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A09823	The seditious and blasphemous oration of Cardinal Pole both against god [and] his cou[n]try which he directid to themperour in his booke intytuled the defence of the eclesiastical vnitye, mouing the emperour therin to seke the destruction of England and all those whiche had professid the gospele translated into englysh by Fabyane Wythers.; Pro ecclesiasticae unitatis defensione. English. Selections	Pole, Reginald, 1500-1558.; Withers, Fabian.; Atanagi, Dionigi, ca. 1504-1573. aut	1560 (1560)	STC 20087; ESTC S114887	19,235	80

The seditious and blasphemous Oration of Cardinal Pole both against god his Coūtry which he directid to themperour in his booke intytuled the defence of the eclesiastical vnitye mouing theemperour therin to seke the destruction of England and all those whiche had professid the gospele ☞ Translated into englysh by Fabyane Wythers Reede all and than Iudge Fabyan wythers to the gentle reader IF in tymes past the auncient historiographers ye euene the prophane auctors haue thought yt mete eyther to extolle or abasse to praise or dispraise suche as in their days and tymes haue bene eyther grate or in grate benefyciall or noysome to ther comō walth how much mor in these our days in thee whiche the trew lyght of the gospell shyneth amongest vs and christian loue chariti shold florish ought we to derect and disclose al such vnto our posterities the which haue not only gone about to seke the vter destruction and ruyne of their owne natife Countrey and comon wealth by inflaming and incensinge prince againste prince but also that which more yea worse is hath not fear id cōtrary to his owne forimer professions and confessiōs most shāfuly abominably to backbyte and stander Christ him self his gospel and his trew folowers as thauctours of all myschiefes seditious and tumultes Such a man was Renold Pole an english Cardinal but not as thē of england who in the yeare of our Lord. M. D. xxxvi being sent ambassadour from the pope to y e french king for to intreat apeace was thought in this his embassade to go about nothing els then as by this his oration aperyth to styr vp and sow dissencion malice discord Such was his Good wyll that he bare to his natyfe contrey and comon wealth that for his owne aduantage and preferment he desirid yea procurid as much as in hī lay y e vter subuersiō ruyne of y e same to procede wheras you shal rede after in Athanasius glose that at what tyme he was in Germani at Augusta and there was lodgid in the pastors house hee said that he dyd very well allow and agree vnto all their doctrine that he wold declare no lesse yf there were Any couocations or comon coūcells holden Now be hold the great and double dissimulation of this holy ypocrite who al beit that before in his ambassade vnder the pretence of intreati for peace had gone about nothing ells then to moue and stirr vp discord and warres euen now again at his retorn vnto Rome fearid not to dissemble and cloke euen with God him self for although as before you haue hard he semid not to be ignorant of the truth yet when he was come to Rome whether he wer suspectid of Lutheranysme and to auoid the suspicion ther of or no or ells that he did yt to gratifie the pope with all he wrote a boke against kyng Henry theyght king of Englād intituled the defence of the vnity of the church in the which boke he conuerting his style vnto themperour he includid this most detestable pestiferous yea and seditious oration against the king of Englād vnto whome he was not only most neare ioined in affiniti and kindred but also as he him self confessith most greatly bounden for his education and literature But now mark I pray you how the prick of his owne consciens causid him to display his owne hypocrisie when he had wrytten this boke hee cansid yt to bee imprintid at Rome at his own propet costes and charges and whē they wer thus printed he fearing least yf they shold be caried a brod and come vnto the handes of such vnto whome he had before professid the contrari that then yt wold torne to his great ignominie and reproche toke all y e bokes into his owne handes sett none of them abrode sauing a few whiche he gaue vnto the pope certain cardinales whōme he knew very well wold allow his doinges Sed nihil occultum quod non reuelabitur For God wold not suffer his church to be so much abused or deceauid by his hypocrisy but that at the length he wold bring yt to lyght for although these his doinges werby a long ceason kept close secret yet at the length they cam vnto the handes of one or to in Germanye who hath set theme forth to the eys of al men And bycause all trew english hartes shuld not be ignorant what a venemous viper they haue of late noryshed euen in there own bosomes whiche sought nothing els then to knaw a sunder y e bowels and to destory his mother and coūtrei I haue for the vse comodyty of all men translatid this his oration into english the which my labours trauailles in this behalf bestowid and taken yf they mai reapethonly frutes of thākfulnes in accepting y e same It shall cause me w t more spede greter diligence seke to gratifie y e again w t most pleasāt and godly histories to thy great delectatiō confort now gentle reader y t I haue sō what declarid vnto you thoriginall cause w t the time plase of this his oratiō w t also his maner forme in setting forth of y e same I will cease to be any lōger tedious vnto you referrīg yt to your owne discreation to iudge vpon the oratiō as you shall think y e matter doth require thus wyshing vnto the all vertuous successe in godlines I comytt the to the tuition of allmyghty God F. W. VErelye I doe wytnes bothe the loue of my cōtrye the whiche nature hath wrought in me also the zeale of the churche y e whiche y e sonne of god hath kindelid in my harte and cāne by no meanes be expulsed or layd awaye That yf I vnderstode or knew that Cesare with all his nauye had alredy entred and taken the seas had directid his course to wards constantinople the chiefest palais force of the great turke Yea albe yt all the perylls daungers of the world wer present sett before me I wold neuer rest nor stay vntyl y t I myght comme vnto his presence although he had already entred y e straightes of helle spontus to thēd I myght haue conuenient opportunity to talke withe him before whome I wold burst out and speake in this maner Cesar what doest thou go about or what doest thou intende whether wylt thou go or saill with this thy greate nauye furniture if y e loue of y e Christiā Comō wealth do so muche moue thee that thou woldest assaill and inuade the kyng of turkes being an ancyent ennemy vnto the name of Christ wer it not muche more mete better for thee to conuert turne thy hole force and power that wais from whence a greater daunger is imynēt vnto our comō wealth from whence also a presēt myschief and a newe enemy much more greuous and worse then the turk doth vexe and greue vs You for so muche

contrary wyse we may truly call that a sincere and pure religion which we professe which is the very same that the prophetes and Iesus Christe him self and the Apostles haue taught from this we go about with all our pouer and endeuour to purge away the leuen fylthy dregges with the which it was conntamyants defyled of your popes their adherēts But I pray you tel me ar you that call this your relygion sincere and pure thee same Cardinall Poole whiche made that boke entituled the counsell for the amendemēt of the church the which also didest write that exhortation whiche was had in the counsel of the fathers at tridentum it is euen so thou art thauctor of them both And in them both thou doest wysely affirme that you haue forsaken the springes of the water of lyfe which is the true doctrine of Iesus Christ and haue digged vnto your selfes Cesternes and pittes not able to hold any water that is to sai you haue broūght in mens fainid traditions morouer thou saist in the same place that the popes hath gotten vnto themselues masters which do tikle them in theares of whome truly thei learne how to invert and contamynat all good and holy thinges I demaūd of the then whether thou canst truly call thys asincere and pure relligion or no woo be vnto the Cardinall pole woo be vnto the for that whiche nowght is thou call est good and contrary wyse the good naught Thou sayest most truly that the grace of the holy ghost is more aboundant in these days then it hath ben sence the tyme of the apostles euen ▪ as Caiphas truly prophesied y t it was meete that one man shuld dy for thee people but as he spake that to his owen destrucion euen so doest thou he vnderstode not that christ shuld dy for him but caused him crueli to be crucified Thou like wyse dost not a knowledg the grace of the holy ghost aboundantly poured vpon vs but callest thē heritike and new turkes in whome thou doest see it most to florishe and shine wherfore woo be vnto to the Cardinall Poole woo be vnto the. A fore you called your papisticall hypocrisy sincere and pure and now thow goest stoutly forward in thy purpose calling the true worshippers of religion ypocrites adding also y t they haue bowed ther kne vnto Baall the whiche do worshippe God and Christ withe the holy ghost in spiryte and truth But we truly know that you papists ar the fals worshipers of religion the which do not only prophanate and defile the merites of our Lord Iesus Christ but often times do vterly extinguysh and put them out of syght more ouer we knowe that you euē you I say do bow your knees vnto Baall when as you worshipp your antycrist your idoles and images most folyshlye callinge them sometyme God him self sometime saints and the bones reliques of your owen dead mē and fynally your sweate breads Geue diligent eare and hear what our Cardinal Pole which will seme so holy a man dothe think as conserning taking of vengeance he affirmyth plainli all such to be of a fylthy cowardly mynd and stomack which by all meanes possible wyll not seke to reuenge an iniury or sham done vnto them wherfore his mind is that all such ought to be reuengid with sword and death the which haue offēdid vs ether by word or deede and that we ought by no meanes to fauour or spare them excepte we wold be thought men of cowardly stomacks But we contrary wyse haue learnid of Christ that all suche ar of a godly mynd or disposiciō in whome Christ doth truly inhabite or dwell whiche patiently beare and suffer all in iuryes and wronges done vnto them nether do once think vpon taking of vengeance but remytt and forgiue thee same yea and loue their enemyes and persecutors and pray for them whiche doctrine then semith most trew The papistes sect which bi their bokes goo about to enflame the harts of men vnto vengeance or wors which do teach all men patiently to beare and suffer iniuries done vnto them Again hepryckyth forward that iniuries ought by no meās to be suffred cryeng out that the honour and glory of Spayne to be therby obscurid and hurt and that it shuld be a very great ignomyny and reproch to them for to suffer such acontumelious iniurye vnreuengid what other wordes or intisements then euē the very same doth the dyuell hīself vse when he goeth about to styrre vpp kinges and princes to warrs and sheding of bloode This most quiet and peasible Cardinal desirid of Ceasar y t he myght haue licence to speake vnto his spanishe souldiars the which if he had obtained I suppose he wold haue spokē in this sorte I know well ynough that you which ar soldiars do not forsake your owne countrey of spain to go on warfare not only for glorye or renowne but also to gett spoill and ryches wherfore harken vnto me and I will shew you now amean and occasion wherby you may obtain and get great riches together with great renowne and glorye Behold the kingdome of my Countrey of England is now offered vnto you the which is very Rich thys now entre and inuade with me spoyl it yea and destroy it with Fyer and swerd and especially kyll the king my kynsman and all those heryticques which haue shronk gone awai from the pope for I my self may do much there both thorough mi estimation and auctoryty wherfore I will be present with you and betray and deliuer that my contrey into your hands And as sone as we haue fynyshid those warres and therby encrese our powers we will in lyke maner sett vpō and destroy the princes of Germany and those Free cyties-This shuld haue be Cardinal pole his oration vnto the Spanishe souldiars yf he had bene licencid by themperour to speke vnto them Thou folowyng thexample of the old prayseis doest cal the light of the gospel which is now sprong vp a new secte how beit thow arte worthy greater punyshment thē they for thou knowest that this is the treth for y e which we do contend and striue with you they knew yt nott wherfore I will still vse my acoustomed verse wo he bee vnto y t Cardinal Pole wo be vnto the. Here he that before was ignorant mai vnderstand and know what is y e state of this most worthy cause of religion whiche in these our days is in controuersi we vereli teache that we ought to obserue and kepe tholde and ancyent faith of the churche so that it is not lafuull to swarue from yt not the bredth of a nayll when we speke of old and anciēt faith we vnderstand and euen the very same which the prophets did fore shew vnto vs y e same which Iesus Christ brought tou of the bosonne of his father And that which thapostles thorough his Cōaundements haue preched and taught vnto

worse then turkes for ther is a bryeff as they call it carted about of paulus the .iii. vnto themperour and king of the Romains in the which the very same thing is affirmed so that who soeuer doeth consider this oratiō shall easily presaeue that that also was made bi the same cardinall The Soules which ar taken out of the lappe and tyranye of the popysh church and restoryd vnto the trew church of Cryst such as ar all they whome thou falsly callest Turkes can be in no maner of perill and danger of Saluation but all such ar in great danger the whiche agre and consent with the popysh sect in so much that all hope of rheir saluation is past except thei be drawen a way frō thence by the myghty power of god Thou callest the preching of the gospell a great myschief by cause you feare that the power and existimation of your popes shuld be theirby be dymynyshed for as touching the Saluation or perdytion of Soules what doth that partain vnto you Art thou not ashamid to call the most noble kinges of england dēmarke and gothia and so manye famous princes of germani both for their byrth auctoryty god lynes so many consulles and rulers of the free cytyes and fynali so many good and learnyd men seruantes of Iesus Chryst and mynisters of the gospel new turkes only vpon this occasion bycause they hauīg reseauid y t pure knowledg and vnderstandinge of the word of God haue forsakē all your superstitions and idolatrys doth the truthe and charytye of the Sōne of god which thou faygnest to be so abundant in thy hart that thou canste not lay it awa teach or persuade the herunto Christ lefte none to be the head of the churche but only hym self vnto whome onely we most sticke and cleaue vtterli reiecte refuse this your fained hed thee pope Albeit thou haddest nat expressid it thy selfe who dyd not plainly se that all those opprobryes and tauntes which in thy rage and madnes thou hast obiectid and cast against the king of england to redounde also to the great ignomyny and shame of the most noble princes of germany the whiche also with him haue withe drawen them selues from the yoke and obedience of thee popes notwithe standinge thou like a most modest and sober Cardinall euen of thaboundance of thy hart woldest also by name taunt and teare this cōtrey of germany darest thou be so bold to afirme the holy gospell of Iesu Chryst the which we preach teach in our churches to be the adulterous and pestiferous turkish sede do you thinke that we haue so much for sakē cast awai the catholike veriti yf these thīges be treue which thou doest falsli affirme then truli the apostles al y e primitiue church had not the catholyke fayth but that pestiferous and adulterous sede Art thou not ashamed to affirme and fett these thinges in thy bokes and wheras thou-saist thou doest hope that this nation wyll abiect and cast of the pure and syncere doctrine of thee gospell and retorne again vnto your coruption and ydolatry thou art muche deceauid or that I think rather trew you do but fain your self so to beleue or thinke I do verely graunt that it is the turkysh maner to answer with the swerd against all such as speke in y e name of chryst I do verely graūt acknowledge that their secte and relygyonis therby agmentyd and incresid but I pray you see how prudent an orator you ar to propoun this mater in your oration seing thee pope hym self doth dayly answer the children of God and such as do professe christ with y e sword galows fyer you your self in your oration go about nothinge els then to moue or styre themperour to warts and to shede the blode of good and holy men haue you not wisely declared herin y e pope to play a ryght turkes parte and you yourself to haue a turkish mynd or stomak The lyk wordes and to the same veri effect we haue Red in the bryeff which I spake of before So that now we do nott dowbt but that you did also sett forth that most cruell sentence the which we once suposid to haue bene done by Cardinall Ceruimus when he was embassador with themperour as tutor of Cardinall farnesius but in the maene tyme thou doest pretend and shew forth such a modesty in those thy foure bokes in thee whiche thou doest bost thye selfe to abhorre all contentions neuer to haue bene at controuersy withe any man and to haue the loue Charity of God abondantly in thy mynd the which thing in dede many haue often supposid thought to be in you but ther is nothinge hiden whiche shall not be opened for thou hast betraied thy self hast vttrid that which thow hast long kept secrct in thy mynd Do you not thus reason that bycause thee turkish emperour doth much regarde the monkes therfore they do truly worshipp God and Christ It is most comely and mete for you to iudge vse thauctority of that tyrant as most holye whose example of cruelty against the Children of God you do not only folow but far surmount Noman doth beleue the that Moore was put to death for his silence for so much as it is euedent that he was punished for a seditiō or cōspirasi raysed bi him but thou veryli art ouerslanderous a person thorough this thy hole boke against the king vnto whom thou art not only ioyned by affinyti or kynred but also dydest confesse thy self most bounden who also was ordeined to be thi prince and hed by god but thou saiest thou woldest correct his errours and vices Admytt that they were vices which had bene comeli for the to correcte where I praie you haue you learnid that they ough to be correctid with such slanderous fierse wordes as is in your booke printyd at Rome y t which not onley this present age but also y e posterity to come shalrede wold you haue done this thing yf that you had the charyty and loue of God so aboundantly shut vp enclosed in your hart or mynd We knowe well ynough that you call the. Cartuslans those most holy and religioꝰ monkes the whiche had enbrased a most diuerse and contrary order from the gospel of Christ and most contaminate and defyled with false kind of worshippings and went about with to the and naill to defend and kepe the same and therfore styrred the people to rebellion against their kinge Thow now goest about to teach and persuade that the sect of the turkes is sprong and Rysen the which wold owerthrow the churche by the refusall and deniall of your head of Rome but harken again what our iugment is here in verely that your worthy head was the cause that Mahomet could not only plant that this most fylthy and wile sect but also bring it to such eficasitie and