g and Nichlas, cheek by jol, bothe still on
cock-horse yode,
That dignitie of Pristis with thee may hau a long abode.
Els Litrature mon spredde her wings, and piercing welkin
bright,
To Heaven, from whence she did first wend, retire and take
her flight."

[418] "Pasquill of England to Martin Junior, in a countercuffe given
to Martin Junior."

[419] "Most of the books under Martin's name were composed by John
Penry, John Udall, John Field, and Job Throckmorton, who all
concurred in making Martin. See 'Answer to Throgmorton's
Letter by Sutcliffe,' p. 70; 'More Work for a Cooper;' and
'Hay any Work for a Cooper;' and 'Some layd open in his
Colours;' were composed by Job Throckmorton."--MS. Note by
Thomas Baker. Udall, indeed, denied having any concern in
these invectives, and professed to disapprove of them. We see
Cartwright, however, of quite a different opinion. In Udall's
library some MS. notes had been seen by a person who
considered them as materials for a Martin Mar-Prelate work in
embryo, which Udall confessed were written "by a friend." All
the writers were silenced ministers; though it is not
improbable that their scandalous tales, and much of the
ribaldry, might have been contributed by their lowest
retainers, those purveyors for the mob, of what they lately
chose to call their "Pig's-meat."

[420] The execution of Hacket, and condemnation of his party, who had
declared him "King of Europe," so that England was only a
province to him, is noted in our "General History of England."
This was the first serious blow which alarmed the Puritanic
party. Doubtless, this man was a mere maniac, and his
ferocious passions broke out early in life; but, in that day,
they permitted no lunacy as a plea for any politician.
Cartwright held an intercourse with that party, as he had with
Barrow, said to have been a debauched youth; yet we had a sect
of Barrowists; and Robert Brown, the founder of another sect,
named after him _Brownists_; which became very formidable.
This Brown, for his relationship, was patronised by Cecil,
Earl of Burleigh. He was a man of violent passions. He had a
wife, with whom he neve