PAule whiche is also Saule began to dye in the fift Ide , that is the. ix day of Nouember , about the first watche of the nighte . At what tyme I was with Titus Polibius , whom thou knowest to be a man of singuler sobrietie among all the rest of the Citezins of Rome , and suche a one as may worthely be called a wiseman : With hym I held communicacion of the calamities of the Christen common welthe , and of the remedies of the same . But before our talk was ended , and therfore deferred tyl an other time , it pleased Polibius to make me lodge at his house that night . But eare I was on slepe , beholde Genius that ghost , which ten yeares agone had caried me into heauen , semed to be present before me and sayde : Up Publius ; arise , yf thou desire to see with what pompe , and what preparacion , Paule is receiucd of Dites the prince of darknes , and of the other fyendes . What , ( quod I than , ) is our most holye father dead ? Yea ( sayed he ) he is dead nowe at last , yf at the least wyse he euer lyued .

But all his holynesse he left for Christe and his saintes , thinking it ynough for hym , yf but in title and name he mighte be called moste holy . I come than ( quod I ) my moste trusty guyde , and gladlye and willingly I do followe thee . Forth we wente tyll we came vnto the Popes palace , where we founde Paule breathyng a litle , for he was at the poynt of death . About hym were many diuelles , but fewe men . For they beyng sure he wold dye , were othcrwise occupied , some in riflyng his coffers , and other some in stealyng his costly apparell , with his siluer and golden vessell , some aboute one thing , and some about another , as commonly menne are wonte to bee at so good a season . Whyle these thynges were in doyng , our holy father gaue vp his ghoste . Then was there one , whiche semed to be captaine of the fiendes , and to be in authoritie aboue the reste , who comming to hym , sayd : Sathanas saue thee , thou pyller and worshippe of oure kyngdome . And than takyng hym by the hand , led hym downe into a certaine shadowed valleye : The sydes whereof were so full of mooste hyghe Cypresse trees , that the pleasaunte lyghte of the Sunne coulde no where gette in . In the heade of this valleye was a verye stynkyng lake , whiche I thinke eyther be Auernum , or some other lyke . Here Dracolicus ( for that was that Captayne Deuylles name ) because Paule wente naked , commaunded a womans garmente of yron graye , brodered with fiery serpentes , to be broughte hym , about that borders wherof wer Scorpions after the maner of a garde . Than loe , Paule semed to me to be wholy chaunged , into a most foule & doting old trot . Contrary to Pope John , who counterfayting the man , declared her selfe , in bringing forth a sonne , to be a very woman . But I wondred muche at one thynge : For in this garment I saw figured his most notable mischieues , as manstaughter , poysonynges , treasons , Incest , & abhominable aduoutries . Than they put hi on shoes , or rather bootes , of swynes leather . And set vpon his heade a foxe furre nyghtcap , whereon they put a myter , mete for thre crownes : of whiche the first that went about his forhead & temples , was an * Amphisbene . The second was of an Aspis , the thirde was a Cerast with two hornes , whiche did well set forth the top of the Mytre . About his necke hong a chayne made of two wrethed Adders . At his eare in stede of his earetyres , crocked . ii . speckled frogges . To this they gaue him loaden gloues , and bracelettes of vipers , that he shuld lacke nothyng of an whores attyre and garnishment . Then did thei set him vpon a great beast , which had heare growen out of mans bloud , which semed diuers , with diuers coloured spottes . In these spottes myght be read as they had be printed with a burnyng yron , the names of al erroures and reuilinges of god and Christ , that haue bene at any time sence men were borne , bothe of the Egipcians , Phariseis , Hessenes , Hebeonites , Maniches , Arrians , Maometans , and Pelagians , besides those whiche the Papistes haue inuented to the reproche of God and Christ . This beast had seuen heades , and ten hye lyfted hornes , and on euery horne a croune which signifieth a kynges power . But Paul had caried with hym a golden cup , lyke vnto these whiche the priestes lyft vp at the altare , whyle they are at worke aboute his holy seruyce . This Chalice caried he in his hande with suche gesture as the Germaynes be wont , when they bid any man to drinke . The ministers of hell led downe the hye by shoppe beyng thus decked through the lowe vallcye . But Genius my ghost guyded me very pleasauntly by the righte side of the mountaine : So that we lurking among the Cypres trees , did the easilyer beholde from an higher place , all thynges that were done , and all the whole pompe of his Triumphe . And whan we had goen a litle farther , we hearde a greate noyse of horsemen that were cummyng . And not long after through the monicion of Genius my ghoste , I knewe Peter Aloysius the bishops sonne , who hauing hearde of his fathers comminge , came forth before to meete him for honoures sake . And be beyng wrapped in a Goates skinne , tyd vpon a Goate , that was so byg , that he semed to be greater then a bul . At his brest in stede of a golden Bull , hong a great Priapus . And this Priapus ( whiche I greatly wondred at , had a naked Pintell hanging in the middle parte of his body . About Peter Aloysius were Catamites innumerable , hauyng all the partes of theyr body finely clothed , saue only theyr atses , which beyng naked lyke Apes , they shewed forthe . The rest that were with hym , tode vpon very great she goates . And in theyr banners ( whether it were to fraye byrdes or no I know not ) they had images of Priapus . There Petrus Aloysius with Constance his sister , who also was his stepdame , skarce knewe his father in that blacke band of horsemen . For he had not that apparell , that face , that white horse , nor that trayne after hym , which he was wonte to haue in his lyfe time . Neither coulde he haue knowen hym at all , yf he had not marked well a certayne shape of a byshops mytre ( whiche they call a kyngdome ) & his voice and speche . But whan he was come nerer hym , and that they had saluted one an other , he sayde : O father , art thou also come downe hither ? whom I wold haue thought , yf soules myght lyue longer than the bodyes , ( whiche now alas to my payne I fele ) wouldest haue flyen vp into heauen : For manye and that a great company of men worshipped the as a GOD . Thou promysedst heauen to them that worshipped thee . Thou calledst vp soules agayne from hell . Thou forgauest them muche punishment and peynes , ( accordyng to the aunciente seueritie ) whiche returned to thy holy seate & deuocion , as of late dayes thou shewedst the prynces and people of Germanie ( whiche fell from the to a certayne ( I knowe not what ) doctryne of the gospel ) by thre by shops whiche were thy Legates a late●e . Notwithstandyng those whiche were nerest about the , ( as was I with fewe other ) knewe well & to well ; that thou trustedst not thy selfe to those thynges whiche thou so muche boastedst of , & souldest to other , but estemedst them as tales of Robin hode . For I remember when thou affirmedst that there were no soules , nor any hell at all , but that thou didest defend them and saye there were suche , because they were excellente and verye mete to deceyue men : and not onelye to saue and defende riches and Empyres , but also to get and obtayne them .

¶ I thy sonne beynge instructed and seasoned with this noble doctrine , thoughte nothing vnlawfull for me to do . Hereof came my so many adultries both with men and women , Hereof came the slaughters and robberies , from hence came the sacrileges , and blasphemous reuilinges agaynste God , Christe , and his mother the virgin and agaynste all the heauenly sayntes , from hence came the innumerable myschiefes , and all kynd of vngracious dedes , which I folowyng that my father , haue committed : In which I beyng so drouned , that neither god nor man could any longer suffer me at the last after the maner of other Tirans , without whose murder & woundes , fewe descend hyther , I fell into this pit , where I haue experience in verye dede that there is an hel , that there be furies , and fiendes , and that there are punyshmentes for wycked dedes , with euerlastyng fyer : which thinges whyle I was in lyfe , beeyng noseled in thy instruccions , and housholde doctryne , I neuer thought vpon at any tyme nor yet feared , Wherefore ( O father ) there is nought els for vs to looke for here , but miserye , and euerlastyng desperation . At this his father sighed and helde his peace , attendyng only to see the ende of his owne matter . And beholde whyle they wente on , a greater neyghynge of horses , and roryng of Lyons was hearde , whiche were certayne Emperous , Kynges , Tyrannes and other prynces , but chiefly those which had geuen theyr power to the beast , & whiche hauyng drounken in the louely cuppe of the whore of Babilon , had committed fornicacion with her . These came to meete him , and bewayled his wretchednesse . After these came forth a muche greater company , of Popes , Cardinals , Byshops , Abbotes , munkes , priestes and friers , al these rode vpon Locustes , lyke vnto horses , whiche are prepared to battaile , vpon whose heades was the shape of a certayne golden Crowne . Theyr face was lyke a mannes , theyr heare lyke womennes , but they semed to be armed with Lyons teeth , and yron Habetions : with the clappyng of theyr winges , they counterfayted Charettes goyng forwarde to battayle . They had tayles , and in theyr tayles stynges of Scorpions . And nowe to withhold the no longer , with this company we wente to the yron citie of Dites , or Pluto , and his vnpleasaunt kingdome : where there were Arches , great pillers , and notable memorials set vp . In whiche the titles , and noble mischiefes of our holy father Farnesius , were wrytten , and graued .

The firste Arche before the gate of the Citie , shewed the first beginninges of his noble mischiefes . That buyldyng was all of moste heauy leade . And there in scyled worke , I sawe Paule geuing his sister to be defiled of Alexander Borgias , the chiefe byshop , to deliuer hymselfe out of other mens det . On the other syde of that Arche , thesame Paule poured in , ( but gaue not poyson ) to his other sister , because she folowed to openly the maners of the familie of Fregnesia , and semed to loue other more than her brother Paule . But they cannot chose but lyue wastefullye , whiche hope for other mens goodes , while the waste theyr owne . And the frunte and vpper part of the Arche , declared playnly that with thesame cup he broughte his mother to her longe slepe . This was the tytle of this Arche . To Paulus Farnesius a singuler Patron of Baudes and manquellers .

When we were come from thence into the citie , appeared the other buyldynge made of sounde brasse , in whiche oute Paule triumphed ouer a certayne wenche , an Anconitane . For whan now with his accustomed baude playing , and gyles , he had deserued a red hat , and was the Legate of Anconia : there , vnder the coloure of a certayne merchaunte , he deceyued a noble Damoysell , and whan she was promised hym , maried her for his wyfe : whiche woman after that she knewe hym to be that , whiche he was in dede , and that she was not his lawefull wyfe , but his concubine , ( whiche out of the decrees thou knewest very well , ) It fayled but litle that she fell not madde . But yet by that mariage he gat Peter Aloysius , a worship forsothe and a singuler Ornament of the Romanes name . The mayse of this dede was this .

To Paul Farnesius Cardinall , a Knaue moste reuerent , defrauders haue set vp this . Then wente we further , and beholde another monument , made of a myxture of leade , brasse , and tynne all together . There in caste worke , I sawe Paule nowe the chiefe Byshop , with his daughter Constans , whiche was more pleasaunt and obedient to hym , than a daughter shoulde be to her father : on the backesyde of this , This Goatishe olde manne prouoked to Aduoutrie a certayne chosen Damoysell , a niece of his , whiche was a Kyngly Matrone , no lesse excellynge in Maydenly shamefastenesse , than in good shape and beawtie . In the vpper parte of this Arche , Peter Aloysius , wroughte by force vnnaturallye with the Byshoppe Fanensis , whereof that good yong man dyed . And there his father Paule smylyng , dyd absolue hym . And therefore for these ientle mischieues , the fyendes wrote vpon the Arche .

To Paule the thirde , chiefe Bishop , and to his sonne bothe Aduoutrers , Incestuous , Buggers , defilers , Abusers , and of all Ruffians the chiefest . The company of Lechers haue set vp this , for an euerlastyng memoriall . From hence we came into Plutonium the greateste fielde of all the Citie , where were two noble memorials , whiche semed to be made of hardeste salte , and that somewhat reade .

In the one the Perusmes were ouercome and oppressed . In the other Ascanius Colona , a moste righteous Prince was of this olde Knaue in a great furie dryuen oute of his kyngedome . To these was a superscripcion after this fourme .

To Paule Farnesius chiefe Byshop , a moste cruell Tyran , Tyrannes haue set vp this .

Not far from these on the other syde the fyeld , were two pillers , square & broade the stuffe wherof I coulde not knowe . For they were not of any accustomed or vsed matter . In one of them he toke Camerine , after he had driuen out the princesse therof , a woman endewed with singuler wisedome and religion . In the other I mighte see by what craftes he drewe the College of Cardinalles to holde with him , as touchyng Placencia and Parma , by makyng an exchaunge with them of Cametine , that was not his , for Parma and Placencia , whiche was not theyrs : whiche afterward was the cause & that deseruedly , of his sonne Peter Aloysius death . Whom he made Lorde of those two moste noble Cities . And of these bothe , the tytle was this . To Paule the thyrde , chiefe Bisshop , the moste notable in innumerable and most great treasons , Iudas Iscariotes , with other trayters , haue set vp this .

In the thyrde parte of the field , and in the syde , was an Arche made in shape lyke heauen , there were the seuen Planettes , and the. xii . signes , so wel knowen of the Astronomers , and innumerable starres . Ther was our Paul with Dionise Seruita , and Gaurico , & certaine other , whiche all searched the destinie of the Byshop and of his frendes , in Hecoscopes , in Aspectes , and in the houses of the starres , in whiche they were amased with suche astonishment , that they semed to fall into madnes . This was the Title To Paul Fernesius , the chiefe Bisshop , an Astrosogian , a wysarde and the chiefest deuiner , the Caldeyes haue set vp this . In the courthe angle or the tield there was a buylding made of red waxe , in whiche were many mitred : of whiche , thre in purple , higher than the test , and as it were iudges , sat downe together . The place and cause were noted with these letters . S. S. T. C. The place and sitting yelded the shape of some moste holy counsell : In whiche as it appered by certaine letters whiche were there bothe red and written , at the instaunce of a fewe , was deuised howe the truth myght be thrust downe , and the Emperoure deceyued . There myght ye haue seen some hyssed out of counsayle , because they were so boldc but slenderly to defende the truth , and hold against theyr peruerse counsayles . Ther saw I a certayn wellearned Phisicion , but a better astrologien . F. C. Corrupted with money , to th entente he should testifie with his mouth & wrytyng , that the ayer there was vnwholsome for the fathers : that to deceyue the Emperoure , they myght transfer the counsayle to some other place , where they might either bryng more certayne , & more free suggestions , for the Popes tyrannye , or els at the least wyse delaye the counsayle . Alexander . T. no common phisicion , gaynsayed this corrupted Phisicion , and that learnedly , prouyng the ayre and all other thinges there , to bee very holesome , and that there was nothing in the nature & disposicion of the place , whiche should seme to be able to fray them from kepyng theyr counsaile there . Yet notwithstandyng the gaynsaying of the Phisicion , and the vehement repugnyng of the Emperour , it was brought to passe with corrupt and stynkyng suffrages , that the greatest parte of the blessed fathers wente theyr way . Neyther dyd this Arche lacke his tytle . For in it were these woordes .

To Paule the thyrde , chiefe Byshop the troubler of counsayles , and common peace , thirtie Popes haue set vp this . About the myddle of Plutonium was a piller of sounde Adamante , at whiche I could not maruayle ynough whan I sawe the warres , and bluddye lightes agaynst the sainctes , so shyne , they seemed to be in doing , rather than shewed by Imagerye , but after a newe & vnwunted kynde of fyghtyng . For there were to be sene two fortes of battayle .