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Show "-.J,'' ObfortVationJ upon a Libell, publifoed, In Anno, 15 9.~· to make· his Eldefl Son, Dtp1tty o£ Ireland. As if, that were fuch a Catch; Confidering, all the Dep1tties, fince her Majefliu time,( except the Earl ofS11jfex, and the LQrd Grey,) have been perfons, of meaner Degree, then Sir Thomas Cui!J is: And the mofr, that is gotten, by that place, is ~ut the Saving, and~ putting up~ or a Mans own Revenue's, durtng thofe years, that he ferveth thetr ; And this perhaps, to be fave~ ·, with fome Dijpleafore, at his.Return. Page eadem, he faith ; He hath brought in, his s;cond So'!, Sir Robert Cecil/, to be of the Ctmnfcll, who hath, netther JVtt, nor Experience. Wh~c~ Speec~ is as notori01asan untruth, as is, in all the Libel! : For 1t Js confened, by all Men, that know the Gentleman, that h~ hath one> of the Rarefr, and mofr Ex cellent, JPits ofEngland; with afingularDelivery, and Application, ot the fame; whether it be, to ufe a Continued Speech) Or toNe gotitlte Or to touch in Writing, or to make Report, Or difcreetly to cdnfider, of the C:ir~umfrance.s, Andaptly,to draw Things, to a Point; And all this, Joyned, wnh a very good Nature, and a great Ref peel: to all Men,.as is daily, .more and more, revealed. And for his Experience, it is eafie to thmk!' that his Tr'!Jning, and Helps, hath made it already fuchj as many, that have ferved, lo1zg prentifbood for it, have not attained the like: So as,ifthat be true; ffJ.!!i Benejici1tm Digno d11.t> omnes obligat ; Not his Father onely, but the state, is bound unto her lldaj e.fty, for _the choice, and Employ. ment) of fo fo.fficient, and W(Jrthy, a Gentleman. There be many other Follies,and Abfurdities,in the Book_:which, if an Eloquent Scholler, had it in Hand, he would take Advantage thereof, and jufi:ly make the Authour, not onely Odious, but Ridiculous, and Contemptible, to the World. But I paife them o- . ver, and even this, which hath been faid, hath been vouchfaferi to the va Hue, and Worth of the Matter, and not the worth, of the Writer; who hath handled a Theam, above his Compajfe. . 8. Of the Heigth, oflmpudency, tbat theje Men, are grown unto,in publijhing, and A.vo~~ehing, untruths ; with a parti(;ular Reci~all of Jome ofthem, for an Alfay.- . _ , - T Hefe MeH, are grown, to a fin gular Spirit, and Faculty in Lying, and Abuling the world; fucb, as it feemeth ,' al. thoug? they are, to purchafe a particular Dijjenfation, for aU o- 1 the~ 81ns; yet the~ have a Difpenfation Dormant~ to lie, for theCa-l thfJbquecaufo; ~h1ch movethm'", to give theRe~tder>a Taft, of ----- their • Ob forvationJ upon a Libdl, publifhed, In Anno, 1 59 2. r 4 9 J their VntrHths, f'!-ch a~ are writte~, an.d are not meerly gro.ffe,and palpable; Defirmg htm, outot their own Writings, when any !hall fal], into his Hands) to encreafe the Rowle, at Jeafr., in his own Memory. · 1 We retain, in our·Calenders,.mo o~her Ho./y-dayes, but fuch, as have their Memorials, in the Scriptures: And therefore:> in the Honour of the Bleffed Virgin, we on ely receive, the.Feafts, of the An- , mmciation, and the P~riflca-tion; Omitting the other, of the conception, and the Nativi'ty; WhiciY Nati'lJity, was ufed to be celebrated!! upon the Sttt. of septe~~tb; the f/igill whereof,hapned to be, the Nativity of our ~een:whi'ch though we keep notHolJ, yet we ufe therein, certain Civil! Cuftomes~ c:fJoy, and. Grat.ulatio~; As Ringing of 'Eells, Bonftrts, and fudi hke; And lJkewtfe, maJ{e a ltlemoriall, of the fame Day,i~ our· Galender: whereupon they have pubJHbed; That we have expunged, the Nativity oft he Blejfed Firgin, and put in fteadthereo!J the Nativity of our !f2!!een. And further, that we fil.ilg) certain HJmnes, unto htt, ufed to be fung, unto our Lady: .' It hapned, tbat upoh fome BloJ~J.fhed, in the Church of Paules, according to the Can{)n Law, y~t with us in force, the faid church was interdi{}ed, and fo, fhe'Gatestbutup, forfome few Dayes; whereupon, they publifhed, that, becau{e the fame Church, is a place, where People ufe to meet, to walk and confer, the ~eens Mlljeflie, after the manner,ofthe Ancient 1Jrants,had forbidden, all Affemblies, and Meetings, ofPeople, together; And for that Reafon:, upon extreme Jealoufie, did caufe., Paules Gates, to be fhut up. The Gate of London, called L ud. Gate, being in decay, was· pulled down; And built anew :And on the one fide, was fet up, the Image, of King LHd) and his two Sons; who_, according to the , Name, wat'thought, to be the Firfi FoHnder, of that Gate: And, on the other fide, the Image of her Majefty, in whofe time, it was reedified: whereupon, they publifhed, that her Majepy, after all the Images, of the Saints, were long beaten down, had now, at lafi, fet up her own Image, upon the Principall Gate, ofLondon,to be adored; And that all Men, were forced, to do reverence to it, as they palled by; And a watch , there placed, for that purpofe. Mr. JeweU, the Bifhop 6fSalishuryJ who, according to his Life, died mofi godly, and patiently; At the Point of Death, ufed, the Yerfide,. of the Hymne, Te Deum; oh Lord, in thee have~ tru.fted, let me never be confounded; Whereupon, fuppreffing the reft, they publifbed, that the principa!l champion, of the Heretick.f, in his very lafl: words, cryed, he was confounded. In the All; of Recognition, ofprimo, whereby, the Right, of the Crown, is acknowledged, by Parliament, to be in her Majejiy;(The' like whereof, was ufed, in ff2!!een Maries time;) The words, o Limitation, are; In the !2!!.eerJS Mlljejly, and the NllfHrall Heirer, o}lJ · heJ |