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A16597 [The copye of a letter, sent by Iohn Bradforth to ... the Erles of Arundel, Darbie, Shrewsburye, and Penbroke, declaring the nature of the Spaniardes, and discovering the most detestable treasons, which thei haue pretended ... agaynste ... Englande. Wherunto is added a tragical blast of the papisticall tro[m]pet. by T.E.] Bradford, John, serving-man.; Bradford, John, 1510?-1555, attributed name.; T. E., fl. 1556. A tragicall blast of the papisticall trompette for maintenaunceof the popes kingdome in Englande. 1556 (1556) STC 3504.5; ESTC S112650 41,263 110

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pardon myne ignorauncye to ●pplye my worke and thy selfe also to the same good purpose that I doe ordaine it vnto and to accept it gē●ly with as good a will as I haue dy●ected it to thee VVhereby thou maiest encourage me to take other matters in hand e●reafter for the honor and glory of god and the cōmō vtilite of my natiue countrye The Lorde Iesus Christe lighten and strengthen vs in all verite and preserue England from Spanishe bondage and slauerye Thy louinge frende Iohn Bradeforte To the right ●onorable lords c. the erles of Arū●ell Darby Shreusebury ct Pēbrok ●eir true and faythfull seruaunt wi●eth as to al other of our nobilite increase of grace in gods fauour wyth perfect honor and the preseruacyon of their most honorable estates and country Thoughe ye reioyce not in readyng my foolyshe reasons yet geue God thankes that I haue discouered suche detestable treasons THere haue been certain pestiferous bokes and letters lately printed in Englyshe vnder the cloke of a feruēt zeale or loue towardes our country against Spaniardes by the ●euelishe deuice of certayne heretikes thinking therby to grounde i● the hartes of all people according t● the olde accustomed and most curse● polices of hte deuill many abomin●ble heresies and moste detestable ●rors stinking before the face of go● and man One of the whiche bokes hath cō● to my handes entitled a supplicacio● to the Quenes maiestie wherby it apeareth perfectly that the authors o● the same bokes knew not perfectly the nature of Spaniards but haue ther writtē it by report then perfe● practise VVhich bokes because fe● men dare vse them openlye leste● youre lordeshippes and other of t● Quenes most honorable coūsell su●vile stinking wedes should be rot● vp and with the most folishe gath●rers cast out of the good corne I t●● haue not ben redde of your honor So that where the said bokes sho● haue declared vnto your lordship● the nature of Spaniardes thei pro● nothing at al nor shold though th● came before your sight But according to their pretensed purpose the● haue vndoutedly infected many sim●le persons VVho being desierous ●o gather the pleasaūt swete flouers of the gospell doe lacke the shoes which Sainct Paule cōmaundeth vs ●o put on our fete that we may with ●ut daunger of pricking passe fresh●y throgh the s●arpe thornes I haue ●herfore purposed right honorable ●ordes to leaue the full ans●eringe ●o the said heresies because I perceue the authors themselues lacke that ●odly knowledge which I desier to obteine And some what to declare vnto you the nature of them wyth ●hom I am dailye conuersaunte tru●ing your lordships wil fauorably re●eiue my work because I wil declare ●othing by report or hearesaye but ●he● those thinges whiche I knowe ●erfectly by experience I wil write ●othing to disturbe the trew most ●odly state of oure religion whiche ●he Quenes maiestie moste gracious●e setteth oute at thys present and wherein god hath preserued me not yet to disturbe the quiete estate of the common wealth But in shewing what is pretended to the contrarye declare vnto you the way if it please you to folowe my counsell how to preserue youre lordeshipes and the whole realme from most miserable bondage and captiuite I purpose to declare a part of the naturall disposicion of Spaniardes certayne of thei● premeditate mischeues and pretensed treasons not onely agaynst you● most honorable persons but also agaynst the whole realme so farre a● I haue heard seene and proued fo● the space of two or .iii. yeres in thei● companye My frendes putte me t● learne their language and compelle● me to liue amongest them because myghte knowe perfectlye whethe● their nature were so vyle as men● ported or not And I assure your lor●shipes and all my frendes that the 〈◊〉 lefte reporte that euer I heard Englishmen speake by the worste of all Spaniardes is nothinge to the vilenes which remaineth amongest the best of that nacion except the kīgs maiestie Ye wil say the noble men be very ciuill persons In very dede I haue not seen so muche vertue in all the reste as in that moste noble Prince the duke of Medenazelye A Prince vndoubtedly endewed with perfect humilite trueth loue charite and all other prince like vertues There be many other noble menne vndoubtedly very wise and politik which can throughe their wisdome binde themselues for a time from their nature and applye their condicions to the maners of those menne with whom they would gladlye bee frended VVhose mischeuouse maners a man shal neuer knowe till he come vnder their subiectiō But thē shall ye perceiue perfectly their puffed pride with many mischeffes beside their prowling and polīg their bribinge and shauing their most deceitfull dealing their braging and bos●ing their flatteringe and faininge their abominable whore huntynge with most rufull ruling their doings vniust with insaciate lust their stout stubbernnes croked crabbednes and vnmeasurable madnes in enui pride and lecherie which thei saie god loueth hartelie vaine glorie and hipocrisie with al other vilanie of what kinde soeuer it be supersticion desolacion extorcion adulacion dissimulacion exaltacion suppression inuocacion and all abominacion with in numerable moe mischeues whiche I coulde plainlie declare that no nacion in the world can suffer Their masking and mumbling in the ●oli time of lent maketh many wiues brente the king being present nighte after nighte as a Prince of moste mighte which hath power in his hande that no man dare withstande yet if that were the greatest euil we might suffer it wel For there is no mā liuing but would suffer the kīg to haue wife sister doughter maide and all bothe great smal so many as he liste no man would him resist But the worst of all the companie muste haue my wife priuelie when I am present bi this is more vilanie that one muste kepe the dore will not that greue you sore ct dare not speake for your life when another hath youre wife Perhaps the king yet that were a noble thing Naie perchaūce sōe other slaue or vile pockie knaue this thīg in dede shal make your hartes blede when youre wife beareth the marke of that nightes warke whiche still wil abide vnder neth her side and greue her sore halfe a yeare more ye perhaps with such mocks you mai both cōe to pockes For fewe of thē be cleare thoughe they make lustie cheare as Surgentes doe me tell and sōe I see right wel whiche did me cōpel sore agaīst mi wil to take so much paine as to make plaisters fine for the same thyng which hath made me conning But wherfore should I spēd my time in showing so mani of their vile condicions as I knowe moste perfectly For me thinke I heare sōe noble man starte at these fewe principall pointes saying what a vyle knaue is this that raileth so muche against the Quenes frendes ▪ would to god that
gods worde ▪ the prists rewarde yf we receue worthely we shalbe saued iudging oure selues saith paul The rewarde of a good priest ▪ the abuse of gods seruice damnable this oght not to be Hearing of masse doth saue no man God would haue vs to folow his commaundementes in worde and dede what people the lord will pardone Christ is the oneli redemer and the perfect fulfiller of the lawe Note Ergo thei be not only neighbours to mors but also morishe Iews thē selues hipocrits Good Christiās doubtles and so is belzebub Almes Mat. vi Mark this multiplicacion I meane with thoughts care and miserie to be in slauerie The authors excuse Morishe maners take hede your selues for this toucheth your lyues Like as it is honore for a trew man to dye for the defēs of his coūtrie so it is shame to die like a traitour against his countrey Note Spa. wyll neuer trust traitors I say not ye be so It lieth yet in your power For christ chose to be king of the Iewes Rude prīciples It preuaileth not to disclos treason if ye will not with stande it or credit the truth God witnesseth with trueth which boweth to nother party whi this letter is written Take warning in time or els Nature causeth me to discouer the Spani treason As England for Englishe mē Spa. for Spa. c. Seīg this must cōe to passe take good hede to your selues Marke this police The kīgs first good worke to England At that marke thei all shote Let them not haue such vantage at youre handes For the king sīce his commīg into England cannot yet get a grote frō Spaine The kīgs treserer wēt oute of englād but returned not till oure moneye was cōe ouer and new stamped which made store euer sins in antwarpe Take coūsel be tīe These rentes be better lost then found But whē thei be holpē and bear rule you shall pay it triple in excises If ye be true among your selfs thei dare neuer geue you battaile If they kept not couenaūt with Millāe or Naples howe shold thei kepe couenaunte with you Let not these thinges blīd your eies thē may you like most noble gouernors defende your own country If ye nother care for youre own liues nor your children I cā geue you no counsell to care for the whole realme This suspicion ha●eth youre death I beseche your lordships to loke vprightly I desire you not to remēber me nor my profit Make good prouision with this warning Yet will thei deny that euer thei thought hereof I wil shew onli that I saw in the leters The effect of the Emperours letters Marke if thei practise not after thys sort daily take hede mi lordes ye can kepe your gifts but at the kinges pleasure Marke whom thei cal trew mē and traitors But why then is not the Quene endowed as fully in al his .xxv. kingdōs For her own destrucciō Lette no man pretēde euill to the Quenes person for then god wyll plage the whole realme Beyng crowned he wil liue away and appointe you a sp viceroye wemens councels deuelishe Marke diligentlye what thei pretende after wardes Here beginneth destruction Talbotte the lords Greye Clinton must dye for captaynes Ye se my lordes what the Spa. prepare for you It shalbe more for your commodite to agree among yourselfe Be true to youre countrey To thys ende ye shall proue their frēdship to extende Obiectiō Crafty chourlish knaues Mark I se names what example shal destroy you It is better for your lordship to be Earle of Penbrok stil I cannot tel what sholde be done but this ye were appointed at the first If they do not yet moue it to you to goe thether they wil cut of your head ni England for such profet cānot long come out of Spain The erle of Darby betrewe my lorde Shreusbery lest ye lose your sonne your auncetors praise for their trueth Of your sōne my lorde of Arundell thys was written or he died fear the sequel in youre selfe The Spaniardes wold ended this or you shold vnderstode it therfore now denye it Marke what manyfolde mischiefs the beggerly bribes do bring if it be not youre deathes at the end receiue them The craftie treasōs be to hard for you to vnderstande but by Suspecting many thīgs whiche if ye wolde then preserue England from bondage I would shew thē if I hanged for it Youre lordships shall first curse the time of these bribes false flaterye So my lord Darbes sōnes title to the croun by hys wife will cost al iii. their life The Ladie Elizabeth condemned thei haue promysed to bring ēglande in subiecciō to Flaunders VVhen she muste die trust not ye to liue lōge after Sedicion among your selfs wilbe your destruccion for traitors seke in englishmens variaunce to bring in Spa ▪ vpon thē If ye liue quietly within yourselfs ye preserue your coūtrei agaīst your enemyes c. The Quenes grace disceaued with flaterers The Spaniardes reporte of the Quenes maiestie There wordes arge thei mēt more then was perfourmed to speake trueth thei purposed rather to wine her crown then her body Marke the most honorable and courte like customes in their courtes here in Flaūders A misordered hospitall The chappel chamber made whē strāgers be presente the garde chamber The kīgs courte much more carterly thē a farmers house in the countrey the king is the vylest tauerner of all his court The kīge selleth wine and water more dearer thē other and hath the lyes hymselfe The kīgs wine fetched out of the tauerne by the quart but in England freely by Iugges bottels My lord Ambassadour is worthye of blame if more then this be not written for he should se the Quene be not disceaued herin Thus ye shal liue when ye be in bondage Tak hede ye sai not hereafter would to god we had done it for now ye may do it I desir ye shold folow your own preseruacion The king a turne spitte If panīs so muche loued their coūtrey shold we Christiās betraie ours Kepe the state that ye haue Spaniardes report Englande to be the strongest and beste kingdom on the earth The nature of Spani Doubteles I know no man can set forth more mysery then the peo ple be in in Naples and if ye go forth ye shal come to the lyke But if ye wil not take warning of them which do shew you then shal you suffer al the plages that be named in this boke for youre incredulitie Obiectiō Marke ye people of England howe ye muste be taxed Note thys If ye can suffer this then crown the king of Ierusalem The third part of al thinges kepe your selues frō that bondage Marke this yo men and husbande mē kepe your liberte that ye pay not for your own chickens whē ye bee sicke If ye folow this counsel ye saue your lyues your landes contrey And will with spede For all your learning is lost your law destroyed al your liuinges decayed for euer ▪ the office of trewe men Obiectiō Erasmus VVhat the quene oughte to doe A trewe example How the Quene ought to gouerne vs Mi lords for suche counsell ye shalbe more hardly plaged in hel then ye cā be in the towre See what they take vpon thē or this Geue a Spa. one inch and he wil take a hūdreth fote She shall be at low estate in short tīe Beware of this it were better for your lordships ▪ to lose your heades die in the trueth then damne your fols in presūption Ye dysceaue the Quene when ye cause her to lose her husbande and her power also Ye are disceaued Mark this parte of their nature So wil the great Turke Poore bakers daughters of brussels A farmers acte of the kinges maiestie in Antwerpe VVhere the king is so vicious the people must neds be muche worse They bragge more of this then of all the warres that euer their king made The kīgs maiestie a meri midwife at midde nighte The Byshop of Castyll They esteme the crowne aboue the quen Vnlyke similitudes Some good Lady shew oure Quene thys trueth that her grace be not brought into mor miserye Paget should brought in douch men and ben viceroy if vprors cold ben moued by the wrōges that the Quēe attēpted last yeare The Quene shalbe a Nunne whē the king is crowned And euē so shal ye doe if ye write as long as ye lyue Pockye Spani Ye wold be offended to be openly named for whores yet ye loue Spa which name you openly so Amende good Ladyes or els The maner of Spanishe wemen This is greate dishonor for youre husbāds shame for youre selues a great slaunder for youre countrey But take hede with this warning or els ye wil shortly be named and shamed London Mōgrels It is the chefest vertue to punish vice Mi desier in writīg this letter Note Kepe this order and ye shal saue your countrey Be sure to flye these mischiefes or els ye worke your own destruction All you haue ben disceaued by the flattering of Spa. take hede with this warning Yet thoughe your lordship wer not perfect beefore take hede at the last I desire your safe garde Thys should been dōe if the Quene coulde haue moued sedicion by her quarels last yeare to the gentel men VVe haue al one father which is in heauē then we ought to loue together like brethren