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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00505	A discouery of the great subtiltie and wonderful wisedome of the Italians whereby they beare sway ouer the most part of Christendome, and cunninglie behaue themselues to fetch the quintescence out of the peoples purses: discoursing at large the meanes, howe they prosecute and continue the same: and last of all, conuenient remedies to preuent all their pollicies herein.; Traité de la grande prudence et subtilité des Italiens. English	G. B. A. F.	1591 (1591)	STC 10638; ESTC S101803	74,257	108

Crownes must yéeld humble obeisance and be subiect hauing full power to take them from whom he list and giue them againe to others as it may best please his Holines And touching the kingdome of heauen hée hath it so at commandement that he hath power to open it to some and to shut it to other some as he that kéepeth the keyes of heauen gates in his owne handes as for Hell his power serueth him as well to send thither whole Cart loades of soules no man so bolde for his life as to aske him why nor wherefore These things made Kings Princes so sore astonished that the Emperours at their Coronation abase themselues so low as they promise to serue the Pope for Subdeacon to hold the stirrope while he get on horsebacke and to leade his Horse by the bridle a litle while A worthie péece of homage for the Italians to remember who haue exalted their Sea and Bishop to so great preheminence Of which act they may be well ashamed as also of the dispossessing of Childericke descended from Pharamond of the Crowne of France to inuest Pipin great Maister of the Pallace whome he had sent with his Army to succour the Romanes against other Italians in recompence of his conquestes which hée forgaue the Pope and the people of Rome which was a reward out of other mens purses for it cost Childericke full deare He learned not this by the succession of the Apostles neither did he herein imitate Iesus Christ for he himselfe paide tribute to Caesar and he whose heire and successour he saith he is teacheth him another lesson in his first Epistle Feare God Honour the King And S. Paul writing to the Romanes willeth that euerie soule bee subiect to the higher powers and that in resisting them they resist the ordinance of God Likewise S. Iohn Chrisostome interpreting this place saith that by these words Euerie soule is meant Apostles Prophets Euangelists Bishops Monkes none excepted In like manner the high Priestes representing the person of Iesus Christ did neuer enterprise to make such braueries against Dauid Salomon their successours kings of Ierusalem Is it then likely that a Bishop or poore Monke should go about such high enterprises of his owne motion wée may easily iudge that it is the Italians of Rome who vnder the couering of their names and by their subtill meanes extort from them such things to make themselues rulers and get mony vnder the maske of their authorities from other peoples and nations of the earth Cap. 17. That to make the kings of the earth vassalles tributary to the Romanes they sow warres amongst them and vse Censures ALthough the Italians hauing aduanced their capitall Citie and high Priestes to so high dignitie and soueraigntie ought to haue rested content without encroching any further yet such is the naturall inclination of this nation that hauing an inch granted them they will take an ell they begin now to cast about and deuise some meanes to winde vnder their armes the neckes of Christian Kings and Princes to bring them to be their tributarie vassals To make way to this considering that from the beginning the Popes were not admitted in the election of Emperors or the Kings of France by reason wherof they could not so well master them nor turne and winde them at their pleasure because they durst not enterprise against them so fréely the Councell of Rome taketh away this obstacle and worketh so wel in the matter that the election is translated to the Priests of Rome who are my Lordes the Cardinals That once dispatched séeing themselues greatly aduanced thereby they contriue other meanes which they sée more fit to effect their purposes whereof one is to stirre vp warres and debates betwéene Christian Kings Potentates wherby they may destroy and weaken them selues by their owne proper armes and bow more at ease their neckes vnder the Italian Domination The other is by the Popes censures to set them together by the eares with domesticall and ciuill quarrels and in the meane time while they iarre to get some prouince or kingdom from them into their owne handes it is long since the Romanes vnderstood this practise yea a good while before the domination of Caesar For desiring to bring Greece in subiection wherein there were two inuincible leagues to wit of the Achayans and Ethobians who held so fast together that it was impossible to vanquish them any way by armes they found out this hole to enter in to make them fall to warres and diuisions among them selues so to ruinate their owne countrie that they might more easily set foote into their prouinces And if we looke well vnto the violeries that Caesar won on this side the mountaines the Italians redoubting the Switzers more then any nation in the world as Cicero saith in his Philippickes we shall sée that Caesar charged them by surprise at great disaduantage and against the law of armes they hauing passed the one halfe of their armie ouer the riuer Soane and the other remaining on the other side of the riuer could not come to fight being as yet then no declaration made of open warre betwéene the Switzers and him Besides he tooke Ariomistius chiefe Captaine of the Almanes and all his troupes at vnawares and assailed them in time of truce after to couer his sport and to make the matter good he saide that he had discouered how they went about to surprise him By meanes whereof hauing furnished his armie with two strong and warlike peoples and hauing by diuisions that he sowed euerie where got most of the Gawles on his side being beside verie skilfull to kéepe good order of militarie discipline it was an easiie matter for him to ouerthrow all other peoples Amongst the rest the English withstood him most couragiously at the first and gaue him repulse but he went another way about with them for before he departed he kindled such quarrels and diuisions among them in the which they were verie hote one against another before he returned to set vpon them againe wherefore it was an easie mater for him to vanquish and conquest them afterwardes Cap. 18. The Councell of Rome setteth kinges and christian princes together by the eares and the way how they discouer all their counsels and enterprises THe Romane Councell hath got some more aduantage by this their pollicie and deuice since the creation of their Pope for pretending to bring all kinges peoples and princes of christianitie Catholikes as well spirituall as temporall vnto their subiection vnder cloake of their Bishops they haue spunne the thred of all the warres which haue béene betwéene the Emperours and other christian princes so to bring them on their knées and to vndermine them that waies that they must still of force haue recourse to them as to a place of refuge and protection the onely meane to pull downe their hautie stomakes and to set the Italian farre aboue them To passe ouer this plancke well