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A09823	The seditious and blasphemous oration of Cardinal Pole both against god [and] his cou[n]try which he directid to themperour in his booke intytuled the defence of the eclesiastical vnitye, mouing the emperour therin to seke the destruction of England and all those whiche had professid the gospele translated into englysh by Fabyane Wythers.; Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione. English. Selections	Pole, Reginald, 1500-1558.; Withers, Fabian.; Atanagi, Dionigi, ca. 1504-1573. aut	1560 (1560)	STC 20087; ESTC S114887	19,235	80

The seditious and blasphemous Oration of Cardinal Pole both against god his Coūtry which he directid to themperour in his booke intytuled the defence of the eclesiastical vnitye mouing theemperour therin to seke the destruction of England and all those whiche had professid the gospele ☞ Translated into englysh by Fabyane Wythers Reede all and than Iudge Fabyan wythers to the gentle reader IF in tymes past the auncient historiographers ye euene the prophane auctors haue thought yt mete eyther to extolle or abasse to praise or dispraise suche as in their days and tymes haue bene eyther grate or in grate benefyciall or noysome to ther comō walth how much mor in these our days in thee whiche the trew lyght of the gospell shyneth amongest vs and christian loue chariti shold florish ought we to derect and disclose al such vnto our posterities the which haue not only gone about to seke the vter destruction and ruyne of their owne natife Countrey and comon wealth by inflaming and incensinge prince againste prince but also that which more yea worse is hath not fear id cōtrary to his owne forimer professions and confessiōs most shāfuly abominably to backbyte and stander Christ him self his gospel and his trew folowers as thauctours of all myschiefes seditious and tumultes Such a man was Renold Pole an english Cardinal but not as thē of england who in the yeare of our Lord. M. D. xxxvi being sent ambassadour from the pope to y e french king for to intreat apeace was thought in this his embassade to go about nothing els then as by this his oration aperyth to styr vp and sow dissencion malice discord Such was his Good wyll that he bare to his natyfe contrey and comon wealth that for his owne aduantage and preferment he desirid yea procurid as much as in hī lay y e vter subuersiō ruyne of y e same to procede wheras you shal rede after in Athanasius glose that at what tyme he was in Germani at Augusta and there was lodgid in the pastors house hee said that he dyd very well allow and agree vnto all their doctrine that he wold declare no lesse yf there were Any couocations or comon coūcells holden Now be hold the great and double dissimulation of this holy ypocrite who al beit that before in his ambassade vnder the pretence of intreati for peace had gone about nothing ells then to moue and stirr vp discord and warres euen now again at his retorn vnto Rome fearid not to dissemble and cloke euen with God him self for although as before you haue hard he semid not to be ignorant of the truth yet when he was come to Rome whether he wer suspectid of Lutheranysme and to auoid the suspicion ther of or no or ells that he did yt to gratifie the pope with all he wrote a boke against kyng Henry theyght king of Englād intituled the defence of the vnity of the church in the which boke he conuerting his style vnto themperour he includid this most detestable pestiferous yea and seditious oration against the king of Englād vnto whome he was not only most neare ioined in affiniti and kindred but also as he him self confessith most greatly bounden for his education and literature But now mark I pray you how the prick of his owne consciens causid him to display his owne hypocrisie when he had wrytten this boke hee cansid yt to bee imprintid at Rome at his own propet costes and charges and whē they wer thus printed he fearing least yf they shold be caried a brod and come vnto the handes of such vnto whome he had before professid the contrari that then yt wold torne to his great ignominie and reproche toke all y e bokes into his owne handes sett none of them abrode sauing a few whiche he gaue vnto the pope certain cardinales whōme he knew very well wold allow his doinges Sed nihil occultum quod non reuelabitur For God wold not suffer his church to be so much abused or deceauid by his hypocrisy but that at the length he wold bring yt to lyght for although these his doinges werby a long ceason kept close secret yet at the length they cam vnto the handes of one or to in Germanye who hath set theme forth to the eys of al men And bycause all trew english hartes shuld not be ignorant what a venemous viper they haue of late noryshed euen in there own bosomes whiche sought nothing els then to knaw a sunder y e bowels and to destory his mother and coūtrei I haue for the vse comodyty of all men translatid this his oration into english the which my labours trauailles in this behalf bestowid and taken yf they mai reapethonly frutes of thākfulnes in accepting y e same It shall cause me w t more spede greter diligence seke to gratifie y e again w t most pleasāt and godly histories to thy great delectatiō confort now gentle reader y t I haue sō what declarid vnto you thoriginall cause w t the time plase of this his oratiō w t also his maner forme in setting forth of y e same I will cease to be any lōger tedious vnto you referrīg yt to your owne discreation to iudge vpon the oratiō as you shall think y e matter doth require thus wyshing vnto the all vertuous successe in godlines I comytt the to the tuition of allmyghty God F. W. VErelye I doe wytnes bothe the loue of my cōtrye the whiche nature hath wrought in me also the zeale of the churche y e whiche y e sonne of god hath kindelid in my harte and cāne by no meanes be expulsed or layd awaye That yf I vnderstode or knew that Cesare with all his nauye had alredy entred and taken the seas had directid his course to wards constantinople the chiefest palais force of the great turke Yea albe yt all the perylls daungers of the world wer present sett before me I wold neuer rest nor stay vntyl y t I myght comme vnto his presence although he had already entred y e straightes of helle spontus to thēd I myght haue conuenient opportunity to talke withe him before whome I wold burst out and speake in this maner Cesar what doest thou go about or what doest thou intende whether wylt thou go or saill with this thy greate nauye furniture if y e loue of y e Christiā Comō wealth do so muche moue thee that thou woldest assaill and inuade the kyng of turkes being an ancyent ennemy vnto the name of Christ wer it not muche more mete better for thee to conuert turne thy hole force and power that wais from whence a greater daunger is imynēt vnto our comō wealth from whence also a presēt myschief and a newe enemy much more greuous and worse then the turk doth vexe and greue vs You for so muche