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             The friers chronicle: or, The true legend of priests and monkes liues
             T. G., fl. 1623.
             Gainsford, Thomas, d. 1624?, attributed name.
             Goad, Thomas, 1576-1638, attributed name.
          
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             Printed for Iohn Budge: and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Churchyard, at the signe of the Greene Dragon,
             London :
             1623.
          
           
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           THE
           FRIERS
           CHRONICLE
           :
           
             OR
             ,
          
           THE
           TRVE
           LEGEND
           OF
           PRIESTS
           AND
           MONKES
           LIVES
           .
        
         
           
             Sua
             cuique
             ,
             mihi
             mea
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Budge
             :
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           in
           
             Pauls
          
           Churchyard
           ,
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           
             Greene
             Dragon
             .
          
           1623.
           
        
      
       
         
           
           
             TUm
             puppe
             è
             media
             magno
             clamore
             Sacerdos
             :
          
           
             Parcite
             pollutis
             contingere
             vincula
             palmis
             ,
          
           
             Et
             procul
             hinc
             moneo
             ,
             procul
             hinc
             quaecunque
             prophanae
          
           
             Ferte
             gradus
             ,
             nec
             vos
             casto
             miscete
             labori
             ,
          
           
             Dum
             satis
             est
             mouisse
             deae
             :
             quod
             si
             qua
             pudica
          
           
             Mente
             valet
             ,
             si
             qua
             illae
             si
             sibi
             corporis
             adstat
             ,
          
           
             Constat
             ,
             vel
             sola
             subeat
             pia
             munera
             dextra
             .
          
        
         
           Silius
           Italic
           .
           lib.
           17.
           
           Bell.
           Punicum
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONORABLE
           THE
           
             Countesse
             of
          
           DEVONSHIRE
           ,
           with
           all
           her
           other
           well-deseruing
           VERTVES
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honorable
             ,
          
        
         
           ALthough
           such
           Ladies
           as
           your selfe
           ,
           are
           either
           compared
           to
           rich
           Caskets
           ,
           containing
           within
           thē
           more
           richer
           Iewels
           ,
           or
           resembled
           to
           precious
           Diamonds
           ,
           made
           the
           more
           glorious
           by
           
           enameling
           ,
           and
           the
           cunning
           of
           the
           workman
           :
           yet
           ,
           I
           protest
           ,
           beeing
           an
           eye-witnesse
           of
           your
           constant
           resort
           vnto
           wisedomes
           Feast
           ;
           and
           apprehensiue
           ,
           that
           you
           loue
           Religion
           meerely
           for
           Gods
           loue
           :
           that
           alone
           hath
           incited
           mee
           to
           select
           you
           the
           Patronesse
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           whereby
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           ,
           you
           shall
           not
           onely
           runne
           with
           
             Zacheus
          
           to
           the
           top
           of
           a
           Figge-tree
           to
           behold
           IESVS
           :
           but
           bee
           glad
           in
           your
           very
           soule
           ,
           that
           your
           foot-steps
           are
           fixed
           in
           the
           way
           of
           saluation
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           now
           going
           on
           in
           the
           path
           ,
           that
           will
           conduct
           you
           to
           new
           Ierusalem
           .
        
         
           The
           Worke
           it selfe
           is
           the
           Discouery
           of
           the
           vnswept
           corners
           of
           Popish
           Monasteries
           :
           The
           Instrument
           wherewith
           it
           is
           done
           ,
           though
           it
           bee
           not
           the
           Prophets
           Lanterne
           and
           Candle
           to
           search
           the
           great
           Citie
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           the
           opening
           of
           a
           Booke
           ,
           wherein
           you
           may
           reade
           such
           loathsome
           particulars
           against
           Papistry
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           friends
           behalfe
           ,
           you
           will
           doe
           ,
           as
           wee
           were
           wont
           to
           doe
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           euen
           spit
           at
           the
           naming
           of
           the
           Diuell
           :
           and
           in
           your
           owne
           ,
           lift
           vp
           
           your
           hands
           to
           Heauen
           with
           thanksgiuing
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           blessed
           you
           with
           a
           better
           knowledge
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           ,
           is
           I
           confesse
           ,
           no
           Diuine
           ,
           but
           a
           penitent
           sinner
           ,
           and
           one
           that
           would
           faine
           striue
           to
           be
           a
           doore-keeper
           in
           the
           House
           of
           GOD
           ,
           who
           hath
           taken
           this
           mercy
           vpon
           him
           ,
           to
           welcome
           him
           home
           with
           better
           acates
           ,
           then
           to
           feed
           with
           the
           Hogges
           at
           the
           troughs
           :
           My
           name
           you
           shall
           sure
           finde
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           carry
           an
           vnpleasant
           accent
           ,
           oh
           bee
           thus
           honourable
           ,
           to
           admit
           of
           one
           good
           qualitie
           ,
           as
           the
           mirrour
           of
           his
           time
           Sir
           
             Philip
             Sidney
          
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           .
           For
           a
           great
           many
           haue
           none
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           hath
           all
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Honors
             humbly
             deuoted
             ,
          
        
         
           T.
           G.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           FRIERS
           CHRONICLE
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           TRVE
           LEGEND
           OF
           PRIESTS
           AND
           MONKES
           LIVES
           .
        
         
           I
           Make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           that
           true
           and
           wel
           written
           Discourse
           of
           the
           
             Anatomie
             of
             the
             English
             Nunnery
             at
          
           Lisbone
           
             in
          
           Portugall
           ,
           hath
           not
           onely
           had
           a
           gracious
           acceptation
           with
           you
           ,
           but
           vvrought
           vpon
           your
           iudgements
           and
           vnderstanding
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           abhorring
           their
           impieties
           ,
           and
           lamenting
           the
           seduction
           of
           silly
           Ignorants
           ,
           vvho
           ,
           I
           dare
           affirme
           ,
           being
           brought
           out
           into
           the
           sunnie
           splendour
           of
           Truth
           and
           Discouerie
           ,
           would
           either
           vvonder
           ,
           where
           and
           how
           they
           haue
           been
           so
           long
           detained
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           or
           make
           sport
           at
           such
           ridiculous
           
           absurdities
           ,
           as
           they
           haue
           beene
           befooled
           withall
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           there
           remaines
           much
           more
           to
           be
           spoken
           out
           of
           other
           Relations
           ,
           and
           vndeniable
           Verity
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           pride
           of
           
             Babel
          
           loathsome
           to
           true
           
             Christian
          
           soules
           ,
           and
           the
           impieties
           of
           that
           Man
           of
           sinne
           abhorred
           of
           all
           iudicious
           and
           vnderstanding
           men
           :
           I
           haue
           heere
           vnder-taken
           further
           searches
           for
           the
           good
           of
           all
           true-hearted
           Protestants
           indeed
           .
           And
           although
           I
           haue
           no
           such
           portion
           allotted
           ,
           as
           with
           the
           Prophets
           Lanterne
           and
           Candle
           to
           search
           the
           vnswept
           corners
           of
           
             Ierusalem
             ;
          
           or
           with
           Christs
           rodde
           of
           cords
           to
           whip
           the
           buyers
           and
           sellers
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           :
           yet
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           haue
           strength
           enough
           to
           wrastle
           downe
           the
           Strumpet
           ,
           and
           lay
           her
           flat
           on
           her
           back
           to
           the
           hissing
           of
           the
           passengers
           .
        
         
           For
           all
           the
           painting
           of
           
             Iezabel
             ,
          
           and
           adorning
           of
           her
           head
           to
           seeme
           more
           maiesticall
           to
           
             Iehu
             :
          
           she
           was
           yet
           at
           the
           last
           thrown
           out
           of
           the
           window
           ,
           and
           dashed
           against
           the
           ground
           :
           so
           shall
           
             Babylon
          
           that
           great
           Citie
           beserued
           ,
           in
           the
           end
           shee
           shall
           be
           set
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           the
           Merchants
           of
           the
           earth
           shall
           howle
           at
           her
           desolation
           ,
           amazed
           afarre
           off
           at
           her
           falling
           to
           rubbish
           ,
           and
           beholding
           her
           smoake
           to
           ascend
           ,
           like
           the
           smoake
           of
           a
           furnace
           :
           vvherein
           that
           you
           may
           see
           the
           reason
           of
           Gods
           indignation
           ,
           and
           whereby
           you
           may
           intertaine
           certaine
           motiues
           for
           your
           owne
           conuersion
           ,
           or
           establishment
           ;
           I
           haue
           heere
           taken
           vpon
           me
           to
           discouer
           ,
           how
           the
           
             Popish
          
           Clergie
           left
           and
           forsooke
           the
           
           pure
           waters
           of
           
             Siloa
             ,
          
           to
           drinke
           the
           puddled
           streames
           of
           Traditions
           and
           filthinesse
           ,
           scorned
           to
           quench
           their
           thirst
           ,
           and
           buy
           milke
           and
           food
           without
           money
           ,
           but
           would
           needs
           vvith
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           pay
           deare
           for
           spirituall
           gifts
           :
           and
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           denied
           to
           come
           to
           wisedomes
           Feast
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           runne
           a
           whoring
           after
           their
           owne
           inuentions
           ,
           and
           feed
           their
           sensuall
           carkases
           with
           the
           banquet
           and
           acates
           of
           their
           owne
           desires
           ,
           and
           deuising
           .
        
         
           At
           first
           I
           determined
           no
           method
           ,
           or
           diuision
           ,
           supposing
           that
           the
           spredding
           of
           instances
           &
           examples
           would
           haue
           afforded
           sufficient
           contentment
           to
           the
           Reader
           for
           the
           subiect
           in
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           detection
           of
           sundry
           foule
           abuses
           in
           Popery
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           in
           the
           liues
           of
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           :
           but
           finding
           the
           streame
           to
           come
           downe
           with
           a
           maine
           current
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           stopping
           or
           damming
           it
           vp
           too
           close
           ,
           would
           ouer-flow
           the
           fields
           ,
           and
           spoile
           much
           good
           ground
           .
           I
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           cut
           out
           certaine
           riuolets
           ,
           and
           passages
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Riuer
           might
           runne
           betweene
           bounded
           Bankes
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           lookers
           on
           receiue
           both
           pleasure
           and
           profit
           in
           the
           handsome
           keeping
           their
           channels
           .
           For
           which
           purpose
           if
           you
           runne
           about
           the
           streame
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           out
           certaine
           deceitfull
           Nookes
           ,
           Holes
           ,
           Creekes
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           Flats
           or
           Shelues
           .
           First
           ,
           of
           lying
           Miracles
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           coozening
           Deuices
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           Whoredome
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           Epicurisme
           .
           Fiftly
           ,
           Thefts
           and
           Robberies
           .
           Sixtly
           ,
           Murthers
           .
           Seuenthly
           ,
           Blasphemies
           .
           Eighthly
           ,
           grosse
           Ignorance
           .
           Ninthly
           ,
           Beastlines
           .
           Tenthly
           ,
           Fooleries
           &
           Absurdities
           .
           Eleuenthly
           ,
           Impieties
           :
           and
           12.
           
           Simony
           .
           Of
           all
           which
           in
           order
           ,
           or
           as
           orderly
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           place
           
           them
           in
           their
           seates
           of
           precedencie
           ,
           or
           tye
           them
           to
           any
           coherence
           of
           depending
           one
           vpon
           another
           ;
           but
           to
           shew
           you
           with
           what
           palpable
           grosenesse
           they
           proceeded
           to
           ouerthrow
           True
           Religion
           ,
           and
           iustified
           themselues
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           countenance
           their
           wickednesse
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           neuer
           so
           foule
           delinquents
           .
        
         
           I
           leaue
           to
           dispute
           of
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           Schoole-questions
           ,
           fundamentall
           Controuersies
           ,
           Church-Ceremonies
           ,
           the
           
             Popes
          
           Supremacie
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           tedious
           disceptations
           ,
           which
           haue
           clogged
           vs
           with
           heauy
           burthens
           ,
           and
           filled
           Libraries
           with
           thousands
           of
           Volumes
           ,
           and
           onely
           at
           this
           time
           with
           
             Elias
          
           gather
           vp
           my
           cloathes
           for
           a
           cursorie
           iourney
           ,
           and
           take
           my
           staffe
           in
           my
           hand
           ,
           to
           goe
           the
           more
           speedier
           forward
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           confesse
           ,
           I
           must
           passe
           ouer
           much
           ground
           vnseene
           ,
           and
           vnmarked
           :
           So
           I
           beseech
           you
           (
           gentle
           Reader
           )
           censure
           mee
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           and
           excuse
           my
           not
           fully
           satisfying
           of
           you
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           hastinesse
           of
           my
           iourney
           ,
           and
           the
           small
           time
           I
           allot
           my selfe
           for
           the
           dispatch
           of
           my
           businesse
           :
           onely
           herein
           I
           dare
           be
           confident
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           step
           I
           make
           ,
           but
           I
           haue
           warrant
           for
           my
           footing
           ;
           nor
           Story
           I
           relate
           ,
           but
           is
           extracted
           out
           of
           the
           bookes
           of
           their
           owne
           
             Magazines
             ,
          
           and
           Authoritie
           of
           their
           former
           Writers
           .
           And
           so
           I
           conclude
           this
           Preface
           with
           the
           Poet
           :
        
         
           
             Qui
             legis
             Oedipodem
             ,
             caligantemque
             Thiestem
             ,
             
          
           
             Calchidas
             &
             Scyllas
             ,
             quid
             nisi
             monstra
             legis
             ?
          
           
             Quid
             te
             vana
             iuuant
             miserae
             ludibria
             Chartae
             ?
          
           
             Hoc
             lege
             ,
             quod
             possis
             dicere
             iure
             ,
             meum
             est
             .
          
        
         
           Concerning
           their
           Miracles
           :
           If
           euer
           
             Iris
          
           was
           
             Thaumantis
          
           
           
           
             Filia
             ,
          
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Wonder
           :
           I
           will
           bee
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           hee
           that
           writ
           their
           Golden
           Legend
           ,
           was
           the
           father
           of
           Lyes
           ;
           but
           because
           there
           are
           so
           many
           bookes
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           Discoueries
           concerning
           their
           ridiculous
           Stories
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Papists
           themselues
           haue
           been
           ashamed
           of
           such
           palpable
           grosenesse
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           absurditie
           ,
           I
           will
           insist
           the
           lesser
           on
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           so
           leaue
           you
           to
           the
           liues
           of
           their
           Saints
           ,
           
             Costerus
             ,
          
           Doctor
           
             Sheldon
             ,
          
           the
           Story
           of
           Saint
           
             Patrick
             :
          
           the
           old
           Chronicle
           of
           
             Clayton
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           Authors
           :
           yet
           some
           Collections
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           ;
           and
           so
           you
           shall
           haue
           these
           few
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           
             Dionysius
             Areopagita
          
           afterward
           canonized
           ,
           tooke
           vp
           his
           head
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           strooke
           off
           ,
           and
           carried
           it
           two
           mile
           in
           his
           hand
           :
           hee
           is
           recorded
           for
           a
           blessed
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           many
           miracles
           done
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Dunstane
          
           playing
           the
           Goldsmith
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           at
           worke
           ,
           took
           the
           Diuel
           by
           the
           Nose
           with
           a
           paire
           of
           Pincers
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           roare
           out-right
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Bernard
          
           turned
           Oken
           Leaues
           ,
           into
           Loaues
           ,
           by
           changing
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           was
           wafted
           ouer
           the
           Sea
           vpon
           a
           stone
           .
        
         
           One
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           of
           
             Ioseph
          
           of
           
             Arimatheas
          
           company
           sailed
           ouer
           a
           passage
           vpon
           his
           sonnes
           Shirt
           ;
           as
           Frier
           
             Herneus
          
           did
           vpon
           his
           Mantle
           :
           and
           Saint
           
             Francis
             ,
          
           between
           
             Naples
          
           and
           
             Messina
          
           vpon
           a
           Cloake
           ,
           hauing
           no
           money
           to
           pay
           the
           Ferry-boat
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Nicholas
          
           fasted
           Wednesdayes
           and
           Fridayes
           ,
           when
           hee
           was
           an
           infant
           in
           the
           Cradle
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           sucke
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Christopher
          
           pitched
           his
           Staffe
           into
           the
           ground
           ,
           
           and
           it
           budded
           :
           at
           the
           sight
           whereof
           ,
           8000.
           
           Pagans
           became
           Christians
           .
        
         
           Bishop
           
             Trian
          
           hauing
           kill'd
           his
           Cow
           and
           his
           Calfe
           to
           entertaine
           Saint
           
             Patrick
             ,
          
           was
           so
           pleasing
           to
           the
           Holy
           Man
           ,
           that
           he
           restored
           them
           againe
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           were
           found
           the
           next
           day
           feeding
           in
           the
           Meddow
           .
        
         
           A
           certaine
           Thiefe
           hauing
           stolne
           a
           sheepe
           from
           a
           poore
           man
           ,
           which
           he
           not
           onely
           denied
           ,
           but
           threatned
           his
           Accuser
           for
           slandering
           him
           ,
           was
           made
           to
           confesse
           the
           theft
           :
           For
           
             S.
             Patrick
          
           pittying
           the
           other
           ,
           caused
           the
           sheepe
           to
           bleat
           in
           the
           Theeues
           belly
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Briuius
          
           being
           but
           a
           Boy
           ,
           saw
           the
           Diuel
           behinde
           the
           Altar
           ,
           writing
           the
           peoples
           faults
           in
           Parchment
           ,
           and
           when
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           multitude
           of
           sinnes
           committed
           ,
           he
           wanted
           Parchment
           ,
           hee
           stretcht
           it
           out
           with
           his
           teeth
           ,
           till
           pulling
           too
           hard
           ,
           he
           knockt
           his
           head
           against
           the
           wall
           :
           Which
           when
           Saint
           
             Martin
          
           perceiued
           ,
           hee
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           blot
           out
           whatsoeuer
           hee
           had
           written
           .
        
         
           The
           Kings
           Daughter
           of
           
             Silena
          
           loued
           Saint
           
             George
          
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           for
           his
           sake
           shee
           cast
           her
           Girdle
           about
           the
           Dragons
           necke
           ,
           and
           led
           him
           about
           like
           a
           Spaniell
           :
           but
           afterward
           she
           broke
           loose
           ,
           and
           Saint
           
             George
          
           was
           compelled
           to
           kill
           her
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             George
          
           beeing
           cast
           into
           a
           Caldron
           of
           boiling
           Lead
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           escaped
           vn
           .
           hurt
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Saint
           
             Crispina
          
           spake
           when
           her
           tongue
           was
           cut
           out
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Margaret
          
           was
           deuoured
           of
           a
           Dragon
           ,
           and
           swallowed
           vp
           ,
           but
           remembring
           her selfe
           ,
           she
           made
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           and
           the
           Dragon
           burst
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           so
           she
           was
           deliuered
           .
        
         
         
           Two
           Nunnes
           sate
           talking
           from
           Christmas
           Eue
           to
           Midsommer
           ,
           with
           a
           child
           sitting
           on
           a
           Cushion
           betweene
           them
           ,
           in
           a
           corner
           of
           the
           Cloister
           ,
           till
           a
           Shepheard
           comming
           by
           ,
           saw
           the
           child
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           Abbesse
           ,
           who
           had
           searched
           long
           for
           these
           Sisters
           :
           but
           at
           last
           finding
           them
           ,
           she
           asked
           for
           the
           child
           :
           they
           denied
           they
           saw
           any
           :
           but
           that
           they
           were
           talking
           of
           the
           Natiuitie
           of
           Christ.
           Then
           the
           Lady
           told
           them
           how
           long
           they
           had
           sate
           ,
           when
           they
           verily
           thought
           it
           had
           been
           but
           one
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           Christmas
           .
        
         
           A
           Taper
           on
           Saint
           
             Xauiers
          
           tombe
           burnt
           full
           three
           weekes
           day
           and
           night
           without
           consuming
           :
           For
           at
           first
           it
           was
           but
           a
           cubit
           long
           ,
           and
           so
           continued
           all
           the
           while
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Katherine
          
           ouercame
           fifty
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           conuerted
           the
           Empresse
           and
           the
           Generall
           of
           the
           Emperours
           Armie
           :
           yea
           ,
           she
           broke
           a
           wheele
           with
           her
           prayers
           ,
           that
           with
           turning
           kill'd
           foure
           hundred
           Pagans
           :
           infinit
           impossibilities
           are
           written
           of
           her
           .
        
         
           
             Bernacus
          
           yoaked
           Harts
           together
           ;
           and
           tamed
           many
           Monsters
           .
        
         
           Saint
           
             Brandon
          
           sailed
           into
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           brought
           the
           blessed
           tidings
           of
           the
           ioyes
           thereof
           .
        
         
           A
           Crucifix
           of
           Wood
           re-saluted
           
             Burtismen
          
           a
           Monke
           of
           
             Durrham
             .
          
        
         
           The
           blessed
           
             Virgins
          
           house
           was
           transported
           ouer
           the
           Seas
           :
           first
           ,
           into
           
             Dalmatia
             ,
          
           then
           ,
           into
           
             Italy
             ,
          
           and
           last
           of
           all
           to
           
             Loretto
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           lying
           Miracles
           of
           Popish
           Prelates
           ,
           which
           I
           haue
           recited
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           not
           common
           ,
           nor
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           incerted
           in
           their
           
             Legend
             ,
          
           but
           alledged
           by
           substantiall
           Authors
           ,
           to
           countenance
           the
           Religion
           :
           
           but
           for
           these
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           
             Catalogue
          
           of
           the
           rest
           in
           their
           notorious
           fables
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           grieuances
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           when
           the
           Emperour
           condiscended
           to
           the
           reformation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Friers
           seduced
           them
           with
           lyes
           ,
           and
           wrought
           vpon
           the
           weakenesse
           of
           ignorant
           men
           ,
           and
           superstitious
           women
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           coozening
           deuices
           ;
           Are
           not
           yet
           men
           liuing
           ,
           
           that
           can
           remember
           the
           knauerie
           of
           Priests
           to
           make
           the
           Roodes
           and
           Images
           of
           the
           Churches
           in
           
             England
          
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           Queene
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           to
           goggle
           with
           their
           eyes
           ,
           and
           shake
           their
           hands
           :
           yea
           ,
           with
           Wiers
           to
           bend
           the
           whole
           body
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           to
           speake
           as
           they
           doe
           in
           Puppet
           playes
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           get
           money
           ,
           and
           deceiue
           the
           ignorant
           people
           ?
        
         
           Was
           not
           a
           Priest
           punished
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           for
           pricking
           his
           finger
           ,
           and
           be-bleeding
           the
           
             Corporas
             ,
          
           making
           the
           people
           beleeue
           the
           Host
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           &
           that
           there
           was
           a
           very
           child
           seen
           in
           the
           singing
           cake
           ?
        
         
           Were
           not
           all
           our
           tales
           of
           
             Fairies
             ,
             Goblins
             ,
             Robingood-fellow
             ,
             walking
             Spirits
             ,
          
           the
           knaueries
           of
           
             Priers
          
           and
           
             Priests
             ,
          
           who
           for
           belly-cheere
           ,
           and
           wanton
           Wenches
           ,
           came
           to
           houses
           by
           night
           ,
           and
           swept
           the
           roomes
           ,
           yea
           ,
           gossiped
           with
           the
           crafty
           lasciuious
           houswiues
           ?
        
         
           Is
           not
           the
           tale
           of
           Saint
           
             Bernard
          
           worth
           the
           reciting
           ,
           that
           comming
           into
           a
           Church
           to
           performe
           his
           deuotion
           ,
           perceiued
           how
           knauishly
           the
           Priests
           had
           dealt
           with
           the
           Image
           of
           our
           
             Lady
             ,
          
           to
           bid
           him
           good
           morrow
           ,
           
             Bernard
             ?
          
           whereupon
           to
           exprobrate
           their
           folly
           ,
           and
           craftie
           conueyance
           ,
           hee
           answered
           the
           Image
           in
           this
           sporting
           manner
           ;
           Peace
           ,
           
             Madam
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           lawfull
           for
           women
           to
           speake
           in
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
         
           At
           
             Strasborough
          
           a
           certaine
           superstitious
           old
           Woman
           resorted
           much
           to
           our
           
             Lady
          
           with
           sufficient
           offertories
           :
           which
           when
           the
           Priests
           perceiued
           ,
           to
           countenance
           her
           Deuotion
           ,
           they
           caused
           the
           child
           to
           speake
           &
           thanke
           her
           in
           our
           
             Ladies
          
           armes
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           woman
           looke
           strangely
           ,
           and
           speake
           some-what
           angerly
           .
           For
           shee
           presently
           replyed
           :
           Peace
           yong
           Gentleman
           ,
           I
           haue
           nothing
           to
           doe
           with
           you
           ,
           let
           mee
           heare
           what
           my
           good
           
             Lady
          
           your
           Mother
           sayes
           .
        
         
           A
           Taylor
           of
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           worshipping
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Saint
           
             Michael
             Barteldi
             ,
          
           kneeling
           downe
           ,
           beganne
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           O
           glorious
           and
           blessed
           Saint
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           tell
           me
           ,
           I
           pray
           thee
           ,
           whether
           my
           Wife
           haue
           played
           false
           ,
           and
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           my
           sonne
           .
           Which
           the
           Priests
           and
           Clarke
           hearing
           ,
           lying
           in
           wait
           for
           such
           purposes
           ,
           either
           to
           make
           sport
           ,
           or
           to
           raise
           a
           further
           profit
           ,
           made
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           thus
           reply
           :
           My
           deare
           sonne
           ,
           goe
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           to
           morrow
           thou
           shalt
           receiue
           an
           answere
           .
           The
           Taylor
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           mist
           not
           his
           houre
           ,
           nor
           forgot
           his
           offertorie
           :
           So
           he
           made
           his
           Petition
           ,
           &
           the
           Image
           answered
           :
           Thy
           Wife
           hath
           made
           thee
           Cuckold
           ,
           and
           thy
           son
           shall
           be
           hang'd
           .
           At
           which
           the
           fellow
           was
           so
           amazed
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           home
           enraged
           ,
           and
           wanted
           little
           of
           desperately
           making
           away
           himselfe
           through
           the
           villany
           of
           the
           Priests
           .
           This
           tale
           did
           
             Piero
             de
             Cosmo
             de
             medici
             ,
          
           relate
           himselfe
           to
           diuers
           of
           his
           guests
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           of
           
             Louaine
             ,
          
           called
           
             Anthony
             ,
          
           hauing
           solemnly
           inuited
           some
           merry
           companions
           to
           dinner
           ,
           knew
           not
           yet
           which
           way
           to
           intertaine
           them
           :
           For
           he
           had
           neither
           meat
           nor
           money
           :
           at
           last
           stepping
           into
           a
           neighbours
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           very
           frequent
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           seruant
           
           absent
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           pot
           from
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           carried
           it
           home
           vnder
           his
           gowne
           .
           Thus
           he
           not
           only
           supplyed
           his
           wants
           ,
           but
           powring
           out
           the
           meat
           into
           some
           other
           dish
           ,
           sent
           the
           pot
           handsomely
           made
           cleane
           ,
           as
           a
           pawne
           to
           the
           owner
           ,
           and
           borrowed
           money
           of
           it
           ,
           hauing
           a
           Bill
           of
           sale
           for
           the
           receit
           .
           The
           good
           man
           in
           the
           meane
           while
           chasing
           and
           fretting
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           dinner
           ,
           and
           theft
           of
           his
           pot
           ,
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           say
           ,
           till
           the
           Maid
           assured
           him
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           there
           but
           Sir
           
             Anthony
             :
          
           hee
           againe
           loth
           to
           accuse
           so
           reuerent
           a
           man
           ,
           and
           indeed
           affraid
           of
           the
           danger
           ,
           was
           more
           vexed
           then
           before
           ,
           till
           the
           seruant
           looking
           on
           the
           pawne
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           it
           was
           his
           owne
           pot
           :
           then
           out
           of
           all
           patience
           he
           accused
           the
           Priest
           before
           a
           Magistrate
           ;
           but
           when
           Sir
           
             Anthony
          
           shewed
           the
           Bill
           of
           sale
           ,
           it
           was
           turnd
           to
           a
           merriment
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           theft
           was
           shuffled
           ouer
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Iacobinas
          
           of
           
             Berne
             ,
          
           and
           
             Franciscans
          
           of
           
             Orleance
          
           got
           most
           of
           their
           wealth
           by
           walking
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           resorting
           by
           night
           to
           houses
           ,
           as
           if
           
             Robin
             good-fellow
          
           had
           done
           the
           drudgerie
           to
           ease
           the
           seruants
           of
           their
           labour
           .
        
         
           Frier
           
             Reynald
          
           of
           
             Siena
             ,
          
           louing
           a
           mans
           Wife
           ,
           and
           so
           resorting
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           was
           ouer-taken
           on
           a
           sudden
           with
           the
           vnlookt
           for
           comming
           home
           of
           her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           had
           scarce
           time
           to
           leape
           out
           of
           the
           bed
           ,
           and
           carry
           his
           cloathes
           in
           his
           hand
           ;
           the
           man
           knocking
           still
           ,
           and
           the
           Wife
           making
           no
           great
           haste
           ,
           some
           hurly-burly
           arose
           :
           where-vpon
           ,
           the
           woman
           layes
           the
           child
           in
           the
           Friers
           place
           ,
           and
           lets
           in
           her
           Husband
           ,
           who
           angerly
           demanded
           ,
           why
           she
           tarried
           so
           long
           ?
           Oh
           ,
           replyed
           shee
           ,
           speaking
           so
           lowd
           ,
           the
           Frier
           might
           heare
           her
           ,
           our
           sonne
           
           had
           like
           to
           haue
           perished
           through
           a
           fit
           of
           the
           Collicke
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           was
           fayne
           to
           send
           for
           Frier
           
             Reynald
          
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ,
           who
           bade
           me
           keepe
           him
           warme
           in
           the
           bed
           ,
           and
           is
           himselfe
           with
           his
           Sexton
           at
           his
           deuotion
           in
           the
           Loft
           .
           With
           that
           ,
           the
           Frier
           and
           his
           Companion
           came
           downe
           with
           a
           booke
           in
           his
           hand
           ;
           and
           after
           solemne
           courtsey
           made
           ,
           told
           the
           good
           man
           ,
           the
           child
           had
           certain
           Worms
           in
           his
           Maw
           ,
           and
           therefore
           hee
           must
           make
           a
           
             Statuae
          
           of
           Wax
           of
           his
           bignesse
           ,
           and
           present
           it
           to
           Saint
           
             Ambrose
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Curat
           of
           
             Ouziane
             ,
          
           neere
           to
           
             Amboise
             ,
          
           hauing
           long
           had
           the
           pleasure
           of
           his
           Hostesse
           ,
           and
           bred
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           iealousie
           in
           her
           Husband
           ,
           thought
           by
           a
           crafty
           tricke
           to
           remoue
           that
           humour
           ,
           pretending
           to
           be
           gelt
           :
           wherevpon
           hee
           agrees
           with
           one
           
             Peier
             de
             Serpens
             ,
          
           borne
           at
           
             Villantroies
          
           in
           
             Berry
             ,
          
           for
           foure
           crownes
           to
           sport
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           conceale
           the
           matter
           .
           Which
           when
           the
           Host
           vnderstood
           ,
           hee
           promiseth
           him
           twice
           as
           much
           to
           performe
           the
           thing
           indeed
           .
           The
           Surgeon
           taking
           pitie
           of
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           despighted
           at
           the
           Friers
           knauerie
           ,
           bound
           him
           hand
           and
           foote
           ,
           and
           while
           he
           looked
           the
           company
           should
           make
           Intercession
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           leaue
           him
           to
           his
           former
           libertie
           ,
           the
           other
           whipt
           off
           his
           Stones
           :
           telling
           him
           plainely
           ,
           his
           profession
           was
           no
           dallying
           profession
           :
           and
           so
           the
           Host
           seemed
           quieted
           ,
           as
           being
           thus
           reuenged
           .
        
         
           A
           woman
           in
           
             Orleans
          
           being
           in
           loue
           with
           a
           yong
           Scholler
           ,
           who
           yet
           was
           not
           acquainted
           with
           her
           ,
           
           knew
           no
           better
           way
           to
           discouer
           her
           affection
           ,
           then
           by
           her
           Frier
           Confessor
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           giue
           him
           good
           counsell
           ,
           not
           to
           tempt
           her
           ,
           nor
           sollicit
           her
           any
           more
           ,
           especially
           not
           to
           come
           ouer
           the
           wall
           into
           her
           Orchard
           as
           he
           promised
           .
           The
           Frier
           ouer-taken
           with
           her
           simplicitie
           ,
           aduised
           the
           yong
           man
           for
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           to
           diuert
           his
           loue
           from
           her
           .
           The
           yong
           man
           againe
           knowing
           there
           was
           no
           such
           matter
           ,
           and
           yet
           apprehensiue
           of
           a
           womans
           wit
           ,
           admitted
           of
           his
           good
           instruction
           ,
           but
           instructed
           himselfe
           how
           he
           nowmight
           enioy
           a
           Sweet-heart
           :
           but
           when
           the
           Frier
           vnderstood
           how
           he
           had
           been
           made
           a
           Bawd
           and
           Pandar
           for
           the
           businesse
           ,
           hee
           thought
           to
           beat
           out
           one
           nayle
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           so
           very
           knauishly
           threatned
           the
           discouerie
           ,
           if
           hee
           might
           not
           share
           in
           the
           bargaine
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           reported
           of
           
             Oliuer
             Mailard
             ,
          
           that
           when
           hee
           saw
           the
           wickednesse
           and
           Villany
           of
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           ,
           he
           wondred
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           interred
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           did
           not
           rise
           and
           pull
           out
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Whore-masters
           ,
           and
           Deceiuers
           .
        
         
           
             Pontanus
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           certaine
           Nunneries
           at
           
             Valencia
             ,
          
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           filthinesse
           of
           Friers
           ,
           who
           played
           the
           very
           Bawdes
           and
           Pandars
           to
           get
           mony
           ,
           became
           loathsome
           Stewes
           ,
           and
           intertained
           yong
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           in
           Brothell
           houses
           ,
           but
           all
           vnder
           colour
           of
           deuotion
           .
           When
           any
           of
           the
           Priests
           knauerie
           was
           discouered
           ,
           there
           were
           excuses
           enough
           ready
           to
           desend
           them
           ;
           yea
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           found
           kissing
           of
           a
           woman
           ;
           the
           answer
           was
           ,
           You
           must
           suppose
           he
           did
           it
           to
           print
           a
           blessing
           on
           her
           lips
           .
        
         
         
           What
           should
           I
           name
           the
           great
           abuses
           of
           Induigences
           ,
           and
           Pardons
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           money
           ?
           wherein
           there
           were
           many
           tricks
           ,
           and
           counterfet
           deuices
           .
        
         
           Certaine
           cheating
           Friers
           hauing
           pawned
           their
           Relicks
           in
           a
           Tauerne
           ,
           and
           wanting
           money
           to
           redeeme
           them
           ,
           shewed
           the
           people
           a
           firebrand
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           beleeue
           it
           was
           part
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           broyled
           Saint
           
             Lawrence
             :
          
           wherevpon
           according
           to
           the
           ignorance
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           many
           gaue
           them
           money
           ,
           which
           they
           spent
           in
           all
           vnthriftinesse
           .
        
         
           A
           Lady
           sent
           to
           pleasure
           a
           yong
           Cardinall
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           certaine
           composition
           betweene
           him
           and
           her
           Husband
           ,
           seemed
           at
           first
           very
           coy
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           the
           basenesse
           of
           her
           Husband
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           meanes
           consent
           to
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           ,
           by
           forcible
           perswasions
           ,
           faire
           intreatie
           ,
           extraordinarie
           promises
           ,
           the
           handsomnesse
           of
           his
           person
           ,
           and
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           his
           estate
           ,
           shee
           condiscended
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           seemed
           well
           pleased
           in
           the
           alteration
           :
           where-vpon
           shee
           returnes
           to
           her
           Husband
           vvith
           the
           money
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           plainely
           ,
           shee
           vvas
           bought
           and
           sold
           ,
           and
           therfore
           would
           returne
           ,
           and
           forsake
           him
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           their
           coozening
           and
           deuices
           :
           wherein
           I
           pray
           you
           take
           onely
           this
           notice
           ,
           that
           I
           meane
           to
           giue
           you
           but
           a
           taste
           of
           euery
           one
           of
           the
           diuisions
           .
           For
           if
           I
           should
           set
           a
           Banquet
           before
           you
           ,
           or
           a
           Feast
           to
           feed
           you
           ,
           you
           would
           rather
           surfet
           ,
           then
           be
           satisfied
           ;
           the
           dishes
           are
           so
           many
           wherewith
           I
           could
           furnish
           the
           Table
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           
           varietie
           ,
           that
           you
           might
           rather
           glut
           and
           gorge
           your selues
           ,
           then
           content
           nature
           with
           a
           temperate
           dyet
           .
           Againe
           ,
           whereas
           it
           may
           be
           obiected
           ,
           these
           were
           the
           times
           of
           old
           ,
           there
           is
           now
           great
           reformation
           since
           these
           enormities
           were
           looked
           into
           :
           I
           answere
           plainely
           and
           directly
           ;
           the
           same
           superstition
           remaines
           at
           this
           houre
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           doe
           so
           preuaile
           with
           coozening
           deceit
           ,
           and
           farre-fetcht
           deuices
           ,
           that
           in
           
             Spaine
          
           this
           present
           yeere
           1622.
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           conception
           of
           our
           
             Lady
          
           vvithout
           sinne
           ,
           and
           assumption
           into
           Heauen
           ,
           is
           newly
           divulged
           and
           ratified
           ,
           and
           the
           contrary
           opinion
           reputed
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           the
           repugners
           hunted
           ,
           and
           hissed
           at
           in
           euery
           Towne
           and
           Citie
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Whoredome
           ;
           or
           if
           you
           will
           haue
           the
           cleanlier
           terme
           ,
           Fornication
           ;
           Who
           knowes
           not
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           common
           allowance
           of
           Stewes
           (
           more
           then
           a
           conueniencie
           )
           vnder
           all
           the
           Catholike
           gouernment
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           women
           doe
           allow
           an
           annuall
           
             entrado
          
           into
           the
           Popes
           Exchequer
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           seuerall
           States
           where
           they
           liue
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Councell
           of
           
             Toledo
             ,
          
           in
           the
           raigne
           of
           
             Arcadius
          
           and
           
             Honorius
             ,
          
           it
           was
           agreed
           ,
           that
           the
           Clergie
           liuing
           without
           Wiues
           ,
           should
           haue
           Concubines
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Patents
           of
           
             Abbots
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Realme
           of
           England
           ,
           this
           clause
           was
           incerted
           :
           
             Licitum
             erit
             Domino
          
           Abbati
           ,
           
             semel
             in
             mense
             habere
             mulierem
             ,
             ad
             purgandas
             renes
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           in
           those
           dayes
           it
           was
           counted
           good
           policy
           to
           haue
           a
           Wife
           ,
           Daughter
           ,
           or
           
           Neece
           ,
           a
           companion
           of
           a
           
             Cardinall
             ,
          
           or
           Bishop
           ,
           to
           be-friend
           the
           kinred
           in
           matters
           of
           complaint
           ,
           or
           in
           tryals
           of
           Law.
           
        
         
           A
           Gentle-woman
           taken
           in
           Adulterie
           ,
           and
           so
           diuorced
           ,
           desired
           for
           her
           penance
           to
           be
           detruded
           into
           a
           Monasterie
           ,
           alledging
           this
           reason
           to
           her
           inward
           friends
           ,
           that
           in
           stead
           of
           punishment
           ,
           shee
           should
           bee
           sure
           to
           haue
           there
           the
           greater
           pleasure
           .
        
         
           When
           souldiers
           entred
           into
           any
           towne
           to
           be
           lodged
           ,
           or
           quartered
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           they
           did
           ,
           was
           to
           hunt
           after
           Priests
           Lemans
           ;
           and
           search
           euery
           corner
           for
           their
           Whores
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           for
           the
           generall
           :
           Now
           to
           particulars
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Franciscan
          
           Frier
           lodging
           in
           the
           house
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           
             Perigot
             ,
          
           found
           the
           meanes
           to
           lye
           with
           his
           Wife
           vpon
           her
           Purification
           ,
           as
           vnderstanding
           by
           confession
           his
           resolution
           .
           So
           hee
           entred
           the
           Chamber
           first
           ,
           and
           when
           hee
           had
           taken
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           departed
           out
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           excusing
           his
           haste
           to
           the
           Porter
           ,
           by
           speciall
           businesse
           .
           After
           he
           was
           departed
           ,
           comes
           the
           Gentleman
           indeed
           ,
           and
           found
           by
           his
           Wiues
           speech
           ,
           that
           some
           body
           had
           wronged
           him
           :
           which
           so
           amazed
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           amazed
           her
           by
           saying
           ,
           he
           was
           abused
           .
           Shee
           with
           teares
           assured
           him
           ,
           that
           none
           was
           in
           the
           house
           but
           the
           Frier
           ,
           and
           her
           Brother
           :
           which
           was
           no
           sooner
           spoken
           ,
           but
           vp
           hee
           gets
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Porter
           hee
           comes
           ,
           and
           there
           vnderstands
           ,
           how
           the
           Frier
           was
           departed
           .
           After
           him
           he
           followes
           ,
           but
           not
           ouertaking
           him
           ,
           hee
           returnes
           home
           againe
           .
           In
           his
           absence
           ,
           
           the
           Wife
           enraged
           to
           bee
           so
           deflowred
           ,
           hangs
           her selfe
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mischance
           ouerthrew
           a
           little
           child
           dead
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           the
           noise
           rais'd
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           comes
           the
           brother
           ,
           and
           finding
           his
           Sister
           hangd
           ,
           supposing
           her
           Husband
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           in
           some
           fit
           of
           iealousie
           ,
           out
           of
           doores
           he
           flings
           ,
           and
           meetes
           him
           returning
           home
           ;
           in
           vvhich
           moode
           hee
           sets
           vpon
           him
           with
           Villaine
           ,
           and
           defiance
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           wound
           one
           another
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Franciscans
          
           of
           
             Strasborough
             ,
          
           before
           they
           were
           expelled
           ,
           accustomed
           to
           steale
           away
           mens
           Wiues
           ,
           and
           keepe
           them
           cloystered
           like
           yong
           Nouices
           ,
           cutting
           their
           hayre
           ,
           and
           charming
           them
           with
           feare
           of
           death
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           a
           Butchers
           Wife
           was
           sent
           in
           the
           same
           habit
           with
           the
           Cater
           to
           buy
           meate
           of
           her
           Husband
           ;
           who
           eying
           her
           very
           narrowly
           ,
           as
           hauing
           seene
           the
           face
           before
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           restrained
           ,
           but
           layd
           hands
           vpon
           her
           ,
           and
           so
           after
           great
           adoe
           ,
           all
           was
           discouered
           ,
           &
           the
           Friers
           banished
           .
        
         
           Two
           
             Franciscans
          
           hauing
           no
           money
           to
           pay
           the
           Ferry
           ,
           rauished
           the
           Woman
           that
           carried
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           pleased
           her
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Franciscan
          
           in
           
             Perigot
          
           found
           the
           meane
           ,
           by
           obscuring
           himselfe
           in
           the
           bride-chamber
           ,
           to
           lye
           with
           a
           Bride
           ,
           before
           her
           Husband
           came
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           escaped
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           the
           houshold
           could
           doe
           ,
           when
           they
           heard
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Another
           
             Franciscan
          
           by
           
             Lyons
             ,
          
           married
           his
           brother
           Frier
           ,
           in
           the
           habit
           of
           a
           Scholler
           ,
           to
           a
           Widdowes
           
           Daughter
           of
           great
           riches
           and
           account
           ,
           making
           them
           beleeue
           ,
           hee
           was
           an
           heire
           to
           great
           reuenues
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           
             Lyons
             ,
          
           as
           it
           were
           vnder
           his
           tutelage
           :
           but
           at
           last
           the
           Mother
           and
           Daughter
           comming
           to
           heare
           Masse
           ,
           (
           as
           much
           deuoted
           to
           this
           Order
           )
           espied
           her
           Husband
           answering
           the
           Priest
           in
           his
           Friers
           weed
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           time
           they
           concealed
           ,
           till
           they
           came
           home
           ,
           and
           at
           night
           ,
           as
           his
           custome
           was
           ,
           he
           likewise
           kept
           his
           houres
           :
           but
           being
           in
           bed
           ,
           the
           mother
           comes
           in
           ,
           and
           layed
           hold
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           while
           his
           Daughter
           pull'd
           off
           his
           Cap
           ,
           and
           discouered
           her
           shauen
           crowne
           ,
           and
           so
           hee
           was
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           more
           Stories
           of
           the
           
             Franciscans
             ,
          
           then
           of
           any
           other
           Order
           ,
           &
           they
           were
           euermore
           played
           vpon
           ,
           because
           they
           pretended
           more
           holines
           ,
           and
           sanctitie
           of
           life
           .
           They
           builded
           their
           Houses
           and
           Cels
           very
           neere
           the
           Nunneries
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           many
           merrily
           said
           ,
           Heere
           were
           the
           Barnes
           ,
           and
           there
           were
           the
           Threshers
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           reported
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Henry
          
           the
           second
           was
           King
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           wanted
           a
           great
           summe
           of
           money
           ,
           a
           certaine
           Lord
           wisht
           him
           to
           sell
           the
           Friers
           beds
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           King
           demanded
           ,
           where
           they
           then
           should
           lye
           ;
           he
           presently
           replyde
           ,
           With
           the
           Nunnes
           .
           But
           ,
           quoth
           the
           King
           ,
           there
           are
           more
           Monkes
           a
           great
           deale
           then
           Nunnes
           .
           Why
           ,
           said
           the
           other
           ,
           one
           Nunne
           may
           very
           well
           haue
           fiue
           or
           sixe
           Monkes
           .
        
         
           Two
           or
           three
           Curats
           betweene
           
             Daulphine
          
           and
           
           
             Sauoy
             ,
          
           perswaded
           the
           women
           to
           faine
           themselues
           mad
           ,
           that
           while
           their
           husbands
           went
           on
           Pilgrimage
           to
           recouer
           their
           health
           ,
           the
           Priests
           might
           come
           and
           lye
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           Frier
           minorite
           of
           
             Sicilia
             ,
          
           falling
           in
           loue
           with
           the
           young
           Wife
           of
           old
           
             Agatha
          
           the
           Physician
           ,
           taught
           her
           a
           tricke
           to
           faine
           her selfe
           pained
           with
           the
           disease
           of
           the
           Mother
           :
           For
           which
           the
           Frier
           must
           be
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           bring
           in
           the
           Relikes
           of
           Saint
           
             Bernardine
             .
          
           Which
           hee
           did
           ,
           commanding
           all
           the
           company
           in
           the
           Chamber
           to
           auoid
           ;
           and
           so
           hee
           went
           to
           bed
           to
           the
           Physicians
           Wife
           ,
           while
           his
           companion
           lay
           with
           the
           Maid
           .
           But
           ere
           all
           vvas
           done
           ,
           home
           comes
           the
           Old
           man
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           Friers
           breeches
           vnder
           his
           Wiues
           pillow
           ,
           which
           she
           confessed
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Relicks
           ,
           there
           to
           remaine
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           a
           relapse
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Maid
           went
           to
           the
           Friers
           ,
           to
           tell
           what
           had
           chanced
           :
           who
           camedowne
           merrily
           with
           all
           the
           other
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           cure
           ,
           and
           so
           put
           his
           breeches
           together
           with
           the
           other
           Reliques
           .
        
         
           The
           old
           Tale
           of
           the
           
             Abbesse
          
           in
           
             Lombardy
          
           is
           remembred
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           who
           hearing
           that
           one
           of
           her
           Nunnes
           was
           in
           labour
           ,
           came
           in
           all
           haste
           to
           chide
           her
           ;
           but
           belike
           shee
           was
           puzzled
           in
           the
           darke
           :
           for
           in
           stead
           of
           her
           Vaile
           ,
           she
           had
           put
           on
           a
           Monkes
           Breeches
           ,
           that
           lay
           with
           her
           the
           same
           night
           :
           so
           comming
           to
           the
           Nunne
           ,
           shee
           began
           to
           reuile
           her
           ,
           who
           forall
           herpaine
           ,
           soberly
           answered
           ,
           Good
           
             Madam
          
           mend
           your
           plaister
           ,
           and
           all
           shall
           bee
           well
           inough
           ,
           I
           warrant
           you
           .
           This
           Tale
           
           is
           seconded
           by
           many
           other
           Stories
           in
           mine
           Author
           .
        
         
           
             Pogius
          
           the
           
             Florentine
          
           reports
           of
           an
           Hermite
           at
           
             Padoa
             ,
          
           called
           
             Anfimirius
             ,
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Francis
          
           the
           7.
           
           Duke
           ,
           who
           was
           accused
           for
           intising
           the
           yong
           and
           handsome
           women
           to
           his
           lust
           and
           pleasure
           .
           Wherevpon
           the
           Dukes
           Secretarie
           was
           very
           busie
           to
           examine
           him
           ,
           hoping
           hee
           would
           name
           some
           ,
           at
           whose
           husbands
           hee
           might
           make
           sport
           ,
           and
           laughter
           .
           In
           which
           iollitie
           ,
           hee
           vrgeth
           him
           againe
           and
           againe
           to
           set
           down
           the
           women
           .
           Why
           then
           ,
           quoth
           the
           Hermite
           ,
           and
           you
           bee
           so
           hastie
           ,
           write
           downe
           your
           owne
           Wife
           first
           .
           I
           hope
           you
           may
           imagine
           hee
           was
           amazed
           ;
           the
           Duke
           smiled
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           company
           stood
           silent
           ,
           for
           feare
           their
           turne
           should
           be
           next
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           at
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           after
           Shrift
           vvent
           no
           further
           then
           the
           Pew
           he
           sate
           in
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           his
           lust
           .
        
         
           A
           Curate
           neere
           
             Vienne
          
           in
           
             Daulphine
             ,
          
           vvent
           behinde
           the
           high
           Altar
           .
        
         
           A
           woman
           taken
           in
           Adulterie
           with
           a
           Priest
           ,
           was
           accused
           and
           examined
           ;
           but
           because
           shee
           could
           not
           deny
           the
           fact
           ,
           the
           Priest
           was
           brought
           before
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           prescribed
           him
           this
           penance
           ,
           not
           to
           come
           in
           three
           months
           within
           a
           Church
           .
           Whē
           the
           man
           ,
           who
           was
           thus
           abused
           ,
           vnderstood
           of
           so
           small
           a
           punishment
           ,
           he
           lies
           in
           wait
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           cruelly
           beates
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           hee
           is
           brought
           before
           his
           Iudge
           to
           receiue
           punishment
           :
           who
           awarded
           him
           not
           to
           come
           into
           a
           Tauern
           in
           3.
           moneths
           .
           At
           which
           the
           Bishop
           seemed
           much
           offended
           ,
           till
           the
           
           Iudge
           answered
           :
           My
           Lord
           ,
           considering
           the
           first
           abuse
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           as
           great
           a
           punishment
           for
           him
           not
           to
           visit
           a
           Tauerne
           ,
           as
           penance
           for
           the
           Priest
           not
           to
           trouble
           a
           Church
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Village
           neere
           
             Corguac
             ,
          
           called
           
             Cherues
             ,
          
           a
           Maid
           was
           got
           with
           child
           by
           her
           owne
           Brother
           ,
           which
           she
           discouered
           to
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           he
           perswaded
           the
           people
           
             impragnatam
             à
             spiritu
             :
          
           But
           when
           so
           great
           an
           imposture
           came
           to
           the
           eares
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Angolesme
             ,
          
           father
           to
           
             Francis
          
           the
           first
           ,
           he
           quickly
           found
           out
           the
           deceit
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           vvere
           both
           burnt
           ,
           and
           the
           Priest
           suspended
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           Section
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           bold
           with
           the
           Records
           of
           the
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eight
           in
           our
           owne
           Countrey
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Visitation
           of
           Monasteries
           ,
           Couents
           ,
           Collegiat
           Churches
           ,
           and
           other
           religious
           Houses
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           these
           particulars
           are
           extracted
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Monasterie
           of
           
             Battell
             ,
          
           or
           
             Bete
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Diocesse
           of
           
             Chichester
             ,
          
           these
           So
           domites
           were
           discouered
           :
           
             Iohn
             Abbot
             :
             Richard
             Salchurst
             :
             Thomas
             Cuthert
             :
             William
             March
             :
             Iohn
             Hasting
             :
             Gregory
             Champion
             :
             Clement
             West
             field
             :
             Iohn-Crosse
             :
             Thomas
             Crambrooke
             :
             Thomas
             Bayl
             :
             Iohn
             Hamfield
             :
             Iohn
             Ierom
             :
             Clement
             Grigg
             :
             Rich.
             Toucy
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Austine
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Canterbury
          
           among
           the
           Monks
           of
           Saint
           
             Bennet
             ,
             Richard
             Godmershem
             :
             William
             Leichfield
             :
             Christopher
             Iames
             :
             Iohn
             Goldingston
             :
             Nicholas
             Clement
             :
             William
             Causton
             :
             Iohn
             Ambrose
             :
             Tho.
             Chichester
             :
             Iohn
             Champion
             ;
          
           and
           
             Roger
             Barram
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           Monasterie
           of
           Saint
           
             Austine
             :
             Tho.
             Barram
             ,
          
           
           all
           these
           were
           found
           Sodomites
           ,
           and
           punished
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           To
           name
           other
           places
           ,
           and
           other
           commissions
           of
           whoredome
           and
           fornication
           ,
           were
           infinit
           ;
           but
           so
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           in
           all
           Nations
           ,
           where
           impuritie
           and
           superstition
           ouercomes
           true
           zeale
           and
           deuotion
           :
           yet
           because
           there
           were
           certaine
           religious
           men
           that
           did
           obserue
           state
           in
           their
           impiety
           ,
           and
           thought
           scorne
           to
           goe
           to
           common
           Brothels
           ,
           or
           prostituted
           Whores
           ,
           but
           kept
           women
           by
           the
           name
           of
           sequestration
           ,
           and
           so
           liued
           more
           glorious
           ,
           then
           the
           rest
           of
           poorer
           Priests
           ;
           I
           will
           also
           name
           you
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           among
           the
           Monkes
           of
           Saint
           
             Bennet
             ,
             Christopher
             Iames
          
           had
           the
           command
           and
           vse
           of
           three
           married
           women
           :
           
             William
             ,
             Abbot
          
           of
           
             Bristow
          
           had
           foure
           Whores
           .
           In
           
             Windsor
          
           Castle
           ,
           
             Nich
             :
             Whyden
             ,
          
           Priest
           ,
           had
           but
           foure
           .
           
             George
             Witborne
          
           had
           fiue
           :
           
             Richard
             Hunn
          
           fiue
           .
           
             Robert
             Danison
             ,
          
           sixe
           :
           
             Richard
             Prior
          
           of
           
             Maiden-bedly
             ,
          
           fiue
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Monasterie
           of
           
             Shulberd
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Diocesse
           of
           
             Chichester
             :
             George
             Walden
             ,
          
           Prior
           ,
           had
           seuen
           .
           
             Iohn
             Standney
             ,
          
           seuen
           .
           
             Nicholas
             Duke
             ,
          
           fiue
           .
           In
           the
           Monasterie
           of
           
             Bath
             ,
             Richard
             Lincombe
          
           had
           seuen
           .
           In
           the
           Cathedrall
           Church
           of
           
             Chichester
             ,
             Iohn
             Hill
          
           had
           onely
           thirteene
           .
           
             Iohn
             White
          
           Prior
           of
           
             Bermonsdy
          
           had
           twenty
           .
           Now
           if
           there
           were
           foure
           hundred
           Couents
           of
           Monkes
           ,
           and
           Nunnes
           ,
           and
           two
           hundred
           of
           Begging
           Friers
           ,
           and
           a
           suruey
           taken
           of
           all
           the
           delinquents
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           O
           iudge
           ;
           for
           Gods
           sake
           iudge
           ;
           how
           many
           Whores
           ,
           and
           Bastards
           of
           Priests
           ,
           and
           Friers
           might
           bee
           in
           
             England
          
           
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           if
           according
           to
           the
           Poet
           ,
           —
           
             sic
             paruis
             componere
             megna
             solebam
             :
          
           wee
           could
           step
           into
           
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Spaine
             ,
             Germany
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Countries
           ,
           where
           the
           Clergy
           bare
           the
           sway
           ,
           and
           gaue
           the
           example
           ,
           and
           so
           pull
           out
           the
           dust
           and
           rubbish
           of
           their
           vnswept
           corners
           :
           Oh
           what
           a
           deale
           of
           filth
           ,
           and
           a
           dunghill
           of
           noysomenesse
           ,
           would
           arise
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           mountaine
           of
           sinne
           would
           this
           sinne
           make
           !
           As
           for
           the
           distinction
           of
           time
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           as
           ill
           now
           ,
           as
           euer
           it
           was
           in
           any
           time
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           their
           Epicurisine
           and
           gurmandize
           :
           If
           euer
           the
           Prophet
           had
           cause
           in
           his
           time
           to
           
           finde
           fault
           with
           the
           Priests
           ,
           not
           onely
           for
           their
           hypocrisie
           ,
           but
           their
           filthy
           and
           incontinent
           liues
           ,
           giuen
           to
           gluttony
           and
           belly-cheere
           ,
           which
           hee
           setteth
           out
           by
           the
           termes
           of
           Drunkennes
           and
           vomiting
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           the
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           of
           
             Europe
          
           come
           behinde
           none
           of
           them
           all
           .
           Oh
           looke
           ,
           for
           Gods
           sake
           ,
           looke
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           finde
           in
           the
           Booke
           of
           God
           ,
           many
           inuectiues
           against
           corrupt
           priests
           ,
           couetous
           priests
           ,
           winking
           priests
           ,
           negligent
           priests
           ,
           obstinate
           priests
           ,
           idolatrous
           priests
           ,
           rebellious
           priests
           ,
           indifferent
           priests
           ,
           gluttonous
           priests
           ,
           blind
           priests
           ,
           ignorant
           priests
           ,
           dumbe
           priests
           ,
           courtly
           priests
           ,
           idle
           &
           vnconstant
           priests
           ,
           bribed
           priests
           ,
           hypocriticall
           priests
           ,
           diuellish
           priests
           ,
           deuouring
           priests
           ,
           raging
           priests
           ,
           incredulous
           priests
           ,
           flattering
           priests
           ,
           bloudy
           priests
           ,
           murchering
           priests
           ,
           luke-warme
           priests
           ,
           madde
           priests
           .
           Oh
           looke
           for
           Gods
           sake
           ,
           looke
           ,
           and
           you
           
           shall
           finde
           in
           the
           Cloisters
           of
           Monasteries
           ,
           in
           the
           Cels
           of
           Abbeys
           ,
           in
           the
           Walkes
           of
           religious
           places
           ,
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           in
           the
           Castles
           of
           Lords
           ,
           in
           the
           houses
           of
           Gentlemen
           ,
           in
           the
           streets
           of
           Cities
           ,
           in
           the
           Farmes
           of
           Countreymen
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Chambers
           of
           Widdowes
           ,
           religious
           men
           of
           all
           these
           sorts
           ,
           especially
           hunting
           after
           belly-cheere
           ,
           and
           to
           fill
           their
           veines
           with
           fulnesse
           of
           blood
           ,
           hot
           ,
           and
           corrupted
           .
           Marke
           but
           the
           situation
           of
           their
           Monasteries
           and
           Houses
           !
           Are
           they
           not
           in
           the
           fattest
           grounds
           ,
           and
           the
           plentiful
           fields
           of
           the
           Country
           ?
           Doe
           they
           not
           feed
           on
           the
           choisest
           Lambes
           of
           the
           fold
           ,
           and
           stretch
           out
           their
           limmes
           on
           beds
           of
           Iuory
           ?
           Doe
           they
           not
           carowse
           in
           Gobblets
           and
           Chalices
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           haue
           the
           purest
           Wines
           of
           the
           Vintage
           ?
           With
           what
           delicate
           fruits
           are
           their
           Orchards
           stored
           ?
           and
           vvith
           what
           walkes
           of
           pleasure
           are
           their
           Gardens
           contriued
           ?
           Was
           it
           not
           a
           by-word
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           A
           chuffing
           Abbot
           ,
           A
           fiery-faced
           Abbot
           ,
           A
           gorbellied
           Abbot
           ?
        
         
           Is
           there
           not
           at
           this
           houre
           bread
           made
           at
           
             Paris
          
           of
           the
           finest
           Wheat
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Chapter
          
           bread
           ?
           doe
           they
           not
           euery
           where
           feed
           on
           the
           daintiest
           Manchet
           ?
           yea
           ,
           those
           they
           call
           
             Mendicant
          
           Friers
           ,
           eceiue
           no
           scraps
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           but
           whole
           Loaues
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           prouision
           in
           an
           house
           .
        
         
           Are
           not
           their
           Caters
           sent
           to
           the
           Markets
           to
           prouide
           the
           best
           meat
           ,
           both
           Flesh
           ,
           Fish
           ,
           &
           Fowle
           ;
           Pikes
           of
           fiue
           French
           crownes
           ,
           Carps
           ,
           Tenches
           ,
           Barbels
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           that
           sort
           at
           high
           rates
           ?
           and
           must
           
           they
           not
           be
           sod
           and
           stewed
           in
           Wine
           ,
           to
           please
           the
           palate
           ,
           and
           heat
           the
           stomake
           ?
           Are
           not
           their
           fasting
           dayes
           ,
           dayes
           of
           banquets
           ,
           sweet-meates
           :
           and
           confectionary
           stuffe
           ,
           Cullises
           and
           Broths
           ,
           Cawdles
           ,
           and
           
             Panados
             ?
          
           sweet
           and
           hot
           Waters
           ?
           Perfumes
           and
           Incense
           ?
           Are
           not
           their
           linnen
           of
           the
           best
           Diaper
           and
           Damaske
           ?
           and
           the
           Vtensels
           of
           their
           house
           so
           farre
           from
           temperature
           ,
           and
           moderation
           ,
           that
           they
           exceed
           in
           sumptuousnesse
           ,
           and
           brauerie
           ?
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           certaine
           Cardinall
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           that
           ,
           to
           make
           demonstration
           of
           humilitie
           ,
           had
           alwaies
           a
           net
           for
           his
           Table-Cloth
           :
           but
           preferred
           to
           the
           
             Papacy
             ,
          
           he
           bade
           take
           away
           the
           Net
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           that
           which
           he
           fish'd
           for
           .
        
         
           When
           English
           
             Cromwell
          
           had
           a
           great
           suite
           to
           
             Clement
          
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           he
           acquainted
           himselfe
           with
           his
           custome
           ,
           and
           dyet
           ,
           and
           so
           inuented
           a
           dish
           of
           sauoury
           and
           pleasant
           gelly
           ,
           which
           he
           brought
           in
           ,
           in
           a
           fantasticall
           manner
           ,
           with
           a
           true
           mans
           song
           ,
           a
           thing
           much
           in
           vse
           in
           those
           dayes
           ;
           and
           so
           vvhether
           his
           Holinesse
           were
           pleased
           with
           the
           sport
           ,
           or
           delighted
           with
           the
           dainty
           ,
           hee
           granted
           his
           request
           .
        
         
           
             Pope
             Iulius
          
           accustomed
           to
           eate
           Porke
           and
           Peacocks
           flesh
           ,
           would
           make
           long
           meales
           ,
           and
           vvas
           a
           meere
           glutton
           .
        
         
           
             Becket
          
           himselfe
           was
           accused
           for
           an
           Hereticke
           ,
           as
           eating
           Capons
           on
           Saint
           
             Markes
          
           day
           ,
           and
           feeding
           like
           an
           Epicure
           on
           prohibited
           times
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           should
           haue
           beene
           attached
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Holy
           
           Man
           miraculously
           turn'd
           a
           Capon
           to
           a
           Carpe
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           
             Legend
          
           of
           Cardinall
           
             Wolsey
             ,
          
           it
           is
           obiected
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           ate
           stewed
           Capons
           in
           Lent
           ,
           and
           sate
           at
           his
           Feasts
           as
           long
           as
           the
           King
           himselfe
           .
           I
           could
           name
           the
           rest
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           many
           more
           :
           but
           these
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           shall
           suffice
           for
           the
           subiect
           in
           hand
           :
           and
           if
           any
           haue
           forgot
           the
           vsance
           of
           their
           owne
           Countrey
           ,
           let
           them
           still
           demaund
           of
           the
           trauellers
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           who
           haue
           frequented
           the
           Monasteries
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           and
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           confesse
           the
           truth
           without
           blushing
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Concerning
           their
           thefts
           and
           robberies
           :
           what
           was
           all
           their
           sellings
           of
           Indulgences
           &
           Pardons
           ,
           
           but
           the
           exhausting
           of
           the
           treasure
           of
           a
           whole
           Kingdome
           ?
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           for
           such
           theeuish
           exaction
           ,
           
             Luther
          
           and
           others
           rowled
           a
           stone
           ,
           which
           neuer
           lest
           ,
           till
           it
           turned
           the
           
             Popes
          
           Supremacie
           out
           of
           most
           Countries
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
        
         
           Was
           not
           the
           imposition
           of
           
             Peter-pence
          
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           amounting
           to
           the
           yeerely
           rent
           of
           a
           100000.
           pound
           sterling
           ,
           a
           meere
           theft
           ?
           Did
           not
           women
           goe
           about
           (
           as
           they
           doe
           still
           in
           
             Ireland
             )
          
           with
           a
           cozening
           Priest
           ,
           to
           howle
           ouer
           the
           graues
           of
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           mourne
           for
           the
           desunct
           ,
           teaching
           their
           eyes
           to
           weepe
           ,
           and
           their
           hearts
           to
           sob
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           money
           ?
        
         
           Are
           not
           the
           Priests
           stil
           set
           on
           worke
           to
           incroach
           vpon
           the
           flexible
           nature
           of
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           wilfull
           pouerty
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           bee
           inriched
           vvith
           their
           gifts
           and
           Legacies
           ,
           and
           haue
           their
           Monasteries
           augmented
           
           vvith
           their
           Lands
           and
           Reuenues
           ?
        
         
           Were
           not
           the
           Iesuites
           banished
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           for
           cozening
           the
           Ladies
           and
           Gentlewomen
           of
           their
           
             Collanas
             ,
          
           and
           Iewels
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           worth
           two
           thousand
           pound
           sterling
           ,
           being
           of
           great
           Orientall
           Pearle
           ,
           and
           other
           rich
           precious
           stones
           .
        
         
           What
           an
           infinit
           treasure
           did
           
             Cardinall
             Wolsey
          
           conuey
           out
           of
           this
           Realme
           ,
           for
           the
           ransom
           of
           
             Pope
             Clement
             ,
          
           and
           briberie
           of
           the
           Cardinals
           for
           his
           owne
           aduancement
           to
           the
           Papacie
           ,
           and
           maintaining
           his
           ambition
           ?
        
         
           Is
           not
           that
           ridiculous
           tale
           worth
           the
           reciting
           ,
           of
           the
           man
           that
           buried
           his
           Dogge
           ,
           for
           which
           hee
           was
           accused
           ,
           and
           brought
           before
           the
           Bishop
           ?
           Which
           he
           answered
           in
           this
           manner
           ;
           O
           my
           Lord
           ,
           if
           you
           knew
           the
           wisedome
           of
           this
           Dogge
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           condemne
           mee
           !
           For
           at
           his
           death
           hee
           bequeathed
           a
           Legacy
           to
           your
           Lordship
           of
           a
           hundred
           crownes
           ,
           knowing
           your
           wants
           ,
           and
           great
           occasions
           .
           By
           which
           excuse
           he
           was
           remitted
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           pacified
           .
           But
           was
           not
           this
           either
           manifest
           Atheisme
           ,
           or
           plaine
           robbery
           .
        
         
           Was
           and
           is
           not
           the
           
             Croysade
          
           a
           tricke
           of
           theeuerie
           ,
           to
           make
           men
           beleeue
           ,
           they
           must
           pay
           so
           much
           money
           ,
           or
           be
           damned
           ?
        
         
           Did
           not
           a
           ghostly
           Father
           preach
           in
           the
           open
           Pulpit
           ,
           that
           when
           any
           money
           was
           giuen
           for
           a
           soule
           departed
           ,
           the
           soules
           in
           Purgatory
           hearing
           it
           tingle
           in
           the
           Bason
           ,
           did
           laugh
           for
           ioy
           ?
        
         
           Was
           not
           this
           the
           very
           cause
           ,
           that
           Christ
           did
           exprobate
           the
           Pharises
           for
           buying
           and
           selling
           in
           
           the
           Temple
           ,
           saying
           plainely
           ,
           this
           should
           bee
           a
           house
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           but
           ye
           haue
           made
           it
           a
           den
           of
           theeues
           .
        
         
           At
           
             Casall
          
           one
           finding
           three
           hundred
           Crownes
           ,
           confessed
           the
           same
           to
           a
           Priest
           ,
           who
           so
           terrified
           him
           with
           damnation
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           restored
           ,
           that
           the
           silly
           fellow
           deliuered
           him
           the
           money
           to
           impart
           it
           backe
           againe
           to
           the
           owner
           (
           as
           he
           by
           coniuration
           would
           finde
           out
           )
           but
           hee
           deceiued
           him
           ,
           and
           spent
           the
           same
           amongst
           Whores
           ,
           and
           pot-companions
           .
        
         
           A
           Curtizan
           in
           
             Venice
          
           lying
           very
           sicke
           ,
           sent
           for
           a
           Frier
           to
           confesse
           her
           sinnes
           :
           and
           so
           opening
           a
           Casket
           ,
           in
           which
           was
           our
           
             Ladies
          
           Psalter
           bound
           in
           Gold
           ;
           the
           Frier
           peeping
           in
           ,
           saw
           beside
           a
           1000.
           
           
             Zhekinos
          
           lying
           by
           .
           For
           the
           time
           he
           said
           little
           ,
           but
           afterward
           found
           a
           better
           time
           to
           purloyne
           the
           same
           away
           .
        
         
           Was
           not
           the
           
             Hermit
          
           of
           the
           Valley
           of
           
             Monte
             Negro
          
           a
           iolly
           fellow
           ,
           who
           with
           two
           Friers
           kept
           the
           passages
           in
           strange
           habits
           ,
           and
           robbed
           all
           commers
           ?
        
         
           Did
           not
           certaine
           Priests
           frequent
           the
           Schollers
           lodgings
           at
           
             Sienna
             ,
          
           and
           still
           as
           their
           exhibition
           came
           from
           their
           Parents
           ,
           they
           would
           either
           steale
           some
           ,
           or
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           vnnecessary
           expences
           :
           and
           when
           money
           failed
           ,
           they
           would
           either
           haue
           bookes
           ,
           or
           apparell
           ?
        
         
           At
           the
           garden
           of
           Simples
           in
           
             Padoa
             ,
          
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           
             Poland
          
           hauing
           a
           rich
           Hat-band
           ,
           was
           deceiued
           of
           it
           by
           a
           Frier
           ,
           that
           came
           and
           lay
           by
           him
           ,
           
           as
           hee
           was
           searching
           the
           ground
           for
           some
           new
           Hearbe
           to
           shew
           the
           Master
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           name
           you
           a
           thousand
           of
           these
           Stories
           ,
           both
           to
           proue
           their
           generall
           and
           particular
           thefts
           ,
           some
           serious
           ,
           some
           ridiculous
           ,
           some
           indifferent
           .
           But
           these
           shall
           suffice
           at
           this
           instant
           ,
           and
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Reader
           ,
           or
           Searcher
           of
           Inuentories
           ,
           but
           lights
           vpon
           many
           more
           :
           and
           although
           some
           with
           
             Licurgus
          
           law
           allow
           of
           theft
           ,
           to
           make
           men
           the
           more
           wary
           and
           cautelous
           of
           their
           goods
           ;
           and
           other-some
           excuse
           them
           ,
           as
           men
           subiect
           to
           imperfections
           ,
           or
           politicke
           Husbands
           ,
           that
           may
           increase
           their
           estates
           by
           thriuing
           deuices
           :
           Yet
           the
           true-hearted
           Christian
           wil
           confesse
           such
           theeueries
           ,
           the
           branches
           of
           impietie
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           condemne
           them
           in
           other
           men
           ,
           will
           much
           more
           abhorre
           them
           in
           the
           Professors
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Priests
           of
           the
           Clergie
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Murthers
           ,
           and
           cruell
           and
           bloudy
           practises
           ,
           either
           to
           compasse
           their
           owne
           
           ends
           ,
           or
           take
           reuenge
           of
           such
           as
           had
           offended
           them
           ;
           I
           am
           thus
           fraighted
           with
           many
           Stories
           .
           But
           before
           I
           come
           to
           particulars
           ,
           giue
           mee
           leaue
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           could
           discouer
           many
           horrible
           and
           fearefull
           executions
           :
           many
           notorious
           and
           formidable
           massacres
           :
           many
           grieuous
           and
           sanguinarious
           persecutions
           ,
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Priests
           perswaded
           silly
           women
           ,
           that
           abortion
           was
           no
           sinne
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           also
           adde
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           gardens
           of
           Nunneries
           ,
           was
           alwayes
           a
           tree
           or
           two
           of
           
             Sauine
             ,
          
           
           which
           they
           say
           the
           Nunnes
           vsed
           to
           drinke
           steeped
           in
           Wine
           :
           now
           the
           property
           of
           
             Sauine
          
           is
           to
           destroy
           any
           thing
           condensed
           in
           the
           wombe
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           may
           iudge
           of
           the
           cause
           :
           And
           so
           I
           come
           to
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           
             Maximilian
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           a
           Franciscan
           Frier
           in
           
             Flanders
             ,
          
           came
           one
           night
           into
           a
           Gentlemans
           house
           ,
           and
           after
           he
           had
           murthered
           some
           seruants
           ,
           tooke
           the
           Gentlewoman
           perforce
           ,
           and
           dis-robed
           her
           of
           her
           apparell
           ,
           putting
           a
           short
           garment
           on
           her
           ,
           which
           hee
           brought
           with
           him
           ,
           of
           purpose
           to
           steale
           her
           away
           to
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           so
           threatning
           her
           with
           death
           ,
           if
           shee
           spake
           or
           discouered
           the
           matter
           ,
           though
           shee
           met
           with
           her
           Husband
           ,
           hurried
           her
           out
           of
           doores
           ,
           riding
           with
           a
           long
           Pike
           staffe
           ,
           and
           a
           short
           Dagger
           disguized
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           he
           posted
           away
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           hee
           met
           with
           her
           husband
           indeed
           and
           his
           man.
           The
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           threatned
           and
           coniured
           ,
           passed
           by
           ,
           and
           durst
           not
           speake
           :
           and
           so
           the
           Frier
           followed
           as
           churlishly
           .
           The
           seruant
           had
           onely
           a
           glimpse
           of
           her
           ,
           and
           knew
           her
           ;
           yea
           ,
           hee
           discouered
           the
           Frier
           also
           ,
           telling
           his
           Master
           ,
           what
           had
           hapned
           .
           But
           he
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           impossibilitie
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           as
           hee
           supposed
           ,
           told
           him
           hee
           was
           a
           foole
           ,
           or
           mad
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           haue
           rid
           home
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           :
           but
           the
           seruant
           would
           needs
           goe
           backe
           againe
           to
           take
           his
           better
           view
           .
           Which
           when
           the
           Frier
           perceiued
           ,
           and
           apprehensiue
           ,
           that
           his
           knauerie
           should
           be
           reuealed
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           aduantage
           of
           the
           mans
           peering
           vnder
           her
           
           Vaile
           ,
           &
           so
           with
           a
           violent
           stroke
           ,
           feld
           him
           to
           the
           ground
           with
           his
           braines
           dasht
           out
           .
           The
           Gentleman
           seeing
           his
           man
           fall
           ,
           returned
           in
           fury
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           fortune
           to
           cloze
           with
           the
           Frier
           ,
           and
           so
           struggling
           together
           ,
           at
           last
           ouerthrew
           him
           ;
           which
           when
           his
           Wife
           perceiued
           ,
           she
           returned
           and
           assisted
           him
           ,
           wounding
           the
           Frier
           with
           his
           owne
           Dagger
           .
           Thus
           was
           he
           taken
           ,
           and
           afterward
           examined
           ,
           and
           adiudged
           to
           dye
           :
           and
           so
           hee
           was
           publikely
           burnt
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           of
           
             Ligoures
             ,
          
           cousin
           to
           the
           Marshall
           of
           Saint
           
             Andrewes
             ,
          
           committed
           Incest
           with
           his
           wiues
           Mother
           ,
           and
           had
           diuers
           children
           by
           her
           ;
           yea
           ,
           hee
           so
           loued
           her
           ,
           or
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           burned
           in
           Lust
           toward
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           reuealed
           the
           same
           in
           confession
           to
           his
           ghostly
           father
           ,
           who
           to
           pleasure
           the
           Lord
           ,
           told
           him
           plainely
           he
           might
           kill
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           so
           bee
           rid
           of
           her
           .
           This
           was
           dangerous
           and
           bloudy
           ,
           and
           therevpon
           hee
           made
           a
           stay
           ,
           till
           the
           Frier
           andaciously
           told
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           the
           executioner
           for
           his
           sake
           :
           and
           so
           the
           murther
           was
           committed
           by
           certaine
           Ruffians
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           detected
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Frier
           was
           publikely
           executed
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           of
           
             Fonsigney
             ,
          
           called
           
             Don
             Iohn
             ,
          
           vnder
           the
           dominion
           of
           
             Thiez
             ,
          
           then
           Gouernour
           of
           
             Geneua
             ,
          
           out
           of
           meere
           malice
           and
           heart-burning
           ,
           boted
           out
           his
           brothers
           eyes
           :
           not
           so
           contented
           ,
           hee
           brought
           him
           to
           
             Chambery
             ,
          
           to
           a
           Saint
           called
           Saint
           
             Iuery
             ,
          
           and
           then
           in
           great
           request
           ;
           and
           as
           hee
           was
           passing
           ouer
           a
           Bridge
           ,
           would
           haue
           throwne
           him
           
           into
           the
           Riuer
           :
           but
           missing
           of
           his
           purpose
           ,
           by
           accesse
           of
           greater
           company
           ,
           hee
           with
           certaine
           as
           wicked
           as
           himselfe
           ,
           kill'd
           him
           in
           a
           Barne
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           called
           Saint
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           came
           to
           
             Autuns
          
           Church
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           to
           visit
           the
           Curate
           of
           Saint
           
             Andrew
             des
             ars
             ,
          
           who
           stood
           betweene
           him
           ,
           and
           a
           Benefice
           :
           but
           not
           willing
           to
           tarry
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           growing
           enraged
           to
           be
           so
           long
           disappointed
           ,
           hee
           tooke
           an
           opportunitie
           ,
           and
           set
           vpon
           him
           and
           his
           man
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           companions
           kill'd
           them
           both
           :
           For
           which
           he
           was
           afterward
           executed
           .
        
         
           In
           an
           Inne
           at
           
             Soysons
             ,
          
           the
           good
           mans
           Daughter
           of
           the
           house
           had
           a
           child
           vnlawfully
           ,
           which
           was
           brought
           vp
           in
           the
           house
           to
           his
           great
           griefe
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           could
           neuer
           endure
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           still
           put
           him
           in
           minde
           of
           her
           shame
           .
           At
           last
           hee
           contriued
           to
           put
           her
           to
           a
           Nunnery
           with
           a
           certaine
           piece
           of
           money
           :
           and
           so
           hee
           bargained
           with
           a
           Priest
           called
           
             Hector
             ,
          
           a
           Bakers
           sonne
           of
           
             Moyen
             .
          
           But
           this
           Varlet
           tooke
           the
           child
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           cut
           her
           throat
           ,
           throwing
           the
           body
           into
           a
           heape
           of
           Nettles
           .
           But
           see
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God!
           hard
           by
           ,
           was
           a
           Sexton
           making
           a
           graue
           in
           a
           Churchyard
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           proffered
           money
           to
           bury
           the
           body
           :
           but
           he
           suspitious
           of
           the
           murther
           ,
           reuealed
           all
           he
           knew
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           .
           And
           so
           the
           parties
           were
           examined
           ,
           and
           the
           murther
           found
           out
           .
        
         
           A
           Priest
           of
           
             Orleans
          
           iealous
           of
           a
           Whore
           which
           he
           kept
           ,
           and
           loth
           to
           bee
           further
           tormented
           ,
           carried
           her
           to
           a
           Tauerne
           ,
           vnder
           colour
           of
           kindnesse
           ,
           
           and
           there
           beginning
           cause
           of
           displeasure
           ,
           at
           last
           cut
           her
           throat
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           of
           
             Brabant
             ,
          
           and
           Earle
           of
           
             Gelderland
             ,
          
           raised
           warre
           for
           the
           Duke-dome
           of
           
             Limbourg
             ,
          
           in
           which
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Cullen
          
           as
           assistant
           to
           the
           Earle
           ,
           was
           taken
           prisoner
           ,
           and
           kept
           seuen
           yeere
           ,
           till
           all
           conditions
           were
           accomplished
           .
           Thus
           was
           he
           in
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Mount
          
           in
           
             Heinalt
             ,
          
           whom
           hee
           could
           not
           corrupt
           for
           his
           escape
           with
           any
           promise
           or
           gifts
           ,
           which
           so
           inraged
           him
           ,
           that
           in
           his
           heart
           he
           sware
           reuenge
           .
           At
           last
           hee
           is
           set
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           all
           vnkindnesse
           seemed
           to
           bee
           forgotten
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Bishop
           came
           to
           visit
           the
           Duke
           ,
           &
           in
           his
           returne
           intreated
           the
           Earle
           to
           accompany
           him
           to
           
             Tuits
             ,
          
           a
           towne
           standing
           ouer
           against
           
             Cullen
             ;
          
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           suspecting
           no
           harme
           :
           but
           the
           Bishop
           had
           liued
           in
           Ambuscado
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           imprisoned
           him
           ,
           but
           euery
           hot
           day
           vsed
           him
           in
           this
           maner
           :
           he
           script
           him
           naked
           ,
           and
           most
           cruelly
           put
           him
           into
           an
           iron
           Cage
           ,
           all
           nointed
           ouer
           with
           honey
           ,
           and
           so
           set
           him
           in
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           where
           Flyes
           ,
           Hornets
           ,
           Wasps
           ,
           and
           Bees
           ,
           tormented
           the
           poore
           Earle
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           Two
           Canons
           of
           
             Cullen
          
           vpon
           displeasure
           against
           
             Herman
             Grin
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           dissembling
           their
           malice
           ,
           inuited
           him
           to
           dinner
           ;
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           friendly
           fare
           ,
           thrust
           him
           into
           a
           roome
           ,
           where
           was
           kept
           a
           hungry
           Lyon
           :
           but
           the
           valiant
           man
           winding
           his
           Cloake
           about
           his
           arme
           ,
           drew
           his
           Rapier
           ,
           &
           kill'd
           the
           Beast
           ,
           and
           so
           scaped
           the
           reuenge
           of
           these
           wicked
           priests
           .
        
         
         
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Cullen
             ,
          
           most
           cruelly
           and
           barbarously
           brake
           the
           armes
           and
           legges
           of
           Earle
           
             Frederick
             ;
          
           and
           when
           hee
           had
           done
           ,
           cast
           the
           carkasse
           to
           the
           Crowes
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           time
           of
           
             Otho
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           cruell
           Bishop
           of
           
             Mentz
             ,
          
           called
           
             Hatto
             ,
          
           who
           hated
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           said
           they
           were
           worse
           then
           Vermine
           ,
           and
           Rats
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           bee
           burnt
           :
           wherevpon
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Dearth
           hee
           filled
           a
           barne
           full
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           on
           fire
           ,
           consuming
           them
           to
           cynders
           :
           For
           which
           ,
           the
           iudgement
           of
           God
           fell
           vpon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           deuoured
           of
           Rats
           aliue
           .
           For
           when
           he
           fled
           from
           all
           places
           ,
           they
           following
           him
           in
           great
           multitudes
           ,
           he
           went
           into
           a
           tower
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           
             Rhine
             ,
          
           called
           the
           Rats-Tower
           for
           euer
           after
           ,
           whither
           the
           Rats
           swamme
           after
           him
           ;
           but
           it
           lay
           not
           in
           the
           strength
           or
           policy
           of
           man
           to
           deliuer
           him
           :
           For
           there
           they
           deuoured
           him
           aliue
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Iacobine
          
           poisoned
           
             Henry
          
           the
           7.
           
           Emperour
           ,
           with
           his
           breaden
           god
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             de
             Roma
             ,
          
           a
           
             Iacobine
          
           Frier
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           holy
           house
           of
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           so
           persecuted
           the
           Christians
           of
           
             Merindol
          
           and
           
             Gabriere
             ,
          
           that
           hee
           filled
           bootes
           with
           hot
           grease
           ,
           and
           drew
           them
           on
           their
           legges
           ,
           both
           to
           draw
           them
           to
           confession
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           confesse
           where
           their
           money
           was
           .
        
         
           A
           Monke
           called
           
             Heran
             ,
          
           presuming
           of
           his
           merits
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           austeritie
           of
           life
           ,
           after
           fifty
           yeeres
           was
           perswaded
           by
           the
           Diuell
           to
           throw
           himselfe
           into
           a
           deepe
           Well
           ,
           from
           
           whence
           preserued
           and
           taken
           out
           by
           miracle
           ,
           hee
           could
           not
           bee
           perswaded
           ,
           or
           remoued
           from
           any
           other
           opinion
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Angell
           appeared
           vnto
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           glorious
           to
           posteritie
           .
        
         
           
             Philip
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           his
           Successor
           
             Otho
             ,
          
           were
           both
           brought
           to
           their
           destruction
           by
           the
           practises
           of
           
             Innocent
          
           the
           third
           .
           And
           why
           may
           not
           I
           bring
           in
           heere
           ,
           that
           King
           
             Iohn
          
           of
           
             England
          
           was
           poisoned
           by
           a
           Monke
           of
           
             Swinsted
          
           Abbey
           ,
           seeing
           they
           themselues
           bring
           it
           in
           ,
           and
           insert
           it
           in
           their
           Stories
           ?
        
         
           About
           the
           yeere
           1513.
           
           
             Henry
          
           of
           
             Lutzenburg
          
           was
           poisoned
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           by
           a
           
             Dominican
          
           Frier
           ,
           which
           
             Baptista
             Ignatius
          
           affirmes
           ,
           and
           
             Sleidan
          
           recites
           the
           reason
           ,
           from
           a
           motiue
           of
           
             Clement
          
           the
           fift
           ,
           because
           hee
           grew
           too
           strong
           in
           
             Italy
             :
          
           but
           what
           followed
           :
           many
           Friers
           of
           that
           Order
           were
           slaine
           afterwards
           by
           the
           Souldiers
           .
        
         
           
             Pope
             Innocent
          
           the
           fourth
           was
           charged
           with
           the
           poisoning
           of
           
             Frederick
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           by
           meanes
           of
           
             Peter
             de
             Vinca
             :
          
           but
           escaping
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           hee
           was
           afterward
           murthered
           by
           
             Manfrede
             ,
          
           by
           the
           same
           
             Popes
          
           practise
           .
        
         
           
             Ioane
          
           Queene
           of
           
             Naples
          
           was
           murthered
           by
           the
           priuity
           and
           consent
           of
           
             Vrbane
          
           the
           sixt
           :
        
         
           
             Charles
          
           King
           of
           
             Naples
             ,
          
           by
           the
           nefarious
           and
           bloudy
           counsell
           of
           
             Clement
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           caused
           
             Conradinus
          
           and
           
             Frederick
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Austria
          
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           which
           at
           last
           cost
           the
           young
           Prince
           his
           life
           :
           and
           ,
           so
           murther
           vpon
           murther
           followed
           ,
           
           and
           the
           
             Popes
          
           themselues
           were
           defamed
           for
           such
           hatefull
           mischiefe
           and
           treasons
           .
        
         
           
             Sixtus
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           was
           the
           principall
           contriuer
           of
           that
           treason
           ,
           whereby
           
             Iulian
             de
             Medices
          
           was
           slaine
           ,
           and
           his
           brother
           
             Laurence
          
           hurt
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Reparata
          
           at
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           at
           the
           eleuation
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           For
           
             Volateran
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Pope
          
           knew
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           countenanced
           the
           malefactors
           .
        
         
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           sixt
           most
           inhumanely
           caused
           
             Gemes
          
           the
           Turkes
           brother
           to
           be
           impoysoned
           ,
           being
           seduced
           and
           corrupted
           by
           the
           bribes
           of
           the
           Great
           Turke
           ,
           and
           promises
           of
           more
           money
           .
        
         
           
             Henry
          
           the
           third
           of
           
             France
          
           was
           most
           shamefully
           murthered
           by
           a
           
             Dominican
          
           Frier
           ,
           called
           
             Iames
             Clement
             ;
          
           and
           the
           fact
           not
           onely
           allowed
           of
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           but
           highly
           commended
           by
           the
           
             Pope
             .
          
        
         
           The
           lamentable
           Story
           of
           that
           man
           of
           men
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           is
           not
           yet
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           whensoeuer
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           spred
           abroad
           the
           carpet
           of
           reuenge
           ,
           oh
           what
           foule
           soules
           peraduenture
           will
           appeare
           vnder
           faire
           faces
           !
        
         
           The
           late
           Prince
           of
           
             Orange
          
           was
           first
           wounded
           by
           
             Iohn
             Iauregui
             ,
          
           and
           afterward
           murthered
           by
           
             Baltasar
             Gerard
             ,
          
           being
           both
           perswaded
           by
           Masse-Priests
           and
           Friers
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           facinorous
           act
           must
           needs
           be
           meritorious
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           also
           name
           
             Michael
             Reinion
             ,
             Peter
             de
             Four
             ,
          
           and
           
             Peter
             Pann
             ,
          
           animated
           to
           kill
           Prince
           
             Maurice
             ,
          
           all
           instructed
           by
           Priests
           and
           Iesuites
           ,
           who
           are
           indeed
           the
           very
           Incendiaries
           of
           the
           
           
             Popes
          
           furnace
           ,
           to
           set
           all
           
             Europe
          
           in
           combustion
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           trouble
           you
           further
           with
           their
           owne
           murthering
           one
           another
           for
           the
           
             Papacy
             ,
          
           with
           the
           cruelties
           of
           the
           Consistorian
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           the
           exorbitant
           wickednesse
           ,
           which
           streameth
           all
           ouer
           the
           Citie
           ,
           and
           is
           more
           infectious
           to
           their
           soules
           ,
           then
           the
           plague
           ,
           which
           often
           happens
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           to
           their
           bodies
           ?
        
         
           7.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Blasphemies
           ,
           I
           meane
           not
           to
           trouble
           you
           much
           with
           their
           oathes
           ,
           strange
           inuented
           
           oathes
           ,
           forswearings
           ,
           protestations
           ,
           execrations
           ,
           curses
           ,
           equiuocations
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           .
           For
           I
           haue
           other
           things
           to
           make
           you
           amazed
           withall
           ,
           and
           such
           fearefull
           speeches
           hammered
           on
           the
           anuill
           of
           the
           Diuels
           shoppe
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           with
           the
           Poet
           ,
           
             Horresco
             referens
             :
          
           Yet
           I
           will
           begin
           gently
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           Prouerb
           ,
           a
           common
           Prouerbe
           in
           those
           times
           ,
           Hee
           sweareth
           like
           an
           Abbot
           .
        
         
           A
           certaine
           Priest
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           had
           been
           angred
           by
           a
           Curtezan
           ,
           burst
           out
           into
           an
           oath
           ,
           and
           sware
           by
           
             Potta
             de
             la
             Virgine
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           Monkes
           had
           no
           Wine
           ,
           they
           vs'd
           to
           send
           to
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           
             Date
             nobis
             de
             oleo
             vestro
             ,
             quia
             Lampades
             nostra
             extinguuntur
             .
          
        
         
           A
           certaine
           Frier
           preaching
           of
           the
           Passion
           of
           Christ
           ,
           acted
           his
           gesture
           in
           such
           a
           maner
           ,
           that
           hee
           moued
           his
           auditorie
           to
           shed
           teares
           :
           which
           when
           he
           perceiued
           ,
           he
           changed
           the
           accent
           of
           his
           voice
           ,
           and
           cryed
           out
           ,
           Weep
           not
           so
           greatly
           .
           For
           perhaps
           it
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           which
           I
           told
           you
           .
        
         
         
           A
           wicked
           Priest
           of
           
             Toures
             ,
          
           rayling
           on
           the
           
             Hugonets
             ,
          
           for
           putting
           their
           trust
           in
           Christ
           ,
           durst
           aduenture
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           for
           his
           part
           hee
           would
           beleeue
           the
           
             Pope
          
           before
           Christ.
           
        
         
           
             Iulius
          
           the
           third
           ,
           called
           
             Iohn
             de
             Maria
             de
             monte
             ,
          
           exclaimed
           thus
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           was
           so
           angry
           for
           the
           eating
           of
           an
           Apple
           ;
           how
           great
           reason
           had
           he
           to
           be
           raged
           at
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           Peacock
           ,
           which
           meat
           he
           loued
           so
           well
           ?
        
         
           Cardinall
           
             Bembus
          
           in
           a
           conference
           about
           their
           glory
           and
           wealth
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           exclaimed
           with
           a
           smile
           :
           Oh
           what
           riches
           haue
           we
           gotten
           by
           this
           fable
           of
           Christ
           !
        
         
           A
           popish
           Prelate
           rayling
           against
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           said
           plainely
           ,
           that
           sure
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           at
           the
           first
           was
           a
           
             Lutherane
             .
          
           For
           out
           of
           the
           presumption
           of
           his
           faith
           ,
           hee
           would
           needs
           come
           to
           Christ
           on
           the
           water
           ,
           and
           might
           thereby
           haue
           beene
           drowned
           ,
           if
           not
           saued
           miraculously
           .
        
         
           
             Menot
          
           a
           Frenchman
           ,
           and
           
             Barlet
          
           an
           Italian
           ,
           said
           ,
           that
           if
           Christ
           had
           not
           been
           crucified
           ,
           the
           Uirgin
           
             Mary
          
           would
           haue
           performed
           it
           with
           her
           owne
           hands
           for
           the
           saluation
           of
           mankinde
           .
        
         
           The
           Papists
           in
           generall
           confesse
           perfection
           in
           the
           rules
           of
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           ,
           and
           the
           Masse-priests
           of
           
             Trent
          
           doe
           make
           traditions
           equall
           to
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           they
           commonly
           deny
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           a
           perfect
           rule
           of
           life
           and
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Turkes
          
           punish
           feuerely
           such
           as
           blaspheme
           Christ
           :
           but
           Papists
           ,
           I
           meane
           ,
           the
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           teare
           him
           in
           pieces
           with
           their
           hands
           and
           
           mouthes
           .
           For
           such
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           most
           cleere
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           that
           can
           sweare
           most
           wickedly
           ,
           and
           blaspheme
           outragiously
           .
        
         
           Though
           Papists
           professe
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           &c.
           yet
           doe
           they
           teach
           that
           Dogs
           and
           Hogs
           doe
           eate
           his
           body
           ,
           as
           oft
           as
           they
           eate
           the
           consecrated
           Host.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Pope
          
           is
           called
           the
           soueraigne
           Lord
           of
           Purgatorie
           ,
           and
           can
           deliuer
           soules
           from
           thence
           by
           Indulgences
           and
           Pardons
           .
        
         
           The
           Turkes
           deny
           all
           manner
           of
           God-hood
           in
           man
           ,
           yea
           ,
           in
           their
           owne
           Prophet
           
             Mahomet
             ;
          
           and
           verily
           beleeue
           ,
           that
           
             Cosdras
          
           was
           vanquished
           by
           the
           
             Romanes
             ,
          
           for
           calling
           himselfe
           a
           god
           :
           but
           the
           
             Popes
          
           not
           onely
           call
           themselues
           so
           ,
           but
           haue
           decreed
           it
           hereticall
           to
           thinke
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           loade
           you
           with
           examples
           :
           but
           these
           shall
           suffice
           .
           For
           I
           would
           not
           raise
           this
           mount
           too
           high
           ,
           considering
           I
           determine
           but
           a
           kinde
           of
           hillocke
           ,
           to
           ouer-looke
           the
           neighbour
           fields
           ,
           and
           easie
           passages
           :
           onely
           I
           will
           adde
           hereunto
           how
           God
           hath
           been
           displeased
           with
           these
           men
           ,
           euen
           as
           farre
           as
           desperate
           deaths
           and
           punishments
           :
           yet
           neither
           haue
           they
           repented
           ,
           but
           dyed
           in
           their
           perfidious
           blasphemies
           ;
           nor
           others
           taken
           warning
           ,
           but
           continued
           in
           their
           malicious
           wickednesse
           .
        
         
           The
           Chancelour
           of
           
             France
          
           cried
           out
           on
           his
           death-bed
           ,
           Oh
           
             Cardinall
             ,
          
           thou
           hast
           sent
           vs
           all
           to
           the
           diuell
           !
        
         
           
             Bonanenture
             de
             Periere
             ,
          
           author
           of
           that
           detestable
           booke
           ,
           called
           
             Symbolum
             mundi
             ,
          
           ran
           himselfe
           vpon
           his
           sword
           ,
           and
           dyed
           most
           desperately
           :
           as
           
             Razis
             ,
          
           
           and
           others
           in
           
             Switzerland
          
           threw
           themselues
           headlong
           from
           high
           Rocks
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           blasphemies
           of
           
             Popes
          
           prelates
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Chancelor
          
           and
           
             Legat
             du
             Prat
          
           made
           a
           faire
           Hospitall
           ,
           of
           which
           
             Francis
          
           the
           first
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           halfe
           large
           enough
           to
           lodge
           so
           many
           poore
           people
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           vndone
           :
           Hee
           dyed
           at
           
             Nantouillet
          
           of
           a
           strange
           disease
           ;
           his
           stomake
           eaten
           thorow
           with
           Wormes
           :
           and
           while
           his
           Coffers
           were
           sealing
           vp
           ,
           he
           roued
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           See
           ,
           what
           is
           gotten
           with
           seruing
           the
           King
           with
           soule
           and
           body
           !
        
         
           
             Stephen
             Ponchier
             ,
          
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Toures
             ,
          
           labouring
           to
           erect
           a
           new
           Court
           against
           the
           Professors
           of
           True
           Religion
           ,
           called
           the
           burning
           
             Chamber
             ,
          
           was
           attached
           by
           a
           disease
           ,
           named
           
             Le
             feu
             de
             dieu
             ,
          
           beginning
           at
           his
           feet
           ,
           and
           rising
           vp
           to
           his
           head
           :
           so
           that
           hee
           was
           constrained
           to
           cut
           off
           one
           legge
           and
           member
           after
           another
           ,
           till
           he
           dyed
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Ruze
          
           a
           Chancelor
           of
           Parlament
           ,
           and
           great
           blasphemer
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           persecutor
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           had
           a
           burning
           disease
           in
           his
           priuities
           and
           stomake
           ,
           which
           consumed
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Claudius
             des
             asses
             ,
          
           a
           great
           swearer
           and
           blasphemer
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           hee
           had
           condemned
           a
           Protestant
           to
           be
           burnt
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           in
           the
           act
           of
           filthines
           with
           one
           of
           his
           Chamber-Maids
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           dyed
           of
           an
           Apoplexy
           .
        
         
           Oh
           the
           lamentable
           deaths
           of
           our
           owne
           Clergy
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           rauing
           ,
           and
           blaspheming
           God
           euen
           at
           the
           last
           gaspe
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           namely
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           Cardinall
           
             Bewford
             ,
          
           Cardinall
           
             Wolsey
             ,
          
           Cardinall
           
             Poole
             ,
             Gardner
             ,
             Bonner
             ,
          
           and
           diuers
           others
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Andrew
          
           a
           Stationer
           ,
           and
           a
           Spie
           against
           Protestants
           ,
           set
           on
           by
           the
           popish
           Clergy
           ,
           died
           starke
           mad
           ,
           and
           railing
           both
           against
           God
           and
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Menier
             ,
          
           Lord
           of
           
             Opidel
             ,
          
           fell
           into
           a
           strangurie
           and
           burning
           disease
           ,
           blaspheming
           his
           Creator
           ,
           and
           crying
           out
           against
           the
           Clergy
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Iacobine
          
           Frier
           ,
           called
           
             De
             Roma
             ,
          
           withdrawing
           himselfe
           to
           
             Auignion
             ,
          
           determined
           to
           make
           merry
           with
           the
           spoiles
           of
           the
           Protestants
           of
           
             Prouence
             ,
          
           where
           he
           was
           first
           robbed
           by
           his
           owne
           seruants
           ,
           and
           then
           died
           in
           beggery
           of
           a
           strange
           disease
           .
        
         
           
             Petrus
             Castellanus
          
           was
           once
           a
           professor
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Francis
          
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           so
           displeased
           the
           Sorbonists
           at
           
             Paris
             :
          
           afterwards
           he
           returned
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           to
           the
           vomit
           ,
           in
           the
           raigne
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           second
           :
           and
           thereupon
           was
           made
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Orleance
             :
          
           the
           reason
           is
           rendred
           ,
           because
           the
           Protestants
           had
           no
           countenance
           nor
           honour
           .
           But
           what
           followed
           he
           fell
           into
           a
           strange
           disease
           :
           the
           one
           halfe
           of
           his
           body
           was
           as
           hot
           as
           fire
           ,
           the
           other
           as
           cold
           as
           might
           be
           ;
           which
           ,
           ioyned
           with
           a
           bloudy
           flix
           ,
           kill'd
           him
           at
           last
           :
           but
           before
           he
           died
           ,
           all
           were
           amazed
           at
           his
           sorrow
           and
           extremitie
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Concerning
           their
           ignorance
           and
           doltishnesse
           .
           
           For
           the
           generall
           ,
           it
           is
           well
           knowne
           ,
           that
           many
           priests
           could
           scarce
           read
           Latine
           ,
           much
           lesse
           
           vnderstand
           it
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           their
           Masse
           and
           Mattens
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           great
           letters
           :
           yea
           when
           they
           were
           drunke
           ,
           were
           often
           deceiued
           in
           the
           rules
           of
           the
           
             Pye
             ;
          
           and
           would
           diuers
           times
           repeate
           one
           for
           another
           :
           insomuch
           that
           in
           
             England
          
           we
           had
           these
           phrases
           :
           Ignorant
           
             Sir
             Iohn
             :
          
           A
           very
           Dunse
           :
           a
           
             Queen
             Maries
          
           priest
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           .
           But
           to
           make
           you
           sport
           ,
           and
           giue
           you
           some
           examples
           :
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           common
           tale
           of
           a
           pretty
           Boy
           ,
           that
           set
           the
           Priests
           Barne
           on
           fire
           ,
           and
           speaking
           to
           him
           in
           his
           owne
           Latine
           ,
           all
           was
           burnt
           ,
           because
           he
           vnderstood
           him
           not
           .
        
         
           
             Pogius
          
           the
           
             Florentine
          
           hath
           a
           hundred
           examples
           of
           the
           Priests
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           that
           knew
           no
           Latine
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           to
           receiue
           Orders
           ,
           they
           are
           called
           his
           
             facetiae
             :
          
           and
           indeed
           he
           sets
           downe
           the
           stories
           ,
           meerely
           for
           iests
           and
           laughter
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           an
           
             Italian
          
           Frier
           ,
           that
           told
           the
           people
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           celebrate
           that
           weeke
           the
           feast
           of
           
             Epiphany
             ;
          
           but
           by
           his
           troth
           he
           knew
           not
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           Man
           or
           Woman
           .
        
         
           When
           a
           certaine
           Priest
           read
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christs
           feeding
           so
           many
           men
           with
           a
           fewe
           loaues
           and
           Fishes
           ,
           he
           named
           500.
           for
           5000.
           at
           which
           the
           Clarke
           being
           discontented
           ,
           stepped
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           he
           was
           mistaken
           ,
           it
           was
           5000.
           
           Hold
           thy
           peace
           ,
           replied
           the
           Priest
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           they
           beleeue
           this
           number
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           certaine
           Priest
           ,
           that
           supposed
           
             dignus
             ,
          
           was
           Latine
           to
           dine
           :
           for
           when
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Bishop
           to
           be
           preferred
           to
           a
           Benefice
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           
           onely
           asked
           him
           ,
           
             Es
             ne
             tu
             dignus
             ?
          
           Hee
           replyed
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           pleased
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           hee
           would
           dine
           with
           his
           Gentlemen
           .
        
         
           What
           should
           I
           name
           him
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           tell
           the
           father
           of
           the
           foure
           sonnes
           of
           
             Aimon
             ;
          
           or
           him
           ,
           that
           knew
           not
           who
           begat
           
             Iaphet
             ,
          
           for
           all
           they
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Noah
          
           had
           three
           sonnes
           ,
           
             Som
             ,
             Ham
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iaphet
             ?
          
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           Priest
           in
           
             Italy
          
           so
           absurdly
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           came
           to
           baptize
           an
           Infant
           ,
           he
           accustomed
           to
           say
           ,
           
             In
             nomine
             Patria
             ,
             &
             filia
             ,
             &
             spiritua
             Sancta
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           diuers
           Priests
           the
           relation
           is
           thus
           :
           One
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           
             euertit
             domum
             ,
          
           said
           
             euerit
             domum
             :
          
           Another
           ,
           for
           
             demissus
             per
             portam
             ,
             demissus
             per
             sportam
             .
          
           A
           third
           englished
           
             Haereticum
             deuita
             ,
          
           put
           an
           Hereticke
           to
           death
           ;
           and
           a
           fourth
           ,
           
             Inuenimus
             Messiam
             ,
          
           we
           haue
           found
           the
           Masse
           .
        
         
           A
           Curate
           of
           
             Artois
          
           suing
           his
           Parishioners
           for
           not
           pauing
           the
           Church
           ,
           alledged
           the
           Prophet
           
             Ieremy
          
           for
           his
           action
           —
           
             Paueant
             illi
             ,
             &
             non
             paueā
             ego
             .
          
        
         
           A
           profound
           Clerke
           ,
           being
           vrged
           with
           certaine
           lawes
           ,
           called
           
             Clementina
          
           and
           
             Nouella
             ,
          
           was
           very
           angry
           ,
           that
           they
           obiected
           to
           him
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Whores
           and
           Harlots
           .
        
         
           
             Prat
          
           the
           Chancelor
           ,
           interpreting
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           
           Letter
           to
           
             Francis
          
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           englished
           
             Mitto
             tibi
             duodecim
             Molossos
             ;
          
           so
           many
           Mules
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           Mastiues
           .
        
         
           
             Hugo
             Carensis
          
           wil
           not
           haue
           
             Diabolus
             ,
          
           a
           slanderer
           ,
           but
           to
           eat
           vp
           one
           at
           two
           morsels
           ,
           body
           and
           soule
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           conference
           holden
           at
           
             Poyssi
             ,
          
           a
           Priest
           called
           
             Demochares
             ,
          
           pleading
           for
           Images
           ,
           was
           so
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           hee
           had
           no
           other
           thing
           to
           alledge
           ,
           but
           the
           painted
           windowes
           of
           Saint
           
             Denis
             .
          
           True
           ,
           answered
           the
           Minister
           ,
           your
           argument
           is
           made
           of
           glasse
           .
        
         
           The
           Papists
           commend
           the
           Colliers
           faith
           ,
           that
           could
           answere
           the
           Diuell
           nothing
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           beleeued
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           beleeueth
           ,
           although
           hee
           knew
           not
           what
           that
           beliefe
           was
           .
           Wherevpon
           
             Linwood
          
           and
           others
           say
           ;
           It
           is
           sufficient
           to
           beleeue
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Creed
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           
             Dante
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Friers
           preach
           their
           owne
           inuentions
           ,
           and
           tell
           idle
           tales
           without
           edification
           :
           and
           
             Cornelius
             Agrippa
          
           condemneth
           their
           ignorance
           ,
           as
           preaching
           meere
           toyes
           ,
           and
           humane
           deuices
           ,
           as
           not
           vnderstanding
           any
           other
           .
        
         
           
             Alfonsus
             à
             Castro
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           diuers
           
             Popes
          
           were
           vtterly
           vnlearn'd
           .
           For
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           
             fiat
             ,
          
           said
           
             fiatur
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           sixt
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Laziardus
             ,
          
           vnderstood
           not
           the
           Masse
           .
           Pope
           
             Zachary
          
           condemned
           
             Virgilius
             ,
          
           a
           Bishop
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           as
           an
           Hereticke
           ,
           for
           saying
           there
           were
           
             Antipodes
             :
          
           and
           
             Paul
          
           the
           second
           could
           not
           endure
           the
           name
           of
           
             Academie
             ,
          
           as
           an
           enemy
           to
           all
           learning
           .
        
         
           
             Iohn
             Peckam
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Provinciall
           constitution
           ,
           thinketh
           it
           sufficient
           for
           Priests
           once
           in
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           yeere
           to
           expound
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Creed
           ,
           ten
           Commandements
           ,
           the
           two
           commandements
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           the
           seuen
           workes
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           the
           
           seuen
           deadly
           sinnes
           :
           the
           seuen
           Vertues
           :
           the
           seuen
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           curiositie
           .
        
         
           
             Durandus
          
           teacheth
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           points
           of
           a
           Bishops
           Myter
           ,
           signifieth
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           :
           but
           
             Loies
             Mersilius
             ,
          
           an
           
             Augustine
          
           Frier
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           strops
           of
           the
           Myter
           that
           hang
           on
           the
           Bishops
           backe
           ,
           doe
           signifie
           ,
           that
           hee
           neither
           vnderstood
           the
           Old
           nor
           New
           Testament
           .
        
         
           
             Alnarus
             Pelagius
          
           complaineth
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
             Spaine
          
           committed
           thousands
           of
           soules
           to
           their
           kinsmen
           priests
           ,
           that
           had
           no
           learning
           .
           And
           the
           
             Germanes
          
           of
           late
           told
           
             Adrian
          
           the
           sixt
           ;
           that
           vnlearned
           Idiots
           ,
           vnfit
           ,
           vile
           ,
           and
           ridiculous
           fellowes
           were
           made
           Priests
           .
        
         
           The
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           at
           this
           houre
           can
           scarce
           read
           their
           canonicall
           houres
           .
           For
           in
           the
           Monasterie
           of
           
             Fulda
             ,
          
           the
           Monkes
           accused
           
             Rabanus
             Manrus
          
           for
           being
           learned
           ,
           and
           studying
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           neglecting
           their
           temporalities
           :
           but
           of
           late
           ,
           lest
           children
           should
           mocke
           the
           popish
           priests
           ,
           that
           cannnot
           read
           their
           Masse
           with
           true
           accents
           ,
           euery
           word
           in
           common
           Missals
           is
           accented
           :
           and
           yet
           they
           misse
           every
           day
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Beastlinesse
           ,
           both
           in
           ribaldry
           and
           other
           〈◊〉
           actions
           ,
           I
           will
           insist
           the
           
           lesse
           ,
           because
           the
           〈◊〉
           are
           filthy
           ,
           and
           can
           no
           way
           delight
           either
           chaste
           eares
           ,
           nor
           a
           ciuill
           auditorie
           yet
           to
           keepe
           correspondency
           with
           my
           diuision
           ,
           something
           must
           be
           spoken
           befitting
           this
           discourse
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Section
           .
        
         
           In
           other
           places
           as
           well
           as
           there
           ,
           when
           women
           
           came
           to
           confession
           ,
           the
           Friers
           and
           Priests
           would
           demand
           of
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           Sodomites
           or
           no
           ?
           many
           times
           putting
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           vnderstood
           not
           ,
           and
           causing
           a
           filthinesse
           to
           bee
           practised
           ,
           which
           before
           they
           knew
           .
        
         
           You
           shall
           reade
           in
           the
           life
           of
           
             Iuniperus
             ,
          
           whom
           Saint
           
             Francis
          
           held
           for
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           that
           hee
           commonly
           vsed
           to
           defile
           his
           bed
           ,
           by
           rauening
           in
           of
           hotch-pot
           dyet
           ;
           as
           seething
           Cabages
           ,
           Roots
           ,
           Bacon
           ,
           Beefe
           ,
           Flesh
           ,
           Veale
           ,
           Pidgeons
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           ,
           without
           either
           scumming
           the
           pot
           ,
           or
           cleanely
           dressing
           .
        
         
           They
           tell
           it
           for
           a
           iest
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           bee
           denied
           ,
           that
           the
           Monke
           
             Ruffinus
          
           droue
           away
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           by
           threatening
           to
           vntrusse
           a
           point
           in
           his
           throat
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           life
           of
           Saint
           
             Dominick
             ,
          
           a
           certaine
           man
           was
           possessed
           with
           Diuels
           :
           whereupon
           the
           Saint
           bound
           about
           his
           necke
           certaine
           Relicks
           ,
           whereof
           some
           of
           them
           were
           no
           better
           then
           shitten
           clouts
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           whose
           perfume
           the
           Diuels
           could
           not
           abide
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cryed
           out
           they
           would
           depart
           :
           but
           the
           holy
           Man
           would
           not
           beleeue
           them
           ,
           till
           the
           Relicks
           were
           sureties
           for
           them
           .
           As
           hee
           also
           preached
           ,
           the
           women
           were
           amazed
           ,
           and
           cryed
           out
           ,
           that
           if
           hee
           said
           true
           ,
           they
           had
           serued
           a
           very
           strange
           Master
           ;
           he
           bade
           them
           be
           quiet
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           see
           what
           Master
           they
           had
           serued
           .
           Wherevpon
           enters
           in
           among
           them
           an
           vgly
           Cat
           ,
           with
           flaming
           eyes
           ,
           shewing
           his
           
             posteriors
          
           vnto
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           more
           filthy
           then
           in
           other
           Beasts
           :
           At
           last
           he
           leapes
           into
           the
           Belfry
           ,
           and
           left
           
           such
           a
           stinke
           behinde
           him
           ,
           that
           had
           almost
           choaked
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           legend
           of
           
             S.
             Dominick
             ,
          
           a
           Nun
           called
           Mary
           ,
           had
           a
           sore
           thigh
           ,
           for
           which
           she
           praied
           to
           
             S.
             Dominick
             ,
          
           as
           daring
           not
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           :
           Who
           pittying
           her
           ,
           came
           to
           her
           when
           shee
           was
           asleepe
           ,
           and
           anointed
           the
           place
           .
        
         
           Pope
           
             Felix
          
           the
           eighth
           after
           S.
           
             Gregory
             ,
          
           built
           a
           Church
           in
           the
           honour
           of
           S.
           
             Cosmas
             ,
          
           and
           S.
           
             Damias
             ,
          
           wherein
           one
           had
           his
           thigh
           almost
           rotted
           off
           with
           a
           canker
           :
           but
           these
           Saints
           came
           with
           Salues
           and
           Ointments
           ,
           yea
           tooke
           very
           excrements
           to
           cure
           the
           fellow
           :
           but
           when
           they
           sawe
           they
           could
           doe
           no
           good
           ,
           they
           cut
           off
           a
           legge
           of
           an
           Aethiopian
           newly
           buried
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           to
           the
           man
           ,
           and
           so
           cured
           him
           .
        
         
           At
           
             Lodone
          
           in
           
             Gascoine
             ,
          
           the
           Mouse
           that
           had
           eaten
           their
           bready
           god
           ,
           was
           canonized
           ,
           and
           called
           the
           holy
           Mouse
           .
        
         
           The
           famous
           
             Fransciscan
             de
             cornibus
             ;
          
           died
           of
           the
           
             Neapolitan
          
           disease
           :
           yet
           ,
           when
           the
           buttons
           and
           pimples
           brake
           foorth
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           looke
           fiery
           red
           ,
           they
           reported
           he
           became
           a
           
             Seraphin
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           when
           a
           Gentlewoman
           died
           of
           the
           stinke
           ,
           by
           kissing
           of
           his
           feet
           ,
           it
           rather
           confirmed
           their
           opinion
           ,
           then
           gaue
           them
           eyes
           to
           looke
           into
           the
           villanie
           .
        
         
           When
           a
           certaine
           Cardinall
           made
           report
           ;
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Woman
           possessed
           by
           a
           Diuell
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           be
           coniured
           :
           No
           ,
           quoth
           
             Lon
          
           the
           publick
           Notarie
           ,
           giue
           her
           but
           a
           glister
           of
           holy-water
           ,
           and
           the
           Diuell
           will
           be
           gone
           ,
           I
           warrant
           you
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           written
           in
           the
           life
           of
           Pope
           
             Sixtus
          
           the
           4.
           that
           hee
           granted
           libertie
           to
           the
           whole
           familie
           of
           the
           Cardinall
           of
           ,
           
             S.
             Luce
             ,
          
           to
           vse
           carnall
           cōpany
           with
           the
           male
           sex
           ,
           during
           the
           three
           hottest
           Moneths
           :
           and
           Pope
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           6.
           permitted
           
             Peter
             Mendozze
             ,
          
           a
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           Cardinall
           of
           
             Valentia
             ,
          
           to
           make
           a
           
             Ganimede
          
           of
           his
           bastard
           sonne
           ,
           the
           Marquesse
           of
           
             Zannet
             .
          
           But
           of
           this
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Fooleries
           ,
           &
           Absurdities
           ,
           
           I
           know
           not
           werhe
           to
           begin
           ,
           nor
           once
           beginning
           ,
           how
           to
           make
           an
           end
           :
           For
           there
           are
           so
           many
           remarkable
           things
           of
           this
           kinde
           ,
           that
           I
           stand
           amazed
           at
           the
           blindnesse
           of
           former
           times
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           discouer
           such
           fopperies
           and
           abuses
           ;
           and
           wonder
           at
           their
           superstitious
           ignorance
           ,
           which
           would
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           led
           into
           the
           fairer
           fields
           of
           knowledge
           :
           But
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Franciscan
             ,
          
           putting
           on
           a
           short
           garment
           ,
           and
           leauing
           off
           his
           breeches
           of
           purpose
           ,
           vsed
           such
           emphaticall
           speeches
           and
           gestures
           to
           the
           people
           which
           stood
           before
           him
           ,
           about
           the
           passion
           of
           Christ
           on
           a
           good
           Friday
           ,
           that
           they
           fell
           a
           weeping
           :
           but
           such
           as
           were
           behinde
           ,
           seeing
           his
           naked
           buttocks
           ,
           as
           he
           bowed
           himselfe
           ,
           fell
           also
           a
           laughing
           ,
           he
           proued
           so
           ridiculous
           in
           the
           action
           .
        
         
           
             Robert
             Liciencis
             ,
          
           another
           
             Franciscan
             ,
          
           could
           cause
           either
           sorrow
           ,
           or
           laughter
           ,
           by
           the
           enforcement
           of
           his
           words
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           his
           gesture
           :
           yea
           he
           had
           a
           tricke
           to
           winne
           wagers
           with
           his
           pot-companions
           of
           eithers
           enforcement
           .
        
         
           A
           Frier
           hauing
           a
           Sweet-hart
           ,
           who
           loued
           him
           
           extraordinarily
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           endure
           his
           habit
           ,
           he
           took
           occasion
           one
           day
           to
           preach
           of
           the
           warres
           against
           the
           
             Turk
             :
          
           and
           comming
           to
           the
           point
           of
           choosing
           a
           Generall
           ,
           or
           Captaine
           ,
           hee
           threw
           off
           the
           gowne
           ,
           and
           preached
           in
           the
           habit
           of
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           which
           became
           him
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           his
           Sweet-heart
           seeing
           him
           ,
           was
           much
           delighted
           with
           his
           presence
           .
           And
           when
           for
           this
           and
           other
           fooleries
           hee
           was
           sent
           for
           before
           the
           Cardinals
           ,
           hee
           answered
           them
           very
           merrily
           and
           reuerently
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           it
           to
           please
           his
           Loue
           ,
           not
           in
           any
           contempt
           of
           his
           Order
           ,
           or
           the
           Catholike
           Religion
           .
        
         
           A
           certaine
           Curate
           complained
           to
           his
           Parishioners
           in
           this
           sort
           ;
           Alas
           ,
           what
           would
           you
           haue
           me
           doe
           ,
           O
           my
           Parishioners
           ?
           You
           bring
           me
           no
           offerings
           ,
           and
           I
           see
           none
           of
           you
           dye
           ;
           How
           shall
           I
           liue
           then
           ,
           thinke
           ye
           ?
        
         
           The
           Franciscans
           of
           
             Enreux
          
           counterfetted
           a
           Ghost
           ,
           or
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           procure
           money
           ;
           and
           a
           yong
           Franciscan
           Nouice
           ,
           called
           
             Harecourt
             ,
          
           at
           
             Orleans
             ,
          
           counterfetted
           the
           ghost
           of
           the
           Prouost
           Marshals
           Wife
           ,
           because
           he
           gave
           but
           sixe
           crownes
           to
           the
           Franciscans
           .
        
         
           At
           
             Triers
          
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Abbey
           of
           Saint
           
             Simon
             ,
          
           Saint
           
             Iosephs
          
           pantophles
           haue
           beene
           in
           request
           a
           long
           time
           :
           and
           in
           
             Aix
          
           they
           shewed
           his
           Breeches
           ,
           with
           the
           Virgin
           
             Maries
          
           Smocke
           :
           nay
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           tayle
           of
           the
           Asse
           ,
           on
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           rode
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           at
           
             Genoa
          
           accounted
           for
           a
           Relicke
           :
           and
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           
             Loraine
          
           the
           holy
           Hay
           found
           in
           the
           Cratch
           ,
           where
           
           our
           Sauiour
           was
           laid
           ,
           is
           very
           famous
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           Blacke-Friers
           in
           
             Arles
             ,
          
           at
           
             Vigand
          
           in
           
             Languedock
             ,
          
           and
           at
           
             Florence
             ,
          
           the
           stones
           are
           shewed
           that
           kill'd
           Saint
           
             Steuen
             :
          
           with
           the
           arrowes
           wherewith
           Saint
           
             Sebastian
          
           was
           wounded
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Nicodemus
          
           tooke
           our
           Sauiour
           downe
           from
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           he
           gathered
           some
           of
           his
           bloud
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           in
           one
           of
           the
           fingers
           of
           his
           Gloue
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           wrought
           many
           miracles
           ,
           &
           for
           which
           he
           was
           persecuted
           by
           the
           Iewes
           :
           so
           that
           hee
           was
           glad
           to
           bee
           rid
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           tooke
           a
           piece
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           writing
           therein
           all
           his
           miracles
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           bloud
           was
           ,
           rowling
           it
           together
           ,
           and
           inclosing
           it
           in
           the
           beake
           of
           a
           Bird
           ,
           and
           so
           tying
           it
           hard
           ,
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           Sea
           :
           but
           after
           1200.
           yeeres
           ,
           the
           waues
           draue
           it
           into
           
             Normandy
             ,
          
           among
           certaine
           shrubs
           ,
           where
           a
           Duke
           found
           it
           ,
           and
           built
           the
           Abbey
           of
           
             Beck
          
           in
           the
           place
           :
           For
           hunting
           of
           a
           Stagge
           ,
           and
           losing
           him
           and
           the
           dogges
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           found
           kneeling
           before
           the
           Birds
           bill
           :
           which
           when
           it
           was
           searched
           ,
           discouered
           the
           secret
           ,
           and
           the
           miracle
           wrought
           the
           Duke
           to
           Deuotion
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           made
           him
           build
           a
           glorious
           Abbey
           :
           —
           
             O
             manifesta
             phraenesis
             !
          
        
         
           What
           say
           you
           to
           Christs
           bloud
           kept
           in
           Vyals
           ,
           gathered
           from
           vnder
           the
           Crosse
           by
           his
           Mother
           ?
           The
           teares
           of
           Christ
           ?
           the
           Swaddling
           bands
           of
           Christ
           ?
           the
           Milke
           of
           the
           Virgin
           
             Mary
             ?
          
           yea
           ,
           the
           very
           breath
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           hornes
           of
           
             Moses
             ?
          
        
         
           What
           thinke
           you
           of
           the
           seuerall
           Saints
           and
           their
           Offices
           ?
           Saint
           
             Genniesne
             ,
          
           to
           cause
           Raine
           ?
           
           Saint
           
             Burbe
             ,
          
           Thunder
           :
           Saint
           
             Maturin
             ,
          
           a
           Physician
           for
           Fooles
           :
           Saint
           
             Acuire
             ,
          
           for
           Mad-men
           :
           Saint
           
             Auertin
             ,
          
           for
           the
           diseases
           of
           the
           head
           :
           Saint
           
             Entrope
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Dropsie
           :
           Saint
           
             Mammard
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Paps
           :
           Saint
           
             Phiacre
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Emerods
           :
           Saint
           
             Maine
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Scabs
           :
           Saint
           
             Genoa
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Gowt
           :
           Saint
           
             Crepine
             ,
          
           for
           Shooes
           :
           Saint
           
             Medard
             ,
          
           for
           smiling
           :
           Saint
           
             Iob
             ,
          
           for
           the
           Pox
           :
           Saint
           
             Roch
             ,
          
           for
           Coblers
           :
           Saint
           
             Wendelin
             ,
          
           for
           Shepheards
           :
           Saint
           
             Pelage
             ,
          
           a
           Neat-herd
           :
           Saint
           
             Anthony
             ,
          
           a
           Swineherd
           :
           Saint
           
             Gertrudia
             ,
          
           a
           Rat-catcher
           :
           Saint
           
             Honore
             ,
          
           a
           Baker
           :
           Saint
           
             Eloy
             ,
          
           a
           Smith
           :
           Saint
           
             Hubert
             ,
          
           a
           Hunts-man
           :
           Saint
           
             Luke
             ,
          
           a
           Painter
           :
           Saint
           
             Nicholas
             ,
          
           a
           Mariner
           :
           Saint
           
             George
             ,
          
           a
           Knight
           :
           Saint
           
             Yue
             ,
          
           a
           Lawyer
           :
           Saint
           
             Anne
          
           for
           things
           lost
           :
           Saint
           
             Leonard
             ,
          
           to
           open
           Prisons
           :
           Saint
           
             Feriol
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           Geese
           :
           Saint
           
             Wendalus
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           Sheepe
           :
           Saint
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           to
           keepe
           Lambs
           :
           Saint
           
             Hubert
             ,
          
           for
           Dogges
           ;
           with
           infinit
           others
           ?
           And
           is
           not
           this
           fine
           foolery
           ?
           or
           how
           can
           there
           be
           more
           palpable
           grosenesse
           ?
        
         
           O
           Sauiour
           !
           what
           shall
           I
           now
           say
           to
           such
           a
           foolery
           ,
           as
           is
           vnanswerable
           ?
           whether
           all
           our
           Ladies
           make
           one
           Lady
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           not
           ?
           as
           Lady
           of
           
             Loretto
             ,
             Bononia
             ,
             Wels
          
           in
           
             Auergue
             ,
             Aix
             ,
             Nantuile
             ,
             Franckucile
             :
          
           the
           Valley
           ,
           the
           Mountaine
           ,
           
             Mount-ferra
             ,
             Mount-guatier
             ,
             Mount
             Rowland
             ,
             Cabimont
          
           in
           
             Languedoc
             :
          
           Our
           Lady
           of
           the
           Woods
           ,
           our
           Lady
           of
           the
           Fields
           ,
           of
           the
           faire
           Oake
           ,
           Walnut-tree
           ,
           Fountaine
           :
           and
           at
           
             Chartres
             ,
          
           our
           Lady
           aboue
           and
           beneath
           :
           our
           Lady
           of
           
             Crotes
             ,
          
           or
           in
           a
           Caue
           :
           of
           
             Carmel
             ,
          
           of
           Snow
           .
           What
           
           say
           you
           also
           to
           our
           Lady
           of
           recouerie
           ,
           of
           comfort
           ,
           of
           gladnesse
           ,
           of
           all
           ioyes
           ,
           of
           pitie
           ,
           of
           vertues
           ,
           of
           good
           tidings
           ,
           of
           good
           wishes
           ,
           and
           infinit
           others
           ?
           but
           what
           ?
           all
           one
           woman
           ?
           O
           blessed
           Iesu
           ,
           what
           absurditie
           is
           here
           ?
        
         
           Doe
           you
           thinke
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           the
           laughing
           at
           ,
           to
           obserue
           the
           many
           Masses
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Friers
           and
           Priests
           maintaine
           their
           Gluttony
           ,
           in
           ringing
           ,
           singing
           ,
           quauering
           ,
           mumbling
           ,
           grumbling
           ,
           and
           pattering
           great
           ,
           little
           ,
           high
           ,
           low
           Masses
           ,
           with
           a
           sop
           of
           Wine
           ,
           &
           dry
           Masses
           ;
           Masses
           for
           quick
           and
           dead
           ;
           Masses
           
             ad
             requiem
             ;
          
           Masses
           for
           all
           Ladies
           ,
           pitty
           ,
           vertue
           ,
           good
           newes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           :
           Masses
           of
           Saints
           ,
           
             Sebastian
             ,
             Godegran
             ,
             Guerlichon
             ,
             Aliuergo
             ,
             Andoch
             .
          
           Masses
           for
           11000.
           
           Virgins
           :
           Fraternities
           ,
           Chanters
           ,
           Warriers
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           what
           say
           ye
           to
           the
           Ornaments
           ?
           Albe
           ,
           Stole
           ,
           Girdle
           ,
           Maniple
           ,
           Amist
           ,
           Cope
           ,
           Chasible
           ,
           Platine
           ,
           Pix
           ,
           Censour
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           things
           ?
        
         
           A
           Gentleman
           being
           reproued
           for
           not
           vailing
           his
           Bonet
           ,
           when
           the
           Holy
           Water
           was
           cast
           on
           his
           head
           ;
           answered
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           had
           that
           vertue
           to
           penetrate
           to
           Purgatory
           ,
           it
           would
           no
           doubt
           goe
           thorow
           his
           Hat
           well
           enough
           .
        
         
           In
           
             Burgandy
             ,
          
           neere
           a
           Village
           called
           
             Chaseule
             ,
          
           a
           Countryman
           hearing
           Ringers
           ,
           went
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           kneeled
           before
           a
           Crucifix
           standing
           neere
           the
           Belfry
           ,
           which
           fell
           downe
           and
           had
           almost
           dashed
           out
           his
           braines
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Ringers
           were
           faine
           to
           leaue
           worke
           ,
           to
           carry
           him
           home
           .
           Vpon
           his
           recouery
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           same
           Church
           
           againe
           ,
           and
           findes
           a
           yong
           smiling
           Crucifix
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           old
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           other
           was
           broken
           in
           the
           fall
           )
           which
           looking
           stedfastly
           vpon
           ,
           he
           could
           forbeare
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           thus
           began
           ,
           Cast
           as
           good
           a
           countenance
           toward
           me
           as
           thou
           wilt
           ,
           I
           will
           neuer
           trust
           thee
           .
           For
           if
           thou
           liue
           to
           be
           a
           man
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           be
           as
           vnhappy
           as
           euer
           was
           thy
           father
           ,
           who
           would
           haue
           kill'd
           me
           .
        
         
           When
           Pope
           
             Leo
          
           the
           tenth
           was
           told
           by
           his
           Confessor
           ,
           that
           hee
           needed
           to
           feare
           nothing
           ,
           considering
           he
           had
           the
           keyes
           of
           heauen
           ,
           and
           the
           treasurie
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           He
           answered
           in
           this
           sort
           :
           Thou
           knowest
           that
           he
           which
           hath
           sold
           a
           thing
           ,
           hath
           no
           longer
           right
           nor
           interest
           therein
           ;
           therefore
           seeing
           I
           haue
           sold
           heauen
           and
           all
           to
           others
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           I
           shall
           haue
           nothing
           to
           doe
           there
           my selfe
           .
        
         
           When
           Pope
           
             Iulius
          
           the
           second
           cast
           S.
           
             Peters
          
           Keyes
           into
           
             Tiber
             ,
          
           and
           tooke
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           sword
           ,
           he
           said
           alowd
           ,
           Saint
           
             Peters
          
           Keyes
           would
           stand
           him
           in
           no
           stead
           for
           the
           Warres
           ,
           but
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           sword
           would
           helpe
           him
           well
           .
        
         
           The
           manner
           was
           among
           the
           Priests
           that
           went
           a
           begging
           for
           Saint
           
             Anthony
             ,
          
           to
           heat
           their
           little
           Crosses
           ,
           or
           brazen
           Images
           :
           which
           when
           the
           women
           came
           to
           kisse
           ,
           and
           felt
           it
           very
           hot
           ,
           they
           would
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           S.
           
             Anthony
          
           was
           not
           pleas'd
           with
           their
           Almes
           ,
           and
           the
           poore
           women
           so
           frighted
           ,
           would
           returne
           and
           fetch
           better
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Story
           of
           
             Pudding
          
           Saint
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Country
           of
           
             Berry
          
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           A
           Priests
           mayd
           powred
           swines
           bloud
           into
           a
           great
           Latine
           Bason
           ,
           
           which
           had
           the
           Image
           of
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           embossed
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           whereinto
           the
           Curate
           was
           wont
           to
           put
           his
           offrings
           ,
           as
           it
           stood
           for
           showe
           vpon
           the
           Altar
           .
           Now
           it
           happned
           ,
           that
           a
           droppe
           of
           the
           bloud
           was
           vnwash't
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           perceiued
           on
           
             S.
             Peters
          
           face
           :
           whereupon
           the
           Priest
           rung
           the
           Bells
           ,
           and
           cryed
           ,
           A
           miracle
           ;
           which
           caused
           the
           neighbour
           parishes
           to
           meete
           at
           Procession
           ,
           had
           not
           another
           enuious
           Priest
           discouered
           the
           foppery
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           ended
           in
           laughter
           and
           ridiculousnes
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Concerning
           their
           Impieties
           :
           I
           will
           neither
           
           trouble
           you
           with
           the
           wicked
           Doctrine
           of
           Papists
           ,
           nor
           imposturing
           trumperies
           of
           Priests
           and
           Friers
           ,
           touching
           either
           the
           abuse
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           mixture
           of
           their
           owne
           fancies
           with
           the
           written
           Word
           ;
           but
           shewe
           you
           certaine
           instances
           and
           examples
           ,
           whereby
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           with
           what
           daring
           hands
           ,
           worse
           then
           
             Ieroboams
          
           arme
           ,
           they
           haue
           reached
           to
           pull
           the
           good
           Prophets
           by
           the
           throates
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           what
           attempts
           they
           haue
           made
           ,
           both
           in
           words
           and
           actions
           ,
           against
           Christ
           ,
           and
           true
           Religion
           .
           Oh
           let
           such
           hand
           and
           armes
           wither
           ,
           as
           that
           wicked
           Kings
           did
           .
        
         
           The
           Schoole-men
           determine
           ,
           that
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           might
           haue
           assumed
           any
           other
           nature
           ,
           besides
           that
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           The
           Idolatrous
           Gentiles
           and
           Aegyptians
           did
           not
           eate
           those
           creatures
           ,
           which
           they
           adorned
           as
           Gods
           :
           and
           yet
           
             Alexander
             Hales
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thomas
             Aquinas
          
           will
           not
           onely
           haue
           men
           to
           deuoure
           their
           God
           and
           Sauiour
           ,
           like
           bread
           ,
           but
           affirme
           that
           
           Dogges
           ,
           and
           Hogges
           ,
           Mice
           ,
           and
           Birds
           may
           eate
           the
           true
           body
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           When
           the
           Pope
           goteh
           on
           progresse
           ,
           Christs
           body
           is
           sent
           before
           with
           the
           baggage
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Pope
           is
           neere
           ,
           then
           it
           goeth
           out
           to
           meete
           him
           ,
           while
           all
           the
           Gallants
           of
           
             Rome
          
           attend
           on
           the
           Pope
           .
        
         
           They
           make
           Saint
           
             Francis
             ,
          
           and
           
             Dominick
             ,
          
           equall
           to
           Christ
           in
           diuers
           things
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           ,
           superiour
           :
           For
           they
           call
           Saint
           
             Francis
             ,
             Iesum
             Tipicum
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           figuratiue
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           say
           plainely
           ,
           that
           
             Dominick
          
           and
           
             Francis
          
           did
           more
           Miracles
           then
           Christ.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           conuenticle
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
             Cornelius
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Bitonto
             ,
          
           said
           ,
           
             Papa
             lux
             venit
             in
             mundum
             ,
          
           The
           Pope
           the
           light
           came
           into
           the
           world
           :
           and
           
             Simon
             Begnius
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Laterane
             ,
          
           called
           
             Leo
          
           the
           tenth
           ,
           The
           Lion
           of
           the
           tribe
           of
           
             Iuda
             ,
          
           and
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             Te
             Leo
             beatissime
             ,
             saluatorem
             expectauimus
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           We
           ,
           blessed
           
             Leo
             ,
          
           haue
           looked
           for
           thee
           our
           Sauiour
           .
        
         
           
             Beno
          
           the
           Cardinall
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           
             Gregorie
          
           the
           seuenth
           ,
           cast
           Christs
           body
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           burning
           the
           Sauiour
           of
           Papists
           :
           and
           so
           did
           
             Pius
          
           the
           fifth
           ,
           as
           
             Catena
          
           reports
           ,
           throwe
           an
           
             Agnus
             Dei
          
           into
           the
           flames
           .
        
         
           
             Theoderick
          
           shewes
           plainely
           ,
           that
           
             Vrbane
          
           the
           Pope
           melted
           crosses
           and
           Images
           of
           siluer
           ,
           to
           pay
           souldiers
           :
           and
           thus
           ,
           that
           which
           they
           pretend
           to
           honour
           as
           God
           ,
           they
           conuert
           into
           the
           seruice
           of
           the
           Diuell
           .
        
         
         
           
             Horatius
             Tersalinus
          
           in
           an
           Epistle
           to
           
             Peter
             Aldobrandini
             ,
          
           prefixed
           before
           the
           Story
           of
           our
           Lady
           of
           
             Loretto
             ,
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           God
           made
           the
           Virgin
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           could
           be
           ,
           companion
           and
           partaker
           of
           his
           Power
           and
           Maiestie
           ,
           &c.
           and
           
             Bernardinus
             in
             Mariali
          
           likewise
           saith
           ,
           that
           all
           graces
           came
           downe
           from
           God
           by
           
             Mary
             .
          
           And
           
             Bonauenture
          
           hath
           transformed
           the
           praises
           and
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           set
           out
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Dauid
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Virgin
           
             Mary
             .
          
           To
           conclude
           ,
           in
           the
           Romane
           
             Breuiary
             ,
          
           she
           is
           called
           
             dulcis
             amica
             Dei
             ,
          
           and
           the
           happy
           gate
           of
           Heauen
           :
           Yea
           ,
           in
           the
           Missas
           of
           
             Sarum
             ,
          
           they
           esteeme
           of
           her
           ,
           as
           the
           Sauiour
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           Is
           it
           not
           impiety
           to
           make
           a
           scorne
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ?
           Then
           harken
           what
           the
           
             Popes
          
           thēselues
           haue
           done
           ?
           
             Iulius
          
           the
           2.
           vpon
           Easter
           day
           ,
           fought
           with
           the
           French
           at
           
             Rauenna
             .
             Gregory
          
           the
           7.
           commanded
           his
           Armie
           to
           ioyne
           battell
           vpon
           a
           good
           Friday
           ,
           against
           
             Henry
          
           4.
           
           Emperour
           ,
           and
           in
           Saint
           
             Maries
          
           Church
           hee
           sought
           to
           murther
           him
           ,
           by
           throwing
           downe
           a
           stone
           vpon
           his
           head
           from
           a
           Vault
           with
           his
           owne
           hands
           .
           
             Sixtus
          
           4.
           by
           his
           Agents
           ,
           at
           the
           eleuation
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           indeuoured
           to
           murther
           
             Laurence
             .
          
           And
           
             Iulian
             de
             Medices
             ,
             Leo
          
           the
           10.
           called
           the
           Gospell
           a
           Fable
           .
           And
           Cardinall
           
             Poole
             ,
          
           an
           inkie
           Gospel
           .
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           more
           of
           
             Eccius
             ,
             Piggius
             ,
          
           and
           diuers
           others
           :
           but
           I
           will
           not
           make
           your
           eares
           glow
           again
           with
           their
           horrible
           impieties
           .
        
         
           
             Paulus
             Aemilius
          
           telleth
           ,
           how
           the
           Embassadors
           
           of
           
             Sicilia
          
           cryed
           out
           to
           the
           
             Pope
             .
          
           Thou
           which
           takest
           away
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           haue
           mercy
           vpon
           vs.
           And
           
             Simon
             Begnius
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Modrusa
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Laterane
             ,
          
           calleth
           
             Leo
          
           the
           10.
           his
           Sauiour
           .
           
             Stapleton
             ,
          
           writing
           to
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           13.
           calleth
           him
           
             Supremum
             numen
             in
             terris
             .
             Tho
             :
             Waldensis
             ,
          
           a
           most
           ridiculous
           and
           impious
           Frier
           ,
           conuerteth
           the
           words
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           spake
           to
           Christ
           ,
           to
           
             Martin
          
           the
           5.
           
           
             Domine
             ,
             salua
             nos
             ,
             perimus
             .
             Fulbertus
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Chartres
             ,
          
           sayes
           
             Rodulphus
             Niger
             ,
          
           was
           nourished
           with
           our
           Ladies
           Milke
           .
           They
           tell
           also
           blasphemous
           tales
           of
           
             Alane
             de
             rupe
             ,
          
           the
           Author
           of
           our
           
             Rosary
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           very
           familiar
           with
           our
           Lady
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           raise
           this
           mountaine
           of
           impiety
           with
           the
           stories
           &
           instances
           ,
           that
           I
           my selfe
           haue
           read
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           too
           stupendious
           ,
           and
           make
           both
           you
           and
           my selfe
           amazed
           ,
           to
           behold
           my
           own
           handy-worke
           :
           therefore
           I
           will
           vse
           contraction
           ,
           and
           conclude
           this
           Section
           ,
           with
           shewing
           what
           wicked
           and
           impious
           persons
           they
           haue
           beene
           ,
           by
           whose
           authoritie
           ,
           and
           meanes
           ,
           the
           Popish
           religion
           hath
           thriued
           ,
           and
           receiued
           supportation
           .
        
         
           The
           principall
           Agent
           of
           the
           
             Popes
          
           Supremacie
           was
           
             Phocas
             ,
          
           a
           barbarous
           
             Thracean
             ,
          
           and
           wicked
           murtherer
           :
           and
           
             Bonifacius
          
           3.
           nothing
           inferiour
           vnto
           him
           ,
           in
           nefarious
           and
           abominable
           actions
           .
        
         
           
             Irene
             ,
          
           a
           proud
           ,
           insolent
           ,
           and
           irregular
           woman
           ,
           one
           that
           murthered
           her
           owne
           sonne
           ,
           and
           conspired
           with
           
             Adrian
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           to
           perpetrate
           horrible
           outrages
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           brought
           
           in
           the
           idolatrous
           worship
           of
           Images
           and
           Saints
           .
        
         
           
             Gregory
          
           7.
           first
           dissolued
           by
           force
           Priests
           marriages
           ,
           and
           exalted
           the
           Miter
           of
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           aboue
           the
           crownes
           of
           Emperours
           :
           Yet
           
             Beno
          
           testifieth
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           Necromanticke
           ,
           a
           Murtherer
           ,
           Empoysoner
           ,
           Sacrilegious
           ,
           and
           impious
           person
           :
           yea
           ,
           the
           Synode
           of
           
             Brixina
          
           condemned
           him
           for
           diuers
           abominable
           crimes
           .
        
         
           
             Paschal
          
           the
           second
           is
           called
           an
           Incendiary
           ,
           or
           firebrand
           of
           sedition
           and
           trouble
           ,
           setting
           the
           sonne
           against
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           Subiects
           to
           oppose
           their
           Princes
           .
           Thus
           hauing
           preuailed
           against
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           hee
           denyed
           his
           body
           buriall
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           carkasse
           of
           
             Pope
             Clement
          
           to
           be
           burned
           in
           a
           triumphant
           despight
           .
        
         
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           3.
           betrayed
           the
           Emperour
           
             Frederick
             Barbarossa
          
           to
           the
           
             Soldan
             ,
          
           and
           perswaded
           him
           to
           destroy
           him
           ,
           hauing
           yet
           most
           proudly
           trod
           vpon
           his
           neck
           ,
           with
           abusing
           a
           place
           of
           Scripture
           :
           
             Super
             aspidem
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Innocent
          
           3.
           first
           established
           auricular
           confession
           and
           transubstantiation
           ,
           raised
           tumultuous
           warres
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           caused
           the
           bones
           of
           
             Almericus
          
           to
           bee
           burned
           for
           preaching
           against
           Images
           ,
           and
           shewed
           himselfe
           a
           bloudy
           deuourer
           of
           Christs
           flock
           ,
           and
           zealous
           Christians
           .
        
         
           
             Honorius
          
           the
           3.
           authorized
           the
           worship
           of
           the
           Masse-cake
           ,
           forbade
           the
           marriage
           of
           Priests
           ,
           and
           maintained
           the
           filthinesse
           of
           Monkes
           and
           Friers
           :
           his
           malice
           so
           extended
           against
           the
           
             Scots
          
           that
           had
           slaine
           
             Adam
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Catnes
             ,
          
           that
           hee
           caused
           
           foure
           hundred
           to
           bee
           hang'd
           ,
           and
           gelded
           their
           children
           ,
           to
           extinguish
           their
           race
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           
             Boniface
          
           the
           8.
           
           
             Clement
          
           5.
           
           
             Iohn
          
           22.
           made
           vp
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Canon
           law
           ;
           you
           know
           ,
           what
           that
           meanes
           .
           Of
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           written
           ,
           he
           entred
           like
           a
           Fox
           ;
           raigned
           ,
           like
           a
           Lyon
           ;
           dyed
           ,
           like
           a
           Dogge
           .
           Of
           the
           second
           ,
           hee
           was
           infamous
           ,
           insolent
           ,
           and
           a
           Lecher
           .
           Of
           the
           third
           ,
           
             Petrarch
          
           writeth
           a
           whole
           Sonnet
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           23.
           denied
           the
           Immortalitie
           of
           the
           Soule
           ,
           and
           was
           conuinced
           of
           Incest
           ,
           Sodomitry
           ,
           and
           Atheisme
           .
           And
           
             Eugenius
          
           the
           4.
           was
           condemned
           for
           an
           Hereticke
           ,
           driuen
           out
           of
           the
           City
           as
           a
           publike
           enemy
           by
           the
           
             Romanes
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           
             Ladislaus
          
           to
           periure
           himselfe
           with
           the
           
             Turke
             ,
          
           whereby
           so
           many
           Christians
           were
           slaine
           at
           
             Varna
             .
          
        
         
           
             Paul
          
           the
           3.
           
           
             Iulius
          
           the
           3.
           and
           
             Pius
          
           the
           4.
           the
           wicked
           Authors
           of
           the
           Decrees
           ,
           and
           Anathematismes
           of
           the
           Conuenticle
           of
           
             Trent
             ,
          
           were
           such
           infamous
           and
           impious
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           was
           a
           Parricide
           ,
           Lecher
           ,
           Negromancer
           ,
           and
           Empoysoner
           .
           The
           second
           an
           Epicure
           ,
           and
           filthy
           Sodomite
           :
           for
           
             Innocentius
             de
             monte
             ,
          
           a
           Boy
           he
           vsed
           ,
           was
           made
           Cardinall
           by
           him
           .
           The
           third
           died
           betweene
           two
           Concubines
           ,
           and
           was
           odious
           to
           the
           
             Romanes
          
           for
           his
           Vices
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           say
           much
           more
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           &
           spread
           a
           Carpet
           of
           such
           odious
           filthinesse
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           steame
           and
           ordure
           would
           poison
           you
           in
           the
           opening
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           cloze
           it
           vp
           for
           modesties
           sake
           .
           And
           if
           any
           obiect
           ,
           that
           heere
           are
           a
           
           number
           of
           stories
           recited
           ,
           almost
           incredible
           to
           be
           beleeued
           ,
           without
           partialitie
           ,
           or
           farre-fetcht
           deuices
           ,
           I
           referre
           them
           to
           all
           their
           owne
           Histories
           ,
           the
           Sibils
           ,
           ancient
           Fathers
           ,
           their
           owne
           Saints
           ;
           
             Costerus
             ,
             Nauclerus
             ,
             Platina
             ,
             Herodatus
             ,
             Scotus
             ,
             Aquinas
             ,
             Durandus
             ,
             Biel
             ,
             Stapleton
             ,
             Harding
             ,
             Bellarmine
             ,
             Kellison
             :
          
           their
           Legends
           ,
           Rosaries
           ,
           Decretals
           ,
           Cannon
           Law
           ,
           
             Lombardus
             ,
          
           and
           diuers
           others
           ,
           euen
           the
           
             Popes
          
           Champions
           .
           If
           you
           would
           haue
           more
           iustifiable
           Authors
           ,
           then
           you
           may
           peruse
           
             Bernard
          
           in
           diuers
           places
           ,
           
             Petrarch
             ,
             Mantuan
             ,
             Iohn
          
           of
           
             Salisbury
             ,
             Warnerus
             ,
             Theoderick
             ,
             Iohannes
             Marius
             ,
             Robert
             Grosted
             ,
             Beno
             ,
             Matthew
             Paris
             ,
             Vergerius
             ,
             Sleidan
             ,
          
           and
           so
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           now
           should
           bee
           traduced
           for
           scandalizing
           the
           Church
           and
           Religion
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           their
           very
           bones
           would
           rise
           out
           of
           their
           graues
           in
           Iudgement
           against
           you
           ,
           and
           their
           now
           bookes
           extant
           in
           the
           world
           would
           vp
           and
           assume
           life
           ,
           to
           defie
           you
           to
           your
           faces
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           concerning
           their
           Simony
           .
           The
           
           History
           of
           
             Matthew
             Paris
          
           is
           a
           very
           Map
           ,
           wherein
           he
           doth
           
             quasi
             digito
             demonstrare
          
           the
           Vsury
           ,
           Symony
           ,
           Rapi
           ne
           ,
           Sacriledge
           ,
           and
           vniust
           gaine
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           
             Popes
          
           inriched
           their
           Coffers
           out
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           yea
           ,
           he
           inlargeth
           the
           particulars
           of
           euery
           Kings
           Raigne
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           speaking
           of
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           7.
           he
           cryes
           out
           ,
           that
           his
           Agents
           did
           vexe
           the
           people
           .
           And
           
             Feline
          
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           without
           the
           rent
           of
           Simony
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           would
           come
           to
           contempt
           .
           For
           of
           late
           dayes
           they
           haue
           erected
           
           diuers
           Bankes
           ,
           called
           
             Monti
             de
             Pieta
             ,
          
           as
           appeareth
           in
           
             Onuphrius
          
           in
           the
           liues
           of
           
             Iulius
          
           the
           3.
           
           
             Paul
          
           the
           4.
           and
           
             Pius
          
           the
           4.
           
           
             Vrbane
          
           the
           6.
           would
           sell
           Crosses
           ,
           Chalices
           ,
           and
           Images
           .
           
             Boniface
          
           the
           9.
           would
           bargaine
           for
           money
           for
           Benefices
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           was
           scarce
           ,
           take
           Pigs
           ,
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           Wares
           ,
           which
           his
           Agents
           should
           vent
           out
           againe
           .
           I
           will
           not
           talke
           of
           Masses
           ,
           Sacraments
           ,
           Pardons
           ,
           Indulgences
           &
           such
           like
           :
           but
           tell
           you
           what
           they
           say
           in
           
             Spaine
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           a
           Rime
           ,
           
             Es
             el
             primero
             ganor
             dinero
             :
          
           and
           for
           the
           person
           of
           the
           
             Pope
             —
             Todo
             parami
             ,
             nada
             para
             Vos
             .
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           saying
           of
           
             Alexander
          
           the
           6.
           
           
             
               
                 Vendere
                 iure
                 potest
                 ,
                 emerat
                 ille
                 prius
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Benet
          
           the
           9.
           sold
           the
           papacy
           for
           1500.
           pounds
           of
           gold
           ,
           to
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           6.
           
           And
           no
           man
           obtaineth
           that
           place
           ,
           but
           for
           great
           summes
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           larger
           promises
           ,
           as
           the
           discourses
           of
           the
           Conclaues
           testifie
           ,
           and
           
             Bene
          
           writeth
           at
           large
           .
        
         
           
             Briget
          
           in
           her
           Reuelations
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Pope
          
           hath
           turned
           all
           Gods
           commandements
           into
           one
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Dapecuniam
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             
               Mantuan
            
             hath
             it
             thus
             :
             —
             
               Venalia
               nobis
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Templa
               ,
               Sacerdotes
               ,
               altaria
               ,
               sacra
               ,
               coronae
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Ignis
               ,
               thura
               ,
               preces
               ,
               Calum
               est
               venale
               ,
               Deusque
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Frederick
          
           the
           2.
           for
           one
           absolution
           paid
           to
           
             Gregory
          
           the
           9.
           125000.
           ounces
           of
           gold
           ,
           as
           the
           Pontificall
           ,
           
             Nanclere
             epitome
             rerū
             Germ.
             Iohn
          
           of
           
             Pineda
             ,
          
           and
           others
           doe
           reckon
           .
        
         
           
             Leo
          
           the
           10.
           brought
           such
           a
           scandall
           vpon
           the
           sale
           of
           Indulgences
           in
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           as
           comming
           then
           to
           
             Magdalene
          
           the
           
             Popes
          
           honest
           Sister
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           
           Country
           was
           mooued
           ,
           and
           complained
           thereof
           :
           But
           
             Theoderick
          
           testifieth
           in
           his
           booke
           ,
           that
           
             Boniface
          
           the
           ninth
           sold
           benefices
           as
           he
           was
           hearing
           of
           Masse
           :
           and
           
             Theoderick
             Trudo
          
           hath
           a
           pretty
           complaint
           ,
           That
           Christs
           sheep-folds
           were
           broken
           downe
           with
           hammers
           of
           siluer
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           3.
           in
           
             England
          
           was
           so
           deplored
           of
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           that
           hee
           reprehended
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           suffering
           his
           Country
           to
           bee
           so
           shamefully
           empouerished
           by
           the
           Pope
           :
           For
           
             Mathew
             Paris
          
           writes
           ,
           that
           at
           one
           time
           they
           had
           as
           much
           money
           out
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           remained
           there
           ;
           except
           Church
           ornaments
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           and
           Iewels
           ,
           &c.
           yea
           ,
           
             Bonner
          
           in
           his
           preface
           to
           
             Gardiners
          
           Booke
           
             De
             vera
             obedientia
             ,
          
           saies
           plainly
           ,
           That
           the
           Popes
           spoiles
           did
           equall
           the
           Kings
           reuennues
           .
        
         
           
             Lewis
          
           the
           9.
           of
           
             France
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Pragmatical
           sanction
           ,
           not
           onely
           complaineth
           of
           the
           Popes
           exactions
           ,
           but
           absolutely
           forbideth
           them
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Uniuersitie
           of
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           in
           an
           appeale
           from
           
             Leo
          
           the
           tenth
           ,
           taxeth
           the
           insatiable
           Auarice
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           as
           drawing
           from
           thence
           2500000.
           crownes
           a
           yeere
           ;
           confounding
           lawes
           and
           Cannons
           ,
           by
           expectatiues
           ,
           and
           reseruations
           ,
           and
           vpon
           pretence
           of
           diuers
           faculties
           comming
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           
             Iames
          
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             Ments
          
           payed
           diuers
           summes
           of
           money
           for
           his
           Pall
           :
           
             and
             Valla
          
           made
           a
           treatise
           against
           the
           forged
           deuotion
           of
           
             Constantine
             ;
          
           accusing
           the
           Pope
           ,
           for
           selling
           the
           gifts
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           :
           wherein
           he
           did
           worse
           then
           
             Verres
             ,
          
           
           or
           
             Cateline
             ,
          
           or
           any
           robber
           of
           the
           common
           treasure
           .
           But
           
             Theoderick
          
           compares
           the
           Popes
           exchecquer
           to
           the
           Sea
           ,
           into
           which
           all
           Riuers
           runne
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           runnes
           not
           ouer
           :
           yea
           ,
           he
           sayeth
           plainely
           ,
           that
           the
           Popes
           officers
           were
           so
           many
           tormentours
           of
           Hell
           ,
           to
           scourge
           the
           people
           .
           
             Alan
             Chartier
          
           testifies
           ,
           that
           Gods
           Sanctuarie
           was
           a
           common
           market
           place
           for
           the
           sale
           of
           benefices
           .
           
             Iohn
          
           of
           
             Salsburie
          
           cries
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           became
           intolerable
           ,
           &
           delighted
           in
           the
           spoiles
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           
             Vespergēsis
          
           affirmeth
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           sought
           to
           
             Rome
          
           for
           dispensation
           of
           offences
           ,
           and
           were
           released
           for
           money
           .
           But
           
             Iohannes
             Andreas
          
           goes
           further
           ,
           exclaiming
           that
           
             Rome
          
           was
           founded
           by
           robbers
           ,
           and
           yet
           retaineth
           a
           sent
           of
           her
           first
           liquor
           ;
           as
           if
           hee
           should
           say
           ,
           
             Quo
             semel
             est
             imbuta
             recens
             ,
             seruabit
             odorem
             ,
             pesta
             diu
             .
          
           I
           could
           here
           also
           recite
           the
           100.
           grieuances
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           the
           sayings
           of
           
             Albericus
             à
             Rosato
             :
          
           the
           complaints
           of
           
             Iohannes
             Petrus
             de
             Ferrara
             :
          
           and
           that
           
             Pretrach
          
           calleth
           her
           
             Lanata
             Babylonia
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           I
           now
           should
           tell
           you
           ,
           after
           all
           this
           getting
           of
           wealth
           ,
           and
           amassing
           of
           treasure
           ,
           their
           pride
           and
           sumptuousnes
           in
           the
           spending
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           amazed
           and
           wonder
           ,
           with
           what
           spirit
           they
           durst
           iustifie
           such
           sacrilegios
           ,
           vanity
           ,
           and
           vnparaleld
           magnificence
           ;
           wherein
           Princes
           come
           short
           of
           their
           Regality
           .
           
             Baptista
             Fulgosius
          
           recordeth
           ,
           of
           one
           
             Peter
             Riarus
             ,
          
           at
           first
           a
           Frier
           minorite
           ,
           that
           being
           created
           Cardinall
           by
           Pope
           
             Sixtus
          
           4.
           he
           had
           his
           Gownes
           of
           cloth
           of
           gold
           ;
           the
           
           Couerings
           and
           Tikes
           of
           his
           bed
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           furniture
           of
           the
           best
           Silke
           .
           At
           
             Rome
          
           hee
           made
           a
           Feast
           to
           
             Elenor
          
           of
           
             Arragon
             ,
          
           as
           shee
           was
           going
           to
           marry
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Ferrara
             ,
          
           called
           
             Hercules
             de
             Est
             ,
          
           which
           lasted
           seuen
           houres
           with
           great
           varietie
           and
           pompous
           playes
           ,
           and
           liued
           in
           that
           excesse
           of
           Voluptuousnesse
           and
           cost
           ,
           that
           all
           
             Italy
          
           admired
           his
           wealth
           .
        
         
           Another
           had
           a
           Concubine
           called
           
             Tiresia
             ,
          
           and
           kept
           her
           publikely
           with
           shooes
           set
           with
           Pearle
           and
           precious
           Stones
           :
           but
           this
           is
           common
           ,
           and
           the
           Cardinals
           at
           this
           houre
           glory
           in
           such
           excesse
           .
        
         
           A
           Franciscan
           of
           
             Millane
             ,
          
           called
           
             Sanson
             ,
          
           had
           so
           enriched
           himselfe
           by
           Bribery
           ,
           Simony
           ,
           Sacrilege
           ,
           and
           other
           exactions
           ,
           that
           hee
           offered
           120000.
           dukats
           for
           the
           Popedome
           :
           but
           this
           kinde
           of
           life
           and
           expences
           is
           so
           customary
           in
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           that
           I
           need
           insist
           on
           no
           further
           particulars
           ,
           especially
           ,
           the
           maintaining
           of
           Curtezans
           ,
           which
           name
           had
           originall
           from
           the
           courtlinesse
           and
           maiestie
           of
           the
           Cardinals
           ;
           so
           that
           you
           shall
           read
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Paul
          
           the
           5.
           which
           was
           then
           esteem'd
           a
           time
           of
           restraint
           ,
           there
           were
           but
           45000.
           notorious
           Curtezans
           in
           
             Rome
             .
          
           But
           what
           need
           I
           goe
           so
           farre
           as
           
             Rome
          
           for
           wealthy
           Prelates
           ,
           when
           wee
           had
           in
           
             England
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           5.
           a
           Bishop
           of
           
             Winchester
             ,
          
           who
           lent
           the
           King
           20000.
           pound
           Sterling
           to
           goe
           into
           
             France
             ?
          
           In
           the
           time
           of
           
             Rich.
          
           the
           1.
           a
           Bishop
           of
           
             Durham
          
           able
           to
           buylan
           Earledome
           .
           In
           the
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           6.
           
           Cardinall
           
             Beuford
             ,
          
           worth
           aboue
           200000.
           
           Sterling
           .
           In
           the
           time
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           a
           
           Cardinall
           
             Wolsey
             ,
          
           exceeding
           all
           the
           Prelates
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           for
           wealth
           and
           magnificence
           .
           And
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Queene
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           a
           Cardinall
           
             Poole
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           sumptuous
           subiects
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           NOw
           ye
           Lords
           ,
           that
           entertaine
           these
           Priests
           with
           familiar
           imbraces
           ,
           and
           admit
           them
           to
           your
           Tables
           and
           Closets
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           would
           rely
           vpon
           the
           Verdict
           of
           some
           Oracle
           ;
           whereas
           yet
           in
           other
           Countreys
           they
           are
           euen
           derided
           of
           their
           best
           Supporters
           :
           Now
           ye
           Ladies
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           manner
           hang
           about
           their
           necks
           with
           admiration
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           to
           runne
           to
           touch
           the
           hemme
           of
           Christs
           garment
           ,
           supposing
           all
           sanctitie
           and
           piety
           to
           bee
           the
           ornaments
           of
           their
           hypocrisie
           :
           Now
           see
           ,
           Gentiles
           ,
           that
           are
           so
           easily
           seduced
           with
           imposturing
           cunning
           of
           dissimuled
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           wil
           not
           beleeue
           the
           incantation
           of
           
             Syrens
             ,
          
           whose
           end
           is
           destruction
           ,
           or
           to
           deuoure
           your
           soules
           :
           Now
           yee
           people
           ,
           that
           are
           transported
           with
           vaine
           apparitions
           ,
           and
           gew-gaw
           superstition
           ,
           to
           please
           the
           naturall
           man
           with
           pastime
           ,
           and
           trumperies
           ;
           seeing
           these
           things
           are
           so
           ,
           which
           I
           haue
           recited
           ,
           being
           not
           the
           tenth
           of
           that
           which
           I
           could
           enlarge
           :
           May
           I
           not
           well
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           said
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           O
           ye
           Fooles
           ,
           who
           hath
           bewitched
           you
           ?
           What
           a
           
             Pope
          
           doe
           you
           adore
           ?
           The
           Man
           of
           sinne
           ,
           the
           sonne
           of
           perdition
           ,
           the
           Whore
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           the
           Beast
           with
           seuen
           heads
           ,
           and
           ten
           Horns
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
           What
           Priests
           and
           Prelates
           doe
           yee
           entertaine
           ,
           that
           will
           
           leade
           you
           from
           the
           pure
           Waters
           of
           
             Shiloa
             ,
          
           where
           you
           may
           wash
           and
           be
           cleane
           without
           money
           ,
           into
           the
           durty
           puddles
           of
           filthinesse
           ,
           where
           yet
           you
           must
           be
           at
           great
           expences
           ,
           to
           purchase
           monstrous
           deformitie
           ?
        
         
           What
           doctrine
           doe
           you
           make
           much
           of
           ,
           of
           darknesse
           and
           pollution
           ,
           which
           cannot
           endure
           the
           sunny
           splendour
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           that
           without
           controuersie
           ,
           if
           the
           blind
           lead
           the
           blind
           ,
           both
           fall
           into
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           you
           shall
           bee
           so
           besmeared
           with
           the
           deuices
           of
           wicked
           Traditions
           ,
           that
           neither
           
             Culanais
             ,
          
           nor
           a
           thousand
           Riuers
           of
           Oyle
           shall
           make
           you
           cleane
           ?
        
         
           Returne
           therefore
           betimes
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           to
           Wisedomes
           Feast
           ,
           to
           the
           balme
           of
           
             Gilead
             :
          
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           Arke
           ,
           and
           to
           re-edifie
           
             Ierusalem
             .
          
           Oh
           ,
           returne
           ,
           returne
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           Gods
           sake
           ,
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           for
           Religions
           sake
           ,
           for
           your
           owne
           soules
           sakes
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           see
           the
           difference
           betweene
           the
           bloudy
           Scarlet
           Robes
           of
           the
           Cardinals
           ,
           and
           the
           innocent
           white
           garments
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           That
           ye
           may
           heare
           the
           voice
           of
           ,
           Come
           ye
           blessed
           ;
           and
           ,
           not
           ,
           Goe
           you
           cursed
           :
           And
           that
           you
           may
           come
           before
           the
           Lambe
           ,
           freely
           with
           the
           signature
           of
           righteousnesse
           and
           repentance
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           bee
           beholding
           to
           Saint
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           his
           Keyes
           ,
           which
           I
           dare
           sweare
           are
           not
           yet
           found
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Pope
          
           cast
           them
           into
           
             Tyber
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Ioue
             surgit
             opus
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A01391-e370
           
             Martial
             .
             l.
             13.
             
             Epigram
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Lying
             Miracles
             .
          
           
             Coozening
             deuices
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Epicurisine
             ,
             and
             Drunkennesse
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Thefts
             and
             Robberies
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Murther
             ,
             and
             bloudy
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Their
             Blasphemies
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Their
             Blasphemies
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Their
             Beastlinesse
             
          
           
             10.
             
             Their
             fooleries
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             Their
             impieties
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Their
             Simony
             .