John Trapp on Revelation 17:4

Verſe 4. In purple and ſcarl[illegible: 2 letters] ] Clothing for Kings and Nobles, over whom this whore domineers much more then the concubines did over the Kings of Perſia.

And decked with gold] Gr. Guilded with-gold, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. to note her hypocriſie and outſideneſſe, gold without, copper within. The Pope ſtiles himſelf the ſet vant of Gods ſervants, but yet ſtamps in his coin, That Nation and Countrey that will not ſerve thee ſhall be rooted out. At the abſolution of King John of England, Daniels hiſt. 8000 marks o[illegible: 1 letter] ſilver were preſently delivered to Pandol[illegible: 1 letter]us the Popes Legate, who trampled it under his feet, as contemning that baſe matter, but yet received it, and ſent away to Rome.

And precious ſtones and pearls] Beſides the rich ſtones that are in the Popes tripple crown, of ineſtimable price and value, he carries in his pantoſſe (which he holds out to be kiſſed) the picture of the croſſe,Heid[illegible: 2 letters]ld ſet in pearls and precious ſtones, Ʋt plenis fancibus cruc[illegible: 1 letter]m Christi d[illegible: 1 letter]rideat, ſaith one, Pope Sixtus quintus was wont to give to Tireſia his harlot, pantoſſes covered with peatle.I[illegible: 2 letters]. Re[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word]. He ſpent two hundred and threeſcore thouſand crowns upon a Condui[illegible: 1 letter], which he built for his pleaſure: and yet he brought in fifty hundred thouſand crowns into the new treaſury built by himſelf in the Caſtle of S. Ang[illegible: 3 letters]. At the coronation of Pope Leo X, Ʋno e[illegible: 1 letter] l[illegible: 1 letter]e 1000000 a[illegible: 2 letters] orum [illegible: 1 span] [illegible: 1 letter]61 Ibid. a thouſand thouſand crowns are ſaid to have been ſpent in one day. Pope Paul the ſecond was wont to ſleep all day, and ſpend whole nights in weighing monies, and beholding jewels and precious pictures.

A golden cup full of abominations] Gold, if it be right, they ſay, diſcovers and expels poiſon. Put poiſon into a cup of gold, and it will hiſſe and ſend up certain circles like rain bows. Hereby is ſignified (ſaith an authour) that God threatneth judgement and [illegible: 1 word] to thoſe that pour poiſon into divine doctrine, as the Pope do[illegible: 1 letter]h with his mad mixtures.