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A01786	A knowledge for kings, and a warning for subiects conteyning the moste excellent and worthy history of the Raellyans peruerted state, and gouernment of their common wealth: no lesse rare, then strange ... First written in Latine, by Iames Glaucus a Germaine: and now translated into enlgish by VVilliam Cleuer scholemaster. By speciall recorde, this monument was two thousande yeares of antiquity: and so dusked and forworne with age, that being in a plaine writte[n] letter, could scarce be read ... I with my painefull indeuour haue now renewed it into fresh memorye.	Glaucus, James.; Clever, William, schoolmaster.	1576 (1576)	STC 11920; ESTC S105734	46,323	138

the Raellyans shall loue thee O noble Kinge suche I hope vvyll bee thy vertues that vvee shall all glorie in thy noble renowned actions you maie perceaue and learne by this dead coarse your Father the brittle staie of this lyfe you maye perceaue by your Fathers troubles hee had in his life time the sorrowes and calamities that a Kinge is ordained vnto and by the ende and death of this your deare Father the daunger and perryl that a Kinge is subiecte vnto through malycious subiectes O noble Hellydorus let the example of your Fathers troubles vvarne you his good deedes teache you the vntrustinesse of Fortune put the thought of meekenesse in your harte that all the renownes soueraignties pompeous glories Princelie fame oppression tyranny is both ended by death and rewarded by death ¶ Here endeth the funerall Oration ❧ Here is declared the sorrowe that the Raellyans made for the death of Hellepatrus the straunge sight that was seene in the Alsephon and what ioye they made in the ende of their sorrow for the crowning of Hellydorus to bee King. AFter the funerall Oration of the Ascalon was fynished the people all fell on their faces and threwe duste in the ayre as the manner of the buryalles of the Raellyans was After the ende of the buryall of Hellepatrus Hellvdorus the kinges sonne after his dayes of morning were ended was happely crowned to succeede his Imperiall Crowne And in the night before his Coronation the Crowne of Thystles dyd burne all the night long in the toppe of the holy Alsephon And in the myddes of the flame there was seene a man stryking with a sworde and speaking Oh Raellyans a burthen vvyl vvaie you downe this noyse was hearde all night long In the morning verye earlie the King and Elders and the people came to blew this terrible and fearefull sight but it was squenched of it selfe no man knewe howe and the Garlande crowne of Thystles florished as greene as euer it dyd before the Raellyans dyd attrybute this sight to the best after their delightes and affections some sayde it was a triumphaunt sight to renowne the daye of a Coronation but when it was ouerpassed they remembred not neyther cared they any more of the matter but ascribed all signes wonders and tokens to the best vntyll their fynall destruction came vpon them Thus afterwardes vppon the same daye Hellydorus the King was crowned in the same order forme and maner as his father Hellepatrus was But for that I wyll not vse so much speache in so short a matter I wyl ouerpasse the exceeding tryumphes of the Raellyans vppon the Coronation daye Yet I thinke it very necessary to set downe the Oration that Hellydorus made vnto the people ❧ The Oration of Hellydorus the King. I Am to speake more sharper in al respectes as touching the gouernaunce of this Realme then euer my Father did your obstinate disobedience that was to wards my Father with the pestilent enuie that in all his life tyme did lurke in your naughtie hartes doth moue me to craue of this blessed Image both to heare me and also to be a testimony that it standeth me vpon to be both carefull vvise and more extreame then euer my Father vvas carefull to behold your croked conspiracies vvise to gouerne so disobedient and vnruly people and vvith all extremitie to subdue your vvretched enuious hartes VVhen in steede of louing subiects are stinging Adders of the vvyldernes I tell you plaine I haue smal trust in any of you all for I do know vvhen the Raellians doo shew great ioye and triumphaunt mirth towards their King then haue they som mischeuous practises most thiefly lurking in their cankred stomacks to stinge like Snakes or Adders But as I vvyll vvhet my sword more sharper then euer my Father did So I saie good people looke to your obedience And if your practising mischiefe be secreate deale cleanlie and vvisely that I haue no vnderstanding thereof For if it come to light I vvyll laie more burthens of punishments vpon your backs then there vvere neadles thrust into the flesh and skin of the King of the Hircans You banished my Father I hope your power shal neuer be such that your abilitie shal reach to do the like vnto me For as I am not destitute of friends so also haue I iust experience of the vilitie of the Raellians my Father you poisoned I hope thorow the power of this holie Image you shal neuer be able to touch me vvith the best finger you haue but as touching my Fathers death and the manner thereof I vvill not nowe speake of so sorrowwfull a ruthe vppon so royall a daie but I heare vvishe and desire you to become honeste Subiectes I doo not desire you in that I feare you but for your owne saufegarde for as you shal find mee a quiet King vntyl you disquiet mee so in disquieting me the most cruellest tyraunt that euer raigned vvhat pleasures or lybertie did you get thorow your wicked dealinges towardes my father your vvarres vvasted your goodes kylled your fathers and mothers and hath brought you their children into most contemptuous ignominie to be accompted the most vnrulest people that lyueth and thereby growne to be poorer then your fathers neede to haue left you Lyue vvel and orderlie I vvyl promise before this holy Image neuer to oppresse you vvith taxe nor tribute you shal enioye your owne quiet●e I vvyl defende you from forraigne inuasion I vvyl not misuse you any vvaie But if your dealinges be contrarie in none of these vvyl I keepe promise I vvyl also deale on the contrarie O you Raellyans remember my vvordes vvel and print them vvith a punche of good vnderstanding iu-your hartes that they maie neuer be forgotten that I lyke a gentle gracious King maie be carefull pitifull louing towardes you and you in all obedience and duetie to bee carefull and well pleasing of mee In this as in bounden duetie I vvyl be mindful of you readie to heare your supplications and vvith kingly modestie to reforme al such things as be out of order ¶ Here endeth the Kinges Oration ❧ Here is shewed howe the King passed forth his Coronation with feasting and actiue tryumphe fell sicke and recouering his health reuenged the death of his father Hellepatrus AFter the ende of this Oration the King departed to his banquet and the Actiuities were shewed vpon the Theater The King in the presence of the people with such puissancie dyd shew the courage and Marshal renowne of a king In so much that he was not onely marueylous to beholde but also greatly dreaded in the eyes of the people After thankes was rendred vnto the holy Image and great peticions made the king departed vnto his Pallace and with a heate and colde that he tooke in shewing his renowned chyualrie fel sicke vppon a Feuer for which cause tooke him selfe vnto his Chamber for the space of twentie dayes after and neuer came abroade nor no man coulde speake

Theyr owne brittle foundation wayed and considered after theyr owne hartes desire was established and all thinges brought to passe euen as they wished for they with one consent and agreement for the more surer fastening and grounding of theyr estate by the counsell and aduise of the chiefest and wysest men of the Raellyans gathered together with one agreement to choose a King thinking thereby theyr gouernaunce not onely to become ciuile but also theyr estate better and happyer and that theyr countrey shoulde the rather he dreaded And also that they all throwing themselues vnder the obedience scepter of one man shoulde become one whereas euery mans opinion bearing swaye there was many factions treasons conspiraries which dyd ensue one enuying anothers estate within them selues Therefore as they thought best to reduce this their popular estate in one vnifourme gouernaunce thorow which determination great grudging arose most part of them thought it vnnecessarie to throwe theyr neckes vnder the gouernaunce of one man and the rather for that before theyr forefathers had refused theyr obedience vnto the Scithians a people of theyr owne fleshe and blood And also for that they were called Raellyans which name came of theyr banishment which if nowe they shoulde prostrate them selues to a King might well againe be called Scithians after theyr olde name and countrey from whence theyr ofspring yssued And so in continuaunce of tyme the Assyrians posteritie woulde pretende a tytle to theyr gouernaunce and this theyr estate shoulde bee come very daungerous Whereas now euery man is ready to defende his owne estate and euery mans particular condicion of lyfe is generall to all the whole countrey And he that enuyeth eyther the estate of the countrey or the prosperitie of his neighbour is a plaine enemie vnto him selfe and his owne famylie This hath béene heretofore the gouernaunce and therefore séeing we prospere and florishe that all countreys rounde about vs reuerence vs feare vs and craue helpe at our handes why shoulde we so greatly abandone our great libertie whiche hath béene deryued from the stoute magnanimitie of our forefathers to bee cowardly loste in vs theyr posteritie and chyldren These and such lyke persuasions were in the hartes of the common people of the Raellyans Notwithstanding the prudent elders of the countrey woulde not desist theyr opinion but that theyr countrey coulde not bée saufegarded by any better meanes then by electing and chosing of a King. Nowe whereas the Scithians hauing in their countreye as a moste precious iewell an Asse of Adamant stone sumptuously portrayed with golde and precious orna 〈…〉 es for adorning and setting forth of the same These Raellyans when they first departing from their own countrey of Scithia dyd steale this Asse of Adamant stone from the Scithians transported the same into the wyldernes of Ramasa where nighe adioyning vnto a fountaine called Rempollos in the sayde wyldernesse they buylded in the maner of a holy Sanctuary a place called Alsephon which was as much to saye in their language a place of lybertie In this religious place of lybertie called Alsephon they put this Asse of Adamant stone and by practise they coniured a lying spirite within the sayde Asse thorowe the euent and successe whether it were good or bad of any thing that was reuealed vnto them by this Asse of Adamant stone they woulde obeye and holde it for trueth This strife betwéene the commen people and the prudent elders of the Lande for the electing and choosing of a Kinge for that it coulde not bée otherwayes described shoulde be ended in the holye Alsephon before this Asse whereas a great gathering together was m●de of the wysest people and best places of the Lande to yelde their voyces or consent for the choosing of a King. This controuersie growing to suche a wounde which festered more sharper in their hartes then the languishing disease Lossorna doth in the ioyntes and partes of man yet notwithstanding such was the reuerent feare and blinde heathnish estimation both for that custome which ouercasteth and shaddoweth all thinges had forgotten the very begynning of this Asse helde the same in the worshippe of a God the whole multitude durste not but wholly geue consent both for feare and loue whiche wholly as this relygious Image reuealed the substance of the cause so to be content to establishe theyr estate For as they feared this Image in respect of the diuers plagues mischiefes that might fal vpon their estate contrey euen so for the pure zeale and blind loue of vaine worship not one of them woulde fall awaye or once wring aside in that duetie that they thought might be done to so holy and reuerent an Image for health sicknesse riches pouertie all maner of earthlie increase yea the renowne of theyr countrey as they beléeued begun continued and ended thorowe this Image Wherefore this deuise was prouided that all the people which although they were of two seuerall opinions in minde notwithstanding they shoulde be gathered all in one in this holye Alsephon Where before this holy Image the Asse this wounded controuersie should bee cured and as herein they were all content so the two sortes of people dyd chuse two seuerall Orators to decyde theyr two seuerall causes the one how that it was necessarie that the lande shoulde be gouerned by a King so the others opinion was that their estate was nowe happiest and therefore moste vnnecessary to haue a King The common sorte of people dyd those an excellent Orator one Harmannus that should set downe the opinion of the common people and the prudent Senators dyd chuse for theyr Orator one Alectros As these causes and opinions were very skylfully handled so was the controuersie lefte before the Image by the Determyner of the holy Alsephon to be ended ❧ The oration of Harmannus the Orator in the behalfe of the common people for that they would not haue a gouernor IMaye not flatter or fable in this holye religious Alsephon for that this Image of all blessednesse and renowne in the eares eyes and hartes of all the people this daie wyll reueale the sincere as●eueration of a faithfull Oratour aswell for that it standeth vppon the commoditie of a common vvealth as also for that I speake before this holye Image in whome onely consisteth the power and dominion of reuengement or rewarde of vertuous demerites vvhich if for hier or vvages for praise or singular estimation I shoulde exalt either my selfe or the cause then no doubte I looke for euer to bee plagued with the pestiferous plagues that is due to a flatterer or such a one that respecteth his owne gaines But if the sinceritie of righteous vertue doo witnesse a good hart and a holy intention to all goodnesse the profite of a common wealth the continuaunce of the olde maners of our fathers the cutting of of sects or opinions the healing of soares the curing of diseases the inriching of my countrey the quieting of the people the bynding

them selues If you woulde not abstaine for your owne sakes for your fathers sakes or for wisedome sake which aboundauntly is grafted with in your noble stomackes I saye if none of these thinges can restraine you then looke vp and beholde this holy Image which hath power in one howre yea in one moment to stryke you to death and destruction Repent this your vnreuerent careles wickednesse call to remembraunce this Image which with my consent shall determine this controuersie For that it hath guided our fathers from the lande of Scithia and hath seene al the actions deedes monuments purchases and determinatiōs of all those thinges that haue beene done or thought to be done from the Reellyās first begynning vntyll this present daye This Image therefore knoweth what is most profitable and necessarie for this our countrey and common wealth And as I coulde reueale the inward affection of my harte so I wyll suspende my iudgement vntyll this Image hath pronounced a iudicyall determination of the same Repent good countreymen repent bee sorye and no doubte but that this Image wyll both heare and behold you in the instaunt of his blessed oportunitie ease your sighes addresse your calamities pacifie your dislentions quiet your countrey sende health to your boddies with comfort stop your eyes from those miserable teares that doth bleare you with fundrie myseries This my countreymen I hope you bee all prefixed in this blessed purpose of quietnesse and to haue your cause fullie ended and finished by the mouth of this holie Image ¶ Here endeth the Determyners Oration ¶ How the Ascalon of the Alsephon did require an aunswere from the Image whether they shoulde haue a King or no. AFter the Determyner had ended this mylde and curteous Oration the people were not onely perswaded vnto quiet repentannce and sorrowfull compunction but the determination was made and they all wholy agréede vnto the same The Ascalon whiche was the Sacryficer shoulde watche the good leasure of the blessed aunswere of the the Image For he that was alwaies the Ascalon of the holy Alsephon it belonged vnto his office not onelye to watch ouer the people for to espye their feruent zeale towards this Image but also it was not lawfull for any man to speake vnto this blessed Image in any sute but firste he shoulde come and pay the thirdes of al his increase vnto the Ascalon of which he had taken commoditie of a monthe afore And than the Ascalon shoulde be a mediator for hym and vtter his cause And as answer was receiued so answere was made againe And héerein both for appeasinge the wrathe and displeasure of the Image for the former contencion as also for the stirringe forwarde of the Ascalon to be zelous in their cause they gaue of the best of all their increase to be sacrificed before the Image And the Ascalons fées and duety was doubled when they had all departed leauing the holy Ascalon with his officers in the holy Al●ephon making humble peticions before this blessed Image About the twelfth howre of the night the Image beganne vehemently to roare thunders lyghtding● rayne wyndes earthquakes with many other straunge tempestes the lyke before that instaunt dyd neuer so fore trouble the lande of the Raellyans The holy Lampe that dyd dayly burne in the Temple went out the Alsephon was darkened the people brought into most sorrowfull calamitie and wretched mysery thorowout the lande thorowe whiche trembling feare many dyed hayle stones dyd driue the Tents of the lande to much ●uyne After these sore troubles the Elders of the lande proclaymed a faste thorowout the countrey for the space of twentie dayes After the ende of the fast and sacrificiall idolatries the holy Ascalon all this tyme wayting the good leysure of the Image at the length receaued an answere which although it might seeme a very delectable answere to● the Ascalon and the people for that the lying spyrite in the Image dyd deceaue them with many idolatries so would not leaue of vntyll they were brought to vtter subuersion the Image speaking in a chaungeable voyce sometymes high sometymes lowe sometymes whorse sometymes shyrle after this maner ¶ This countreie must enioye a King and orders straight they must obey Take heede the thistle doo not sting to worke your woefull iust decay Your fathers came from Scithian land this fruitefull fielde for to possesse They brought a poyson in their hande one shall destroye both more and lesse VVhen your King shall laugh and smyle to see an Asse on thistles feede Then looke for spoyle within a whyle to bring your lande to wretched neede The strongest Bull the kingdome win Good hap with all the thread shall spin Let fortie men their Bulles bring in The Bull that first in fight doth slay This land his maister shall obay VVith Scepter sure this kindome take For thee thy heire right kings I make In the morning very early all the prudent Elders with the cōmons of the land resorted to this holy Alsephon some came to make supplycations to this Image for the cruell tempestes that was the same night before some came to heare of the newes which the reuelation of the holy Image as touching their Kinge had set forth and some came for very enuy they had against this new order of choosinge a King to raise tumultes and mischeuous sedition But when the holy Ascalon had read before the people what the Image had pronounced they were then al quiet Some were quieted for ioye that their purpose was at an end some were quieted for sorrowe for that they durste not speake against the Image This determination for choosing of a King was a perfect finall ende ¶ HOW THE KINGE was chosen by the consent of the whole Realme as wel the Elders as the commons THese great troubles beinge appeased and quietnesse established the prudent Elders laying their heads together for the present choosing of their King vsed many wayes yet in the end they agréed and fully consented in one opinion as the holy Image had reuealed which for that it was an impossible thinge that euerye mans Bull should be brought they were therfore all generally setled in this one minde according as the Image had vttered that fortie of the Auncientes of the inhabitours whose fathers first entered the lande and were the first founders of their frutes and pleasures which they did enioye should bring his Bul. When they had builded a goodly theatrée for the buls to fyght in and euery man had clodded his Bull with a harnesse of brasse with long pikes of pron sticking forth at euery place of the saide Bulles nothinge was couered saue their hornes mouthes and legs whiche were at frée lybertye One Hellepatrus a riche Gentleman of that Countrye put vnto his Bul betweene the skin and the Harnesse a number of lytle sharp shorte needles fastened vnto the inward parts of the Harnesse the Bull beynge both couragious fierce and lustye and also vehemently pricked forwardes with