The suruey of popery vvherein the reader may cleerely behold, not onely the originall and daily incrementes of papistrie, with an euident confutation of the same; but also a succinct and profitable enarration of the state of Gods Church from Adam vntill Christs ascension, contained in the first and second part thereof: and throughout the third part poperie is turned vp-side downe.

A worthie obseruation.

King Alexander the great was not onely full of valure and

prowesse, but throughly garnished with heroicall and morall vertues, amongst which this was not the least,* 1.1 that so often as he heard the complaint of one against another, the accused partie being absent, his continuall custome was, to open one onely eare to the plaintife, and to keepe the other closely shut: by which ceremonie he liuely expressed vnto the world, the of∣fice of euerie good Prince and righteous iudge: to wit, that they should neuer haue respect of persons, as holy Writ bea∣reth witnesse; but heare all parties indifferently, and iudge e∣uer according to lawe and equitie. Which indifferencie king Alexander fitly practised euen with the admiration of his au∣ditory, while as hee graunted to the accuser one eare, so did hee to the accused reserue the other, neuer condemning the one nor iustifying the other, before hee vnderstood perfectly the truth of the matter. But in our time wee may iustly exclaime with holy Polycarpe; O God, to what worlds hast thou reser∣ued vs? for nowadayes iudges & lawyers are so corrupt with bribes, that when a poore man crieth he can not be heard with neither eare, because both are shut at once: on the other side, so soon as they grope the rich mans gold, they open both the one eare & the other, there is no stay at al. Of such iudges, magi∣strates, and lawyers, speaketh wise Salomon when he saith, that many reuerence the person of the mightie,* 1.2 and euerie one is friend to him that giueth gifts. When a rich man com∣menceth any sute against the poore man, euerie iudge, euerie lawyer, euerie iustice, euerie bailife, will for money be readie to further his cause; for golde and money with a becke they come anone, and with a winke they will bee gone: though their matter were verie badde in the beginning, yet wil it be right good in the ending:* 1.3 money worketh so forcibly with them, that it may bee saide to alter the case, and to change the nature of the thing. Gifts saith Saint Ambrose, dazle the eyes of iudges and weakeneth the force of their authori∣tie. Contrariewise, when the poore man commeth to them, either without money or but with a little, they are dumbe, deafe, and sencelesse, they can neither heare, see, nor vnder∣stand: they will vse such dallying, such demurring, such shiftes, and delayes vntill the poore man bee exhaust and

spent; so as perforce he must let the matter fall, and sit downe with the losse. For albeit his cause were right good in the be∣ginning, yet will it be starke naught in the ending. Where∣fore Innocentius his wordes are well verified in this kinde of people;* 1.4 You respect (saith he) not the causes, but the persons, not lawes, but bribes; not what reason prescribeth, but what will affecteth; not what the minde thinketh, but what it couet∣eth, not what should be done, but what yee list to haue done; your eie is not single, which should make your body bright; but euer ye mingle a peece of leauen, which corrupteth the whole dowe.

The kings of Macedo∣nia after the death of A∣lexander the Great,

• Philippus Aridaeus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 7 yeeres
• Cassander Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 19 yeeres
• Alexander and Antipa∣ter, or after others An∣tigonus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 4
• Demetrius Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 6
• Pirrhus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 6 moneths
• Lysimachus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 5 yeeres
• Ptolomeus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 1
• Meleagres Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 2 moneths
• Antipater Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 1 yeere
• Sosthenes Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 2
• Antigonus Gonatas Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 36
• Demetrius Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 10
• Antigonus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 15
• Philippus Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 42
• Perses Anno mun 3647 The raigne of the saide kings Anno mun 3805 10

Note here, that some thinke Aridaeus to haue succeeded A∣lexander; yet that Cassander was his immediate successour, I repute more probable.

Notes

• * 1.1

  A worthie fact right seemely for a king.
• * 1.2

  Prouer. cap. 15. verse. 6.
• * 1.3

  Ambrosius.
• * 1.4

  ••nnocentius.