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A03792	The troubled mans medicine verye profitable to be redde of al men wherein they may learne pacyently to suffer all kyndes of aduersitie made [and] wrytten by wyllyam Hughe to a frende of his.	Hugh, William, d. 1549.	1546 (1546)	STC 13910; ESTC S109482	59,726	236

thy self to fi●● god mercyfull whych punysheth the wyth paynes after this sorte herein he playeth the parte of a gentle phisrcion why wolde he ●hat deathe shulde be so bitter he is the lorde he wylleth nothynge but that which is good And why shuld I a seruaunt vnprofitable ufuse to suffer that which the lord ●fglorie hath suffered It is a miserable thynge to dye Blessyd be the deade that dye in the lorde But the death of synners is most wretched He is no lenger a synner whiche hath acknowledged his faute wyth repentaunce and hope of mercy Thou shalt leaue this worlde I shall go from pain full banyshment into my coūtre Looke what an heape of good thynges thou leauest behynd the yet a greate deale more euyll Thou leaueste thy ryches they be the worldes I doo carye all that is myne awaye wyth me What canst thou carye with the thou hast nothinge that is goode that is truly mine own that christ hath frely forgyuen me Thou muste forsake thy wyfe and thy chyldren They be the lordes I do commende them to hym It is a harde thinge to be drawen from thy derelye beloued They shall shortly folow me thou art pluckt from thy pleasaunt frendes I haste to frendes more pleasaunt Thus thou arte taught not to gyue place to the deuyll endeuourynge to ouerthrow the but boldly to repell euerye darte that he can hurle at the. Neither let the care for thy frendes wyfe and chyldren trouble the mistrusting not but god shall prouyde as wel for them and peraduēture better in thyne absence than he dyd●● in thy lyfe tyme for thou muste consyder that thyne owne power hath not all this while susteyned the or thē and procured thinges necessary but god in whome we lyue moue and be hath done it God whiche fedeth nourishethe and saueth both man and beaste whyche ryally clotheth the grasse in the feylde couerethe the heauens wyth cloudes carethe for the byrdes of the ayer and prepareth meate for the very chycks of the rauens shall moche more regarde thy frendes beynge his people confessynge hys name Call to remembraunce how mercyfully he prouyded for the pore wydowe and hyr children spoken of in the 4 chapter of the 4 booke of the kynges There was a certayne prophet saith he one of thē that feared the lorde he dyed and left his wife with his sons much● indebted The creditours after hys deathe came to fette away● the children as bondmen for that theyr mother was nar able to pay their fathers debtes but yet th● lorde by his prophet Helyse dy● so encreace a pytcher of oyle this she hadde in store that she had y● noughe to sell for the payenge of hir dettes and for the sussentan● of hir and the children besydes Thus by the benignitie of God this poore woman with hir chyldren was muche better prouyded for after the death of hyr husbad thoughe he were an holye man than she was before God is euen the same God is now that he war than and can do as moche for christen men now in these dayes as he coulde that for the I●●●● And he doutles it thou feare him wyll regarde thy wyfe chyldren and fryndes no lesse than he dyd the wyfe and chyldren of this pro phet Na rather more for as much as oure religion and professiō be more perfytte than theyrs was Further call to remembraunce how that they many times which be lefte of their frindes riche in great honors be after brought to pouerty ye to the beggers staffe On thother syde the they whych be left pore beggerly of their frindes at the length come to grcatry ches auctorite honor wherfore I do thynke as I haue said ofte not I but the prophet that both tyches and pouerty come of god And that men shal hauc yet Iw●● not unproue an houest prou●s●on for mens children what as ●●●●al please god to giue the. Therfore romn●yrte them to god for they de hys And let them cast their 〈◊〉 an the lorde and he by hispromise shall nouryshe them ANd to you that be his frendes here to you I speake what meaneth this your heauines Why do you sorowafter this fort to what purpose do youfron ble your selfes with wepynges why do ye as it were in a maner draw into the law the wyl of god with youre vniust complaintes do ye thynke hym to be a mere matter of lamentynge sorowing and waylynge bycause he is dely uered from daungers to safetye frome bondage to lybertye from diseases te immorialite frō earthly thinges to heauenly from men to the companye of goddes aungelles wherein hath he offended you that you s● enuy his lurkynes If ye do not enup what nedes all these teares I am sure if ye knew to what feliritie he is go inge you wolde banket and be merye at the least yf ye loue his welthe Christe sayde to hys disciples whan they were sadde for that he wolde depart yf ye loued me you wolde be gladde for as muche as I go to my father wherein he declared that we ought not to be sadde but mery at the departure of our frendes from hense What I praye you shal ye lose by his death but that he shal be out of your fyght and that but for a tyme neuertheles you may at al times in the mcane space in youre myndes and memoryes se hym talke with him and embrace him Morne nomore for hym for he offerethe you no cause of moornynge But yf ye wylnedes morne morne for your selfs in that ye be not so nyghe the porte of oure swere countrey flowynge with mylke and hony as he is This moorning is more fyt for the Scythyans and such other barbarouse people whiche knowe not the condition of faithfull soules than for you whyche knowe or myghte all this whyle haue learned Let them I praye you wepe and houle like dogges let them cut their cares and noses as they were wonte to do at the death of their frendes Let vs be ioyfull and mery Let Admetus Drpheus and suche other infydeles morne at the deathe of their frendes and require them againe of Proserpina Lette not vs require our fryndes of god again thoughe me myghte haue them with the losse of theyr welth and prosperouse being Were you not to be counted vuteasonable and to youre frende no frendes yf ye shoulde require hym to dyne or dwell with you hauyng nothing in youre house but horsebreade and stynkynge water where he may go to a frende more faythful than you be and haue at altimes all kyndes of deinties and wyll you be counted reasonable which wold by your wyls let this your frynde goynge to the house of his moste faithfull frende Christ where he shall haue heauenlye deynties in comparyson of the whyche youre chere is worse than horsebreade and stynkynge water in dede and meate of the holye aungels Moorne no more for hym I saye but be gladde that he beynge your frende shal attein to such felicite What

of them I maye ●●stly and worthyly place my self ●● whose happe it was to chau●● on so worshypfull so gentle or●●ther gentlenes it self so benig●● and vertuous a maistres wh●● syngulare vertues yf I shuld 〈◊〉 about to erpresse or number as 〈◊〉 shuld lyghtly find of myne oratiō a begynnyng so I shulde hardly fynde an ende But I knowynge your nature in this pointe more than womanlike to be delyted in nothingtleste than in hearinge pour owne prayses haue appoyn ted to set them out notwithstandynge that wryters in theyr epistles deditatory for the most part be moche in commendynge those vnto whome they dedicate their ●okes as Timas the painter did the mourninge countenaunce of Agamemnon kynge of Grece Timas the noble painter at such tyme as Ephigenia doughter of the said kyng was kylled and sacrificed to Diana for otherwise the false goddes wolde not be placate nor at one with the grekes which hath offeded hir not longe before was sende for to describe euery parte of that heup and lamentable tragedy euen as it was done at the last whan he came to the descriptione of Agamemnon his face it was so sorowfull sad and mooreninglyke that with all the cunninge he hadde he coulde not in payntynge represente the same Therfore he courtinge the sace of the image with a vele left the sorowfulnes of it to the imagination of men Lykewise I for as moche as I can not and more ouer for that I dare not leste I shulde incurre your anger plain lye speake of the good thinges that god nature and fortune haue plenteously powerd vpon you I wyll couer them with the vele of silence and leaue them to the iudgemente of those that knowe you Specially consideringe them not to be so obscure that they neade my grosse vnlet ned stile to make them more notable or better knowen for what nede is it to hange a garlande of grene yuie at the tauernes doore where the wyne is good holesome and vendtble I shal be wel content that other men praise the fourme obedience fruytfulnes faithfulnes hastitie benignite facilitie cumlynes and pitye to wardes the pore declaring them selues therin to be rethoritions of their maistrices whan these theyr vertues be not opentye knowen ne commended of manye As for me as I shuld ●aue no thanke for my laboure ●n the ertollynge of yours so I shoulde seme to playe his parte whiche endeuourethe to gyue ●yght to the sonne or rather that ●angethe some blacke thynge betwy●t it and the eyes of men darkennethe his lyght wherefore I purpose not thoughe I shall seme therfore in this epistle scantly to perfourme my duety to prayse or auaunce your ladyshype at all Unles it be onely in assirmtng that your ladyshyppe is a wyfe not vnworthye of hy●● whom god the maker of al honest mariages hathe gyuen you for youre husoande What commen dation is cōprised herein iudge they that knowe the goodly and gooly qualities the auctoritie wyscdome the vertues and singulare giftes whyche god hath moued hym with all Not wythstandynge doutles that I in this behalfe can scarsely withdrawe or restraine my pen remembring that I haue founde youre ladyshyppe and that for the loue and good mynde whiche you here toward good letters not in words but in dedes not in one or ii thinges but in many most benificial and to say the truth a mother in dede rather than a maystris Wherfore I haue thought it my part by some meane to shewe an argument of my honest harte towarde you And for as moche as I coulde not do it otherwise I was bolde to dedicate this lytle boke vnto your gentlenes whiche boke for that purpose I haue written that men might learne to dye patiently to leue the worlde willyngly and to go vnto christe gladly Howe necessarye suche a thynge is to be had amonge the people albeit I wolde wishe that one or other shulde take the matter in hande that can handel it more wyttely and learnedly than I hane here done they whiche haue bene at the poynte of death or they that haue serchede the consciences of men beinge about to dye can best expresse The deuyll doutes whiche at all tymes is busied and erneslly occupied in sekyng the destruccion of mās soule in the day of death sheweth his diligence moost no we bringgynge a man in loue with the worlde and his commodities prouokynge hym to hate deathe and to resist as muche as lieth in him the wyll of god nowe leadynge hym to vispayre to the mistrust of gods promisses and impatiencie Is it not nedefull than to haue somthynge wrytten and redy specially among the vuleat ned wherby they may learne to despice deathe to contemne the morlde to obey the wyll of god wherhy they may be reduced frō murmuryng to patience frome ●ispayre and mystrust to a fyrme and constant faith in the promises of god Whether this booke shall perfourme so moche or no I can not tell yet thus moche I ●are say that he whiche hearethe or redeth it with a mynd and put pose to learne the saide thinges shall not vtterly lese his labout Cato vticensis readyng ouer the booke of Plato called Phedone a lytle before he kylled him selfe ●therwith sufficiently instructed that ysoule of mā was unmortal ●esptced death and dyed very wyl ●yngly Moche more a christyane oratione although it haue not so moche as a shadowe of the eloquence or grauitie of Plate his boke groūded in holy scriptures and smellynge of holesome and heuenly doctrine shuld perswad● the christen man quietly gladly to dye The occasion why I write this boke declamation wi●● is this It happened me not long ago to visite my frynde lyeng o●● his deathe bedde whom after my poore wytte and learnyng I exhyrted to dye christianlye Dis frendes that than were presente in a whyle after instantly required me to write the same exhortatione euen so as I pronounced it vnto the sycke Declaring that so it shuld most moue the reders hearers such as shuld nede like consolatione I thinking no lesse with my selfe was content herein to satisfye their requestes The thynge written I determyned to gyue to your ladyshyppe not for that I thoughte so sclender and simple a thinge worthy of youre worshyppe but that I myght as I saide before she we some argument of a thankfull mynde This I beseche your ladyshyp howe so euer it be take in good worthe not lokyng so much to the paruitie of the gyfte as vnto the mynde of the gyuer therof Thus fare your ladyshyppe well At the courte BY certayne argumentes a m● may easely con●●cture derly beloued that the last slepe whiche to a true christiane of all slepes oughte to be most pleasaunt by lytle and lytle crepith vpon your mortall lyms If my iudgement deceyue me not you or it be long to shall walke the same waye Which for the crimes of our first father Aoam nedes must be troden of all his posteritie Of all I saye