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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08119	Norfolkes furies, or a view of Ketts campe necessary for the malecontents of our time, for their instruction, or terror; and profitable for euery good subiect, to incourage him vpon the vndoubted hope of the victorie, to stand faithfully to maintayne his prince and countrey, his wife and children, goods, and inheritance. With a table of the maiors and sheriffes of this worshipfull city of Norwich, euer since the first grant by Henry the fourth: together with the bishops of that see, and other accidents here. Set forth first in Latin by Alexander Nenil. Translated into English, for the vse of the common people, by R.W. minister at Frettenham in Norfolke, and a citizen borne, who beheld part of these things with his yong eyes.; De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce. English	Neville, Alexander, 1544-1614.; Woods, Richard, minister of Frettenham.	1615 (1615)	STC 18480; ESTC S102863	67,212	88

NORFOLKES FVRIES OR A VIEW OF KETTS CAMPE NECESSARY FOR THE MALECONTENTS OF our Time for their instruction or terror and profitable for euery good SVBIECT to incourage him vpon the vndoubted hope of the Victorie to stand faithfully to maintayne his PRINCE and COVNTREY his Wife and Children goods and Inheritance With a Table of the Maiors and Sheriffes of this Worshipfull City of NORWICH euer since the first grant by HENRY the Fourth Together with the Bishops of that See and other Accidents there Set forth first in Latin by ALEXANDER NEVIL Translated into English for the vse of the common People by R. W. Minister at Frettenham in Norfolke and a Citizen borne who beheld part of these things with his yong Eyes ROM 13. 5. Wherefore yee must needes obey not only because of vengeance but also because of conscience LONDON Printed by William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church yard at the signe of the Rose 1615. To the right Worshipfull Sir Thomas Hiren Knight Maior of the Worshipful Citie of Norwich and his brethren the Aldermen Master Sheriffes and the whole Comminaltie R. W. wisheth all increase of Worship Prosperitie and Peace from God euen our Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ our Sauiour RIght Worshipfull and my beloued Countriemen the Citizens of Norwich when in the house of my friend among other Bookes I found vnlooked for this Treatise written in Latine by one Alexander Neuil an English man The very Title of the Booke drew mee into a farther desire of looking into the matter the rather because lying at that time and in that place where these Furies were committed I beheld something with my young eyes and receiuing many strange things from the report of others I desired and was glad to see the thing in order which when I entred vpon the elegancie of the Phrase together with the Argument promised mee a double fruit viz. not only to know the Storie in order but also to reuiue and sharpen my poore skill in that Tongue now through disuse and tract of time declining so as I made it from my other Studies my recreation In the pursuit whereof I found as the Queene of Sheba saith of the wisdome of Salomon that the one halfe of the calamities and miseries of this worshipfull Citie my Mother was neuer sufficiently knowne vnto me Neyther the miraculous deliuerance sufficiently acknowledged by mee for I finde it farre greater then I thought Wherefore reading it ouer now once and againe and communing with diuers of my friends about the matters therein contained I found a generall desire in them all to haue it in English Whereupon my selfe hauing found such pleasure mixt with profit in the reading heereof if I should not bee enuious hauing also certaine intelligence that it was not extant by any particular Treatise thought good to satisfie their expectation though of many the vnfittest That so prayse might be giuen vnto God of many And as the benefit increaseth in our eyes so our thankesgiuing might grow and abound Wherefore vnto that godly order taken alreadie for the yearely remembrance of this deliuerance and solemnitie of Thankes giuing as the Poet sayth in the like Annuus assuetum Domine natalis honorem Exigit ite manus ad pia Sacra meae Goe thou the labour of my hands and receiue vnder your Worshipfull protection the good meaning of a poore friend which wisheth well as hee hath good cause to your Worships and this Citie Your Worships for life R. W. To the Christian Reader CHristian Reader hauing read ouer this Treatise with great pleasure and not a little profit both in regard of the matter and elegancie of the stile in respect whereof in my simple iudgement the Author hath deserued great commendation I wished with many other that some man would take the paines to translate the same into our Mother Tongue that the thing which concerned so many might be knowne of all But seeing hitherto no man hath vndertaken the Worke especially being now twentie yeares olde since the first setting it forth in Latine by the Author fearing also le●t the matter might be buried vnder obli●ion in the ages to come I ha●e ventured vpon the labour my selfe and by the goodnesse of God haue finished the same for thy benefit Wherein I haue omitted nothing to my remembrance but deliuered truly as I receiued it from the Author neyther haue I in my simple iudgement altered the sence though through the daintinesse of the Phrase not fitting our English Tongue I haue sometime and that very seldome altered his wordes as the Learned can beare me record Wherfore I beseech thee courteous Reader accept of my poore labour and let not Dame Disdaine nor Idle Enuie offer me● that discourtisie to ●arpe at my trauaile while I meane well to all and meddle but with the refuse of other men The Worke is worthie the looking vpon and especially in these dayes when the like is wished of many and looked for of some For who can be ignorant of the malice of the enemies of the grace of God against vs hauing knowne their se●erall attempts for our destruction in the dayes of our late Soueraigne of blessed Memory and seene and heard of the continuance therof no lesse cruell since his Maiesties comming to the Crowne wherof their Powder Plot a thing m●st immane and barbarous with manie practices besides is sufficient witnesse and testifieth their malice to be implacable as those that had sworne against Paul neuer to eate nor drinke till they had s●aine him whose hope lieth not so much in their owne prouision as in the intertainment and helpe they looke for amongst vs which was the cause that sometime they attempted so farre vpon our Coasts as was made knowne vnto vs by Proclamation in the dayes of our late Queene and the like by his Maiestie that now swayeth the Scepter since To the which end a number of ●esuites at that time were dispatched into the Land and at this day vnder his Maiestie haue beene and are still creeping and croking in corners like the Frogges of Egypt that perswading his Maiesties Subiects to defend their Catholike Religion they may be readie to stirre vp Ciu ill Dissention at home or else prepare themselues to ioyne with Forraine Forces if at any time which God forbid they shall in●ade the Land Both which are most dangerous and bring as our Sauiour Christ saith ruine and destruction to Kingdomes or Cities Moreouer it is a thing against Nature for Dogges of the same Kennell seldome fight together except at meate seruants of the same Family commonly make a side Abraham vsed it for a great reason to Lot Let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and mee neyther betweene thy Heardsmen and mine for we are brethren And Moses would haue pacified the matter betweene the two Hebrewes contending together because they were brethren that is both Iewes