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A00673	The supplicacion: that the nobles and comons of Osteryke made lately by their messaungers, vnto kyng Ferdinandus, in the cause of the Christen religion Item. The kynges answere to the same. Vvherpon foloweth the wordes that the messaungers spake vnto the kyng agayne at their departing.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564.	1542 (1542)	STC 10808; ESTC S105580	10,834	48

graces sayde faythfull countre therfore pondryng these thinges knowe none other meane for the delyueraunce of theyr soules bodies then this that Gods worde after Christen vnderstandyng be preached euery where wherby the people may be moued vnto Christen repentaunce and so encouraged to withstonde the Turke The matter then consysteth onely in this that mēs myndes be kepte in ryght vnderstāding to almyghtye God and their rulers in true nourtoure ordynate lyuyng and yet neuerthelesse the more pitie an exceadinge erroure is crepte in touchinge the righte true vnderstondinge of Gods holy worde wherin youre hyghnesse as a Christen kyng hath bene put to sondrye great paynes now these many yeares to bringe the same Scysme to an vnyte The matter also beynge finally so far reset forth in the last assemble that sondrie articles were discussed and a generall peace in the cause of Religion concluded vpō vntill the tyme of farther agrement which doutlesse foloweth here of euē because that manye articles yea and that the principal are come to the right Christen vnderstondinge and also because that as touchinge outwarde behaueoure and abuses crepte in amōge the spiritualte they must in a tyme appoynted be brought to reformacion that by them selues But yf this generall peace in in the articles which ought as Christen poyntes to be kepte do not concerne youre graces sayd faithfull subiectes or yf a man must stōde in ioperdy of losynge body and goodes whan he kepeth the same articles your Royall Ma. maye most graciously considre how tedyous a thing it is and to what inconvenience it will growe Vvherfore the coūtre in most hartye and humble wise prayeth and besecheth youre highnesse to bringe so to passe by the ordynaries and all sprituall offycers that the holy Gospel in true Christen vnderstondinge maye be preached likewyse the hyest article of oure saluaciō namely that we haue forgeuenesse of synnes thorow y e onely merites and death of Iesus Christ and also that the loue of the neghboure and all good workes may be taught as frutes sure declaracyons of the inwarde fayth with the commaundementes of God for a contynuall true amēdement as for the resystynge of euell synfull affeccions or inclynacions to geue thankes for this excellent grace in that we thorowe the onelye merytes of Christ are delyuered frō death hell and become children of eternall saluaciō And also by occasiō therof to rendre all dewties of faithfull obedience to youre Royall Ma. as to the hyer power ordeyned of God and to shew vnto oure neghboures all loue lykewise And so to opteyne the rewarde that necessarely foloweth out of this faith and out of the frutes therof And that the worthy Sacrament of the Altare maye be ministred vnto them that Christenly desyre it acordinge as it was obserued certayne hundred yeares in the begynnyng of Christendome Item that the Ordynaries or spiritualtie acordinge to the determinacion of the last Perliament do put downe all other abuses in the churches and brynge thē in to good Christen ordre prouidinge the parishes with good honest soule shepardes not persecutinge them which preach Gods worde in other places as they haue done hitherto And though the same abuses be so sore rooted that we suppose verely it will be hard to refourme them in a shorte season yet the sayde mynistracion of the sacrament and preachinge of the worde wherin consisteth oure saluacion and that ought to be purely done and vnperuerted maye not therfore ceasse yea necessary is it that all this be most ernestly prynted in to the people that thei maye so be brought from their rude synfull lyuinge and instructed vnto right true repētaūce in the faith of Christ For now the more pitie it is they are come from all knowlege of God And many curates there be which are nothing lesse thē curates or true shepherdes wherbye the comen people are become so vngodlye and rude that it is in maner vnpossible to brydle them And thus commeth it to passe that they dye lyke brute beestes without eny Christen instruction or Sacrament Vvherfore the messaungers of youre Graces sayde coūtrees with whole Christen myndes with sighing he hertes most humbly beseche youre Royall Ma to tendre these thinges in most gracious wise and as a Christen kynge to consente vnto this waightye article acordinge to their expectation in youre hyghnesse whom they also most humbly requyre in no wise to thinke that youre Graces sayde londe wolde herebye seke the more occasion of disobedience or of any carnall libertye For they knowe that we haue forgeuenesse of synnes in the true vnfayned faith only thorow the passion and merites of Iesus Christ and that we than in thankfulnesse for suche excellent grace are detboūd with oure whole hertes to ceasse from all synfull lyuynge to bringe forth all good workes in true repentaunce and also with oure bodies and goodes to declare all wyllinge obedience towarde youre Royall Magestie Considering now that for our delyueraunce ther can be none other meane then to take such a Christen life in hand And seynge it is not possible for anye man with good hert and fre conscience to go agaynst this enemye which is the scourge of God and punishment of vs all vnlesse he first be reconciled to God and sure thorow the certayntie of faith and confidence in his godly promes that he shall be delyuered from such plage and that they shall escape in this hoost which are in daunger eyther thē selues or theyr wifes childern or other frendes thorow youre graces generall proclamaciō lately made commaunded The messaungers therfore of youre Graces sayde londe and the parties that sent them most ernestly with sighinge hertes in most humble wise beseche youre highnesse for the loue of God to accepte this their Christen and reasonable sute most graciously ād to promes a generall peace vnto all such as behaue them selues acordinge to oure forsayde supplicacion and sute And then doutlesse will it come to passe that yf such a Christen life be embraced Allmightye God shall mercifully cause this present plage to ceasse and so shall it folowe also that many well lerned and vertuous men shall take vpon them the worthy office of presthode which then with Christes doctrine shall bringe the people vnto true repentaunce to the feare of God and to all obedice And thus shall euery man with faithfull hert towarde youre royall Ma do his best agaynst this enemye ād declare all louynge obedience with body and goodes in this and all other thinges Where as the sayde articles then beynge much more excellently wayed are comprehended in the conclusion of the last Perliament and seynge it hath pleased God to make vs youre Graces subiectes which therfore do knowlege youre highnesse nexte Allmightie God to be oure owne deare Soueraigne lorde hauynge all expectation of felicite and goodnesse in the same for these causes are we in no maner of doubte but iour royall Ma in most

gracious and fatherly wise carynge for youre sayde faithful countrees will suffre them to come in to the same estate appoynted in the sayd conclusion of the Perliament and consente vnto vs here in Acordinge to oure most humble supplication which we make vnto your highnesse with continuall sighinge and teares euen from oure hertes for the loue of God and for his worshippe sake And here with most humblye committe we vs vnto your royall Ma in all dewtie of louynge obedience wherbye to the thankfull recompencinge of such a gracious benefite in youre hyghnesse we will bestowe oure selues with our bodies goodes and bloude Geuen At Prage the .xiij. daye of Decembre Anno. M.D.xli YOure Graces most humble subiectes The messaungers of the lower countrees of Osterike Piligram lorde of Bucheym chefe debyte in Osteryke Christofer Baron of Eytzinge Sigismūd Ludwig lorde of Bolham Erasmus lorde of Starhēberg Iohan Vngnad Baron of Suneck chefe captayne of Steir Reinprecht lord of Ebersdorf chefe chamberlayne of Osteryke Otto lord of Lychtensteyn chefe marshall of Kernten Iohn Baron of Vveysprach George Baron of Herbsteyn George of Vvolmirstorf knyght Sigismund Vvexelberger knyght Christofer Rembschussel knyght Abel of Kolneck knyght Erasmus Scheyrer knyght Balthasar Gleyntzer knyght Bonauenture of Eckē knyght George of Berckham Martyn of Vestreych Vvilliam of Bibrach Erenreich of Rynsperg Erasmus Hochelperger George Memmynger Achatz Hohenfelder Vvolfgang Hohenfelder The names of the cities Vienna Gretz Lyntz S. Vitus Steyn Steir Rochelspurg Kornnawenburgh Lawbach Ems Osterike beneth aboue the water Anisus Kernten Krain and the pryncely Erledome of Gortz The answere of the kynges Ma Of the Romaynes Ferdynandus to the messaungers of the lower partes and cities of Osterike WHereas the appoynted messaūgers of the kynges Graces countrees of lower Osterike haue presented vnto him a wrytinge concernynge causes of religiō shewinge and declaringe at large how Allmightie God hath doubtlesse now this longe season suffred all these plages to come vpon his Christen people aswell thorow the Tyrānye of the Turcke as with death and burnynge because subiectes do lyue in no repentaunce despisinge Gods worde and not receauyng it and how that this is the cause why ther coulde hitherto no victory be had agaynst the sayde archenemi of Christendom with other moo articles All the same hath the kynges royall Ma. of the Romaynes oure most gracious Seueraigne lorde considred with their humble sute and supplicacyon ▪ which is that it wolde please his highnesse to suffre them and their affinyte for to come in to the generall peace which at the last Perlyament was made in causes of religion And his Ma hath a gracious hartie compassyon of his sayde obediēt and faythfull subiectes and that no lesse then is expressed by the messaungers in theyr wrytinge because of the sayde greuous plages His highnesse also consydreth lykewise that the same punishmētes do folowe because of the manifold synnes and vyces wherwith Christen people are defyled Wherfore his Ma sens the begynninge of his raigne hither to desyred neuer thinge more effectously nether yet doth then the abolishinge of such manifolde vyces and blasphemies as are crepte in the more pitie amōge many men of hye and lowe estate yea the longer y e more wherbye almightie God doutlesse is moued vnto wrath agaynst his Christen people And therfore as it is openly knowne his Royall Ma. in his graces owne countre hath sent forth ernest cōmaundmentes and proclamacions and geuen ernest iniunctions vpon the same specially vnto all preachers curates that they in most effectuous and diligent wise shall exhorte the people to turne from such synnes vyces vnto a Christen and repētaunt lyfe pleasynge vnto God Now where as such his Ma gracious fatherly monicyon hath not brought forth frute acording to the Christē request of his highnesse his Royal Ma. is the more sorye and the same was the cause that moued his grace now lately at Lintz afore his departinge to renew the sayde proclamaciōs as the messaungers thē selues do knowe right wel Againe his Royall Ma. hath neuer denyed hitherto nether will do hereafter but that the word of God shulde be published acording to the Christen vnderstonding therof and preached as it was of the Apostles doctours which are approued and receaued of the holy Christen church His Royall Ma. also can not remembre that his hyghnesse hath euer caused ought to be taken in hand agaynst any man that ordreth him selfe after the preachinge afore sayde Morouer his Ma offreth himselfe in most gracious wyse to geue ernest iniunctions vnto the Ordinaries of such spirituall iurisdiction as extendeth thorow out his graces londes to make reformacion among the clergie acordinge to the conclusion of the last Perliament to put downe abuses and to prouyde the desolate parishes with good and lerned curates and soule shepherdes to the intent that his subiectes maye be instructe with the true worde of God in all other Christē ordinaunce beside Likewyse the appoynted messaūgers do knowe well ynough that for the puttinge awaye of contēciōs in the causes of religion and to bring the same to an vnyte the kynges Ma hath taken speciall diligent and ernest paynes and that he hath spared no trauayle ner laboure at eny tyme like as his Royall Ma will likewyse with all benignite dispose himself hencefurth and is allready of a gracious hope that acordynge to the cōclusion of the sayde Perlyament of Regenspurgh this Scysme maye be brought to an vnyte agremēt by one of thes thre waies that is to saye by a generall counsaill bi a counsail prouinciall or els by another comen Perlyament Wherfore the kynges highnesse doth right graciously trust doubteth not but his faithfull comens subiectes of his lōdes of lower Osterike and these appoynted messaungers of the same wyll tarye and wayte obediently for the sayde lyklyode of vnyte in the olde Christē religion and in the meane season not to seke ner medle with any alteration or chaunge but in Religion and in all other thinges toward his Royal Ma. to behaue and ordre thē selues as theyr awncient fore fathers haue done toward God and to his Graces noble progenitours in all obedience and in no wise to stoppe from so doynge ner to take occasion of hinderaunce at that peace made at the Perliament of Regenspurgh consideringe that the same peace was ordeyned onely betwene both the estates of religion the one toward the other and not betwene the estates and their subiectes so that vntyll the nexte counsaill generall nacionall or comen Perlyament which within the space of eyghtene monethes after the date of that conclusion made at the Perlyament of Regensburgh shall in the cause of Religion be proclamed the catholike sorte must kepe the olde religion and the estates of the protestantes must holde them vnto it wherin they were founde at the makyng of the sayde peace Which peace the kynges Ma doth knowlege him selfe bounde to manteyne and therfore