/ cl‘/> the Mind, and of Grace‘, yet,if he might not have‘
they profit him? Vertly, no?!

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dud delivered to Her Majelty by a certain Nobleman, at
Her firfl: Entrance to Her Reign. ,    *

To the Nofilrz green, ELIZABETH! 

LB BIT, there be innumerable Gifts and Btne-by ‘But, Alas l  oiir Natural Mother 1:'ng1'4Im', which hath

fits of Almighty God, whereof every one
would wonderfully comfort "any Perfon, on
whom it lhould pleafe his Goodnefs to be-
ftow it: Yet is none olthem, either fepirate
by it fclf, or joyned with any other, or yet all mingled
together, to be companied to this One; That it hath
plcafed God of his Mercy, to deliver this Realm, our
Country, from the Tyranny of Malicious Mar], and to
commit it to the Government of Vertuous Eliz.a[2etb.i
For, if a Man had all the Trealu-re ofSo1aman, and might 
not be fuffered to have the ufe thereof; in what better i
Cafe were he, thrtnmillcrable Tm;m’u:, over whofe Head
the Apples continually hung; yet being hunger-f’tarvecl,
he could never touch them ? If a Man had as -{lrong :1
Body as had Sampfon, and beficles, were as W/ya/e 4: A
F{flv,.as the Proverb is; yet if he were kept in Bands, ,
vxhat {hould it avail him? Yea,rather,if it be well con-
fidercd, it is anhurt to him, if continuance ofTorments
and Paint may be an hurt. , ‘
lfa Matuhgd, as tn,tri_y Children as hail Gfdeloiny thtijuclge,

 

and might notb: fo fuilercd to hringitliem up, .in the '
Fm; }Of God, and good Knowledge and ,MannerS, had y
bcinoc been more happy to be without them, than to,

have them ? If a Man, had as much Knowledge of God,
as had 5:, A2431, and durft not profefs it openly with
Mouth, 3, hc is commanded‘, but,_”l'o't":i'ea_r of Death,
{hould declare ‘thejeontrary in Deed, {l:mtlcr the W'ord
of God", anddeny Cbrzfl, which is forbidden; Should
it not rather be a lurthemnce to his Damnation, than

otherwifc ?

And, ,0 1,, (hm; If any one Man had in thcfe ,Ci-its

all the Gifts of Fortune, the Bo~

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been counted to he the fureft, the richefl, and of late al»
fo the molt Godly Nation ofthe Earth, hath been tht-fe
whole Five Years moft violently, by Tyrants, forced to
latk the llle of all t.he Gifts and Benefits, where—with
God and Nature had encluecl her. Her Natural and Lo-
ving Children could not be fulilcred to enjoy their Right
Inheritance, whereby theymigbt reli~.ve,an<l YUCCOUI’ lift‘,
or themfelvesa but whatfoever they had, was either by
open Force, or by crafty Deal‘in_g pulled from them And
furely, this had been tolerable, if none other Mifchief i
had been there-with intended. V .

He is ;i gentle Thief, (ii Thieves may be counted gen-
tle) that only robbeth :1 Man ofhis Goods, and refrain-
eth violent Hands from his Perfon: For fuch Lofs, with
Labour and Diligence, mztybe recovered He ma be‘
Called 1 Merciful Murderer, that only killcth the aged
Parents, and uleth no Force on the Children .’ For Na-
ture hath m;.t<.le all Men mortal, and that in lilac Space‘,
and to kill the Parents, is (as it were) the prevention of
a lhort Time, ifitwere tothe uttermo{’t enjoyed.
 lBUt't"hCl‘c’Ty1fI{1ts were more ungentle, than com'nor
Tliieves; more empty of Mercy, than common Murde-
rers : For they were not only not contented to have th
G00Cl$ Of the People, but they would have it deliveret
to them by the Owner’s own Hands, that it might bi
{aid to the Worltl, They gave it with their Heart: An:
were not there—with pleafed, but they would have their
I-iV'~‘—‘a that they {hould not bevvray them: And yet here-
with they wetzeetnotl‘-.ttisfied, but they meant to root out
the whole Pt‘ogcny., and Nation of Eng]:/b~M€n» ‘ll’-if
none fhould be left to revenge, and cry out on their Ex~
tremites, and to bring our Country intothe Spmiierdk
Dominion. * G 4

It is an horrible Cruelty, for one Brother to kill auto’
Ill“; much more horrible, for the "Children to lay vio-e
lent and niurdering Hands on their Parents; but tnollr
horrible of all, to murder the Children in the light or

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heir Parents, or the Parents in the light of their Chil-  Belides this, it is molt evident, that He had determir,-‘.»-- , \

fed to make this Noble Conquefl: alone, with his own
 Hand, and Mighty Power 5 and would not that itihould
gbe done by Man, left Man fhould impute any Part of

Idren, as thclic molt cruel Tormentors havedone. A
But, whatydo I (land in thele thing=:, which have Tome
Delence, becaule the,,T44rlg_g perchancggale Ii) to do‘, and

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It was not eno?§h for ttheliefiiunnaturi V _
‘tors, Tyrints, an  Chgifiians, to the Lords ofthe
Goods, “Pblli Ilions, ahdfiodies of  Brethren and
Country-Men : But being very A’;ari.C/yrzfls, and line-
mies of Cl:-rzfl’s Crofs, they would be Gods, and reign
in the Confeiences, and Souls of Men, Every Man, \/Vo
man, and Child, mult deny C/mfl in W’ord openly, ab-
hor C/Jttfi‘ in their Deeds, {lander his G/éfpel with Word
and Deed, -worlhip and honour falfe Gédgas they would
have, th_em,,ancl" themfc-Ives did‘, and lb give Body and
Soul to the Devil; their Matter; or fecretlyiifleeg or after
inward Torments, be burned openly. O Cruelty, Cruelty»
fmexceeding all Cruelties committed by thole Antieht
and Famous Tyrants, and Cruel Murderers! iPrl:1a'¢‘/‘A1071,
Herod, Caligula, Z\7c7'a, Domitian, /k/4.x-immc, Diac/efixm,
Dcczm; whole Names,for. their cruel ,_Perl‘ecuti<-in of
the People of God, and their own Tyranny‘ praétifed on
the People, have been,’ bL“,”"'§fltl e"V€'r I_ha'”l‘I the in perpe-
tual Hatred, and their”Souls in continual Torment in
Hell. Ifyany Man would take upon him to fet forth par-
ticularly all the Aéts that have been done thefe full Fire
Years, by this unnatural V5/_oman; (No, no Woman}

i?§Englr)Ch T0r§i‘-len-

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i, but a Monfler, and the Dévilof Hell C()!!elt‘i?(l with the

Shape of a Woman) as it is molt necefliiry for the Glo-
ry ofGod, and the Profit of his Church,-and--this Rea-Ln,
it lhoud be done‘, he {hall find it a Matter fizfiicient
for a perfrét great Hillary, and not to be contained in
an Omrion, to be Utt.C1‘C(l at one time hythe Voice of
Man. But torcomprehendathe fumm ofhall their Wick-
ednels in few words :‘-. Behold! .l_fIII'l£ttAl‘nQ€V€1‘ Malice in
tniliflri-cf,” Covetuoulnefs ifrl‘ oyl, Cruelty in punilhing,
Tyijanyny lid“; f ru/{lion coul do, that "all this poor Erg-
 Nati<)n,:t§g,, . l__Five Years, eithe'"r"l_iil‘Ferecl already.,
or, The‘ -I -  lerecl;i*had not the great Merry of God
preventer ‘E54  ’

And albdtiejtlrere E1:Itivc beeo,it-iany,, thati;h:_ive'h;:.z'arded,

 
 

  
 

  and lofi their Lives, .toglhak,e.,oFF t;liis,moIl“rr‘~u;gh Brake,

(v:h¢~1'e-. withthis I/;'r4l5gin,rat.ll§t‘  Vir,gz"Iz, as the would
be called and taken, b‘<>i?t'IlC(l,"liEr:IeIf to,b‘egIEhf of God,
to rrde and tame the ’l3€0pié:,_QI"_ Eirglzgnfl-‘jf,_2ilbéit theft
have been man , that have gone aliotit to’loofe their
Brethrciinyout of the Yna’_k of this iiriroll milerable Captivi-_
tys , and albeit fome have proved to break the B..anc_ls of
this ntolt7rruel'Tyranhy, fyct.  th5y,_.nevei' bring to
pals that which they to eam_‘éitiy l;ibotired’,_ and to man-
fully at-tempted’.  t ,_ _ ,; ~  - I, i  I

And it ishotyhing to b’:'vvon&1rcd,.1¢t tli::I’zz/'71fl5 bore
thereof what itvplealiezh‘ themi ; For Almighty G-:'ad, be-'
ing a mall; indifi'€fe.nI G.nvcr_nojir, ptmilliing'.Evil, and
. his "Jt‘rR'ice Trill’:-rihis‘
Scourge Io foon to be taken from thi's"our;,Land, if He
meant the Salvaiioniol the People, ‘as molt injanilieltly it
appcarcth He did. 2 For, having once given to the Realni
the greatell Jewel that ~might",b;c. that is‘, tlieifree tile
of his Lively \/Vord, (which, they had embraced and
‘followed, it would haveircformedall -Diforders and Sins’
for which his Wrath was ,llinfClI(’iCl_:m(lip1‘OV0l{C(l} tlie Peo-
pie nothing regarded, it, but either utterly contemnecl it,’
01- abufcd ‘tr; and many made it a Cl0al{,_§m(l Colour,,to
cover their Mifchief: So that, if He ;Il-‘.ould liiddenly
have with-drawn this Plague, (as Tyran'ts‘and Evil Go-
vernours he the Plague of God ‘ they would neither have
paired on his lullice, not yet fhould they have felt the
Swectnefs,of his Mercy. For commonly, the People re-
gard but Things prefent, and neither rememl)Cr Things
Fall’: nor yet pals on Things to come, unlefs they be
warned by exceeding Extremities.

the Glory ofthis Viétory ti) his own St1‘engt-h, or to his
own Policy °, or that Fortune {hould feeegn to bear any
Stroke in-i’o Glorious a  and  Partzmer,
in Men’js,,Opi.niohs, of a Tr';u‘i‘uph to worthy.;; 

Neither did his Almighty Power work This, when Man
would have it ciifpatclied :, that i~, as ioon as the Erie»
my began to gather their Force; for it is not to great
a Viitory, to clifcomfit a few diiperled People, as it is
to dellroy a perfeélly united Army : But He iiifierecl them
to make their Force as great as was pofliblé, to work
whatfoever Mifchiefs by Spoyl, Banilhment, Pr'ifon~1:ent,
Hanging, Heading, Burning, or otherwife could be ima~

ined.

Neither would-his molt Provident Wifdom do it out

of Seafon ,2 But as the Good Husband-man doth not Crop

his Tree, till it have riindered his Fruit, Io would He

might be taken thereof. ‘

When He had given ofuflicicnt Leifure to all kind of
Men to declare themfelves; who were Crpcodjlar, Tome
time lying in Water, fometime on Land; tlmt: is, both
~Gafpc!r'er.r and Papiflx : who were Springer, Iiiiiixzeéted
whether they had Life, or no Life; whether their ‘>’*z"t.‘1”t”t
C évrz:/firms,-or Epicure: : who were C/mmeleom, th;-ii tould
turn ‘themlelves into all Colours; with PYoteJ"3z»1:.-*I‘5, Pro-
tefhmt: 5 with Papzflf, Paalpzflxg With Spa.-.i.q7'ci‘5,\§;:,$‘.o3iii—
4rd: ; with Englzjh-Men, £2;-yfliy/B-Men : who i"‘«.ftfI‘~’-C ={}'.z2.z—

tbo’:, that could apply themlelves to every 2*-;"lan’s :5tppe~
rite that was in Authority 2‘ if-tho were M4:-z};ot’a{:, that
followed 2!/Iarfs mad Alli--Eitionsz who were Wm:/or-r-
cacks, that did turn with every Wind: who were /‘mes
ffi-yc:,that could Bite, and Bart; not 2 who were Cm-r:,ever

 

Burr/ring: who were Foxes, that would promife much, and
perform nothing; who could bind thzémf-elves with many
04:12:, and do clean contrary: who were Cains, that
Taught thé‘In'nocl:nt Abel: Death : who were thei\‘R7olves,
that worried the Lambs: And finally, when he had ‘Sufi.
féred the Spiritual Shavelings to Spue outthelr Venome-,

and-every Man to declare outwardly, who: he was inward-
ly; then do'th'h‘e‘work this ‘molt Viétoritous Conquefh.

your fakes, which nothing regarded the benefits: that I-
molt plenteoully poured on you, and have dc-iferved mofl:
grievous Punilhittents for your llnthankfhlfiefs: . But of
mine Infinite Mercy, and for my Gloriesfalte, which I will
have op‘ened_to all the World in thefe latterditys, to thfi
I eat of the Evil’-d_o'é:r‘s, and to the Comfort of ihe W ellaf

were before; Yetnay, if ye will, be more Veifriflmfipeftf in:
rim‘: to tome, thin ye _"have been in time pail: - Ye may,
if ye liI_’t, put me to lefs trouble,’ and keep I-yourifelm in
g more -fafety; 11 have not only diliirovered Miné,'«?yburs,'ancI
 Lahd of Ehglzizrdr Enemies, arid all the Gr2fft§,l Subti;I-1
ties, and Policies,_ that have Beehfor may boil uféd ‘by them,
oranyilike hereaftersbut I alfo have taken away theitx
Head and C£ipL’l.If1,'afi(lClClifOf7Cd a great nurrffier of them,
that ye fhould not be troubled’ with theti1,1‘s aiidafome of
them have 1 leFt,_ that ye may make them Spiéébacles and-
‘Eitamples, to the Terrbur and Fear of their 'Po{t«:riry..
Love me, and I wil~I Love you: Seek my Hbnourtantl.
Glory, and I will work your Commodiitya and Safitty :,
Walk in my Wgtys and Commandments ,— and I will be;
with you for ever. i"   ;~ ,
Surely, If we éonfider the wonderful Methy, that it
hath pleafed God to ufe towards us, in the delivering of
the Realm, and us his People, out of the hafidsffof thgfé
molt Cruel Tyrants, as we cannot but do, unlefs we will
declare

not root out the-fe Peftilent Tytrants, till the moit Profit

Andywith his works the‘ feeméthA;pIainly to fay thus unto us: i
‘Ye fee (my'People) what I have done for ‘your; not for  

doers. Provokefno more my Wrath: Ye l‘Ee.,.i"{'l'Ia[ will -
follow it: Be hereafter more Prudent and Wife; than yée K

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~..,“declaz'c our l‘elv’est'o bciib: molt 11nthanl<fulPeople: that
ever Lived, We mull needs judge it not only worthy to be
‘conipared, but alfo far to exceed the deliverance of the
Cbildicn of Ifmtl out of Egypt, from the Tyranny of
I’/sdmoté, and ‘front the Powers of Holoferrzcj and Se72ac‘lJc-
riéi. For it isnot Read, that either P/mraa/.2, or the other
two fought any other thing, than robe the Lords"of the
Goods and Bodies of the 1'"/rzzclircsg they forced tlietii not
to commit Adultery, and to lerve falle Gods, as the E72-
311]}? Tyrants did.

But b-slides, If we will note the wonderful Works of
God, in handling this matter, we {hall well perceive, that
far much more is Wrought to his Glory, and to the profit
of his Church and People. tiihan perehance all Men at the
firtt do fee. For he hath not only difpatched the Realm
of the chief Perionages,~ and Head of there Tyrants, but
alfo, as it were declareth, that he minded not that either
they or their doings fhould continue. For albeit, That
all A615, done by Tyrants Tyrannoufly, be by all Laws,
Reafon, and Equity, of no force, yet becaufe no Difput;i—
tion ihould follow on this , what is Tyrannoully done,
and what is not Tyrannoully done? he hath provided that
this uellion needeth not to come into Qlfifllfllla For he
utterly Blinded thézir Eyes, and fuffered them to Build on
falfe ‘Grounds, which can no longer {tand than they 
‘propped up with Rope, Sword, and Faggot. For her iflrll:

‘Parliament, wheteonthey‘ grounded and wroiuglht a gram
part-of their Tytanhy, and virlietein they meant to Over;
th‘row whatfoévet King Edward had for the aydvancelhent
. _*ofl.GodsGloty brought to pti_l"s,, was of no Force or Au-
’thority: For lhe, perceiving that her Enemiesystomacli
"could not be emptied, nor her Malice fpued oh the People
by any good Order, {he committeth a great Diforder.
‘She by Force andviolenec taketh from the Commons
their Liberty, that according to the Ancient Laws and

Cufioynzs (if the Realm, they could not have their ‘Free E-
loiition of Knights and Bt1r"g§flEsf0r the Parliament. For,
’She,lvee,1l knew, that if either Chriliian Men, 'or.trué: Eng-
Zg]la»‘Met‘l ihould be Elefted, it was not pollible that to
faceted, ivhiCh_fli_§ intended.  therefolj,e"in many
.‘;5la"_Ee‘s divers ‘w’er‘e:C,hofén, by force of ,her Thr’éhts, meet
to i‘er~‘«e her Maliitious purpofgs.‘ ‘ ;‘VVh‘er_cfofre hat Par-
liiittie,'nt,' wa's  I,’ai*liatn‘cnt,“,'but may be  called a
Cc‘$iifia,iriiciy,ol‘_,Ty,‘r_‘:i‘tits and "l"ra‘.y‘t’o_t‘s;. K,Fo'r  greater
tint, by’ who1_-7:_ 'I_§li,t,libii'ty',al1d voltes chtingsfpt-oeeeldetl
iti.'t"h_at t:outt,,‘,»by‘utgi't Aels marl msnite,n,1y__aeclarcd
thenifelves to : Tile ~r"ePc, b‘e‘i‘n‘g ' both tt h'ril-llalié ° anti true
a .Efi'gl3;l}9”3_C”, although they  G.Q9d;wills, dyettltfeyre not
i ébletes, iréfnft, <*>rtré.;iI‘:i‘r1 aséintlt théfwltirlu  o’f‘.Voicss2

éficl Suffrage, silt» Féilfic ’tfof  3'rldfE“¢mli3

to their Country’. f c‘All°5,. ,dtvers'Btirg'eIfes, ting‘ ytirdélly
 Cljofén ,, land“ iéet_urh,'e’d,', ,4: in fom~e'p1aeesthe
l Flebple ‘did what .!tjli‘e'.y could to ‘refit’: her puipolfé-s,s were

d_ilfo‘_r*dcil'y and unlitv's[ful_ly piit out‘; ‘itnd‘oth;:rs Without any
fril'érf of   Lilli; '.i.i'1’ .§héir il3Ci3§.Pl?%:CC,Cl.. D039? Tell?’
Bifhop‘ ot‘,,Ltmii;,'. 5. Clin 'ia_i'i fi_i‘{hb’;l‘,, anti fa t;_ne"£{z;gnfl;~
iiizm’, Being“ Latiéfully and ‘ordetl,y_eg1,le,d to the Parli;t,hi§nt,.
glad pistes ,in,tli'e,,I;c5,r‘;:ls ‘H011-fe, lg 'h1’s‘de rec,  all his
 by Violéhéé  ' out ofjfhe  ye.  v,»":!l,c“£x~éiio’l'er
Ngivfeaj with tw_q‘ou:et,fal11.hrss béifiig BUrg¢'lTe‘s’_fbf di-t
vets Shires, aria Chiiméin Men’: én<l- this Enr!zIIv-m, »
and _rats~fiil.1y Ch,i):l:eti,‘.l,{€‘elUTl3C.(il§, ahgél. ‘<i‘r’I1ittst?l5, were by
Forte [But out oifiithhliloufc‘ of Cotiinions : Foi°the which
c‘:«ii:l‘e', tnefaidPar1a;.;acnt, Pisalfovoid, as by a Pi-ericltnt o‘fl
fhéiP2ii-llititiient holden at;Co"ve11t:i‘j,",i't'1 the 38 Year. of King
Henryitheisikth, it rnoll rt1anife{’t‘ly‘a’p'p’careth. And the
third ljiirlianient called in the Name of‘ her Husbahd. and
of her«EvilGracc, wherein they would have undone that
her Noble Father, and the Realm had brought to pafs, for
the Reffitution of the Libcriy of the Realm, and for ex-
tinguilhmcnt of  yufuffiiyéd Authority of the Bifhop of
Item, is falfo void, ind of nonemithority.‘ For that the

  
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

   

Title and Stile of Supreatn Head of the Church of Eng-

2:

united, and Annexed for evtr to the ltnpetial Croiirn of


this Realm, was omitted in the Wrl't§ of Summo.ningL"i.

Vlvherefore as a Woman can bring forth no Child without

a Man, fo cannot thoie \/Vfl-IS bring forth good and lure _

Fruit, b'ecaul'e thispart of the Title, which was ordained

by the Parliament for the form to‘bc always ufed in the ..

Kings Stile, was left out. For greater error is in lack
of Form, than in lack of Matter: And where the Foun—
Cl;t[10n 15 nought, there can nothing Builded thereon be
good. There is no Law Spiritual nor Tenvxporal (as they
term thtmy) nor any good Reazon, but a low thele Rules
forlnlallible Principles. And it any Man will fay, 'l_‘h;tt
it Was Ill the Free Choice, Liberty, and Plealure oi the
King of Il1lSRC;.llm, and the (gem, vv ether they vvould
exprefs the l.;l1(l 'litle in their Stile, or not, as that fiubtile
Serpent Gardiner, being Ch;:n‘Cel‘lor of the Rlalm, and
Traiwtoully fending out the \/V1‘ltS_Of PJ.l'llJ,lllCn-I \’«,'lfl.l()‘t3l.‘
the fame Stile , perceiving he had over-{hot himlilt in
calling the Parliament, and lm/tug committed nianv
horrible Mutthets. and moi’: tnifchievous Aéts , would
have excufed it, as appeareth by a piece of’ a Statute made

. in the fame Parliament, in the Eighth Chapter, at-d Two

and Twentieth Leaf, It may be juftly and tru’y .=:nf,l\~.’ered,
That they could not it) do. _ For albeit, every t’etli»n may
by Law Rencmnce his Ov\'fl- private Right, yet tnay he not
Reriounce his Right in that which toucheth the Common-
wealth, or a Third Perfon. '

And this Title and Stile more touched the Common-
wealth, and Realm of England, than the hing. For, as

‘I {aid before it was ordained for the Confervation of the

Liberty of t eirvhiolé Realm, and to exclude the lliurped
Authority of theylfiilhop of Rome. Anal "therefore, no
King not been alohe, could Renounce liicli Title: But
nought (if they would have it taken away) to be taken
away orderly and formally, by Act of Parlinmint, l'uliici—
eiitly Called and Sutnmoned. For the Natural an.l Riglt
way‘ to loofe and uhdo things., is to difiolve them by that
me;tns_they”W’ere ordained. , And to it moft nitinifeftly ap-
p‘eareth, that. all their doings, from the beginning to the
‘end, were, ahd be ofinoine Eliecfh Force or Authority:
Butall that they have done hath been meet Tyranny. O
molt tnttvellous ‘Plrovidenee of Almighty God, that al-
Wa s, tirld iyh all things, cloth that is hell for the Vs/ealth
of is Peopleli C molt mighty Power, that to fuddainly

iflteilllitowéth the Counfels of the Vt/icked, and bringeth

the1.rlf)evi‘Ces"'tb nought! O Infinite Mercy, that {o gent-
ly clealetliiiiitli his P”c.o‘ple,, tli;-.t' he faveth thctnwhoin he
might mofl jtiftlyideliroy l O molt Joyful, molt Merry,
and heitcr to be lorgotten Hope~Wc'd7;e]dt.:7, in which it
hath pleafed Tliee, O God, to deliver Thy Church, this
Realm,‘ and Thy People, from lo ‘hoi‘ribleTyi*;mny l No
To“ngue‘can eitprefs, no Pen can Intlite, no Eloquen c can
Wofthily let out, much leis lixornate thcle Thy l\’l;ii'vcl~
lb‘u’s”cloin‘ga. I i No, no Heart is able to render unto Thy
Goodnefs, ftxflicleht Thanks for the Benefits we have recei-
yéd R! “Who could ever have hoped this mofl joyful Time ?
Yea, who did not look rather forlthy molt {harp Vilita-
tion, and UtlCl'lDt‘&lU&l0fi of this Realm, as of Sodom,
Gomarm/9, and femfalcm?

But we See and Feel, good Lord, that thy Mercy is
gireater than all Mons Sins, and far above all.Thy Works.
And albeit, Thetéis no Chrilltian,and Natural Engglfl them.
\/Voman, or Child, either prefent, or that {hall fucccfd
us, which is not, or fhall not be Partakcr of this molt €X*"
ceediri’g Mercy, and wonderful Benefit of Almighty G.0Cla
and therefore is bound continually to Praife and Thank him :
Yet there is not one Creature that is more bound f0 I0 €l0a
than You, Noble O\t:teenE1iz.a6ctb. For in this horrible
Tyranny, and moi’: Cruel Pcrfecutionyyouf Qrace hath
been more Hunted for, than any othcr- DWCFS “ms?
they have taken You, fumctinws they have had You in

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 p_,o,,g§1old, {eclutled from‘: all Liberty‘. Sometime at Li.
 "mm, but notwithoutmoll C:*u:lGoalersQuliody.', and
:3 mztny times they determined, that without Jultice Ye
K ihoulcl be Murthered Privil«. .
 Grace had been Supprelfed, they lhould have fully pre-

They thought, if Your

trailed: If Ye had been Deltroyed, their doings for ever

or ifhoulcl be Eft.iblil'hed: if Ye had been taken out of the
is way, there were none left that would or could undo that

t they had ordained. ,
 Laugheth at their Madneli, would not lulfer that the
 .MRll‘[l0ll$ Purpolies,

have Sticcefsz He took upon

But He that Sitteth on high, and

and molt Cruel tlevifed lnjullice lhould
him the Protefiion of You:
He only hath been Your ?cofc[m, that Preferved You lrom
this Wicked At/J4/£4: He only was the jaiaafa, that de-
frroyetl this Cruel Atbalia : He only hath made You
Queen of this Realm, inftead of this Mifchievous /l/Iarmra.

N7; Earthly Creature can claim any piece of Thanks there- .

fore, no Mans Force, no M.lU-S Counfel, no Mans Aid,
hath heen'the Caufe thereof. Wherefore, The greater
his Benefits have beeh toward you, the more are you

 bound to leek his Glory, and to let forth his Honour.

Ye fee his Power what He is able to do; He alone can
Save, and He can Deftroy”, He can Pull down,and He can
Set up. If ye Fear Him, and feelt to do his Will, then will
He Favour you, and l’rel'ei've you to the end from all Ene-
Dawd. If ye now fall from Him, or
look for no more Favour than Salt! had
But I have at good hope, that both his
jultice and Benefits be fo Printed in your Heart, that ye
will never forget them, but feelt by all means to have the
one, and to fear to fall into the other. I trult allb your
Vl7il'd«om will not only confitler the Caufes of this late mofl
lharp Vilitation, but alfo to your uttermolt Power endea~
war to outroot them. B
And forafmuch, as belides this Infinite Mercy poured on
your Grace, it hath pleafed his Divine Providence to con-

juggle with Him,

. fiitute Your Highnefs to be our Debora/1, to be the Go-,

vernefs and Head of the Body of this Realm, to have the
Charge and Curt: thereof, itis requifite above all things,
as well for hs Glory and Honour, as for your Difchargc,

'Quietnel"s and Safety, to Labour that the lame Body now

at the full be.Cleanl‘ed, made Whole, and then kept in
good Order. For, As if the Body of Man be Corrupted
and Dil'eafed, -he is not able to manage his things at
Home, much lefs to do anything Abroad: So if the
Body of a Realm be Corrupt, and out of Order, it {hall
neither beable to do any thing Abroad, if neceflity lhould

, require, nor yet Profper in its fclf. But this may not be

 

done with Piecing and Patching, Cobling and Botching,
as was tiled in time pail, whilli vour molt Noble Father
and Brother Reigned. For as ifa Man cut off one Head
of the Serpent H_ydm, and deflroy not the whole Body,
many will grow inllead of that One; and as in a Corrupt
Body that hath many Difeaiis, if, the Phylitian lhould
Labouryto Heal one part, and notitheiwhole, it will in

' lhort time break out afrefh: So unlefs theBody ofa Realm

or Common-wealth be clean Purged from Corruption,
all the particular Laws and Statutes that can be deviled,
lhall not profit it.

We need no F0r€ign Examples to prove it: Look
upon this Realm it felf, it will plainly declare it, And as
it is not enough to cleanle the Bodyfrom his ( orruption,
but there mull be alfo Prefervatives Miniftred to keep it
from Putref-.i€l:ion; for Naturally of its {elf it is dil'pol'ed
to Putrefie: So after the Body of a Realm is Purged, un-
Isis there be Godly Ordinances for the Prefervation
thereof, Ordained, and duly Miniflrt-cl, it will return to
the old State. For this Body,‘ which is the People, is U-
niverlldly, Naturally difpoletl to Evil, and without Com—
pull} .n will hardly do that is his duty.

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‘ ércale of Honour.

Thus mull your Grace do, if ' ye mind the advancement
of Gods Glory, your own Quietnefs and Safety, and the
Wealtli ofthis your Politiclt Body. And they be not
hard to bring to pals, where Goodwill will Vouchlitfe
to take to her “:1 little pain. The Realm will loon be
Forged, if Vice and Self-Love be utterly Condemned. It
will be in good ftate Preferved. if thefe three thing-.~:,
Gods Word truly Taught and Pl’€é’lCl'lCd, Youth, well; i
brought up in Godly and Honefi Exetcifes, and Iultice i
rightly Minilired, may be perfeflly conflituted. And
without this Foundation, let Men imagine what it plea-
feth them, the Spiritull Houfe of God lhall never be well ,
Framed or Built-led, nor the Publicli State of your Realm”
well ordered. For in what Body Gods Word i.&Ci'{¢;‘tl‘z,
the Unity and Charity that ought to be among the Mem.'
bers thereof, is foon extinguilhed. Where the Youth is
negleéted, there can no good fuccefs be hoped; no more
than the Husbandman can look for a good Crop,where he
Sowecl no good Seed. And '0» here Jullice is not truly
and rightly Minillred, there the more Laws and Statutes
be heaped together, the more they be contcmned. And
liirely, if this thing could not without exceeding Charges
be Compalfetl, as God forbid that Charges lhould be
weighed, be they never lb great. where God’s Glory, and
the Wealth of the Realm may bi furthered: Yet ought V i
it not to be neglefled. Wh.at Charges did King David
the Father, and King Solomon the Son, lmploy to Build
the Stony Houfe of Grd? HOW miifih mot: Charges
lhould a Chrifiian Prince IIHPIOY1 to Build, and let 1 p the
Lively Houfe of God? But verily, lam per-(waded, that
it {hall not be Chargeable to dothis. No, a great deal of
Superfluous Charges, which otherwife your Grace {hill
be forced to fuflain, fhall thus be clean cut away, and (0

our Revennues (by a Mean mofi profitable , and to no
good, Perfon hurtful) ircrenfed.

VVhercfore, for Gods fake, Noble Qgeen, let not the i
opportunity,.now by God offered, be by your Grace o~ .
mitted.’ A Phylitian can in nothing lo moth declare his
Good-will and Cunning, nor purchale himft-lf fo great E-
flimaztion, as when he findeth his Patient throughly Sick
and Wealtencd, and doth refiore him to his perfefl Health
and Perfeélion. Likewife, if a Prince lhould dtfiffl of
God a thing whereby he might declare the Zeal that he
bcareth to God , or whereby he might win Fame and
Glory, he could delire nothing lb much, as to come into
a State Corrupted, as this Realm of England at this prc,
lent is‘, not to dellroy it as did Cafar, but to make it as did
Romulus’. C‘ I

If your Grace can bring this to paths, as lam out of all
doubt ye may quickly; Ye {hall do more than any of your ‘
Progenitors did before you. All Men {hall confefs, that
you are not only for Proximity of Blood Preferred, bub
rather of God fpecially Sent and Ordained. And as [hc
Queen of Saint came fromifar off to fee the Glory ofK" ig
Solomon, :1 Woman to a Man: Even, {O {hall the Pifi’nAC$\
of our time come, Men to at Woman, and Kings mam:
at the V ertue of Queen E/2:45:35, Thus {hall we your
Subjefls be molt bound to Praife God, and to think oixr
{elves moli Happy, that coming fo fuddenly from the
worl'e,’be forthwith preferred to the belt; rid, froin the
extreamel-’c Calamity, and brought to the greatefl Felicity.
And it {hall be befldes an Example for all Evil I,?rinces,to
leave their Perfecution. of Chrift and ‘his Members‘, to’
coafc from their Tyranny, wherewith they continually
Opprefs their poor Subjeéts. And fo all People, not onl fl
we of this your Realm, but of all other Nations, {hag
have jull: caufc to Pray for your Graces Health, and In-

  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  

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