The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

But,¹ O thou Beast! (I speak to thee Winchester, more cruel then any Tiger) Shall neither shame, nor fear, nor benefits received, bridle thy Tyrannous cruelty? Art thou not ashamed (thou bloody Beast) to betray thy native Country, and the liberties of the same? Fearest thou not to open such a door to all iniquity, that whole England should be made a common Stews to Spaniards? Wilt thou recompense the benefits which thou hast received of that Noble Realm with that ingratitude? Rememberest thou not that England hath brought thee forth? that England ⟨p. 62⟩nourished thee? that England hath promoted thee to riches, honour and high dignity? And wilt thou now (O wretched Captive) for all these manifold benefits received, be the cause that England shall not be England? Yea verily; for so wilt thou gratify thy Father the Devil, and his Lieutenant the Pope, whom with all his baggage, thou labourest now (with tooth and nail) to make flourish again in England; albeit like a dissembling Hypocrite, and double faced wretch, thou being thereto compelled by the invincible verity of Gods Holy Word, wrotest (long ago) thy book entitled True Obedience;² against that Monstrous Whore of Babylon, and her falsely usurped power and authority: but now (to thy perpetual shame) thou returnest to thy Vomit, and art become an open Arch-Papist again. Furthermore, why seekedst thou the blood of Thomas Cranmer, of good father Hugh Latimer, and of that most learned and discreet man Doctor Ridley? Doest thou not consider, that the lenity, sincere Doctrine, pure life, godly conversation, and discreet counsel of these three is notably known in more Realms then England? Art thou not ashamed to seek the destruction of those, who laboured for the safeguard of thy life, and obtained the same when thou justly deservedst death? But, O thou son of Belial, well declarest thou, that nothing can mollify the cruel malice, nor purge the deadly venom of him, in whose heart wickedness beareth the dominion; thou are like to Cain, and fellow to Judas the Traitor, and therefore canst thou do nothing but thirst for the blood of Abel, and betray Christ Jesus and his eternal verity?

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