Cyrus was Sonne of Cambises, and King of the Meedes and Persians, who making war against the Scithians, Tomiris the Queen, hauing by suttletie slain Cyrus with two hundred thousand Persians, did cut of his head, and cast it into a boll of man's blood, saying, Sutiu te sanguine quem sitisti, &c. Iustin. li. j. + He spared noue, that he eyther durst, or could, be bolde to put to pain for Gods truthe. But bloody drunk, sith he not one Yet he did watche, though as a woolf, For sure, though he had bishops rowm, In suche a place of Christes flock, Whose iudgment was so small and weak, And learning lesse to teache the flock, Should he obtain of grace deuine, His knoweledge was to base, no dout, Though he, perhaps, in Popes decrees, And ciuile law right prompt he knew, And all but to upholde the pride Of Rome, which was to ill; Or els to finde a way how he Gods childrens blood might spil. But who can boste in Gods decrees, In Scriptures force his answers shewd Or as an asse, whiche iudgement lacks, In sence of holy writ; Though he obtaind, a bitter space, In bishops seat to sit. • 1 Tim. iii. *Sus taught Mineruam there to long, 'Till Christe, by force of gospel truthe, And took the asse from his repast But spilt the sound so long a time, And tied him vp at Maunger yet, To lodge on boords, as he had made With hands and feet, to starue in stocks, No, no, in stall, his torments were Of pris'ners thrall, of hungers bit, Yet he of captiues life, ful oft, Not sure for pain, which he did feel, But for the greatest greef: That he could not be fed as yet, (In slaughter who was cheef) With blood of saints, and Christian fleshe, Wherwith his lust was fed'; That he could not exalt the Pope, Stil heer as supreme hed. • Sus Mineruam, the sow teacheth Minerua. What a sow is by nature, ncedeth no expresting. Minerua was daughter of Iupiter, and called by the poets Goddess of Wisdome and all good arts; now this is talking a prouerb, where one unlearned teacheth him of wisdom he might better be taught. +Bufo is a tod, so applied to Bonner, because of his venemous minde. + Asinus ud Lirum." This is a prouerb of those that haue neither goodnes, nor wils to submit to discipline. Pallas the neck-name of Minerua, so named from a mountain of Thessalia or Aonia, with a twisted top, where the muses called Parnassides, or Aonides, did remain. That he could not his holy lambes, And leaden bulles bestowe; His pardons and his obsequies, Mens souls to ouerthrowe. That truthe had ouerthrowen with power His brutishe vile intent; Whiche thought, by fire and fagots force, This wrought his onely greef and wo, For other cause sure there was none, He lay ful soft and had inough Of beer, and chaunge of wine; Bothe fleshe and fishe, bothe fruits and foul, Moste delicate and fine. His table neuer wanted sutes, At wil it to maintain He lacked neuer cators he, His ayds took always pain. To keep their God, their hope, their trust, Because with him they wisht a chaunge, And not with him, but with the rest, Who pris'ners are as foes to Christe, But cheef this Quondam which made boste, His former poure and time again, To blesse and curse at wil; Where one he burnt, on thousands then He would his lust fulfil. This was his boste and blooddy thirst, Wherin his ayds did trust; That once again the Roomishe whore |