Gamaliell speaking his mind in the councell of the Phariseis concerning Christes religion,Gamaliels reason. Acts. 5. gaue this reason, that if it were of God, it should continue, who soeuer said naie: if it were not, it could not stand. So may it be said of quéene Marie and hir Romish religion, that if it were so perfect and catholike as they pretend, and the contrarie faith of the gospellers were so detestable and hereticall as they make it, how commeth it then, that this so catholike a quéene, such a necessarie piller of his spouse the church conti|nued no longer, till she had vtterlie rooted out of the land this hereticall generation? Yea how chanced it rather, that almightie God, to spare these poore here|tikes, rooted out quéene Marie so soone from hir throne, after she had reigned but onelie fiue yeares and fiue moneths?

Now furthermore, how God blessed hir waies and indeuors in the meane time,Quéene Ma|rie prospered so long as she went not a|gainst the Lord. while she thus persecu|ted the true seruants of God, remaineth to be discus|sed. Where first this is to be noted, that when she first began to stand for the title of the crowne, and yet had wrought no resistance against Christ and his gospell, but had promised hir faith to the Suffolke men, to mainteine the religion left by king Edward hir bro|ther,Q. Maries p [...]omise to the gospellers broken. so long God went with hir, aduanced hir, and by the means of the gospellers brought hir to the pos|session of the realme. But after that she breaking hir promise with God and man, began to take part with Stephan Gardiner, and had giuen ouer hir supre|masie vnto the pope, by and by Gods blessing le [...]t hir, neither did anie thing well thriue with hir after|ward during the whole time of hir regiment. For first incontinentlie the fairest and greatest ship she had,The ship cal|led the great Harrie bur|ned. called great Harrie, was burned: such a vessell as in all these parts of all Europe was not to be matched.

Then would she needs bring in king Philip, and by hir strange marriage with him,Q. Maries mariage with a stranger. Q. Marie disappointed of hir purpose in crowning k [...]ng Philip. Q. Marie stopped of hir will in resto|ring abbeie lands. make the whole realme of England subiect vnto a stranger. And all that notwithstanding, either that she did or was able to doo, she could not bring to passe to set the crowne of England vpon his head. With king Philip also came in the pope and his popish masse: with whome also hir purpose was to restore againe the monks and nunnes vnto their places, neither lacked there all kind of attempts to the vttermost of hir abilitie: and yet therein also God stopt hir of hir will, that it came not forward. After this, what a dearth happened in hir time here in hir land, the like wherof hath not light|lie in England béene seene, in so much that in sun|drie places hir poore subiects were fame to féed of a|corns for want of corne.