The vvarn-vvord to Sir Francis Hastinges wast-word conteyning the issue of three former treateses, the Watch-word, the Ward-word and the Wast-word (intituled by Sir Francis, an Apologie or defence of his Watch-word) togeather with certaine admonitions & warnings to thesaid [sic] knight and his followers. Wherunto is adioyned a breif reiection of an insolent, and vaunting minister masked with the letters O.E. who hath taken vpon him to wryte of thesame [sic] argument in supply of the knight. There go also foure seueral tables, one of the chapters, another of the controuersies, the third of the cheif shiftes, and deceits, the fourth of the parricular [sic] matters conteyned in the whole book. By N.D. author of the Ward-word.

PROCTOR O. E. IS called vp the stage to tel his tale & to help out S^r. F. in this matter of flattering the state, and how he playeth his parte farre worse & more ridiculously then the knight himself. CAP. III.

I Haue promised the (gentle Reader) to ex∣hibite [ 1] a short view of the principal pointes which Proctor O. E. bringeth after S^r. F. (if any may be called principal of so paltrie wares) in his late VVrangle-word freshlie come out of England which bringeth such trash so stuffed with impotent and impudent rayling as maketh S^r. F. seeme many tymes a graue & moderate writer, though often also he wil not yeild to the other, we shal compare both & so yow may iudge. First this O.E. setteth downe my beginning of the Ward-word thus;* 1.1 He beginneth with a longe tale of flattery (saith he) & of the harmes ensuing therof, and at his first setting out entereth into a common place as it were into a common Inne pleasing and resting himselfe, but tyring and har∣rying his reader with his n••edles fooleryes. By this yow may see the mans veyne, desyring to say somewhat, and aduenturing to say any thing, true or false, for that the matter of flatterie in the Ward-word is but touched in a word or two, and the application insueth presentlie;

his humor therfore is discouered in vsing so base a similitude of common Innes and com∣mon places therto adioyning, wherwith it may be, this minister is more delighted, then euery one of his fellowes, But let vs heare him out further.

[ 2] VVhat skilleth it (saith he) to know what a daun∣gerous beast a flatterer is?* 1.2 and who denyeth, but that flatterie is an odious th••ng? but what is this to vs? can he shew that S^r. F. is a flatterer? no, nay he doth ••ot so much as goe about to proue any such matter, nor doth he apply his common place to his purpose, but leaueth it as a fragment borowed out of some Fryarl••ke declamation.

[ 3] Let any mā read the first Page of the ward-woord, and then tel me, whether this Minister haue any sorehead at all (though his head be great enough) who saith that I do not so muche as goe about to proue any such matter against S^•.F. that he flattered the State, the whole butte of my discourse in that place being nothing els, but to shew that S. F. and his fel∣lowes who preach so many blessings of En∣gland by change of Religion (from whence yt hath receu••d indeed so many manifest hurtes and dangers) must needs be famous flatterers. And this Minister an Archparasyte that blus∣seth not to persuade S. F. that I durst not so muche as goe about to proue flattery against him, when notwithstanding that was my whole argument, as before yow haue heard.

But wil yow here, an other impudency as gros as this, and thereby learne to know the

man, heere at the very beginning, harkē then what he saith of the Warder, for talking of difficulties rysen and rysing by change of Re∣ligion. His aduersaries (saith he) do easely discouer his notorious ympudency,* 1.3 and his frends do rue his sim∣plicitie, seing him to take as graunted, and boldly to af∣firme that all men see and acknowlege the difficulties that aryse out of alteration of Religion, when none eyther see it or iustly can affirme any suche matter. Lo gentle Reader, what he saieth and whether it be notorious impudencie in me to say, that some difficulties haue rysen in England and other countryes by alteration of Religion, or in him to hold this for impudencie, and further to affirme, that no man can see or truly affirme any suche matter, of this I say be thow thy self iudge, who perhaps daylie feelest some part of these difficulties by the troubles feared as rysing from this fountaine and origyn.

But now to go forward in this matter of flattery how doth this minister proceed [ 4] therein after the K. yow shal here his method.* 1.4 First he setteth downe a long recital of the personal praises of her Ma^tie. out of Bishop Ozorius a Portugal in his Epistle wrytten to her very neere 30. yeares ago, and out of Petrus Bizarrus an Italian in his storye of Genua and is glad by this occasion to say somewhat, wherof he may hope to receaue a good fee, & withall to make yt seeme that we are enemies of her Ma^ties. praises which is calumnious & parasitical for we do disioyne the harmes en∣sued by chāge of Religion ••rom her Ma^ties. go∣uernment,

and do most willingly acknowlege the personal praises of her Ma^•ie seperated frō Religion, wherof the Warder layd not the fault on her, nay rather expresly excepted yt, though this cōpanion in repeating his woords omitteth that parte of purpose and most ma∣litiously, not being desyrous the Warder should shew so dutiful affection and good opinion of her Ma^ties. person, and therby cut of the argument of this cauillers long and ydle babbel fownded vpon this calumniation;* 1.5 the Warders woords I haue related in the former Chapter and forteenth paragraph. where yow may reade them, and thereby iudge of the true dealing of this false Minister or rather the false dealing of this true My∣nister, which I accompt all to be one. But let vs go forward.

[ 5] After his discourse of the praises of her Ma^tie. he entreth to shew that Catholikes do maligne and enuy these praises (and yet was Ozorius a Catholike whom he alleageth for the greatest prayser) and so was also so far as we know Bizarrus the other praiser.* 1.6 And to proue this he runneth about the whole world to seeke witnesses, for besides Sanders Harpsfeld, Ryshton Englishmen, Bozius and Ribadinera, the first an Italian, the second a Spanyard (out of all which notwithstanding he alleageth noe one woord but their bare names) he desyreth also King Salomon to beare him witnes in these woords The wicked doth abhorre those that walke aright,* 1.7 assuring vs

that by the wicked are meant the Catholikes, and by the other parte of the sentence her Ma^tie. and from Salomon he leapeth againe to Clement 7. and Paulus 3. Popes of Rome for their sentences against King Henries mariage with Lady Anne Bollen, and the legitimation of their Children, alleaging woordes which I thinke not fit to be repeated in this place, and so should be haue done also yf his discretion had byn as great as his head,* 1.8 seing they are now past and forgotten, and were written when her Ma^tie. either was not yet borne, or of that Infancy as she could haue no part in any fault there obiected.

Yet this prating companion to seeme to [ 6] say somewhat in hatred of Catholikes & flat∣terie of her Ma^tie. wil needs be pratlyng of these affayres, & not content with this goeth further to renew worse sores, and to accuse both K. Henry himselfe, and all the State and Parlament of that tyme with wilful murder and tyranny towards that lady and Queene, saying,* 1.9 The Popes adhaer••ntes in England neuer ceased vntil they ha•• brought her Ma^ties most innocent Mother to her end, which was the greatest griefe that tor∣mented the King lying on his death bed, sore repenting himselfe for the wrongful shedding of the innocent Queenes blood, neyther did they onlie murder the in∣nocent Mother, but also sought by act of Parlament to disable, and from the succession to exclude the daughter.

All this how true or vntrue it is, the storie [ 7] and actes of Parlaments of K. Henries lyfe do

testifie,* 1.10 especiallie that of the 28. yeare of his raigne, and whether matters passed so long agoe, with such publike authoritie, delibera∣tion and cōsent as these did, may be called now into question againe to the infamy both of the said K. her Maiesties Father, and of his sta∣te counsel and nobilitie, by such a pettie com∣pagnion as this is, only to flatter, and to get himself a bigger benefice, and without all ground, or former testimony therof in storie, or other authentical register, let all the world iudge, as also how neare O. E. resembleth heere Oedipus who killed his owne Father to marry his mother, which mysterie, I leaue to the curious reader to apply in this place.

[ 8] One thing is certayne that howsoeuer the matter passed at that tyme for iustice or iniu∣stice, the cheife doers therof next to the king himselfe were prote••••ants namelie Cromwel & Cranmer that could do most with him at that tyme,* 1.11 and in effect all, and the first of them was principally imployed in the said Queenes condemnation and death as appeareth yet by publike recordes; and the second was vsed for her defamacion after her death, as is extant at this day in the foresaid statute it selfe, where Cranmers sentence is recorded iud••ciallie gi∣uen by him,* 1.12 as Archbishop of Canterburie, af∣firming of his owne accord, and knowledge such ••hings as no wyse or modest man I thinke wil beleeue, and I ••or th•• same cause, and for dewtiful respect to her Maiestie do forbear to repeat the same heere though it

be vnder his hand and seale, but such a good fellow was Cranmer the first piller of prote∣stant religion in England,* 1.13 that for gayne of liuing or fauour and for enioying quietly his woman which he caried about with him in a trūke at those dayes, he would say or sweare or vnsay any thing, the sentence may be seene by him that wil, for it is extant in print in the English booke of Statutes; Neyther can this Sycophantes calūniatiō affirming the said Queens death to be procured by the Popes adherēts in Englād haue any probabilitie at al, seing that no adhe∣rent to the Pope was in credit or authoritie in that tyme, but rather in all disgrace and daunger and so much of this.

After the foresaid Sycophancie and foolish [ 9] calumniations vsed against Catholikes for wishing euel to her Maiestie our Minister tur∣neth agayne to his worke of flatterie, and tel∣leth more prayses of her Maiesties gouern∣ment, as though our businesse, and contro∣uersy stoode in this; and not rather, in the euel euents which haue succeeded by change of religion. And to helpe S^r. F. out from the charge of flatterie layd vnto him after much ydle babling,* 1.14 about particular blessings, wher∣in (notwithstanding he agreeth not with the K. as before hath byn and after shal be she∣wed) he runneth to the same common place before mentyoned of flatterie, vsed by cour∣tiers, and canonists to the Pope, the force of which shifte and refuge how vayne it is yow haue heard before discussed,* 1.15 and it neadeth

not to be repeated heere, and the examples, and instances which he bringeth are the same for the most part which S^r. F. touched before and are before answered, as that of Panormi∣tan and other canonists affirming,* 1.16 idem esse Christi & Papae Consistorium, Christ and the Pope as his substitute to haue one and the selfe same Consistorie or Tribunal,* 1.17 whereof we haue treated in the former Chapter.

[ 10] There is that other also how the Pope is or may be called God in the sense before mē∣tyoned, this man alleadgeth it thus: Augustin Steu••hus doth honour him as a God, Audis (sayth he) Pontificem Deum appellatum & habitum pro Deo, Doest thow heare the Pope called God and held for God? and then noteth in the mar∣gent, contra donationem Constantini, Steuchus saith it in his booke against the Donation of Constantyne; in which fewe wordes, there are so many cousenages, or rather knaueries vsed, as no man would beleeue, but in such a cogging M••nister as comming latelie from Irish warres hath not learned yet to haue any conscience or honestie. For first of all that most learned man Augustinus Steuchus Eugubinus bishop of Kysam wrote no booke against the Donation of Constantyne as heere is imposed vpon him,* 1.18 but rather for it, prouing the same most learnedlie out of all antiquitie against Laurentius Valla the grammarian that fondlie had impugned the same. Secondlie the words heere alleadged out of Steuchus though they be in his booke yet are they alleadged by him not

in his owne name, but as comming from Constantyne the great by the testimony of Nicolaus primus Pope of Rome about 800. yeare agoe, who cyteth out of the said Donation of Constantine,* 1.19 that amongst other honorable tytles he calleth him also God (in that sense no doubt which before is shewed by scrip∣ture that both Moses and other holie men were called Gods) and herevpon Bishop Steuchus addeth those wordes before men∣tyoned, Aud••s summum Pontificem à Constantino Deum appellatum, habitum pro Deo?* 1.20 hoc videlicet fa∣ctum est cùm eum praeclaro illo Edicto decorauit, ado∣r••uit vti Deum, vti Christi & Petri successorem, & ve∣lut viuam Christi imaginem veneratus est. Do yow heare how the Pope is heere called God by Constantine, and held for God, this was done when he did honour him so highlie with that excellent edict in his fauour adoring him as God, and as the successor of Christ and Peter, and reuerencing him as the liuelie image of Christ himselfe.

Heere now we see how Pope Siluester [ 11] was honored by our famous Britane Empe∣rour Constantine the great and yet no man would cry out then,* 1.21 that he committed Ido∣latrie, when he called the Bishop of Rome God, for the meaning was playne that he did it only in honour of Christ his Maister which was true God, and had lefte his place and power vpon earth to this his seruant, as the Bishop explayneth, in the rest of the wordes following, which the deceytful minister left

out of purpose, and corrupted also those fewe wordes he alleadgeth by shutting out the wordes (à Constantino) therby to make it seeme that Steuchus spake this of himselfe, and so to make way to his lying calumn••ation saying as he doth, Augustin Steuchus doth honour him as a God, & by this yow may see in what case men are that beleeue these lying lippes of con∣sciēceles Ministers vpon their words in mat∣ters of their saluation, which are commonlie at this day without controlment in England, seing they dare aduenture to falsifie so openlie in points which they may probably doubt to be called to reckning for, by their aduersaries, as we do O.E. in this & other maters, wherin we are to charge him hereafter.

[ 12] Diuers other places he alleadgeth and hea∣peth togither taken out of Ministers note books, to proue the flatterie of later Catho∣liques & Canonistes to the Pope, but they are such as eyther make nothing to the purpose or are corrupted or peruerted by him, or may haue a very true and pious sense in respect of the Popes authoritie and place giuen him by Christ, if they be wel and truelie vnderstood, and as much or more was vsed by the ancient Fathers which these compagnions do auoid to recite of purpose, for their credit sake, allea∣ging only later wryters, as ••or example the very first place cyted by this fellow out of Card••nal Cusanus is this:* 1.22 Mutato iudicio Ecclesiae mutatum est & Dei iudicium. The iudgment of the Church being changed about any matter,

the iudgment of God changeth also, and heere the ministers mouth ouerrūneth exceedingly saying these good fellowes for their bellies sake speake rayle,* 1.23 hold their peace, wryte, faune, flatter and vnto the Popes pleasure tu••ne their style. But ho, (Sir swash-buckler) harken to others that had l••sse care of their belly then yow and yours; this of the change of Gods iudgment, after the iudgment of the Church, and of the su∣preeme Pastor in particular, is a common saying of all the Ancient Fathers vpon those wordes of Christ VVhose sinnes yow loose on earth shalbe loosed in heauen and whose ye retayne shal be reta••ned.* 1.24 And S. Chrisostome goeth so farre therin (who yet was neyther belly God nor flatterer) as he attributeth this of drawing Gods iudgment after theirs; not to the whole Churche and cheife Pastor onlie, but to all & euery lawful Priest also in absoluing from sinne, whose power and dignitie he pre∣ferreth before Emperors, Angels, and what∣soeuer els, but the only sonne of God, which may answere also the ydle cauillations of S. F. among his other allegations of flatterie in the former chapter, where he complayneth that some canonists preferre the Popes Authoritie before Emperors and Angels, let him heare S. Chrysostome.

Qui terram incolunt saith he in his 3. book de [ 13] sacerdotio,* 1.25

To Priests that dwel and con∣uerse vpon earth is it committed to dispence matters that be in heauen; an authoritie that God hath geuen neyther to Angels, nor Ar∣changels 〈2 pages missing〉〈2 pages missing〉

tyme in the Churche of God? what are yow I say? Yow are the great Priest, the highest Bishop, yow are Prince of Bishops, and heire of the Apostles, yow are in Primacy, Abel, in gouernment, Noë, in Patriarkship, Abrahā; in order, Melchisedech, in dignity, Aaron; in authority, Moyses; in iudicature, Samuel; in power,* 1.26 Peter; in vnction, Christ, to yow are geuen the keyes, and the sheepe are commit∣ted to your trust, there are other porters of heauen, & other feeders also of flockes besydes your selfe, but yow are so much more glo∣rious then they, by how much more different your tytle is which yow haue inherited aboue them all. They haue their flockes assigned seuerally to them in seueral, but to yow all vniuersally are committed, that is, one ge∣neral flocke to one general Pastor, neyther only are yow the Pastor of all sheepe, but of all Pastors also, do yow aske me how I can proue it? I answere out of the word of God.

Thus farre S. Bernard, and then goeth he on to shew diuers playne places of Scripture for his profe, and those especially which S. Chrysostome, and S. Hilary before mentyo∣ned, and now I feare me our minister Oedipus wil say heere, that S. Bernard is become a flatterer of Popes also as wel as Card. Cusanus, Bellarmin, D. Stapleton, and other like, whose sentences he cyteth, but eyther vnderstandeth them not, or wilfully peruerteth their mea∣ning to deceaue his reader, & therby to seeme

to haue somewhat euer to say, though he say nothing, or worse then nothing.

And heere I would leaue, now O.E. with his arte of cogging to him selfe, but that he passeth on to a contumelious calumniation, or two more against a frēd of myne, & my selfe.* 1.27 Gifford (sayth he) calleth Philip the second the K. of Spayne the greatest Monarch vnder the sunne to shew himselfe to be one of the gressest flatterers vnder the moone,* 1.28 and I say yow shew yow selfe on of the veryest fooles vnder the 7. starres to print this for so grosse a flatterie, which no man of knowledge, & iudgment, in matters of story, and cosmography, can deny to be truth, if he consider the multitude and greatnes of coun∣tryes vnder him, and your selfe, that haue byn a rouing & theuing about the Indyes & other his dominions how large and wyde they ly, cannot speake this, but of wilful insolency against your conscience. And as for M. Doct. and deane Gifford, who hath his deanery by true adoption, and not by intrusion as some frend of yours, and hath his learning by studie, and not by borowing & wandering, he I say being often iniured by yow in this book wil answere for himselfe I doubt not, & for that yow brag much, that yow haue set foorth (if I mistake yow not) a booke in Latyn intituled Turco-papismus (which is nothing els, but an apish imitatiō of M. Raynolds Caluino-T••rcimus printed by M. D. Gifford after the Authors death) and that yow require so earnestly to haue it answered, I hold him obliged to satisfi••

your demand, & so I make accompte that he wil take the payne to looke ouer your said worthy worke, and geue both it and the Au∣thor the colours, which both deserue. And thus much ••or my frend, now for my selfe I may be briefer.

[ 17] It followeth, & this Noddy to shewe himse••fe a n••ble paras••e,* 1.29 vpō whome the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his whole inue∣ctiue against flatterers doth mo•••• f••••l•• fal, 〈…〉〈…〉 the Po∣pe of Rome, & K. Philip the seco••d of Spayne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 g••eatest monarches of Christendome, &c. And so we ••ee••t a•• all this common place of flattery si••••eth this no••••y, and his consortes very properly. Who is the true Noddy in name, & sense, hath byn discussed before in my Epistle to the Noddy-maker, but who is Noddy in fact, and merit (namelie in this place) eyther I for saying, the Pope and the K. of Spayne to be the greatest monarches of Christēdome, the one in Spiritual iurisdi∣ction, the other in tēporal; or this Nodifying Minister for calling me noddy and noble pa∣rasite for this speach, let all be Iudges that be no Noddyes, and whether all these before mentioned, whom he calleth my consorts in flatterie may be counted noddyes also as heere he signifieth for speaking so honorably of the Pope (wherin S. Bernard, and other anciēt Fathers must enter as yow haue seene) let wyser heads then this mans noddle deter∣mine, and so I leaue him for this first combat; after we shal buckle agayne, as occasion is of∣fred, and now wil I passe to continue my former treatise with S. F. about the view of

those fresh new blessings which he hath pre∣sented vs as brought into England by change of Catholike Religiō. This dilatiō hath bene made to geue his aduocate O.E. place to play a pageant also who as being I heare grosser in body thē in his two lettered name he could haue no lesse roome for the present, the next tyme he cometh vp, we may chance thrust him downe agayne more quicklie, in the meane space he may breath himselfe vntil he be called vpon agayne for an other parte of the Enterlude.

Notes

• * 1.1

  VVrangle-vvord. Pag. 9. Diuers im∣pudencies of O. E.
• * 1.2

  VVrangle-vvord. Ibid.
• * 1.3

  VVrangle-vvord. Pag. 1••
• * 1.4

  O. E. a fa∣mous flat∣terer.
• * 1.5

  The false dealing of O.E.
• * 1.6

  O.E. Pag 2.
• * 1.7

  Prouerb. 29.
• * 1.8

  Indiscretion and teme∣ritye of O.E.
• * 1.9

  Odious mat∣ter brought in by this hungry pa∣rasite. 1. Pag. 3.
• * 1.10

  Lib. Statute. cap. 7. an. Hen. 2••.
• * 1.11

  The dealing of Cromvvel and Cranmer about Q. Anne Bollē.
• * 1.12

  An Henry 2••. cap. 7.
• * 1.13

  Sand. lib. 1. de Schis.
• * 1.14

  Sup cap. 1.
• * 1.15

  Cap ••.
• * 1.16

  Panorm. in c. licet de ele∣ction.
• * 1.17

  Ioan. in c. Quanto de translat. Epis.
• * 1.18

  Diuers fals∣hoodes of•• the cōsciēce∣les minister.
• * 1.19

  Cap. 2.
• * 1.20

  Aug Steu∣chus in Lau∣ren. Vall. de donat. Con∣stant. fol. 230.
• * 1.21

  The great honor donne by Constant. the great to Pope Silue∣ster.
• * 1.22

  Cusan. epist. ad Eohem.
• * 1.23

  Ouerlashing of the mini∣ster.
• * 1.24

  Matth. 16.
• * 1.25

  A discourse of S. Chrisost. of Priests au∣thor tie l. ••. de sacerdoti••.
• * 1.26

  The iudgmēt of S Bernard about the Popes tytles of honour.
• * 1.27

  Pag 11▪
• * 1.28

  About D. Gifford. Deane of Lile.
• * 1.29

  Pag. Ibid.