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A01507	A newyeares gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse, and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome: preferred the first day of Ianuarie, in the yeare of our Lorde God, after the course and computation of the Romanistes, one thousand, fiue hundreth, seauentie and nine, by B.G. citizen of London: in recompence of diuers singular and inestimable reliques, of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England, the true figures and representations whereof, are heereafter in their places dilated.	B. G. (Bernard Garter); Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559. Letter written by Cutbert Tunstall late Byshop of Duresme, and Iohn Stokesley somtime Byshop of London.; Stokesley, John, 1475?-1539.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1579 (1579)	STC 11629; ESTC S102867	65,066	113

auntiente house of Westmerlande and the deathe of the Earle of Northumberlande and manye other as Norton Markamvielde and others whyche haue steyned themselues with Treason and vndone their houses for euer There were also at that time many Bayliffes and Constables to the number of thrée hundred or vpwarde hanged whiche well deserued it in that they commaunded menne in the Quéenes name to goe to that Campe the Camp where the Rebels lay But Northerne men may say that euill is that camping where the Gallowes winnes the Goale These thyngs will not be forgotten in the North partes these hundreth yeares And therefore take héede Papistes and thinke that Northerne men will not Rebell for they haue payde for their learning You maye not vaunt as you were wont to doe saying you were sure that all the North would take your partes for if you make your reckning so you recken without your hoste for neyther Lordes nor Lurdeynes can rayse them withoute commaundemente from the Prince Therefore good Subiectes vouchsafe to reade this little Booke whereby you may learne to obey the Quéenes Highnesse truely and to detest the Popes fayned holynesse vtterly Thys little Booke or Letter was written in Anno 1537. and in the thirtith yeare of the Raigne of our late Soueraigne Lorde of famous memorie Kyng HENRYE the eyght at what time Reginalde Poole was made Cardinall for Cosma and Damian by Paule the third Bishop of Rome so as the Papistes can not mislike it for the noueltie for it carieth some antiquitie and was written aboue fortie yeares sithence Thus for my part I fare like hym whiche hathe founde a Purse or Capcace of another mans and then like a playne true dealing man maketh enquirie who is the owner of it Euen so doe I cause thys little Booke to bée newe Printed that the right owners may be knowen And sithence they be dead long agoe that the Quéenes good Subiectes maye haue it amongst them as the authoures meante it in their lyfe time And thus I ende praying God to endue hir Maiestie with perfecte health and all felicitie long and triumphantly to raigne and rule ouer vs and to turne the heartes of Papistes and to make them all good Subiects to the glorie of God and strength of the Realme Amen w. w. The Argument of the foresayde Booke or Letter commended vnto thee TH' aspiring mind causd Reynold Poole to swarue And to become a Traytor to the King Troth tryes it out and law and iustice bring Vnto his mates such death as they deserue He quakes for feare and through the Seas doth carue To Rome and there is by the holy Pope Made Cardnall and obteynes a larger scope With might and mayne Poole then the Pope doth serue And sayth the King may not be supreme head Two learned men which do lament his fall Send him this Booke that follie to forbid Yet he God wot regards it not at all But like an Asse doth for a Scarlet hatte Forsake his God his King and Countrey flatte B.G. B. G. To the Reader THou séest right gentle Reader in the fourtéene short lines last before written the argumente of the Booke or Letter whiche was written to Cardinall Poole which my right Worshipfull and approued good friend when he had perused and ioyed to sée and reade desired greately to perticipate his benefite vnto thée chiefly bycause the wéede whiche at that time choked the minds of the subiects of the triumphant King of immortal memorie Henry the eyght our late Soueraigne Lorde touching the Supremacie now eftsoones breaketh forth to the intollerable annoy of the déere and louing subiects of our most dread naturall and soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Quéene of Englande France and Irelande defendor of the faith and in earthe of the Church of England and Ireland next and immediately vnder Christ the sole and alonely supreme head the daughter and vndoubted heire of hir saide late father King Henry the eyght But what haue I said Supreme head in earth of the Church of England and Ireland next vnder Christ Yea forsooth what make you then of the Popes holynesse may be your demaund I aunswere that I make of the Bishop of Rome so farre forthe as he be a Christian and the seruaunt of God the like and as large accompt for his circuit though not with so great dutie bycause I am an Englishman and not of his Dioces as I make of any Bishop in Englande within his iurisdictiō vnder oure sayde Soueraigne Lady so long as the same Bishop of Rome kéepeth him within his compasse and acknowledgeth himselfe subiect to the King of that Territorie but so farre forth as he standeth harlot like vpon the type of hys worldly pompe I take him to be that Antechrist whiche Paule calleth the man of Sinne and child of perditiō You may further aske me howe if the Pope himselfe be King there I answere that how if with how if not for if Christ whose Uicar on earth the Pope claymeth to be sayth Iohn 18. My Kingdome is not of this world the Pope if he be not Antechrist can not haue kingdome in this world Me thinkes I sée the Papist smile in his sléeue for in déede he is a smooth faced fellowe at this my simple conuersion saying that I haue framed a goodly argument that is bycause the Kingdome of Christ is not of the world therefore the Popes holynesse may not be a King in Christendome as if it should be said bycause the Kingdome of HENRYE the eyght reached not ouer Europe therfore ELIZABETH his right heire may not be Quéene of England and Ireland Let me smile wyth him againe I pray you for I will yéelde him that Kingdome in Christendome which Christ did weare the earthlie Crowne of let him likewise yéelde to euery King royaltie in his owne Kingdome That I will yéelde it the Papist laugheth agayne and so must I to for in déede for me to yéeld to the Pope a terrestiall Crowne in earth and for the Pope to yéeld vnto me a celestiall Crowne in Heauen haue both like warrant and like follie and may be equally laughed at if damnable things include iest for I without treason to my Prince can not thinke the one nor he without Treason to Christ grant the other for Christ hathe reserued the Spirituall Supremacie of his vniuersall Churche vnto himselfe and the terrestiall gouernement of his people to earthly Princes vnder whome they are gouerned and tryed as golde in the furnace and happie is that lande and people whyche haue a godly Prince on earthe to beare the sway and haue Supremacie héere nexte vnder God and amongst the happyest we Englishmen most happie in our gracious Quéene ELIZABETH whose lyfe and Supreme gouernemente I beséeche the almighty Lorde long to continue ouer vs And the same God for hys Chrystes sake hathe bestowed that supremacie on oure Quéene within hyr owne Realmes whiche the Pope falsely chalengeth through all Christian Regions For there is no

but such as were commaunded by the generall counsell For aye the more precepts sayde he be giuen the more transgressors be founde Anno. 1271. Thus in what estimation the Scottes this long agoe held the Pope and his Legates this short Oration sufficiently sheweth And nowe of Englande IN the .xxix. yeare of the raigne of King Edwarde the first in a certaine declaration made against Pope Boniface the eyght by a singular learned man these words amōgst other were vttered I propounde also saith he that the said Boniface is wrapt in infinite manifest heynous sinnes his mouth is full of cursing his féete and steppes are swifte to shedde bloud he vtterly teareth in péeces the Churches which he ought to cherish wasting wickedlie the goodes of the poore and making much of wicked men that giue hym rewards persecuting the righteous and among the people not gathering but scattering bringing in new sectes of destruction that haue not bin heard of blaspheming the way of truth and by robberie thinking himselfe equall to the Lorde Iesus Christe which is blessed for euer And beyng most couetous thirsteth for golde coueteth golde and by some deuise getteth golde of euery people and vtterly not regarding the worshipping of God with feyned wordes sometime by flattering sometimes by threatning sometimes by false teaching and all to get money withall hée maketh merchandise of vs all enuying all things but hys owne louing no man nourishing warre persecuting and hating the peace of his Subiectes He is rooted in all vnspeakeable sinnes a contrarie and strife againste all the wayes and doctrines of the lord He is truly the abhomination of the people whiche Daniell the Lords Prophete described Therefore I answere that lawes weapons and all the Elements ought to arise againste him whiche thus ouerthroweth the state of the Churche for whose sinnes God plagueth the whole worlde And finallye nothing remayneth to him being so vnsatiable to satisfie him withall but onely the vnsatiable mouth of Hell and the fire whiche cannot be quenched continuing for euer And thus gentle Reader saying as Pasquillus sayd Roma vale vidi satis est vidisse reuertar Quum leno aut meretrix scurra cinoedus ero Which may be thus Englished Oh Rome farewell the sights I see suffize I le backe again But whē I wil be baud or whore or scolde thine am I then I take my leaue of thée and of all these auntient matters and pray thée to holde the same opinion of Rome whiche Fryer Mantuan a Poet of later time helde and properly vttered in these two verses following viz. Si quid Roma dabit nugas dabit accipit aurum Verba dat Heu Romae nunc sola pecunia regnat In English thus If Rome yeeld aught they are but toyes she taketh glistring golde For words alas Rome nowe by coyne hir royall raigne doth hold And amongst those gifts of Rome I will for thy farewell yéeld thée one more of the Popes benefits which perchance may pleasure thée if thou neuer vse it It is forsooth a medicine to staunch bloud by words And I wil tell thée howe thou shalt come best cheap by it but first to the wordes whiche are these L●ngius miles perforauit Lancea ✚ latus Christi continuo ✚ exiuit sanguu redemptionis ✚ et aqua baptismatis ✚ In nomine Domini cessat sanguu iste ✚ In nomine spiritus sancti amen ✚ and after say S. Ihons Gospell In principis erat verbum verbum erat apud Deum Deus erat verbum c and this wil suffize so thou do it in order wherein I wil tel thée thy readiest beste cheape waye bycause I sée thou arte affected Turne backe againe to the place in this booke where the Popes wares are desciphered and vnder the number of 10. thou shalte finde an Agnus Dei which is hollow that must be bought get it as good cheape as thou canst for I wil haue nothing for my counsell then muste thou gette written in fine parchment or paper by the hande of some deuout religious man the Gospell of S. Iohn and the charme aforesaide but take héede that he be well contented for his labour or else it auaileth not This writing muste he put into the Agnus Dei and close it vp againe and weare it about thy ne●ke by a string of purple or crymson silke and so soone as thy nose bléedeth clap it to the Gospell and then if it bléede trust me no more Vale. Conclusio We see the bird ful braue abroad and free from euery ill Is brought to baine through Fowlers fraude by sweete ●●co●ding quill The hony harlots sugred speach so snares the minde of man As wisest wits in wantons webbe is tangled nowe and than Bur beaten fishe can safely swimme and by a piercing looke Foresee the fraud of fishers ●rie and shunne both bayte hooke So he that stirs his beaten ba●ke by compasse carde and skill At laste obtaines his wished porte holds himself harmlesse stil. No fish nor fowle by craft nor skill nor youth by female fraudes Haue bin deceivde as al the world hath bin by Romish gaudes An apple or an egge may call a child to Butchers boule The Pope by baggage beads and buls hath bittē many a soule His blyssyngs e●st haue made vs blyth who hath not feard his curse His buzzing bees haue bleard our eies whiles falshod fild their purse What Diuel bewitched worldly wits that none estate could scape But gaue their goodes as if it were for mowing of an Ape Nay worse for happy had we bin if none but coine were lost We left our God and folowed Baal bought the Diuel with cost Shake off therefore this costly course and bea●en nowe beware Of fisher fouler foxe or Diuell the Pope hath craftiest snare Foresee therefore in time his Cha●ibdes and his Scill The compasse of the worde of God auoydes the daungers still And brings thy beaten barke from storms to port in perf●●e test Where through the bloud of Iesus Christ his saincts for aye arc blest To which when that our noble Q. hath livde the age of No● And beaten quite conquered Baal God sēd hi● soule with ioy And graunt eche subiect still to see that vnder Chris●i● earth For England is no supreame head but Queene Elizab●th ●end loyaltie and loue in al confound hir foes and ●●en ●hall Babilon be ouerthrowen which● gra●●● oh god Amen FINIS B.G. Alia Conclusio THe wādring wight that succour seekes in dāgers deep distresse As Hecuba when greedy Greekes did ransackt Troy possesse Is fayne to try such foraigne friends as league of former loue Yeeldes cause to trust but fortune lends to glad spoiles to proue For in the end yong Polidore King Priams sonne was slayne By fathers friende wo worth therefore the loue that lokes for gayne Then England seeke thy Prince t' obey and aske no foraigne ayde Shake off in time the shauelings sway whome truth hath nowe bewrayd The Qu. by

¶ A New yeares Gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome preferred the first day of Ianuarie in the yeare of our Lorde God after the course and computation of the Romanistes one thousand fiue hundreth seauentie and nine by B.G. Citizen of London In recompence of diuers singular and inestimable Reliques of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England the true figures and representations whereof are heereafter in their places dilated IACOB 4. Vnus enim est Legislator Iudex qui potest perdere liberare Iura dat vnus oues cuius clementia sparsas Colligit miserum discipat ira gregem AT LONDON Printed by Henry Bynneman Anno Domini 1579. Ad Archipapistam IF in the sight of Saintes and men Ingratitude be nought If friendly acts with friendly mē in frendly wise be wrought If interchanged Gratitude be natures sole desire If good for good in man and beast dame Duetie do require If enterlaced Loue be it that ioyes the haughtie minde If Bountie be the only badge to vertuous wightes assignde If mutural trade in traffique aye be stil maintayned so Ingratitude to Uertue then must needes be greatest foe Who then can take a benefite and not requite the same What vertue great did euer die without reward of fame Why should we then forget our selues to him that is so kinde Awake for shame and at the least retourne a thankfull minde Is it not much that he shoulde thinke to raise thee from thy fall And haue a care to see thee safe which is the Lord of al Oh humble then thy haughtie harte cut of thy crooked scope Returne againe and yeelde thy selfe vnto the holy Pope ▪ Whose fatherhood hath great regard to win that else were lost ▪ Who spareth neyther day nor night nor any worldly cost To sende a heape of heauenly things from royall Rome to thee Do turne the booke pervse them wel and marke thē what they be And buy them whiles they may be had and way not of the charge Their grace is gret their power is strong their warrāt very large For helth of minde and bodie both they bring and feare thy foe Ech thunder lightning rage and storme they quickly ouerthrow And what annoyaunce is in man they take it quite away And this is true if al be true the Pope himself doth say Be thankeful then vnto the Pope cast of thy care of welth And gladly giue thy glistering gold to buy this happie helth For so before thy corps be colde thy soule shal scale the skye And thou thy selfe shalt be a Saint or else the Pope doth lie Then neyther wey the Queene nor lawes but cleaue vnto the Pope And thou shalt be his sacred sonne adopted by the rope As Storie was and many moe I trust shal be agen Which God vouchsafe the obstinate for Christ his sake AMEN The Contentes of the Booke A Preface to the Reader whiche sheweth the reason of the writing of this Booke The Argument of a Booke or Letter sent to Cardinall Poole A Preface to this Booke made by the Authoure thereof The Booke or Letter which was sent to Cardinall Poole The manner and meanes of the Popes beginning The proofe thereof Another touching the charitie of the Pope The liues of two Popes viz. Alexander the second and Gregorie the seauenth Exceptions against them A comparison betwixt Christ and the Pope The Popes Wares or Merchandise Leo a child of noble house and well brought vp grew wicked by being Pope Pope Vrbans present to the Emperour of Gretia Lenuoy of the Authour vpon the sayd foure Popes The poysoning of King Iohn The holy Mayde of Kent The exposition of hir miracles Howe greate enimies the Pope and his Legates haue bin to Christian Realmes and how he hath bin expelled Diuers letters Inuectiue against the Pope A PREFACE THis little Booke ensuing was addressed to Cardinall Poole in Anno. 1537. whiche when I had redde and well perused knowing the impression almost spente I déemed it worthy a new imprinting bycause it was written by two auntient Fathers and learned Diuines who vouched their authorities from the sacred word of god Alas that Arrogācie which is mother of al mischiefes direction to most heresies and treasons the denial I meane of the supremacie of the Quéene far surpasseth all other Heresies and Treasons and without repentance bringeth destruction of body soule Howbeit the more to be lamented it is ouer rife in England for it is not only the opinion of diuers old men but of many yong mē which are destitute of learning voyde of grace ignorant of knowledge and yet hold opinion that the Pope is and ought to be the supreme head What blinde sorte of euill disposed Papistes be they nay rather what Romishe Rebels are they which contrarie to the word of God had rather haue a forraigne Pope their head than oure most dread and soueraigne Lady the Quéenes most excellente Maiestie whose Subiectes naturallie we are vnder whose obeysance we are borne vnder whose protection we liue and vnder whose mightie power next God we rest defended from all forraigne Enimies in suche sorte as by the lawes of God by the lawes of Nature and by the lawes of the Realme we are bounde to obey hir and none other These things considered I can not but maruell how those Papistes dare so presumptuouslie extoll that enimie of Christe the Pope as to call hym Gods Vicar on earth What Pope hath coniured them or what Deuill hath bewitched them that they are so mightilie affected to the Pope and so slenderlie regard their naturall liege Lady the Quéenes Maiestie Sure I am that by denying the Supremacie they haue broughte themselues into Premunire and from thence grow into farther mischiefes from whēce their holy Father the Pope with all his Colledge of Cardinals can not deliuer them And what else commeth of this Papisticall Religion but murmuring contention strife sedition rumors lewde practises and priuie conspiracies to put discord amongst them that liue in peace and lastly open Rebellion if they were able to bring it to passe For want of which habilitie they nowe vse Prophecies Coniuration Nicromancie Piromancie and Calculation wherto they attribute great credite They séeke out Witches and Sorcerers wheresoeuer they may be found throughout Christendome Their determinations and elusiōs they hold in great priee and with their diuelish crafts they séeke to delude thée and all the Subiectes of the Quéenes most excellente Maiestie Wherefore I wishe all menne to beware howe they kéepe company wyth Papistes for euen as the Lepres infect others with theyr foule disease so doe the Papists infect many with their pestiferous euill councell and worse example They resemble likewise the venemous Toade for as the foule Toade can not abyde the swéete tast of the fruitefull Uine so can not they abide the true tast of the doctrine of our sauioure Christe the flourishing Uyne of eternall life but

wrest the sacred Scriptures to serue their turnes preferring the Pope aboue Emperour and Kings falsehoode before truth darkenesse before light ignoraunce before knowlege a Masse no Communion a Dirge no Sermon a Concubine no Wife Bulles and baggages before the sincere word of God. And our English fugitiue runnagate Papistes whiche are beyonde the Seas sende into this Realme of Englande Bulles Pardons Beades Latin Primers Papisticall Books Superaltares Pictures of Sainctes hallowed Graynes Crosses Agnus Dei wyth Sainct Iohns Gospell in them and thrée or four droppes of Balme Font water and of a hallowed Candle done by the Pope dothe make all these holy Reliques so as I thinke if the paring of the Popes nayles were sente into England it would be thought no small iewell amongst the Papists But let this passe and sée nowe what oure home Papistes sende them againe I wéepe to write they cause that many Gentlemen and some of greate Worship doe send their sons to Doway to the Uniuersitie of Louaine to Rheynes to Paris yea and some to Rome to nuzel them in Idolatrie and roote them in Papistrie And great are the summes of mony whiche yearely goe hence for the finding and maintayning of those yong Gentlemē and farre greater is the charge whiche relieueth the Papistes that are there for the number is greate and they are very liberally and boūtifully rewarded out of England by the Papists here For many Papists sell their lands and employ their great summes of money in banke contrary to the expresse word of God as the Iewes did in the time of King Williā the conqueror employ the foule increase or vsurie therof to the reliefe of other Papists beyond sea Moreouer their Buls pardons and such other néedlesse or rather damnable baggage trash trumperies are ouer dearly bought althoughe indéede they be nothing worth nay worse than naught For in the raigne of Quéene Mary I my selfe did know a Gentlewoman that gaue .xx. pound for a Bull that she might not come to Church yet was shée as Catholike as the beste of that sorte but the matter was for that the priest of the parish and she were fallen out Truly that Bull was a fit Make for a Cowe or hir charitie and aswel worth .xx. pound as an Owle is worth an ounce of fine gold and euen of that value be the rest of his Bulles pardons and sanctimonies and graunted vppon as greate considerations For it is bruted by the Papistes that the traiterous varlet Feltō is canonized for a Saint at Rome so was Thomas Becket a Prelate as traiterous as Felton the Papist was but Felton obtained the Popes great grace for the setting vp of a Bull which then was newly brought into England and for his reward was faire hanged drawen and quartered and had no more harme yet that Bull begat many Calues both Bull Calues and Cow Calues whiche it is high time to wayne for they make suche a bleating that no man can take rest or lyue quietly by them vnlesse peraduenture they receyue the Bulles rewarde And if it be true that Felton is Saincted then is it for his Treason sake And what Traytor then would not loue such a Pope as can make Saincts of Diuelish Traytors or who can but feare suche a Pope as can make Diuels of Saincts for with his holy pardons if he lie not he maketh Sainctes and with his terrible curses if he say true he maketh Diuels so as Sainctes and Diuels are at his pleasure And the Pope can do more than this too for he can send Soules to Heauen and take Soules out of Purgatorie for that as he sayeth is the bayting place by the way to Heauen or to hell And what is that the Pope can not do forsooth nothing at all for as great is his authoritie and power in making of Sainctes as a Coblers skill and arte is to make Mappes of the whole World And I beléeue there are as manye Sainctes in Heauen made by the Popes as there are blacke Swannes swimming in the Thames But for all the Popes magnificence and superabundant authoritie I had rather be a Collyer at Croyden than a Pope at Rome for in my iudgement it is better to haue a blacke body like a Collier than a blacke Soule like a Pope for vnlesse the Pope washe himselfe cleane in the bloud of Christ with the droppes and teares of repentance onely trusting in the merites of Christes Passion which he can not allow sufficient to saluation hée shall neuer sée the ioyes of Heauen but in post hast he must néedes goe to his second Sea and patrimonie in Hel to the blacke féend Lucyfer his fellow companion for Pride and whose faithfull Uicar he approueth himselfe héere for as all men know in Hell there is no redemption Now I conclude demaund what foolish senselesse Papistes are they that beléeue the Pope can help them where he can not help himselfe for we beléeue in God who sayeth Subditi estote omni humanae ordinationi propter Dominum siue Regi tanquam praecellenti c. Be subiect to all humane ordinance for the Lords sake whether it be to the King or to the most excellent c. making the King to be most excellent vnder God by which words of Sainct Peter it is manyfest that Peter did not chalenge to himselfe any primacie why then should we yéelde it to the Pope that only chalēgeth and yet wrōgfullie to be the successor of Peter No no it is the right and next God belongeth to our most dread soueraigne Lady the Quéenes Maiestie whome God long preserue and to none other through all or any hir Highnesse Realmes or Dominions And againe by special prouision or Premunire Anno. 16. Rich. 2. ca. 5. it is set downe that such as purchace or pursue in the Court of Rome Bulles Instrumentes or suche like shall be out of the Quéenes protection yet notwithstanding that both the Lawes of God and Man are against it Papistes will be Papistes spéede as they spéede may Whereto I pray thée gentle Reader haue a speciall regard and amongst the rest marke our double faced Papistes whiche Ianus like in Court and else-where doe make their boast to be the Quéenes Maiesties faithfull subiects comparable with the best Protestantes but when it commes to the tryall and touchstone to know what they thinke of the Supremacie then they cleaue to the Pope hauing no feare of God no loue to the Quéene nor no dread of iustice for in denying the Supremacie they take from the Quéenes Highnesse hir Maiestie regall authoritie and the due obeysance which she ought to haue of hyr Subiectes ▪ and most trayterouslie they renounce theyr faith loyaltie seruice and obedience whiche they owe to hir excellencie so as they make thēselues quicke sacrifices to the Deuill and manyfest Traytoures to the Quéene For to saye the truth Papistes were the cause of the last Rebellion in the North whyche was the ouerthrowe of the

toppe of one of the Towers a mightye stone vpon him But yet for all this the vnspeakeable malice of that sauage Tirant could not be restreyned for hée yet raysed against the said most godly Emperour the third Traytor whose name was Egbart a Marquesse and Cousin to the sayd Henry which Egbart was apprehended in a certayne Mill and by the Cesarians themselues miserably murthered Thus still the liuing Lord defended his seruant against the Pope that enuious Uicar of Sathan vnto whose pleasure his irremoueable mate Mathilda the Countesse called the Daughter of S. Peter all this while was whollie addicted and cléerely did forsake the Marquesse of Estensis hir husband whereby it came to passe as Lambertus Hirswaldensis writeth that al men mistrusted incest betwixt thē and the common fame was that Mathilda was the Popes aulter by stealth had vnlawful cōpany with him and yet notwithstanding this Pope did forbid honest wedlocke ●n Priests The Abbot of Vspergensis called Conradus de Bichtenaua in his Chronicle writeth thus muche more of the Pope It is manifest sayeth he that Heldebrand was not chosen Pope by God but by guile and golde intruded hymselfe into the Papacie for he ouerthrew all Ecclesiasticall Prelates disturbed the Kingdome of a Christian Emperour pretended the deathe of a peaceable Prince defended periured persons maynteyned malice raysed discord stirred vp contentions made diuorcements and vtterly abolished whatsoeuer séemed good amongst godly people This Pope oh notable hypocrite was the first Sathanical father whiche by excommunication depriued Ministers of theyr wiues and filled the world with all kinde of vicious loue in so much as that famous Citie whiche is spiritually called Apoc. 11. the Romane Church became afterwardes by his meane very Sodome and Aegipt by disordred Venus and wicked Idolatrie And maruellous Tragedies were made through Italy France Germany and England touching the sayd Pope whiche in this place were ouertedious to rehearse for this his ordinance was greatly misliked of by many learned men of that time in that there was in Germanie and France besides those which were in Englande and Italy aboue foure and twenty Bishops maried and so for the most part were all the Cleargie of their Dioces and they all stoutely defended their wedded estate These were the Popish actes of that diuelish monster He commaunded the Cleargie vnder payne of excommunication to take the vow of chastitie he forbad the Monkes to eate fleshe charged the Christiās to fast the Sabaoth he decréed offerings to be made in solemnization of Masses Liberius Arrianus as one Heretike loueth to preferre another was canonised and his feast as Benno sayth kept Holyday By hym were Priestes wedlocks alwayes renounced by his commandement tythes were payde to his sacrifices and vppon his controlment the King of Polonia lost his Crowne This Heldebrand condemned the opinion of that godly man Berengarius cōcerning the sacrament as it is said first practised the transubstantiation By his iudgement if a lay man possessed Tithes he committed sacriledge if he toke vpon him to giue benefices he was an Heretike and he that so receiued them of a lay man was giltie of Idolatrie And at length he made his leaden sworde so strong that by force therof he from thenceforth kept down the stéeled sceptre of the Empire These things and manye more like to them the Papistes at this day put in vre After long forbearance Henry the Emperour armed himselfe against the wicked practises of Heldebrand and in the yeare of our Lord God .1083 in the Synode at Brixis layd his lewde dealings to his charge worthyly put him from his Papacie and substituted another Bishoppe in his place whom he called Clement the third and sent his power to Rome whereby he expelled Heldebrande out of the Citie which done he led Clement into Sainte Peters Churche arrayed in his Bishops roabes there created him Pope and broughte the Citie to such penurie that they were constrayned to entreate for peace But Heldebrande whyche was foresaken and reiected of the Romaines fled to Salerna bycause he woulde not come in Caesars sighte whiche was done in the yeare of our Lorde 1086. where he ended in banishment miserably his tirāous life wherin he had slaine by sword famyne poyson and other kinds of death so great a number of men Howbeit the Papists make their boast that this minister of Sathan did many notable miracles after his death and after that as Sigebert witnesseth a certayne Prieste which died in Saxon had séene him tormented in Hel. Antonius and Vincentius doe both say that this Heldebrande in the houre of his death called vnto him a certaine Cardinal and did confesse that he had grieuously offended for that he by the Diuels enticemente hadde raysed vproares discorde hatred and open wars amongst men and he commāded this Cardinal to go vnto Henry to aske pardon of him for the offences whiche the sayde Heldebrande hadde committed against him A Comparison betwixt Christ and the Pope Those that wright against this Monster are Hugo Candidus Cardinall of Prenestyne Walramus Bishop of Niemburgh Venericus Bishop of Vercella Rolandus Priest of Permensis Sigebertus Gemblacensis and diuers other And Benno numbreth thirtene Cardinals which sharply did reproue him And I my selfe dare expresse against the saide Pope the fifth Chapter of Esay the Prophete who in the figure of Christe and his Uineyarde séeth and foretelleth the abhominations of Rome the sincke and puddle of all wickednesse of the which Chapter I will expresse thée some part the whole Chapter thou mayest reade when thou wilt for God be praysed the Quéenes Maiestie hathe layde that Booke of saluation open to all men to reade And these that follow are part of the sentences of that Chapter Viz. Therefore commeth my folke into captiuitie bycause they haue no vnderstanding Their glory is famished with hunger and their pryde is marred for thirst Therefore gapeth Hell and openeth hir mouth maruellous wide that their pride boasting and wealth with suche as reioyce therein may descend into it Thus hathe man a fall and is broughte lowe and the high looke of the proude shal be layde downe But the Lord of hostes shall be exalted in iudgemēt and God that is holy is praysed in righteousnesse Then shal the sheepe eate in order and the rich mans landes whiche were layde waste shal the straungers deuour Woe bee vnto them that drawe wickednesse vnto them with cordes of vanitie and sinne as it were with a Carterope ▪ Woe be vnto them that call euil good and good euill which make darkenesse light and light darkenesse that make sowre sweete and sweete sowre Wo vnto them that are wise in their owne conceite and thinke themselues to haue vnderstanding Woe bee vnto them that are strong to sup vp wine and expert men to set vp drunkennesse These giue sentence with the vngodlye for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the righteous Therefore like as fire licketh vp

the Duke of Vrbin of hys Dukedome thereby to place the one of them in his stead And he endeuoured the like againste the Duke of Ferrary but preuayled not howbeit hée made Iulius hys Nephew a Cardinall In the yeare of oure Lord God .1521 the first day of December so soone as he had heard that the Frenchmen were vanquished slayne taken prisoners and banished out of Italy by the Emperoures subiects and his power in the middest of his pottes being merrie and laughing beyonde measure he gaue vp the ghost and in a good minde when he beléeued not that there was Heauen or Hell after thys life Wherevpon Actius Sennazarius pleasantly writeth thus Sacra sub extrema si fortè requiritis hora Cur Leo non poterat sumere vendiderat In english And if thou aske why Leo could not take the sacred ryte In his last houre the reason was that he had solde thē quite A prettie iest if serious things be gamesome Māmon hath deliuered to Belsebub his patrimonie the iudgement apperteyneth to God and there I leaue it Of another Pope Vrbanus quintus ad Grecorum Imperatorem misit tres Agnus dei cum versibus infrascriptis BAlsamus munda Cera cum Chrismatis vnda Conficiunt Agnum quod munus d● tibi magnum Fonte velut natum per mystica sanctificatum Fulgura de sursum depellit omne malignum Peccatum frangit vt Christi sanguis angit Pregnans seruatur simul Partus liberatur Dona defert dignis virtute distruet ignes Portatus mundae de fluctibus eripit vndae In Englishe Vrbanus the fifth sendeth to the Emperor of the Gretians three Agnus Dei with the verses that folowe Balme waxe water of the Chrisme an Agnus Dei make Which worthy Iem of my free gift to thee I do betake For as it is of water made and sanctified by speach So in effecte as Christes bloude the vertues thereof reache Eche lightning to suppresse and driue away eche sinne It helps the child wife doth yeeld hir child succes therin It giueth to the worthy man rewarde and quencheth fire It saues the wight that bears the same frō waters rage ire On the backe side of whiche Latine verses whiche were lost from an Archpapist I finde these conclusions written viz. From lightning and thunder From fire and water A woman in trauell From all euill spirits And also these two verses are written vppon the backe side thereof whiche I thinke not incident to that matter for that heretofore I haue hearde them properly alluded in an other sense The verses are these and concerne Mariages I suppose Prima dies grata est secunda aduena gratae Tertia grata parum quatridiana fetat They may be thus Englished The firste day is honourable the second commendable The thirde tollerable the fourth abhominable Good Reader here I haue with long discourse Laide forth these Popes euen somewhat plaine to thée Thereby the better to direct thy course In playnest wise their packing parts to sée Digest it wel and wey the thing aright And then no doubt thou wilt detest them quite Their trinkets here I bring vnto thy showe As if it were into a Market place Peruse them wel and viewe them all arowe And fansie those wherein thou findest grace And fancied once doe take them for thy hyre Accept my paine I do no more requyre ¶ A description of certaine of the Popes vvares and merchaundize of late sent ouer into England 1 SVperaltare is a quadrant or stone four square of Marble and hathe at euerye corner and in the middest a Crosse and is halowed these stones are portible and scrue to say Masse on in any secrete place where there is no Altare and to that purpose are they sent ouer into Englande 2 This Crosse representeth the Crosse of Christe and the very Crosse it selfe once hallowed and bestowed in secreate place where it maye be honoured or else caried about man woman or child and being strengthned with the Epistle of Saint Sauior saueth and defendeth them whiche beare it from al manner of perill both bodily and ghostly as Pope Leo the tenth promiseth 3 IHS This pendent with the charme aforesaide begining Vado venio ad vos c. written and inclosed within the same and borne about man woman or child defendeth them from théeues and all other daungers in trauaile either by water or lande 4 The Agnus Dei was sent to the Emprour of Grecia by the Pope and hath as gret vertue as the bloud of Christ it selfe it is composed of Balme Uirgin waxe and Font water it suppresseth thunder lightning and tempest and helpeth women in their trauaile and saueth the infant c. and nowe is conueyed into Englande with promisses of like effect 5 Bulla is a patent from the Pope whereof there are sundrie some yéelde a vile sort of his blessings some a good sorte of his curses some his desperate excommunications communications but all sortes are sealed with lead the true impression of which seale followeth vnder the laste figure which is .15 6 This figure of a pierced contrite torne heart was cutte out in faire white paper wherein was folded a little Iette beadstone in the middest of the hearte lengthwise was written Bauariae granum benedictum and directed with these wordes To his louing friende E.D. with graunte of fiue hundreth dayes of pardon 7 A paire of hallowed beads of that proportion sente from a Catholike friende to an auntient Gentlewoman in England the beades were of Boxe with promise of safetie to the receiuer who did purchace them 8 A paire of beades of the like number but lesse beads ●ent likewise from one friend to another with promises of larger successe than hath fallen out God be praised therefore the beads séeme to be darke brassel or bright Ibonie 9 A Crucifix with Mary and Iohn vnder whiche are written these wordes Haec tres mihi spes These are my thrée hopes as if Christe alone were not of sufficient value 10 An other Agnus Dei which is hollow hath the gospell of S. Iohn written in fine paper and placed in the cōcauitie of the said Iewell worketh wonders in the defēce of such as weareth them in somuch as it defēdeth them frō all perills whatsoeuer 11 The figure discloseth it selfe For he knoweth not whether Christ or Mary be of greater power and therfore standeth in doubt whiche way to turne himselfe 12 Are one set or tenne greate Iet beads and they promise so many hundred days of pardon as they are recorded ouer in that is for euery one day wherin they are repeted euery one beade yéeldeth one hundreth dayes of pardon 13 These foure little beades whiche séeme to be vpon a string were hallowed by the Pope as all the reste were but they speciallye were putte in a péece of paper likewise hallowed in whiche paper is written as followeth viz. Of these foure graines two are for