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A72235	A ioyfull continuance of the commemoration of the most prosperous and peaceable reigne of our gratious and deare soueraigne lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God of England, Fraunce and Irelande, Queene, &c. nowe newly enlarged with an exhortation applyed to this present tyme / set foorth this xvii day of Nouember beyng the fyrst day of the xxi yeere of Her Maiesties said reigne, by Edw. Hake ... ; hereunto is added a thankesgiuing of the godly, for Her Maiesties prosperitie hitherto, with an earnest desire of the longe continuance of the same to Gods glory and our comfort.	Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1578 (1578)	STC 12605.5; ESTC S5243	18,271	54

the fauorable cēsure encouragemēts of your said learned neighbor at one instant concurringe I was zealously bold to cast abroad into the view of the world this my smalle treatise as it were to prouoke the pen of some renowmed Homer to prepare the harts of al her highnes subiects to a further deper consideratiō of Gods exceeding superaboundaunt mercies that in the thankfulnes and sinceritie of their hartes they might not for one day supersticiously but for euer kepe holy vnto the Lord the cōmemoratiō of the most prosperous peaceable raigne of the same our gracious dere soueraigne lady queen Elizabeth And now my worshipful cowsen bicause the forces of these my priuate motions haue in this sort effected that nedes they must breake forth I trust to the honor of the highest and the same not meanely by occasion of the encouragemēts which I receiued in your house I cānot resist but coactedly as it were by loue I must confer that dedication thereof digested into this litle boke as you see vpon you before aboue the rest of my beloued friends assuring you that in the great ioy of my hart I haue founde you so equall vnto mine affections in the fauouring of this cause and in the comfort that you take by beholdyng the blisful daies of our sanctified DEBORA as also so Ialous for the Regestryng of her highnesse prayses or rather the prayses of our God vnto posteritie that if I knew by what other meane more acceptably then thus by the first view of these my trauayles employed to the glory of god I might manifest vnto you the sincerity of mine affection vndoubtedly you shuld finde me so for ward to accomplishe the same that the deede it self to the vtmost limit of my poore degree shuld be enough to make knowne what vnfayned loue I do beare you And wheras the dedication of all other bookes for the most part doe seeme to craue countinaunce and defence at the hands of the patron this my small booke assure your self for the dignitie of the personage of whom it treateth as also for the truth of the matter that it conteineth shal be able enough besides the defence of it selfe to geue both countinaunce and commendation to your person being indeede the verye man amongst men of your place and calling whose loyall harte and religious minde besides the consideracion of priuate duties of loue may challenge frō me such affection as best of al becōmeth a christian louer to his friend so wel approued And though the booke be but litle yet the personage of whō it treateth is great and so great as that the Booke may sooner be countenaunced with the royaltie of her highnesse name than be able by the thowsande parte to show foorth the number of her princely vertues much lesse of the large benefites that infinitely arise vnto our common wealth of England and to euery member of the same by the goodnesse of her rarest gouernment Some particuler partes whereof are as before is declared in these Quaires though brieflye yet truely discoursed But nowe that you may some way answere the name of a Patron of this my Booke although the matter of the same hath defence sufficient in it selfe in the truth thereof is able enough to stand against the faces of al the enimies of truth Yet because there is a sorte of people which I feare me more of enuy then of any true zeale or care of my well doynge as hauyng an awstere regard vnto my vocation which in deede resteth in the Study or rather in a meane place of practise of the cōmon lawes of this Realme will recken it a matter more then ordinary that I should after this sorte so transcende the limits of my sayd vocation as spendyng my time or at the least some parte of the same in thyngs by semblaunce so far discrepaunte from my profession let my defense be so made I beseeche you that it may in equall sort be considered or at the least wise by you enforced not only how muche and how largely loue and zeale are hable to woorke and brynge to passe in men otherwhyles conuersaunt in the consideration of thynges high and precious but also how seemely a thyng it is and how well agreeable with euery vocation to aduaunce and set foorth the high prayses of vertue and vertuous personages as also to batter beate downe the enforcementes of vyce and vicious monsters And for my selfe I haue boldly to affirme vnto all suche discontented myndes especially vnto those that haue the common lawes for theyr profession that the matter of this my littel booke is not so voyde of excuse but that by view of the substaunce ful scope therof it may yeelde foorth a stronge and ryghtfull defense agaynst these nice and ouer curious reprouers for as it concerneth the speciall prayse of God in the Commemoration of the Queenes Maiesties most prosperous and peaceable gouernment So it is not vnknowne that touchinge the Regiment of Princes the nature of Lawes the office of Counsaylers and the authorytie of Iudges the volumes of our Lawes are not so barrein but that they may and do minister matter aboundantlye to the professors and students of the same whereby to discerne and to deeme indifferently of them all for whether we would consider the good and godly gouernment of a Prince by often pardoning of offences in mercye or by sharplie punishing of offenders in iustice by planting of good wholesome lawes or by repealyng of euill and vnnecessary Statutes Not onely Bracton but also the worthy and worshipfull Knight master Forescue in sundrye places of his litle Commentary verie copiously geue foorth matter for the furtherynge of studious wittes in the consideracion thereof And no lesse may be gathered touthyng a difference and sownd censure of honourable Counsayllers but especially of Iudges of lawes Wherupon I trust I may inferre that to praise and extolle the admirable gouernment of our renowmed Soueraigne or to commende the sowndnes of her lawes or to aduaunce and set forth the wonderfull vertues of her highnes counsayllers or to acknowledge the rare learning holynesse of her reuerende Iudges so farforth as they be matters though but superfitially to be discerned and descyphred by the Bookes of our Lawes so farre they are not to be thought discrepaunt or impertinent for a student of the lawes to treat or to write of But wherfore should I thus carefully seeke to defend that which I suppose nedeth no reprehension why shuld I not rather challenge that liberty that is graunted to euery vocation of learninge yea to the lawyer himself namely to intermingle with painful trauayles of the minde the pleasures of some exercise more plausible and milde especially where the same may be practised to the glory of god to the profit of our brethren as I trust this is or at the least wyse was intended Well if all this notwithstanding these curious carpers wil

state Our sondry sortes of troublous heades expressed haue of late Lorde graunt therefore that Lawes be had to bynde each place to choose To office such as loue thy worde and others to refuse That whensoeuer forein driftes or home deuise shall rise Such men of trust prepared so may treasons guile surprise Lorde finally with humbled mindes and Sowles we thée desire Unite both Prince and Peoples harts with loue and zeale entire That th' one with vpright course may rule the other so obaye As Prince may be her peoples Ioye and people Princes staye Lorde graunt that none within this Lande no one that beareth breath Refuse in harte to crie God saue Our Queene Elizabeth Amen ¶ The Authour most humblie to all the Queenes highnes most honourable Counsaylers THough Poets pennes in these our later daies In works of waite gaine credit neare a deale Because that some seduced many waies Their fond affectes and fancies do reueale In rymyng frames wherein they do conceale No want of wyt nor learning dew regarde As in their Bookes full many haue declarde Yet hope I must that truth may take no harme Where she is cloathd with cloake of simple Ryme Deuoyd of dark deuise and Poets charme Which learned wits full rifelye in our time Haue set to view as sootest heathes in Prime Although the blunt and bitter byting brayne Each rymed truth doth blot with black disdayne You noble wights that win immortall fame By gyding well our english common wealth To you I wryte as one that loues the same And ioyes in heart to see your Honours health Reiect him not that riming fancies telth But beare him out where he deferues no blame And heere such termes as he in truth shall name Your godly graue and prouident foresightes These passed times and blisfull daies forespent Haue so preferd in peace vnto your mightes That calmer daies of yoare were neuer lent Your God therfor that so your harts hath bent Extolle with praise and watch to worke his wyll Seeke tresons foyle and loue your countrey still Beware of forrein fraude and false pretensed loue Accept goodwill but secreat woorks preuent So ioy in league that close compacts you proue So liue in peace as you to warre were bent Yeeld trust but try for feare ye do repent Geue heede to peace but lyue not vnpreparde The strongest state the longest time is sparde And as you watch each one in your degree Testablish peace and plant right wholsome lawes So noble wights as you true noble be Keepe men opprest from rage of ramping pawes Pluck pluck the spoyle from foorth deuouring iawes And let not Crewes of cruell wasting wightes Thus prank in pride with spoile of pore mens rights To taxe the Trades that wickednes findes out To touch the liues that lewdnesse hath begonne To blase the pride that runnes the Realme throughout To preach the Spoyles that priuate gaine hath wonne To shew the shifts that poore men haue vndone O noble wights and honourable all No pen of mine hath force or euer shall Men craue you graunt men pray you pardon stil Men sweare you trust men crouche you think them mylde Ah out alas heerein is errour styll Heerein your godly meanings are begilde Herein the wastful Crewes lusty heads wax wyld Heerein the trades that wickednesse doth breed On Common welth with priuate pawnche do feed Heerein the pompe of Pride withouten end Hath put it selfe in prease and vaunting spreddes With daringe face where none should dare offende No Caesars looke nor Princes eye it dreddes In frank outrage alas it trampling treddes Heerein the rowtes of cutting roysters grow And bankes of peace with braules do ouerflow Heerein the bloudy papistes do conspire And begging broodes of bankrowts in their kind Do take the course to set our peace on fire By fawnyng force a filthy fetch to finde A few to raise with ryches yll assygnd Though thousands thence doe reape their endlesse neede Whence hate for loue in consequence doth breede Heerein to fine the fewest sorts do right Heerein the lawes that godlynes haue fixt Heerein the peace appearing in our sight By pryuate heades with wickednes are mixt And this our peace hath dangers Drawne betwixt Heerein therefore to finde redresse with speede Shal make your names true noble still indeede In most humble wise Edward Hake ¶ Gentle Reader hauing this prayer folowing imparted vnto mee by a learned and worshipfull gentleman very behooufull to be vsed in this the end of our reioysinge I haue according to the dutie of godlynes heere published the same as the fittest seemeliest conclusion to be had in this my lytle Booke A Meditation wherin the godly English geueth thankes to God for the Queenes Maiesties prosperous gouernment hitherto and praieth for the continuance therof to Gods glory AMongst other thy benefites great and innumerable heauenly father our most mercifull Lorde and God by thee of thy excéeding goodnesse bestowed vpon the children of men the seruaunts of thy household dispersed vpon the face of the earth it hath pleased thée the wée thy people of England liuing in these daies should in aboundance beyonde the measure of the graces of our brethren and the prosperous course of our fathers beholde and perceiue thine inestimable goodwill in the amiablenesse of thy countinaunce shininge vpon vs to whom thou hast geuen thy chosen Handmayden Elizabeth for soueraigne Lady and gouernour For what so euer is the glory of thy house O Lorde for vs with the issue of the slime of the earth to stande and looke vp to Heauen made into vessels after thine image that were not to bee redéemed borne a new after the seconde Adam that perisheth not in the sprinkling of the bloud of Christ and sanctificacion of the spirit that were vtterly lost to stande fast in thy handes sealed accordinge to thine eternall loue and written in the Booke of lyfe that dayly runne headlong to our own destructiō As the sence therof reioiseth the hartes of all those whom thou hast knit into this felowship of the saintes and called into the blessed hope of the eternall kingdome so againe how vngrateful should we be to whom thou hast dealt these benefites from thy diuine maiestie by the person reised vp for thine instrument therof toward vs if we should not in speciall sort shew vs thankfull vnto thee therfore And if not to liue tearing eating one the other like the Giantes in the old world and euery man to doo what séemeth him best in his owne eies as when there was no Iudge in Israel if that Princes raigne gouernors geue iudgment it is thy gift then in the worst disposition of their thoughts for the sinnes of the people they are redowbted thou O Lord hast appointed them they are sacred thou O Lorde hast annoynted them they are feared thou chaungest their hartes like the streames of waters they are honoured thine owne image and lickenes in guiding Angels and all creatures is pregnaunt