TO
THE
READER
.
IN
this
vn-weeded
Garden
of
the
World
,
hath
sprung
vp
through
al
ages
of
the
same
,
most
innumerable
euen
of
all
sorted
kindes
,
that
haue
been
opposite
to
Vertue
,
and
pursuers
of
Vice
;
Such
as
haue
with
great
trauell
and
labour
taken
paynes
to
goe
to
Hell
,
and
runne
the
broade
way
path
with
Hindes
feete
,
in
all
poasting
speede
that
the
Diuell
could
employ
them
.
Amongst
the
rest
of
this
fearefull
race
runners
(
of
their
variable
qualities
)
here
is
a
description
of
the
most
notorious
Rebels
and
Heretiques
of
Europe
,
certaine
Germane
Anabaptistes
,
such
as
would
haue
all
things
common
,
and
all
men
at
freewill
and
libertie
to
do
what
they
list
,
without
controwle
of
any
Authoritie
:
euery
mans
Will
Law
▪
and
euery
ones
Dreame
Doctrine
.
Before
the
comming
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
;
Theudas
,
and
Iudas
Galilaeus
,
two
seditious
fellowes
of
factious
spirit
,
seduced
the
Iewes
:
The
first
of
them
saying
,
that
hee
was
a
Prophet
sent
from
God
for
mans
g●od
;
and
that
by
his
owne
powerfull
word
,
hee
could
deuide
the
waters
of
Iordan
in
as
admirable
sort
,
as
Ioshua
the
seruant
of
the
Lord
had
done
.
The
other
,
did
earnestly
promise
to
enlarge
the
Iewes
from
the
seruitude
and
yoke
of
the
Romans
:
both
of
them
by
these
meanes
,
drawing
after
them
great
multitudes
of
people
;
and
both
of
them
comming
vnto
deserued
destruction
:
For
Fatus
the
Gouernour
of
Iury
ouertooke
Theudas
,
and
sent
his
head
as
a
monument
to
Ierusalem
:
and
Iudas
likewise
perished
,
and
all
his
following
confederates
were
dispersed
.
After
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
in
the
time
of
his
blessed
Apostles
,
Elimas
the
Sorcerer
mightely
withstood
the
proceeding
of
Paule
&
Barnabas
,
sowing
the
seed
of
Heresie
in
the
minde
of
Sergius
Paulus
Deputie
:
but
the
iudgement
of
God
ouertooke
him
,
and
he
was
strucken
with
blindnesse
.
Not
long
after
him
,
in
the
raigne
of
Adrian
the
Emperour
,
arose
an
other
called
Bencocha●
,
that
professed
himselfe
to
be
the
Messias
,
&
to
haue
descended
from
Heauen
in
the
likenes
of
a
Starre
,
for
the
safetie
&
redemption
of
the
people
:
by
which
fallacie
,
he
drew
after
him
a
world
of
seditious
people
;
but
at
last
,
hee
and
many
of
his
credulous
route
were
slaine
,
and
was
called
by
the
Iewes
(
in
contempt
)
Bencozha
(
that
is
)
the
Sonne
of
a
lie
.
Manes
,
of
whom
the
Maniches
tooke
their
name
and
first
originall
,
forged
in
his
foolish
braine
a
fiction
of
two
Gods
,
and
two
beginners
;
and
reiecting
the
old
Testament
,
and
the
true
God
,
which
is
reuealed
in
the
same
;
published
a
fift
Gospell
of
his
owne
forgerie
,
reporting
himselfe
to
be
the
Holy
Ghost
:
When
he
had
thus
with
diuulging
his
diuelish
Heresies
and
Blasphemies
infected
the
world
,
being
pursued
by
Gods
iust
iudgement
,
hee
was
for
other
wicked
practizes
taken
,
and
his
skinne
pulled
ouer
his
eares
aliue
.
Montanus
that
notorious
blasphemous
wretch
,
of
whom
the
Montanists
tooke
their
ofspring
,
denyed
Christ
our
Sauiour
to
be
GOD
,
saying
:
Hee
was
but
Man
onely
,
like
other
men
,
without
any
participation
of
Diuine
essence
:
Hee
called
himselfe
the
Comforter
,
and
Holy
spirit
,
which
was
promised
to
come
into
the
world
;
and
his
two
Wiues
Priscilla
and
Maximilla
,
he
named
his
Prophetesses
,
and
their
writings
Prophesies
:
yet
all
their
cunning
could
not
preuent
nor
foretell
a
wretched
and
desperate
end
which
befell
him
;
for
after
he
had
of
long
time
deluded
the
world
,
in
imitation
of
Iudas
,
hee
hanged
himselfe
.
Infinite
are
the
examples
that
may
be
collected
out
of
the
registers
of
foregone
ages
,
touching
the
lamentable
euilles
,
slaughters
,
blood
,
and
death
,
that
haue
ensued
from
the
damnable
heriticall
Instruments
of
the
Diuel●
;
and
how
the
people
(
affecting
Nouelties
,
and
Innouations
)
haue
concurred
from
time
to
time
,
with
the
pl●tters
endeuours
,
Histories
are
full
of
their
memories
.
Most
Rebellions
〈◊〉
pretende
Religion
for
them selues
:
No
Villaine
but
dare
turne
a
good
outside
to
the
eye
,
though
the
inside
be
as
bad
,
as
heart
can
imagine
.
These
infamous
Rebels
and
Heretiques
in
Germanie
,
pretended
Religion
;
they
would
be
reformer●
of
the
Church
,
and
State
:
new
Doctrine
of
their
owne
frantick●
conceites
:
no
Childred
should
be
Baptized
:
all
thinges
should
be
common
,
&
no
Magistrate
to
gouerne
,
but
euery
man
at
his
owne
libertie
to
do●
what
he
list
;
take
whatsoeuer
he
stood
in
need
of
,
without
pa●
:
pluralitie
of
Wiues
:
no
recouerie
of
wrongfull
d●tayned
Goodes
,
and
such
like
villanous
roguish
stuffe
,
that
neuer
a
The●fe
in
the
world
would
refuse
to
subscribe
vnto
it
.
This
was
no
sooner
taught
by
Iohn
Leyden
,
alias
Yoncker
Hans
a
Dutch
Taylor
,
Tom
Mynter
a
parish
Clarke
,
Knipp●●●ulling
a
Smyth
,
and
Crafteing
a
Ioyner
;
but
it
was
imbraced
by
thousandes
of
the
Boores
,
and
vulgar
illiterate
Clownes
,
who
in
great
companies
dayly
resorted
vnto
them
fo●●th
o●
all
Townes
and
Villages
:
A
most
rude
rascall
companie
that
regarded
neither
Gods
feare
,
nor
mans
fauour
,
euen
HELLE
BROKE
LOOSE
.
In
their
outragious
madnes
,
they
attempted
much
villanie
,
omitting
to
put
nothing
in
practize
that
stood
with
their
humours
lyking
;
as
good
Commons
Wealths
men
,
as
Iacke
Straw
,
Watt
Tyler
,
Tom
Myller
,
Iohn
Ball
,
&c.
in
the
raigne
of
Richard
the
2.
and
as
sound
Diuines
for
Doctrine
,
as
Hackets
Disciples
,
that
preached
in
Cheapeside
in
a
Pease-cart
:
Yet
they
found
of
their
owne
fraternitie
to
mannage
the
Diuels
affayres
;
and
mustering
themselues
togeather
,
all
composed
of
the
scumbe
and
waste
worser-sort
could
be
raken
vp
,
they
proceeded
so
farre
,
that
they
tooke
the
Towne
of
Munster
,
and
there
for
a
time
,
domineerd
as
if
they
had
been
Electors
apeece
to
the
Emperour
;
vntill
beeing
beleagerd
by
the
Duke
of
Saxon
,
they
were
taught
to
taste
how
Extremitie
did
sauour
,
finding
the
bitternesse
of
their
rash
and
gracelesse
attemptes
,
to
punish
them
most
seueerely
in
the
end
:
For
when
Cattes
,
Dogges
,
Rattes
and
Myce
,
grew
scarce
and
daintie
,
(
No
common
dish
,
but
choyce
dyet
for
Iohn
Leyden
,
and
the
Lordes
of
his
counsaile
Knipperdulling
the
Smyth
,
Crafteing
the
Ioyner
,
and
Tom
Mynter
the
Clarke
;
)
They
were
constrayned
to
frie
old
greasie
Busse
leather
Ierkins
,
and
Parchments
,
Coouers
of
Bookes
,
Bootes
in
Steakes
,
and
Stew-pottes
of
old
Shoes
,
till
in
the
end
being
famished
as
leaue
as
dryed
Stock-fish
,
they
were
subdued
:
and
Leyden
(
who
had
tearmed
himselfe
King
of
Munster
)
with
his
Nobles
,
made
of
Smyth
,
Ioyner
,
and
Parish
Clarke
,
were
according
to
the
iust
reward
of
all
Rebels
,
put
to
death
,
with
great
torture
:
and
being
dead
,
their
bodyes
were
hang'd
in
Iron
Cages
vpon
the
toppe
of
the
high
Steeple
in
Munster
,
called
S.
Lamberts
Steeple
,
for
an
example
to
all
of
Rebell
race
:
Their
Confederates
in
great
multitudes
hauing
perished
with
the
Sword
and
famine
,
may
togeather
with
all
Traytors
witnesse
to
the
world
throughout
all
ensuing
ages
,
how
GOD
with
vengeance
rewardes
all
such
State-disturbers
,
and
factious
Rebels
.