CA P. i$, ARevelationofthe Apocalypfe. 769 And thefe words do more confirme the former interpretation. For feeing they do fignifie a rich and plentiful) abundance of things, it is likely that thole words which went before, are tobe referred ra- ther to the exprefling of wanton 14, that fo the fame thingmay not be twice (poker, and yet it is wont to be fooftentimes ; when as the latter is let down immediatly after, by way of a more full ex- plaining of the former. Complsstenf. and the King Bible rrade, are perifbed from thee; . So do .Aret,u, and the vtahar, not as the Jcneva hath it,are depaxted ; but the fenfe is not altered. Verf i S. The Merchant of thefe thiny. The caufe of the mour- ning being thus declared, the Holy CJhokt cometh now to the man- ner thereof, withall repeating the caufe (hortly. The merchants,faid he,of thefe Wares, that is, they who bellow all their labour in feeking to convert and retain all thefe Countries, and to make them fervice- able to Rome by their confederacie:WVho have waxed richby means ofher, that is, who have been bountifully rewarded for this labour of theirs. Wee have Peen and fhewed in a fewwords before, what a gainfull trade this kind ofmerchandising is, and hath been at Rome, as he which maketh way to come by. Bilhoppricks,Cardinalfhips,yea, the higheft honour of all,the Popedome it felf; And who Teeth nor, that filch men ofevery Countrey, as e.xcell either in wit, or in learn- ing, or in wealth, or in the favour of men : or laflly, in noble difcent and pedigree, whole help may _make ranch to make Rome 'nay and gallant, are hired by all means vhatfocver, to referre all their care and thoughts to this purpofe ? Woolre7 and 'Poole the two Cardi- nails flourifiled with.:us in memory of our Fathers, the one of them, though meanly born, yet was he ambitions, tumultuous, boifirous, and one that was notably fitted tobe..a RomifbMerchant; and there- fore he was fo >:/ightily advanced with honour, that bee ftuck.not many times to brave and beard ling Henry himfelf yea, to out- face and out bragge him. Thisother was a man ofa milder difpoftión, but yet of great au- thority, becaufe of nobleneffe of his defcents in which refpeft hee grew very rich, by means of the rivers of Butter and Honeywhich flowed at and from Rome;tilll he at laf} gave the `Pope occafion to fur fpec4 hini for one that bore no friendly minde to - ame,and till hebe- wrayed fore delire of knowing.the truth. For thenhe found it that a certain begging Friar called Petoots,was let tooppofe him,and had things proved as the Pope wifhed, hee fhould have feen him jetting it like a gallant fellow in . thofe Prinee-like dignities of his, our
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