delicate chéere so amplie so plentifully so aboundantly that the best sort in the Countrey had him in admiration the second and meanest praied wished and desired that he might continually dwell among them How did he tender the poore redresse wrongs restraine and bridle the enemie from iniurying those vnder his charge win many strong townes castles and forts and as it were wall Holland and that part of Zeland that the enemy might not approch but with great danger and difficulty And at the two yeares end came away from thence with great honor loosing in fight very few especially of fame and name but that noble hardie and most worthie knight sir Phillip Sidney who béeing hurt in a very hot and bloudy skirmish with a musket shot a farre of afterward returning to Arnam died of his wound whose fame glory no age at any time shall weare away The noble king Carolus Iacobus Sextus king of Scotland and diuers others of the Nobility of the same country beside infinite numbers of euery degrée in England mooued with his vertues valour and prowes made Latine verses most learnedly lamenting his vnripe death happening in the flower of his age Truly yea most truly there was nothing els sought either by the puissant Quéene Elizabeth the Lords of her Counsell either by the said noble earle but to preserue true and pure religion that it might not be troden vnder the foot and to stop effusion of bloud which otherwise would haue bene much And that ought to be the care and studie of euerie Christian king and Quéene to stoppe and inhibit outrage of spilling of Christians bloud Finally the gouernement of the said Noble Earle of Leycester in his abode beyond the seas hath bene such that the wise and well disposed euery where grauely consindering vpon the same giue to it condigne praise to the great benefites of the Countrey where he hath bene and to no small strengthening of vs Englishe at home in such sort that the Low-Countreis reaped thereby the benefite of quietnes and rest from the molesting of the enemie which otherwise would haue assailed them most sharpelie to their vtter confusion and vndoing This also haue wee English to ioy and to comfort our selues with all and to deliuer the same for an euerlasting memoriall to our posteritie that the last yeare it pleased God of his infinite mercie and goodnes to giue victorie by Sea to the right noble and valianâ— Lord the Lord Charles Howard Lord high Admiral of England vpon and ouer the Spanish Armado or fléet so huge so strong so great so furnished with double Canons and Canons and Culuerins and all other sort of geat ordinaunce and small as musket shot calyuer and others so fraught with Captaines souldiers and marriners to the number of 28000 so garnished with armor all maner of weapons so laden and stuffed fully with euerie kind of victuall to serue for long time all which did so farre passe surmount and excéed that it was Vique ad mundi miraculum Euen to the wonder of this age that the Spaniardes vpon the confidence they had in the same their owne strength were so puffed vp with pride that they had denoured all England in their hearts whilest they were yet in Spaine and before they came any thing néere our coast Neither is this here to be vntouched how the said Lord Charles Howard Lord Admiral with the nauie of England went to the Seas in the moneth of December beeing the deepe of winter to expect the enemies comming and so continued till August following What watch what labour what paines especially in winter What stormes and foule weather this noble man and his company did sustaine and abide and indure out during these nine monethes It cannot be vnknowen to al those which haue experimented voyages by Seas And in the Comming approching of the Spanish Armado to the west part of Cornewall which was about the 19 of Julie 1588. How ready desirous glad the said Lorde Howard was to méet and encounter with the Spaniard it doth by this appeare that the said Lord Admiral accompanied but with fiftie saile not exspecting the rest of the Queenes Nauie or any further aide so come did begin and enter fight with the Spaniards and so continued pressing and chacing the Duke of Medina Sidonia high Generall of the enemies companie and his hundreth and thirtie two saile from Sonday till Saterday following by the space of seuen daies night and day forbearing sléepe and bodilie rest which nature of man doth exact and require Al which time my Lord Thomas Howard my Lord Shiefield Sir Edward Hobby knight of yeares but young yet for the gifts of the mind wit learning knowledge boldnes and courage equall to the best Captaines and many other Gentlemâ—n in this our English Nauie of good and ancient houses for the loue zeale and dutie they did beare to the Quéenes Maiestie their Countrey and my Lord Admirall did voluntarilie not without their great charges as it were not onlie offer but intrude them selues into the seruice of the sea in this warre to winne honour and same and most couragiouslie and with lyons hearts did assault pursue and terrifie the Armado that where their purpose and pretence was to inuade and land in Englande they durst not once drawe néere to any shore but kept their course still in the chanell and déepe streame alwaies flying and seeking by night if it might bee in the darke to leese the sight of our ships On saterday night when y e enemies came to an anker afore Calis th'english anchored hard by theÌ„ y â— they could haue no rest expecting still when our men should boord them And it was deuised by the Lord Charls Howard the next night following by siraâ—ageme well known and therefore not needful at large to be here rehearsed to fire all the Spanish ships which in part was done and had taken further effect but the enemie for saking the rode leauing Ankers cables behind them for hast set vppe saile and fled And the next morning being Monday my Lord Admirals number being augmented aboue the Spanish with my Lord Henrie Seimers fléet of warlike shippes a feesh fight began the Spaniard flying afore to the north towards Scotland and the English folowing the chace with most sharpe bloudy fight In all which Battaile of nine daies together continuing both great wisedome and manhood was vsed by the said Lord Charles Howard by the Lords and Knights in hys company Mariners and souldiours and marueilous force was bent against the enemy For one of the ships of the Quéenes on Monday the last day of the fight shot in eight houres fiue hundreth and 32. great pellets out of her great ordinaunce hard vnder the sides of the Spanish Armado What number may we thinke all the rest of the great shippes did discharge that day They of this great fléete of the enemies beside the great
The Fountaine and VVelspring of all Variance Sedition and deadlie Hate Wherein is declared at large the opinion of the famous Diuine Hiperius and the consent of the Doctors from S. Peter the Apostle his time and the Primitiue Church in order to this age expresly set downe that Rome in Italie is signified and noted by the name of Babylon mentioned in the 14. 17. and 18. Chapters of the Reuelation of S. Iohn Chap. 17. verse 5 And in her foreheâ—d was a name written a mysterie great Babylon the mother of whoredome and abhomination of the earth 6 And I saw the woman dronken with the blood of the Saintes and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus LONDON ⧠Printed by Roger Ward dwelling vpon Lambard hil neere vnto olde Fish-street 1589. ¶ TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND noble Earls the Earls of Huntington and Warwicke Grace Peace felicitie in the Lord Iesus RIght Honorable the warres rumors of warres breach of brotherly loue manifolde troubles and dissention growing euerie where through Europe which is the part of the worlde professing Christ argue the dissolution of all things premonished by our Lord not to bee farre hence distant It behooueth therfore all good Christians considering the time to be circumspect to watch and pray accordingly as vve are commanded by our Sauiour in these words Vigilate Orate againe Estote prudentes sicut Serpentes Be ye wise as Serpents And we are deeplie to consider from whence this venome and poyson floweth which drunk and sucked in by the space of many years passed hath transformed and as it were charmed the braines and sences of many men that according to the words of the Prophet seeing they see not hearing they heare not and vnderstaÌ„ding they vnderstand not in matter concerning principally the saluation of their soules The remedie of which mortall maladie consisteth in this to knowe and search out the cause and that knowen to remooue the same and then to apply medicine for curing of it In all which pointes Right Honorable I shew briefly in this small treatise following the doctrine of S. Peter the Apostle and the best learned and most approoued Authours opinions consenting deliuered from age to age which open the sinfull man and misterie of iniquity the onely cause of troubles and not yet well perceiued neither vnderstanded of the greater sort Committing these my labours to your Honors tuition and protection whose zeale to true and sincere Religion attentiue eare giuen alwaies to the Preaching of Gods worde and laudable life concurring as sure testimonie well knowen to the world makes me bolde to dedicate vnto your LL. this Pamphlet hoping that the booke beeing your own as it is and therefore the more to be desired to be read and to come into many mens hands whome all in generall for your singular vertues do reuerence honour and loue may profite doo good and perchance conuert not a few from their obstinate opinion in cleauing to the woorishe Babilonicall Church wherein rather of selfe-wil than of any grounded reason they dwell and persist And on the contrarie side confirme and establish the others whose hearts alreadie conducted by the holy spirite see the light of Gods truth and ensue it And herein withall humblenes I make manifest my conscience according to the small talent which vnto me is lent hope that my dutie obedience and good vvill to her Maiestie Lords of her Counsell and my Countrey may in the sequel sufficiently appeare Praying God to send both your Lordships long life with encrease of honour Your Lordships most humble Christoph. O. The Fountaine and VVelspring of all Variance Sedition and deadlie hate throughout Christiandome MEdicines be applied to the bodie sicke and diseased but exhortations are vsed to giue courage and more stomacke to the forwarde stout and industrious that the spark of vertue alreadie ingenerated in them may grow to a bigger flame and substance with increase or els to stir vp raise and plucke forward the mind of man when it languisheth I therefore of the lowest sort of all among the learned purposing to vtter my conscience and knowledge by way of exhortation my most bounden dutie first towardes the Quéenes Maiestie and neâ—t to the people of my natiue soile and Country of England déeply considered and moouing me thereto doo earnestly pray and instantly require al true English men of euery degrée as they tender y â— safty of their soules and bodies to giue attentiue eare and wel to marke the whole discourse of this my purposed treatise the rather because it is of waight of most great importance touching the weale publique in this litle Isle of England and preseruation of our most royall and gratious Quéene Elizabeth and next of vs all English ingenerall our countrie wherein we are bred and borne our wifes children kinsfoolkes and posteritie whereof we should haue a most cheefe and especiall care regard especially and aboue all of religion which concerneth our soules to liue here and euer in the world to come In al which by God his grace I intend to vse perspicuity to be as briefe as the vrgent occasioÌ„ of so necessary a cause shal suffer me yet pretermitting many things which otherwise should haue bene touched to auoid tediousnes and prolixitie in matter now apparant already and many yéeres alredy past made manifest vnto y â— whole world CoÌ„sider O noble Eugland that thou hast enimes that hate thée deadly that go about as much as in them is to work thy destruction Consider how the professors of the word of God els wher in Europe far hence and those that dwell next almost vnto vs be manaced vexed and persecuted with all rigor and crueltie from time to time afflicted euen to death the malice whereof procéedeth of causes of long time afore growen hereafter specified and fore warned in holie Scriptures Ponder déeply and call to minde with your selues Nos incidimus in tempora periculosa We are fallen into the perillous time Nos sumus in quos fines Seculorum deueneruÌ„t We be those vpon whom the ends of the world be come The tokens thereof be plaine and manifest told afore by our Sauiour and Lord Iesus Christ which be these Nation shall rise against nation and Realme against Realme then shall they put you to trouble and shall kil you and yee shall be hated of all Nations for my names sake And then shall many be offended and shal betray one another c. So the time is certaine that the day of iudgment is at hand But of the day and hower saith Christ knoweth no man no not the Angels of heauen but my father onely The Apostle S. Paule in his 2 Chap. of his Epistle of the Thessalomans teaching when the day of Christ shall be at hande thus saieth Let no man deceiue you by any meanes For the Lord shall not come except their come a departing first and that the sinfull man be opened the
slaughter of their men made and caused by our forces were constrained to cast ouer-boord their fine Iennets and horses and waxed glad when night with darkenesse drewe on setting indirect courses that the Englishe might with more dificultie espie finde or follow them in the morning ensuing There were from the beginning till this time taken Prisoners and Spanishe shippes sooâ—cke and spoyled by the English forces and brasen péeces and Artillery taken as the true number of them apeareth in books already printed by the meanes aforesaid the pursuit was omitted and the spaniardes sought their way furthest about by the craggie rocks and Sea shore of Scotland to the west of Ireland Where God with windes and soule weather so tossed the remain of the Armado that 17 of the greatest ships there wracked were drowned with y â— losse of some thowsands of their men beside artillerie ordinance and other lading that perished in the water Thus they that came to kil vs were killed taken or drowned except those that escaped by flieng and running away and God fought for England with his mightie hand and stretched out arme when the force of the English had ceased to pursue Let any reasonable man or others that haue any experience be Iudge This proud and haughtie nation and people that came to conquer England to kil man woman and child to make the countrie wast to take the land into their owne possession if they had not bene sore afraide and self also the Yron pellets and blowes of our English ordinance and the forces of the Lord Charles Howard and his most famous band of Mariners and souldiers to the losse of liues of their men and great spoile of their ships would haue returned home the same way they came but they durst not but sought Spaine the farthest way about The fame of this victorie howsoeuer the Spaniardes may or will colour it is spread ouer all Europe Asia and part of Africa insomuch that the heatheÌ„ haue our renowmed Quéen in admiration for her vertues princely qualities royall hart and courage and principally for this victorie atchieued vpon the Spaniarde O most high O most mighty O most mercifull God how good and gratious diddest thou shew thy self to our Quéene Elizabeth to her dominions and territories to her subiects and people How godly how prudently how thankfully did her Maiestie at the last comming home and returne of the L. Admirall from the Seas attribute and ascribe this victorie gotten by fight vpon the Sea only to God giuing him all the praise honor and glorie for the same speaking in open audience of her Nobilitie Ladies and gentlemen in Court these words which one of late hath pâ—uned in a book written in latine verse of her Highnesse The verses follow Carole laudo tuas virtutes laudo viriles Inuictosque tuos animos comitumque tuorum Quod loquor ex animo loquor O attendite quaeso Non vis vlla hominuÌ„ non tu praeclare Dynasta Non comites socijque tui non Anglica classis Est Deus aeternus Deus est qui solus vnus Effecit totam vt victrix celebrata per orbem Ore ferar populi domi vt secura quiescam Illi tota rei benè gestae gloria detur Illi totus honor sit ei sui gloria soli And her Grace did not onely in spéech but also in action apparant to the whole world shewit when her Highnesse accompanied with the Bishops of the Realme and Nobilitie came through the stréetes to the temple of S. Paule within the citie of London knéeling humbly within the west doore of the same Church gaue with heart mind and lowlines of body thanks to God for his mercies benefites bestowed vpon her and her people and after heard a sermon at Paules crosse tending to the same end As this was done and said before like a most Christian Lady and Quéene so it is worthy of remembrance that contrarie to the custome of man and womans nature prouoked irritated and stirred vp before to wrath displeasure vpon outrage maliâ—e practised by any enemie her Grace with a most charitable and pitifull heart cherished and gaue almes meate and drinke to the Spaniards captiues and taken prisoners forbidding that any iniurie or violence should be proffered vnto them according to the counsell of S. Paule Vince bono malum Ouercome the euill with doing good Here I admonish and exhort all true English of euerie degrée to print in memorie at the benefites afore rehearsed receiued by the mercie of God and daily and haâ—rely to be thankfull for the same and to learne with the Prophet to say sing Misericordias Domini in aeternuÌ„ cantabo My song shal be alwaies of the louing kindnes mercies of the lord with my mouth wil I euer be shewing of thy truth from one generation to another Again in the 146 Psal. Praise the Lord O my soule while I liue will I praise the Lord yea as long as I haue any being I wil sing praises vnto my God Let vs follow the example of Mardocheus the 9 chap. of Hest. who inioyned the Iewes the 14 day of the moneth of Adar and the 15 day of the same euery yeare according to the daies wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies and the moneth which was turned to them from sorrowe to ioy and from mourning into a day of myrth to kéepe them the dayes of feasting and ioy and to send presents euery man to his neighbour giftes to the poore wherfore was this done and enioined them Because Haman the Iewes Aduersarie had imagined against the Iewes to destroy them had cast Pur that is a lot to consume destroy them Let vs follow Iehoshophat who when the childreÌ„ of Moab the children of Ammon came against him to battaile did séeke the Lord proclaimed a fast throughout all Iuda So did the Londiners God be praised for it the English fearing God throughout all the Realme and continued in praier from morning vnto night I wish and exhort them in the Lord to kéep a memoriall thereof oftentimes to pray and often to fast many times to giue thankes for the manifold blessings of God poured vpon vs in preseruing as he hath done the Quéens Maiesties person from treason and imminent danger and peril in sending her Grace a long and gratious raigne that it may please him to send her victorie ouer her enemies as he hath done if any here after shal arise So shal it come to passe that as Iehoshaphat the king and the Iewes without any stroke stroken on their parts had their enemies ouerthrowen at gods hand they gathered the spoile 3 daies the 4 day they assembled theÌ„selues in the vally Berracah there blessed y e lord then euery man returned with Iehoshophat to go again to Ierusalem with ioy And they came to Ierusalem with viols with harps with trâ—mpets euen vnto the lords
many other which heere to rehearse it were to long And so much the more this hath a resemblance of truth that the Apostles had reueiled vnto them many and sundry things concerning the latter times of the falling of the Romaine Empire of the reueiling of the acurssed sonne Antichrist of the abhomination standing in the holy place All which the Apostles set out as it were shadowed somewhat darkly as it is left vnto vs in writing and may be séene in the 24. of Mathew 2. Thessalonians In which two places there is spoken of these matters as it were by points and prickes rather than by any oopen speach Againe the same Papias taught afterward in Alexandria and had bene the scholler of S. Iohn the Apostle whervpon we should be perswaded that he must néeds heare the same interpretation of his maister concerning Rome to be named by Babylon and that the same interpretation was as well in the Churches of Asia where S. Iohn preached as in Europa where S. Peter taught And least peraduenture any might doubt that no good and iust testimony may be brought out of the ancient and approoued writers of the Primitiue Church succeeding next to the Apostles age you shal hear the opinion of those which were next to the Apostles Tertullian did write in the yeare 170. after Christ. He in his worke against the Iewes hath this written Babylon in the writing of Iohn bereth the figure of the city of Rome in that it is great proud in force and a beater downe of the saints Who will now doubt but that the said Tertullian heard this at the Apostles mouthes Also Origines liued in the yeare 200. And he wrote in Alexandria many bookes and the 12 Homily vppon Ezechiell the Prophet he thus expoundeth that there is Babilon where is confusion of maners by vices mischieuous doing continually growing And therfore it is no maruell if the holy writers pondring what was y â— state of the Romains Empire which was the head of the world especially the city of Rome haue defined Rome to be Babilon in their bookes Now hear an euident manifestation of this where Hierome wrote about the yeare of our Lord 380. teaching the Churches both in Asia and Europa in his commentary vppon Esay 47 chap. hee witnesseth y â— many beside him in his time and age did interpret the daughter of Babilon which should be made humble not to be Babylon in Caldea but to be the city of Rome in Italie which is called specially by the name of Babilon in the Reuelation of S. Iohn and in the Epistle of S. Peter all threatnings which be spoken by the Prophet against Babilon to be referred to the distruction of the city of Rome Likewise the said Hierom in a certaine Epistle to Assella complaining of the corrupt maners of the city of Rome calleth Rome by the name of Babilon Againe the said Hierom in the end of his 2 booke against Iouinian turning his oration to the city of Rome I speake vnto thée saith he which hath blotted out the blasphemy written in thy forhead by the confessing of Christ. O mighty city lady of the world interpret thy name Rome is by the Gréekes a name of strength by the Hebrues a name of highnes kéep that that thou art called Let vertu make thée high let not voluptuousnes make thée low Thou maist eschue by repentance the curse which our sauior hath threatned in the Reuelation Thou hast the example of the Niniuites Beware the name of Iouinian which is deriued of an Idoll S. Avgustine liuing in the time of S. Hierom but yet a litle yonger accounted the chief among the latin Deuines and hauing respect to al that was spoken of Rome by those that had written afore in y â— Church declareth many things to be like in Rome and Babilon for in his booke De ciuitate Dei the fifth Booke and second Chapter he calleth Babilon the first Rome In his 18 book and 22. chap. he compareth Rome with the city of the wicked whiâ—â—h Cain builded The one saith he was builded of câ—in which â—â—ue his brother abel The other was builded by Romulus which killed his brother Rhemus Againe Orosius a Spanish writer liuing in the time of S. Augustine sheweth that Rome and Babilon were alone and especiciallie beside all other wickednesse in opressing the Saintes of God Lib. 2. cap. 3. and again lib. 7. cap. 2. But perchance some to this afore may make obiection alledging that at that time when these ancient writers did write Rome was gouerned by most cruell Emperours which persecuted horibly all good Christians inflicting vpon them all torments and most sharpe death But now Rome is no more gouerned by Emperours that be wicked and thirst the blood of the godly but Rome is vnder the iurisdiction of the holie Pope and for that cause to be reuerenced and honored of all Therefore if any man should now say in these our daies that Babylon mentioned in the Apocalips might betoken Rome no sufficient cause or ground of matter were to confirme or corroborate his assertion to be found But the answere to confute this is ready of great force and validitie and not to be conuinced Albeit wicked Emperors euen from the Apostles time and long after by some hundred yeares held Rome for the chiefe seat imperiall and put manie to sundrie kindes of torment and death for confessing Christ yet S. Hierom who liued about 380 after Christ and after S. Augustin and Orosius whose ages were during the raignes of Iouinian Valentinian Gratian and Theodosius Emperours who not onely fauoured but greatly aduanced Christian religion did in their bookes taxe sharply reprehend Rome by the name of Babylon then gouerued rather by Popes and Bishops as it is knowen than by temperall princes And here is further to be noted that these Christan Emrours aforesaid ruled and made their abode in Constantinople and the Popes administred all at Rome by litle and litle mal engin deceit sinister practise with hypocrisie counterfeit humblenes now and then by force enterminled encroched not to bee onely equall but chalenged to haue superioritie not vpon the Cleargie onely but ouer Emperors and kings to make lawes at their lust pleasure to wage war make battel yea to tread down vnder their féet the whole world if they might bring it to passe All hitherto said and written doth the testimony of the Church of Leodia in the low countries confirme set down about the year of our Lord 1100 against Pascalis the second of that name then Pope That is as followeth hitherto saith he I haue but interpreted that S. Peter wold by the name of Babylon note Rome because at that time Rome was spotted with all kind of Idolatrie sin and filthines And now my sorrow doth interpret vnto me that S. Peter terming with a spirit of prophesie the congregation gathered together in Babylon did foresée the
wilde Irish to rebellion and armed shippes and Souldiors to infringe the publike peace there who not long after their arriuall had their welcome so that of faure or fiue hundred not past twentie escaped aliue The English vnder the conduct of the Lord Gray Lord Deputie of Ireland atchieuing the victorie vpon the Pope his Italians and Spaniardes the fourth day after they came to the place where these Strangers had entrenched themselues in good order of war He remarke well gentle Reader the great goodnes and mercy of God towards our most gratious Quéene Elizabeth and her realme of England and Ireland Note the wisedome forwardnes and diligence of the Noble man chiefâ— Captaine and General of her highnes Armie How he spared not to catch hold of oportunitie in the colde and deepe of the winter according to the saying Principijs obsta arripienda est occatio For if they with the badge of the crosse Keies of their brests might haue bene suffered to harbour the winter time there this small sparke would haue growen to a bigger flame and not so easilie haue beene quenched But the Lords of England be so hot with their souldiers vnder them that let the enemies make triall when they will let them trust to it they shalbe fought withal if they attempt to come on land before the swimming growen of the Sea-sicknes bee quite out of their heads The Pope can and will raise warre to spill Christian bloud take out of the Uestries Church plate for not any must controlle him exact tasks vpon his Cleargie to cause his Cardinals and Bishops to giue contribution to bestow the same where it pleaseth him to murther innocents to force wiues and widowes to deflower virgins For these be the fruits of warre the benefits that be reaped vpon insolent victories Now take in few woordes of what godly conuersaâ—ion and life Popes haue bene of late time that either the Catholiques may be ashamed of such spirituall and holy Fathers or els in time to forsake them and to begin to abhor and detest them and their most wicked and abhominable actions and to learne to bee of better vnderstanding than they haue bene For the successor is commonly worsse and more had than his predecessour Séeke and sée the writer Raphaell Volaterranus whether I make true report of them or no. Search in other faithfull Historiographers what Xistus the 4. was in his Sée of Rome A man not caring so hee might haue his will whether it were right or wrong raising warre for euerie trifling matter selling benefices and offices for mony rouling himselfe middle among harlots What was Innocentius the eight a man both couetous and factious giuen to set out the Sword and pike boasting aboue measure of his aduoultries and bastard Children and occupied continuallie in aduauncing and promooting them to high dignities What was Alexander the sixt a man of lust and carnal desire that it is to be wondred at and for shame almost not to be named which thing very cunningly did he paint out which wrote these two verses of his Daughter Hoc tumulo Dormit Lucretia nomiâ—â—e sed re Thais Alexandrifilia Sponsa nurus In this graue sleepes Lucretia so men her cal'd by name Yet Thais she by maners might and eke be clipt for fame Daughter she was to Alexander the Pope and sometime wife And married was to bastard his marke here the fathers life This Alexander created of his bastard sonnes not without great ignominy to true Nobilitie Earles Dukes and marquesses and did beare the charge of the Armie of the which is sonne was generall Of this sort and facultie was Iulius the second and likewise also like to these was Leo the tenth And to these is annexed Clement the 7. a subuerter and destroyer both of Rome and of his natiue soile the city of Florentia And after these succéedeth Paulus tertius for his auarice wicked liuing incest tyrany and other horrible crimes so odious that men indewed with any sparke of honesty and godlines abhorre to remember them the Heauens the Earth and the Seas wil flie away from the hearing of them Heere the place moouing me thereto let such as bee addicted to the Church of Rome beware in season that they be no longer seduced and take héed and learne to knowe the bad from the good by that token which our Lorde Christ himselfe gaue saying Ex fructibus eorurn cognoscetis eos Ye shall know them by their fruits These Popes afore rehearsed were not men but monsters of men and to read their liues trulie penned and set down and déepely to consider of it were sufficient to drawe away any man from that selfe-will loue and confidence they haue put in that whoorish and Babilonicall Church of Rome Homines sunt ergo errare labi possuÌ„t saith he But these be men monsters of men as I haue already said and their errors be so grosse and palpable that children and boyes sée them and are able to confute them their maners actions so wicked and vicious that euery good Christian must condemne them I am bere further to vse a few wordes to the Papistes who call and terme themselues Catholiques by a word as it should seeme that many of them doo not well vnderstand or if they doo they haue no great reason to vse it For Catholique a Gréeke word signifieth vniuersall in English and Ecclesia Catholica in our Crâ—â—de or Articles of our beliefe hath Sanctam set afore that is the Catholique Church of God dispearsed wheresoeuer it bee vppon the faâ—e of the Earth not tied to any one certaine or terminate place but vniuersall where the Congregation small or bigge is dispersed throughout the world professing truly Christ and his holy Gospell We beléeue one holy vniuersall Church to be How holy the Romish Church is let indifferent men iudge where such good liuers as the Popeâ— aboue mencioned be the chiefe aâ—â—ors in the plaie So the word Catholike maketh quite against the papists who would haue the true church at Rome depending vpoÌ„ the same Romish church as tied to one certaine place where many of the Bishops of the same church haue bin at this day be as wicked and cruell as were in times past Phalaris Dionysius Nero or Diocletian Nam vitiato capite vitiâ—ntur meÌ„bra corporis The head being corrupt néedes must the members of the body be infected with corruptioÌ„ I therfore pray you which be not yet come out of the mistie clouds of Papisme in the bloud and bowels of our Lorde Iesus Christ deceiue not your selues Look wel about you in time Pin not your faith vppon another mans sléeue No man can make attonement for his brothers soule It is the bloud of Iesus Christ the son of God that clenseth vs from all sin as witnesseth S Iohn in the first Chapter of his Epistle Againe he the same Apostle saith in the same
that escapest aliue shalt be in worse case than he that is dead A continuall torment pinching tearing of a man liuing is worse then any sharpe death The senses by death are taken the anguish on the other liuing in torment in the day time is euill and in the night worse It fretteth and suffereth still and continually as is the fable of Prometheus his liuer which as it wasteth by féeding the gréedis vultures mawes So it is renued and encreasing againe ministreth matter euery day of nâ—w and fresh torment and punishment This one chiefe and principall comfort but there bee many mo besides may make glad all true Subiects to call to remembrance how our Quéenes most excellent Maiestie Quéene Elizabeth together with her Graces prudent Counsellers haue prouided such plenty from the beginning of her Raigne of principall Armour Artillarie Munition aâ—d all other necessary furniture of warre as neuer was in England at any time before and thanked be god therefore the English throughout the Realme so appointed and fenced with Corselets and weaponed in all sortes with such readines at one houres call so forward in theyr musters that the children and yonglinges leape and spring for ioy at the sight of the same imitate men in their order of warlike array A greater comfort is that our gratious Lady and Quéen hauing reigned ouer vs now thirtie one years with al clemency administration of Iustice hath conserued this noble Island of England in long 〈◊〉 with increase of great wealth in euery sort and her highnes gouernement is such that it farre excéedeth the rule of any whatsoeuer Princesse either in Affrica Asia or Europa from the beginning of the world to this day except Debora that beloued of God among the Iudges of Israell Read the Cronicles and Histories in gâ—nerall written in Greeke Latine or any other tongues and it may be séene that her Maiestie is without comparison Elizabeth of England her gifts of the mind be so rare so excelling so surpassing that is her most fine and royal peircing wit in al her Princely spéeches and communications freâ—â—ent and moâ—â— apparant her learning and knowledge in the Gréeke Latine Italian French and Spanish tongues well knowen to all Ambassadours and others who haue conference in causes with her Grace farre aboue the capacitie in the Feminine Sex oner and beside the gifts of the body and other that they make this Queene of the West noble through the whole world Note also how oft by the mercie and great prouidence of God and carefull watch of her most noble Councellers her Maiesties person hath beene deliungred from perill and daunger of Treason and lately from the deuelish praâ—â—ses of Pary first alias Vphary called after that of Babington and his fellowes a thing miraculous in the sight of all good Subiectes in the which the wonderfull mercy and loue of our God hath bene shewed to her grace and Realme of England Looke and read ouer the Chronicles of all nations for the long raigne of women Princes and ye shall find non to haue raigned so long but Debora and one more wee English trust in GOD shee shall double her yeares of her raigne with like felicitte and victorie as her Maiestie hath already inioyed which one thing is a sure token of the fauour of God towardes the Realme and vs the inhabiters of the land For as it is written in the Prouerbes of Salomon Short raignes of Kings and Princes and oft changing of the regall seat signifieth that God is displeased with that Country or land And contrary the long raigne of a prince betokeneth Gods great blessing God grant Quéene Elizabeth long to raigne Amen Ouer and besides this the care study and diligence by her highnes Lords â—f the priuie Counsel hath beene and is such for to continue good gouernement and to preserue in vnitie peace and loue both England and her Subiects that it must néeds breed a comfort and ioy in all true Englishe people Further howe déepely hath her Grace lamented the rage and furie now many yeares practised and put in execution both in France and in the Low-Countries How hath her highnes endeâ—oured with all Godly zeal first to stoppe and represse the great cruelties there exercised Secondly to make mediation for vniting perfect amitie and peace betweene the one side 〈◊〉 the other heerein and in this poiâ—â— the 〈◊〉 Noble and valiaunt Robert Earle of Leicester who from hence lately deceased meriteth his commendation of eternall fame and glory who of his own frée will and zeal to true religion leauing at home his deare Lady and wife his lands and possessions in maner and sort neglected his ease and pleasures altogether abandoned hath in two seuerall voyages very fortunate in the yeares 1586. and 1587. aduentured and hasazarded his person spent and consumed his goods money and plate euen to the great endebting of himselfe The first time he went ouer in the deepe and middest of the winter in a dark and stormy night taking shipping at Harwich Sir Henry Palmer knight Captaine and M. Gray Maister of the ship and landed the next day at Flushing so passed by Zealand into Holland And this is to bee remembred that during his abâ—ad in Zealand and Holland for the more force of his martiall affaires hee was accompanied with the Earle of Essex the noble and valiant Lord Willoughbie The Lord burrowes The Lord Wentforth Lord Rich. The Lord North. Sir Thomas Cicil son heire to the Lord Burghley Lord high Treasurer of England Sir Phillip Sidney Sir Thomas Gorge Sir Thomas Sturley knight Sir William Pellam knight Sirr Thomas Perot knight Sir William Druery knight Sir Phillip Butler knight Sir William Goodier knight Sir William Read knight Sir Iohn Connaway knight Sir Iohn winckefield knight Sir Robert Sidney knight Sir Cholmely knight And many other worthy Knightes and Gentlemen of England furnished with great Horse Geldings and Armour that it was a most worthy sight to bee séene What care study and watch being there in the Low-Countries as a most wise and politike Captaine and Generall did hee vse in the night what industrie labour and paines did hee take in the day both in the house in consultations necessarie and abroad in the fieldes present in person at skirmishes and sieges of sorts and strong townes What occasion rei benè gerendae as the latine phrase is did this Earl omit either to aduance the honour of his Country either to preferre the weale publique there what good example of religion and good life did not this valiant Gentleman and noble Lord giue hauing two godly and famous learned men adorned with degrées of the Schoole of the Vniuersitie M. D. Tomson and M. D. Holland euery day preaching Gods word and saying diuine seruice what Hospitality and open house as we terme it what princely Court did this Earle kéepe for bread meat wine and béere and all other
house the feare of god was vpon al the kingdomes of the earth when they had heard that the lord had fought against the the enemies of Israel and so the Kingdome of Iehoshophat was quiet and God gaue him rest on euery side likewise in the 14. Chap. of Exodus in the end of the same it is thus written But the children of Israell walked vpon the drie land through the middest of the sea And it followeth in the 15. Chap. Then sang Moses and the children of Israell this song vnto the Lord in this maner I will sing vnto the Lord for hee hath triumped gloriously the horse and him that rode on him with all the rest hath be ouerthrowen in the sea The Lord is my strength and praise he is become my saluation he is my God he is my fathers God and I wil exalt him The Lord is a man of war his name is Iehouah c. Let vs thus pray praise God with y â— Israelites for the ouerthrow of our enemis in the Sea and he wil continue our good and merciful God Let vs continue to go to the temple with Iehosophat and there with the harmonie of our cleane soules and bodies giue there the Sacrifice of thanksgiuing Let vs sing thâ— 21 Psalme Domine propter robur immisum gaudet Regina quia tu author illi fuisti victoriae exultat seriò O Lord the Queene reâ—oiceth for the strength that thou hast sent vpon her and because thou hast bene the principall giuer of victory to her she reioiseth earnestly Let her Maiesty spiritually reioise as she doth Let vs her Subiectes take bolde heartes and be full of courage if at any time forraine enemie should make attempt The Lord will not forsake them that put their trust in him God grant her Highnesse a long life a long and most prosperous raigne God of his mercie continue his blessings vpon this Realme of England Amen FINIS The latter daies of the world â—â—hessalo â—â—â—ichrist Variance and deadlie discord throughout Christâ—ndome The Pope the cause of variance The Pope exalteth himself aboue all that is called God The pride of y â— Pope Pardons for murder The Pope knowen to bee Anâ—echrist by his habitation and place 1 Pet. 5. Papias Eus. biâ— Tertullian Origines Hiâ—ronimus S. Augustine Nero and others persecuted the Christians The Popes doe the same The testimony of the Church of Leodia against Rome S. Barnard Stukley trator maintained by the Pope The popes men vanquished by the L. Gray in Ireand Church plate taken out of the Vestries by the Pope to make war The wicked liues of the Popes Raphael Volaterranus Xistus the 4. Innocentius the eight Alexander the sixt Iâ—lius the second Clement the seuenth Paulus tertius These Popes not men but monsters of men Catholiquâ—s Exhortation to the Papists to recurne to the true Church Equal auctority giuen to all the Apostles to forgiue sins Hierarchia Succession by iâ—heritanc Succession by Election 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 is there is the Church Hierusalem foâ—sâ—ken much more Rome Harlots or curtesans in Rome To read scripture bringeth kâ—â—wledge vnderstanding The Pope the head of the holy league that practiseth to trouble molest England The Spaniard his preparatioÌ„ for war against England many yeares The Popes prâ—mise to saue the soules of them that perish The Pope a murderer Not found in scripture that the Apostles diâ— assigne Princes câ—ownes But y â— Popes do it Constantines donations puffed vp thâ— Seâ— of Rome with pride The Spaniard tooke in hand the execution of the Popes malice 1588. The cruelâ—â—â— of the Spâ—â—â—ards The Strapado England beware England call vnto the Lord trust in him England be sory lament for thy sinnes past England cease not to pray continualâ—y Our enâ—mies hate vs foâ—â—eligion The heathen mans lâ—â—â—on â—o fight for our countriâ— bound by gods law to defend our Prince and Countrey Comfoâ—t of the Qâ—eenes 〈◊〉 and her most wiâ—e câ—unsâ—ll England furnished with Armour and Artillery as it was neuer in any princes daies 〈◊〉 this time The commenâ—ation of the Qâ—eene Elibeth Hâ—r vertues worthy qualities Hâ—r knowledg in the Greeke Latine and other tâ—ngues He◠〈◊〉 wondeâ—ful â—â—liueraÌ„ce from treaâ—on at â—â—me The long raigne of a man princes Salomon Short raignes of prince what it bâ—tokeneth The long raâ—gne of a Prince The Queeâ—s care and â—â—udy to stop and represse the rage and â—uâ—ie practised in France an in y â— Low-countries Sir Phillip Sidney Carolus â—eobussextus king of Scots lamented his vnripe death The Lord Charles Howard Lord Admirall of England His going to Sea in the deepe of winter 1587. His victory ouer the Spaniards The firing of the Spanish Ships The Queenes going to Paulâ— Chuâ—ch t◠〈◊〉 thanks vnto God The Queenes clemencie wondeâ—full 〈◊〉 euen to the enemy England be continually mindfull of y â— great benefites receiued at Gods hand 〈…〉