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A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gatheredA pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered
A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gathered by Theodore Basil.A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1543printed for Ioha, 1543
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Of this thing have we experience even at this time, in the which that LORD of puissance hath most puissantly by his dearly beloved servant Henry our most virtuous & godly King, subverted, toppled down, and overthrown a great part of Antichrists kingdom, so that by his divine policy & godly enterprise,1 that great whore of Babylon, the mother of all whore dome & abominations of the earth, hath lost her chief glory & renown, & is now become so vile, that she is even made the habitation of devils, & the hold of all foul spirits & a cage of all unclean & hateful birds.2 So that no man now will once by any of her merchandise. And without doubt the time is ⟨image 8⟩at hand,3 that Babylon shall have such a fall, that it shall not be able after this at any time to be repaired. For the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it, which is faithful in all his words, & whose trueth abideth for ever & ever. Neither can this prophecy of Christ be made frustrate by any humane policy:4 Every plant, that my heavenly father hath not planted, shall be plucked up by the roots. Who rejoiceth not to hear these things? yea who triumpheth not to see them? Blessed are we to whom it hath chanced not only to hear these things joyfully, but also to see them pleasantly, & which hereafter shall undoubtedly see such things mo, as shall may be able to provoke any faithful heart seriously to rejoice. Verily although we be occasioned divers ways to give God immortal than kes for divers gifts, yet me think ⟨image 9⟩we are most highly bound to be thankful for the re••••uciō of his most holy word in these our days. And woe worth them, that be unthankful in this behalf, except they repent and amend.
Of this thynge haue we experience euen at this tyme, in ye whiche that LORDE of puissāce hath moost puissantly by his derely beloued seruant Henry our moost vertuous & godlye Kynge, subuerted, topledde downe, and ouerthrowne a great parte of Antechristes kyngedome, so that by his diuine polecy & godlye enterpryse,