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england_n	emperor_n	king_n	league_n	3,609	5	9.4892	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05463	The complaint of England Wherein it is clearely prooued that the practises of traitrous papists against the state of this realme, and the person of her Maiestie, are in diuinitie vnlawfull, odious in nature, and ridiculous in pollicie. In the which they are reprooued of wilfull blindnes, in that they see not the filthines of the Romish gouernment: and conuinced of desperate madnesse, in that they feare not the mischiefe of Spanish inuasion: the former whereof is exemplified by the Popes practises both here in England, and abroad in other countries: the later by the Spaniards outrages, in his exactions raised vpon Naples, and his tyrannies executed in the Indies. Lastly the necessitie, equitie, and benefits of the late proceeding in iustice are set downe; with a friendly warning to seditious papists for their amendment; and an effectuall consolation to faithfull subiectes for their incouragement. Seene and allowed.	[Lightfoot, William].	1587 (1587)	STC 15595; ESTC S108556	45,440	70

bestowed this way to be frustrate he imparted the matter to his Lords assembled in Parlement discoursing what inconueniences must of necessitie ensue if they obeyed the Popes precept and in most earnest and discrete maner he debateth the cause seuerally with euerie particular Bishop willing them to weane their affection from straungers and not practise the vndoing of their natiue countrie for gratifying of the Pope But finding them peruerse he mingleth his intreatie with menaces denouncing openlie against them the penalties of the lawes and auncient statutes of his Realme charging them further vpon their allegeance to deliuer no money out of the Realme to the beggering of the State They as best became them yéelded at the last obedience to their Liege Lorde But Gregorie thus defeated of his purpose and crost with a contrarie cue cleane beside his expectation began to make batterie with his gunshot of excommunication directed to the Bishop of Worcester of whose inclinatiō he was best perswaded with cōmand to prosecute it in most vehement sort that no possible furtherance should be omitted for the effectuating thereof against a certaine day prescribed wherein the Audit of this sacred receipte must bee giuen vp The matter was so diligentlie trauersed what with the kinges Embassadors on the one side to appease the Pope what with the insatiable couetousnesse of the Pope on the otherside to impouerish the Realme that notwithstanding all importunitie submission and reasonable proffers that the king could make no spéeche of reconcilement would be harkened vnto vntill he had graunted the Pope a tenth of all goods moueable in England and Scotland The king in his owne Realme ouer-waighed by the vsurped authoritie of the Pope and then to vse Matthaeus Parisiensis his own words Our Lord the Pope being before inwardlie inflamed aboue all thinges to suppresse the hautinesse of the king recomforted with these promises was made to consent The which how pernicious it became to the state of this Realme can hardly by anie estimate be comprehended For irregular custome hauing once set in his foot would not for many yeares after take the repulse So that the Church of Rome hath to her shame approued the veritie of this saying Religio peperit Diuitias sed Filia deuorauit Matrem Religion brought forth Riches but the Daughter swalowed vp the Mother like the Vipers brood Such gourmandisers as praie vpon Princes whereas they ought of duetie to pray for them will be found to haue runne farre into arrerages when it shall be said vnto them Giue account of thy stewardship for thou maist be no longer Stewarde Of such it may bee saide as Alcibiades said to Pericles when he perceiued him very carefull to make vp his reckonings to the Athenians O how much better were it for thee if thou couldest deuise to giue no accounts at all The king of Englands Exchecquer disfurnished vnder pretence of ransoming the Pope It is not vnknowne howe the treasure of this realme was of late yeares transported when that ambitious Prelate Cardinall Woolsey conueied at one time out of the Kinges Exchecker two hundred and fourtie thousand poundes sterling for relieuing of Pope Clement whom the Duke of Bourbon after the sacking of Rome drew foorth of the Castle of Saint Angelo and detained him prisoner in the Emperours armie The which summes of monie he conuerted to furnish the french King with necessaries to make warre vpon the Emperour who was then in league with King Henrie of England What should I speake of pardons Peter-pence with a number such polling pedling deuises of oppression wheref the manifestation of the Gospel hath clearly disburdened you What should I declare how licentiously he hath presumed to cōtroll the mightie kings of England infringing their liberties abrogating their ordinances repealing their statutes and ingrating vpon their prerogatiues Wherein if hee were at any time gainsaid or ouerthwarted he then cast about to depose them As Henry the seconde was suspended from his Crowne by the space of foure daies went barefoote to Thomas Beckets Tombe dying the rough stones with his blood and most vnkingly deiecting himself to be discipled with the rod of the Monkes of Canterburie King Iohn was miserably vexed by Innocent the third forced at last to resigne his Crowne with all title of soueraintie both in England and Ireland into Pandulphus hand who detaining it fiue daies then restored it This infortunate King after a troublesome and litigious raigne was in the ende poisoned by a traitorous Moonke as also Henry the seuenth Emperour of Germany was by a Dominicane Frier who ministring the sacrament vnto him had before dipped the oste in poison I must néedes highly commend the courage of king Henry the first The magnanimity of king Henrie the first in withstanding the Hope who beeing in contention with Anselme about inuestitures pleaded the sufficiencie of his owne authoritie within his proper territories saying There is an ancient custome of my kingdome ordained by my Father that no person shal sue anie appeale from vs to the Pope whosoeuer will attempt to violate this custome doeth offend against our Maiestie and the Crowne of Englande hee that will seeke to despoile vs of our Crowne is an enemie and a Traitor to our person And againe when Anselme would haue had him follow the Popes Letters what haue I to doe with the Popes Letters I will not breake the lawes of my Realme for the pleasure of anie Pope As touching his market-making and whole sale of spirituall promotions to rawe and bankerout chapmen it was truely said that the state of Asses was much better then of Horses because the Horses were faine to post to Rome for benefices but the Asses obtained them Of his ordinarie absolution for mony without respect of crime he descanted pretily that said Friers were fed fat with mens sinnes Of the scismes in his Sea he spake rightly the being asked why in their suffrages they praied not for Cardinals Bishops that is quoth he vnderstood where we say Oremus pro scismaticis haereticis let vs praie for scismatikes heretikes I omit his beastly gaine raked out of the sinkhole of brothel-houses I loth to think vpon his tolerating of the most stinking sin of abhominable Sodomitrie in commendation whereof Iohn Casus Archbishop of Beneuentane the Popes Legat to the Venetians wrote a booke O detestable impudencie to magnifie that in words yea in writing the onely thought wherof woundeth the heart with horror Indéed Sinesius wrote a pamphlet in praise of Baldnes Fauorinus commended the quartane ague Apuleus the Asse Erasmus not vnwittily blazed the praise of Follie one of late painted out the praise of nothing yet to some purpose but what age euer hatched such a forlorne monster as this Yet was he a deuout Catholike a Romish Prelate and one of speciall account with his holinesse therefore I mate well thinke like maister like man But roome now els shall we bring all Rome on