A De[e11ce ofthe LordCobham agai11f Nicholas Harpsfidd. 657 '~:'f~l~~~~~~~~~~ commmdW. your nature, and bcheved your caufe. B~t and Sh~ffs were m Lrmd(J11, what Battels wcrt fou~t, now like a fpida..a.tcher fucking out of every one what !S what Tnumphs and great F c:tfts were holden, when Kmgs the worn to make up your lcy_~l~ you h~p up a dung- btg.:m their rdgn, and when they tndcd, &c. In fuch ~ul- ~~li~fo~~Zl~;lo~i~%t~0~=~~~~~ :,~ife~ ~:1~~~~ :; ec~;~dt~:;rpu~~~~ ~~~ ~~~;I!~~.~ ~;ts~~i~~~~r~~; probrious conrmneltes,:md ~mkmg blafphemy, able almo!l: the matter forceth not m~ch whethtr 11 be true or fulfe, or to corrupt and infeCt the all'. Such is the m:~.bdy and~- whether any li~cth to beh~vt them. But whereas n thing cocthesofyour pen, tlutit bcginneth to lxtrk, belorett is denied, :m~mcafesofJudl?menr, attd in controverlics hath Iean1ed well to write. Which of yo_ms Lll:\'erthdefs I doubtful,_ wh1ch are to '?e dccJdtd and bou~ted out by evidonotherereprooch or contemn, asneJthcrdo lgreat!y denceofJufidemonfirauon:ltJkcthemlleltherforJudgcs fear the fame. God of his mercy keq> the (word out of of the Bench, nor for arbiters ~f the c:n~e, nor as wnndli:s the Papifis lund, it is not the pen of the Papills I greatly of themfelves fu~cie1~t nccdfmly to be fi~cktd unto: albeit ~!eu~~g;i~~~e~~tyofC:u~:~ :~? 1 ~~:(~ ~dfu!,~~~~~~~fn~~~~r~~~k~~:fC:~f ~:~~~~:~;~;; fed (M. CDpe) to d:llly, or as the Gr«ks do ~y, -·~•;"' nee fuch WJtnetTc:s ~ whofe te~nnony bcareth alwlys a neand to repay again as I am provoked: But _m dcfpitdUl ceffiry rntth, a~ bul<ledt_bchef. . Rllloo1ri ~~7~~d~~~!*:r,~~1.£~:~~t~FI~~ :~&s~;~~fE;!':;:;:f;.~:~~~~:r..:::~:J MildneC~andhummityrathcrbcfecms and IS the grace of ce,vcd the propk, and OPJ?r_t:!Tcd the mnocent, had not :~: ~:Uif:~!l~:e;,J:J~~u~t:~~~~t~c ~~i1~0~~co~~: ~~~~v~tJ;t~:J~~~i1~;1il~~~~~~!~ t~;~t~:~~~d But the Lord hemfter nuy call you, which I bcfttcll him dxm to be falfe lycrs both ; leaving to us thereby a lcffon todoandtoforgivcyoutluryouhavcdone_. ofwholfomecircumf~ion , notra:Jhlytobe!icvcallthat ln 'me mean time fccing thiS your pradmg pen muft cometh,and aliO ttaeh1~1g us how to_try than our. Whereneeds be walking, yet this ycu might have lca~d of thefc fore<: M. Cope) followmg here t~e l1ke ~xample of Danit l your own Authors wh_om you alledg, rrl?re CJvtlly to have m trymg th1e _you_r records whiCh ye 111fcr ag;;inll: thcfc ~~IT~o~~~ ~~n~f~1/~~i;~:~ afnt~~~:~ri:fl;~~ f:~ a~~~rh~: ~~~lJ~~:eh~~~~~e~~a:~:~~~11a;:~~· fu~ anfwer to thefe your forcfaid writers, as Wltne!Tes pro?uc~ bcj;tnm~lg Wlth yollr R. Fabtan. Which R. Fab. being Ii~~~ ~~:~~iJ.~~:':~~.~~~;~~~f:j;~: ~~jg:~~::~~~~:~:~~:~:::~,:;,~~::·:::::: E'.~rd nt crounl thefc Chroniclers, ye mull conhder, and cannot be 1gt10-- fon ~o be t11.1e ? what probatJOll doth h~ brn:g? what au. t"bt L<>rd :! ~~~rant, dut as none of al_l thefe by you forenamed was pre· thon~ doth heallcd~?And doth R.Falnan thmk ifhe wne ~!:'.~ d.:1N. fent at the dctd, nor Wl~tels of ~he fact, fo have th~ no- not d1fpof~ _to conceJvt of the L Cohham, and thofc men, thing of themfclves herem ccrtamly to affinn, ~ut etther 3 bett:r opu~on but to~ Traytors, _that men arc bound mull follow publick rumor and hear·fay for the1r Author, ro bdlCVe h1m only at Ius word, w1thout any groond or ordfeone of them muH borrow of another. Whereof caufcdeclarcd, whytheylhoukl fodo,butonlybccaufehc neither (ccmcth to me fufficient . For as ~lick rumor is fo faith, and it pleafcd him fo to write~ And if ye think never certain; (o one Author may foon deoove another. (M. C~e) the word 011~y of this witnm fuflicient to make Byrcafon v.:hcrcofit_comethoft to paiS, t~at as_thefe aut"?flty, f~kingagamft the L Cobham, ~proving fiory·writcrs lut !Ulny tunes t~tc truth, fo agam an IS not nothing wluch followed (o many years afta him ; why in the Gofpcl that they do wrtte: ~hercfore grQt rcfpcd may not I ~ wdl and nruch nther take the word and tdliishert to be had, either not to credttrafitlyeveryonetlut mony of RtcharJ BelwarJa Norfolk man of the Town T&ettfir. ::/~" ::i~~hf;l~~:~or e\(e to fee what groomls they have whom f~~~~~~;:~ng ~~~~~~ ~~n;h~n~r:;~~k~~o~~; ~J!~ ~':~~In fOLI~~o~~I~%'~~~~ I( ~."ia%~n~fh~~f/ P~l;~. ~~~~:.ityEo; ~0;!:i:h~ 1 ~:~;{idtl~~0t~1~i~~~~~e~~~~~o~:~~C~rr~~~ ~':hb~~ H11!J, and other of y()Ur Amhors, to prove thefe men to be ticlrs, for the f<'refaid L _Cobham, 'tliz. that Sir 'JOhnOIJ· u_R,,iH. Traytors? What aut\10rity do they avouch? what Ads, cajfle was a true CatholJCk man, and falfly coudemntd £Hc.Nm'< what Rcgifiers, what Records, or out of what Court do a1_Jd put to ~~th without a rcafonable caufc, &c. Ex r/- they !hew, or what demonCtration do they make? And do gijl. Nonm:. youthinkitfufficient, bccaufethcfemendooJt!yaffinnir, Againll this_m:mify?U take exception, aitd6.y, d1at without further pro~ti011, with your Wror ~ .. therefore we one ~eretick Will hold With anothe~ ; why may not I with arc bound to bche\'c Jt ? Take me not fo M. Copt, t~at I the l~ke e~ception reply to you agam, and fax as well, one do hert diminilh any thing, or derogate from the credit of Pap•ff wtll hold with anoth~, and both conJure together, chofe writers you all~ g. whofc labours have dcl(rvcd well, remake a1J<I fay the worfi agamfi a trueProtejfant? and ferve to great utility: but coming now to trial of a Further, yet ro examine this forcfaid Fabian, witntlS a· ~~:i~i~~~~J:fC:~~f~ !:~~~~ohhea~~~:t~; ~:~ ~;j!~;~,;~!ili ~~11:~~~~:cl~:~t~;~~~,}; ~is~h; f:~:r;r~.r~~~v~:c~:U~hr~:b:t;a~f;:~ Pu~~~=fi~~~[%~~~~h£'{1~~~t~~~::t~~~: ;;g';e ~~f~• ~~tl~~-fr~r!a!~/~~J:;g~j~ =~~:: ~h~:~th~j:U!t/ ~;;r~:~:rr~~: ~~i and of the rcll 'i{ )'et neither is ~his any fuffi_c!Cilt fmecy to HaD, andotherour abridgm~ntcrs ?onowing htm> do affirm !:;:1-:;,:; erove them Traywrs; ~nfidenng tlut Wntcrs of Stories that they were condemned m t~ GuiiJ~HalJ the urh ?" u.n. tor the mofi part followmg either blind report, or clfe one Dtctmbrr, and that their execution upon the fame was 111 ~t~ ~~ei1:~~:~ 3t:;·~r~~d~n:~~~t~~~:ofoout:tt~e= r:~~ j~~e":i(hc~1f~cl~~gMo~t~h~; ~c=fe~:~~:1fe ~for~xl\~ f.~~:~~ ~!~~y,l~~ ~~~~e~7'f~~~~~~~;o~~~~e~~fu~~~~~7Y ~a~h~ ~;tf1;~e~:7~i~hct~~7~~i?o 11 fIj;~~;:u":sD;;t[;,a;(~'::;, rJ ~~ucrt. h:fu~ldtbn~~~i~\~~~~:r~~~~af~ili~~<~~~Whl~ ~~Cibc!S~:'IH~~~!t~~~h~f~~:~b~~; tefiifying the fact fu,)
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