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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19899	[O Vtinam 1 For Queene Elizabeths securitie, 2 for hir subiects prosperitie, ...]	Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626.	1591 (1591)	STC 6328; ESTC S115194	32,263	99

to minde gentle Reader the tyrannicall persecutions and cruell martyrdomes perpetrated in the bloudie and pitilesse raigne of Queene Marie imagine withall thou seest as then to the griefe of many thousandes was seene the tormenting furnace of Nabuchadnezer glowing hote scorching and consuming the fleshe and bones of Christes deere saintes and blessed martirs For professing y e trueth ofhis Gospell Imagine thou hearest and seest though to thy small edification or profite the administration of his blessed word and sacramentes in a toong to thee vnknown Imagine thou seest deuine honour and spirituall adoration performed to stocks and stones and other sencelesse shadowes and thou on paine of death compelled to performe the like Imagine yet further thou seest thy Christ robbed and dispoiled ofhis honour to be geuen vnto saintes and other his creatures thou not onely to be in danger of life but to be excommunicated and held accursed if thou doo not participate of this blasphemous impietie and when thou hast called to thy remembrance these and thousandes such like extremities then compare that time of tyrannie with this sweete time of mercy and thou wilt bee constrained to say Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people hath raised vs vp a Queene by and vnder whose godly and gratious gouernment we may serue him without feare in true holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the daies of our life And therefore let all true Israelites praie for hir from whome as from the instrumentall cause these manifolde benefites and irrecompensible blessinges are deuolued to vs. Let vs not not with Isops frogs growe wearye of hir gentlenesse least Ioue in requitall of our great ingratitude send the stork to deuoure vs. No man hath managed the charge of any one priuate household more duly orderly then since the beginning of hir reigne she hath doone this populous kingdome Therefore O England let thy yoong men and maides old men and babes thy beasts and cattell thy fish foule thy mountaines and hils thy riuers welles thy plants and trees thy corne and grasse thy fieldes and meades thy citties and townes thy woodes and groues thy downes and dales each in their kinds laude and praise the Lord for giuing vs such a Queene in and by whom we are so happy for thrugh whome we are blessed and in whom as in a streame of Maiestie and princely magnanimity all the gifts and graces which God bestoweth vpon the children of men doo swim and to his praise and hir perpetuall renown with out fault or imperfection doo superabound O but some will saie if so they durst Sir you are too too extreame in hir commendation you infringe the bounds of trueth whereby it seemeth you aime at hir fauour by the leuell of flatterie Shee is not so endowed with giftes and graces as you vainlie and most vntruely affirme Neither is she so faultlesse and praiseworthie as you make hir Indeed did not hir deserts merite my praises my flatterie were too too palpable but beeing no more then hir proper right the repetition thereof I know is vtterly repugnant to hir pleasure and therefore they are deceiued whiche imagine that I poore snake and contemptible worm aime at so high a marke with so grosse a shaft But for that which first I did attribute vnto hir besides hir zealous forwardnesse in the execution of Gods will and the matter of hir and our soules welfare hir exact knowledge of the toongs hir deepe sight in the sciences hir quicke capacitie hir swift vnderstanding hir mercie to offenders hir care of hir subiectes and hir peaceable regiment doo plainely manifest All whiche and manie other such like as inuincible arguments doo proue mine assertion To the second be it graunted that she is not vtterly faultlesse and therefore not vtterly blamelesse I replie she is though a most gratious Queene as I said a mortall creature framed of the same substance that we be and therefore subiect to those passions and infirmities that we are But so was Dauid of whome GOD saide I haue chosen a man according to mine own heart euen Dauid my seruaunt yet whether he were faultlesse or no his owne wordes doo manifest when hee saide The woundes in my soule doo fester and stincke euen thorough my owne faultes and offences and againe Turne thy face O Lord awaie from my sinnes and blot out all my misdeedes and againe My sinnes are more in number than the haires of mine head And again I acknowledge my faultes and my sinnes are euer before me and they thrust me down euen as an intollerable burden but if thou wouldest know wherein he offended the holy Ghost will resolue thee in the second booke of Samuel and the 11. chapter And letting passe all the holy kings and prophets mentioned in the old Testament y t acknowledged their infirmities and yet God tendered as the apple of his eye come we to sainct Paul who although he were no king yet was he a blessed Apostle and had the spirit of God in great measure yet said he ofhimselfe as his owne Epistle to the Romains testifieth The good that I would doo that doo I not But the euil that I hate that doo I. If then it appeareth by these and such like vndoubted testimo nies that mankind vnder heauen are sold vnder sin who can then be so malitious to entwite hir maiestywith that which is proper to all in generall Neither can she be touched with any blot of infamie other then that which is incident to the most vprightest liuers If this be true as what man liueth findeth not the same so tobe O then ye priuie whisperers and secret backebiters whose toongs are as the stinges of Scorpions full of deadly poyson cease to sting hir whom youshal neuer hurt or haue power to defame though like vnnaturall paracides you seeke it with all greedinesse and as by hir gratious gouernment you breath haue your being so acknowledge it and be not such vngratefull monsters as to render hir euill for good but requite hir louing kindnes with thankfulnes hir princely beneficence withall dutifull obedience Think reuerently ofhir for Gods sake and in respect of the great perils she still sustaineth for our sakes for the paines she taketh for our onelie profite and for the waightie charge imposed vppon hir and if as one wise man saith the cares that attendeth a crown were duely considered it is not worth the taking vp if wee found it in the streetes then what a worthlesse iewell hath she ofhir crown in respect ofhir cares no one can expresse them saue shee that hath them and for our sakes doo indure them Therefore maligne hir not by worde nor thought But wish hir well and saie Good lucke haue you O gratious Queene with your honor according to the great renowme wherewith the king ofkings hath ennobled you Peace and prosperitie be vnto them that loue you but confusion of face