A world of vvonders: or An introduction to a treatise touching the conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders or a preparatiue treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus. The argument whereof is taken from the Apologie for Herodotus written in Latine by Henrie Stephen, and continued here by the author himselfe. Translated out of the best corrected French copie.

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A world of vvonders: or An introduction to a treatise touching the conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders or a preparatiue treatise to the Apologie for Herodotus. The argument whereof is taken from the Apologie for Herodotus written in Latine by Henrie Stephen, and continued here by the author himselfe. Translated out of the best corrected French copie.

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Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.

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London :: Imprinted [by Richard Field] for Iohn Norton,

1607.

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Contents

• title page
• epigraph
• TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORDS, WILLIAM Earle of PEMBROKE: PHILIP Earle of MONTGOMERIE: Patrons of learning: patterns of Honor.
• THE TRANSLATOR to the Reader.
• HENRIE STEPHEN TO THE READER.
• HENRIE STEPHEN to his friend.
• AN INTRODVCTION TO A TREATISE, TOVCHING THE CONFOR∣MITIE OF AVNCIENT AND MO∣DERNE WONDERS: OR A Preparatiue Treatise in defence of HERODOTVS. Which may also be called, The first booke of the Apo∣logie for Herodotus.
  • The Preface to the first Part.
    • CHAP. I. A description of the first Age of the world, called by Poets Saturnes, and the golden Age: and how they haue depraued it with their foolish fictions, as they haue done other histories in the Bible.
    • CHAP. II. Another description of the first Age of the world (called by Poets Saturnes, and the golden Age) as it is recorded in Scripture, after the fall of our first pa∣rents. And in what sence those two Epithets may be giuen to the Age wherein we liue.
    • CHAP. III. How some haue ascribed too much to Antiquitie, and others derogated too much from it.
    • CHAP. IIII. How and wherefore certaine Poets so earnestly desired the golden Age.
    • CHAP. V. How that whatsoeuer Poets haue written of the wickednesse of their times, might haue bene affirmed of the Age last past.
    • CHAP. VI. How the former Age hath bene reproued by the aforesaid Preachers for all sorts of vices.
    • CHAP. VII. Of certaine vices reproued in our good Catholickes by the aforesaid Preachers.
    • CHAP. VIII. How the foresaid Preachers haue discouered certaine abuses in Popish doctrine; and of the couetousnesse of the Popish Cleargie.
    • CHAP. IX. Wherein is declared, that by how much the wickednesse of the last Age doth ex∣ceed the former, by so much ours doth surpasse the last: notwithstanding that vices are better detected, more sharply censured, and seuerely punished then euer they were.
    • CHAP. X. How that the foresaid Preachers haue left sundry vices vntouched and vncensured.
    • CHAP. XI. That the notorious and incredible leudnesse of these times doth iustifie that which hath bene spoken of the wickednesse and impietie of the Age last past.
    • CHAP. XII. Wherein is declared by how much Whoredome is greater, and more notorious at this day, then euer it was.
    • CHAP. XIII. Of Sodomie, and the sinne against nature, com∣mitted at this day.
    • CHAP. XIIII. Of blasphemies and execrations vsed at this day.
    • CHAP. XV. Of thefts and robberies committed at this day.
    • CHAP. XVI. Of the thefts of Merchants, Phisitians, Apo∣thecaries, &c.
    • CHAP. XVII. Of the thefts and iniustice of Lawyers.
    • CHAP. XVIII. Of Murthers committed at this day.
    • CHAP. XIX. Of Crueltie practised at this day.
    • CHAP. XX. Other examples of the wickednesse of this age, especially of such as terme themselues Cleargy-men.
    • CHAP. XXI. Of the lechery and whoredome of the Popish Cleargie.
    • CHAP. XXII. Of the gluttony and drunkennesse of the Popish Cleargie.
    • CHAP. XXIII. Of thefts and robber is committed by the Popish Cleargie.
    • CHAP. XXIIII. Of man-slaughters and murthers committed by the Popish Cleargie.
    • CHAP. XXV. Of Blasphemies vttered by Popish Prelates.
    • CHAP. XXVI. How that as there are stranger sinnes committed at this day then euer before, so God inflicts stranger punishments vpon the authors and inuentors of them.
• title page
• TO THE HONORA∣BLE KNIGHT SIR ROBERT RICH, AND TO THE VVORTHY GENTLEMAN Maister Henry Rich his brother: sonnes to the right honorable the Lord RICH.
• THE SECOND PART OF THE PREPARATIVE TREA∣TISE TO THE APOLOGIE FOR HERODOTVS.
  • The Preface.
    • CHAP. XXVII. How some Poets (contrary to the current) haue preferred their owne age before the former, as being much more ciuill, and of farre better grace.
    • CHAP. XXVIII. Of the rudenesse and rusticitie of our Ancestors in sundry things.
    • CHAP. XXIX. Of the grosse and blockish ignorance of the Popish Cleargie, especially of the Masse-priests.
    • CHAP. XXX. How our ancestors suffered the holy Scriptures to be buried in an vnknowne tongue, and corrupted by false glosses and interpretations.
    • CHAP. XXXI. Of the paraphrasticall expositions vsed by the foresaid Preachers, especially in expounding the historie of the Bible.
    • CHAP. XXXII. How the foresaid Preachers abused the Scriptures, partly through ignorance, and partly through malice.
    • CHAP. XXXIII. Of other abuses of Scripture.
    • CHAP. XXXIIII. Of fables taken out of their Legends, and such like baggage, wherewith they stuffed their Sermons.
    • CHAP. XXXV. Of sundry sorts of questions, and some no lesse impious then friuolous, wherewith the foresaid Preachers were al∣wayes ready furnished.
    • CHAP. XXXVI. Of certaine fine fetches and daintie deuices vsed by the foresaid Preachers to make their auditors laugh or weepe; to winne an opinion of holinesse, and to keepe their kitchins hot: as also of their foolish and ridiculous speeches.
    • CHAP. XXXVII. Of the subtiltie and profoundnesse of the foresaid Preachers or professors of Diuinitie: as also of the traditions of the Fran∣ciscans, Dominickes, &c.
    • CHAP. XXXVIII. How Church-men gathered great store of riches by their fiue fetches, especially in the dayes of our forefathers: and of their shamelesse and intollerable co∣uetousnesse.
    • CHAP. XXXIX. How our Ancestors were nuzzeled in ignorance of Christian religion: and how the Popish Cleargie alwaies maintained themselues, notwithstan∣ding their wicked liues were notoriously knowne to the world, and that many of their iugling trickes and false miracles had bene discouered.
    • CHAP. XL. Wherein is declared how that after posteritie shall haue wondered at the long continued folly of Popish practises and abuses, it wil further wonder how the open discouering of them should haue cost so many men their liues, who were persecuted by the Cleargie: and will iudge this story no lesse strange then sundry recorded by Herodotus.
• Faults escaped, thus to be amended.