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A15033	The English myrror A regard wherein al estates may behold the conquests of enuy: containing ruine of common weales, murther of princes, cause of heresies, and in all ages, spoile of deuine and humane blessings, vnto which is adioyned, enuy conquered by vertues. Publishing the peaceable victories obtained by the Queenes most excellent Maiesty, against this mortall enimie of publike peace and prosperitie, and lastly a fortris against enuy, builded vpon the counsels of sacred Scripture, lawes of sage philosophers, and pollicies of well gouerned common weales: wherein euery estate may see the dignities, the true office and cause of disgrace of his vocation. A worke safely, and necessarie to be read of euerie good subiect. By George Whetstones Gent. Seene and allowed.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1586 (1586)	STC 25336; ESTC S111678	158,442	230

of Florence to giue vntimely deathes to Segnior Iulian and Laurence de Medices Small perswasion néeded to incourage Segnior Iohn and Frauncis de Pazzi and others of the family of Saluiati to follow this enterprice so highly they enuied the rule of the Medices whose honor begunne in the vertues of Cosmus de Medices their Grandfather when they them selues of small regard were descended of the most auncient and noble houses of Florence forgetting that vertue not time made a gentleman and gaue him reputation and that more honourable was the first then the last gent of a mans house In so much as Cicero borne of base parentage by the warraunt of this cognizaunce Ego meis maioribus virtute praeluxi abashed not to sitte chéeke by ioule with the most auncient Romaine in Rome but in vayne I prescribe the priuileges of vertue to restraine enuie knowing that enuie is the mortall enemie of vertue who can not endure the commendation much lesse the prosperitie of the vertuous Let King Saul be ioynt example with these Florentine conspiratours who reioyced not so much to sée his Capitall enemie Goliahs head vpon Dauids sword as he sorrowed to heare the people to crowne him with this commendation Saule hath slaine his thousand and Dauid his tenne thousand and through enuie of this renowme sought to murther Dauid who was the safegarde of him and his people This like reuerence giuen by the Florentine people vnto the brethren of Medices moued the recyted Pazzi and Saluiati and other their confederats to seeke the means to murther these two Medices The fauour of the multitude towardes Segnior Iulian and his brother was a great let vnto their enemies besides their owne wisedomes many times frustrated their enterprises for the two brethren foredreading a sodayne mischiefe were neuer seene to walke together in the towne knowing for certainetie that no man would enterprise to offend the one while the other remained in safetie The Archbishoppe of Pisa and his confederates séeing their purposes by this meanes of the Medices dayly preuented practised to get the two brethren into the great Church vpon a feastiuall day and about the eleuation time they agreed to murther them perswading themselues that the priuiledge of the place would make the Medices carelesse of their owne safetie and vnprepared to offend their enemies and in truth if the successe of their attempt had answered their aduauntage of time their expectation had not béene deceiued And therefore the example necessarie to forewarne all estates that are enuied by mightie enimies to be best armed where least danger appeareth For to stay the reuenges of Enuy no place is a Sanctuarie no innocencie a plea nor praier of power And what greater likelyhood is it that the Church may be a Sanctuarie for the liuing more than the graue for the dead let the robbing of Bucers Paulus Phrigius and other godly mens sepultures confirme my aduise with truth and the burning of their halfe consumed bones condemne the Papists of tyrannie In all moderne troubles some of which rablement of helhounds are chiefe authours Well this plot pleased the Archbishop and the rest of the conspirators Francis de Pazzi and Barnard Baudin vndertooke to kill Segnior Iulian de Medicis and the death of Segnior Lawrence was committed to the execution of Anthony de Volterro and Anthony Preaste And the better to strengthen this treason the Archbishop of Pisa found the meanes to draw a yong Cardinall nephew of the Pope Sextus from his studie at Bologna to passe the time at Florence to the end that his traine should be the gard of his mischiefe without making the Cardinall priuie to his intention This determination set downe the execution was appointed to be vpon a sonday being the third of May 1478. vppon which day the Cardinall went to heare Masse and with him Seignior Lawrence de Medicis alone without his brother The Conspirators séeing Seignior Iulian absent Francis de Pazzi and Barnard Baudin which had sworne his death vnder the shadowe of courtesie went vnto hys house and wrought the meanes that they got him vnto the Church and placed themselues with best aduantage to do their feate vpon the point to dispatch their purpose Barnard Baudin stabbed Seignior Iulian to the heart with his poynado Francis de Pazzi hasting to make him sure hurt himselfe in the bodie with his owne dagger notwithstanding Segnior Iulian died in the place and with him Frauncis Nori with the stroke of Barnard Baudin for setting hande to hys swoord to defend Seignior Iulian. Anthonie de Volterro and Steuen Preaste assayled Seignior Lawrence de Medicis but with so small dexteritie as with the good defence that he vsed he escaped onely with a small hurt in the mouth The Conspirators sought to saue themselues and Segnior Lawrence with certaine of hys friends retyred into the Sacristie of the Churche Barnard Baudin who had slayne Segnior Iulian supposing that his companions had fayled to slay Seignior Lawrence hasted to dispatch hym but found hym stronglie inclosed in the Sacristie This assault was so suddaine as the executioners were not perfectlie discouered The outcrie of the people was such as it séemed the Churche fell to the earth The Cardinall had leysure little ynough for hys safetie to recouer the high Aulter All the Towne were in an vproare vppon the bruite Some sayde the two bréethren de Medicis were slayne others sayde no and so put themselues in Armes They of the house of Pazzi and Saluiati cryed libertie The Segnewrie with great diligence retyred into the Pallace where the Conphalonnier béeing arriued they strengthened themselues with armed men The Counsaylours of the Citie and the fauourers of the Medicis went to séeke Segniour Lawrence and garded hym vnto hys house where he found more than eyght thousand armed men The Archbishop of Pisa following his purpose accompanyed with the Saluiati and others of theyr lyne went into the Pallace with hope to worke the seigniorie vnto his faction and to this ende he placed the one halfe of hys people at the Gates of the Pallace and with the other halfe mounted vp the Pallace and gaue the Seigniorie to vnderstand that he had certayne matters to propound for the benefyte of the common wealth wherevppon béeing admitted audience with a few of his people he entered and suddainly the Pallace dore was made fast in such wise as he was sure from the reskewe and succour of his souldiers The Archbishop with a hie voice prepounded many thinges so disorderly as the Seigniorie founde out his naughtie and malicious inuention the Conphalonier attached Iames Saluiati and Iames the son of Monsiur Poggio de Pazzi and so great was the tumulte as they and those which accompanied them were slaine in the fray so that there were more then thirtie dead bodies throwne forth of the Pallace windowes Within a while after the Common people who fauoured those of the Medices in great troupes came

and others began new Commotions in Yorkeshire which were soone appeased with their confusions the Insurrection of Somerset shire had no better successe but which most daungerouslie touched the kings life and safetie of his good subiectes this vngratious Cardinall Poole this whirlepoole and firebrand of desencion séeing that king Henry with an easie hand appeased many and mightie insurrections at home labored an inuation by the power of Fraunce but all the daunger was not in the french forces he had drawne in the Marques of Exeter his brother the Lord Mountacute and Sir Geffray Poole and with them his kinsman Sir Edward Neuell to be traitors these labored no small matters they sought euen the change and alteration of the kings godly gouernement they were daungerous traytors not so much for their power but for that they were all so bounde vnto the king for many benefits as common reason tooke away all occasion of suspition to condemne whose vnkindnesse and monstrous ingratitude there be many examples of vnreasonable creatures Lysimachus had a dog which he much estéemed and the dog to shew his loue when he saw his maister dead and cast into the fire as the manner of buriall was then he likewise leaped into the fire and died with his maister Plinic sheweth that Hiero King of the Syracusans had a dog which did euen the same but the Romaine histories make mention of a more strange matter when Titus Fabinus and his family were slaine there was a dog that for no stripes would depart from the dead carcase of his maister and when the standers by gaue him meate he ranne and layde it at the mouth of his maister in fine when the bodie was throwne into the flood of Tyber the dog lept in after and as long as he could he kept his maister aboue the water much more might be said to reproche ingratitude a vice which our vulgar worde vnkindnesse sheweth to be against kinde or nature the former examples approoue as much but enuy and ambition the ordinarie passions of Papists are so farre from grace dutie and thankefulnesse as they contend with God and violate the bonds both of nature and frendship The Traytor Parry in his confession sayd that his accusor Neuill vsually sayde that all the aduancement that her Maiestie could giue hym should serue but for her scourge if euer time ministred occasion I knowe not whether he spake of mallice or no but experience teacheth that these persons resemble the frozen Snake which the pitifull husbandman comforted by the fire which in recompence stoong his children The Marques of Exeters father was for treason committed to prison by King Henry the seuenth King Henry the eight discharged him and with great fauour tooke his sonne into his priuie chamber and vsed him alwayes more like a companion then a seruant The King helped the Lord Mountacute from the state of a poore Gentleman to his mothers land being thrée or foure thousand markes by the yeare Sir Edward Neuill was of the Kings priuie chamber and in great fauour The Pooles were of the Kings blood and so bound with princely fauours as when Sir Geffrey Poole was apprehended the rest were not so much as suspected but God will not haue treason lye hid nor Traitors vnpunished though the Diuell and man labour in the behalfe of either The Diuell was héere set a worke but he laboured in vaine against the iustice and mercie of God the giltinesse of Sir Gefferey Pooles conscience condemned him he now only respected the safetie of the Marquesse his bréethren and Cosen Sir Edward Neuill hys conscience was witnesse against them all he feared that torture would wrest out the truth and in this doubtfull perplexitie he resolued desperately to kill himselfe and in this passion vppon oportunitie he stabbed himselfe vpon the brest with a knife the Diuell plaied his part now sée how God as he oft doth turned all the Diuels worke to his glorie and Sir Gefferayes saluation the knife was blunt and as God woulde made the wound not mortall yet the abundance of blood which followed his wound made him to feare God to feare hell and to detest the murther both of his bodie and soule and where as before he woulde haue died to saue his bréethren and Cosen he now desired life for no cause so much as to bring them to that which they worthely deserued Finallie he accused them all and by lawfull tryall the Marquesse the Lord Mountacute and Sir Edward Neuill were adiudged and executed as traytors good King Henry ioyned his mercy to Gods prouidence so pardoned Sir Gefferey whom God appointed to be the instrument of this discouerie the like blessings were heaped vpon the King and confusion vpon his enimies the residue of his triumphāt raigne which continued all the daies of his most blessed sonne King Edward the sixt In the third yéere of his raigne there were almost generall commotions through England The Papists tempted and mooued the commons to rebellion with a perswasion to throw downe inclosier and for themselues foysted in to haue their old religion and Acte of sixe Articles restored but what followed the rebels in euerie countrey were vanquished slaine and vtterly discomforted And to continue with truth in this report Quéene Mary had albeit she was superstitious the like victories against her domesticke enimies but as it is said as God gaue the Idolater Abias victorie against Ieroboam for his great Grandfather Dauids sake so he gaue the like to Quéene Mary for her godly father King Henries sake To come againe vnto the peaceable victories obtained by the Quéenes Maiestie as in the former reports it is manifest although the Diuell gaue her enimies wit to begin treasons he failed to giue them strength to effect them yea the Diuell himselfe lacketh strength where God hath any thing to do as appeareth especially in the preuention of the odious and desperate treasons of Someruile Parry To conclude the ouerthrowe of her last knowne enimies which happinesse I beséech God to continue many yeares and to the last moment of her Maiesties life the wonderfull discouerie of the dangerous treasons of Frances Frogmorton Esquire deserueth a speciall remembrance I meane a remembrance of thanksgiuing vnto almighty God in reuealing of such a couert mischiefe that threatned her Maiestie with a perticular danger and her realme and people with a generall calamitie it was no ordinary conspiracy that Frogmorton labored but an vnnaturall subuersion of his countrey by forraigne inuasion he wrought to haue brought in the Pope the King of Spaine the Duke of Guise and all he purposed her Maiesties death to possesse he knewe not whome with the Crowne perhaps such a one as would all haue béene iealous of him for those by whome they are benefited dare hardly trust a Traitor he was discouered in time but yet more by Gods prouidence then mans policie he was too subtill to lay his head vpon

the conquest hath bene the onely hurtfull enemy of Englande Yea as I haue showne the conqueror of conquerors and subuerter of former monarchies whose conquest I haue set foorth much to the glorye of her maiesties peaceable victories who armed with grace only with a Lawrell bow in many daungerous conflicts hath ouercome her mortal enemy enuy whose wonderfull conquestes I haue in my second booke orderly registred that her maiesties louing subiectes may comfort them selues with this assurance that God is her strength and the defence of her people and that her wicked abiectes séeing their dayly confusion may be intised by her excéeding mercy to loue and reuerence her maiesty or by continuance of their ouerthrowes may be brought to feare and dread Gods vengeaunce and so giuing honor and praise to his holy name I end this first booke of my English mirrour contayning the conquest of Enuie FINIS ¶ THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE ENGLISH Mirrour intituled Enuy conquered by Vertue Publishing the blessinges of peace the scourge of traitours and glory of Queene Elizabeths peaceable victories accompanied with manie other comfortable regardes for good subiectes A Sonnet of triumph to England England reioyce the foes of thy welfare The foes that made the former monarkes bowe VVrath warre discorde and enuy fettered are Elizabeth euen with a lawrell bow Hath vanquished them that foyled Caesars band Vpon thy portes to feare thy forraine foe Destruction standes with blouddy swoord in hand VVithin thy Coast in townes and Country goe Plenty and peace armde with a hasell wande Thy subiectes true on mylke and hony feed Thy abiectes false consume like flames of reed Malgre To the right reuerend Lordes the Bishops and other the de●…ines of England accomplishment of all holy desires MOst reuerend Lordes and deuines hauing composed this English mirrour of selected counsels in sacred scripture and graue censures of morall gouernours applyed to a generall instruction where in the good maye see the large rewards of vertue the bad the seuere scourges of wickednesse The booke with a fearefull boldnes I haue armed with the shield of her Maiesties royall protection who is the liuely example of Dauids righteousnesse Salomons wisedome Augustus clemency and what vertue so euer is els contained in a religious gouernment at whose feet rather by deuine miracle then worldly policye enuye and her worst enemies fall so that in effect her excellency is a figure of the whole worke and the worke the iudgementes of religion honor and iustice Religion containing the godly counsels of the Cleargie honor the fortitude of the Nobility and Iustice the wisedome of temporall magistrates the three chiefe members of this blessed gouernment whereof her Maiestie is the heade and glorye The first part containing the conquest of Enuie next vnder her Maiesty who containeth the whole I haue directed to the right honourable nobilitie to whom appertaineth the swoord the second part containing Enuies ouerthrow by vertue or more properly her Maiesties peaceable victories I reuerently present to your reuerende Lordships as cōquests gained by grace The last part containing a fortresse against Enuy instructing euery estate with sacred and moral counsels in the offices and disgraces of their professions I humbly present vnto the temporall magistrates vpon whose wisedomes all good gouernments are buylded The part which I submit vnto your graue censors I hope will be well accepted containing so holy matters as peace godly gouernment deuine prouidence c. Peace is your visible attyre the beauty of Gods Church and of temporall blessinges the most precious Saint Paule among the offices of a Bishop forbiddeth him fighting yea perswadeth him to abhorre it in others and by circumstaunce or lawfull imagination counselleth him to protect and defende peace I need not priuiledge my boldnes in numbring the manifold benefites thereof you Reueren de deuines dayly preach them and by grace and your godly labours England possesseth them God continue his peace which passeth all vnderstanding among vs. To which good God I zealously pray for the prosperity of his church the welfare of your Lordships and all other true preachers of his word with what title so euer they be adopted At whose commaundement I reuerently remaine George Whetstone Induction to the Reader FRiendly Reader the good Oratour Demosthenes pleading the iniuries of a poore Widdowe before the Athenian Iudges was of the sayd Iudges so lightly regarded as he left his purpose and told them that he had a strange tale of the shaddow of an Asse to deliuer the Iudges eares were by and by quickned and with great earnestnesse desired Demosthenes to tell on his tale Demosthenes by this pollicie hauing got full audience openly rebuked the follie and iniustice of the Iudges who had their eares better prepared to heare the tale of the shaddow of an Asse then the oppression of a poore VViddowe and so through verie shame obtained iudgement in the VViddowes behalfe and certainely a pleasing enterance and vnexpected varietie many times causeth tedious tales to be fully hard and long Bookes to be throughly read which otherwise how good so euer they be the one might be smallie regarded and the other lesse perused But friendly Reader I salute thee not with this following Epistle of the Athenian Senate with this bare respect that thou mightest with expectation of nouels bee drawne to reade out the blessings of our English peace and the diuine and heroycall vertues of our most good Queene ELIZABETH when with the fulnes of thy owne benefites thou hast large cause hourely to contemplate of the one and the admiration of the whole world to allure thee to gaze on the other but rather writing of so diuine a subiect as Peace I thought no commendation the holie Scriptures reserued so excellent as the iudgement of the Athenian Senate who set light of the verie gaine of warre in regard of peace and by semblable iudgement arose this proue be that vnlawfull peace was to be preferred before lawfull warre For one other especiall regard I commend this graue letter vnto thy censure which was the high accompt that the Athenian Senates made of the renowmed Philosopher and good common-wealthes man Euxin that with like reuerence thou mayst honour loue and obeie our capitall Magistrates and common wealthes men placed by God and her Maiestie in Authoritie as the pillers and strength of this happie Gouernement for thy further instruction I referre thee to the letter it selfe which with the cause thereof followeth Betweene the Athenians and the Lacedemonians arose a most cruell warre about a contention for certaine townes seated vpon the riuer of Milin the day of battaile was assigned and bloodelie fought on either part but in the end the Lacedemonians were defeated and ouercome by the Athenians The vanquished demanded truce of the victorers and the more easely to obtaine this grace they sent as Ambassador the renowmed Philosopher Euxin who before the Senate set foorth the commendations of peace with such eloquence