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A68482	A remedy for sedition vvherin are conteyned many thynges, concernyng the true and loyall obeysance, that comme[n]s owe vnto their prince and soueraygne lorde the Kynge.	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Cheke, John, Sir, 1514-1557.	1536 (1536)	STC 18113.7; ESTC S122062	27,498	54

mo in nombre they bere the swynge thother be sofewe that skace they be sene in the chapiter howse It is only Christis religion that can make Christē men one of vs loue an other as we shulde do The preceptes of philosophie and good education coude make many of the Grecians mo of the Romans not only to forsake riches to banyshe pleasures to put them selfes in a thousande perilles but also to dye for their coūtrey And can not the knowlege of the worde of god the swete adhortations the hyghe and assured promyses that god maketh vnto vs kepe christen men from contempning the iudgemente and lawes of god frome vndoinge theyr coūtrey from fyghtyng against theyr prince If we were any thing wel instructed in the ioyes that are prepared for them that obey god and their prynce in the ioyes that neyther mans eloquence can expresse neyther harte fele nor thought compasse Who wyll thinke that soo many of theym coude so frankely offre vp theyr liues and that we shall not abhorre suche as eyther wyll dye theym selfe or bringe their countreye to ruine ¶ Who can prayse Themistocles soo well but he maye seme to haue lefte out a greatte parte of his prayse Who dyd more for his countreye then he Who coude be worse rewarded then he was that was not only banyshed his countrey but also driuen to seke succour at Xerxes hande whom he had not longe before dishonored in batayle who had a greatter cause to fall out with his countrey than he who more commoditie to haue reuenged suche ingratitude But se what good education can do Se what is to be loked for of them in whose brestis vertue and desyre of honeste fame lodgeth Xerxes interteyned hym highely and shewed him all the fauour that a myghtie prynce could shewe vnto one whom he best loued He gaue hym great possessions in soo moche that Themistocles was wonte to saye I had ben vndone except the Atheniās had vndone me Yet al this being thus when Xerxes wold haue sent hym agaynst his countrey with an hoste of men he forgot all theyr vnkyndenes he forgot they had exyled him and put him in ieoperdy of his lyfe and thought it moche better to slee hym selfe than to be a capitayne agaynste his countrey And thus at the laste beinge weried with ofte callynge on of the kynge and seynge no remedy but eyther to kyll hym selfe or to fyght against his countrey he chose of two the lesse hurt and with a drafte of Bulles bloudde finysshed his life I wyll not speake of Thrassibulus Codrus Ancurus Decii and manye other whiche all thought the welthe of theyr countrey to be preferred to their lyues I can not thinke but if Christis lawes were well preached they be well preached whan the preacher sayth as the gospel is and doth as the gospell saith I can not thinke but if Christis promyses were surely prynted in our hartes that we shulde be and that a great sorte to testifie the worde of god to be of moche more puissaunce then vaine fame Goddis worde is potente and to saye as I thynke almost omnipotent if it be well handeled and of suche as it shulde be It is moch that good men maye do In Florence the people were set parte agaynste parte as we were latelye here in Englande The syde that hadde the better hande came to set a fyre the palaice of their aduersaries Capitayne called Pagolantonio Soderini As chaunce was this capitaynes brother the byshop of Volterra was than in his howse whiche as soone as he harde theyr noyse and perceyued where about they wente cast on his white rochet and so came downe amonges them he spake but few wordes but by and by al that were in that rout caste awaye theyr fyer brondes There was none so lewde that coulde in so honeste a prelates presence do any hurte This Machiauellus wryteth as a thynge wonderfull howe be it if people were as obedient as they ought to be and byshops in suche reuerence as they haue ben in tymes past for their good lyfe and lernynge this wolde be no wonder who was lesse beloued in the northe than my lorde Cardynall god haue his sowle before he was amonges them Who better be loued after he had ben there a whyle we hate oft tymes whom we haue good cause to loue It is a wonder to see howe they were turned howe of vtter ennemyes they became his dere frendes He gaue byshops a right good ensample howe they myght wyn mens hartis There was fewe holy dayes but he wolde ride .v. or .vi. myle from his howse nowe to this paryshe churche nowe to that and there cause one or other of his doctours to make a sermone vnto the people He sat amonges them and sayd masse before al the paryshe He sawe why churches were made He began to restore them to their ryght and propre vse If our byshops had done so we shuld haue sene that preachyng of the gospell is not the cause of sedition but rather lacke of preachyng of it He broughte his dinner with hym and bad dyuers of the parish to it He enquired whether there was any debate or grudge betwene any of theym yf there were after dinner he sente for the parties to the church and made them at one Men say wel that do wel Goddis lawes shal neuer be so set by as they ought before they be well knowen Howe shall poore men knowe them excepte they be syncerely preached We must fyrst lerne to kepe goddis lawes or euer we ernestly passe of the kynges statutes All be it he that kepeth th one wylle also kepe thother He that can fynde a better way to auoyde sedition than fyrste to brynge in the worde of god which our most lerned kyng and true lieutenant of god in this realme of England hath holly intēded this many yeres Secondarily the mynd welle pourged that is restored into the good and pure nature that fyrst god made it in to purge as Zamolsis thought best the body He that can fynd a better way shall do ryght wel to shew it I fynde none Men after that the mynde is wel instructed must se that the body haue also a way to mainteyn it self Euery mā must haue an honest occupation wherby in trouth he may get his lyuyng without doinge iniury to his neyghbour Idelnes ydelnes must be banysshed It can not be chosen but men wylle steale thoughe they be hanged excepte they may lyue without stelyng How it may be brought to passe that no man haue cause to stele me thinke I haue eyther shewed it or elles gyuen occasion to some other to shewe it ¶ Now that we content our selfes with that whiche god shal send vs or with that we by our owne industry shall laufully gette me thynke a greatte parte lyeth in the prelates of the Churche They muste begynne thother can not leade this daunce If religious men begyn laye people wyll folowe as soone as they

and worthy his name when euery one is content with his degree gladde to do that that he may laufully doo gladder to do that whiche he seeth shal be for the quietnes of the realme all be it his priuate profite byddeth hym doo the contrary The shypman sayleth for other mens profyt as moche as for his owne but yet he sturreth the sterne and turneth the sayle as hym lusteth he casteth the shotte anker when he wyll and not when they bydde hym that are in his shyp The phisition is called to do more good to other then to hym selfe and in dede oftymes he saueth the sycke and taketh the disease hym selfe but yet he dieteth his pacient not as the paciente desyreth but some tyme kepethe hym from meate when he is hungry some tyme from drynke when he is ful thursty seldom geuynge hym that he calleth for Gouernours in a common welthe muste loke to the comons profyte but they muste rule or elles howe can they gouerne They must make lawes and not suche as euery man wolle neyther esteme that to be profytable to a fewe whiche bryngeth damage to the hole They onely oughte to be offycers that are knowen to be discrete polytique wyse and of suche stomake that yf nede be they can sette lyttell the hatrede and malyce of theym that seldonie loue suche as are in greattest auctoritie and not onely sette lyttel by them but also contemne their owne profyte welthe ye and lyfe to sooner than to seke prayse at their tonges that for the moste parte loue they wote not what and hate they wote not why ¶ Anthistenes seing the lyghtnes of the people of Athens came one day amonges theym and gaue them counsayle that they shulde plowe their lande aswell with asses as with horses They lawghed at hym and sayd Asses were nothyng fytte for the tillage of the erth Than let me laugh to sayth he at you which woll haue them rulers in the cōmon welth that so lytell can skyll of thaffaires therof ¶ Demosthenes whan he was banysshed by the consent of the people of Athens in his departure he turned towardes the citie and made this exclamation O Pallas howe is it possible that thou shouldest beare suche loue vnto these .iii. beastes the nyght owle the dragon the people He was also wont to saye If I had knowen the enuye the feare the false reportes the iniust accusatiōs that they must susteyne whiche gouerne where credite is gyuen to the fals iugementes of people if of .ii. I muste nedes haue done the one I wolde sooner haue broken my necke than haue had to doo in the common welthe of Athens ¶ One tolde Antisthenes The people speke moche good of you why saythe he what hurt haue I done as who shuld saye they seldome prayse but such as do euyl I dare boldly affirme y t there was neuer ethnicke more worthy lyfe than Socrates was the people wolde nedes haue hym deed Who knoweth not that knoweth any thynge howe moche Rome was bounde to Scipio This worthye Capitayne dyed out of his countrey banyshed by them whom he ofte had saued I lette passe Phocion Aristides and many mo whom all hystories bringe in to shewe the lyghtnes and lewde iudgement of communes Dante that good Italyane poet sayth full truely of them It is seldome sene that the people crie not Viua la mia morte muoia la mia vita That is Let lyue my dethe lette dye my lyfe lette that go forthe that bryngeth my distruction lette that be banyshed that is my welthe and safegarde Geffrey Chauser sayeth also somewhat in theyr prayse beare it ▪ well away and lawde theym as ye fynde cause O sterne people vniuste and vntrewe Ay vndiscrete and chaungynge as a fane Delytynge euer in rumours that be newe For lyke the mone euer waxe ye and wane Your reason halteth your iugement is lame Your dome is false your constance euyll preuith A full great foole is he that on you leueth ¶ What can be more agaynst their profyte than to obteyne that they moste desire They be angry that vertue shulde be rewarded whan she cometh to men that had no lordes to their fathers They wyl that none rule but noble men borne Let them haue that they require whome towcheth this soo soore as them selfe and al their posteritie What doo they leaue vnto theirs whan they also take away the possibilitie of better fortune I may saye trouth and without blame thanked be the knowlege of our mooste gratiouse soueraygne lorde the kynge whiche hath euermore welle declared that trewe nobilitie is neuer but where vertue is and hath euermore frome the fyrste of his reygne hytherto bothe by his owne great studye to atteyne lernynge wysedome and other pryncely qualities and also in gyuyng offices dignities and honour well testified that he woll all his subiectes to contende who may obteyne mooste qualities mooste wytte moste vertue and this onely to be the way to promotion and here nobilitie to consyste In all other thynges it lytell auayleth whose sonne a mā be At runnynge he hathe not the beste game that leyeth for hym My father ranne faster than any other dyd nor he that taketh a fall at wrastlynge hath that his father was wonte to haue whan he gaue the fall They muste nedes here and almoste in all other thynges contente them selfe with that they be able to do of what parentage so euer they be There was one whiche sayd Princis and noble men were moche more bounde to theyr horses than to many of their frendes A horse if the lorde ryde not well layeth hym in the duste and tellethe hym playnely he muste lerne to ryde better if he wyll take noo falle All thynges telle trouthe but man The bowe shooteth wyde yf ye holde it not streyghte The arrowe saythe I muste nedes be shorte excepte ye shote me hoome I muste nedes be goone yf ye shote me to farre They canne not flatter they can not saye My lorde ye shote nygh excepte ye shote nygh in dede It is no great hurte to fayle here it is smalle losse if a lorde ▪ shoote not well or at the least the losse hurteth but hym selfe But gyue the gouerment of commune wealthes into theyr handes that can not skyll therof howe many must nedes go to wracke The hurte towcheth to many to be but smally regarded Agayn what desyre shall good wyttes haue to employe them self to the knowlege of thynges and to passe thother whome slouthe woll not lette growe any higher whē good euyl be equally estemed what shall we nede to endeuour our selfes vnto whenne what so euer we do we must be tryed by our byrth and not by our qualities That comon welthe can not longe stande saythe Plato that vertue is not moste honored in Any Citie saythe he that wyll be longe saufe and in prosperitie muste distribute these two thynges well Honour Shame They be well distributed when the chiefe and prime honour is

shall haue lerned wel the fotynge of it Religion toke a great falle honestie was sore wounded that daye that richesse entred into theyr hartes handes I wolde say whom Christ left for to declare bothe in worde and lyfe what rewarde they were sure of that here for his sake wolde refuse rychesse It is noo meruayle if a tapster or a wyne drawer recken a peny or two more than his duetie whan they see religious menne soo imbrace money Lette the poore laye people here them say and lye not God is our portion God is our lādes Our conuersation is in heuen They wyll vndoutedly take pouertie for noo suche thynge that they shulde sooner consent to the disturbaunce of theyr countreye then to be poore I haue longe sought and can in maner fynde no cause of our pouertie but the fertilite and welthynes of our countrey Other men that are borne in bare countreys and can not lyue onles they moche trauayle the world auoyde myserie by their great labour and toyle In Englande the grounde almoste nourisheth vs alone It is an incredible thynge to see howe sore men of other nations labour howe moch we play howe lytle they consume on their belyes howe moche we deuoure howe poore they be and how welthy we are welthy I saye in comparison of them God hath gyuen vs to good a countrey we maye here to many of vs lyue ydle In many places of Germany people are fayne to set theyr trees that they vse for theyr fewel They sowe corne on mountaynes where neyther horse nor plowe can come They plowe with mattockes and harrowe with spades Howe moche grounde is lost in England Howe moche corne myght we carie into other coūtreyes if we wolde vse the commodities of our realme Howe manye hethes be there that wolde beare other frutis than shrubbes brakes bromes and ferne if they were welle handeled howe many cities are decayed howe many townes that are nowe hamlettis quyte downe that wolde stande if the thirde parte of Englande dyd not lyue idelly Townes wolde vp ageyne yf craftes were set vp There is fewe nations but many be ydell yet I thinke there is not two of the greattest nations in christendome that hath halfe so many that liue without craftes as lytle England hath In Frāce ye shal see many men drawe cartis about the citie laden with fagottes and suche other small wode In Italy there is no man so ryche but he trauaileth in marchandise Dukes that are there in kynges places occupye marchādyse And yet are fain to kepe small howses I wyll not compare our comynaltie with theirs I wyl not handel this place as I mighte This I am sure we that haue bene there haue sayde ones a weke God saue the welthy comynaltie of England I wyl not cōpare our kepyng of houses with theirs where frogges be a dayntie dysshe snayles a morsell for a lady where musshrumpes stande for the seconde course Ye wolde thynke it a madde syght to see a quarter of a goose runne rounde for burnynge the reste powdered and kepte in stoore for holydays I am assured the fare in Venys is as good as is in the moste partes of Italie Venys is as bygge or very lyttell lesse than London with the suburbes yet is there more fleshe spent in two or thre monethes in London than is there in a yere We haue to many sawces to many showynge hornes to drawe in meate we knowe full lytel what we do that make as though we cared not who ruled in Englande If a foreyne prince hadde the gouernynge of vs a whyle thynke you we shulde not be farre dysceyued if we loked to lyue as we nowe lyue to do as we nowe do Thynke you Daces wold not come in ye knowe not what daces be no dates I warrant you I pray god ye neuer knowe them This I am sure as longe as oure mooste gracyouse prince kynge HENRY the. VIII reygnethe ouer vs whiche I praye god it be vntylle his heires be of age we shall nede feare no daces They began properly to sparse pretye rumours in the North that no man shulde eate whyte breade no man eate pygge gose or capon without he agreed before with the kynge They well bothe declared their malyce and howe lytell they had to lay againste the kynges grace whiche were compelled shamefully to fayne suche abhomynable lyes ageynst his highnes The kyng entendeth no suche thynge Wolde god bothe his grace wolde goo about to gette vs a better name in straunge countreys and we also content our selfes to haue it we be called I wote where englishe bealyes Who can not but be sorie to se a man bye so dere so many hurtes as come of to moch meate Who knoweth not that the englyshe swette no olde sycknes and twenty other diseases more come euery day of inordinate fedynge Memorye wytte ye the verye mynde whiche is immortall almoste is slayn with surfettis The eyes chaunge their colour where they shulde be drye they falle to droppynge theyr syght departeth The eares waxe dull of herynge to be shorte all the senses be drowned with drinke and cloyed with to moche fedyng where as the belye is greatter than all the body besyde where the bealy raigneth dothe not all honeste craftes all good inuentions want what countrey hath inuēted fewer thynges than Englande Be our wittes worse than other mens be No no there is no faut but ours that wyll haue them no better Is it not a shame that we can not be as discrete as wyse as the brute beastes are Doo they drynke but whan they are a thurste Do they eate but when they be hungrye when dyd any man see a beast dye of a surfette Men are some tyme in the faute that bestes dye of drynkyng they being to hote after their labour Put a beast at lybertie lette hym be at his owne fedynge it wyll be long or he hurt hym selfe eyther by eatyng or drinking Amonges vs what syckenes kylleth so many as meate and drynke what pestylēce ryddeth more than sustenance Besydes y t for the more part pestilēce cometh of outragious dyet and doth lytel hurt where mē can moderate their mouthes Bibbers wil be offēded with hym that shal go about to make them lyue better to make them lyue longer to make them rycher to tourne theyr drynkyng money into stuffe of house holde They enuye the duchemen that drynke deper than they why doo they not enuye the moyles aswell that drynke as moche as duchemenne and yet fall not vnder the maunger as they do vnder the bourde We haue lost bothe the good thynges that antiquitie vsed and chaunged also the names of theym that we haue He is called a louer that doth al he may to make an honest womā naught If her louer entend to take away her honestie her good name what shall he do that hateth her Euen so we call that good fare that doth vs mooste hurt and that euyl chere that doth vs most good I thynke he