This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...the art of murther, (as it may be vsed) will lend one a medicine, which shall make him away in nature of that disease hee is most subiect too, whether in the space of a yeere, a moneth, halfe a yeere, or what tract of time you will, more or lesse. In Rome the papall chayre is washt, euery fiue yeere at the furthest, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...the art of murther, (as it may be vsed) will lend one a medicine, which shall make him away in nature of that disease hee is most subiect too, whether in the space of a yeere, a moneth, halfe a yeere, or what tract of time you will, more or lesse. In Rome the papall chayre is washt, euery fiue yeere at the furthest, with this oyle of aconitum. I pray God, the Kinge of Spayne feasted not our holy father Sextus, that was last, with such conserve of henbane; for it was credibly reported hee loued him not, and thys, that is nowe, is a god made with his owne hands; as it may appeare by the pasquill that was set vp of him, in a manner of a note, presently after his election--Sol. Re. Me. Fa. that is to say, Solus Rea: Me Facit, onely the King of Spayne made me pope. I am no chronicler from our owne countrey, but if probible suspition might be heard vpon his oath, I thinke some men's soules would be canonized for martyrs, that on earth did sway it as monarchies. Is it your wil and pleasure (noble Lants-graue of I4/mbo) to let us haue lesse carousing to your health in poyson, fewer vnder-hand conspyrings, or open quarrells executed onely in wordes, as they are in the worlde nowe a dayes; as if men will needes carouse, conspire, and quarrel, that they may make Ruflians' Hall of hell, and there bandy balls of brimstone at one an others head, and not trouble our peacable Paradize with their priuate hurliburlies about strumpets, where no weapon (as in Adam's Paradize) shold be named, but onely the angell of Prouidence stand with a fiery sword at the gate to keepe out our enemies. A perturbation of minde (like vnto Enuy) is Wrath, which looketh farre lower than the former; for, whereas Enuy cannot be said to be but in respect of our superiours, Wrath r...
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