Apocalypsis, or, The revelation of certain notorious advancers of heresie wherein their visions and private revelations by dreams, are discovered to be most incredible blasphemies, and enthusiastical dotages : together with an account of their lives, actions and ends : whereunto are added the effigies of seventeen (who excelled the rest in rashness, impudence and lying) : done in copper plates / faithfully and impartially translated out of the Latine by J.D.
         Haestens, Henrick van.
      
       
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             Apocalypsis, or, The revelation of certain notorious advancers of heresie wherein their visions and private revelations by dreams, are discovered to be most incredible blasphemies, and enthusiastical dotages : together with an account of their lives, actions and ends : whereunto are added the effigies of seventeen (who excelled the rest in rashness, impudence and lying) : done in copper plates / faithfully and impartially translated out of the Latine by J.D.
             Haestens, Henrick van.
             Davies, John, 1625-1693.
          
           
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             Appeared also in: A view of all the religions in the world / Alexander Ross. London : [s.n.], 1658.
             First edition, London, 1655, translated by John Davies from Apocalypsis insignium aliquot haeresiarcharvm, Lvgdvni-Batavorvm : [s.n.], 1608, which was from a Dutch original: Growelen der vornemsten hooft-ketteren. Leyden: H.L. van Haestens, 1607.
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           Anabaptists.
           Heresy.
        
      
    
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           APOCALYPSIS
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           REVELATION
           Of
           certain
           notorious
           Advancers
           OF
           HERESIE
           :
           Wherein
           their
           Visions
           and
           private
           Revelations
           by
           Dreams
           ,
           are
           discovered
           to
           be
           most
           incredible
           blasphemies
           ,
           and
           enthusiastical
           dotages
           :
           Together
           with
           an
           account
           of
           their
           
             Lives
             ,
             Actions
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ends
             .
          
           Whereunto
           are
           added
           the
           effigies
           of
           seventeen
           (
           who
           excelled
           the
           rest
           in
           rashness
           ,
           impudence
           and
           lying
           ,
           )
           done
           in
           Copper
           Plates
           .
        
         
           Faithfully
           and
           impartially
           translated
           out
           of
           the
           Latine
           by
           
             J.
             D.
             The
             Second
             Edition
             .
          
        
         
         
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Saywell
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Grey-hound
          
           in
           
             Little
             Britain
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           
             Pile
             of
             Bibles
          
           in
           the
           
             Stocks
             Fish-market
             ,
          
           looking
           into
           
             Lombard-street
             ,
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Post-house
             ,
          
           London
           ,
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           Excellently
           Learned
           ,
           
             EDWARD
             BENLOWES
          
           OF
           
             Brenthall
          
           in
           
             Essex
          
           Esquire
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           here
           presumed
           to
           present
           you
           with
           a
           strange
           and
           bloody
           
             Tragedy
          
           of
           
             Hereticks
          
           and
           
             Enthusiasts
             ,
          
           written
           in
           
             Latine
          
           by
           a
           most
           elegant
           pen
           ,
           by
           one
           who
           hath
           concealed
           his
           name
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           out
           of
           this
           reason
           ,
           that
           ,
           living
           near
           the
           times
           and
           places
           of
           this
           representation
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           proved
           dangerous
           to
           him
           to
           have
           published
           it
           .
           Here
           you
           have
           
             Religion
          
           brought
           upon
           the
           stage
           in
           very
           strange
           disguises
           ,
           nay
           they
           make
           her
           act
           parts
           the
           most
           cōtrary
           to
           her
           nature
           ,
           imbruing
           her
           white
           &
           innocent
           hands
           in
           blood
           ,
           &
           Massacres
           .
           But
           as
           she
           hath
           met
           with
           
             Wolves
          
           to
           destroy
           and
           tear
           in
           pieces
           ,
           so
           hath
           she
           also
           met
           with
           
             Shepheards
          
           to
           heal
           and
           protect
           ,
           and
           among
           those
           the
           most
           laborious
           
           Author
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           AN●EBEIA
           hath
           not
           bin
           the
           least
           considerable
           .
           His
           severe
           and
           most
           indefatigable
           labours
           in
           most
           parts
           of
           
             Learning
             ,
          
           are
           consummated
           in
           this
           piece
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           like
           an
           experienced
           Anatomist
           ,
           he
           hath
           left
           no
           vein
           un-cut
           up
           .
           To
           fall
           into
           excessive
           commendations
           of
           him
           ,
           were
           to
           commit
           a
           moral
           absurdity
           ,
           by
           praising
           one
           whom
           the
           general
           Trumpet
           of
           Fame
           hath
           blaz'd
           abroad
           for
           so
           great
           an
           advancer
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Learning
           ;
           But
           to
           trouble
           
             you
          
           with
           them
           ,
           were
           yet
           to
           be
           so
           much
           the
           more
           importunate
           ,
           whose
           conversation
           with
           him
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           I
           may
           say
           of
           him
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           acquaint
           you
           with
           so
           much
           as
           your self
           know
           .
           Nor
           did
           the
           influence
           of
           your
           Patronage
           raise
           and
           animate
           onely
           him
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           so
           many
           other
           monuments
           of
           your
           great
           encouragements
           to
           learning
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           thought
           modesty
           in
           me
           not
           to
           mention
           all
           .
           But
           your
           excessive
           Benefactorship
           to
           the
           Library
           of
           S.
           
             Johns
          
           Colledge
           at
           
             Cambridge
          
           (
           whereof
           I
           have
           sometimes
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           an
           unworthy
           member
           )
           I
           cannot
           passe
           over
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           ,
           which
           will
           stand
           upon
           the
           file
           of
           memory
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           learning
           shall
           find
           professors
           or
           Children
           .
           And
           that
           which
           
           increases
           the
           glory
           of
           your
           munisicence
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           that
           Library
           may
           boast
           that
           it
           is
           furnished
           with
           the
           works
           of
           its
           owne
           sonnes
           ,
           which
           ,
           being
           the
           greatest
           act
           of
           retribution
           and
           gratitude
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           must
           be
           accordingly
           acknowledged
           by
           all
           that
           shall
           come
           after
           .
           But
           that
           which
           hath
           the
           most
           engaged
           and
           satisfied
           the
           
             English
          
           world
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           your
           endeavours
           have
           displayed
           themselves
           in
           their
           clearest
           light
           ,
           in
           that
           
             one
             thing
             that
             is
             necessary
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Religion
             ,
          
           not
           only
           by
           being
           a
           constant
           assertor
           of
           her
           purity
           here
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           but
           in
           that
           ,
           after
           more
           then
           
             Ulyssean
          
           Travels
           throughout
           most
           parts
           of
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           you
           have
           returned
           to
           your
           former
           enjoyments
           of
           that
           chast
           
             Penelope
             ,
          
           when
           others
           either
           out
           of
           weaknesse
           or
           surprise
           ,
           are
           ensnared
           and
           besotted
           with
           the
           Tenets
           of
           other
           Countries
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           both
           ingrateful
           and
           injurious
           to
           their
           own
           ,
           by
           preferring
           the
           prudence
           and
           policy
           of
           another
           before
           hers
           .
           Religion
           certainly
           ,
           if
           well
           improved
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Talent
             ,
          
           that
           felicifies
           the
           improver
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           coademnes
           him
           .
           It
           is
           that
           universal
           
             Patrimony
             ,
          
           which
           entitles
           us
           to
           be
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           we
           are
           adopted
           into
           the
           assured
           hope
           of
           eternall
           hapinesse
           .
           It
           is
           the
           
             Loadctone
          
           
           wherewith
           when
           our
           souls
           are
           once
           touched
           ,
           they
           are
           directed
           to
           the
           right
           pole
           of
           the
           eternally
           beatificall
           vision
           ;
           and
           without
           which
           ,
           wee
           must
           infallibly
           expect
           to
           split
           against
           the
           rocks
           and
           shelves
           of
           perdition
           .
           It
           is
           the
           consummation
           of
           heavens
           indulgence
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           which
           doth
           familiarize
           us
           ,
           and
           makes
           good
           our
           Interest
           in
           the
           great
           being
           and
           cause
           of
           all
           things
           .
           It
           is
           the
           perfection
           of
           nature
           ,
           since
           that
           whatsoever
           wee
           know
           of
           the
           divinity
           by
           her
           comes
           onely
           by
           the
           assistance
           and
           mediation
           of
           our
           sences
           ,
           but
           the
           other
           furnishes
           us
           with
           a
           more
           evident
           assurance
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           things
           ,
           which
           can
           bee
           neither
           
             seen
             ,
             heard
          
           nor
           
             conceived
             )
             ,
          
           by
           the
           more
           particular
           providence
           of
           
             Grace
          
           and
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           whereby
           hee
           is
           pleased
           to
           
             how
             down
             the
             heavens
             ,
          
           and
           descend
           unto
           a
           familiar
           conversation
           with
           our
           very
           spirits
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           ought
           further
           to
           endear
           all
           men
           to
           Religion
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           she
           only
           next
           to
           God
           may
           pretend
           
             Ubiquity
             ,
          
           as
           being
           a
           thing
           written
           in
           such
           indelible
           characters
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           most
           barbarous
           nations
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           strangers
           to
           civility
           and
           policy
           have
           acknowledged
           some
           divine
           worship
           ,
           though
           their
           pravity
           or
           want
           
           of
           instruction
           ,
           may
           have
           blinded
           them
           from
           the
           
             true
             ,
          
           but
           yet
           that
           eclipse
           of
           the
           true
           God
           hath
           not
           been
           total
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           still
           retained
           a
           sense
           and
           veneration
           of
           Religion
           ,
           so
           that
           to
           the
           best
           of
           their
           imaginations
           ,
           they
           have
           created
           something
           like
           God
           to
           themselves
           .
           To
           make
           this
           yet
           more
           evident
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           most
           people
           ,
           though
           they
           had
           not
           so
           clear
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           immortality
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           ;
           yet
           were
           they
           not
           only
           perswaded
           of
           the
           impossibility
           of
           its
           annihilation
           ,
           but
           have
           also
           acknowledged
           rewards
           and
           punishments
           to
           be
           expected
           after
           this
           life
           .
        
         
           To
           ascend
           yet
           a
           little
           higher
           ;
           the
           divinity
           and
           preheminence
           of
           Religion
           is
           demonstrated
           ,
           in
           that
           it
           exerciseth
           that
           Empire
           and
           Soveraignty
           over
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           ,
           that
           no
           blandishments
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           no
           temptations
           ,
           no
           torments
           have
           been
           able
           to
           dispossesse
           it
           .
           It
           hath
           triumph'd
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           its
           persecutions
           ;
           and
           by
           her
           sufferings
           hath
           conquered
           her
           persecutors
           .
           Her
           pleasing
           Ravishments
           can
           stifle
           for
           a
           time
           all
           sence
           of
           humanity
           ,
           elude
           flames
           ,
           and
           racks
           ,
           and
           so
           arm
           the
           delicacie
           and
           tenderness
           of
           virgin
           purity
           ,
           as
           to
           overcome
           the
           hardiest
           Tyrants
           .
           
           It
           is
           she
           that
           raises
           our
           soules
           to
           a
           holy
           boldnesse
           and
           intimacy
           in
           our
           addresses
           to
           heaven
           ,
           being
           indeed
           rapt
           into
           the
           heavens
           of
           divine
           contemplation
           ,
           by
           her
           extasies
           and
           illuminations
           .
           It
           was
           her
           inspiring
           communication
           ,
           that
           elevated
           your
           pious
           soul
           ,
           when
           you
           described
           the
           divine
           perfections
           of
           the
           incomparable
           THEOPHILA
           .
           These
           things
           can
           she
           do
           and
           greater
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           but
           one
           grain
           of
           true
           
             Faith
             ;
          
           but
           when
           she
           is
           defiled
           and
           adulterated
           with
           humane
           ceremonies
           and
           inventions
           ,
           she
           is
           deformed
           ,
           and
           looses
           all
           her
           grace
           and
           beauty
           .
           And
           among
           these
           hath
           she
           met
           with
           two
           most
           importunate
           pretenders
           ,
           
             Atheisme
          
           and
           
             Superstition
             ;
          
           the
           one
           strips
           her
           stark
           naked
           ,
           the
           other
           meritriciously
           prostitutes
           her
           in
           the
           disguises
           of
           humane
           Inventions
           .
           And
           that
           she
           hath
           been
           thus
           evill
           entreated
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           and
           times
           ,
           this
           book
           gives
           but
           too
           great
           testimony
           ,
           whether
           you
           look
           on
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           this
           small
           appendix
           ,
           treating
           for
           the
           most
           ,
           of
           what
           happened
           in
           High
           and
           Low
           
             Germany
             .
          
           I
           would
           not
           draw
           any
           excuse
           for
           our
           own
           gyrations
           of
           Religion
           here
           ,
           from
           their
           madnesse
           ;
           but
           rather
           condemn
           them
           as
           things
           that
           would
           have
           out-vy'd
           the
           extravagance
           of
           the
           former
           .
           But
           to
           
           draw
           any
           argument
           against
           Religion
           from
           either
           were
           impious
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           did
           ,
           we
           must
           in
           consequence
           ,
           deny
           all
           ,
           both
           particular
           and
           universal
           
             providence
          
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ;
           we
           must
           deny
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           the
           heavenly
           Legacy
           of
           eternal
           salvation
           ;
           wee
           must
           deny
           
             Heaven
             ,
             Hell
             ,
             Eternity
             ,
          
           nay
           take
           away
           the
           
             Cement
          
           of
           all
           humane
           society
           ,
           and
           expect
           to
           see
           the
           
             order
          
           and
           
             beauty
          
           of
           the
           
             universe
          
           hurried
           into
           
             darkness
          
           and
           
             confusion
             ,
          
           since
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           out-last
           man
           ,
           for
           whom
           it
           was
           created
           .
           Nay
           ;
           but
           let
           us
           rather
           professe
           humanity
           ,
           and
           make
           this
           use
           of
           the
           failings
           and
           extravagance
           of
           others
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           To
           humble
           our selves
           to
           a
           relyance
           on
           that
           immense
           Being
           ,
           who
           hath
           thought
           fit
           to
           plant
           Religion
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           ,
           to
           direct
           him
           in
           his
           voyage
           to
           eternall
           happinesse
           ,
           wherein
           that
           every
           man
           might
           take
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           is
           the
           earnest
           prayer
           of
        
         
           
             Worthy
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             devoted
             ,
             and
             most
             humble
             servant
             .
             JO
             .
             DAVIES
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           These
           Books
           printed
           for
           
             John
             Saywell
             ,
          
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Grey-hound
          
           in
           
             Little
             Britain
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           
             Pile
          
           of
           
             Bibles
          
           in
           the
           
             Stocks
             Fish-market
             ,
          
           looking
           into
           
             Lombard-street
             ,
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Post-house
             ,
             London
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             in●●●ming
             piece
             and
             Catechistical
             Foundation
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               viz.
               
            
          
           
             
               WOll●bius
               ,
            
             his
             
               Abridgment
            
             of
             
               Christian
               Divinity
               ;
            
             Englished
             ,
             cleared
             ,
             and
             enlarged
             ,
             by
             
               Alexander
               Ross
               ,
            
             Author
             of
             that
             curious
             piece
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               viz.
               
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             a
             view
             of
             all
             Religions
             and
             Church-Governments
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             a
             discovery
             of
             Heresies
             ,
             in
             all
             Agos
             and
             places
             ;
             &c.
             whereunto
             this
             
               Apocalypsis
            
             is
             usually
             adjoined
             .
          
           
             That
             practical
             piece
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             The
             
               Returning
               Backslider
               ,
            
             (
             and
             the
             
               Saints
               Privilege
               &c.
               )
            
             or
             a
             Commentary
             on
             the
             whole
             14
             Chap.
             of
             
               Hosea
               ,
            
             the
             third
             time
             reprinted
             ,
             being
             one
             of
             the
             legitimate
             pieces
             of
             that
             truly
             pious
             Author
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Richard
               Sibbs
               .
            
          
           
             For
             the
             use
             of
             pious
             families
             ,
             there
             is
             lately
             reprinted
             ,
             Mr
             
               Henry
               Smith's
            
             Sermons
             ,
             with
             
               Gods
               Arrow
               against
               Atheists
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             To
             which
             are
             now
             added
             ,
             The
             
               Life
            
             of
             Mr.
             
               Henry
               Smith
               ,
            
             by
             
               Tho.
               Fuller
               ,
            
             B.
             D.
             and
             Alphabetical
             Tables
             very
             advantagious
             to
             the
             Reader
             ;
             which
             Additions
             aforesaid
             ,
             contain
             three
             sheets
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Book
             ,
             and
             five
             sheets
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Book
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             eight
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             distinguisheth
             them
             from
             all
             other
             ●●rreptitious
             and
             imperfect
             Copie
             .
          
           
             Three
             select
             and
             profitable
             Sermons
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             I.
             
               Pre●●●
               &
               lachryma
               .
            
             II.
             The
             
               Christians
            
             desire
             .
             III.
             The
             example
             of
             
               Humility
               ,
            
             by
             
               William
               Houghton
               .
            
          
           
             The
             way
             to
             the
             
               Highest
               Honor
               ,
            
             presented
             in
             a
             Sermon
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Peers
             ,
             
               Feb.
            
             24.
             1646.
             by
             
               W.
               Strong
               .
            
          
           
             That
             judicious
             piece
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Practice
               of
               Quietness
               :
            
             directing
             a
             a
             Christian
             how
             to
             live
             quietly
             in
             this
             troublesome
             world
             .
             By
             the
             late
             reverend
             Bishop
             
               Webbe
               .
            
          
           
             The
             History
             of
             the
             
               World
               ,
            
             the
             second
             part
             ,
             being
             a
             continuation
             of
             the
             famous
             History
             of
             Sir
             
               W●…
               R●●l●igh
               ,
            
             Kt.
             begining
             where
             he
             left
             ,
             and
             continued
             to
             the
             year
             1640.
             
             With
             a
             large
             
               Chronologie
            
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             by
             
               Alexander
               Ross
            
             once
             Chaplain
             in
             Ordinary
             to
             his
             late
             Majesty
             King
             
               Charls
               ,
            
             the
             first
             .
             The
             true
             Copie
             whereof
             (
             by
             the
             Authors
             Appointment
             and
             Approbation
             )
             is
             distinguished
             by
             the
             
               Grey
               hound
            
             in
             the
             Front-●p●ece
             from
             any
             other
             however
             coloured
             by
             a
             p●●tended
             (
             though
             abusive
             )
             representation
             of
             the
             Reverend
             Authour
             in
             the
             Title
             page
             ,
             or
             the
             delusive
             Vision
             of
             ●irds
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             of
             the
             pretender
             thereto
             .
          
           
             An
             exact
             Collection
             of
             the
             choicest
             Secrets
             in
             
               Physick
            
             and
             
               Chyrurgery
            
             (
             both
             Chymick
             and
             Galenick
             )
             by
             
               Leonard
               Phi●ravant
               ,
            
             Knight
             ,
             Dr.
             
               Edwards
            
             and
             and
             others
             .
          
           
             A
             New
             
               Primer
               ,
            
             entituled
             ,
             Mr.
             
             
               H●●l's
               Primer
               ;
            
             mo●e
             easie
             and
             delightsome
             for
             the
             learner
             than
             any
             yet
             extant
             ,
             having
             24
             several
             representations
             of
             Persons
             ,
             Beasts
             ,
             Birds
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             answering
             the
             several
             letters
             of
             the
             Alphabet
             ,
             in
             a
             Copper
             plate
             ,
             laying
             also
             the
             surest
             foundation
             for
             true
             spelling
             ;
             the
             defect
             whereof
             (
             in
             the
             ordinary
             teaching
             )
             is
             very
             much
             complained
             of
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               ●●●l's
            
             
               Rud●ments
            
             of
             Latine
             
               Grammar
            
             usually
             taught
             in
             all
             Schools
             ;
             delivered
             in
             a
             very
             plain
             method
             for
             young
             beginners
             ,
             containing
             1.
             
             The
             common
             
               Accidents
               ,
            
             examined
             and
             explained
             ,
             called
             his
             
               Posing
               Book
               .
            
             2.
             
             The
             
               Terminations
            
             and
             
               Examples
            
             of
             
               Declensions
            
             and
             
               Conjugations
               .
               3.
               
               Propria
               quae
               Maribus
               ,
               Qua
               Genus
               ,
            
             and
             
               As
               in
               Prasenti
               ,
            
             Englished
             and
             explained
             ,
             for
             the
             use
             of
             young
             Grammarians
             ,
             with
             a
             necessary
             
               Index
            
             to
             each
             part
             ,
             called
             his
             
               ●arsing
               book
               :
            
             by
             help
             whereof
             (
             in
             want
             of
             an
             able
             Schoolmaster
             )
             Gentlemen
             may
             teach
             their
             children
             themselves
             with
             much
             ease
             and
             delight
          
           
             Also
             Mr.
             
               H●●l's
            
             
               Grammar
            
             in
             Latine
             and
             English
             ,
             the
             shortest
             ,
             order●●est
             ,
             and
             plainest
             both
             for
             Master
             and
             Scholar
             ,
             of
             any
             yet
             exstant
             .
          
           
             
               At
               his
               Shop
               also
               Gentlemen
               ,
               Country-book
               sellers
               ,
               and
               Chapmen
               may
               bee
               furnished
               or
               provided
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               English
               &
               Latine
               books
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               forraign
               Languages
               as
               they
               please
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             The
             Authours
             Preface
          
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           doctrine
           of
           the
           
             ANABAPTISTS
             ,
          
           Courteous
           Reader
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           thee
           in
           a
           single
           expression
           ,
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             lying
          
           and
           
             deceit
             .
          
           Thou
           haply
           thinkest
           them
           a
           sort
           of
           people
           
             divinely
          
           inspired
           ,
           and
           
             Prophets
             :
          
           Thou
           art
           deceived
           .
           They
           are
           
             false
             Prophets
          
           and
           false
           teachers
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           contagion
           ,
           than
           which
           hell
           it self
           hath
           not
           vomited
           up
           a
           more
           dangerous
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           .
           For
           I
           do
           not
           think
           it
           can
           bee
           easily
           demonstrated
           ,
           what
           other
           mischief
           could
           have
           reduced
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Netherlands
             ,
          
           but
           almost
           all
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           into
           so
           great
           calamity
           and
           devastation
           .
           When
           I
           more
           narrowly
           look
           into
           the
           
             Heresie
          
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           I
           confess
           I
           am
           puzzel'd
           to
           finde
           a
           name
           for
           the
           Monster
           ,
           but
           what
           its
           aims
           are
           ,
           I
           may
           haply
           guess
           .
        
         
           
             Its
             first
             part
             speaks
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             its
             last
             a
             Dragon
             ,
             the
             middle
             a
             pure
             Chimaera
             .
          
        
         
           I
           call
           it
           a
           
             Monster
             ,
          
           and
           I
           may
           add
           the
           most
           monstrous
           that
           ever
           was
           ,
           as
           having
           in
           it
           the
           Ingredients
           of
           all
           formerly
           condemned
           Sects
           .
           Which
           when
           I
           consider
           ,
           me thinks
           all
           the
           ancient
           
           
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           such
           as
           
             Nicholas
             Anteochenus
             ,
          
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           the
           
             Valentinians
             ,
             Noetians
             ,
             Sabellians
             ,
             Patropassions
             ,
             Parmenians
             ,
          
           present
           themselves
           anew
           out
           of
           Hell
           to
           me
           .
           So
           that
           I
           can
           make
           no
           other
           judgment
           of
           
             THOMAS
             MUNTZER
             ,
          
           that
           Authour
           and
           raiser
           of
           a
           most
           pernicious
           Sect
           ,
           then
           that
           he
           hath
           re-erected
           the
           Standards
           of
           all
           former
           heresies
           .
           But
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           said
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Proverb
           ,
           that
           
             Affrick
          
           alwayes
           furnishes
           us
           with
           Novelties
           ,
           he
           also
           with
           his
           desperate
           disciples
           ,
           hath
           sacrilegiously
           attempted
           to
           advance
           some
           altogether
           new
           and
           unheard-of
           opinions
           ,
           whereof
           who
           shall
           say
           that
           which
           is
           
             MADE
          
           is
           
             GOOD
             ,
          
           must
           be
           very
           extravagant
           .
           Out
           of
           these
           ,
           have
           they
           resolved
           and
           decreed
           ,
           that
           children
           till
           they
           come
           to
           age
           ,
           are
           onely
           
             Catech●…ni
             ,
          
           and
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           clad
           with
           the
           robe
           of
           holy
           
             Baptisme
             .
          
           Out
           of
           these
           ,
           have
           they
           declared
           a
           
             community
          
           of
           all
           things
           .
           Out
           of
           these
           ,
           teach
           to
           dishonour
           and
           discard
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           living
           ectypes
           of
           God
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           they
           themselves
           aspire
           to
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           accounted
           Potentates
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           indeed
           the
           wickedst
           among
           men
           ;
           Dissemblers
           ,
           Cheats
           ,
           Hypocrites
           ,
           Novators
           ,
           or
           Advancers
           of
           Novelties
           ,
           and
           the
           subtle
           generation
           of
           the
           old
           Viper
           
             Novatu
             .
          
           Which
           said
           
             Novatus
             ,
          
           if
           I
           display
           in
           the
           colours
           wherein
           the
           holy
           Father
           and
           Martyr
           
             Cyprian
          
           sets
           him
           forth
           ,
           discreet
           men
           shall
           be
           my
           Judges
           ,
           whether
           I
           have
           not
           hit
           the
           mark
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           description
           most
           sitly
           suits
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Proselytes
           of
           
           
             Muntzer
             .
          
           As
           concerning
           
             Novatus
          
           (
           sayes
           that
           Ornament
           of
           his
           
             Carthage
             ,
          
           lib.
           11.
           
           Epist.
           8.
           to
           
             Cornelius
          
           then
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             )
             We
             needed
             not
             any
             relations
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             us
             of
             him
             ,
             since
             that
             from
             us
             you
             were
             to
             expect
             a
             more
             particular
             account
             of
          
           Novatus
           ,
           
             a
             man
             that
             is
             a
             constant
             Advancer
             of
             novelties
             ,
             of
             an
             insatiable
             avarice
             ,
             furious
             in
             his
             rapines
             ,
             blown
             up
             with
             arrogancie
             and
             pride
             ,
             even
             to
             astonishment
             ;
             a
             man
             not
             admitting
             any
             good
             understanding
             with
             the
             Bishops
             :
             the
             end
             of
             his
             curiosity
             is
             to
             betray
             ,
             of
             his
             flattery
             to
             surprise
             ,
             his
             love
             is
             dogg'd
             by
             his
             infidelity
             ,
             he
             is
             the
             fuell
             and
             fire-brand
             that
             heightens
             the
             combustions
             of
             sedition
             ,
             and
             the
             hurrican
             and
             tempest
             which
             causes
             the
             shipwrack
             of
             Faith
             ,
             an
             opposer
             of
             Tranquility
             ,
             and
             an
             enemy
             to
             peace
             .
          
           These
           were
           his
           thoughts
           of
           
             Novatus
             ,
          
           which
           what
           wise
           man
           but
           will
           allow
           us
           to
           attribute
           to
           our
           
             Novators
             ?
          
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           
             John
          
           that
           
             Botcher
          
           of
           
             Leiden
             ,
          
           the
           ulcer
           and
           deformity
           of
           that
           gallant
           City
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           drawne
           in
           his
           own
           colours
           ,
           we
           need
           borrow
           them
           no where
           else
           .
           You
           therefore
           ,
           Orthodox
           Doctors
           ,
           reduce
           those
           erroneous
           and
           miserably
           seduced
           men
           ,
           which
           yet
           are
           so
           ,
           into
           the
           way
           of
           Truth
           ,
           Deliver
           them
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           out
           of
           this
           phrensy
           ,
           and
           omit
           no
           opportunities
           which
           may
           help
           to
           recover
           them
           out
           of
           this
           imaginary
           disease
           to
           which
           they
           are
           so
           accustomed
           .
           
           This
           shal
           bee
           your
           reward
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           prize
           you
           shall
           obtain
           .
           
             Him
             that
             overcometh
             ,
             will
             I
             make
             a
             Pillar
             in
             the
             Temple
             of
             my
             God
             ,
             and
             I
             wil
             write
             upon
             him
             the
             name
             of
             my
             God
             ,
             &c.
          
           Revel.
           3.
           12.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             1
             THOMAS
             MUNTZER
             .
             His
             OPINIONS
             ,
             ACTIONS
             ,
             and
             END
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               MUntzers
            
             Doctrine
             spreads
             ,
             his
             aims
             high
             ,
             his
             affirmations
             destructive
             ;
             He
             asserts
             
               Anabaptisme
               ,
            
             rests
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             grows
             worse
             and
             worse
             in
             his
             opinions
             and
             practises
             ;
             his
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             party
             and
             the
             common
             people
             :
             he
             endeavoured
             to
             set
             up
             himself
             ,
             pretending
             to
             restore
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ;
             being
             opposed
             by
             the
             
               Landgrave
               ,
            
             his
             delusive
             Animation
             of
             his
             followers
             ,
             their
             overthrow
             ;
             his
             escape
             ;
             he
             is
             found
             ,
             but
             dissembles
             him self
             ;
             is
             taken
             ,
             but
             yet
             obstinate
             ;
             the
             
               Landgrave
            
             convinceth
             him
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             when
             being
             racked
             ,
             he
             laugheth
             ,
             afterward
             relenteth
             ;
             his
             last
             words
             ;
             is
             deservedly
             beheaded
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             example
             .
          
        
         
           
             2
             JOHN
             MATHIAS
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Mathias
            
             repairs
             to
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             his
             severe
             edicts
             ,
             he
             becoms
             a
             malicious
             executioner
             of
             
               Hubert
               Trutiling
               ,
            
             for
             contumelious
             expressions
             touching
             him
             ,
             his
             own
             desperate
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             3.
             
             JOHN
             BUCKHOLD
             ,
             or
             JOHN
             of
             LEYDEN
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Buckhold
            
             his
             character
             ,
             his
             disputing
             and
             contention
             with
             the
             Ecclesciasticks
             concerning
             Paedobaptism
             ;
             he
             succeeds
             
               John
               Mathias
               ,
            
             he
             comforts
             the
             people
             with
             a
             pretended
             revelation
             ;
             he
             makes
             
               Bernard
               Knipperdoling
            
             of
             a
             Consul
             ,
             
             to
             become
             common
             executioner
             ,
             
               Buckhold
            
             feigneth
             himself
             dumb
             ,
             he
             assumes
             the
             Magistracy
             ,
             he
             allows
             
               Polygamy
               ,
            
             he
             takes
             to
             himself
             three
             wives
             ;
             he
             is
             made
             King
             ,
             and
             appoints
             Officers
             under
             him
             ;
             his
             sumptuous
             apparel
             ;
             his
             Titles
             were
             King
             of
             Justice
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             new
             
               Jerusalem
               ;
            
             his
             throne
             ,
             his
             Coin
             and
             motto
             thereon
             ;
             The
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             Courtiers
             wait
             on
             the
             people
             at
             a
             Feast
             :
             with
             other
             d●gressions
             .
             The
             King
             endeavours
             to
             raise
             commotions
             abroad
             ,
             is
             haply
             prevented
             .
             He
             suspects
             his
             own
             safety
             ;
             his
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             Captains
             ,
             himself
             executes
             one
             of
             his
             wives
             ,
             he
             feigns
             himself
             sick
             ,
             and
             deludes
             the
             people
             with
             an
             expectation
             of
             deliverance
             ;
             in
             the
             time
             of
             famine
             ,
             forgets
             community
             ;
             he
             is
             betrayed
             by
             his
             Confident
             ,
             is
             brought
             prisoner
             before
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             checks
             him
             ;
             his
             jesting
             answer
             and
             proposal
             ,
             he
             is
             put
             to
             a
             Non-plus
             ,
             is
             convinced
             of
             his
             offences
             ;
             his
             deserved
             and
             severe
             execution
             .
          
        
         
           
             4.
             
             HERMANNUS
             SUTOR
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               HErman
            
             the
             
               Cobler
            
             professeth
             himself
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             &c.
             he
             is
             noted
             for
             drunkenness
             ;
             The
             ceremonies
             he
             used
             in
             Anabaptisme
             ,
             
               Eppo
            
             his
             Host
             discovers
             him
             and
             his
             followers
             to
             be
             cheats
             ;
             
               Hermans
            
             wicked
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             his
             inconstancy
             in
             his
             opinions
             ,
             his
             mothers
             temerity
             ;
             his
             Sect
             convinced
             ,
             and
             fall
             off
             from
             him
             ;
             by
             one
             
               Drewjis
            
             of
             his
             Sect
             he
             is
             handled
             roughly
             ;
             
               Herman
            
             is
             taken
             by
             
               Charles
            
             Lord
             of
             
               Gelderland
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             is
             brought
             prisoner
             to
             
               Groningen
               ;
            
             when
             questioned
             in
             his
             torments
             ,
             he
             hardened
             himself
             ,
             and
             died
             miserably
             .
          
        
         
           
             5.
             
             THEODORUS
             SARTOR
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               THeodor
            
             the
             
               Botcher
            
             turns
             Adamite
             ,
             he
             affirms
             strange
             things
             ,
             his
             blasphemy
             in
             forgiving
             of
             sins
             ,
             he
             burns
             
             his
             cloaths
             ,
             &c.
             and
             causeth
             his
             companions
             to
             do
             the
             like
             .
             He
             and
             his
             rabble
             go
             naked
             ihrough
             
               Amsterdam
               ,
            
             in
             the
             dead
             of
             night
             ,
             denouncing
             their
             woes
             ,
             &c.
             and
             terrifie
             the
             people
             .
             They
             are
             taken
             and
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             Burghers
             ,
             but
             continue
             shameless
             .
             
               May
               5.
               1535.
            
             they
             are
             put
             to
             death
             ;
             some
             of
             their
             last
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             6.
             
             DAVID
             GEORGE
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               DAvid
               George
               ,
            
             the
             miracle
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
             At
             
               Basil
            
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             been
             banished
             his
             Country
             for
             the
             Gospels-sake
             ;
             with
             his
             specious
             pretences
             he
             gains
             the
             freedom
             of
             the
             City
             for
             him
             and
             his
             .
             His
             Character
             .
             His
             riches
             .
             He
             with
             his
             Sect
             enact
             three
             things
             .
             His
             Son
             in
             Law
             doubting
             his
             new
             Religion
             ,
             is
             by
             him
             questioned
             ;
             and
             upon
             his
             answer
             excommunicated
             .
             His
             wifes
             death
             .
             He
             had
             formerly
             voted
             himself
             immortal
             ,
             yet
             
               Aug.
               2.
               1556
            
             he
             died
             ,
             &c.
             
             His
             death
             troubled
             his
             disciples
             ,
             His
             doctrine
             questioned
             by
             the
             Magistates
             ,
             eleven
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             secured
             .
             Eleven
             Articles
             extracted
             out
             of
             the
             writings
             of
             
               David
               George
               ,
            
             Some
             of
             the
             imprisoned
             Sectaries
             acknowledged
             
               David
               George
            
             to
             have
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             tumults
             in
             the
             lower
             parts
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             but
             disowned
             his
             doctrin
             .
          
           
             Conditions
             whereupon
             the
             imprisoned
             are
             set
             at
             liberty
             :
             The
             Senate
             vote
             the
             doctrine
             of
             
               D.
               G.
            
             impious
             ,
             and
             declare
             him
             unworthy
             of
             Christian
             burial
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             body
             and
             books
             should
             be
             burned
             ,
             which
             was
             accordingly
             effected
             .
          
        
         
           
             7.
             
             MICHAEL
             SERVETUS
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               SErvetus
            
             his
             converse
             with
             
               Mahumetans
            
             and
             
               Jewes
               .
            
             He
             disguiseth
             his
             monstrous
             opinions
             with
             the
             Name
             of
             Christian
             Reformation
             .
             The
             place
             of
             his
             birth
             .
             At
             the
             24.
             year
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             he
             boasted
             himself
             the
             onely
             
               Teacher
            
             and
             
             
               Seer
            
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             He
             inveighed
             against
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             .
             
               Oecalampadius
            
             confutes
             his
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             causeth
             him
             to
             be
             thrust
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Basil
               .
               Servetus
            
             held
             but
             one
             person
             in
             the
             Godhead
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             held
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             to
             be
             
               Nature
               .
            
             His
             horrid
             blasphemy
             .
             He
             would
             reconcile
             the
             
               Turkish
               Alcoran
            
             to
             Christian
             Religion
             .
             He
             declares
             himself
             Prince
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
             At
             
               Geneva
               Calvin
            
             faithfully
             reproves
             
               Servetus
               ,
            
             but
             he
             continues
             obstinate
             .
             
               Anno
               1553.
            
             by
             the
             decrees
             of
             several
             Senates
             ,
             He
             was
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           
             8.
             
             ARRIUS
             .
             THE
             CONTENTS
             .
          
           
             Arrianisme
             its
             increase
             ,
             
               Anno
            
             323.
             
          
           
             THe
             General
             Council
             at
             
               Nice
               ,
               Anno
               325.
            
             called
             as
             a
             Remedy
             against
             it
             ,
             but
             without
             success
             .
             The
             
               Arrians
            
             misinterpret
             that
             place
             ,
             
               Joh.
               10.
               30.
            
             concerning
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             .
             They
             acknowledged
             one
             only
             God
             in
             a
             Judaeical
             sence
             .
             They
             deny
             the
             Trinity
             .
             
               Arrius
            
             his
             wretched
             death
             ,
             
               Anno
               336.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             9.
             
             MAHOMET
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               MAhomet
            
             characterised
             .
             He
             made
             a
             laughing-stock
             of
             the
             Trinity
             .
             He
             agreed
             with
             
               Carpocrates
               ,
            
             and
             other
             hereticks
             .
             He
             renewed
             Circumcision
             ,
             and
             to
             indulge
             his
             disciples
             ,
             he
             allowed
             them
             Polygamy
             ,
             &c.
             His
             Iron
             Tomb
             at
             
               Mecca
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             10.
             
             BALTHAZAR
             HUBMOR
             .
          
           
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               HUbmor
            
             a
             Patron
             of
             Anabaptisme
             .
             He
             damned
             usury
             .
             He
             brought
             in
             a
             worship
             to
             the
             Virgin
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             The
             Senate
             of
             
               Suring
            
             by
             a
             Council
             reduced
             him
             .
             He
             renounced
             the
             
             heads
             of
             his
             former
             doctrine
             .
             Himself
             or
             Sect
             still
             active
             .
             He
             is
             taken
             and
             imprisoned
             at
             
               Vienna
            
             in
             
               Austria
               .
            
             He
             and
             his
             wife
             both
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           
             11.
             
             JOHN
             HUT
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Hut
            
             the
             prop
             and
             pillar
             of
             Anabaptisme
             .
             His
             credulity
             in
             dreams
             and
             visions
             .
             He
             is
             accounted
             a
             true
             Prophet
             by
             his
             Proselytes
             .
             At
             
               Merhern
               ,
            
             his
             Fraternity
             became
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
        
         
           
             12.
             
             LODOWICK
             HETZER
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               LOdowick
               Hetzer
            
             a
             famous
             Heretick
             .
             He
             gaint
             Proselytes
             in
             
               Austria
            
             and
             
               Switzerland
               .
            
             Anno
             1527
             ,
             at
             a
             publick
             disputation
             
               Oecolampadius
            
             puts
             
               Hetzers
            
             emissaries
             to
             their
             shifts
             .
             
               Hetzer
            
             denied
             
               Christ
            
             to
             be
             coessentiall
             with
             the
             Father
             .
             His
             farewel
             to
             his
             Disciples
             .
             He
             is
             put
             to
             death
             for
             Adultery
             .
          
        
         
           
             13.
             
             MELCHIOR
             HOFMAN
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               HOfman
            
             a
             Skinner
             ,
             an
             Anabaptist
             ;
             
               Anno
               1528
               ,
            
             seduced
             300.
             men
             and
             women
             at
             
               Embda
            
             in
             
               West-Friesland
               .
            
             His
             followers
             accounted
             him
             a
             Prophet
             .
             At
             
               Strasburg
               ,
            
             he
             challenged
             the
             Ministers
             to
             dispute
             ,
             which
             was
             agreed
             upon
             
               Jan.
               11.
               1532.
            
             where
             being
             mildely
             dealt
             with
             ,
             he
             is
             nevertheless
             obstinate
             .
             Other
             Prophets
             and
             Prophetesses
             deluded
             him
             .
             He
             deiuded
             himself
             ,
             and
             volunt
             arily
             pi●●ed
             himself
             to
             death
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             14.
             
             MELCHIOR
             RINCK
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               MElchion
               Rinck
               ,
            
             an
             Anabaptist
             .
             He
             is
             accounted
             a
             not
             able
             interpreter
             of
             dreams
             and
             visions
             .
             His
             disciple
             
               Thomas
               Scucker
            
             in
             a
             waking-dream
             cut
             off
             his
             brother
             
               Leonards
            
             head
             ;
             pretending
             for
             his
             murder
             obedience
             to
             the
             decree
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           
             15.
             
             ADAM
             PASTOR
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               ADam
               Pastor
            
             a
             derider
             of
             Paedobaptisme
             .
             He
             revived
             the
             
               Arrian
            
             heresie
             .
             His
             foolish
             interpretation
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             
               Gen.
               217.
            
             so
             often
             confu●ed
             .
          
        
         
           
             16.
             
             HENRY
             NICHOLAS
             .
             The
             Contents
             .
          
           
             
               HEnry
               Nicholas
               ,
            
             Father
             of
             the
             Family
             of
             Love
             .
             He
             is
             against
             Infant-Baptisme
             .
             His
             divellish
             Logick
             .
          
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           Contents
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
       
         
           THOMAS
           MUNTZER
           .
           His
           OPINIONS
           ,
           ACTIONS
           ,
           And
           END
           .
           
             
               Hei
               mihi
               quot
               sacras
               iterans
               Baptismatis
               undas
               Muntzerus
               Stygijs
               millin
               tinxit
               aquis
               !
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           MUntzer's
           
             Doctrine
             spreads
             ,
             his
             aim
             's
             high
             ,
             his
             affirmations
             destructive
             ;
             Hee
             asserts
          
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           
             rests
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             grows
             worse
             and
             worse
             in
             his
             opinions
             and
             practises
             ;
             his
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             party
             and
             the
             common
             people
             :
             he
             endeavours
             to
             set
             up
             himself
             ,
             pretending
             
             to
             restore
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             ;
             being
             opposed
             by
             the
          
           Landgrave
           ,
           
             his
             delusive
             animation
             of
             his
             followers
             ;
             their
             overthrow
             ;
             his
             escape
             ;
             he
             is
             found
             ,
             but
             dissembles
             himself
             ;
             is
             taken
             ,
             but
             yet
             obstinate
             ;
             the
          
           Landgrave
           
             convinceth
             him
             by
             Scripture
             ,
             when
             being
             racked
             ,
             hee
             laugheth
             ,
             afterward
             relenteth
             ;
             his
             last
             words
             ;
             is
             deservedly
             beheaded
             ,
             and
             made
             an
             example
             .
          
        
         
           ABout
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Redemption
           .
           
           M.
           D.
           XXI
           .
           and
           M.
           D.
           XXII
           .
           there
           rise
           up
           in
           
             Saxony
          
           near
           the
           River
           
             Sales
             ,
          
           a
           most
           insolent
           Sect
           of
           certain
           
             Enthusiasts
             ,
          
           among
           whom
           
             Nicholas
             Storkius
          
           was
           no
           ordinary
           person
           .
           These
           presumptuously
           boasting
           that
           their
           
             Dreams
             ,
             Visions
          
           and
           
             Revelations
             ,
          
           were
           inspired
           
           into
           them
           from
           heaven
           ,
           had
           s●ily
           scattered
           it
           among
           other
           seditious
           persons
           of
           the
           same
           kidney
           ;
           
             That
             the
             world
             was
             to
             be
             reformed
             by
             their
             means
             ,
          
           which
           done
           ,
           
             and
             the
             wicked
             utterly
             cut
             off
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             governed
             by
          
           Justice
           
             it self
             .
          
           All
           that
           gave
           not
           up
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           embraced
           their
           Sect
           ,
           they
           branded
           with
           the
           name
           of
           
             ungodly
             .
          
           One
           of
           this
           Sodomitical
           lake
           sprung
           
             THOMAS
             MUNTZER
             ,
          
           
           one
           that
           boasted
           that
           hee
           had
           had
           communication
           with
           God
           .
           This
           man's
           doctrine
           incredibly
           spred
           ,
           as
           being
           in
           the
           first
           place
           levell'd
           at
           the
           holy
           Doctors
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
             ;
          
           And
           from
           thence
           discharged
           at
           the
           
             Magistrates
          
           themselves
           ;
           for
           the
           
           Christian
           flock
           being
           once
           deprived
           of
           these
           two
           constitutions
           of
           men
           ,
           there
           were
           nothing
           to
           hinder
           the
           greedy
           Wolves
           to
           break
           out
           into
           all
           rapine
           
           and
           oppression
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           
             Wolves
             ,
          
           
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           
             false
             Teachers
             ,
          
           have
           ever
           most
           violently
           opposed
           the
           the
           
             Ministry
          
           and
           the
           
             Magistracy
             ,
          
           in
           hopes
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           draw
           these
           from
           the
           care
           and
           charge
           of
           their
           flocks
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           contempt
           with
           their
           sheep
           ,
           which
           by
           that
           means
           should
           stray
           into
           their
           parties
           .
           This
           
             Muntzer
          
           did
           both
           by
           his
           teachings
           and
           writings
           publickly
           affirm
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Preachers
             of
             that
             time
             that
             contributed
             their
             endeavours
             to
             the
          
           
           
             advancement
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             were
             not
             sent
             by
             God
             ,
             but
             were
             
             meer
             Scribes
             ,
             and
             impertinent
             interpreters
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             and
             the
             written
             Word
             ,
             were
             not
             the
             pure
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             onely
             a
             bare
             Testimony
             of
             the
             ●●e
             wo●d
             ;
             that
             the
             true
             reall
             word
             was
             something
             that
             were
             intrinsecall
             and
             heavenly
             ,
             and
             immediately
             proceeding
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             consequently
             to
             be
             learned
             intrinsecally
             ,
             and
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             humane
             suggestion
             .
          
           With
           the
           same
           breath
           he
           brought
           
           
             Baptisme
          
           into
           contempt
           ,
           most
           inconvincibly
           affirming
           that
           there
           was
           no
           warrant
           from
           God
           for
           
             Paedobaptisme
             ,
          
           or
           baptisme
           of
           children
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           
             baptized
             after
             a
             spirituall
             and
             more
             excellent
             dispensation
             .
          
           
           He
           further
           endeavoured
           to
           teach
           that
           
             Christs
             satisfaction
             for
             us
             was
             unnecessary
             ,
             whatever
             honest
             and
             weak
             understanding
             men
             could
             urge
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             That
             matrimony
             in
             the
          
           unfaithfull
           and
           incontinent
           ,
           
             was
             a
             pollution
             ,
             meretricious
             and
             diabolical
             ;
             That
             God
             discovered
             his
             will
             by
             dreames
             (
             whence
             it
             was
             that
             he
             was
             mightily
             infatuated
             with
             them
             )
             holding
             that
             those
             were
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             communicated
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           Hereupon
           was
           he
           acknowledged
           by
           his
           followers
           for
           some
           heavenly
           and
           spirituall
           
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           believed
           that
           he
           was
           thus
           taught
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           without
           any
           humane
           assistance
           .
           This
           doctrine
           did
           he
           disperse
           throughou●
           all
           
             Germany
          
           by
           printed
           books
           and
           Epistles
           ,
           which
           the
           tinder-brain'd
           disciples
           of
           his
           seditious
           sect
           were
           soon
           fir'd
           with
           ,
           read
           ,
           approved
           ,
           and
           propogated
           .
           The
           same
           man
           in
           the
           yeares
           M.
           D.
           XXIII
           .
           and
           M.
           D.
           XXIV
           .
           
           taught
           at
           
             A●sted
          
           which
           is
           a
           City
           in
           
             Saxony
             ,
          
           near
           
             Thu●ingia
             ;
          
           and
           when
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Ministers
             ,
          
           but
           also
           the
           
             Magistrates
          
           lay
           under
           the
           lash
           of
           his
           calumny
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           his
           Sermons
           were
           stuff'd
           with
           most
           seditious
           and
           bitter
           invectives
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           pretending
           to
           groan
           for
           the
           return
           of
           lost
           liberty
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           insufferable
           pressures
           
           of
           the
           people
           under
           Tyranny
           ,
           he
           complained
           of
           it
           as
           a
           great
           grievance
           ,
           that
           their
           wealth
           and
           estates
           were
           the
           prey
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           peswade
           them
           that
           a
           remedy
           was
           timely
           to
           be
           applied
           to
           these
           things
           .
           Being
           for
           this
           doctrine
           dispatched
           out
           
           of
           
             Alsted
             ,
          
           he
           comes
           to
           
             Norimberg
             ,
          
           and
           thence
           without
           discontinuing
           his
           journey
           into
           
             Basil
             ,
          
           and
           thence
           into
           
             Switzerand
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           at
           length
           he
           came
           to
           
             Cracovia
             ,
          
           
           where
           at
           a
           certaine
           town
           called
           
             Griess●n
             ,
          
           he
           continued
           some
           weeks
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           was
           no
           lesse
           idle
           then
           ever
           ,
           and
           that
           especially
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Stuling
             ,
          
           where
           hee
           sowed
           so
           much
           of
           his
           contagious
           seed
           among
           his
           factious
           disciples
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           thrived
           into
           an
           extraordinary
           harvest
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           he
           publickly
           scattered
           abroad
           his
           doctrine
           of
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           we
           have
           touched
           before
           .
           Departing
           out
           of
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           wandring
           up
           and
           down
           
             Mulhusium
          
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           
             During
             ,
          
           he
           w●it
           letters
           to
           some
           of
           the
           most
           confident
           to
           his
           Religion
           ;
           by
           whose
           countenance
           and
           assistance
           factious
           spirits
           were
           sometimes
           more
           and
           more
           exasperated
           against
           the
           Magistrate
           .
           Some
           small
           time
           before
           the
           Counntrey
           people
           took
           up
           arms
           ,
           he
           sent
           up
           and
           down
           certain
           Briefes
           by
           Messengers
           ,
           wherein
           were
           divers
           things
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           was
           represented
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           those
           warlike
           instrments
           which
           were
           cast
           at
           
             Mulhusium
          
           upon
           occasion
           of
           this
           sedition
           ,
           so
           to
           encourage
           and
           enflame
           the
           fiery
           followers
           of
           his
           faction
           .
           For
           having
           stayed
           two
           moneths
           at
           
             G●lessen
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           could
           not
           so
           much
           advance
           his
           designes
           if
           he
           returned
           into
           
             Saxony
          
           because
           his
           affaires
           prospered
           not
           according
           to
           his
           desires
           in
           those
           places
           ,
           he
           returns
           back
           to
           the
           people
           of
           
             During
          
           and
           
             Mulhusium
             .
          
           But
           before
           hee
           was
           arrived
           thither
           ,
           
             LUTHER
          
           had
           by
           letters
           forew●…ed
           the
           reverend
           
           Senate
           of
           
             Mulhusium
          
           concerning
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           beware
           of
           him
           as
           of
           a
           destroying
           wolfe
           ,
           and
           fitte●
           to
           bee
           s●unned
           then
           Serpents
           ,
           or
           whatever
           Mankind
           beares
           any
           antipathy
           to
           ,
           for
           that
           both
           at
           
             Swickaw
             ,
          
           and
           not
           long
           before
           at
           
             Alsted
             ,
          
           he
           was
           accounted
           a
           tree
           sufficiently
           evill
           and
           corrupt
           ,
           which
           bore
           no
           other
           fruit
           but
           Tumult
           and
           inevitable
           destruction
           ;
           and
           one
           ,
           who
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           his
           Comerades
           ,
           could
           ever
           bee
           brought
           to
           make
           any
           defence
           of
           their
           opinions
           ,
           among
           which
           was
           ,
           
             That
             they
             all
             were
             Gods
             el●ct
             and
             that
             all
             the
             children
             of
             their
             Religion
             were
             to
             be
             called
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             others
             were
             ungodly
             ,
             and
             designed
             to
             damnation
             .
          
           And
           divers
           other
           things
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           were
           contained
           in
           the
           foresaid
           letter
           ,
           which
           was
           dated
           from
           
             ●●imaria
             ,
          
           on
           Sunday
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Assumption
           of
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           M.
           D.
           XXIV
           .
           
             Muntzer
          
           in
           the
           
           mean
           time
           with
           words
           plausibly
           sweetned
           ,
           drew
           away
           
           she
           minds
           of
           all
           he
           could
           to
           savour
           his
           party
           ,
           and
           by
           promising
           mountains
           of
           gold
           to
           the
           common
           people
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           should
           cry
           him
           up
           with
           the
           general
           acclamations
           of
           being
           a
           true
           Prophet
           ,
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           that
           a
           very
           great
           concourse
           of
           the
           dregs
           of
           the
           people
           repaired
           to
           him
           from
           
             Mulhusium
          
           and
           other
           places
           ;
           nay
           ,
           by
           his
           subtilty
           and
           the
           authority
           he
           had
           gotten
           ,
           he
           perverted
           the
           very
           Magistrate
           of
           
             Mulhusium
             ,
          
           and
           made
           him
           a
           
           new
           abettor
           of
           his
           opinion
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           first
           original
           of
           the
           mischief
           ;
           and
           thence
           divers
           other
           
             Hydra's
          
           of
           seditions
           like
           so
           many
           excrescencies
           took
           a
           sudden
           growth
           from
           this
           .
           For
           all
           men's
           goods
           became
           common
           ,
           and
           he
           taught
           that
           no
           man
           had
           any
           propriety
           in
           what
           he
           enjoied
           .
           To
           which
           he
           added
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           revealed
           to
           him
           from
           God
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Empire
             and
             Principalitities
          
           
           
             of
             this
             world
             were
             to
             be
             extirpated
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             sword
             of
          
           Gideon
           
             was
             put
             into
             his
             hands
             to
             bee
             emploied
             against
             all
             Tyrants
             ,
             for
             the
             assertion
             of
             true
             liberty
             ,
             and
             the
             restauration
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           and
           at
           this
           time
           he
           gave
           orders
           for
           the
           preparing
           of
           certain
           warlike
           engines
           .
           While
           he
           was
           wholly
           taken
           up
           about
           these
           things
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           following
           year
           MD.
           XXV
           .
           the
           countrey
           people
           throughout
           
             Swedland
          
           and
           
             F●anconia
             ,
          
           and
           diverse
           other
           places
           ,
           rise
           up
           against
           their
           
             Magistrates
             ,
          
           
           forced
           away
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           plundered
           Towns
           and
           Castles
           ,
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           made
           an
           absolute
           devastation
           by
           fire
           and
           sword
           .
           The
           
             Landgrave
             Henry
          
           being
           
           moved
           at
           these
           things
           raises
           a
           wa●r
           ,
           and
           fought
           the
           countrey
           people
           ,
           the
           first
           time
           near
           
             Frankenhusium
             ,
          
           the
           fourteenth
           day
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           which
           done
           ,
           he
           prepared
           himself
           for
           a
           second
           fight
           to
           be
           fought
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           which
           
             Muntzer
          
           having
           intelligence
           of
           ,
           said
           by
           way
           of
           animation
           to
           his
           followers
           ,
           What
           are
           those
           Cannon-bullets
           ?
           
           I
           will
           receive
           them
           in
           my
           gloves
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           not
           hurt
           me
           ,
           whereby
           the
           countrey
           people
           being
           encouraged
           ,
           were
           the
           next
           day
           beaten
           by
           the
           
             Landgrave
             ,
          
           five
           thousand
           slain
           ,
           and
           three
           hundred
           taken
           ,
           who
           had
           all
           their
           heads
           cut
           off
           ,
           so
           that
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           ambitious
           of
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           they
           lost
           even
           the
           liberty
           of
           
             life
          
           it self
           .
           And
           herein
           was
           the
           ancient
           Proverb
           verified
           ,
           War●
           is
           most
           delightful
           to
           those
           that
           had
           never
           experienced
           it
           .
           The
           
           discreeter
           part
           of
           the
           countrey
           peop'e
           ,
           having
           laid
           down
           their
           arms
           ,
           put
           their
           hands
           to
           the
           golden
           plough
           ,
           to
           hold
           which
           they
           had
           been
           designed
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           mannage
           Lances
           and
           Pole-axes
           .
           
             Mantzer
          
           escapes
           to
           
             Frankenhusium
             ,
          
           and
           hid
           himself
           in
           a
           house
           neer
           the
           Gate
           ,
           where
           
           a
           certain
           Nobleman
           had
           taken
           up
           his
           quarters
           .
           This
           mans
           servant
           going
           up
           into
           the
           upper
           roomes
           of
           the
           house
           to
           see
           how
           they
           were
           accommodated
           ,
           findes
           one
           lying
           upon
           a
           bed
           ,
           of
           whom
           hee
           enquired
           ,
           whether
           he
           were
           of
           those
           who
           had
           escaped
           the
           fight
           ,
           which
           he
           denied
           ,
           averring
           that
           hee
           had
           lain
           some
           time
           sick
           of
           a
           fever
           :
           whereupon
           looking
           about
           ,
           hee
           perceives
           a
           little
           bag
           lying
           
           carelesly
           neer
           the
           bed
           side
           ;
           he
           opens
           it
           and
           finds
           letters
           from
           
             Albert
          
           Count
           of
           
             Mans
             field
             ,
          
           wherein
           hee
           dehor●ed
           
             Muntzer
          
           from
           his
           wicked
           purpose
           ,
           and
           from
           promoting
           the
           tumult
           already
           raised
           .
           Having
           read
           them
           ,
           he
           asked
           him
           whether
           they
           were
           directed
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           denying
           he
           threatens
           to
           kill
           him
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           cried
           quarter
           ,
           and
           confessed
           himself
           to
           be
           
             Muntzer
             .
          
           Hee
           is
           taken
           ,
           and
           
           brought
           before
           
             George
             Duke
          
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           and
           the
           
             Landgrave
             ,
          
           whereupon
           they
           having
           made
           him
           confesse
           that
           hee
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           popular
           insurrection
           ,
           and
           sedition
           ;
           he
           answered
           that
           hee
           had
           done
           but
           his
           duty
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           
             Magistrates
             who
             were
             opposers
             of
             his
             Evangelical
             doct iac
             ,
             were
             by
             such
             means
             to
             bee
             chastised
             .
          
           To
           which
           the
           
             Landgrave
          
           made
           answer
           ,
           and
           proved
           it
           by
           several
           testimouies
           
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           all
           honour
           is
           to
           given
           to
           the
           
             Magistrate
             ;
          
           and
           that
           all
           tumult
           raised
           in
           order
           to
           a
           mans
           particular
           revenge
           ,
           was
           by
           God
           forbidden
           
             Christians
             .
          
           Here
           
             Muntzer
          
           being
           convinced
           ,
           held
           his
           peace
           .
           Being
           laid
           upon
           the
           rack
           ,
           while
           hee
           cried
           out
           aloud
           and
           wept
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           spoke
           to
           him
           to
           this
           purpose
           ;
           Now
           thou
           art
           punished
           ,
           
             Muntzer
             ,
          
           consider
           with
           thy self
           by
           what
           unspeakable
           ways
           thou
           hast
           seduced
           and
           brought
           so
           many
           to
           destruction
           !
           whereat
           
             Muntzer
          
           broke
           out
           into
           a
           great
           laughter
           ,
           saying
           ,
           This
           is
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           countrey
           people
           .
           But
           when
           being
           brought
           
           to
           his
           death
           ,
           hee
           was
           thrust
           into
           close
           prison
           ,
           't
           is
           wonderfull
           how
           faint-hearted
           hee
           was
           ,
           and
           stood
           extreamly
           troubled
           in
           mind
           ,
           not
           being
           able
           to
           give
           any
           account
           of
           his
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           but
           as
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Saxony
          
           pronounced
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           which
           hee
           told
           him
           ,
           hee
           was
           to
           make
           a
           confession
           
           of
           before
           God
           :
           Being
           surrounded
           with
           souldiers
           ,
           hee
           openly
           acknowledged
           his
           wickednesse
           ,
           and
           withall
           addressed
           these
           words
           to
           the
           Princes
           that
           were
           present
           ;
           shew
           mercy
           and
           compassion
           ,
           yee
           Princes
           ,
           lest
           hereafter
           ,
           you
           incur
           by
           my
           example
           the
           punishment
           I
           now
           suffer
           ;
           
           Read
           and
           attentively
           consider
           the
           holy
           Books
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             .
          
           Having
           said
           this
           ,
           his
           head
           was
           struck
           off
           ,
           and
           fastened
           to
           a
           stake
           ,
           for
           a
           monument
           and
           example
           to
           
           others
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           JOHN
           MATHIAS
           .
           
             
               Primus
               hic
               e
               Batavis
               Muntzeri
               dogma
               sequutus
               Turbavit
               miris
               Westphala
               regna
               modis
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           JOHN
           MATHIAS
           
             repairs
             to
          
           Munster
           ,
           
             his
             severe
             edi●●s
             ,
             he
             becomes
             a
             malicious
             executioner
             of
          
           Hubert
           Trutiling
           ,
           
             for
             contumelious
             expressions
             touching
             him
             ;
             his
             own
             desperate
             end
             .
          
        
         
         
           IN
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           God
           ,
           M.
           D.
           XXXII
           .
           at
           
             Munster
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           
             Westphalia
             )
          
           a
           
           certain
           Priest
           called
           
             Bernardus
             Rotmannus
          
           undertook
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           which
           being
           done
           with
           great
           successe
           ,
           certain
           messengers
           were
           sent
           to
           
             Marpyrgum
             ,
          
           a
           place
           in
           
             Hassia
             ,
          
           whose
           business
           was
           to
           bring
           along
           with
           them
           some
           men
           of
           learning
           and
           good
           conversation
           ,
           who
           should
           bee
           helpfull
           in
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           From
           
             Marpyrgum
          
           were
           there
           some
           dispatched
           ,
           who
           arriving
           at
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           reduced
           the
           principall
           heads
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           into
           
             thirty
             nine
             Articles
             ,
          
           which
           they
           proposed
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           being
           ready
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           pretended
           )
           to
           make
           good
           and
           prove
           the
           said
           heads
           ,
           by
           places
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           which
           was
           effected
           .
           The
           
             Religious
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           they
           
           are
           called
           )
           the
           
             spiritual
          
           who
           were
           possessed
           of
           the
           chiefest
           Church
           ,
           could
           by
           no
           means
           digest
           this
           ,
           so
           that
           departing
           the
           City
           ,
           they
           caused
           much
           trouble
           to
           the
           Citizens
           .
           Upon
           this
           weighty
           businesse
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           and
           Citizens
           sate
           in
           long
           and
           prudent
           consultations
           .
           At
           length
           there
           was
           a
           certain
           agreement
           ,
           upon
           these
           terms
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           all
           injuries
           committed
           in
           those
           Tumults
           should
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Gospel
           should
           be
           freely
           preached
           in
           six
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             our
             Lord
          
           only
           should
           be
           absolutely
           reserved
           to
           them
           .
           These
           conditions
           were
           readily
           subscribed
           to
           by
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           all
           things
           laid
           asleep
           in
           peace
           .
           But
           this
           peace
           was
           not
           long
           undisturbed
           by
           the
           
             Devill
             ,
          
           
           (
           that
           irreconcileable
           enemy
           of
           peace
           and
           virtue
           )
           and
           therefore
           by
           doing
           at
           
             Munster
          
           what
           hee
           had
           done
           at
           other
           places
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           raising
           up
           out
           of
           the
           jaws
           of
           Hell
           ,
           the
           seditious
           and
           pestiferous
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           those
           importunate
           disturbers
           and
           
             turn-pikes
          
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
             ;
          
           his
           design
           was
           not
           onely
           to
           discourage
           the
           good
           and
           godly
           ,
           but
           withall
           ,
           shamefully
           to
           destroy
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           .
           For
           in
           the
           same
           year
           there
           rise
           up
           at
           
             Harlem
             a
             Baker
          
           called
           
             John
          
           
           
             Mathias
             ,
          
           a
           man
           utterly
           unlearned
           ,
           yet
           crafty
           and
           boldly
           eloquent
           .
           This
           man
           being
           excessively
           lecherous
           ,
           neglected
           and
           slighted
           his
           own
           wife
           ,
           who
           being
           somewhat
           well
           stricken
           in
           years
           ,
           was
           so
           much
           the
           lesse
           fit
           for
           the
           
           exercises
           of
           
             Venus
             .
          
           Being
           therefore
           over
           head
           and
           ears
           
           in
           love
           with
           a
           certain
           
             Vi●age
          
           who
           was
           an
           Alehouse-keepers
           daughter
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           resolve
           of
           any
           way
           more
           advantageous
           to
           seduce
           ,
           then
           by
           an
           
             Angelical
             carriage
             ,
          
           and
           a
           counterfeit
           
             sanctity
             .
          
           He
           made
           frequent
           visits
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           entertaining
           her
           with
           his
           visions
           and
           revelations
           ,
           he
           thereby
           drew
           her
           to
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           conveighed
           her
           into
           a
           secret
           place
           in
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           where
           he
           professed
           
           himself
           a
           Doctor
           and
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           affirming
           that
           God
           had
           revealed
           certain
           secrets
           unto
           him
           ,
           not
           yet
           revealed
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           
             Enoch
          
           the
           second
           high
           Priest
           of
           God
           .
           Upon
           some
           he
           
             laid
             hands
          
           and
           sent
           them
           two
           by
           two
           as
           
             Apostles
          
           and
           messengers
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           dispatching
           to
           
             Munster
          
           one
           
             Gerard
          
           a
           Bookseller
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Buckhold
          
           the
           Botcher
           of
           
             Leyden
             ,
          
           others
           into
           other
           places
           .
           These
           emissary
           messengers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           rather
           of
           Satan
           ,
           boyled
           over
           with
           their
           various
           opinions
           ,
           held
           marriages
           of
           no
           account
           ,
           and
           dreamed
           diverse
           other
           things
           .
           Some
           taught
           by
           parables
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           illusive
           dreams
           ;
           others
           acknowledged
           not
           him
           a
           
             Brother
          
           who
           desiled
           his
           Baptisme
           with
           sins
           ;
           others
           preferred
           the
           
             Baptisme
          
           of
           
             John
          
           before
           that
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           others
           taught
           that
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           
           and
           whoever
           were
           unsatisfied
           with
           their
           Religion
           ,
           ought
           to
           bee
           destroied
           root
           and
           branch
           ;
           some
           would
           acknowledge
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           visions
           and
           prophecies
           ;
           others
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Teachers
           that
           were
           departed
           this
           life
           ,
           should
           shortly
           rise
           again
           ,
           and
           should
           reign
           with
           Christ
           upon
           earth
           a
           thousand
           years
           ,
           and
           should
           receive
           a
           hundred
           fold
           for
           what
           ever
           they
           had
           left
           behind
           them
           .
           Some
           of
           these
           men
           affirmed
           that
           they
           had
           communication
           with
           God
           ,
           some
           with
           Angels
           ;
           but
           the
           more
           discreet
           and
           wiser
           sort
           of
           men
           conceived
           that
           their
           conferences
           had
           been
           with
           the
           Divel
           .
           Here
           upon
           the
           great
           Prophet
           
             John
             Mathias
          
           (
           upon
           whose
           account
           his
           most
           vain
           Apostles
           already
           proclaimed
           a
           Peace
           )
           perceiving
           an
           occasion
           by
           this
           means
           of
           domineering
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           consecrated
           in
           his
           stead
           his
           disciple
           
             James
             Campensis
             ,
          
           a
           Sawyer
           ,
           Bishop
           at
           
             Amsterdam
             .
          
           committing
           unto
           his
           charge
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           be
           seduced
           with
           the
           same
           zeal
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           begun
           .
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           fairly
           carried
           ,
           he
           repaired
           to
           
             Munster
          
           to
           his
           
           Apostle
           and
           Ambassadour
           
             John
             Buckhold
             ,
          
           whom
           hee
           made
           Governour
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           who
           presently
           published
           
           these
           severe
           edicts
           .
           
             That
             every
             man
             should
             bring
             his
             gold
          
           
           
             and
             silver
             ,
             and
             whatever
             were
             of
             greater
             importance
             ,
             into
             the
             common
             heap
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             man
             should
             detain
             any
             thing
             at
             his
             house
             ;
             for
             the
             receiving
             of
             which
             things
             so
             collected
             a
             place
             was
             appointed
             .
          
           Though
           the
           people
           were
           not
           a
           little
           astonished
           at
           the
           rigour
           and
           severity
           of
           the
           edict
           ,
           yet
           did
           they
           submit
           thereto
           .
           Moreover
           he
           forbad
           the
           reading
           of
           all
           books
           but
           the
           
             Bible
             ,
          
           all
           which
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           bee
           burnt
           ,
           the
           divine
           authority
           had
           by
           him
           ,
           its
           witnesse
           commanded
           .
        
         
           At
           this
           very
           time
           a
           certain
           Tradesman
           ,
           whose
           name
           was
           
             Hubert
             Trutiling
             ,
          
           had
           scattered
           some
           contumelious
           expressions
           concerning
           this
           great
           Prophet
           ;
           where
           at
           he
           being
           immeasurably
           incensed
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           compassion
           ,
           caused
           the
           foresaid
           
             Trutiling
          
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           accused
           and
           sentenced
           .
           Whereupon
           he
           himself
           laying
           his
           violent
           hands
           upon
           this
           innocent
           man
           ,
           lays
           him
           along
           upon
           the
           ground
           ;
           in
           that
           posture
           he
           runs
           him
           through
           with
           a
           spear
           ;
           but
           finding
           
           by
           the
           palpitation
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           some
           remainder
           of
           life
           ,
           he
           made
           him
           to
           be
           conveighed
           thence
           ,
           and
           taking
           a
           musket
           from
           one
           that
           stood
           by
           ,
           which
           was
           charged
           ,
           killed
           him
           ,
           intimating
           that
           hee
           was
           commanded
           by
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           his
           own
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           a
           murtherer
           from
           the
           beginning
           )
           to
           do
           what
           he
           had
           done
           .
           This
           noble
           exploit
           performed
           ,
           he
           took
           a
           long
           lance
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           hastily
           ●an
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           crying
           out
           that
           hee
           was
           commanded
           by
           God
           the
           Father
           to
           put
           to
           flight
           the
           enemy
           ,
           which
           at
           that
           time
           had
           closely
           besieged
           
             Munster
             .
          
           Having
           taken
           the
           said
           weapon
           ,
           and
           running
           like
           a
           mad
           man
           upon
           
           the
           enemy
           ,
           hee
           himself
           was
           run
           through
           by
           a
           souldier
           of
           
             Misna
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           JOHN
           BUCKHOLD
           ,
           or
           ,
           JOHN
           of
           LEYDEN
           .
           
             
               Agres●●●ssque
               nefas
               magnum
               et
               memorabile
               ,
               Regem
               Somniat
               ,
               abje●ta
               forfiee
               sceptra
               gerens
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           JOHN
           BUCKHOLD
           
             his
             character
             ,
             his
             disputing
             and
             contention
             with
             the
             Ecclesiasticks
             concerning
             Paedobaptisme
             ;
             he
             succeeds
          
           John
           Mathias
           ,
           
             he
             comforts
             the
             people
             with
             a
             pretended
             revelation
             ;
             he
             makes
          
           Bernard
           Knipperdoling
           
             of
             a
             Consul
             ,
             to
             become
             common
             
             executioner
             .
          
           Buckhold
           
             feigneth
             himself
             dumb
             ,
             he
             assumes
             the
             Magistracy
             ,
             he
             allowes
          
           Polygamy
           ,
           
             he
             takes
             to
             himself
             three
             wives
             ;
             he
             is
             made
             King
             ,
             and
             appoints
             Officers
             under
             him
             ;
             his
             sumptuous
             apparell
             ;
             his
             Titles
             were
             ,
             King
             of
             Justice
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             new
          
           Jerusalem
           ;
           
             his
             throne
             ,
             his
             Coin
             and
             motto
             thereon
             ;
             The
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             Courtiers
             waite
             on
             the
             people
             at
             a
             Feast
             ,
             with
             other
             digressions
             .
             The
             King
             endeavours
             to
             raise
             commotions
             abroad
             ,
             is
             haply
             prevented
             .
             He
             suspects
             his
             own
             safety
             ,
             his
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             Captaines
             ,
             himself
             executes
             one
             of
             his
             wives
             ,
             he
             feignes
             himself
             sick
             ,
             and
             deludes
             the
             people
             with
             an
             expectation
             of
             deliverance
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             famine
             ,
             forgets
             community
             ;
             he
             is
             betrayed
             by
             his
             confident
             ,
             is
             brought
             prisoner
             before
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             checks
             him
             ;
             his
             jesting
             answer
             and
             proposall
             ;
             he
             is
             put
             to
             a
             Non
             plus
             ,
             is
             convinced
             of
             his
             offences
             ;
             his
             deserved
             and
             severe
             execution
             .
          
        
         
           JOHN
           BUCKHOLD
           was
           a
           Botcher
           of
           
           
             Leyden
             ,
          
           a
           crafty
           fellow
           ,
           eloquent
           ,
           very
           perfect
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           subtle
           ,
           confident
           ,
           more
           changeable
           then
           
             Proteus
             ,
          
           a
           serious
           student
           of
           sedition
           ,
           briefly
           ,
           a
           most
           servent
           
             Anabaptist
             .
          
           This
           man
           being
           sent
           by
           
             John
             Mathias
          
           to
           
             Munster
          
           was
           a
           perpetuall
           thorn
           in
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           
             Ecclesiasticks
             ,
          
           craftily
           sisting
           them
           about
           
           the
           businesse
           of
           
             Paedobaptisme
             ,
          
           in
           which
           employment
           he
           spent
           nine
           whole
           moneths
           ,
           and
           most
           commonly
           making
           his
           party
           good
           with
           them
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           disputation
           and
           litigious
           contention
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           secretly
           spawn'd
           and
           scatter'd
           the
           doctrine
           of
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lay
           in
           his
           power
           .
           About
           that
           time
           a
           certain
           unknown
           Preacher
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           one
           
             Hermanus
             Stapreda
          
           of
           
             Meurs
          
           came
           to
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           who
           supplying
           the
           place
           of
           
             Rotmannus
          
           in
           preaching
           ,
           seduced
           him
           ,
           and
           leavened
           him
           with
           
             Anabaptisme
             ,
          
           and
           he
           also
           publickly
           anathematized
           
             Pedobaptisme
             .
          
           This
           gave
           occasion
           of
           raising
           tumults
           among
           the
           people
           ;
           they
           who
           before
           were
           onely
           secretly
           instructed
           by
           
             John
             Buckhold
             ,
          
           discover
           themselves
           
           openly
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           lay
           aside
           all
           disguises
           of
           their
           intentions
           ;
           in
           most
           parts
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           they
           have
           their
           frequent
           meetings
           ;
           in
           divers
           houses
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           the
           night
           time
           ,
           whereat
           the
           Magnistrates
           being
           incensed
           ,
           and
           
           offended
           ,
           prohibited
           their
           Conventicles
           ,
           and
           some
           they
           banished
           ;
           But
           they
           weigh
           not
           this
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           being
           sent
           out
           at
           one
           gate
           ,
           they
           came
           in
           at
           another
           ,
           and
           lay
           concealed
           among
           those
           that
           were
           the
           favourers
           of
           their
           Sect.
           
           Hereupon
           the
           Senate
           caused
           all
           the
           
             Ecclesiasticks
          
           to
           assemble
           at
           the
           Palace
           ,
           to
           dispute
           the
           businesse
           of
           
             Paedobaptisme
             .
          
           In
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           
             Rotmannus
          
           stood
           tooth
           and
           naile
           for
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           but
           those
           of
           the
           Reformation
           fully
           refuted
           their
           errors
           ,
           as
           the
           publick
           acts
           concerning
           that
           businesse
           do
           abundantly
           testifie
           .
           At
           this
           very
           time
           the
           Minsters
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Argentoratum
          
           signed
           and
           set
           out
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Faith
           in
           a
           printed
           Book
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           Senate
           of
           
             Munster
          
           by
           a
           publick
           edict
           banished
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           which
           edict
           ,
           they
           ,
           persisting
           in
           contention
           ,
           opposed
           ,
           being
           now
           arrived
           to
           that
           rashnesse
           and
           impudence
           ,
           that
           they
           thrust
           a
           reformed
           Preacher
           ,
           one
           
             Peter
             Werthemius
          
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Yea
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           rioting
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           )
           whereof
           the
           Ringleader
           was
           
             Henry
             Rollius
             )
          
           cryed
           out
           as
           they
           went
           ,
           
             Repent
             and
             be
             rebaptized
             ,
             otherwise
             will
             the
             heavy
             wrath
             of
             God
             fall
             upon
             you
             !
          
           These
           things
           hapned
           about
           the
           end
           of
           the
           year
           M.
           D.
           XXXIII
           .
           and
           the
           beginning
           of
           M.
           D.
           XXXIV
           .
           Some
           honest-hearted
           
           and
           harmlesse
           men
           ,
           partly
           out
           of
           an
           apprehension
           of
           divine
           wrath
           (
           as
           they
           made
           them
           believe
           )
           partly
           for
           fear
           of
           men
           ,
           suffered
           themselves
           to
           be
           washed
           in
           the
           laver
           of
           
             Anabaptisme
             .
          
           For
           ,
           the
           
             Anabaptists
          
           leaving
           
           their
           dennes
           ,
           broke
           into
           the
           City
           without
           any
           controll
           ,
           and
           with
           an
           unanimous
           violence
           assaulting
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           they
           soon
           possessed
           themselves
           of
           the
           Palace
           and
           the
           Magazine
           ,
           sentencing
           with
           loud
           conclamations
           and
           such
           as
           required
           a
           greater
           voice
           then
           that
           of
           
             Stentor
             ,
          
           that
           all
           were
           to
           be
           destroyed
           as
           so
           many
           Heathens
           and
           Reprobates
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           embrace
           Anabaptisme
           .
           In
           this
           tumult
           ,
           a
           certain
           young
           man
           of
           
             Burchstenford
          
           was
           killed
           .
           This
           gave
           occasion
           both
           to
           the
           
             Papists
             ,
          
           and
           to
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformation
          
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           safety
           .
           The
           chiefest
           Patrons
           of
           the
           Anabaptistical
           Heresy
           were
           ,
           
             Bernard
             Rotman
             ,
             John
             Buckhold
             ,
             Bernard
             Knipperdoling
             ,
             Gerard
             Knippenburch
             ,
             Bernard
             Krachting
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           These
           two
           parties
           having
           skirmished
           with
           as
           great
           eagernesse
           and
           animosity
           as
           greater
           armies
           exasperated
           one
           against
           
           another
           ,
           for
           some
           days
           ,
           there
           followed
           a
           Truce
           ,
           whereby
           it
           was
           agreed
           that
           every
           one
           should
           quietly
           enjoy
           ,
           and
           persever
           in
           his
           own
           Religion
           .
           However
           the
           surges
           of
           Anabaptisme
           were
           not
           yet
           laid
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           entered
           into
           a
           conspiracy
           to
           drive
           those
           of
           the
           Reformation
           out
           of
           the
           City
           .
           The
           most
           eminent
           of
           the
           Conclave
           writ
           to
           the
           Anabaptists
           of
           the
           Cities
           adjoining
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           these
           of
           
             Dulmen
             ,
             Coesvelt
             ,
             Soyst
             Warendorp
             ,
          
           and
           
             Osenburg
             ,
          
           that
           leaving
           all
           things
           behind
           them
           ,
           they
           should
           repair
           with
           all
           speed
           to
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           promising
           they
           should
           have
           ten-fold
           what
           ever
           they
           left
           .
           Being
           enticed
           by
           these
           propositions
           ,
           husbands
           and
           wives
           leaving
           all
           behind
           them
           ,
           came
           in
           swarms
           to
           
             Munster
             .
          
           A
           great
           number
           of
           the
           more
           religious
           Inhabitants
           looking
           on
           that
           strange
           rabble
           as
           an
           insufferable
           grievance
           to
           their
           City
           ,
           left
           it
           to
           the
           disposal
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           being
           by
           this
           means
           increased
           in
           number
           ,
           became
           also
           more
           extravagant
           ,
           degraded
           the
           Senate
           ,
           and
           chose
           another
           out
           of
           themselves
           ,
           wherein
           were
           Consuls
           ,
           
             Gerard
             Knippenburg
             ,
          
           and
           
             Bernard
             Knipperdoling
             ,
          
           whose
           Effiges
           is
           the
           ensuing
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           BERNARD
           KNIPPERDOLING
           .
           
             
               Quo
               non
               fastus
               abit
               ?
               quid
               non
               Rex
               impius
               audet
               ?
               Carnificem
               fecit
               ,
               qui
               modò
               Consulerat
               .
            
          
        
         
           BEing
           now
           become
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ,
           they
           in
           the
           first
           place
           seized
           on
           
             Maurice
          
           Church
           ,
           and
           burnt
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           houses
           all
           about
           it
           ,
           thence
           falling
           forcibly
           upon
           
           other
           holy
           places
           and
           Monasteries
           ,
           they
           carried
           away
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           Ornaments
           and
           Utensils
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           else
           was
           of
           any
           consequence
           .
           Upon
           the
           fourth
           day
           after
           those
           rapines
           ,
           trudging
           up
           and
           down
           the
           streets
           and
           high-ways
           ,
           they
           with
           a
           horrible
           howling
           ,
           uttered
           ,
           
             Repent
             ,
             
             Repent
             !
          
           to
           which
           is
           added
           ,
           
             Depart
             ,
             depart
             ,
             bee
             gone
             yee
             wicked
             ,
             otherwise
             woe
             bee
             to
             you
             !
          
           This
           done
           ,
           they
           immediately
           went
           armed
           in
           multitudes
           ,
           and
           with
           unspeakable
           barbarisme
           and
           cruelty
           ,
           turned
           out
           their
           miserable
           fellow-citizens
           ,
           as
           enemies
           to
           their
           Religion
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           houses
           and
           possessions
           ,
           and
           thrust
           them
           out
           of
           the
           City
           without
           any
           consideration
           of
           age
           or
           sex
           ,
           so
           that
           many
           women
           with
           child
           had
           this
           misfortune
           seconded
           with
           that
           of
           dangerous
           abortions
           .
           The
           
             Anabaptists
          
           presently
           by
           what
           right
           they
           please
           ,
           seize
           to
           themselves
           the
           possessions
           of
           the
           banished
           :
           so
           that
           the
           honest
           and
           godly
           party
           being
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           fell
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           souldiers
           ,
           who
           had
           block'd
           up
           the
           City
           and
           all
           the
           
             avenues
             ,
          
           as
           among
           enemies
           ,
           by
           whom
           some
           were
           taken
           ,
           others
           unadvisedly
           killed
           ;
           at
           which
           entreaty
           the
           other
           honester
           part
           of
           citizens
           being
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           seeing
           ,
           that
           guilty
           and
           not
           guilty
           fared
           alike
           ,
           would
           not
           stirre
           a
           loot
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           which
           being
           closely
           besieged
           by
           the
           Bishops
           Army
           ,
           all
           places
           were
           filled
           with
           blood
           ,
           sighs
           ,
           tears
           .
           Now
           do
           the
           mad
           men
           of
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           no
           Hellebore
           can
           have
           any
           effect
           on
           ,
           grow
           insufferably
           insolent
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           that
           great
           Prophet
           
             John
             Matthias
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           wee
           have
           spoken
           before
           :
           But
           that
           sally
           of
           his
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           those
           of
           
             Munster
          
           looked
           on
           as
           a
           great
           
             Omen
          
           of
           their
           destruction
           ,
           and
           thought
           that
           the
           unexpected
           death
           of
           that
           most
           holy
           man
           did
           signify
           ,
           that
           some
           great
           calamity
           did
           hang
           over
           their
           heads
           .
           But
           
             John
             Buckhold
          
           
           must
           bee
           his
           successor
           ,
           a
           lid
           fit
           for
           the
           other
           pot
           ;
           who
           addressing
           himself
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           comforted
           them
           ,
           perswading
           them
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           mourn
           for
           that
           unlooked
           for
           miscarriage
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           had
           long
           before
           been
           revealed
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           withall
           ,
           that
           hee
           should
           marry
           his
           widow
           .
           Upon
           
             Easter
          
           Eve
           they
           fell
           upon
           all
           the
           Churches
           and
           places
           of
           devotion
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           
           and
           pulled
           down
           all
           the
           brasse
           works
           .
           Some
           few
           days
           after
           ,
           
             Bernard
             Knipperdoling
          
           prophesied
           that
           all
           the
           chiefest
           men
           ought
           to
           be
           disqualified
           and
           degraded
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           poor
           and
           the
           humble
           were
           to
           be
           exalted
           .
           Hee
           also
           declared
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           command
           of
           the
           divine
           Oracle
           ,
           that
           all
           Churches
           should
           be
           demolished
           ,
           which
           indeed
           was
           sufficiently
           performed
           .
           The
           very
           same
           day
           
             John
             
             Buckhold
          
           putting
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           
             Bernard
             Knipperdo
             ling
             ,
          
           the
           Executioners
           sword
           ,
           conferred
           on
           him
           withall
           
           his
           employment
           ,
           and
           that
           according
           to
           Gods
           command
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           who
           had
           discharged
           the
           office
           of
           a
           Consul
           ,
           was
           now
           to
           execute
           that
           most
           dishonourable
           employment
           of
           a
           common
           executioner
           .
           This
           most
           excellent
           condition
           he
           cheerfully
           accepted
           .
           By
           this
           time
           had
           the
           City
           been
           besieged
           some
           moneths
           by
           the
           Bishops
           forces
           when
           resolving
           to
           storm
           it
           ,
           they
           lost
           both
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Commission
           Officers
           &
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           about
           
           four
           thousand
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           quitted
           all
           hope
           of
           taking
           it
           by
           force
           .
           Some
           few
           dayes
           after
           
             Whitsuntide
             ,
          
           the
           City
           being
           notwithstanding
           the
           dis-excecution
           of
           that
           assault
           stil
           besieged
           ,
           was
           wholly
           taken
           up
           to
           rest
           and
           imaginary
           dreams
           ,
           wherein
           there
           were
           spent
           three
           whole
           days
           ;
           which
           done
           ,
           
             THE
             ANABAPTIST
          
           being
           awaken
           ,
           acted
           the
           part
           of
           
             Zacharias
             ,
             John
             Baptist's
          
           father
           ;
           for
           ,
           pretending
           to
           
           be
           dumb
           ,
           he
           desired
           to
           have
           a
           Table-book
           ;
           wherein
           he
           wrote
           down
           the
           names
           of
           twelve
           men
           ,
           who
           should
           be
           as
           it
           were
           the
           twelve
           Elders
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           should
           administer
           all
           thing
           ,
           at
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           were
           the
           
             New
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           this
           he
           affirmed
           that
           hee
           was
           commanded
           to
           do
           from
           heaven
           .
           By
           this
           broke●y
           d●d
           this
           crafty
           knave
           chalk
           out
           his
           way
           to
           that
           soveraign
           dignity
           whereof
           he
           was
           so
           ambitious
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           consider
           by
           what
           a
           strang
           
             Stich
          
           this
           excellently
           wicked
           
             Botcher
          
           did
           utterly
           dis-repute
           that
           Magistrate
           whom
           God
           had
           ordained
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           most
           illusive
           dreames
           &
           his
           own
           excellency
           
           of
           playing
           the
           impostor
           ,
           he
           possessed
           himself
           of
           that
           dignity
           .
           A
           while
           after
           our
           
             Prophet
          
           advanced
           certain
           conclusions
           tending
           to
           the
           allowance
           of
           
             Polygamy
             ,
          
           whereat
           
           the
           Ecclesiasticks
           made
           some
           opposition
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           were
           content
           of
           fit
           still
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           not
           long
           after
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           at
           one
           bout
           took
           to
           him
           three
           wives
           ,
           whereof
           the
           most
           
           eminent
           was
           the
           widdow
           of
           the
           deceased
           Prophet
           
             Jo.
             Mathias
             ,
          
           and
           whom
           he
           afterwards
           dignified
           with
           the
           title
           of
           
             Queen
             .
          
           This
           example
           of
           Kingship
           ,
           some
           other
           knaves
           like
           himself
           did
           without
           any
           difficulty
           admit
           ;
           but
           divers
           of
           the
           
           more
           godly
           citizens
           ,
           looking
           on
           this
           thing
           with
           the
           greatest
           indignation
           that
           might
           be
           ,
           repairing
           to
           the
           Market
           
           place
           laid
           hands
           on
           the
           Prophet
           
             Knipperdoling
             ,
          
           which
           occasioning
           the
           people
           to
           take
           up
           armes
           ,
           they
           set
           upon
           those
           
           Citizens
           in
           the
           palace
           ,
           and
           having
           taken
           them
           ,
           they
           delivered
           
           the
           Prophet
           and
           the
           Ecclesiasticks
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           .
           Nine
           and
           forty
           of
           the
           said
           Citizens
           were
           after
           a
           most
           barbarous
           manner
           put
           to
           death
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           Prophet
           cried
           our
           ,
           that
           all
           those
           who
           should
           do
           any
           violence
           to
           those
           enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           should
           do
           God
           a
           very
           high
           piece
           of
           service
           ,
           whence
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           some
           
           were
           torn
           in
           pieces
           with
           Hooks
           ;
           and
           not
           a
           few
           killed
           by
           
             Knipperdoling
          
           himself
           .
           Upon
           the
           four
           and
           twentieth
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Nativity
           of
           
             John
             Baptist
             ,
          
           
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           four
           ,
           at
           
             Munster
          
           or
           rather
           
             Monster
             ;
          
           (
           for
           so
           may
           that
           place
           bee
           called
           from
           the
           
             monstrous
          
           and
           portentous
           pullulation
           of
           
             Anabaptists
             )
          
           there
           sprung
           from
           Hell
           another
           new
           Prophet
           ,
           one
           
             John
             Tuysentschreuer
             ,
          
           a
           Goldsmith
           of
           
             Wa
          
           
           
             rendorp
             .
          
           The
           people
           being
           generally
           summoned
           to
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           this
           man
           acquainted
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           holy
           Prophet
           
             John
             Buckhold
          
           of
           
             Leyden
          
           was
           to
           bee
           exalted
           to
           Kingly
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           should
           inherit
           the
           eternall
           seat
           of
           his
           Father
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           should
           possesse
           it
           with
           farre
           greater
           Majestie
           .
           Having
           prophecied
           
           these
           things
           ,
           
             Buckhold
          
           kneeling
           down
           confirmed
           all
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           had
           been
           revealed
           to
           him
           from
           God
           the
           Father
           ten
           days
           before
           ;
           though
           it
           was
           against
           his
           inclination
           to
           undertake
           the
           difficulties
           of
           Government
           .
           The
           common
           people
           being
           astonished
           at
           this
           extravagant
           piece
           of
           villany
           ,
           tore
           their
           hair
           as
           they
           went
           ;
           yet
           however
           some
           might
           smell
           out
           the
           cheat
           ,
           fear
           was
           able
           to
           stifle
           all
           muttering
           .
           For
           ,
           this
           Beast
           fatten'd
           for
           destruction
           ,
           having
           been
           very
           successeful
           in
           som
           encounters
           ,
           had
           now
           assum'd
           what
           Authority
           he
           pleased
           .
           Behold
           ,
           he
           that
           at
           
             Leyden
          
           was
           but
           a
           
             Botcher
             ,
          
           is
           made
           
             King
          
           
           at
           
             Munster
             ;
             John
             Buckhold
          
           is
           invested
           with
           all
           the
           
             Regalia
          
           of
           supreme
           Authority
           .
           Having
           hereupon
           immediately
           degraded
           the
           twelve
           Counsellours
           of
           State
           ,
           according
           
           to
           the
           wonted
           manner
           ,
           he
           constitutes
           a
           viceroy
           ,
           a
           Controller
           of
           his
           houshold
           ,
           four
           
             Huissers
          
           or
           common
           criers
           ,
           a
           Noble
           man
           ,
           a
           Chancellour
           ,
           Cup
           bearers
           ,
           Carvers
           ,
           and
           Tasters
           ,
           and
           Master-builders
           ,
           and
           disposed
           of
           all
           other
           officers
           as
           Princes
           use
           to
           do
           .
           The
           Kingly
           robes
           were
           some
           made
           of
           water'd
           stuffs
           ,
           some
           made
           of
           silk
           ,
           some
           
           of
           pure
           silk
           ,
           some
           scarlet
           ,
           some
           made
           more
           sumptuous
           
           with
           the
           Gold
           of
           the
           Ornaments
           which
           the
           sacriledge
           had
           furnished
           him
           with
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           can
           hardly
           be
           expressed
           how
           artificially
           ,
           how
           gallantly
           ,
           how
           indeed
           Emperor-like
           they
           were
           interwoven
           ,
           being
           embroyder'd
           with
           gold
           ,
           edg'd
           ,
           scollop'd
           ;
           and
           dispos'd
           into
           divers
           colours
           ,
           His
           spurs
           were
           gilt
           with
           gold
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           two
           Crownes
           of
           solid
           gold
           ,
           and
           a
           golden
           scabbard
           .
           The
           King
           walking
           in
           these
           ornaments
           ,
           two
           young
           men
           in
           a
           Courtly
           and
           magnisicent
           habit
           ,
           one
           of
           each
           side
           of
           him
           accompanied
           him
           ,
           whereof
           one
           carried
           a
           naked
           sword
           ,
           the
           handle
           whereof
           glister'd
           with
           gold
           and
           precious
           stones
           ;
           the
           other
           held
           up
           the
           
             Holy
             Bible
             ,
          
           together
           with
           a
           golden
           Crown
           shining
           with
           most
           excellent
           pearls
           .
           A
           certain
           jewel
           dazeling
           the
           beholders
           with
           the
           bright
           sparkling
           of
           a
           Diamond
           ,
           and
           whereat
           was
           hanged
           a
           golden
           apple
           (
           to
           repesent
           as
           it
           were
           the
           world
           )
           wounded
           through
           with
           two
           swords
           a
           cross
           ,
           hang'd
           at
           his
           neck
           .
           His
           Scepter
           was
           set
           forth
           with
           three
           golden
           incirculations
           .
           His
           Nobles
           ,
           who
           were
           eight
           and
           twenty
           in
           number
           ,
           clad
           in
           green
           and
           ashie
           coloured
           garments
           ,
           and
           having
           on
           white
           Turbants
           ,
           accompain'd
           him
           .
           The
           Kings
           title
           was
           ,
           
             THE
             KING
             OF
             JUSTICE
             ,
             THE
             KING
             OF
          
           
           
             THE
             NEW
             JERUSALEM
             .
          
           In
           the
           Market
           place
           there
           was
           erected
           a
           Throne
           for
           him
           of
           three
           steps
           high
           ,
           which
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           sate
           in
           it
           ,
           was
           adorned
           with
           ornaments
           of
           more
           then
           
             Attalick
          
           sumptuousnesse
           .
           Some
           
           money
           he
           caused
           to
           be
           coin'd
           ,
           whereon
           was
           this
           Latin
           Inscription
           ,
           
             VERBUM
             CARO
             FACTUM
          
           
           
             QUOD
             HABITAT
             IN
             NOBIS
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             The
             word
             made
             flesh
             ,
             which
             dwelleth
             in
             us
             .
          
           The
           City
           being
           all
           this
           while
           besieg'd
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           and
           the
           Doctors
           published
           the
           book
           callid
           
             THE
             RESTITUTIONS
             ,
          
           wherein
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           defend
           that
           
             monstrous
          
           (
           I
           would
           say
           
             Munstrous
             )
          
           and
           seditious
           tumult
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           almost
           infinite
           inconveniences
           that
           were
           consequent
           to
           it
           :
           but
           to
           prevent
           that
           poysonous
           Hydra
           ,
           a
           Gospell
           antidote
           was
           prescrib'd
           .
           In
           the
           moneth
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           about
           S.
           
             Bartholomew's
          
           day
           ,
           
             John
             Tuysentschreuer
          
           went
           sounding
           a
           Trumpet
           through
           all
           the
           streets
           ,
           thereby
           inviting
           all
           to
           the
           Lords
           Palace
           ,
           where
           there
           being
           a
           sumptuous
           feast
           prepared
           ,
           he
           magnificently
           entertained
           all
           that
           came
           .
           The
           King
           himself
           ,
           
           the
           Queen
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Courtiers
           waited
           on
           them
           .
           At
           the
           last
           course
           he
           gave
           to
           every
           one
           a
           loaf
           of
           unleavened
           
           bread
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Take
             ●at
             ,
             and
             celebrate
             the
             Lords
             death
             ;
          
           which
           done
           ,
           the
           Queen
           in
           like
           manner
           carried
           about
           the
           
             Cup
             ,
          
           by
           which
           ceremony
           ,
           the
           Supper
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           or
           rather
           that
           Scean
           of
           pleasure
           ,
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           temerity
           ,
           was
           certainly
           very
           frolickly
           celebrated
           .
           Hunger
           being
           banished
           sa●e
           enough
           by
           this
           feast
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           
             Tuysentschreuer
          
           goes
           up
           to
           preach
           ,
           requiring
           of
           them
           obedience
           and
           complyance
           with
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           whereunto
           ,
           (
           with
           one
           head
           and
           as
           with
           one
           eye
           )
           
           they
           unanimously
           consented
           .
           This
           obtained
           ;
           he
           acquaints
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           revealed
           from
           the
           heavenly
           
           Father
           ,
           that
           eight
           and
           twenty
           Ecclesiasticks
           should
           depart
           out
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           that
           should
           preach
           our
           doctrine
           throughout
           the
           world
           ,
           whose
           names
           he
           recommended
           ,
           and
           designed
           the
           way
           they
           were
           to
           take
           their
           journey
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           six
           for
           
             Osenburg
             ,
          
           as
           many
           for
           
             Warendorp
             ,
          
           eight
           for
           
             Soyst
             ,
          
           (
           for
           which
           quarter
           he
           himself
           was
           one
           )
           and
           the
           rest
           for
           
             Coesveld
             .
          
           These
           exercises
           performed
           ,
           the
           King
           went
           to
           Supper
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           second
           watch
           of
           the
           night
           caused
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Apostles
           to
           take
           their
           journey
           ,
           giving
           unto
           each
           of
           them
           a
           
             peece
          
           of
           
             gold
             ,
          
           with
           this
           charge
           ,
           that
           neglecting
           their
           own
           safety
           ,
           they
           should
           deposit
           it
           for
           a
           note
           and
           testimony
           of
           consequent
           condemnation
           wherever
           they
           bestowed
           it
           .
           They
           went
           their
           wayes
           ,
           and
           never
           returned
           again
           ,
           all
           having
           (
           except
           
           one
           who
           escaped
           the
           Gallows
           )
           met
           with
           punishments
           corespondent
           to
           their
           sedition
           .
           For
           ,
           being
           entred
           the
           fore-recommended
           Cities
           ,
           they
           in
           a
           direfull
           manner
           howl'd
           out
           their
           ,
           
             Kepent
             ,
             repent
             ,
             the
             axe
             is
             laid
             to
             the
             roat
             of
             the
             Tree
             ;
             if
             you
             repent
             not
             and
             be
             rebaptised
             ,
             woe
             be
             to
             you
             ,
             ye
             are
             undone
             .
          
           But
           the
           severall
           Senates
           of
           the
           said
           Cities
           caused
           them
           to
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           brought
           before
           them
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           themselves
           ;
           who
           answered
           ,
           That
           
             they
             were
             divine
             Preachers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             called
             and
             sent
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             those
             who
             would
             receive
             their
             doctrine
             must
             be
             baptized
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             things
             were
             to
             be
             made
             common
             ;
             but
             to
             those
             that
             should
             neglect
          
           
           
             these
             things
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             leave
             the
             golden
             coin
             of
             eternal
             damnation
             .
          
           Nay
           further
           ,
           
             That
             the
          
           Gospel
           
             had
             not
             been
             preached
             as
             it
             should
             have
             been
             ,
             since
             the
             times
             of
          
           Christ
           
           
             and
             the
          
           Apostles
           ,
           
             but
             that
             there
             were
          
           two
           Prophets
           ,
           
             the
             Progeny
             of
             truth
             it self
             ,
             slipp'd
             down
             as
             it
             were
             from
             heaven
             ,
          
           viz
           
             John
          
           of
           
             Leyden
             ,
          
           and
           
             David
             George
          
           born
           at
           
             Delph
          
           in
           the
           Low-countries
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           many
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           
             Pope
          
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           
             Martin
             Luther
             ,
          
           of
           
             ●ittemburg
             ,
          
           who
           was
           worse
           then
           the
           
             Pope
             .
          
           Being
           taken
           and
           cast
           into
           Irons
           ,
           they
           were
           asked
           ,
           by
           what
           right
           or
           priviledge
           they
           had
           thrust
           out
           of
           the
           City
           so
           many
           godly
           people
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           ,
           not
           granting
           them
           any
           toleration
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           had
           disinherited
           them
           of
           all
           they
           had
           ?
           
           To
           which
           they
           replied
           ,
           
             That
             the
             time
             was
             now
             drawing
             nigh
             ,
             wherein
             the
             meek
             and
             the
             humble
             should
             inherit
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             followed
             the
             example
             of
             the
          
           Israelites
           ,
           
             who
             with
             Gods
             approbation
             ●ook
             away
             from
             the
          
           Egyptians
           
             their
             fewels
             and
             ear-rings
             .
          
           Moreover
           they
           hoasted
           that
           
             Munster
          
           was
           well
           furnished
           with
           provisions
           ,
           ammunition
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           requisite
           to
           war
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           King
           did
           daily
           expect
           great
           recruits
           out
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
             Zealand
          
           and
           other
           places
           ,
           by
           the
           means
           and
           assistance
           
           whereof
           ,
           hee
           should
           bring
           the
           whole
           world
           under
           subjection
           ;
           and
           all
           wicked
           and
           refractory
           Princes
           being
           subdued
           ,
           should
           establish
           the
           peaceful
           reign
           of
           Justice
           .
           About
           the
           same
           time
           another
           Prophet
           fel
           down
           from
           heaven
           ,
           one
           
             Henry
             Hilverse
             ,
          
           a
           notable
           knave
           .
           This
           man
           acquainted
           the
           King
           that
           it
           was
           revealed
           to
           him
           from
           heaven
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           on
           him
           three
           most
           rich
           Cities
           ,
           
             Amste●dam
             ,
             Daventry
             ,
          
           &
           
             res●l
             ,
          
           near
           
             Lippa
             .
          
           Upon
           this
           Divine
           message
           ,
           hee
           advises
           with
           his
           Counsellours
           ,
           whom
           he
           were
           best
           to
           send
           ●●ither
           to
           baptise
           them
           with
           his
           baptisme
           .
           In
           the
           first
           place
           he
           sends
           
             John
             Campensis
          
           to
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           to
           bee
           the
           chiefest
           man
           in
           that
           City
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           assigned
           for
           companion
           and
           co-Apostle
           
             John
             Matthias
          
           of
           
             Mtellburg
             .
          
           These
           being
           sent
           into
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           issuing
           out
           of
           their
           holes
           ,
           kept
           themselves
           among
           those
           of
           their
           own
           tribe
           ,
           and
           infected
           most
           Cities
           with
           the
           mortall
           infection
           of
           their
           doctrines
           .
           For
           at
           
             Leyden
          
           about
           
             January
          
           in
           the
           year
           following
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           one
           thousand
           
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           five
           ,
           very
           many
           by
           the
           perswasion
           of
           
             Anabaptisme
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           means
           of
           its
           contagious
           Conventicles
           ,
           were
           baptized
           into
           the
           baptisme
           of
           death
           .
           About
           the
           end
           of
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           five
           ,
           this
           
             Kingly
             Botcher
          
           sent
           into
           
             Friezland
          
           a
           most
           subtle
           fellow
           ,
           and
           one
           very
           well
           experienced
           
           in
           warlike
           affairs
           ,
           whom
           he
           furnished
           with
           very
           great
           summs
           of
           money
           which
           had
           been
           raised
           out
           of
           the
           sacrileges
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           should
           raise
           souldiers
           in
           
             Zealand
             ,
          
           and
           should
           raise
           the
           close
           siege
           which
           was
           then
           before
           the
           City
           .
           He
           being
           departed
           ,
           managed
           his
           affairs
           very
           secretly
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           those
           of
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           ,
           upon
           the
           last
           of
           
             March
          
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           five
           ,
           having
           gotten
           together
           some
           hundreds
           of
           souldiers
           he
           setupon
           the
           Monastery
           ,
           which
           also
           was
           called
           old
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           drove
           away
           the
           Monks
           ,
           and
           having
           plundered
           all
           ,
           he
           there
           pitched
           his
           tents
           ,
           out
           of
           hope
           thereby
           to
           strengthen
           his
           party
           by
           the
           accession
           of
           any
           that
           should
           come
           in
           .
           But
           
             George
             Sckenck
          
           the
           then
           Gouernor
           of
           
             Friesland
             ,
          
           having
           with
           as
           much
           expedition
           
           as
           could
           be
           got
           together
           certain
           expeditionary
           forces
           ,
           besieges
           these
           tumultuary
           Rioters
           ,
           and
           gave
           an
           assault
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           avoided
           as
           much
           as
           might
           be
           by
           a
           gallant
           defence
           ,
           yet
           had
           they
           their
           belly●ull
           of
           murther
           ,
           blood
           ,
           and
           dry
           blowes
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           all
           destroied
           ,
           save
           threescore
           and
           two
           ,
           who
           being
           brought
           to
           
             Leoward
          
           were
           paid
           for
           their
           audacious
           folly
           with
           the
           wages
           of
           death
           .
           The
           Ring-leader
           of
           this
           businesse
           ,
           who
           was
           also
           the
           Camp-m●ster
           ,
           
             John
             Geel
          
           escaping
           at
           this
           fight
           ,
           flies
           to
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           to
           prove
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           greater
           slaughter
           .
           For
           many
           Anabaptists
           being
           found
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           whom
           
             John
             Campensis
          
           had
           strangely
           fascinated
           ,
           to
           engage
           them
           the
           more
           ,
           they
           made
           promises
           to
           them
           of
           golden
           mountains
           ,
           and
           talk'd
           highly
           of
           the
           Magnificence
           and
           
             Liberty
          
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           of
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           and
           cried
           up
           the
           new
           kingdome
           of
           Justice
           upon
           earth
           ;
           for
           the
           report
           of
           the
           siege
           and
           defence
           of
           
             Munster
          
           had
           smitten
           ,
           and
           raised
           up
           the
           minds
           of
           a
           many
           ;
           in
           regard
           the
           City
           being
           closely
           besieged
           by
           a
           potent
           Army
           ,
           yet
           performed
           religious
           duties
           without
           any
           disturbance
           .
           Hence
           came
           it
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Liberality
           of
           the
           City
           was
           celebrated
           beyond
           all
           truth
           and
           belief
           ,
           and
           there
           wanted
           not
           a
           many
           who
           desired
           to
           be
           embarqu'd
           in
           the
           same
           Fortune
           .
           There
           was
           therefore
           at
           
             Amsterdam
          
           a
           Burgher
           called
           
             Henry
             Gotbelit
             ,
          
           a
           strong
           man
           and
           warlikely
           given
           ,
           who
           being
           bathed
           in
           
           the
           waters
           of
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           joyned
           his
           endeavours
           with
           those
           of
           
             John
             Geel
             .
          
           For
           by
           divers
           pretences
           and
           crafty
           shifts
           (
           which
           it
           is
           not
           worth
           our
           labour
           to
           repeat
           in
           this
           place
           )
           they
           drew
           together
           six
           hundred
           Anabaptists
           ,
           with
           
           whose
           assistance
           their
           intention
           was
           to
           have
           possessed
           themselves
           of
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           to
           enrich
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           the
           Religion
           of
           those
           of
           
             Munster
             .
          
           Whereupon
           ,
           upon
           the
           tenth
           day
           of
           
             May
             ,
          
           the
           chiefest
           that
           were
           engaged
           in
           this
           conspiracy
           ,
           having
           their
           Rendezvous
           at
           the
           house
           of
           
             Peter
             Gael
             ,
          
           broke
           out
           in
           the
           night
           time
           
           to
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           wherin
           being
           more
           and
           more
           seconded
           by
           some
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           they
           killed
           some
           of
           the
           Watch
           ,
           and
           some
           they
           kept
           prisoners
           .
           But
           the
           Burghers
           making
           head
           ,
           discharged
           some
           Musquets
           at
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           most
           unworthily
           ,
           when
           their
           Consuls
           were
           cruelly
           killed
           ,
           entrusted
           their
           safety
           to
           their
           heels
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           others
           courages
           being
           heightened
           by
           this
           ,
           they
           violently
           ran
           upon
           the
           
             Deuterobaptists
             ,
          
           and
           after
           a
           most
           bloody
           
           engagement
           put
           them
           to
           the
           worst
           ,
           wherein
           
             John
             Geel
          
           and
           
             Gothe
             it
          
           were
           slain
           ,
           
             James
             Campensis
          
           was
           taken
           and
           put
           to
           death
           .
           Now
           other
           Tumults
           had
           already
           forced
           others
           from
           those
           places
           ,
           the
           prevention
           whereof
           could
           not
           be
           possibly
           without
           the
           infinite
           inconveniences
           which
           fell
           upon
           the
           lionester
           sort
           .
           There
           wanted
           not
           also
           some
           clandestine
           vipers
           ,
           who
           diguisedly
           waited
           for
           the
           restauration
           of
           the
           kingdome
           of
           
             Israel
          
           (
           as
           they
           called
           it
           )
           whereof
           one
           being
           apprehended
           at
           
             Leyden
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           examination
           put
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           confessed
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           
             Hollander
             ,
          
           sojourned
           then
           at
           
             Utricht
             ,
          
           and
           had
           not
           yet
           began
           his
           reign
           ,
           but
           that
           according
           to
           the
           good
           hope
           they
           had
           conceived
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           confidence
           placed
           in
           him
           ,
           they
           doubted
           not
           but
           he
           would
           undertake
           i●
           .
           Having
           with
           what
           's
           above
           ,
           gotten
           out
           of
           this
           fellow
           ,
           that
           some
           gold
           and
           silver
           vessels
           and
           other
           ornaments
           had
           by
           a
           most
           wicked
           surprise
           ,
           been
           taken
           out
           of
           their
           Churches
           by
           the
           means
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           who
           with
           his
           followers
           had
           attempted
           some
           most
           detestable
           villanies
           ,
           it
           was
           dicover'd
           that
           there
           could
           no
           other
           be
           meant
           then
           
             David
             George
             .
          
           I
           crave
           thy
           pardon
           ,
           courteous
           Reader
           ,
           if
           I
           acquaint
           thee
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           the
           lesse
           for
           thy
           advantage
           ,
           if
           ,
           in
           the
           description
           of
           these
           rotten
           and
           
           contemptible
           rags
           and
           menstruous
           clouts
           of
           humanity
           ,
           I
           have
           woven
           a
           longer
           web
           of
           discourse
           then
           thou
           didst
           expect
           .
           Although
           
             John
             Buckhold
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           Prophets
           had
           entertained
           the
           ignorant
           greedy
           vulgar
           with
           hopes
           of
           more
           then
           
             Arabian
          
           wealth
           ;
           yet
           the
           citizens
           being
           daily
           more
           and
           more
           streightned
           by
           the
           siege
           ,
           were
           accordingly
           brought
           into
           greater
           perplexities
           ,
           and
           being
           brought
           low
           by
           the
           famine
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           consummation
           of
           all
           misery
           ,
           began
           ,
           as
           it
           for
           the
           most
           part
           happens
           ,
           
           upon
           the
           barking
           of
           the
           stomack
           ,
           to
           snarle
           at
           one
           another
           ,
           to
           grumble
           and
           complain
           ,
           and
           to
           hold
           private
           consultations
           about
           the
           taking
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           by
           delivering
           him
           to
           the
           enemies
           ,
           to
           better
           the
           terms
           of
           their
           composition
           .
           But
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           stitcher
           and
           botcher
           of
           all
           deceit
           ,
           being
           afraid
           of
           himself
           ,
           chose
           out
           
           of
           all
           the
           people
           twelve
           men
           in
           whom
           he
           could
           place
           most
           confidence
           ,
           and
           these
           he
           called
           his
           
             Captains
             ,
          
           assigning
           to
           them
           their
           severall
           guards
           and
           posts
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           to
           make
           good
           .
           This
           done
           ,
           he
           promised
           the
           Citizens
           that
           the
           close
           siege
           should
           be
           raised
           before
           
             Easter
             ,
          
           for
           he
           was
           confident
           that
           a
           certain
           emissary
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           sent
           into
           
             Zeland
             ,
             Holland
          
           and
           
             Friezland
          
           should
           return
           with
           such
           supplies
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           furious
           and
           desperate
           assault
           made
           upon
           the
           besiegers
           should
           deliver
           the
           City
           :
           But
           hope
           it self
           was
           to
           him
           become
           hopelesse
           ,
           nor
           could
           safety
           it self
           save
           him
           .
           To
           his
           Captains
           as
           he
           
           called
           them
           ,
           't
           is
           incredible
           what
           wealth
           he
           promised
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           fabulous
           riches
           of
           
             Pactolus
          
           and
           the
           treasures
           of
           
             Midas
          
           should
           not
           make
           good
           ,
           with
           oceans
           of
           goods
           (
           which
           happly
           must
           be
           paid
           them
           out
           of
           his
           dreams
           )
           and
           that
           after
           the
           City
           were
           relieved
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           
             Dukes
          
           and
           
             Governours
          
           of
           
             Provinces
             ,
          
           and
           particularly
           that
           
             John
             Denker
          
           should
           be
           
             Elector
          
           of
           
             Saxony
             ?
          
           But
           behold
           ,
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           a
           sad
           face
           of
           things
           appeared
           ,
           many
           being
           meerly
           starved
           to
           death
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           his
           
             Queens
          
           (
           for
           he
           had
           gotten
           a
           many
           )
           
             Elza
          
           or
           
             Elisabeth
             ,
          
           who
           was
           distinguished
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Glove
             maker
             ,
          
           had
           bin
           often
           heard
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           cruel
           sword
           of
           
             Famine
          
           came
           not
           from
           
             God
             ,
          
           which
           though
           he
           had
           not
           heard
           himself
           ,
           having
           caused
           her
           to
           be
           
           brought
           with
           his
           other
           wives
           into
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           he
           struck
           of
           her
           head
           ,
           kneeling
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           
           done
           ;
           insulting
           ●…er
           her
           ,
           he
           affirmed
           that
           she
           had
           carried
           her self
           as
           a
           common
           prostituted
           whore
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           disobedient
           to
           him
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           her
           fellow
           Queens
           sung
           this
           hymne
           ,
           
             Glory
             be
             to
             God
             on
             high
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Easter
          
           day
           being
           now
           dawning
           :
           and
           no
           hope
           of
           deliverance
           shining
           on
           them
           ,
           the
           common
           people
           with
           just
           reason
           were
           extreamly
           astonished
           ;
           nor
           ,
           confide●ing
           how
           things
           were
           carried
           ,
           could
           they
           have
           any
           longer
           patience
           .
           In
           this
           conjuncture
           of
           affairs
           ,
           to
           elude
           the
           people
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           wonted
           insinuations
           ,
           he
           feigns
           himself
           
           to
           bee
           sick
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           six
           daies
           ,
           he
           would
           appear
           publickly
           in
           the
           Market-place
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           to
           the
           
             deliverance
          
           which
           they
           were
           to
           expect
           according
           to
           his
           intimation
           ,
           it
           was
           to
           be
           understood
           after
           a
           
             spiritual
             manner
             ,
          
           and
           so
           it
           should
           certainly
           come
           to
           passe
           For
           he
           affirmed
           for
           a
           most
           certain
           truth
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           divine
           dream
           he
           saw
           himself
           riding
           on
           an
           Asse
           ,
           and
           bearing
           the
           unspeakable
           weight
           of
           fin
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           that
           had
           followed
           him
           were
           freed
           from
           their
           sins
           .
           But
           indeed
           they
           may
           be
           fitly
           said
           to
           be
           like
           Asses
           that
           rub
           one
           another
           ;
           or
           to
           the
           Blinde
           leading
           about
           the
           Blinde
           .
           It
           is
           a
           great
           affliction
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           pennance
           to
           repeat
           the
           miseries
           and
           the
           wofull
           consequences
           of
           Famine
           and
           want
           .
           There
           were
           a
           
           many
           who
           being
           impatient
           of
           so
           long
           hunger
           ,
           revolted
           to
           the
           enemy
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           out
           of
           hope
           of
           compassion
           ,
           as
           to
           accelerate
           their
           own
           deaths
           ;
           not
           a
           few
           creeping
           upon
           all
           four
           ,
           endeavored
           to
           get
           away
           ;
           for
           being
           weak
           and
           strengthlesse
           ,
           they
           could
           hardly
           fasten
           their
           feet
           on
           the
           ground
           ;
           some
           falling
           down
           were
           content
           to
           give
           up
           the
           ghost
           in
           the
           place
           where
           they
           lay
           .
           There
           you
           might
           see
           a
           sad
           spectacle
           of
           foreheads
           and
           cheeks
           pale
           as
           ashes
           ,
           temples
           fallen
           ,
           eies
           sunk
           into
           hollownesse
           ,
           sharp
           noses
           ,
           ears
           shrivel'd
           ,
           lips
           black
           and
           blew
           ,
           throats
           slender
           as
           those
           of
           Spiders
           ;
           to
           bee
           short
           ,
           
             Hippocratical
          
           faces
           ,
           living
           carcases
           ,
           and
           excellent
           shadows
           of
           men
           .
           They
           had
           sown
           certain
           kinds
           of
           seeds
           and
           pulses
           in
           the
           City
           which
           for
           a
           time
           served
           for
           high
           delicacies
           to
           the
           grumbling
           stomach
           ;
           but
           these
           being
           soon
           devoured
           by
           the
           hungry
           belly
           ;
           
             Cats
             ,
             Dormice
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rats
             ,
          
           which
           themselves
           were
           almost
           starv'd
           to
           anatomie
           ,
           became
           (
           doubtful
           )
           entertainments
           .
           Some
           were
           reduced
           to
           that
           inhumane
           necessity
           ,
           that
           they
           fed
           on
           the
           flesh
           of
           
           the
           buried
           carcasses
           ;
           some
           drest
           the
           feet
           of
           sweaty
           woollen
           socks
           ,
           some
           cut
           to
           pieces
           the
           parings
           of
           tanned
           leather
           ,
           and
           mincing
           them
           with
           some
           other
           things
           ,
           bak'd
           them
           and
           made
           them
           serve
           for
           bread
           .
           To
           this
           wee
           may
           add
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           wickedly
           obstinate
           citizens
           were
           not
           yet
           convinced
           ,
           that
           by
           crafty
           infinuations
           and
           specious
           suggestions
           they
           were
           brought
           into
           the
           noose
           ,
           whom
           therefore
           he
           stil
           entertained
           with
           considerations
           of
           Magnanimity
           ,
           and
           the
           deliverance
           they
           were
           yet
           constantly
           to
           expect
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           those
           who
           admitted
           any
           thoughts
           of
           running
           away
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           avoyd
           their
           miseries
           ,
           he
           peremptorily
           sends
           for
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           publick
           Robber
           taking
           away
           all
           that
           their
           industry
           had
           furnished
           them
           with
           ,
           
             depart
             ,
          
           says
           he
           ,
           
             and
             be
             gone
             to
             the
             Hereticks
             ,
             and
             bid
             sarewel
             to
             this
             place
             .
          
           The
           King
           ,
           though
           he
           
           had
           gotten
           at
           his
           house
           sufficient
           provision
           for
           two
           months
           ,
           yet
           was
           he
           willing
           to
           imbrace
           all
           occasions
           wherby
           he
           might
           keep
           up
           the
           heart
           of
           the
           City
           which
           now
           continually
           barked
           for
           sustenance
           .
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           behold
           a
           certain
           man
           named
           
             John
             Longstrat
             ,
          
           being
           a
           Nobleman
           and
           privie
           Counsellor
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           whom
           he
           
           was
           very
           confident
           ,
           boasted
           that
           he
           would
           within
           fourteen
           days
           reliev
           this
           hunger-starv'd
           City
           ,
           both
           with
           provisions
           and
           supplies
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           three
           hundred
           .
           By
           this
           pretence
           hee
           flyes
           to
           the
           enemy
           ,
           and
           betrays
           the
           City
           to
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           for
           a
           certain
           summe
           of
           money
           with
           his
           life
           included
           .
           The
           Eve
           of
           
             Saint
             John
          
           was
           appointed
           for
           the
           execution
           of
           this
           design
           ,
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           hee
           had
           obliged
           himself
           by
           oath
           to
           cause
           the
           gate
           called
           the
           Crosse-gate
           to
           be
           opened
           .
           This
           Commissary
           for
           provisions
           returning
           at
           length
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           assured
           the
           King
           upon
           his
           saith
           and
           reputation
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           recruits
           of
           provision
           and
           forces
           ,
           should
           be
           ready
           within
           the
           time
           appointed
           .
           The
           day
           assigned
           being
           come
           ,
           hee
           acquaints
           the
           Guards
           that
           the
           promised
           forces
           ,
           were
           to
           come
           in
           in
           the
           night
           (
           which
           would
           bee
           starr-light
           enough
           )
           that
           so
           they
           might
           receive
           them
           as
           friends
           .
           The
           gates
           are
           hereupon
           set
           open
           ,
           and
           the
           enemies
           being
           admitted
           into
           the
           City
           as
           into
           another
           
             Troy
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           Watch-word
           given
           ,
           soon
           dispatch'd
           the
           Guards
           and
           others
           that
           were
           neer
           .
           Now
           could
           bee
           nothing
           heard
           for
           the
           cry
           of
           Armes
           ;
           Armes
           .
           
           The
           King
           and
           his
           Courtiers
           being
           gotten
           into
           a
           body
           ,
           drove
           back
           the
           enemie
           to
           the
           Gates
           ,
           which
           the
           citizens
           had
           by
           that
           time
           shut
           again
           :
           whereupon
           the
           rest
           of
           them
           that
           were
           without
           :
           were
           forced
           to
           set
           Engines
           to
           force
           open
           the
           Gates
           ,
           which
           being
           once
           broken
           open
           ,
           they
           flourished
           and
           set
           up
           their
           Colours
           .
           The
           citizens
           stiffely
           resisted
           the
           first
           assault
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           strong
           body
           in
           the
           Market
           place
           ,
           where
           the
           fight
           became
           very
           hot
           and
           bloody
           .
           The
           
             King
          
           himself
           ,
           
             Knipperdoling
          
           and
           
             Krachting
          
           fell
           into
           the
           enemies
           hands
           ;
           but
           
             Rotman
          
           seeing
           there
           was
           no
           possibility
           of
           safety
           ,
           rushing
           where
           the
           enemy
           was
           thickest
           ,
           was
           trod
           to
           pieces
           ;
           hee
           it
           seems
           placing
           all
           hopes
           of
           life
           in
           death
           .
           The
           Anabaptists
           upon
           the
           taking
           of
           their
           King
           being
           quite
           cast
           down
           and
           discouraged
           ,
           went
           and
           hid
           themselves
           in
           Larders
           ,
           Kitchins
           ,
           and
           other
           lurking
           holes
           .
           The
           City
           was
           most
           
           unmercifully
           plundered
           ;
           and
           to
           make
           a
           full
           search
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           were
           ten
           days
           allotted
           .
           There
           was
           found
           by
           those
           of
           the
           Kings
           Guard
           at
           the
           Royall
           Palace
           as
           much
           provision
           as
           would
           maintain
           two
           hundred
           for
           two
           mouths
           .
           O
           
             Goodman
             King
             ,
          
           where
           is
           now
           the
           
             Community
          
           of
           goods
           and
           provisions
           which
           your
           Religion
           holds
           forth
           ?
           This
           sad
           fate
           did
           that
           City
           suffer
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           five
           .
           The
           third
           day
           after
           this
           sacking
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           King
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           
           Castle
           of
           
             Dulmen
             ,
          
           three
           miles
           off
           .
           The
           Bishop
           having
           caused
           the
           King
           to
           bee
           brought
           with
           all
           speed
           before
           him
           ,
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           O
           thou
           cast
           away
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           by
           what
           deplorable
           means
           hast
           thou
           corrupted
           and
           destroyed
           my
           people
           !
           To
           which
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           an
           undisturbed
           and
           
           proud
           deportment
           made
           answer
           thus
           ;
           O
           thou
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           have
           wee
           done
           thee
           any
           injury
           ,
           by
           delivering
           into
           thy
           hands
           a
           most
           well-fortified
           and
           invincible
           City
           ?
           But
           if
           thou
           
           thinkest
           thy self
           any
           way
           injur'd
           or
           endammag'd
           by
           us
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           but
           hearken
           to
           our
           advice
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           easily
           enriched
           .
           The
           Bishop
           hardly
           abstaining
           from
           laughing
           ,
           desired
           him
           to
           discover
           that
           secret
           ,
           to
           which
           hee
           replyed
           .
           Cause
           an
           Iron
           Cage
           or
           Basket
           to
           bee
           made
           ,
           and
           cover
           it
           with
           leather
           ,
           and
           carry
           me
           into
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           thy
           Country
           to
           be
           seen
           for
           a
           shew
           ,
           and
           if
           thou
           take
           but
           a
           penny
           of
           every
           one
           for
           the
           sight
           ,
           assure
           thy self
           it
           will
           amount
           to
           more
           then
           all
           the
           charges
           of
           the
           war
           .
           The
           
           more
           eminent
           Anabaptists
           wore
           about
           their
           necks
           a
           certain
           medall
           wherein
           was
           the
           effiges
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           to
           which
           were
           added
           these
           ietters
           ,
           
             D.
             W.
             F.
          
           whereby
           was
           signified
           ,
           that
           
             the
             word
             was
             made
             flesh
             .
          
           But
           the
           King
           being
           carried
           up
           and
           down
           as
           a
           captive
           with
           his
           two
           associates
           ,
           was
           shewn
           to
           divers
           Captains
           and
           Ecclesiasticks
           of
           the
           
             Landgrave
             ,
          
           which
           gave
           occasion
           of
           dispatation
           between
           them
           about
           some
           things
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Magistracy
             ,
          
           of
           
             Justification
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Incarnation
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           also
           of
           
             Matrimony
             :
          
           in
           which
           disputation
           ,
           they
           prevailed
           so
           far
           by
           the
           divine
           testimonies
           of
           holy
           writ
           ,
           that
           they
           brought
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           (
           though
           not
           acknowledging
           the
           least
           satisfaction
           )
           to
           
           a
           Non-plus
           ,
           who
           to
           obtain
           another
           disputation
           out
           of
           hopes
           of
           life
           (
           as
           was
           said
           )
           promised
           ,
           that
           hee
           would
           reduce
           the
           Anabap●ists
           which
           swarmed
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
             Braband
             ,
             England
             ,
          
           and
           
             Friezland
             ;
          
           and
           that
           he
           would
           do
           all
           honour
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           .
           Upon
           the
           twentieth
           of
           
             January
          
           one
           thousand
           five
           hund●ed
           thirty
           and
           six
           ,
           he
           is
           brought
           with
           his
           companions
           to
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           where
           they
           were
           secured
           in
           
           severall
           prisons
           ;
           two
           days
           were
           spent
           in
           weeding
           and
           rooting
           up
           their
           errors
           .
           The
           King
           indeed
           confessed
           his
           offences
           ,
           and
           cast
           himself
           wholly
           upon
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           but
           his
           
           companions
           discover'd
           a
           vain
           obstinacy
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           their
           cause
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           King
           is
           brought
           to
           the
           place
           of
           execution
           ,
           fasten'd
           to
           a
           stake
           ,
           and
           is
           pulled
           piece-meal
           
           by
           two
           executioners
           ,
           with
           pincers
           red
           hot
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           .
           The
           first
           pains
           he
           felt
           ,
           hee
           suppressed
           ,
           at
           the
           second
           hee
           implor'd
           Gods
           mercy
           .
           For
           a
           whole
           hour
           was
           hee
           pull'd
           and
           delacerated
           with
           those
           instruments
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           ,
           to
           hasten
           somewhat
           his
           death
           ,
           run
           ●hrough
           with
           a
           sword
           .
           His
           companions
           were
           dipped
           with
           the
           baptisme
           of
           the
           same
           punishment
           ,
           which
           they
           suffered
           couragiously
           ;
           all
           whose
           carcasses
           put
           into
           Iron
           baskets
           ;
           as
           anathema's
           of
           eternal
           example
           hang
           out
           of
           the
           tower
           ●f
           S.
           
             Lambert
             .
          
           And
           this
           was
           the
           retiring
           room
           of
           the
           Tragedy
           of
           
             Munster
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           HERMANNUS
           SUTOR
           ,
           
             
               Hic
               qui
               se
               Christum
               ,
               et
               qui
               se
               Jactârat
               IESUM
               ,
               SERVASSE
               haud
               potuit
               seque
               suisque
               fidem
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           HERMAN
           
             the
          
           Cobler
           
             professeth
             himself
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             is
             noted
             for
             drunkennesse
             ;
             The
             ceremonies
             hee
             used
             in
             Anabaptisme
             ,
          
           Eppo
           
             his
             Host
             discovers
             him
             and
             his
             followers
             to
             be
             cheats
             ;
          
           Hermans
           
             wicked
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             his
             inconstancy
             in
             his
             opinions
             ,
             his
             mothers
             
             temerity
             ;
             his
             Sect
             convinced
             ,
             and
             fall
             off
             from
             him
             ;
             by
             one
          
           Drewjis
           
             of
             his
             Sect
             he
             is
             handled
             roughly
             ;
          
           Herman
           
             is
             taken
             by
          
           Charles
           
             Lord
             of
          
           Golderland
           ,
           
             &c.
             and
             is
             brought
             prisoner
             to
          
           Groeninghen
           ;
           
             when
             questioned
             in
             his
             torments
             ,
             he
             hardened
             himself
             ;
             and
             died
             miserably
             .
          
        
         
           THat
           there
           were
           divers
           Emissaries
           and
           Ambassadours
           sent
           by
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           into
           
             Holland
             ,
             Friezland
             ,
          
           and
           other
           places
           to
           raise
           souldiers
           ,
           you
           have
           understood
           out
           of
           the
           History
           of
           
             Munster
             ;
          
           which
           souldiers
           having
           raised
           a
           Tumult
           ,
           caused
           the
           Bishop
           to
           discamp
           from
           before
           
             Munster
             ;
          
           and
           of
           this
           Heard
           was
           there
           one
           
             Nicholas
             Alcmariensis
             ,
          
           a
           worthy
           disciple
           of
           
             John
             Mathias
             ,
          
           who
           being
           dispatched
           into
           
             Friezland
          
           for
           the
           foresaid
           negotiation
           ,
           got
           together
           a
           promiscuous
           crue
           of
           Anabaptists
           for●
           the
           relief
           of
           
             Munster
             :
          
           but
           that
           it
           might
           appear
           how
           real
           and
           effectual
           he
           was
           in
           the
           businesse
           ,
           they
           sent
           two
           of
           their
           fellow-soulders
           ,
           
             Antony
             Cistarius
             ,
          
           and
           a
           trades-man
           whose
           name
           was
           
             James
             ,
          
           to
           
             Munster
             .
          
           These
           two
           with
           some
           others
           having
           compassed
           their
           desires
           at
           a
           Town
           called
           
             Opt'zant
             ,
          
           having
           shuffled
           together
           from
           all
           parts
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           a
           Troop
           ,
           made
           their
           rendezvous
           at
           the
           house
           of
           one
           
             Eppo
             ,
          
           about
           the
           twilight
           out
           of
           a
           pretence
           that
           they
           there
           should
           meet
           with
           some
           
           later
           intelligence
           ,
           which
           they
           receiving
           from
           their
           Ambassadors
           ,
           out
           of
           very
           joy
           for
           those
           good
           tidings
           ,
           absolutely
           broke
           forth
           into
           Tumults
           .
           The
           Bell-weather
           of
           these
           ,
           was
           one
           
             Herman
          
           [
           an
           excellent
           vamper
           of
           all
           abomination
           ]
           a
           
             Cobler
          
           of
           
             Opt'zant
             ,
          
           who
           professed
           himself
           
           
             a
             true
             Prophet
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             the
             true
          
           Messias
           ,
           
             the
          
           Redeemer
           
             and
          
           Saviour
           
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           nay
           ,
           (
           which
           causes
           horror
           to
           me
           in
           the
           relation
           )
           that
           he
           was
           
             God
             the
             Father
             .
          
           This
           fellow
           lay
           naked
           in
           his
           bed
           from
           the
           privy
           parts
           downward
           ,
           and
           caused
           to
           be
           laid
           near
           him
           a
           hogs-head
           of
           strong
           beer
           ,
           which
           he
           desired
           to
           drink
           in
           Healths
           ,
           which
           required
           no
           small
           draughts
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           gotten
           an
           excessive
           thirst
           ,
           greater
           than
           that
           of
           any
           dog
           ;
           or
           that
           which
           the
           Serpent
           
             Dipsas
          
           causeth
           in
           those
           that
           are
           stung
           by
           it
           ;
           &
           all
           through
           his
           extraordinary
           bellowing
           and
           bawling
           .
           For
           ,
           having
           for
           some
           dayes
           led
           a
           life
           like
           one
           of
           
             Epicurus's
          
           
           herd
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           being
           drunk
           even
           to
           extravagance
           ,
           hee
           with
           a
           
             Stentors
          
           voice
           ,
           and
           a
           horrid
           howling
           ,
           
           among
           other
           things
           often
           repeated
           this
           ;
           
             Kill
             ,
             cu●
             the
             throats
             without
             any
             quarter
             ,
             of
             all
             these
             Monkes
             ,
             all
             these
             Popes
             ,
             and
             all
             ,
             especially
             our
             own
             Magistrate
             ;
             Repent
             ,
             Repent
             ,
             for
             your
             deliverance
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           hee
           ,
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           fellow
           souldiers
           ,
           denounced
           to
           certain
           Proselytes
           of
           another
           Religion
           ,
           
           that
           Peice
           was
           not
           to
           be
           rejected
           without
           incurring
           the
           dreadfull
           effects
           of
           the
           last
           judgment
           ,
           which
           was
           now
           at
           hand
           ,
           and
           these
           were
           such
           as
           both
           by
           sollicitations
           and
           promises
           ,
           his
           main
           design
           was
           to
           inveigle
           into
           his
           deceit
           .
           Moreover
           hee
           sent
           to
           redeem
           some
           of
           his
           followers
           out
           of
           a
           prison
           belonging
           to
           a
           certain
           Nobleman
           called
           
             John
             of
             Holten
             ,
          
           with
           this
           charge
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           kill
           with
           swords
           and
           pistols
           ,
           whosoever
           should
           either
           by
           words
           or
           blows
           any
           way
           oppose
           them
           .
           When
           they
           returned
           with
           their
           delivered
           captives
           ,
           they
           had
           dispatched
           a
           man
           (
           it
           is
           thought
           hee
           was
           Priest
           )
           looking
           out
           at
           his
           door
           ,
           with
           a
           Musket
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           turned
           his
           back
           and
           shut
           the
           door
           against
           them
           .
           The
           very
           same
           night
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           bee
           the
           last
           ,
           or
           wherein
           the
           world
           being
           to
           bee
           turned
           to
           deceitfull
           ashes
           ,
           they
           expected
           it
           should
           by
           the
           means
           of
           this
           Mediator
           and
           Intercessor
           (
           as
           was
           thought
           )
           presently
           bee
           restored
           to
           liberty
           ,
           there
           were
           a
           great
           many
           that
           embraced
           him
           where
           ever
           they
           could
           ,
           with
           those
           complements
           which
           they
           should
           use
           to
           one
           ,
           as
           without
           the
           earnest
           of
           whose
           Baptisme
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           expect
           the
           reward
           of
           disobedience
           ,
           and
           eternall
           destruction
           to
           bee
           trrasured
           up
           for
           them
           .
           The
           Sacrament
           of
           Anabaptisme
           
           being
           according
           to
           these
           cerremonies
           celebrated
           ,
           the
           fore-commended
           Parent
           exhorted
           his
           children
           to
           prayer
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Pray
             ,
             pray
             ,
             pray
             ,
             pray
             ,
          
           mouthing
           it
           out
           with
           an
           agitation
           of
           his
           lips
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           our
           Sto●ks
           ;
           which
           done
           ,
           falling
           on
           their
           knees
           ,
           they
           disgorged
           ,
           a
           strang
           vicissitude
           of
           prayers
           and
           songs
           .
           The
           owner
           of
           that
           house
           ,
           who
           was
           an
           Inn-keeper
           ,
           
           and
           withall
           lame
           ,
           sate
           neer
           this
           great
           Father
           ,
           towards
           whom
           the
           Father
           turning
           ,
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             Arise
             and
             walk
             .
          
           But
           
             Eppo
          
           being
           still
           lame
           ,
           and
           seeing
           that
           they
           were
           all
           deceived
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           a
           sort
           of
           cheats
           wickedly
           stitch'd
           together
           ,
           withdrew
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           hid
           
           himself
           for
           fear
           in
           anothers
           man's
           house
           far
           from
           thence
           .
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           past
           ,
           there
           rises
           up
           another
           ,
           one
           
             Cornelius
          
           
             *
          
           
             Coemiteriensis
             ;
          
           who
           ran
           about
           after
           a
           most
           strange
           manner
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           
             Father
          
           [
           of
           all
           execrable
           temerity
           ]
           lay
           sick
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           tormented
           with
           an
           imaginary
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           such
           a
           disease
           as
           puzzelled
           the
           Physicians
           to
           find
           any
           name
           for
           ;
           this
           man
           for
           an
           hour
           together
           uttered
           these
           and
           such
           expressions
           :
           
             O
             FATHER
             ,
             look
             upon
             thy
             people
             ;
             have
             mercie
             upon
             thy
             people
             :
             O
             let
             thy
             bowels
             ,
             O
             Father
             ,
             be
             moved
             to
             compassion
             :
          
           &c.
           
           At
           which
           addresses
           the
           Father
           being
           moved
           ,
           he
           commanded
           a
           tankard
           of
           beer
           to
           be
           drawn
           out
           of
           the
           hogshead
           ,
           which
           was
           now
           almost
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           which
           he
           drinking
           to
           his
           son
           ,
           drank
           till
           it
           came
           to
           the
           Lees
           ,
           which
           presenting
           to
           his
           son
           ,
           hee
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Drink
          
           
           
             up
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           The
           son
           like
           his
           father
           ,
           and
           following
           his
           example
           ,
           having
           taken
           it
           off
           ,
           he
           flings
           out
           of
           bed
           ,
           and
           falls
           upon
           those
           that
           stood
           by
           ,
           and
           tossing
           the
           tankard
           from
           one
           hand
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           ran
           up
           and
           down
           like
           a
           drunken
           man
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           joined
           with
           the
           father
           [
           who
           was
           sick
           of
           an
           imaginary
           extravagance
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           much
           given
           to
           laugh
           ]
           in
           roaring
           out
           these
           word
           ;
           
             Mortifie
             the
             flesh
             ,
             mortifie
             the
             flesh
             ;
             the
             flesh
             is
             a
             Divel
             ,
             the
             flesh
             is
             a
             Divel
             ,
             mortifie
             the
             flesh
             ;
          
           &c.
           
           Upon
           this
           there
           immediately
           starts
           
           up
           another
           ,
           pursued
           (
           as
           he
           thought
           )
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           vision
           ,
           and
           after
           their
           example
           ,
           roared
           it
           out
           most
           furiously
           ,
           which
           fellow
           (
           as
           was
           reported
           )
           was
           really
           advanced
           to
           some
           degrees
           (
           if
           not
           the
           supreme
           )
           of
           madnesse
           .
           A
           certain
           woman
           better
           than
           middle-aged
           ,
           being
           frighted
           almost
           out
           of
           her
           wits
           ,
           by
           the
           bawling
           and
           howling
           of
           this
           sonne
           ,
           intreated
           that
           they
           would
           keep
           in
           the
           lunatick
           and
           possessed
           person
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           might
           be
           carried
           to
           
             Bedlam
             .
          
           The
           common
           people
           being
           astonished
           at
           this
           impious
           ,
           hellish
           crue
           ;
           were
           forced
           to
           pinne
           their
           faith
           upon
           their
           sleevs
           ,
           as
           a
           truth
           confirmed
           by
           the
           lying
           of
           those
           prophetical
           mouthes
           .
           These
           ●elapses
           of
           fury
           and
           madnesse
           ,
           having
           their
           intervalls
           of
           calmnesse
           and
           ●erenity
           ,
           he
           admonished
           them
           ,
           that
           all
           arms
           and
           weapons
           were
           to
           be
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           put
           off
           their
           guarded
           ,
           edged
           and
           
           scolloped
           garments
           ,
           and
           their
           wrought
           smocks
           and
           petticoats
           ,
           nay
           that
           women
           ought
           to
           abstain
           wearing
           their
           neck-laces
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           that
           were
           burdensome
           ,
           intimating
           the
           manner
           wherein
           God
           that
           needs
           no
           arms
           ,
           would
           fight
           their
           battels
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           should
           discomfit
           all
           their
           enemies
           .
           The
           cowardly
           and
           inconstant
           vulgar
           being
           moved
           at
           the
           madnesse
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           disburthened
           their
           bodies
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           cloathing
           .
           A
           certain
           harmlesse
           man
           having
           cast
           away
           his
           knife
           ,
           takes
           it
           up
           again
           ,
           which
           his
           daughter
           looking
           asquint
           upon
           ,
           rebuked
           her
           father
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           answered
           ,
           Be
           patient
           ,
           be
           patient
           ,
           daughter
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           emploiment
           hereafter
           for
           this
           to
           cut
           bread
           withall
           .
           O
           how
           was
           this
           girle
           once
           a
           childe
           ,
           but
           how
           was
           the
           old
           man
           twice
           !
           When
           the
           student
           of
           
             Bedlam
             ,
          
           the
           
             Son
             ,
          
           with
           his
           yelling
           ,
           was
           exhorting
           the
           bewitched
           people
           to
           singing
           and
           praier
           ,
           and
           to
           resist
           the
           Divel
           ,
           the
           
             Father
          
           presently
           with
           his
           own
           son
           ,
           in
           whom
           he
           was
           well
           pleased
           ,
           
           taught
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           time
           of
           praier
           being
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           time
           of
           war
           coming
           on
           ,
           they
           must
           take
           up
           the
           instruments
           of
           war
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           gets
           up
           into
           a
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           declared
           himself
           to
           the
           people
           who
           stood
           all
           about
           him
           ,
           with
           a
           loud
           voice
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           
             Sonne
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           cried
           out
           that
           he
           was
           born
           a
           true
           
             Mediatour
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           His
           mother
           being
           there
           
           present
           ,
           they
           asked
           her
           whether
           she
           was
           the
           mother
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ?
           To
           which
           between
           force
           ●nd
           fear
           ,
           she
           at
           length
           answered
           ,
           though
           innocently
           ,
           that
           shee
           was
           .
           
           This
           gave
           occasion
           to
           many
           to
           bee
           diffident
           ,
           and
           to
           waver
           in
           the
           faith
           received
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           a
           certain
           man
           discovering
           his
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           and
           speaking
           ill
           of
           the
           sonne
           ,
           the
           said
           sonne
           taking
           hold
           of
           him
           ,
           flings
           him
           into
           a
           common
           shore
           ,
           saying
           unto
           him
           ,
           now
           art
           thou
           deservedly
           cast
           into
           Hell
           :
           from
           whence
           the
           said
           man
           coming
           out
           all
           dirt
           ,
           diverse
           others
           unanimously
           acknowledged
           that
           they
           were
           defiled
           and
           bespattered
           with
           the
           same
           filthiness
           and
           abomination
           .
           And
           hence
           rise
           up
           that
           impious
           report
           of
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           thrust
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           which
           that
           Ambassadour
           
             Antony
             ,
          
           being
           returned
           from
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           having
           heard
           took
           it
           in
           mighty
           indignation
           ,
           and
           by
           force
           breaking
           into
           the
           house
           ,
           would
           have
           vindicated
           those
           holy
           expressions
           .
           
           The
           Father
           and
           Son
           ,
           were
           much
           against
           it
           that
           any
           should
           come
           in
           ;
           yet
           hee
           ,
           though
           the
           people
           flocking
           about
           him
           made
           some
           opposition
           ,
           bitterly
           rebuking
           that
           blasphemous
           wretch
           ,
           broke
           forth
           into
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Thou
             villanous
             and
             contagious
             burthen
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             What
             madness
             ,
             what
             extravagance
             hath
             bes●tted
             thee
             without
          
           
           
             fear
             of
             divine
             judgement
             ,
             to
             assume
             to
             thy self
             the
             title
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ?
          
           which
           spoken
           ,
           swelling
           up
           with
           the
           leaven
           of
           wrath
           ,
           he
           ca●●s
           himself
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           people
           ran
           violently
           upon
           him
           ,
           knocking
           ,
           beating
           ,
           and
           kicking
           him
           like
           a
           foot-ball
           ;
           at
           last
           being
           well
           loaden
           with
           blows
           hee
           rises
           ,
           and
           breaking
           through
           the
           presse
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           he
           got
           away
           and
           escaped
           .
           In
           his
           way
           hee
           comes
           to
           a
           hole
           in
           the
           ice
           broken
           for
           the
           cattle
           to
           drinke
           ,
           twenty
           foot
           over
           ,
           which
           hee
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           get
           over
           ,
           as
           is
           said
           ,
           with
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Devill
           ;
           for
           many
           that
           would
           have
           found
           him
           out
           ,
           
           lost
           their
           labour
           .
           All
           being
           now
           convinced
           that
           they
           were
           abused
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           most
           noble
           
             Charles
          
           Lord
           of
           
             Gelderland
             ,
          
           the
           Viceroy
           of
           
             Groningen
          
           (
           called
           also
           King
           of
           
             Gelderland
             )
          
           who
           was
           sent
           to
           appease
           that
           tumult
           ,
           got
           secretly
           away
           .
           But
           before
           they
           were
           all
           departed
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           called
           
             Drewjis
          
           (
           whom
           they
           called
           Doctor
           
             Nucius
             )
          
           out
           of
           pure
           spight
           ,
           laying
           hold
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           being
           
           sick
           in
           his
           bed
           ,
           thundred
           to
           him
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           Thou
           villain
           ,
           thou
           fruit
           and
           groanings
           of
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           where
           ,
           where
           is
           now
           your
           governing
           ,
           and
           authority
           ?
           now
           the
           time
           of
           prayers
           is
           past
           ,
           &c.
           
           Having
           dragg'd
           him
           out
           of
           bed
           by
           head
           and
           shoulders
           ,
           they
           with
           some
           assistance
           ,
           bound
           him
           with
           cords
           ;
           and
           delivered
           him
           to
           the
           custody
           of
           the
           Mistresse
           of
           the
           house
           to
           bee
           safely
           kept
           till
           night
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           valiant
           
           
             Charles
          
           surrounds
           the
           house
           with
           his
           men
           ,
           and
           besieged
           it
           ,
           which
           the
           woman
           seeing
           ,
           cut
           the
           co●ds
           .
           Being
           loose
           ,
           hee
           takes
           a
           trident
           fork
           wherewith
           assaulting
           them
           as
           with
           a
           sword
           ,
           he
           put
           to
           flight
           forty
           men
           through
           other
           houses
           ,
           whom
           he
           hastily
           pursuing
           ,
           was
           unawares
           surprised
           by
           others
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           
             Groningen
             .
          
           But
           behold
           the
           miracle
           !
           to
           that
           very
           place
           ,
           where
           this
           naked
           
           [
           of
           all
           truth
           ]
           
             Messias
          
           with
           his
           fork●
           Scepter
           ,
           and
           this
           Shoomaker
           of
           Cobler
           beyond
           his
           Last
           ,
           had
           with
           his
           Trident
           put
           so
           many
           to
           flight
           ,
           did
           the
           water-dreading
           
           Anabaptists
           resort
           and
           ●ender
           unto
           God
           infinite
           thanks
           for
           the
           〈◊〉
           us
           privilages
           thereof
           .
           Of
           this
           lewd
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           who
           was
           ●ow
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           fetters
           of
           
             Groningen
             ,
          
           it
           was
           asked
           in
           his
           torments
           ,
           whether
           those
           routs
           (
           of
           whom
           he
           was
           ring-leader
           )
           were
           out
           of
           
           pretence
           of
           sanctity
           raised
           to
           rob
           the
           publick
           treasuries
           ,
           (
           as
           many
           thought
           )
           which
           yet
           (
           as
           some
           say
           )
           was
           denied
           .
           For
           ,
           he
           hardening
           himself
           against
           even
           the
           most
           
           cruel
           torments
           could
           be
           inflicted
           on
           him
           ,
           still
           cried
           out
           ;
           
             Destroy
             ,
             destroy
             ,
             destroy
             Monks
             ,
             Fo●●s
             ,
             kill
             all
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             particularly
             our
             own
             .
          
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           bawlings
           being
           miserably
           worried
           ou●
           ,
           he
           gave
           up
           the
           
           ghost
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           THEODORUS
           SARTOR
           .
           
             
               Quis
               qu●●●o
               hic
               Sartor
               nudus
               qui
               deperit
               ?
               ille
               Quî
               rogo
               ●●ruentis
               nomine
               dignus
               ●●at
               ?
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           THEODOR
           
             the
          
           Botcher
           
             turns
             Adamite
             ,
             hee
             affirms
             strange
             things
             ,
             his
             blasphemy
             i●
             forgiving
             of
             sins
             ,
             he
             burns
             his
             cloaths
             ,
             &c.
             and
             causeth
             his
             ,
             companions
             to
             do
             the
             like
             .
             He
             and
             his
             rabble
             go
             naked
             through
          
           Amsterdam
           
             in
             the
             dead
             of
             night
             ,
             
             denouncing
             their
             woes
             ,
             &c.
             and
             terrifie
             the
             people
             .
             They
             are
             taken
             and
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             Burghers
             ,
             but
             continue
             shamelesse
             .
          
           May
           5.
           1535.
           
             they
             are
             put
             to
             death
             ;
             some
             of
             their
             last
             words
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           five
           ,
           upon
           the
           third
           of
           
             Februay
          
           at
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
          
           
           in
           a
           street
           called
           
             Salar
          
           street
           ,
           at
           the
           house
           
             of
             John
             Si●●id
          
           a
           cloth
           worker
           ,
           who
           at
           that
           time
           was
           gone
           into
           
             Austria
          
           about
           some
           businesse
           ,
           there
           met
           seven
           men
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           five
           women
           of
           the
           same
           perswasion
           ,
           of
           which
           flock
           ,
           the
           Bell-weather
           was
           
             Theodorus
          
           
           
             Sartor
             ,
          
           who
           rapt
           into
           a
           strange
           enthusiasme
           and
           extasie
           ,
           stretching
           himself
           upon
           the
           ground
           stark-naked
           upon
           his
           back
           before
           his
           brethren
           and
           sisters
           ,
           seemed
           to
           pray
           unto
           God
           with
           a
           certain
           religious
           dread
           and
           horrour
           .
           Having
           ended
           his
           prayers
           ,
           he
           affirmed
           that
           he
           had
           beheld
           God
           with
           his
           eyes
           in
           the
           excessive
           and
           ineffable
           
           riches
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           had
           communication
           with
           him
           ,
           both
           in
           heaven
           and
           in
           hell
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           day
           of
           his
           judgment
           was
           at
           hand
           .
           After
           which
           he
           said
           to
           one
           of
           his
           companions
           ,
           Thou
           art
           decreed
           to
           eternal
           damnation
           ,
           and
           shalt
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           bottomless
           pit
           ;
           at
           which
           the
           other
           crying
           out
           ,
           The
           Lord
           God
           of
           Mercy
           have
           compassion
           on
           me
           ;
           the
           Prophet
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           be
           of
           good
           chear
           ,
           now
           art
           thou
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           ,
           thy
           
           sins
           are
           forgiven
           thee
           .
           Upon
           the
           eleventh
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           the
           foresaid
           year
           ,
           the
           persons
           aforementioned
           ,
           unknown
           to
           their
           husbands
           ,
           repaired
           to
           the
           same
           
             Aug●●●'s
          
           stable
           .
           This
           Prophet
           ,
           or
           Seer
           ,
           having
           entertained
           them
           with
           a
           Sermon
           of
           three
           or
           four
           hours
           long
           ,
           casts
           a
           helmet
           ,
           a
           brest
           plate
           ,
           a
           sword
           ,
           and
           other
           armes
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           his
           clothes
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           Being
           thus
           stark
           naked
           ,
           
           and
           his
           companions
           who
           yet
           had
           their
           cloaths
           ,
           being
           uncovered
           ,
           he
           peremptorily
           commanded
           them
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           as
           being
           such
           as
           must
           be
           as
           safe
           as
           himself
           .
           He
           further
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ought
           to
           look
           upon
           all
           things
           of
           this
           world
           with
           contempt
           and
           indignation
           .
           And
           since
           Truth
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           glorious
           in
           her
           nakednesse
           ,
           will
           not
           admit
           the
           deformity
           of
           any
           earthly
           disguise
           whatsoever
           ,
           he
           affirmed
           that
           they
           ought
           in
           all
           things
           to
           conform
           themselves
           to
           that
           example
           of
           
           Truth
           and
           Justice
           .
           A
           great
           many
           hearing
           these
           things
           having
           quite
           cashier'd
           all
           shame
           ,
           offered
           up
           their
           shirts
           ,
           smocks
           ,
           and
           petricoats
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           favoured
           of
           earth
           ,
           as
           a
           burnt-offering
           unto
           God
           .
           The
           Mistresse
           of
           the
           house
           being
           awaken
           by
           the
           stink
           which
           these
           cloaths
           made
           in
           burning
           ,
           and
           going
           up
           into
           the
           upper
           chambers
           ,
           she
           findes
           this
           deplorable
           representation
           of
           immodesty
           and
           impudence
           ;
           but
           the
           power
           and
           influence
           of
           propheticall
           integrity
           brought
           the
           woman
           to
           that
           passe
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           drawn
           in
           to
           wallow
           in
           the
           same
           mire
           of
           unshamefac'dnesse
           ,
           whom
           therefore
           he
           advised
           to
           continue
           alwayes
           a
           constant
           adherer
           to
           the
           unblameable
           truth
           .
           Going
           out
           of
           the
           house
           in
           this
           posture
           ,
           
           about
           three
           of
           the
           clock
           ,
           the
           other
           men
           and
           women
           marched
           barefoot
           after
           him
           ,
           crying
           out
           with
           a
           horrid
           voyce
           ,
           
             Woe
             ,
             woe
             ,
             woe
             ,
             the
             heavy
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             heavy
             wrath
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           In
           this
           fanatick
           errour
           did
           this
           hypocondriack
           rabble
           run
           about
           the
           streets
           ,
           making
           such
           a
           horrid
           noise
           ,
           that
           all
           
             Amsterdam
          
           seemed
           to
           shake
           and
           tremble
           at
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           assaulted
           by
           a
           publick
           enemy
           .
           The
           Burghers
           not
           having
           the
           least
           hint
           of
           such
           a
           strange
           and
           unlook'd
           for
           Accident
           ,
           (
           for
           this
           furious
           action
           happen'd
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           night
           )
           took
           up
           arms
           ;
           and
           getting
           these
           people
           (
           lost
           to
           all
           shame
           and
           modesty
           )
           
           up
           to
           the
           Palace
           ,
           ●●apt
           them
           into
           prison
           .
           Being
           so
           disposed
           of
           ,
           they
           would
           owne
           no
           thoughts
           of
           shame
           or
           chastity
           ,
           but
           would
           justifie
           their
           most
           white
           and
           naked
           Truth
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           fire
           being
           smelt
           ,
           they
           broke
           into
           the
           house
           where
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           wondring
           at
           their
           casting
           off
           their
           cloathes
           into
           the
           fire
           ,
           which
           had
           since
           reached
           the
           bed
           ,
           they
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           quench
           it
           .
           But
           the
           other
           distracted
           and
           mad
           people
           ,
           such
           as
           deserved
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           their
           kindred
           ,
           the
           Savages
           and
           Heathens
           ,
           inconvincibly
           persisted
           in
           their
           pestiferous
           opinion
           ,
           and
           so
           upon
           the
           fifth
           of
           
             May
          
           the
           same
           year
           ,
           they
           expiated
           
           their
           wicked
           impieties
           by
           their
           death
           .
           Ones
           farewell
           saying
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             Praise
             the
             Lord
             incessantly
             !
          
           Anothers
           was
           ,
           
             O
             God
             revenge
             thou
             these
             our
             sufferings
             !
          
           Others
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Woe
             ,
             woe
             ,
             shut
             thine
             eyes
             !
          
        
      
       
       
         
           DAVID
           GEORE
           .
           
             
               Hereti●●
               plures
               visi
               hic
               ,
               cui
               visus
               ego
               ,
               illi
               Pluribus
               in
               visusque
               Haeresiarcha
               fui
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           DAVID
           GEORGE
           ,
           
             the
             miracle
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
             At
          
           Basill
           
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             been
             banished
             his
             Countrey
             for
             the
             Gospels
             sake
             ;
             with
             his
             specious
             pretenses
             he
             gaines
             the
             freedome
             of
             the
             City
             for
             him
             and
             his
             .
             His
             Character
             .
             His
             Riches
             .
             He
             with
             
             his
             Sect
             enact
             three
             things
             .
             His
             Sonne
             in
             Law
             ,
             doubting
             his
             new
             Riligion
             ,
             is
             by
             him
             questioned
             ;
             and
             upon
             his
             answer
             excommunicated
             .
             His
             wifes
             death
             .
             He
             had
             formerly
             voted
             himself
             immortall
             ,
             yet
          
           Aug.
           2.
           1556.
           
             he
             died
             &c.
             
             His
             death
             troubled
             his
             disciples
             .
             His
             doctrine
             questioned
             by
             the
             Magistrates
             ,
             eleven
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             secured
             .
             XI
             .
             Articles
             extracted
             out
             of
             the
             writings
             of
          
           David
           George
           .
           
             Some
             of
             the
             imprisoned
             Sectaries
             acknowledged
          
           David
           George
           
             to
             have
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             tumults
             in
             the
             lower
             parts
             of
          
           Germany
           ,
           
             but
             dis-owned
             his
             doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           
             Conditions
             whereupon
             the
             imprisoned
             are
             set
             at
             liberty
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Senate
             vote
             the
             doctrine
             of
          
           D.
           G.
           
             impious
             ,
             and
             declare
             him
             unworthy
             of
             Christian
             burial
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             body
             and
             books
             should
             be
             burned
             ,
             which
             was
             accordingly
             affected
             .
          
        
         
           DAVID
           GEORGE
           ,
           a
           man
           born
           at
           
           
             Delph
          
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           the
           miracle
           of
           the
           Anabaptisticall
           Religion
           ,
           having
           lived
           in
           the
           lower
           Provinces
           forty
           years
           ,
           did
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           forty
           and
           four
           ,
           with
           some
           of
           his
           kindred
           and
           companions
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           
             Aprill
             ,
          
           begin
           his
           journey
           for
           
             Basill
             ,
          
           in
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           which
           place
           ,
           he
           had
           before
           very
           diligently
           enquired
           .
           Whereof
           having
           sufficiently
           informed
           himself
           ,
           he
           pretended
           that
           he
           had
           been
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           Countrey
           for
           the
           Gospels
           sake
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           
           had
           been
           hitherto
           tost
           both
           on
           the
           land
           and
           sea
           of
           the
           miseries
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           humbly
           intreated
           ,
           that
           now
           at
           length
           he
           might
           be
           received
           into
           some
           place
           of
           Rest
           .
           Some
           being
           by
           the
           representation
           of
           his
           misfortunes
           and
           his
           teares
           ,
           melted
           into
           compassion
           towards
           him
           ,
           he
           presum'd
           to
           intreat
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           that
           in
           tendernesse
           to
           Christ
           and
           his
           holy
           Gospel
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           made
           capable
           of
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           were
           granted
           ,
           he
           bid
           them
           be
           confident
           of
           Gods
           most
           particular
           protection
           towards
           their
           City
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           engaged
           for
           him
           and
           his
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           ready
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           .
           The
           Magistrates
           being
           moved
           with
           these
           just
           
           remonstrances
           and
           desires
           received
           the
           viper
           as
           a
           Citizen
           ,
           
           gave
           him
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           welcome
           and
           fellowship
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           and
           his
           free
           of
           the
           City
           .
           What
           should
           the
           Magistrate
           do
           ?
           Behold
           ,
           he
           hath
           to
           do
           with
           a
           man
           of
           a
           grave
           countenance
           ,
           free
           in
           his
           behaviour
           ,
           having
           a
           very
           long
           beard
           and
           that
           yellowish
           ,
           sky-coloured
           and
           sparkling
           eyes
           ,
           milde
           and
           affable
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           gravity
           ,
           neat
           in
           his
           apparel
           ;
           Finally
           one
           that
           seemed
           to
           
           have
           in
           him
           all
           the
           ingredients
           of
           honesty
           ,
           modesty
           and
           truth
           ;
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           one
           ,
           if
           you
           examine
           his
           countenance
           ,
           carriage
           ,
           discourse
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           he
           is
           embarqu'd
           in
           ,
           all
           things
           without
           him
           are
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           mediocrity
           and
           modesty
           ;
           if
           you
           look
           within
           him
           ,
           he
           is
           nothing
           but
           deceit
           ,
           fraud
           ,
           and
           dissimulation
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           an
           ingenuous
           Anabaptist
           .
           Having
           already
           felt
           the
           pulses
           of
           the
           Senate
           and
           divers
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           comming
           with
           his
           whole
           family
           to
           
             Basill
             ,
          
           he
           and
           his
           are
           entertained
           by
           a
           certain
           Citizen
           .
           Having
           nested
           a
           while
           in
           
             Basill
             ,
          
           he
           purchased
           certain
           houses
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           also
           a
           Farm
           in
           the
           Countrey
           and
           some
           other
           things
           thereto
           appertenant
           ,
           married
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           good
           offices
           procured
           to
           himself
           many
           friends
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           remained
           at
           
             Basill
             ,
          
           he
           so
           much
           studied
           Religion
           ,
           was
           so
           great
           an
           Alms-giver
           ,
           and
           gave
           himself
           so
           much
           to
           other
           exercises
           of
           devotion
           ,
           that
           suspicion
           it self
           had
           not
           what
           to
           say
           against
           him
           .
           By
           these
           cunning
           insinuations
           (
           this
           is
           beyond
           a
           young
           fox
           ,
           and
           smells
           more
           of
           the
           
             Lybian
          
           wilde
           beast
           )
           many
           being
           surprised
           ,
           came
           easily
           over
           to
           his
           party
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           arrived
           to
           that
           esteem
           and
           reputation
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           he
           pleased
           himself
           .
           This
           perswasion
           thus
           craftily
           gotten
           ,
           was
           heightened
           by
           his
           great
           wealth
           (
           and
           his
           riches
           in
           jewels
           ,
           whereof
           he
           
           brought
           some
           with
           him
           ,
           some
           were
           daily
           brought
           from
           other
           places
           in
           the
           Low-countries
           )
           &
           was
           yet
           further
           encreased
           ,
           by
           his
           sumptuous
           and
           rich
           plate
           and
           houshold-stuffe
           ,
           which
           though
           they
           were
           gorgeous
           and
           majestical
           ,
           yet
           were
           they
           not
           made
           to
           look
           beyond
           sobriety
           ,
           cleanlinesse
           and
           mediocrity
           .
           These
           people
           sojourning
           thus
           in
           common
           houses
           ,
           desiring
           as
           yet
           to
           suppresse
           the
           pernicious
           infection
           of
           their
           sect
           ,
           very
           religiously
           enacted
           
           three
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           should
           profane
           or
           speak
           idly
           of
           the
           name
           of
           
             David
             George
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           
           that
           no
           man
           should
           rashly
           or
           unadvisedly
           divulge
           any
           thing
           concerning
           his
           country
           ,
           or
           manner
           of
           life
           ;
           whence
           it
           was
           that
           some
           thought
           him
           to
           be
           a
           person
           of
           some
           quality
           ;
           some
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           some
           very
           rich
           Factor
           or
           Merchant
           ,
           whence
           it
           came
           that
           he
           was
           so
           excessively
           rich
           ;
           others
           had
           other
           imaginary
           opinions
           and
           conceits
           of
           him
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           they
           themselves
           being
           strangers
           ,
           lived
           in
           a
           Country
           where
           they
           could
           not
           be
           ascertained
           of
           any
           thing
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           he
           was
           very
           cautious
           that
           none
           of
           the
           
             Basileans
          
           should
           be
           carelesly
           admitted
           into
           his
           acquaintance
           ,
           society
           or
           correspondence
           ,
           imitating
           therein
           the
           policie
           of
           the
           
             Ferrets
          
           and
           
             Weesels
             ,
          
           which
           (
           as
           is
           reported
           )
           never
           assault
           any
           bird
           of
           supremacy
           ,
           in
           the
           places
           where
           they
           frequent
           .
           And
           thus
           did
           he
           by
           letters
           ,
           writings
           and
           emissaries
           ,
           plant
           and
           water
           the
           venemous
           seed
           of
           his
           sect
           through
           the
           lower
           Provinces
           ,
           yet
           kept
           the
           waies
           by
           which
           he
           wrought
           unsuspected
           and
           undiscovered
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           he
           had
           lived
           two
           years
           among
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           man
           infected
           ;
           or
           had
           privately
           caught
           the
           itch
           of
           his
           Religion
           .
           What
           transcendent
           Mysteries
           are
           these
           !
           This
           man
           ,
           though
           he
           feared
           neither
           deceit
           nor
           treachery
           from
           strangers
           ,
           yet
           the
           fire
           kindled
           out
           of
           the
           deceitful
           embers
           of
           his
           own
           houshold
           .
           For
           ,
           behold
           ;
           one
           of
           his
           own
           Retinue
           doubting
           of
           the
           certainty
           of
           the
           New
           Religion
           ,
           he
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           
           brought
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           whether
           he
           did
           not
           acknowledge
           
             him
          
           to
           be
           the
           true
           
             David
          
           sent
           from
           heaven
           upon
           earth
           ,
           and
           to
           bee
           the
           Horn
           ,
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           Builder
           up
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           
             Israel
             ?
          
           to
           which
           the
           other
           answered
           roundly
           and
           peremptorily
           ,
           that
           the
           restauration
           of
           the
           kingdome
           of
           
             Israel
          
           and
           other
           things
           foretold
           by
           the
           Prophets
           were
           fulfilled
           in
           Christ
           ,
           the
           true
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           and
           that
           consequently
           there
           was
           no
           other
           to
           be
           exspected
           .
           Which
           he
           hearing
           ,
           not
           without
           great
           astonishment
           ,
           did
           with
           much
           commotion
           of
           mind
           and
           bitter
           menaces
           thrust
           him
           ,
           though
           his
           son
           in
           Law
           ,
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           and
           [
           which
           is
           heavie
           to
           think
           on
           ]
           excommunicated
           him
           .
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           managed
           ,
           
             David's
          
           wife
           fell
           sick
           of
           a
           disease
           (
           which
           afterwards
           visited
           him
           and
           many
           more
           )
           that
           dispatch'd
           her
           into
           the
           
           other
           world
           .
           What
           a
           miracle
           is
           this
           !
           He
           that
           declared
           himself
           to
           be
           greater
           than
           Christ
           ,
           and
           voted
           himself
           immortal
           
           (
           upon
           the
           second
           of
           
             August
             ,
          
           one
           thousand
           five
           
           hundred
           fifty
           and
           six
           )
           did
           die
           the
           death
           ,
           and
           was
           honourably
           buried
           according
           to
           the
           ceremonies
           of
           the
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           and
           his
           funerals
           were
           celebrated
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           ,
           sonnes
           in
           law
           and
           daughters
           in
           law
           ,
           servant-men
           and
           maides
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           conflux
           of
           Citizens
           .
           This
           sad
           calamity
           of
           his
           death
           extreamely
           troubled
           
           and
           tormented
           the
           minds
           of
           his
           diciples
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           that
           very
           much
           thwarted
           their
           hopes
           of
           his
           promised
           immortality
           ,
           although
           he
           had
           foretold
           that
           he
           would
           rise
           again
           in
           three
           yeares
           ,
           and
           would
           bring
           all
           those
           things
           to
           passe
           which
           he
           had
           promised
           while
           he
           was
           alive
           .
           Upon
           the
           death
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           a
           great
           many
           with
           resolute
           mindes
           made
           it
           their
           businesse
           not
           onely
           to
           bring
           his
           doctrine
           into
           suspicion
           ,
           but
           into
           utter
           disesteem
           ,
           unanimously
           resolving
           to
           embrace
           whatever
           was
           good
           ,
           sound
           ,
           
           and
           consonant
           to
           Christian
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           reject
           the
           rest
           as
           hereticall
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           report
           beat
           up
           and
           downe
           ,
           both
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           learned
           ,
           that
           this
           man
           of
           ingenuity
           ,
           and
           authour
           of
           private
           doctrines
           ,
           this
           very
           
             David
             George
             ,
          
           was
           a
           contagion
           and
           a
           destructive
           pestilence
           ,
           a
           devoted
           incendiary
           of
           a
           most
           dangerous
           Sect
           ,
           that
           (
           though
           most
           falsely
           )
           hee
           was
           born
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           hee
           accounted
           himself
           the
           true
           
             Messias
             .
          
           The
           Magistrate
           being
           extreamely
           moved
           at
           these
           things
           ,
           not
           deferring
           
           his
           zeale
           any
           longer
           when
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           and
           his
           Sonne
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           was
           so
           much
           concerned
           ,
           caused
           all
           those
           who
           were
           conceived
           to
           be
           infected
           with
           the
           pestilence
           of
           that
           Religion
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           Palace
           ,
           to
           whom
           hee
           rubbed
           over
           what
           things
           had
           been
           transacted
           some
           yeares
           before
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           acquainted
           them
           ,
           how
           that
           they
           had
           been
           banished
           their
           Countrey
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           humble
           addresses
           received
           into
           the
           protection
           ,
           and
           made
           capable
           of
           the
           privileges
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           that
           it
           had
           appeared
           since
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           fled
           for
           refuge
           to
           
             Basill
             ,
          
           not
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           of
           the
           leaven
           of
           the
           sacrilegious
           
             David
             ,
          
           though
           by
           all
           outward
           appearance
           ,
           
           they
           had
           hitherto
           been
           accounted
           favourers
           and
           professors
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           In
           the
           first
           place
           therefore
           the
           Senate
           being
           desirous
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ,
           required
           
           to
           have
           his
           true
           proper
           name
           ;
           for
           ,
           some
           have
           thought
           (
           as
           some
           authours
           deliver
           )
           ,
           that
           his
           name
           was
           
             John
             Burges
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           whether
           hee
           had
           privately
           or
           publickly
           dispersed
           his
           Religion
           ,
           and
           what
           Tenets
           hee
           held
           .
           To
           which
           some
           made
           answer
           unanimously
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           left
           their
           countrey
           for
           the
           true
           Religions
           sake
           ,
           nor
           did
           they
           acknowledge
           themselves
           any
           other
           than
           the
           professors
           and
           practisers
           of
           the
           lawfull
           Religion
           .
           That
           for
           his
           name
           ,
           hee
           had
           not
           called
           himself
           by
           any
           other
           than
           his
           own
           proper
           name
           ;
           and
           for
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           they
           had
           acknowledged
           none
           either
           privately
           or
           publickly
           ,
           save
           what
           hee
           had
           privately
           sometimes
           suggested
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           disconsonant
           to
           the
           publick
           .
           The
           Magistrate
           perceiving
           this
           obstinacy
           of
           mind
           caused
           eleven
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           discover
           the
           reall
           truth
           ,
           to
           bee
           
           secured
           ,
           and
           more
           narrowly
           looked
           to
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           the
           Senate
           leaving
           no
           stone
           unmoved
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           appointed
           some
           to
           bring
           forth
           into
           publick
           view
           some
           books
           and
           writings
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           which
           should
           give
           no
           small
           light
           in
           the
           businesse
           ,
           and
           these
           the
           Magistrate
           recommended
           to
           men
           of
           the
           greatest
           learning
           to
           bee
           read
           over
           and
           
           examined
           with
           the
           greatest
           care
           possible
           ,
           that
           so
           whatsoever
           they
           should
           meet
           with
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Truth
           ,
           they
           should
           extract
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           an
           account
           thereof
           .
           Those
           who
           had
           this
           charge
           put
           upon
           them
           ,
           presented
           the
           Senate
           with
           this
           extract
           of
           Articles
           out
           of
           his
           Writings
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             THat
             all
             the
             Doctrine
             delivered
             by
          
           Moses
           ,
           
             the
          
           Prophets
           ,
           
             or
             by
          
           Jesus
           Christ
           
             himself
             and
             his
          
           Apostles
           ,
           
           
             was
             not
             sufficient
             to
             salvation
             ,
             but
             dress'd
             up
             and
             set
             forth
             for
             young
             men
             ,
             and
             children
             ,
             to
             keep
             them
             within
             decency
             and
             duty
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             doctrine
             of
          
           David
           George
           
             was
             perfect
             ,
             entire
             ,
             and
             most
             sufficient
             for
             the
             o●taining
             of
             salvation
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             He
             affirmed
             that
             he
             was
          
           Christ
           
             and
             the
          
           Messias
           ,
           
             the
             well-beloved
             Son
             of
             the
             Father
             in
             whom
             he
             was
             well
             pleased
             ,
             not
             born
             of
             blood
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             lust
             
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             and
             the
             spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             who
             vanishing
             hence
             long
             since
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             deposited
             hitherto
             in
             some
             place
             unknown
             to
             the
             Saints
             ;
             was
             now
             at
             length
             reinsused
             from
             heaven
             into
          
           David
           George
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Hee
             held
             that
             hee
             onely
             was
             to
             bee
             worshipped
             ,
             as
             who
             should
             bring
             out
             the
             house
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             and
             the
             true
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             professors
             of
             his
             doctrine
             )
             tribe
             of
          
           Levi
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             not
             through
             miseries
             ,
             sufferings
             ,
             crosses
             ,
             as
             the
          
           Messias
           
             of
             the
          
           Jews
           
             did
             ,
             but
             with
             all
             meekness
             ,
             love
             ,
             and
             mercy
             in
             the
             spirit
             of
             Christ
             granted
             unto
             him
             from
             the
             Father
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Hee
             approved
             himself
             to
             be
             invosted
             with
             the
             authority
             of
          
           Saving
           ,
           
             or
          
           condemning
           ,
           binding
           ,
           
             and
          
           loosing
           ,
           
             and
             that
             at
             the
             last
             day
             he
             should
             judge
             the
             twelve
             tribes
             of
          
           Israel
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             Hee
             further
             maintained
             ,
             that
          
           Jesus
           Christ
           
             was
             sent
             from
             the
             Father
             to
             take
             flesh
             upon
             him
             ;
             for
             this
             reason
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             by
             his
             doctrine
             and
             the
             use
             of
             his
             Sacraments
             ,
             men
             ,
             being
             as
             it
             were
             no
             better
             then
             children
             ,
             and
             uncapable
             of
             receiving
             the
             true
             doctrine
             ,
             might
             be
             kept
             within
             duty
             till
             the
             coming
             of
          
           David
           George
           ,
           
             who
             should
             advance
             a
             Doctrine
             that
             should
             bee
             most
             perfect
             and
             most
             effectuall
             ,
             should
             smooth
             out
             mankind
             ,
             and
             should
             consummate
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             and
             of
             his
             Son
             ,
             and
             what
             ever
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             him
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             But
             hee
             further
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             these
             things
             should
             not
             come
             to
             pass
             according
             to
          
           humane
           
             ceremonies
             ,
             but
             after
             a
          
           spirituall
           
             dispensation
             ,
             and
             after
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             had
             not
             〈◊〉
             ●eard
             of
             ,
             which
             yet
             none
             should
             be
             able
             to
             discern
             or
             comprehend
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             were
             worthy
             disciples
             of
          
           David
           George
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           
             To
             make
             good
             and
             prove
             all
             th●se
             things
             ,
             he
             wrested
             and
             mis-interpreted
             many
             places
             of
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             if
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             whom
             he
             commends
             ,
             had
             intimated
             not
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             Ecclesiasticall
             times
             ,
             save
             only
             the
             coming
             of
          
           David
           George
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             And
             thence
             it
             was
             that
             hee
             argued
             thus
             :
             If
             the
             Doctrine
             of
          
           Christ
           
             and
             his
          
           Apostles
           
             bee
             most
             true
             and
             most
             effectuall
             for
             the
             obtaining
             of
             salvation
             ;
             the
          
           Church
           
             which
             they
             had
             by
             their
             doctrine
             built
             up
             and
             confirmed
             ,
             ●ould
             not
             possibly
             have
             been
             broken
             to
             pieces
             ,
             for
             (
             as
          
           Christ
           
           
             himself
             testisieth
             )
             against
             the
          
           true
           
             Church
             ,
             the
             gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             prevaile
             :
             But
             that
             building
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             is
             overturned
             and
             pulled
             down
             to
             the
             very
             foundation
             by
             Antichrist
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             evidently
             seen
             in
             the
             Papacy
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             same
             Christ
             ;
             It
             therefore
             necessarily
             followes
             ,
             that
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Apostles
             is
             imperfect
             and
             interrupted
             :
             whence
             he
             concluded
             his
             own
             doctrine
             and
             saith
             to
             be
             the
             onely
             solid
             and
             sufficient
             doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           
             Moreover
             he
             maintained
             himself
             to
             be
             greater
             than
          
           John
           Baptist
           ,
           
             yea
             then
             all
             the
          
           Saints
           
             that
             had
             gone
             before
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             least
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             (
             according
             to
             the
             suffrage
             of
             Truth
             it self
             )
             is
             greater
             than
          
           John
           .
           
             But
             he
             said
          
           David
           George
           
             was
             one
             whose
             kingdome
             was
             heavenly
             and
             most
             perfect
             ;
             whence
             he
             makes
             himself
             not
             only
             greater
             than
          
           John
           ,
           
             but
             also
             sets
             himself
             above
          
           Christ
           ,
           
             since
             that
             he
             was
             born
             of
             fl●sh
             ,
             and
             that
             himself
             was
             born
             of
             the
             spirit
             according
             to
             a
             heavenly
             manner
             .
          
        
         
           10.
           
           
             He
             further
             allowed
             with
          
           Christ
           ,
           
             that
             all
             sinnes
             committed
             against
             God
             the
          
           Father
           ,
           
             and
             against
             the
          
           Son
           
             may
             be
             forgiven
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             committed
             against
             the
          
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           
             that
             is
             to
             say
             against
          
           David
           George
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             forgiven
             neither
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ;
             by
             which
             meanes
             it
             is
             apparant
             that
             he
             conceiv'd
             himself
             greater
             and
             higher
             than
             Christ
             ,
             admitting
             Christs
             own
             Testimony
             .
          
        
         
           11.
           
           
             He
             declared
             Polygamy
             to
             be
             free
             and
             lawfull
             for
             all
             ,
             even
             for
             those
             that
             are
             regenerated
             by
             the
             spirit
             of
          
           David
           George
           .
        
         
           These
           hends
           [
           without
           any
           brains
           ]
           did
           the
           Magistrate
           
           deliver
           to
           be
           carried
           to
           some
           that
           were
           in
           the
           prison
           ,
           to
           fish
           out
           what
           confession
           they
           would
           make
           ,
           who
           besides
           these
           ,
           being
           provoked
           and
           challenged
           by
           a
           number
           of
           Questions
           ,
           answered
           at
           last
           ,
           That
           this
           
             (
             Davus
             )
          
           I
           would
           say
           
             David
             George
             ,
          
           was
           the
           same
           who
           had
           embroyled
           the
           lower
           parts
           of
           
             Germany
          
           with
           so
           many
           tumults
           &
           sedition
           ,
           but
           as
           that
           to
           that
           doctrine
           and
           the
           fore-recited
           Articles
           ,
           they
           unanimously
           affirmed
           that
           they
           had
           never
           heard
           nor
           read
           of
           any
           such
           things
           .
           Neverthelesse
           they
           were
           to
           acknowledge
           the
           doctrine
           expressed
           in
           those
           Articles
           ,
           to
           be
           pestiferous
           ,
           execrable
           ,
           and
           derived
           not
           from
           heaven
           ,
           
           but
           from
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           heretical
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           banished
           with
           an
           eternal
           Anathe●a
           ;
           and
           withall
           ,
           as
           men
           miserably
           seduced
           ,
           yet
           desiring
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           to
           be
           reduced
           into
           the
           right
           way
           ,
           they
           were
           ,
           with
           good
           reason
           ,
           to
           implore
           forgiveness
           .
           Among
           those
           that
           were
           in
           close
           prison
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           formerly
           of
           
             David's
          
           greatest
           confidents
           ,
           who
           confessed
           ,
           that
           indeed
           
           he
           had
           been
           infected
           with
           that
           Religion
           ,
           but
           that
           since
           by
           the
           illumination
           of
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           discovered
           and
           detested
           the
           errors
           springing
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           avoided
           them
           as
           he
           would
           do
           a
           cockatrice
           .
           But
           there
           were
           others
           who
           were
           civilly
           acquainted
           with
           this
           man
           ,
           who
           denied
           that
           they
           had
           known
           any
           such
           thing
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           cried
           out
           against
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Articles
           as
           impious
           and
           blasphemous
           .
           These
           passages
           ,
           the
           Judges
           appointed
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           gave
           him
           an
           account
           of
           ,
           who
           perceiving
           that
           some
           that
           were
           in
           custody
           were
           not
           so
           extravagant
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           had
           some
           remainders
           of
           discretion
           left
           ,
           he
           sent
           to
           them
           some
           learned
           and
           able
           Preachers
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           who
           ,
           having
           diligently
           weeded
           out
           the
           tares
           of
           their
           errors
           ,
           should
           sow
           into
           their
           hearts
           the
           saving
           seed
           
           of
           true
           faith
           .
           Those
           who
           were
           sent
           ,
           ●i●ting
           them
           with
           all
           the
           humanity
           ,
           mildnesse
           ,
           meeknesse
           and
           charity
           possible
           ,
           could
           scrue
           nothing
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           more
           than
           what
           the
           Judges
           who
           had
           been
           emploied
           before
           ,
           had
           done
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           a
           report
           was
           spread
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           that
           
           it
           was
           not
           
             David
             George
             ,
          
           not
           any
           eminent
           person
           of
           any
           other
           name
           that
           had
           been
           buried
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           meer
           swine
           ,
           calf
           ,
           hee-goat
           (
           haply
           an
           Asse
           )
           had
           been
           carried
           out
           and
           buried
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           dead
           carkasse
           embalmed
           with
           the
           strongest
           spices
           ,
           was
           worshipped
           and
           adored
           with
           great
           devotion
           and
           religion
           .
           But
           this
           was
           but
           a
           report
           ,
           and
           was
           not
           true
           .
           Those
           that
           were
           in
           custody
           abhorring
           that
           doctrine
           ,
           as
           unheard
           of
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           deserved
           to
           be
           anathematized
           ,
           and
           desiring
           to
           renew
           their
           acquaintance
           with
           discretion
           and
           their
           sences
           ,
           are
           delivered
           out
           of
           those
           habitations
           of
           Iron
           which
           they
           had
           kept
           possession
           of
           for
           two
           months
           ,
           upon
           these
           conditions
           ,
           That
           none
           should
           make
           any
           purchases
           
           either
           within
           or
           near
           the
           City
           ,
           without
           the
           knowledge
           and
           consent
           of
           the
           Magistrate
           :
           That
           they
           shall
           not
           entertain
           any
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           lower
           Provinces
           ,
           
           though
           of
           their
           kindred
           ,
           but
           at
           publick
           houses
           or
           Inns.
           That
           the
           printed
           books
           and
           writings
           that
           were
           translated
           into
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           language
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           Palace
           .
           That
           there
           should
           be
           nothing
           published
           that
           were
           disconsonant
           to
           
             Christian
          
           Doctrine
           .
           That
           children
           should
           be
           educated
           according
           to
           incorrupt
           manners
           .
           That
           they
           should
           not
           make
           such
           promiscuous
           marriages
           among
           themselvs
           as
           they
           did
           .
           That
           they
           should
           take
           no
           
             Dutch
          
           into
           their
           families
           .
           That
           they
           should
           submit
           to
           amercements
           and
           pecuniary
           mulcts
           [
           if
           any
           were
           inflicted
           on
           them
           ]
           as
           Citizens
           ought
           to
           do
           .
           That
           upon
           a
           day
           assigned
           ,
           they
           should
           in
           the
           Parish
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           whole
           congregation
           ,
           make
           a
           publick
           abjuration
           of
           the
           said
           Religion
           ,
           and
           condemn
           and
           anathematize
           the
           whole
           sect
           of
           it
           .
           That
           they
           should
           hold
           no
           friendship
           or
           correspondence
           with
           any
           that
           shall
           persist
           in
           that
           Religion
           .
           To
           these
           conditions
           did
           they
           promise
           to
           subscribe
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           reverence
           and
           gratitude
           they
           could
           possibly
           expresse
           .
           These
           things
           being
           thus
           managed
           ,
           the
           most
           renowned
           Senate
           ,
           returning
           afresh
           to
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Arch
           Heretick
           ,
           passed
           these
           votes
           .
           
             viz.
          
           That
           the
           doctrine
           of
           
             David
             George
             ,
          
           upon
           
           mature
           examination
           thereof
           ,
           was
           found
           impious
           and
           derogatory
           to
           the
           divine
           Majestie
           ;
           That
           the
           printed
           books
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           may
           have
           seen
           the
           light
           ,
           should
           have
           the
           second
           light
           of
           the
           fire
           ;
           That
           he
           as
           the
           most
           
           infamous
           promoter
           of
           that
           execrable
           Sect
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           horrid
           blasphemer
           against
           
             God
          
           and
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           should
           not
           be
           accounted
           worthy
           Christian
           burial
           .
           That
           he
           should
           be
           taken
           up
           out
           of
           his
           grave
           by
           the
           common
           Hangman
           ,
           
           and
           together
           with
           his
           books
           and
           all
           his
           writings
           ,
           and
           his
           manuscripts
           should
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ecclefiastical
           Canons
           ,
           be
           burnt
           in
           a
           solemn
           place
           .
           According
           to
           the
           said
           judgment
           ,
           the
           carkasse
           being
           digged
           up
           ,
           was
           ,
           
           with
           all
           his
           writings
           ,
           whereof
           the
           greatest
           part
           was
           that
           (
           truly
           )
           
             miraculous
             book
             ,
          
           together
           with
           his
           effigies
           brought
           by
           the
           Hangman
           to
           the
           place
           of
           execution
           ,
           where
           having
           opened
           the
           dire●ul
           Coffin
           ,
           he
           being
           found
           not
           much
           disfigured
           ,
           nay
           so
           little
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           known
           by
           diverse
           (
           hee
           being
           covered
           with
           a
           watered
           garment
           ,
           having
           about
           him
           a
           most
           white
           sheet
           ,
           a
           very
           clean
           pillow
           under
           his
           he●d
           ,
           his
           
           yellowish
           Beard
           rendring
           him
           yet
           graceful
           ;
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           having
           a
           silk
           Cap
           on
           ,
           under
           which
           was
           a
           piece
           of
           red
           cloth
           ,
           and
           adorned
           with
           a
           garland
           of
           Rosemary
           )
           
           was
           set
           up
           publickly
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           third
           year
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           was
           with
           his
           writings
           consecrated
           to
           
             Vulcan
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           burned
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           MICHAEL
           SERVETUS
           .
           
             
               Omnia
               quum
               portenta
               voces
               hominemque
               Deumque
               Infandi
               SERVES
               nominis
               opprobium
               !
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           SERVETUS
           
             his
             converse
             with
          
           Mahumetans
           
             and
          
           Jewes
           .
           
             He
             disguiseth
             his
             monstrous
             opinions
             with
             the
             Name
             of
             Christian
             Reformation
             .
             The
             place
             of
             his
             birth
             .
             At
             the
             24
             year
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             he
             boasted
             himself
             the
             onely
          
           Teacher
           
             and
          
           Seer
           
             of
             the
             world
             .
             He
             in●eighed
             
             against
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           Oecolampadius
           
             confutes
             his
             blasphemies
             ,
             and
             causeth
             him
             to
             be
             thrust
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Basil
           .
           Servetus
           
             held
             but
             one
             person
             in
             the
             Godhead
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             &c.
             
             He
             held
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             to
             be
          
           Nature
           .
           
             His
             horrid
             blasphemy
             .
             He
             would
             reconcile
             the
          
           Turkish
           Alcoran
           
             to
             .
             Christian
             Religion
             .
             He
             declares
             himself
             Prince
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
             At
          
           Geneva
           ,
           Calvin
           
             faithfully
             reproves
          
           Servetus
           ,
           
             but
             he
             continues
             obstinate
             .
          
           Anno
           1553
           ,
           
             by
             the
             decrees
             of
             several
             Senates
             ,
             he
             was
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           MICHAEL
           SERVETUS
           ,
           like
           another
           
             Simon
             Magus
             ,
          
           having
           conversed
           long
           
           among
           the
           
             Mahumetans
          
           and
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           and
           being
           excellently
           well
           furnished
           with
           their
           imaginous
           opinions
           ,
           begat
           both
           out
           of
           Divinity
           ;
           and
           the
           general
           treasury
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           a
           monstrous
           issue
           of
           opinions
           ,
           with
           the
           coition
           of
           what
           
           he
           had
           received
           from
           the
           extravagant
           
             Mahumelans
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thalmudists
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           b●at
           this
           instrument
           of
           
             Satan
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           bestow
           the
           disguised
           name
           of
           
             Christian
             Reformation
             .
          
           From
           this
           Cocks
           egge
           were
           bred
           these
           Cockatrices
           ,
           
             Gonesus
             ,
             Gribaldus
             ,
             Blandratta
             ,
             Gentilis
             ,
             Alciatus
             ,
             Simanus
             ,
             Casanovius
             ,
             Menno
             ,
          
           and
           diverse
           other
           
             Anabaptistical
          
           Vipers
           ,
           who
           extreamly
           increased
           the
           restless
           waves
           of
           Sects
           and
           opinions
           .
           We
           ,
           recommending
           the
           rest
           to
           their
           proper
           place
           ,
           Hell
           ,
           will
           take
           a
           more
           particular
           survey
           of
           one
           Religion
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
           horridnesse
           of
           that
           guesse
           at
           the
           others
           .
           This
           
             Servetus
          
           was
           a
           
             Spaniard
             ,
          
           born
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Arragon
             ,
          
           most
           unworthy
           both
           of
           his
           Name
           and
           Nation
           .
           Being
           wrapt
           into
           a
           most
           incredible
           Enthusiasme
           ,
           he
           boldly
           lays
           his
           unwash'd
           hands
           upon
           holy
           divinity
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           four
           and
           twentieth
           year
           of
           his
           age
           ,
           boasted
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           onely
           
             Teacher
          
           and
           
             Seer
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           making
           it
           his
           main
           design
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           his
           impious
           and
           worthlesse
           writings
           ,
           
           to
           inveigh
           against
           the
           Deity
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           with
           which
           writings
           being
           sufficiently
           furnished
           ,
           and
           withall
           enflamed
           with
           hopes
           of
           raising
           no
           ordinary
           tumults
           ,
           hee
           bestirrs
           himself
           winde
           and
           tide
           for
           
             Basil
             ;
          
           but
           
             Occolampadius
             ,
          
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           Doctor
           ,
           learnedly
           ▪
           before
           a
           full
           Senate
           confuted
           the
           blasphemies
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           
           by
           the
           publick
           Authority
           he
           had
           ,
           caused
           him
           as
           a
           poisonous
           blasphemer
           to
           be
           thrust
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Basil
             .
          
           From
           thence
           he
           went
           to
           
             Venice
             ,
          
           where
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           
             Venetians
          
           had
           been
           timely
           forewarned
           of
           him
           by
           the
           wise
           and
           learned
           
             Melancthon
             ,
          
           he
           made
           no
           harvest
           of
           his
           incredible
           blasphemies
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           was
           he
           permitted
           seed-time
           for
           them
           .
           Religion
           is
           no where
           safe
           !
           But
           having
           consulted
           with
           the
           Arch-hereticks
           his
           Predecessors
           ,
           and
           being
           bird-lim'd
           ,
           he
           held
           that
           there
           was
           but
           
           one
           person
           in
           the
           God-head
           to
           be
           worshipped
           and
           acknowledged
           ,
           which
           was
           revealed
           to
           mankind
           sometimes
           under
           one
           notion
           ,
           sometimes
           under
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           thus
           ,
           that
           those
           notions
           of
           
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
          
           and
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           were
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           Nay
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           line
           of
           his
           blasphemous
           mouth
           ,
           he
           affirmed
           that
           our
           Saviour
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           according
           to
           his
           humane
           nature
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           ;
           nor
           coeternall
           with
           the
           Father
           .
           The
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           he
           granted
           to
           be
           nothing
           but
           that
           influence
           by
           which
           all
           things
           are
           moved
           ,
           
           which
           is
           called
           
             nature
             .
          
           He
           most
           impiously
           Ironicall
           ,
           affirmed
           that
           to
           understand
           the
           word
           
             Person
             ,
          
           we
           must
           referre
           our selves
           to
           
             Comedies
             .
          
           But
           the
           most
           horrid
           
           blasphemy
           of
           all
           ,
           was
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           suggestion
           of
           Satan
           ,
           he
           imagined
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           glorious
           and
           ever
           to
           be
           worshipped
           and
           adored
           Trinity
           (
           who
           doth
           not
           tremble
           at
           it
           ?
           )
           was
           most
           fitly
           compared
           to
           
             Cerberus
          
           the
           Porter
           of
           Hell-gate
           .
           But
           he
           stayed
           not
           here
           ;
           no
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           should
           be
           accounted
           nothing
           but
           a
           diabolicall
           phantasme
           ,
           the
           laughing-stock
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           the
           monsterous
           
             ●eryon
             ,
          
           whom
           the
           Poets
           by
           some
           strange
           mystery
           of
           Philosophy
           feigned
           to
           have
           three
           bodies
           .
           O
           incredible
           ,
           and
           unheard
           of
           subtilty
           of
           blasphemy
           !
           The
           most
           glorious
           name
           of
           the
           most
           blessed
           Trinity
           is
           grown
           so
           odious
           to
           this
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           personate
           (
           being
           the
           greatest
           that
           ever
           was
           )
           all
           the
           Atheists
           that
           have
           quarrelled
           with
           that
           name
           .
           Moreover
           he
           maintained
           ,
           that
           taking
           but
           away
           the
           onely
           Article
           of
           the
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           the
           
             Turkish
             Alcoran
          
           might
           be
           easily
           reconciled
           to
           the
           
             Christian
          
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           joyning
           together
           of
           
           these
           two
           ,
           a
           great
           impediment
           would
           be
           removed
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           the
           pertinacious
           asserting
           of
           that
           Article
           had
           enraged
           to
           madnesse
           whole
           Countries
           and
           Provinces
           .
           
           This
           abomination
           of
           God
           and
           men
           ▪
           held
           that
           the
           Prophet
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           that
           great
           servant
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           faithfull
           ●…ard
           of
           the
           Lords
           house
           ,
           that
           
             Prince
          
           and
           
             Captain
             Generall
          
           of
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           one
           so
           much
           in
           favour
           with
           God
           that
           he
           was
           admitted
           to
           speak
           to
           him
           face
           to
           face
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           accounted
           no
           other
           than
           an
           
             Imposter
             .
          
           He
           accounted
           the
           Patriarch
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           too
           much
           given
           to
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           most
           unjust
           and
           most
           malicious
           to
           his
           enemy
           .
           The
           most
           glorious
           Church
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           (
           't
           is
           the
           swine
           that
           loves
           the
           mire
           )
           he
           esteemed
           no
           better
           than
           a
           Hogge-Sty
           ;
           and
           declared
           himself
           a
           
           sworn
           Prince
           of
           the
           Anabaptistical
           generation
           .
           But
           ,
           keep
           o●●
           ,
           and
           approach
           not
           ,
           O
           all
           ye
           other
           Heresies
           and
           Hydra's
           of
           opinions
           of
           this
           one
           man
           ,
           furies
           not
           capable
           of
           expiation
           !
           Being
           arrived
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           and
           being
           forbidden
           to
           spue
           out
           and
           spatter
           his
           pestiferous
           blasphemies
           ,
           he
           continued
           in
           hostility
           against
           all
           sharp
           ,
           but
           wholesome
           admonitions
           :
           which
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           that
           
           famous
           Minister
           of
           the
           Church
           perceiving
           ,
           being
           desirous
           to
           discharge
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           soul
           saving
           Pastor
           ,
           went
           friendly
           to
           
             Servetus
             ,
          
           in
           hopes
           to
           deliver
           him
           out
           of
           his
           most
           impious
           errors
           and
           horrible
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           redeem
           him
           out
           of
           the
           jawes
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           faithfully
           reproved
           him
           .
           But
           he
           being
           dazzled
           with
           the
           brightnesse
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           overcome
           ,
           returned
           nothing
           to
           
             Calvin
          
           (
           so
           well
           deserving
           of
           him
           )
           but
           an
           intolerable
           obstinacie
           ,
           and
           
           inconvincible
           recapitulation
           of
           his
           blasphemies
           ,
           whence
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           just
           and
           prudent
           Decree
           of
           the
           Senates
           of
           
             Bernen
             ,
             Zuring
             ,
             Basil
             ,
          
           and
           
             Scasfuse
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           righteous
           condemnation
           of
           the
           eternal
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           moneth
           of
           
             December
          
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           
           fifty
           and
           three
           ,
           (
           or
           as
           
             Sleidan
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           in
           
             October
             )
          
           he
           was
           (
           how
           great
           is
           the
           obstinacy
           of
           blasphemy
           !
           )
           being
           at
           that
           time
           ecstarically
           hardened
           and
           intoxicated
           ,
           consecrated
           to
           the
           avenging
           flames
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           ARRIUS
           .
           
             
               Divisit
               Trini
               qui
               form●●●uminis
               ecce
               !
               Dividitur
               membris
               ,
               Visceribusque
               suis
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           Arrianisme
           its
           increase
           ,
           
             An●●
          
           323.
           
        
         
           
             THe
             General
             Council
             at
          
           Nice
           ,
           Anno
           325.
           
             called
             as
             a
             remedy
             against
             it
             ,
             but
             without
             successe
             .
             The
          
           Arrians
           
             mis-interpret
             that
             place
             ,
          
           John
           10.
           30.
           
             concerning
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             .
             They
             acknowledged
             one
             
             onely
             God
             in
             a
             Jud●icall
             sense
             .
             They
             deny
             the
             Trinity
          
           Arrius
           
             his
             wretched
             death
             ,
          
           Anno
           336.
           
        
         
           ABout
           the
           year
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           three
           hundred
           twenty
           and
           three
           ,
           
           Hell
           was
           deliver'd
           of
           a
           certain
           Priest
           at
           
             Alexandria
          
           named
           
             Arrius
             ,
          
           a
           man
           subtle
           beyond
           expression
           ,
           the
           trumpet
           of
           eloquence
           ,
           one
           that
           seemed
           to
           have
           been
           cut
           out
           for
           all
           honesty
           and
           elegance
           ,
           who
           yet
           ,
           with
           the
           poison
           of
           his
           Herefie
           ,
           and
           the
           
             〈◊〉
          
           cups
           of
           his
           distructive
           doctrine
           ,
           did
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Silvester
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Emperour
           
             Constantine
             ,
          
           draw
           in
           a
           manner
           all
           Christendome
           to
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           so
           corrupted
           some
           ,
           even
           great
           nations
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           that
           except
           a
           few
           Bishops
           who
           stood
           to
           the
           true
           doctrine
           ,
           none
           appeared
           against
           him
           .
           To
           remedy
           this
           disease
           ,
           at
           
             Nice
          
           in
           
             Bithynia
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           three
           hundred
           
           twenty
           and
           five
           ,
           a
           generall
           Councill
           was
           called
           ;
           but
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           for
           the
           contagious
           stocks
           of
           
             Arrianisme
          
           were
           deeply
           rooted
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           were
           become
           such
           ravening
           wolves
           among
           the
           flock
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           would
           not
           embrace
           their
           beliefe
           ,
           were
           to
           expect
           banishment
           or
           death
           .
           These
           imagined
           that
           the
           
             Sonne
          
           was
           not
           of
           an
           
             equall
             nature
          
           and
           
             coeternall
          
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           onely
           
             agreeing
          
           and
           
             concurring
          
           with
           his
           Father
           ;
           to
           confirm
           which
           ,
           they
           alledged
           that
           place
           of
           
             John
          
           10.
           30.
           
           which
           sayes
           ,
           
             I
             and
             the
             Father
             are
             one
             ;
          
           and
           though
           they
           called
           the
           Sonne
           a
           great
           God
           ,
           yet
           they
           denied
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           living
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           and
           co-essential
           with
           the
           Father
           .
           They
           boasted
           that
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           answer
           all
           objections
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           one
           onely
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Judaical
          
           sense
           .
           To
           that
           ,
           
             I
             and
             the
             Father
             are
             one
             ,
          
           they
           were
           used
           to
           retort
           thus
           ,
           Doth
           the
           unity
           in
           this
           place
           denote
           co-essencie
           ?
           It
           most
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           as
           much
           ,
           
           where
           the
           Apostle
           sayes
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
             3.
             8.
             
             He
             that
             planteth
             and
             he
             that
             watereth
             ,
             are
             one
             .
          
           They
           accounted
           the
           word
           
             Trinity
          
           a
           laughing-stock
           and
           a
           Fiction
           ;
           that
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           was
           a
           
             Creature
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           was
           both
           born
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           conceived
           and
           begotten
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
             .
          
           All
           that
           were
           baptized
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           ,
           they
           baptized
           again
           .
           They
           denied
           that
           Christ
           was
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           according
           to
           the
           Spirit
           and
           
           the
           Godhead
           ;
           they
           denied
           God
           his
           own
           Son
           .
        
         
           While
           
             Arrius
          
           was
           disburthening
           himself
           of
           the
           necessities
           
           of
           Nature
           ,
           his
           bowels
           came
           forth
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           his
           life
           .
           And
           so
           he
           who
           was
           the
           successor
           of
           those
           Arch-Hereticks
           ,
           
             Artemon
          
           (
           who
           lived
           about
           the
           year
           of
           our
           Lord
           two
           hundred
           )
           and
           
             Paulus
             Samosatenus
          
           (
           who
           lived
           about
           two
           hundred
           forty
           one
           )
           came
           to
           a
           miserable
           death
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           three
           hundred
           thirty
           six
           .
           See
           
             Athanasius
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Hilarius
             ,
             Hierom
             ,
             Augustine
             ,
             Ambrose
             ,
             Basill
             ,
             Theoderet
             ,
             Eusebius
             ,
             Socrates
             ,
             Nicephorus
             ,
             Sozomen
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Ecclesiasticall
           writers
           ,
           who
           have
           treated
           of
           these
           things
           more
           at
           large
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           MAMOMET
           .
           
             
               Adsum
               Ingens
               Mahometes
               ●go
               ,
               lachrymabile
               mundi
               Prodigium
               ,
               omnigeni
               dux
               ,
               et
               origo
               mali
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           MAMOMET
           
             characterized
             .
             He
             made
             a
             laughing-stock
             of
             the
          
           Trinity
           .
           
             He
             agreed
             with
          
           Carpocrates
           ,
           
             and
             other
             Hereticks
             .
             He
             renewed
             Circumcision
             ,
             and
             to
             indulge
             his
             disciples
             ,
             he
             allowed
             them
             Polygamy
             ,
             &c.
             His
             Iron
             Tombe
             at
          
           Mecca
           .
        
         
         
           IN
           the
           year
           six
           hundred
           twenty
           two
           ,
           
             Honorius
          
           the
           
           fift
           being
           Bishop
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           
             Heraclius
             Caesar
          
           Emperour
           of
           the
           
             East
             ,
          
           a
           transcendent
           Arch-heretick
           called
           
             Mahomet
             ,
          
           exchanged
           Hell
           for
           earth
           ;
           a
           
             Prephet
             ,
          
           
           by
           Nation
           an
           
             Arabian
             ,
          
           but
           most
           deprav'd
           and
           corrupt
           .
           He
           had
           sometimes
           been
           a
           Merchant
           extremely
           rich
           ,
           and
           withall
           very
           subtle
           ;
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           serious
           professor
           of
           diabolical
           Arts
           ,
           a
           most
           ungodly
           instrument
           of
           Satan
           ,
           the
           Viceroy
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           or
           his
           sworne
           fore-runner
           .
           This
           man
           endeavoured
           to
           exoll
           his
           brother
           
             Arrius
             ,
          
           with
           such
           praises
           as
           are
           correspondent
           to
           
             his
          
           Heaven
           .
           He
           also
           with
           
             Sabellio
          
           renewed
           
           the
           laughing-stock
           of
           the
           
             Trinity
             .
          
           He
           with
           
             Arrius
          
           and
           
             Eunomius
             ,
          
           most
           fervently
           and
           contumeliously
           held
           that
           Christ
           ,
           was
           onely
           a
           Man
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           onely
           called
           God
           ,
           
             secundum
             dici
             ,
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           according
           to
           a
           certain
           manner
           of
           speaking
           .
           He
           
           agrees
           with
           
             Carpocrates
          
           who
           denied
           that
           Christ
           was
           a
           God
           and
           a
           Prophet
           .
           This
           is
           also
           he
           that
           shakes
           hands
           with
           
             Cerdonus
          
           who
           utterly
           abjur'd
           the
           Godhead
           of
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           was
           co-substantial
           with
           Father
           .
           He
           imagined
           with
           the
           
             Manichees
             ,
          
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Christ
           ,
           but
           some
           other
           that
           was
           sastened
           to
           the
           Crosse
           .
           With
           the
           
             Donatists
             ,
          
           he
           contemned
           the
           purest
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           With
           the
           most
           impure
           
             Origen
          
           he
           affirmes
           that
           the
           devils
           shall
           be
           eternally
           saved
           according
           to
           an
           humane
           ,
           yet
           an
           invisible
           manner
           .
           He
           with
           
             Cerinthus
          
           placed
           eternal
           Felicity
           in
           the
           lust
           of
           the
           flesh
           .
           Circumcision
           ,
           that
           was
           long
           since
           abolished
           and
           antiquated
           ,
           
           he
           renewed
           .
           Upon
           his
           dicisiples
           he
           bestowed
           the
           priviledges
           ,
           of
           
             Polygamy
             ,
             Concu●ines
          
           and
           
             Divorce
             ,
          
           as
           
             Moses
          
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           with
           such
           dreames
           and
           an
           imaginary
           Phrenly
           was
           the
           miserable
           wretch
           ever
           troubled
           .
           This
           man
           when
           he
           dyed
           was
           put
           into
           an
           iron
           Tombe
           at
           
             Mecca
             ,
          
           which
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           L●adstones
           ,
           being
           as
           it
           were
           in
           the
           middle
           and
           centre
           of
           an
           arched
           edifice
           ,
           
           hangs
           up
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           the
           beholders
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           the
           miraculous
           sanctity
           of
           this
           Prophet
           is
           greatly
           celebrated
           .
           All
           the
           dominions
           of
           the
           Creat
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           professe
           this
           mans
           saith
           ,
           whom
           they
           acquiesce
           in
           as
           a
           miracle
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           BALTHAZAR
           HUBMOR
           .
           
             
               Ille
               ego
               qui
               Vndarum
               mysteriasacra
               negavi
               Igne
               cremor●fato
               disce
               cavere
               meo
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           HUBMOR
           
             a
             Patron
             of
             Anabaptisme
             .
             He
             damned
             usury
             .
             Hee
             brought
             in
             a
             worship
             to
             the
             Virgin
          
           MARY
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             The
             Senate
             of
          
           Suring
           
             by
             a
             Council
             reduced
             him
             .
             He
             renounced
             the
             heads
             of
             his
             former
             doctrine
             .
             Himself
             or
             Sect
             still
             active
             .
             Hee
             is
             taken
             
             and
             imprisoned
             at
          
           Vienna
           
             in
          
           Austria
           .
           
             He
             and
             his
             Wise
             both
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           DOctor
           
             Balthazar
             Hubmor
          
           of
           
             Friburg
             ,
          
           a
           man
           excellently
           well
           learned
           ,
           another
           
             Roscius
          
           in
           
           his
           affairs
           ,
           a
           Clergy
           man
           at
           
             Ingolstade
             ,
          
           was
           the
           third
           eminent
           Patron
           of
           
             Anabaptisme
             ,
          
           and
           a
           sworn
           promoter
           of
           that
           worthy
           Sect.
           
           This
           man
           in
           his
           Sermons
           at
           
             Regenburgh
             ,
          
           inveighed
           so
           bitterly
           
           and
           so
           implacably
           against
           the
           usury
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           that
           he
           banished
           it
           even
           to
           eternal
           damnation
           ;
           he
           brought
           in
           a
           certain
           religious
           worship
           to
           be
           done
           to
           the
           Virgin
           
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           and
           some
           superstitious
           vowes
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           cause
           of
           great
           tumults
           and
           insurrections
           ,
           and
           had
           built
           up
           his
           doctrine
           upon
           very
           firm
           and
           solid
           foundations
           ,
           until
           the
           most
           wise
           Senate
           of
           
             Suring
          
           applied
           the
           universal
           medicine
           of
           a
           Council
           to
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           assigned
           a
           day
           
           to
           reduce
           and
           root
           out
           that
           Sect
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           seventeenth
           of
           
             January
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           twenty
           five
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Senate
           being
           present
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           great
           presence
           of
           people
           ,
           the
           most
           learned
           
             Zwin●lius
             ,
          
           and
           other
           sonns
           of
           learning
           ,
           opposed
           this
           our
           Doctor
           ,
           by
           whom
           ,
           and
           the
           strength
           of
           truth
           ,
           after
           most
           ●ot
           and
           serious
           debating
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           he
           ingenuously
           consessed
           himself
           to
           be
           overcome
           .
           The
           heads
           of
           the
           
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           he
           before
           defended
           ,
           and
           whereof
           he
           afterwards
           made
           his
           abrenunciation
           ,
           were
           these
           :
           That
           〈◊〉
           detested
           the
           cheat
           ,
           and
           humane
           invention
           of
           Ana●aptisme
           ;
           He
           affirmed
           that
           the
           spirit
           both
           before
           the
           fall
           and
           after
           was
           uncorrupt
           and
           unblameable
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           never
           dies
           in
           sin
           ;
           whence
           it
           should
           follow
           ,
           that
           not
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           flesh
           ,
           is
           deprived
           of
           liberty
           ;
           he
           also
           acknowledged
           that
           the
           spirit
           overcomes
           and
           triumphs
           over
           the
           flesh
           .
           Though
           his
           Recantation
           was
           made
           ,
           and
           
           divers
           rebaptized
           into
           their
           better
           sences
           ,
           yet
           the
           Torrents
           of
           this
           sect
           neither
           stood
           still
           ,
           nor
           were
           dried
           up
           ,
           but
           increased
           in
           
             Switzerland
          
           into
           a
           deluge
           ,
           which
           overturned
           almost
           all
           .
           This
           man
           escaping
           the
           endeavours
           of
           spies
           ,
           and
           shunning
           the
           Halter
           ,
           was
           at
           length
           taken
           
           with
           the
           figtree
           leaf
           of
           divine
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           prison
           at
           
             Vienna
          
           in
           
             Austria
             .
          
           Being
           afterwards
           put
           much
           to
           the
           question
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           designe
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           
           the
           reveuging
           fire
           soon
           turned
           him
           to
           ashes
           .
           His
           wife
           being
           also
           baptized
           into
           the
           same
           whirle-pool
           of
           Baptisme
           ;
           
           they
           both
           ,
           with
           minds
           hardened
           to
           their
           own
           perswasions
           ,
           were
           not
           disengaged
           of
           their
           faith
           ,
           but
           with
           the
           departure
           of
           their
           lives
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           JOHN
           HUT
           .
           
             
               Huttus
               ab
               Hubmoro
               excrescit
               ;
               cervice
               resectâ
               Sic
               vnâ
               in
               geminum
               pullulat
               Hydra
               caput
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           JOHN
           HUT
           
             the
             prop
             and
             pillar
             of
             Anabaptism●
             .
             His
             credulity
             in
             dreams
             and
             visions
             .
             He
             is
             accounted
             a
             true
             Prophet
             by
             his
             Proselytes
             .
             At
          
           Merhem
           ,
           
             his
             Fraternity
             became
             as
             is
             were
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
        
         
         
           IN
           the
           times
           of
           the
           fore-mentioned
           
             Balthazar
          
           rise
           
           up
           
             John
             Hut
             ,
          
           a
           learned
           man
           ,
           the
           prop
           and
           pillar
           of
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           an
           eminent
           despiser
           of
           Paedobaptisme
           ,
           which
           kinde
           of
           Baptisme
           he
           accounted
           the
           execrable
           fiction
           of
           the
           Schoolmen
           ;
           whence
           it
           came
           ,
           that
           he
           perswaded
           men
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           were
           not
           baptized
           by
           him
           and
           his
           ,
           they
           must
           necessarily
           incurre
           great
           danger
           to
           their
           souls
           .
           To
           which
           he
           added
           ,
           that
           ,
           those
           who
           were
           honoured
           with
           the
           prerogative
           of
           his
           Baptisme
           ,
           
           should
           be
           the
           restored
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           wicked
           
             Canaanites
          
           should
           be
           destroied
           by
           their
           swords
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           himselfe
           should
           reveal
           from
           heaven
           the
           times
           wherein
           these
           things
           should
           be
           fulfilled
           .
           To
           visions
           and
           horrible
           dreams
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           thought
           proceeded
           to
           him
           from
           God
           )
           he
           gave
           great
           credit
           ,
           and
           he
           affirmed
           that
           
           he
           saw
           the
           preparations
           of
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           Angel
           going
           to
           blow
           the
           Trumpet
           ,
           by
           an
           indisputable
           revelation
           from
           Gold
           Upon
           the
           account
           of
           which
           dreams
           ,
           his
           Disciples
           as
           credulous
           as
           their
           Master
           ,
           spent
           and
           destroied
           all
           they
           had
           ,
           fearing
           the
           difficulties
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           wherein
           they
           should
           spend
           them
           ;
           all
           which
           being
           scatter'd
           and
           consum'd
           before
           the
           day
           came
           ,
           they
           suffer'd
           a
           punishment
           ,
           and
           inconveniences
           befitting
           their
           folly
           ,
           having
           the
           lash
           of
           poverty
           perpetually
           at
           their
           backs
           .
           However
           they
           ,
           a
           generation
           on
           whom
           the
           greatest
           quantity
           
           of
           black
           
             Hellebore
          
           would
           not
           be
           much
           effectual
           ,
           did
           still
           adore
           this
           miraculous
           piece
           of
           madnesse
           as
           a
           true
           Prophet
           ,
           even
           to
           admiration
           ;
           of
           which
           men
           ,
           some
           not
           worthy
           the
           face
           or
           name
           of
           mankind
           ,
           do
           at
           this
           day
           in
           great
           numbers
           live
           at
           
             Merhern
          
           in
           Palaces
           and
           Covents
           upon
           their
           accidental
           contributions
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           get
           their
           livelihood
           with
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           apply
           themselvs
           to
           any
           handy-craft
           ,
           whereof
           they
           are
           the
           Masters
           and
           
           Governours
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           commodities
           gained
           by
           them
           increase
           the
           common
           stock
           :
           They
           have
           at
           home
           with
           them
           their
           Cooks
           ,
           their
           Scullions
           ,
           their
           Errand-boies
           ,
           and
           their
           Butlers
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           care
           and
           dispose
           all
           things
           as
           they
           do
           in
           Monasteries
           and
           Hospitah
           ;
           They
           study
           to
           maint●in
           mu●●al
           peace
           and
           concord
           ,
           being
           all
           equall
           .
           These
           even
           to
           this
           day
           are
           commonly
           known
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Hutsian
             Fraternity
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           LODOWICK
           HETZER
           .
           
             
               Polluit
               ut
               mentem
               Sectis
               deformibus
               error
               ,
               Corpore
               sic
               Hetzer
               foedus
               adulter
               erat
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           LOdowick
           Hetzer
           
             a
             famous
             Heretick
             .
             He
             gains
             Proselites
             in
          
           Austria
           
             and
          
           Switzerland
           .
           Anno
           1527.
           
           
             At
             a
             publick
             disputation
          
           Oecolampadius
           
             puts
          
           Hetzers
           
             Emissaries
             to
             their
             shifts
             .
          
           Hetzer
           
             denied
             Christ
             to
             be
             co-essentiall
             with
             the
             Father
             .
             His
             
             farewell
             to
             his
             Dis●iples
             .
             He
             is
             put
             to
             death
             for
             Adultery
             .
          
        
         
           
             LOdowick
             Hetzer
             ,
          
           famous
           for
           his
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Learning
             ,
          
           was
           first
           very
           intimately
           acquainted
           
           with
           
             Nicholas
             Stork
             ,
          
           and
           then
           with
           
             Thomas
             Muntzer
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           agreed
           not
           with
           these
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           as
           in
           that
           opinion
           of
           theirs
           of
           the
           overturning
           and
           destroying
           of
           all
           the
           powers
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           opinion
           he
           looking
           on
           as
           
             *
          
           malicious
           and
           barbaro●s
           ,
           forsook
           them
           ,
           and
           joining
           with
           
             John
             Denk
             ,
          
           they
           by
           their
           mutual
           endeavours
           ,
           sent
           some
           Prophets
           into
           
             Germany
             .
          
           But
           di●●enting
           also
           from
           
             him
          
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           he
           propagated
           his
           own
           Sect
           in
           
             Austria
             ,
          
           and
           
           made
           many
           
             Pros●lites
          
           at
           
             Bern
          
           in
           
             Switzerland
             .
          
           Which
           gave
           oc●a●ion
           that
           the
           Reve●end
           Senate
           appointed
           a
           publick
           disputation
           at
           
             Soning
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           letters
           of
           safe
           conduct
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           
             Hetzer
          
           and
           his
           followers
           ,
           for
           which
           bickering
           was
           set
           apart
           the
           first
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           twenty
           seven
           ,
           where
           he
           appeared
           not
           himself
           ,
           but
           his
           Emissa●ies
           came
           ,
           who
           were
           by
           the
           most
           learned
           (
           but
           withall
           stinging
           ,
           )
           
             Oecolampadius
          
           driven
           unto
           their
           shifts
           ,
           and
           enforced
           to
           acknowledge
           conviction
           .
           
             Hetzer
          
           was
           a
           considerable
           part
           ,
           and
           the
           firebrand
           of
           the
           Anabaptistical
           sect
           ,
           but
           he
           stiffely
           denied
           
             Christ
          
           to
           be
           co-essential
           with
           the
           Father
           ,
           which
           
           the
           verses
           made
           by
           him
           upon
           the
           carrying
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           do
           more
           than
           hint
           .
        
         
           
             Ipse
             ego
             qui
             propriâ
             cuncta
             baec
             vi●tute
             creabam
          
           
             Quaeris
             quot
             simus
             ?
             Frustra
             ,
             ego
             solus
             eram
             .
          
           
             Hîc
             n●n
             tres
             numero
             ,
             verùm
             sum
             solus
             ,
             at
             i●●i
          
           
             Ha●d
             numero
             t●es
             sunt
             ,
             nam
             qui
             ego
             ,
             solus
             eram
             .
          
           
             N●scio
             Per
             ,
             onam
             ,
             solus
             sum
             ●ivus
             ego
             ,
             &
             sons
             ,
          
           
             Qui
             me
             nescit
             ,
             eum
             nescio
             ,
             solus
             ero
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             who
             at
             first
             did
             make
             all
             things
             alone
             ,
          
           
             Am
             vainly
             ask'd
             my
             number
             ;
             as
             being
             
               one
               .
            
          
           
             These
             
               three
            
             did
             not
             the
             work
             ,
             but
             onely
             I
          
           
             That
             in
             these
             three
             made
             this
             great
             
               Syzygie
               .
            
          
           
             I
             know
             no
             
               Person
               ,
            
             I
             'm
             the
             onely
             Main
             ,
          
           
             And
             ,
             though
             they
             know
             me
             not
             ,
             will
             one
             remain
             .
          
        
         
         
           He
           was
           excellent
           at
           three
           tongues
           ,
           he
           undertook
           to
           translate
           the
           book
           of
           
             Ecclesiasticus
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           into
           
             High-Du●ch
             .
             Plauterus
          
           hath
           testified
           for
           him
           in
           writing
           ,
           that
           he
           very
           honestly
           and
           unblameably
           bid
           farewell
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           with
           most
           devout
           praiers
           commended
           
           himself
           to
           God
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           astonishment
           of
           the
           beholders
           .
           He
           having
           been
           kept
           long
           in
           close
           prison
           ,
           was
           on
           the
           fourth
           day
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           in
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           twenty
           nine
           ,
           sentenced
           to
           die
           :
           and
           thinking
           himself
           unworthy
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           was
           led
           w●thout
           the
           walls
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           not
           for
           
             sedition
          
           
           or
           
             baptisme
          
           (
           as
           
             Plauterus
          
           saies
           )
           but
           for
           
             Adultery
             ,
          
           which
           act
           he
           endeavored
           to
           defend
           by
           some
           arguments
           fetcht
           from
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           MELCHIOR
           HOFMAN
           .
           
             
               Pellibus
               a
               teneris
               suetus
               ,
               doctissime
               ,
               nôsti
               Ho●manni
               teneras
               excoriare
               Greges
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           HOFMAN
           
             a
             Skinner
             ,
             and
             Anabaptist
             ,
          
           Anno
           1528
           ,
           
             seduced
             300
             men
             and
             women
             at
          
           Embda
           
             in
          
           West-Friesland
           .
           
             His
             ●ollowers
             accou●ted
             ●im
             a
             Prophet
             .
             At
          
           Strasburg
           ,
           
             he
             challenged
             the
             Ministe●s
             t●
             dis●ute
             ,
             which
             was
             agreed
             upon
          
           Jan.
           11.
           1532.
           
             where
             ●e●ng
             
             mildely
             dealt
             with
             ,
             he
             is
             neverthelesse
             obstinat●
             ▪
             Other
             Prophets
             and
             Prophetesses
             d●luded
             him
             .
             He
             deluded
             himself
             ,
             and
             volu●tarily
             pined
             himself
             to
             death
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           year
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           twenty
           
           eight
           ,
           
             Melchior
             Ho●man
          
           a
           Skinner
           of
           
             Strasburg
             ,
          
           a
           most
           eloquent
           and
           most
           cra●ty
           man
           ,
           at
           
             Embda
          
           in
           
           
             West
             Friezland
             ,
          
           ensnared
           300.
           men
           and
           women
           into
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           where
           he
           conjured
           up
           
             Anabaptisme
          
           out
           of
           hell
           upon
           pain
           of
           damnation
           ,
           whereupon
           being
           ●eturned
           to
           the
           lower
           Provinces
           ,
           who
           ever
           addressed
           themselves
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           entertained
           them
           with
           water
           ,
           baptizing
           all
           promiscuously
           .
           This
           man
           upon
           the
           prophecy
           of
           a
           certain
           decrepid
           old
           man
           went
           to
           
             Strasburg
             ,
          
           it
           having
           been
           foretold
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           cast
           into
           prison
           ,
           
           and
           remain
           there
           six
           moneths
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           being
           set
           at
           liberty
           ,
           he
           should
           ,
           with
           his
           fellow-labourers
           ,
           disperse
           the
           harvest
           of
           the
           Gospel
           through
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           He
           was
           by
           his
           followers
           acknowledg'd
           and
           honour'd
           as
           
           a
           great
           
             Prophet
             .
          
           This
           was
           the
           great
           prop
           and
           pillar
           of
           the
           re●gn
           of
           
             Mu●ster
             .
          
           Having
           therefore
           made
           what
           hast
           he
           could
           pos●ible
           to
           
             St●asburg
          
           in
           order
           to
           the
           fulfi●ling
           of
           the
           phophecy
           ,
           he
           there
           challenges
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Word
           to
           dispute
           ,
           which
           offerture
           the
           Senate
           engaged
           
           with
           ,
           upon
           the
           eleventh
           of
           
             January
          
           one
           thousand
           five
           hundred
           thirty
           and
           two
           ;
           at
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           mists
           and
           clouds
           of
           errours
           and
           blindnesse
           ,
           were
           quite
           dispersed
           by
           the
           Sunne
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           However
           ,
           
             Ho●man
          
           stiffely
           adhered
           to
           the
           foresaid
           prophecy
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           his
           own
           dreams
           and
           visions
           ;
           nor
           would
           he
           acknowledge
           himself
           overcome
           ;
           but
           ,
           their
           mildnesse
           having
           somewhat
           appeased
           him
           ,
           he
           was
           thence
           dismissed
           ,
           as
           one
           judged
           w●rthy
           of
           such
           a
           place
           where
           Lepers
           are
           shut
           up
           ,
           lest
           others
           be
           infected
           .
           But
           't
           is
           incredible
           how
           joyfull
           he
           was
           at
           
           that
           newes
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           excessive
           thanksgiving
           to
           God
           ,
           putting
           o●●
           ▪
           his
           shoes
           ,
           and
           casting
           his
           hat
           into
           the
           ayre
           ,
           and
           calling
           the
           living
           God
           to
           witnesse
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           live
           upon
           bread
           and
           water
           ,
           before
           he
           would
           discover
           and
           brand
           the
           authour
           of
           that
           opinion
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           
           time
           some
           Prophets
           began
           to
           rise
           and
           keep
           a
           stirre
           ,
           hinting
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           secured
           for
           that
           half
           year
           ,
           and
           that
           afterwards
           he
           should
           go
           abroad
           with
           one
           hundred
           
           forty
           and
           four
           thousand
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           should
           ,
           without
           any
           resistance
           .
           
             *
          
           reduce
           and
           bring
           the
           whole
           world
           under
           the
           subjection
           of
           their
           doctrine
           ?
           There
           was
           also
           a
           certain
           Prophetesse
           who
           should
           prophecy
           ,
           that
           ,
           this
           
             Hosman
          
           was
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           that
           
             Cornelius
             Polterman
          
           was
           
             Eno●●
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             Strasburg
          
           was
           the
           new
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           she
           had
           also
           dreamed
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           been
           in
           a
           great
           spacious
           Hall
           ,
           
           wherein
           were
           many
           brethren
           and
           sisters
           sitting
           together
           ,
           whereinto
           a
           certain
           young
           man
           in
           ●…ing
           apparel
           should
           enter
           ,
           having
           in
           his
           hand
           a
           golden
           Boul
           of
           rich
           Nectar
           ,
           which
           he
           going
           about
           should
           taste
           to
           every
           one
           ;
           to
           whom
           having
           drunk
           it
           to
           the
           dregs
           ,
           there
           was
           none
           Pretended
           to
           compare
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           onely
           
             Polterman
             .
          
           Alas
           poor
           
             Melchior
             !
          
           He
           having
           nothing
           ,
           yet
           made
           Master
           
           of
           a
           strong
           Tower
           ,
           did
           after
           the
           example
           of
           
             Esdras
             ,
          
           signifie
           by
           Letters
           that
           his
           Baptisme
           should
           ,
           be
           put
           off
           for
           two
           years
           longer
           ,
           until
           
             Africk
          
           should
           bring
           forth
           another
           monster
           ,
           that
           should
           carry
           hay
           in
           its
           horns
           .
           There
           were
           many
           other
           dreams
           ,
           and
           some
           nocturnal
           pollutions
           ,
           which
           they
           attributed
           to
           heaven
           ,
           and
           thought
           such
           as
           should
           have
           been
           written
           in
           Cedar
           .
           But
           it
           was
           
             Melchior's
          
           pleasure
           to
           think
           it
           a
           miserably
           happy
           kind
           of
           
           death
           ,
           o
           die
           voluntarily
           ,
           by
           pining
           and
           consuming
           away
           with
           hunger
           ,
           thirst
           ,
           and
           cold
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           MELCHIOR
           RINCK
           .
           
             
               Discipulos
               sic
               Rincke
               doce●
               Baptisma
               negare
               ,
               Sanguine
               carnifices
               et
               scelerure
               manus
               !
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           MElchior
           Rinck
           ,
           
             an
             Anabaptist
             .
             He
             is
             accounted
             〈◊〉
             notable
             interpreter
             of
             dreains
             and
             visions
             .
             His
             ●isciple
          
           Thomas
           Scucker
           ,
           
             in
             a
             waking
             dream
             cut
             off
             his
             brother
          
           Leonard's
           
             head
             ;
             pretending
             for
             his
             mi●rther
             obedience
             to
             the
             decree
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             MELCHIOR
             RINCK
             ,
          
           a
           most
           wonderfull
           Enthufiast
           ,
           was
           also
           a
           
           most
           extraordinary
           promoter
           of
           Anabaptisme
           ,
           and
           among
           his
           followers
           celebrated
           the
           festivals
           of
           it
           ,
           He
           made
           it
           his
           businesse
           to
           extoll
           Anabaptisme
           above
           all
           others
           ,
           with
           those
           commendations
           (
           which
           certainly
           it
           wanted
           not
           )
           Besides
           he
           was
           accounted
           no
           ordinary
           promoter
           and
           interpreter
           of
           dreames
           
           and
           visions
           ,
           which
           it
           was
           thought
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           perform
           without
           the
           speciall
           indulgence
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ;
           nay
           ,
           he
           arrived
           to
           that
           esteem
           among
           the
           chiefest
           of
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           became
           so
           absolutely
           possessed
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           that
           his
           followers
           interpreted
           whatever
           was
           scattered
           abroad
           concerning
           dreames
           and
           visions
           ,
           to
           have
           proceeded
           from
           heavenly
           inspirations
           from
           God
           the
           Father
           .
           Accordingly
           in
           
             Switzerland
          
           (
           to
           omit
           other
           particulars
           )
           at
           
             Sangall
             ,
          
           even
           at
           a
           full
           Council
           ,
           his
           disciple
           
             Thomas
             Scucker
             ,
          
           being
           rapt
           into
           an
           Enthusiasme
           ,
           (
           his
           Father
           
           and
           Mother
           then
           present
           ,
           and
           his
           Brother
           
             Leonard
             ,
          
           having
           by
           his
           command
           ,
           cast
           himself
           at
           his
           knees
           before
           him
           )
           cals
           for
           a
           sword
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           parents
           and
           divers
           others
           running
           to
           know
           what
           was
           the
           cause
           and
           meaning
           of
           such
           an
           extravagant
           action
           ,
           he
           bid
           them
           not
           to
           be
           troubled
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           that
           there
           should
           happen
           nothing
           but
           what
           should
           be
           according
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ;
           Of
           this
           waking
           dream
           did
           they
           all
           unanimously
           expect
           the
           interpretation
           .
           The
           foresaid
           
             Thomas
          
           [
           guilty
           alas
           of
           too
           much
           credulity
           ]
           did
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           all
           those
           sleeping-waking
           spectators
           cut
           off
           his
           own
           Brothers
           head
           ,
           and
           having
           forgotten
           the
           use
           of
           water
           ,
           baptized
           him
           with
           his
           own
           blood
           .
           But
           what
           followed
           ?
           The
           Magistrate
           having
           sudden
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           offence
           being
           fresh
           and
           horrid
           ,
           the
           Malefactor
           is
           dragg'd
           to
           prison
           by
           
           head
           and
           shoulders
           ,
           where
           he
           ,
           having
           long
           considered
           his
           action
           with
           himself
           ,
           professed
           he
           had
           therein
           obeyed
           the
           decrees
           of
           the
           Divine
           power
           .
           These
           things
           ,
           did
           the
           unfortunate
           yeare
           one
           thousand
           
           
           five
           hundred
           twenty
           and
           seven
           see
           .
           Here
           men
           may
           perceive
           ,
           in
           a
           most
           wicked
           and
           unjustifiable
           action
           ,
           the
           eminent
           tracts
           of
           an
           implacable
           fury
           and
           madnesse
           ;
           which
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           goodnesse
           and
           mercy
           avert
           from
           these
           times
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           ADAM
           PASTOR
           .
           
             
               Nomine
               qui
               Pastor
               tu
               Impostor
               moribus
               audis
               ,
               Qui
               â
               recto
               teneras
               Tramite
               ducis
               oues
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           ADam
           Pastor
           
             a
             derider
             of
             Paedobaptisme
             .
             He
             revived
             the
          
           Arrian
           
             heresie
             .
             His
             foolish
             interpretation
             of
             that
             place
             ,
          
           Gen.
           2.
           17.
           
             so
             often
             confuted
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             ADAM
             PASTOR
             ,
          
           a
           man
           born
           at
           a
           village
           in
           
             Westphalia
             ,
          
           was
           one
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           with
           
           the
           middle
           finger
           pointed
           at
           
             Paedobaptisme
             ;
          
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           looked
           upon
           it
           with
           indignation
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           ridiculous
           ,
           being
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           in
           that
           businesse
           ,
           as
           
             Menno
          
           and
           
             Theodorus
             Philip
             ,
          
           but
           as
           to
           the
           incarnation
           of
           God
           ,
           hee
           was
           of
           a
           quite
           contrary
           judgment
           .
           For
           
             Menno
          
           held
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           something
           more
           worthy
           and
           more
           divine
           then
           the
           seed
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           but
           (
           our
           )
           
             Adam
          
           stood
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           lesse
           worthy
           then
           that
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           rowsed
           up
           the
           
             Arrian
          
           heresie
           ,
           
           which
           had
           lain
           so
           long
           asleep
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           but
           too
           famous
           in
           the
           year
           three
           hundred
           twenty
           five
           .
           For
           in
           a
           certain
           book
           of
           his
           ,
           whose
           title
           was
           ,
           
             OF
             GOD'S
             MERCIE
             ,
          
           he
           writ
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             most
             divine
             word
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             main
             considerable
             in
             our
             business
             ,
             is
             written
             in
             the
             second
             of
          
           Gen.
           v.
           17.
           
           The
           day
           that
           yee
           shall
           eat
           of
           the
           fruit
           ,
           ye
           shall
           die
           the
           death
           ;
           
             This
             is
             that
             word
             ,
             which
             is
             made
             flesh
             .
          
           Joh.
           1.
           
           
             Yea
             that
             God
             which
             is
             uncapable
             of
          
           
           
             suffering
             and
             impassible
             ,
             is
             made
             passible
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             was
             immortal
             ,
             is
             made
             mortal
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             crucisied
             ,
             and
             died
             for
             our
             advantage
             .
          
           To
           be
           brief
           ,
           he
           held
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           hand
           ,
           the
           finger
           ,
           or
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           .
           But
           although
           the
           opinion
           or
           Religion
           of
           this
           (
           third
           ,
           but
           most
           unfaithful
           )
           
             Pastor
             Adam
          
           wander
           out
           of
           the
           limits
           of
           divinity
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           seem
           to
           be
           an
           ancient
           heresie
           ,
           containing
           nothing
           in
           it
           but
           what
           is
           childish
           ,
           trifling
           ,
           and
           meer
           foppery
           ,
           &
           hath
           been
           confuted
           &
           brought
           to
           nothing
           by
           the
           most
           religious
           preachers
           of
           the
           word
           
           of
           God
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           barking
           of
           the
           viperous
           progeny
           of
           
             Arrius
          
           and
           
             Servetus
             ;
          
           yet
           he
           hath
           this
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           us
           look
           narrowly
           to
           his
           explication
           of
           the
           second
           of
           
             Genesis
             ,
          
           which
           he
           so
           commends
           ,
           where
           he
           foolishly
           and
           vainly
           endeavours
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           
             prohibition
             there
             ,
          
           is
           the
           word
           made
           flesh
           .
           This
           monster
           did
           not
           onely
           beget
           this
           sect
           ,
           but
           nursed
           it
           ;
           here
           are
           baites
           ,
           allurements
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           poisonable
           charmes
           imaginable
           that
           may
           cunningly
           seduce
           the
           best
           and
           most
           innocent
           of
           men
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           where
           is
           the
           free
           and
           indulgent
           promise
           of
           God
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           woman
           ,
           which
           cuts
           the
           very
           throat
           of
           the
           Divell
           ,
           and
           tyes
           
           him
           in
           the
           strictest
           chains
           ?
           where
           are
           his
           often
           promises
           to
           
             Abraham
             ?
          
           to
           
             Isaac
             ?
          
           to
           
             Israel
          
           and
           to
           his
           old
           people
           ,
           confirmed
           by
           a
           league
           so
           solemnly
           made
           ?
           
             In
             thy
             seed
             all
             the
             earth
             shall
             be
             blessed
             .
             And
             thou
             shalt
             be
             a
             blessing
             unto
             me
             .
          
           This
           seed
           ,
           witnesse
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           is
           none
           other
           than
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           whom
           God
           without
           question
           meant
           .
           The
           desperate
           contagion
           of
           this
           man's
           Religion
           did
           
             Servetus
          
           and
           his
           adherents
           professe
           ,
           embrace
           ,
           and
           celebrate
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           HENRY
           NICHOLAS
           .
           
             
               Vestra
               Domus
               Nicholae
               cadat
               ,
               quae
               exrudore
               versoe
               Futile
               fundamen
               Religionis
               habet
               .
            
          
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           HENRY
           NICHOLAS
           ,
           
             Father
             of
             the
             Family
             of
             Love
             .
             He
             is
             against
             Infant-Baptisme
             .
             His
             divelish
             Logick
             .
          
        
         
         
           THere
           was
           also
           ore
           
             Henry
             Nicholas
          
           the
           Father
           
           of
           the
           Family
           of
           Love
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           called
           himself
           )
           and
           not
           the
           meanest
           man
           of
           all
           his
           Gang
           ,
           one
           who
           by
           many
           means
           endeavoured
           to
           cripple
           the
           Baptisme
           of
           Children
           ,
           as
           is
           too
           known
           and
           apparent
           out
           of
           his
           writings
           ,
           which
           at
           a
           third
           hand
           ,
           he
           with
           all
           
           freedom
           ,
           earnestnesse
           and
           kindnesse
           ,
           endeavored
           to
           communicate
           to
           
             David
             George
          
           and
           the
           other
           of
           his
           fellow-labourers
           ,
           and
           his
           new
           
             Jerusalem
          
           friends
           .
           This
           man
           in
           a
           Pamphlet
           of
           his
           ,
           wherein
           he
           notably
           described
           himself
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           dedicated
           to
           an
           intimate
           friend
           of
           his
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             L.
             W.
          
           maintaining
           that
           the
           
             *
          
           minute
           of
           the
           last
           Trumpet
           was
           coming
           ,
           that
           should
           unfold
           all
           the
           Books
           of
           unquiet
           consciences
           ,
           hell
           ,
           and
           eternal
           Judgement
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           found
           to
           have
           been
           onely
           things
           grounded
           upon
           meer
           lies
           ,
           and
           as
           all
           wicked
           and
           high
           misdeeds
           were
           hateful
           and
           detestable
           to
           God
           ,
           so
           also
           were
           glorious
           and
           plausible
           lies
           no
           lesse
           odious
           to
           him
           .
           The
           same
           man
           endeavoured
           to
           perswade
           people
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           partaker
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           humanity
           of
           his
           Son
           .
           He
           further
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           last
           day
           God
           should
           bring
           all
           men
           ,
           nay
           the
           
             Divels
          
           themselvs
           into
           
           perfect
           happinesse
           .
           All
           the
           things
           that
           were
           said
           of
           
           
             Divels
             ,
          
           of
           
             Hell
          
           or
           
             Angels
             ,
          
           and
           eternal
           
             Judgment
             ,
          
           and
           the
           pains
           of
           
             Damnation
             ;
          
           he
           said
           ,
           were
           onely
           told
           by
           the
           
             Scripture
          
           to
           cause
           fear
           of
           civil
           punishments
           ,
           and
           to
           
           establish
           right
           
             Policy
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           These
           few
           things
           we
           have
           brought
           to
           light
           ,
           were
           not
           invented
           by
           us
           ,
           but
           were
           extorted
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Disciples
           ,
           with
           abundance
           of
           discourse
           ,
           not
           without
           the
           presence
           of
           many
           men
           of
           godlinesse
           and
           excellent
           understanding
           ,
           
             *
          
           they
           admitting
           not
           the
           universal
           rule
           of
           the
           
             Scriptures
             .
          
           But
           alas
           !
           take
           these
           away
           ,
           where
           is
           
             Faith
             ?
          
           fear
           of
           God
           ?
           eternal
           happinesse
           ?
           But
           let
           us
           believe
           them
           ,
           let
           us
           believe
           them
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           bee
           saved
           .
        
         
           Oh!
           that
           to
           Heresies
           I
           could
           say
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           An
           Alphabetical
           TABLE
           to
           the
           Revelation
           of
           
             Hereticks
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             APious
             
               Act.
            
             48.
             
          
           
             
               Adam
               Pastor
               ,
            
             a
             derider
             of
             
               Paedobaptisme
               ,
            
             7●
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Anabaptists
            
             their
             leading
             principle
             ,
             3.
             usually
             they
             grow
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
             
               ibid.
            
             their
             bold
             attempt
             ,
             14.
             &c.
             where
             Masters
             most
             insolent
             ,
             10.
             of
             a
             levelling
             principle
             ,
             21.
             they
             ,
             as
             the
             Divel
             ,
             pretend
             Scripture
             for
             their
             base
             actions
             ,
             2●
             they
             aime
             at
             universal
             
               Monarchy
               ,
               ibid.
            
             their
             de●ign
             upon
             
               Amsterdam
               ,
            
             24.
             they
             aim
             at
             the
             advancement
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             destruction
             of
             others
             ,
             64
             they
             would
             inforce
             others
             to
             their
             opinions
             ;
             yet
             :
             pretend
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             as
             to
             themselves
             .
             70.
             
          
           
             
               Arrius
               ,
            
             his
             character
             ,
             and
             wretched
             death
             ,
             55.
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Arrianisine
               ,
            
             its
             increase
             .
             56.
             
          
        
         
           
             B.
             
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Buckhold
               ,
            
             or
             
               John
            
             of
             
               Leyden
               ,
            
             His
             actions
             and
             end
             .
             1●
             .
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             
               CAlvin's
            
             reproof
             of
             
               Servetus
               ,
            
             54
          
           
             Godly
             and
             loyal
             
               Citizen●
            
             hate
             usurpation
             .
             18
          
           
             
               Conventicles
            
             usually
             the
             nurseries
             of
             Tumults
             .
             13
          
        
         
           
             D.
             
          
           
             THe
             
               Divel
            
             an
             enemy
             of
             peace
             .
             9
          
        
         
           
             E.
             
          
           
             A
             Bad
             
               Example
            
             soon
             followed
             .
             18
          
        
         
           
             F.
             
          
           
             
               FAmine
            
             the
             consummation
             of
             all
             misery
             .
             25
          
           
             its
             character
             ,
             &c.
             26
          
        
         
           
             G.
             
          
           
             
               DAvid
               George
               ,
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             his
             character
             doctrine
             ,
             actions
             ,
             and
             death
             .
             40
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.
             
          
           
             
               HEresie
            
             a
             catching
             ,
             or
             mad
             disease
             .
             33
          
           
             
               Hereticks
               ,
            
             their
             usual
             prerence
             ,
             2.
             the
             end
             that
             they
             propose
             to
             themselves
             in
             opposing
             the
             Ministry
             and
             Magistracy
             ,
             2.
             they
             are
             restless
             .
             3.
             their
             cruelty
             ,
             19.
             they
             are
             inconstant
             in
             their
             opinions
             ,
             34.
             they
             allow
             not
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             78
          
           
             
               Hermannus
               Sutor
               ,
            
             or
             
               Herman
            
             the
             
               Cobler
               ,
            
             his
             blasphemies
             ,
             opinions
             and
             end
             .
             30.
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Lodowick
               Hetzer
               ,
            
             a
             famous
             
               Heretick
               ,
            
             65
             ,
             &c.
             his
             end
             ,
             67.
             
          
           
           
             
               Melchior
               Hosman
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             68.
             pined
             himself
             to
             death
             .
             69
          
           
             
               Balthazar
               Hubmor
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             60
             ,
             &c.
             he
             and
             his
             wife
             burned
             ,
             62
          
           
             
               John
               Hut
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             63
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             
               JOhn
            
             of
             
               Leyden
               ,
               vide
               Buckhold
               .
            
          
           
             An
             
               item
            
             to
             the
             Hotspurs
             of
             our
             times
             ,
             66
          
        
         
           
             K.
             
          
           
             BErnard
             Knipperdoling
             ,
             16
          
        
         
           
             L.
             
          
           
             THe
             
               Learned
            
             to
             be
             consulted
             with
             ,
             in
             detection
             of
             
               Sectaries
            
             and
             
               Hereticks
               ,
            
             45
          
           
             
               Loyaltie
            
             not
             alwaies
             successeful
             19
          
           
             
               Luther's
            
             advice
             to
             the
             Senate
             concerning
             
               Muntzer
               ,
            
             4
          
        
         
           
             M.
             
          
           
             
               MAgistrates
            
             seduced
             ,
             most
             ominous
             5
          
           
             A
             pattern
             for
             good
             
               Magistrates
               .
            
             44
          
           
             
               Mabomet
            
             characterized
             ,
             58
             &c.
             his
             iron
             Tomb
             ,
             59
          
           
             
               John
               Mathias
            
             a
             Baker
             at
             
               Harlem
               ,
            
             his
             actions
             and
             end
             ,
             8
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Moneys
            
             &
             preferments
             ,
             the
             usual
             baits
             of
             sedition
             ,
             25
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Muntzer
               ,
            
             His
             Opinions
             ,
             actions
             ,
             and
             end
             .
             1.
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             N.
             
          
           
             
               HEnry
               Nicholas
            
             Father
             of
             the
             
               Family
            
             of
             
               Love
               ,
            
             he
             is
             against
             
               Infant-baptisme
               ,
            
             his
             blasphemy
             ,
             and
             divellish
             Logick
             ,
             77
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               OEcolampadius
            
             puts
             
               Hetzer's
            
             Emissaries
             to
             their
             shifts
             .
             66
          
        
         
           
             P.
             
          
           
             AN
             ill
             
               President
            
             soon
             followed
             ,
             ●
          
           
             
               Pretenders
            
             to
             Religion
             ,
             prove
             usually
             the
             disturbers
             thereof
             9
          
        
         
           
             R.
             
          
           
             A
             Good
             
               Resolution
               ,
            
             44
             ,
             48
          
           
             
               Melchior
               Rinck
               ,
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             71
             ,
             &c.
             his
             disciple
             
               Thomas
               Scucker
            
             cut
             off
             his
             or
             others
             head
             ,
             72
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             
               SEctaries
            
             like
             ●inder
             ,
             are
             soon
             on
             fire
             ,
             3.
             their
             usual
             pretence
             to
             raise
             sedition
             ,
             
               ibid.
            
          
           
             
               Sedi●ion
            
             goes
             not
             alwaies
             unpunished
             ,
             21
          
           
             
               Michael
               Servetus
            
             an
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             his
             blasphemous
             opinions
             and
             end
             ,
             51
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Success
            
             in
             bad
             enterprises
             causes
             evil
             men
             to
             rejoice
             31
          
        
         
           
             T.
             
          
           
             
               THeodorus
               Sartor
               ,
            
             or
             
               Theodor
            
             the
             
               Botcher
               ,
            
             an
             
               Adamite
               ,
            
             his
             blasphemy
             ,
             actions
             ,
             and
             end
             ,
             37
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Tuysentschreuer
               ,
            
             an
             abettor
             of
             
               John
               Buckhold
               ,
            
             19
             ,
             &c.
             his
             seditious
             Sermon
             ,
             21
          
        
         
           
             V.
             
          
           
             Vice
             corrects
             sin
             ,
             3●
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A57644e-3340
           
             Anno
             1521
             ,
             1522.
             
          
           
             Hereticks
             their
             usual
             pretence
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzer
            
             a
             quick
             Scholar
             in
             a
             bad
             school
             .
          
           
             His
             Doctrine
             spreads
             ,
          
           
             His
             aim
             's
             high
             .
          
           
             The
             end
             that
             Hereticks
             propou●d
             to
             themselves
             ,
             in
             opposing
             the
             Ministry
             and
             Magistracy
             .
          
           
             His
             affirmations
             des●●ullive
             .
          
           
             Anabaptists
             their
             leading
             principle
             .
          
           
             Seldome
             rest
             there
             ,
             but
             grow
             worse
             and
             worse
             .
          
           
             Sectaries
             like
             tinder
             ,
             are
             soon
             on
             fire
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1523.
             1524.
             
          
           
             An
             usual
             pretence
             to
             raise
             sedition
             .
          
           
             Hereticks
             restlesse
             .
          
           
             
               Luther
            
             adviseth
             the
             Senate
             to
             beware
             of
             
               Muntzer
               ,
            
             and
             his
             opinions
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzers
            
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             party
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             people
             .
          
           
             Magistrates
             seduced
             ,
             most
             ominous
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzer
            
             endeavours
             to
             set
             up
             himself
             ,
             pretending
             to
             restore
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             An
             ill
             president
             soon
             followed
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Landgrave
            
             raiseth
             a
             war
             ,
             and
             fighteth
             
               Muntzer
            
             and
             his
             party
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzers
            
             delusive
             animation
             of
             his
             followers
             .
             Their
             overthrow
             .
          
           
             Muntzers
             
               escap●
               .
            
          
           
             Is
             found
             out
             but
             dissembles
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzer
            
             taken
             ,
             yet
             obstinate
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Langrave
            
             convinceth
             him
             by
             Scripture
             .
          
           
             
               Muntzer
            
             when
             racked
             ,
             laugheth
             ,
             but
             afterward
             relenteth
             .
          
           
             His
             last
             words
             .
          
           
             Is
             deservedly
             beheaded
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-4740
           
             Anno
             1532.
             
          
           
             Pretenders
             to
             Religion
             ,
             prove
             usually
             the
             disturbers
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             devill
             an
             enemy
             of
             peace
             .
          
           
             John
             Mathias
             
               a
               Baker
               at
            
             Harlem
             .
          
           
             His
             lechery
             notorious
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Amsterdam
            
             he
             professeth
             himself
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             and
             a
             Preacher
             .
          
           
             A
             murtherous
             opinion
             .
          
           
             John
             Mathias
             
               repairs
               to
            
             Munster
             .
          
           
             His
             severe
             edicts
             
          
           
             He
             becomes
             a
             malicious
             executioner
             of
             
               Hubert
               Trutiling
               ,
            
             for
             not
             siding
             with
             him
             .
          
           
             His
             desperate
             end
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-5490
           
             John
             Buckhold
             
               his
               character
               .
            
          
           
             His
             disputing
             and
             contention
             with
             the
             Ecclesiasticks
             concerning
             Paedobaptisme
             .
          
           
             Conventicles
             usually
             the
             nurseries
             of
             Tumults
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1533.
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Anabaptists
             their
             bold
             attempt
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-6060
           
             Anabaptists
             where
             Masters
             ,
             most
             insolent
             .
          
           
             John
             Buckhold
             
               successor
               of
            
             John
             Mathias
             .
          
           
             He
             comforts
             the
             people
             with
             a
             pretended
             revelation
             .
          
           
             He
             makes
             
               Knipperdoling
            
             common
             executioner
             .
          
           
             About
             4000.
             men
             lost
             at
             the
             siege
             ,
             of
             
               Munster
               .
            
          
           
             
               Buckhold
            
             seigneth
             himself
             dumb
             .
          
           
             He
             assumes
             the
             Magistracy
             .
          
           
             He
             allowes
             Polygamy
             .
          
           
             He
             takes
             to
             himself
             ●pee
             wives
             .
          
           
             A
             bad
             example
             soon
             followed
             .
          
           
             Godly
             ond
             loyal
             citizens
             hate
             usurpation
             .
          
           
             Loyalty
             not
             always
             succes●…
             
          
           
             Hereticks
             ;
             their
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             ANNO
             1534.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Tuysentschreuer
            
             an
             upstart
             ,
             and
             abettor
             of
             John
             Buckhold
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Buckhold
            
             com●…s
             his
             delusi
             ●prophecies
             
          
           
             He
             is
             made
             King
             .
          
           
             He
             appoints
             officers
             under
             him
             
          
           
             His
             sumptuous
             apparell
             .
          
           
             His
             Titles
             were
             King
             of
             Justice
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             new
             
               Jerusalem
               .
            
          
           
             His
             Throne
             .
          
           
             His
             Coin
             and
             Motto
             thereon
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             Courtiers
             waite
             on
             the
             people
             at
             a
             Feast
             .
          
           
             A
             mock
             Sacrament
             .
          
           
             A
             seditious
             Sermon
             .
          
           
             Sedition
             goes
             not
             alwayes
             unpunished
             .
          
           
             Anabaptists
             of
             a
             levelling
             principle
             .
          
           
             Anabaptists
             as
             the
             Devill
             ,
             pretend
             Scripture
             for
             their
             base
             actions
             .
          
           
             They
             ●●m
             atuniversal
             Monarchy
             .
          
           
             ANNO
             1535.
             
          
           
             
               Kingly
               Botcher
            
             indeavours
             to
             raise
             commotions
             abroad
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             happily
             prevented
             .
          
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
             their
             design
             upon
             
               Amsterdam
               .
            
          
           
             They
             break
             out
             in
             the
             night
             time
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             worsted
             .
          
           
             Famine
             the
             consummation
             of
             all
             misery
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             suspects
             his
             own
             safety
             :
          
           
             His
             large
             promises
             to
             his
             Captains
             ,
             both
             of
             moneys
             and
             preferments
             ,
             the
             usual
             bai●●
             of
             sedition
             .
          
           
             He
             becomes
             executioner
             to
             one
             of
             his
             wives
             
          
           
             He
             feigns
             himself
             sick
             ,
             and
             deludes
             the
             people
             with
             an
             expectation
             of
             deliverance
             .
          
           
             Famine
             ,
             it's
             character
             ,
             and
             miseries
             .
          
           
             He
             forgets
             community
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Longstrat
            
             his
             consident
             betrays
             him
             by
             stratagem
             .
          
           
             The
             City
             of
             
               Munster
            
             unmercifully
             plundered
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             is
             brought
             prisoner
             before
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             Who
             (
             deservedly
             )
             checks
             him
             .
          
           
             His
             jesting
             answer
             and
             proposal
             .
          
           
             King
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             put
             to
             a
             Non-plus
             .
          
           
             Anno
             15●6
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             convinced
             of
             his
             offences
             .
          
           
             His
             deserved
             ,
             and
             severe
             execution
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-8670
           
             Successe
             in
             bad
             enterprises
             .
             causes
             evill
             men
             to
             oejoyce
             .
          
           
             
               Herman●he
            
             
               Cobler
            
             prosessed
             himself
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             noted
             for
             drunkennesse
             .
          
           
             His
             design
             to
             invoigle
             others
             .
          
           
             The
             ceremonies
             he
             used
             in
             Anabaptisme
             .
          
           
             
               Eppo
            
             his
             Host
             ,
             discovered
             him
             and
             his
             followers
             to
             be
             cheats
             .
          
           
             *
             Supposed
             to
             be
             a
             digger
             of
             graves
             .
          
           
             
               Hermans
            
             wicked
             blasphemy
             .
          
           
             Heresie
             ,
             a
             catching
             ,
             or
             mad
             disease
             :
          
           
             Hereticks
             inconstant
             in
             their
             opinions
             .
          
           
             
               Herman
            
             blasphemes
             again
             .
          
           
             His
             mothers
             teme●i●y
             .
          
           
             The
             Proverb
             verified
             .
             
               vice
               corrects
               sin
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hermans
            
             party
             are
             convinced
             ,
             and
             fal
             off
             from
             him
             .
          
           
             One
             
               Drewjis
            
             of
             his
             party
             handles
             him
             roughly
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
            
             Lord
             of
             
               Gelderland
               ;
            
             &c.
             with
             his
             men
             surrounds
             the
             house
             where
             
               Herman
            
             is
             .
          
           
             
               Herman
            
             is
             taken
             &
             brought
             prisoner
             to
             
               Groningen
               :
            
          
           
             He
             is
             questioned
             in
             his
             torments
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             hardened
             .
          
           
             He
             dieth
             miserably
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-9720
           
             Anno
             1535.
             
          
           
             Theodorus
             Sartor
             
               an
               Adamite
               .
            
          
           
             He
             affirmes
             strange
             things
             
          
           
             His
             blasphemy
             in
             forgiving
             of
             sins
             .
          
           
             He
             burns
             his
             cloathes
             ,
             &c.
             a●d
             causeto
             his
             companions
             to
             do
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             He
             and
             his
             rabble
             go
             naked
             through
             
               Amsterdam
            
             in
             the
             dead
             of
             night
             ,
             denouncing
             their
             woes
             ,
             &c.
             and
             terrifie
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             taken
             and
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             Burghers
             ,
             but
             continue
             shamelesse
             .
          
           
             
               May
            
             the
             fifth
             1535.
             they
             are
             put
             to
             death
             Some
             of
             their
             last
             words
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-10080
           
             
               David
               George
            
             the
             miracle
             of
             the
             Anabapitsts
             
               Anno
            
             1544.
             
          
           
             At
             
               Basill
            
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             been
             banished
             his
             Countrey
             for
             the
             Gospels
             sake
             .
          
           
             With
             his
             specious
             pretences
             he
             gains
             the
             freedome
             of
             the
             City
             for
             him
             and
             his
             .
          
           
             His
             Character
             .
          
           
             His
             riches
             
          
           
             He
             ,
             with
             his
             Sect
             ,
             enact
             three
             things
             .
          
           
             His
             son
             in
             Law
             doubting
             his
             new
             Religion
             ,
             is
             by
             him
             questioned
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             answer
             excommunicated
             .
          
           
             His
             wifes
             death
             .
          
           
             He
             had
             formerly
             voted
             himself
             immortal
             ,
             yet
             
               Aug.
            
             2.
             1556.
             he
             died
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             His
             death
             troubled
             his
             disciples
             
          
           
             A
             good
             resolution
             .
          
           
             A
             pattern
             for
             good
             Migistrates
             .
          
           
             The
             Senates
             enquiry
             .
          
           
             Eleven
             of
             the
             Sectaries
             secured
             .
          
           
             In
             such
             cases
             the
             learned
             to
             be
             consulted
             with
             .
          
           
             Articles
             extracted
             out
             of
             the
             writings
             of
             
               David
               George
               .
            
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             imprisoned
             Sectaries
             acknowledged
             
               David
               George
            
             to
             have
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             tumults
             in
             the
             lower
             parts
             of
             
               Germany
               ,
            
             but
             disowned
             his
             doctrine
             .
          
           
             An
             ingenuous
             confession
             and
             resolution
             .
          
           
             A
             pious
             act
             .
          
           
             A
             lying
             report
             raised
             .
          
           
             Conditions
             whereupon
             the
             imprisoned
             are
             set
             at
             liberty
             .
          
           
             The
             votes
             of
             the
             renowned
             Senate
             .
          
           
             The
             doctrine
             of
             
               D.
               G.
            
             declared
             impious
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             declared
             unworthy
             of
             Christian
             Buriall
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             his
             body
             and
             books
             should
             be
             burned
             .
          
           
             A
             fit
             punishment
             for
             perverse
             Hereticks
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-11560
           
             
               Servetus
            
             his
             converse
             with
             
               Mahumetans
            
             and
             
               Jews
               .
            
          
           
             He
             disguiseth
             his
             monstrous
             opinions
             ,
             with
             the
             name
             of
             Christian
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             The
             place
             of
             his
             birth
             .
             His
             arrogant
             Boast
             .
             He
             inveighs
             against
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               Oecolampadius
            
             confutes
             his
             blasphemies
             ,
             &
             causeth
             him
             to
             ●…e
             thrust
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Basil
               .
            
          
           
             
               Servetus
            
             held
             but
             one
             person
             in
             the
             God-head
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             He
             held
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             to
             be
             
               Naure
               .
            
          
           
             His
             horrid
             blasphemy
             .
          
           
             He
             would
             reconcile
             the
             
               Alcoran
            
             to
             Christian
             Religion
             .
          
           
             He
             declares
             himself
             Prince
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
          
           
             
               At
            
             Geneva
             ,
             Calvin
             
               reproves
            
             Servetus
             .
          
           
             
               Serve●●●
            
             his
             obstinacy
             .
          
           
             
               Anno
            
             1553.
             
             By
             the
             Decree
             of
             several
             Senates
             he
             was
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-12470
           
             Arrianisme
             ,
             
               its
               increase
               .
            
             Anno
             323.
             
          
           
             The
             General
             Council
             at
             
               Nice
               .
               Anno
            
             325.
             called
             as
             a
             remedy
             against
             
               Arrianisme
               ,
            
             but
             without
             success
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Arrians
            
             misinterpret
             that
             place
             ,
             
               Joh.
            
             10.
             30
             concerning
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Sonne
             .
          
           
             They
             acknowledged
             one
             only
             God
             in
             a
             Judaicall
             sense
             .
             They
             deny
             the
             Trinity
             .
          
           
             
               Arrius
            
             his
             wretched
             death
             ,
             
               Anno
            
             336.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-13010
           
             Anno
             622.
             
          
           
             
               Mahomet
            
             characterized
             .
          
           
             He
             made
             a
             laughing-stock
             of
             the
             
               Trinity
               :
            
          
           
             He
             agreed
             with
             
               Carpocrates
               ,
            
             and
             other
             hereticks
             .
          
           
             He
             renewed
             circumcision
             ,
             and
             to
             indulge
             his
             disciples
             ,
             he
             allowed
             them
             Polygamy
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             His
             Iron
             Tomb
             at
             
               Mecca
            
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-13450
           
             
               Hubmor
            
             Patron
             of
             Anabaptisme
             .
          
           
             He
             damned
             usury
             .
          
           
             He
             brought
             in
             a
             worship
             to
             the
             Virgin
             
               Mary
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Senate
             of
             
               Suring
            
             by
             a
             Council
             reduced
             him
             .
          
           
             He
             renounced
             the
             heads
             of
             his
             former
             doctrine
             .
          
           
             Himself
             ,
             or
             Sect
             ,
             still
             active
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             taken
             and
             imprisoned
             at
             
               Vienna
            
             in
             
               Austria
               .
            
          
           
             He
             and
             his
             wife
             both
             burned
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-13820
           
             
               John
               Hut
            
             the
             prop
             and
             pillar
             of
             Anabaptisme
             
          
           
             Anabaptists
             aime
             at
             the
             advancement
             of
             themselves
             ,
             but
             destruction
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             
               Hut
            
             his
             credulity
             in
             dreams
             .
             and
             visions
             .
          
           
             
               Hut
            
             accounted
             a
             true
             Prophet
             by
             his
             Proselytes
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Merhern
            
             the
             
               Hutfian
            
             Fraternity
             became
             as
             it
             were
             a
             Monastery
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-14070
           
             Lodowick
             Hetzer
             
               a
               famous
               heretick
               .
            
          
           
             *
             An
             item
             to
             the
             
               Hot-spurs
            
             of
             our
             times
             .
          
           
             He●zer
             
               gains
               Proselytes
               in
            
             Austria
             ,
             
               and
            
             Switzerland
             .
          
           
             
               Anno
            
             1527
             ,
             at
             a
             publick
             disp●tation
             ,
             
               Oecolampadius
            
             puts
             
               Hetzers
            
             Emissaries
             to
             their
             shi●ts
             .
          
           
             
               Hetzer
            
             denied
             Christ
             to
             be
             co-essential
             with
             the
             Father
             .
          
           
             His
             farewel
             to
             his
             Disciples
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             put
             to
             death
             for
             Adultery
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-14790
           
             Anno
             1528.
             
          
           
             
               Hofman
            
             a
             Skinner
             ,
             and
             Anabaptist
             ,
             seduced
             300.
             men
             and
             women
             at
             
               Embda
            
             in
             
               West-Friesland
               .
            
          
           
             A
             delusive
             prophecy
             .
          
           
             His
             followers
             accounted
             him
             a
             great
             Prophet
             .
          
           
             At
             
               Strasburg
            
             he
             challenged
             the
             Ministers
             to
             dispute
             ,
             which
             was
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             
               Jan.
            
             11.
             1532.
             
          
           
             Being
             mildely
             dealt
             with
             ,
             he
             is
             ●●verthelesse
             obstinate
             .
          
           
             Other
             Prophe●
             〈◊〉
             delude
             hi●
             .
          
           
             *
             Yet
             it
             's
             like
             ,
             to
             back
             their
             prophecies
             ,
             they
             pretended
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             .
          
           
             A
             Prophetess
             deludes
             him
             .
          
           
             He
             deluded
             himself
             .
          
           
             He
             voluntarily
             pined
             himself
             to
             death
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-15290
           
             Melchior
             Rinck
             ,
             
               an
               Anabaptist
               .
            
          
           
             He
             is
             accounted
             a
             notable
             Interpreter
             of
             dreams
             and
             visions
             .
          
           
             His
             disciple
             
               Thomas
               Scucker
               ,
            
             in
             a
             waking
             dream
             cut
             off
             his
             Brother
             
               Leonards
            
             head
             .
          
           
             He
             pretends
             (
             for
             his
             murther
             )
             obedience
             to
             the
             decree
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Anno
             1527.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-15520
           
             
               Adam
               Pastor
            
             a
             derider
             of
             Paedobaptisme
             .
          
           
             He
             revived
             the
             
               Arrian
            
             heresie
             .
          
           
             His
             foolish
             interpretation
             of
             that
             place
             ,
             
               Gen.
            
             2
             17.
             
          
           
             His
             opinion
             hath
             been
             sufficiently
             resuted
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-15910
           
             
               Henry
               Nicholas
            
             Father
             of
             the
             Family
             of
             Love
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             against
             Infant-Baptism
             
          
           
             *
             As
             to
             that
             minute
             (
             if
             he
             confine
             not
             God
             )
             we
             may
             believe
             him
             .
          
           
             His
             blasphemy
             .
          
           
             Doubtless
             he
             hugg'd
             himself
             in
             this
             opinion
             .
          
           
             His
             divellish
             Logick
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A57644e-16180
           
             *
             Hereticks
             allow
             not
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             .