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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04459	An apologie or answere in defence of the Churche of Englande with a briefe and plaine declaration of the true religion professed and vsed in the same.; Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae. English	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.; Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.	1564 (1564)	STC 14591; ESTC S101072	92,781	278

this presente through Goddes goodnes the Gospell is taught where is there more maiesties where is there lesse arrogancie and tirrannye where is the Prince more honored where be the people lesse 〈…〉 hathe there at anye time the 〈◊〉 wealthe or the Churche beene 〈◊〉 Perhappes ye will say 〈◊〉 the firste beginninge of this 〈◊〉 the common sorte euerye wheare 〈◊〉 to rage and to ryse throughout 〈◊〉 Alowe it were so yet Martin Luther the publisher and setter 〈◊〉 of this doctrine didde write 〈◊〉 behementlye and sharpely against them and reclamed them home to 〈◊〉 and obedience But whereas it is wont sometime to be obiected by personnes wantinge skil 〈◊〉 the Heluetians chaunge of 〈◊〉 and killinge of Leopoldus the duke of Austria and restoringe by force their Countrie to libertie that was donne as 〈◊〉 playtielye by all stories for 〈◊〉 hundreth and threescore yeares past or aboue vnder Boniface the ●ight when the authoritie of the Byshop of Rome was in greatest solitie about two hundreth yeres before Hulderike Zuinglius eyther beganne to teache the Gospell or yet was borne And euer sen●e that tyme they haue hadde all thinges still and quiet not onelye from forreine ennemies but also from ciuell dissension And of it were a sinne in the Heluetians to deliuer their owne countrie from foreine gouernemente speciallye when they were so proudelye and tyrannoullye oppressed yet to burthen vs with other mennes faultes or them with the faultes of their forefathers is against all right and reasone But O immortall God and will the Bysshoppe of Rome accuse vs of treason will hee teache the people to obeye and folowe their Magistrates or hath hee anye regarde at all of the Maiestie of Princes whye doothe hee then as none of the olde Bysshoppes of Rome heretofore euer didde suffre hym selfe to bee called of his flaterers Lorde of Lordes as though hee woulde haue all 〈◊〉 and Princes whoe and what 〈…〉 they are to bee his vnderlinges 〈◊〉 doothe hee vaunte hym selfe to bee 〈◊〉 al kynges and to haue kyngelye 〈◊〉 ouer his Subiectes why 〈◊〉 he al emperors princes to swere 〈…〉 and true obedience Whye 〈…〉 that the Emperours 〈◊〉 is a thowsandfould inferiour to hym and for this reason speciallye bycause God hath made two lyghtes in the heauen and bycause heauen and 〈◊〉 were created not at two beginninges but at on Why hath he and hys comp●tes like Anabaptistes and 〈◊〉 to thende they myght ronne on more licenciouslye and careleslye shakē of the yoke and exempted themselues from being vnder all ●iuell power why hath he his Legates asmuche to saye as most s●●tle spyes lieng in wayte in all 〈◊〉 Courtes Councells and priuey 〈◊〉 whye doth he when he ly●● 〈◊〉 Christian Princes one against an other and at his owne pleasure trouble the whole worlde with debate and discorde why dothe hee excommunicat● and commaund to be taken as a heathen and a Pagan any Christian prince that renounceth his authoritie and why promiseth he his Indulgences his pardōs largely to any that will what way soeuer it be kil any of his ennemies Doth hee maintaine Empires and kingdomes Or dothe hee once desire that common quiete should be prouided for You must pardonne vs good Reader though wee seeme to vtter these thinges more bitterlye and bitingly then it becommeth Diuines to doe For bothe the shamfulnes of the matter and the desire of rule in the Bysshoppe of Rome is so exceeding and outragious that it could not well be vttered with other words or more mildly For he is not ashamed to say in open assemblie that all iurisdiction of al kinges dothe depend vpon himselfe And to feed his ambitiō greedines of rule hath he pulled in peeces the Empire of Rome and hered and rent whole Christendom 〈◊〉 falsely and trenterouslie also did he release y e Romains y e Italians him 〈◊〉 to of the othe wherby they and hee 〈◊〉 straightly bound to bee true to the Emperour of Grecia and stirred vp the Emperours subiects to forsake him and taking Carolus Martellus out of Frāce into Italie made him Emperour such a thing as neuer was seene before He put Ch●perieus the Frenche king being no euel prince beside his realm only because he fansied him not and wrongfullie placed Pipin in his roume Againe after he had cast out king Philip if he could haue brought it so to passe he had determined apointed y e kingdom of Fraunce to Albertus king of Romaines He vtterly de●●oied the state of y e most florishing cyty cōmō weale of Florēce his own natiue coūtrie brought it out of a free peasable state to be gouerned at y e pleasure of on mā he brought to passe by his procurement y e whole Sauoy on the one side was miserably spoyled by Themperour Charles the fifth and on the other syde by the Frenche kinge so as the vnfortunate duke had scant one Citie left him to hyde his head in Wee are cloyed with exaumples in this behalfe and it shoulde bee very tedious to recken vp all the notorious deedes of the Byshops of Rome Of which side were they I beseche you whiche poysoned Henry Themperour euen in the receauinge of the sacrament whiche poysoned Victor the Pope euen in y e receauing of y e Chalice which poysoned our king Iohn kinge of England in a drinkinge cuppe whosoeuer at least they were and of what sect soeuer I am sure they were neither Lutherians nor Zwinglians What is hee at this daye whiche alloweth the mightiest Kinges and Monarches of the worlde to kisse his blessed feete What is hee that commaundeth the Emperour to goe by him at his horse bridell and the Frenche king to holde his stirrop Who hurled vnder his table Fraunces Dandalus the duke of ●enice Kinge of Creta and Cypres fast bound with chaines to feed of bones amonge his dogges Who set the Emperiall crowne vpon the Emperour Henry the sixthys head not with his hand but with his foote and with the same foote againe cast the same crowne of sayinge withall hee had power to make Emperours and to vnmake them againe at his pleasure Who put in armes Henry the sonne against Themperour his father Henry the fourth and wrought so that the Father was taken prisoner of his owne sonne and beinge shorne and shamfullye handeled was thruste into a monasterie where with hunger sorow he diued away to death Who so ilfauoredlye and monstrouslye put the Emperour Frederikes necke vnder his feet and as though that were not sufficient added further this texte out of the Psalmes Thou shalt go vpon the Adder and corkatrice and shalt treade the Lyon and Dragon vnder thy feete Suche an example of scorninge and contemninge ● Princes maiestie as neuer before this was heard tell of in any remembruance except I weene either of Tamerlanes the kinge of Scithia a wilde and barbarous creature or els of Sapor king of