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A09142 The returne of the renowned caualiero Pasquill of England, from the other side the seas, and his meeting with Marforius at London vpon the Royall Exchange VVhere they encounter with a little houshold talke of Martin and Martinisme, discouering the scabbe that is bredde in England: and conferring together about the speedie dispersing of the golden legende of the liues of the saints. Pasquill, of England, Cavaliero.; Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, attributed name. 1589 (1589) STC 19457; ESTC S114218 23,237 32

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Realme confirmed by a generall consent in the high Court of Parliament is nothing els but to picke out the Morter by little and little that at the next pushe Martin and his companions might ouerthrow the state and make the Emperiall crowne of her Maiestie kisse the ground Where there is a diuision fostred there can be no continuaunce of the present state GOD himselfe hath taught it vs. Martins cheefe practise in the Prouinces of Englande where I haue wandred is to perswade the simple that her Maiestie layeth such a logge vppon their consciences as they ought not beare whereuppon they presume to make a shrewde scruple of their obedience and begin to bounde like a Colt that would cast his ryder Hath God powred so many blessings vpon the Church of Englande by the very often and very miraculous preseruations of her sacred Maiesties royall person and therby giuen testimonies out of Heauen to the Religion of the Lande and dares Martin attempt to make a doubt bothe of it and her Credit me Marforius this bursting the sinew of peoples obedience to their naturall Prince cannot be doone but for a mischiuous intent what visor soeuer they sette vppon it I would faine knowe what should be the reason that so manie hundreds of thousands in this Realme haue hetherto humbled themselues at the feete of one person can it be because shee is mightier then all they she beeing but one they many millions she a woman and they men Is it any terror thinke you of the big bodied Holberders that guarde her Maiestie No Marforius if there were not some wonderful matter that withhelde them also euen they might be giuen ouer to a reprobate sence to bende euery man the point of his Holberd at her If we search it till the worlds ende we shall find no other cause of this sweet harmonie of peoples harts that remaine faithful and flexible to the shaking of her princelie finger but onely this the Religion of the Lande When Martin shall be suffered to displace GOD that now dwelles in the bosome of her Maiesties louing people and buz slaunders of Religion into theyr eares whereby they may conceiue that her highnesse by the maintenaunce of the Gospell hath shutte vp their saluation in close prison and that it mooues God in his wrath to drawe the Sworde against her and the Realme as Martin himselfe auoucheth what other consequent may we looke for but that euery Pruritane transported with the heate and the ignorance of his zeale wyll be as readie as a Papist to lift vp his hande against her which mischiefe I beseech God to returne into their bowels How odious and how dangerous innouations of Religion are Secretarie Machiauell a politick not much affected to any Religion discloseth by the example of Fryer Sauanaroll He was a man like Martin sprong vp in such a time as Martin when Spayne Fraunce Rome Arragon and the Emperour entred a league to make warre altogether vppon the Venetians Sauanarola boasted of Reuelations and secret conferences held betweene the holy Ghost and him Martin brags hee is a speciall man raysed vp on a suddaine by the spirit of God for the good of England as if GOD had beene a stranger to vs all this while Sauanarola made a bragging proffer which he neuer performed that he would passe through the fire for the confirmation of his doctrine Martin hath vaunted he wil seale his opinions with his hart blood but you may see by the starting holes hee seeketh that hee neuer meant to keepe hys promise Sauanarola brought himselfe his followers to confusion at last and so will Martin I muse howe any state man can abide to heare of innouasions in Religion where the truth is preached There is but one God which cannot be deuided if he could hee were not GOD. All his graces tende to a gathering together of Gods people in a vnitie of Faith not to a scattering into diuers Faythes wherein the principall grace of a Martinist consisteth Looke vnto the Heathen the accusers of Socrates made choise of this accusation aboue all others as a matter very worthy of death in him that he was a fellow that sought to sette a newe stampe of his own vpon theyr Religion One of the first Lawes that Romulus layd as a ribbe of yron into his gouernment was Deos peregrinos ne colunfo Take a patterne if you wyll from priuate Families What a pittifull thing is it to see two Religions in one house where the Father and the Sonne the Husband the Wife the Maister and Seruaunt are of diuers faythes the ioynts of that house begin to gape and the fall of that house is to be feared The diuersitie of opinions in so high a degree as is Religion cannot choose but diminish the loue and respect that the one of them should carrie vnto the other The Sonne will be carelesse of his dutie to his Father whom hee takes to be a reprobate the Father will make but slender reckoning of the Son that beleeues not as hee beleeues The Wife will giue little reuerence to that Husbande whom she imagineth to be damned The Husband wil be rough and rigorous to such a Wife as obeyes not him The Seruaunt wyll neuer giue due honour to his Maister when hee iudgeth him to be the bondslaue of the deuill The Maister will as hardlie protect that Seruaunt whose hart he perceiues not to bee with him As then the gouernment of Common-weales was first drawne from the gouernment of priuate houses so that which is the ruine of priuate houses growes in time to be the ruine of Common-weales I haue taken a little paine to visite diuers of the Courtes Benches Sessions that are helde in this Lande in her Maiesties name by vertue of her authoritie but I neuer saw so bolde so-open so-barbarous contempt of magistracie in any other part of the whole worlde as I haue seene heere Such canuaces made such stales set such traynes layde such platformes drawne by the factious to bring theyr Superiours into contempt and yet they prooue so ridiculous in euerie steppe they tread that I am ready to stand on my nose whē I trace them out I was once in Antwerpe when great sute was made to the Masters of the English house by a Gentleman then emploied in the Queenes affaires for the entertaining a Preacher amōg them both to teach to minister the Sacraments there vnto thē The request was soone graunted Trauars a fellow that delighteth in obliquitie was the man that was brought thither when he came he had neither taken the Orders of the Ministerie nor any lycence to preach according to the gouernment of the Church of Englande but ran into a corner among the French to receiue it there At last one of the Ministers of those Churches came with him to the companie and made a sollemne protestation before thē all that he founde Mast Trauars a fitte man for the deuiding of the