:z 6 vi Çe1velation ofthe Apocalypfe..0 A r.9 the horfes, Which breath outfire of-fnoke, Whofe colour is ofpurple 4nd brimflone,whichthree are men-killing inffruments,as we fhall fee af- terwards. Seeing then that they are armed with thefe three in their brd}s,it is all one,as if he fhould fay,that they are armed with the de- ftrudion amen; fiippofing all their fafety and defence, to tonfifa in killing other men. How lively do thefe things exprefïe the Turki/T, Empire,which is underpropt with noother Buttrifle, but with tyran- ny alone4üut befdes,theirfiery ßrigandines are ope;r and made mani- feff to all men , even as fire allocannot be hidden. What other argu- ment can there be, by which this Trumpet is challenged as p roper to the Turkì,and not to the Saracens, or Rornane.,; For the Turks fight openly, and bid open defiance to all that be ofthe Chriflian name.; ofwhom there is none,who may not fee a far offan hoftile miede to- wards them, both on their Breff-plates, and in--their breffs. The Sa- racens indeed did annoy them alfo, but they invaded them fuddenly, and by fits, flying in upon them as clofely, and craftily as they could. The Romifb Locrefls altodid fo deceive, and do fo ffill deceive men with.their jugling tricks, that they whom they kill, cannot be per- fwaded that theybe their enemies: For they hide their coats ofmale, and their breft-plates, and they make flew ofno hoftile matter, but lurk like Scorpions under a Stone. The Lyon-likeheads of Horfci,note out their notorious cruelty, wherewith this generation is made infa- mous above all others that ever wereheard of. Yea, and they do herein paffe the Locufls, whohad teethonlylike Lyons, but thefe have theirwhole head; that fo the ffrengthoftheir jawr,and the ffernnefs oftheir countenance might be added to the cruelty of their teeth. That whichcomethout oftheir mouth is of three forts,fire,ítoke, and brimflone, which three feem tonote out one thing, namely, their warlike guns, and peeves of Ordnance, the originall whereof was not much later thenthe Off- fpringoftheTurk., and which the Turks do ufe, in amore outragions delre to work mifchief, then any other kinde ofmen,The greatnefs ofthat Cun was almoft incredible,which Mahomet tiled in befieging Contantinoplei for the drawing Whereof there Werefeventyyokes ofoxen, ,end tWo thonfand Were uféd, as La-- onicus Chalcocondularreporteth, in the eight Bookof hismurkifb Hi- f ories. And thefe 120o. Ianizers which are the ordinary guard of his body,areall Gunners. Now fee if any thing could be fpoken more fitly to declare the nature of Guns. Firíf , here is mention 'made offire; but leaff it fhould be thought to be vulgar; thereisa double differenceadded, offmoke and brimf ee e ; For thefire that corneal
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