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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90953	A breife relation, of some of the most remarkable pasages of the Anabaptists in high and low Germany in the year, 1521. &c. Gathered out of the writings of Sleyden, Antonius, Servanus, Lambertus, John Gastio, and others who write of their practises. And Bullinger, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Vrsinus, and others who write against their heresies. By George Pressick, of Dublin in Ireland.	Pressick, George.	1661 (1661)	Wing P3295; Thomason E1047_5; ESTC R208094	24,194	24

the brethren ran to the handsomest women in the City striving who should be the first served and lay with them without any contract so that within a few dayes there was scarce a woman of fourteen yeares of age but she was violated But those of the City that had some remnant of sound minde and groned under that tyrany made a party and layd hold of John of Leyden Kniperdoling and the rest of the prophets but the frantick rabble which was the greatest number took Armes and rescued their Prophets and killed fifty of their adversaries most of them in cold bloud and with severall kinds of devised crueltyes John of Leyden encouraged the murtherers crying he that would do God service should give the first blow Whilest they were thus wiving and thriving in Munster the Bishop that besieged them had fair play if he had husbanded his time well but hitherto he bore the charge of the seige himself but was after assisted with men and mony by Harman Arch-Bishop of Collen and John Prince of Clevis and others about which there was a meeting at Coblents December the 13. 1534. But this delay gave time to John of Leyden to project new designes He declared that the spirit of prophecy was departed from him and rested upon John Tuscocorer a Goldsmith of Warendorp whom he before hand had suborned to counterfeit an Enthusiasme and revelation from heaven this new Prophet called the congregation together and declared that it was the will of the heavenly father that John of Leyden should be King of the universe and that with mighty Armes he should kill all other Kings and Princes and destroy all the ungodly and save the people that love righteousness Whereupon John of Leyden fell on his knees and lifting up his hands said men and brethren so much I knew long ago but would not reveale it until now God hath made choise of another to bear witnesse of that truth Then said Tuscocorer thus saith the Lord as I made Saul King in Israel and after him David taken from the sheepfold I have set John Becold to be King in Sion give eare O Israel thou shalt abrogate thy magistrates and put down thy preachers and in stead of them establish twelve simple men without learning Arts and tongues and they shall read my word unto my people and without any help but my spirit expound it and hath not this been the practice of Taylors and Coblers c. amongst us and into them will I pour the spirit of wisedome and understanding then giving a sword to John of Leyden otherwise called John Becold To thee Father Beccold saith he the Father giveth this sword and calleth thee not onely to be King in Sion but over all the world and to extend thine Empire unto the ends of the earth this oracle was followed with great shouting and acclamations of the people crying God save the King and as it was then with these so it is now amongst us if they could prevaile to bring their Enterprizes to pass our Anabaptists and Quakers would neither have King Magistrats nor ministers but of themselves one Grande said he hoped that before Mayday there should not be a man in the land should he imployed in any places of trust but such as walked in their way meaning as Anabaptists they would have kings but of their own fraternity instead of having one King but of their owne fraternity for instead of having one King they would have five hundred Kings for every man that had any command would raigne as a King in his precincts some by woefull experience have found it so they would have Parliaments too but of themselves and their own choosing they would take away the priviledges of the people from choosing and destroy all the fundamentall lawes of the Land they would have ministers too but they should be such as were without learning such as John Tuscocorer prophesied John of Leyden should have in stead of Orthodox Ministers their threatning slighting and despising Ministers and endeavouring to make fewer Parishes and fewer Ministers makes the truth of this appeare to all mens sight that is not willfully blinde This new King John of Leyden created four Councelours of State the cheif whereof was one Gerard a booke-binder and one Talbek he made Lord steward of his houshold and one Kipinbrok Treasurer of his plate and Jewells and Kinperdoling Governour of the Citty and appointed twelve Archers for his guard This Taylor King presently made use of his skill to make himselfe fine in clothes he translated the copes and carpets of Churches and Convents they had robbed into doublets and breeches and cloaks which set out his Majesty all in gold and silver his horse wore a sutable livery with gold and silver saddles foot cloths thus he appeared abroad having his cheife Officers riding before him in state next to him rid two young men richly attired one carrying a naked sword with a golden hilt set with precious stones the other carryed a Bible and tripple Crown of gold glittering with diamonds himself wore a great chain of Gold about his neck like a coller of some noble Order with a golden globe having a golden sword through it hanging at the chaine with this Motto John King of new Jerusalem the king of Righteousnesse of this whole world after him followed Fifty Pencioners with party coloured garments of ash colour and Gr●sse green and white caps and golden rings on every fingar making the Ash coulour an emblem of mortification the grasse green of regeneration the white caps of innocence the golden rings of charity but amongst these propheticall riddles he ordered his court with so much state as if he had been a King borne truly but that so many godly orthodox divines have written of these things that lived in that Age and in those countries we could scarce have believed that men should be given up to such delusions and that we see others amongst us partly treading the same steps In that royall array he shewed himself three times a week and went up to a high throne set up with great magnificence where he judged all controversies most of which were about divorce for by his new gospell any man that were weary of his wife might put her away and take another this was the king of Sions Government Then this jolly Taylor King having stitched up a kingdom in hast turnes his care to go through stitch with it to have supply to remove the seige and because it should be done in a propheticall way Tus●●corer his cheife Agent came to him it seemes by his appointment as he sate on his throne and told him King John The Gospell must be renewed by thee thus saith the Lord God go say to the King of Sion that he prepare my holy supper in the great Church yard and choose teachers to send into the four quarters of the world to teach the wayes of righteousness according to this Anabaptists and Quakers