THE CENSURE of a loyal Subject:  
UPON CERTAIN noted Speech & behaviours of those fourteen notable Traitors, at the place of their executions, the xx. and xxi. of September, last passed.  
As also, of the Scottish Queen, now (thanks be to God) cut off by justice, as the principal Root of all their treasons. On Wednesday the 8. of February 1586.  
Wherein is handled matter of necessary instruction and comfort for all dutiful Subjects: especially, the multitude of ignorant people.  
Fear GOD: be true to thy Prince: and obey the Laws.  
At LONDON Printed by Richard jones, dwelling at the sign of the Rose and the Crown, near Holborn bridge.   

Courteous Reader: my good friend M. G. W. at his departure into the Country, left this most honest work to be censured by me: being right well assured, by the continuance of our true friendships that I would not deceive him with a flattering judgement, and (trust me) upon a considerate reading, I found it a little book, containing a large testimony of his loyalty to his Prince and country, a sweet comfort, and most sound counsel for good subjects: concluding by many fair examples of Traitors ●oule ends, that the reward of treason is destruction, and after death, 〈◊〉 infamy. The matter agreeing with the condition of this troublesome time, I have adventured to possess thee with the benefit thereof, before I made account unto him of my liking: which is, that no good subject can mislike the same, and I made the more haste herein: because some wicked persons that will not be admonished, have now by new conspiracy desired our public sorrow▪ and by their discovery have brought an universal joy into the church of God. Give God thanks▪ for his wonderful presentation of her Majesty, and the confusion of her enemies, serve him, and read this book, which truly promiseth thee, that 〈◊〉 miscreate persons shall never prosper in their devices. No root but fear God, and thou shalt far well.  Thy loving friend, T C.  

To the right honourable, Sir William Cicill, Knight, Baron of Burleigh, Lord high Treasurer of England, and one of the Queen's Majesties most honora●able and prudent privy counsel a long continuance of honour and prosperous estate.  
RIght honourable and prudent Lord, the ungracious Emperor Commodus, upon the accusation of a guilty conscience, caused fourteen or fifteen discreet Roman Gentlemen, to be thrown into the river of Tiber, for no other offence, but because they soberly talked, of the the virtues of the good Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his father: alleging that they could not praise his father without the reproving of himself: and certainly, although Commodus did evil, he spoke the truth: for the commendation of virtue, is evermore a reproach to vice: which principal (right honourable) considered of the one part, by your manifold, services done unto the Queen's most excellent majesty, to her blessed realm, & generally to the true church of God: and of the other side, weighed by the most odious treasons, conspired by many rotten subjects, whereof justice lately hath cut off certain of the principal, whose vile purpose reached to the life of her sacred Majesty, the subversion of their country, and general calamity in the church of God: no other conclusion can follow, but that the reverence of your public service, will always revive the hatred of their treasons, and that the reproach of their treasons, will never suffer the reverence of your fidelity to die. Therefore (most grave Lord) desirous to honour (withal dutiful affection) your godly virtues, as the comfort of all good men: and also to acknowledge some especial favours shown unto myself, under your sound protection, I present (for the general instruction of my countrymen, the subjects of England) my observances of certain noted speech and behaviours, of those fourteen notable Traitors▪ which lately suffered for their treasons: trusting that this censure, by the sentence of all good Subjects, will merit the acceptance of my former books, which hitherto have escaped the disgrace of public reproof. Protesting, in the behalf of my writing, that my desire hath evermore been, to instruct all men, and not to injure the worst of the wicked. And now to conclude, that virtue may have her sample by your Lordship, and vice her shame by these traitors, in the name of experience, I advise all men, who●e heads climb above the height of their present conditions, to make loyal and honest actions, the ladders of their advancement: which will commend them with a beloved life, or an honourable death: when treason is the hatchet that severeth life, and joineth infamy unto death. The Lord be with your Lordship in all your affairs: for whose health and honourable prosperity, the good subjects of England continually pray.  
Humbly at your Lordship's commandment. G. W.   

A Censure, in form of a Dialogue, of certain noted speech and behaviours, of fourteen notable Traitors, at the place of their executions. etc., 

The speakers,  
Walker, a godly divine,  
Weston, a discreet Gentleman.  
Wilcocks, a substantial Clothier    West. 
NEighbour Wilkcocks, you are well welcome home.  Wilk. 
I humbly thank your worship.  West. 
What is the best news at London?  Wilk. 
The best news, are, fourteen of those rank traitors that sought to bereave the Queen's most excellent Majesty of her life, (which God long preserve) have made their confession at the gallowee▪ for my eyes saw their traitorous hearts burned, and bodiless heads advanced to the view and comfort of many thousands of people.  Walk. 
You saw a happy sight, for the quietness and safety of the Queen's most excellent majesty, and general comfort for all good subjects, and a fearful example to all traitors: but for as much as they offended in the highest degree of treason, as traitors resolved to kill the Queens Ma. (whose life, almighty God long preserve▪) to spoil he● navy, to cloy the ordinance, to kill some of her majesties honourable privy counsel, to move a general rebellion, and what in them lay, to procure a foreign invasion: all which, being treasons of such danger, as the least of them closed up the doors of mercy: it seemeth convenient, that their executions should be with more severity than the common judgement of Traitors.  Wilk. 
Their judgements and executions were alike, save that the first seven were executed with less favour, than the latter seven.  Walk. 
What difference was there in their executions?  Wilk 
Their judgements were to be drawn to the place of execution, there to be hanged until they were half dead, their bowels to be brent before their faces, etc. And truly the first seven, as the most mallitious (if there be any difference in treason) were executed somewhat near the severity of their judgement: the other seven were so favouraby used, as they hung until they were even altogether dead, before the rest of their judgement was executed.  Walk. 
Their treasons were so odious as Perillus' Bull or the extremest cruelty that policy may invent, would be too mild to punish them: so that the least favour that might be shown unto them, was a token of exceeding mercy in her Majesty, and mildness in the justice of England.  West. 
There were never people governed with more mercy, than the people of England under the reign of our most gracious Queen Elizabeth, (whose prosperity the Lord long continue: and truly I heard many wise men say, 
Comparisons by her majesties mercy.  that the greatness of her majesties mercy (applied to an old proverb Over much pity spoileth a City) is very dangerous to the peace of England: and some have taken example, by a fable of a frozen serpent, that a pitiful husbandman found, which he revived at his sire: but as soon as the Serpent had gotten strength, it stung the husbandman's children: even so these hollow subjects (I pray God I may not safely name most Papists) which run into many dangers of the law: yet her majesties mercy so favoureth them, as it is to be feared they live, but to recover strength to persecute her majesties subjects.  Walk. 
In very deed, mercy breedeth presumption in the wicked: but no doubt almighty God (that for the cruelty, which reigned upon the earth, drowned all the world, save only Noah and his family) is so well pleased with mercy, as he seldom suffereth it to be the cause of inconuenienre, especially, where temperate justice is joined with mercy: and although the example of he pitiful husbandman and the frozen serpent, may be well applied unto her majesties mercy, and the papists malice: yet when the serpent stung his children, 
The beginning of presumption is mercy and the end is destruction.  the husbandman grievously beat him: even so, when these kind of people, turn her majesties mercy to public disturbance, justice will do her office, so that they shall hardly escape the censure of her majesties laws.  West. 
God bring them to shame and confusion but Neighbour Wilcocks, I pray you show us then names of the Traitors, and manner of their executions.  Wilk. 
Upon the twentieth day of September, being tuesday, john Ballard a Priest, and first persuader of Babington to these odious treasons, was laid alone upon a hurdle and six others, two, and two upon a hurdle, were drawn from Tower hill, 
The place of their execution was sometime the meeting place to consult of their treasons.  through the city of London, unto a field at the upper end of Holborn, hard by the high way side to S. Giles: where was erected a scaffold convenient for the execution, and there upon a pair of gallows so high, and withal, the place was so railed to keep off horsemen, as the people might plainly see the execution.  West, 
I am much deceived if there were not a great multitude of people assembled to see the execution.  Wilk. 
I cannot number the thousands, but by computation, there were able men enough, to give battle to a strong enemy: but one thing I especially regarded, that although the assembly were wonderful great, 
The multitude showed no motion of pity at the execution of the Traitors.  and the traitors all goodly personages, clothed in silks: & every way furnished to move pity: & that the order of their execution, was a fearful spectacle: yet the odiousness of their treasons was so settled in every man's heart, as there appeared no sadness or alteration among the people, at the mangling and quartering of their bodies: yea, the whole multitude, without any sign of lamentation greedylye beheld the spectacle from the first to the last.  Walk. 
Truly, they that bear dutiful hearts towards the safety of the Queen's Majesty, & peace of their country, would not but greatly rejoice in their destruction, which sought the general subversion of the estate, beside the kind affection & motherly love that her Majesty published by her gracious letters, unto the L. Maior and state of London: 
Her majesty's loving affection, towards her good subjects.  wherein her Majesty protesteth (and sundry of her gracious proceedings fully witnesseth,) that she desired no longer to live, then while in the whole course of her majesties government she carried herself in such sort, as might not only continue their love and goodwill, but also increase the same, are causes strong enough to command the multitude to rejoice in nothing more, then in the destruction of those that pretend any hurt unto her majesties person. But good neighbour Wilcocks continue your purpose concerning their execution.  Wilk. 
The first day the Traitors were all placed upon the scaffold, 
The order of the Traitor's executions.  that the one might behold the reward of his fellows treason. Ballard the Priest, 
john Ballard, the Priest, executed.  who was the first broacher of this treason: was the first that was executed, & after that his bowels & traitorous heart were thrown into the fire, (his head severed from his shoulders,) was set upon the top of the Gallows.  West. 
By the way I pray you what confession made this traiterons Priest, at the time of his death.  Wilk. 
He denied not his treason, died an obstinate papist, & in his protestation, he doubtfully said, if he had offended y● Q. Majesty, or any man else he was sorry, & so conditionally desired forgiveness: & to declare (at full) his traitorous mind, he said, I am sorry I have been so scandalous, but most sorry I have been so remis in my dealings  Walk. 
The malicious affection of his heart towards the Q. majesty, appeared even in the trembling passage of death: that whereas his treasons were so impious, 
Balla●ds sophistical ask of the Q Majesty forgiveness.  odious, & damnable, as the most wicked, (I mean his confederates for the most part) confessed as the common fame goeth, that they exceeded the greatness of her majesties mercy which may not be measured, where there is any measure in offending, & yet in his desire of remission at her majesties hands, he added this condition, (if) as one that doubted if he had offended her highness: well, leave we this dissembling traitor a pray to the crows, & his soul to God's judgement: good neighbour on with your tale to the next.  Wilk. 
Next unto this priest, 
Anthony Babington, Esquire. executed.  Anthony Babington was made ready to the Gallows, and in every point was handled like unto Ballard.  West. 
Little may be the moan, bad was the best: but what observed you in his end?  Wilk. 
A sign of his former pride, for whereas the rest, 
A note of Babingtons' pride.  through the cogitation of death were exercised in prayer upon their knees, and bore headed, he whose turn was next, stood on his feet with his hat on his head, as if he had been but a beholder of the execution, concerning his religion he died a papist, his treasons were so odious, as the sting of conscience persuaded him to acknowledge himself to be a most grievous trespasser against God & the Queen's majesty.  West. 
I wonder that men are so bewitched with the enticements of these jesuits, 
Note this controversy.  as they hold it a holy matter to lay violent hands upon the Lords anointed: & at their death their own consciences persuade them, that the imaginations of such wickedness is damnable.  Wilk. 
Pride, 
Causes of rebellion.  envy, and ambition are the roots of treason, the body of treason is murder and all that mischief may devise, the fruits of treasons are ruins of kingdoms and common wealths: the general reward of treason is the destruction of traitors: and for that, shame and perpetual infamy lead them to the Gallows: to colour if it were possible their treason they make religion their ground of rebellion: and with this holy show strengthen themselves, but when justice hath delivered them to the Hangman, death sommonneth their wickedness before their consciences, and then the fear of Hell maketh them openly to confess the matter to be damnable, which they took to be a holy ground of rebellion.  West. 
I am well satisfied, now good neighbour, forward with the rest.  Wilk. 
Next unto Babington, 
john Savage, Gent. executed.  Savage was made ready for the execution.  west. 
This notable traitor (as the same goeth, was y● man that conferred with D. Gifford at Paris, & by the confirmation of the english fugitives at Rheims, was resolved to kill the Queen's Majesty, whose defence the God of hosts evermore be.  
It is likewise said that upon the apprehension of Ballard the priest, Babington hastened this Savage to dispatch his resolution: and that he only deferred the matter, but for making of a court like suit of apparel.  Walk. 
God by sundry examples, 
God's providence in frustrating of Savage his resolution.  preserveth the innocent from the violent hands of the wicked, even in the pride and greatest hope of their purposes. Hammon erected a Gallows for Mardocheus the jew, and he and his ten sons suffered thereupon, the false judges had got sentence of death against chaste Susanna, but by divine providence the stones dashed out their own brains: 
The odiousness of treason in God's sight  but where the practise tendeth to the murder of anointed Princes, the odiousness of the matter, so highly offendeth the Majesty of God, as he miraculously hath defended notable Tyrants, from the murdering sword of traitors. Comodus was a wicked Emperor, and to kill him the traitor Quintianus weighted at the entering of the Amphiatre: 
tyrants miraculously preserved from Traitors hands.  his dagger was ready drawn, his heart was resolute, and his hand was striking the stroke, the Traitor cried, This the Senate sendeth thee: by which forewarning, Quintianus was stayed, and the Emperor escaped unhurt. The day before Scevinius determined to kill the Arch-tyrant Nero he put an old rusty Dagger to grinding, he made his testament, he franchised his bond men, and got rowlets in a readiness to wrap wounds in: by which tokens Milcheu: his servant, gathered, he went about some weighty purpose, and so accused him to the Emperor: Scevinnius straightways confessed that his intent was to have slain the Emperor. If God plucketh wit and prudence from Traitors, that purposed to kill such notable Tyrants, it is constantly to be believed, that with the shield of his strength he will defend righteous princes: among whom our most gracious Elizabeth is crowned with the sovereign renown of virtue, in which dignity the king of kings long continue her Majesty. The murder of a prince is so odious, as nature crieth out against it. 
Mute persons and young babes cry out against the murder of Princes.  King Craessus had a young son that from his birth was mute, and yet when one of king Cyrus' Soldiers taking him for a common person, was ready to kill him: the infant cried out O kill him not, for he is the king my father. 
Peter Messire in his Cron. of memorable things. Lib. 1, Cap. 〈◊〉  A●iben Ragel in his judicials, reporteth a stranger matter of a kings son of his Country, that broke forth of his mother's entrails to give his father warning of his enemies & presently after his birth cried out. I am born in an unfortunate hour, to be the messenger of no better tidings, then that my father the king is in present danger, to lose both his life and Kingdom. 
Eccle. 10,  Which notice signified, the infant presently died: we hereby perceive how the person of an anointed Prince, is so sacred as nature maketh a passage for suckling babes and dumb persons to deliver the same from danger, and withal the traitor is ●o open to destruction▪ 
Num. 16.  as the preacher faith to the traitor, a bird of the air shall bewray t●y vo●ce, and with her feathers she shall bewray thy words. Dathan, Corath, and Abiran, they and all that they had, went down quick into hell because of their rebellion, which is a great witness of the saying of S. Paul, who forbiddeth to resist against the Magistrate. 
Ro●. 1●.  For he that resisteth receiveth unto himself damnation. And certainly whosoever marketh the sequel of treason, shall find an hundredth examples to one, to proveth end of Traitors to be miserable.  West. 
Upon God's providence in●rustrating the mischievous purpose of Savage the Traitor, M. Walker you have delivered matter of necessary instruction for all subjects, especially the common multitude to learn, who are many times tempted to rebellion with allurements of godly and honest appearance when it plainly appeareth that there is no warrant (yea that destruction followeth) to rebel against tyrannous Princes.  Walk. 
The serpent enticed Eve, and Eve Adam to disobey God's commandment, in eating the forbidden fruit: with this subtle persuasion, If you eat of this fruit, you shall not die the death but your eyes shall be open, and ye shall be as Gods, knowing both good & evil: even so, with subtle persuasions, 
The Pope's practices to move rebellion.  are the simple multitude ever more drawn unto rebellion. When the noble king Henry the eight, banished the Pope's imperial authority out of England, the Pope's instrument Cardinal Poole thought civil commotion to be the readiest way to bring the same in again: and to bring his purpose to the better effect, he persuaded the Northern men, that no man should eat any dainty meat in his house, neither should any one be married but he should pay a tribute for the same unto the king. In king Edward the sixth his days there was almost a general rebellion throughout England: the papists tempted the commons to rebellion, with persuasions to throw down enclosure, and for themselves foisted in, to have their old religion, and act of six articles restored, the banishment of strangers hath been the cause of many commotions: but my counsel is that my loving brethren the subjects of england, 
Counsel against rebellion.  open not their ears to such pleasing persuasions, lest rebellion enter into their hearts, and so vengeance light upon their whole bodies: upon the holliest ground of rebellion, destruction of traitors have evermore grown. The Northern men had but a bad proof of two rebellions, when they had the cross and banner of five wounds borne before them. God placeth kings in their kingdoms, and he alone will have the dissolving of them: If Princes be good, let us be thankful to God for them, if they be tyrannous, let us look into our sins for God sendeth Tyrants to punish the sins of the wicked, 
tyrants are the scourges of God's ●engennce.  who saith, I will do vengeance on my enemies by my enemies. God (saith job) maketh the Hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people. In Osea (God speaketh thus.) I will give thee a King in my Syria. And in Isaiah. Assur is the rod and staff of my fury. Be Princes good or bad, let subjects be obedient, lest (for their disobedience) God take away the good, and double the tyranny of the bad.  West. 
I would this sound counsel were grafted in all men's hearts: then no doubt the rotten branches of rebellion, would soon be cut off: now good neighbour on with your matter. 
Robert Barnwell, Gent. executed.   Wilk. 
When Savage was executed, Barnwell was made ready to die.  West. 
And what of him?  Wilk. 
He died an obstinate Papist and for his treason he made conscience his best excuse.  Walk. 
He had had but a rotten conscience that was infected with the murder of a virtuous Queen: and since his conscience was so bad, I hope but a few that heard him, but forbade their conscience to pity him, other then charitably to be sorrowful for his error, which was damnable.  Wilk. 
After Barnewel, 
Chediock Tichburn Esquire, executed.  Tichburnes' turn was next, he was a goodly young Gentleman, and certainly his humility and move, moved much compassion, he was not settled so much in papistry as the other: but he was so much settled to the proud humour of Babington. as his head could no longer settle upon his shoulders. In his moan (which I very well marked) he compared his state to Adam, who said he was placed in Paradise, 
Tichburnes' lamentaion moved many ●o pity.  and there enjoyed all the pleasures of the earth, he was only forbidden to eat of the fruit of one tree: but for his trasgression, he not only procured wretchedness and misery upon his own head, but upon the heads of all his posterity. So (qd he) I that wanted nothing, but had health, wealth, and friends, and so might long have lived, if I could have forborn to have been untrue to my prince. But alas for my offence I have brought myself unto this misery, by which my good mother, my loving wife, my four brethren, and six sisters, yea our whole house, never before attainted, is infamed, and our posterity for ever like to be undone.  Walk. 
His lack of grace is to be lamented and by his overthrow all men are warned to make choice of good company: for the old proverb is beri●ied. Evil company corrupt good manners. And truly the injury that he hath done unto his wife, 
A good example to forbid us the fellowship of the wicked.  his mother, and to so many brethren and sistirs: and to conclude to his whole posterity, is a fearful example to fear men from treason, especially the Nobility and better sort of Gentlemen: for they thereby not only lose their life, & living, but the honour of their house is corrupted: neither seemeth it an injury against reason, that in punishment of treason, a number bear the burden, and blot of one man's fault: when for the virtue, and dutiful service of one man, a number in his posterity receive both honour, and many other temporal blessings: further in his confession, or comparing his offence to adam's, ●t concluded, he likened her Majesty to the pleasant and glorious fruit, so pretions in God's eyes, as he forbade Adam and all other to lay violent hands upon, & thus by the mouth of her enemies, God causeth her sacred excellency to be blazed.  West. 
You put me in remembrance of a tale that a Gentleman, a trau●lor once told me, who being at Rome when Pope Gregory there lived, and finding at the English College, over the arms of England, a Phoenix drawn, which the Pope did appropiate unto himself: the Gentleman dutifully reverencing her majesty as his sovereign, and Phoenix of the world: in scorn of the Pope wrote these verses.  
And reason good the Lion should,  
the Phoenix stand below:  
For though the leaves bewray the tree,  
the fruit the goodness show.  
Applying in secret zeal, the construction thereto, of this sense. The arms of England to leaves as but the general badge of her kingdom, and the Phoenix he did propriat to the virtues of her majesty, as her excellent beauty, and glory of the world. And of the contrary part, the matter was well taken, I know not by what mistaking.  Walk. 
It is like enough that the meaning was perceived, for the policy of the Pope and his favourers is to turn all to their honours, that in the market place blazeth not their dishonour: as for example: A pleasant Friar being appointed to preach before the Pope and his Cardinals, who marking, with what majesty and pomp, they entered into S. Peter's church▪ as one ravished with their brightness, he scoffingly cried out: ●y of S. Peter, 
A pleasant sermon before the Pope.  fie of S. Paul, sy, fie upon their beggarly apostles: what reckoning is to be made of their religion, when the honour thereof consited in casting forth of devils, cleansing of Lepers, raising the dead, in making the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, & the lame to go: the good they did was to beggars, & their living was as beggarly, bareleg, & barefoot, they wandered from country to country, their raiment was simple, their diet thin, & their deaths violent. But honour & reverence be to the Pope's holiness, the glory of his religion is visibly seen: he is able to make kings, & to dispose kingdoms: his raiment is of gold, & his victuals the plenty of the earth, he dwelleth & dieth in palaces, & is buried like a God. etc. This sermon was so well liked as the Friar was invited to dine with the Pope, who to relish his good sermon, excused himself by the weakness of his brain, that could endure no strong savour: when his meaning was demanded, he answered, since Emperors & kings kissed his holiness feet, he thought his lot would be but to kiss the homeliest part of his holiness, all which was well taken: & yet perceived to be unhapelie meant. For if the Pope should revenge every dry blow, he & his Cardinals would soon set Rome in an uproar: but if you make no public profession of the gospel, for all other offences Rome will beat with you, & for a few peterpence the pope will pardon you  West. 
God bless me from such pardons that bring many men to the gallows.  Wil 
Tilney, one of y● Q, majesties pensioners, 
Charles Tilney a pensioner executed.  next unto Tichburne made work for the Hangman.  West. 
By statute law, it is petty treason, for a servant to murder his master or mistress, being but a subject: how detestable a treason is it then, for a sworn servant to lay violent hands on his anointed Prince? The offence being in the extremest degree of sins, the punishment ought to be according to the severest censure of justice.  Walk. 
Every man's household well governed, resembleth a common wealth, wherein servants ought to live in the awe and subjection of Subjects: 
The ancient servitude of ser●●n●●.  and among the Romans there was an ancient law, that authorized the master to punish the offences of their servants with death: but the wicked policy of men hath always been such, as where open power was to weak, ambition, envy, and money alured the familiar servants, and meaner persons to Emperors, Kings, & men of all estates, to lay violent hands of their masters and to betray them to death. judas one of the apostles, betrayed our saviour jesus into the hands of the jews. King Alexander, was poisoned by his physician Thessalus: the death of the Emperor Commodus was compassed by the practise of his sister Lucilla. Many have had their banes by their wives, as King Candaulus: some by their sons, as the great Turk Bajazet the ninth. etc. but innumerable that have been destroyed, by the treason of their servants.  West. 
I hope these odious attempts will discover them: and for that they are crept into services of account, by subtlety, it shall be the part of every good subject to certify their Lords (who are perhaps unacquainted with their religion,) of such dangerous servants.  Wilk. 
The last of these seven that suffered was Abington, 
Edward Abington Esquire, exxcuted.  his father was an officer of good credit in her majesties house, and for many advancements was bound to say, God save good Queen Elizabeth: but his son was a notable Papist, an arch-traitor, and at his death did all that in him lay to settle a fear in the hearts of the ignorant multitude, 
Abingtons' threatenings.  with a speech, that there could not choose but be a great effution of blood in England very shortly.  Walk. 
God's providence maketh it apparent that the prophises of traitors prove not evermore scripture: Throgmorton the traitor said, before one year were expired the prosperity & peace of England should be turned into general calamity, 
Examples of great comfort to the godly, and of no les terror to the wicked.  but the date thereof is out, and I hope the destiny past. No doubt he knew of a number of mallitious enemies unto the state, and with the spirit of their wickedness, he blundered forth his prognostication, but let all good subjects to their comfort, and Traitors to their confusion, know that the wicked diggeth a pit, and falleth therein himself, and who treadeth down the hedge a serpent shall bite him, 
Proverb. 〈◊〉,  there is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the Lord, The horse is prepared the day of battle, but the Lord giveth the victory. The jews had S. Paul in prison; yea forty of them vowed that they would neither eat; nor drink, until they had slain him: but God (according to the Psalmist,) in a due time defended him, yea in that distress, he came and stood by Paul, & thus comforted him, Be of good cheer Paul, for as thou hast testified of me at jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. The Angel of the Lord led Peter forth of prison, the Angel of the Lord defended Sidrack, Mi●aack, and Abednago, in the burning fire: the Angel of the Lord stopped the Lion's mouths that should have devoured Daniel: the Angel of the Lord with a drawn sword, told Io●ua, that he was the chief of the lords hand: A comfortable saying, and a true experiment: that this holy Angel of the Lord, with a drawn sword (although not visibly seen) standeth between the godly & their enemies and then though the wicked come armed, 
The digraces of the Pope, since K. Henry the 8. first unmasked his abomination.  with horses, chariots, & an host of men, they shall be overcome with their subtle devices, & their twords shall go through their own hearts. The lord will have the p●ide of the unclean Pope abased, & all the world strive in vain to set him up again, if his friends look into his disgraces, since victorious King Henrye the eight, first unmasked his abomination: 
Cardinal Poole moved the french K. against K. Henry the 8.  they shall find no comfort to take his part: he was then in his strength & the greatest princes of christendom, his friend, yea for the Pope's cause they were K. Henry's greatest enemies: the Pope sent Cardinal Poole ambassadors to move the French K, against the K. of England: the French made many brags but bit little the mighty Emperor Charles the 5. prepared a great Navy, at the Pope's request, 
The pope stirred the Emeror Char, the 5. against K. Henry 8.  to trouble the peace of england: the favouring of whose invasion cost the Marquis of Exe●ers head but this attempt prospered not, but which had likelihood to do more hurt, than all the boast of foreign power: by the practise of Cardinal Poole 20000 rebels in Lincoln shire, 
Commotion in Lincolnshire, by Cardinal's Poles means dismayed by the king's power.  for religions sake had put themselves in arms, but when they understood of the K. power coming against them they cried for pardon, & lest their chieftain D. Mackerel monk, called captain cobbler, to the censure of justice. In february following the Pope by his instrument, compassed a mere commotion in Yorkshire, 
Rebellion in the North by God's providence quieted.  of 40000. rebels, but by the providence of God, the night before the armies should join they were severed, by a mighty fall of water, in somuch as upon a part by the captains of both sides, the rebels were appeased; & departed without bloodshed: in the 3. year of K. Eward the 6. the Pope to set up his authority in Eng. 
General rebellion in K. Ed. the sixth his days punished and pacified.  by his seditious instruments moved general rebellions through Eng. but they were ended with the destruction of the kings rebellious subjects. Q, Marry though unsound in religion, had the better hand against her rebels: whom no doubt; God therein favoured, for her godly father K. Henry the 8. as he did the Idolater Abdias for his great grandfather David's sake: But the manifold disgraces which our sovereign lady Q. Elizabeth hath given unto this bloody pope, (out of whose tyranny, even from her very cradle, the Angel of the lord hath miraculously delivered her majesty) open the incomparable strength of God's providence, and offer cause of admiration to the whole world: when (for our sins) Queen Mary committed both the word and fworde, to the hypocrisy and tyranny of the Clergy, good lady, her life was assailed with a thousand public and private practices, but the Angel of the Lord, still stood between her and her harms, and from the fetters of adversity, loosed, and crowned her Majesty, with the supreme dignity of this Realm, and as a prognostication of his ruin by her renown: the year that God placed her royal throne, he displaced these christian Princes, 
The Pope's friends dropped away, when Queen Elizabeth was crowned.  the Pope's great friends. The Emperor Charles the sift, the Queen of Hungary, Queen Mary of England, two kings of Denmark, Bona, Sferza Queen of Polonia,, Henry the third, the French king, jerolme Pruoli Duke of Vennice, Hercules Daeste, Duke of Ferrara, 
A figure of the pope's fall.  and Paul the fourth, Pope of Rome, that these settled friends of the Pope being removed, other princes better affected, or at lest not so hurtful, to the passage of the gospel, might occupy their places, the Pope and all his favourers, while their strength yet lasted, shot to deprive her majesty of her crown and dignity, God so strengthened her majesty, as by her power the French were dishonourably driven out of Scotland, and by her wisdom, 
Victory against the French.  both Realms were delivered from foreign bondage, yea the King of Scots is bound to confess, that from God, and her majesties goodness, he and his posterity possess a kingdom: this peaceable victory against the french, discomforted the Pope a few years: 
Victory against the northern Rebel.  in fine, Pius Quintus set D. Morton, an english fugitive, a work, to raise a commotion in the north parts: the Earl of Northumberland, the Earl of Westmoreland, and others entered into open rebellilion: the very sound of her majesties power dismaed them, and happy was he, that could run fastest away: the principals fled, but escaped not the justice due unto traitors: 
The Earl of North●●●derland beheaded  the Earl of Northumberland was soon brought under the censure of her majesties laws, and according to his desert, was beheaded at York: 
Misery of the Earl of westmerland.  the Earl of Westmoreland, ever after for a bare allowance, was subject to the proud controlment, of every rascal Spaniard: Felton, to draw her majesties subjects from dutiful obedience, set up the Pope's Bull upon the Bishop of London's gates, 
Felton executed.  but (God be praised) the horns that should have gored the innocent, turned into a halter to hang master Felton: the Pope expected no good success by open force, and therefore he now armed his practices with machivel's policies. 
Madder and Barlowe executed.  Madder and Barlowe were made instruments, to murder some principal Magistrates, but their confusion was speedy, & their purpose frustrate. This wily Pope, with an ambitious humour, 
The Duke of Norfolk, beheaded.  then infected the principal Pear and most popular subject of England: his treason was so dangerous, as the person of the Queen's majesty, and the peace of England, could not be in safety until the Duke was set lower by the head: in whose confusion by God's providence the peace of England was no way troubled: the conspiracy of Throgmorton, Apleyard, 
Q. Elizabeth's death practised by necromancy.  Brooke, and others, had no better success, then in helping some of those wicked members to the gallows The Pope & his instruments seeing the policy of man, prevailed not against the Lords anointed, they set the devil a work to destroy her sacred majesty. The notable traitor Doctor Story (whom God would have cut off, 
D Story ex●●●●ed.  by the censure of her majesties laws) confessed that certain persons (of whom there is yet, that liveth by virtue of her princely word & mercy) undertook to destroy her excellency by Necromancy: but the devil had no power, where the Angel of the Lord was the shield of his anointed: 
Stukeleus treaton frustrate.  by the soliciting of the Atheist Stukley, the pope took heart of grace, by open force to alter the godly government of England, and for his better strength, Stukley thought to have compassed the K. of Portugeses army, after an end of his battle with Mulei Maluco, King of Feze, and Marocoes, 
Stukley's slain.  but God's providence turned his hope, to an idle fancy, for in that battle, the K. of Portugal was slain, his army was discomforted, and Stukley was cut off, from disturbing of the peace of England. But yet of keep the Pope's purpose a foot, james fitz Morrice an Irish Traitor, took upon him to be the Pope's captain: a man both for courage, judgement, and experience, better armed to do mischief then Stukley: and to make passage for foreign power, he conveyed himself into Ireland, where he soon alured the Earl of Deasmonde, sir john his brother, and others unto rebellion: but such was God's justice (when the Traitor Fitzmorrice lest thought to be surprised) he was casually slain, before he saw any success of his treason. 
The traitor Fitzmorrice slain.  D. Saunders supplied his place, and after him followed the Italian and Spanish forces: 
The Pope's forces in Ireland put to sword.  it was Gods good pleasure, to give her majesty sohonorable a victory, as not one man escaped to carry news, save a very few that were spared toreporte the mercy and power of her Majesty: 
D. Saunders died of a fre●●zie in the mountains.  Doctor Saunders wandered up and down in the Mountains like a rogue, and died of frenzy: the Earl of Deasmonde was driven to live like a beggar in the Mountains, and to finish his miserable life, 
The Earl of Deasmond beheaded.  after his accustomed and savage manner, had by an Irish man his head strooken off in his Cabin: sir john his brother like a Wolf in the woods wandering to seek some prey, 
Sir john of Deasmond beheaded.  was taken and headed after his own usage: when the practise of the Pope concerning open rebellion was thus rend in pieces, necessity drove him, by his vagrant jesuits in every corner to sound seditious schimeon's proclamation, which was to entertain murtheres, thieves, A thiests, & all manner of discontented persons, into the service of the pope, to the intent that they should murder the Q. majesty, and alter the state of this government, both in matters of religion & policy: these jesuits in disguised habits, some like ruffians, some like servingmen, & the most like courtiers transformed themselves at pleasure like unto Protew, 
Campion and divers seditious jesuits executed.  and made their night walks like owls, not withstanding God's providence hath delivered their Champion Campion, and divers others of them, into the hands of justice, & justice by orderly trial after ward condemned Campion, and some of the most malicious of the jesuits to the Gallows, whereof a number of good subjects wondered at their deformities, and plainly saw that the Lord of hosts, heaped the devices of the wicked upon their own heads, and showed forth the uncomely privities of Bebilon, according to promise.  West. 
With your favour sir, 
original of the jesuits.  I the less marvel that these jesuits, sow their seditions in such disguised, warlike, & ruffianly order, and entice men to violent murder, without difference of persons, when their first founder Ignatius Layola was a spanish soldier, who decrepit with wounds, to keep himself from begging in age, disguised himself with the habit of holiness, and with counterfeit miracles began this holy order, not unlike to the curtisanes of Rome, who when the sale of their beauty is past, profess themselves Nuns to get them a living by cloister brokage in their age.  Walk. 
in very truth since the time that it pleased God, 
Rebellion coloured by religion.  to make the glory of himself, and the passion of his son jesus to be known and reverenced among the Gentiles: the godly embraced religion to nourish their souls: and the wicked dissembled religion, to pamper their carnal bodies, and when that experience discovered, that the multitude were like unto a barrel that is ready to receive every liquor, and that with hasty running they followed every new doctrine, the ambitious Atheists strait devised some new form of divinity, to rob God of his glory, many men of their lives and livelihood, (but which is most to be lamented) huge millionns, of their salvation: in the primitive church there were such a huge sight of heretics, as christendom resembled a mighty army, 
Ambition and envy is the cause of alheretiques.  where the soldiers under a number of several Ensigns followed several Captains, for after every heretic followed a multitude of people. The envious Monk Sergius, through envy that his heresy in Constantinople was put to silence, devised the damnable sect of Mahomet, and to strengthen his purpose, he picked forth Mahomet, the most proud, arrogant, and insolent person of Arrabia to take upon him to be a prophet, & by magic wrought such counterfeit miracles, as to this day a great part of the world are led 〈◊〉 his error. One Ishmael seeing what force followed the banner of new religion, devised a religion different from Mahomet's, & by the strength of his followers, grew in fine to be the great Sophy of Persia, the unnatural enemy to the great Turk. The number of orders of Friars, had their beginning for the most part from ambition, or envy, and to this day there is a malicious hatred among them, as whosoever will read Erasmus dialogue, called Funus, shall well perceive, & seeing the knaveries of the old orders of the friars waxed so public as the date of their credit weared out: your reason is probable that the wounded soldier Layola devised this new order of jesuits, under the habit of holiness, to sustain his age in the reputation of his youth, and at this day there is in Italy a new order, called the fellowship of the Trinity, wherein are Tinkers, Tailors, Tilers; and all mechanical craft's men: and questionless, if some notable Necromancer to work some false miracles, would enter into their ●raternitye, the dignity of their order, would soon out way the credit of the jesuits: but to our former purpose, if the Devil and all his furies joined with the pope & his disciples, their policies should take no effect against God's providence. The murdering jesuits thought that they had sped of their purpose, when they had overcome the hairebraine Gentleman Sommeruile, 
Sommeruile hanged himself.  to murder her Majesty (whom the Lord always keep out of the violent hands of traitors) indeed they had picked forth a dangerous instrument, as a man so graceless, as he was fearless, to lay violent hands upon himself: but in his confusion was seen the prophesy of the Psalmist: His own tongue made him to fall, and all that heard him laughed him to scorn, he was first discovered by the suspicion of his own speech and by his overthrow it was perceived, that God shot at him with a swift arrow which wounded him, he made such haste to his deserved death: as this Traitor hanged himself the night before the appointed day of his execution. 
Arden executed,  The close Traitor Arden, was by Summervil's discovery brought to confusion. 
Throgmorton executed.  The dangerous traitor Throgmorton as cunningly as he disguised his odious treasons was entrapped in the snares which he set for his Country's destruction: and worthily died with the sword which he had whetted for the innocent. The odious Atheist Par●ie had the reward of his fellow Traitors: he had the place and opportunity (which prudence I hope will keep all other suspicious persons from) and yet as graceless as he was the very majesty of her majesties countenance made him lose his resolution, 
Parry ezeeu●ed.  with the self same virtue that appeared in the faces of the two magnanimous Romans: Marius and Crassus, where of the one with the motion of his eyes, and the other with the stoutness of his speech, redeemed themselves from death: The providence of God in bereaving the traitors of so valiant a Captain, as the Earl of Northumberland, every good subject to his comfort perceiveth, 
Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland slew himself with a dag.  who had so deeply entered into disloyalty as his own conscience condemned him, and therefore to save the honour of his house, slew himself. If the pope's instruments had judgement to way, that no one that actually practised her majesties death, or deprivement, hitherto escaped the visible vengeance of God: if her majesties goodness, and their duty could not move them to love, yet the assurance of punishment, and the continuance of shame, might fear them to be disloyal: but alas, those whose hearts are hardened, have their judgements blind, 
When it pleaseth God to harden the hearts of the wicked, he likewise blindeth their judgements.  and their affections swift to run upon destruction. Pharaoh was warned with divers plagues: that he should not hinder the departure of the children of Israel forth of Egypt: yet he would needs follow them to his utter destruction. The report of the Soldiers concerning the glory of Christ's resurrection, sufficed to have converted the jews, 
Visable warnins of God turned to strengthen the errors of wicked.  but to their condemnation, the Devil & money sealed this error in their hearts, that his disciples stole him away by night. God's justice struck Mahomet with the falling likeness to make him know, and repent his blasphemy, but to strengthen the people's misbelief, the devil taught him to say, that his passion proceeded of the conference with an angel whose divine presence, his earthly shape could not endure upon the principal day of the savage murder in Paris, as a token that God's word should flourish in despite of their cruelty: 
A dead tree bore green leaves, when the savage murder at Paris was in execution.  a withered tree bore green leaves in the churchyard, that received many a murdered carcase, and yet the papists on the contrary part, applied this prophising example, to the second flourishing of their Romish church: thus blind they are, in the success of their errors and wickedness, as evermore they turn the presage of their ruins, to the appearance of their prosperity, & with these vain hopes, Babington, and his fellow traitors, were led unto the follies and falls of the above named unloyall subjects: and therefore howsoever they persuade themselves, and threaten the multitude with a change of their prosperity: so long as we fear God, and be true to her Majesty, our peace will undoubtedly last, and the disturbers thereof, are like to taste their fortunes, that bought the horse Seian, whose masters had evermore miserable ends.  West. 
You have answered a matter which raised much fear, and a great deal of speech amongst the common people, so comfortably and truly, as cannot but be the cause of great joy and contentment unto the ignorant multitude, and no doubt a spectacle of great terror unto Traitors, to punish whose offences, no torture can be to violent: This Abington, was the last of the first seven that were executed: but forasmuch as the common brute was, that the other seven condemned and judged, should be executed the day following, I would gladly know if you saw their executions? what speeches they uttered, & what behaviour they used at their death?  W●lk. 
I stayed to hear, 
Thomas Salisbury Esquire executed.  and see the order of their deaths, and according to the general expectation of the whole multitude, the day following being the 21 of September, Salisbury was laid alone upon a hurdle, and other six, two, and two upon a hurdle, were drawn from Tower hill, through the city of London unto the former place of execution. 
The latter traitors executed with ez●eeding favour.  Salisbury was the first man that suffered, and in all points was handled as the seven that suffered the day before, save that he and the latter sir, were executed with this favour, that they were suffered to hang until they were fully dead, before the rest of their execution was performed.  West. 
It seemeth by their savourable handling that although the greatness of their offences, egged the sword, to take away their lives, yet the outward sign of their repentance obtained some compassion at their deaths.  W●lk. 
In very deed, albeit that Salisbury was blinded with the superstition of papistry, even at the point of death, yet he mildly acknowledged his grievous offence, towards the Queen's majesty, and in his last commendation, charged all Catholics, (for so he only accounted the Papists) that they should leave to attempt to set up their religion by violent hand: and by double and triple repetition, 
Violence 〈◊〉 bidden by Salisbury,  he counseled them to patience, and earnestly forbid them all manner of violence.  Walk. 
This gentleman by his execution, showed all traitorous papists, the assured reward of treason: and by his profitable admonition, a more necessary doctrine for them to follow, than the seditious persuasions of all the jesuits in the world: he was a Papist at point to die, so that it standeth with reason, that through the only working of his censcience, he published to the world, that the violent courses of Subjects were odious, when we doubt n●t but Ballard and other jesuits, had once blown into his ears, that the same was meritorious: all manner of violence by which the life of man is taken away, is murder, except the execution by the sword of justice, which belongeth to the King, and his ministers, only where the government is Monarchia: except also the violence done in righteous wars, and other slaughters by causualtie. And whosoever looseth his life by any other violence, the same man is murdered: whose blood, GOD will severely punish. GOD punished the murder committed by Cain with a most bitter curse: and yet, that there might be no protection in murder, 
The odiousness of murder.  GOD said himself, That whosoever slew the reprobate Cain, it should be avenged seven fold. GOD requireth the blood of innocents, at the hands of Kings and anointed Princes. To punish the fault of King David in seeking the death of Urias, GOD took away the life of the child which David had by Urias' wife: furthermore, in the time of King David, there was three years famine, and David, demanded the cause why? and the Lord said, it was for Saul, and the house of blood, because he slew the Gybonites. According to the opinion of Erasmus, the consenter in murder is as guilty as the doer, judas that betrayed Christ, and Pilate that adjudged him death only to please the jews, carried the burden of murder in their consciences, 
judas and Pilate died by the r●own violent hands.  and by the horror thereof, wrought their own destructions, that either might die by the violent hand of the most wicked person alive. The heathen men at Milite, when they saw the viper to hang upon Paul's finger, even from the very hatred of nature, they murmured and said: This man must needs be a murderer, whom, though he have escaped the danger of the ●ea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. Nature taught the Infidels to believe that vengeance followeth murder. And then reason may persuade Christians to assure themselves, that the blood thirsty are worse than Infidels, and cannot escape the sword of vengeance: seeing then that Kings, if they shed any blood otherwise then by the sword of justice, and judges, if they adjudge death for hatred, fear, or gain, by God's righteousness are punished as murtheres: What may they expect, that in corners lay violent hands of anointed Kings, or without colour of authority, murder the innocent, If the eyes of their understanding were not blind, they might see a doubtful success in their purpose, and the open consution of themselves. I have read of a number both of good and ●adde Princes and also of other, which have been bereaved of their lives by the violent hands of secret traitors: but among a hundred, you shall hardly read of one murderer, that hath escaped the torture of God's vengeance. Brutus and his partakers, murdered julius Caesar, but not one of them escaped a violent death: yea, the common people so loved Caesar, as to be revenged, they violently ran upon all the friends of Caesar's enemies, and by way of instruction the opinion is general, that if for our sins, it had pleased God, to have suffered our most excellent queen to have fallen into the violent hands of these wild Traitors, her majesties loving subjects being the most of the better sort, and the whole sway of the commons, would without respect of persons, have violently entreated every known Papist, as the Roman multitude did the friends of Caesar's enemies: and to continue this terror to murdering Traitors, with latter examples: the Archbishop of Pisa, together with the kindred of the Saluiatij, the family of Pazzie and other the ancient houses of Florence, 
Conspiracy of Florence murder pretended against the Medeci punished.  envying the popular favour of signor julian and Laurence de Medeces, who then principally governed the state of Florence, conspired to murder the two Medeces. To prevent suspicion, and to bereave the brethren of public succour, which in the streets they were like to find, the conspirators made choice of the church for their slaughter house: and upon a Sunday at mid mass, one of the conspirators slew signor julian, & Laurence de Medeces by God's providence escaped into the the Saccristiar●y sudden bruit of this assault, set all the city in an uproar, the conspirators cried, liberty: and the multitude life to the Medeci, & vengeance upon the conspirators: to be brief, with in the space of three hours the Archbishop of Pisa was hanged, Jeames Saluiatij, Jeames de Pazzi, Anthony de Volterro and divers others of the conspirators were slain in the fury of the people: Barnard Bandyn was led naked into the market place and there hanged: the rest of the conspirators, their servants, and favourers, were in this sort overthrown, and which is most grievous: their posterity have ever since been subjects to the Monarcall government of the house of Medeces. Galeas the son of Francis Forze, and Duke of Millen, for his odious vices and extreme tyranny, was generally hated of all the people of the city, he slew his mother, and by fear of force, abused the greatest part or the virgins and fair women of Millen, so that to redeem the City from this servitude, and tyranny, three young Gentlemen of anchient houses in Millen, conspired the Duke's death, their names were Charles viscount, john Andrea, and jerolme Olgiat: these gentlemen kept their resolution, & as the Duke was attentively hearing of mass, said by the Bishop of Coma, they so violently assailed Galeas, 
The murder of the tyrant Galeas Duke of Millen punished.  as they left him dead in the church, God suffered this vengeance to light upon the tyrant, yet in his justice would not suffer the conspirators to escape unpunished, Andrea and Viscounte were both slain in the hurley burley of the people: Olgiat was afterward apprehended by the ministers of justice, and albeit he redeemed the City from a great bondage, yet for that the good that they received, proceeded from an evil action in Olgiat, they executed him as a common traitor. The late King of Scots, 
Murder of the late K of Scots punished.  was villainously murdered: the greatest favourers & (according to published records) the greatest procurers of the said murder, were by common justice drawn to commit, almost all the murderers into the hands of the hangman, and such as escaped, or were not bound unto the censure of law, could by no means shift themselves from the vengeance of God. john jarugo that first assailed the godly prince of Orange, had the common reward of traitors, and the most odious Atheist Balthasar Serack that slew him: notwithstanding the blessing of the pope, 
Murder of the godly prince of Orange punished.  the commendation & threatening of the king of Spain, exchanged the pistol where with he slew the prince, for tortures to execute himself. I could allege infinite examples to dissuade men from violent murder, which Gods providence many ways preventeth, when his justice never leaveth the murderer unpunished. It is a special policy that the jesuits use, to draw young gentlemen to these desperate treasons: for if they had judgements to observe the infortunes of such practisers, or experience to look into the currants of time: they should see the attempt as vain a matter, as to throw stones against the Stars, or with a knock of their head, to level a mountain, that seek to displace a beloved Prince.  West. 
I pray God the good counsel of this traitor Salisbury may settle obedience in all men's hearts, and the better to bridle the malicious affections of the disloyal, they assure themselves by their outward appearance, that the multitude will entreat them, (and all their partakers) as the Romans did the quellers of Caesar, or as the Florentines did the conspirators against the Medeces.  Wilk. 
After Salisbury was with all possible favour executed, Dun was stripped into his shirt, 
Henry Dun gent executed.  who seemed very penitent for his grievous offence, & after that with very earnest persuasion, he had likewise dissuaded the Romish catholics from attempting any matter of violence, was executed with exceeding much favour.  West. 
This Dun, as the report goeth, lived (reasonably) wealthily: but it seemeth, the humour of the man, was not contented with a reasonable vocation, 
Ambitious humour of Dun.  as appeared by his vain imagination, who in Trinity term last, coming into the king's bench office, among other pleasant speech to one of his familiars: you will marvel (qd he) to see me within one quarter of a year to walk up & down with twenty men after me: where upon an acquaintance of his pleasantly answered, the he feared he should first see him followed to the Gallows with a thousand men.  Walk. 
Dun showed his desire, 
The root of rebellion.  and the other red his destiny, & in this observance, you have shown the working cause of most treasons: for though to draw the affections of the multitude, religion or some other public benefit be the pretence: 
Admonition for the ambitious.  Ambition, & desire of dignity is the wellspring of rebellion: but these that will fly without wings, are like to fall before they be wise, he that is born to be a servant aught in no wise to look for double and triple attendants: dignity is like a Fane on a high tower, which is subject to the chance of Fortune, as the other to the change of the wind: and who so will sit thereupon sure, he must like the 〈◊〉, get experience with slow climbing, lest in taking a swifter course, like unto a bird, he be removed with the least stone that is thrown: I mean with the least disgrace of fortune: if men's minds grow bigger, than their natural conditions, there are many examples of virtue to imitate, which have raised sundry men from the cart to the highest degree of honour, when in climbing by treason, many millions of honourable estates, die dishonourably, and to their posterity leave no better inheritance than infamy, let the end of this traitor be a warning example to all ambitious humoured men, that destruction followeth presumption, and that the climbing of pride will have a fall.  Wilk. 
When the execution of Dunne was finished, 
Edward jones Esquire executed.  the next that played his part was jones: this Traitor by that which was easy to be gathered of his behaviour at the Gallows, was a close papist of a shroud reach, and a very dangerous member in this common wealth: for notwithstanding he protested, he dissuaded Salisbury from this odious enterprise, his own tale showed that his counsel proceeded of a fear that he had, that the proud humour of Babington threatened an overthrow of their purpose, rather than of any dutieful zeal that he bore towards the safety of the Queen's majesty: for he neither would himself discover his treason of the highest degree of treasons, neither did he council his friend Salisbury to prevent his own danger in discovering the conspiracy of his companions: yea, when the odiousness thereof broke out into public knowledge, contrary to the general duty of a good subject, and in contempt of a special warrant derected unto him, he not only refused (as he himself confessed) to apprehended Salisbury being in his house, but so far as he might, succoured him, after that he was published to be of the most wicked conspiracy, one especial thing that, nevertheless, moved a number to pity him above the rest: with vehement words he protested, that though he was a Catholic in religion, yet he so deeply weighed the liberty of his country, as that he would and ever was ready to spend his life in withstanding any foreign 
Foreign invasion reproved by jones.  enemy: French, Italian, Spanish, or whatsoever. The tolerating of muasion, by whose opinion was so far from nature, and christian duty, as no excuse nor punishment might satisfy the crime.  West. 
It is a wonder that papists, who hold it damnable to hearken to the counsels of Protestants are not admonished by the censures, and warnings of papists themselves, at the point to die: but contrary to the judgement of their fellows consciences in that fearful passage, they follow the seditious persuasions of jesuits, that they shall greatly work the liberty of their country, in delivering the same into the hands of foreign governors, otherwise, they would never have given succour and aid, to the Italian forces in Ireland, or (as it is one especial point of their treasons) in all their conspiracies to practise a foreign invasion.  Walk. 
Those whose hearts it pleaseth God to harden, have neither eyes to look into their own danger, nor judgement to consider of their own benefit, and no doubt this traitor, having his conscience prepared to die, saw the odiousness, and unnaturalness of this kind of treason, which the corruption of his life little respected, or rather favoured, for as the case standeth with the Papists (God be praised for blessing her Majesty and the Magistrates with such prudent foresight) he that setteth his heart to treason, 
Foreign invasion unnatural.  inclineth his affection to foreign invasion, as otherwise out of hope to see the wished success of his desire: but since it pleased God to commend by this public enemy, the natural liberty of a man's country: and by conclusion, to discommend his ●ellowe traitors who continually labour the bondage thereof. It shall not be amiss for our instructions to enlarge our conference with the odiousness and and unnaturallnesse, and the Papists own dangers contained in this Archtreason: we see that if two Mastiffs eagerly fight, nevertheless, at the sight of a Bear, they part themselves and fly upon their natural enemy: foreign servitude is as unnatural, and odious, to every Nation, as the Bear to the Mastiff. To be rid of which servile yoke, at 
Example by the jews.  such time as Titus Vespasian besieged jerusalem: notwithstanding there were thousands of the Citizens daily slain with civil trays, yet at every assault of the Romans, the jews joined so assuredly together, as if the multitude had been but one hand: we read in Chronicles of a number of good men that have been ingratefully & unkindly entreated of their own country: and of a very few so bad (until this wicked age) that preferred a stranger to 
Examples of lovers of their country  the government of their native country: Themistocles the good Athenian, was unjustly banished Athens & for succour was driven to go to K. Artaxexces, the Athenians sworn enemy: Artaxerxes glad of this advantage, laboured to guide his army against Athens: & when the Captain could no longer withstand the king's importunities, he drunk bulls blood and died, rather than he would revenge the ingratitude of his country with foreign bondage: there was mortal hatred between two worthy Captains, Cretinus Magnetius, & one Hermias, so that the whole country was occupied with their discord, but when the K Mithridates assailed their country, Cretinus Magnetius voluntarily banished himself, that the jealousy of their hatred might not hinder the public service of his valiant enemy Hermias: the traitor that for his private advancement laboureth to betray his country, would if his country's danger so required be loath to follow the example of K. Codrus, who understanding that the liberty of his country stood upon the loss of his life, he presently in the habit of a slave entered the camp of the Peloponians, & Dorians, his enemies & there quarreled until he was slain: to do their country service, Ane●rus, K Midas son, & Curtius, voluntarily leapt into a devouring gulf of the earth: Caius Graccus sacrificed his own daughter, & the noble Roman Sevola adventured alone to kill Poisinus in his camp. In ancient time men bore this zeal toward their country that a number in de●ence thereon, ran upon violent death. If these general traitors had but experience, to consider of their own thraldom, they could not be so ready to welcome the foreign enemy with one hand, as they would, be forward to throw him forth with all their force, the Popish Clergy who● with Cardinal Poole say, Roma mihi patri● est, helped the spaniard into England, the king of Spain and his counsellors, laboured for the Monarcal Diadem, and as the time then served, they thought, and it is very like, they had wrought divers of the Nobility to favour their purpose: 
The purpose of the King of Spain in Queen Mary's days.  it is easy to be judged, the evil that they meant unto their enemies, when they purposed to deal thus with their friends: they determined first by their help to cut short such of the nobility as they found contrary to their desire, and then they meant to make their friends safe with honourable dignities abroad whereof, they should take such sound possession, as they should never see England again: as whosoever hath seen a letter in form of an admonition written by the godly martyr M. john Bradford to the nobilittie of England, may more largely perceive: Bernardin de Mendoza, the late ambassador for Spain, (who trained Throgmorton a principal traitor, 
A policy of Barnardin de Mendoza.  and many others no doubt undiscovered, to make a passage for a foreign invasion,) after his forced departure out of England, divers times hath said, that if he had continued still in England he wo●d not have left a Papists head of any account standing upon their shoulders: meaning, that before the coming of the Spanish power, to leave no man of estate or reckoning, that might lawfully look to strike a stroke in their government, for the Spaniard will be Domine, fac ●otum, wheresoever he ruleth: & where is then the reckoning of those traitors, that look for dignity by this unnatural treason.  West. 
You have already red their fortunes, and I pray God both by the falls and follies of these traitors, that all English men may have their hearts (to withstand the foreign enemy) strengthened with the protestation of jones his tongue, at the hour of his death. Amen.  Wilk. 
After jones had paid the price of his treason with all possible favour, 
john Travis & john Charnok Gent. executed.  Charnock was excecuted, and after him Travis, both men as it seemed bewitched with an ignorant devotion, for that in their ends there was nothing to be observed, but their praying to our Lady, calling upon saints, joined with a number of ceremonies, crossings & blessings, so that it appeared, 
Their ignorant devotion dangerous.  that in their prayers they were bound to a form more than unto faith.  Walk. 
The Pope can find out no instrument so constant for his purpose, as the ignorant per●on bewitched with his superstitious devotion, for he resolutely followeth whatsoever is given him in charge: such a one was hairbraine Somme●●ile, that intended to kill her majesty, whose life (as the life of England's happiness) God long continue: and such an other was young jarugo, that first wounded the godly Prince of Ora●ge, who was so simple, as he persuaded himself that the Pope had the power, and would cause him to do the deed invisible, and therefore the Pope was wont to practise most rebellions by the ignorant multitude, who so long as they were blinded with his errors, were ever constant in the execution of his policies, and certainly although the simple ignorance & error of these two traitors, were to be bemoaned, yet the danger of their treasons considered, their executions were very necessary both for example, & her majesties safety.  West. 
You say very truly.  Wilk. 
When the Hangman had given these two senseless papists his heavy blessing, 
Robert Gage G●●t. executed.  Gage prepared himself to die: he began his protestation, that there was never a subject more bound to a Prince, than his Father was to her Majesty: and from that true acknowledgement of her majesties graciousness, 
Her M●gratiousnes commended by this traitor.  ●ell to excuse himself of the odious trealons for which he died: but upon so weak a ground, as the simplest judgement then present, found by the order of his own confession, that he was a dangerous instrument for the Pope: he confessed that he accompanied Balla●d the Seminary Priest into Yorkshire, 
Gauges hypocrisy.  and that he wrote a letter for the said Priest, to a French man or a Spaniard of account beyond the seas, and in all the course of his confession in indifferent judgements he accused himself to be a hollow subject and a sound Papist.  West. 
This cunning traitor Gage, could never have made a confession of more infamy unto himself, then in acknowledging the Queen's most excellent favour, showed unto his father, which a dutiful son ought to esteem a benefit unto himself: & so to dauble reproach his treasons, he condemned himself of ingratitude: which unnatural fault, Per●ander, evermore sentenced with death: but in my opinion, if the Queen were les merciful, 
her majesties mercy renow●●● 〈◊〉 Rome  the papists would be more faithful: for truly their punishment is so mi●de as by the faith o● an honest man I heard in Rome, a Popish Priest in the presence of other fugitives, wish to be her majesties p●soner in the 〈◊〉 rather than to enjoy his liberty o● conscience in R●me.  Wilk. 
It is very likely, that the 〈…〉 Priest, 
The alms of Rome.  was regarded in Rome as old dogs are with their masters, when the date of their hunting is out, the sentence of their hanging is at hand, for I have heard, how those marked people (that holy scripture wills us to beware of) are welcome to Rome, and no less rewarded of the Pope, when those that by their outward countenance promise not a rebellious spirit, are entertained neither with the one nor the other.  West. 
You put me in remembrance of a special difference, that I observed in Rome, which well confirmeth your opinion, and is not impertinent to our conference: being in Rome, Anno dommini 1580, there was presented unto the Pope a notale English shifter, who named himself Seamer, a one eyed person, and such a one as had abused sundry great estates in Germany: this man being in want, and withal unlearned as he could hardly read English was a suitor to the Pope to be entertained into the English Seminary, 
The disposition of the described by these examples  and there to be instructed in the profession of the jesuits, he soon obtained his purpose, and with a blessing of crowns was shortly after commended to Rheames, and what there became of him I have not heard: at the same time, there came to Rome an English Gentleman, wonderfully drunken with the zeal of the romish religion, he had sometimes a proper living, and good store of money left him by his father, which for the most part he consumed in the fellowship of the Papists: in fine, he was enjoined by his confessor, (I think upon policy because he had little left to maintain him) to resrayne from the drinking of wine and from the eating of all manner of flesh: in the execution of which penance, (for that in Italy there was small store of fish, and no beer or Ale, he was for the most part, driven to live with bread and water: this Gentleman was so strict in obeying penance, and so devout in the Pope's holiness, as of a number of Papists he was derided: & of some other tickled, that he was a very Saint upon earth: but what would Rome and all the Seminaries of Italy do for this ignorant and devout Gentleman? Unto the shame of all Papists, I truly certify, that with many a weary step, in the deep of winter he arrived at Rome: he was (not without some repining) entertained with eight days allowance in the English College: but one days succour above, he could not compass: he laboured to be admitted into the fellowship of the jesuits, he was flatly denied, and in recompense of all his toil, charge, & zeal, he was constrained to leave Rome with a bare purse, to seek some new blind adventure, his usage made me to abhor the hypocrisy of Papists, and inwardly to lament the blindness of my poor countryman: we departed from Rome together, myself minding to go unto Vennis, and he to Madonna Deloreta. To show all the follies of the man in our journey were tedious, 
A blind devotion.  and more ridiculous: at every two mile's end, there was (lightly) a Chapel, and where he found our Lady, or any other Saint fair painted, he would there kneel down and pray, but if the Images were in bad attire, he evermore past them over with the salutation of his cap: many a mile he stepped forth of his way, to reverence some old friars relic: at Loreto he turned their lewd lie of our ladies house into English, & to purchase the jesuits favour, 
The Papists feign our Lady's house was by miracle brought from jerusalem into Italy.  he did all the duties of a Romish Catholic: but for all his sure, they would not admit him into their society: thus wandered he all the dead winter, from religious house, to religious house in Italy, & yet for all his penance, and straightness of life, the poor Gent. could not get a resting place, the reason was as you have said, and I well observed, he showed an appearance of an ignorant zeal, and no sign of a dissentious spirit.  Walk. 
Well, leave we these dissembling jesuits to the justice of God, who visibly punisheth them with shame, & the most of their instruments with destruction, and now neighbour Wilk. I pray you show us what observed you in the end of the last of these traitors  Wilk. 
The last that suffered, was one of the Bellamy's, 
jeremy Bel●amy Gent. executed.  his countenance discovered him to be a settled papist: & as he could say little to save his life, so at the gallows he said nothing to defend his death.  West. 
Although this traitor had but a dull spirit, yet it seemeth he had a mallitious heart: he and his friends succoured Babington, & some of his co-mates, when fear of the law, and shame of their odious treasons, made them to shroud themselves like a Fox in the covert: 
One of the Bellamy's hanged himself in the Tower.  & it seemeth that they were as resolute to follow the treasons of Babington, as they were ready to relieve him from the danger of the law: otherwise if this Bellamy's brother had had an innocent conscience, he would never with violente hands have hanged himself.  Wilk. 
God be praised that these rotten branches are thus cut off: but if his providence prevent not the mischiefs, it is to be feared that of the root there will grow many other, apt to bring forth the fruit of public disturbance.  Walk. 
In very truth, necessity hath made the bloody devices of the Scottish Q. so common, as no good subject may justly be forbidden, to derive the cause, both of foreign, and domestic conspiracies from her unprincely heart: our sacred Q. Elizabeth's mercy hath many years contended with a number of fearful admonitions, to preserve both the life and honour of this most unkind queen: when the Scots her own people pursued her life, 
Books written against the Scottish Q. forbidden in England.  and printed her defame, the Queen's Majesty entertained her, as Augustus did his enemy Cinna: she gave her her life, that many ways sought her own life: and was so careful of her honour: that she forbade the books of her faults, to be conversant among her english subjects: which almost in every other nation were made vulgar: but Cinna after three times forgiveness, became (none so) faithful to Augustus: when this Scottish Queen, being three times thrice forgiven, remaineth (none more) bloodily infected to Queen Elizabeth: her own hand writings be witnesses. During the whole course of her abode in Eng. which may be properly called a protection, and no imprisonment: there is nothing more manifest, then that her malice thirsted the death of her own life. The currants of her practices were so general: as every good christian prince know as much, and certified her Majesty no less: in fine, seeing that her pretending were not only against the person of her Majesty, but that they also reached to the change of christian religion: some zealous members of the Church of God, 
A book long since written in french to sentence the bloody Proceed of the Scottish Q with death  in public writing did set down, the danger of her majesties mercy: and in christian policy showed by many weighty reasons, that God delivered the Scottish Queen unto the sword of her justice, as he did many Idolatrous Princes, into the hands of the Kings of Israel: but our most gracious queen notwithstanding these continual advertisements, with a magnanimous heart digested all this danger: yea, she was so far from revenge, as she yielded not to make her subjects partakers of the●e foreign counsels▪ whom next under her, they principally concerned: Lastly, when the continual importunities of her loving Subjects, by all the Estates of Parliament, tired her Majesty with petitions to proceed to the sentence of her own laws, her clemency found out delay, when justice would admit no excuse: 
The Scottish Q. executed on wednesday, the 8. of Feb. 1586.  but the delay of execution proved so dangerous, as the safety of the Queen's Majesty (was in judgement of the wisest) held desperate, so long as the Scottish Queen lived: & (therefore) to the unspeakable grief of the Queen's Majesty: though (otherwise) to the universal joy and desire of her subjects, justice was executed upon this ungodly Queen, upon Wednesday, the 8. of February 1586.  
The Lord be praised: who is the protector of our gracious Queen and all her good subjects, and who (hitherto) with his holy hand hath given her these peaceable victories, so wonderfully, as all the world is occupied with the admiration thereof, & that the same God may bless her highness, with a long & peaceable life. I beseech you accompany me to the Church, where with thankful hearts, we may praise him for many received benefits, and with zealous spirits, humbly pray for the continuance of the same.  West, 
With right good will we are ready to accompany you, and God for his sons sake either turn the minds of those that miswish her Majesty▪ or speedily bring them to the shame and confusion of these Traitors before named, that have worthily suffered for their most odious treasons. Amen.  
FINIS.