A detection of sundrie foule errours, lies, sclaunders, corruptions, and other false dealinges, touching doctrine, and other matters vttered and practized by M.Iewel, in a booke lately by him set foorth entituled, a defence of the apologie. &c. By Thomas Harding doctor of diuinitie.

Iewel.

The Nobles and Commons there (that is in Scotland) neither drevve the svvorde, nor attempted force against the Prince.

Harding.

What is a lie, if this be none? I praie you good Syr, are you onely a straunger in these matters? When in the daies of the late King there the Queenes husband, the said Quene and her husband were for a time daily in the fielde, and in armes against some of their Nobles, was there none then in Scotland, that attempted force against her? Was al that armie assembled, and in field, to fight with the ayre, or to keepe crowes from the corne? When the Lorde Hambleton,* 1.1 and the L. Iames with others fled, some into England, some into Fraunce, was there none of her Nobles, or Commons, that had at∣tempted force against her? When (during the Quenes absence in Fraunce) they ouerthrewe Churches, and Monasteries, attempted not they force against the prince, whose plaine commaundement was to the con∣trarie?

* 1.2When her Secretarie was by force taken from her, and outragiously murdered with in her hearing, when she with her husband by night was faine to flee vnto the Castle of Dumbar, when at an other time she was driuen to retire to Edinburg in great haste, not without daun∣ger passing through waters without any staie, where she lost Arture one of her most trusty seruantes,* 1.3 was there in al these matters no force attempted against the Quene, neither by her Nobles, nor by the Commons? What hath happed sithence, I neede not to speake. Time shal trie, how vntrue it is that you saie. Thinke you that such grosse and palpable lies maie euer be defended? Then tel vs,* 1.4 that Wyate rebelled not against Queene Marie, as your brother Christopher Goodman saith in deede: that

the Gues here in the Low Countrie,* 1.5 namely they of the towne of Valencenes, and they of Tournay, and others haue not rebelled against king Philip, nor the Huguenotes vnder the Prince of Conde in Fraunce, against their liege Soueraine the French King. Yea and then tel vs, the Snowe is blacke, and the Crowe is white. But I praie you M. Iewel, if they attempted not force against their Prince, what did they? You say.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Hamble∣ton, and Lorde Iames of Scotland.
• * 1.2

  The Quenes Secreta∣rie slaine vvithout force by M. Ievv.
• * 1.3

  Arture drowned
• * 1.4

  VViate.
• * 1.5

  The Gue•• of the Lovv Countrie no Re∣belles by M Ievvel neither the Hu∣guenotes of Frāce.