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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

sight of God that he will not haue the very blood of murtherers shed but either by his vengeance or publike iustice when he saith Whosoeuer slaieth Kaine it shall be auenged seuen fold yea God set a marke vpō Caine that it might be known that he had reserued the punishmēt of Caines fault vnto his own iustice Uengeance belongeth to the Lord a positiue iustice is set downe vnto men Her Maiesty knoweth that she receiued her kingdome of God by his holy commandements she gouerneth the same she séeketh not the life of traitors but where her own lawes are in force If any of thē slip ouer beyond the seas as vagrāts vagabōds vpō the earth she pursueth thē no further but referreth their trespasses to Gods iustice who cōtinually powreth cōfusion vpō thē yet according to the Psalmist they stil draw their sword to sley such as are of a right cōuersatiō but the Lord laugheth thē to scorne causeth their swords to go through their own harts Madder Barlow would not be counselled by other mēs harmes they practised murther the murther of no small personages but euen of such as by their wisdoms next vnder God her Maiestie saue the liues of many thousands of good English subiects but God be praised they cōspired their owne destruction they were rotten w e the gallowes before their mischiefe was rife What a desperat instrumēt had the Pope of late by his Iesuits alluremēt piked out of harebraine Someruile to murder the Quéens maiesty a gentlemā though far vnworthy the name always void of gouermēt and in the end so far past grace as he desperately hanged himselfe He went resolutely about his mischiefe but he was one of them whome God shot at with a swift arrow that wounded him his owne toong made him to fall all that heard of him laughed him to scorne his owne toong first bewraied him his harebraine unschiefe was without worldly iudgement his graceles end without spiritual remembrance her Maiesty was thus rid of a rotten member but not of the Popes mallice nor of all her subiects treason Parry came in his place a right Orleance Doctor of which sort of Doctors is risen this frenche prouerbe Paies ●…argent passe docteur Asne Pay your money and procéede doctor Asse But this right Atheist Parry although he were not learned yet he hauing no grace had but too much wit by his ingenious reaches Many yeares he carried a port aboue his calling he disdained his fathers name vp Hary who liued by kéeping of an alehouse changed the same vnto Parry but the vices of his youth insolency pride riot and a mischeuous spirit accompanied him to the gallowes Frō this base reckoning by fortune in marriadge he attained the wealth grew to the credit of a Gentleman but as the saying is Goods easely gotten are many times idlely spent To be short he wanted no sleight to acquire fauour nor had any honestie to kéepe a friend But albeit his shifts supplyed many wants his ryot in the end outspended both his fortune and credite and béeing pursued for debt at the sute of Hugh Hare Gentleman he committed a wilfull and violent outrage vppon the sayd Hugh Hare for which the law condemned him of Burglarie and her Maiesties onely clemencie gaue him life a fauour that woulde haue bounde the cruellest Turke to be thankefull and carefull of her Maiesties safetie but hée béeing an Atheist shewed hymselfe euerie waye worsse then a Turke who reuerenceth some forme of Religion His guiltie conscience tooke awaye all hope of aduancement vnlesse he rose by some notable mischiefe his vngratious spirit still worked vpon this Machiuell like counsell If thou wilt be any thing do some thing worthy of fetters He had put this in practise but his desire followed not the diuell then put him in mind that it must be matter worthie the gallowes and all manner of reproch that must doe him good euen to kill the Quéenes maiesty who not long before had giuen him life when the lawes of her realme had adiudged him death His owne confession sheweth that want and mistrust of preferment first put this damnable practise in his head The most infirmed eyes may sée by his owne demonstration that he made no conscience to do it yea that all his ceremonies in obtaining the allowance absolution and plenarie indulgence of the Pope was but onely to acquire credite and more liberall aduauncement for his odious seruice he was diswaded from the matter by many Papists but hée sought not their opinions to any such purpose he saw no other meane of aduauncement it was for liuing and promotion that he sought and without that as he confessed life was not fit for him for all his painted protestation of the holy obseruaunce both of his vowes and promises if he had not comforted himselfe more with these words in the Cardinals letter of the Popes assurance That his holinesse will further make himselfe debtour to acknowledge your deseruings in the best manner that he can then in these words he granteth vnto you his blessing plenarie indulgence and remission of all your sinnes He would haue made more reckoning of ten pound then ten such warrants he shewed what he was neither whot nor colde vnfaithfull to her Maiestie and vntrue to the Pope He broke his promise with the Pope and violated his vowes in heauen with contrary othes vppon earth He swore to the supremacie in the beginning of the Parliament and after he had solemnely receiued the Sacrament to kill her Maiesty he swore he neuer meant to doe it but as there was no zeale in the first so there is lesse credite to be giuen to the last being contrary to a number of the assurances of the execution of his wicked purposes as appeareth in a booke of the whole order and triall of his horrible treasons To conclude the whole course of his life sheweth that the diuell could not haue picked forth a more daungerous instrument for the Popes purpose and by his execution as a Traitour Gods prouidence is wonderfully glorified the Popes inhumanitie is proclaimed and if examples may worke amendement a number of false harted subiectes by the myraculous preseruation of her Maiesty may be brought to a louing obedience c. CHAP. 11. The most fortunate and peaceable victorie which her Maiestie had against the Spanish and Italian forces togither with the miserable confusion of Iames Fitz-moris the Earle of Desmond and Sir Iohn his brother and other the Popes confederates in Ireland with other considerations of Gods prouidence in the defence of her maiestie and Dominions FEarefull are that sayings of the Psalmist in many passages where he Prophisieth the destruction and confusion of the wicked They saith he shal be like the chaffe which the winde scatereth from the face of the earth They shall fall into the destruction they made for other They shal be