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The rewarde of Wickednesse

Discoursing the sundrye monstrous abuses of wicked and vngodlye worldelinges: in such sort set downe and written as the same haue beene dyuersely practised in the persones of Popes, Harlots, Proude Princes, Tyrauntes, Romish Byshoppes, and others. With a liuely description of their seuerall falles and finall destruction. Uerye profitable for all sorte of estates to reade and looke vpon. Nevvly compiled by Richard Robinson

Robinson, Richard

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The Aucthour to the Booke.

The Booke to the Aucthour.

Richard Smith in praise of the Aucthor.

The Prologue.

The rewarde of wickednesse.

HELLEN tormented for her treason to her Husbande, and liuing in fornication ten yeares, whose wordes followe.

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The Bookes verdite vpon Hellen.

Pope Alexander the sixt rewarded for his wickednesse and odible lyfe, with his colledge of Cardinals, Bishops, Abbots, Moonckes, Freers, and Nunnes, with the rabble of greasie Priestes, and other members of Idolatry and superstition. &c.

The bookes verdite vpon this wicked Pope.

Young Tarquine rewarded for his wickednesse.

The rewarde of Medea for hir wicked actes, and false deceyuing of hir father, sleying of hir children and hir owne Brother, and working by inchauntment. This historie is merueylous tragicall, and a good example for VVomen.

The wordes of tormented Tantalus, being rewarded for his extortion and couetousnes: Oppressing of the poore people of his Countrey: And for other wicked actes.

The bookes verdite vpon Tantalus.

The rewarde of an Ambicious and vaine glorious counseller, called Vetronius Turinus: For his wicked life among them that hee might ouercome, and for his Pride: whose wordes folow in the middes of his tormentes.

The Bookes verdit.

The wofull complaint of the monstrous Emperour Heliogabalus for spending of his dayes in abhominable whoredome.

The Bookes verdit.

The two Iudges for slaundering of Susanna: and bearing false witnesse against hir, be rewarded for the same most terribly.

Pope Ihoan rewarded for hir wickednesse.

Newes betwene the Pope and Pluto, and of the Proclamation about the Ladder twixt Hell and Heauen.

The torment of Tiranny, and the reward for his vvickednesse; Being a King called Mydas: VVhich Tirannouslye, swallowed not onely his Countrey for Lucre sake, but his householde Seruauntes also.

The rewarde that Rosamond had in hell, for murdering of hir husbande Albonius and liuing vitiouslie in hir husbandes dayes.

Retourning from Plutos Kingdome, To Noble Helicon: place of Infinite Ioye.

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To the Worshipfull, Gilbert Talbote, Esquier, Seconde Sonne to the Right Honourable Earle of Shrowsburie. &c. Richard Robinson VVisheth the feruent feare of God, Increase of Vertue, VVorship and Honour, vvith Good successe, and many Ioyful yeares.