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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00320	Bellum Erasmi· Translated into englyshe; Adagia. Chil. IV Cent. I. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1534 (1534)	STC 10449; ESTC S101675	33,471	81

The inrychyng of one is the spoyle and robbynge of an other The triumphe of one is the lamentable mourning of an other so that as the infelicite is bytte● and sharpe the felicite is cruell and bloudy Howe be it other whyle bothe parties wepen accordynge to the prouerbe Victoria Cadmaea Cadmus uictorie where boothe parties repented And I wotte not whether it came euer so happely to passe in warre that he that had victorye dyd not repent him of his enterprise if he were a good man ¶ Than seinge Peace is the thynge aboue all other moste best most plesant contrariewyse warre the thynge moste vngratious and wretched of all other shall we thynke those men to be in theyr ryghte myndes the whiche when they may opteyne Peace with lyttell busynes and labour wol rather procure wa●re with so greate labour and moste diffycultye ¶ Fyrste of all consider howe lothelye a thynge the rumour of warre is when hit is fyrste spoken of Then howe enuious a thing hit is vnto a prince whyles with often demes taxes he pilleth his subiectes What a busynesse hath he to make and entreteyne frendes to helpe hym what a businesse to procure bendes of strangers and to hyre sowdyars ●harges 〈◊〉 warre ¶ What expences and labours must he make in settynge forth his Nauey of shyppes in buildynge and repayrynge of castelles and fortresses in prepayrynge and apparaylyng of his tentes and pauillions in framynge makyng and caryenge of ingyns gounnes armour weapons baggage cartes and vitayle what greate labour is spente in makynge of bulwarkes in castynge of dyches in dyggynge of mines in kepynge of watches in kepynge of arrayes and in exercysynge of wepons I passe ouer the feare they be in I speake not of the iminent danger and peryll that hangeth ouer theyr heedes for wh●t thynge in warre is not to be feared what is he that can reken all the incommodious lyfe that the mooste folyshe sowdiours suffern in the felde And for that worthy to endure worse Sodiou● lyfe in that they woll suffer it wyllyngely Theyr meate is so yll that an oxe of Cypres wolde be loth to eate hit they haue but lyttell slepe nor yet that at theyr owne pleasure Theyr tentes on euery syde are open on the wynde What a tent no no they muste all the day longe be it hotte or colde wete or drye stande in the open ayre slepe on the bare grounde stande in theyr harneis They muste suffre hunger thruste colde hete duste shoures they muste be obedient to theyr capitaynes sometymes they be clapt on the pate with a warder or a trouncheon so that there is no bondage so vyle as the bondage of sodiours ¶ Be syde al this at the sorowful sygne gyuen to fyght they muste ronne hedlonge to deathe for eyther they muste flee cruellye or be slayne wrechedly So many sorowful labours must they take in hande that they may brynge to passe that thynge whiche is mooste wretched of al other With so many great miseries we must fyrste afflicte and greue our owne selfe that we mowe afflicte and greue other ¶ Nowe if we wolde call this matter to accumpte● and iustely reken how moche warre woll coste and howe moche peace surely we shall fynde that peace may be gotte and opteyned with the tenthe parte of the cares labours greffes perils expences and spillynge of bloudde with whiche the warre is procured So greate a company of men to theyr extreme perilles ye leade out of the realme to ouerthrowe and distroye some one towne and with the labour of the selfe same men and without any peryll at all an other towne moche more nobler and goodly might be newe edified and buylded But you saye you wil ho●rt greue your ennemy lo euen that doing is agaynst humanytie Neuertheles this I wolde ye shuld cōsider that ye can not hurt greue your ennemies but ye muste first gretly hurt your owne people And it semeth a point of a madde man to enterprise where he is sure certayne of so great hurte damage is vncertayne whiche way the chaunce of warre wyll turne ¶ But admytte that eyther folyshenesse or wrathe or ambition or couetousnes or outragious crueltie or elles whiche I thynke more lyke the furies sente from helle shulde rauyshe and drawe the hethen people to this madnes Yet from whence commeth it in to our myndes that one christen man shoulde drawe his weapon to bathe it in an other christen mans bloudde It is called Parricide Parrici●● is more abhorre thē sim●●● mans slaught●●● if the one brother slee the other And yet is a christen man narre ioyned to an other then is one brother to another except the bondes of nature be stronger then the bondes of Christ. What abominable thinge than is it to se them almoste continually fyghtynge amonge them selfe the whiche are the inhabytantes of one house the churche whiche reioyce and saye that they all be the membres of one body and that haue one heed whiche trewelye is Christ they haue al one father in heuen they are all taughte and comforted by one ●olye spirite they professe the relygion of Christe all vnder one maner they are all ●edemed with Christes bloud they are al newe borne at the holy fonte they vse al lyke sacramentis they be al soudiours vnder one capitaine they are all fedde with one heuenly breade they drynke all of one spirituall cuppe they haue one common ennemy the dyuell fynally they be all called to one enheritance Where be they so many sacramentes of perfecte concorde Where be the innumerable teachynges of peace There is one specyall precepte whiche Christe called his that is Charitie ●haritie And what thynge is soo repugnante to Charite as warre Christe saluted his disciples with the blessed lucke of peace Vnto his disciples he gaue nothynge saue peace sauynge peace he lefte them nothynge In those holy prayers he specyally prayed the father of heuen that in lyke maner as he was one with the father so al his that is to saye christen men shoulde be one with hym Lo here you maye perceye a thynge more then peace more then amitie more than concorde ¶ Salomon bare the figure of Christe for Salomon in the hebrewe tonge sowneth peasible or pacyfull Hym god wolde haue to builde his temple ¶ At the byrthe of Chryste the angels proclaymed nother warre nor tryumphes but peace they sange And before his byrthe the prophet Dauid prophesied thus af hym Et factus est in Pace locus eius that is to saye His dwellynge place is made in peace ¶ Serche all the hole lyfe of Christe The ly●● of Chri●●● and ye shal neuer fynde thinge that brethe not of peace that sowneth not amitie that sauoureth not of charytye And bycause he perceyued peace coude not well be kepte except men wolde vtterly despise all tho thynges for whiche the worlde so gredelye fyghteth he commaunded that we shulde of hym