CAPoi3. veItpeliitlOn'®fthe Apoealypo VÖL his fubfcription, when he was brought to the fire, made his righi hand firft ofall tobe burnt up with the flames , becaufe it had berne fo prefl to be an inftrument offo great wickednefl'e , and then after this was confirmed , he gaveup his whole body to bedevoured of the fires He cried withágreat voyce to him that had the Sickle , be- caufe that in this dayes ofKing Henry the 8. he inflamed the minde of Thomas CromWell by his words, with a define tomake a vintage. Forhe being notably well learned, and-boylingwith a fervent ieale, 'couldnót but inforce and let forward , the doing of this work with all his might, by felting him on fire to do it , whom he law to be in- dued with power to do it. Verfe 19. Then the Angell thruf inhisfbarpe Sickle. Hitherto of the Preparation, now the execution is finifhed incutting the Vine. This Vine is theglifBringandprincelike glory ofthe 'opifh Church, whole felicity was very great once in our Realme, as it was com- tìronly elfewhere; it (welled with full and ruddygrapes, it hung aloft and fall knit together upon the railes , fhadowing the whole land over on every fide with broad Vine leaves, and clullers of -Grapes let thick together. For it is well known, (as the ruines there- of doe as yet teflifie) howevery one of themoll pleafant hils were befet with thefe wilde Vines throughout all our Iland ; what deepe root they had taken , and how they did fohinder the Surines light with their faire fpread boughes, that it could not Thine upon the Corne. But when as it pleafedGod at WI to take vengeance on this wicked generation, he [Erred up Henry the 8 t Whobeing incenfed agaìnft the Pope ofRome upon unjuft caufes, did both (hake offhis Antichriftian yoke from himfelfe , and did remove it alto from the íhouldersofhis people. And not contenting himfelfewith this mi- nifteryofthefe two Angels, partly of CromWellwith his (harp fic,Jle, partly ofCranmer that hadpower over the fire, he caufed this whole Vine, not fo much to be lopped andpruned, as tobe rooted out utter- ly, in the year 1539. For hereuponat laft were the Mona f eries cal down, the Fryerres and Nunneries Werecefl doWne, and laid level! with the ground , the lands and revennews which did before that ferve touphold wicktofreligion, were confifcate to the Kings trea- fury, and fer out to Pale to them that would give molt. And this is the cutting downeofthe Clutters, and the cafting ofthem into the Winepreffe, nolefh: adrn'rabl, thenmemorable, ifwe (hall confider the matter accor ing ro the greatneffe thereof. Verfe 20. And the wineprefe was troden Without the'City. The S if Gigs
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