make Or to their carved Statues bend Your hopes in God O Israel place He is your help and strong defence Be he you Priests of Aarons Race The Object of your Confidence In him all you that fear him Trust He shall protect you in destress The Lord is of his Promise Just And will his Faithfull Servants Bless He in the Heaven of Heavens resides And over all his Creatures reigns Among the Sons of men divides The Earth and all that Earth contains Who sleep within the Vaults of Death No Offerings to his Altars bring O Praise his Name while we have Breath And loudly Halelu-jah sing Mr. Wischard burnt A 1000 drown in a River Candles made of Mens fatt Irish Children Kill