wicked practises haue compassed the death of a great many with all which procéedinges the Cronicles will largely acquaint the Reader And certainely if outward actions of barbarous crueltie may condemne the blasphemie of the Pope his ministers in Fraunce Flaunders and Scotland haue already sent the same vnto hell haue elected him to be the Archtyrant of the earth For where was there a more sauage crueltie euer coÌ„mitted then the massacre of Paris where by the traine of amitie the celebration of a marriage betweene the King of Nauarre and the Kinges sister which in outward appearaunce promised much peace and honour to the long afflicted realme the peeres of bloud and nobilitie of the religion to honour that wished accorde repaired vnto the Court where the good Admirall was slaine and by that stratageme or rather deuice of the Deuill many a thousand innocent and fearelesse Protestants in Paris and other cities of Fraunce were cruelly murthered which monstrous massacre although many other trecherous murthers in Fraunce reproch the Papistes with the extreamest name of crueltie is remembred with the blame and exclamation of the cruellest Pagans in the worlde This traiterous and butcherly warfare waspractised with the murther of the King and many noble men of Scotland The pretence of the tyrannical gouernment of the Spaniards in the low Countries and contrary to the auncient lawesof priuiledges â—…he said Countries at their first entraunce their killing and destroying of the principall nobilitie and persons most worthie of gouernement was coloured with the maintenance of the Romish religion but what excuse by religion haue they for the destroying and dishonourable murthering of many Romaine Catholiques among whome the right noble County of Egmond was that wayes especially affected euen forsooth some such reason as the theefe had who said he robbed none but Papistes when he spared not any that had a crosse in his pursse which crosse he tooke to be the marke of a Papist so the Spaniardes tooke these noble men for Protestants because they were of honourable dsspositions maintainers of their countries liberties and louers of vertue which are not the ordinarie markes of Papists the riches of these countries by common estimation aunsweared the vallew of the king of Spaines Indias and from this root procéedeth all their ruines The proud Spaniardes enuied the greatnesse of these Lordes and the prosperity of the people and to féed their owne wastefull humours they hungred after absolute dominion and possession of their riches In all matters of obedience that appertayned vnto the king they serued his maiestie with all faithfulnesse so that the Spaniard could pickt no quarrell of disloyaltie They were driuen to square about the Pope though these people obeyed the king they charged them with Catholicke disobedience vpon this cause as they alleadge more then these twenty yéeres the insolent Spaniardes with swoorde famine and many other cruell maners of death haue afflicted and destroyed the naturall people of those countries and haue ransacked spoiled the most of their fayre and rich cities And yet these proud Spaniardes vpon a true account haue neither gayned honor nor profit by the ruines of these most rich countries While the godly Prince of Orange liued the Spaniardes had many foyles and few honorable victories the compassing of whose death with the worthy destruction of their own mur thering instruments testifie the tiranous spirites both of the Pope and the king of Spaine that neither obey the lawes of God honor nor humainitie by working by anye meanes the deathes of their enemies After the good Prince of Orange was traiterouslye slaine the order whereof is vniuersallye knowne and condemned the afflicted people of these countrys by their increasing calamities soone missed the benefite of his graue counsels But God be praised for the life and happines of her sacred maiesty euen good Quéene Elizabeth who with a mercifull eye and a Princely hand hath both beheld and giuen large sucker to their afflictions to the afflictions of these appressed people of the low countries to them I say with royall defence publicke succour and to the persecuted ChristiaÌ„s of all nations as their calamities required her sacred maiesty euen her onely zeale and vertue hath preserued Scotlande from forraine outrage and ciuill destruction the yonge kinge of Scots whom God blesse with deuine and heroicall vertues confesseth her maiesty to be his mother by whom next vnder God he liueth and raigneth she hath giuen him a kingdome in redéeming of it foorth of the tyranny of straungers and disobedience of awelesse subiects Her mediation hath much pacified the furies of Fraunce and her clemencye hath refreshed the woundes of Portugall her mercy is the Phisition of forraine afflictions and her holinesse the sure grounde of Englandes peace and prosperity England at this day and from the first hower of her maiesties blessed raigne the wonder of nations England I say of absolute gouernments onely in peace onely in prosperity onely free from féeling the vengeance of enuy many enemies be thou thankful for this deuine protectioÌ„ Englande or rather Englishe men be you counceled by the ouerthrowes of the fore recited monarchies kingdomes and common weales I haue presented you with these conquestes of enuy that you may be fore warned of your worst enemy euen this monster enuy which euer more contendeth against peace and prosperity you are plentifully blessed with both the blessinges and vniuersally besieged with enuy It is miraculous that you haue escaped the mischiefe of all her stratageames and dangerous war The Athenians were ignoraunt of no pollicy to withstaÌ„d their enemy yet could find no defence against enuye but to tame and kéepe vnder their prosperitye they yéerly banished their noble men not such as had offended the law but those which the common people woulde haue banished their wisedomes made the common weale to florishe but neither their wisedomes nor force could banishe enuy out of the hartes of the people they feared this passion more then Alexanders power and good cause why for her venime poysoned Alexander her pollicy murthered Caesar and quelled most of the worthies We néede not search forraine examples to teach vs the power of enuy she destroyed the house of Brut at whose gouernment we begin our Englishe cronicles for Ferrex his brother Porrex striuing for sole soueranitie sought each others confusion Porrex slew Ferrex and their mother murthered Porrex in his bedde in whose deathes the linage of Brute was ended Enuy was the cause of the chaunges of gouernment by the Saxons Danes Britans and lastely the enuy betwéene Harold and his brother after the death of king Edward the confessor was the meane that crowned William the conqueror with the Diadem of England The mischief which enuy sowed in king Richard the secondes dayes brought forth continuall murders ciuill warres and deadly quarrelles during the raignes of sixe kinges that succéeded him To be short this passion since
authoritie or dissention Yea about this time that the fall of Antichrist might be visibly séene by the taking awaie of such Christian princes as were his setled supporters when as Lodowicke Guiccerdine reporteth ther was not any where either brute of pestilence or extraordinarie disease there died within the space of one yeare the Emperour Charles the fifth the Quéene of Hungary Quéene Mary of England two Kings of Denmarke Bona Sforza Quéene of Polonia Henry the third king of France Ierolme Priuli Duke of Vennice Hercules da este Duke of Ferrara and Paule the fourth Pope of Rome a change verie vniuersall wherein Gods prouidence is not to be ouerpassed with a light consideration whose will vndoubtedly was by the change of these princes the most of them drunken with Poperie to make a ready passage through Europe for the gospel of our sauiour Iesus Christ which vpon this change began to florish in most of the recited gouernements And albeit the fall of Antichrist in many places of the scripture be liuely presaged vpon the authority whereof there is sure and sound building when the prophesies and dreames of a number are but rotten foundations yet I hope I may without iust reprehension say that God many times acquainteth the minds of some good men with an imaginatiue knowledge of things to come which many yéeres after falleth out according to their presagement and for example belōging to our matter the reformation of the Church vnder her Maiesties raigne before her noble fathers death was set downe in this following prophesie Post H sequetur E post E quod mirum M M coronabitur breue confundetur Post M sequetur E vel A Et tunc conuertetur ecclesia In English E shall follow H next E with wonder M M shall be crowned and soone confounded Next vnto M E or A shall raigne Then shall the Church conuerted be againe Noble King Henry the eight first vnmasked this proude Pope King Edward the fixt the parragon of yong princes helped to vncase him Quéene Mary fauoured but liued not to strengthen him and now our soueraigne Elizabeth hath geuen him a mortall disgrace his painted Church abideth not the tuch Gods Church is vniuersally reuerenced The multitude are more delighted to reade a fewe godly sentences written vppon the Church wall then to sée his rarest rotten reliques layde vp in a golden chest Against her Maiestie he principally warreth as the chosen instrument of almightie God to abase his imperious mind to the wonder of the world and comfort of all good Christians CHAP. 8. Of the peaceable and honorable victorie that her Maiestie had against the french forces in Scotland which were raised with a determination for the inuasion of England the second yeare of her Maiesties raigne AFTER the death of Henry King of France his sonne Frances the second succéeded in the kingdome of France a prince of the age of sixtéene yéeres who being married vnto Mary Quéene of Scots and néece to the Duke of Guise suffered the affaires of the estate to be gouerned by the ambitious policy of the Duke and family of the Guises who hauing wished successe in their practises in Quéene Maryes dayes about the winning of Callice hoped and hungred after the spoile and conquest of England And the better to colour their purpose they intituled the King of France in the right of the Quéene his wife to the Crowne of England and knowing the difference betwéene the Quéenes Maiestie of England and the Pope in matters of religion they easily obtained of Paulus the fourth a disablement of the Quéenes Maiestie and an approouement of the Quéene of Scots right but King Frances had béene well aduised if he had not accepted this gift vntill the Pope had set him in possession of the kingdome which would haue troubled both him and his whole Colledge of Cardinals This depriuation by the Pope the Guises practised to moue the Papists of England to their part taking and arming theyr purpose by degrées to worke a feare in her Maiesties loyall subiects they wrote a booke of the weakenesse insufficiencie of feminine gouernement and by their owne reasons wounded the strength of their owne title which they deriued from the Quéene of Scots This scandale of feminine gouernemente was soundlie aunswered by an vnnamed authour in an english printed book at Strasbrowgh entituled A safe harbor for good subiects And truely although the soueraigne place of rule the chiefe credit of knowledge in Artes and Mecanicall craftes together with all other giftes of grace nature and education be giuen vnto man yet there haue béene women that in all maner of artes qualities and vertues which haue equalled the perfitest of men Innumerable are the testimonies of womens profound learning pure chastitie rare constancie patient martyrdome and a number most valiant whereof Chawcer reciteth nine Woorthies aunswerable to the nine Woorthies of men And touching regall gouernement from whence this question is deriued the Iewes recorde the sage gouernemente of Quéene Alexandra with more renowne then they did the tyrannie of her husband Alexander with reproch whose bodie they were determined to haue giuen vnto the dogs as also to haue murthered his two sonnes to haue rooted out Alexanders name if that her wisedome had not redéemed out either Theodosia the Empresse of Constantinople with admired prudence ruled the whole Empire during her life The gouernement of Senobia was no lesse renowmed Dydo the Amazones and many other were absolute Quéenes Semiramis enlarged the bounds of her Empire and Quéene Tomyris slewe Cyrus and his whole hoaste c. But if the enuy of men would suppresse and murther the worthines of women yet the diuine vertues of our soueraigne Quéene Elizabeth doth and will alwaies kéepe aliue their diuine memorie Of whome Guiccerdine in his Commentaries although all his writing defendeth the pope and reproueth Religion thus reporteth The good Queene Mary being dead without issue Elizabeth her sister was proclaimed Queene c. a Princesse of great learning and ouer and aboue the Laten and her mother toong she is possessed of the French and Italian language which she eloquently speaketh a yong Lady of a hye spirit wise and endewed with rare and noble qualities He might haue added the Greeke Spanish and some other ordinarie tongues with many extraordinary vertues which may as hardly be sampled by anie other lyuing Creature as the Sunne by the fairest of the Planets The worthinesse and strength of whose Gouernment euen from the beginning confuted the scandule of this lybell which was grounded vppon noe generall Lawe of God or man There haue béene priuate Lawes in some perticular Gouernments to take away and to disable the absolute gouernment of women when the generall Lawe possessed them with Imperiall authoritie As in Rome the Law Voconia so called because Voconius Tribune of the people pronounced the same In Fraunce the law Salique which they fetch from king Pharamond which bindeth the present
gouernment of Fraunce no otherwise then the auncient statutes of the Danes Britans or Saxons doe at this day the Gouernment of Englande This vnnaturall Lawe had a barbarous beginning for the reporters thereof confesse that anno 420. the Franconians hauing abandoned their Countrey inhabited along the Rhine and especially about Treues The manners of these people being barbarous they liued vnciuilly without Lawe Which considered by Pharamonde their first Kinge the sonne of their Duke Marcomir He chose foure of the principall men of the Sicambrians whom he authorised by their wisedomes to giue a Law vnto the people The names of these foure were Vsucast Losocust Salgast and Visogust These foure made the Lawe Salique by which Lawe Emperiall gouernment say they is taken away from the daughters and heires of the Kinges of Fraunce This dead Lawe and many other to as little purpose were reuiued to bury the true and lawfull title of King Edwarde the 3. to the kingdome of Fraunce in the right of Quéene Isabell his mother the daughter heire of King Phylip le bel But King Edward nor his successors would not loose their right vpon such canterburie suggestions And some of them subiected the Frenchmen to English obedience And to this day the Armes and Imperiall title of Fraunce are ioyned to the honour of Englande To what purpose doth the law Mentall in Portugal forbid feminine gouernment King Philip deriueth his title from Marie the daughter of Iohn the third of that name king of Portugal and by that title is possessed of the kingdome It is God that disposeth kingdomes and the works of busie heads that vnlawfully séeke to withstand the law of nature in succession To be briefe this inuectiue prooued but a scare-crow it was indiscreatly written and negligently regarded King Francis or more truely the family of the Gwyses ancored their hope vpon the Popes sentence and in all the kings patents and other instruments caused to be intituled Frances of France Scotland England and Ireland king and in his shield quartered the Armes of England and to conquer the kingdome Come era apparente as Guiccerdine reporteth dyuers french forces were daily conuayed into Scotland who tooke and by force kept the strong townes and fortrises there The inhabitants oppressed thus with straungers were for their owne safegard driuen to sew vnto the Quéenes maiesty of England for aid to expel the french who sought the spoile and subuertion of Scotland The malicious purpose of the Guyses ioyned with commyseration of the daungerous affiction of Scotland the Quéene whereof was married and gouerned in France and so barred to vse the lybertie of her Crowne bound the Queenes Maiesty by the vertue of honour pollicie and charitie to sucker them with expedition To accomplish which matter her Maiestie sent a sufficient power towards Scotland by the Duke of Norfolke as generall who remained at Barwicke and the Lord Greay of Wilton being Liuetenaunt entred into Scotland and with her royall power ioyned with the Scots against the french who were soone weary of the English-mens comming But almightie God had set downe a more milde order to honour her Maiesty with the vanquishment of her enimies then by dynt of sword to accomplish which her highnesse sent Syr William Cycill knight at that time her Maiesties principall Secreatorie and nowe Lord Treasorer of England for the full knowledge of whose excéeding worthynesse I retourne the good reader to the Athenians commendation of the Philosopher Euxin and with him accompanied the learned and graue Gentleman Master Doctor Wotton to treat with the french who with their wisedomes so vanquished the french as to the quietnesse and safetie both of England and Scotland they forced them to depart with this following dishonour as Guicherdine reporteth who if he be pertiall it is in fauour of the french First that the King and Quéene of Fraunce and Scotland should leaue the Armes and title of the King of Englande and Irelande and that within sixe monethes at the furthest they shoulde cancell and renewe all their writings and instruments if there were any so made with the former Armes and Titles Further that the Realme of Scotland should be gouerned by the Counsell of twelue persons of the Nobilitie of the said kingdome whereof seuen shoulde bée nominated by the Scotish Quéene and siue by the thrée estates of the Parliament That the iniuries and trespasses committed on either part during the commotion should be forgotten and for the better assurance should be confirmed by the said Parliament That the Garrisons of french souldiers should retourne into Fraunce sauing onely in two fortes sixtie a péece subiect to the Iustice and paie of the Parliament of Scotlande That euerie man shoulde be restâ—…red to his office in the saide Realme and that no french man should haue any more office benefite or administration what so euer in Scotland That the french shoulde not at anie time conuay Munition of warre or souldiers into Scotlande without consent of the saide Parliament with sundrie other straight obseruaunces on the behalfe of the french which Guicherdine concludeth Con grandissimo vantaggio honore della regina Inglese with the greatest aduauntage and honour of the Quéene of Englande a victorie no doubt of great glorie and honour Whereby her Maiestie not onelie deliuered her owne Countrey from the daunger of inuasion but also fréeed Scotlande from the bondage of forraigne Gouernment and thus her enemies hungring after an vnlawfull spoyle lost the disposement of an assured benefite which fortune befall to all those that miswish her Amen CHAP. 9. Of her Maiesties peaceable victorie against the rebels in the North ioyned with her quiet vanquishing of sundry other conspiracies to the vniuersall benefit of England PIus Quartus who succéeded Paulus 4. in the Popedome finding an abasemeÌ„t of the glorie with which his predecessours were honoured and fearing with all that the example of England Scotland Denmarke and Germanie would draw other Nations from the obedience of the Romishe erronious Church to the profession and receiuing of the Gospell of our sauiour Iesus Christ the life of the soule and destruction of this accursed Antichrist laboured with the consent of manie Princes to reuiue the Counsell or more properly the conspiracie of Trent A conspiracie I may iustly say the pollicy whereof was to kéepe vnder the glorious merite of our sauiour Iesus and to aduaunce to the highest degrée of reuerence the painted Idolatrie of the Pope And appointing for his Legates 5. Cardinals who with a great number of Bishops and other doctors of their Church the eyght day after Easter 1561. beganne this vnholy Counsell And truely as in the intent of their assembly was séene this saying of the Psalmist The kinges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take consell togither against the Lorde and his annoynted So likewise in their vaine idle successe this continuance of the Psalme is further séene He that
light account of her enimies threates as shée scorned to report Parries suspitious words vnto her graue Counsell furthermore to cléere her Maiestie from the least bleamish of Tyrannie there néedeth no other testimonie than the confession and records of rancke Traitours It appeareth in Parries and Throgmortons voluntarie confessions that her princely clemencie stayeth all sharpe courses against such Papistes as liue like obedient subiectes when that Lawe adiudged them death their last hope was in her excéeding mercie Throgmorton craued mercie with this acknowledgement of which many haue tasted and few haue beene depriued Parry confessed that the manifold vertues which shined in her Countenance euermore made him lose his resolution to kill her maiesty Forraine writers in their books haue made questions whether the greatnesse of her Maiesties mercie were a vertue more holy in her maiestie or daungerous for her good subiectes because it bread presumption in those that are euill affected I protest before God who I knowe heauily punisheth wilfull periurie that I hearde a Papist in Rome afore some of his companions wish and make choise to be her Maiesties prisoner in the Fléete rather then as he was the Popes pentioner in Rome and truely her imprisonment is more large than the Popes allowance saue vnto such persons which make shewe of seditious spirites Furthermore the long raigne and manifolde blessings which almightie God plentifully bestoweth of her Maiestie euidently declareth that shée is no tyraunt whose Raignes are for the most part short and their deathes violent Yea these Calumniers and Lybellers with these shameles detractions slaunder their owne knowledge which is that her mercie giueth life to condemned Papistes if that their Religion safe they will but acknowledge Ecclesiasticall supremacie to be one to her Maiestie which the Pope and all his power cannot plucke from her To conclude no one what so euer his offence be is put to death in case of Treason and Felonie except the Consciences of twelue sufficient men finde him guiltie and this I may truely say although Englande bée small in comparison of France or Italy yet her mercie pardoneth more that are conuicted by the Lawe than the king of Fraunce and all the princes of Italy It is a wonder to sée the wilfull stubbornesse of these vngratious Iesuites howe they striue against their owne knowledge howe shamelesly they slaunder the mildest course of Iustice that euer ciuill pollicie administred in any common wealth but chiefely how impudently they reproch her excellent Maiestie with tyranny when that her mercie is written in all the Capitols of the worlde their venim sheweth that they are euen those of whom the Psalmist saith They speak lyes they are as venimous as the poyson of a serpent euen like the deafe Adder that stoppeth his ears they with their malitious vntrue perswasions bring men into the snares of destruction out of which they cannot deliuer themselues It is the last refuge the Pope hath to vphold his wicked kingdome to blowe into subiectes eares slaunders of tyranny subsidies oppressions and other hard impositions of their Princes with these perswations they haue kindled many commotions and daily settle a mortall hatred in the ignorant multitude towards their Princes and godly procéedings which euermore bursteth forth with the confusion of such as they seduce for God which abhorreth Traitours seldome suffereth Treason to prosper the diligent obseruance of the euents whereof is able to settle the duetie and obedience of a good subiect more than the learning and Eloquence of the greatest Orators CHAP. 13. Of the peaceable discouery of the daungerous Treasons of Frances Throgmorton Esquire of Henry Percie Earle of Northumberlande and others a Chapter declaring the Odiousnesse of Treason and continuall ouerthrow of Traitors WHosoeuer shall reade the Chronacles of time the continuall life of vertue and endlesse shame of vice they shall finde that Treason is so odious to God as his holy hande many times myraculously hath defended the worst tyrants from the mortall Treasons of their subiectes Comodus was a wicked Emperour and to kill him his syster Lucilla had appointed one Quintianus The Traitour Quintianus wayghted at the entring of the Amphitheatre to kill Comodus his dagger was readie drawne his heart was resolute and his hand was readie to strike the stroake but God appointed the Traytors tongue to inflict the vengeaunce vppon himselfe for before the Emperour came vnder his stroke Quintianus cryed This the Senate sendeth thee Uppon which wordes he was taken and Comodus nothing hurt The day before Sceuinus thought to haue slaine the Archetyrant Nero hée put an olde rustie dagger to grinding hée made his Testament hee fraunchised his bondmen and got rowlers in a readinesse to wrappe wounds in by which tokens Milicheus his seruaunt gathered he went about some naughtie purpose and so accused him straight wayes to the Emperour Sceuinus straight confessed that his intent was to haue slaine Nero. If God plucketh witte and prudencie from Traitors that purposed to kill such notable tyrantes as hée made the Traytours owne wordes and doings to bée the confusion of themselues and safetie of the tyrauntes It is assuredly to bée thought that with the shielde of his strength hée will defende righteous Princes and especially his chosen Quéene Elizabeth that aboue all things seeketh to set foorth his glory to aduaunce his holy worde to abase hypocrisie to banish Idolatrie and finally that all her subiectes may be as they are called true Christians It is assuredly thought that hée will defende her Maiestie yea it is constantly to bée beléeued that hee will there is no feare of it it is visibly séene that he doth I might inlarge this Chapter with sundrie examples of the confution of forraigne Traitors and preseruation of their soueraigne Lords But I write to English-men for whose instruction English examples is most proper It is yet within the compasse of our memorie that since the first houre that the Noble King Henrie the eight banished the Pope out of England that God hath laide this cursse vpon Traitors as the most part of them euen in the prime of their conspiracies were discouered and the principals worthely punished What became of the huge Commotion in Lincolne-shire where twentie thousand rebels were in Armes at the approch of the kings power they desired pardon brake vp their Armie and departed home The seditious heade of Cardinall Poole within sixe dayes after raised a newe insurrection in Yorkeshire to the number of fortie thousande rebels they abide the comming of the kings power with whom a day of battaile was appointed but God hauing compassion of a number of good subiectes that were like to be slaine by his prouidence saued both the one and the other the night before the Armies should ioyne he parted them with a mightie rayne In the meane time the rebels desired pardon it was graunted and so the commotion seased In Februarie following Nicholas Musgraue Sir Francis Bigot Sir Robert Constable
then anie acte of humane perswasion to conuert a growne Atheist to the feare of God and true obedience towards hys prince yet such as through wicked perswasiens and want of good instructions are but newly fallen from the feare of God into the exercise of the damnable and disloyall practises of Atheists may no doubt be counselled by the examples of the confusion of these vipers to loath and hate they vngratious wayes and of the contrarie parte waighing the sure aduancement with which vertue honoreth her disciples they may which God graunt be encouraged earnestly to follow those courses whereby God may be honored theyr Countrey profited and their owne credite dignified There are two old verses among other precepts printed at the ende of Magna Carta of the old impression which containe a great perswasion to the studie of vertue the right ladder of honor and estimation with which for the vertue they containe I conclude this present Chapter Vt ver dat flores flos fructus fructus odores Sic studium mores mos census census honores In English Euen as the Spring doth flagrant flowers bring Faire flowers fruites and fruites a pleasant tast From studie so doth perfect manners spring From studie lore in lore is honor plast CHAP. 9. A conclusion of morall documents concerning the duties of euery estate THese rites men owe to thee O God which in the heauens art Reuerence honor glory prayse and prayer from the heart The gratious Prince a father is where subiectes liue in awe The good regarding with rewards the lewde with scourge of lawe The subiect true vnto his Prince this homage heere doth owe A faithfull heart a feare through loue an inward Zeale in showe The reuerent Iudge froÌ„ doming right whom no regard may straine Must Aristotles blames forsake loue hate and priuate gaine Th' inferior sort must reu'rence giue vnto the higher power Obay and listen to their lore let fortune laugh or lowre These speciall vertues from a freend still should or do proceede Aduise assistance faithfull loue and constancy in neede The Landlord should so lot his land as his poore Tennant may Both pay his rent sustayne his house and for his Landlord pray All Tennants slaues and bondmen were of youre records do shew Though now not so yet to their Lords they Zeale and fealtie owe. The neighborhood of the neighbor good this neighborhod doth claime Good still for good in casuall harme a charitable blame The Wise man sayeth the child is spilt where parents spare the rod But cherishment with chastment ioyne and see they honor God You children that long life do seeke vnto Gods lawe giue eare Honor Parents sustaine their age that for your youth did care You that a faithfull seruant seeke regard this charge as lawe His wages pay his seruice aske and keepe him still in awe Sometime the Romaines by their law their seruant lewde might slay And by all lawes the maisters will the seruant must obay Fresh youth whose iudgement is but greene aboue each other vice Forsake these three vndoing euils women wine and dice. These properties regard them well to you faire maydes belong A bashfull grace a modest eye ioynd with a silent toong You that haue wealth think others want thus impart your store Lend giue releeue as neede requires for to sustayne the poore You that are poore abase your thoughts for naught agreeth worse Then this foule fault a prowde conceipt ioynd with a beggers purse In euery trade an honest gaine well gotten good men hight And God will surely blesse the hand that wayes and measures right You souldyers both by land and sea Gods woonders still escrie Liue you to dye for fearefull death is alwayes in your eye Assure your selues you Atheists vile that make at him a face That God in vengeance is at hand where he is farre with grace As I began so I conclude let all men feare the Lord And Preachers see that godly workes with holy words accord To the Reader FRiendly Reader I giue thee knowledge that vpon speciall occasion I haue before printed certaine appendants to this booke viz. one Treatise called A mirror for Maiestrates which containeth at large in the graue orations and gouerment of the Emperour Alexander Seuerus what is for the honor of Gentlemen Citizens and diuers other estates and what is the disgrace and vndoing of themselues and their posteritie as also a morall Treatise of the reputation vertues and by abuse dishonors of a souldier whiche I wish thee for thy further pleasure and profite to adioyne to thy generall Mirror to which in right they belong Thus commending vnto thee the fruites of my labour and thee to the tuition of the highest giuing most humble thankes to hys diuine Maiestie by whose goodnes thys worke is brought to an end I end FINIS Errata The defences of pride The defences of ambition The defence of flatterie Infirmities of the body Enuie vvithout cure Originall of Enuie Gen. 3. Enuie the first cause of sinne Enuie vvorse theÌ„ murther c. The â—…tes of Enuie Defâ—…ces of 〈◊〉 Defences of volptuousnes The defences of covvardlines None vvill confesse himselfe to be enuious Necessitie cause of many trespasses Mat. 20. There may be cause of impatiencie but no colour for enuy Blessings which grieue the enuious August contra Donat. lib. 4. cap. 8. Causes which reioyce the enâ—…ous Baâ—… Sermone de â—…dia Enuie likeâ—… to a Panther The nature of a Panther Enuie continueth after death Enuie compared to a â—…per The vnnaturall nature oâ—… a viper The enâ—… 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 A â—…ble of Eâ—…pe 〈◊〉 is neuer reconciled Neighbour countreyes enuy others glory Timon of Athens Murther the byrde of enuie Gen. 4. Abell slayne by Câ—… Enuie cause of paâ—…de and in hummane marthers Remas slaine by Romulus Machiuel dis Lib. 1. Romulus and Remâ—…s were fostered by aâ—… woâ—…fe Polinecâ—… Etâ—…ocles brothâ—… The mortall venime of envy A necessary example Enuie caused Neâ—…o to â—…ay â—…s mother Commodus enuyed the remeÌ„brance of his fathers vertues Vice is reproched by the commendation of vertue An other inhumane murder caused by enuy in Commodus A horrible murder by enuy Hâ—…ule Grafton and other English Hâ—…oriographers King Henry the 7. ouercame this tirant and calmed the afflictions of England Prince Edward slaine by Richardes handes K. Henry the 6. slaine by Richardes handes Duke of Clarence drovvned King Edvvard the 5. and his brother slaine â—…st lib. 1. Enuy the originall of warre The miseries of vvar The end of the Assiriâ—…n monarchy by enuy Iust. lib. 1. The tuchstone of manhood The city of Capidocâ—…a burned through enuy Time is able to repayre the ruines of fortune The Asserian empire translated into the Meades Miserable are the countreis gouerned by lieâ—…tenants An impious cruelty Man purposeth and God dispoâ—…h Mâ—…rius and Crâ—…us Ciâ—…us suckled by
a she vvolfe The empire of the Meades chaunged into Persian Iust. lib. 1. The empire â—…nslated into Macidonia The enuy of Alexander Alexander poysoned thorough Enuy. Thessalus a trâ—…i terous Phisition A necessary note for Prâ—…ces Kinges for there owne saâ—… tiâ—…s are bound to fauour their subiects Hippias a tyrant of Atheâ—… VVhere the feare of God stayeth not the loue of mony maketh passaâ—… for any mischief Counsels of K. â—…dinando The misery that follovved the incertainty of Alexanders succession A cruell part of Tamberlaâ—…ne A good counsel reiected The hugenes of Alexanders monarchie The greatnes of the Romane empire The nature of ambition One poyson remedy for an other Ruffâ—… pâ—… 〈◊〉 death Pollisie of Sâ—…licon Stilicons drift discouered Stilicons treason punished Rome sacked by Alaric Rome taken by the vandals Rome taken by Euriles and Toringnes Rome taken againe by the Gothes Rome taken againe by the Gothes Anno 830. Rome vvonne by the Sarizins Rome won by the Duke of Burbon Policies of the Popes to wâ—…nd out of obedâ—… 〈◊〉 and same of Constantinople The Priâ—… eleâ—…tours Apoc. 1â—… Can. si Papa de stâ—…et 42. Apocal. 17. 18. The names of the mountaines where Rome was builded 〈◊〉 2. circâ—… 〈◊〉 Apocal. 17. Thes. 2. 2. Dan. 11. A â—…able moralâ—…zed by the Pope Pro. 8. VVis 6. Psall 144. Dan. 2. 4. 5. Ierem. 25. 27. Rom. 13. Pride and cruelties of the Pope Looke in the Cron. of Germany Apol. of the prince of Orange Epitaph of Boniface the Pope The Popes war â—…ant or letter vvritten in the 2. booke of counsels â—…o 810 Rob. barnes cronicle Euseb Nanc Psal. 19. Lopes de goâ—…or in his hist. of â—…nd A daungerous policie of the pope Anno 1070. Cerimoniae Eccles Rom. lib. tit 〈◊〉 A presumptuons commandement A good â—…ing bound vnto the law A pleasant aunsvvere Anno 740. This taxe vvas peter pence Anno 1181. Apoc. 17. Apoc. 15. Vnâ—…nty of Mâ—…omets linage The vvicked counsel of the monek Seâ—… Mahomet an Athâ—…ist A damnable pollicie A matter is better vnbegun then not effectually followed A pleasing persvvasion of Mahomet Mahomets death Califus and Hali successours of Mahomet He vvas borne in a tovvne of Samarie called Tricon Tâ—…rt de here Lib. 1. cap. â—…0 Act. 8. S. Iustin. martyâ—… in his Apologie Iose. de bel Iud The Popes souldiers The Pope drâ—…ueÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plat. de vita Gâ—…eg 9. Sab. 〈◊〉 par 3. A reâ—…rd for Coâ—…tiers An â—…ous reâ—…ge A proud request Originall of the Turkes Pom. Mel. Lib. de Cosmo 1. cap. 18. The Turkes infected with Mahomets religion Godfrey Bulloyne Ottoman 1. Succession of the Ottomans Orâ—…an 2. â—…at 3. The enuie of the Emperour and nobles first sure foundation of the Turkes Empire Baiazet who slew his elder brother Soâ—… Victorie against the Christians Constaâ—… 〈◊〉 beâ—… 〈◊〉 Christians ouercome Miserie and ouerthrow of Baiazet Calapin Christians ouerthrowne Mahomet 6. Christians ouercome Turkes ouerthrovvne Bassa a 〈◊〉 Lord of 〈◊〉 Christians ourthrovvne Originall of the Ianissaires Mahomet 8. Constantinople conquered Io. Vaiuode Turkes defeated Christians ouercome Determination of the siegniorie of the christians in the East Fraunce the antient refuge of the pope Baiazet 9. Christians ouerthrovvne Beginning of the Sophy his empire Selim 10. Paracide Inhumaine murâ—… This battaile vvas the 24. of August 1514 The Soudan ouercome Soliman 1â—… Soliman his vâ—…tories The Hungâ—…ans slaine Selim 12. Mustafa Bassa cosen to the theâ—… vvhich honge on the left side of Christ. Aâ—…urath 13. murdred 5. of his brethren Camp fâ—…o de his tuâ—… Originall of Tamberlaine Tamberlaines first attempts Enuy 〈◊〉 of Tamberâ—…es kingdome Tamberlaine king of Persia. Tamberlaines conquest Tamberlaines militarie discipline Creatâ—…es of Tamberlaines army Battaile betvveene Baâ—…t and Tamber lâ—…ine Courage of Bâ—…iazet Baiazetâ—… ouer throvv anâ—… misery A notable example Tamberlaines order at assaults A great cruelty Enuy ende of Tamberlainâ—…s kingdome Baptis Ignatius Ios. Simler dâ—… râ—…epub Swiâ—… Henry king of Portugall a Cardinall A senere iudgement of king Henry The king of Spaine his owne iudge Dâ—… Anthonio â—…de king by the 3. estates K of Spaines greedy desire of rule K. Anthonio put to â—…light A good example for traitours Tim. 2. cap. 3. Vertue the cog nizance of a gentleman Policie of the Medices A necessarie counsell to be followed 〈◊〉 Iudas kisse Iuâ—…ian de Medicâ—…â—…ne Assemblie of the Segnewâ—… Fury of the multitude The archbishop hanged Barnard Baudin hanged The ground of the Florentine dukedome Enuy of the Gwyses firste cause of the troubles of Fraunce Deuision of Scotland â—…cre of Parts Murther of the king of Scots Tyrannie of the Spaniards in the â—…ovve countrie A staffe is soone found to strike a dog The prince of Orange diuelishly murthâ—…red Admonition to England and English men Pollicy of the Athenians to â—…dle enuy A pollicie of Demosthenes to get audieÌ„ce Varietie delightfull to the reader A law of Socrates Pitty vvithout charitie Ciuill vvarres of the Romans Honour giuen to peacemakers Octauian Chanius Preter Iohn A speciall honour The benefite of histories All the kinges named Henry of Englande vvere vvorthy kinges An. doâ—… 1400. Henry the 4. A 〈◊〉 for â—…es Enuy of Nâ—…o Rom. 13. Iosep. bel Iude. Reg 1. 26. 1485 Antiquitye a great beauty of vertue A necessarye â—…onsideration King Henry the 7. compared to Alexander Seuerus 1509 1513 1521 Acts Cap. 9. Acts and Monuments Esâ—… 4. cap. â—…2 1530 Vide Chro. of England Cant. Cantico cap. 4. 1546 A vvonderfull victory in Scotland Muskelborrough feeld 1553 A godly poâ—… 〈◊〉 Câ—…p 〈◊〉 1. Sam. Cap. 〈◊〉 The protestants neuer rebelled in England The Papists cruelty without measure Comfortable examples for the godly in time of persecution Her Maiesties thankes-giuing Her Maiestie visibly blessed with the eight beatitudes in the 5. of Matth. A prouidence of God in taking avvay of seditious paâ—…ls Lodo. 〈◊〉 Comment lib. 〈◊〉 Lod. Guic. 〈◊〉 Com. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lib. 3. The law Voconia in Rome â—…avv 〈◊〉 in Fraunce lib. sec de Aâ—… veâ—…d 10 2â—… The law Mental in Scotland Lib. 3. 1560. Articles of accord betweene Englande and Fraunce taken out of Guicherdines Coment Lib. 3. 1561 Psal. 〈◊〉 Vide in the booke of the execut of Iustice in Engl. The Northerne rebels vanquished 1571 1570 Exod. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. The plagues of Aegypt and destruction of Pharao Actes 23. 24. The Queenes death practised by Negromancy Doctor Stories confession Plut. de defeâ—… orat Looke the chapter of herâ—… fol. 61. Psalme 4. 18. Actes 13. Genes 41. Exod. 8. 9. Esay 47. Daniel 2. Doctor Stories confession at his execution Prestall and Phaier deliuered foorth of the kings bench without triall Phaer executed for coyning Prestall condemned for â—…reason but not executed They â—…ors presume of her â—…iesties merâ—… Murther punished Actes 28. Matth. 27. R. cap. 12. Reg. 2. Cap. 21. Genesis 4. Psalme 37. Madder and Barlow Somernile Psalme 64. Doctor Parry Parties letter to the Lord â—…sorer Martiâ—… Psalm 1. 7. 37. 52.
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 deâ—…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 coÌ„quests 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
discouered and they as traytors were executed All which preuentions of daunger and publicke disturbance may neither be attributed to chaunce nor worldly wisedome But aboue the rest the peaceable vanquishing of the Duke of Norfolke is a bye note of Gods wonderfull prouidence and fauour showen to her Maiestis and blessed Realme his conuiction shewed his attempt to be most perrilous both to her Maiestie and many of her louing subiectes And for to performe the same he was the most popular subiect that liued in Englande many a daye he was setled in the fauour of most of the chiefe peares and generally he was honoured of the Commons which vniuersall loue procéedeth not alwayes from true vertue But contrariwise sometimes from dissembling humilitie the highest ladder of ambition With a slie and hypocriticall spirite vngratious Catiline and aspiring Caesar bewitched the people of Rome And although the wisedome of Cicero deliuered Rome from the daunger of Catiline for which hee was recompensed with the crowne Ciuique yet nether the graue Counselles of Cato nor all the cloquence of Cicero preuayled against the popular fauour of Caesar. Caesar with the fauour of the multitude iudged the Senate and in the ende crowned himselfe with Emperiall Maiestie but yet with such myseries to the Romaines as the Poet Lucan who partly touched them was amased fully to recite them if God had not myraculously laid all this vengeance vpon the Dukes the capital offenders head manie a true English man might haue shaken the Romaines by the hand with this salutation In miserie it is good to haue a companion The Duke had a guiltie conscience a mistrustfull spirit and vngratious counsell to withstande the censure of her maiesties Lawes but God among his wandring thoughts directed him a happie course for Englande although necessitie after many mercifull delayes quieted the troubles of England with the cutting off of his head CHAP. 10. Of the wonderfull prouidence of Almightie God in the preseruation of her Maiestie from poysoning and destruction by Magicke and such like diuellish practises as also from being violently murthered a Chapter necessarie the regard shewing Gods merciful protection of her Maiesty and some of her chiefe Counsel the worthy confusion of the conspirators the odiousnes of murther and the godly iustice of England INnumerable are the examples that the mallice of enuie is neither vanquished with the wonders of God nor cōfusion of her ministers but still warreth against the prouidence of God and safetie of her owne members The turning of the riuers of Aegypt into blood the couering of the land with frogs the biting of lice the stinging of noisome flies the morraine of cattel the blaines and botches that punished man and beast the haile that destroied the cattell grasse and corne of the fields the Grashoppers that eate the fruites gréene leaues of the trée the darkenesse that ouershadowed the land and the death of the first borne of Aegypt could not vanquish and mollifie Pharaos malitious hart but fighting against God he wilfully ran vpon the destruction of himselfe and his whole hoast in the red sea The Iewes when they saw that their open clamors preuailed not against Paule that their secret vowe that they would neither eate nor drinke before they had slaine him was frustrate they yet wrought against Gods prouidence and practised with the Ruler Festus to haue him brought from Cesarea vnto Ierusalem and by the way meant to haue slaine him but God put otherwise in Festus head and the Iewes pursued their mallice in vaine I might alledge many other examples but none I thinke more profitable then the continuance of the mallice of the Popes and his confederates enuie with their dayly confusions against the life of her sacred Maiestie and prosperitie of her happie realme It is showne how her Maiestie had a most honorable and peaceable victorie against Pope Paulus the fourths iudgement the dangerous pretence of the French against the roring Bull of Pius Quintus that made her Northerne subiectes to rebell and how the Northerne Rebels who naturally are fearce fled before her royall power as amazed shéepe The Pope and his confederates séeing that open hostilitie preuailed no whit they therefore vnbowelled their rankor and practised with the Diuell to shorten the life of our most gratious soueraigne Elizabeth they looked into the wonders of Magicke the execrable villanies done by Negromancie and sawe by successe of the like practises an apparance of their diuelish purpose Dangerous instruments were found out to practise with the Diuell as Prestall Phaer and another vnnamed English fugitiue who as the Archtraitor Doctor Story theyr chiefe comforter confessed sayd he coulde and woulde bring the Quéenes highnesse to death if he were well plied by negromancie the Diuell was set a worke the moneth the day and the houre were set downe when the Quéene of England should be in hazard of her life there were right Machiuillians Atheists and Diuels set a worke men that would attempt any mischiefe for promotion or as the confession goeth if they might not be vsed as vnderlings These fellowes looked into the auncient strength of the Diuell how before the comming of Christ he made such fellowes to be generally admired as Gods they thought to haue done wonders but they were not wise ynough to looke into the abasement of their arte before the comming of our Sauiour Christ. God by hys Prophets reuealed manie matters vnto the Iewes and the Diuell by Gods sufferance by Magitians did the like vnto the Gentiles but when our Sauiour came the admiration of eyther was diminished and in a manner extinguished he was the light the life and glorie of the whole worlde woonders and myracles attended only vppon hys worde and commandement Sainct Hierome sayeth that when the Uirgin Mary and her sonne passed through Aegypt theyr Idols fell from the altares and the Oracles which the Diuell caused to be made neuer after gaue aunswere Plutarke in hys treatise of the defectes of the Oracles sheweth many examples of the verie complaint of the Diuels that theyr power was diminished by the byrth of our Sauiour Christ. It appeareth that the strength of Magicke was much weakened in the Apostles tyme when Symon the great Magitian sought to buy at Sainct Peters hands the gift to do myracles And it séemeth that the Pope and his ministers haue small confidence in the ayde of God when they are driuen to the succour of the Diuell well the Diuell with them and God be alwayes with her Maiestie and they no doubt as Sathan trembleth at the name of the highest so shall hys ministers bée confounded at the féete of her Maiestie God suffereth the Diuell to doo much mischiefe but limits hys power Symon Magus to disgrace Sainct Peter practised but coulde not reuiue the kinse-man of Nero no more can all the Negromancers of the world by Magicke kill anie one person that GOD will haue preserued The godlye may safely saye