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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04056	The interpreter wherin three principall termes of state much mistaken by the vulgar are clearly unfolded.	Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626, attributed name.	1622 (1622)	STC 14115; ESTC S101337	6,718	18

to Church and state who for the loue of one all others hate And for particular ends and private aymes forsake their Countrey their conscience maymes His Character abridg'd if you would haue Hee 's one that would a subiect bee no slaue A Protestant so will the Formalist be called A Protestant is such an other thing As makes within his heart God of the King And as if hee did with his crowne inherite A never-erring and infallible spirite Labours to blow him up by praise of witt And by false flatteries coosen him of it A Protestant is one that shakes the head And pitties much the Palsgraue was mislead to meddle with Bohemia and incense The Spanish wrath gainst which there is no fense That his Revenewes in the Paltz againe were well restor'de hee wishes so that Spaine would take the honours of that house and give Mentz his demaunds letting the Paltzgraue live for such a favour as his lands and life not one except the father of ●is wife That King of peace and loue dares bouldly craue But what is it he may d●spaire to haue By meanes of th' English and the Scottish Saint who at their pupills suit doth still acquaint The Spanish Patron how the first of May Philip and Jacob make one holy day what therefore 's giuen to one the other must Bee sharer in for Iames is surnam'd Iust And ●o● this yeare by holy churches count The Kalender reform'd hath singled out These two most sacred saincts to wayt upon Our Saviours feast of Resurrection which by the English Heathen computation meets with May day amongst the ●atholick nation And may be such a day as that for goodnes which some call'd 〈◊〉 May day from peoples woodnes A day of feasting and a day of pleasure A day of m●riage and withall of Treasure A day of Catholique unity and loue which may a kinde of Resurrection moue in our State union almost now forgot being buried bo●h by th' English and the Scot. Soain● strikes betwixt and like a Lord commands They ioyne their Lawes togither as their Lands And ioyne they will but in despite of Spaine making his holy day of hope but vaine A Protestant is hee that fa●ne would take occasion from the East or West to shake our League with the Vnited Provinces to which end hee hath many faire pretences Our honour first for in the Greenland they And the East Indies beat our ships away Our profit likewise for in both those places wee doe great loss sustaine beside disgraces And in the nar●ow Seas where wee are mast●rs They w●ll presume to be our herring tasters But we should ha●● w●ite he●●ings wondrous plentie If they would giue us two or every twenty O● stay our idle l●ysure till that none remayn'd for them or us but all w●re gone And if ●h●y will no● thus our humors serue That wee saith hee should l●aue them they deserue A herring co● wee see will make him quarrell w●at wou●d the man doe thinke you for a barrell Well could I wish these things w●re all amended But greater busines now is to be tended Our liues religions liberties and lands vpon this nice and tickle quarrell stands And wee must for a fi●ter tim● attend else Spaine will soone this controversie end A Protestant is hee that by degrees clymes every office knowes the proper fees they give and take at entrance of the place and at what rate againe they vent that grace knowes in how many yeares a man may gather ynough to make hims●lfe a reverend father Or from the lowest civill step arise To sit with honour in the starry skies for hee hath gone that progresse step by step as snayles creepe up where safely none can leap for snales doe leave behinde their silver slyme and guild the way for falling as they clyme A Protestant is hee that with the streame Still swims and wisely shunnes every extreame Loues not in pointe of faith to be precise but to beleeve as Kings doe counts it wise If Constantine the great will Christened bee this will the white Roabe weare aswell as hee And in the hallowed founteyne plunge a mayne his naked body as if every stayne were now washt off and his inflamed zeale Thirsted these waters vvhich soules sin doth heale Againe if Iulian will renounce his faith this man will say iust as his Soveraigne saith If he intend Religion to betray and yet will walke a close and covert way Corrupting men by office honour bounty you shall finde this man will deserve a County By double dealing and by broaking so That none shall thinke him ere they finde him to Apostated for no way so doth worke to make a man an Atheist Jew or Turke as doe Corrupted manners which lets in a deluge of impietie and sinne These backt by favour and preferment may haue power to make all error open way and every man will censure opposition when guilden flattry kills without suspition This poysoned viall then was powred in when first the Church got meanes to mainteyn sin and now the meanes withdrawne or misimploy'd makes all Religion and a●l conscience voyd for man that hunts for honour wealth or fame will be as those be who dispose the same So that no readier way there can be found to conquer us then to corrupt the sound by Bribes the worst assault that can befall to bodies politique confounding all Guiftes blinde the wise And though the Chequer bee open and empty as erst full and free yet other brybes can worke the same effect that Mammon would the favour and respect of favourits a nod or winke from Kings imployment office grace are able things Besides the honour'd stile of Vicount Lord. Earle Marquesse Duke can worke at every word straunge alterations more then Circes Cup In such as can no otherwayes get up Will hee speake truth directly make him then a Deane or Bishop they are no such men The wolfe hath seene them fi●st their throat is surd you shall not heare from them a factious word Stands he for Law custome of the Land make him an officer give him Command Command where he may gaine this will bewitch Demosthenes who labours to be ritch What is hee bold and forward send him out on some embassage or imploy the stout At sea or land some desperate voyage where they may be lost then leaue them helplesse there undoe them thus Before they had too mutch But beeing poore the 'ile nothing dare to tutch This ostracisme will sure abate their pride And they shall give great thanks for it beside If hee be poore oppresse him shut him out in forlorne banishment where round about the faithless world hee may his living seeke Then no man after him will doe the like If hee be faint check him or doe but c●●de hee 'l hould his tongue and his tayle closely hide Is hee free-tongu'd though serious and discreet Proclaime him silent whip him through the street Thus whatsoe're is done no bird shall dare