AN ADVERTISEMENT TOUCHING AN HOLY WAR. 

 TO THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD, 



LANCELOT ANDREWS, LORD BISHOP OF 



WINCHESTER, AND COUNSELLOR OF ESTATE 



TO HIS MAJESTY. 



MY LORD, 



AMONGST consolations, it is not the least to represent 

 to a man s self like examples of calamity in others. 

 For examples give a quicker impression than argu 

 ments ; and besides, they certify us, that which the 

 Scripture also tendereth for satisfaction ; &quot; that no 

 new thing is happened unto us.&quot; This they do the 

 better, by how much the examples are liker in cir 

 cumstances to our own case ; and more especially if 

 they fall upon persons that are greater and worthier 

 than ourselves. For as it savoureth of vanity, to 

 match ourselves highly in our own conceit ; so on 

 the other side it is a good sound conclusion, that if 

 our betters have sustained the like events, we have 

 the less cause to be grieved. 



In this kind of consolation I have not been want 

 ing to myself, though as a Christian, I have tasted, 

 through God s great goodness, of higher remedies. 

 Having therefore, through the variety of my read 

 ing, set before me many examples both of ancient 



