Mystical bedlam, or the world of mad-men. By ThoMystical bedlam, or the vvorld of mad-men. By Tho

They object, that those are birds of our own hatching, that thus pollute their nest. Perhaps, our country gave them breath and birth, but they drunk this poison from the enchanting Cup of Rome. They are ever extravagant persons, that like rotten arms or legs have dropped from the body. Men sine sede, sine fide, sinere, sine spe. They are desperate men, and destitute of fidelity, that seek Rome, where their former learning, and the better learning of their conscience, is perverted, perjured. That (forgetting to speak the language of Canaan) enigmatical, epicene, spurious, and abortive equivocation, is the main accent of their speeches: an ambiguous, ambagious, cozening voice, which Cranmer, Latimer, Ridley, never knew, never practised to save their bloods. A strange, stigmatic, misshapen, half-borne, half-unborn child; I know not where bred, nor by what Pope, Cardinal, or Jesuit gotten: but this I am sure, whosoever was the father, Rome keeps the bastard, and nurseth it with her best indulgence. So that now, Jurat? crede minus: non jurat? credere noli: Jurat, non jurat? hostis ab hoste cave. Their words are false; their oaths worse: neither just: Swear they, or swear they not, give them no trust. How else could it be; but to the sophisticating of true substances, must be an access of false qualities?

They obiect, that those are birdes of our owne hatching, that thus pollute their nest. Perhaps, our country gaue them breath and birth, but they drunke this poyson from the inchanting Cuppe of Rome. They are euer extrauagant persons, that like rotten armes or legges haue drop'd from the body. Men sine sede, sine fide, sinere, sine spe. They are desperate men, and destitute of fidelity, that seeke Rome, where their former learning, and the better learning of their conscience, is peruerted, periured. That (forgetting to speake the language of Canaan) enigmaticall, epicene, spurious, and abortiue equiuocation, is the mayne accent of their speeches: an ambiguous, ambagious, couzening voice, which Cranmer, Latimer, Ridley, neuer knew, neuer practised to saue their blouds. A strange, stigmaticke, mishapen, halfe-borne, halfe-vnborne child; I know not where bred, nor by what Pope, Cardinall, or Iesuite gotten: but this I am sure, whosoeuer was the father, Rome keepes the bastard, and nurseth it with her best indulgence. So that now, Iurat? crede minus: non iurat? credere noli: Iurat, non iurat? hostis ab hoste caue. Their words are false; their oathes worse: neither iust: Sweare they, or sweare they not, giue them no trust. How els could it bee; but to the sophisticating of true substances, must be an accesse of false qualities?