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

pay yerely for euery chimney in his house and euery other place that is to make fire in as ouen fornes and smithes forge a frenche crowne wil englishmen or can thei suffer to be poled and pilled moste miserably in payēg continually suche poling pence and intollerable tollages for all maner graine and breade be●e beare and mutton goose pigge and capone henne mallard and chicken milk butter and chese egges apples peares wine white and reade with all other wines beside salt white and graye al thinges must pay small nuttes and wall nuttes cheries and chest nuttes plumbes damassens philbeardes and al both gret smal whatsoeuer thei maye se to fede the pore cōmenalte Salmon and hearing this is a shamefull thing tench ele or conger this shall kepe vs vnder and make vs die for hunger flounders floucke plaice or carpe here is a miserable warke that Englande must abide to maintaine Spanishe pride ye paye youre tenthes for all these thinges but I speake not of churche rentes nor balifes fees for that is but the tenthe part but this shall greue your harte to pay the thirde part more that burthen waieth sorer then fines or rēts tak hede therfore Ye wil think their cōmēs be not so opprest there is not a ye man farmer nor husbande man in these partes that dare eate a capōe in his own house if his frende come to viset him but the capōe must cost him a noble if it wer worth xx pēce and euen so of hennes pigges geese chickins ▪ and all other thyngs Dooe ye thinke to make prouises for all these mischefes which I haue rehearsed the best prouiso ye can deuise to make is that for the auoiding of all these and innumerable moe mischefs ye kepe the crowne in youre owne handes and geue it to no forreyne prince For when the king is crowned who dare withstand his doings doe not the lawes of Englande bind al men to obeie him but seing thei vnderstande not our lawe maye not the kinge chaunge it as shall seeme good for him by the aduise of his coūsel I nede not to feare the daunger of my boke for I heare say I shalbe outlawed with a pension writte for .iii yeres pension in cliffords inne Do it spedely least it take none effecte for if Spaniardes beare rule fare wel all Englishe lawes the kīg will reach you Spanish lawes and looke what lawes Spaniardes make is not he a traitor that speaketh to the contrary but til his grace be crouned it is mete for all trewe men to holde with the right and speake against his coronaciō Ye say the quenes highnes hath al power in her hande we must obey her surely in actes that bee paste by parliament and cōfirmed by the hole realme we ought to obey her highnes during her life but I think there is no law confirmed and past where by the Quene may lawfully disinherite the realme of the crown And for that which is to come eueri man mai lawfully speake against it for she can make no such law without your aide Yf ye read the enchiridiō of Erasmus in the leafe lxxv ye shall finde that the Quenes highnes or any other Prince that wil folowe goddes commaundement and seke the kingdom of heauen ought not to make any lawes or statutes agaynste the commen wealth of her countr and that she ought not to doe that which she may by her power but that which she maye doe iustlye by the lawes of the realme For lyke as Christe was not borne for himselfe nor died not for himselfe but was borne to fulfil the law liued to teache vs the perfecte trueth of the law and died to redeme al those that woulde folow his steps and kepe his commaundementes euē so the Quene ought not to do that thing which is for her own profet her own pleasure or her own pryuat commodite but that which is for the commodite of the whole countrey the profite of her poore people and the strength aide preseruacion and the comfort of the whole realme Her grace ought not to gouerne vs if she wil folowe Christe but to se vs gouerned vprightly in all spirituall maters after gods worde and in all temporall maters accordinge to the lawes of the realme iustlye for oure preseruacion In the .iiii. nexte leaues folowynge ye shall finde the offyce of a kynge a magistrate an officer and bishoppe I shewe you the place because ye shoulde remember it and folowe it in this case But if the Quenes grace wil not seke to winne heauen with folowing Christe and keping his order for the commodite and profet of all her people then she must without grace in breakeynge Christs order and leauing his steps without any seconde way folow the steps of the deuill and so seking her owne priuat commodite her owne wil her own pleasure rūne straight headlong to hell Mary if the Quene be the last heire so that the crown remaine wholly perfectly and lawfully in her without any other discente she may by gods lawe geue it for the commen wealth of her subiects and the realme where or to whom soeuer pleaseth her and then if it be for the commen wealth of the realme as ye se plainly it is not she mai geue it to her graces husbande the kinge but if it belong to the heires of the realme after her death and if ther be any heires in Englande liuing after her to whom the crown oughte to come by iuste and lawefull descente she and all that geue her such cursed counsell doe committe deadlye and damnable sinne in taking and geuīg it from them wrongfully Yf ye could restore it againe afterwardes and so make them recompence she myghte haue pardon of god but I am sure the Quenes grace and all her honorable counsell haue seene the kinges style where he writeth himselfe kinge of xxviii kingdomes with Englande Fraunce and Yrelande and there ye perceue that he leaueth out the quen in all his writinges and deades whatsoeuer he maketh or confirmth And in the first leafe and first side of the patten or rather the Emperours will which he hath made to establishe the king iointly with him in the Empir they write that the kinge wōne englande by the Quenes mariage and vpon the seconde side of the sāe first leafe they write that the king at this presēt hath autorite to make chaūge ordeine and constitute what decres statutes ordinaūces or lawes soeuer please him in the same kingdom of England Seeing the king hauynge but the name geuen him doeth take vpon him suche power and bee●ore he hath the crowne dooeth expulse the Queene from all title of the realme or the crown ye may be sure that when he hath the crown he wil take from her all power and honor sauing only she may haue the name to be his wife vvith his more beloued harlots so that she shall neuer be able to restore

wer trewe we know moste perfectly they loue her treasure faithfully and her crowne hartely But if her grace worke prudently she shall perceiue spedely they loue her person fainedly ▪ I haue not spoken the worst nor the most lyke a rayler but showed a small nomber of rype rotes from the which spring a thousād moe mischeffes for out of eueri rote spring .vii. braunches and out of euery braunche doe spring .vii. worse wormes or stinkinge serpentes of more mortall poison then either the rotes or spitful braunches As for example take their pompynge pryde and ye shall proue their purpose once obteined thei wil treade your heads in the dust and compel you to liue at home porely without bearing rule in the commen wealth Thinke you to liue at home in your country no they knowe perfectly you woulde then haue all people vpon your part and make insurrections to driue thē out of the lande they wil prouide for this matter and put you to death louingly before you make such controuersye that they may gather vp againe their great giftes vpō youre treasures and maintaine their gorgious garmentes with their false brybrie their fine Spanishe brauerye with oppression of the pore people and bye their lustye liueres with exceading great excises There be many other braunches but I shewe these for a brefe example that ye may by your wisedomes picke oute the rest And yet if ye pull of euery braunch vii serpentes ye shal finde a deuelish companie As for example VVhen ye bee trodden vnder foote marke my woordes well euery skur●eie knaue shal come to your house and take the best part leauing you the worste Ye muste obeie him like a Senioure ye must geue them the best beddes and take the worste pacientlie for youre selfes for you haue lord Dannes cōe againe of them and thei shall putte you in rememberaunce of the miseres that your parentes suffered vnder them whiche ye haue forgot thei ar so long past The worste of them shall bee better estemed with the kinge and his counsel then the best of your realme ye must be gladd to geue them place not of curtesie but of perforce they must be set in the higheste place and you in the loweste If one of them be appointed in your house by the kinge or his counsel or els receyued for his moneie the house must be his and not yours And yet will he departe withoute taking leaue or paying for lodegīg Some man will saie that is not true for they haue paide eueri man iustly the vttermost pennie I speake not of that whiche thei haue done in Englande but of that which the most parte of them dooe in these countries and thei wil dooe when they maie beare rule euen amongest you in Englande And yet I thinke there be some that paid not verie iustly for al thīgs when thei were amongest you laste For I my selfe knowe manye worshippeful menne which if thei durst woulde take their othe and seke for recompence that lodged ye that lodged Spaniardes in their house a yeare and more and lette them haue halfe a dossen beddes and chaumbers with all thinges perteininge to them a greate parte of their fyre woode and such other stuffe for buttery and chereles kitchen ct c. And yet the Spaniardes at their departing would nother paye for many thinges that were stollen nor for many thinges that were lost as thei said nor for many thinges that wer broken and rente nor to speake plaīly for many thinges whiche were so bawdye with their pockie plaisters that no man could lye in them afterwardes I know diuerse of them that paide their accoumptes so iustlye toke their leaue so hōestly that their hostes knew not of their departing but left the bakers bruers bouchers woodmōgers and coliers one of thē to paie anothers skore Yf thei departed stoutly in these dayes when they dissembled al goodnes when thei trusted to winne the gouernaūce of the realme and the crowne with gentlenes and good condicions what wyll thei doe I praye you whē they haue the crowne indede But to returne ye muste geue them leaue to speake when you must holde your peace ye must cap to them in all places where ye see them although it be not your custome or rather thers in dede yet he is a very rusticall beast that doeth it not to thē for ye know the worste of them is a Senior ye must preferre them in all thinges and geue all the names of honor excepte maiestie to the vilest slaue amongest them VVoulde not any man be agreued to reade my worke if I should shewe al their peuishe pride is ther any mā so folishe that thinketh I coulde not easely sucke out of their pride a thousande pestiferous poisons and yet not racke it halfe so sore as a wise mā both would and could doe Take another example loke vpon their flatterie which is the least faulte of fiftye and the smallest rote of all the reste Remēber their pleasaunt promises repaide with preposterous performacions ye shall proue that the vileste wretche of them all shalbee in more credite then the best of your frends And yet their promises shalbe so fair that an● man liuing woulde credite their wordes Their countenaunce shalbe so pleasaunte towardes you that ye would thinke thē to be your verie frendes whē in verie dede thei shal seke your vtter destruction and to cast you out of fauoure Ye shall be gladde to make long laboure for smal matters and at the last not sped ▪ And yet would they be in god your faithfull frendes Some of their false flattering fauorers will saie that all men maie perceiue perfectly that I slaunder Spaniardes wrongefullye for they haue holpen many synce their comming into England But remember I tolde you they counterfeited condicions because they mighte seme like vnto vs and the more e●sely disceaue vs. For that whiche thei haue done in Englande was no part of their nature but the greatest part of dissimulacion and a plaine preparaciō to disceaue oure nobilite For wherefore should thei seke to maintaine oure nobilite and the honor of the realm in his own estate doe ye thinke if thei obteine the crown thei wil maīteine the nobilite and the realme vpon their own charges were it not better for them to destroie the nobilite and bring the kingdome whiche thei loue so well to their own commodites Mark more of their naturs One of them shal laugh to your face when his acquaintaunce shal kil you behinde youre backe Howe manye Englishe men did the Spaniardes kil in their arses or not much aboue the arse whē thei wer in Englād last of fauour receiued most cōmōlie one of thē wil talke with you pleasaūtly kil you sodēlie whē he sēeth most your frend How many bitter biting serpentes thinke you do spring oute of euerie braunche Take their pleasaunte promyses where one of them