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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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Ad Archipapistam

The Argument of the foresayde Booke or Letter commended vnto thee.

The maner and meanes of the Popes beginning.

A Comparison betwixt Christe and the Pope.

[On The Cause of Our Salvation.]

The wordes of Christe.

[On the use of Holy writing as a Safeguard.]

[On the Crosse of Christe.]

[On the use of charms as a Safeguard.]

[On the four safeguards sent by the Pope to King Charles].

[Japhetus on Pope Leo X.]

[Grebelius on Pope Leo X.]

[On Grebelius' writing.]

[Sennazarius on Pope Leo X.]

Of another Pope.

Vrbanus the fifth, sendeth to the Emperor of the Gretians, three Agnus Dei: with the verses that folowe.

[Good Reader here I haue with long discourse]

The Popes common Seale to al Bulles.

And howe?

And now to the merrie miracles of the holy Mayde of Kent.

Inuectiues against the Pope.

[Pasquillus' invective against the Pope.]

[Mantuan's invective against the Pope.]

Conclusio.

Alia Conclusio.

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[On Grebelius' writing.]

A masse of mony nere was lewdly gote,
And yet more lewdly would haue bin imployde,
A myching Monke, and eke a myser hote,
Which many soules through falshood had destroyd,
Would nowe be Pope, through Simonie you see,
As suche there haue bin manye moe than hee.

University of Virginia Library

[On Grebelius' writing.]