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A04873	The popish kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus, and englyshed by Barnabe Googe; Regnum papisticum. English	Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563. Agriculturae sacrae libri quinque. Book 1-2. English. aut	1570 (1570)	STC 15011; ESTC S109280	147,386	198

The Popish Kingdome or reigne of Antichrist written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus and englyshed by Barnabe Googe 2. TIMOTH 3. Lyke as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moises euen so doe these also resist the truth Men they are of corrupt mindes and lewde as concerning the faith but they shall preuaile no longer For their foolishnesse shall be manifest to all men as theirs was ¶ Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham for Richarde VVatkins Anno. 1570. To the right high and mightie princesse Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of Englande Fraunce and Ireland defender of the fayth and of the Church of England and Ireland on earth next vnder God the supreme gouernour I WOVLD NOT HAVE TAken vpon me most gratious and my redoubted soueraigne Lady to haue brought into englishe this briefe discription of your graces greatest aduersarie though often I haue thervnto beene earnestly required but only of purpose to dedicate it to your maiestie Neither yet woulde I so haue presumed to haue done but that I haue here before seene your graces most gratious accepting of smaller matters The Author so eloquentlye in Latin hath exprest his minde and so plainely and truely hath described the fayned sanctitie of the Romishe religion that nowe so much is boasted of as J cannot but iudge him a present meete for a Queene The translatiō though rude so dealeth with truth as being earnestly hated of the enimies of truth it requireth of necessitie the patronage of so noble a princesse being before in Latin safely defended by the no lesse vertuous than valiaunt prince the Lantgraue of Hess a Prince as well affected in religion as of minde and courage inuincible Most humbly I therfore besech your maiestie to vouchsafe the defence thereof against the wrongefull slaunders of malitious tongues and to pardon according to your accustomed clemencie my bolde attempt in presenting to your highnesse so rude a translation wherein I haue the lesse beene curious bycause it was chiefely made for the benifite of the common and simpler sorte J haue also herevnto ioyned some parte of another booke written by the same Author and entituled The spirituall husbandrie which I long before translated bicause the other being printed seemed something to small in volume God long preserue your most excellent maiestie and alwaies in all daungers as he hath hitherto most wonderfully done so euermore thorow his mightie and mercifull prouidence defend the same to his honor and glorie and the singuler comforte of all your louing subiectes Your Maiesties most humble and faithfull subiect Barnabe Googe B G POST TRISTIA LAETA ▪ ¶ To the right high and mightie Prince Philip by the grace of God Lantgraue of Hesse c. Thomas Naogeorgus his humble subiect wisheth c. THE BEVVTIFVLL LIGHT of the Gospell moste vvorthy Prince hath novve so manye yeares shyned that not vnvvorthily if it so had seemed good to God it might haue dravvne all men to the loue and estimation thereof assvvaged the malice of the chiefest enimies in suche sort as thoughe they could not find in their hearts to embrace it yet at the leastvvyse they shoulde forbeare from their vncharitable slaunders and cruell raylings But bicause they onely doe beleeue as vve reade in the Actes of the Apostles that are before appoynted to saluation So farre of are our aduersaries from vvaxing more gentle or any vvhitte forsaking their crueltie and reprochfull vvordes as novv at length they poure out more boldely and dispitefully the vilest vvordes they can not onely agaynst the poore Preachers but also agaynst theyr doctrine and the very Gospell it selfe For of late came there one abrode vvhose name I vvill not here declare vvho taking occasion of these last vvarres vvith a foolish and slaunderous booke cuttes in peeces teares chides and vvith as yll reportes as may be burdeneth as vvell the Princes as subiectes that bee fauorers of the Gospell and herevvithall full vvisely calles vs againe to Poperie tearming vs Apostatas and forsakers of our fayth But surely he deserueth no aunsvvere as one that except raylinges hath vttered nothing and his Booke that hee vvrote seemes to be vvritten by a man ouerseene vvith vvine hauing no Methode therein but a certaine disordered heape of vvordes and as they say a tale vvithout a head Yet vvoulde I there should be some that should aunsvvere this slaunderer not for his sake but for the vvorthinesse of the religion that vve professe vvhereby hee might perceyue vvith vvhat rashnesse vngodlinesse and malepartnesse he controlles and persecutes the thing he doth not vnderstande For although vve are bound by the vvorde of God to beare and dissemble the iniuries and offences that are done vnto vs yet such things as belong vnto truth the pure doctrine of the Gospell and so to the honour and glorie of God vve ought by no meanes to dissemble but earnestly both vvith vvordes and vvritings to fight agaynst the enimies as vvith great commendation did the auncient Doctors of the Churche agaynst the Heathen and first planters of Herisies for these slaunderers although of such as sufficiently knovve the truth they be but laught at and despised yet doe they infect and not a little abuse the vveake and cause them to mistrust and think the vvorse of the religiō vve teach Therefore eyther for the Doctrine it selfe or else for the vveakelinges that haue but nevvly begonne to taste the truth the vvickednesse and malice of this defamer in calling the gospell that vve preach Turkish and by other hatefull tearmes is to be beaten dovvne and vtterly confuted And here I can not but vvoonder vvith vvhat face hee can thus shamelesly behaue himselfe since it is vvell knovvn he neuer reade any booke of ours vvhereby hee might rightly iudge of our fayth and religion neyther is it reason for the fault and offence of some one Prince or subiect to giue iudgement vpon all But I thinke he learned these slaūders at the Sermōs of some bavvling Friers or other venimous Papistes vvho haue more care for their bellies than for the truth vvherby he thought to be accounted a great Clearke for thundering out his rayling Rethoricke agaynst vs and thinkes it no little glorie if vvith his fonde and ruffianly booke● he may not ouerthrovv for so great his learning is not and if it vvere ▪ the truth is inuincible but like a flie or a gnat sting and bite vs vvhome it pleaseth him to call Lutherans But I trust there shall some man bee founde that shall aunsvvere the foole as Salomon sayth according to his follye least he should seeme vvise to himselfe I for my part as vvell as leysure vvoulde presently serue haue plainely and truely set forth the chiefe members of the Popish state their fayth their cerimonies and religion though I passe ouer names that euery man may see vvhether they or vve come nearer to the steps of the Apostles and vvhether they be Catholikes or rather vve vvhom they so hate and persecute as Heritikes VVhat

they monstrous things and wonders doe declare Appoynting of the lineaments of man to eche his share Without the which they may not toucht or euer mooued bée Whereon both death dependes they say and life in their degrée Then to the seauen wandring starres they houses doe assigne Perhaps for feare of banishment when here or there they clime And which of them are hote or colde or doe with moystnesse flow Which drie or which are swift in course or which in moouing slow Which blacke or white or yellow are which gréene or red doe shine Which of them of the womens sexe or which are masculine These things they boldly do affirme and with as sober grace As if they late from heauen came and saw it face to face What should I tell how they prescribe an houre for euery thing And with their superstitions feare on féeble heartes do bring They teach how that it is not good this day or that to sow Nor for to trim the barraine fieldes nor cut the woods that grow Nor for to plant or cut the vines nor houses for to make Nor wane the little sucking childe nor men to friendship take Nor for to cut or shaue the beard nor for to dresse the handes Nor for to passe from place to place nor visite other lande Nor for to beate the bushe for birde nor baite the fishers hooke Nor for to chase the fearefull Hart nor teach the childe his booke Nor for to take a wife nor once at Cardes or Dice to play Nor for to kéepe thy worde nor thought nor borowed things to pay Nor to dispute of any thing nor take the lawe in hande Nor for to cut the bléeding vaine nor seeke the healing hande To breake no yong vntamed horse nor Geldings for to make To bine no iewels nor no lande nor any bargaine take To sende no postes nor messengers to beare thy friend thy minde To cut no heare nor poll the heade nor send thy corne to grinde Not for to digge or deale with mines nor houses faire to make Nor lately built to dwell therein nor seruaunts for to take Nor battaile to begin nor méete in fielde the furious fo Nor on the surging seas in Barke for any thing to go Who can remember all their toyes a hell they here doe frame While nothing can be done except the skies permit the same Such Prophetes blinde I doe not like that in their foolishe traunce Perswade the common people fonde that this or that shall chaunce In giuing all things to the starres that none aliue can knowe Nor any reason nor experience perfitely can showe I giue them leaue that worldly are such folly for to vse Wherewith themselues and other men they fondly may abuse But for the other perfite is and causes certaine bee That from the olde experience of the worlde deriude we sée Next to this knowledge is the same that first from prick doth spring And teacheth all the trade to meate and measure euery thing As Medowes Pastures Mountaynes great and valleys large wide And loftie stately towers and starres that in the skies doe glide A worthie pleasant arte is this for many matters méete Which néedes our husbandman must ●oine with other learnings swéete The dearest daughter of the Muses now who dare despise Or melodie that in the voyce or in the finger lies The cares that doe consume the heart doth Musicke driue away And comforteth the sad and rayseth mindes that troubled lay Prouoketh teares and mooueth vnto pittie now and than Which waies thou wilt doth Musicke draw the thought mind of man. It ceaseth anger great and fierce and furie doth withstande And mooues againe the martiall heart to take the sworde in hande By Musicke ●owle and hurtfull spirites are often ouerthrowne And good are brought a thing full well to auncient Prophets knowne The force doth Musicke est augment and easie make the paine That workemen shipmen and the plowman doe full oft sustaine The childe by meanes of Musicke doth in Cradell quiet lie And doth forget the mothers breast and h●nger by and ●ie The fierce Laconians when they were in battell bent to meete Terpander set them all agréed by song and Musicke swéete Not men alone are mooude with sounde of swéete and pleasant note But also birdes and brutish beastes and fishe in floodes that flote The loftie prauncing horse we sée in Musicke doth reioyce The vnweeldie Beare doth also leape to heare his maysters voyce Arion borne vpon the backe of Dolphyn swimming sure Doth shewe what force in Musicke is and what it can procure Both mountaynes woods hawtie rocks as auncient men do wright Did follow Orphaeus for his song and wonderfull delight Amphion eke the sonne of Ioue as stories doe declare With Harpe did cut the ragged stones and brought them into square Wherewith he built the Thebane walles and stately tower strong That wayde not all the Grecians force nor enmyes sieges long Th' almightie father hath assignde to euery minde a loue Of Musicke swéete and would the earth should show the workes aboue And counterfet them in hir kinde as neare as here might bée That hyest and the chiefest things with basest might agrée For doubtlesse all the heauenly Spheares that make so swéete a noyse With whirling vp and downe of starres or else of angels voyce That doe in thousands serue the Lorde d●th to the earth let fall This swéete consent that mooues the minde delightes and pleaseth all And as this same in swéetenesse farre eche other arte excéedes So ought it to be well applyde with good and godly déedes Not vnto wanton pleasure here nor foolish vaine delight As men in madnesse oft doe vse opprest with wicked spright With good example hath the sonne of Iesle taught vs so And Moyses with his shining face and many Prophets mo As Paule inspirde with holy spirite doth teach and will the same ▪ The Gentils all their prayers eke in verse did chiefly frame And chaunted vp their Hymnes vnto their Gods in solemne plight Perswaded that their fayned Saintes in Musicke tooke delight Our husbandman therefore must not this worthie arte disdain● But with the chiefest séeke the top of Musicke to attaine Whereby he may extoll the Lord and mooue the sluggish minde And what if that in making of a verse he pleasure finde And prooue a christian Poet good the Prophets olde sometime Were woont to write there workes in verse and pleasantly to rime In verse Apollo aunswere gaue Religion and good lawes Vnto the common sort were taught in verse and Poets sawes By Manto Linus Amphiaraus Sibills and Orphey eke The maiestie was alwayes great in stately verse to speake With this the vertuous Poets learnd did please and well entreate Both simple common people rude and worthie princes greate Nowe tyme it is the nature straunge and cause of things to know And whatsoeuer learned men in Phisicks carst did show Although they are but laughing stockes and dotars commonly And that

his fame The Apostles bande did preach and teach him all the world throughout With trauaile and with labour great And eke the Lawyer stout That was sometime his enimie confessed openlie That nothing here he sought to knowe saue Iesus that did die Vpon the crosse for mans offence who at that present time Was made our wisedome righteousnesse and purger of our crime And not by will or force of man but by th' almighties law Why seekst thou here to knowe the cause the rest not worth a straw Respecting this thou mayst account but all as darknesse blinde And fonde ymaginations and fancies of the minde The perfite way that leades to hell which here with labor great The foolish worlde doth blase abrode while as it doth intreat Of lawes religion offices yea though they taken bée From Gods most holy worde or more from worldly fantasée They all are vaine and of no force except we hereto ioyne The knowledge pure of Iesus Christ and maiestie deuine The Iewes although the Bible still they gaze and looke vpon And honor great do giue vnto the Prophets euery one Whose foming lips with boasting of the law the people féedes And glorie in such Cartlodes here of good and vertuous déedes Yet blinde they still remaine shut out from euerlasting light In darkenesse groping all about doe runne to hell aright What profites bookes or Moyses nowe or yet the Prophets all When as thou dost not vnderstand the chiefe and generall Both many worthie words likewise from Turkish mouth procéedes Of God his worship prayers and good workes and almose déedes And in the sobernesse of life they farre doe vs excell They fast and kéepe their bodyes euer pure and cleane and well And oft a pilgrimage they runne with paynes and great expence From Saint to Saint to visite shrines with wondrous reuerence But all not worth a strawe For if that God be angrie still And neyther heare their prayers nor to their vowes he hearken will. For if he all extréemely hate and can away with none That put not all their confidence in Iesus Christ alone As holy scriptures testifie and teach in euery place What profites all this trauaile vaine or labor voyde of grace Like vanitie a great while nowe hath vext the christian sort With ignorance of Christ whose name they onely could report The merits of good workes and prayers mens cares did alwayes fill Of vaine and foolish cerimonies their Pulpets thundred still And in the meane time as the Turkes with name of Christ they play Not teaching all our confidence and trust on him to lay And thus no good foundation of their doyngs doth remaine But as the daughters of Danaus they labourde all in vaine And tooke their trauaile to no ende with weake and wearie hande But tilde vpon the barraine earth and sowde vpon the sande Not that they lacke the worde of God which likewise had the Iewes But that it lay neglected still and slept in deske and Pewes With dust and Cobwebs all to rayde in fowle and filthie plight Whereon if any man by chaunce did happen for to light And otherwise than custome was on leaues a fewe to looke As vsde it was in Churches oft to chaunt vpon the booke He sought not here for Christ nor how to finde the way to skies For that was thought but childishnesse and plaine to all mens eies But sought for other kinde of things though worthie sure of prayse As for to leade a vertuous life and to direct his wayes Some others vsde to mumble vp the matter spéedily And with the swiftnesse of their tongue did labor busily Regarding neyther sense nor wordes to whome it séemde a hell For to bestow a little time in reading scriptures well Hereof sprang vp the blindnesse great that dazde the people sore And well deseruing did oppresse their husbandmen the more The knowledge eke of Christ lay hid that bringeth righteousnesse And causeth vs the blessed reigne of heauen to possesse Thus warnde by Christes example and the daunger that may fall Our husband man must follow Iesus Christ before them all That for the people and himselfe by this he may prouide Least that he stumble at a straw and mountaynes ouerstride And wonder at the village small and stately towne despise And at the entrance misse the house of God before his eies Which doth declare a bussard blinde or one that wants his sight Or else some dronken Plowman mad that knowes no way aright This rule obserude and drinking at the purest fountaine cleare And taking counsaile first of God and alwayes giuing eare Vnto the voyce of Christ our Lorde reseruing it in minde No voyce nor any Paraphrase nor glose of any kinde That olde or newe hath written béene must be dispisde of thée That eyther is the Bridegroomes friend or else is thought to bée Both for the Bridegroomes sake and for the right of all the reast That iustly here are called in vnto the Bridegroomes feast Yet not without a iudgement great or straight examining Reade thou the workes of any man or his interpreting For oftentymes it comes to passe that euen the guide of hell Takes on himselfe the furniture of Aungels séeming well And in the middest of righteous men the craftie knaue doth stande And as a Saint his matters there he taketh than in hande Whatsoeuer wryter followeth still the text of scriptures plaine With Paule and Peter ioyning iust and all the Apostles traine And teacheth that our health procéedes from onely Christ alone And for to liue as he commaundes and trust to others none Him reade and earnestly withall lay vp his wordes in minde As one that onely teacheth as the holy ghost assignde And séekes with all his force and might to extoll and magnifie The honor of the Bridegroome here and soueraigne Maiestie But some there are that at the Thresholde of the doore are blinde Who leauing all the Prophets and the testament behinde Set out the fonde decrées of men and fancies lewde and vaine Such as the man that neuer heard of Christ nor of his raigne With easie trauaile might inuent as once did Xenophon Isocrates and Cicero and others many one Who surely better things doe teach and sounder much are tride Than diuers whom we earst haue knowne with baptisme purifide These also reade for vnderneath the dunghill oft doth lie The precious stone and many tymes from sandes the Golde we trie Scarce can there any booke be founde so lewde vnlearnde or naught But bringeth some commotitie as Plinie truely taught For though there be no learning great for to be had therein And though the phrase and matter all be scarcely worth a pin Though many wicked things they teach yet good to know the same For to auoyde the yll and of the ●est to make a game More laugh to heare the Cuccow lewde to rattle in the throte Than for to heare the Nightingale with swéete and pleasant note But if these foolishe bookes doe hap a