any ill
sort vsed, only for breaking the lawes of frequenting the Churches, are
peraduenture rated at some pecuniarie fine.

The ende and purpose why wee speake and publish these things, is to let
all good Princes and Magistrates, and others desirous to know the trueth
of things, vnderstande howe and by what meanes, as openly, priuily, by
force of armes, and practises of treacherie, the state of her Maiestie
and of her kingdome is assaulted by the bishop of Rome, and the Spanish
King: and therefore howe conueniently and necessarily her Maiestie is
drawen to resist this force and to auoyde these frauds, and with what
iniurious allegations the execution of lawes and iustice, is as it were
torne and rent in pieces, not only by malitious imprinted Libels, but
also by painted tables and pictures, signifying I knowe not what
monstrous things, resemblances of some barbarous crueltie, as they
falsely calumniate and exclaime, to be vsed against the foresaid
Iesuites, and Seminarie Priests, that is to say, against men guiltie of
high and horrible treason.

But as for her Maiestie, she desireth to stand as a person voide of all
trueth and credite with good Princes, if she euer punished any of these
men with any strange or newe kinde of torment, then is appointed by the
prescript of the ancient lawes of this Realme prouided against such
persons, as shall be found and conuicted for Rebels and Traytors.

FINIS.

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Transcriber's notes:

The original spelling, which is frequently inconsistent, has been
retained. The following words appear thus in the original: priesthod,
resiant.

Some contractions, printed as vowels with a line over them, were used
in the original to indicate a vowel followed by an 'm' or 'n'. They have
been expanded as follows (the contraction is marked by [] round the
vowel):

out of c[o]trouersie expanded to out of controuersie
c[o]monly called the commonly called the
hostile int[e]dement hostile intendement
her owne c[o]moditie her owne commoditie
howe a c[o]modious howe a commodious
their intended nauigati[o]: their intended nauigation:
& co[u]tenance the same & countenance the same
anie precedent prohibiti[o] anie precedent prohibition
Engl[a]d, whose scepter, Englan