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             A looking-glass for persecutors containing multitudes of examples of God's severe, but righteous judgments, upon bloody and merciless haters of His children in all times, from the beginning of the world to this present age : collected out of the sacred Scriptures, and other ecclesiastical writers, both ancient and modern / by Sam. Clarke ...
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                 Viou
                 here
                 his
                 Shadowe
                 whose
                 Laborious
                 Quill
              
               
                 By
                 
                   Sacred
                   Chymistry
                
                 doth
                 Balm
                 Distill
              
               
                 To
                 Calm
                 the
                 Persecuting
                 Spirits
                 Rage
              
               
                 And
                 mixe
                 Delight
                 with
                 Profitt
                 in
                 each
                 Page
              
            
             
               Walter
               Binneman
               sculp
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Looking-glass
           FOR
           PERSECUTORS
           ;
           CONTAINING
           Multitudes
           of
           EXAMPLES
           of
           God's
           Severe
           ,
           but
           Righteous
           JUDGMENTS
           ,
           upon
           bloody
           and
           merciless
           Haters
           of
           his
           Children
           in
           all
           Times
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           to
           this
           present
           Age.
           COLLECTED
           Out
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           other
           Ecclesiastical
           Writers
           ,
           both
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Sam.
             Clarke
          
           ,
           Minister
           .
        
         
           
             God
             judgeth
             the
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             God
             is
             angry
             with
             the
             wicked
             every
             Day
             :
             If
             he
             turn
             not
             ,
             he
             will
             whet
             his
             Sword
             :
             He
             hath
             bent
             his
             Bow
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             ready
             :
             He
             hath
             also
             prepared
             for
             him
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Death
             :
             He
             ordaineth
             his
             Arrows
             against
             the
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           
             Psal.
             7.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Miller
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           
             Gilded
             Acorn
          
           ,
           near
           the
           little
           North
           Door
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           1674.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Christian
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           
             Know
             well
             that
             this
             is
             a
             very
             tender
             Subject
             about
             which
             I
             am
             now
             writing
             .
             For
             ,
          
        
         
           
             —
             The
             Ancients
             made
          
           
             Divine
             Revenge
             to
             be
             a
             Child
             of
             Night
             ,
          
           
             Shut
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             ope
             '
             to
             Heavens
             sight
             .
          
        
         
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             Persons
             which
             err
             about
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God
             :
             The
             one
             of
             such
             who
             will
             not
             take
             any
             notice
             of
             them
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             plain
             and
             conspicuous
             .
             Of
             such
             the
             Prophet
             complains
             ,
          
           Esay
           26.
           11.
           
           Lord
           ,
           when
           thy
           
           Hand
           is
           lifted
           up
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           see
           :
           but
           they
           shall
           see
           .
           
             These
             are
             stupid
             ,
             and
             blockish
             Persons
             :
             For
             (
             saith
             the
             Prophet
             ,
             verse
          
           9.
           )
           When
           thy
           Judgments
           are
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           World
           
             will
             (
             or
             at
             least
             should
             )
          
           learn
           Righteousness
           .
           
             The
             other
             sort
             are
             of
             such
             as
             are
             too
          
           Critical
           ,
           
             and
             censorious
             in
             judging
             of
             God's
             Providential
             Dispensations
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             punishments
             for
             sin
             ,
             when
             God
             hath
             other
             excellent
             ends
             in
             them
             :
             This
             was
             the
             fault
             of
             Christ's
             Disciples
             ,
          
           John
           9.
           2.
           
           
             When
             they
             saw
             a
             man
             that
             was
             blind
             from
             his
             Birth
             :
          
           Master
           (
           
             say
             they
          
           )
           Who
           did
           sin
           ?
           This
           Man
           ,
           or
           his
           Parents
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           born
           blind
           ?
           
             To
             whom
             our
             Saviour
             answered
          
           ,
           Neither
           hath
           this
           Man
           sinned
           ,
           nor
           his
           Parents
           :
           But
           that
           the
           Works
           of
           God
           should
           be
           made
           manifest
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           
             But
             notwithstanding
             these
             Errors
             ,
             both
             on
             the
             Right
             and
             Left
             Hand
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             an
             humble
             ,
             sober
             ,
             and
             prudent
          
           
           
             taking
             notice
             of
             God's
             Judgments
             that
             we
             may
             make
             a
             right
             construction
             of
             them
             .
             The
             Apostle
             St.
          
           Paul
           ,
           
             having
             recorded
             the
             dreadful
             Examples
             of
             God's
             wrath
             upon
             the
             sinful
          
           Israelites
           
             in
             the
             Wilderness
          
           (
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           5.
           
           &c.
           )
           concludes
           (
           verse
           11.
           )
           Now
           all
           these
           things
           happened
           unto
           them
           for
           Ensamples
           :
           And
           they
           are
           written
           for
           our
           admonition
           ,
           upon
           whom
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           World
           are
           come
           .
           
             God
             himself
             also
             hath
             appointed
             the
             recording
             and
             observation
             of
             such
             Judgments
             ,
          
           That
           all
           Israel
           may
           hear
           ,
           and
           fear
           ,
           and
           do
           no
           more
           any
           such
           wickedness
           ,
           Deut.
           13.
           11.
           
        
         
           Obj.
           But
           do
           we
           not
           often
           see
           ,
           that
           great
           and
           violent
           Persecutors
           live
           long
           ,
           and
           prosper
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           rather
           merited
           a
           reward
           ,
           than
           procured
           God's
           wrath
           against
           them
           for
           it
           ?
        
         
           Ans.
           
             It
             's
             true
          
           .
           1.
           
           
             God's
             Judgments
             upon
             many
             Persecutors
             are
             more
             spiritual
             ,
             and
             so
             less
             conspicuous
             ,
             and
             visible
          
           
           
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             World
             :
             As
             when
             God
             gives
             them
             up
             to
             blindness
             of
             mind
             ,
             hardness
             of
             heart
             ,
             a
             cauterized
             conscience
             ,
             and
             a
             reprobate
             sence
             ,
             which
             of
             all
             other
             Judgments
             are
             the
             most
             dreadful
             ,
          
           Hos.
           4.
           17.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           
             All
             the
             while
             they
             escape
             with
             impunity
             ,
             they
             are
             but
          
           treasuring
           up
           wrath
           against
           the
           Day
           of
           wrath
           ,
           and
           revelation
           of
           the
           righteous
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           Rom.
           2.
           5.
           
           For
           it
           's
           a
           righteous
           thing
           with
           God
           to
           recompence
           tribulation
           to
           them
           that
           trouble
           
             and
             persecute
             his
             People
          
           ,
           2
           Thes.
           1.
           6.
           
           Hence
           ,
           Job
           31.
           3.
           
           Is
           not
           destruction
           to
           the
           wicked
           ?
           And
           a
           strange
           punishment
           to
           the
           workers
           of
           iniquity
           ?
           
             God
             doth
             record
             and
             register
             such
             wicked
             mens
             sins
             against
             the
             Day
             of
             Judgment
             .
             He
             writes
             them
             in
             a
             Book
             with
          
           a
           Pen
           of
           Iron
           ,
           and
           the
           Point
           of
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           Jer.
           17.
           1.
           
           He
           seals
           them
           up
           in
           a
           Bag
           ,
           Job
           14.
           17.
           
           
             As
             a
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Assizes
             seals
             up
             the
             Indictments
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Assizes
             opens
             his
          
           
           
             Bag
             ,
             and
             produceth
             them
          
           ,
           Deut.
           32.
           34.
           
        
         
           
             Yet
             God
             in
             all
             Ages
             hath
             taken
             some
             of
             these
             Persecutors
             ,
             and
             hung
             them
             up
             in
             Chains
             ,
             as
             Spectacles
             of
             his
             wrath
             ,
             for
             a
             warning
             unto
             others
             .
             And
             howsoever
             such
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             God's
             patience
             and
             forbearance
             ,
             may
             dream
             of
             impunity
             ;
             yet
             let
             them
             know
             that
             Judgments
             are
             never
             nearer
             than
             when
             they
             are
             least
             feared
             .
             A
             great
             Càlm
             is
             many
             times
             the
             fore-runner
             of
             a
             Storm
             ,
             when
             men
             cry
          
           Peace
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           
             then
             comes
             sudden
             and
             swift
             destruction
             ,
          
           1
           Thes.
           5.
           3.
           
           When
           Agag
           
             said
             in
             his
             Heart
          
           ,
           Surely
           the
           bitterness
           of
           Death
           is
           past
           ▪
           
             then
             came
          
           Samuel
           
             and
             hewed
             him
             in
             pieces
             .
             When
             the
          
           Old
           World
           
             was
             eating
             ,
             drinking
             ,
             buying
             ,
             building
             ,
             Persecuting
             ,
             and
             snorting
             in
             security
             ;
             then
             came
             the
          
           Flood
           ,
           
             and
             destroyed
             them
             :
             When
             men
             be
             at
          
           case
           in
           Sion
           ,
           
             there
             is
             a
          
           Wo
           
             denounced
             against
             them
          
           ,
           Amos
           6.
           1.
           
             to
             the
          
           8.
           
           
             When
             men
             look
             at
             Judgments
             as
             a
             far
             off
             ,
             then
             God
             will
             defer
             no
             longer
             ,
          
           Ezek.
           12.
           27.
           28.
           
           
             When
             the
          
           
           Philistins
           
             met
             together
             to
             be
             merry
             and
             to
             sport
             themselves
             with
          
           Sampson
           ,
           (
           
             whose
             eyes
             they
             had
             put
             out
             )
             he
             brought
             the
             House
             upon
             their
             Heads
             ,
             and
             slew
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Now
             God
             executes
             Judgments
             upon
             some
             wicked
             Persecutors
             ;
             but
             these
             are
             but
          
           Praeludia
           futuri
           Judicii
           ,
           
             Tokens
             and
             fore-runners
             of
             that
             Great
             and
             General
             Judgment
             .
             Some
             are
             now
             punished
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             as
             the
          
           Old
           World
           ,
           Sodom
           ,
           Egypt
           ,
           Jerusalem
           ,
           &c.
           
             that
             we
             may
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             Providence
             taking
             notice
             of
             all
             :
             Yet
             all
             are
             not
             punished
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             know
             there
             is
             a
             Judgment
             to
             come
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             wicked
             are
             reserved
             ,
          
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           10.
           
           
             Here
             God's
             way
             is
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             we
             see
             not
             the
             reason
             of
             many
             things
             ,
             but
             then
             his
             Justice
             and
             Righteousness
             shall
             be
             gloriously
             apparent
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
          
           Rev.
           2.
           5.
           
           
             Here
             they
             live
             longest
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             that
             deserve
             not
             to
             live
             at
             all
             ,
          
           Job
           21.
           7.
           
           The
           Israelites
           
             are
             oppressed
             whilst
             the
          
           Egyptians
           
             live
             at
             ease
             .
             Good
          
           David
           is
           
           
             in
             want
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             ,
             whilst
             wicked
          
           Nabal
           abounds
           .
           Sion
           
             is
             oft
             Captive
             to
          
           Babylon
           :
           
             But
             there
             is
             another
             Day
             ,
             and
             another
             reckoning
             ,
             when
             all
             shall
             be
             set
             to
             Rights
             :
             When
             the
          
           Righteous
           shall
           rejoyce
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           shall
           mourn
           ,
           Esay
           65.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           
             God
             will
             not
             alwayes
             suffer
             his
          
           Jewels
           
             to
             be
             trampled
             in
             the
             Dirt
             under
             the
             feet
             of
             Pride
             and
             Malice
             ;
             but
             he
             will
             vindicate
             the
             injuries
             that
             are
             now
             done
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           Luke
           18.
           7.
           
           
             Now
             men
             curse
             ,
             but
             Christ
             will
             then
             receive
             such
             ,
             with
             a
          
           Come
           ye
           Blessed
           of
           my
           Father
           ,
           &c.
           
           Matth.
           25.
           34.
           
        
         
           
             O
             how
             singularly
             foolish
             than
             are
             you
             ,
             that
             seek
             to
             root
             out
             ,
             and
             to
             rid
             the
             Saints
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             Heathen
             Emperors
             did
             .
             These
             resemble
             the
             Stag
             in
             the
          
           Emblem
           ,
           
             that
             fed
             upon
             the
             Leaves
             ,
             which
             hid
             him
             from
             the
             Hunter
             .
             And
          
           Sampson
           -
           
             like
             ,
             by
             pulling
             down
             the
             Pillars
             ,
             they
             bring
             the
             House
             upon
             their
             own
             Heads
             .
          
        
         
           
             But
             I
             will
             enlarge
             no
             further
             .
             If
          
           
           
             (
             through
             God's
             Blessing
             )
             this
             little
             Book
             may
             prove
             useful
             to
             the
             deterring
             of
             wicked
             and
             malevolent
             spirits
             from
             all
             kinds
             of
             Persecution
             ,
             though
             but
             in
             Words
             and
             Gestures
             ,
          
           Esay
           57.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
             and
             to
             the
             encouraging
             of
             the
             Godly
             Persecuted
             ,
             to
             bear
             their
             sufferings
             meekly
             ,
             referring
             their
             cause
             wholly
             unto
             God
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
          
           Vengeance
           is
           mine
           ;
           I
           will
           repay
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           Rom.
           12.
           19.
           
           
             I
             have
             mine
             end
          
           ,
        
         
           
             Who
             am
             Thy
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             to
             thy
             Faith
             Sam.
             Clarke
             .
          
           
             From
             my
             Study
             in
             Hammersmith
             ,
             
               April
               14.
               1674.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           God's
           Judgments
           UPON
           PERSECUTORS
           Recorded
           in
           the
           
             Books
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
          
           .
        
         
           THe
           first
           Persecutor
           and
           Murtherer
           was
           the
           Devil
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           testifies
           ▪
           John
           8.
           44.
           
           
             He
             was
             a
             Murtherer
             from
             the
             Beginning
             :
          
           He
           murther'd
           the
           Souls
           (
           the
           most
           Noble
           and
           Divine
           part
           )
           of
           our
           First
           Parents
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           of
           all
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           (
           of
           his
           infinite
           goodness
           and
           mercy
           )
           made
           a
           Balsom
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           the
           healing
           of
           that
           deadly
           
           wound
           .
           See
           the
           Devil's
           punishment
           for
           it
           ,
           Gen.
           3.
           15.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           two
           first
           men
           that
           were
           born
           into
           the
           World
           were
           Cain
           and
           Abel
           ;
           and
           long
           they
           had
           not
           lived
           together
           before
           Cain
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           in
           
             the
             Field
             together
             ,
             rose
             up
             against
             his
             Brother
          
           Abel
           ,
           
             and
             slew
             him
          
           ,
           Gen.
           4.
           8.
           
           
             And
             wherefore
             slew
             he
             him
             ?
             Because
             his
             own
             works
             were
             evil
             ,
             and
             his
             Brothers
             Righteous
             ,
          
           1
           John
           3.
           12.
           
           But
           the
           righteous
           God
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           go
           away
           with
           impunity
           .
           For
           saith
           God
           to
           him
           ,
           Gen.
           4.
           12.
           
           
             When
             thou
             tillest
             the
             Ground
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             henceforth
             yield
             unto
             thee
             her
             strength
             .
             A
             Fugitive
             and
             a
             Vagabond
             shalt
             thou
             be
             in
             the
             Earth
          
           ;
           In
           which
           condition
           he
           suffered
           many
           Thousand
           Deaths
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           Horrors
           and
           terrors
           of
           Conscience
           )
           before
           he
           came
           to
           die
           ,
           as
           is
           implied
           ,
           verse
           14.
           
           
             From
             thy
             Face
             shall
             I
             be
             hid
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             be
             a
             Fugitive
             and
             a
             Vagabond
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             that
             every
             one
             that
             findeth
             me
             shall
             slay
             me
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Though
           the
           Scripture
           mentions
           particularly
           no
           other
           Persecution
           before
           the
           Flood
           ,
           yet
           Gen.
           6.
           11.
           
           It
           's
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Earth
             was
             corrupt
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             was
             filled
             with
             Violence
             :
          
           which
           Violence
           certainly
           was
           chiefly
           practised
           by
           the
           wicked
           
           Cainites
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           :
           For
           which
           Sin
           (
           among
           others
           )
           God
           brought
           that
           General
           Deluge
           which
           destroyed
           them
           all
           ,
           Gen.
           6.
           13.
           
           God
           said
           unto
           
             Noah
             :
             The
             end
             of
             all
             Flesh
             is
             come
             before
             me
             :
             For
             the
             Earth
             is
             filled
             with
             violence
             through
             them
             :
             And
             behold
             I
             will
             destroy
             them
             with
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           the
           world
           was
           reduced
           to
           a
           very
           small
           number
           ,
           yet
           then
           had
           Satan
           a
           wicked
           Ham
           to
           persecute
           and
           mock
           his
           godly
           aged
           Father
           ;
           for
           which
           he
           was
           cursed
           ,
           and
           his
           Posterity
           doomed
           to
           bondage
           and
           servitude
           ,
           Gen.
           19.
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           
             Cursed
             be
          
           Canaan
           :
           
             A
             Servant
             of
             Servants
             shall
             he
             be
             to
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           holy
           Abraham's
           Family
           there
           was
           a
           Persecuting
           Ishmael
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           testifies
           ,
           Gal.
           4.
           29.
           
           
             He
             that
             was
             born
             after
             the
             flesh
             persecuted
             him
             that
             was
             born
             after
             the
             Spirit
             :
          
           But
           though
           he
           was
           Abraham's
           Son
           ,
           God
           would
           not
           suffer
           this
           Sin
           to
           go
           unpunished
           :
           For
           ,
           verse
           30.
           —
           
             What
             saith
             the
             Scripture
             ?
             Cast
             out
             the
             Bond-woman
             and
             her
             Son
             :
             For
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Bond-woman
             shall
             not
             be
             Heir
             with
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             Free-woman
             .
          
           And
           sure
           it
           was
           no
           small
           punishment
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           suffered
           to
           partake
           of
           the
           
           Blessings
           promised
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           When
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           were
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           they
           were
           Persecuted
           by
           Pharaoh
           King
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           his
           People
           ,
           who
           set
           over
           them
           
             Taskmasters
             to
             afflict
             them
             with
             their
             burdens
             ,
          
           Exod.
           1.
           11.
           thinking
           thereby
           to
           eat
           them
           up
           and
           wear
           them
           out
           :
           And
           when
           that
           prevailed
           not
           ,
           
             they
             made
             them
             serve
             with
             rigor
             ,
             and
             they
             made
             their
             Lives
             bitter
             with
             hard
             Bondage
             in
             Mortar
             ,
             and
             in
             Brick
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             Service
             in
             the
             Field
             :
             all
             the
             Service
             wherein
             they
             made
             them
             serve
             ,
             was
             with
             rigor
             ,
          
           verse
           13.
           14.
           
           And
           when
           yet
           they
           still
           multiplied
           ,
           the
           King
           commanded
           the
           Midwives
           ,
           Siphra
           and
           
             Puah
             ,
             when
             they
             did
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             Midwife
             to
             the
          
           Hebrew
           
             women
             ,
             and
             saw
             them
             upon
             the
             Stools
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             delivered
             of
             a
             Son
             ,
             they
             should
             presently
             kill
             him
             ,
          
           verse
           15.
           16.
           
           And
           when
           these
           Midwives
           neglected
           his
           commands
           ,
           he
           charged
           all
           his
           People
           that
           
             every
             Son
             that
             was
             born
             to
             the
          
           Israelites
           ,
           
             should
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             River
          
           Nilus
           ,
           verse
           22.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           And
           when
           God
           sent
           Moses
           into
           Egypt
           to
           deliver
           his
           People
           out
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Bondage
           ,
           Pharaoh
           raged
           more
           against
           them
           :
           He
           caused
           
             Straw
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             number
             of
             Bricks
             to
             be
             continued
          
           ;
           
           and
           when
           that
           task
           was
           not
           done
           ,
           
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             were
             cruelly
             beaten
          
           ,
           Exod.
           5.
           14.
           
           But
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           slept
           not
           all
           this
           while
           :
           They
           had
           shed
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           turned
           all
           their
           Waters
           into
           Blood
           :
           They
           had
           killed
           all
           the
           Males
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           and
           God's
           destroying
           Angel
           killed
           all
           their
           first-born
           :
           They
           had
           drowned
           Multitudes
           in
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           Pharaoh
           and
           his
           Army
           were
           all
           drowned
           in
           the
           
             Red
             Sea.
          
           
        
         
           
             Poena
             venit
             gravior
             quo
             magè
             sora
             venit
             .
          
           
             
               Justice
               though
               slowly
               ,
               yet
               doth
               surely
               tread
               ,
            
             
               And
               strikes
               with
               Iron
               though
               she
               walks
               with
               Lead
               .
            
          
        
         
           8.
           
           Saul
           the
           first
           King
           of
           Israel
           was
           a
           cruel
           Persecutor
           of
           David
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           of
           whom
           (
           upon
           a
           false
           suggestion
           )
           
             he
             slew
             fourscore
             and
             five
             Persons
             that
             did
             wear
             a
             linnen
             Ephod
          
           ;
           and
           not
           satisfied
           with
           their
           Blood
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           Nob
           ,
           the
           City
           of
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           
             smote
             it
             with
             the
             Edg
             of
             the
             Sword
             ,
             both
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             Children
             and
             Sucklings
             ,
             and
             Oxen
             ,
             and
             Asses
             ,
             and
             Sheep
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           22.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           But
           see
           the
           
           end
           :
           His
           Country
           being
           invaded
           by
           the
           Philistins
           ,
           he
           goes
           to
           the
           
             Witch
             of
             Endor
          
           ,
           where
           he
           complained
           to
           the
           Devil
           in
           Samuel's
           Mantle
           ,
           that
           
             God
             had
             forsaken
             him
             when
             he
             was
             sore
             distressed
             by
             the
          
           Philistins
           ,
           
             and
             answered
             him
             no
             more
             ,
             neither
             by
             Prophets
             ,
             nor
             by
             Dreams
             ,
          
           1
           Sam.
           28.
           15.
           
           And
           a
           few
           dayes
           after
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           lived
           to
           see
           his
           Army
           routed
           ,
           three
           of
           his
           Sons
           slain
           ,
           and
           himself
           sorely
           wounded
           ,
           in
           despair
           he
           fell
           upon
           his
           own
           Sword
           ,
           and
           died
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           31.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
        
         
           9.
           
           Asa
           (
           though
           a
           good
           King
           )
           being
           reproved
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Hanani
           ,
           for
           relying
           upon
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           Lord
           his
           God
           ,
           
             was
             wrath
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             put
             him
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             oppressed
             some
             of
             the
             People
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
          
           2
           Chron.
           16.
           7
           ,
           10.
           
           But
           God
           would
           not
           suffer
           this
           Sin
           to
           go
           unpunished
           :
           For
           ,
           verse
           12.
           
           
             He
             was
             diseased
             in
             his
             Feet
          
           (
           probably
           of
           the
           Gout
           ,
           )
           
             and
             his
             disease
             was
             exceeding
             great
             ,
          
           which
           in
           the
           end
           took
           away
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           King
           Ahab
           persecuted
           the
           Prophet
           Micaiah
           ,
           who
           dealt
           plainly
           and
           faithfully
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           sent
           him
           to
           Amon
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           to
           Joash
           the
           King's
           Son
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Put
             this
             fellow
             in
             the
             Prison
             ,
             and
             feed
             him
             with
             Bread
             of
             affliction
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             with
             water
             of
             affliction
             ,
             until
             I
             return
             in
             Peace
             ,
          
           2
           Chron.
           18.
           26.
           
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           Policy
           in
           disguising
           himself
           ,
           he
           was
           slain
           in
           that
           Battle
           ,
           verse
           33.
           34.
           
        
         
           11.
           
           Jesabel
           his
           Wife
           
             slew
             the
             Prophets
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           1
           Kings
           18.
           13.
           and
           persecuted
           Elijah
           :
           But
           Jehu
           being
           made
           King
           when
           he
           was
           come
           to
           
             Jezreel
             ,
             Jezabel
             painted
             her
             Face
             ,
             and
             tired
             her
             Head
             ,
          
           and
           looking
           out
           to
           Jehu
           said
           ,
           Had
           Zimri
           
             peace
             that
             slew
             his
             Master
             ?
             Jehu
          
           seeing
           her
           ,
           commanded
           her
           to
           be
           thrown
           down
           out
           of
           the
           window
           ,
           which
           was
           accordingly
           done
           by
           some
           of
           her
           own
           Servants
           ;
           By
           the
           fall
           she
           was
           slain
           ,
           and
           trampled
           under
           Horses
           feet
           ,
           and
           her
           Body
           was
           torn
           ,
           and
           devoured
           by
           Dogs
           ,
           2
           Kings
           9.
           30
           ,
           33
           ,
           35.
           
        
         
           12.
           
           Manasse
           persecuted
           the
           Ancient
           and
           Noble
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           ,
           (
           who
           probably
           was
           of
           the
           Royal
           Blood
           )
           for
           his
           free
           reproofs
           for
           all
           his
           wickedness
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           sawn
           in
           sunder
           with
           a
           wooden
           Saw
           (
           as
           Josephus
           saith
           :
           )
           But
           not
           long
           after
           the
           Lord
           brought
           upon
           him
           the
           Captains
           of
           the
           Host
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Assyria
             ,
             who
             took
          
           Manasse
           
             among
             the
             Thorns
             ,
             and
             bound
             him
             in
             Fetters
             ,
             and
             carried
             him
             to
          
           Babylon
           ,
           
             where
             he
             was
             cast
             into
             a
          
           
           Dungeon
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           33.
           11.
           
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           wicked
           Jews
           grievously
           persecuted
           the
           Prophet
           Jeremiah
           :
           First
           ,
           they
           
             smote
             him
             with
             the
             Tongue
          
           ,
           Jerem.
           18.
           18.
           
           Come
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             devise
             devises
             against
          
           Jeremiah
           —
           
             Come
             and
             let
             us
             smite
             him
             with
             the
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             not
             give
             heed
             to
             any
             of
             his
             Words
             .
          
           Afterwards
           Pashur
           the
           Priest
           ,
           smote
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           in
           the
           Stocks
           ;
           whereupon
           Jeremiah
           denounced
           this
           Judgment
           against
           him
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             not
             called
             thy
             Name
          
           Pashur
           ,
           but
           Magor-missabib
           .
           
             For
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             thee
             a
             terror
             to
             thy self
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             thy
             Friends
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             fall
             by
             the
             Sword
             of
             their
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             their
             Eyes
             shall
             hehold
             it
             .
             —
             And
             thou
          
           Pashur
           
             and
             all
             that
             are
             in
             thine
             House
             shall
             go
             into
             Captivity
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             come
             to
          
           Babylon
           ,
           
             and
             their
             thou
             shalt
             die
          
           ,
           Jerem.
           20.
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           6.
           
           Which
           grievous
           threatnings
           were
           without
           all
           question
           performed
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           After
           this
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           People
           took
           Jeremiah
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             surely
             die
          
           ,
           Jer.
           26.
           8.
           
           To
           whom
           Jeremiah
           said
           ,
           
             As
             for
             me
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             I
             am
             in
             your
             Hand
             :
             Do
             with
             me
             as
             seemeth
             good
             unto
             you
             :
             But
             know
             ye
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             put
             me
             to
             death
             ,
             ye
             shall
             surely
             bring
             innocent
             Blood
             upon
             your self
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             City
             ,
             and
             upon
          
           
           
             the
             Inhabitants
             thereof
             ,
             &c.
          
           verse
           14
           ,
           15.
           
        
         
           15.
           
           When
           Jerusalem
           was
           besieged
           by
           Nebuchadnezzar's
           Army
           ,
           King
           Zedekiah
           caused
           Jeremiah
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           Prison
           for
           foretelling
           the
           destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           &
           the
           Captivity
           of
           Zedekiah
           ,
           Jer.
           32.
           2
           ,
           3.
           &c.
           But
           God
           suffered
           him
           not
           to
           go
           unpunished
           .
           For
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           the
           City
           (
           according
           to
           Jeremiah's
           Prophecy
           )
           was
           taken
           ,
           &
           Zedekiah
           was
           ,
           in
           his
           flight
           ,
           overtaken
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           who
           slew
           his
           Sons
           before
           his
           eyes
           ,
           &
           that
           that
           dreadful
           sight
           might
           be
           the
           last
           thing
           that
           he
           should
           ever
           see
           he
           immediatly
           put
           out
           his
           eyes
           ,
           
             and
             bound
             him
             with
             Chains
             ,
             and
             carried
             him
             to
          
           Babylon
           ,
           Jer.
           39.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           
           And
           Zedekiah's
           Princes
           ,
           &
           Nobles
           ,
           who
           had
           smitten
           Jeremiah
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           into
           Prison
           ,
           Jer.
           37.
           15.
           
           &
           did
           afterwards
           cast
           him
           into
           a
           Dungeon
           ,
           where
           he
           did
           stick
           in
           the
           mire
           ,
           Jer.
           38.
           6.
           
           When
           the
           City
           was
           taken
           ,
           they
           also
           being
           over-taken
           ,
           were
           carried
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           who
           slew
           them
           all
           ,
           Jerem.
           38.
           6.
           
        
         
           16.
           
           Afterwards
           when
           the
           People
           were
           carried
           into
           Captivity
           ,
           Jeremiah
           being
           (
           according
           to
           his
           own
           desire
           )
           left
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           Juda
           ,
           he
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           was
           carried
           perforce
           by
           Johanan
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           wicked
           Captains
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           unto
           whom
           he
           foretold
           that
           they
           should
           their
           
           perish
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Famine
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           for
           which
           plain
           and
           faithful
           dealing
           ,
           they
           stoned
           him
           to
           Death
           (
           as
           Josephus
           reports
           :
           )
           But
           it
           was
           not
           long
           before
           Nebuchadnezzar
           came
           ,
           and
           overcame
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           and
           plundered
           the
           Country
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           those
           Predictions
           of
           Jeremy
           were
           fulfilled
           upon
           his
           Persecuting
           Enemies
           ,
           Jerem.
           43.
           6
           ,
           7.
           and
           44.
           11
           ,
           12.
           &c.
           
        
         
           17.
           
           And
           that
           the
           destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           the
           Babylonish
           Captivity
           (
           which
           continued
           seventy
           Years
           )
           was
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           crying
           sin
           of
           persecuting
           the
           Ministers
           and
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           appears
           plainly
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           16.
           17.
           
           Where
           it
           is
           said
           :
           
             They
             mocked
             the
             Messengers
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             despised
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             misused
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             until
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lord
             arose
             against
             his
             People
             ,
             till
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             .
             Therefore
             he
             brought
             upon
             them
             the
             King
             of
             the
          
           Chaldees
           ,
           
             who
             slew
             their
             young
             men
             with
             the
             Sword
             in
             the
             House
             of
             their
             Sanctuary
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             compassion
             upon
             Young
             Man
             ,
             or
             Maiden
             ,
             Old
             Man
             ,
             or
             him
             that
             stooped
             for
             Age
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           18.
           
           During
           the
           Captivity
           ,
           Haman
           the
           Agagite
           (
           a
           deadly
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           People
           of
           God
           )
           had
           got
           a
           Decree
           from
           King
           Ahasuerus
           ,
           upon
           a
           certain
           Day
           to
           
           
             destroy
             ,
             to
             kill
             ,
             and
             to
             cause
             to
             perish
             all
          
           Jews
           
             both
             Young
             and
             Old
             ,
             little
             Children
             and
             Womon
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             the
             spoil
             of
             them
             for
             a
             prey
             ,
          
           Esther
           3.
           13.
           
           But
           God
           wonderfully
           defeated
           this
           design
           ,
           preserved
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           turned
           the
           Mischief
           intended
           against
           them
           ,
           upon
           their
           Enemies
           Pates
           .
           For
           this
           wicked
           Haman
           was
           himself
           hanged
           upon
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           fifty
           Cubits
           high
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           prepared
           for
           
             Mordecay
             ,
             Esther
          
           7.
           9.
           
           His
           ten
           Sons
           also
           were
           slain
           ,
           Esther
           9.
           10.
           
           And
           all
           others
           that
           rose
           up
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           Sometime
           after
           the
           return
           of
           the
           Jews
           from
           the
           Babylonish
           Captivity
           ,
           
             Antiochus
             Epiphanes
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Vile
           rather
           ,
           was
           a
           cruel
           and
           merciless
           Persecutor
           of
           the
           Godly
           among
           them
           :
           But
           being
           in
           straits
           for
           want
           of
           mony
           ,
           he
           went
           into
           Persia
           to
           gather
           up
           some
           :
           And
           being
           there
           ,
           he
           heard
           that
           in
           a
           wealthy
           City
           ,
           called
           Elymais
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           very
           Rich
           Temple
           dedicated
           to
           Diana
           :
           Thither
           therefore
           he
           went
           ,
           and
           besieged
           it
           ;
           But
           the
           Inhabitants
           ,
           sallying
           out
           ,
           drave
           him
           away
           with
           great
           shame
           and
           loss
           :
           And
           when
           he
           came
           back
           to
           Babylon
           he
           heard
           of
           the
           overthrow
           of
           his
           Captains
           and
           Armies
           in
           Judaea
           :
           Which
           News
           (
           together
           with
           his
           late
           defeat
           )
           so
           wrought
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           fell
           sick
           ,
           and
           finding
           no
           
           hope
           of
           recovery
           ,
           he
           called
           his
           most
           familiar
           Friends
           unto
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           that
           his
           Disease
           was
           violent
           and
           desperate
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           justly
           Plagued
           by
           God
           ,
           with
           this
           grievous
           Sickness
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           had
           tormented
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           destroyed
           their
           Temple
           and
           committed
           horrible
           Sacrilege
           ,
           and
           for
           contemning
           the
           Majesty
           of
           of
           God
           :
           But
           now
           he
           Vowed
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           would
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           receive
           him
           ,
           he
           would
           become
           a
           Jew
           ,
           and
           do
           many
           great
           things
           for
           the
           People
           of
           God
           :
           As
           also
           that
           he
           would
           go
           through
           all
           the
           known
           World
           to
           declare
           the
           power
           of
           God
           :
           Notwithstanding
           which
           (
           the
           Lord
           knowing
           his
           Hypocrisie
           )
           continued
           to
           plague
           him
           after
           a
           very
           grievous
           and
           terrible
           manner
           .
           For
           he
           had
           a
           remediless
           and
           incessant
           pain
           in
           his
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           intollerable
           torments
           in
           all
           his
           inward
           parts
           .
           His
           Body
           bred
           abundance
           of
           Worms
           ,
           which
           continually
           crawled
           out
           of
           the
           same
           :
           Yea
           ,
           he
           so
           rotted
           above
           ground
           ,
           that
           whole
           flakes
           of
           flesh
           fell
           from
           his
           Body
           ,
           which
           was
           accompanied
           with
           such
           an
           intollerable
           stink
           that
           none
           were
           able
           to
           come
           near
           him
           ,
           neither
           could
           he
           himself
           endure
           the
           same
           ,
           which
           forced
           him
           to
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             meet
             to
             submit
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             man
             which
             is
             mortal
             ,
             not
             to
             set
             himself
             in
             competition
          
           
           
             with
             God.
          
           Thus
           this
           vile
           Person
           ,
           who
           formerly
           in
           a
           proud
           and
           insolent
           manner
           had
           Protested
           that
           he
           would
           make
           Jerusalem
           a
           common
           burying
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           Streets
           thereof
           to
           run
           with
           the
           blood
           of
           God's
           People
           ,
           by
           God's
           just
           Judgment
           ended
           his
           life
           in
           extream
           misery
           in
           a
           Strange
           Land
           ,
           upon
           the
           Mountains
           of
           Parata
           ,
           near
           Babylon
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           Probably
           under
           him
           it
           was
           that
           the
           Saints
           endured
           most
           of
           those
           Persecutions
           which
           are
           mentioned
           by
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           
             little
             Book
             of
             Martyrs
          
           ,
           Heb.
           11.
           36
           ,
           37
           ,
           38.
           
           
             Others
             had
             trial
             of
             cruel
             mockings
             ,
             and
             scourgings
             ;
             yea
             ,
             moreover
             of
             Bonds
             ,
             and
             imprisonment
             .
             They
             were
             stoned
             :
             they
             were
             sawn
             asunder
             ;
             were
             tempted
             ;
             were
             slain
             with
             the
             Sword
             :
             They
             wandred
             about
             in
             Sheepskins
             ,
             and
             Goatskins
             ,
             being
             destitute
             ,
             afflicted
             ,
             tormented
             :
             Of
             whom
             the
             World
             was
             not
             worthy
             :
             They
             wandred
             in
             Desarts
             ,
             and
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             in
             Dens
             ,
             and
             Caves
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             God's
             Judgments
             upon
             Persecutors
             under
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
          
           
             Herod
             ,
             surnamed
             
               the
               Great
            
             ,
             hearing
             by
             the
             
               Wise
               men
            
             that
             came
             out
             of
             
             the
             East
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             one
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             King
             of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             being
             informed
             by
             the
             Chief
             Priests
             and
             the
             Scribes
             that
             the
             place
             of
             his
             Birth
             should
             be
             Bethlem
             of
             Judah
             ,
             he
             sent
             forth
             his
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             (
             to
             make
             sure
             work
             )
             
               he
               slew
               all
               the
               Children
               that
               were
               in
            
             Bethlem
             ,
             
               and
               in
               all
               the
               Coasts
               thereof
               ,
               from
               two
               years
               old
               and
               under
               ,
            
             hoping
             thereby
             to
             have
             destroyed
             Christ.
             But
             presently
             after
             ,
             the
             Lord
             gave
             him
             over
             to
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Phrensie
             ,
             that
             he
             slew
             Maryamne
             ,
             his
             Beloved
             Wife
             ,
             and
             his
             Children
             (
             which
             made
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             say
             ,
             
               That
               it
               was
               better
               to
               be
            
             Herod's
             
               Dog
               than
               his
               Son
            
             )
             and
             his
             nearest
             Kinsfolk
             ,
             and
             familiar
             Friends
             .
             And
             shortly
             after
             ,
             God's
             terrible
             Judgment
             fell
             upon
             him
             by
             a
             grievous
             Disease
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             slack
             and
             slow
             Fire
             in
             his
             inward
             parts
             :
             He
             had
             also
             a
             greedy
             and
             Dog
             like
             appetite
             after
             Food
             ,
             which
             yet
             was
             insatiable
             :
             He
             had
             also
             a
             rotting
             in
             his
             Bowels
             ,
             and
             a
             grievous
             Flux
             in
             his
             Fundament
             :
             A
             moist
             and
             running
             humor
             in
             his
             Feet
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Malady
             vexed
             him
             about
             his
             Bladder
             :
             His
             Privy
             Members
             putrified
             ,
             engendring
             abundance
             of
             Worms
             ,
             which
             continually
             crawled
             and
             swarmed
             out
             of
             the
             same
             .
             He
             had
             a
             short
             and
             a
             stinking
             Breath
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             pain
             in
             breathing
             :
             And
             
             through
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             his
             Body
             such
             a
             violent
             Cramp
             ,
             as
             no
             human
             strength
             was
             able
             to
             endure
             .
             Yet
             longing
             after
             Life
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             Physicians
             from
             all
             parts
             ,
             by
             whose
             advice
             he
             went
             to
             the
             hot
             Baths
             at
             Calliroe
             :
             But
             finding
             no
             ease
             by
             the
             use
             thereof
             ,
             and
             his
             torments
             still
             encreasing
             ,
             he
             endeavoured
             to
             lay
             violent
             Hands
             upon
             himself
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             been
             prevented
             by
             his
             Friends
             about
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             at
             last
             (
             having
             had
             some
             foretastes
             of
             the
             torments
             of
             Hell
             )
             in
             extream
             anguish
             he
             ended
             his
             wretched
             Life
             .
          
           
             22.
             
             Herod
             the
             Less
             ,
             surnamed
             Antipas
             ,
             having
             married
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Aretas
             ,
             King
             of
             Arabia
             ,
             after
             a
             while
             ,
             put
             her
             away
             ,
             and
             took
             Herodias
             ,
             who
             had
             forsaken
             her
             Husband
             
               Philip
               ,
               Herod's
            
             Brother
             :
             For
             which
             Incestuous
             ,
             and
             Adulterous
             Marriage
             ,
             
               John
               the
               Baptist
            
             plainly
             reproved
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               It
               is
               not
               lawful
               for
               thee
               to
               have
               her
               ,
            
             Matth.
             14.
             4.
             
             Hereupon
             ,
             at
             the
             instigation
             of
             Herodias
             ,
             he
             first
             cast
             John
             into
             Prison
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             cut
             off
             his
             Head.
             But
             the
             Lord
             suffered
             not
             this
             wicked
             Murther
             to
             go
             long
             unpunished
             :
             For
             Aretas
             ,
             raising
             an
             Army
             against
             Herod
             ,
             for
             his
             ignominious
             dealing
             with
             his
             Daughter
             ,
             in
             a
             pitch'd
             Battle
             ,
             wholly
             overthrew
             him
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             his
             whole
             Host.
             And
             not
             long
             after
             Herod
             
             falling
             into
             disgrace
             with
             Augustus
             ,
             the
             Roman
             Emperor
             ,
             he
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Incestuous
             Herodias
             ,
             were
             banished
             to
             Vienne
             in
             France
             ,
             where
             they
             ended
             their
             wretched
             lives
             with
             much
             shame
             and
             misery
             .
          
           
             23.
             
             After
             this
             there
             arose
             a
             third
             Herod
             ,
             surnamed
             Agrippa
             ,
             who
             (
             not
             taking
             warning
             by
             his
             Predecessors
             calamities
             )
             fell
             to
             Persecuting
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             conventing
             James
             the
             Brother
             of
             John
             ,
             before
             him
             ,
             he
             condemned
             him
             to
             be
             beheaded
             :
             And
             seeing
             the
             Death
             of
             James
             pleased
             the
             Jews
             ,
             he
             took
             Peter
             also
             ,
             and
             delivered
             him
             to
             
               four
               Quaternians
               of
               Soldiers
               to
               keep
               him
               in
               Prison
               ,
               intending
               after
               the
            
             Passover
             
               to
               put
               him
               to
               Death
            
             ,
             Acts
             12.
             1.
             
             &c.
             But
             neither
             did
             this
             Bloody
             Persecuting
             Herod
             escape
             any
             better
             than
             his
             Predecessors
             had
             done
             :
             For
             upon
             a
             great
             Festival
             day
             ,
             he
             being
             arraied
             in
             glittering
             and
             Royal
             Apparel
             ,
             
               Sat
               upon
               his
               Throne
               ,
               and
               made
               an
               Oration
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               which
               being
               ended
               ,
            
             the
             People
             
               gave
               a
               shout
               ,
               saying
               ,
               It
               is
               the
               Voice
               of
               a
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               a
               Man
               :
               Whereupon
               the
               Angel
               of
               God's
               Immutability
               smote
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               eaten
               of
               Worms
               ,
               and
               gave
               up
               the
               Ghost
               ,
            
             in
             the
             fifty
             fourth
             year
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             and
             the
             Seventh
             of
             his
             Reign
             under
             
               Claudius
               Caesar.
            
             
          
           
           
             24.
             
             Now
             the
             Sins
             of
             the
             Jews
             being
             ripe
             ,
             especially
             that
             heynous
             Sin
             of
             Persecuting
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             Messengers
             of
             God
             ;
             cried
             aloud
             for
             Judgment
             (
             according
             as
             Christ
             had
             foretold
             them
             )
             Matth.
             23.
             34
             ,
             35
             ,
             36.
             
               &c.
               Behold
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               I
               send
               unto
               you
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               Wise
               men
               ,
               and
               Scribes
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               you
               shall
               kill
               and
               crucifie
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               ye
               shall
               scourge
               in
               your
               Synagogues
               ,
               and
               persecute
               them
               from
               City
               to
               City
               ,
               that
               upon
               you
               may
               come
               all
               the
               righteous
               Blood
               shed
               upon
               the
               Earth
               from
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Righteous
            
             Abel
             ,
             
               unto
               the
               Blood
               of
            
             Zacharias
             ,
             
               Son
               of
            
             Barachias
             ,
             
               whom
               ye
               slew
               between
               the
               Temple
               and
               the
               Altar
               :
               Verily
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               all
               these
               things
               shall
               come
               upon
               this
               Generation
               .
            
             And
             that
             you
             may
             know
             more
             particularly
             what
             those
             Judgments
             were
             ,
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             sets
             them
             down
             ,
             Matth.
             23
             ,
             38.
             
             
               Your
               House
               is
               left
               unto
               you
               desolate
               :
            
             And
             more
             plainly
             ,
             Chap.
             24.
             21
             ,
             22.
             
             
               Then
               shall
               be
               great
               Tribulation
               ,
               such
               as
               was
               not
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               World
               to
               this
               time
               :
               No
               ,
               nor
               ever
               shall
               be
               :
               And
               except
               those
               Dayes
               should
               be
               shortened
               ,
               their
               should
               no
               Flesh
            
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             the
             Jews
             )
             
               be
               saved
               :
               But
               for
               the
               Elects
               sake
               those
               Dayes
               shall
               be
               shortened
               .
            
          
           
             25.
             
             These
             Predictions
             of
             our
             Saviour
             were
             fulfilled
             by
             the
             Roman
             Armies
             under
             
             Vespasian
             ,
             and
             Titus
             his
             Son
             :
             For
             besides
             the
             Afflictions
             which
             befel
             them
             in
             divers
             other
             Countries
             ,
             being
             tossed
             up
             and
             down
             by
             the
             Roman
             Deputies
             ,
             there
             were
             slain
             in
             Caesarea
             twenty
             thousand
             in
             one
             day
             :
             At
             Alexandria
             fifty
             Thousand
             another
             Day
             :
             At
             Zabulon
             and
             Joppa
             eight
             Thousand
             and
             four
             Hundred
             :
             At
             Damascus
             ten
             Thousand
             had
             their
             Throats
             cut
             .
             In
             the
             Siege
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             miserably
             pinched
             with
             Famine
             ,
             that
             Oxen's
             Dung
             was
             accounted
             good
             meat
             :
             Others
             fed
             upon
             old
             Leather
             ,
             and
             some
             Women
             boiled
             their
             own
             Children
             ,
             and
             did
             eat
             them
             .
             Many
             hoping
             to
             save
             their
             Lives
             by
             flying
             to
             the
             Romans
             ,
             had
             their
             Bowels
             ript
             up
             ,
             to
             search
             for
             Gold
             and
             Jewels
             in
             their
             Stomacks
             and
             Guts
             :
             Two
             Thousand
             of
             them
             thus
             perished
             in
             one
             Night
             .
             Ninty
             seven
             Thousand
             of
             them
             were
             taken
             Prisoners
             (
             besides
             what
             fell
             under
             the
             Sword
             )
             when
             Jerusalem
             was
             taken
             by
             Storm
             ,
             and
             eleven
             Hundred
             Thousand
             perished
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             Famine
             ,
             and
             Pestilence
             ,
             during
             the
             Siege
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             taking
             of
             the
             City
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             were
             carried
             to
             Rome
             to
             grace
             their
             Triumph
             :
             Others
             were
             slain
             in
             divers
             Places
             at
             the
             Conquerors
             Will
             :
             Some
             were
             torn
             in
             pieces
             and
             devoured
             by
             wild
             
             Beasts
             :
             Others
             were
             compelled
             to
             march
             in
             Troops
             against
             their
             Fellows
             ,
             and
             to
             kill
             one
             another
             to
             make
             the
             Spectators
             sport
             .
             The
             Reliques
             of
             this
             wretched
             People
             were
             dispersed
             into
             all
             Nations
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             having
             no
             Magistrates
             of
             their
             own
             to
             protect
             them
             ;
             but
             were
             ,
             and
             still
             are
             altogether
             at
             the
             will
             and
             discretion
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             those
             Countries
             where
             they
             sojourn
             :
             So
             that
             no
             Nation
             under
             Heaven
             is
             so
             vile
             and
             contemtible
             as
             the
             Jews
             .
          
           
             26.
             
             Yet
             here
             was
             not
             an
             end
             of
             their
             misery
             :
             For
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             the
             Emperor
             Trojan
             ,
             these
             wretched
             People
             rebelled
             against
             the
             Romans
             in
             Egypt
             and
             Cyprus
             ,
             and
             falling
             upon
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             used
             unheard-of
             cruelties
             towards
             them
             ;
             whereupon
             Trajan
             sent
             against
             them
             
               Martius
               Turbo
            
             ,
             who
             slew
             many
             Thousands
             of
             them
             .
             And
             fearing
             lest
             the
             Jews
             in
             Mesopotamia
             should
             break
             forth
             into
             the
             like
             Outrages
             ,
             he
             commanded
             
               Lucius
               Quintus
            
             to
             destroy
             them
             utterly
             ,
             who
             so
             diligently
             executed
             his
             Will
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             to
             recompence
             his
             service
             ,
             made
             him
             President
             of
             
               Judaea
               .
               Dion
            
             .
          
           
             27.
             
             After
             him
             Adrian
             the
             Emperour
             sent
             Severus
             his
             General
             against
             these
             wretched
             Jews
             ,
             who
             (
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             multitude
             )
             
             would
             not
             trie
             it
             out
             in
             a
             pitched
             Battle
             ,
             but
             proceeding
             more
             warily
             ,
             and
             taking
             his
             opportunities
             ,
             he
             by
             degrees
             ,
             took
             fifty
             of
             their
             Strong
             Castles
             ,
             razed
             nine
             Hundred
             and
             fourscore
             of
             their
             best
             Towns
             ,
             and
             slew
             five
             Hundred
             and
             eighty
             Thousand
             of
             them
             :
             Besides
             multitudes
             that
             perished
             by
             Famine
             ,
             Diseases
             and
             Fire
             ,
             so
             that
             almost
             all
             Judea
             was
             made
             desolate
             :
             He
             also
             by
             an
             Edict
             prohibited
             the
             Jews
             from
             coming
             near
             to
             Jerusalem
             ,
             or
             from
             any
             high
             place
             to
             look
             towards
             the
             same
             .
             Dion
             .
          
           
             28.
             
             Salmaticensis
             testifieth
             that
             this
             Adrian
             destroyed
             twice
             as
             many
             Jews
             as
             Moses
             brought
             out
             of
             Egypt
             .
             That
             he
             razed
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             not
             far
             from
             it
             ,
             built
             another
             City
             ,
             which
             after
             his
             own
             Name
             he
             called
             Aelia
             ,
             and
             over
             the
             Gates
             of
             it
             he
             placed
             Statues
             of
             Swine
             ,
             which
             were
             faithful
             Porters
             to
             prohibit
             the
             Superstitious
             Jews
             from
             entrance
             .
          
           
             29.
             
             St.
             Hierom
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             on
             that
             Day
             wherein
             Jerusalem
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Romans
             ,
             you
             might
             see
             decrepit
             women
             ,
             and
             old
             ragged
             Women
             ,
             and
             old
             ragged
             men
             ,
             and
             many
             wretched
             People
             (
             but
             pitied
             of
             none
             )
             with
             blubbered
             cheeks
             ,
             black
             Arms
             ,
             dishivelled
             Hair
             ,
             howling
             ,
             and
             lamenting
             for
             the
             desolations
             of
             their
             Sanctuary
             ,
             
             in
             their
             Bodies
             and
             Habits
             ,
             bearing
             and
             wearing
             the
             sad
             Characters
             of
             Divine
             Vengeance
             ,
             of
             whom
             also
             the
             Soldiers
             exacted
             their
             Fees
             for
             granting
             them
             liberty
             of
             farther
             weeping
             :
             So
             that
             they
             who
             formerly
             sold
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Members
             ,
             were
             then
             fain
             to
             buy
             their
             own
             Tears
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gods
             Judgments
             on
             Persecutors
             during
             the
             ten
             Primitive
             Persecutions
             under
             the
             Heathen
             Emperors
             .
          
           
             30.
             
             Nero
             (
             that
             monster
             of
             men
             )
             that
             raised
             the
             first
             bloody
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             clad
             in
             the
             skins
             of
             wild
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             torn
             in
             pieces
             with
             Dogs
             :
             Others
             he
             Crucified
             :
             Of
             some
             he
             made
             Bone-fires
             to
             light
             him
             in
             his
             Night-sports
             .
             In
             brief
             ,
             such
             horrible
             cruelties
             he
             used
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             made
             them
             to
             be
             pitied
             of
             their
             very
             Enemies
             .
             But
             God
             at
             last
             found
             out
             this
             wretched
             Persecutor
             .
             For
             being
             adjudged
             by
             the
             Roman
             Senate
             to
             be
             an
             Enemy
             to
             mankind
             ,
             he
             was
             condemned
             to
             be
             whip'd
             to
             Death
             ;
             To
             avoid
             which
             shameful
             end
             ,
             he
             cut
             his
             own
             throat
             .
          
           
             31.
             
             Domitian
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             second
             
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             grew
             to
             that
             prodigious
             height
             of
             Pride
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             adored
             as
             a
             God
             :
             But
             God
             raised
             up
             his
             own
             houshold
             Servants
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             (
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             his
             Wife
             )
             slew
             him
             with
             Daggers
             in
             his
             privy
             Chamber
             .
             His
             Body
             was
             buried
             without
             honour
             :
             His
             memory
             accursed
             to
             all
             Posterities
             ,
             and
             his
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Ensigns
             were
             thrown
             down
             and
             defaced
             .
          
           
             32.
             
             Trajan
             ,
             though
             a
             prudent
             Prince
             ,
             and
             good
             civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             yet
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             Satan
             and
             his
             Instruments
             ,
             raised
             the
             third
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Church
             :
             For
             which
             the
             vengeance
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             heavy
             hand
             fell
             upon
             him
             .
             For
             first
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             grievous
             Palsie
             :
             then
             lost
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Senses
             :
             and
             lastly
             fell
             into
             a
             Dropsie
             ,
             and
             dyed
             in
             great
             anguish
             and
             misery
             .
          
           
             33.
             
             Adrian
             ,
             who
             raised
             the
             fourth
             Persecution
             ,
             causing
             ten
             thousand
             Christians
             to
             be
             crucified
             in
             Armenia
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             stirred
             up
             a
             hot
             and
             cruel
             Persecution
             against
             them
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             an
             issue
             of
             blood
             from
             his
             Lungs
             which
             exceedingly
             disquieted
             and
             weakened
             him
             :
             Then
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             Consumption
             of
             the
             Lungs
             ,
             which
             he
             spat
             out
             continually
             :
             
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             he
             was
             afflicted
             with
             an
             insatiable
             Dropsie
             ,
             whereupon
             ,
             finding
             himself
             so
             variously
             tormented
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             taken
             Poison
             ;
             or
             cut
             his
             throat
             with
             a
             Knife
             :
             But
             his
             Friends
             preventing
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             die
             a
             lingering
             and
             painful
             Death
             .
          
           
             34.
             
             
               Marcus
               Antonius
               Verus
            
             ,
             who
             continued
             the
             fourth
             Persecution
             ,
             exercising
             exceeding
             great
             cruelties
             against
             the
             Christians
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             his
             Empire
             ,
             especially
             at
             Lions
             ,
             and
             Viene
             in
             Dalphine
             :
             For
             which
             cause
             ,
             the
             Lord
             struck
             him
             with
             a
             grievous
             Apoplexy
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             lain
             speechless
             three
             days
             ,
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             35.
             
             Comodus
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             continued
             also
             this
             fourth
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             was
             given
             over
             to
             such
             abominable
             wickedness
             ,
             that
             he
             kept
             three
             hundred
             Concubines
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             boys
             for
             unnatural
             and
             delectable
             uses
             :
             and
             for
             his
             cruelty
             was
             poisoned
             by
             his
             Friend
             Marcia
             ,
             which
             caused
             him
             to
             fall
             into
             extreme
             and
             deadly
             vomiting
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             was
             slain
             by
             Narcissus
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             Chamberlains
             .
          
           
             36.
             
             Severus
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             fifth
             Persecution
             ,
             never
             prospered
             after
             he
             began
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             fell
             into
             diverse
             calamities
             :
             And
             at
             length
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             
             such
             an
             extreme
             pain
             through
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             his
             Body
             ,
             that
             being
             in
             misery
             therewith
             ,
             he
             would
             fain
             have
             poisoned
             himself
             ;
             but
             being
             prevented
             by
             his
             Friends
             ,
             he
             dyed
             a
             languishing
             and
             painful
             death
             .
          
           
             37.
             
             Under
             him
             ,
             
               Claudius
               Herminianus
            
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Cappadocia
             (
             out
             of
             hatred
             to
             his
             wife
             who
             was
             a
             Christian
             )
             extremely
             persecuted
             ,
             and
             afflicted
             many
             of
             Gods
             children
             :
             he
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             a
             Pestilential
             Carbuncle
             ,
             and
             had
             Vermine
             bred
             in
             his
             bowels
             which
             devoured
             him
             alive
             ,
             after
             a
             most
             horrible
             manner
             ,
             which
             extorted
             a
             confession
             from
             him
             ,
             that
             those
             Plagues
             fell
             justly
             upon
             him
             for
             his
             persecuting
             the
             Christians
             .
          
           
             38.
             
             Maximianus
             the
             Empreor
             ,
             who
             raised
             the
             sixth
             Persecution
             against
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             especially
             against
             the
             Pastors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             was
             himself
             together
             with
             his
             Son
             slain
             by
             his
             own
             Soldiers
             .
          
           
             39.
             
             Decius
             who
             raised
             the
             seventh
             Persecution
             ,
             labouring
             by
             all
             means
             utterly
             to
             destroy
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             exercising
             all
             the
             cruelty
             and
             torments
             that
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             could
             invent
             against
             them
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             God
             raised
             up
             the
             Scythians
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             bloody
             battel
             ,
             routed
             and
             overthrew
             his
             Army
             ,
             and
             himself
             ,
             
             and
             Son
             were
             cruelly
             slain
             :
             or
             as
             others
             say
             ,
             to
             avoid
             falling
             into
             his
             Enemies
             hands
             ,
             he
             leap'd
             his
             horse
             into
             a
             Whirlpit
             ,
             after
             which
             his
             body
             was
             never
             found
             .
          
           
             40.
             
             Presently
             after
             the
             death
             of
             this
             Tyrant
             ,
             a
             grievous
             Plague
             and
             Pestilence
             fell
             upon
             the
             bloody
             persecuting
             Gentiles
             in
             every
             of
             the
             Roman
             Provinces
             ,
             which
             lasting
             ten
             years
             together
             ,
             made
             such
             havock
             among
             them
             ,
             as
             is
             horrible
             to
             hear
             ,
             and
             almost
             incredible
             to
             believe
             .
             And
             it
             was
             observed
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             Emperors
             Edicts
             had
             been
             put
             in
             Execution
             with
             most
             severity
             ,
             there
             it
             raged
             most
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             many
             places
             became
             utterly
             desolate
             .
          
           
             41.
             
             Gallus
             the
             Emperor
             who
             continued
             the
             seventh
             Persecution
             ,
             was
             himself
             with
             his
             Son
             slain
             by
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Captains
             .
          
           
             42.
             
             Valerian
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Reign
             was
             very
             mild
             towards
             the
             Christians
             :
             But
             afterwards
             (
             being
             stirred
             up
             by
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Instruments
             )
             proved
             a
             terrible
             Persecutor
             of
             them
             in
             all
             his
             Dominions
             :
             But
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             he
             was
             overthrown
             by
             the
             Persians
             in
             a
             bloody
             Battel
             ;
             wherein
             himself
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             being
             seventy
             years
             old
             ,
             and
             made
             so
             vile
             a
             slave
             ,
             that
             Sapores
             the
             King
             of
             Persia
             ,
             used
             his
             back
             as
             a
             Block
             whereby
             
             to
             mount
             on
             Horse-back
             ,
             and
             afterward
             he
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             flayed
             alive
             ,
             and
             powdered
             with
             Salt
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dyed
             in
             cruel
             torments
             .
             Eusebius
             .
          
           
             43.
             
             Claudius
             a
             President
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             Ministers
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             was
             possessed
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             so
             grievously
             tormented
             ,
             that
             biting
             off
             his
             tongue
             in
             small
             bits
             ,
             he
             dyed
             miserably
             .
             This
             was
             the
             eighth
             Persecution
             .
          
           
             44.
             
             Aurelian
             who
             raised
             the
             ninth
             Persecution
             ,
             being
             about
             to
             send
             out
             an
             Edict
             for
             renewing
             the
             Persecution
             against
             the
             Christians
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             about
             to
             sign
             it
             ,
             a
             Thunderbolt
             fell
             at
             his
             Feet
             ,
             which
             so
             terrified
             him
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             present
             he
             forbore
             :
             But
             afterward
             ,
             renewing
             it
             again
             ,
             God
             stirred
             up
             his
             Servants
             to
             cut
             his
             throat
             .
             
               Niceph.
               Eutropius
            
             .
          
           
             45.
             
             Dioclesian
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             tenth
             Persecution
             ,
             First
             used
             all
             Politick
             ways
             to
             cause
             all
             the
             Christians
             in
             his
             Armies
             to
             renounce
             their
             Faith.
             Then
             by
             Proclamation
             he
             commanded
             all
             their
             Churches
             to
             be
             beaten
             down
             ;
             their
             Bibles
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             or
             torn
             in
             pieces
             :
             That
             all
             Christians
             in
             any
             Office
             should
             be
             ejected
             :
             That
             Christian
             Bondmen
             who
             would
             forsake
             their
             Profession
             should
             be
             made
             free
             :
             But
             when
             ,
             
             notwithstanding
             this
             ,
             he
             saw
             that
             the
             number
             of
             Christians
             still
             increased
             ,
             being
             satiated
             with
             blood
             ,
             he
             resigned
             ,
             and
             gave
             over
             the
             Empire
             :
             But
             shortly
             after
             God
             struck
             him
             with
             diverse
             and
             strange
             diseases
             :
             His
             house
             was
             burnt
             down
             by
             Lightning
             from
             Heaven
             :
             And
             himself
             was
             so
             affrighted
             with
             a
             dreadful
             Thunder
             that
             he
             ran
             mad
             ,
             and
             killed
             himself
             .
             Ruffinus
             .
          
           
             46.
             
             Maximinian
             also
             ,
             his
             Fellow-Emperor
             raged
             exceeding
             cruelly
             ,
             and
             outragiously
             against
             the
             Christians
             .
             For
             when
             twenty
             thousand
             of
             them
             ,
             upon
             a
             Solemn
             Festival
             Day
             ,
             were
             assembled
             in
             a
             Temple
             at
             Nicomedia
             ,
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             he
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             environed
             with
             some
             Bands
             of
             Soldiers
             ,
             to
             be
             set
             on
             fire
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             burnt
             with
             all
             that
             was
             in
             it
             .
             And
             a
             City
             of
             Christians
             in
             Phrygia
             ,
             taking
             it
             after
             a
             long
             Siege
             ,
             he
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             and
             razed
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             with
             all
             that
             were
             in
             it
             .
             But
             shortly
             after
             God
             struck
             him
             with
             a
             grievous
             and
             incurable
             Disease
             ,
             wherein
             Vermin
             bred
             abundantly
             in
             his
             Body
             ,
             which
             was
             accompanied
             with
             such
             an
             horrible
             stink
             ,
             that
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             endure
             it
             ,
             he
             hanged
             himself
             .
          
           
             47.
             
             Maximinus
             that
             next
             succeeded
             in
             the
             Eastern
             Empire
             ,
             was
             a
             cruel
             and
             implacable
             
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Saints
             .
             For
             which
             God
             struck
             him
             with
             an
             uncoth
             and
             loathsome
             Disease
             .
             In
             his
             Privy
             Members
             there
             grew
             a
             sudden
             putrefaction
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             same
             there
             arose
             a
             botchy
             corrupt
             Bile
             ,
             with
             a
             Fistula
             consuming
             and
             eating
             up
             his
             Entrails
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             came
             swarming
             and
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Lice
             ,
             which
             was
             attended
             with
             such
             a
             pestiferous
             stink
             as
             none
             were
             able
             to
             abide
             it
             .
             And
             being
             a
             corpulent
             man
             ,
             all
             his
             fat
             so
             putrified
             ,
             and
             stank
             so
             horribly
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             his
             Physicians
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             endure
             it
             ,
             he
             commanded
             to
             be
             slain
             :
             and
             others
             of
             them
             were
             cruelly
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             because
             they
             could
             not
             cure
             him
             .
             But
             at
             last
             being
             told
             that
             it
             was
             Gods
             just
             revenging
             hand
             upon
             him
             for
             persecuting
             his
             people
             ,
             he
             seemed
             to
             relent
             ,
             and
             commanded
             the
             Persecution
             to
             cease
             :
             and
             God
             was
             pleased
             in
             some
             measure
             to
             ease
             him
             of
             his
             grievous
             torments
             .
             But
             about
             six
             months
             after
             ,
             he
             sent
             forth
             a
             new
             Proclamation
             for
             the
             utter
             rooting
             out
             of
             the
             very
             name
             of
             Christians
             ,
             whereupon
             his
             disease
             returned
             again
             ,
             and
             assaulted
             him
             in
             greater
             extremity
             than
             before
             ;
             so
             that
             his
             body
             being
             all
             rotten
             and
             full
             of
             corruption
             and
             worms
             ,
             he
             dyed
             an
             accursed
             and
             miserable
             Death
             .
             Chrysostom
             
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             Apples
             of
             his
             eyes
             fell
             out
             before
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             48.
             
             Galerius
             a
             chief
             Instrument
             of
             the
             Persecution
             under
             Dioclesian
             fell
             into
             a
             grievous
             Disease
             :
             in
             the
             nether
             part
             of
             his
             belly
             there
             arose
             a
             spreading
             sore
             which
             consumed
             his
             Privy
             Members
             ,
             from
             whence
             there
             crawled
             abundance
             of
             worms
             ,
             bred
             of
             the
             putrefaction
             ,
             which
             neither
             Chyrurgeons
             ,
             nor
             Physicians
             could
             cure
             .
             This
             made
             him
             to
             acknowledge
             that
             it
             was
             a
             just
             hand
             of
             God
             upon
             him
             for
             his
             cruelty
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             dyed
             miserable
             ▪
             or
             as
             others
             write
             ,
             he
             flew
             himself
             .
             
               Languets
               Chron.
            
             
          
           
             49.
             
             Licinius
             the
             Eastern
             Emperor
             ,
             a
             bloody
             and
             merciless
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Christians
             ,
             was
             in
             two
             great
             Battels
             overthrown
             by
             Constantine
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             slain
             by
             his
             Soldiers
             .
          
           
             50.
             
             Antiochus
             ,
             who
             passed
             sentence
             upon
             Agapetus
             ,
             a
             godly
             young
             man
             ,
             that
             was
             but
             fifteen
             years
             old
             ,
             fell
             down
             suddenly
             as
             he
             sate
             upon
             the
             Seat
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             that
             all
             his
             bowels
             burned
             within
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             dyed
             in
             great
             torment
             .
          
           
             61.
             
             Mamuca
             ,
             a
             Saracen
             ,
             being
             a
             cruel
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             like
             unto
             Pharoah
             ,
             met
             also
             with
             the
             like
             stroke
             of
             
             Gods
             vengeance
             .
             For
             as
             he
             was
             returning
             by
             Sea
             ,
             with
             his
             Army
             in
             a
             hundred
             Ships
             ,
             from
             the
             slaughter
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             God
             sent
             such
             a
             Storm
             upon
             them
             ,
             that
             few
             or
             none
             of
             them
             escaped
             drowning
             .
             
               Paulus
               Diaconus
               .
               Lib.
            
             3.
             c.
             12.
             
          
           
             Julian
             ,
             surnamed
             
               The
               Apostate
            
             ,
             was
             first
             a
             Christian
             ,
             yet
             afterward
             became
             a
             Heathen
             ,
             and
             proved
             one
             of
             the
             most
             dangerous
             and
             deadly
             Persecutors
             that
             ever
             the
             Christian
             Church
             had
             .
             First
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             undermine
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             by
             Policy
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             proceeded
             to
             downright
             blows
             ,
             letting
             loose
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             and
             his
             Governours
             upon
             the
             Christians
             ,
             wherein
             neither
             Arian
             ,
             nor
             Orthodox
             is
             spared
             from
             Imprisonment
             ,
             Banishment
             ,
             Tortures
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             ?
             And
             when
             complaints
             were
             made
             hereof
             to
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             
               That
               their
               Religion
               taught
               them
               to
               bear
               all
               patiently
               .
            
             He
             would
             not
             endure
             that
             Christians
             children
             should
             be
             trained
             up
             in
             humane
             Learning
             ,
             because
             he
             saw
             the
             Christians
             did
             beat
             the
             Gentiles
             with
             their
             own
             weapons
             ,
             and
             made
             Philosophy
             an
             Instrument
             to
             serve
             Divinity
             :
             He
             took
             away
             the
             Ministers
             maintenance
             ,
             thereby
             destroying
             not
             so
             much
             Presbiters
             ,
             as
             the
             Presbytery
             .
             But
             whilest
             he
             was
             thus
             
             busie
             against
             the
             Church
             :
             he
             was
             called
             to
             an
             expedition
             against
             the
             Persians
             :
             whereupon
             he
             made
             a
             solemn
             Protestation
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             returned
             from
             this
             war
             ,
             he
             would
             utterly
             root
             out
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             so
             proceeding
             in
             his
             journey
             ,
             he
             beat
             the
             Enemy
             to
             a
             confused
             retreat
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             pursue
             them
             with
             the
             more
             speed
             ,
             he
             threw
             off
             his
             Armor
             ,
             but
             as
             he
             was
             posting
             on
             ,
             he
             was
             met
             by
             a
             Dart
             ,
             or
             arrow
             that
             pierced
             through
             his
             arm
             ,
             and
             entred
             into
             his
             side
             ,
             and
             whilest
             he
             endeavoured
             with
             the
             other
             hand
             to
             draw
             it
             out
             ,
             he
             received
             another
             wound
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             fell
             from
             his
             horse
             ,
             and
             receiving
             his
             blood
             ,
             gushing
             from
             his
             wound
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             he
             threw
             it
             up
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               vicisti
               Galilaee
               ,
               vicisti
            
             :
             O
             thou
             Galilaean
             (
             so
             he
             called
             Christ
             in
             scorn
             )
             thou
             hast
             overcome
             me
             :
             and
             Nazianzen
             saith
             ,
             that
             his
             body
             was
             carried
             away
             in
             a
             tempest
             ,
             without
             Lamentation
             ,
             and
             without
             Burial
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gods
             Judgments
             upon
             persecuting
             Hereticks
             .
          
           
             53.
             
             Arius
             the
             first
             great
             disturber
             of
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             was
             sent
             for
             by
             
               Constantine
               the
               Great
            
             ,
             who
             asked
             him
             what
             
             the
             matter
             was
             that
             where-ever
             he
             went
             ,
             still
             tumults
             and
             slaughters
             followed
             him
             .
             And
             whether
             he
             did
             really
             agree
             with
             the
             
               Nicene
               Faith
               ?
               Arius
            
             did
             professedly
             avow
             that
             he
             did
             full
             agree
             thereto
             .
             The
             Emperor
             commanded
             him
             to
             set
             the
             same
             down
             in
             writing
             under
             his
             hand
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             in
             the
             Emperors
             presence
             .
             Then
             the
             Emperor
             required
             his
             Oath
             to
             manifest
             that
             he
             was
             reall
             in
             the
             same
             :
             and
             he
             readily
             made
             Oath
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             had
             written
             ,
             was
             according
             to
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             his
             reall
             Judgment
             and
             Opinion
             .
             The
             Emperor
             now
             having
             his
             Subscription
             and
             Oath
             ,
             was
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             him
             first
             to
             communicate
             with
             the
             Orthodox
             Church
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             the
             better
             qualified
             for
             Communion
             with
             the
             Church
             at
             Alexandria
             ,
             where
             Athanasius
             had
             mightily
             opposed
             him
             :
             and
             accordingly
             he
             wrote
             to
             Alexander
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Constantinople
             to
             receive
             Arius
             into
             Communion
             .
          
           
             54.
             
             Alexander
             ,
             laying
             aside
             all
             further
             Disputes
             (
             by
             which
             hitherto
             he
             had
             mightily
             opposed
             the
             Arian
             Party
             )
             betook
             himself
             wholly
             to
             Prayer
             ,
             wherein
             he
             continued
             fervently
             for
             diverse
             days
             and
             nights
             :
             but
             more
             especially
             that
             next
             day
             before
             
             the
             
               Lords
               Day
            
             ,
             wherein
             Arius
             was
             to
             be
             admitted
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             :
             the
             Sum
             of
             which
             Prayer
             was
             this
             ,
          
           
             
               It
               must
               needs
               be
               thus
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               that
            
             Arius
             
               must
               communicate
               with
               this
               People
               to
               morrow
               .
               Let
               thy
               Servant
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               now
               depart
               in
               peace
               ,
               and
               never
               see
               that
               day
               :
               and
               destroy
               not
               thou
               the
               Righteous
               with
               the
               Wicked
               :
               But
               if
               thou
               wilt
               spare
               thy
               Church
               ,
               (
               as
               thou
               wilt
               spare
               it
               )
               remember
               the
               words
               of
            
             Eusebius
             (
             an
             Arian
             Bishop
             )
             
               and
               give
               not
               over
               thine
               inheritance
               to
               destruction
               and
               contempt
               ,
               and
               take
            
             Arius
             
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               lest
               he
               being
               admitted
               into
               Communion
               ,
               Heresie
               should
               seem
               also
               to
               be
               received
               into
               Communion
               with
               the
               Truth
               ,
               and
               wickedness
               be
               accounted
               Godliness
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Eusebius
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Nicomedia
             at
             Constantinople
             had
             now
             the
             whole
             conduct
             of
             the
             matter
             concerning
             Arius
             ,
             and
             sent
             word
             to
             Alexander
             that
             unless
             he
             would
             receive
             Arius
             into
             Communion
             ,
             he
             would
             banish
             him
             from
             Constantinople
             ,
             and
             put
             another
             into
             his
             place
             that
             should
             do
             the
             Work.
             But
             Eusebius
             for
             all
             his
             threats
             ,
             missed
             his
             expectation
             .
             For
             the
             
               Lords
               Day
            
             being
             come
             ,
             Arius
             with
             the
             Emperors
             Authority
             ,
             marched
             forth
             in
             State
             out
             of
             the
             Emperors
             Hall
             ,
             with
             Eusebius
             and
             other
             Bishops
             in
             his
             train
             :
             and
             passing
             along
             the
             
             Streets
             in
             Pomp
             (
             a
             strange
             manner
             of
             address
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             )
             came
             to
             the
             common
             Market
             Place
             ,
             where
             a
             sudden
             fear
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             therewithal
             ,
             he
             was
             surprised
             with
             a
             Flux
             ,
             which
             enforced
             him
             to
             retire
             into
             a
             House
             appointed
             for
             such
             a
             purpose
             ,
             and
             there
             suddenly
             his
             Speech
             failed
             him
             :
             his
             Excrements
             and
             Blood
             ran
             out
             ,
             his
             Belly
             brake
             ,
             his
             Guts
             fell
             out
             ,
             and
             his
             Spleen
             and
             Liver
             followed
             .
             The
             people
             staying
             long
             in
             expectation
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             not
             coming
             ,
             they
             entred
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             found
             the
             sad
             Spectacle
             of
             him
             lying
             dead
             in
             that
             manner
             .
          
           
             Constantius
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             Constantine
             was
             himself
             an
             Arian
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             favourer
             of
             diverse
             Arian
             Bishops
             ,
             by
             whom
             (
             by
             his
             Countenance
             and
             Authority
             )
             the
             Orthodox
             Christians
             were
             grievously
             persecuted
             .
             And
             thus
             this
             Emperor
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             stiled
             
               Eternal
               Emperor
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             would
             not
             allow
             Christ
             to
             be
             
               Eternal
               God
            
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             being
             exceeding
             Great
             ,
             became
             odious
             to
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             was
             abhorred
             by
             his
             own
             Soldiers
             :
             and
             lastly
             was
             loathed
             by
             himself
             ;
             he
             saw
             his
             Honour
             buried
             before
             he
             dyed
             :
             became
             a
             tormentor
             to
             himself
             by
             jealousies
             ,
             fears
             and
             vexations
             ,
             and
             these
             brought
             on
             a
             Fear
             ,
             which
             soon
             put
             a
             period
             to
             his
             life
             .
          
           
           
             55.
             
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             Julian
             ,
             one
             George
             an
             Arian
             Bishop
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             having
             raged
             exceedingly
             against
             the
             Orthodox
             :
             yet
             would
             also
             shew
             his
             zeal
             against
             the
             Heathen
             Temples
             ,
             which
             did
             so
             vex
             and
             exasperate
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             that
             they
             ,
             taking
             advantage
             of
             Julian's
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             rose
             in
             a
             tumult
             ,
             and
             seized
             upon
             Bishop
             George
             ,
             tyed
             him
             to
             a
             Camels
             tail
             ,
             and
             dragged
             him
             through
             the
             streets
             of
             Alexandria
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             burnt
             both
             Bishop
             and
             Camel
             in
             one
             fire
             .
             And
             thus
             God
             rendred
             to
             this
             Heretical
             Bishop
             a
             recompence
             for
             all
             his
             villanies
             ,
             and
             outrages
             done
             to
             the
             Orthodox
             .
          
           
             56.
             
             Valence
             ,
             another
             Arian
             Emperor
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             countenancer
             and
             encourager
             of
             the
             Heresie
             ,
             and
             a
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             when
             Athanasius
             was
             dead
             in
             Alexandria
             ,
             the
             Persecution
             broke
             in
             like
             a
             Torrent
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             man
             could
             stand
             before
             it
             :
             The
             Orthodox
             Churches
             both
             in
             City
             and
             Country
             were
             swallowed
             up
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             by
             it
             .
             Yet
             this
             Flood
             stopped
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             brake
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             out
             of
             the
             world
             into
             the
             wilderness
             among
             the
             Monks
             ,
             where
             this
             Persecution
             raged
             most
             of
             all
             ,
             till
             the
             Heathen
             Goths
             paid
             the
             Debt
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             
             of
             the
             Emperor
             Valence
             ,
             somewhat
             like
             that
             of
             Julian
             ,
             saving
             that
             after
             his
             wounds
             received
             in
             the
             Battle
             ,
             with
             much
             ado
             he
             got
             into
             a
             town
             for
             succor
             ,
             wherein
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             whole
             town
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             the
             pursuing
             Goths
             burnt
             alive
             .
          
           
             57.
             
             Another
             Constantine
             ,
             a
             Monothelite
             ,
             being
             a
             cruel
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             was
             slain
             by
             one
             of
             his
             own
             servants
             as
             he
             was
             washing
             himself
             in
             a
             Bath
             .
             
               Hist.
               Magd.
            
             
          
           
             Gensericus
             ,
             an
             Arian
             King
             of
             the
             Vandals
             ,
             used
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             cruelty
             against
             the
             Orthodox
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             he
             was
             possessed
             by
             an
             evil
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             dyed
             miserably
             .
             
               P.
               Melan.
               Chron.
            
             
          
           
             58.
             
             Hunricus
             ,
             a
             Son
             to
             a
             King
             of
             the
             Vandals
             ,
             being
             an
             Arian
             ,
             was
             a
             merciless
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             banishing
             five
             thousand
             of
             them
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             among
             whom
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             being
             unable
             to
             travel
             ,
             he
             caused
             cords
             to
             be
             tyed
             to
             their
             legs
             ,
             and
             to
             drag
             them
             through
             stony
             and
             rough
             places
             ,
             whereby
             many
             of
             them
             perished
             .
             But
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             God
             struck
             him
             with
             venomous
             Biles
             all
             over
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             he
             was
             consumed
             by
             Lice
             .
             
               H.
               Magd.
            
             
          
           
             Anastasius
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             a
             Patron
             of
             
             the
             
               Eutychian
               Heresie
            
             ,
             was
             a
             bloody
             Persecutor
             of
             godly
             Christians
             ,
             and
             was
             slain
             by
             a
             Thunderbolt
             .
          
           
             59.
             
             Arcadius
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             having
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             Eudoxia
             ,
             his
             Empress
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             violent
             Arian
             ,
             banished
             Chrysostom
             from
             Constantinople
             :
             the
             very
             next
             night
             there
             was
             such
             a
             terrible
             Earthquake
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperor
             and
             all
             the
             people
             being
             extremely
             frighted
             ,
             sent
             one
             Post
             after
             another
             to
             fetch
             him
             back
             again
             .
          
           
             60.
             
             Theodoricus
             ,
             an
             Arian
             King
             of
             the
             Goths
             ,
             persecuted
             the
             sound
             Christians
             with
             all
             rigor
             and
             hostility
             ,
             among
             whom
             he
             slew
             two
             noble
             Senators
             ,
             Symmachus
             ,
             and
             Boetius
             ;
             But
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Lord
             stroke
             him
             with
             madness
             :
             And
             as
             he
             was
             sitting
             at
             his
             Table
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             head
             of
             a
             great
             Fish
             set
             before
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             imagined
             to
             be
             the
             head
             of
             Symachus
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             slain
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             he
             fell
             into
             such
             fear
             and
             astonishment
             ,
             that
             he
             soon
             after
             dyed
             .
             Evagri
             .
          
           
             61.
             
             Ehe
             
               Arian
               Vandals
            
             in
             Africk
             were
             cruel
             Persecutors
             of
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             whereupon
             Justinian
             the
             Emperor
             sent
             against
             them
             his
             brave
             General
             Belizarius
             ,
             who
             overthrew
             them
             in
             several
             Battels
             ,
             took
             Gilimer
             their
             King
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             wholly
             subverted
             
             the
             Empire
             of
             the
             Vandals
             in
             Africk
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             reigned
             there
             by
             the
             space
             of
             ninety
             years
             ,
             wherein
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             they
             had
             been
             merciless
             Persecutors
             of
             the
             true
             Christians
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gods
             Judgements
             upon
             Popish
             Persecutors
             .
          
           
             62.
             
             About
             the
             year
             1488
             some
             Popish
             Bishops
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             stirred
             up
             the
             Queen
             ,
             who
             was
             then
             great
             with
             child
             ,
             to
             move
             the
             King
             Uladislaus
             ,
             severely
             to
             punish
             the
             Piccards
             ,
             as
             the
             godly
             Christians
             were
             then
             called
             :
             and
             the
             Queen
             much
             pleased
             her self
             in
             thinking
             what
             grateful
             Spectacles
             she
             should
             have
             ,
             when
             she
             should
             see
             some
             of
             them
             burnt
             ,
             others
             beheaded
             ,
             and
             others
             drowned
             in
             the
             River
             :
             But
             it
             pleased
             God
             that
             before
             she
             could
             see
             it
             effected
             ,
             she
             fell
             in
             travel
             ,
             and
             could
             by
             no
             means
             be
             delivered
             of
             her
             burden
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Physicians
             advised
             that
             the
             child
             should
             be
             cut
             out
             of
             her
             womb
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             accordingly
             ,
             the
             child
             lived
             ,
             but
             the
             mother
             dyed
             .
          
           
             63.
             
             Two
             years
             after
             ,
             the
             Bishops
             by
             their
             importunity
             prevailed
             with
             the
             King
             to
             use
             sharp
             remedies
             against
             those
             growing
             
             evils
             ,
             as
             they
             called
             them
             :
             whereupon
             an
             Edict
             was
             drawn
             up
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Piccards
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             without
             distinction
             of
             Age
             ,
             Sex
             ,
             or
             Quality
             should
             be
             slain
             .
             This
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Assembly
             of
             States
             ,
             then
             met
             at
             Prague
             ,
             to
             be
             confirmed
             by
             them
             .
             Many
             of
             the
             Nobles
             opposed
             it
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             subtilty
             of
             the
             Chancellor
             ,
             and
             his
             Associats
             ,
             it
             was
             at
             last
             agreed
             upon
             by
             the
             major
             part
             :
             and
             the
             Chancellour
             as
             he
             returned
             homeward
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             visited
             a
             Nobleman
             of
             his
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             with
             much
             joy
             ,
             what
             they
             had
             resolved
             upon
             .
             The
             Nobleman
             had
             a
             Servant
             standing
             by
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             great
             favourer
             of
             the
             Brethren
             ,
             he
             asked
             him
             ,
             how
             he
             liked
             this
             Decree
             ?
             The
             Servant
             answered
             ,
             that
             sure
             all
             parties
             were
             not
             agreed
             .
             The
             Chancellour
             ,
             suspecting
             some
             secret
             Treachery
             ,
             asked
             him
             ,
             who
             durst
             oppose
             the
             States
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ?
             The
             Servant
             answered
             ,
             
               There
               is
               one
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               who
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               not
               present
               at
               your
               Counsels
               ,
               you
               have
               consulted
               but
               in
               vain
               .
            
             The
             Chancellour
             replyed
             ,
             thou
             Knave
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             find
             that
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             rest
             :
             And
             so
             ,
             rising
             up
             in
             a
             fury
             ,
             immediately
             a
             Carbuncle
             arose
             upon
             his
             Foot
             ,
             which
             turned
             to
             a
             disease
             called
             
               Ignis
               Sacer
            
             ,
             whereby
             he
             dyed
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
           
             64.
             
             Another
             who
             was
             a
             great
             stickler
             in
             promoting
             this
             Decree
             ,
             in
             his
             return
             home-wards
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             alighting
             out
             of
             his
             Chariot
             to
             make
             water
             ,
             struck
             his
             Member
             on
             a
             sharp
             Nail
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Boot
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             as
             he
             went
             forward
             ,
             he
             drew
             out
             his
             Entrails
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             gave
             up
             the
             Ghost
             .
          
           
             Also
             one
             Dr.
             Austin
             ,
             who
             by
             slanderous
             Libels
             had
             stirred
             up
             the
             King
             to
             this
             Persecution
             ,
             dyed
             suddenly
             as
             he
             sate
             at
             Supper
             .
          
           
             65.
             
             Another
             Noble-man
             who
             promoted
             the
             aforesaid
             Decree
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             a
             hunting
             ,
             his
             Horse
             threw
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Arrow
             ran
             into
             his
             Thigh
             ,
             and
             came
             out
             at
             his
             Loins
             ,
             whereby
             he
             dyed
             a
             very
             painful
             death
             .
             And
             many
             others
             of
             them
             met
             with
             the
             like
             Judgments
             from
             God
             ,
             whereupon
             it
             grew
             into
             a
             Proverb
             :
             
               If
               you
               be
               a
               weary
               of
               your
               Life
               ,
               attempt
               something
               aganst
               the
            
             Piccards
             ,
             
               and
               you
               shall
               not
               escape
               a
               year
               to
               an
               end
               .
            
          
           
             66.
             
             The
             year
             after
             two
             German
             Tradesmen
             were
             apprehended
             at
             Prague
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Monks
             there
             ,
             were
             accused
             of
             Lutheranism
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             condemned
             and
             burnt
             :
             But
             one
             of
             their
             chief
             Persecutors
             ,
             who
             wished
             that
             all
             the
             Piccards
             were
             
             hanged
             ,
             burned
             ,
             or
             beheaded
             by
             his
             hands
             '
             it
             pleased
             God
             that
             all
             these
             evils
             befell
             himself
             :
             For
             ,
             being
             exceedingly
             in
             debt
             ,
             for
             very
             vexation
             ,
             he
             hanged
             himself
             :
             And
             when
             his
             friends
             had
             buried
             him
             privately
             ,
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             hearing
             of
             it
             ,
             dig'd
             up
             his
             carcass
             ,
             and
             threw
             it
             away
             ,
             which
             ,
             by
             the
             Magistrates
             command
             ,
             was
             ordered
             to
             be
             burnt
             :
             But
             when
             the
             Wood
             was
             consumed
             .
             and
             the
             Body
             only
             scorched
             ,
             his
             head
             was
             by
             one
             stricken
             off
             .
          
           
             67.
             
             As
             
               John
               Huss
            
             was
             going
             to
             Constance
             ,
             there
             was
             one
             
               Stanislaus
               Znoma
            
             ,
             a
             Bohemian
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             travelling
             toward
             the
             Council
             to
             accuse
             him
             ,
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             a
             deadly
             Impostume
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             in
             his
             journey
             .
          
           
             This
             Huss
             though
             he
             had
             the
             Emperors
             
               safe
               conduct
            
             ,
             was
             condemned
             and
             burnt
             there
             :
             Shortly
             after
             whose
             Death
             the
             Bohemians
             rose
             in
             Arms
             under
             their
             undaunted
             General
             Zisca
             ,
             and
             had
             admirable
             successes
             against
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             Popish
             Party
             .
             For
             they
             maintained
             war
             against
             the
             Emperor
             Sigismund
             by
             the
             space
             of
             seventeen
             years
             together
             ,
             wherein
             he
             spent
             an
             infinite
             Treasure
             ,
             lost
             many
             brave
             Armies
             ,
             and
             gallant
             men
             .
             And
             during
             these
             wars
             a
             thousand
             Monasteries
             were
             overthrown
             
             and
             destroyed
             ,
             many
             stately
             Castles
             demolished
             ,
             and
             Cities
             plundered
             and
             burnt
             ,
             which
             was
             Gods
             just
             revenging
             hand
             upon
             him
             for
             his
             perfidiousness
             .
          
           
             68.
             
             In
             the
             late
             Bohemian
             Persecution
             ,
             one
             Dr.
             Knapper
             ,
             a
             great
             .
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             godly
             Protestants
             ,
             was
             slain
             by
             conspiracy
             of
             his
             own
             wife
             ,
             who
             was
             an
             Adulteress
             ;
             for
             which
             she
             was
             hanged
             .
          
           
             69.
             
             Another
             of
             those
             Persecutors
             vomited
             out
             his
             ungodly
             Soul
             together
             with
             his
             Blood.
             
          
           
             70.
             
             Another
             ran
             mad
             ,
             and
             threw
             himself
             down
             from
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             and
             so
             roaring
             fearfully
             ,
             breathed
             his
             last
             .
          
           
             71.
             
             Another
             shot
             himself
             dead
             with
             his
             own
             Pistol
             .
          
           
             72.
             
             Another
             ran
             mad
             ,
             and
             withal
             fell
             into
             so
             loathsome
             a
             disease
             ,
             that
             none
             could
             endure
             his
             stink
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             he
             was
             choaked
             in
             vomiting
             up
             of
             abundance
             of
             Blood.
             
          
           
             73.
             
             Another
             was
             seized
             with
             a
             strange
             Disease
             ,
             wherein
             his
             Body
             turned
             as
             black
             as
             a
             coal
             ,
             and
             he
             uttered
             his
             speech
             like
             the
             barking
             of
             a
             Dog
             ,
             and
             within
             the
             space
             of
             three
             Days
             ,
             dyed
             in
             terrible
             pains
             .
          
           
             74.
             
             Another
             by
             the
             breaking
             of
             a
             great
             Gun
             was
             torn
             all
             to
             pieces
             .
          
           
           
             75.
             
             Another
             was
             taken
             with
             a
             terrible
             Disease
             in
             the
             Throat
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             Tongue
             rotted
             in
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             many
             holes
             were
             eaten
             in
             his
             Throat
             ,
             by
             which
             both
             Food
             ,
             and
             Physick
             came
             forth
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             dyed
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
             76.
             
             Ladislaus
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             ,
             together
             with
             diverse
             other
             Popish
             Princes
             had
             conspired
             together
             ,
             utterly
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Protestants
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             should
             have
             been
             put
             in
             execution
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Kings
             marriage
             :
             But
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             his
             great
             preparations
             ,
             he
             fell
             sick
             ,
             and
             within
             the
             space
             of
             six
             and
             thirty
             hours
             ,
             he
             dyed
             of
             a
             pestilent
             sore
             in
             his
             Groin
             .
          
           
             77.
             
             In
             
               France
               ,
               Minerius
            
             Governour
             of
             Provence
             was
             sent
             with
             an
             Army
             by
             the
             King
             against
             those
             ancient
             Christians
             ,
             the
             Waldenses
             ,
             who
             used
             much
             cruelty
             against
             them
             ,
             burning
             some
             ,
             killing
             others
             ,
             driving
             others
             into
             Woods
             ,
             and
             Mountains
             ,
             whereby
             they
             perished
             of
             Famine
             ,
             and
             depopulated
             whole
             Towns
             and
             Villages
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             the
             Lord
             smote
             him
             with
             a
             terrible
             Disease
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             felt
             like
             a
             burning
             fire
             within
             him
             from
             the
             Navel
             upward
             :
             and
             his
             lower
             parts
             rotted
             and
             were
             consumed
             with
             Vermin
             ,
             which
             mortification
             
             was
             attended
             with
             a
             grievous
             stink
             :
             he
             had
             also
             a
             profusion
             of
             Blood
             instead
             of
             his
             Urine
             ,
             and
             in
             those
             extreme
             Torments
             ,
             he
             ended
             his
             wretched
             Life
             .
          
           
             78.
             
             
               Simon
               Monfort
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             was
             a
             cruel
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             godly
             Albingenses
             under
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             the
             Pope
             ;
             But
             as
             he
             was
             besieging
             some
             of
             them
             in
             Tholous
             ,
             his
             head
             was
             stricken
             off
             by
             a
             Stone
             ,
             which
             a
             woman
             let
             flye
             out
             of
             an
             Engine
             .
          
           
             79.
             
             Lewis
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             besieging
             Avignion
             ,
             a
             City
             of
             the
             Albingenses
             ,
             vowed
             that
             he
             would
             never
             depart
             till
             he
             had
             taken
             it
             :
             But
             suddenly
             after
             ,
             God
             sent
             a
             dreadful
             Pestilence
             into
             his
             Army
             ,
             which
             daily
             wasted
             great
             numbers
             of
             his
             men
             :
             and
             the
             King
             himself
             was
             forced
             to
             quarter
             at
             a
             distance
             in
             an
             Abby
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             infection
             ,
             where
             shortly
             after
             he
             dyed
             out
             of
             his
             wits
             .
          
           
             80.
             
             Truchetus
             an
             old
             expert
             Captain
             was
             imployed
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             against
             the
             Waldenses
             ,
             who
             were
             a
             naked
             and
             unarmed
             people
             :
             But
             whilest
             he
             was
             prosecuting
             of
             them
             ,
             he
             was
             first
             sore
             wounded
             with
             Stones
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             ,
             slain
             with
             his
             own
             sword
             by
             a
             poor
             Shepherd
             ,
             who
             was
             keeping
             Cattel
             in
             the
             Field
             .
          
           
           
             81.
             
             The
             Lord
             of
             Revest
             ,
             Chief
             President
             of
             the
             Parliament
             at
             Aix
             in
             France
             ,
             put
             many
             godly
             Persons
             to
             death
             :
             but
             shortly
             after
             ,
             himself
             was
             put
             out
             of
             his
             Office
             ,
             and
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             such
             an
             horrible
             Disease
             as
             made
             him
             run
             mad
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             his
             Friends
             durst
             come
             near
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             perished
             miserably
             .
          
           
             82.
             
             After
             him
             succeeded
             in
             his
             Office
             one
             
               Bartholomew
               Cassinaeus
            
             ,
             who
             proved
             also
             a
             pestilent
             Persecutor
             ,
             whom
             the
             Lord
             struck
             with
             a
             fearful
             and
             sudden
             Death
             .
          
           
             83.
             
             
               Johannes
               de
               Roma
            
             ,
             a
             Monk
             was
             a
             bloody
             and
             implacable
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Waldenses
             .
             His
             manner
             was
             to
             fill
             Boots
             with
             boiling
             Oil
             and
             put
             their
             Legs
             into
             them
             ,
             tying
             them
             backward
             over
             a
             Form
             ,
             their
             Legs
             hanging
             down
             over
             a
             soft
             fire
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             cruelly
             to
             put
             them
             to
             Death
             ,
             and
             seized
             upon
             their
             Goods
             .
             But
             not
             long
             after
             his
             own
             Servants
             rob'd
             him
             of
             those
             ill-gotten
             Goods
             :
             and
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             horrible
             Disease
             unknown
             to
             any
             Phisician
             ;
             the
             pains
             and
             torments
             whereof
             did
             so
             incessantly
             vex
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             ,
             by
             no
             means
             have
             one
             minutes
             rest
             ,
             neither
             could
             any
             endure
             to
             come
             near
             him
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             horrible
             stink
             .
             His
             body
             was
             full
             
             of
             Sores
             and
             Ulcers
             ,
             which
             swarmed
             with
             Vermin
             ,
             so
             that
             rotting
             ,
             his
             flesh
             fell
             of
             by
             piece-meal
             .
             In
             which
             torment
             he
             often
             cryed
             out
             ,
             
               O!
               who
               will
               deliver
               me
               ,
               who
               will
               kill
               me
               ,
               and
               deliver
               me
               out
               of
               these
               intollerable
               torments
               ?
            
             and
             so
             languishing
             in
             anguish
             and
             despair
             ,
             he
             ended
             his
             cursed
             Life
             .
          
           
             84.
             
             
               John
               Martin
            
             ,
             another
             great
             enemy
             to
             the
             Waldenses
             ,
             used
             to
             boast
             every
             where
             that
             he
             would
             slit
             the
             nose
             of
             one
             of
             their
             chief
             Ministers
             :
             but
             before
             he
             could
             effect
             it
             ,
             a
             Wolf
             meeting
             him
             ,
             bit
             off
             his
             Nose
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             ran
             mad
             ,
             and
             died
             miserably
             .
          
           
             85.
             
             The
             Cardinal
             of
             Lorrain
             ,
             a
             principal
             Pillar
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Guise
             ,
             a
             crafty
             and
             cruel
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             coming
             from
             Rome
             with
             a
             purpose
             of
             stirring
             up
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             and
             Poland
             utterly
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Protestants
             in
             their
             Dominions
             :
             It
             pleased
             God
             to
             work
             so
             ▪
             wonderfully
             for
             his
             peoples
             safety
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             way
             he
             fell
             mad
             at
             Avignion
             ,
             and
             dyed
             in
             the
             Flower
             of
             his
             youth
             .
             At
             the
             instant
             of
             whose
             Death
             ,
             there
             fell
             out
             such
             a
             dreadful
             Tempest
             as
             made
             all
             to
             be
             amazed
             at
             it
             .
          
           
             86.
             
             Bellemont
             ,
             a
             Counsellor
             of
             the
             Parliament
             
             of
             Provence
             ,
             was
             so
             hasty
             to
             condemn
             the
             poor
             people
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             went
             not
             from
             the
             Judgment
             Hall
             from
             Morning
             till
             Night
             ,
             causing
             his
             Dinners
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             him
             .
             But
             whilest
             he
             was
             so
             busie
             in
             this
             way
             of
             Persecution
             ,
             there
             began
             a
             little
             Sore
             to
             rise
             upon
             his
             Foot
             ,
             which
             quickly
             grew
             red
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             and
             so
             encreased
             the
             first
             day
             ,
             that
             by
             Judgment
             of
             Chyrurgeons
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             hope
             of
             cure
             but
             by
             cutting
             off
             his
             Foot
             ,
             which
             he
             refusing
             ,
             they
             used
             all
             other
             means
             they
             could
             devise
             ,
             yet
             the
             second
             day
             the
             whole
             Leg
             was
             infected
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             day
             his
             whole
             Thigh
             ,
             and
             the
             fourth
             day
             his
             whole
             Body
             ,
             upon
             which
             day
             he
             dyed
             .
             His
             dead
             Body
             was
             all
             over
             parched
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             roasted
             by
             a
             fire
             .
          
           
             87.
             
             A
             Judge
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Aix
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             drowned
             himself
             in
             the
             River
             .
          
           
             A
             chief
             Judge
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             principal
             Instrument
             in
             condemning
             the
             Waldenses
             in
             Merindol
             ,
             and
             Cabriers
             ,
             died
             suddenly
             ,
             not
             living
             to
             see
             his
             bloody
             Sentence
             executed
             .
          
           
             88.
             
             
               John
               Cranequin
            
             ,
             a
             Lawyer
             of
             Bourges
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             great
             Informer
             against
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             into
             the
             
             cruel
             Inquisition
             ,
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             with
             a
             marvellous
             strange
             Phrensie
             ,
             so
             that
             whatever
             he
             saw
             seemed
             to
             him
             to
             be
             crawling
             Serpents
             :
             And
             having
             in
             vain
             used
             all
             sorts
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             wicked
             Sorcery
             too
             ,
             at
             length
             was
             quite
             bereaved
             of
             his
             Senses
             ,
             and
             so
             ended
             his
             wretched
             Life
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
             89.
             
             Chancellour
             Prat
             ,
             who
             put
             up
             the
             first
             Bill
             in
             the
             Parliament
             of
             France
             ,
             against
             those
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             and
             gave
             out
             the
             first
             Commissions
             for
             the
             putting
             of
             them
             to
             death
             ;
             dyed
             himself
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             fearfully
             swearing
             ,
             and
             blaspheming
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             had
             his
             Stomach
             gnawn
             in
             pieces
             by
             worms
             in
             a
             strange
             manner
             .
          
           
             90.
             
             
               John
               Morin
            
             ,
             a
             mighty
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Professors
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             who
             made
             it
             his
             whole
             business
             to
             apprehend
             and
             accuse
             them
             ,
             dyed
             himself
             in
             most
             grievous
             ,
             and
             horrible
             torments
             .
          
           
             91.
             
             The
             Chancellor
             Oliver
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             himself
             a
             Professor
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             apostatizing
             from
             the
             same
             ,
             was
             restored
             to
             his
             Office
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             spared
             not
             to
             shed
             much
             innocent
             Blood
             :
             But
             whilest
             he
             was
             thus
             busied
             ▪
             a
             fearful
             Judgment
             befel
             him
             (
             as
             was
             foretold
             by
             some
             of
             those
             Innocents
             
             whom
             he
             condemned
             )
             for
             falling
             into
             extreme
             terrors
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             betook
             himself
             to
             his
             bed
             ,
             sighing
             and
             sobing
             without
             intermission
             ,
             and
             breathing
             forth
             murmurings
             against
             God
             ;
             yea
             ,
             his
             horrors
             were
             so
             violent
             that
             he
             shaked
             the
             Bed
             under
             him
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             young
             man
             with
             all
             his
             Strength
             had
             done
             it
             .
             And
             a
             certain
             Cardinal
             coming
             to
             visit
             him
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             endure
             his
             sight
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             that
             Cardinal
             that
             had
             brought
             him
             to
             Damnation
             .
             He
             continued
             long
             under
             these
             dreadful
             torments
             ,
             and
             dyed
             at
             last
             in
             despairing
             fear
             and
             anguish
             .
          
           
             92.
             
             Poncher
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Tours
             ,
             who
             condemned
             many
             godly
             persons
             to
             the
             Fire
             ,
             was
             himself
             seized
             upon
             with
             a
             fire
             from
             God
             ;
             which
             ,
             beginning
             at
             his
             heel
             ,
             could
             by
             no
             means
             be
             cured
             ,
             till
             one
             Member
             after
             another
             being
             cut
             off
             ,
             he
             dyed
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
             93.
             
             An
             
               Austin
               Friar
            
             called
             Lambert
             ,
             a
             Dr.
             and
             Prior
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Lieg
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             bloody
             Inquisitors
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             one
             day
             preaching
             bitterly
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             was
             stricken
             speechless
             ,
             and
             being
             carried
             out
             of
             his
             Pulpit
             into
             his
             Cloister
             ,
             he
             was
             shortly
             after
             found
             drowned
             in
             a
             Ditch
             .
          
           
           
             94
             ,
             
               Augustine
               Marlorat
            
             ,
             a
             Learned
             ,
             painful
             ,
             and
             holy
             Preacher
             in
             Roan
             ,
             was
             condemned
             to
             be
             hang'd
             ,
             and
             drawn
             on
             a
             Hurdle
             to
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             :
             The
             Constable
             of
             France
             loaded
             him
             with
             a
             thousand
             reproaches
             and
             outrages
             ,
             as
             also
             did
             Monsieur
             Monbrun
             ,
             the
             Constables
             son
             ,
             who
             shortly
             after
             was
             slain
             in
             the
             battel
             of
             Dreux
             :
             Also
             one
             Villibon
             gave
             him
             a
             switch
             with
             a
             wand
             ,
             adding
             many
             reproachful
             speeches
             therewith
             ,
             which
             Marlorat
             bore
             with
             admirable
             patience
             and
             meekness
             :
             And
             when
             he
             was
             executed
             and
             dead
             ,
             the
             malice
             of
             his
             Adversaries
             rested
             not
             there
             :
             For
             one
             of
             the
             Soldiers
             struck
             on
             his
             Legs
             with
             his
             Sword
             :
             But
             speedy
             vengeance
             from
             God
             pursued
             his
             Persecntors
             :
             For
             the
             Popish
             Captain
             that
             apprehended
             him
             was
             slain
             within
             three
             weeks
             after
             ,
             by
             the
             basest
             Soldier
             in
             all
             his
             Company
             :
             And
             two
             of
             his
             Judges
             dyed
             very
             strangely
             soon
             after
             ;
             namely
             ,
             the
             President
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             by
             a
             flux
             of
             blood
             ,
             which
             could
             by
             no
             art
             ,
             nor
             means
             be
             stopped
             :
             The
             other
             being
             a
             Counsellor
             ,
             voided
             his
             Urine
             at
             his
             Fundament
             ,
             which
             was
             accompanied
             with
             such
             an
             intollerable
             stink
             ,
             that
             none
             could
             endure
             to
             come
             near
             him
             .
             Villebon
             also
             who
             switched
             him
             ,
             
             sped
             no
             better
             .
             For
             a
             while
             after
             the
             Marshal
             
               Vielle
               Ville
            
             ,
             coming
             to
             Roan
             about
             publick
             Affairs
             ,
             invited
             Villebon
             to
             dinner
             ,
             and
             in
             discourse
             ,
             lamenting
             the
             miseries
             of
             that
             City
             ,
             he
             exhorted
             him
             to
             reform
             many
             abuses
             ,
             seeing
             he
             was
             the
             Kings
             Lievtenant
             there
             .
             Villebon
             took
             this
             so
             ill
             ,
             that
             he
             said
             ,
             
               If
               any
               man
               dare
               tax
               me
               for
               not
               behaving
               my self
               as
               I
               ought
               in
               my
               place
               ,
               I
               would
               tell
               him
               to
               his
               face
               that
               he
               lyed
               .
            
             These
             words
             he
             repeated
             over
             so
             often
             ,
             that
             the
             Marshal
             being
             much
             urged
             ,
             struck
             at
             him
             with
             his
             Sword
             ,
             with
             such
             violence
             ,
             that
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             received
             the
             blow
             with
             his
             Arm
             ,
             his
             head
             had
             been
             clest
             to
             the
             Teeth
             .
             Thus
             for
             the
             present
             he
             escaped
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             that
             hand
             wherewith
             he
             had
             stricken
             Marlorat
             in
             so
             disgraceful
             a
             manner
             at
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             .
          
           
             95.
             
             A
             young
             Gentlewoman
             of
             about
             three
             and
             twenty
             years
             old
             ,
             came
             from
             Gascoine
             to
             Paris
             ,
             to
             join
             her-self
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Church
             there
             :
             And
             after
             a
             while
             ,
             she
             among
             others
             ,
             was
             apprehended
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             and
             condemned
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             which
             she
             endured
             with
             admirable
             patience
             and
             constancy
             ,
             but
             presently
             two
             of
             them
             that
             bore
             witness
             against
             her
             ,
             falling
             out
             ,
             the
             one
             slew
             the
             other
             with
             a
             knife
             .
          
           
           
             96.
             
             
               Gharles
               Cominck
            
             who
             had
             been
             a
             Friar
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Gaunt
             ,
             after
             his
             conversion
             ,
             was
             apprehended
             ,
             and
             condemned
             ,
             but
             after
             his
             execution
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             greatest
             Adversaries
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             chief
             hand
             in
             his
             Death
             ,
             fell
             into
             such
             grievous
             horrors
             and
             terrors
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             he
             dyed
             within
             a
             few
             days
             .
          
           
             97.
             
             Dr.
             Aegidio
             ,
             a
             godly
             Preacher
             in
             Sevil
             ,
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             and
             used
             miserably
             by
             them
             ,
             before
             they
             proceeded
             to
             condemn
             him
             ,
             it
             pleased
             God
             ,
             that
             three
             of
             the
             Inquisitors
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             greatest
             adversaries
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             by
             which
             good
             Providence
             ,
             he
             was
             released
             ,
             and
             lived
             some
             years
             after
             .
          
           
             98.
             
             The
             Emperor
             Ferdinand
             the
             second
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Bohemia
             and
             Germany
             ,
             who
             after
             his
             Victory
             over
             Frederick
             ,
             Prince
             Palatine
             ,
             and
             the
             Bohemian
             States
             ,
             made
             it
             his
             work
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             in
             those
             Countries
             ,
             and
             turned
             them
             into
             a
             very
             shambles
             of
             Blood
             ,
             sparing
             neither
             Age
             ,
             Sex
             ,
             nor
             Rank
             that
             refused
             to
             abjure
             the
             Truth
             .
             But
             whilest
             he
             was
             in
             his
             full
             Carier
             ,
             God
             brought
             in
             against
             him
             a
             contemptible
             people
             [
             the
             Swedes
             ,
             ]
             under
             whose
             Swords
             most
             of
             those
             bloody
             
             wretches
             fell
             ;
             who
             were
             the
             Bohemian
             Scourges
             ,
             so
             that
             much
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Emperors
             Country
             was
             a
             very
             Aceldama
             ,
             a
             Field
             of
             Blood.
             The
             Emperor
             's
             great
             Army
             ,
             consisting
             of
             twenty
             four
             thousand
             ,
             that
             had
             given
             Laws
             to
             Germany
             for
             many
             years
             together
             ,
             and
             were
             looked
             upon
             as
             so
             many
             Captains
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             long
             practice
             and
             experience
             ,
             was
             broken
             in
             the
             plain
             Field
             .
             And
             the
             Emperor
             himself
             being
             broken
             with
             breach
             upon
             breach
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             such
             terms
             as
             the
             Enemies
             could
             be
             drawn
             to
             .
          
        
         
           
             Examples
             of
             Gods
             Judgments
             upon
             Popish
             Persecutors
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             99.
             
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Moor
            
             ,
             and
             Fisher
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Rochester
             ,
             who
             were
             great
             Persecutors
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             were
             themselves
             not
             long
             after
             condemned
             for
             Treason
             ,
             and
             beheaded
             .
          
           
             100.
             
             Philips
             ,
             who
             betrayed
             Mr.
             Tindal
             to
             the
             Emperors
             Secretary
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             grievous
             Disease
             ,
             and
             was
             caten
             up
             of
             Lice
             .
          
           
             101.
             
             Pavier
             ,
             The
             Town-clerk
             of
             London
             ,
             
             a
             cruel
             Enemy
             to
             the
             true
             Professors
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             swore
             a
             great
             Oath
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             thought
             the
             King
             would
             set
             forth
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             English
             ,
             rather
             than
             he
             would
             live
             to
             see
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             cut
             his
             own
             Throat
             .
             But
             he
             brake
             Promise
             (
             saith
             the
             Author
             )
             for
             instead
             thereof
             he
             hanged
             himself
             .
          
           
             Foxford
             ,
             Chancellour
             to
             Stokesley
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             a
             bloody
             Persecutor
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             Butcher
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             ,
             dyed
             suddenly
             ,
             sitting
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             his
             Belly
             breaking
             ,
             and
             his
             Guts
             falling
             out
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             102.
             
             Rockwood
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             great
             stirrer
             up
             of
             the
             Persecution
             against
             Gods
             people
             in
             Calis
             ,
             suddenly
             fell
             sick
             ,
             staring
             ,
             raging
             ,
             and
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               All
               to
               late
               :
               For
               I
               have
               maliciously
               sought
               the
               Death
               of
               many
               godly
               Persons
               ,
               and
               that
               against
               mine
               own
               Conscience
               :
               and
               therefore
               all
               to
               late
               ;
               All
               to
               late
               :
            
             and
             thus
             he
             continued
             unto
             his
             end
             .
          
           
             103.
             
             The
             under
             Marshal
             also
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             same
             time
             was
             a
             Persecutor
             ,
             fell
             down
             dead
             in
             the
             Council
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             never
             spake
             word
             after
             .
          
           
             104.
             
             
               Adam
               Damlip
            
             ,
             a
             godly
             Preacher
             in
             Calis
             ,
             was
             falsly
             accused
             of
             Treason
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             condemned
             ,
             and
             executed
             ;
             
             and
             when
             he
             would
             have
             purged
             himself
             ,
             Sir
             
               Ralph
               Ellerker
            
             would
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             speak
             ,
             but
             commanded
             him
             to
             be
             carried
             away
             to
             execution
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             not
             depart
             till
             he
             saw
             the
             Traitors
             heart
             out
             :
             But
             shortly
             after
             ,
             in
             a
             skirmish
             against
             the
             French
             ,
             this
             Ellerker
             was
             slain
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             had
             stripped
             him
             naked
             ,
             they
             cut
             off
             his
             Privy
             Members
             ,
             and
             pulled
             out
             his
             Heart
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             not
             to
             any
             other
             of
             the
             slain
             .
          
           
             105.
             
             Dr.
             Story
             ,
             a
             Bloody
             Persecutor
             in
             Queen
             Marys
             Days
             ,
             when
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             could
             not
             forbear
             to
             curse
             her
             dayly
             in
             his
             Grace
             at
             Board
             ;
             for
             which
             trayterous
             practice
             he
             was
             deservedly
             hanged
             .
          
           
             106.
             
             
               John
               Twiford
            
             ,
             a
             furious
             Papist
             ,
             that
             used
             to
             set
             up
             Stakes
             for
             them
             that
             were
             burnt
             in
             Smithfield
             ,
             dyed
             ,
             rotting
             above
             ground
             ,
             so
             that
             none
             could
             endure
             to
             come
             near
             unto
             him
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             horrible
             stink
             .
          
           
             107.
             
             
               William
               Gardiner
            
             ,
             an
             English
             Merchant
             ,
             being
             present
             in
             Lisbon
             at
             the
             marriage
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Portugal's
             Son
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Spain's
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             seeing
             the
             abominable
             Idolatry
             then
             used
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             the
             States
             
             there
             assembled
             ,
             he
             stepped
             to
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             who
             was
             celebrating
             of
             Mass
             ,
             and
             plucked
             the
             Cake
             out
             of
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             trampled
             it
             under
             his
             Feet
             ,
             and
             overthrew
             the
             Chalice
             :
             For
             which
             ,
             by
             most
             exquisite
             torments
             in
             a
             horrible
             manner
             they
             put
             him
             to
             death
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             then
             burned
             him
             ,
             a
             Spark
             of
             whose
             Fire
             ,
             was
             driven
             by
             the
             wind
             a
             great
             way
             into
             one
             of
             the
             Kings
             Ships
             lying
             in
             the
             Haven
             ,
             and
             quite
             consumed
             it
             :
             and
             within
             half
             a
             year
             after
             the
             new
             married
             Prince
             dyed
             ;
             and
             the
             year
             after
             the
             King
             himself
             dyed
             also
             .
          
           
             108.
             
             Cardinal
             Woolsey
             ,
             after
             much
             opposition
             against
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             which
             brake
             forth
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             much
             cruelty
             used
             against
             the
             Professors
             of
             it
             ,
             fell
             into
             disgrace
             with
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             who
             sent
             for
             him
             up
             out
             of
             Yorkshire
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             journey
             (
             suspecting
             the
             issue
             )
             he
             took
             such
             a
             strong
             Purge
             ,
             as
             his
             rotten
             Body
             not
             being
             able
             to
             bear
             ,
             he
             dyed
             at
             the
             Abby
             of
             Lecester
             .
             His
             dead
             Body
             was
             as
             black
             as
             Pitch
             ,
             and
             so
             heavy
             that
             six
             men
             could
             scarcely
             bear
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             stank
             so
             intollerably
             that
             they
             were
             fain
             to
             hasten
             the
             Burial
             of
             it
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             there
             was
             such
             an
             hiddeous
             Tempest
             ,
             as
             blew
             out
             all
             the
             Torches
             ,
             and
             
             the
             Storm
             was
             accomponied
             with
             such
             a
             stink
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             glad
             to
             throw
             him
             into
             his
             Grave
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             leave
             him
             .
          
           
             109.
             
             Judge
             Morgan
             who
             passed
             Sentence
             of
             Condemnation
             upon
             the
             incomparable
             Lady
             
               Jane
               Dudley
            
             ,
             shortly
             after
             ran
             mad
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             raving
             fits
             ,
             cryed
             out
             continually
             to
             have
             the
             Lady
             Jane
             taken
             away
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             continued
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             110.
             
             Morgan
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             S.
             Davids
             in
             Wales
             ,
             who
             condemned
             the
             Blessed
             Martyr
             Mr.
             Ferrar
             ,
             and
             unjustly
             usurped
             his
             Bishoprick
             ,
             not
             long
             after
             was
             stricken
             by
             God
             in
             a
             most
             strange
             manner
             .
             For
             his
             food
             would
             not
             go
             down
             ,
             but
             pick
             up
             again
             ,
             sometimes
             at
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             sometimes
             blown
             out
             at
             his
             Nose
             ,
             most
             horrible
             to
             behold
             :
             and
             thus
             he
             continued
             a
             Spectacle
             of
             Gods
             displeasure
             ,
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             111.
             
             Mr.
             Leyson
             also
             who
             was
             Sheriff
             at
             the
             burning
             of
             Mr.
             Ferrar
             ,
             having
             fetched
             away
             his
             Cattle
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             into
             his
             own
             Grounds
             ,
             diverse
             of
             them
             would
             never
             eat
             any
             meat
             ,
             but
             continued
             bellowing
             and
             roaring
             till
             they
             dyed
             .
          
           
             112.
             
             Dr.
             Duning
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             Norwich
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Bloody
             Persecutor
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             was
             stricken
             
             suddenly
             as
             he
             sate
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             and
             dyed
             .
          
           
             113.
             
             Berry
             ,
             Commissary
             of
             Norfolk
             ,
             another
             Bloody
             Persecutor
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             walking
             with
             one
             of
             his
             Concubines
             ,
             fell
             down
             suddenly
             with
             a
             heavy
             groan
             ,
             and
             never
             stirr'd
             after
             .
          
           
             114.
             
             A
             persecuting
             Suffragan
             of
             Dover
             ,
             having
             been
             with
             Cardinal
             Pool
             for
             his
             Blessing
             ,
             coming
             out
             of
             the
             Cardinal's
             Chamber
             ,
             fell
             down
             the
             stairs
             ,
             and
             brake
             his
             Neck
             .
          
           
             115.
             
             Bishop
             Thornton
             ,
             another
             cruel
             Persecutor
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             looking
             upon
             his
             men
             at
             Bowls
             upon
             a
             Sahbath-Day
             ,
             fell
             suddenly
             into
             a
             Palsie
             ,
             and
             being
             carried
             to
             his
             Bed
             ,
             and
             willed
             to
             remember
             the
             Lord
             :
             yea
             ,
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               So
               I
               do
               :
               and
               my
               Lord
               Cardinal
               too
               :
            
             and
             so
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             116.
             
             Dr.
             Jeffery
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             Salisbury
             ;
             a
             wretched
             Persecutor
             ,
             who
             had
             appointed
             to
             call
             before
             him
             ninety
             godly
             Persons
             ,
             and
             to
             examine
             them
             by
             Inquisition
             ,
             the
             Day
             before
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             looking
             upon
             his
             Buildings
             ,
             fell
             down
             suddenly
             and
             dyed
             .
          
           
             117.
             
             
               Thomas
               Blaver
            
             ,
             a
             Privy
             Counsellor
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Scots
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Faithful
             in
             that
             Land
             :
             But
             being
             
             by
             God
             struck
             with
             sickness
             ,
             he
             fell
             into
             Despair
             ,
             crying
             out
             
               That
               he
               was
               damned
               ,
               and
               a
               Cast-away
               :
               That
               he
               was
               damned
               without
               remedy
               .
            
             In
             which
             miserable
             condition
             he
             dyed
             without
             any
             sign
             of
             true
             repentance
             .
          
           
             118.
             
             Henry
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Mentz
             ,
             a
             godly
             ,
             and
             religious
             man
             ,
             was
             accused
             as
             being
             guilty
             of
             Heresie
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             who
             sent
             two
             of
             his
             Cardinals
             to
             examine
             the
             matter
             :
             and
             they
             most
             unjustly
             deposed
             him
             ,
             and
             cast
             him
             out
             of
             his
             place
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             said
             unto
             them
             :
             
               If
               I
               should
               from
               your
               unjust
               Sentence
               appeal
               unto
               the
               Pope
               ,
               't
               is
               like
               I
               should
               find
               no
               redress
               from
               him
               ;
               wherefore
               I
               appeal
               to
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               just
               and
               righteous
               Judge
               of
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               cite
               you
               to
               answer
               me
               before
               his
               Judgment
               Seat
               ,
               for
               this
               unjust
               act
               of
               yours
               .
            
             To
             which
             they
             scoffingly
             answered
             ,
             
               Go
               you
               first
               ,
               we
               will
               follow
               after
               .
            
             Not
             long
             after
             this
             ,
             the
             good
             Arch-Bishop
             dyed
             ,
             which
             ,
             when
             the
             Cardinals
             heard
             of
             ,
             they
             said
             jestingly
             one
             to
             another
             :
             
               Behold
               ,
               he
               is
               now
               gone
               before
               ,
               and
               we
               must
               follow
               after
               according
               to
               our
               Promise
               .
            
             And
             indeed
             shortly
             after
             they
             both
             dyed
             upon
             one
             day
             .
             The
             one
             ,
             sitting
             upon
             a
             Jakes
             voided
             out
             his
             Entrails
             :
             The
             other
             ,
             gnawing
             his
             own
             Fingers
             ,
             and
             
             having
             made
             himself
             deformed
             with
             devouring
             himself
             ;
             he
             dyed
             miserably
             .
          
           
             119.
             
             About
             the
             year
             1507.
             there
             was
             at
             
               Chipping
               Sadbury
            
             a
             godly
             woman
             convented
             before
             the
             Chancellour
             [
             Dr.
             Whittington
             ]
             by
             whom
             she
             was
             condemned
             to
             be
             burnt
             .
             And
             against
             the
             day
             of
             her
             Execution
             ,
             multitudes
             of
             people
             flocked
             to
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             Dr.
             Whittington
             came
             to
             see
             her
             burnt
             .
             At
             the
             same
             time
             there
             was
             a
             Butcher
             in
             another
             part
             of
             the
             Town
             that
             was
             killing
             a
             Bull
             :
             But
             the
             Butcher
             ,
             somewhat
             missing
             his
             blow
             ,
             the
             Bull
             broke
             loose
             just
             as
             the
             people
             were
             coming
             from
             seeing
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Martyr
             :
             The
             people
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Bull
             coming
             ,
             divided
             themselves
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             lane
             for
             him
             to
             pass
             through
             ,
             the
             Bull
             went
             through
             ,
             without
             hurting
             ,
             man
             ,
             woman
             ,
             or
             child
             ,
             till
             he
             came
             to
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Chancellour
             was
             ,
             against
             whom
             he
             ran
             very
             furiously
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Horns
             ,
             hitting
             him
             on
             the
             Belly
             ,
             ran
             through
             it
             ,
             and
             tearing
             out
             his
             Guts
             with
             his
             Horns
             ,
             trailed
             them
             about
             the
             Streets
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             astonishment
             of
             all
             that
             beheld
             it
             .
          
           
             120.
             
             At
             the
             burning
             of
             
               Alexander
               Goug
            
             ,
             and
             
               Alice
               Driver
            
             ,
             Martyrs
             ,
             there
             was
             one
             
             Bate
             ,
             a
             Barber
             ,
             that
             was
             a
             very
             busie
             man
             about
             burning
             them
             :
             but
             presently
             after
             Gods
             severe
             Judgment
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             within
             three
             or
             four
             weeks
             after
             ,
             he
             dyed
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
             121.
             
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             of
             London
             ,
             called
             Mr.
             Woodrose
             ,
             used
             Mr.
             Bradford
             very
             churlishly
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Execution
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             dealt
             with
             Mr.
             Rogers
             before
             .
             He
             used
             also
             to
             laugh
             ,
             and
             make
             himself
             sport
             at
             the
             sufferings
             of
             these
             innocent
             persons
             ,
             and
             used
             to
             beat
             away
             the
             people
             who
             were
             desirous
             to
             shake
             them
             by
             the
             hand
             before
             their
             Death
             :
             but
             the
             Lord
             (
             who
             usually
             punisheth
             such
             bloody
             Persecutors
             )
             shortly
             after
             struck
             him
             with
             lameness
             upon
             one
             side
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             never
             after
             turn
             him
             in
             his
             Bed.
             He
             had
             also
             a
             Dog-like
             Appetite
             ,
             that
             could
             never
             be
             satisfied
             with
             Food
             :
             and
             in
             this
             misery
             he
             continued
             by
             the
             space
             of
             eight
             years
             ,
             even
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             122.
             
             
               Adam
               Foster
            
             of
             Mendlesham
             in
             Suffolk
             ,
             was
             apprehended
             by
             one
             
               Thomas
               Mouse
            
             ,
             and
             
               George
               Rivet
            
             for
             not
             coming
             to
             Mass
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             was
             carried
             before
             Sir
             
               John
               Tyrel
            
             ,
             who
             sent
             him
             to
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Norwich
             .
             But
             it
             pleased
             God
             that
             
             Mouse
             ,
             was
             immediately
             after
             stricken
             with
             a
             grievous
             disease
             ,
             whereof
             he
             shortly
             after
             dyed
             :
             And
             Rivet
             (
             not
             warned
             thereby
             ,
             but
             )
             persevering
             in
             his
             persecuting
             ways
             ,
             had
             a
             great
             swelling
             that
             rose
             in
             his
             Legs
             ,
             which
             grievously
             vexed
             ,
             and
             tormented
             him
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             ,
             falling
             into
             a
             fearful
             Disease
             ,
             he
             dyed
             miserably
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             impatient
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             terrified
             all
             that
             heard
             thereof
             .
          
           
             123.
             
             
               George
               Eagles
            
             ,
             Martyr
             ,
             who
             was
             hanged
             at
             Chelmesford
             in
             Fssex
             ,
             was
             cut
             down
             before
             he
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             sadly
             mangled
             by
             one
             
               William
               Swallow
            
             ,
             Bayliff
             of
             Chelmesford
             :
             His
             Body
             being
             opened
             ,
             they
             pulled
             out
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             quartered
             him
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             his
             Quarters
             in
             several
             places
             .
             But
             shortly
             after
             ,
             Gods
             terrible
             Judgments
             fell
             upon
             this
             Swallow
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             Hair
             fell
             from
             his
             Head
             ,
             his
             Eyes
             were
             so
             closed
             that
             he
             could
             scarce
             see
             ,
             the
             Nails
             fell
             off
             from
             his
             Fingers
             and
             Toes
             ,
             and
             a
             Leprosie
             over-spread
             his
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             his
             Estate
             so
             melted
             away
             that
             he
             fell
             into
             Beggary
             ,
             and
             dyed
             in
             much
             misery
             .
          
           
             124
             ,
             
               William
               Seaman
               ,
               Thomas
               Carman
            
             ,
             and
             
               Thomas
               Hudson
            
             were
             apprehended
             in
             Norfolk
             :
             Their
             Persecutor
             was
             Sir
             John
             
             Tyrel
             ,
             who
             commanded
             his
             Servants
             to
             search
             for
             Seaman
             :
             One
             of
             their
             names
             was
             
               Robert
               Baldwin
            
             ,
             a
             Neighbour
             to
             Seaman
             ,
             and
             one
             in
             whom
             he
             put
             much
             confidence
             .
             Yet
             this
             treacherous
             person
             (
             to
             gratifie
             his
             Mr.
             )
             searched
             Seamans
             house
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             and
             finding
             him
             at
             home
             ,
             carried
             him
             Prisoner
             to
             his
             Master
             .
             As
             they
             went
             in
             the
             way
             a
             strange
             Light
             fell
             from
             Heaven
             betwixt
             them
             :
             After
             which
             ,
             this
             Baldwin
             ,
             though
             then
             in
             the
             Flower
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             never
             enjoyed
             good
             day
             ,
             but
             pined
             away
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             125.
             
             Mr.
             
               William
               Brown
            
             ,
             Minister
             of
             Little-Stanham
             in
             Suffolk
             ,
             for
             preaching
             boldly
             ,
             and
             faithfully
             against
             the
             Mass
             ,
             was
             persecuted
             by
             on
             
               Robert
               Bloomsield
            
             ,
             Constable
             there
             .
             But
             the
             terrible
             hand
             of
             God
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             both
             by
             Sickness
             ,
             and
             Consumption
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             so
             that
             ,
             being
             rich
             before
             ,
             he
             became
             poor
             .
             His
             Wife
             also
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             dyed
             of
             pining
             Sickness
             .
             And
             though
             he
             thought
             to
             repair
             his
             Estate
             ,
             by
             marrying
             a
             rich
             Widdow
             ,
             yet
             God
             still
             blowed
             upon
             it
             .
             His
             Body
             also
             was
             full
             of
             Botches
             and
             Sores
             ,
             and
             being
             thus
             afflicted
             in
             Body
             ,
             and
             impoverished
             in
             his
             Estate
             ,
             he
             dyed
             in
             misery
             .
          
           
             126.
             
             There
             was
             in
             Lancashire
             ,
             one
             
             Justice
             Leland
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             godly
             in
             those
             parts
             :
             He
             one
             day
             as
             he
             was
             sitting
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             and
             discoursing
             with
             his
             friends
             ,
             fell
             down
             suddenly
             and
             dyed
             ,
             never
             so
             much
             as
             once
             stirring
             after
             .
          
           
             127.
             
             
               Ralph
               Lardin
            
             ,
             the
             Betrayer
             of
             
               George
               Eagles
            
             aforementioned
             ,
             was
             himself
             arraigned
             ,
             condemned
             ,
             and
             hanged
             .
             As
             he
             stood
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             he
             said
             publickly
             ,
             
               This
               is
               justly
               faln
               upon
               me
               for
               betraying
               the
               Blood
               of
               that
               just
               and
               holy
               man
               ,
            
             George
             Eagles
             ,
             
               who
               ,
               through
               my
               means
               was
               condemned
               ,
               and
               I
               sold
               his
               life
               for
               a
               little
               money
               .
            
          
           
             128.
             
             Mr.
             Swingfield
             ,
             a
             Deputy
             in
             Thames-Street
             ,
             hearing
             that
             Mrs.
             Angel
             ,
             a
             Midwife
             ,
             and
             a
             gracious
             woman
             ,
             was
             at
             a
             Gentlewomans
             Labour
             in
             Crooked-Lane
             ,
             taking
             three
             others
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             beset
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             apprehended
             her
             ,
             and
             carried
             her
             unto
             some
             of
             Bishop
             Bonner's
             Officers
             ,
             who
             put
             her
             into
             
               Lollards
               Tower.
            
             This
             Mrs.
             Angel
             was
             great
             with
             child
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             fright
             ,
             and
             a
             fall
             which
             she
             caught
             at
             her
             apprehension
             ,
             she
             fell
             into
             Labour
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             was
             delivered
             in
             Prison
             ,
             having
             no
             woman
             with
             her
             ,
             to
             help
             her
             in
             her
             extremity
             .
             But
             within
             
             ten
             weeks
             after
             ,
             Deputy
             Swingfield
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             other
             three
             that
             came
             with
             him
             to
             assist
             him
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             dyed
             .
          
           
             129.
             
             There
             was
             one
             Burton
             ,
             the
             Bayliff
             of
             Crowland
             in
             Lincolnshire
             ,
             who
             in
             King
             Edward
             the
             Sixth's
             time
             ,
             was
             a
             seemingly
             zealous
             Protestant
             :
             But
             when
             Queen
             Mary
             came
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             he
             soon
             turned
             Papist
             ,
             and
             endeavoured
             to
             stir
             up
             his
             Neighbours
             to
             introduce
             the
             Mass.
             They
             ,
             not
             being
             forward
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             Sabbath
             following
             this
             Burton
             went
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Curate
             was
             beginning
             to
             read
             the
             
               English
               Service
               ,
               Burton
            
             went
             to
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Sirrah
               ,
               will
               you
               not
               say
               Mass
               ?
               Buckle
               your self
               to
               it
               ,
               you
               Knave
               ,
               or
               by
               Gods
               Blood
               ,
               I
               will
               sheath
               my
               Dagger
               in
               your
               Shoulders
               .
            
             The
             poor
             Curate
             ,
             being
             affrighted
             herewith
             ,
             betook
             himself
             to
             read
             Mass
             :
             But
             shortly
             after
             ,
             as
             this
             Burton
             ,
             with
             one
             of
             his
             Neighbours
             ,
             rode
             together
             upon
             the
             Fen-bank
             ,
             a
             Crow
             ,
             (
             with
             her
             usual
             Note
             )
             flew
             over
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             voiding
             her
             Excrements
             ,
             it
             fell
             on
             his
             Nose
             ,
             and
             ran
             down
             upon
             his
             Beard
             ,
             and
             stank
             so
             horribly
             as
             set
             him
             a
             vomiting
             in
             a
             most
             violent
             manner
             :
             whereupon
             ,
             hasting
             home
             ,
             he
             betook
             himself
             to
             his
             Bed
             ,
             but
             could
             eat
             nothing
             :
             And
             the
             Stink
             ,
             and
             vomiting
             
             still
             continuing
             ,
             with
             fearful
             Oaths
             and
             Execrations
             ,
             he
             cursed
             the
             Crow
             for
             thus
             poisoning
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             so
             continued
             in
             extreme
             torments
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             130.
             
             There
             was
             one
             
               James
               Abbes
            
             burnt
             at
             Bury
             for
             Religion
             :
             As
             he
             went
             to
             the
             Stake
             ,
             some
             poor
             people
             met
             him
             ,
             begging
             his
             Alms
             ,
             and
             because
             he
             had
             no
             money
             to
             give
             them
             ,
             he
             plucked
             of
             his
             Apparel
             ,
             to
             his
             very
             shirt
             ,
             and
             distributed
             it
             among
             them
             ,
             exhorting
             them
             to
             be
             strong
             in
             the
             Lord
             :
             and
             (
             as
             faithful
             followers
             of
             
               Jesus
               Chlist
            
             )
             to
             stand
             stedfast
             in
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             ,
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               with
               Gods
               assistance
               ,
               I
               will
               now
               ,
               in
               your
               sight
               ,
               seal
               with
               my
               Blood.
            
             Whilest
             he
             was
             thus
             exhorting
             them
             ,
             there
             came
             one
             of
             the
             Sheriffs
             men
             ,
             who
             ,
             hearing
             what
             he
             said
             ,
             cryed
             out
             to
             the
             people
             most
             blasphemously
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Good
             People
             ,
             believe
             him
             not
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             Heresie
             that
             he
             speaketh
             .
             And
             as
             Abbes
             continued
             his
             godly
             Exhortations
             ,
             so
             this
             wicked
             wretch
             belched
             out
             his
             blasphemous
             Exclamations
             ,
             till
             they
             came
             to
             the
             Stake
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             the
             Fire
             was
             kindled
             .
             Gods
             fearful
             vengeance
             fell
             upon
             this
             wicked
             wretch
             ;
             who
             ,
             immediately
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             peoples
             sight
             ,
             fell
             distracted
             ,
             wherewith
             (
             a
             little
             before
             )
             he
             had
             
             charged
             this
             Blessed
             Servant
             of
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             :
             And
             in
             a
             furious
             manner
             ,
             pulling
             off
             his
             cloaths
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               Thus
               did
            
             James
             Abbes
             ,
             
               the
               true
               Servant
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               saved
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               damn'd
               .
            
             And
             so
             he
             ran
             about
             the
             Town
             ,
             still
             crying
             out
             ,
             James
             Abbes
             
               was
               a
               good
               man
               ,
               and
               is
               saved
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               damn'd
               ,
            
             Hereupon
             his
             Master
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             bound
             ,
             clothed
             ,
             and
             kept
             in
             a
             dark
             room
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             company
             was
             departed
             he
             tore
             off
             his
             cloths
             ,
             still
             raging
             ,
             and
             crying
             out
             ,
             James
             Abbes
             
               was
               the
               true
               Servant
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               is
               saved
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               damned
               :
            
             And
             thus
             he
             continued
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             131.
             
             One
             Dale
             ,
             a
             Promoter
             and
             Persecutor
             in
             Queen
             Marys
             days
             ,
             was
             eaten
             up
             by
             Lice
             ,
             and
             dyed
             miserably
             .
          
           
             Alexander
             ,
             the
             Keeper
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             a
             merciless
             Enemy
             to
             those
             that
             lay
             there
             for
             Religion
             ,
             and
             who
             used
             to
             go
             to
             Bishop
             Bonner
             ,
             and
             his
             Officers
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               Rid
               my
               Prison
               :
               Rid
               my
               Prison
               :
               I
               am
               too
               much
               pestered
               with
               these
               Hereticks
               :
            
             By
             Gods
             just
             Judgment
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             grievous
             Disease
             :
             His
             Body
             was
             so
             much
             swoln
             that
             he
             was
             more
             like
             a
             Monster
             than
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             his
             Entrails
             so
             rotted
             that
             none
             could
             endure
             the
             stink
             of
             him
             .
             And
             his
             Son
             James
             ,
             
             to
             whom
             he
             left
             a
             great
             Estate
             ,
             soon
             consumed
             it
             ,
             saying
             in
             a
             jeering
             manner
             ,
             ill
             gotten
             ,
             ill
             spent
             .
             At
             last
             ,
             as
             he
             went
             through
             Newgate-Market
             ,
             he
             fell
             down
             suddenly
             and
             dyed
             .
          
           
             132.
             
             Also
             
               John
               Peter
               ,
               Alexander's
            
             Son
             in
             Law
             ,
             was
             an
             horrible
             Blasphemer
             ,
             and
             used
             upon
             every
             occasion
             to
             say
             ,
             
               If
               it
               be
               not
               so
               ,
               I
               pray
               God
               ,
               I
               may
               rot
               before
               I
               dye
               .
            
             He
             was
             also
             very
             cruel
             to
             the
             poor
             Servants
             of
             God
             in
             Prison
             .
             And
             God
             paid
             him
             home
             in
             his
             own
             coin
             :
             For
             according
             to
             his
             Imprecation
             ,
             his
             Body
             rottted
             away
             by
             piece-meal
             till
             he
             dyed
             .
          
           
             133.
             
             One
             Lever
             of
             Brightwel
             in
             
               Barkshire
               ,
            
             ,
             jeeringly
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             that
             ill-favoured
             Knave
             .
             Latimer
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             burned
             at
             Oxford
             :
             and
             that
             he
             had
             Teeth
             like
             an
             Horse
             :
             But
             the
             Lord
             suffered
             not
             this
             profane
             scoff
             to
             go
             unpunished
             .
             For
             about
             that
             very
             same
             Hour
             wherein
             Lever
             spake
             those
             words
             ,
             his
             Son
             hanged
             himself
             .
          
           
             134.
             
             All
             ages
             have
             cause
             to
             admire
             ,
             and
             adore
             the
             Exemplary
             Judgments
             of
             God
             poured
             out
             upon
             
               Stephen
               Gardiner
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Winchester
             ,
             in
             Queen
             Marys
             days
             ;
             who
             upon
             the
             day
             wherein
             Reverend
             Latimer
             ,
             and
             Learned
             Ridley
             were
             to
             be
             burnt
             at
             
             Oxford
             ,
             (
             though
             some
             great
             Peers
             came
             to
             dine
             with
             him
             that
             day
             ,
             yet
             )
             would
             not
             sit
             down
             to
             dinner
             ,
             till
             one
             of
             his
             Servants
             about
             four
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             coming
             Post
             from
             Oxford
             ,
             brought
             word
             that
             Execution
             was
             done
             upon
             them
             .
             Then
             did
             he
             hast
             to
             Dinner
             ,
             and
             was
             very
             merry
             ,
             but
             ere
             he
             had
             eaten
             many
             bits
             ,
             a
             sudden
             stroke
             of
             Gods
             hand
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             carried
             immediately
             to
             his
             Bed
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             continued
             for
             fifteen
             days
             in
             intollerable
             anguish
             and
             torments
             ,
             rotting
             above
             ground
             ,
             during
             all
             which
             time
             he
             could
             void
             nothing
             that
             he
             received
             ,
             neither
             by
             Stool
             ,
             nor
             Urine
             ,
             his
             Tongue
             also
             hung
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             swoln
             ,
             and
             black
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             languished
             and
             pined
             away
             in
             great
             anguish
             and
             misery
             .
          
           
             135.
             
             King
             James
             the
             Fifth
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             the
             Popish
             Clergy
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             of
             the
             Truth
             that
             then
             brake
             forth
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             :
             and
             for
             that
             end
             he
             gave
             Commission
             to
             Sir
             
               James
               Hamilton
            
             ,
             natural
             Brother
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Arran
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             Treasurer
             ,
             to
             call
             ,
             and
             convent
             all
             that
             were
             suspected
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             and
             to
             inflict
             upon
             them
             the
             punishment
             ,
             which
             ,
             after
             tryal
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             found
             to
             deserve
             :
             In
             Execution
             of
             which
             Commissiion
             
             he
             was
             most
             fierce
             and
             cruel
             ,
             not
             sparing
             some
             that
             were
             of
             his
             near
             Kindred
             .
             But
             when
             he
             was
             in
             his
             greatest
             heighth
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             his
             work
             to
             suppress
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Friends
             ,
             whom
             he
             pursued
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             Religion
             ,
             accused
             him
             of
             Treason
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             mediation
             of
             the
             Popish
             Clergy
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             their
             greatest
             Patron
             ,
             he
             was
             arraigned
             ,
             condemned
             ,
             executed
             ,
             and
             quartered
             in
             the
             streets
             of
             Edenburg
             .
          
           
             This
             King
             James
             also
             was
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             that
             way
             should
             expect
             any
             favour
             at
             his
             hands
             ,
             nay
             ,
             nor
             his
             own
             Sons
             if
             they
             should
             be
             found
             guilty
             .
             But
             shortly
             after
             ,
             War
             breaking
             forth
             with
             England
             ,
             he
             found
             his
             Nobility
             averse
             to
             those
             Incursions
             which
             he
             intended
             to
             make
             into
             England
             ,
             which
             much
             vexed
             him
             .
             These
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             some
             fearful
             Visions
             which
             he
             had
             by
             Night
             ,
             terrified
             him
             exceedingly
             .
             For
             at
             Linlithgow
             ,
             on
             a
             night
             as
             he
             slept
             ,
             it
             seemed
             to
             him
             that
             
               Thomas
               Scot
            
             ,
             Justice
             Clerk
             ,
             came
             unto
             him
             ,
             with
             a
             company
             of
             Devils
             ,
             crying
             ,
             
               Wo
               worth
               the
               day
               that
               ever
               I
               knew
               thee
               ,
               or
               thy
               Service
               :
               For
               serving
               thee
               against
               God
               and
               his
               Servants
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               adjudged
               to
               Hell
               torments
               .
            
             Hereupon
             awaking
             ,
             he
             called
             
             for
             Lights
             ,
             and
             told
             his
             Servants
             what
             he
             had
             heard
             and
             seen
             .
             The
             next
             morrow
             ,
             by
             the
             light
             of
             day
             ,
             news
             was
             brought
             him
             of
             the
             death
             of
             the
             said
             Justice
             Clerk
             ,
             which
             fell
             out
             just
             at
             the
             same
             time
             when
             the
             King
             had
             this
             Vision
             ,
             and
             almost
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             :
             For
             he
             dyed
             in
             great
             horror
             ,
             often
             reiterating
             those
             words
             ,
             
               By
               the
               righteous
               Judgment
               of
               God
               ,
               I
               am
               condemned
               .
            
             And
             this
             manner
             of
             his
             death
             ,
             answering
             so
             exactly
             to
             the
             Kings
             Dream
             made
             it
             the
             more
             terrible
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             also
             had
             another
             Dream
             in
             the
             same
             place
             a
             few
             nights
             after
             ,
             which
             did
             more
             affright
             him
             .
             Whilest
             he
             lay
             sleeping
             ,
             he
             thought
             that
             Sir
             
               James
               Hamilton
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             came
             unto
             him
             with
             a
             naked
             Sword
             in
             his
             Hand
             ,
             and
             therewith
             cut
             off
             both
             his
             Arms
             ;
             threatening
             to
             return
             within
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             and
             to
             deprive
             him
             of
             his
             life
             .
             With
             this
             he
             awaked
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             lay
             musing
             what
             this
             Dream
             should
             import
             ,
             news
             was
             brought
             him
             of
             the
             death
             of
             his
             two
             Sons
             ,
             James
             ,
             and
             Arthur
             ,
             the
             one
             dying
             at
             S.
             Andrews
             ,
             the
             other
             at
             Strivling
             ,
             at
             one
             and
             the
             very
             same
             hour
             .
             The
             next
             year
             ,
             which
             was
             1542.
             being
             overwhelmed
             with
             grief
             ,
             he
             dyed
             at
             Falkland
             in
             the
             two
             and
             thirtieth
             year
             of
             his
             
             Age.
             A
             little
             before
             he
             dyed
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             him
             that
             his
             Queen
             was
             delivered
             of
             a
             Daughter
             ;
             whereupon
             he
             brake
             forth
             into
             a
             Passion
             ,
             saying
             :
             
               It
               came
               with
               a
               Lass
            
             ,
             (
             meaning
             the
             Crown
             )
             
               and
               will
               go
               with
               a
               Lass.
               Fie
               upon
               it
               .
            
          
           
             136.
             
             One
             Friar
             Campbell
             in
             Scotland
             did
             bitterly
             rail
             upon
             that
             man
             of
             God
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Patrick
               Hamilton
            
             whilest
             he
             was
             burning
             at
             S.
             Andrews
             :
             to
             whom
             Mr.
             Hamilton
             said
             with
             much
             earnestness
             :
             
               Thou
               wicked
               man
               ,
               thou
               knowest
               the
               contrary
               ,
               and
               hast
               sometime
               made
               a
               Profession
               of
               the
               truth
               :
               I
               appeal
               thee
               to
               answer
               it
               before
               the
               Judgment
               Seat
               of
            
             Christ
             :
             A
             few
             days
             after
             Campbel
             fell
             sick
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             horror
             of
             Conscience
             dyed
             distracted
             .
          
           
             137.
             
             Anno
             1568.
             
             There
             was
             in
             Breda
             one
             
               Peter
               Coulogue
            
             ,
             a
             godly
             man
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             his
             Popish
             Adversaries
             was
             cast
             into
             Prison
             ,
             and
             his
             Maid-servant
             daily
             carried
             him
             his
             Food
             ,
             confirming
             and
             comforting
             him
             out
             of
             the
             word
             of
             God
             as
             well
             as
             she
             was
             able
             ;
             for
             which
             they
             imprisoned
             her
             also
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             Peter
             was
             put
             to
             the
             torment
             of
             the
             Rack
             ,
             which
             he
             endured
             patiently
             .
             After
             him
             the
             Maid
             was
             fetch'd
             to
             be
             racked
             ,
             whereupon
             ,
             she
             said
             ;
             
               My
               Masters
               ,
               wherefrre
               will
               ye
               put
               me
               to
               this
               torture
               ,
               seeing
            
             
             
               I
               have
               no
               way
               offended
               you
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               for
               my
               Faith-sake
               ,
               ye
               need
               not
               torment
               me
               :
               For
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               never
               ashamed
               to
               make
               a
               Confession
               thereof
               ,
               no
               more
               will
               I
               now
               be
               at
               this
               present
               before
               you
               ;
               but
               will
               if
               you
               please
               freely
               shew
               you
               my
               mind
               therein
               .
            
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             they
             would
             have
             her
             to
             the
             Rack
             :
             whereupon
             she
             again
             said
             ,
             
               If
               I
               must
               needs
               suffer
               this
               pain
               ,
               pray
               you
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               call
               upon
               my
               God
               first
               .
            
             This
             they
             assented
             to
             ;
             and
             whilest
             she
             was
             fervently
             pouring
             out
             her
             Soul
             unto
             God
             by
             Prayer
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             was
             surprised
             with
             such
             fear
             and
             terror
             that
             he
             fell
             into
             a
             swoon
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             he
             could
             never
             be
             recovered
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             the
             poor
             Maid
             escaped
             racking
             .
          
           
             138.
             
             In
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             Second
             of
             France
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             godly
             Tailor
             condemned
             to
             be
             burnt
             for
             Religion
             ,
             and
             some
             about
             the
             King
             would
             needs
             perswade
             him
             to
             be
             present
             ,
             and
             to
             see
             the
             Execution
             himself
             :
             And
             God
             gave
             the
             Tailor
             such
             strength
             and
             conrage
             in
             the
             fire
             as
             astonished
             the
             King
             to
             behold
             it
             :
             And
             the
             poor
             Tailor
             ,
             having
             espied
             the
             King
             in
             a
             window
             where
             he
             sate
             ,
             fixed
             his
             Eyes
             so
             stedfastly
             upon
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             never
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             was
             thereby
             constrained
             to
             
             leave
             the
             window
             ,
             and
             to
             retire
             into
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             affected
             therewith
             ,
             that
             he
             confessed
             the
             shadow
             of
             the
             Taylor
             followed
             him
             whither
             soever
             he
             went
             ,
             and
             for
             many
             Nights
             after
             he
             was
             so
             terrified
             with
             the
             Apparitions
             of
             the
             Taylor
             ,
             that
             he
             protested
             with
             an
             Oath
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             never
             hear
             ,
             nor
             see
             any
             more
             of
             those
             Lutherans
             burned
             .
          
           
             139.
             
             In
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             Persecution
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
               John
               Nicholson
            
             ,
             and
             Anne
             his
             wife
             were
             received
             into
             the
             Protection
             of
             one
             Fitz-Patrick
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             perswaded
             them
             to
             change
             their
             Religion
             and
             to
             go
             to
             Mass
             :
             But
             they
             professed
             that
             before
             they
             would
             do
             that
             ,
             they
             would
             dye
             upon
             the
             Swords
             point
             .
             Then
             he
             laboured
             to
             prevail
             with
             the
             woman
             to
             burn
             her
             Bible
             ,
             but
             she
             said
             ,
             that
             before
             she
             would
             do
             it
             ,
             she
             would
             dye
             the
             death
             :
             whereupon
             the
             Sabbath
             morning
             following
             ,
             they
             were
             both
             of
             them
             cruelly
             murthered
             :
             But
             he
             that
             acted
             that
             villany
             ,
             was
             so
             tormented
             in
             Conscience
             :
             and
             dogged
             with
             their
             Apparitions
             ,
             that
             he
             pined
             away
             and
             dyed
             .
          
           
             140.
             
             In
             the
             late
             Irish
             Massacre
             ,
             wherein
             the
             bloody
             Papists
             spared
             none
             of
             what
             Age
             ,
             Sex
             ,
             or
             quality
             soever
             ;
             O!
             how
             visibly
             did
             the
             Judgments
             of
             God
             follow
             
             them
             ?
             And
             for
             that
             savage
             Blood-shed
             ,
             gave
             them
             Blood
             to
             drink
             in
             great
             measure
             :
             For
             
               Mac-Guir
               Mac-Mahun
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Philem
               Oneal
            
             ,
             being
             taken
             Prisoners
             ,
             were
             publickly
             executed
             .
             Most
             of
             the
             rest
             were
             consumed
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             either
             in
             their
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             or
             in
             Foreign
             parts
             ,
             and
             their
             spirits
             were
             generally
             so
             debased
             ,
             and
             their
             courage
             emasculated
             ,
             that
             a
             few
             English
             ,
             or
             Scottish
             Soldiers
             would
             chase
             multitudes
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             Gods
             Judgments
             did
             so
             eminently
             follow
             them
             ,
             that
             within
             a
             few
             years
             most
             of
             that
             cruel
             Generation
             were
             rooted
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Gods
             Judgments
             upon
             Persecutors
             in
             
               Germany
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             and
             France
             .
          
           
             141.
             
             The
             Electoral
             House
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             upon
             the
             devesting
             of
             that
             brave
             and
             pious
             Prince
             
               John
               Frederick
            
             ,
             the
             true
             Heir
             ,
             by
             the
             Emperor
             Charles
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             the
             investing
             the
             younger
             House
             to
             usurp
             that
             Honour
             ,
             hath
             ever
             since
             proved
             a
             greater
             Friend
             to
             the
             Popish
             Party
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             purer
             Church
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             Helvetick
             Confession
             .
             Maurice
             that
             usurped
             the
             Dutchy
             and
             Electorate
             ,
             upon
             the
             captivating
             of
             the
             said
             
               John
               Frederick
            
             ,
             his
             Cousin
             ,
             first
             
             ruined
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Smalcaldick
             Union
             ,
             to
             which
             himself
             had
             subscribed
             ;
             and
             then
             (
             casting
             an
             ambitious
             eye
             upon
             the
             Empire
             it self
             :
             )
             broke
             his
             Faith
             with
             the
             Emperor
             that
             had
             raised
             him
             ;
             and
             having
             patched
             up
             the
             defection
             by
             the
             help
             of
             Ferdinand
             of
             Austria
             ,
             King
             of
             Bohemia
             (
             afterwards
             Emperor
             )
             he
             lastly
             perished
             by
             a
             violent
             death
             in
             a
             pitch'd
             Battel
             fought
             against
             his
             Fellow-Protestants
             .
             A
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             upon
             him
             .
          
           
             142.
             
             Charles
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             having
             obtained
             the
             Empire
             by
             the
             help
             and
             monies
             of
             our
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             was
             the
             most
             potent
             Emperor
             that
             ever
             Germany
             had
             as
             long
             as
             he
             maintained
             the
             peace
             of
             Religion
             :
             But
             having
             yielded
             to
             the
             Popes
             instigations
             ,
             and
             prospered
             a
             while
             in
             his
             intended
             extirpation
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             he
             found
             at
             last
             by
             sad
             experience
             ,
             what
             his
             brave
             ,
             and
             valiant
             General
             [
             Castaldus
             ]
             had
             foretold
             him
             ,
             that
             these
             violent
             proceedings
             would
             in
             the
             end
             prove
             fatal
             to
             himself
             :
             For
             having
             first
             fled
             away
             at
             Midnight
             ,
             in
             a
             cold
             and
             rainy
             season
             from
             Onspurch
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Army
             ,
             he
             was
             afterward
             (
             instead
             of
             setling
             his
             Son
             Philip
             in
             his
             Imperial
             Throne
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             intended
             )
             
             forced
             to
             surrender
             the
             Empire
             to
             his
             Brother
             Ferdinand
             ,
             who
             diverse
             years
             before
             had
             entred
             into
             a
             secret
             League
             with
             the
             Protestant
             Princes
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             so
             having
             lived
             a
             few
             years
             in
             a
             despised
             ,
             and
             disconsolate
             condition
             ,
             he
             at
             last
             ended
             his
             life
             most
             ingloriously
             in
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
           
             143.
             
             His
             Son
             Philip
             the
             Second
             ,
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             the
             most
             inveterate
             Enemy
             of
             the
             Gospel
             that
             ever
             lived
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             erect
             Shambles
             for
             Gods
             Saints
             in
             most
             of
             his
             large
             Dominions
             ,
             by
             his
             bloody
             Inquisitors
             ,
             but
             still
             aided
             the
             Rebels
             in
             
               France
               ,
               England
            
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             against
             their
             lawful
             Sovereigns
             ,
             and
             plotted
             to
             invade
             all
             other
             Protestant
             Dominions
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             so
             at
             last
             by
             one
             general
             Carriage
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             holy
             Father
             the
             Pope
             ,
             might
             have
             shared
             the
             Christian
             World
             by
             a
             double
             Monarchy
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Empire
             between
             them
             .
             But
             did
             this
             bloody
             Prince
             prosper
             in
             these
             his
             ambitious
             and
             cruel
             Designs
             ?
             Nothing
             less
             .
             For
             what
             got
             he
             by
             his
             invading
             France
             by
             Land
             ,
             and
             England
             ,
             and
             Ireland
             by
             Sea
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             large
             Pensions
             conferred
             upon
             the
             Traitors
             and
             secret
             Enemies
             of
             either
             States
             ?
             Truly
             nothing
             .
             For
             having
             wasted
             about
             thirty
             millions
             of
             Money
             upon
             
             those
             fruitless
             Designs
             ;
             and
             not
             gained
             a
             Foot
             of
             Land
             in
             any
             of
             those
             Realms
             ,
             but
             the
             loss
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             
               seventeen
               Provinces
            
             ,
             with
             whom
             ,
             having
             broken
             his
             Oath
             solemnly
             sworn
             to
             them
             in
             his
             Inauguration
             ,
             they
             (
             by
             the
             Aid
             of
             England
             and
             France
             )
             freed
             themselves
             from
             his
             unjust
             Oppression
             and
             Tyranny
             .
          
           
             Neither
             did
             the
             Divine
             Justice
             suffer
             him
             so
             to
             escape
             ,
             but
             raised
             a
             Fire
             in
             his
             own
             House
             .
             For
             whereas
             he
             had
             Issue
             by
             his
             first
             Wife
             Mary
             ,
             the
             Daughter
             of
             John
             the
             Third
             ,
             King
             of
             Portugal
             ,
             one
             only
             Son
             ,
             called
             Charles
             (
             a
             Prince
             of
             admirable
             towardliness
             )
             He
             (
             during
             the
             Life
             of
             our
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             his
             second
             Wife
             )
             treated
             a
             Marriage
             for
             his
             Son
             with
             Elizabeth
             ,
             the
             eldest
             Daughter
             of
             Henry
             the
             Second
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ;
             during
             which
             Treaty
             ,
             our
             Queen
             Mary
             dying
             ,
             he
             himself
             married
             her
             who
             was
             designed
             for
             his
             Son
             (
             a
             Lady
             of
             admirable
             Beauty
             and
             Parts
             :
             )
             They
             often
             in
             private
             ,
             never
             forgetting
             their
             old
             affections
             ,
             lamented
             their
             unhappy
             loss
             each
             of
             other
             .
             The
             Son
             also
             detested
             his
             Fathers
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             butchery
             by
             the
             merciless
             Inquisitors
             !
             This
             so
             enraged
             his
             jealous
             Father
             ,
             that
             he
             imprison'd
             him
             ,
             and
             delivered
             him
             over
             into
             the
             Inquisitors
             
             Hands
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             was
             condemned
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             ,
             1568.
             and
             a
             few
             days
             after
             he
             sent
             to
             him
             to
             choose
             his
             own
             Death
             ,
             who
             in
             a
             warm
             Bath
             caused
             his
             Veins
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             so
             dyed
             .
             A
             while
             after
             (
             though
             she
             was
             great
             with
             child
             )
             he
             caused
             his
             Queen
             to
             drink
             a
             Cup
             of
             poison
             ,
             which
             soon
             dispatched
             her
             .
          
           
             144.
             
             King
             Philip's
             fourth
             Wife
             was
             Anne
             ,
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Mary
             ,
             the
             Empress
             ,
             his
             own
             natural
             Sister
             ,
             by
             whom
             he
             had
             Issue
             Ferdinand
             and
             
               James
               ▪
            
             both
             cut
             off
             by
             Death
             in
             their
             Infancy
             ,
             and
             Philip
             ,
             who
             being
             the
             only
             surviving
             Issue
             of
             this
             incestuous
             match
             ,
             succeeded
             his
             Father
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             but
             not
             altogether
             in
             his
             cruelties
             .
          
           
             145.
             
             Rodulph
             the
             Second
             ,
             Emperor
             of
             Germany
             ,
             not
             following
             the
             steps
             of
             the
             wise
             Maximilian
             his
             Father
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Philip
             his
             Brother
             in
             Law
             ,
             sought
             by
             all
             secret
             and
             hostile
             means
             to
             enervate
             ,
             and
             root
             out
             Religion
             in
             the
             Empire
             :
             What
             got
             he
             by
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             have
             Gods
             curse
             denounced
             in
             Scripture
             fulfilled
             upon
             him
             ?
             
               That
               the
               elder
               should
               serve
               the
               younger
               .
            
             For
             Mathias
             the
             Arch-Duke
             of
             Austria
             ,
             raising
             an
             Army
             in
             the
             year
             1608.
             and
             joining
             his
             Forces
             with
             those
             of
             the
             oppressed
             Protestant
             
             in
             Bohemia
             ,
             hem'd
             up
             his
             Brother
             Rodulph
             in
             Prague
             ,
             got
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Hungary
             from
             him
             in
             present
             possession
             ,
             and
             the
             Empire
             in
             reversion
             ,
             leaving
             him
             nothing
             but
             the
             complement
             of
             Majesty
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             not
             long
             survive
             ,
             and
             could
             never
             revenge
             that
             affront
             .
          
           
             146.
             
             We
             need
             not
             look
             into
             ancient
             Histories
             of
             Gods
             Judgments
             upon
             Heathen
             persecuting
             Emperors
             :
             we
             may
             see
             the
             sad
             successes
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Valois
             in
             France
             .
             King
             Henry
             the
             Second
             of
             France
             was
             meanly
             married
             to
             
               Katherine
               de
               Medices
            
             (
             the
             Niece
             of
             
               Pope
               Clement
            
             the
             Seventh
             )
             during
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             Dolphin
             his
             elder
             Brother
             ,
             who
             was
             afterwards
             poisoned
             .
             And
             Francis
             the
             first
             ,
             his
             Father
             deceasing
             ,
             he
             succeeded
             ,
             and
             swayd
             the
             French
             Scepter
             for
             diverse
             years
             ,
             with
             much
             Tranquility
             and
             happiness
             ,
             till
             (
             loathing
             the
             Coiture
             of
             his
             Queen
             ,
             unfit
             indeed
             for
             a
             Princes
             bed
             )
             he
             grew
             highly
             enamoured
             on
             Piciavia
             of
             Valence
             ,
             a
             woman
             of
             exquisite
             Beauty
             ,
             and
             good
             extraction
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             long
             after
             lived
             in
             continual
             Adultery
             ,
             and
             was
             by
             her
             enticed
             to
             persecute
             and
             slay
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             
               Anno
               Ghristi
            
             1553.
             that
             so
             by
             the
             confiscation
             of
             their
             Lands
             and
             Goods
             ,
             she
             
             might
             enrich
             her self
             ,
             and
             her
             Kindred
             .
             This
             Persecution
             put
             a
             Period
             to
             all
             his
             former
             Victories
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             year
             was
             followed
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Seins
             in
             Italy
             to
             the
             Spaniard
             :
             The
             Death
             of
             the
             old
             gallant
             General
             
               Leo
               Strozzi
            
             by
             a
             base
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             overthrow
             of
             his
             French
             Army
             by
             
               James
               de
               Medices
            
             .
          
           
             147.
             
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1556.
             
             The
             violence
             of
             persecution
             was
             again
             renewed
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             next
             year
             after
             (
             as
             before
             )
             God
             again
             gave
             up
             the
             French
             Army
             to
             the
             slaughter
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             and
             Dutch
             at
             the
             Siege
             and
             Battel
             of
             S.
             Quintins
             ,
             in
             which
             were
             above
             three
             thousand
             slain
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             them
             men
             of
             note
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             the
             Town
             was
             taken
             by
             Storm
             :
             Also
             Annas
             Duke
             
               de
               Memorancy
            
             himself
             ,
             the
             Constable
             of
             France
             :
             The
             Marshal
             of
             S.
             Andrew
             :
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               Longevile
               ,
               Gaspar
               de
               Coligne
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Castilion
             and
             Admiral
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             a
             number
             others
             of
             the
             great
             Peers
             were
             all
             taken
             Prisoners
             .
             In
             sum
             ,
             the
             loss
             and
             slaughter
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             and
             fatal
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             as
             it
             well-near
             equalled
             that
             Victory
             obtained
             by
             the
             Duke
             of
             Bourbon
             at
             the
             Battel
             of
             Pavia
             in
             Italy
             against
             Francis
             the
             first
             ,
             his
             Father
             .
             Yet
             Henry
             
             the
             Second
             still
             shut
             his
             eyes
             against
             the
             cause
             of
             these
             losses
             ,
             and
             having
             his
             heart
             cauterized
             by
             his
             Lusts
             ,
             he
             not
             only
             caused
             the
             godly
             to
             be
             committed
             to
             the
             Flames
             ,
             but
             himself
             would
             needs
             be
             a
             Spectator
             of
             their
             Torments
             as
             a
             pleasing
             sight
             ,
             and
             had
             combined
             with
             Philip
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             his
             new
             Son
             in
             Law
             ,
             for
             the
             utter
             ruine
             and
             final
             subversion
             of
             Geneva
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             but
             a
             few
             hours
             before
             his
             Death
             ,
             Anno
             1559.
             
             
               Lodovick
               Faber
            
             ,
             and
             
               Annas
               Burgus
            
             ,
             two
             Senators
             of
             Paris
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             spoken
             a
             little
             freely
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             innocency
             and
             piety
             of
             the
             Protestants
             in
             the
             open
             Senate
             ,
             were
             cast
             into
             Prison
             by
             his
             special
             Command
             ,
             in
             the
             Bastile
             of
             the
             same
             City
             ,
             by
             Gabriel
             Earl
             of
             Mongomery
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Captains
             of
             his
             Guard.
             And
             the
             persecution
             of
             all
             others
             of
             the
             same
             Profession
             grew
             so
             hot
             and
             furious
             :
             when
             the
             King
             June
             the
             nine
             and
             twentieth
             ,
             the
             same
             year
             ,
             running
             at
             Tilt
             with
             the
             very
             same
             Earl
             of
             Mongomery
             ,
             and
             near
             the
             very
             Bastile
             where
             the
             said
             Senators
             were
             Prisoners
             ,
             was
             struck
             with
             a
             splinter
             of
             Mongomery's
             Spear
             ,
             through
             the
             Eye
             into
             his
             Brain
             ,
             and
             never
             had
             the
             happiness
             to
             speak
             one
             word
             after
             ,
             though
             he
             survived
             the
             wound
             a
             few
             days
             ;
             Nor
             to
             acknowledge
             
             his
             former
             Lust
             and
             Cruelty
             .
          
           
             148.
             
             And
             if
             we
             farther
             look
             to
             Gods
             Hand
             that
             followed
             this
             Prince
             in
             his
             Posterity
             ,
             it
             will
             yet
             seem
             the
             greater
             miracle
             .
             For
             of
             five
             Sons
             that
             he
             had
             ,
             all
             save
             one
             dyed
             without
             lawful
             Issue
             to
             survive
             them
             ,
             ad
             three
             of
             them
             by
             violent
             Deaths
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Posterity
             ended
             the
             Valetian
             Line
             ,
             the
             Crown
             thereupon
             devolving
             to
             the
             Royal
             Branch
             of
             Cleremont
             ,
             commonly
             called
             Bourbon
             ,
             whom
             his
             Sons
             had
             most
             bitterly
             hated
             and
             persecuted
             .
             And
             of
             all
             his
             five
             Daughters
             ,
             three
             dyed
             issueless
             ,
             and
             the
             eldest
             (
             the
             Queen
             of
             Spain
             aforementioned
             )
             that
             had
             Issue
             was
             cut
             off
             by
             poison
             .
             Nay
             ,
             his
             very
             Bastard
             Son
             ,
             Henry
             of
             Engolism
             ,
             a
             great
             Actor
             in
             the
             Parisian
             Massacre
             ,
             perished
             also
             by
             the
             stab
             of
             
               Philip
               Altovit
            
             ,
             a
             Florentine
             ,
             his
             old
             and
             mortal
             Enemy
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1586.
             during
             the
             Reign
             of
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             his
             Brother
             .
          
           
             149.
             
             Charles
             the
             Ninth
             (
             third
             Son
             of
             the
             said
             Henry
             the
             Second
             )
             who
             succeeded
             his
             Brother
             Francis
             the
             Second
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1560.
             had
             he
             continued
             his
             Reign
             with
             as
             much
             Mercy
             and
             Wilsdom
             as
             he
             began
             it
             ,
             when
             he
             followed
             the
             grave
             and
             seasonable
             advise
             of
             
               Michael
               Hospitalius
            
             ,
             his
             Chancellor
             ,
             probably
             he
             had
             lived
             more
             virtuously
             
             and
             dyed
             less
             miserably
             .
             But
             he
             had
             scarce
             raigned
             two
             years
             in
             Peace
             and
             Plenty
             ,
             when
             
               Katherine
               de
               Medices
            
             ,
             his
             Mother
             (
             desiring
             to
             get
             the
             Regency
             into
             her
             own
             Hands
             by
             raising
             combustions
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             )
             perswaded
             this
             her
             Son
             to
             revive
             those
             Persecutions
             against
             the
             Protestants
             which
             his
             Father
             had
             begun
             .
             She
             also
             reconciled
             Her self
             to
             
               Charles
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             whom
             a
             little
             before
             she
             had
             feared
             and
             hated
             ,
             being
             a
             secret
             Enemy
             to
             
               Lewis
               de
               Cleremont
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Conde
             .
             He
             and
             the
             Marshal
             of
             S.
             Andrew
             having
             gained
             
               Annas
               Momorancy
            
             ,
             Constable
             of
             France
             to
             their
             party
             ,
             they
             all
             conspired
             together
             for
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             The
             Protestants
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             seeing
             the
             King
             in
             his
             minority
             ,
             held
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             captivated
             by
             this
             Triumvirate
             ,
             took
             up
             Arms
             by
             the
             Queen-Mothers
             own
             instigation
             ,
             to
             maintain
             the
             Kings
             Edict
             of
             Pacification
             ,
             which
             was
             published
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1561.
             commonly
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Edict
               of
               January
            
             .
          
           
             The
             year
             following
             ,
             by
             the
             instigation
             of
             the
             said
             Triumvirate
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             Queen-Mother
             ,
             but
             
               Anthony
               de
               Cleremont
            
             ,
             King
             of
             Navar
             also
             (
             who
             yet
             dyed
             a
             Protestant
             )
             was
             drawn
             on
             to
             assail
             those
             of
             the
             
             Religion
             with
             open
             force
             ,
             they
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             filling
             the
             Queen-Mothers
             ear
             with
             these
             vain
             Flatteries
             ,
             that
             she
             should
             soon
             see
             the
             utter
             ruine
             of
             all
             the
             Hereticks
             in
             France
             :
             From
             which
             time
             that
             goodly
             ,
             rich
             ,
             peaceable
             ,
             and
             flourishing
             Kingdom
             ,
             for
             almost
             forty
             years
             together
             (
             some
             short
             pauses
             excepted
             )
             was
             filled
             with
             Cruelties
             ,
             Ravages
             ,
             Ravishments
             ,
             Murthers
             ,
             Battles
             ,
             Fires
             ,
             Slaughters
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             calamities
             that
             attend
             a
             civil
             War
             :
             In
             the
             end
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             being
             increased
             in
             their
             strength
             and
             numbers
             ,
             obtained
             a
             more
             firm
             and
             advantagious
             peace
             than
             ever
             they
             had
             before
             :
             whereas
             those
             three
             incendiaries
             who
             had
             been
             the
             Authors
             of
             all
             these
             miseries
             ,
             perished
             within
             a
             few
             years
             after
             ,
             by
             the
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             in
             the
             very
             act
             when
             they
             were
             pursuing
             the
             godly
             party
             .
             For
             the
             Marshal
             of
             S.
             Andrew
             was
             slain
             in
             the
             Battle
             of
             
               Dreux
               :
               Annas
               de
               Momorancy
            
             under
             the
             very
             walls
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             
               Francis
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             was
             pistoled
             by
             
               John
               Poltrot
            
             whilest
             he
             besieged
             Orleans
             .
          
           
             King
             Charles
             seeing
             that
             by
             open
             force
             he
             could
             not
             eradicate
             and
             destroy
             the
             truth
             ,
             nor
             root
             out
             the
             Professors
             of
             it
             ,
             about
             two
             years
             before
             the
             hellish
             Massacre
             begun
             
             at
             Paris
             ,
             and
             prosecuted
             (
             to
             the
             perpetual
             infamy
             of
             France
             )
             in
             diverse
             other
             Cities
             ,
             held
             a
             secret
             Council
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Blois
             ,
             with
             
               Katherine
               de
               Medices
            
             ,
             his
             Mother
             ,
             Alexander
             ,
             and
             Hercules
             (
             called
             also
             Henry
             and
             Francis
             )
             his
             Brothers
             ,
             and
             
               Henry
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Heir
             to
             the
             said
             Duke
             Francis
             aforementioned
             ,
             by
             what
             means
             they
             might
             best
             draw
             the
             Protestants
             into
             their
             toil
             to
             murther
             and
             destroy
             them
             .
             The
             same
             Council
             was
             again
             held
             in
             the
             house
             of
             
               Hieronimo
               de
               Gondy
            
             at
             S.
             Clou
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             and
             order
             of
             the
             bloody
             Marriage
             Banquet
             to
             be
             served
             in
             at
             the
             Nuptials
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Navar
             with
             the
             Lady
             Margaret
             ,
             the
             French
             Kings
             Sister
             ,
             almost
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             and
             order
             as
             it
             was
             afterwards
             put
             in
             execution
             on
             Bartholomews
             Day
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1572.
             
             In
             which
             were
             most
             inhumanely
             murthered
             ,
             of
             men
             ,
             women
             ,
             and
             children
             (
             many
             also
             of
             them
             being
             great
             and
             honourable
             Personages
             )
             of
             either
             Sex
             about
             thirty
             thousand
             .
             And
             while
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             was
             prosecuting
             that
             most
             inhumane
             Butchery
             ,
             a
             Cabinet
             Council
             was
             held
             in
             the
             Queen-Mothers
             Chamber
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             not
             necessary
             that
             both
             the
             Duke
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Family
             who
             were
             then
             present
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             dispatched
             
             at
             the
             same
             time
             in
             that
             disorderly
             tumult
             .
          
           
             King
             Charles
             himself
             never
             saw
             good
             day
             after
             this
             bloody
             Massacre
             ,
             though
             the
             Court-Sycophants
             had
             promised
             him
             that
             it
             should
             prove
             the
             first
             happy
             day
             of
             his
             absolute
             Monarchy
             .
             For
             though
             he
             had
             been
             long
             drenched
             in
             Lust
             (
             a
             sin
             seldom
             separated
             from
             a
             Persecutor
             )
             by
             his
             ordinary
             Adultery
             with
             a
             mean
             Wench
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             begat
             Charles
             of
             Engolism
             ,
             afterwards
             Earl
             of
             Auvern
             :
             And
             though
             he
             had
             been
             trained
             up
             by
             his
             Mother
             to
             see
             the
             slaughter
             of
             Beasts
             ;
             and
             ever
             in
             his
             Chases
             had
             been
             accustomed
             to
             bath
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             slain
             Game
             (
             which
             might
             have
             served
             to
             stupifie
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             inflame
             his
             fierce
             and
             cruel
             nature
             ,
             yet
             )
             a
             very
             stinging
             remorse
             in
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             did
             ever
             pursue
             and
             haunt
             him
             after
             that
             merciless
             slaughter
             ,
             brought
             about
             ,
             chiefly
             by
             his
             own
             swearing
             and
             forswearing
             ,
             (
             by
             which
             the
             King
             of
             Navar
             ,
             and
             the
             Admiral
             Coligni
             were
             deceived
             )
             His
             eyes
             ever
             rolled
             up
             and
             down
             uncertainly
             in
             the
             Day-time
             with
             fear
             and
             suspition
             ,
             and
             his
             sleep
             was
             usually
             interrupted
             in
             the
             night
             with
             dismal
             Dreams
             and
             Apparitions
             (
             like
             
             our
             King
             Richard
             the
             Third
             of
             England
             after
             he
             had
             murthered
             his
             two
             Nephews
             in
             the
             Tower
             )
             Nay
             ,
             though
             he
             survived
             that
             Massacre
             not
             fully
             two
             years
             ,
             yet
             had
             he
             in
             that
             time
             plotted
             the
             death
             of
             the
             said
             Henry
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             and
             the
             removal
             of
             the
             Queen-Mother
             ,
             and
             her
             Instruments
             from
             the
             Helm
             of
             State
             :
             But
             as
             he
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             the
             Massacre
             had
             poisoned
             that
             incomparable
             Princess
             for
             Learning
             and
             Piety
             ,
             Joan
             ,
             Queen
             of
             Navar
             :
             So
             did
             his
             Mother
             ,
             or
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             (
             by
             way
             of
             prevention
             ,
             or
             anticipation
             )
             minister
             to
             him
             his
             fatal
             sharp
             Phisick
             ,
             of
             which
             (
             after
             many
             and
             grievous
             torments
             )
             he
             deceased
             upon
             
               Whitsunday
               ,
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1574.
             being
             not
             full
             twenty
             five
             years
             old
             .
          
           
             150.
             
             The
             Queen-Mother
             ,
             the
             Kings
             two
             Brethren
             ,
             the
             Cardinal
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             only
             joined
             with
             him
             in
             his
             Persecution
             ,
             but
             encouraged
             him
             to
             it
             ,
             they
             still
             survived
             ,
             and
             for
             ought
             men
             saw
             ,
             were
             firmly
             setled
             in
             Peace
             and
             Prosperity
             :
             Though
             Guise
             might
             have
             taken
             warning
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             Claude
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Aumal
             ,
             his
             Brother
             ,
             slain
             with
             a
             Musket-Bullet
             from
             the
             walls
             of
             Rochel
             ,
             
             as
             he
             lay
             in
             Siege
             before
             it
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1573.
             
          
           
             151.
             
             Henry
             his
             Brother
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             King
             Charles
             ,
             was
             not
             long
             before
             chosen
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             where
             he
             then
             was
             ;
             but
             hearing
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Brother
             ,
             he
             clandestinly
             stole
             away
             from
             that
             Kingdom
             to
             return
             to
             France
             .
             In
             his
             return
             the
             good
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             the
             Venetian
             State
             ,
             earnestly
             advised
             him
             to
             maintain
             the
             former
             Edicts
             of
             Pacification
             inviolably
             ,
             and
             not
             force
             the
             Consciences
             of
             men
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ;
             Of
             the
             same
             Opinion
             also
             were
             all
             his
             wisest
             Councellors
             ,
             who
             saw
             plainly
             that
             the
             encreasing
             of
             the
             Protestants
             was
             the
             only
             means
             now
             left
             under
             Heaven
             to
             draw
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Conclave
             to
             yield
             some
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             it
             needed
             exceedingly
             .
             But
             his
             Mother
             advised
             him
             by
             all
             means
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Professors
             of
             the
             truth
             by
             Fire
             and
             Sword.
             And
             others
             there
             were
             of
             loose
             and
             Atheistical
             Lives
             ,
             as
             Henry
             Duke
             of
             
               Guise
               ;
               Lewis
            
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             
               Guise
               ;
               Renalt
               Villoclare
            
             (
             A
             man
             ,
             saith
             the
             incomparable
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Thou
            
             ,
             fatally
             preferr'd
             to
             be
             an
             attendant
             upon
             this
             King
             by
             his
             Mother
             )
             and
             diverse
             others
             ,
             who
             perswaded
             the
             King
             to
             break
             the
             aforesaid
             
             Edicts
             for
             Pacification
             ,
             and
             never
             to
             sheath
             his
             Sword
             till
             he
             had
             utterly
             ruined
             all
             the
             Protestants
             in
             France
             :
             And
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             weak
             ,
             and
             degenerate
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Guise
             (
             being
             the
             Arch-enemies
             of
             the
             Gospel
             )
             became
             at
             length
             so
             potent
             ,
             and
             triumphed
             so
             notoriously
             over
             the
             impotency
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             they
             forced
             him
             to
             seek
             to
             those
             very
             Protestants
             for
             support
             ,
             against
             whom
             he
             had
             taken
             a
             Solemn
             Oath
             for
             their
             utter
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Infinite
             almost
             were
             the
             Treasures
             which
             he
             spent
             upon
             his
             Minions
             and
             Pleasures
             (
             His
             expenses
             upon
             his
             Dogs
             only
             ,
             amounted
             in
             those
             times
             to
             twenty
             thousand
             pounds
             yearly
             at
             the
             least
             )
             but
             most
             was
             exhausted
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             his
             Wars
             against
             the
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             152.
             
             Guise
             ,
             and
             his
             Faction
             now
             grown
             strong
             ,
             and
             assured
             of
             support
             from
             King
             Philip
             the
             Second
             of
             Spain
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             expelled
             his
             King
             out
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             heaped
             a
             world
             of
             other
             insolent
             affronts
             upon
             him
             ,
             was
             drawn
             by
             him
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1588.
             to
             the
             Assembly
             then
             held
             at
             Blois
             .
             He
             came
             thither
             with
             his
             Brother
             
               Lewis
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Cardinal
             of
             Guise
             ,
             and
             Charles
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Ionvile
             ,
             his
             Son
             ,
             upon
             the
             same
             Royal
             Assurance
             
             of
             safety
             ,
             with
             which
             Charles
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             had
             (
             by
             his
             advise
             )
             deceived
             the
             Protestants
             before
             the
             abhorred
             Massacre
             in
             the
             year
             1572.
             
             But
             during
             this
             Assembly
             this
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             was
             slain
             ,
             against
             the
             
               Publick
               Faith
            
             given
             him
             ,
             not
             only
             within
             the
             Castle
             of
             Blois
             ,
             but
             in
             that
             very
             room
             ,
             wherein
             sixteen
             years
             before
             he
             had
             advised
             the
             bloody
             Massacre
             of
             Paris
             to
             be
             executed
             .
             Two
             circumstances
             also
             do
             add
             much
             horror
             to
             the
             punishment
             it self
             :
             One
             was
             that
             he
             was
             but
             newly
             risen
             from
             the
             bed
             of
             his
             adulterate
             Lust
             ,
             having
             not
             been
             able
             before
             this
             night
             ,
             to
             conquer
             the
             chastity
             of
             a
             Gentlewoman
             that
             waited
             on
             the
             Queen-Mother
             :
             and
             therefore
             was
             so
             eager
             in
             reaping
             the
             fruits
             of
             his
             long
             Siege
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             not
             to
             the
             Council
             Chamber
             ,
             till
             he
             was
             oft
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             even
             then
             scarcely
             ready
             :
             The
             other
             was
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             first
             wound
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             him
             in
             his
             Throat
             ,
             and
             immediately
             caused
             the
             Blood
             so
             abundantly
             to
             stream
             out
             of
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             as
             he
             never
             had
             time
             so
             much
             as
             to
             call
             upon
             God
             for
             mercy
             or
             forgiveness
             ,
             but
             spent
             his
             last
             minute
             in
             endeavouring
             to
             revenge
             himself
             upon
             his
             Murtherers
             .
          
           
             153.
             
             A
             while
             after
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             Guise
             ,
             
             his
             Brother
             (
             who
             had
             been
             a
             great
             Gamester
             at
             Cards
             and
             Dice
             ;
             perished
             also
             in
             the
             same
             Castle
             of
             Blois
             by
             a
             violent
             Death
             .
             
               Katherine
               de
               Medices
            
             ,
             the
             Queen-Mother
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             the
             chief
             cause
             for
             thirty
             years
             together
             of
             the
             shedding
             of
             so
             much
             innocent
             Blood
             ,
             being
             present
             at
             the
             same
             time
             in
             the
             said
             Castle
             ,
             stormed
             secretly
             that
             so
             great
             an
             action
             should
             be
             entred
             into
             ,
             and
             effected
             without
             her
             advice
             :
             And
             when
             she
             heard
             that
             
               Charles
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Main
             was
             escaped
             ,
             (
             being
             the
             younger
             Brother
             to
             the
             murthered
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             )
             she
             presaged
             to
             the
             King
             her
             Son
             ,
             the
             sad
             Issue
             of
             that
             rash
             attempt
             ,
             which
             he
             (
             as
             it
             seems
             )
             interpreting
             to
             be
             rather
             the
             expression
             of
             her
             wishes
             than
             her
             fears
             ;
             and
             having
             by
             many
             woful
             experiences
             ,
             seen
             the
             effects
             of
             her
             revengful
             Italian
             Spirit
             ,
             took
             a
             course
             to
             pacify
             her
             wrath
             :
             For
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             she
             there
             ended
             her
             unhappy
             Life
             ,
             by
             poison
             (
             saith
             
               Elias
               Reusner
            
             )
             in
             the
             same
             Castle
             also
             ,
             where
             she
             held
             the
             first
             secret
             and
             bloody
             Council
             for
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             bloody
             Massacre
             .
             Francis
             her
             youngest
             Son
             dyed
             before
             her
             ,
             June
             the
             tenth
             ,
             Anno
             1584.
             in
             the
             one
             and
             thirtieth
             year
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             of
             a
             violent
             poison
             ,
             probably
             ministred
             to
             him
             by
             some
             of
             the
             
             
               Hispaniolized
               Guisards
            
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             caused
             very
             much
             Blood
             to
             issue
             out
             of
             his
             Body
             in
             several
             places
             ,
             the
             sight
             of
             which
             purple
             streams
             might
             well
             call
             upon
             him
             to
             remember
             with
             what
             inhumane
             Pride
             he
             trampled
             upon
             the
             bloody
             streets
             of
             Paris
             in
             the
             great
             slaughter
             committed
             upon
             Gods
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             about
             twelve
             years
             before
             .
          
           
             154.
             
             There
             now
             only
             remained
             Henry
             the
             Third
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             ,
             alive
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             first
             contrivers
             ,
             and
             principal
             Executioners
             of
             that
             inhumane
             Massacre
             ,
             which
             no
             Age
             ,
             no
             Time
             ,
             no
             Action
             of
             the
             most
             Barbarous
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             could
             ever
             parallel
             ,
             till
             that
             horrid
             Massacre
             of
             the
             bloody
             Irish
             upon
             the
             English
             Protestants
             in
             the
             year
             1641.
             
             October
             23.
             wherin
             above
             one
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             thousand
             perished
             in
             one
             of
             the
             four
             Provinces
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             after
             the
             most
             savage
             and
             barbarous
             manner
             that
             ever
             was
             read
             of
             .
          
           
             155.
             
             
               Charles
               Lorainer
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Main
             was
             presently
             upon
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Brother
             made
             General
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               League
            
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             stiled
             it
             )
             And
             Paris
             it self
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             all
             the
             Popish
             Cities
             beyond
             the
             Loi●
             giving
             up
             their
             Names
             and
             Forces
             to
             that
             Faction
             ,
             supported
             from
             Rome
             by
             Pope
             
             Sixtus
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             and
             from
             Spain
             by
             Philip
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             156.
             
             When
             the
             King
             saw
             that
             neither
             his
             acting
             the
             Monk
             with
             the
             Flagellators
             ,
             nor
             his
             playing
             the
             Devil
             against
             the
             Prostants
             ,
             could
             secure
             him
             from
             a
             speedy
             ruine
             by
             the
             violent
             hands
             of
             Rebels
             ;
             He
             sent
             to
             the
             victorious
             King
             of
             Navar
             (
             his
             Brother
             in
             Law
             )
             and
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Army
             ,
             before
             whose
             known
             valour
             the
             Popish
             Forces
             hastened
             back
             from
             the
             Loyer
             to
             the
             
               Seine
               ;
               Henry
            
             the
             Third
             pursued
             them
             ,
             and
             pitched
             his
             Royal
             Pavilion
             at
             S.
             Clou
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             the
             Gates
             of
             Paris
             .
             But
             his
             former
             cruelties
             ,
             and
             persecutions
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             were
             doubtless
             the
             hinderances
             of
             his
             new
             expected
             Victories
             ,
             and
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             so
             ordered
             it
             that
             in
             the
             very
             place
             where
             the
             last
             resolution
             was
             taken
             by
             himself
             ,
             his
             Mother
             ,
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             others
             for
             the
             speedy
             Execution
             of
             that
             brutish
             Massacre
             ,
             about
             seventeen
             years
             before
             ,
             nay
             in
             the
             very
             same
             House
             of
             
               Jerom
               de
               Gondy
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             very
             same
             Room
             and
             Chamber
             (
             saith
             
               John
               de
               Serres
            
             )
             was
             murthered
             by
             
               James
               Clement
            
             ,
             a
             
               Jesuited
               Monk
               ,
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1589.
             and
             in
             the
             nine
             and
             thirtieth
             year
             of
             his
             Age.
             
          
           
           
             This
             Assasination
             was
             promoted
             by
             
               Pope
               Sixtus
            
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             by
             the
             seditious
             Sermons
             of
             
               Jesuits
               ,
               Priests
            
             ,
             and
             Friars
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             persecution
             of
             
               Katherine
               Mary
            
             ,
             Duchess
             of
             Mompensier
             ,
             Sister
             of
             the
             slain
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             horribly
             transported
             with
             malice
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             with
             desire
             of
             revenge
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             she
             prostitued
             her
             Body
             to
             that
             
               Jesuited
               Goat
            
             ,
             to
             encourage
             him
             the
             more
             to
             that
             horrid
             murther
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             to
             stupify
             and
             harden
             his
             Soul
             by
             his
             filthy
             Lust
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             not
             startle
             at
             any
             other
             wickedness
             whatsoever
             .
             Yet
             as
             this
             King
             some
             Months
             before
             his
             Death
             had
             altered
             his
             former
             bloody
             resolution
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ;
             so
             did
             the
             Divine
             Providence
             at
             his
             Death
             afford
             him
             some
             hours
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             after
             the
             bloody
             knife
             had
             been
             sheathed
             in
             his
             Belly
             ;
             in
             which
             time
             he
             acknowledged
             his
             sin
             ,
             and
             his
             error
             in
             having
             been
             so
             long
             miss-lead
             by
             his
             ambitious
             and
             malicious
             Counsellors
             ,
             and
             his
             sin
             in
             having
             persecuted
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             for
             having
             enforced
             the
             Conscience
             of
             many
             to
             submit
             to
             Popery
             against
             the
             known
             Truth
             by
             threats
             and
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             157.
             
             Our
             Queen
             Mary
             began
             her
             Reign
             
             with
             the
             breach
             of
             her
             
               Publick
               Faith.
            
             .
             For
             whereas
             the
             Crown
             was
             set
             upon
             her
             head
             by
             the
             Gentry
             and
             Commons
             of
             Suffolk
             ,
             (
             although
             they
             knew
             her
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             (
             which
             shews
             that
             the
             godly
             Protestants
             ,
             whatsoever
             is
             suggested
             to
             the
             contrary
             by
             Lustful
             ,
             Prophane
             ,
             and
             Popishly
             affected
             Persons
             ,
             are
             the
             best
             Subjects
             that
             any
             Sovereign
             can
             be
             happy
             in
             )
             yet
             she
             ,
             in
             one
             of
             her
             first
             Acts
             of
             Council
             ,
             took
             order
             for
             their
             restraint
             ,
             long
             before
             the
             Mass
             and
             
               Latine
               Service
            
             were
             generally
             received
             in
             London
             ,
             and
             caused
             that
             Diocess
             to
             tast
             the
             sharpest
             Inquisition
             ,
             and
             Persecution
             that
             raged
             during
             her
             Reign
             ,
             which
             was
             happily
             shortened
             by
             her
             Husbands
             contemning
             her
             Person
             ,
             and
             her
             Enemies
             conquering
             her
             Dominions
             ,
             neither
             of
             which
             she
             had
             power
             either
             to
             recover
             ,
             or
             revenge
             :
             So
             that
             though
             she
             dyed
             not
             by
             any
             outward
             violence
             ,
             yet
             was
             her
             end
             as
             inglorious
             and
             miserable
             ,
             as
             her
             Reign
             had
             been
             turbulent
             and
             bloody
             .
             She
             might
             have
             taken
             warning
             by
             the
             sudden
             ,
             and
             immature
             Death
             of
             King
             James
             the
             Fifth
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             her
             Cousin
             German
             ,
             who
             ,
             raising
             a
             persecution
             there
             ,
             against
             his
             Loyal
             and
             innocent
             Subjects
             that
             were
             Protestants
             ,
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1539.
             burning
             some
             ,
             exiling
             ,
             and
             imprisoning
             
             others
             ,
             and
             forcing
             many
             to
             blaspheme
             ,
             in
             abjuring
             the
             known
             truth
             ;
             and
             all
             by
             advice
             and
             procurement
             of
             
               James
               Beaton
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             S.
             Andrews
             ,
             and
             
               David
               Beaton
               ,
               Abbot
            
             of
             Arbroth
             ,
             his
             Brother
             ,
             never
             saw
             good
             day
             after
             :
             For
             two
             brave
             young
             Princes
             his
             Sons
             ,
             were
             the
             year
             following
             ,
             cut
             off
             by
             untimely
             ends
             in
             their
             Cradles
             :
             Wars
             to
             his
             great
             disadvantage
             and
             loss
             were
             raised
             between
             him
             and
             our
             King
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             fell
             out
             so
             cross
             to
             his
             haughty
             and
             vast
             mind
             as
             that
             it
             hastened
             his
             Death
             ,
             which
             fell
             out
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1542.
             
             
               See
               more
               of
               him
               before
            
             .
          
           
             Many
             also
             are
             the
             Examples
             of
             Gods
             severe
             ,
             but
             righteous
             Judgments
             of
             God
             upon
             Popish
             persecuting
             Prelates
             ,
             whereof
             you
             have
             store
             of
             instances
             in
             my
             two
             Martyrologies
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             two
             Vollumes
             of
             Examples
             .
             I
             shall
             content
             my self
             for
             the
             present
             with
             two
             or
             three
             ,
             which
             though
             briefly
             set
             down
             there
             ,
             yet
             here
             more
             largely
             .
          
           
             158.
             
             
               Thomas
               Arundal
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             having
             been
             the
             successful
             Traytor
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             his
             Reverend
             Follow-Bishops
             ,
             to
             estabish
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             in
             the
             Throne
             of
             King
             Richard
             the
             Second
             ,
             
             his
             Liege
             Lord
             ,
             and
             Cousin
             German
             ,
             pressed
             the
             new
             King
             (
             whose
             broken
             Title
             needed
             the
             supportments
             of
             his
             Prelates
             )
             to
             use
             his
             temporal
             Sword
             for
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Disciples
             of
             
               John
               Wickliff
            
             ,
             whose
             numbers
             at
             that
             time
             were
             so
             encreased
             that
             they
             even
             filled
             the
             Kingdom
             :
             The
             King
             assented
             .
             and
             having
             by
             their
             cruel
             instigation
             ,
             shed
             the
             blood
             of
             many
             of
             Gods
             Saints
             ,
             his
             Reign
             proved
             neither
             long
             nor
             prosperous
             .
          
           
             159.
             
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             .
             his
             Son
             ,
             a
             brave
             and
             marshal
             Prince
             ,
             succeeding
             him
             ,
             the
             Protestants
             began
             to
             meet
             more
             publickly
             ,
             and
             to
             profess
             the
             Truth
             more
             openly
             than
             before
             .
             The
             Arch-Bishop
             thereupon
             renews
             his
             former
             Suit
             to
             the
             Son
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             before
             successfully
             pressed
             upon
             the
             Father
             .
             In
             particular
             ,
             he
             first
             aimed
             at
             the
             destruction
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               Oldcastle
               (
               See
               his
               Life
               in
               my
               second
               Volume
               of
               Lives
               )
            
             who
             had
             most
             affronted
             him
             .
             He
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             great
             Alliances
             ,
             and
             the
             favour
             of
             his
             King
             ,
             who
             called
             him
             
               His
               Knight
            
             ,
             might
             have
             expected
             exemption
             from
             their
             Tyranny
             :
             But
             they
             prevailed
             with
             the
             King
             (
             as
             saith
             Arch-Bishop
             Parker
             )
             
               Rex
               virum
               clarum
               ,
               sibique
               familiarissimum
               ,
               Episcoporum
               potestati
               ,
               &
               carnisioinae
            
             
             permisit
             :
             The
             King
             gave
             up
             this
             famous
             man
             ,
             and
             who
             was
             dear
             to
             himself
             ,
             to
             the
             power
             ,
             and
             destruction
             of
             the
             Bishops
             :
             And
             yet
             it
             pleased
             God
             that
             he
             outlived
             this
             persecuting
             Arch-Prelate
             two
             years
             at
             least
             .
             For
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             having
             murthered
             many
             godly
             Saints
             in
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fourths
             time
             ,
             and
             being
             a
             great
             stickler
             in
             state
             affairs
             ,
             having
             long
             before
             procured
             himself
             to
             be
             made
             Lord
             Chancellour
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             lastly
             (
             in
             a
             Synod
             held
             by
             himself
             at
             Rochester
             )
             having
             forbidden
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             in
             English
             ,
             and
             limited
             Preachers
             ,
             under
             an
             heavy
             censure
             ,
             what
             they
             should
             treat
             of
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             was
             soon
             cut
             off
             himself
             by
             the
             immediate
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             condemned
             that
             warlike
             Kinght
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Old-Castle
            
             ,
             Lord
             Cobham
             ,
             before
             he
             could
             see
             him
             executed
             .
             For
             his
             Tongue
             was
             so
             swoln
             ,
             and
             benummed
             that
             he
             could
             neither
             swallow
             ,
             nor
             speak
             ,
             some
             days
             before
             his
             Death
             :
             It
             being
             (
             saith
             one
             )
             the
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             upon
             him
             (
             and
             may
             be
             a
             warning
             to
             all
             other
             wicked
             
               Popish
               Prelates
            
             )
             that
             as
             he
             had
             muzled
             up
             the
             mouths
             of
             Preachers
             ,
             and
             kept
             the
             Scriptures
             from
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             being
             their
             spiritual
             food
             .
             So
             he
             should
             neither
             be
             able
             to
             
             swallow
             nor
             speak
             ,
             from
             that
             very
             minute
             that
             this
             Judgment
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             dyed
             within
             a
             few
             days
             after
             ,
             in
             great
             torment
             ,
             and
             extremity
             ,
             by
             a
             languishing
             silence
             and
             famishment
             .
          
           
             A
             later
             Example
             we
             have
             in
             the
             admirable
             punishment
             of
             
               James
               Beton
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             S.
             Andrews
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             who
             was
             also
             a
             member
             of
             the
             purpurated
             Conclave
             at
             Rome
             .
             He
             had
             for
             diverse
             years
             been
             an
             inveterate
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             the
             Professors
             of
             it
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             under
             King
             James
             the
             Fifth
             :
             And
             after
             his
             Death
             ,
             taking
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             infancy
             of
             the
             Princess
             Mary
             ,
             the
             Hereditary
             Queen
             of
             that
             Realm
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             a
             work
             worthy
             of
             himself
             ,
             to
             double
             die
             his
             Purple
             Robes
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Saints
             :
             And
             to
             make
             a
             full
             and
             clear
             way
             for
             that
             his
             sanguinary
             Project
             ,
             he
             forged
             a
             Will
             of
             the
             deceased
             King
             ,
             whereby
             he
             was
             established
             the
             chief
             Regent
             there
             ,
             during
             the
             young
             Ladies
             incapacity
             to
             Reign
             :
             From
             which
             yet
             ,
             his
             false
             play
             being
             discovered
             ,
             he
             was
             removed
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             while
             imprisoned
             :
             Yet
             was
             he
             no
             sooner
             delivered
             ,
             but
             he
             presently
             endeavoured
             to
             raise
             a
             new
             and
             a
             fatal
             war
             between
             England
             and
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             to
             root
             out
             the
             Professors
             of
             
             the
             Truth
             by
             a
             violent
             and
             bloody
             Persecution
             .
             And
             among
             others
             whom
             he
             cited
             ,
             imprisoned
             ,
             or
             exiled
             in
             the
             year
             1545.
             he
             seized
             upon
             Mr.
             
               George
               Wiseheart
            
             (
             a
             very
             eloquent
             and
             learned
             Preacher
             )
             who
             by
             the
             Latin
             writers
             of
             that
             age
             is
             called
             Sophocardius
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             their
             own
             Popish
             Canons
             ,
             adjudged
             him
             to
             present
             death
             himself
             ,
             which
             is
             never
             done
             ,
             except
             by
             the
             hellish
             Inquisition
             of
             Spain
             ,
             but
             by
             delivering
             the
             Martyrs
             into
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Civil-Magistrate
             ;
             And
             in
             his
             Court
             before
             the
             Castle
             of
             S.
             Andrews
             ,
             caused
             that
             bloody
             Sentence
             to
             be
             executed
             ,
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Wiseheart
             being
             first
             strangled
             ,
             and
             his
             Body
             afterwards
             burnt
             to
             Ashes
             ;
             The
             Cardinal
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             had
             a
             Chamber
             prepared
             for
             him
             ,
             with
             Carpets
             and
             Cushions
             in
             the
             Windows
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             he
             was
             a
             Triumphant
             Spectator
             of
             this
             godly
             mans
             Martyrdom
             :
             From
             which
             window
             he
             departed
             ,
             not
             more
             delighted
             ,
             than
             (
             as
             himself
             thought
             )
             secured
             ;
             and
             presently
             he
             began
             to
             fortify
             his
             Castle
             against
             all
             Assaults
             .
          
           
             But
             Gods
             Judgment
             from
             Eternity
             awarded
             against
             him
             ,
             for
             this
             later
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             former
             cruelties
             exercised
             upon
             his
             faithful
             Servants
             ,
             slep'd
             not
             .
             For
             within
             a
             few
             
             weeks
             after
             ,
             the
             Cardinal
             having
             falsified
             his
             Promise
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               Norman
               Lesly
            
             ,
             Son
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Rothsay
             ,
             a
             zealous
             Romanist
             ;
             He
             upon
             the
             thirteenth
             day
             of
             May
             ,
             the
             same
             year
             ,
             with
             about
             fourteen
             resolute
             Gentlemen
             in
             his
             company
             ,
             entred
             the
             said
             Castle
             of
             S.
             Andrews
             ,
             where
             the
             Cardinal
             lay
             (
             having
             had
             a
             whore
             with
             him
             all
             that
             night
             )
             and
             having
             first
             assured
             himself
             of
             all
             within
             ,
             and
             the
             Gates
             without
             ,
             he
             slew
             the
             bloody
             Prelate
             by
             his
             Bed-side
             without
             Law
             or
             Justice
             ,
             who
             had
             but
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             most
             unjustly
             condemned
             and
             murthered
             the
             aforesaid
             Mr.
             Wiseheart
             ,
             and
             being
             willing
             to
             expose
             the
             dead
             Carcass
             of
             that
             cruel
             Persecutor
             (
             all
             weltring
             and
             besmeared
             with
             blood
             )
             unto
             the
             view
             of
             the
             People
             (
             who
             abhorred
             his
             Butcheries
             ,
             and
             rejoiced
             at
             his
             fall
             )
             casually
             they
             laid
             it
             along
             ,
             to
             be
             seen
             of
             all
             men
             in
             that
             very
             window
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             leaning
             at
             his
             ease
             upon
             rich
             Cushions
             ,
             he
             had
             proudly
             beheld
             the
             death
             of
             that
             precious
             Martyr
             .
          
           
             161.
             
             It
             s
             very
             observable
             which
             Historians
             take
             notice
             of
             ,
             that
             generally
             the
             greatest
             Persecutors
             are
             most
             drenched
             in
             the
             sin
             of
             uncleanness
             ,
             and
             Epicurism
             .
             What
             was
             Escovedo
             ,
             that
             great
             Instrument
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Spain's
             cruelties
             against
             the
             Evangelical
             
             Party
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             but
             a
             a
             very
             Lump
             of
             Lust
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             end
             proved
             fatal
             to
             him
             ?
          
           
             162.
             
             
               Peter
               Espinac
            
             ,
             A
             Bishop
             of
             Lions
             in
             France
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             Persecutor
             ,
             and
             one
             that
             lived
             in
             incest
             with
             his
             own
             Sister
             .
          
           
             163.
             
             John
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             S.
             Andrews
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             spent
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Revenues
             of
             his
             See
             ,
             and
             the
             seisure
             of
             the
             Protestants
             Estates
             (
             whose
             mortal
             Enemy
             he
             was
             )
             upon
             his
             Whores
             and
             Revellings
             .
          
           
             164.
             
             The
             Cardinal
             of
             Granvels
             Veneries
             were
             so
             manifest
             and
             numerous
             ,
             as
             when
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1574.
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Tunis
             ,
             and
             the
             strong
             Fort
             of
             Gulette
             (
             formerly
             esteemed
             impregnable
             )
             were
             won
             by
             the
             Turks
             ;
             the
             Spaniards
             made
             a
             jest
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             said
             openly
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Cardinals
               Breeches
               ,
               had
               occasioned
               that
               loss
               ,
            
             meaning
             thereby
             ,
             that
             King
             Philip
             the
             Second
             ,
             relying
             chiefly
             upon
             his
             advice
             in
             that
             ,
             and
             in
             most
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             important
             affairs
             ,
             the
             Cardinals
             Lusts
             so
             took
             him
             up
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             leisure
             to
             advise
             the
             King
             for
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             165.
             
             Cardinal
             Beton
             (
             aforementioned
             )
             wallowed
             at
             home
             with
             pollution
             among
             his
             Harlots
             ,
             and
             raged
             abroad
             with
             the
             blood
             and
             slaughter
             of
             the
             innocent
             Servants
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
           
             166.
             
             In
             that
             Hellish
             Massacre
             on
             S.
             Bartholomew's
             Day
             ,
             in
             Paris
             it self
             :
             The
             Murtherers
             there
             ,
             were
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             brutish
             and
             lustful
             Soldiers
             ,
             or
             profane
             Varlets
             of
             the
             scum
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             though
             their
             Leaders
             were
             more
             noble
             ,
             yet
             less
             virtuous
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Guise
             ,
             and
             
               Aumale
               ,
               Albert
               ,
               Gondy
            
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Rets
               ,
               Tavanne
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             them
             that
             were
             bred
             up
             in
             Lust
             ,
             Revellings
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             Debaucheries
             .
          
           
             167.
             
             The
             next
             place
             that
             came
             nearest
             to
             the
             cruelties
             exercised
             at
             Paris
             ,
             was
             the
             City
             of
             Lions
             ,
             where
             the
             numbers
             of
             the
             slain
             and
             massacred
             was
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             their
             Bodies
             being
             thrown
             into
             the
             river
             Rhodanus
             ,
             or
             Rosne
             ,
             stained
             and
             corrupted
             the
             water
             ,
             the
             violence
             of
             which
             stream
             ,
             carrying
             them
             down
             by
             heaps
             to
             Tornou
             ,
             (
             where
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             not
             knowing
             what
             they
             were
             ,
             but
             fearing
             that
             it
             proceeded
             from
             invasion
             by
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             Robbers
             ,
             assembled
             themselves
             in
             Arms
             together
             for
             their
             mutual
             defence
             .
             )
             The
             chief
             Ring-leaders
             ,
             and
             Abettors
             of
             which
             Butchery
             (
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Thou
            
             ,
             a
             Papist
             ,
             yet
             an
             incomparable
             Historian
             ,
             confesseth
             )
             to
             have
             been
             
               Boidon
               ,
               Mormieu
            
             ,
             and
             Clou
             ,
             three
             of
             the
             most
             wicked
             ,
             and
             vilest
             Varlets
             that
             a
             Kingdom
             could
             harbour
             ;
             which
             Boidon
             
             was
             afterwards
             executed
             at
             Clermont
             in
             Auvergne
             :
             And
             if
             Mormieu
             escaped
             a
             shameful
             end
             ,
             yet
             surely
             he
             deserved
             it
             as
             well
             as
             his
             Fellow
             Persecutor
             ,
             having
             before
             (
             as
             Semanus
             confesseth
             )
             procured
             the
             murther
             of
             his
             own
             Father
             ?
          
           
             At
             Tholous
             also
             ,
             a
             few
             days
             after
             ,
             a
             great
             slaughter
             of
             the
             godly
             was
             committed
             ;
             not
             by
             the
             better
             sort
             of
             Citizens
             ,
             or
             sober
             ,
             or
             morally
             virtuous
             Papists
             ;
             but
             by
             one
             Turry
             ,
             and
             a
             number
             of
             other
             infamous
             ,
             and
             lewd
             persons
             like
             himself
             ,
             who
             joined
             themselves
             together
             for
             the
             effecting
             of
             that
             bloody
             execution
             .
          
           
             The
             like
             Villany
             was
             perpetrated
             and
             done
             at
             the
             great
             City
             of
             Roan
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             by
             one
             Maronie
             ,
             a
             most
             infamous
             Ruffian
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             many
             of
             other
             base
             Varlets
             ,
             who
             flocked
             to
             him
             as
             to
             their
             chief
             Ringleader
             .
          
           
             168.
             
             But
             in
             none
             of
             them
             were
             these
             two
             hellish
             sins
             of
             Adultery
             and
             Blood
             more
             eminently
             coupled
             together
             than
             in
             Paygillard
             ,
             the
             Master
             Butcher
             at
             Angiers
             ,
             who
             having
             long
             continued
             in
             the
             sin
             of
             Adultery
             ,
             was
             at
             last
             enticed
             by
             his
             Harlot
             ,
             to
             murther
             his
             own
             wife
             .
          
           
             169.
             
             In
             France
             ,
             after
             this
             barbarous
             and
             cruel
             Massacre
             ,
             the
             eighth
             day
             of
             November
             following
             ,
             there
             appeared
             a
             dreadful
             Comet
             ,
             
             concerning
             which
             ,
             a
             Learned
             Protestant
             ,
             presently
             after
             published
             an
             elaborate
             Poem
             ,
             wherein
             he
             presaged
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             Gods
             Herald
             or
             Messenger
             to
             denounce
             his
             Judgment
             quickly
             to
             ensue
             upon
             that
             Kingdom
             for
             their
             late
             inhumane
             Butcheries
             .
             These
             Verses
             were
             scarcely
             come
             abroad
             ,
             when
             there
             suddenly
             broke
             out
             in
             Poictou
             ,
             a
             new
             ,
             dreadful
             ,
             and
             before
             unknown
             Disease
             ,
             commonly
             called
             
               the
               PoictovinChollick
            
             ,
             which
             miserably
             wasted
             that
             goodly
             Kingdom
             for
             above
             thirty
             years
             after
             .
             This
             Disease
             was
             accompanied
             with
             many
             extreme
             pains
             and
             torments
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             outward
             Parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             the
             inward
             and
             Vitals
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             it
             drew
             on
             diverse
             horrid
             Convulsions
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             ,
             blindness
             before
             it
             killed
             them
             .
             The
             strange
             Original
             ,
             the
             hidden
             nature
             ,
             and
             those
             unparallel'd
             torments
             which
             it
             produced
             ,
             sometimes
             resembling
             the
             very
             stabs
             ,
             and
             gashes
             made
             with
             Swords
             ,
             and
             Ponyards
             ,
             gave
             all
             impartial
             judgments
             just
             ground
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             finger
             of
             God
             himself
             in
             punishing
             the
             merciless
             Murthers
             of
             his
             Dear
             Saints
             .
          
           
             170.
             
             But
             though
             the
             brutish
             ,
             goatish
             Papists
             were
             so
             cruel
             and
             inhumane
             ,
             yet
             others
             there
             were
             of
             more
             moral
             and
             moderate
             
             Princiciples
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             very
             Souls
             abhorred
             and
             detested
             those
             barbarous
             practices
             .
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Thou
            
             in
             his
             unparallel'd
             ▪
             History
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             himself
             was
             about
             nineteen
             years
             old
             when
             that
             horrible
             and
             Hellish
             Massacre
             was
             committed
             in
             Paris
             on
             S.
             
               Bartholomews
               Day
            
             ,
             which
             fell
             out
             that
             year
             on
             the
             
               Lords
               Day
            
             ,
             and
             did
             in
             his
             very
             soul
             abhor
             the
             cruelty
             and
             savageness
             thereof
             ,
             when
             in
             his
             passage
             through
             the
             streets
             to
             Mattins
             that
             Morning
             ,
             he
             met
             with
             diverse
             Villains
             ,
             dragging
             along
             the
             dead
             Body
             of
             
               Hierom
               Grolet
            
             ,
             late
             Governour
             of
             Orleance
             ,
             all
             weltring
             with
             gastly
             wounds
             in
             his
             own
             Blood
             :
             At
             which
             sight
             his
             Heart
             relenting
             ,
             and
             mourning
             inwardly
             ,
             not
             daring
             to
             shed
             tears
             publickly
             ,
             he
             hastened
             home
             to
             the
             House
             of
             
               Christopher
               de
               Thou
            
             ,
             his
             Father
             ,
             who
             at
             that
             time
             was
             the
             chief
             President
             of
             the
             Parliament
             in
             Paris
             ,
             there
             freely
             to
             deplore
             that
             execrable
             Butchery
             ;
             as
             did
             also
             the
             said
             Christopher
             ,
             his
             Father
             .
          
           
             171.
             
             
               Vidus
               Faber
               Pibratius
               ,
               John
               Merviller
               ,
               Belleureu
               ,
            
             all
             eminent
             men
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             judicious
             ,
             and
             morally
             virtuous
             Papists
             in
             that
             City
             ,
             did
             Christianly
             hide
             ,
             and
             so
             preserved
             many
             Protestants
             from
             a
             wretchless
             massacring
             .
             Nay
             ,
             
               Arman
               Guntald
            
             ,
             the
             old
             Marshal
             Biron
             (
             Father
             of
             Charles
             ,
             Duke
             of
             
             Biron
             ,
             that
             was
             beheaded
             in
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fourth's
             time
             )
             when
             the
             Deputies
             of
             Rochel
             came
             to
             him
             ,
             some
             few
             weeks
             after
             that
             bloody
             Execution
             ,
             to
             treat
             of
             a
             peaceable
             accomodation
             of
             their
             affairs
             ,
             he
             shed
             many
             tears
             in
             their
             presence
             upon
             his
             execrating
             the
             Authors
             of
             that
             Cruelty
             ,
             and
             acknowledged
             the
             great
             Mercy
             of
             God
             to
             him
             that
             he
             neither
             knew
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             had
             any
             hand
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             City
             of
             Lions
             also
             ,
             where
             the
             inhumanity
             of
             the
             Murtherers
             almost
             equalled
             that
             of
             
               Paris
               ,
               Mandelot
            
             the
             Governor
             there
             ,
             did
             his
             best
             to
             have
             prevented
             it
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Heart
             (
             with
             many
             other
             grave
             and
             sober
             Gitizens
             of
             the
             Romish
             Religion
             )
             utterly
             detested
             it
             .
             And
             when
             the
             slaughtered
             Bodies
             that
             were
             tumbled
             into
             the
             River
             of
             Rosne
             ,
             were
             carried
             down
             with
             the
             stream
             to
             
               Tornou
               ,
               Valence
               ,
               Vienne
            
             ,
             and
             Burg
             ,
             contiguous
             to
             the
             same
             River
             ,
             the
             Papists
             there
             ,
             generally
             detested
             the
             cruelty
             thereof
             :
             And
             at
             Arles
             ,
             where
             for
             want
             of
             Springs
             ,
             and
             Ponds
             they
             had
             most
             use
             of
             that
             River
             water
             ;
             yet
             they
             so
             much
             abhorred
             that
             Butchery
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             neither
             drink
             thereof
             ,
             nor
             yet
             eat
             any
             of
             the
             Fish
             taken
             therein
             ,
             for
             diverse
             days
             after
             :
             And
             generally
             in
             all
             Provence
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             Romish
             Religion
             drew
             the
             mangled
             Bodies
             out
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             humanity
             interred
             them
             .
          
           
           
             172.
             
             Monsieur
             Carragie
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             was
             Governour
             of
             the
             great
             City
             of
             Roan
             in
             Normandy
             ,
             did
             likewise
             oppose
             the
             Massacres
             there
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             power
             .
             As
             did
             also
             
               James
               Benedict
               Largahaston
            
             ,
             the
             Prime
             Senator
             of
             Burdeaux
             ,
             who
             thereby
             became
             himself
             in
             danger
             to
             have
             been
             slain
             by
             those
             seditious
             Varlets
             ,
             who
             at
             first
             had
             been
             stirred
             up
             to
             commit
             those
             outrages
             by
             the
             seditious
             Sermons
             of
             a
             lustful
             Jesuite
             ,
             called
             
               Eminund
               Auger
            
             .
          
           
             173.
             
             Claudus
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Tende
             ,
             a
             Descendant
             of
             the
             illustrious
             House
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Provence
             ,
             Monsieur
             
               de
               Gordes
            
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Daulpbany
             ,
             Monsieur
             Sauteran
             ,
             Governour
             of
             Auvergne
             ,
             and
             Francis
             Duke
             of
             Memorancy
             ,
             absolutely
             refused
             to
             suffer
             any
             Massacres
             to
             be
             committed
             in
             such
             places
             as
             were
             under
             any
             of
             their
             Governments
             :
             So
             as
             the
             Rochellers
             in
             their
             Declaration
             set
             out
             the
             same
             year
             ,
             do
             acknowledge
             that
             all
             such
             Romanists
             ,
             who
             had
             but
             any
             humanity
             left
             in
             them
             ,
             did
             in
             their
             Hearts
             abhor
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             Mouths
             detest
             those
             abominable
             outrages
             and
             hellish
             cruelties
             .
          
           
             174.
             
             And
             as
             the
             soberer
             and
             modester
             sort
             of
             Papists
             abhorred
             such
             brutishness
             ,
             so
             also
             they
             disswaded
             from
             the
             same
             .
          
           
           
             That
             Noble
             Gentleman
             
               David
               Hamilton
            
             gave
             this
             advice
             to
             James
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Arran
             ,
             then
             Regent
             of
             
               Scotland
               Anno
            
             1545.
             when
             Cardinal
             Beton
             would
             have
             perswaded
             him
             to
             have
             joined
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Persecution
             and
             Slaughter
             of
             the
             godly
             in
             that
             Kingdom
             :
             
               I
               cannot
               but
               wonder
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               that
               you
               should
               give
               up
               the
               innocent
               Servants
               of
               God
               ,
               against
               whom
               no
               Crime
               ,
               is
               objected
               ,
               but
               the
               Preaching
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               into
               the
               hands
               and
               power
               of
               men
               most
               infamous
               for
               Lust
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               wickedness
               ;
               which
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               those
               very
               Enemies
               of
               the
               Truth
               themselves
               cannot
               deny
               that
               the
               lives
               of
               such
               as
               profess
               this
               Doctrine
               which
               they
               so
               hate
               ,
               are
               full
               of
               integrity
               and
               virtue
               :
               And
               therefore
               although
               the
               profane
               and
               bloody
               Prelates
               could
               never
               be
               drawn
               to
               pity
               Gods
               Children
               ,
               much
               less
               to
               love
               them
               for
               their
               piety
               and
               innocency
               (
               being
               therein
               more
               inhumane
               than
               diverse
               of
               the
               Heathen
               Emperors
               themselves
               ,
               who
               ,
               upon
               the
               information
               of
               the
               virtuous
               and
               harmless
               deportment
               of
               the
               Christians
               ,
               by
               their
               Governours
               of
               Provinces
               ,
               caused
               their
               Persecutions
               to
               be
               slacked
               and
               ceased
               )
            
             Yet
             diverse
             Princes
             and
             moderate
             Pontificians
             ,
             have
             been
             moved
             by
             the
             upright
             and
             honest
             lives
             of
             Gods
             Children
             to
             further
             their
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             to
             abhor
             the
             cruelties
             which
             other
             Papists
             have
             practised
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
           
             175.
             
             Maximilian
             the
             Emperour
             ,
             son
             of
             Ferdinand
             the
             Second
             ,
             and
             Francis
             the
             First
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             were
             hence
             perswaded
             to
             grant
             unto
             their
             own
             subjects
             freedom
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             176.
             
             The
             Earl
             of
             Egmont
             ,
             and
             Horn
             (
             though
             zealous
             Papists
             )
             laboured
             with
             the
             Dutchess
             of
             Parma
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Low-Country
               Protestants
               might
               be
               free
               from
               Fines
               ,
               imprisonments
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               manner
               ●f
               Persecutions
               in
               respect
               of
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             177.
             
             Under
             Francis
             the
             Second
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1560.
             by
             the
             excellent
             and
             learned
             speeches
             of
             
               Charles
               Marillack
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Vienne
             ,
             and
             
               John
               de
               Monlu
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             Valence
             freely
             spoken
             before
             the
             King
             himself
             in
             behalf
             of
             the
             French
             Protestants
             ,
             all
             Persecution
             against
             them
             was
             restrained
             .
             The
             said
             Bishop
             among
             other
             particulars
             ,
             affirming
             boldly
             ,
             that
             a
             great
             encrease
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             proceeded
             from
             the
             ignorance
             and
             evil
             lives
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             who
             having
             laid
             aside
             the
             care
             of
             their
             Flocks
             ,
             had
             ,
             for
             many
             years
             made
             it
             their
             business
             to
             enhanse
             their
             Fines
             ,
             and
             Rents
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             deliciously
             ,
             and
             loosely
             ;
             so
             as
             there
             were
             sometimes
             forty
             of
             them
             seen
             at
             once
             together
             ,
             wasting
             their
             time
             in
             Luxury
             and
             idleness
             in
             Paris
             :
             the
             care
             of
             their
             
             Churches
             being
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             turned
             over
             to
             young
             and
             ignorant
             Fellows
             .
             And
             so
             the
             Bishops
             becoming
             blind
             and
             useless
             ;
             the
             
               Parish
               Priests
            
             also
             ,
             following
             the
             Example
             of
             their
             Diocesans
             ,
             were
             only
             intent
             upon
             spoiling
             and
             vexing
             their
             people
             about
             their
             Tithes
             ,
             but
             were
             wholly
             unskilful
             and
             negligent
             in
             preaching
             to
             them
             :
             And
             that
             therefore
             it
             was
             no
             wonder
             ,
             though
             diverse
             of
             the
             Nobility
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             did
             so
             readily
             hearken
             to
             new
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             Doctrines
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Counsel
             ,
             that
             the
             Conscience
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             forced
             ,
             nor
             any
             to
             be
             persecuted
             for
             matters
             of
             Religion
             meerly
             ,
             did
             
               Michael
               Hospitalius
            
             ,
             Chancellour
             of
             France
             ,
             give
             unto
             Charles
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             the
             same
             year
             that
             he
             succeded
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             after
             the
             death
             of
             the
             said
             Francis
             ,
             his
             Brother
             .
          
           
             178.
             
             By
             these
             foregoing
             Examples
             we
             may
             plainly
             see
             ,
             that
             their
             self-love
             ,
             and
             wallowing
             in
             all
             manner
             of
             sensuality
             ,
             is
             the
             great
             cause
             of
             their
             hatred
             to
             the
             godly
             ,
             whose
             lives
             and
             principles
             oppose
             their
             wickedness
             and
             errors
             .
             The
             persecutions
             of
             the
             Arrians
             against
             the
             Orthodox
             ,
             exceeded
             the
             cruelty
             of
             the
             Heathen
             Emperours
             ,
             but
             this
             of
             the
             Romanists
             far
             surpasseth
             and
             exceeds
             them
             both
             being
             joined
             together
             .
          
           
           
             179.
             
             
               Pope
               Paul
            
             the
             Third
             ,
             left
             this
             bloody
             Legacy
             to
             his
             Conclave
             when
             he
             dyed
             
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1359.
             (
             as
             is
             testified
             by
             Mounsieur
             
               de
               Thou
            
             )
             For
             having
             called
             diverse
             of
             the
             Cardinals
             into
             his
             Bed-chamber
             ,
             he
             exhorted
             them
             by
             all
             means
             to
             continue
             and
             maintain
             the
             Office
             of
             the
             Inquisition
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             means
             left
             upon
             earth
             to
             establish
             the
             Romane
             Religion
             .
          
           
             180.
             
             It
             may
             cause
             wonder
             in
             any
             serious
             man
             to
             consider
             that
             amongst
             the
             
               Turks
               ,
               Jews
               ,
               Indians
            
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
             Papists
             themselves
             ,
             the
             most
             zealous
             ,
             strict
             ,
             and
             precise
             in
             their
             several
             Religions
             ,
             are
             the
             most
             esteemed
             and
             honoured
             ;
             and
             only
             in
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Churches
             ,
             the
             most
             knowing
             and
             resolute
             retainer
             ,
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             strict
             and
             godly
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             are
             most
             hated
             ,
             nick-named
             ,
             disgraced
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             :
             And
             Grace
             which
             should
             add
             a
             lustre
             to
             Learning
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             Honours
             ,
             Noble
             Extraction
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             outward
             endowments
             ,
             whether
             natural
             or
             acquired
             ,
             that
             alone
             obscures
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             brings
             the
             contempt
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             great
             ones
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             the
             scum
             ,
             and
             dregs
             of
             the
             multitude
             upon
             the
             persons
             so
             qualified
             .
          
           
             181.
             
             Sir
             
               John
               Oldcastle
            
             ,
             Lord
             Cobham
             ,
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             our
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fifth
             ,
             
             being
             convented
             before
             
               Thomas
               Arundel
            
             ,
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             and
             diverse
             other
             lustful
             and
             bloody
             Bishops
             ,
             spake
             thus
             unto
             them
             :
             
               Whilest
               I
               was
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               a
               Swearer
               ,
               a
               Rioter
               ,
               and
               every
               way
               else
               vicious
               ,
               you
               never
               reproved
               me
               ,
               nor
               questioned
               me
               :
               But
               since
               I
               have
               embraced
               this
               despised
               Doctrine
               of
            
             John
             Wickliff
             ,
             
               which
               hath
               taught
               me
               how
               to
               conquer
               my
               Sins
               ,
               and
               to
               lead
               an
               honest
               and
               a
               godly
               life
               ,
               now
               you
               are
               enraged
               against
               me
               with
               malice
               ,
               and
               seek
               my
               destruction
               .
            
          
           
             182.
             
             The
             same
             observation
             was
             made
             by
             
               Annas
               du
               Bourg
            
             ,
             that
             brave
             Senator
             of
             
               Paris
               Anno
               Christi
            
             1559.
             under
             King
             Henry
             the
             Second
             of
             France
             :
             That
             there
             were
             many
             Adulteries
             ,
             Perjuries
             ,
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             other
             infamous
             offences
             dayly
             committed
             ,
             and
             already
             punishable
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             yet
             such
             as
             were
             guilty
             of
             all
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             those
             crimes
             were
             countenanced
             and
             advanced
             :
             But
             against
             the
             Professors
             of
             the
             Truth
             all
             cruelty
             was
             practised
             ,
             who
             were
             guilty
             of
             no
             other
             offence
             ,
             but
             of
             embracing
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Gospel
             revealed
             unto
             them
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             discovering
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Light
             ,
             the
             horrible
             vices
             ,
             and
             errors
             of
             the
             Popish
             power
             that
             so
             there
             might
             follow
             an
             amendment
             .
          
           
             183.
             
             Experience
             sufficiently
             manifests
             
             that
             Persecution
             hath
             never
             been
             a
             way
             to
             suppress
             the
             Truth
             ;
             and
             surely
             it
             s
             against
             the
             Dictates
             of
             Charity
             and
             Christianity
             to
             enforce
             the
             conscience
             without
             a
             full
             and
             clear
             conviction
             .
             This
             was
             confessed
             by
             King
             Henry
             the
             Third
             of
             France
             (
             one
             of
             the
             most
             impotent
             Princes
             (
             saith
             a
             learned
             Gentleman
             )
             that
             ever
             swayed
             that
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             inveterate
             Enemy
             that
             ever
             the
             Protestants
             had
             ,
             having
             been
             instructed
             to
             hate
             ,
             betray
             ,
             and
             persecute
             them
             ,
             by
             
               Katherine
               de
               Medices
               ▪
            
             his
             bloody
             Mother
             ,
             even
             from
             his
             very
             cradle
             ,
             )
             yet
             when
             
               James
               Clement
            
             ,
             a
             
               Jesuited
               Monk
            
             ,
             had
             sheathed
             a
             knife
             in
             his
             Bowels
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             saw
             himself
             near
             to
             the
             Minute
             in
             which
             he
             was
             to
             give
             an
             account
             of
             all
             his
             cruelties
             to
             the
             supreme
             Judge
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             he
             made
             an
             effectual
             speech
             to
             the
             chief
             Commanders
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             being
             most
             of
             them
             Papists
             :
             wherein
             he
             exhorted
             them
             to
             acknowledge
             and
             obey
             the
             King
             of
             Navar
             (
             then
             a
             Protestant
             )
             as
             their
             lawful
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             the
             undoubted
             Heir
             of
             the
             French
             Crown
             :
             and
             to
             know
             this
             undoubted
             truth
             for
             the
             future
             :
             
               That
               Religion
               which
               is
               instilled
               into
               the
               Souls
               of
               men
               by
               God
               himself
               ,
               cannot
               be
               forced
               by
               man.
               
            
          
           
             184.
             
             The
             same
             Truth
             also
             ,
             and
             almost
             
             in
             the
             same
             words
             did
             the
             Lord
             Brederode
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Protestants
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             alledge
             for
             their
             just
             excuse
             in
             their
             joint
             Apology
             ,
             published
             in
             the
             year
             1566
             ,
             and
             farther
             added
             :
             That
             if
             the
             Papists
             did
             conceive
             their
             Religion
             to
             be
             the
             Truth
             ,
             they
             should
             instead
             of
             Blood
             ,
             Fines
             ,
             Imprisonings
             ,
             and
             Banishments
             ,
             take
             the
             good
             ,
             and
             seasonable
             counsel
             of
             the
             Learned
             Gamaliel
             ,
             and
             try
             a
             while
             ,
             whether
             the
             Protestants
             separation
             from
             them
             ,
             were
             of
             God
             or
             no.
             For
             otherwise
             ,
             if
             by
             force
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             they
             should
             compel
             them
             to
             profess
             and
             practice
             those
             actions
             in
             Gods
             Worship
             ,
             which
             they
             accounted
             abominable
             ;
             and
             should
             also
             restrain
             them
             from
             the
             practice
             of
             those
             Duties
             towards
             God
             ,
             wherein
             they
             were
             convinced
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             Service
             consisted
             ,
             their
             Consciences
             must
             needs
             be
             shipwrack'd
             and
             undone
             ,
             and
             so
             instead
             of
             making
             them
             new
             Converts
             ,
             they
             should
             leave
             them
             Atheists
             and
             Libertines
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           OF
           THE
           NAMES
           OF
           THE
           PERSECUTORS
           ,
           Visibly
           Plagued
           by
           God.
           
        
         
           
             SAtan
             pag.
             1
          
           
             Cain
             pag.
             2
          
           
             
               Old
               World
            
             pag.
             2
          
           
             Ham
             pag.
             3
          
           
             Ishmael
             pag.
             3
          
           
             Pharaoh
             pag.
             4
          
           
             Saul
             pag.
             5
          
           
             Asa
             pag.
             6
          
           
             Jesabel
             pag.
             7
          
           
             
             Manasse
             pag.
             7
          
           
             
               Jewes
               ,
               and
               Pashur
            
             pag.
             8
          
           
             
               False
               Prophets
               ,
               &c
            
             ,
             pag.
             8
          
           
             
               Zedekiah
               ,
               and
               his
               Princes
            
             pag.
             9
          
           
             
               Johanan
               ,
               and
               his
               Companions
            
             .
             pag.
             9
          
           
             Haman
             pag.
             10
          
           
             
               Antiochus
               the
               Vile
            
             pag.
             11
          
           
             
               Herod
               the
               Great
            
             pag.
             12
          
           
             
               Herod
               the
               less
               ,
               or
               Antipas
            
             pag.
             15
          
           
             
               Herod
               Agrippa
            
             pag.
             16
          
           
             Jewes
             pag.
             17
          
           
             Nero
             pag.
             21
          
           
             Domitian
             pag.
             21
          
           
             Adrian
             pag.
             22
          
           
             
               Marcus
               Antonius
               Verus
            
             pag.
             23
          
           
             Commodus
             pag.
             23
          
           
             Severus
             pag.
             23
          
           
             
               Claudius
               Herminianus
            
             pag.
             24
          
           
             Maximianus
             pag.
             24
          
           
             Decius
             pag.
             24
          
           
             Gallus
             pag.
             25
          
           
             Valerian
             pag.
             25
          
           
             Claudius
             pag.
             26
          
           
             Aurelian
             pag.
             26
          
           
             Dioclesian
             pag.
             26
          
           
             Maximian
             pag.
             27
          
           
             Maximinus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Galerius
             pag.
             29
          
           
             
             Licinius
             pag.
             29
          
           
             Antiochus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Mamuca
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Julian
               Apostata
            
             pag.
             31
          
           
             Arius
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Constantius
             pag.
             34
          
           
             
               George
               of
               Alexandria
            
             pag.
             35
          
           
             Valence
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Constantine
             pag.
             36
          
           
             Gensericus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Hunricus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Anastasius
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Arcadius
               ,
               and
               Eudoxia
            
             pag.
             37
          
           
             Theodoricus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Arian
               Vandals
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Uladislaus
               and
               his
               Queen
            
             pag.
             38
          
           
             
               Popish
               Bishops
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Popish
               Lords
            
             pag.
             39
          
           
             
               Dr.
               Austin
            
             pag.
             40
          
           
             
               Popish
               Monks
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Stumislaus
               Znoma
            
             pag.
             41
          
           
             
               Emperor
               Sigismund
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Doctor
               Knapper
               ,
               and
               some
               others
            
             pag.
             42
          
           
             
               Ladislaus
               King
               of
               Bohemia
            
             pag.
             43
          
           
             Minerius
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Simon
               Monfort
            
             pag.
             44
          
           
             
               Lewis
               ,
               King
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Truchetus
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
             
               Lord
               of
               Revest
            
             pag.
             45
          
           
             
               Bartholomew
               Cassinaeus
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Johannes
               de
               Roma
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Martin
            
             pag.
             46
          
           
             
               Cardinal
               of
               Lorain
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Bellemont
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Judge
               of
               Aix
            
             pag.
             47
          
           
             
               A
               chief
               Judge
            
             pag.
             ib
             :
          
           
             
               John
               Craenequin
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Chancellour
               Prat
            
             pag.
             48
          
           
             
               John
               Morin
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Chancellour
               Oliver
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Poncher
             pag.
             49
          
           
             
               Lambert
               a
               Friar
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Monbrun
             pag.
             50
          
           
             
               Villibon
               with
               others
            
             pag.
             51
          
           
             
               Popish
               Witnesses
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Popish
               Informers
            
             pag.
             52
          
           
             
               Popish
               Inquisitors
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Emperour
               Ferdinand
               the
               Second
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               Thomas
               Moor
            
             pag.
             53
          
           
             
               Bishop
               Fisher
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Philips
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Pavier
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             Foxford
             pag.
             54.
             
          
           
             Rockwood
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               An
               under
               Marshal
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               Ralph
               Ellerker
            
             pag.
             55
          
           
             
             
               Doctor
               Story
            
             pag.
             55
          
           
             
               John
               Twiford
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               and
               Portugal
            
             pag.
             56
          
           
             
               Cardinal
               Woolsey
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Judge
               Morgan
            
             pag.
             57
          
           
             
               Bishop
               Morgan
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Leyson
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Doctor
               Dunning
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Commissary
               Berry
            
             pag.
             58
          
           
             
               A
               Suffragan
               of
               Dover
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Bishop
               Thornton
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Doctor
               Jeffery
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Blaver
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Two
               Cardinals
            
             pag.
             59
          
           
             
               Doctor
               Whittington
            
             pag.
             60
          
           
             Bate
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Woodrose
            
             pag.
             61
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Mouse
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               George
               Rivet
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               William
               Swallow
            
             pag.
             62
          
           
             
               Robert
               Baldwin
            
             pag.
             63
          
           
             
               Robert
               Bloomfield
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Justice
               Leland
            
             pag.
             64
          
           
             
               Ralph
               Lardin
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Swingfield
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Bayliff
               Burton
            
             pag.
             65
          
           
             
               A
               Serving
               man
            
             pag.
             66
          
           
             
               Dale
               ,
               a
               Promoter
            
             pag.
             67
          
           
             
             
               Alexander
               a
               Jailor
               ,
               and
               his
               Son
            
             pag.
             67
          
           
             
               John
               Peter
            
             pag.
             68
          
           
             Lever
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Stepen
               Gardiner
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               King
               James
               the
               Fifth
               of
               Scotland
               .
            
             pag.
             69
          
           
             
               Sir
               James
               Hamilton
            
             pag.
             70
          
           
             
               Friar
               Campbel
            
             pag.
             72
          
           
             
               A
               Popish
               Persecutor
            
             pag.
             73
          
           
             
               King
               Henry
               the
               Second
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Irish
               Persecutors
            
             pag.
             74
          
           
             
               Maurice
               Duke
               of
               Saxony
            
             pag.
             75
          
           
             
               Charles
               the
               fifth
               Emperor
            
             pag.
             76
          
           
             
               Philip
               the
               Second
               ,
               King
               of
               Spain
            
             pag.
             77
          
           
             
               Rodulph
               the
               Second
               ,
               Emperour
            
             pag.
             79
          
           
             
               Henry
               the
               Second
               ,
               King
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             80
          
           
             
               French
               Persecutors
            
             pag.
             8●
          
           
             
               Charles
               the
               Ninth
               ,
               King
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             83
          
           
             
               Queen
               Mother
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             84
          
           
             
               French
               Persecutors
            
             pag.
             85
          
           
             
               Henry
               the
               Third
               ,
               King
               of
               France
            
             pag.
             89
             ,
             93
          
           
             
               Duke
               of
               Guise
            
             pag.
             90
          
           
             
               Cardinal
               of
               Guise
            
             pag.
             91
          
           
             
               Queen
               Mary
               of
               England
            
             pag.
             95
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Arundel
            
             pag.
             97
             ,
             99
          
           
             
               Henry
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               King
               of
               England
            
             pag.
             97
          
           
             
               James
               Beaton
            
             pag.
             100
          
           
             Escovedo
             pag.
             102
          
           
             
               Peter
               Espinac
            
             pag.
             103
          
           
             
             
               Cardinal
               Granvel
            
             pag.
             103
          
           
             Boidon
             pag.
             104
          
           
             Puygillard
             pag.
             105
          
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           Epistle
           ,
           page
           7.
           line
           16.
           read
           they
           for
           you
           .
           In
           the
           Book
           ,
           p.
           8.
           l.
           29.
           r.
           selves
           for
           self
           .
           p.
           12.
           l.
           10.
           r.
           recover
           for
           receive
           .
           p.
           16.
           l
           25.
           r.
           God
           immediately
           for
           Gods
           immutability
           .
           p
           19.
           l.
           14.
           r.
           Trajan
           for
           Trojan
           .
           p.
           21.
           l.
           14.
           r.
           causing
           for
           caused
           .
           p.
           27.
           l.
           8.
           r.
           Thunderclap
           for
           Thunder
           .
           p.
           29.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           miserably
           for
           miserable
           .
           p.
           32
           l.
           5.
           r.
           fully
           for
           full
           p.
           34.
           l.
           29.
           r.
           feaver
           for
           fear
           .
           p.
           52.
           l.
           1.
           r.
           Charles
           Conink
           .
           p.
           7.
           l.
           17.
           r.
           that
           so
           carnage
           for
           carriage
           .
           p.
           97.
           l
           17.
           dele
           God
           p.
           104
           l.
           9.
           dele
           that
           .
           p.
           110.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           when
           for
           which
           .
           p.
           111.
           l.
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               Falshood
               and
               Flattery
               of
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               ways
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               state
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               Dangerous
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               most
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               state
               of
               the
               wicked
               .
            
             
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               and
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               ,
               terrors
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           and
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           world
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             Narration
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           FINIS
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