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The ruin of RomeThe ruine of Rome
The ruin of Rome: or An exposition upon the whole Revelation Wherein is plainly showed and proved, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authority of Rome, shall ebb and decay still more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an utter overthrow even in this life before the end of the world. Written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Jesuits, and all that cursed rabble. Published by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.The ruine of Rome: or An exposition vpon the whole Reuelation Wherein is plainly shewed and proued, that the popish religion, together with all the power and authoritie of Rome, shall ebbe and decay still more and more throughout all the churches of Europe, and come to an vtter ouerthrow euen in this life before the end of the world. Written especially for the comfort of Protestants, and the daunting of papists, seminary priests, Iesuites, and all that cursed rabble. Published by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by T. Creede for Simon Waterson and Cuthbert Burby, 1603London: printed by T. Creede for Simon Waterson and Cutbert Burby, 1603
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Here is set down the great slaughters and massacres which these martial horsemen & Turkish armies made throughout the most part of Europe. For he saith: the third part of men, that is, great numbers in Europe were slain by the fire, the smoke, and the brimstone, which came out of their mouths: that is, by their bloody cruelty, & barbarous immanity; some being ⟨p. 118⟩murdered in their bodies by cruel death, & others violently drawn to the wicked religion of Mahomet. For partly by external violence, and partly by a subtle show of religion and devotion, they destroyed thousands both in their souls & bodies. And therefore it is said, vers. 19 Their power is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads wherewith they hurt. But for the better understanding of these things, I think it not amiss a little to open and lay forth the rising up, and increasing of the power of the Turk.
Here is set downe the great slaughters and massacres which these martiall horsmen & Turkish armies made throughout the most part of Europe. For hee saith: the third part of men, that is, great numbers in Europe were slaine by the fire, the smoake, and the brimstone, which came out of their mouthes: that is, by their bloudy crueltie, & barbarous immanitie; some being ⟨p. 118⟩murthered in their bodies by cruell death, & others violently drawne to the wicked religiō of Mahomet. For partly by externall violence, and partly by a subtill shewe of religion and deuotion, they destroied thousands both in their soules & bodies. And therefore it is said, vers. 19 Their power is in their mouthes, and in their tailes. For their tailes were like vnto serpents, and had heads wherewith they hurt. But for the better vnderstanding of these things, I thinke it not amisse a little to open and lay forth the rising vp, and encreasing of the power of the Turke.
About the year of our Lord, 591. was Mahomet borne in a certain village of Arabia, called Itrarix, for so Histories do report. This Mahomet by fraud and cozenage, grew into great credit and fame among the seditious Arabians and Egyptians, in so much that they made him a captain over them, to war against the Persians.