A breefe Aunswer made unto two seditious Pamphlets the one printed in French, and the other in English. Contayning a defence of Edmund Campion and his complices, their moste horrible and vnnaturall Treasons, against her Maiestie and the Realme. By A. M. [i.e. Anthony Munday] |
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The Complaint of a Christion, remembring the vnnaturall treasons
of Edmund Campion, and his Confederates.
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 | A breefe Aunswer made unto two seditious Pamphlets |  |
The Complaint of a Christion, remembring the vnnaturall treasons of Edmund Campion, and his Confederates.
O God from sacred throne beholde,our secrete sorrowes heere:
Regard with grace, our helplesse grace,
amend our mournfull cheere.
Thy Creatures whome thou hast appoint,
to liue in Princesse awe:
Forsake their duetie, looue and feare,
and spurne at dueties lawe.
their factes so lately scand:
Howe they did seeke their Princesse death,
and spoyle of natiue Land.
Thy Treasons Campion is bewaylde,
of many farre and neere:
To thinke what vnkinde actions, thou
wouldest haue perfourmed heere.
Bohemia Land may well reioyce,
Rodulphus Court be glad:
That thou to recompence thy paine,
such due desart hast had.
Germania maye leaue off to mourne,
yea, Spayne to muse and Italie:
And Fraunce may rent that false report,
of thy surmised Tragedie.
They that would make these men to seeme,
as not her Highnesse foes:
O Lorde it is a world to see,
the fayned fraude of those.
For when as Campion had presumde,
to challenge a dispute:
His craftie cloake was soone pulde off,
Learning did him confute.
Albeit his cauilles, skornes and coyle,
he bare with shamelesse face:
Yet trueth pulde off his craftie vayle,
and shewed his wretched case.
eche cause of right and reason:
Yet Iustice soone found out the depth,
of their most wicked treason.
Iustice perceiu'd, how vnder cloake,
of their Religion:
They comprehended trayterous guile,
and false sedition.
Iustice perceyued howe they sought,
within their natiue Soyle:
To mooue rebellion and debate,
to worke our secrete spoyle.
Iustice perceyued how the Pope,
with forraine Princes might:
Would vse our England as him pleasde,
and put our Queene from right.
Howe that these men were sent before,
by his perswasion:
To make all ready gainst the tyme,
of his inuasion.
So that destruction suddenlie,
should come vpon vs all:
Those onely sau'd, had holie Graynes,
or could the watch woord call.
All this did Iustice playne discerne,
with many matters more:
Where through they had the iust desart,
that they deseru'd therefore.
God sende her happie raigne:
And after earthlie Honours heere,
the heauenlie ioyes to gaine.
And all that seeke her secrete harme,
or to annoy her Grace:
God turne their hearts, or that they may,
enioy but lyttle space.
| A breefe Aunswer made unto two seditious Pamphlets | |