noble act:  the discouering and so consequently the defeating of Campians treason a noble act:  of Parris treason a noble act:  of the Lupus Lopus his treason, a noble act:  of Squires treason, a noble act.  Her glorious victories against her fell and insolent enemies the Spaniards in Ireland, in Flanders, in France, in their owne dominions of Portugal, Indies, and Spaine were noble acts.  It was a wonder of wonders, that a Mayden Queene should at one time be both a staffe to Flanders, and a stay to France, a terror to Pope, a mirror to Turke, feared abroad, loued at home, Mistresse of the Sea, wonder of the world.  Shee might truely bee called a Prince of Peace, for shee was Crowned in Peace, shee liued in Peace, she dyed in Peace, she was buried in Peace:  and when shee had slept with her Fathers, it was another noble act of the Lord to send vs in the midst of all our feare so learned, so meeke, so pious a Prince as King Iames, in such exceeding sweet peace, that neuer a sword was drawn, happily neuer a word spoken against him.  All these were noble acts, and ought to be had in a perpetuall remembrance.  But of all other noble preseruations, Our deliuerance from that intended mercilesse and matchlesse Massacre both in fact and fiction, the fifth of Nouember, in the yeare 1605. is most noblie noble.  King Iames on this day might haue said with King [dp]_Dauid_, O Lord which art my rocke and my fortresse, thou hast giuen me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me, that I might breake them as small as the dust of the earth, and tread them flat as the clay of the streete. [dq]_O giue thankes vnto the Lord, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer.  Let Israel now confesse that he is gracious, and that his mercy endureth for euer.  Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer.  Yea let all such as feare the Lord now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer._ All the Congregations of the Saints in the whole world, haue good cause to thanke God our strength and deliuerer. Scotland hath good cause, for if England had been but a Tuesday breakefast, assuredly Scotland should haue been but a Fridaies drinking, one morsell as it were for the greedy deuourer.  The Churches in France relieued often by vs, haue good cause to reioyce with vs.  Our neighbours of Holland haue good cause to triumphe as they doe, for if our house had been set on fire, their house being the next would haue been quickly pulled downe.  The Churches in Germanie, Denmarke, Hungarie, Geneua likewise haue good cause to praise God in this noble act according to his excellent greatnesse.

  [Sidenote do:  See M. Foxe Martyr. in fine.]