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that_o part_n of_o the_o world_n which_o be_v temperate_a neither_o vex_v with_o too_o much_o heat_n nor_o oppress_v with_o over_o much_o cold_a as_o many_o other_o country_n be_v it_o be_v also_o of_o a_o most_o delicate_a &_o wholesome_a air_n full_a of_o pleasant_a spring_n fountain_n and_o river_n a_o country_n of_o fruitful_a soil_n country_n commodity_n of_o our_o country_n yield_v corn_n of_o all_o sort_n abundance_n of_o wool_n allom_n copper_n mine_n of_o lead_n tin_n iron_n stone_n wood_n seacole_n pit_n to_o make_v salt_n of_o and_o of_o all_o manner_n of_o cattle_n horse_n fowl_n &_o fish_n beast_n of_o venery_n of_o all_o kind_n plentiful_a and_o all_o other_o thing_n necessary_a for_o man_n sustenance_n use_n and_o pleasure_n a_o country_n apt_a for_o traffic_v by_o sea_n from_o all_o place_n of_o the_o world_n in_o respect_n whereof_o we_o be_v of_o ourselves_o
spain_n by_o civil_a war_n when_o it_o be_v divide_v into_o many_o kingdom_n the_o moor_n do_v overcome_v it_o on_o the_o one_o side_n the_o french_a and_o the_o englishman_n devour_v it_o on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o hungary_n which_o have_v valiant_o resist_v the_o turk_n almost_o two_o hundred_o year_n together_o hungary_n hungary_n be_v at_o the_o length_n subdue_v by_o they_o by_o the_o division_n that_o happen_v among_o themselves_o what_o a_o great_a slaughter_n be_v there_o of_o the_o nobility_n of_o france_n fountain_n fountain_n at_o the_o battle_n of_o fountain_n near_o to_o anserre_n by_o the_o civil_a war_n that_o be_v betwixt_o lithargus_fw-la lewes_n and_o charles_n the_o bald_a what_o civil_a war_n and_o bloudshed_n do_v ensue_v of_o the_o division_n betwixt_o the_o house_n of_o york_n and_o lancaster_n here_o with_o we_o in_o england_n lancaster_n the_o house_n of_o york_n &_o lancaster_n which_o be_v begin_v in_o king_n henry_n the_o four_o his_o day_n continue_v till_o henry_n the_o seven_o who_o marry_v the_o elder_a daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o edward_n the_o four_o by_o which_o the_o say_v two_o house_n be_v unite_v together_o and_o so_o all_o civil_a war_n then_o cease_v these_o saction_n continue_v diverse_a year_n in_o which_o time_n there_o die_v in_o sundry_a battle_n and_o skirmish_n 474._o camden_n 474._o as_o philippus_n comineus_n say_v above_o four_o score_n of_o the_o blood_n royal_a with_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o nobility_n of_o england_n beside_o a_o great_a number_n of_o the_o lord_n knight_n esquire_n and_o gentleman_n and_o infinite_a thousand_o of_o the_o common_a people_n and_o to_o pass_v over_o many_o example_n of_o like_a sort_n france_n france_n in_o what_o pitiful_a state_n do_v france_n now_o stand_v which_o have_v be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o flourish_a realm_n of_o europe_n by_o civil_a war_n and_o dissension_n which_o have_v afflict_v that_o kingdom_n above_o thirty_o year_n whereof_o have_v ensue_v not_o only_o the_o slaughter_n of_o many_o noble_a person_n but_o also_o infinite_a thousand_o of_o other_o subject_n and_o in_o the_o end_n the_o shameful_a murder_n of_o their_o own_o natural_a liege_n lord_n and_o king_n prince_n murder_n of_o their_o prince_n these_o misery_n may_v be_v example_n to_o we_o to_o beware_v of_o such_o like_a sedition_n and_o division_n and_o happy_a be_v they_o that_o can_v beware_v by_o other_o danger_n as_o the_o wise_a cato_n say_v foelix_fw-la quem_fw-la faciunt_fw-la aliena_fw-la pericula_fw-la cautum_fw-la sedition_n be_v perilous_a cato_n cato_n although_o it_o show_v to_o have_v never_o so_o good_a a_o countenance_n of_o honest_a cause_n and_o it_o be_v better_o for_o the_o author_n of_o such_o sedition_n to_o suffer_v any_o loss_n or_o injury_n then_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o so_o great_a a_o evil_a 168._o bodynus_n lib._n 4._o fol._n 168._o ut_fw-la morbi_fw-la ac_fw-la vulnera_fw-la ipsaeque_fw-la animae_fw-la egritudines_fw-la ac_fw-la perturbationes_fw-la tum_fw-la corporibus_fw-la tum_fw-la mentibus_fw-la noxiae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ita_fw-la quoque_fw-la bella_fw-la civilia_fw-la rebus_fw-la publicis_fw-la ac_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la pestifera_fw-la sunt_fw-la ac_fw-la perniciosa_fw-la as_o disease_n wound_n and_o the_o grief_n and_o trouble_n of_o the_o mind_n both_o to_o the_o body_n and_o mind_n be_v hurtful_a so_o likewise_o civil_a war_n to_o the_o common_a wealth_n be_v pestiferous_a and_o dangerous_a for_o civil_a war_n bring_v forth_o and_o nourish_v want_n of_o reverence_n towards_o god_n contemn_v authority_n law_n and_o government_n without_o which_o nec_fw-la domus_fw-la ulla_fw-la nec_fw-la civitas_fw-la nec_fw-la gens_fw-la nec_fw-la rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la nec_fw-la ipse_fw-la mundus_fw-la stare_v potest_fw-la no_o house_n no_o nation_n no_o city_n nor_o the_o nature_n of_o thing_n nor_o the_o world_n itself_o can_v stand_v sedition_n the_o fruit_n of_o sedition_n sedition_n cause_v change_v of_o law_n contempt_n of_o justice_n base_a estimation_n of_o science_n it_o procure_v horrible_a revenge_n forgetfulness_n of_o parentage_n consanguinity_n and_o friendship_n it_o cause_v extortion_n violence_n robbery_n wasting_n of_o country_n sack_v of_o town_n burn_v of_o building_n confiscation_n vanishment_n savage_a murder_n alteration_n and_o overthrow_n of_o policy_n with_o other_o infinite_a and_o intolerable_a misery_n pitiful_a to_o behold_v sorrowful_a to_o express_v and_o lamentable_a to_o think_v of_o non_fw-fr virgil._n virgil._n mihi_fw-la silinguae_fw-la centum_fw-la sunt_fw-la oraque_fw-la centum_fw-la ferrea_fw-la vox_fw-la omnes_fw-la scelerum_fw-la comprendere_fw-la formas_fw-la possem_fw-la if_o i_o a_o hundred_o tongue_n and_o mouth_n have_v for_o to_o tell_v and_o voice_n as_o iron_n hard_o express_v i_o can_v not_o well_o the_o peril_n to_o a_o state_n and_o kingdom_n that_o may_v fall_v by_o civil_a war_n which_o make_v to_o stranger_n bond_n &_o thrall_n sedition_n arm_v the_o father_n against_o the_o son_n brother_n against_o brother_n kinsman_n against_o kinsman_n man_n of_o the_o same_o nation_n province_n and_o city_n one_o against_o another_o hereupon_o the_o field_n which_o before_o be_v fruitful_a be_v leave_v untilled_a corn_n grow_v where_o town_n do_v stand_v there_o the_o ground_n with_o blood_n of_o man_n be_v make_v rank_n which_o before_o be_v barren_a that_o a_o man_n may_v say_v as_o ovid_n write_v of_o troy_n jam_fw-la seges_fw-la est_fw-la ubi_fw-la troia_n fuit_fw-la resecandáque_fw-la falce_fw-la luxuriat_n phrigio_fw-la sanguine_fw-la pinguis_fw-la humus_fw-la what_o do_v not_o the_o fire_n and_o fury_n of_o sedition_n &_o civil_a ware_n bring_v with_o it_o as_o one_o write_v well_o quid_fw-la non_fw-la discordia_fw-la frangit_fw-la 1._o epist_n 1._o dissipat_v eneruat_fw-la fera_fw-fr cum_fw-la dominatur_fw-la erynnis_n what_o do_v not_o discord_n break_v waste_n and_o make_v weak_a when_o erynnis_n which_o be_v feign_v by_o the_o poet_n to_o be_v the_o lady_n of_o dissension_n and_o strife_n do_v rule_v 1._o erynni_n 1._o and_o in_o the_o end_n the_o body_n thus_o dismember_v and_o the_o part_n thereof_o infect_v with_o the_o same_o poison_n of_o discord_n 24._o 2._o reg._n cap._n 24._o destroy_v themselves_o david_n the_o prophet_n judge_v war_n worse_o they_o either_o famine_n or_o pestilence_n &_o he_o do_v rather_o choose_v a_o plague_n among_o his_o subject_n then_o civil_a war_n and_o tumult_n pythagoras_n say_v that_o three_o thing_n be_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o be_v remave_v a_o disease_n from_o the_o body_n ignorance_n from_o the_o soul_n and_o sedition_n from_o the_o city_n plato_n affirm_v that_o no_o evil_n be_v worse_a in_o a_o city_n then_o that_o which_o divide_v and_o of_o one_o make_v it_o twine_a and_o that_o nothing_o be_v better_a than_o concord_n which_o ty_v and_o unit_v it_o together_o concordia_fw-la res_fw-la paruae_fw-la crescuâ—t_fw-la discordia_fw-la antem_fw-la maximae_fw-la dilabuntur_fw-la by_o concord_n small_a thing_n do_v increase_v but_o by_o discord_n great_a thing_n come_v to_o confusion_n let_v we_o hear_v what_o the_o noble_a orator_n tully_n say_v 190._o senten_n lib._n 1._o fol._n 190._o of_o the_o misery_n which_o ensue_v by_o civil_a war_n omnia_fw-la sunt_fw-la miserable_fw-la in_o bellis_fw-la civilibus_fw-la sed_fw-la miserius_fw-la nihil_fw-la quà m_fw-la ipsa_fw-la victoria_fw-la quae_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la ad_fw-la meliores_fw-la venit_fw-la tamen_fw-la eos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la ferociores_fw-la impotentiorésque_fw-la reddit_fw-la ut_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la natura_fw-la tale_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la necessitate_v tamen_fw-la esse_fw-la cogantur_fw-la multa_fw-la enim_fw-la victori_fw-la eorum_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la per_fw-la quos_fw-la vicit_fw-la etiam_fw-la invito_fw-la facienda_fw-la sunt_fw-la all_o thing_n be_v miserable_a in_o civil_a war_n but_o nothing_o be_v more_o miserable_a than_o the_o victory_n itself_o which_o although_o it_o happen_v to_o the_o best_a sort_n yet_o it_o make_v they_o cruel_a in_o so_o much_o that_o though_o they_o be_v not_o so_o by_o nature_n yet_o of_o necessity_n they_o be_v compel_v so_o to_o be_v for_o many_o thing_n by_o the_o overcom_a at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o such_o by_o who_o aid_n he_o do_v overcome_v even_o against_o his_o will_n be_v to_o be_v do_v five_o king_n henry_n the_o five_o when_o king_n henry_n the_o five_o not_o have_v above_o fifteen_o thousand_o man_n give_v a_o great_a overthrow_n to_o the_o french_a king_n at_o agincourt_n in_o france_n where_o he_o have_v assemble_v to_o the_o number_n of_o forty_o thousand_o of_o the_o flower_n of_o all_o his_o country_n &_o have_v take_v many_o prisoner_n of_o the_o french_a 1181._o hol._n 1181._o both_o noble_n and_o other_o the_o french_a as_o they_o be_v man_n of_o great_a courage_n and_o valour_n so_o they_o assemble_v themselves_o again_o in_o battle_n array_n mean_v to_o have_v give_v a_o new_a battle_n to_o king_n henry_n which_o king_n henry_n perceive_v give_v special_a commandment_n by_o proclamation_n that_o every_o man_n shall_v kill_v his_o prisoner_n whereupon_o many_o be_v present_o slay_v whereof_o of_o french_a king_n have_v intelligence_n disperse_v his_o army_n and_o so_o depart_v
among_o christian_a prince_n and_o to_o move_v their_o subject_n to_o oppose_v against_o they_o sure_o his_o own_o conscience_n shall_v testify_v against_o he_o which_o will_v be_v as_o strong_a as_o a_o thousand_o witness_n as_o persius_n very_o well_o say_v poena_n autem_fw-la vehemens_fw-la ac_fw-la multo_fw-la severior_fw-la illis_fw-la 3._o satyr_n 3._o quas_fw-la &_o ceditius_fw-la gravis_fw-la invenit_fw-la &_o rodamanthus_n nocte_fw-la diéque_fw-la suum_fw-la gestare_fw-la in_o pectore_fw-la testem_fw-la and_o again_o conscientia_fw-la mille_fw-la testes_fw-la &_o onus_fw-la aetna_n gravius_fw-la can_v he_o find_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n 13._o no_o subject_n can_v rebel_v for_o any_o cause_n rom._n 13._o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o subject_n to_o rebel_v against_o his_o prince_n for_o any_o cause_n whatsoever_o saint_n paul_n say_v let_v every_o soul_n submit_v himself_o to_o the_o high_a power_n there_o be_v no_o power_n but_o of_o god_n all_o power_n that_o be_v be_v ordain_v of_o god_n and_o whosoever_o resist_v the_o power_n resist_v the_o ordinance_n of_o god_n and_o procure_v to_o himself_o damnation_n when_o pilate_n say_v to_o christ_n 18._o john_n 18._o know_v thou_o not_o that_o i_o have_v power_n to_o loose_v thou_o &_o also_o to_o crucify_v thou_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v have_v no_o power_n at_o all_o over_o i_o be_v it_o not_o give_v thou_o from_o above_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v call_v afore_o the_o high_a priest_n to_o answer_v to_o his_o doctrine_n do_v he_o oppose_v himself_o any_o way_n against_o they_o no_o he_o know_v they_o have_v their_o authority_n from_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o show_v all_o obedience_n to_o they_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o place_n and_o patient_o suffer_v death_n though_o unjust_o according_a to_o their_o wicked_a law_n and_o judgement_n when_o malcus_n with_o other_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n servant_n come_v by_o their_o commandment_n to_o take_v christ_n 18._o john_n 18._o peter_n draw_v out_o his_o sword_n &_o cut_v off_o malcus_n ear_n &_o christ_n say_v unto_o he_o put_v up_o thy_o sword_n into_o thy_o sheath_n 25._o math._n 25._o for_o all_o that_o strike_v with_o the_o sword_n shall_v perish_v therewith_o think_v thou_o that_o i_o can_v speak_v to_o my_o father_n and_o he_o shall_v give_v i_o more_o than_o twenty_o legion_n of_o angel_n but_o how_o shall_v then_o the_o scripture_n be_v perform_v the_o famous_a clerk_n erasmus_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n upon_o this_o place_n of_o scripture_n paraphrase_n paraphrase_n speak_v these_o word_n unto_o peter_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n put_v up_o thy_o sword_n into_o thy_o sheath_n matter_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o in_o such_o manner_n to_o be_v defend_v if_o thou_o will_v succeed_v i_o as_o my_o vicar_n thou_o must_v fight_v with_o no_o other_o sword_n then_o of_o god_n word_n which_o cut_v away_o sin_n and_o save_v the_o man_n and_o the_o ancient_a father_n tertullian_n in_o his_o apologia_fw-la cap._n 37_o say_v in_o our_o profession_n more_o meet_a it_o be_v to_o be_v slay_v then_o to_o slay_v so_o do_v all_o the_o martyr_n of_o god_n by_o who_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n increase_v saint_n augustine_n say_v not_o resistendo_fw-la sed_fw-la perferendo_fw-la not_o by_o resist_v but_o by_o suffer_v if_o the_o prince_n shall_v set_v forth_o a_o law_n touch_v the_o worship_v of_o god_n or_o matter_n of_o conscience_n against_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o lymit_n a_o pain_n to_o the_o breaker_n thereof_o 4._o acts._n 4._o though_o the_o subject_n be_v not_o bind_v in_o conscience_n to_o observe_v that_o law_n for_o in_o such_o case_n a_o man_n must_v rather_o obey_v god_n then_o man_n yet_o he_o may_v not_o rebel_v nor_o oppose_v himself_o violent_o against_o his_o prince_n but_o he_o must_v rather_o refer_v his_o cause_n to_o god_n and_o submit_v himself_o to_o the_o punishment_n of_o the_o law_n 2._o peter_n 2._o as_o saint_n peter_n say_v submit_v yourself_o 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