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A19671	The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii. lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1549 (1549)	STC 6094; ESTC S105164	22,975	62

To aunswere for thine owne cōmons Let thy studie therfore I saye Be to rule thine owne subiectes well And not to maintaine warres alwaye And make thy contrei lyke an hell Let it suffise the to defende Thy limites from inuasion And therin se thou do entende Thine owne peoples saluation For marke this If thou do inuade And get by force commoditie The same shall certeinly be made A scorge to thy posteritie This haue I sayde to call the backe i. Reg. xiii From the Philistines station Trustynge thou wylte my counsell ta● And walke in thy vocacion The womans lesson WWho so thou be of woman kinde That lokest for saluation Se thou haue euer in thy mynde To walke in thy vocacion If thy state be virginitie And hast none housband for to please Then se thou do thy selfe applie i. Cor. vii In christen maners to encrease If thou be vnder a mesties Se thou learne hir good qualities And serue hir wyth all redines Haueyng goddes feare before thine eies If thou se hir wanton and wylde Then se thou call vpon god styll That he wyll kepe the vndefylde And kepe from the all maners yll Auoyde idle and wanton talke Auoyde nyce lokes and daliaunce And when thou doest in the stretes walk Se thou shewe no light contenaunce Let thyne apparayle be honeste Be not decked paste thy degre Neither let thou thyne hede be dreste Otherwise then besemeth the i. Timo. ii Let thine heare beare the same colour That nature gaue it to endure Laye it not out as doeth an whore That would mens fantacies allure Paynt not thy face in any wise But make thy maners for to shyne And thou shalt please all such mens eies As do to godlines enclyne Be thou modeste sober and wise And learne the poyntes of houswyfry And men shal haue the in such price That thou shalt not nede a dowry Studye to please the lorde aboue Walkynge in thy callyng vpright And god wil some good mans hert moue To set on the his whole delyte Now when thou arte become a wife And hast an housbande to thy minde Se thou prouoke him not to stryfe Lest haply he do proue vnkynde Acknowledge that he is thyne heade i. Co● xi And hath of the the gouernaunce And that thou must of him be led Accordyng to goddes ordinaunce Do all thy busynes quietly And delyte not Idle to stand But do thy selfe euer apply To haue some honest worcke in hand And in no case thou maiste suffer Thy seruauntes or children to playe For ther is nought tha● may soner Make them desyre to tenne awaye Se thou kepe them styll occupyed From morne tyll it be nyght agayne And if thou se they growe in pryde Then laye hand on the brydle rayne But be thou not to them bytter Wyth wordes lacking discretion For thyne housband it is fytter To geue them due correction But if thou be of such degre That it is not for the semely Emonge thy maydens for to be Yet do thy selfe styll occupye Do thy selfe occupy I saye In readynge or heary●g some thynge Or talkynge of the godly waye Wherin is great edifiynge Se thy children wel nurtered Se them broughte vp in the lordes feare And if theyr maners be wycked In no case do thou wyth them beare And if thyne housbande do outrage In any thinge what so it be Admonish him of his laste age Wyth wordes mylde as becometh the. And if he do refuse to heare Thy gentle admonition Yet se if thou can cause him feare Goddes terreble punission Do what thou canste him to allure To seke god by godly lyueynge And certenly thou shalt be sure Of lyfe that is euerlastynge For though the fyrste woman did fall i Timo. ii And was the chiefe occasion That synne hath pearsed through vs all Yet shalt thou haue salluation Thou shalt be false I say if thou Kepe thy selfe in obedience To thyne housband as thou dydste vow And shewe to hym d●e reuerence But in fayth must all this be done Or else it doe●h nothynge auayle For wythout fay●h nought can be wone Hebr. xi Take tho● neuer so greate trauayle Thou must beleue and hope that he Tha● bade the be obedient Wyll be ryghte well ●leased wyth the Because thou holdest the content Nowe if thyne housband be godly And haue knowledge be●ter then ●hou Then learne of him all thy dutie And to his doctryne se thou bowe Se thou talke with him secretly Of such thynges as do the behoue And se thou obserue thorowlye All such thynges as he shall aproue Seke to please hym in thyne araye And let not newe tryckes delyte the For that becometh the alwaye That wyth hys mynde doth beste agre Delyte not in vayne tatyllars That do vse false rumours to sowe For such as be greate babbelars Wyll in no case theyr duetie knowe Theyr commynge is alwaye to tell Some false lye by some honest man They are wrosse then the deuell of hell If a man would them throughly scanne They wyl fynde faute at thyne araye And saye it is for the to base And haply ere they go awaye They wyll teach the to paynt thy face Yea if all other talke do fayle Before the idle tyme be spent They wyll teach the howe to assayle Thyne housbande with wordes vehemēt Thou maste swere by goddes passion That longe before thou sawest his heade Thou hadest ech gallant fassion And wylt agayne when he is deade Thou must tell him that he may heare Wyth a lowd voyce eke words plaine That thou wilt some time make good chere With ryght good felows one or twaine I am ashamed for to wryte The talke that these gossepes do vse Wherfore if thou wylt walke vpright Do theyr cōpanie quyte refuse For they are the deuelles ministres Sent to destroye all honestie In such as wyl be theyr hearars And to theyr wycked reade applye But thou that arte Sarais daughter i. Pet. iii. And lokeste for saluation Se thou learne thy doctrine at hir And walke in thy vocacion She was alwaye obedient To hir housband and calde hym lorde As the boke of goddes testament Gene. xviii Doeth in most open wyse recorde Folow hir and thou shalt be sure To haue as she had in the ende The lyfe that shal euer endure Vnto the whych the lorde the sende Amen The Boke to the Reader ☞ It pleased mine Autor to geue me to name The voice of the laste trumpe as Sainct Ihon doth write Thinking therby to auoide al the blame That cōmunely chaunseth to suche m●● write Plainly to such mē as walk not vpright For truth getteth hatered of such as be il And wyl suffer nothing that bridleth theyr wyll I sought do displease you let me beare the wyre For I am the doer of that which is done I barcke at your faultes but loth I am to byte If by this barking ought might be won And for this entent I was firste begon That hearing your faultes ye might thē emende And reigne with your maister Christe at the ende ¶ Imprinted at London by Robert Crowley dwelling in Elie rentes in Holburne The yere of oure Lorde God M.D.XLIX the .xxix. daie of Nouembre ☞ Auiore eodem Roberto Croleo ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum

arte broughte vp in learnyng Geue eare a whyle I wyll teache the. How thou shalt walke in thy callyng First marke wherfore scholes were erect And what the foundars dyd intend And then do thy studie directe For to attayne vnto that ende Doubtlesse this was al their meaning To haue their contrie furnished Wyth all kindes of honest learninge Whereof the publike wealth had nede Call thou therefore to memory What knowledge thy contrey doeth And apply the same earnestly By al the meanes that thou canst make lacke And when thou arte determined What knowledge thou wilt most apply Then let it not be loytered But seke to get it spedily Spend not thy tyme in Idlenes Nor in vayne occupacyon But do thy selfe wholely addresse To walke in thy vocation Se thou do not thy mynde so set On any kynde of exercise That it be either stay or let To thy studie in an wise To fyshe to foule to hunt or halke Or on an instrument to playe And some whyles to comune and talke No man is able to gayne saye To shore to bawle or caste the barre To playe reuise or tosse the ball Or to ●enne base lyke men of war Shall hurie thy study nought at al. For all those thynges do recreate The mynd if thou canste hold the meane But if thou be affectionate Then doste thou lose thy study ●eane And at the last thou shalt be founde To occupye a place only As do in Ag●●me ziphras rounde And to hinder learnyng greatly For if thou hadst not the lyueyng An other should that wold apply Him selfe to some kynde of learnynge To profite his contrey therby If thou therfore wylte not be founde Worthy goddes indignation Make thy studie perfect and sounde And walke in thy vocation Let not tyme passe idelly Lose not the fruite of any houre Or else suffer him to supply Thy place that wyll hym endeuoure Thou doest but rob the cōmone wealth Of one that would be a treasure Better thou were to lyue by stelth Then for to worcke suche displeasure But haply thou wilt say agayne Shall I surrender my lyuynge Shall I not thervpon remayne After I haue gotten learnynge Yesse thou maist kepe thy liueyng styl Tyll thou be called otherwise But if thou wylt regard goddes wyll Luke xix Thou must thy selfe styll exercise When thou arte thorowly learned Then se thou teache other thy skyll If thou wylt not be reconed For a seruaūat wycked and Ill Luke xix Teach them I say that thou doest se Wyllinge to learne thy discipline And vnto them se thy lyfe be A boke to laye before theyr eine Let them neuer se the Idle Nor heare the talke vndiscretly And by all the meanes possible Let all thy doinges edifye Rom. ●iiii Th●s leaue I the wyshinge that thou Maist by this admonition Hensf●rth desier as I do nowe To walke in thy vocacion The learned mans lesson THou learned man do not disdayne To learne at me a symple might Thy g●eate abuses to refraine And in thy callyng to walke right Thou arte a man that sittest hie In the simple mens conscience To lyue therefore dissolutely Thou shouldest be vnto them offence Offence I saye for they should thinke All that thou doest to be godly Wherfore do not at this thyng wyncke But do emend it spedely Emend thy wicked lyfe I saye And be in dede a perfect light As Christe our sauiour doeth say Math. v. And let thy workes shyne in mens sight For it is thy vocation i. Corh i● To leade other the ready way How great abominacion Arte thou then if thou go astraye But therin lieth the whole matter To knowe which waye thou shouldest them leade Wherfore I wil the not flatter But tel the trueth wythouten dreade Thou must thy selfe humiliate And acknowledge thy wicked synne Math vii And striue to enter the straite gate Where fewe men do fynde awaie in Thys way thou cāst not walke so lōg As thou wylt trauayle sea and land And frame al the wordes of thy tonge To get promocion at mans hand Thou must humble thy selfe I say And not aye seke to be alost For he that walketh in rough way And loketh hie stumbleth ful ofte Thou muste acknowledge that thou arte Through synne vnworthy thine estate And that thy discipline and arte Can not bringe them at that gate Thou must I saye striue to enter And not to get promotion Thy life thou must put in venter Ihon. x. For Christes congregation How dost thou walke in thys calling When thy mind is earnestly bent To gather vp eche mans fallynge By all the waies thou canste inuent Geue eare I say therfore thou fole And learne thy first lesson againe Enter into Gods holi schole Math vii And do not hys docrtyne disdayne He wylleth the fyrst to apply uke vi Thy mynde to knoweledge and to take The greate beame out of thyne own eye And thyne abuses to forsake And then he woulde that in no wyse Thou shouldest be stacke or negligent To pycke the motes out of mens eyes Teachyng them how they should repent If thou wylt that they do repent Tite ii Repēt thou fyrst that they may see That the whole some of thyne intente Is to make them like vnto the. For if thou wylt them to refraine Murther thesse whoredome and Incest If they se thefe thynges in the raygne They wyll all thy doctryne deteste If thou forbyd them gluttony And wyll them the flesh for to tame They myll defie the vtterly If they se the not do the same If thou tell them of apparayle Or of ought wherin is excesse Then wil they saye thou doest but raile Vnlesse thou be therin faltnesse What shouldest thou speake of vsurie When thou doest take vnlawful gaine Or rebuke men for Simonie When nothyng else doeth in the raygne Maye not the lay man falsly saye I learned of the to by and sel Benefices which to this day Thou canst put in practise ful wel Whye should not I as wel as thou Haue benifices two or thre Sence thou hast taught me the way how I may kepe them and blamlesse be I can set one to serue the cure That shall excel the in learninge More then thou dost me I am sure And also in godly lyueynge I can kepe hospitalitye And geue as much vnto the pore In one yere as thou doest in thre And wyl performe it wyth the more Alas that euer we shoulde se The flocke of Christ thus bought solde Of them that should the shepperdes be To leade them falsly to the fold Repent this thinge I the aduise And take the to one cure alone And se that in most faythfull wyse Thou walke in thy vocation Then shal no laye man say by ryghte That he learneth hys mysse of the For it is playne in ech mans syght That thou doest walke in thy degre More ouer if thou chaunce to be Made a prelate of highe estate