The Life and Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Robert Greene (Volume 5) (Paperback, Annotated edition)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Spanish Masqverado with the Mottos. 1. Firft the Pope hauing put off his triple Crowne, and his Pontificalibus, fitting malecontented, fcratching of his head, throwing away his keies and his fword, in great choller faith thus. Neque Petrus, neque Paulus, quid igitur reftat. 2. Phillip King of Spaine, attired like an Hermit, riding towardes the Church on his Mule, attended on onely with certaine his flaues that are Moores, faith thus. Iubet Eccle/ia, diffentire non audeo. 3. The Cardinals of Rome, feeing that the Pope was malecontented for the bad fuccefle of the Spanim Fleet, appareled like Mourners, go folemnly finging De profundis, from Caftel Angelo to S. Peters Church: to them is faid. Lugete quia cecidit Meretrix. 4. The Cleargie of Spaine, mounted richly on their Iennets, ride vp and downe confulting, and at their wits end, fuming and fretting that their counfels had no better fuccefle: to them is faid. Achithophelis con/ilium, Achithophelis la- queum. 5. The reft of the rafcall Rable of the Romim Church, as Monkes, Friers, and dirging Prieftes, ftorming at thefe newes, fitting banquetting with the fair Nunnes, hauing ftore of daintie Gates and wines before them, ftall-fed with eafe, and gluttony, grone out of their fat panches this pafTion. Quanta patimur pro amore Chrifti, 6. The Nobilitie of Spaine, grieued at the dis honour of their fhameful returne: after great confultation, vow generall Pilgrimage to ?. James of Compqftella, in hope of his aide for reuenge: to them is faid. Si Petrus dormit Pape, num Iacobus vigi- labit vobis? 7. The / Duke of Medina, Captaine general of the Armie and Spanifh forces, rydeth on alennet, with one foote out of the Stirrop, his cappe pulde ouer his eies, and his pointes vntruf...