Purchas his pilgrimes. part 4 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

CHAP. X.

Diuers Warlike Fleets set forth to Sea against the Spaniards, by our English DEBORA, Queene ELIZABETH, of Glorious memory: Her manifold Deliueries and Victories. [ 30]

LOI the Man, whose M••se 〈…〉〈…〉s'd on Plantations, New England, Virgin, Bermude, Newfound-landed, Lawrell for oliue take, and make Relations Of Armes, Harmes, Fights, Frights, Flights, Depopulations, Romes Buls, Spaines broyles, Irelands 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Traitors branded. GOD, Angels, Winds, Seas, Men, Elizas Glory Conspire; Shee outlines Death, ••n Heauen, in Story.

HAile greatest of English Names, Glorious ELIZABETH! Nor may wee [ 40] after thy voyage and peregrination out of this World, vnto thy true and heauenly home & Country, forget the great Acts of thy earthly Pilgri∣mage. Thou wast indeed the Mother of English Sea-greatnesse, and didst first by thy (Generalls) not salute alone, but awe and trrrifie the remo∣test East and West, stretching thy long and strong armes to India, to China, to America, to the Peruvian Seas, to the Californian Coast and New Albions Scepters: Thou mad'st the Northerne Muscouite admire thy Greatnesse: Thou gauest name to the North-west Straits (Meta Incognita) and the Southern Negros, and Ilands of the South-vnknowne-continent which knew not humanitie, were compel∣led [ 50] to know Thee; Thou imbracedst the whole earthly Globe in thy Maritime Armes: thou freedst England from Easterlings and Lumbards borrowed legs, and taughtst her not onely to stand and goe without helpe, but become helpe to our friends, and with her own Sea forces to stand against, yea to stand vpon, and stampe vnder feet the proudest of her foes. Thou wast a Mother to thy Neighbours, Scots, French, Dutch; a Mirrour to the remotest of Nations. Great Cumberland; twelue voyages before recited are thine, and the fiery vigor of his Martiall Spirit was kindled at thy bright Lamp, & quickened by the Great Spirit of ELIZABETH. Drake, Candish, Iohn and Richard Hawkins, Raleigh, Dudley, Sherley, Preston, Greenuile, Lancaster, Wood, Raimund, Leuison, Monson, Winter, Frobisher. Da••••es, and other the Star-worthies of Englands Sphere, whose Pla∣net-courses * 1.1 we haue before related, acknowledge ELIZAS Orb to be their First and highest [ 60] Mouer. How many Royall Fleets did shee set forth? In the yeeres 85. and 87. those vnder Sir Francis Drake, before mentioned, as that also in 95. vnder him and Sir Iohn Hawkins: another: Fleet 1590. vnder Sir Iohn Hawkins, and Sir Martin Frobisher to the Ilands; also 1591. the Iland Fleet vnder the Lord Thomas Howard, now Earle of Suffolke; that 1592. by Sir Iohn Burroughs

and Sir Robert Crosse, when the Madre de Dios was taken, and another Carrike burnt: An. 1594. Shee sent forth a Fleet to Brest, where Frobusher was slaine. Another 1599. vnder the Lord Thomas Howard. A. 1600. vnder Sir Richard Leuison a Fleet to the Ilands; 1601. another to Ireland. A. 1602. vnder Sir Richard Leuison and Sir William Manson; and another vnder the same Commanders, 1603. as bequeathing in her fatall extreames, Marine Actions and Glory to her Successour. These and other her Sea-glories I purpose not here to dilate, hauing already handled some of them; but haue singled from the rest the actions of 88. 89. 96. and 97. prae∣mising somthing as a Preface of the great deliuerances which God vouch safed that Virgin Queen.

That Church which is mystically called, The woman drunken with the bloud of Saints, had begun * 1.2 to persecute her from her birth, Pope Clement the sixt decreeing against her Mothers mariage, [ 10] and Pope Paul the third thundring a terrible sentence against her Fathers Soueraigntie. And al∣though King Henry had first enacted against his daughters, and after for them by Parliamentary authoritie, yet when King Edward (which vsed to call her his sweet sister Temperance) was dead, there wanted not some which extruded both the sisters, and obtruded another succession. Queene Mary dispersing that storme, raised another, wherein shee was exposed to the columnies of faire∣soule-mouthed sycophants, which would haue stained the reigne of that Queene, otherwise bran∣ded, as short, bloudy, vnfortunate, with the slaughter of that Royall Virgin: Story and others say∣ing, * 1.3 That in vaine the boughs of Heresie were lopped off, if the Root were suffered to continue. Long and straight imprisonment shee ind••red, and was forced by them to Masse, Confession and externall profession of that Romish Catholi••••sme, which perhaps had not diuerted her enemies designe, had [ 20] not the peruers••st of her enemies Gardiner beene auerted by his owne death; and had not also King Philip with the Spaniards enuied to the French so rich an Inheritance, as by Queene M〈…〉〈…〉 death without ••ssue (which could scarsly from her sicke and aged body be expect,) was likely to fall vpon Queene Mary of Scotland betrothed to the Dolphin of France, whereby the Spanish greatnesse already embroyled enough, was likely to bee ouermatched by the French, increased with addition of three mightie Kingdomes. Queene Mary dying, and Cardinall Poole with ma∣ny Prelates, as it were, attending her exequies with their owne, with generall applause Shee was acknowledged Queen. Her first care was to restore Religion, notwithstanding the dangers thence incompassing her: shee also reiected the mariage with King Philip, whereof hee had treated with her by the Earle of Feria his Embassadour, promising to procure thereunto the Popes dispensati∣on: [ 30] neither admitted shee the offered match of Charles, sonne to Ferdinand the Emperour; and when Henry the French King by the Guisians was perswaded to challenge England to his sonne and daughter in law, causing them to vse her title Francis & Mary by the Grace of God King and * 1.4 Queene of Scotland, England, and Ireland) and prepared Warres against her, God tooke him out of the world, being s〈…〉〈…〉e at a Talt sport.

The new King and Queene continued their former challenge, Title and Ensignes, which gaue no small occasions of those euills, which afterwards inuolued her, breeding a great d〈…〉〈…〉gust betwixt those two greatest Ladies which Christendome had, both Heires to an absolute Souereigntie. * 1.5 Shee expelled the French out of Scotland, stablished the affaires of Ireland, procured armour and weapons out of Germany, caused much Artillery to bee cast of Brasse and Iron, new Mynes of [ 40] Brasse being sound at Keswicke, and the stone Calammaris vsefull for Brasse-workes found here al∣so: prouision for Gunpowder was first at her commandement made here at home; Barwicke for∣tified, the Nauie furnished, the Sea Townes imitating her example and increasing dayly in Na∣uall forces, answered by Martiall Spirits for Land and Sea seruice. Thus did God blesse her that had glorified him in establishing his Truth, notwithstanding the pouertie of the State at her entrance, deepely indetted by her predecessours; and the saint friendship or professed enmitie of Rome and all her disciples. Thus shall it bee done to the Woman God will honour, and more then thus: for what was all the time of her reigne but vicissitudes of Treasons, Warres, and manifold externall and internall broyles? and yet in an admirable working of Diuine Grace, when had England so long and flourishing peace at home, or glory and renowme abroad? as if hee which [ 50] brought light out of darknesse, would permit all such contrary workings to bee the object of his goodnesse, the fewell and materialls of her greatnesse.

Arthur Poole, the fourth yeere of her reigne abused the greatnesse of his bloud with other * 1.6 conspirators, to the Guis••••n purposes, but taken and sentenced receiued not bloudie reward from her mild and mercifull hand.

Pope Pius the fift denounceth her excommunicate, discharging her Subiects from loyaltie and alleageance and arming them against her: Ridolfi a Florentine playes the Merchant of Popish wares, the Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland take armes, the Duke of Norfolke is entan∣gled, the French and Spaniard are perswaded by the Pope, who promised also if need were, to in∣gage to this purpose all the goods of the Sea Apostolike, Chalices, Crosses, and holy Vestments: [ 60] Uitellius is commanded to inuade England with an Army from the Low-countries: but God protected ELIZABETH, and her Enemies abroad were disappointed, the Traitors at home falling into their owne pit.

About the same time Edmund and Peter, brethten to the Earle of O••••ond were busie in Ire∣land, * 1.7

to inflame which rebellion Mendoza came out of Spaine, but before it brake forth into any great combustion it was extinct. * 1.8

Don Iohn of Austria enters next vpon the Stage (for I omit Barues and Muthers, Sir Henry Percie, the B. of Ross his attempts, and other Acts and Arts sauouring more of the Foxe then the Lion) and pretended a peace, whiles hee intended the deliuerance of the Scottish Queene, and marrying her, to make himselfe King of England and Scotland, by helpe of fugitiues and fa∣uour of the Pope and Guisians: and in the midst of his warlike preparations suddenly dieth. When Pius his impious curses had thus proued blessings, hee deceaseth, and Gregory his successour in the * 1.9 Papacie, and malice to Queene ELIZABETH, the great Founder of Seminaties, gaping for no lesse then a Kingdome to his base sonne Iames Boncompagn••, treateth with the Spaniard, who had swallowed England also in his conceit. Thomas Stukley an English fugitiue promiseth Ire∣land [ 10] to the Popes bastard, who in recompence giues him the titles of Marquesse of Lagen, Earle of Wexford and Caterlough, Vicount of Morough, and Baron of Ross (all places of note in Ireland) and made him Generall of eight hundred Italian Souldiers, the King of Spaine paying their wages. But Sebastian King of Portugall, which should haue conducted the Spanish forces against England, being intangled with an African Expedition, procured S••••cley to goe thither with him, where * 1.10 both lost their liues. And the Spaniard was now diuerted from English designes to those neerer of Portugall, there imploying the forces intended against vs.

Doctor Nicolas Sanders playeth the next part, who hauing written in defence of the Popes * 1.11 visible Monarchy Ecclesiasticall, and belched out the fowlest slanders of Queen ELIZABETHS parentage that Hell could deuise, would make his writings visible by his deeds; and with Iames [ 20] Fitz Moric•• an Irish Traitor, hauing obtained to be the Popes Nuntio, with a banner consecrated at Rome, and some forces out of Spaine, entreth Ireland, there fortifieth and winneth Desmond to his partie. San Ioseph〈…〉〈…〉 followeth with seuen hundred Italians and Spaniards, with Armour for fiue thousand. Their Fort is taken, Fitz▪ moric•• first, and after the Earle with many others slaine, Sanders runnes mad, and wandering vp and downe in the Woods and Mountaines dieth misera∣bly; the Country is pacified and ELIZABETH preuaileth. The Seminaries (Schooles of Trea∣son) were now erected at R〈…〉〈…〉 and Rhem••••, to become worse then that Troian Ho••se, Cells of desperate E••issaries, inc••ndaries of their owne Countrey: Campion and others suffer, seditious Bookes * 1.12 are written against the Queene, whereby S〈…〉〈…〉r••ill was instigated to kill her. [ 30]

Mendoza the Spanish Embassadour was commanded to depart out of England, hauing practi∣sed with Throckmorton * 1.13 and others about an inuasion of the Land, and to remoue the Queene. A∣bout the same time in manner miraculously, traiterous projects came to light by certaine papers of one Creigh•••••• a Scottish Iesuite, who being taken by Dutch Pirates tare them and threw them into the Sea; which would not bee acc••ssary to Iesuiticall plots, but by the helpe of the winde brought them backe to the Ship; which being deliuered to Sir William Wade were ioyned again, and reuealed new plots of the Pope, the Spaniard, and Guisians to inuade England: Whereupon an Association was made by many thorow the Kingdome, binding themselues by their hands and seales to prosecute all such to death as should attempt any thing against the life of the Queene. Cardinall A〈…〉〈…〉 for the English Catholikes Ecclesiasticall, Inglefield for the Larkes, the Bishop of [ 40] Rosse for the Queene of Scots, were said to haue agreed to depriue the Queene, and to disinherite King IAMES as a fauo••••er of Heresie, &c.

A. 1585. Doctor Parry (whom Queene ELIZABETH had before pardoned his life) being heartned by Ragazonius the Popes Nuntio in France, and absolued in the Popes name by the Car∣dinall Comensis, vndertooke to kill the Queene, being thereunto incouraged by Allens booke, teaching that excommunicated Princes may bee dispoyled of liues and Scepters. His partner re∣ueales him, and his mischiefe lighted on himselfe. Henry Earle of Northumberland (brother of * 1.14 Thomas before executed at Yorke) slew himselfe in the Tower, and the Lord Chancellour three dayes after in the Starre Chamber declared that he had beene committed for traiterous deuises a∣gainst the Queene and State; the particulars whereof were then opened by the Atturney Popham, [ 50] seeking to set free the Queene of Scots, to destroy the Queene and the Religion, to haue dealt with Charles Paget (termed Mope) about these things, with the inuasion of England, &c. The Burkes rebellion in Ireland fell out that yeere, and many broyles, which cost three thousand * 1.15 their liues at one time, the title Mac-William in Connagh extinguished, and the insolence of the Ilanders betwixt Scotland and England repressed. The Spaniard arrested the English Ships in his Ports, whence the Expeditions of the Earle of Cumberland, and Sir Francis Drake before men∣tioned tooke their beginning, and the Warres betwixt the two Kingdomes.

A. 1586. that prodigions plot of Sauage, Balard, Babington, and the rest of that bloudy crue * 1.16 conspiring to kill the Queene, was detected and the plotters were executed. In 87. the French Embassadour, a Guisian, conferred with Stafford to kill the Queene, making great promises to that [ 60] purpose. And he and Moody were further treated with on that point by Trappius his Secretary, * 1.17 which by Stafford was reuealed and preuented. But whiles all pretended the freeing of the Queen of Scots, by this meanes they shortned her dayes and freed her of her life.

The story is knowne, and I shall not need to insist vpon these later things, nor on Tyrones Tra∣gicall

rebellion, the death of so many thousands English, Irish, Spanish; no•• Lopez his plot to poison the Queene, &c. I but propound these things to excite English thankfulnesse to God, and hatred * 1.18 to that Whoore, drunken with bloud, which hath thus enchanted the Kings of the earth; yea like the Legion Deuill hath broken all chaines of allegeance, and hath initiated in hellish mysteries * 1.19 naturall sworne subiects to inuasion and mutuall massacres; yea to account it tolerable, lawfull, commendable, meritorious, and in ordine ad deum, necessary (ô times! ô monsters!) to kill and murther; and hath made it a compendious way to win the Kingdome of Heauen by killing the Kings of the Earth. And if the bloud of so many Saints from Abel to Zacharias were threatned to fall on Ierusalem, sometimes the holy Citie; what may be said of Rome? whose Temporall Mo∣narchy first founded in the bloud of Rhemus brother of Romulus, proceeded in exiling their owne [ 10] Kings, and in exterminating worlds of men out of the world (Caesar alone is said in fiftie bat∣tells * 1.20 to haue slaine * 1.21 1192000. men, besides what was slaine in his Ciuill Warres) in a world of time together: exceeded in the sanctitie of the bloud of so many thousand Saints and Martyrs in ten dismall persecutions, and yet fell short of the pretended Catholike Rome, that mysticall Woman drunken with bloud.

I dare boldly auer, and by History make it good, (yea * 1.22 in great part to a iudicious obseruer the * 1.23 former parts of this Worke haue shewed) that since the Papall challenge of Monarchy ouer Mo∣narkes by Gregory the seuenth, the Deuills thousand yeeres of imprisonment being expired, An∣tichristian Rome hath by Sword, Fire, Warres, Ciuill and Forraine, and other inhumane, immane, diuellish furies procured the shedding of more humane bloud, then euer Heathen Rome in farre [ 20] longer time had shed to erect their Heathenish Empire, from the dayes of Romulus which foun∣ded the Citie, to Augustus which grounded and stablished the Empire, and Tiberius vnder whom Christ was crucified: Yea if you adde the persecutions of the succeeding Emperors till Iulian the Apostata; yet haue the later Antichristian exceeded in numbers, as much as the executions of Warres are vsually beyond all comparison of the Iudiciall and Legall. I adde, that as the Ethnike Romans spilt none (except in persecutions) but Ethnike bloud: so the pretended Christan Ro∣mists (except in the Indies and the Holy Land Wars) shed none in this account but Christian. This may seem a prodigal speech & prodigious paradox, to those which know not the millions which perished in the Holy Land Wars, set & kept on foot about 200. yeers together by Papall ambiti∣on; so many hundreths of thousands which perished in the same times, by open warres made by [ 30] the Popes Crusados against the Albigenses, Waldenses, and what other names it pleased them to giue to better men then themselues, in almost eightie yeeres continued warres: So many Ciuill Warres in Germany, the subiects and competitors armed by Crusados against the Emperours till that Eagle was plucked; where one Henry whom Hildebrand first deposed, fought sixtie battells: In England, France, Italy, and other parts, in the daies of King Iohn, Fredericke the second, Co••rad••, Memfred, Phillip, and others: and after that, the long Bohemian broiles drenched in bloud after Husses fire: and lately so innumerable millions (pauperis est numerare) in America and the Ilands which these bookes plainly euince to haue beene written in bloud by Roman authoritie and pre∣tence; * 1.24 not to make mention of the Philippinas, the East Indies, the Wars in Sicile and Naples; and the Greeke Empire first weakned, and after by Roman ambition lost: how many hundreth thou∣sands [ 40] hath France lost of Christians within these last hundreth yeeres? how many more haue ta∣ken * 1.25 their fatall farewells in the Belgian quarrell? How doe those Low-countries and Germany still flow in bloud? That I speake not of our England and Ireland? But I hate the thoughts of those things, and therefore come to the 88. businesse, that also set on worke from Rome, the widest and * 1.26 openest passage from hell for his ingresse and egresse, that was a Murtherer from the beginning, and in the last ages turning himselfe into an Angell of light, hath there established his principall Vicar vnder pretended titles and seemings of Christ and Christianitie. Yea this is also remarkable that in the treasons against Queene Elizabeth, and in those against our present Souereigne King Iames (whom God long preserue) by Watson, Clerke, Cobham, &c. at first, and in the Master and Monster-peece (which was now ready to breake forth with violence and virulence from Hell, [ 50] and to blow vp all other Treasons) that of the Gun-powder Traitors; still the busiest part of the Tragedie is committed to some Romish Priest or Iesuite, who should fit and frame the resolute dissolutenesse of wild spirits to the execution of it or themselues. The Master Workman (I say not Beelzebub) is the Pope, as appeareth in those before mentioned, and in this of 88. whose Bull declaratory against that Worthy of women followeth, as the contents thereof are deliuered by Meteranus, to whose labours in this Story wee are principally indetted. It was to be published in the Popes name by Cardinall Allen after the Nauie had arriued in England, to command the English to yeeld their obedience to the Duke of Parma. From the Pope therefore wee will begin our 88 Story, touching the preparation and successe of that Armada sirnamed inuincible. [ 60]

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Fi••••ts s•••• forth by queen Elizabeth. Sup. pag. 108••. & 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.2

  A••••••. 17. 6. Her persecuti∣on from the Papacie from the wombe.
• * 1.3

  In queen Ma∣ries daies.
• * 1.4

  French wrongs
• * 1.5

  Q. Elizabeths prosperitie. See of Gods mercies in this & other kinds, the B. of Chi∣chister his Re∣ligious Trac∣tate of Thanks∣giuing. See also Cam∣dens Elizabetha, and others Anuales of her Reigne.
• * 1.6

  Arthur Poole of the house of George Duke of Clarence. Ann. 1569. Pius his impi∣ous Bull.
• * 1.7

  Irish action.
• * 1.8

  Don Iohn base son of Charles Emperour. 1576.
• * 1.9

  A. 1572. Greg. 13. con∣firmeth the sentence a∣gainst Q. Elis-Stuklys trea on
• * 1.10

  A. 1578.
• * 1.11

  1579. 1580. Sanders Au∣thor of the booke De visi••. Monarch, & of the forged tale De schismate Anglicano in which he abu∣seth the queens Mother with grosse lies, ne∣uer before een or dreams of by the sharpest and spitefulles•• eyes which Malice could entertain, euen then when she was most ma∣licious & most serpent sighted
• * 1.12

  15••3.
• * 1.13

  1584. Mendoza. Throckmorton. Creighton; pa∣pers. Asso••iation. P••••ries treason Allens booke.
• * 1.14

  Earle of Nor∣thumberland.
• * 1.15

  Burks & Ilandeys ••••i s in Ireland.
• * 1.16

  Babington, &c.
• * 1.17

  French Embas∣sad••urs plot with Moody.
• * 1.18

  Lopez.
• * 1.19

  Luke 8. 29.
• * 1.20

  Rome, Citie of murthers & haters of kings
• * 1.21

  Plin. l. 7. c. 25.
• * 1.22

  See to. 1. l. 8. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 3. 4. & 6. l. 2. c. 1 to. 2. l. 8. c. 4. &c.
• * 1.23

  Present Rome greater man∣staier & Saint∣slaier then the Ethnike.
• * 1.24

  Priests, agents in euery trea∣son.
• * 1.25

  The Pope Ma∣ster Workman.
• * 1.26

  Allen or Alan was by Spanish procurement made Cardi∣nall for this purpose; and to this purpose had written a violent booke which heart∣ned Parry to vndertake to kil the Queen. He and Bristow & Martin were Authors of the Rhemish Tran∣slation and Notes of the N. T.