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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

somwhat for his defence Augustus made an ende of his expostulation sayde thus Cinna I gyue the ones ageyne thy lyfe before I gaue the it beinge myn ennemie I giue it nowe to the beinge a traytour and a parricide From this day forthwarde lette frendeshyp begin betwene vs lette vs two contende whyther thou mayste shewe me more pleasure for perdonynge the thy lyfe or I more gladde that I saued the. And thus by and by Cesar began with hym and made hym consul Cinna was from that daye forwarde as true a frende vnto Cesar as one man myght be vnto an other in so moche that he made Cinna his heyre ¶ The kinge our moste gracyous soueraine lorde myghte commemorate his benefyttes towarde all his subiectes I wolde doo it for hym but that I knowe I am farre vnmete to take vppon me the handelynge of soo weighty a mattier His grace woll I doubt not folowe the clemency of Augustus He seeth his noble progenytours haue ofte punished rebelles and done no more but cut awey the branches of sedicion for their tyme. His highnes intendeth to pull aweye the roote He seeth it is not possible to cure this sore which in dede Plato calleth the greattest syckenes that can come to a comune welthe excepte he serche out bothe where it ariseth and what thing moste nourisheth it and then do as phisicions are wont whiche oft tymes laye not their medicines to the parte that is diseased but to that rather from whens the disease first came and is like to come stylle onelesse it be there stopped As for exaumple when the eies be soore first they seke whether the disease grow in the eies or is sent from some other place nighe the eies as from the heed or els some other place further of as the stomake If it be not in the eies prīcipally but cometh either from the heed or from the stomacke they begynne not at the eies but firste pourge the stomacke and so the roote cutte awaye the disease nowe no more maynteyned can in no wyse longe tary behynde It is very true that Zamolsis king of Thrace was wonte to saye Loke sayth he as the eies can not be clensed excepte ye fyrste clense the heed neyther the heed without ye pourge the hole body euen so neither the bodye without the mynde be firste netted This kynge sawe it lytell auayled to rydde the body of noughty humours oneles also a man so brydell his appetyte that afterwarde he can forbeare suche thinges as dydde hurte hym before and wyll do ageyne excepte he moderate his affectiōs The bote man I thinke lacketh moche wyt and loseth moche labour that standeth all daye with a dis she ladinge out water that nedes must come in agayne oneles the bote be amended The faut is in the breache of the bote and not in the water Surely if it were any thing lyke to be brought to passe it shulde be moche better to fynde a waye that none might haue wylle to rebell then to trusse vp rebellious people Wolde god some high wytte some man borne to do suche good for his countrey coulde aswel bryng this to passe as I thinke it myght nowe very lyghtly be done For if euer the cause of rebellion may vtterly be taken awaye we haue a prynce god wyll we maye haue his grace longe we haue a prynce that sayth the tyme is now Al men ought to endeuour them selfe here to occupie theyr wyttes that suche a thynge myght take effecte I for my parte wylle do what I can which I know is very lyttell how be it if I do it not so well as my desyre is I truste good intent shall soo make myne excuse that loue of my countrey shall not moche hurte me ¶ Some say pouertie is the cause that men come to be thenes murderers rebelles But I thynke nothynge so For I knowe dyuers realmes where pouertie raygneth moche more than in Englande yet rebels there be none The rote is lower dygge deper ye maye perchaunce fynde it Education euyll education is a greatte cause of these and all other myschefes that growe in a comune wel the. For where so many lacke honest occupatiōs wherby al men that can not otherwise lyue by their landes ought to maynteyne them selues howe canne we lacke any kynd of mischief No man is borne a craftis mā youth must be beter brought vp or euer the olde lyue welthely The lacke the lacke of honest craftes and the habundauncie of ydlenes all be it they be not the hole cause of sedicyon yet as they brede theues murderers and beggers so not a lytle they prouoke men or thynges lyke men to rebellion There is a parte in man whiche is named the mynde that is of this nature yf it be galyarde and lusty either to do moche good or cōtrary to do moche hurt If this lacke good institutiō if this be not handeled and ordered as it shulde be men maye lacke sedition but they can not lacke a thynge within them to styre them to sedition This must be so taught that there be no rebellion within our selfes we muste conquere our lustes and compell the appetites to obeye all suche statutes as reason and honestie shall thynke worthye to be enacted Euery man some wyll say can not clyme to suche perfection Euery man can not be kept at skole I graunt But yet I thynke al y e lordes sonnes and also the better parte of gentlemen myght be as well brought vp as it is necessary they be if they had suche teachers as oughte to instructe the nobles of a realme These wel brought vp I wold nothynge doubte but eyther we shulde be welthier than we be or els moche better content with that that god shoulde sende vs all be it we had moche lesse then nowe we haue I longe haue supposed that as the bryngyng vp of y e nobles is the saulfegarde of a comune welthe so theyr euill education is the ruyne therof For as noble men be so theyr seruantes are The mayster gyuen to ryot the seruant must nedes thynke that there is no thriuyng for hym excepte he shewe hym selfe a ruffler So that though the seruaunt be good of hym selfe yet to wynne the fauour of his mayster he muste coūterfaite their condicions that his maister most lyketh Thus in vsynge theym a monethe or two he maketh theym his owne He nowe dissembleth no lenger he is as they be whom he hath longe folowed I must nedes saye more if the nobles be euyl taught in poyntes concernyng religion as if they be popyshe to put one exaumple for many Howe can theyr seruauntes chose but be so to Howe can theyr tenantes whiche muste haue theyr lordes fauour be of a nother religion then theyr lorde is Howe can they agre with their neighbours if they bothe be not of one faythe and one beleue The kynges grace shall neuer haue true subiectes that do not beleue as his grace doth For howe can they loue hym as