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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

lāds goods and childrē these thinges I haue found in their letters bu● doubteles the kings coūsel haue pretended waightie maters towards you in deuising how these thynges shalbe brought to passe these be but rude principles but in the grounde worke be prudent counsels I knowe ye wil cal and accompt me a veri fole because I shewe you the trueth plaīly and put my selfe in daunger of hāging to saue your liues and preserue● my countrey from bondage but foolishly or prudently I speake nothing but that which I knowe perfectly y● may take my wordes as it shal please your honors if ye worke wittelye as your lourdships cā do if it plese you I shal reioice at your preseruacion● but if ye wil submit your selfe to bōdage willingly nowe ye knowe the daungers that wil folow what man liuing would lamēt the miseres that shal fal amongest you Herken there words after their writings Thei purpose if their power will serue not to leaue one liuing that by any maner title ought to make claime for the succession of the cowne Ye will thinke there could not remaine in them suche crueltie it is in vaine for me to write trueth if ye beleue me not It is damnable without remedy to call God for witnesse in false maters and what would it profit me to saue your liues preserue al Englande or wine the whole world and condemne mine own conscience But in truth I dare folow the example of S. Paul and call god for a iuste and true witnes that I haue hard with mine eares and sene the same persōs with mine eies that haue said if euer the king might haue a iust title to the crown and obteine it he wold make that most vertuouse Ladi Elizabeths grace sure for euer comming to inherite the same or any other of oure cursed nacion for thei say if thei cold kepe Englande in subiection thei could doe more with Englande and Flaunders then all the rest of the kinges kingdoms therfore thei wyll not worke so foolishly as to make dissension betwene these two lands and bring thē in controuersie or sett them at variaunce But inuente all polices to ioyne them both a like vnder their subiection I speake of no fooles but of the wisest sort and no meane persons though they knewe not me in such corners to heare their counsels Remēber if this warning be not sufficiente to cause noble men to take hede that so vertuous a Lady so beautifull and so comly a princes should first of all besyde all the greate nomber that shoulde folow afterwardes be eyther banished the lande or els putte to death miserabli for that whiche should be her own righte by iuste and lawfull discente If they that loue wemen so wel wil not fauour suche a Ladie how much lesse wil thei fauoure youre lyues I speake not this as some men woulde accuse me to make sedicion nor treson in the realme for that were the beste waye for Spaniardes to come to their purpose For our enemyes can neuer hurt vs till we make dissension amongst oure selues suche a time they looke for suche a time thei desier and such a time some noble men haue promysed them Lette all menne because I knowe not those traitors names that woulde prepare thys time endeuour themselues to lyue loue one another charitably and quietly that ye maye all take one waye and hold together lyke good people the better to preserue your country withstand al these deceitfull and most detestable treasōs and premeditate mischifes which be pretended against you and your coūtrie Ye haue heard many euils but god is witnes I cannot for shame write nor declare the vile shamefull detestable and mo●e abom●nable reportes whiche they haue spoken by the Quens maie●ie and yet her grace thinketh thē to be her very frendes but this one trueth I wil shew couertlie and wrappe it in as cleane cloutes as I can desiring all men and the Quenes highnes herself most humblye to take it after their words The Spaniards say if they obtaine not the crown t●e may curse the time that euer their ●inge was bounde in mariage to a ●ife so vnmete for his maiestie by natural curse of yeres but yet if the thing maye be brought to passe which was ment in the mariage in a king thei shal kepe old riche robes for high festif●l dais If there be any man that doth not vnderstande this saying of Spaniardes let the Q●enes highnes so lōg as her grace ▪ 〈◊〉 haue any fauourable frendship of the kinges maiestie kepe her selfe as heig● in auctorite as rich as she is at this presēt or els her grace shall perceiue perfectly as she maye partly at this present that Spaniards naturally loue freshe wares yōg deītie dishes and chaunge of new thīgs I thinke the Quene will blame me for showing this one trueth but by that time her grace shall be glad to tie horsses vnderneth her chamber windowe to suffer vile stinking dōg hils at her priuie chamber staires to see her garde chamber garnished about with plaine wals finely furnyshed with riche pallets of st●ōg corse canuas wel stuffed with strawe the wals most comly colored with coles to see sitting amōg her graces ye mē curriers carmen and coblers woode monges vintners and waggeners pointers pīners and pedlers showe makers surgeaunts and sadlers boke binders bakers bre●ers with al kīde of lowsie loiterers and euerye one a bagge a budget or a bot●ell ●anged open beefore him tyed vnder hys arme or behinde vpon his backe more like a moste misordered hospitall then a kynges garde chāber that nother her highnes nor any of her nobilitie can passe that way For in dede the gard● in the kīges courte be suche bawdye burly beastes that they neuer come in the kinges chappell excepte for necessite when straūgers come to the courte and abyde the smell of suche a stinkinge stue Her grace will say I speake not all VVhen her pallice gates shal stand open without porters that not only beggers slaues and all kinde of wretches but also oxen kine hoggishe olde swinne shepe and lambs goats kiddes and rammes cattes dogges geese duckes cockes and hennes with all other suche good houshold stuffe may enter into her courte and standing rubbing rowteing diggēg deluing and donging before her chāber windowe like a good fermers house in the countrey whē her highnes hall shall be one daye hanged with riche arreisse and halfe a yeare after ether shut and locked vp or els furnished finely with spinners silke-twiners weuers of laces rop makers coblars and botchers of olde hosen moste shamefullie without all order and be glad to kepe within her most princelike palice a vile stingking baudy tauerne that euerye one of these fore saied craftes men and all other baudes beggers slaues and vile drōken wretches maye bie within her courte breade beare nuttes apples and chese and fetche wine and water out of the kinges