be whole Another exposition haue I also founde in Calapine who sayth that Cardinal is euen the selfe same that Carneuale for neither the one nor the other doth attende to any other thing than to eate drinke slepe commit whordome fall to banketting and last of al to do al those goodly valiant actes that to declare them all would wery Demosthenes Cicero Virgill Homer Horace and Pindarus All tongues are dombe to speake of them euen the thousandeth parte Better it is to be still than say little of them And although a man wrote of thâ—â—r vile naughtynesse more thaÌ„ Saint Augustine wrote yet should he haue sayde but little for the stinke of them reacheth euen to the Scytheans and to the Hiperboryans and to the furihest parts of the newe worlde Marforius They are therefore Apostates and not Apostles But tell me somewhat of Cardinall Coutarine and Cardinall Fregoso called Salernitano Pasquine I sawe them not for my good Aungell tolde me that they were not receyued into this heauen for they had fauoured the doctrine of the Gospell more than was the duety of Cardinals and that if the waight of their Cardinalship haue not pulled them downe he thought that they were ascended to the true heauen Marforius God is strong inough he might easely haue drawen theÌ„ vp thither if it were his will Pasquine I knowe that well for all things are possible with God Marforius I pray thee heartily talke no more to me of these men but follow on the rest Pasquine I will but I doubt that we shall go from euill to worsse for after these come the Euangelistes whom when I saw me thought I felt my soule to be torne as it were out of my body for very sorow Marforius Alas what is that I heare thée say Pasquine It is as I tell thée for in place of those foure Euangelistes and of their Gospels albeit the Gospel be but one onely be it eyther written by the Apostles or the Euangelistes I saw that there were foure couÌ„cels receyued that is to say that of Nice that of Constantinople that of Ephesus that of Calcedon And then foure Doctours of the Churche that is to weâ—e Ambrose Augustine Ierome and Gregorie And after these other innumerable whome we had sene in the Quéere of the Doctours And moreouer were added the bookes of the Decrées Decretalles Sectes and Clementines neyther did all this suffise but it was also graunted to euery one so that he had eyther a Cowle or a shaueÌ„ Crowne to write what him lusted and the same to set forth in steade of Euangelical and Apostolicall Doctrine In so muche that the Pope hath drawen all things to him selfe and hath placed him selfe in the steade of Christes Gospel and of God him selfe nay rather aboue God and aboue al lawes of God or men affirming that all consisteth in his owne breast Beholde therfore what maner of Euangelistes and what Gospels they be And yet I tell thée nothing of the Belles of the carued of the painted and of the molten Images of the Church of the Crosses of lightes of waxe of vesselles of garments and other ornaments all whiche things they will nedes haue to be taken for true Euangelists Wherefore I pray thée cause me not to speake any more of this so abhominable and detestable a Quéere Marforius Procéede therefore to the rest Pasquine A little of from hence was the order or Quéere of Priestes and Leuites Marforius Newe or olde Pasquine New made of the olde Marforius Howe Pasquine Remembrest thou not that we said before that I sawe in y â— Quéere of the Doctours they caryed the old Testament into the newe Marforius I remeÌ„ber me well of that but I thought that our Priesthoode had come from Christ and not from the olde Testament Pasquine What did make thée thinke so Marforius Many things first they were Priestes by nature by succession for the Trybe of Leui had this priuiledge of God wherfore Leuiticus was called y â— priesthoode Our Priesthoode consisteth not in any familie or kinred but they are Leuites and Priestes that are by the Byshop thervnto chosen and greased Beside that they sacrificed brute beastes but our Priestes do offer and sacrifice Christ to God Pasquine Thou folowest the errour of the Papistes Marforius that is to say of the Romishe Church but a remedy must be founde for this errour Marforius What remedy is that Pasquine The Philosophers sayd that Philosophie was the medicine of the minde for it tooke away errours and purged the mind But we that haue receyued y â— truth from the true God say not that Philosophie that is to saye the desire of worldely wisedome but the wisedome it selfe giuen vnto vs in the wrytings of the Apostles is the medicine of the mind and a most sure remedy against al errors which are y â— diseases of y â— mind Mar. Why theÌ„ is y â— an error of our priestes Pas. It is a fowle error a madnesse of mind very daungerous Marforius I muche desire to be healed of this infirmitie and to haue agayne y â— health of minde which is the wisedome of Christ. Pasquine Thou shalt sone be hole for thou knowest thy disease and desirest the medicine I wil therfore begin to cure thée All that thou hast spoken of Priesthode shall be ouerthrowen if thou wilt thinke that neyther the Apostles nor the Euangelists haue written so much as one tittle of such kinde of Priesthode and Sacrifice But where they haue spoken of Priesthode and of Priests they haue not meante it of those that are annointed by Byshops but of that Priesthode that maketh all Christians to be Priests consecrating them with the vnction of the holy Ghost and not wyth oyle coniured and consecrated by Byshops Peter the Apostle sayth that all Christian man are a spirituall housholde and a holy and royall Priesthode to offer spirituall offrings acceptable to God through Iesus Christ. And so saint Paule prayeth the Romanes and other the true worshippers of Christ that they offer their bodies in a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is your reasonable seruing of him Wherfore thou séest that we are al the temple of God Priestes Offrings and Sacrifices most acceptable vnto God for our Lord Iesus Christ the high Priest and euerlasting Byshops sake I would therefore knowe of thée nowe if thou beleue that Iesus Christ the high Priest and Lambe haue taken away the sinnes of the worlde as sayth saint Iohn and all the whole scripture Marforius Yea I beleue it Pasquine I would know of thée for what occasion thou thinkest that the Priestes of the olde testament so often times renued those sacrifices and heaped so many offrings one after another Marforius Bicause God had commaunded it Pasquine That is true but yet for an other cause sayth Paul that is bycause
Iacob Moses dyd not persecute Pharao but Pharao persecuted Moses christ did not persecute the Pharisies but the Pharisies persecuted Christ. The Apostles and all the true Martyrs of Christ did neuer persecute the Tirantes but the Tirantes persecuted them and stewe them And yet for all that Abell Iacob Moses Christ the Apostles and Martyrs were Gods Friends so contrarywise Caine Esau Pharao the Pharisies and the Tirantes were Gods enimies And euen so nowe Saint Dominicks â–ª Fryers and the rest Priestes Prelates and Princes that persecâ—te suche as giue all prayse to Iesus Christ and followe his holy gospell are his vtter enimies the pore that are persecuted his frends Marforius Oh what a manifest reason is this who is so blinde that can not sée this Pasquine I wyll tell thée of some other Paule â–ª writing to Timothe sayth The spirite speaketh manifestlye that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth marke vvell all I tell thee and shall giue heede to spirits of errors and the deuilish doctrine of them marke that speak false through Ipocrisie and haue their coÌ„science marked vvith a hote yron marke marke if thou vvilte knowe them forbidding matrimonie and meates What sayest thou by this Marforius Who shal excuse himselfe with God that he hath not knowne them who forbiddeth matrimonie who forbiddeth meates who woulde haue the matter more cleare Marforius Tel me no more of this I pray thée heartily for I am cleared therof ynough and ynough they maye goe about to excuse themselues but they make but a foolishe piece of worke Saye on I beseche thée Pasquine A certayne Spaniard one of the Inquision for heresie accused certayne Spaniards and of the best of them for Lutheranes and by this he sayde he smelled them out bicause they gaue to the pore great almes and to the Friers they gaue nothing and afore tyme they were wont for euery trifeling matter to sweare in dispite of God and to blaspheme God Christ and his saintes outragiouâ—ly to fall to play to runne on whore hunting and to do the deuill and all of mischiefe and nowe they will prayse God and lyue soberly chastly and godly and absteyning from euill applye onely thinges graue and profitable But the worst is they wil al day long reade the holy scripture and therfore were they taken for stinking heretiques Marforius What answere made Saint Dominicke Pasquine He sayde they muste follow him and doe as he did at Tholosa where at the procuremente of Innocent the thirde he quenched that heresie wyth maruellous spéede Marforius And how Pasquine He sayde that the must not dispute the matter but fall to this businesse with fyre and sworde for this cause was he made a saint Marforius So came it to passe with those of olde tyme that many for their euill doings and with slaughter of men are also made Gods As Iupiter Mars Romulus and many Cesars But concerning the counsell that Dominicke gaue the selfe same did Alexander Cardinall of Brundusio aduise not onely the Pope but also the Emperour and Ferdenando of Austriche bicause they should not differ from Turkes And therefore in Spaine and in Almaine where their authoritie is greatest this good counsell is very straightly obserued Pasquine It is obserued in déede But the Lorde will ouerthrow and destroy all greatnesse and power which setteth vp it selfe against his maiestie and greatnesse And therfore thou séest that now of his iustice he sendeth y â— Lantzgraue graue to plague them bothe Marforius Oh God graunt it But Saint Fraunces what was he doing Pasquine Saint Fraunces kept a stirre with his Friers that they had not with more diligence sowen his Conformities abrode in the worlde which if they had done it might haue happened that he should not only haue bene taken for as good as Christ but also better Marforius What Conformities are they Pasquine It is a booke made deuised by Saint Fraunces Friers with the which if thou compaire the Alcoran of Mahomete thou wilt saye that the Alcoran is in comparison of it most holy albeit in many things they are lyke Marforius I haue heard say that when Saint Fraunces was required by his disciples to giue them a rule of lyuing he gaue vnto them the gospell Pasquin So it is sayd but his followers haue very euil obserued it which if they had wel done they should not haue dreamed out so many lyes and monstrous tales of him as if they woulde make hym another Christ for they say that their Saint Fraunces is aboue all thrones dominations and powers Marforius How can that be Pasquine Whether it can be or can not be it is ynough that in the very Pulpits they are so bolde to preach it and to tell also this notable shamlesse lye that is that one that desired once to know in what place Saint Fraunces was ran out of his wittes and was ledde rounde about all the partes of Heauen and neuer founde him at the last he came to the throne of the diuinitie where demauÌ„ding for Saint Fraunces Christ then rose vp from his seate on the right hand of God the Father and opening his clothes vpon his brest and forthwith came Saint Fraunces out of his side then came he to his wittes againe Marforius Who was that Pasquine It was a Frier Marforius It was a false Knaue thou wouldest haue sayde I beleue thée well that he ranne out of his wittes but I beleue not that he came afterwarde to himselfe againe for if he had not bene altogether beside himself he woulde neuer haue letten escape his mouth so greaâ— a blasphemie and so beastly a foolishe tale méete for Mahomet or Lucian to tell and it séemeth there is so great blindenesse in the world that there are suche that will soner beleue this deuilish deuise than the truth of the Gospell But what did those head Patriarches Pasquine They did striue for the primacie of the Church for he of Canstantinople sayde that to him appertayned the title of vniuersall and chiefe Bishop bicause there with him was the sée of the Empire He of Ierusalem he would haue it for himselfe alleaging that in that place the highe Bishop Christ had triumphed He of Antioch he woulde néedes haue it alleaging that Peter chief of the Apostles there had kept his sée and that he was neuer at Rome He of Rome not regarding the saying of Saint Gregorie who sayde that he shoulde be Antichrist who woulde be called the vniuersall or chiefe Byshop ouer other Byshops partly by deceite and giftes and partlâ— by force obtayned at the last to be called the chiefe Byshop the greatest the higest vniuersall most blessed most holy and the lawful successour of Peter and of Christ. Marforius What sayest thou that Peter was neuer at Rome Pasquine That matter is to cleare and if thou doe not beleue me reade that boke intitled
in this poynt that thou nowe demaundest saying that very many errours are sprong vp by the deceytfulnesse of such as to curiouslye sifte the scriptures who finding in the same some one thing in especiall or that particulerly hath bene commaunded to one man haue gone aboute to make it generall as this If thou vvilt be perfect goe and sell all that thou hast and giue it to the poore Here Christ speaketh to that yong man that boasted that he had alwayes kept the commaundements and gyueth this lesson particulerly to him to beate downe â—lat his presumption in that he sayde he had alwayes kept the commaundements of God And it is no generall precept for Christ denyeth not but that a man may serue God hauing ryches for a man may sée in the olde Testament that infinite Patriarkes and Kinges and other seruaunts of God were excéeding ryche Likewise where Saint Paule sayth to the Corinthians not commaunding but saying his aduise and speaking condicionally That it is good for a maÌ„ for the present necessity to be vvithout a vvife These men haue made this place generall and yet Saint Paule sayth for the present necessity bycause that theÌ„ the Christians were dryuen to and fro and if they had wyues and children they had more greater charge to cary aboute after them than if they were vnmaryed And thus sayth he bycause of y â— afflictions of the flâ—sh and the persecutions of those tymes and not for any other cause And therefore sayde he afterward that he spake for their profite not to tangle theÌ„ in a snare Many other places there are in the Scripture which albeit they be most speciall these fellowes haue gone about to make most generall And euen so is it of virginitie the which being a gifte graunted to very fâ—we by especiall priuiledge from â—od they notwithstanding haue sought to haue it of euery man as a thing generall bycause they are not of capacitie to vnderstande that saying as Christ spake it â—ut these precepts are particuler as that was of Abraham to kyll his sonne And as it shouâ—e be a great absurditie to go about to make that precept generall euen so is it no lesse absurditie to commaund and commende this other also Marforius This discourse of thy â—yshop pleaseth me very well he is â—arre differâ—nt from the Duncysh Sorbones of Paris who say if they had saint Paule in their handes they would burne him I perceyue that the light of Gods truth burneth in y â— heart of this Bishop But sawest thou there neuer a widow was there not Iudith of Sarepta * Anne the Prophetesse that so openly confessed Christ in Saint Lukes Gospell nor that other that †offered the two Mytes and was therfore so much coÌ„mended of Christ Pasquine There was none of all these there for they as it was tolde me were in the other heauen But in this heauen were some that none durst be so bolde to name them and they were of those that saint Paule calleth idle euer babling busy bodyes and speaking things which are not comely Marforius And why are they in this heauen Pasquine The Aungell tolde me bycause some of them had founded Monasteries and erected sundry sectes and enryched the places and became Nonnes and especiallye Englishe women Hungarians Dutch women and Frenche women Of Italians and Spanyardes there were very fewe Albeit there be in our dayes of countrey women of Italy that for superstition séeke to passe those of olde tyme. Marforius Who be these Pasquine Thou must nedes haue hearde speaking of them for that they séeke to be knowen for Saintes méete in very dede for this heaueÌ„ hast thou neuer heard speak of the Countesse of Vastalla and of hir that causeth hir selfe to be called the holye Ladye Saint Camill Marforius Yes but I neuer tooke héede therevnto what be they Pasquine I can not tell what they be For they do that which Paule doth disalowe being idle gadding from Citie to Citie and from house to house But yet hath Vastalla founded hir sect in Millaine Camilla was of late in Pauia and nowe is in Venice for into the déepe waters the great fishe alwayes goeth Marforius Tell me somewhat of the same Vastalla whether she bring forth any monsters Pasquine Thou sayest very well for who soeuer forsaketh God nature can doe nothing but bring forth monsters This Vastalla being a wydowe rich wealthy and of great byrth and therefore called a Countesse hath ordayned a secte of women and men who must séeke to attaâ—e to that puritie â—nocencie that was in Adam and Eue before they offended and to be such as can sinne no more and to be without all féeling of affectioÌ„ or passion and the mean to come herevnto is long prayers muche silence continuall fastings and to be shriuen euery day shewing and opening what soeuer it be eyther good or euill that they haue done sayd or thought without leauing behinde any iote or tittle of any thing Moreouer they muste receyue their maker euery eight dayes and they call their maker that rounde Cake in the which they saye is the body of Christ which is in heauen Marforius Alas what sayest thou Pasquine beleuest thou not that the consecrate breade is the body of Christ Pasquine And doest not thou beleue that Christ is very man Marforius Yes I doe beleue it and that he was borne of the Uirgin Mary and that he suffered dyed and was buried Pasquine Beleuest thou not that he afterwarde rose againe very man and that he ascended into heauen bearing with him his body full and whole and that he shall come thence in the same fashion that he was sene go hence to iudge the quicke and the deade Marforius Yea I doe beleue it and do looke for it Pasquine If thou beleue this wherefore wilte thou beleue that that breade is the â—ody of what gladnesse hast thou brought me vnto I do right well beleue that thou haste bene in heauen and haste brought from thence these so high mysteries For this knowledge is not of men but heauenly Now haue I let go the Woulfe and by thy labour and dilâ—gence aâ— come out of great daunger wherfore I giue â—od thankes without ende Pasquine Al that which this secte of the Countesse of Vastalla and all the Popishe route else do goe about concerning this Sacrament bycause they are so farre wyde froÌ„ the institution of Christ from the truth al that I say is nothing else but that which the scripture calleth the cursed Idol abhomination Marforius And I was euen nowe thinking therevpon and muche I maruelled howe it shoulde come to passe that some whiche vnderstande these thinges shoulde remayne still blinded in the errour of these so wicked Sacrifices and be partakers of them the which surely can not be without moste haynous offence against god Pasquine What man some doth
a shamefull and disordered rable of Priestes of whom some were Canonnes some Parsons some Chaplaines some Archedeacons some Archepriestes some Prouostes some Singlesoled priestes some Deacons some ChauÌ„ters and some of a thousande other sortes of names which haue bene founde out sith the name of a minyster through the pride of the wicked began to stinke as nothing honourable and yet too burthenous Mar. What were all they doing Pasq. They were consulting of their ryches of their tythes pensions Mar. What might be the cause therof Pasquin Bicause y â— pope demauÌ„ded y â— teÌ„thes of their benefices not once onely but euery yere once yea twice a yeare they were deuising meanes how to scrape home to theÌ„ selues by some other fine fetches all y â— which they were coÌ„strained to giue to y â— Pope There shuldst thou haue heard diuers opinions some there were y â— said that it was good couÌ„sel to deuide amoÌ„g theÌ„ selues y â— riches of their churches as Chalices PateÌ„s siluer plate the gay Copes other ornaments alleaging that if they did it not the sooner the Pope or the Turk or else the Lutherans would sone after do it sith they haue their weapons ready Here against spake certaine poore hedge Priestes doubting that they should not haue their part of the Pye and sayd that it should be much better for euery mans purpose if eche of them in his owne towne and Church would first shewe forth outwardly great holynesse in their church garmentes in their owne apparell in their countenaunce in their gestures and aboue all things in Massing deuoutly and to attend diligently to all their outward ceremonies And that done that eche of them finde out some goodly Image or of the bones of some deade man and some newe Reliques or to make some drops of bloud come oute of a crucifixe or of some other Image or else to make the Uirgin Mary wéepe or finde some of hir milke or say that their God leapeth and is in form of a childe or else say that they haue séene straunge and wonderfull things in their Massing or haue sene some strauÌ„ge vision or to faine some other prety feate affirming this to be the way to cause them to be reuerenced and obeyed of the people to recouer that reputation which for their abhominable naughtinesse they haue lost and not onely to mainteyne but also to encrease their ryches But such as most commende this deuise were of the Ipocritish order instituted by Cardinall Chietti Marforius I remember that I heard while he dwelled in Venice that he had set vp a newe secte of Priestes founded altogether in Ipocriste and outward shewe of holinesse whereof it is come to passe that all Ipocrites are called Chiettines the which secte he forsooke as sone as he had caught that he fished for for he had lefte his Bishopricke that he might get him a Cardinals Hatte as Arettine sayde Forthwith therfore as his deuise came about he came flinging hither to infect the Court of Rome with his Ipocrisie Pasquine Diddest thou neuer heare how he aunswered his Priestes at his departing from Venice when they asked him whither he wente Marforius No I heard it neuer Pasquine Whither I go quoth he thither can you not come meaning that he lefte them in pouerty and in their filthinesse and that he wente to Rome to that great dignitye as to his owne heauen Marforius He vsed the words of christ to good purpose vile Uarlet that he was Pasquine In such like sorte do they interprete the scriptures all the packe of them and so by abusing it find they out Purgatoryes Popes powers all other reasons for their defence But let vs come to the Quéere of the Patriarches and Prophets Marforius Mary I besech thee heartily say on Whether there were in that place the .xij. sonnes of Iacob for they were all called Patriarches Pasquine No but those that I sawe were of the newe Testament Marforius Why are there also Patriarches of the new Testament Pasquine To tel thée the very truth Marforius the Patriarches of the newe Testament are none other than Popes Cardinals Friers Priestes and such lyke of whom thou shalte not finde one iote in the holy Scripture But our forefathers who were the deuisers of this so great a misterie of iniquity and of deceyte to the end other should not perceyue that they altogether played the Iewes caryed not the Patriarches of the olde Testamente into the newe but into their owne Sinagoge Marforius And who are these Pasquine There are two sortes of Patriarches of the one sort are the Patriarches of the foure Regions that is to say that of Rome of Antioch Alexandria and of Ierusalem And the seate of the Empire being afterwarde remoued to Constantinople to the rest of the â—atriarches was adioyned he of CoÌ„stanstinople and afterwarde other as that of Aquiligia and that of Venice And they haue â—btayned this degrée bycause they are heades and rulers of other Byshops as they also are Byshops them selues There was an other sorte of Patriarches who had no maner superioritye or dignity of the Patriarchâ—ships while they were aliue Marforius Why and are they made Patriarches when they be deade Pasquine Yea out of doubt euen as Saint Peter was made Pope after his death which neuer was nor neuer could be nor yet was he at any time in Rome And euen so was Saint Ierome made a Cardinall Among these Patriarches are accopmted Saint Iohn Baptist Saint Dominicke who instituted the order of breaching I would say preaching Friers and Saint Fraunces the order of Friers Minores or vnderminers Marforius Why are they called Patriarches Pasquine Bycause they are the chiefe of the Fathers and the deuisers of sectes that is to say of the Friers who call them selues Fathers Marforius Why then by this reason euery order and house of Friers may call his Authour or fouÌ„der Patriarch Pasquine That they may but these Families of Friers haue bene more ambitious than the rest Marforius Sawest thou there Dominicke and Fraunces Pasquine I sawe them but in other apparell than they were in the Quéere of the Friers for there were they both cladde like shepeheardes with a wéede of rough course cloth and in the middes thereof a hole to thrust out their heades and a hoode made fast thereto to kepe them from the raine and from colde for so were the shepeheardes of Italy and Spaine wont to be clad But here I sawe them in Pontificall apparell and with Crownes on their heades Marforius Two things there are that make me muche maruell the one is that I sée their successours and followers go clad in so fine clothes and to be so lofty and proude the other is how it is possible that they may be in two places at once here among the Friers Pasquine Thou must not maruel
Quod Petrus nuÌ„quam Romae fuit To which author I referre thée bicause I will be briefe Marforius I will séeke to haue it as soone as I can and wil reade it ouer But what sayde the Patriarche of Alexandria Pasquine And he also alleaged reasons and shewed that foras much as he is nere to Babylon and that Babylon hath bene alwayes the head of all abhomination and bicause Babylon is the greatest of all other Cities it was good reason that he shoulde be the head and so much the more that if Rome woulde so fayne be the head it must needs be called Babylon as in Petrarke the Poet is to be séene who had learned the same in the schoolehouse of Saint Iohn the Euangelist Marforius By my fayth he sayde not amisse in his kinde But let vs speake a little of the Prophets sawest thou Esay Ieremie Daniell and the rest Pasquine Not one of them but the sonnes of Balaam who loued the rewarde of iniquitie and was therefore reproued by the Asse Marforius Are there no Prophetes in the newe Testamente Pasquine Yes that there are Doest not thou remember that heretofore we reckned the Prophetes among the offices of the Church of Christ for I meane nothing of the olde Prophets but of those that haue followed and yet doe the way of false Prophetes and of such as haue prophecied for rewarde But thou muste learne that these wordes Prophete prophecie signifie two things the one is he that by diuine inspiration foretelleth thinges to come and discouereth such things as are hidden and that can not be knowne by mans witte or cunning these are called Prophets and séers This worde Prophete also signifieth a Doctor or teacher not euerye Doctor but him that is sente by God to instructe the Churche and to reforme it being better repleâ—ished inwardly in spirit thaÌ„ furnished with worldly knowledge and in this poynt is the Prophet different from him that is but simply a Doctor for the Prophet teacheth onely heauenly things and the Doctor embraceth also humaine sciences and the artes liberal the Doctor may teache those things which he hath learned out of bookes and at the mouth of men But the Prophete must be inspired of God and instructed in the hard meanings of the scriptures the better to expound them In this Heauen sawe I both sortes of Prophetes sauing that neyther those that fortolde things to come nor those that taught religion to the Church were not inspired by God nor by the spirite of Christ but by the Prince of darknesse and the spirite of Sathan And they that foretolde the thinges to come were Wysardes Southsayers Sorcerers Enchanters Negromancers Astrologiens and such as followe the damnable art Magique among the which there were Popes Cardynalles Byshops Abbottes and all sortes of Friers but moste chiefely the Friers of Saint Dominick and Saint Fraunces who with socery witchcrafte the which they chieflye apply learne euill and deuilish artes Marforius This thing is moste true for a man maye read that Siluester the seconde gatte to be Pope by the helpe of the Diuell with this condition that after his death he shoulde be wholly the Diuels owne And in our dayes Paule the third called Pope Farne se or Fransie whether ye will in Astrologie and diuination hath not left his lyke behinde him Pasquine It is no lye at all and therfore bicause he woulde haue a companion in this arte he made Denis a Frier of the order called Serui a Cardinall And this Paule chalengeth the praise of this art wholly to himselfe and by good reason is it due to him for in this arte he hath spente al his lyfe But a man can not say whether by this his art he could tell aforehand what would come to passe when he sente to wake the waspes of Germanie that were on sléepe Marforius I beleue right well that in this poynt he is yet still wyde and deceyued in his Almanacke which he accompteth his Gospell Pasquine Thinkest thou then that by his art he can tell whether he must goe when he is dead Marforius I do not beleue that he thinketh therevpon for he in Rome it is certainely sayde that he beleueth that the soule is mortall and I in his talke haue ofte tymes perceyued it Pasquine Yet dothe not Peter Levves his sonne doubte that the soule is immortall Marforius Yet yea no more than the Epicures and the Saduce is and his Father and also Cardinall Chietti al his whole lyfe doth witnesse Pasquine Iust eueÌ„ so and sithe we are nowe come to talke of Cardinall Chietti me thinketh he is well worthye to be numbred among the Prophets of this heauen Marforius And for what occasion Pasquine I will tell thée the whole matter A Gentleman of Venice fel in contention with his wyfe vpon a certayne doubte to be declared in foro conscientiae the matter was suche as troubled them both the woman being more curious than the man as women lightly haue spiced consciences was the first that would be cleared of this doubt she goeth to the Church of these Chiettâ—ines and there confesseth hir selfe to one of them that was a subtill Ipocrite openeth all the matter and prayeth him to resolue her of this doubt he did as well as he could then goeth he to the Arch Ipocrite Chietti himself and openeth to him the whole confession as it is the olde vse of so many as be Chiettines when he had wel vnderstode it he commaunded him to be secrete and finding out the resolution thereof in the Canon law marked the place and taried til this gentleman came vnto him who was wonte to come for like matters to him very often the morowe after he came and being alone with Chietti after foure or fiue words wheÌ„ he was comming to his demaund that did so burthen his conscience Chietti commaunded him to holde his peace tooke him by the hande put his hande into the booke and shut it fast in the place which he before had marked for that purpose and then byd him tell his tale and when he had ended this Coll Prophete Chietti sayd to him looke there where you haue your hande the Gentleman opened the booke reade and founde that he sought for and not thinking that any other creature had knowne it but his wyâ—e forthwith fell downe on his knées and worshipped him as it had bene an other Christ that had knowne the secretes of mens hearts Marforius I know a thousande other such trickes of blinde prophecies whereby learning the secretes of simple siely soules they shewe thereby themselues so be Prophets For the great profite therfore which they get thereby do they with suche rage séeke to mayntayne this confession Pasquine If thou knowe a thousande I knowe ten thousande But bicause there is at this present other matter to talke of we will retourne to speake of these
peace loue the yoke of our Maister Sauior Christ that is to say his doctrine for he sayeth Take my yoke vpon you c. Marforius Why did they séeke to break so sweete and holy bandes and to cast awaye so light and so pleasaunt a yoke Pasquine Yea for to the wicked and to the euill lyuers the precepts of righteousnesse are bitter and vnpleasaunt but vices are to them swéete and pleasaunte and vnder the colour of well doyng they followe all maner of wickednesse Marforius This do I know right wel but what other thing were they doing Pasquine They were treating howe they might bring Germany into the lappe of the Romishe Church eyther for loue money or by force Marforius Speake they nothing of deceites and treasons Pasquine These men rather do them than talke of them Then called they for one Saint Ioyce and they all besought him that he would cause the Princes of Germany to haue many sonnes Marforius For what occasion Pasquine To the ende the better to maintayne so many sonnes in estate and reputation they should be constrayned to séeke at the Popes handes some good benefice Bishopricke or Cardinalship Marforius I haue hard say that many Flemings goe to this Saint Ioyce who hath a Church in Fraunce that they maye haue children and they spéede of their purpose Pasquine It is true for whyle they be on their voiage saint Ioyce vseth y ◠priests and Friers as instruments with their wiues They were treating also howe the learned men of Germanie might be corrupted with rewardes with letters and with the deuises of certayne Cardinals that séeme to be better learned and better than y ◠rest But that which in this counsell with greatest studye was sought to be prouided for was to cause the Pope forthwith without any other consideration to giue al his whole help to Charles y ◠fifth for they doubt much that Charles wyll fall to some agréement with the Lutherans to the great hurte of this heauen or else least the Lutherans shoulde haue the better hande which if it shoulde come to passe eyther the one way or the other this heauen is ouer throwen and destroyfull and whole They were treating also that great aide should be giuen to Ferdenando who hath a great many children and a sore warre euē at hand and hath his dominion very weake but with this condiciō that he shoulde fal to playe make warres vse good chéere earely and late and suche lyke things rather than to the studie of searching out the truth naye that he shoulde rayther put to death all suche as confesse it and after this sort shoulde bring vp his children and besyde all this that he shoulde not kéepe in his Court other than such as Faber Ecchius and Hosius Marforius Thou must not maruell that these spitefull I would haue sayde spirituall men will not haue men and chiefely Princes to meddle with holy scripture for their heauen is builded altogether vpon ignoraunce and wouldest thou haue them desire anye other thing than Ignoraunce to al other men which is the mother of all errors and euill Of pleasures I speake not for therein they farre excéede Sardanapalus and Zerxes But aboue al other things the duetie of a king or Prince is to feare God and defende the true religion which is contayned in the Gospell to loue wisedome and in al goodnesse and good gouernaunce of himselfe to be so muche the more better than other as he is higher in degree and dignitie and yet for all this is euery one of them become a greater persecutour of the Gospell than any Nero for the which they shall haue of God their iust punishment and soner than they thinke for But what was there nothing determined concerning Fraunces the French King Pasquin They were al of this opinion to send him some Flatterer or other stale courtier throughly instructed with the fine fetches of the court of Rome who for euery thing that the king shoulde doe or say were it neuer so foolishe or euill shoulde saye oh well done Sir and to cause him still to remember the title of most Christian King which his progenitors receyued from the Bishops of Rome therefore should with all his power defende the dignitie of those that gaue so goodly a title and if he woulde that the name of moste christian King shoulde be truely verefied on him he should not fayle to persecute Christians euen to the death vnder the colour of Heretiques and Lutherans and those that are contrarie to such as gaue him that title For other things that he shoulde fall to dauncing to banketting to serue Venus and to hunting rather than to fauoure learning as it séemed he would doe Marforius Let him beware that the fyre of the Lutherans that he hath burned do not kindle and burne vp his whole realme He and other princes his followers shoulde take héede how many kings there haue bene that soner than they thought for hauing washed their handes in the bloude of the Martiyrs of the highe Lorde of all haue bene by him sharply punished for the very ashes of them that haue bene persecuted and haue dyed for Christes sake crye vengeaunce But if he wil appease Gods wrath and be worthily called most Christian King let him cause Christes pure Gospel to be fréely set forth within his realme let him caste downe Images let him restore the true vse of the Sacramentes and vvorship God vvith spirite and truth and not with the handes nor with incense And so say I of other Princes if they will be truely Christians and if they will not euen shortly feale the scourge of God who hath giuen them power to the ende they shoulde defende his Gospell and not y ◠they should persecute such as defend it Marforius Were not these Saints affeard that the King woulde take agayne Auignion from the Pope and the other places that he vsurpeth or that he woulde giue ayde to the Lutherans in this warres or else would do these Saints some other harme Pasquine They doubted this nothing all the whyle the King was in league with the Turke for Machomet and the Pope are brothers and hereby thou mayest perceyue it that when the Turkes armie passed along the Sea coastes of the Popes dominion it did there no maner hurt nor domage but rather good but if the French King shake off the league with the Turke then are they in a wonderfull suspicion Marforius What was sayde of the King of Englande Pasquine They were sore in doubt least other Princes woulde follow this Kings example in taking away the possessions of the Church Marforius Is it lawfull to doe it Pasquine Yea if it be done to put them to better vse naye rather Princes are bounde to haue regarde that the possessions of the Churches vnder their subiection be
papistes * Marc. 16. What it is to bind and lose syanes * Iohn 8. A comfortable example for euery sinner Iac. 5. The true confession Luc. 7. Confession better called confusion Confession wherefore it was inuented Psal. 1. The order or quere of Doctours The olde testameÌ„t more profitable than the newe Priestes may kepe whores but mary no wyues A Priest of Placentia All was brought that brought any gayne The Popes cleâ—gie can strâ—tche thinges for aduantage Old pulling and all for aduantage 1. Tim. 3. All the thinges of the old testament were good sauing wyues 1. Tim. 3. A bold Doctour Thomas of Aquine Dulia and Hyperdulia Sound doctrine of the diuelles deuising The prepoâ—erous doinges of the papistes All for mony Albertus Magnus better called Magus A godly Bishop that reformeth his Churche New Doctours The rewarde of the purgatorie Champions No purgatorie but Christes bloud Ecchius Epitaphe Albert bishop of Chioggia Cood ware to stoppe mustard pottes Cocles canonized a saint Costazarus Spoleti a Citie in Italie A friers fine deuise to get mony Friers and Pick purses holde together Il halting before a Crepill A foule faulte in the Pope to loose suche a benefactour Christe and the Pope mortall enimies The quere or order of the Martires Vnquiâ—â— Saintes thaâ— fight in heauen Cruel and reuenging Saintes The Popes violent argumenteâ— in Disputacion God vseth his Saintes as Ministers of of his wrathe The blinde opinion of the ignorant concerning Saintes How Iniurie is done to Christe Math. 28. 1. Iohn 2. 1. Tim. 2. Math. 3. Wryters vpoÌ„ the law CanoÌ„ Bonner and Story lacked when martir dome was so hard to come by Cruell tirauntes like Bonner and his Babes The Apostels of Saint Iohn Lateâ—ane Christopheâ— The fable of Saint 〈◊〉 topher is a figure of â— Christian mans life Why Saint Christopher is painted without the Church dore as in Italie is vsed and other where The fable of Saint George is the example of Christes life Writinges of lieng legende The Gods of the Heathen are become our Gods Sancta Maria Rotunda in Rome Minerua Romulus and Remus Castor and Pollux A number of heathenishe ceremonies conuerted into necessarie articses of beliefe A vengeable long leape or a vengeable lowde lye These Ladies be at Rome at Venice they haue our Lady the faire our Lady of the garden our Lady of the beanes and our Lady of the Snowe The Paganes and the Popish religion al one or els but little difference betwene This Nafissat was made a Saint by the Pope bycâ—â—se she did prostitute her selfe not for mony nor carnall lust but for pure deuocioÌ„ to God and meere necessitie of the partie hauing none other almes to giue for Gods sake The Charitablest Saint in al that Heauen Who be heretiques Pasquine alludeth to these wordes Pediâ—catores and Predicatores Saint Thomas Becket Rochester lept without his hatte and his head also The Order oâ— the apostles and Euanâ—â—â— listes Tit. 3. In the Popes Heauen all thinges are contrarie Cardinales are Apostles in the Popes Heauen Court of Rome this Heauen all one The Apostles and Desciples are made for money Phil. 2. Math. 28. Mar. 16. Paule a true and faithefull Apostle Act. 1. Act. 9. xiij Apostles and not xij Saint Iâ—rome was neuer no Cardinall Saint Ierome an enimie to the Romishe Churche Ierom was called a Cardinall and was none The order of Cardinalles more abhominable than honorable How the degree of Cardinalles is growen to so great authoritie * This worde sauing your reuerence is vsed of vs when we speake of some thing that is vnclenly or filthie for men vse some time to saye sauing your reuerence he is a knaue or a Cardinal and so the Author mâ—aneth that this word reuerence belongeth to ther riches and highe estate and this worde sauing your reuerencâ— to their vile and filthy life Brabling and contencion betwene the Saintes The originall of this word Cardinall * 1. Reg. 2. Epenthesis Carneuale is shrouetide The. wickednesse oâ— Cardinalles is vnspeakeable Cardinalles that fauored the Gospel The order of of the Euangelistes What shauen Crownes may doe 2. Thes. 2. The Pope is aboue al both God and men Howe the Popes â—altrie must be estemed The order of the Preistes and Leuits Num. 1. A comparison betwene the priesthode of the olde lawe and the Popes priesteâ— Errours the infirmities of the minde True wisdom the medicine of the minde Christes wisedom the helth of the minde A discriptioÌ„ of the true Priesthode 1. Pet. 2. Al Christians are Priestes Rom. 12. Induction Heb. 10. Iohn 1 Sacrifices of the olde lawe could not take awaye Synne Heb. 10. Why Priestes in the olde lawe were instituted Heb. 10. Iere. 31. Hebr. 10. The Popishe Priestes can not offer Christe Heb. 10. The great blasphemie of the Popishe Priestes Math. 26. Luc. 22. The Priestes say they giue Christe How Christe is giuen The Papistes giue the Diuell and 〈◊〉 Christe Iohn 13. Orders necessarie in the Church Ephe. 4. Rom. 12. 1. Cor. 12. Apostles what they be Prophetes what they be Euangelistes what they be Pastors what they are Doctours what they are Priesteâ— what they are Priestes were no sacrificers in the primitiue Church A disordered rable of shaued Priestes The consultacion of the Popes clergie The Popes clergie is crafâ—ie and subtill Fat Priestes fell to packing for feare of sacking The hedge Priestes for feare they shall licke no part worke an other way The way to bring Priests in credite estimation Ipocrites coÌ„mende moste this deuise Chietti setteth vp a new sect of Ipocrites Iohn 8. The order or Quere of Patriarches and Prophetes Patriarches of the newe Testament Two sortes of Patriarches The one sorte The other sort When Peter was made Pope Dominicke Fraunces are Patriars ches Friers are no lyers that call them selues Fathers Fraunces Dominicke clad like shepeherdes Fraunces and Dominicke are Gods Iust as Iermanâ— lippes Iohn Baptist Iohn 11. Math. 3. Luc. 3. Iohn 1. A newe Iohn Baptist Patrone of the Knightes of the Rodes Knightes of the Rodes Malta a fretting stone Iohn Baptist fâ—rceth men to event not by preaching but by â—iracie Iohn 18. Palabras in Spaynishe is to say words The filthie life of the Knightes of the Rodes Knights neyther Christians in deede nor in name The Popes Patriarches conspire the death of gods seruaunts A wrong way to winne men to Christ. Iohn 18. Math. 13. Why Lutherans are condempned for Heretiques How to know Gods enimies from his freinds * Gen. 4. ‡ Gen. 27. †Exo. 14. Iohn 15. christ church hath bene persecuted from the beginning 1. Iohn 4. None â–ª excuse can serue with God â—en takâ—n for heretikes bycause thâ—y will not swere and doe euill Dominicke burned and played the Deuil therefore was he made a saint Some became gods for playing the Diâ—el Good gostly counsell Of the Patriarche Fraunces Alcoran is the whole Booke of the Turkes lawe Deuine Doctrine drawne out of Legenda Aurea
or such lyke The Patriarches striue who should be chiefe Peters see at Antioche One Pope speaketh against another The Popes vaine gloriouâ— titles Babylon the heaâ— of al abhomination Petrarke calâ—eth Rome Babylon Prophetes Num. 22. This worde Prophete hath two meanings The differeÌ„ce betwene the Prophete and the Doctor The Popes Prophetes are not inspired by God A blessed companie if a man should rake Hell A vertuous studie of a holy Father Like will to like The Pope doubteth of the immortalitie of the soule Qualiâ— Pater talis filius A very proper practise not vnlyke the deuises vsed by the holy mayde of Kent The Knaues will tell tales out of the schole Marke the knauerie of this Coll Prophete These knaues haue manye such knackes in their Bougets No true Prophets Iere. 14. Math. 7. The goodnesse of these Romish fruites Luc. 13. The court of the Popes heauen Iust iudgement and voyde of feare when sentence was giuen against the Diuell * Iohn 14. †Act. 10. The office and duery of an aduoâ—ate * 1. Iohn 2. †1. Timo. 2. Maht 3. Great iniurie done to Christ when any other aduocate is sought 1. Iohn 2. * Iohn 17. Heb. 10. Math. 10. Bartolus and Baldus Saint Michaell wayer of soules A vengeance craftie aduocate that could match the Deuill Masses and such trash shewed forth in euidence The crafte of the Diuell Michaell beateth the deuil Great honor and ioy when the Pope winneth a soule Purgatorie iustely called Pagatorie Michaell in loue with a Bul looke Legenda aurea The fable of Saint Michaell Lucanus the Poete Fryers and lyers shaped both in one moulde Draffe good ynough for Hogges Saint Michaelâ— fable â–ª a figure of Gods Iustice. The worlde abused by Friers Lucian What the Gospell causeth Friers vse violent persuasions Beati qui non ridâ—runt et credideruâ—t The Pallace of the Popes Heauen The fashion of it The Popes Saints can not abide the light The Popes heaueÌ„ resembled to an Alchimistes shoppe The Sonne and the Mone shine both at once Straunge vertue of Beadâ— that can darken both Sonne and Mone The discription and vse of Beades Ipocrisie alwayes carieth Beads The Counsell of all Saints The scope and end of their counsell Why in olde tyme so many counsels were so easily called Why counsels in these dayes can not be assembled The effect of â—â—unsels Verbum dominimanâ—â— in eternum Psal. 2. Equalitic woulde be vsed in tryall of waightie matters The Pope neuer fighteth on euen hand Who be Heretiques and who be no Heretiques after the popes iudgement The Dutchmen first smelled out the Popes craftie conueyaunce The song of the Popes Saints Psal. 2. Math. 11. Politique fetches vsed in the Counsell Saint Ioice patrone of fruitefull succession Spiritually begotten children meete to maintaine the Popes spiritual kingdome The weighti est matter of all the counsell Charlâ—s theâ—â— suspected by the Pope Ferdenando vpon condicion shal haue ayde from the Pope Popishe Doctors The Popes heauen builded vpon Ignoraunce Ignoraunce mother of all errors The duetie of a king Fraunces the French King The Popes counsell to Kings and rulers Marke howe Pasquine prophecieth of Fraunce Apoc. 20. The way to appease Gods wrath Ioan. 4. Auignion vsurped by the Pope Machomet and the Pope are brothers The King of Englande How the possessions of the Church shuld be bestowed â— Thess. 3. Why possessions were giueÌ„ to the Church A pollicie vsed to preserue the Popes Kingdome The reading of the Scripture bringeth knoweledge Why so many VenetiaÌ„s are made Cardinalles Carefull magistrates ouer their people The Pope abuseth al magistrats The Pope maketh all Princes his Butchers and hangmen The great iustice of the Venetians The spiritualtie doth rule raigne eche where Truth can not be heard where such â—irannie râ—ygneth Antichrist and his members the cause of disorders The Charitiâ— of Pasquine Good members of a common wealth By what way the Venetians might become greater Godes enimies fauoured and his frendes persecuted Iohn 18. Luc. 23. A diuelishe decre of the Popes saintes The oration of one of the Saintes to this Diuell their Messanger 〈…〉 The Popes saints fil al the worlde with warres and mischief Rome the Diuels dweâ—ing place The cause of this diuellysâ— decre The Order or Queere of the Aungels The 〈◊〉 orders of the Popes Aungelles Christ is not in the councell Christ goeth to playe like a childe The marchaâ— dises of the Popes store houses God graunt they be neuer better stored Pasquiue meaneth that our Peter peÌ„s and other our proffits the pope had hens were spent vpoÌ„ the mayntenaÌ„ce of wheres and bardasses in Rome The Popes keyes are the keyes of the storehouses Gods worde must destroye the Popes heauen Apoc. 1. Pasquine goeth out of the Popes heauen and goeth vp to Gods heauen A wonderful straunge sight Pasquine setteth forth the punishment of the Neuters Neutralitte must be vtteâ—â—ly auoided Weatherâ— cocks and turncotes are not to be beleued Certain Italians true christians Hebr. 6. Peter de Charles a wether cocke Farellus a true preacher Num. 22. The heauenly harmonie Plato and Aristotle differeth in opinion Christen philosophie The way to knowe God Psal. 19. The varietie of Gods works declare his greate power The Pâ—pe would haue his dead Images to be our liuely scholemasters The dead picture of the vergin Marie liuely counterfeited after a Popes whore Christian Regions Apoc. 4. The description of the true Heauen Apoc. 5. The song of true saintes 1. Peter 4. Equalitie among the true Saintes Apoc. 5. Christ is the way and the gate to Heauen Iohn 10. Iohn 14. Dionisâ—us Areopagita 1. Tim. 6. The Quene of Heauen Psal. 45. The Quene of Heauen iâ— the Churche and not the virgin Mary Popes haue vsurped the authoritie of the Churche The Quenes apparell 1. Cor. 12. Of mariage Ephe. 5. Io. 1. 3. 15. Iac. 4. The worlde contrarie to Christe 3. Reg. 19. Rom. 11. Iohn 14. The saintes be at reste Ap. 4. et 7. Esay 42. The wedding garment Esay 61. Mat. 22. Antichrist 2. Thess. 2. 3. Reg. 22. 2. Para. 18. 2. Cor. 11. Watchwords giuen in the Scripture * 1. Thess. 5. ‡ 1. Ioh. 4. Demaundes of our Ladie Marforius wisheth Pasquine to be Pope The scholes of Pasquine Christ the onely Mayster Mat. 23. Coloss. 1. Ephe. 1. et 4. Apoc. 5. 7. Christ onely gouernour Mat. 8. Io. 14. Mat. 7. 1. Io. 2. Heauenly thinges must not be measured according to mans brayne Luc. ii A maruelous yea almost a miraculous chaunge The â—â—iage to Hell Pasquine a farre trauailed man Pasquine a Curious searcher of thinges Pasquine goeth to sâ—e hell The way to Hell is sone found out Math. 7. Math. 16. The description of Hell What and whome Pasquine sawe in Hell Hell gates neuer shutte Al may goe into hell that will but none may come out Of what stuffe belgates were made Caine the first that entred his father the deuilles Kingdome Caines and his successors