And surely, as their valiance was to be much commended; so yet I can much discommend their barbarous cruelty in many respects. For methinks that as when GOD giveth abundance of wealth, the owner ought yet to have regard on whom he bestow it: even so, when GOD giveth a great and miraculous victory, the conquerors ought to have great regard unto their execution. And though some, which favour the Spanish faction, will alledge sundry reasons to the contrary: yet, when the blood is cold and the fury over, methinks that a true Christian heart should stand content with victory; and refrain to provoke GOD's wrath by [the] shedding of innocent blood. These things I rehearse the rather, because they neither spared _Age nor Sex, Time nor Place, Person nor Country, Profession nor Religion, Young nor Old, Rich nor Poor, Strong nor Feeble_: but, without any mercy, did tyrannously triumph, when there was neither man nor means to resist them. For _Age and Sex, Young and Old_; they slew great numbers of young children; but many more women more than four score years of age. For _Time and Place_; their fury was as great ten days after the victory, as at the time of their entry; and as great respect they had to the Church and Churchyard, for all their hypocritical boasting of the Catholic Religion, as the butcher had to his shambles or slaughter house. For _Person and Country_, they spared neither friend nor foe, Portugese nor Turk. For _Profession and Religion_, the Jesuits must give their ready coin; and all other Religious Houses, both coin and plate: with all short ends that were good and portable. The _Rich_ was spoiled because he had; and the _Poor_ were hanged because they had nothing. Neither _Strength_ could prevail to make resistance, nor _Weakness_ move pity for to refrain their horrible cruelty. And this was not only done when the chase was hot; but, as I erst said, when the blood was cold; and they [were] now victors without resistance. * * * * * I refrain to rehearse the heaps of dead carcases which lay at every Trench where they entered; the thickness whereof did in many places exceed the height of a man. I forbear also to recount the huge numbers drowned in the New Town: where a man might behold as many sundry shapes and forms of man's motion at [the] time of death as ever MICHAEL ANGELO did portray in his Tables of Doomsday [_Picture of the Last Judgment_]. I list not to reckon the infinite number of poor Almains [_Germans_], who lay burned in their armour. Some [with] the entrails scorched out, and all the rest of the body free. Some [with] their head and shoulders burnt off; so that you might look down into the bulk and breast, and there take an anatomy of the secrets of Nature. Some [were] standing upon their waist; being burnt off by the thighs. And some no more but the very top of the brain taken off with fire; whiles the rest of the body did abide unspeakable torments.