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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

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

demaunded Papa cuius partis orationis sayd that papa was participii partis quia partem capit a clere partem a seculari partem ab vtroque cum totius orbis doloris significatione sine modis temporibus That is to say this word Pope is a Participle for he receiues of the spiritualitie he receiues of the temporalitie and parteth stakes on both sides without measure or ende to the great anguishe sorrow of all the world may truly be sayd somewhat I haue discoursed and much more other nations haue felt neither yet hath little England which some holde not part of the worlde bene exempt from his rauening crosses no better then curses but through his meane hath beene partaker of other countries calamities King Inas made the whole lande tributary to the Pope and further vpon suggestion that Thomas Becket archbishop of Caunterbury was slaine by the kinges consent the whole land was a great while in subiection and at the disposition of the Pope It is a wonder but that God would haue it so that no worthy Prince did vnmaske the painted village of this glorious Pope in so long continuaunce of his errour yea the continuaunce of his kingdome is a great matter of his glory and a colour that yet deceauesh many but Sainct Paule sufficiently aunsweareth the matter saying that God shoulde send such an efficacie in errour that men shoulde giue credite vnto falsehood not onely for a day but for a long continuaunce of time but as there was a beginning of all that is bisiblye seene so there shall be an ende of the greatest glorye that our eyes may behold And although the ten kinges figured by the beast with ten hornes in the seuentéene of the Apocalips which shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and that shall eat her flesh and burne her with fire is meant in that passage as a prophesie of the destruction of the Empire of Rome yet graunting the same you shall easely finde out Antichrist by the whore that sate vpon the seuen hilles before described I haue in the Chapter before touched the most of the tenne kinges which Saint Iohn speaketh of which destroyed and spoyled Rome But for that I haue not set them successiuely done in the other chapter but onely remembred those that entred Rome by force I holde it not amisse in this place breifly to remember them Radaigasus the first king of the Gothes which entred Italy with two hundred thousande Gothes can not be reckoned for one of them for that without doing any great damage he was ouercome taken prisoner and strangled by Stilicon captaine of the Emperour Honorius army 1 Alarick was then the first king of the Gothes and straunger that entred and spoyled Rome 2 Adolphus was the seconde who if the intercession of his wife Placida Honorius sister had not appeased his furye had vtterly subuerted Rome 3 Generick king of the Vandals was the thirde that spoyled Rome 4 Odoacer as some say a Saxon was the fourth king that punished Rome and first of all named him selfe king of Italy 5 Theodarich king of the Gothes was the fift who and his heyres occupied the empire 50. yeares 6 Athalarick Theodarich sonne was the sixt 7 Theodat successour of Athalarick also king of the Gothes was the seuenth 8 Vitiges was the 8. king this Vitiges left Rome naked of all her beautifull buildinges and auntient priuiledges 9 Tottill king of the Gothes was the ninth who destroyed Rome more then the rest and this wound lasted 42. moneths as it is written in the Apoc. 13. for it was three yeere and a halfe before Bellisarius repayred Rome after her first ruine by Tottill 10 Telas succéeded Tottil and was the last king of the Gothes that gouerned Rome who in the beginning of his raigne was vanquished taken prisoner and put to death by Nasetes chief of the Emperour Iustinians army In this sort did God chasten this Empire of Rome and albeit God hath appointed other then carnall weapons to confound Antichrist who being the enemy of God is threatned to be confounded by Gods owne worde yet to ioyne shame with his ouerthrow visible vengeance is séene to raigne vppon him For to what nation is not his deformitie knowne and as by peece meales he clymed to the highest degrée of worldly dignitye euen so by a lingring consumption he is almost wasted to nothing or in the best construction brought vnto a vile reputation and as I haue here showne his florishing pride and pompe euen so occasion will hereafter minister matter in sundry places of his ruine disgrace and daylye defeats whose vtter confusion God for his sonnes sake speedely graunt Amen CHAP. 7. Of the enuy of Sergius a monke of Constantinople who being banished for heresie fledde into Arabia vnto Mahomet by whose diuelish pollicies ambitious Mahomet forced the people to holde him for a Prophet which damnable sect vntil this day hath beene nourished with the bloud of many thousandes LAmentable and most lamentable are the blouddye cruelties manifested in my former discourses but this one act of enuy broched the extreamest venim of the diuell For although in my recited examples I haue published open iniuries both against God and man yet were they executed on those persons whose glory the enuious beheld or in the worst degrée to bury the remembraunce of their vertues which they imagined woulde lessen their account But this fact of Sergius was drawne many degrees more extreame who though he sufficiently bewrayed the enuie that he beare to his superiours authoritie béeng a Monke in Constantinople in that he raysed damnable heresies to make him selfe famous yet the sect of Mahomet which his accursed head first plāted in Arabia hath left an impossibility to Belzabub to scatter in the world a more blasphemy against God and iniury towardes men whose opinions buried millions of soules in hell whose bodies were to forme many hundred yéeres after his departure vnto the Diuell The actions of whom and originall of Mahomets sect ensueth Sundry are the opinions of what parentage and countrye this false Prophet Mahomet was Platinus sayeth that he sprong from noble line But Pomponius Letus a moste diligent authour in the abridgement of the Romane history affirmeth that he was of a race base vile and obscure which may the rather be credited for that a man so euill in whome was nothing worthye of memorye but malice and iniquitie may hardly be the issue of noble bloud Some saye he was a Persian some other an Arabian and both opinions not without reason for that at that time the Persians gouerned Arabia Touching his father were he noble or villayne sure it is that he was a Gentill and neither Iewe nor Christian by his mothers side the better opinion is that he descended from Abraham by the ligne of his sonne Ismaell whom he had by his Chamber mayd Agar and so as a Iewe obserued the lawe of