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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68481	An exhortation to styrre all Englyshe men to the defence of theyr countreye. made by Richard Morysine	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 18110.5; ESTC S104287	21,862	62

not folow his malyce and withstand goddis pleasure Peter and Paule toke vppon theym a power and yet they graunted it to be cancelled within certayne lymyttes they wente not oute of theyr bondes they wolde not passe theyr rayles but sayde they had power to exhorte men power to edifie to reconcyle but no power to scatter to spoyle to dystroy This good father is of an nother schole a student of Rome taught in the consistorie of Cardynals where though there be fewe good made yet there commeth fewer good thither but they depart as euyll as they that be theyr readers It is with them a gay schole poynte without any drede of god to breake that louely bonde whiche god hath ordeyned and sette in nature to holde togyther to preserue and maynteyne a thynge in this worlde for mans welth and safetie moste nedefull ciuyle ordinauuce obeysaunce of the membres to the heed of the subiectes to theyr souerayne What thynge is more beneficiall vnto mannes lyfe then polytike order then mutuall socyetie of men knitte together in iustice temperācie modestie and honest lybertie one to helpe and comforte an other oone to instruct and teache an other in al thinges but in especiall in matters belongyng to god and suche as maynteyne this socyetie God ordeyned kynges magistrates and rulers commaundynge theym to be honoured euen as fathers are of theym chyldren This is the fyrste precepte of the seconde table wherin god setteth a polycie and teacheth the workes necessarye vnto mannes lyfe He shewethe of all thynges this to be the firste that some rule and some obeye Obedyence vndoubtedly is the knotte of al common weales this broken they muste nedes runne al heedlonge to vtter destruction God woll in any case subiectes owe this obedience to theyr rulers he woll they be dettours of this and neuer to cease the payenge of it He requireth not onely seruice of our bodyes to be at our prynces commaundemente but that our hartes honour and serue his hyghnes with all loue and feythfulnes Marke howe this good Romishe vicar supplieth his masters office he giueth remission of sinnes to theym that offende depeste in this precepte and curseth all theym that hate not goddes commandment Good cause he can not haue to do so and yet he knoweth his thryft is paste if goddes commaundementes be kepte and his curses not set by Who wolde thynke that goddes vycar coulde call prynces that were goinge ayenste the turke to tourne theyr force vpon christen princes Who wolde thinke that he him selfe coulde be of any good belefe beinge farder in loue with turkes whiche seke nothynge more then the vtter ruyne of Chrystes faythe then with vs that refuse with our moneye to maintayne his pryde ayenst god and his holy worde Errors haue set his cheyre alofte he seeth trouthe muste nedes abase hym He wryteth he sendeth he calleth he cryeth for helpe vnto all prynces If some of them sedused by false persuasiō shal set vpō vs bicause we haue left Idolatry dryuen away deceytful Hypocrisy that thus many yeres haue lyen lurkyng in celles kepynge by force and crafte the place of Chrystes relygyon Whan euer had Englande so good a cause to fyghte as nowe Whan euer myghte we goo to fielde with better hope of victorye then nowe Were it possyble that they shulde haue better hartes fyghtynge ayenst religyon ayenste goddes worde and so ayenst god hym selfe then we that fyghte for the mayntenaunce of all thre Canne they haue better wylles to lose bodyes and soules then we to saue bothe shall they take payne to come so farre to seke theyr owne sorowe and we not step oute of our doores to defende our welth our countrey our selues haue they yea can they haue greater causes to hate Englande then we to loue it If they passe not of goddes wrothe and vengiaunce so that they may brynge vs into captiuity and bondage shall not we beinge assured of goddes fauour as longe as we fauour his worde his name his glorye mete with these not so moche oures as goddes ennemies I muste here saye a thynge that I thynke woll make a good sorte of vs angry at the leaste Certes if we be not as one reported vs it myghte make vs vpon oceasion not only ready but very desyreful to spende yea though it were a good quantitie of bloude in so honest a quarell ¶ Not longe sithens a ientil ientilman I myght saye he was an ambassatour but then percase men wolde go nyghe to gesse whome I meane made at his retorne home this reporte of vs Thactyuitie of Englyshmen hath ben greate if histories be true but if I maye iudge by any coniectures it is nothynge so nowe I se neyther harneyes ne weapons of manhode amonges them they haue ben of good hartes couragyouse bolde valiant in marciall feates But those Englyshe men are deade ¶ If we had none other cause to fyghte beinge prouoked with the assaulte of our enemies wolde not this contumely this spytefull tale make vs shewe vnto suche reporters that as long as Englyshe bodies remayn in Englande they shal also fynde Englyshe stomackes Englysshe handes Englysshe hartes We see verye cowardes can euyll abyde to be so called and taken and are Englysshe men nothynge stirred to be thus counted and of them that are in dede but verye dastardes What thynge had Englande euer that it now lacketh bōdage of the proude tyrant of Rome layde apart Were there euer at any tyme in Englande goodlyer bodies cleaner made mē than there be at this day Were there euer mo thinges to set hartes in courage thā there be at this houre were there euer mo rewacdes for vertue mo nay halfe so many as there be nowe sythens Englande was England were there at any tyme mo euydent sygnes of goddes fauour towardes vs than haue ben these many yeres ¶ We many nowe see if we be not blynder than betels why god suffered suche a nomber to rise in the North and after to do no hurte to this realme but rather excedynge moche good For besydes that suche were wieded away as myght haue done hurte if our enemies had come betymes how dyd that cōmotion furnisshe almooste all Englande with weapons with harneys and other thynges necessarye for warre howe sone were both the Sotherne and Northern men in a redynesse wantynge nothynge fytte eyther for men that intended hurte to other eyther for theym that purposed theyr owne safetie Howe many yonge Ientylmen that than were ashamed they coulde ryde no better ryde wel now how many that than lacked almoste all thynge mete for a warry our be nowe furnyshed for all assayes God vndoubted dydde moche for vs that of so euyll a thyng we receyued so many commodities Harneys bowes bylles gunnes with the rest of the furnitures for soudiours were prepared than See the goodnes of god that wold them all to be prepared than and all to be preserued hole sounde vnhurte for a better season They were commynge whether they dare come

them that brought forth good fruite settynge idle and drane bees in theyr places Thy spitefull handlynge of the worlde the contumely thou diddeste vnto all princes is ascended vp euen to the syghte of the hygheste Thy pryde is sene God hath loked vpon this proude tyme and Lo saythe this couragious Lion his tyme is at an ende the mischefes of this Egle are almooste at a poynte Wherfore saythe the Lion appere thou noo more Egle neyther thyne horrible winges nor thy mischeuous hedes nor thy rauenyng clawes ne thy body whiche is holly compacte of vanities al vayne the Lorde cryeth to the Alway the Lion hauynge a mans voyce as the texte sayth byddeth the trudge and why the cause straight foloweth That thou ones gone the erthe may be refreshed that thy kyngedome ones fallen men may turne ageyne to freedome delyuered from thy vyolent power that thy baggage caste out of mens hartes they maye hope to receyue his iugement his mercy whiche made the erthe and al the dwellers vpon it While the lusty Lion spake these wordes the heed of the Egle began to stand a wrye the winges were no more sene her kyngedome waxed weake feble full of trauayle tumulte and busynesse moch a do to kepe it on fote all the Egles bodye was set a fyre ¶ That prowde Rome is mente by this prowde Egle the texte is playne the circumstaunces are suche that thoughe it were in doubte we myght easyly applye the Egle to the Romyshe byshop and to none other Nowe by the Lyon who is ment the texte sayth nothynge What if I contende noble HENRY the. VIII to be this Lyon May I not haue many coniectures to leade me this way many thynges euen taken of the same place to make other men thinke so to Fyrste as the Egle hath always ben the Romains badge so hath kynges of Englande euer more gyuen the Lyon in their armes so that it can so welle be applied to none other prince The Venetians gyue the Lion but their Lyon commeth not oute of the wodde but oute of the water They dwell in water our Lyon fetcheth all his force nexte vnto god out of the woddes our bowes our arrowes are fetched oute of the woddes Our Lyon whan he rangeth towarde his enemies wel declareth to them that he cometh frome the wood But to go somewhat nygher to our purpose Who hathe tolde the rauenynge Egle this terryble tydynges Who but HENRY the VIII our noble and couragious Lion This Lion saith the text is a wynde whyche the lorde hath kepte in store for these later days bothe to tosse the Egle and her byrdes and also to refreshe refrigerate and comfort our consciences that so longe a season haue laboured panted and boyled in fynne styl in feare of hel Hath not our noble king with sondry blastes of the spirite of god all to rent this popyshe power al to shaken his neste his seate his high trone this wynde hath hurled suche duste into the Egles eyes that her heed begynneth to waxe gyddy her wynges to cary her she woteth not whither her clawes to let fall suche prayes as she thought to haue brought to her nest This wynde our lordes prayse be it hath blowen vs oute of this cruell Egles reache we fele no more her sharpe talendes whiche in time past so griped our hartes so seasoned vppon our soules Our countreye is refreshed our hope fyxed in the iudgemente of the lorde our affiaunce sette faste in goddis mercy Hath not our couragious Lyon our pleasant wynde blowen vp a blast that refreshed vs all whan he by his prechers by his proclamations brake the cheynes that our soules laye tyed in slaues and bond to Romishe tyranny Cam there not a gay cole to our hartes whan our Lyon sayd Hens proude Egle appere no more here in Englande Went there not sondry great lumpes of heuynes from oure hartes whā we that were wont to dreade nothyng so moche as the mysprowde iugemente of the Egle begunne to refuse mercy and forgyuenes at his hande and to seke it of hym whiche made vs and is mercy it selfe and the onely forgyuer of synnes Is not this a swete breathe that our Wynde powreth vppon vs all Be not these pleasant blastes This wynde is cited to aryse cyted by hym that ruleth all wyndes in the .iiii. chapyter of Cantica canticorum by these wordes Vppe thou north wynde blowe vpon my gardeyn that the smell therof may be caried on all sydes that my derely beloued may come thither and eate of the fruites that growe therin Is not our wynde vp accordynge to his call hath not he wel blasted his commission abrode hath not he tolde the Egle of her rauenynge of her spoyle and slaughter If he hathe done thus and no prynce but he why may not we thinke that noble HENRY the VIII is the Lyon the wynde ordeyned sente by god to tosse this wycked tyraunte of Rome to blowe him out of al christen regions Se ye not to what honour god calleth our nation may not we reioyce that god hath chosen our kyng to worke so noble a feate God sayth a Lion shall teare this tirātes auctorite in peces God sayth a wynde shal shake hym out of his cheyer shall we not thynke this Lyon this wynde to be our soueraygne our kynge Whiche firste of all princes durst take hym by the bosome Let this yelling Egle approche towarde vs let her come with all her byrdes about her let a traytour cary her standard doth not god say her wynges shall be cut her kyngedome waxe feble the Lyon waxe stronge and saue the residue of goddes people filling them full of ioye and comfort euen while the worlde endureth Let vs let vs therfore worke lustely nowe we shall play for euer hereafter Let vs fight this one fielde with englysshe handes and englysshe hartes perpetuall quietnes rest peace victorie honour welthe all is owers ❧