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A15033	The English myrror A regard wherein al estates may behold the conquests of enuy: containing ruine of common weales, murther of princes, cause of heresies, and in all ages, spoile of deuine and humane blessings, vnto which is adioyned, enuy conquered by vertues. Publishing the peaceable victories obtained by the Queenes most excellent Maiesty, against this mortall enimie of publike peace and prosperitie, and lastly a fortris against enuy, builded vpon the counsels of sacred Scripture, lawes of sage philosophers, and pollicies of well gouerned common weales: wherein euery estate may see the dignities, the true office and cause of disgrace of his vocation. A worke safely, and necessarie to be read of euerie good subiect. By George Whetstones Gent. Seene and allowed.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1586 (1586)	STC 25336; ESTC S111678	158,442	230

welnéere of all Italy is cleane shut out of the kingdom of Naples the Dukedom of Florence Ferrara Mantua Millaine Parma Vennis the state of Genua c. so that to come to his segniorie of Bologna he is driuen to the lower way by Rac●…onati Maddona de Loreto Ancona and by exchange with the Duke of Vrbin patcheth a passage so that in respect of her ancient limits this proud Eagle is welni●…h brought into the case of Platoes cocke with neuer a feather on her back the end of this Eagle shall be confusion the text so saieth the lion shal rebuke her vnrighteousnes rent her asunder shal deliuer the rest of the people of trouble make thē ioifull The Lion of England euen King Henry the 8. and his posterity hath made a faire reuealement of this prophesie the godly expect that the Eagle shall vanish to nothing with the thundering blasts that the English Lion hath shal storme vpō her she feareth the same therfore bendeth all her secret forces to disquiet the Lion S. Augustine long ago séeing certaine english boies to be sold as slaues in Rome thus prophesied bene vocantur angeli quia nitent vt angeli in quo regno euangelium dei florebit they are properly called English-men because they shine as Angels in which kingdome the Gospell of Christ shall floorish The learned Doctor Erasmus writing a paraphrase of the foure Euangelists dedicated the first to the Emperour the second to the french King the third to the noble King Henry and the fourth to the Emperours brother the Pope was wiped out of his trauell as one not destined to haue the protection of this pretious iewell To King Henry the eight he dedicated his paraphrase of S. Luke and in his Epistle wrote that he had sent him Luke the Physition by circumstances reputed his Maiestie through his godly and religious procéedings to be the spirituall Physition that by the working of the holy Ghost purged the soules of many from the grosse errors of Antichrist I leane not so much to these moderne prophises although there be a common Prouerbe Vox populi vox dei the Scriptures giueth light sufficient that from these partes the Gospell of our Sauiour should be visibly reuiued In the fourth Chapter of Cantica Canticorum be these words Vp thou north wind and blow vpon my Garden that the smell thereof may be caried on euery side yea then my beloued may come into his Garden and eate of the sweete fruite that growe therein This winde is vp at the Almighties call his commission is well blasted abroade This noble King Henry as it is interpreted this Lion this winde ordained and sent of God first shooke the wicked tyrant of Rome first blewe the blast that hath almost blowne his authoritie out of all Christendome The Pope in his quarrell almost armed all Christian princes against this Lion but they feared or failed to do him hurt In the Popes quarrell many seditions were sowen in England in fearing the communaltie that the King would begger them with impositions The Northerne men openlie rebelled and the whole realme was in armes readie bent against their proper intrailes but God frustrated the deuisers counsels and preserued vs from the wilfull murther of our selues When the kings power and the rebels were ready to méete he parted the armies with a suddaine swelling of the water while after a parle the Rebels were willing to acknowledge their faults and with the kings gratious pardon departed to their owne houses a wonderfull prouidence of God that would not haue the rebels perish in their ignorance nor the good subiects murthered in so vnnaturall a battaile The vngratious Cardinal Poole stirred a great power in France but the french were more afraid to venter then was king Henry in his aged daies that they woulde enter into England His mind was inuinsible and euen of God all his procéedings were blessed their happy successe testified no lesse who in the 37. yeare of his triumphant raigne ended his life in peace whose death made England vnhappy in that the most toward and godly prince Edward the sixt his only sonne and heire of the Crowne was of so tender age CHAP. 5. A sommarie of the most excellent gifts of King Edward the sixt THe godly and most toward yong Prince King Edward the sixt being but of the age of nine yeares began his raigne the 31. of Ianuarie 1546. This prince in his tender age was indued with such towardnesse wisedome learning and all goodly gifts as Europe seldome or neuer fostered the like By reason of his tender yeares the Duke of Somerset his vncle was made Protector both of the King and his Realme who for the discretnesse of his speach the wisedome of his behauiour and vertue that accompanied all his actions was worthely reputed to be better able to gouerne at tenne then many princes at thirtie yeares of age There wanted no gift of nature learning or education that might renowne a good King but that mightely grew in his yong yeares as the vndoubted heire not only of the crowne but of all the vertues of his most noble father He aduanced the Gospell to which by Gods holie spirit his godly father gaue frée passage in England whose deuout zeale witnessed that this heauenly blessing was no lesse planted by his Grace by his godly councels and wisedome By his especiall request and letters the Citizens of London erected thrée néedefull Hospitals viz. for the sicke and aged they erected S. Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke for the fatherlesse child and infant they erected Christes Hospitall and for the sturdy vagabond they erected Bridewell by his godly meanes this charitable worke was sowne His wonderfull victory against the Scots may not be forgotten where was slaine 13000. Scots and but 60. Englishmen And truly if his subiects would haue béen imitators of his pietie charitie temperance and other christian duties their enuy ambition crueltie and other gréeuous sinnes had not so highly moued Gods wrath as that his vengeance would not suffer vs in any perfect yéeres to enioy this right gratious King Edward sample of all goodnes and by his death for a time reaued vs of the fruition of the Gospell the foode of our soules and in place of both to further punish our vnthankefulnesse he sent vs a prince that held a hard hand ouer vs that not only stopped the passage of the Gospell but persecuted the godly professors thereof euen Quéene Mary good King Edwards sister part of whose actions followeth CHAP. 6. An abstract out of the proceedings of Queene Mary LADY Mary the eldest daughter of king Henry the eight began her raigne ouer the realme of England the sixt of Iuly 1553. Touching her naturall disposition she was vertuouslie and well giuen but by reason that her bringing vp was vnder Papists and her youth throughlie instructed in the superstitions of Papistrie anone after that she was setled in her

the Iewes This Mahomet had a quicke spirite and easely learned what so euer he was taught who in his youth was solde as a slaue vnto a rich marchaunt named Adimonople who regarding the towardnes of the young man intertayned him as his sonne and in no pointe as his slaue who so well mannaged his masters affayres that in shorte time he returned Adimonople great riches and by reason of his great traffique both with Christians and Iewes he was well exercised in eyther of their lawes during this time Mahomets master dyed without yssue and left Ladigua his wife very riche who hauing before proued the sufficiencie of Mahomet tooke him to husband so of a bondman raysed him vnto the degrée of a riche Lord. In the Prime of Mahomets aduancement the forenamed Sergius ariued in Arabia who to be reuenged of the Cleargie that banished him Constantinople or more properly to shew his malice to despight God because he suffered him to prosper no better in his herestes in euery place he tormented the poore Christians with whose outward habite he was but lately attyred in the ende he lighted in acquaintance with Mahomet whome Sergius founde in abilitie and power great in witte quicke and subtill in minde proude and ambitious of disposition froward and enuious a great practiser of magicke and nigromancie and to bee shorte that hee was ignoraunt in no vice neither was there any lewde attempt that hee feared to enterprise who taking his best opportunitie counseled Mahomet to take vpon him the name of a Prophet and to giue him the greater credit by magicke and other diuelis●… practises hee illuded the people with some false myracles in somuch as his wife and most familiar friendes began to admire Mahomet and to reuerence him as a holy Prophet But were it the vengeaunce of God sent to abase his pride or the malice of the deuill by this plague to colour his impious enterprise Mahomet was many times stroken with the falling euill whose straunge passions much amazed both his wife and houshold seruauntes which Mahomet thus excused that the Angell of God oftentimes talked with him and vnable as a man to sustaine his diuine presence he entered into this agonie and alteration of spirit and that by this visitation he forelearned what was the almightie will and pleasure of God whose expresse charge he followed By these subtil illusions protestations he not only seduced his familliar friendes and allies but by his cunning and their false rumours he was admired and reputed through the greater part of Arabia as the Prophet of God Mahomet growing to be thus popular and after the death of his wife sole possessed of a great masse of wealth by the incouragement of Sergius he published abrode that he was sente from God into the worlde to giue lawes vnto the people and for that he was by his industrie learned in all lawes in the beginning till he had well rooted his damnable sect to reaue himselfe of many dangerous enemies in parte he accorded with the Iewes in part with the Christians and moreouer in many thinges he agreed with the heretiques which raigned in his time he denyed the Trinitie with the Sabellicans with the Macedonians he denyed that the holy Ghost was God and approued the multitude of wiues with the Nicolaites on the other part he confessed that our Sauiour and Redeemer was a holy Prophet and that he had the spirite of God with the Iewes he receyued circumcision and to be short being of no religion hee entertained the professours of euery religion but especially his wicked law tollerated al carnal vices wtout controlement Ma●…omet being by these means strong and puissant he made his lawe named the Alcoran and for that he distrusted the goodnes thereof he generally forbad all men vpon the paine of death not so much as to dispute of his lawe In the beginning of these matters he was strengthened with the multitude and such as were seduced with his false perswasions Also there ioyned with him all the vicious and carnal men which in those dayes abounded through the world by whose ayde he assaulted the confines of Arabia and subiected a great part thereof His beginning was about the yeere of the Lord 620. in the time of the Emperour Eraclies who so soone as he had news of Mahomets proceedings as Platinus witnesseth he prepared a remedie perfourmed the same in part intertaining for this seruice with large promises the Scenits a warlike people of Arabia so that this new sect was in a maner stifeled for a time notwithstanding the Emperour greatly erred that he followed not his purpose vntill he had cleane plucked vp this wicked roote which brought forth such dangerous and damnable seed for in not continuing his enterprise he did much hurt in beginning of the same for because he kept not promise with the Scenites and payed them their accustomed wages they in despight thereof ioyned with Mahomet seeing that he was in great reputation holden for the Prophet of God they chose him for their captaine Afterwardes he and his people assailed the Empire of the ROMAINS and entering into Syria they conquered the noble citie of Damas with all Egypt Iudea the adioyning countries Mahomet then perswaded the Sarisens a people of Arabia that the land of promise belonged vnto them as the legittimate successors of Abraham and hauing thus fortunate successe in his enterprises he made warre vpon the Persians by whom he was at the first vanquished but in the ende he had the vpper hand To conclude after that Mahomet had compassed great and horrible matters he was poysoned in the 40. yeere of his age and as Sabellicus sayth in the yeere of our Lord 6 2. And for that Mahomet would often say that after his death he should ascend vp into heauen his disciples kept him aboue the ground vntill his bodie stuncke as badde as his soule which was then closed in iron and by his sayde disciples was carried into the Citie of Meque in Persia where he is worshipped of all the people of the East yea of the greater part of the worlde Califus succeeded Mahomet in the Empire and Hali succeeded Califus these two greatly augmented the secte of Mahomet and so from tyme to tyme by diuers meanes and successions and Principally for our sinnes and through the cowardlines of the Emperors of the East this pestilence continueth vnto our age And certaynely if Gods mercie and the diligence of the Emperour CHARLES the fifte had not stopped the passage and determination of the great Turke SOLYMAN Italie and all the West hadbene in daunger of this infection God be praised for his prouidence and when it standeth with his good will all good people doe desire that there may bee such vnitie among Christian Princes as ioyning their forces together they may be able to confounde the tyrannie of this enemie of many thousand millions of mens saluation