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A04964	The birth, purpose, and mortall vvound of the Romish holie League Describing in a mappe the enuie of Sathans shauelings, and the follie of their wisedome, through the Almighties prouidence. By I.L.	I. L., fl. 1589.; Lea, James, fl. 1589, attributed name.	1589 (1589)	STC 15106; ESTC S106736	6,567	13

THE Birth Purpose and mortall VVound of the Romish holie League Describing in a Mappe the enuie of Sathans Shauelings and the follie of their wisedome through the Almighties prouidence By I. L. Psalm 2. Vers 2. 4. The Kings of the earth band themselues and the Princes came together against the Lord and and against his Anointed But hee that dwelleth in Heauen shall laugh the Lord shall haue them in derision Imprinted at London for Thomas Cadman 1589. The Birth Purpose and mortall VVound of the Romish Holie League THe Antichristian intrusion into the Empire hauing manifested the Pope to be that man of sinn whereof S. Paule speaketh to the Thessalonians and the innumerable deceiuing fantasies traditions and vaine inuentions wherewith the erronious Church of Rome hath made dronke the Nations of the earth discouering her to bee that purple Whore sitting on the Beast with seauen heads or rather as the Angell interpreteth in the Reuelation on the Citie with seauen hills hath through the mightie working of Gods spirit by his zealous Ministers so laid open the skirts of their filthines that the most part of Christian Princes with their people haue imbraced the free libertie of the Gospel and freed themselues from her Antichristian yoake Whereupon Sathan chiefe Patrone of that Regiment seeing the decaie of his Empire the discredite of his Vice-gerent and the open defamation of his infamous Spouse the Romish Church thought it high time to set too his helping hand the rather for that his kingdome draweth so neere an ende Therefore in the silentst time of night a fit houre for the Prince of darknesse to take in hand a hellish enterprise he posted to his terrestriall Pallace at Rome where seating himselfe in the secret chamber of his Papall Vicar heethus began The care right trustie and welbeloued of infinite thy predecessors together with thy approued diligence for the suppressing of Christian veritie the onelie obstacle and hindrance of my happinesse is to me no lesse knowen than graciouslie accepted but thou seest that notwithstanding all your trauells being my deuice as giuing indulgences and promising heauen to traitrous subiects for the dispatching of their naturall but our aduerse Princes or the dailie excommunications thundred against the said Princes we canneither by the cursing of the one or the blessing of the other so preuaile but that the disciples of Luther Caluine Beza and such like back-sliders from our Church of Belial do openlie hourelie preach and publish his Almightinesse whose name I tremble to rehearse attributing to him and none but him all power to forgiue sinne whereby my kingdome founded vpon me the chiefe corner stone and laide together by diuers Popes Cardinals Abbots other Cloisterers is so sorelie shaken our pardons pilgrimages and purgatorie so little feared that as the walls of Iericho so fall our principals at this Euangelicall sound This therefore is my will which may in no wise bee delaied that seeing there is yet some hope by reason euerie Christian Prince is not fullie disswaded from our faction there be foorth-with a vniforme League of fatall confederacie by such as fauour vs against our foes especiallie our Arch-enemies Elizabeth Queene of England Henrie King of Nauarre This League proceeding from my spirite of malignitie as a Daughter worthie no other father I would haue thee beautefie with some hypocriticall stile of outward holinesse and if thou list call it the Holie League Touching the Princes thou shalt confeder I need giue small instructions onelie this I charge that thou be sodain and circumspect to assemble thy Synode among whom I will as a chiefe Compeere sit The Diuell had no sooner saide these words but a Senate of sacriligious Shauelings were assembled and Sathan himselfe by the Popes high Chaire proudlie seated as appeareth in the Mappe at the letter A. Here was it concluded how this League now named Holie shuld also proue mightie in operation against the Princes professing the Gospell First it was ordeined that the Duke of Guise being by nature ambitious and bloodie yet through riotous excesse vtterlie vnable should haue his necessitie supplied with Spanish Romish superfluitie prouided that hee fill France with inhumane massacres explaned in the letter B. thereby to weaken the King of Nauarre to which he was animated by the Popes Messenger who to whet him on powrde treasure at his feete letter C. perswading him also to stir vp such ill affected English as he might against the person of their Royal Souereigne But Nauarre fortefied from heauen armed at all points like a Christian Cheualier defended the Gospel letter D. England happie through her Elizabeth sate crowned with a wreath of peace making Christ her hope as a Rocke vnmooueable letter E This fretted the Pope and Philip King of Spaine made drunke and deceiued with the superstitious cup of Romish abhomination was whetted on according to his promise in the Holie League chāpion-like to prepare his people and discharge his abundance of Indian earth in satisfaction of which I warrant yee hee had no small rewards for his verie Horse was trapt with Bulls and pardons letter F. Allen also that caitiffe Cardinall and English Arch-traitor from his Cannon of corrupt conceipt dischargeth two seditious Libels against his Souereign to which the English Friers and Seminarie Priests giue fire letter G Now to make this League an able Bodie to beare downe the aduersaries of Antichrist both by land and sea her head was beautified with a horned Moone letter H of huge and mightie shippes readie to ioyne with the bloodie Guise and also to vnite them to the Prince of Parma that in a moment they might swallow vp little England as the rauenous Crocodile dooth the smallest fish in the seauen mouthd Riuer Nilus But God the onelie Patrone of England and our Elizabeth dismaied first the appointed Armie of the Prince so that like the Syrians that besieged Samaria in the daies of Eliseus the Prophet they fled away vnsought with from ioyning with their fellowes at Sea and woulde not by the gentle intreaties nor seuere threatnings of the Prince their Generall letter I be anie waie perswaded to set foote aboord the smal Skiffes appointed to transport them to their holie or rather vnhallowed mates their feare arising as it euidentlie appeared from that Fleete whereof the Lorde Seymor was Generall letter K which with the Hollanders was readie to giue them their deserued welcome This Fleete and all the rest of their worthie warre-fellowes ouershaddowed with the wings of the Almightie honorablie vowed to sell their worthie liues in the defence of this Iland his little Israel and their natiue Nourse animated couragiouslie euerie man his mate with resolution to attempt the ruine of this vnhallowed League whose Mooned Cronet was deckt with sundrie pendants of painted Saints sufficient guides for superstitious sotts full gaudelie adornde with the finest golde rakte out of wretched Indiaes Wombe whose senselesse bowells the Spaniards slaue-like ceaselesllie