A New Yeares Gifte, dedicated to the Popes Holinesse and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome: preferred the first day of Ianuarie, in the yeare of our Lorde God, after the course and computation of the Romanistes, one thousand, fiue hundreth, seauentie and nine, by B. G. [i.e. Bernard Garter]... In recompence of diuers singular and inestimable Reliques, of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England, the true figures and representations whereof, are heereafter in their places dilated |
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[Japhetus on Pope Leo X.]
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[Japhetus on Pope Leo X.]
Did Peter thus? is this the way to feede
Christs little flocke, whereof he tooke suche care?
No no God wot, this rauening Wolfe in deede
Will rend them quicke, and eate them as they are:
A Tigre fierce, a lumpe of raging sinne,
That seekes to spoyle, that Christe by death did winne.
Christs little flocke, whereof he tooke suche care?
No no God wot, this rauening Wolfe in deede
Will rend them quicke, and eate them as they are:
A Tigre fierce, a lumpe of raging sinne,
That seekes to spoyle, that Christe by death did winne.
What man or beast, what feend of Hell coulde say,
The Gospell pure a fable but to be?
But that the Lorde would by his mouth bewray
This Antichrist, that al the worlde might see
A Diuel in fleshe: which would for money sake,
Himselfe, and al the worlde to Hel betake.
The Gospell pure a fable but to be?
But that the Lorde would by his mouth bewray
This Antichrist, that al the worlde might see
A Diuel in fleshe: which would for money sake,
Himselfe, and al the worlde to Hel betake.
But since of monstrous things we speake, proceede:
A monster foule begets as foule a whelpe,
A monstrous worde at first, and now a deede
In monstrous sorte, doth spring to be his helpe:
He prolles and pries, stil farther gaine to winne,
And gets him mates, to helpe his marte therein.
A monster foule begets as foule a whelpe,
A monstrous worde at first, and now a deede
In monstrous sorte, doth spring to be his helpe:
He prolles and pries, stil farther gaine to winne,
And gets him mates, to helpe his marte therein.
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