The Lamentation of England.  Esay lv. chapter. Seek the lord while he may be found/ and call upon him while he is nigh/ let the ungodly man forsak his own way/ and the unrightwise his own imaginations/ and torn again to the lord our god/ so will he be merciful to us/ for he is ready to forgive. joel the second chapter. Thus saith the lord/ turn you unto me with all your hearts/ with fasting/ weeping and mourning/ rend your hearts and not your garments/ and turn you to the lord our god for he is gracius/ merciful/ long suffering/ and of great compassion/ and ready to pardon wickedness/ etc. 
there hath been here tofore divers godly and weldysposyd persons, that for the preservation and wealth of there own countries: have taken great pains to write and put fourth divers godly, and notable books for the redressing often many abuses used in their common wealths. Among other serteine englishmen, perceiving the state and common wealth often England to decay, being moved in consciens of a good zeal and true heart, that they bear, to this there natural country, have taken pains, to set forth in print, divers notable books, which have given warning to avoid the great dangers like to follow in the common wealth of this realm, if speedy remedy were not provided for.  
first I will begin with johan fish, who perceyvyg the great abuses often the clergy and sprytualtye, 
johan ●ys●.  about xxx years past, made a little treatise, and named it, the supplication 〈◊〉 beggars which God bepraysyd took some effect: whe● thorough the great number of monks, 
supplication 〈◊〉.  Canons, Nuns, false flattering friars, and obstinatlyers, with their devilish disembling, and hypocritical falsehood were made manifest▪ and openly dysclosid, that all men young and old, did perceive as clear as the day, their abominations, dysembling falsehood and wickedness: for the which according to their deserts, were by king henry the viii utterly disclosed confused and came to nawght, as it is manifest.  
Affter that one other book was made and put forth, under the name of Rodoryck Mors, and named a complaint to the perliament house, 
〈◊〉 de tike 〈◊〉.  declaring the great number of Innormytis and abuses that were used in the common wealth of this realm the which the more it is to be lamentid, took little effect. Besyds many and divers other good books made as well in the time of K. H. 8. as in the time of K. E. 6. which in like case took no effect.  
Moore over now of late days, one more than a year passed of a good zeal that he hath to this his country of England, made and set forth a book naming it a supplication to the queens Mai. 
●●ppli●ac●●● 〈…〉 que  wherein he hath manifestly declared, the wicked devices of the shameless by shops and clergy of England: how they for the upholding of there devilish kingdom, have been allweyse servers of the time, As was that wicked Steven gardener B. of wynchester, 
 who manifestly as the● appeareth, declared the same by his book de (ve●a obedientia) which book being then made according to god's word as he proveth plainly, that began to take rote in him. And afterward being given up of god, he re●usyd the same and resisted gods word, which book is wholly against the supremacy of the B. of Rome, the reasons grun●lyd upon gods word, wherein he also manifestly declareth the ma●yag between K. H. 8. and queen ca●●●yue to bea● together unlawful and ungodly, and thereby proveth the queen to be a bastard, as plainly appeareth 
Bonner B▪ of londo●.  And bonner bishop of london confirmy●h the same by his prologue made before the same book de vera obedientia, which is notable to be merkyd and noted of● that most wicked and dissembling tyrant, who is past all shame and honesty. Also of Tunstall b. o●f du●ram, 
Tunstall B. on du●ram.  of his sermon that he preached before K.H. 8. on palm sunday 1539. and is openly in print, proving by many good and probable reasons, Cardinal pole to be an arrant traytore to his co●●re, and worse than an infidel, and doctor smith that wethercoke, 
Cardinal Pole.  that ●urni●h with every wind of doctrine, as appeareth by his so often recanting. In the same supplication is made an exhortortation to the lords and gentyllmen of England warning them to beware of the c●af●e and falsehood of our dissembling bishops, 
Doctor Sinyth.  and clergy who like most arrant traitors, go about to betray this noble realm of England, in to the hands of the prince of spain only for the establishment of there wylkyd kingdom, 
bishops and clergy traitors.  which if it come to pass, this noble and ●●e cō●re shallbe brought in to most ●yle bondage, and slavery, the which I beseech allmychty god to defend if it be his holy will and pleasure amen.  
Sens that time, a true hearted Englyshman, perceiving the miserable thraldom, servitude and bondage, that the goodly countries of Naples, Miland etc. be brought in to ●a●lye, 
Naple● Myland.  to say since the K. of spain hath come to the crown there of, hath made a treatise calling it a warning for England, wherein he hath declared plainly and at large, what taxes, tolls, and tributes the K. of spain and his spanyerds, 
The warning for England.  hath brought those goodly countries unto both of corn, wine, flesh, fish, salt, and fruits etc. and what subsides every man of occupation must pay daily, as by the same book at large more plainly appeareth.  
And although many occasions have been ministered and daily more and more insevyth, whereby it is to be supposed, the destruction of our country to be near at hand (except Gods great mercy) yet is their ●o●, that hath made the lamentation thereof. wherefore perceiving such things come to pass, as be already done, and divers other practises, wrough and a working▪ only to bring this noble realm in to most vile bondage and slavery of the spanyerds. I. have often bewailed and lamented the state theroff: And because it is my dwtye for the love that I. bear there unto I thought it good to set it forth, that other good and virtues men perceiving the destruction thereof to be so near at hand, that they also lamenting the state thereof might be the more moved to make there earnest prayers to allme●hty god, that he for his dear son jesus Christ'S sak, 
Ernest prayers.  would spare and be favourable to ur pour country of England now over run with horrible idolatry. And that he would pardon and forgive us am sins. for the which cause, he hath sent such wicked rulers to reign over us, 
jaco. 5.  for as S. james saith the prayer of the Just man availeth much. And I doubt not, but god is merciful patient and long suffering, and will have mercy upon us, and upon his pour congregation there▪ or else where stat●ryd abroad, at such time as he knovyth best to his honour, and will also take ffrom us our cruel rulers, that have so sore persecuted and made havoc of his said congregation, the which I beseech him to do for the blood of his dear son our lord Ie●us Chryst, that we may there once again openly confess his holy name, to the utter confusion of the kingdom of antichrist amen.  
But forasmych as none of the same godly books and warnings either come not to the queens hands, or else will nothing molyfye here heart, but that there is fought malyciusly and of a set purpose the destruction of the noble men gentyllmen and commons of England whereby may the more easier be brought to pass, there most wicked devices and purposes, that is, to give away and betray this noble realm of England, in to the hands of the king of spain and his spaynyerds. wherefore I have thought it good to declare unto my native country, serteyne of thes manifest treasons, and practises, but first I will declare the prophecy of that blessed martyr of god master hugh latymer, preaching before the most virtues prince K.E. 6. in his palace at westminster 1549. that thes plagues should come upon us for our unthankfulness, and that god would sand such tyrants to rain over us, for our unrepentant hearts, which now is come to pass in deed, and was thought at that time a thing impossible, but that god's word must be true which was spoken by the holy ghost thorough that blessed martyr M. latymer, and his fellow martyrs and other preachers, as it is come to pass at this day.  
And because the prophecy which he then prophesied in his sermon before the king, is now all together fulfilled as plainly appeareth, 
The cause of the making of this lamentation.  And that sermon & prophecy moved me much to lament the state of our country, hath also partly caused me to make this lamentation upon this realm of England. And because it shall not be thought, that I will add or deminysh any part of the said prophecy, I▪ will here recite part of it, word for word as it is printid in the book of his sermon, he taking occasion to preach before the king, of the dwty of king's rulers, and Magistrates, as here after followeth.  
It maketh no matter by what name the rulers be namid if so be they shall walk ordinately with god and direct their steps with god, for both patriarchs, judges, 
The very words of M. Latimers' sermon.  and kings, had and have their authority of god, and therefore godly, but this aught to be considered, which god said. Non praeficere tibi potes hominem alienum, that is thou must not set a stronger over the. It hath pleased god to grant us a natural liege king, and lord of our own nation, an Englishman, one of our own religion god hath given him unto us, and is a most precius treasure, 
A stranger to be king.  and yet many of us do desire a stranger to be king over us. Let us desire no more to be bankers, but let us in devour ourselves to walk ordinately and plainly after the word of god, let us follow daniel, le●t is not seek the death of our most noble and rightful king, our own brother both by nativity and godly religion, let is pray for his godly estate that he may live long among us.  
well the king's grace hath sisters, my lady Mary and my lady E●sabeth, which by succession and course are inheritors to the crown, who if they should marry with strangers, what should in ●ewe god knoweth, but god grant they never come to coursing nor succeeding, therefore to avoid this plague, 
A strange King.  let us amend our lives, and put away all pride, which doth drown men in thes days, all co●etisues wherein the Magistrates and rich men of this realm are over whelmid, all lechery and all other excessive vices, provoking gods wrath, were he not merciful, even to take from us, our natural king and league lord and to plag us vith a strange king for our unrepentant heart, wherefore if you say ye love the king, amend your lives and then ye shallbe a mean, that god shall lend him us, long to raygn over is, for undoutidly s●n●s provoke ●●ich gods wrath scripture saith, Dabo tibi regem in furore meo. that is I will give the a king in my wrath, Now we have a lawful king, & a godly king, neverthelesses yet many evils do reign, and a little after now I here say all things are ended after a godly manner, or else shortly shallbe, make hast make haste, and let us learn to convert to repent and amend our lives, if we do not I fear I fear lest for our sins, & unthankfullnes an hypocrite shall reign over us, Long time we have been servants and in bondage, serving the pope in Egypt, god hath given us a deliveret, a natural king, 
A natural King.  let us not seek no stranger of another nation, no hypocrite which shall bring in a gain all papistry, hypocrisy, & idolatry, no diabolical minister, which shall maintain all devilish works & evil excersises, 
M. Latimers' w●rdes fullfillid.  but let us pray that god maintain, and contin●● our most excellent king here present true inheritor of this our realm both by nativity and also lie the special gift and ordinance of god etc.  
〈◊〉 this prophecy of that blessed martyr of god M. Latimer be not now come to pass and fullfillid let all men judge▪ which before was not regarded, ye it was thought a thing impossible such alteration and tyranny, so soon to have followed▪ as now plainly appeareth, and yet this is but the beginning of sorrows & plagues that shall follow, unless god of his great mercy (at the cry and lamentation of the pour oppressed, which live in misery and bondage of conscience) fear thes plagues now begun, and manifestly appear before our eyes, for our in gratitude and great unthankfulness.  
O what a plague is it to see strangers rule in this noble realm violently, where before time true hartid Englishmen have governed quietly? what a lamentable thing is it? that although queen Mary being born in England, and had to here father a noble and true hartid prince and English man? 
The 〈…〉 spanish mother.  yet she followeth nothing his steps in true zeal to this realm, because she took the most part of here blood and stomach of her spanish mother, and therefore from time to time ever regarded her spanish kindred, and permotid them, by giving them l●censis, 
The spanierds carry away our 〈…〉.  whereby they do carry and convey away, out of this realm freely without paying any custom therefore, our goudly & best comodites, as will Tin lead leather etc. to the great decay and impoverishment, of the pour commons of this realm, by ●●a●son whereof the said comodites, be now at double prices, that they were before, & also pour men cannot be set a work as they have been.  
Ye who saith not but that she sekith the destruction of those nobles & gentlemen, that here noble father tenderly loved? the thing is manifest and cannot be denied, who would ever have thought such unnaturalness, as to cause that worthy and vertuose Lady, Lady jane, being innocent and guiltless, 
Lady jane▪ put to death.  as the queen here self did think, being compelled to take the stat upon here of xvij. years of age, and so near of here kindrid, to be so cruelly murtherid?  
Also to cause that worthy and virtues man, 
Thomas Cramner▪ Archbishop of canterbury.  and martyr of god Thomas Cramner Archbishop of canterbury, to be so cruelly murtherid who saved here liff, what time as K.H. 8. here father would have dispachid here, for her contempt & disobedience, when neither the old duke of Nortfolke, nor oth● of the temporal lords of the counsel could entreat here said father, but that she should die, than went this meek archbishop to be king, and so prudently pewrsadid him, that he spayade here and saved her life, which when he had obtainid the duke of Northfolk & the other lords of the● counsel gave him, such thanks for that days work, saying to him that if ever they lived and lay in their power they would requited it, so that it is to be supppsid that if the said duke of Norfolk & had livid, he should not have been so cruelly murtherid. But here is to be noted great ingratitude, and unthanfullnes, to requited him with death that saved here liff.  
K.H. 8. here noble father perceiving the wisdom, soberness honesty, meekness, and good learning of the said Thomas Cramner, promotid him not only to be archbishop of Canterbury, but also metropolitan, and primate of all England, and because he so prudently and soberly behaved himself therein he made him chief of this privy counsel, and for the fidelity that he found in him, at the time of his death, he made him one of the chief of his executors of his testament and last will: when he put out Gerdenar. B. of winchest, & comittid unto him as one of his executors the governance of his son, that worthy prince king Edward the uj, 
K. Edward.  under which noble prince, this realm of England was quietly governed and rulid, with out any such cruelty and tyranny as to used nowadays.  
Wherefore oh England/ England/ Lament, lament, how great and grievous are thin offencis, and sins, that god is so sore displeasid with thee, to suffer such rulers to bridle the and so sore to plague and scourg thee, 
A very Rod● of god.  ye verily a very rood of god apointed, and therefore wonderfully and marvelously reserved and kept, to plague England, for their unthankfulness, and for not knowing the time of their visitation▪ wherefore now England repent repent, and bewail thy miserable sta●e, for if thou do it not tight soon, thou art no● like shortly to be over thrown with strangers and tyrants▪ who will rule and bridle thee, as they have already thretenid thee, thy goodly women and fair daughters will they defile, thy pleasant houses and goodly places of pleasure shallbe given unto them, and they shall in joy thy labours, which thou & thy forefathers, with great pain travel, and trouble have gathered together for thee, the thing is now a working, and the fire ackindling, so that if god only of his great mercy help the not, thou art like to be destroyed very shortly, for they that guide the my people, 
Esay. 3.  saith the prophet Esay, are extortioners and ●o men have rule over you. O my people thy leaders desame thee, and destroy the way of this foot steps. It is ye that have burnt up my vine yard, and the spoil of the pour is in your houses, wherefore do ye oppress my people, and smite the●●on the ●a●is saith the lord of hosts.  
It is 〈◊〉 in the 34. chap. of the book of the holy man job. 
job. 34.  that for the sins of the people god suffereth a tyrant to reign over them▪ if England now have not tirans and women to rule ann reign over them, let all men judge? doth not all there drongan proceedings declare manifestly that if hath been laborid and gone about by all the ways & means that can be devised or ymaginid to give away (I will not say to betray) this noble realm of England, in to the hands of the spanierds.  

The queen 〈…〉 of Spain.  first did not the queen in mediately as soon as she came to the governance &. dignity of this realm desire to marry with the prince of spain, and assoon as the matter was espied, ●ere not, 20 of the perliament house sent to here, to declare what: normites' would follow to the realm if she married with any stranger, and therefore desired here to marry within the realm, whereby it is esye to be perceived what she hath had alwaise in here mind.  
After that was it not pretentyd, assoon as she was married that she was with child, and without all shame cawsid the same to be published ann set abroad in print and subscribid with the hand of 1●. of the privy counsel that the hole body of the realm, 
●he pretendid 〈◊〉 be with child  might think the same to be true, and immediately upon the same called a perliament, because the nobles and commons should be the more willing & ready to condissend and to give the crone of this noble realm, to the prince of spain, to th'intent that he with his proud spainierd might bridle this brithanishe nation, according as it is set out in print about the fisnamy or pictur of the queens in thes words.  
Illa ego, 
The queens pose about her fisnamy.  cui superare suos Deus optimus hosts  
justitiaque, dedit gentem frenare Britannam.  
And when it was perceived that their practice would take no place, but that it was espied in the pliament house, and that he could not have the crone to him, were they not then markid and noted, who were against it and to some of them were sent parents of 100 lib. a year some of 200. lib. a year, 
patents given, and granted.  some more some less according as time and occasion served, to stoup their mouths withal, & look who showed not themselves ready on inclining to take a bribe to betray this there natural con, was not one quarrel or another pikide to him or them, whereby they were brought quorum nobis, and then to lay either treason or heresy (as they call it) to their charges, whereby many were brought in to preson as it is manifest, by reason whereof who dare speak their minds freely in the said perliament house, according to the ancient privileges of this noble realm? and is not this also a plague which is come upon us for our vn●hankfullnes according as our true preachers and prophets declared to us as is afore said. And for the more furtherance of this there wicked purpose, did they not with out all shame, set out in print, a genealogy or petigre in the english tongue, to prove by the same genealogy that the prince of spain came of the blood of king Edward the third. Be all thes practices think you, for any other purpose, but for to 'cause the common people, to have such a good opinion of the prince of spawn, that they might be the more ready and willing, to have him cro●nid king, of this realm. And thereby to disinheret, 
This genealogy had been treason in the time of K.H. 8.  all the next rightful heirs of the same, and so to bring this noble realm in to the bondage of strangers, contrary to the ancient la●●s, statutes, and customs of this noble realm of England.  
And no● of late who is ignorant of so many noble men and gentlemen fech●d out of all shires, and cavillations & quarrels pikid to them, and so cast in to prison (as they say) upon suspection of conspiracy against the queen, which thing is but vain and imagined as appeared lately by M. john frogmarton, who at the time of his execution, 
johan frogmarten.  confessed openly to the people that he never offended in any treason against the queen, and therapon took his death, and yet he was most cruelly hanged drawn and quartrid: how be it I know some men will answer and say, that he was condempnid by the law and the quest passed against him and found him guilty etc. but I would know of the again? I pray the what quest dare quite any man, were he as ignorant and clear as Susanna, if the judges condemn him, as the wickid judges condempnid here, because she would not condissent to their shameful lust and desire.  
Do ye not know how 12. honest and substantial merchant men of london were handlid not long since, because they clerid & found sir Nicolas throgmarten not guilty, according to their oath and conscience, but what was their reward, were they not all most shamefully put in preson, where they lay miserably some halff a year, 
The quest that quit sir Nicolas frogmarten inprisonid therefore.  some more some less, and afterward were feign to pay some of them 200. lib· some 500 marks, some more some less to the queen, according to their abillite and substance, or else they should have remained still in preson, with out any right, justice, or law.  
Here by ye may perceive, what tyranny is used, and by this practice they have so fearid honest men that should go upon any quest for the queen, that they will say and do as the queen will have them, rather than to be so cruelly and shamefully intreatid and handlid as those 12. honest merchant men were before, who hath herd of the like tyranny used in England before this time, I do remember in the time of K. H. 8. that the lord dacres of the north was indightid of treason, 
The lord dacres.  and a quest of honest men did quite him according to equity and justice, and yet I never herd that any of the same quest were either imprisoned or trublid therefore.  
Is it not also manifest how shamefully, those thwo knights, Sir peter Carow and Sir johan Cheke were betrayed, taken and carried away, riding betven bru●sells and Andwerp, in the county of brabant. And had not Sir peter Carow his pardon sent him over the see, so liberally, both for lifflands and goods that a larger pardon hath never been granted. And likewise Sir johan Cheke had he not the queens licens, to departed the realm, and being both as it was supposed in their prince's favour or at the lest no man perceived the contrary, for they both had been with the queens ambassadors at brussells, Andwerp and barro, mich friendly communication and great cheer was had between them, after that they riding together to brussells, to them bassadors, which were there present both together, where they were friendly, and lovingly interteinid, and great cheer was made to them three days together, and no manner thing laid to their charges, and also lovingly and friendly took there leave of the said emblassadors, and returned towerd Andwerp again, were most shamefully, by the king's marshal of that country taken, and like thieves carried away, and so conveyed to the tower of london. Is not this also a lamentable case, to here thes two gentlemen, to be betrayed so shamefully, 
Princis promise not pe●●formed  who will trust such rulers with any manner promises, when they thus seek to betray, the noble and gentlemen, of this realm. Is this the truth and credens that should be geuen to prince's words, when they thus shamefully pluke bake that they have granted, and perform not that they have promised.  
Moore over who saith not plainly now that the prince of spain hath optainid to have the name of the king of England and also is ꝑmittid in our english coin to join out english arms with the arms of spain▪ ann his ●●●namy with the queens, the crown of England being made over both their heads in the midst, and yet upon neither of them both, and the supscription about the same coins was with the name of philip and Mary as appeareth▪ sens that time, is it not manifest, 
The king useth the arms of england in his coin with ou● the queens name o●●●s●my.  that he in his own private coin hath usurpid ferther, and joined his arms with the arms of England, and made his pictur alone, with th'imperial crone of England upon his head, leaving out both the queens picture, and also here name▪ and so useth both the name and arms of England with out the queens▪ having this sup●cripcion about his coin Philip ●. ●nglie, francie, n●apolis princep. hispaine, by this ye may perceive what he doth intent and purpose, and that ●e sought not in marriage the queens person, but the wealthy and rich land of England.  
Besides this, what practices be invented daily, to set England at va●iance with france, it is not unknown, not only by giving out that englishmen should go about to betray calais to the frenchmen, whereby our new king might have occasion to sand in soldiers of his, and so take the town and sorts for himself, but also to cause some of our jolly ●●ckers, which be soldiers about guines, or hams, to pike quarrels with the frenchmen to set us & then together by the ears, that by that means the queen might have occasion, 
Practice● set us at v●●ance with france.  & that it might be thought she should be compellid, to sand out both ships & soldiers, & so not only consume the greatest 〈◊〉 of the substance and treasure of the realm, with the artillery and navy of the same, but also willbe occasion of destruction of a great number of the noble men gentyllmen & commons of this realm.  
It is not long since that we had wars with france, which was for themprours'emperors pleasure, but what followed there of, it is not unknown did it not all most beggar the hole realm, 
The fruits of wars.  besides the loss, & destruction of a great number of worthy gentlemen and commons▪ Therefore I would desire the states of the realm, that they willbe circumspect ann well advised; how they attempt, to break with france, for the pleasure of any other princes, lest they be the occasion of the destruction and beggary of the hole realm.  
Moore over it is to be considered when king henri the 8. begun wars with france, how that before he had been at rest and quiet 30. years with out any wars, 
what we have susteynid by the last wars nith france.  in the which time, he had gathered divers ways, great great substance and treasure whereby it was supposed he to have had sufficient, to have maintainid his said wars with all: but for all that, was he not same to gather of his nobility, clergy, and commons, divers great subsides, benivolencis, lones or lending of money, besides also our fine coins of gold and silver, was turnid in to copper and brass as it is manifest at this day▪ which was a great dacay to our common wealth, as it cannot be denied. wherefore if the queen should now begin wars with france, for her husbonds pleasure, 
The queen hath no provision a forehand.  and have not the like provision aforehand in comparison of her said noble father (as it is to be supposed that she hath not) by raisin she hath given away so mich to the b. of Rome and his adherents, and beggerid her nobles and commons to set up her spitful spritualty (so that the old proverb is now fulfilled, S. Nicolas is on horse bake and S. George is on foot) where upon it is to be thought that she hath nothing the like provision, that her said noble father had, when he began to have wars with france. And therefore I will leave it to the counsel and states of the realm, to consider what will follow, 
The mass is the occasion of the great dearth in England.  〈◊〉 we should at this present, have wars nith france for as I do understand, by other, England is in as great misery and penuri at this day, as it hath been in many years before, the dearth of come, and all manner of vital be so exceeding dear, although at the first coming in of the queen to here reign, it was reportid, that that shamefully doll, (the blessed mass as they call it) had brought with it, all things plenty, which being contrary▪ now plainly appeareth, to be the occasion of the great vengeance of god upon this realm, for so shamefully receiving again, that wickid and abominable pop stome, with all there wickid ceremonies, expressly against god and the death of his son Christ.  
This have I written, considering it to be my dwty in waring my native country, to avoid the great plagues and dangers, that be now coming upon them, and knowing it also to be the dwty of every christian & true hartid englishmen, and that man that perceiveth this his native country like to come in to ruin and destruction, and doth not endeavour himself by all theme 〈◊〉 he can devise, for the deliverance there of, the same is not worthy to be countid a true hartid englishmen, 
Miles hogerd & his fellows.  but a traitor to his country, what shall then every true hartid englishmen, judge of Miles hogerd and his fellow helpers, who more like swineherd's have made, a shameful, railing, foolish, and blasphemus book, against god and his pour persecutid members, and afflictid, congregation now dispersid abroad in divers conties for his name's sake, who by their flathering bocks, 
Themistocles saying.  extollith the King above the moan, alleging in their books the saying of Themistoc●es, to the Athenians by thes words why make eye thes tumults and rumours, against them, of whom by manifold ways, ye have received so many comodites what shall all men judge of this shamelese flatterers. I pray you what commodities hath England received, of the king: Except it be, that they bestowid an hundred thousand ponds, for his charges, to bring him, and his navy of spainierds in to england, which money, th'English merchants lately have paid at Andwerp as it is manifest and cannot be denied. Besides that what discomodites and 〈◊〉 England is like to receive by him, I pray god thy may bewarnid to take heed in time. And as touching the king's person, I know none to found any fault with it, exceapt the queen herself do, 
The spanierds' report of the queen.  for lake of his company so long, the which as it is reportid he little regardith, for as his spanierds have blasid abroad in other countries saying what shall the king do with such an old bich, also affirming that she may be his mother, a younger is more metre for him, with modispitfull words spoken of them, the which if an englishmen should report, should be taken for to odious. And as for England with a great number of the states of other countries: could have been very well content, 
The daughter of portingal.  that he had proceed with his former marriage, with the daughter of portyngall, which had been more feter and quieter for him, both by the judgement of his own spanyerds, & also of many other. And as for the nobles and commons of England, they could have been very well pleasiid, that the queen had also married within the realm as with the lord Courteney earl of devenshir borne of a noble house, 
Lord courtney poisonid  or with some other noble man. And so had the said lord Courtney not been compelled for the save guard of his liff, to have traveled beiond the sees in to strange countries, whereas it is supposed he was poisonid, for fear of● putting the prince of spain beside his protensid enterprise. 
The lady fransis daughter off to the french queen   
what shall men judge also of the queen, that now suffereth the aspergement of her blood, and suffereth the hieres apparent of the crone to many so basely and vilre, to bring thereby the succession, out of estimation, that people may the less care if the crown, go to a stranger, which is contrary to the laws and statu●s of this realm, which would not have been suffered in the time of King Henry the 8. nor in any other ●ing or princes time, that had set by the honour of the realm▪ who ●erth not the practisies that is used daily, and all for pour England. The conclusions 〈◊〉 peace with the french king, so 〈◊〉 redounding to their dishonours because they might the more quietly, work, and make their practice for England, with▪ 〈◊〉 set or interruption of any other foreign princes.  
And because they have failid of their purpose at two perl●aments and cannot have their desire, 
The 〈…〉  by the comen assent who 〈◊〉 not there practise and in ●ent, to enter upon the realm with pour and force, and so to ca●●e the prince of spain to m●ke a conquest of this noble Realm (if he can) and thereby to desinheret all the n●ble blood and commons of England, and to plant in their places the vile spanyerds▪ contrary to the rightful laws and customs of this realm. 
The queen 〈…〉.  And did not the queen when she was crownid, take a 〈…〉 to maintain and defend the old and ancient 〈…〉 customs on this realm, and how she keepeth them 〈…〉 judge.  
Moreover what a grevounse plag is it, perceiving the great dearth and scant of corn 〈◊〉 ●ail etc. to be in all england at this present which hath not been seen many years before, 
 whereby the common People be in grea● poverty and misery: that there is gathered such great subsidies of them, besides, iones or sending of money, as is now, only to keep them low, and in misery, that the prince of ●payne may the ●one●● brain to come to his ●aid pretensid enterprise.  
At the queens first coming to here raing, she forgave the subsidy, that was granted to King Edward the 6. whereby it is to be supposed she had no great need of money, or else it was to make the people more willing to consent, that she should marry with the prince of spain.  
Is it not also manifest, that since she came to her state and dignity, that she hath had no wars, whereby here treasure should be consumed, but contrary wise hath gotten great possessions and substance of those noble men and gentyllmen, that have suffered most cruel death, besides great 〈◊〉 that she took and doth take of many noble men and other s●ns she came to her reign as it is manifest. 
what the quen meaneth by gathering of money.  But all her gathering is to help the King her husband, and to enrich him and to make him strong, that he may the more easily come in and conquer this noble realm.  
Also is it not manifest how many thousand pounds is daily paid, by Th'english merchants and staplers at Andwerp, by the queens commandment, and daily more and more is paid by them, and therefore Th'english merchants, are commanded, to make over but two shyppyngs a year, to the utter undoing of a great sort of young merchant men who are not able to abide their merkets so long, 
wha the english merchants must pay at andwerp for the queen.  and wherefore do they cause this ordinance to be made▪ but only that at such times, many clotheses and wols may be shipped over the sees together: of the which clotheses and wols the said merchants must lend to the queen, a serteygne some of money of every cloth, &. sarplier of will, that they so ship, that it may amount to xxx or xl. thousand pounds at a time to th'intent that it may serve the king▪ to maintain him and his minions out of the realm, because he hath no great h●st Home to the queen, being now more than xv monythes from Here, whereby it is manifest and plainly appeareth as clear as the son, that in marriage he sought not the queens person but only the rich and wealthy realm of England.  
And by cause I know my name shallbe abused, for writing thus plainly my mind, for the dwtye and good will that I bear to my native country, I do desire the therefore gentle reader, what so ever thou be, 
The authors request.  that thou wile consider, how many worthy men of the romans, did not pass to venture their lives, and gave themselves to the death, for the deliverance of there country, 
Mucius Sevola. Marcus Curcius.  as Caius Mucius Sevola, Marcus Curctus, and many other (as plainly appeareth in Titus Livius, the romans story) for the deliverance of their city, countries and common wealth from the hands of strangers their henemyes, like as I do at this time, and therefore I do desire them to judge the best of me considering I do but my dwtye, 
Miles hogerd and his felous at blind snails and hissing serpents.  which likewise is the part and dwry of every true hartid English man.  
And as for hogerd and his fellows who may be compared to blind snails, and hissing serpents, creeping out of their holes to fight against dead men▪ and also with such whose answers cannot be suffered to be read and indifferently to be judged, and therefore thes snails may be bold to creep upon there own dunghills, to lie, slander, and condemn, Christ's pour members at their own pleasure, for if our answers might be suffered open lie to be read and indifferently to be judged (such answers should be made to their follshe and slanderus books wool ●aledgid authors out of the gravesend barge, which be meet covers for such cups) they suould be so paintid out in their colers, 
Hogerds auctor aledgyd out of the gravesend barge.  that they should be ashamid here af●r, to Rail and lie as they have done, unless they be passed all shame, like as that innocent prelate doctor standish, who long agone wrote a treatise against doctor barns aste▪ he was burnid, which offentmies afterward he lamentid, and recantid the same: who now beginneth again to wax bold like a snail creeping out of his shell seeing no man dare openly resist him, beginneth again to writ, and affirm that he will now abide (by his foolish fantasies) to the death, 
D. standish is a coke's come.  alake pour cokesscom, that turnith with every wind of doctrine, as a great number of his fellows have done, who being more wily, and crafty than he is, although they make books are ashamid to setto their names, for fear of after claps, for they dow how long this hot wether of persecucjon, and borning will continue, and therefore are contented, that such swineherd's as Miles hogerd and his felous be, shall bear the name, 
Miles hogerd.  who for vain glory, and hope to come to promotion, are contented like blind busserds, to take it upon them.  

Thomas Archbi●. of canterbury b. of london. b. of worcetr b. of glocetr b. S. Daviths' doctor tailor M. rogers, M. bradford M. sanders, M. filpot etc.  who ever hard of so many worthy bishops, and learned men, to be so cruelly martrid, as hath been now of late days, as namely Thomas Cramner archbissop of Canterbury, M. Ridley bishop of london M. Latimer sometime bishop worceter, M. hoper bishop of gloceter M. pfarer bishop of S. Daviths, doctor tailor of hadle M. Rogers, M. bradford M. filpot, M. sanders, with many other virtues & learned men, beside M. green, & M. Cawsten gent●llmen, and many other gentillmen in divers shires & places of England, besides also many virtues men and women, whose nomder I cannot sertenly rehearse, but amsure and serteine, that their names are written in the book of liff, and because our Rulers would have their tiranie made the more manifest to the word, did they not lately burn 13. men & women in one fire, at stratford the bow besides london.  
if for our sins and unthankfulness, god hath not sent us strangers and tyrants to Rain over us, according to the prophecy of M. Latimer, then was there never any. Yet ha' have we one notable example of a wicked tyrant, in the third book of the kings. in the xvij. xviij. and nineteen. capters we read of that cursed woman queen jesabel, 
Reg. 17 18 19 chap.  who of a wicked zeal that she had to the serving of here false idols cawsid all gods holy prophets to be persecutid and stain, in so mich that the holy Prophet Elias was feign to fly in to the wilderness, 
Queen jesabel.  to save his life, where god sent araven to feed him, where he cried and complained to god, saying lord they have destroyed all thy holy prophets, and I am only escapid, and yet they seek after my liff, but god answered Elias and said I have yet reserved unto me seven. thousand, that have not bowid their Knees unto ●all not worshipped his image etc. Even so I trust, and doubt not, for all the grievous persecutions, 
Elyas.  and tyranny that is daily used against gods saints god hath reserved many that have not bowed their knees to their idols, but that do continue in their prayers still to god, for his pour afflictid church of England, now dispersid and staterid abroad, at whose ●rye and lamentable complaint, god will avenge himself of his and our adversaries, our wicked rulers, and will bring some of them to as shameful an end, as he did that cursed, and wickid woman queen jezeqell.  
wherefore dear brethren, seize not to lament, and bewail our sins, and the state and misery of our country, that is come upon us for our unthankfulness and for not knowledging the time of our visitation and doubt the not, but god is good merciful, patient and long suffering, and will at his appointid time so confounded them with all there false spitful spritualty▪ that all the world shall know, that he only is the lord in all the earth. wherefore I say once again dear brethren, lament, lament, the state of our native, country, & seize not to cry with me unto god & to beseech him for his dear son our save your jesus Christ's sake, that he will have mercy upon his po●n church of England, and that he will not give us over in to the hands of strangers and tyrants, his and our henemies, for our sins and unthankfulness. 
Psalm. 107.  for as the Prophet Davith saith in the 107. psalm it is he that for the sins of the people, maketh a fruitful land to be barine etc. a godly & compfortable psalm for all such as be oppressed with tyranny, wherein the afflictid, & troblid consciens, shallbe well satisfied. There unto accordeth the saying of the holy man job, 
job. ●4.  that for the sins of the people, god sendeth tyrants to reign over them. seeing then that for our sins et unthankfulnes we have provoked gods wrath who hath sent us thes tiranes to rule over us, we have now non other ways nor means then only to subsmitt ourselves under the migkty hand of god &, 
●●ges 10  to follow the example of the children of Israel, who were gods elect and chosen people what time as they had offended god by worshipping idols, he ponisshid them by sending strangers & tyrants to Rule & rain over them who oppressed them (as our rulers do now us) wherefore they returned to god, humhlid themselves with prayer and fasting, & confessed their sins and unthankfulness: and the lord said to them, did not the heathen before oppress you, and ye cried unto me, anb I delivered you out of their hands, & for all that, ye forsook me again, and worshipped their gods, wherefore I will help you no more, go & complain unto those gods which ye have served, & look if they will help you out of your misery. And they confessed & said to the lord, we have sinnid, do thou with us, what so ever pleaseth thee, deliver us only at this time, and they put away their idols and served the lord, and the lord had pite upon their misery, and delivered them out of their henemies hands etc. O let this godly example move us to cry unto the lord, with out seizing, and confess like wise our sins and unthankfulness, & say to the lord with the Prophet Esay, 
A prayer for he chiurch of England. Esay 37.  o lord of hosts, thou art god alone of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou only hast creatid heaven and earth, incline thin cares and consider, open thine eyes, and see our miseries, and deliver us from the hands of our adversaries, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou only art the lord. jeremy. 5. o lord call to remembrance what we have suffered, 
●eremy. 5.  consider and see our confusion, our in heritance is turnid to strangers, & our houses to foreigners. Esay. 55. (o let us seek the lord while he is to be found, & let us call upon him while he is nigh, so will he be marcifull to us) Thy holy Prophet Davith saith. 
Esay. 55.  that like as a father pitieth his own children, so thou lord hast mercy and pite upon them that fear the. wherefore o lord be merciful to us, and remember not our offencis, nor the offencis of our fore fathers, 
Psalm. 103.  neither take thou vengeance of our sins, spare us good lord, spare thy pour afflictid church of England whom thou hast redemid with thy most precius blood, and be not angry with us for ever, but deliver us this one tim from our cruel enemies, which most cruelly oppress and persecute us with most cruel death, because we will not worship the works of their own hands, which worship doth pertain to the only our lord god, therefore are we spoilyd of our goods, & persecutid from country to country. o lord our god hear our prayers, which thou dost give us grace to make for thy pour afflictid church of England, o do not prolong because thou ●eist, how thy most holy & blessed name is daily blasphemid, thorough false and wicked doctrine, where before thy holy word was truly preached & taught, & thy church there did bear the profession of thy name, o call to remembrance how merciful thou hast been to thy people of old time, when they were disobedient, & did for sake thee, and worshipped the works of their own hands (like as in England they now do) thou diddest not utterly reject them, 
judges. 3. jueges. 6. judges. 14. 3. Reg. 9.10. Macha. 2.3. jeremy. 14.  but when they repented, and confessed their sins and returned to the with all their hearts, thou mercifully forgavest their sins, and sentyst them deliverers, as Aliud, ge dron Samson, ●ehw Machabeas & other, who delivered them from strangers their henemies jeremy. 14. we knowledge o lord all our misdeds, and the sins of our fore fathers, for we have offended thee, be not still displeasid with us (o lord) for thy name's sake, forget not thy loving kindness, and remember the throu of thy glory, o be merciful to us, be merciful to us. psalm. 83. hold not thy tongue o lord, keep no longer silens, refrain not thyself o god, for lo thin henemyes make a hurly burly, they imagine craft against thy people, and conspire against them, come say they let us rote them out, from among the people. O my god make them like a whole, and as the stubble before the wind, persecute them with thy tempest, make there facis ashamid, 
Psalm. 83.  o lord that they may seek thy name. let them be confoundid & vexid ever more and more, let them be put to shame and perish, that they may know, that thou art god alone, and that thy name is the lord, and that thou only art the most highest over all the earth. psalm. 35. Strive thou with them that strive against the and fight thou with them that fight against the let them be as the dust before the wind and thy angel o lord scattering them, let sudden destruction come upon them unwares, 
Psalm. 35.  And the ne●● that they have laid privily each themselves in, that they may fall in there own mishefe, so will we give the thanks in the great congregation and praise the among all people, o lord here us, o lord be merciful to us, 
Esay. 40.  o lord do not prolong the time, because thy pour church of England have borne the profession of thy name. Thou knowist o lord, that all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of the field, the graze witherith and the flower ●adith away, but thy word indurith for ever. wherefore o lord call to remembrance thy great mercies and thy loving kindness, according to thy promises, and do not consider, nor have respect unto the number of our daily sins, and wickidnes, but according to thy great mercies we do beseech the to forgive us. in thy dear son our saveiour Christ's blood, and say unto us, thou art our health, which wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he convert and turn from his sins and wickidnes. Convert thou us unto thee, so shall we be convertid, ad turn thou us unto thee, which are in extreme misery so shall we be confortid, for as thy holy prophet Davith saith, if thou shouldest look narrowly upon our sins and wickedness, lord who might abid before t●e, 
Psalm. 130.  but he saith there is mercy with thee, and therefore art thou worshipped. Again he saith lord enter not into judgement with thy servants, for no man living shallbe found right wise before the. Seing o lord thou knowest all things, and nothing ●s hid from thee, 
Psalm. ●43.  thou knowest also that all flesh is grass, & no good thing can come from us, as of ourselves, being but flesh and blood, and all together unprofitable servants, stre●●● now forth thy mighty hand & confounded the devisis of thin & our henemies abate their pride assuage there mallis which still continue, and persecute thy pour afflictid church of England, that all the word may know, that thou art the living god & lord that rulist over the whole world, then shall we mangnify and praise thy holy name, which livist and raygnist one god in the holy trinity, to whom be given all honour glory and praise, for ever and ever world with out end: Amen Amen, 30. December. 1556.  

The addition:  Here before in this treatise christian reader/ which I fynishede and sent in to my native country more than a year past, I have declared what dystomodytes followed the last wars, that we had with france, to say, not only the loss of a great number of noble and worthymen of our country, but also thorough the same, our good coins of gold and sylluer, were turned into copper and brass, as it is manifest: wherefore I desyryde the states of the realm, to have good consyderations, and respects before they broke with france for any forayn princes pleasure etc. the which request I doubt not but many true englysch hearts do now wish that they had followed. Sens the which time, the queen and counsel as is aforesaid (being a stourge and rood to plague England for our unthankfulness) have of their own fantastical imaginations, for the prince of spains pleasure, not only with out the consent of any parliament broken and begun wars with france: but also contrary, to thact of parliament made in the first year of her rain, 
●ead thact of 〈◊〉  when the conclusions were made with themperor, for her cursed marriage (may England say) with the prince of spain▪ as in the said statude plainly appeareth: whereby asmych as in them is, they seek the dysquyetnes of the hole realm, and to bring the commons of the same in to great misery, which only is the fruits of wars.  
For since the beginning of thes last unfortunate wars, now begun whath hath England won thereby? ye rather what have we not lost, although there were sent out with the prince of spain a great number of worthy gentyllmen and commons, to there great costs and charges, to the winning of S. Quintynes, hawn, schatelet, and other pieces there about, the which the prince keepeth for himself, to his own use, 
S. Quintin●  yet the most part of our men, jest their bones there and the rest of them that estapyd the danger of the wars, returned home again in great myssery penury and begery. Moore over wha● lossys have our english merchants susteynid by taking of the three rich ships, 
3. Rich ships taken.  which the frenchmen took coming out of Flanders on barty●mew day last passed, being worth 30. thousand pounds, besides many other ships taken by the frenchmen sense that time, as they that have susteynid the losses thereby can report.  
And now will I come to speak of the loss of the honowr of England which is the notable town of Callys, 
Calais hams and gwines lost thorough evil government.  with the strong castles of hams and gwynes etc. which hath be●ne in the custody of England more than. 200. years past, to be so shamefully betrayed and lost, thorough the evil government of the queen and here counsel: whose diligent study and care should have been. to proved and foresee, specially, in thes dangerus times of wars, that not only Calais with hams and gwynes, and the pieces beyond the seas, to have been furnished with men and victual accordingly, for to have withstand the malice of the french men our henemyes but also to provide that the strong towns, castles, fortresses and blok houses etc. lying about the realm, for the saff custody and defence of the same, to be well furnished with men munition and vytalls, and also that the rial Navy of England had been maintained that the subjects of this realm, might live in sanyte and quietness, with out danger of any foreign prince or potentate.  
This is the charge and dwty of all good and polytyk ruters and governors if the queen had meant this to do, 
The dwty of rulers  wherefore hath she caused to be razed, and defacyd those bulwarks at grave sand and tylbery, etc. and wherefore doth she let fall in decay, those blokhouses and bulwarks about deal beside Dover, which her noble father, with his great travail, 
Bulwarks blokhouses  costs and charges, builded and fortified, for the defence of the subjects of the realm. But I pray you what can men otherwise judge of the queen, here in, but that she hath done it because the prince of spain may the more easily, come in with his army and navy of ships, and so to make a conquest of this noble realm of England as is aforesaid. But what y●f the queen and her counsel have practysyd, how to bring Calais in to the hands of the prince of spain, and that being perceived, and the french king thereof admonished, caused him to take his enterprise as he did.  

Calais.  Or whether the queen and counsel, did wittingly or willingly, suffer Calais to come in to the frenchmens' hands (by neglecting to sand aid thither in time, the same being ●o often and many times desyrd by the lord deputy) because that afferward it might come in to the hands of the prince of spain, either by exchanging for other towns or else in some conclusions the ●ouer to make peace, that he having it, I mean Callys etc. might the sooner bring his pretensyd enterprise to pace with England.  
wherefore oh ye nobles and comens of England help that your bulwerks and fornesses be made up again, with all speed and trusty men appointed, 
Ordinance Armour Treasure.  toward and keep them, keep the ordinance, Armour and treasure etc. with in the realm, to defend the same when need shall require, that with gods help ye maybe, able ●o defend your country, from foreign princes who seek your destruction, and to bring the realm in to bondage, with bride lig you, as before in this treatise is declared at large  
The burning of the great Harri, at the first coming of the queen to here reign, betokened some desolation, and yet the queen would besto● no cost, to build that goodly ship again but letti● it with the rial Navy of England, fall in to waste and decay▪ which her noble father, as a prudent and polytyke price mayntaynyd for the defence of the realm.  
when was it ever hard of before this miserable time, when we had wars with france, but that iij, or iiij, thousand men were sent over to keep Calais, with the castles and frunteres thereabout, that they might not only with stand the malice and enmity of the frenchmen, but also to have made an inrod into france at times, as by our chronicles plainly appeareth wa● done in our time, by the noble prince K. H. 8.  
But it is a he●● case and much to be lamented, that the queen studieth jest about such matters, which should turn to the wealth, commodity and safeguard of this realm. But contrary wise it is manifest, that all her care and study was and is, how she may bring to pace, that the prince of spain, may have thimperial crown o●f this noble realm of England to him and to 〈◊〉 heirs, 〈◊〉 by cra●ty means or perforce, and so to bring this noble and free country of England in to most miserable servitude and bondage, 
Holland, Zealand, Brabant, Flanders▪ Neape●s▪ Myland.  like as be his other countries of Holland, Seland, B●abant Flanders, Namure and lytzenburg, etc. with his other goodly countries of Napels and Myland, etc. the which I pray god England may take warning there of by time.  
Here para venture some will rail upon me and revile me, because I am so bold to charge the queen, and here counsel, as before in this treatise I have done, and now do, and also for laying to their charges, that thorough their default and negligence, Calais with hams and gwynes, etc. become in to the frenchmens' hands, To the which I will answer and prove it to be true. first if the queen had as is afore said sent over, iij. or iiij. thousand men to have lain upon the borders or frunteres of Calais, and thereto had spent but only, v. hundred marks by the year, (I speak with the most) to honest men being strangers dwelling in other countries (as here noble and politic father did) who might have sertefyed and given knowledge to th● queen and counsel from time to time what the french king and other princes practysyd, and went about. Calais had not been in the frenchmens' hands as it now is.  
Fo● I am sure, that the french king hath not seized contynwally to parctyse how he might get Calais, and those parties, and that within thes sew● years, as the lord paget, and other of the counsel do very well know, 
Lord page●.  who were of king Edward's counsel, when the french king went about his practise in those days. And being known, there was a gentyllman and a doctor sent into England to give the king and counsel warning thereof, after whose coming inmedyatly, there was proclamations made that all captains and soldiers, should repair immediately, to their towns castles, fortresses, and holds, and therapon preparation was made inmedyatly, that Calais, 
Callys delivered from the frenchmen.  with the castles and ●or●es were provided, and finnysshed, whereby the french king was disappointed, and therefore forsook his pretensyd enterprise, and so Callys was saved at that time from the frenchmen. And they that brought the said message and gave warning to the counsel, had given them for their reward, but one hundred marks, which money was delivered to a friend of mine, by the said lord paget, as he told me at that time, and yet I never hard, that that gentyllman, that sent the said warning had any recompense at all for his labour. But if there had been given him at that timme for his reward (according to his deserts) a stipent of an C. marks or an 100L. pounds by the year during his life, Calais had not been in the french men's hands at this day. For I do know that the same man had knowledge of this late p 〈…〉 se for Calais, long before it was known abroad, and so might have given knowledge long before the coming thither of the frechmen, and so Calais with 〈…〉 es and gines, might have been sa●●d from them.  
But it is also much to be lamented that the queen hath such a hate against honest men, that profess the gospel of our ●aueyour jesus christ, and be not of her wicked religion, that she had rather, that the hole realm, should go to wreck, then that any honest men should be maintainid by here, for she will not only give them any thing that might turn to the commodity and safeguard of the realm. But contrary wise most shamefully and wrongfully with holdeth such pensions, as here noble father and brother gave to them by patent, during their lives, for recompense of their good and faithful service and pains they took to serve them in their days. Iff the queen had followed here noble father's 〈…〉 d, and been ruled by his wise prudent and sage counsellors, who had the knowledge and experience how the affairs of the realm stood this realm, had not come to such misery and begery as it is at this day▪ but those wise and worthy men, whom her father tenderly loved hath she caused to be cru●●●y murtherid, as is aforesaid. And hath set up counsellors of her own, which 〈◊〉 no knowledge in the affairs of the realm, but those who will say ●s she saith, and affirm her wicked will and devices to be good and to be a 〈◊〉. Like to be comparid, to Robohan the son of king Solomon, when the chil●●●n of Israel came to him saieg, thy father's yoke was grievous unto us▪ 〈◊〉 thou it lighter (he doing as the queen now doth) followed such counsel 〈◊〉 had been brought up with him. And would not follow the counsel of the 〈◊〉 and wise men, that were of his father king salamon's counnsell, wherefore, x. of the xii. tribes of the children of Israel fell from him, as the story declareth at large, in the third book of the kings the xii. chapter. But the text sa●● it was the lords doing.  
O what substance and treasure hath the queen spent upon the prince of spain, sense the begyning of her marriage, and what unreasonable great subsides and lones hath she gathered, whereby she hath impoverished the subjects of this realm, for to aid him, where of the xxii. part would have kept Calais with hams and gwines, etc. that they should not have been in the french men● hands at this day, but what careth she, so that she have here own cursed will, although the hole realm go to destruction, and beggary. what think you would her noble father. K. H. 8. have done to his said daughter if he had know, that she would so wyckidly have ruled and abusid her state as she hath done, first by marrying with a stranger, (and bringing in the usurped authority of the B of Rome) contrary to her said father's mind, for her said noble father by his testament and last will gave her th'imperial crown of this realm, but only upon condition as plainli appeareth by th'act, of parliament, made for the sucsessyon of the croune ano, 35. H. ●. so that she would be rulid by the counsel, as well in marriage, as in other affairs, as in the same her father's last will established by act of parliament plainly appeareth. And whether she have obied and followed, her said father's last will, let all men judge.  
Finis.  
O pray pray pray pray.  
That god will take our wicked rulers away▪  
Soli Deo honour & gloria. 1558.