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The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
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.
Such stinking pride of women,1 as was seen at that Parliament, was never seen before in Scotland. Three sundry days the Queen rode to the Tolbooth; The first day she made a painted Oration, and there might have been heard amongst her flatteries, Vox Dianae, The voice of a goddess, for it could not be Dei, and not of a Woman: God save that sweet face; Was there ever Orator spake so properly and so sweetly, &c.
Such stinking pride of women,1 as was seen at that Parliament, was never seen before in Scotland. Three sundry dayes the Queen rode to the Tolbuith; The first day she made a painted Oration, and there might have been heard amongst her flatteries, Vox Dianae, The voyce of a goddesse, for it could not be Dei, and not of a Woman: God save that sweet face; Was there ever Orator spake so properly and so sweetly, &c.
- 1The pride of Women at that Parliament.
All things misliked the Preachers; They spake boldly against the superfluities of their Clothes, and against the rest of their vanity, which they affirmed should provoke Gods vengeance, not only against these foolish Women, but against the whole Realm; and especially against those that maintained them in that odious abusing of things that might have been better bestowed. Articles were presented for orders to be taken for Apparel, and for Reformation of other Enormities, but all was winked at.
All things misliked the Preachers; They spake boldly against the superfluities of their Cloathes, and against the rest of their vanitie, which they affirmed should provoke Gods vengeance, not onely against these foolish Women, but against the whole Realme; and especially against those that maintained them in that odious abusing of things that might have been better bestowed. Articles were presented for orders to be taken for Apparrell, and for Reformation of other Enormities, but all was winked at.