For after that he had taken from hir the fruit of children (which chieflie and aboue all things she desi|red) then he beerest hir of that,Q. Marie le [...]t desolate of K. Philip hir husband. which of all earthlie things should haue beene hir chiefe staie of honour, and staffe of comfort; that is, withdrew from hir the affection and companie euen of hir owne husband, by whose mariage she had promised before to hirselfe whole heapes of such ioy and felicitie. But now the omnipotent gouernour of all things, so turned the whéele of hir owne spinning against hir, that hir high buildings of such ioies and felicities came all to a ca|stell come downe, hir hopes being confounded, hir purposes disappointed, and she now brought to deso|lation:The ill lucke of Q. Marie with hir hus|band. who seemed neither to haue the fauour of God, nor the hearts of hir subiects, nor yet the loue of hir husband: who neither had fruit by him while shee had him, neither could now inioy him whome she had maried, neither yet was in libertie to marrie anie other whome she might inioy. Marke here (christian reader) the wofull aduersitie of this queene, & learne withall, what the Lord can doo when mans wilfulnes will néeds resist him, and will not be ruled.
At last, when
all these faire admonitions would take no place with the queene,The finall [...]nd and death of Q. Marie. nor mooue hir to re|uoke hir bloudie lawes, nor to staie the
tyrannie of hir priests, nor yet to spare hir owne subiects; but EEBO page image 1162 that the poore seruants
of God were drawne dailie by heapes most pittifullie as sheepe to the slaugh|ter, it so pleased the
heauenlie maiestie of almightie God, when no other remedie would serue, by death to cut hir off, which in
hir life so little regarded the life of others: giuing hir throne, which she abused to the destruction of
Christs church and people, to ano|ther,
Q. Marie [...]gned fiue ye [...]res & fiue [...]neths. The shortnes [...] Maries [...]gne noted.
These short verses were thus subscribed. La. B. Te.Regina pacem nescia perpeti,I am spreta m [...]ret foedera, E [...] Simone S [...]rdio de capto Calero, pag. 1968. iam DeiIram pauet sibi imminentem,Vindicis & furiae flagellum.Ciues & hostes iam pariter suosOdit pauét & ciuium & hostiumHirudo communis, cruoremAequè auidè sitiens vtrúnque.Huic luce terror Martius assonat,Dirae, caedis mens sibi conscia,Vmbrae nocturnae quietemTerrificis agitant figuris.
And thus much here, as in the closing vp of this storie, I thought to insinuat, touching the vnluckie and rufull reigne of quéene Marie: not for anie de|traction to hir place and state roiall, wherevnto shee was called of the Lord:An admoniti|on to all chri| [...]an r [...]iers. but to this onlie intent and effect, that forsomuch as she would needs set hirselfe so confidentlie to worke and striue against the Lord and his proceedings, all readers and rulers not one|lie maie sée how the Lord did worke against hir ther|fore, but also by hir maie be aduertised and learne what a perillous thing it is for men and women in authoritee, vpon blind zeale and opinion, to stirre vp persecution in Christs church, to the effusion of chri|stian bloud, least it prooue in the end with them (as it did here) that while they thinke to persecute here|tikes, they stumble at the same stone as did the Iewes in persecuting Christ and his true members to death, to their owne confusion and destruction.]