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A19671	The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii. lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1549 (1549)	STC 6094; ESTC S105164	22,975	62

Both the and thine past thy degre And eke maintaine outragiouse play Til thou haue spent both land and fee. To make an end vnlesse thou haue Knowledge remayninge in thy breste Thou shalt be worsse then a vile slaue That doth al honesty detest Get the knowledge therfore I say And eke the feare of God aboue And let thy study be alwaye To knowe what thing doth the behoue But fyrst before all other thynges Sette the Lordes feare before thy face Psa xxxiii To guide them all thy doynges That thou delite not in trespace For he that doth delite in synne Shal neuer gouerne his life wel Nor any Godly knoweledge wyn For wisedome wil not with hym dwell Sapie i. Then seke for knowledge busily And leaue not of ty she be found And whē thou hast hir perfectly To the Lordes feare let hir be bound And let theim two beare al the swea In thy doynges early and late Let them agre and ende their plea Before thou do appoint the state By their aduise suruey thy Lande And kepe thy courtes doeth farre nere And se they do faste by the stande In thyne housekepynge thy chere Gaue them present before thine eyes In all thy dedes what so they be In cessions and eke in assise Let them not be absent from the. Let them rule al thy familye And eke enstructe thy children yonge That they may thyne office supply When with his dart death hath the stonge And last of al leaue them to guide Thy chyldren and theyr families That thine house and stocke may abide And r●le the route in godly wyse No more to the haue I to say But that thou kepe Gods feare in sight And make it the guyde of thy way As wel by bright day as by nyght So doynge I dare the assure That in the ende thou shalt obtayne The blysse that shal euer endure Wyth Christe our maister for to raigne ¶ The Maiestrates lesson WHo so thou be that God doth call To beare the swerde of punishemente Marke well my woo●des take thē all Accordyngly as they be ment When thou art in Authoritie And hast the bridle raine in hand Thē be well ware that Tyranny Do not get the within hir band Loke not vpon thy sword alwaye But loke some tyme on thy balaunce And se that neither do decaye In the tyme of thy gouernaunce For to punishe wyth equitie Is and aye shall be bysemynge Where as to ●ewe extremitie Is founde rather a bloud suckeynge If any man be accused Se thou heare him indifferently And let him not be punished Tyl thou know his cause thorowli If he haue wrought againste the lawes So that i●stice wolde haue him dye Then ●n thy balaunce laye his cause And iudge him after equitie If he did it of ignoraunce Of nede or by compulsion Or else by fortune and by chaunce Then muste thou vse discretion Consyder what extreme nede is And home force may the weake compell And howe fortune doeth hyt and mysse When the intent was to do well And though the euidence be playne And the accusares credible Yet calle to mynde the elders twayne Dani. xiii That Daniell founde reproueable And if thou fynde them false or vayne Forged to worcke theyr brother yll Then let them suffer the same paine That he shoulde haue had by their wil Much myght be sayd in this matter Out of the workes of writters olde And for to proue it the better Many late stories myght be tolde But I leaue this to the studie Of them that haue had exercise In iudgment in whose memorie It is as styll before their eies I thought mete to touch it only That thou mightest haue occasion To call to mynde the chiefe dutie Of thy state and vocation Which is to scanne the euide●ce And eke to trye the accusars all Though thei be men of good credence Leste haply the iuste be made thral Moreouer it behoueth the If thou wylt walke in thy callynge To se that all good statutes be Executed before all thynge For to what ende do statutes serue Or whye should we holde parliamente If men shall not such lawes obserue As in that courte we shall inuent And what thynge shal a realme decay So sone as when men do neglecte The wholsome lawes as who should say They were in dede to none effect For in that realme the myghtie shal Worcke after theyr fancie and wyll For there the pore may crye and call For helpe and be oppressed styll Se thou therfore to thy duttie In this behalfe boeth daye and nyght And let none breake such lawes f●ely But let thē knowe that lawes haue myght Let them all knowe I saye that thou Art set to minister iustyce And that thou madest therto a vowe At the takeynge of thyne offyce Wincke not at thinges that be to plaine Leste godli knowledge fle the fro And thou flyt into endlesse payne At such tyme as thou must hense g● For if thou wylt not minister Iustice to them that do oppresse What are the people the better For the when they be in distresse The heauenli housband man therfore Who planted the vice to suppresse Shall drye thy ro●e for euer more And geue the vp to wyckednes Ihon. xvi Be ware of this vengeaunce betyme Leste it come on the sodainly When thou wouldest faine repēt thy crime But shalt dispere of goddes mercie For what thing causeth men dispeire Of gods mercie at their last ende But their cōscience that sayth thei were Tolde of their fault would not mende If thou therfore doest se this thinge And wilt wincke at it willingly I saye that when death shal the stinge Thou shalt dispeyre of gods mercy Yet ha●e I more to saye to the Concerning thy vocacion Which if it growe styl must nedes be Double abhominacion For he that byeth must nedes sell Thou knowest alreadie what I meane I nede not with plaine wordes to tell If sinne haue not blynded the cleaue Se vnto it I the aduise And let not offices be solde For god wyl punishe in straite wyse Suche as with him wyl be so bolde He wyl not aye suffer his flocke Of wolfes to be so deuoured Neither shall they that would him mocke Escape his handes vnpunished Exo. xiiii His arme is as stronge it was When he plaged Kynge Pharao In Egipt and can bringe to passe All that he listeth now also He spent not all his power vpon The ●ynge Nabuchodonozer He shall neuer be founde suche one Dani. iiii That he should not haue might in store Take hede take hede I saye therfore That thou fall not into his hande For if thou do thou art forlore Thou canst not be able to stande Hebru x. Yet one thing more I must the tell Which in no wise thou maist forget If thou wylt professe gods Gospel And thine affraunce therin set Thou must not couet imperie Nor seke to rule straunge nacions For it is charge inoughe perdie

canst inuent I say ballynge for better name To haue it can not be worthy when lyke a beast wythout all shame Thou wilt do wronge to get money Thyne excuses are knowen to wel Thou saist thou knowest not the matter Wherfore thou sayest thou canst not tel At the fyrst whose cause is better Thou knowest not at the fyrst I graūt But why wylte thou be retained Of plaintife or defendaunt Before thou hast their cause learned For such a plea I blame the not When neither parties right is knowen But when thou thy selfe dost wel wot Thy client seaketh not hir owne It were a Godly way for the To know the ende ere thou began But if that can by no meanes be To make short suite do what thou can If thou be a mans atturney In any court where so it be Let him not wayte and spend money If hys dispatch do lye in the Apply his matter earnestly And set him goynge home agayne And take no more then thy duty Luke iii. For God shal recompence thy paine If thou be calde a counsellar And many men do seke thy read Se thou be founde no triffellar Either for money or for dread But waigh mens matters thorowly And se what may be done by ryght And further as wel the neady As thou wo●ldest do the man of might Se thou haue no respect at all To the person but to the cause And suffer not such trueth to fall Leuit. xxx As thou findst grounded on good lawes If any man do th● desire Him to defende in do●nge wronge Though he wo●ld giue the tri●le hire Yet geue none eare vnto his song Fere not his power though he be king A duke an earle a Lorde or kinght But euermore in thy doynge ii Par. xxii Haue the Lordes feare present in sight If thou be iudge in commune place In the kynges bench or Eschequier Or other court let not thy face Be once turned to the bryber Beware that bribes blinde not thy sight Deu. xvi Eccle. xx And make the that thou canst not se To iudge the pore mans cause aryght When it is made open to the. Why sholdest thou stil admit delaies In matters that be manifest Why doest thou not seke all the wayes That may be to rid the oppreste To thine office it doeth belonge Leuiti xix To iudge as iustice doth require Though the party that is to stronge Would giue the house and land to hire I haue no more to say to the But warne the that thou be con●ente To lyue onely vpon thy fee Fearynge the Lorde omnipotent And for to se that no man wreste The lawes to do any man wronge And that no pore man be oppreste Nor haue hys suite deferred longe Now if thou be Lorde Chauncelour As Censor ouer all the reste Se thou do thy beste endeuour To se all open wronges redrest And of this one thyng take good hede That among them that do appeale Thou do not for fauour or mede Suffer any falselye to deale Beware of them I saye that vse Firste for to tempt the commune lawes And yet the iudgement to refuse When they be like to losse their cause Beware of them and let them not Abuse the courte in any wise To wery suche as by iuste lot To clayme theyr ryght do enterprise When they shall make peticion Examine them diligently And graunt not an Iniunction To eche false harlot by and by Graunt thou not an Iniunction To hym that doth nought else entende But by subtyle inuention His owne falsehode for to defend I n●de not to tell any more Of thy duty thou maiste it se In Gods sacret and holy sore If thou wylt thereto apply the. Thus leaue I the thou man of lawe ▪ Wyshynge the to be as willynge To folowe as I am to drawe The backe againe to thy callynge ¶ The Marchauntes lesson NOwe marcke my wordes thou Marchaunte man Thou that dost vse to bye and sel I wyl enstruct the if I can How thou maiest vse thy callynge wel Fyrst se tho● cal to memory The ende wherfore al men are made And then endeuour busily To the same ende to vse thy trade The ende why all men be create As men of wisdome do agre Is to main●ayne the publike state In the contrey where they shal be Apply thy trade therfore I say To profit thy contrey wythal And let conscience be thy staye That to pollynge thou do not fal If thou venter into straunge landes And brynge home thinges profitable Let pore mē haue them at thine handes Vpon a price reasonable Though thou maist thy money forbeare Til other mens store be quire spente Yet if thou do so that thy ware May beare high price thou shalt be shente Thou shalt be shent of him I say That on the seas did prospere the And was thy guide in al the way That thou wentest in great ieopardye For he gaue the not thy richesse To hurt thy contrey with all Neither gaue he the good successe That thou sholdst therbi make mē thral But thy richesse was geuen to the That thou mightest make prouision In farre contreys for thinges that be Nedefull for thine owne nation And whē by Gods helpe thou hast brought Home to thy cōtry am good thing Thē shouldst thou thāke him that al wrought For thy prosperouse returnyng Which thing thou cāst not do in dede Vnles thou walke in thy callyng And for his sake th●t was thy spede Content thy selfe with a liuynge But oh me thinke I write in vayne To marchaunte men of this our time For they wil take no maner paine But onely vpon hope to clime So sone as they haue ought to spare Beside their stocke that must remaine To purchase landes is all theyr care And all the studye of their braine Ther can be none vnthrifty heyre Whō they wil not smel out anon And handle him with wordes ful faire Til al his landes is from him gone The fermes the woddes and pasture That do lye roūd about Lōdon Are hedged in within their mowndes groūds Or else shall be ere they haue done They haue their spyes vpon eche side To se when ought is lyke to fall And as sone as ought can be spied They are ready at the fyrst call I can not tell what it doeth meane But white mea●e beareth a greate price Which some mē thinke is by the meane That fermes be found such marchādice For what is it when the pore man That erste was wont to pay but lite Must now nedes learne do what he cā To playe eyther double or quite If ye aske of the coliar Why he selleth hys coles so dere And ryght so of the wodmongar They say marchaūtes haue all in fere The wod say thei that we haue bought In tymes past for a crowne of golde We can not haue if it be ought Vnder ten shyllynges ready told I am ashamed for to tell Halfe the abuse that all men see In such men