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A72064	The Christian knight compiled by Sir VVilliam VViseman Knight, for the pvblike weale and happinesse of England, Scotland, and Ireland.	Wiseman, William, Sir, d. 1643.	1619 (1619)	STC 10926; ESTC S122637	208,326	271

What maruell then if Achilles smote Thirsites for his foule mouth though otherwise a man that was not easily mooued The best men will not soone giue cause But vir iracundus prouocat rixas A hastle man Prou. 15. or a chollericke sir will still be quarrelling and prouoking euer vrging euer misconstruing neuer without a caprich or two in store An other man as good as hee will neuer doe it but leaue it to scouldes in allies and alehouses Hee will alwaies keepe himselfe in compasse of manhood as neere as he can and neuer debase himselfe to such vnworthy doings And there is a plaine precept for it Nolite prouocare Eph. 6. If I may not vrge my childe or seruants to anger how much lesse my fellowe or my better The law giues fauour to man slaughter if he be prouoked But there is not a greater infamy to a noble person then to prouoke or to be accounted a quarreller It is vnbecomming a woman much more a man at armes Quippes girdes flauntes tauntes farre be they from yee I beseech you They are but seedes of scoulding the scumme of a womans witte though some women delight in it and thinke it worth printing euery word they speake Words breede quarrels and of quarrelling comes blood-shedde An old Coronell of ours reioyced on his death bedde that hauing beene in many broyles in his life and many times prouoked he neuer gaue cause of quarrell by word or deed and yet he would not turne his face from any man breathing To detract or reueale a mans secret if it be not against the state or much hurtfull to his friend is very vnworthy a gentleman and breedeth much quarrell A man of sort would be loath to be thought a blabbe or tell-tale It begins with idlenesse and endes with damnation Granado saith there be multitudes in hell for nothing else but this They say there would be no theeues if there were no receiuers And surely there would be no picke-thankes or slanderers if there were no hearers to delight in them Possid S. Augustine had written about his dining bord these verses Quisquis amat dictis absentum rodere vitam Hanc mensam vetitam nouerit esse sibi This table them forbidden is In English thus That of the absent speake amisse Nemo sine crimine viuit No man liues without a fault But he that proclaimeth it is worse then he Abhominatio hominum detractor Prou. 24. the backe-biter is holden abhominable and to be shunned as a venemous thing And for this cause onely it hath beene allowed in Italy that the wronged should giue the wronger a Cartella to fight with him How iustly I will not now speake Neither speake I of the sinne to God-ward which I leaue wholly to preachers I touch it onely in point of dishonour and as they be aspersions to reputation which both the wronger is bound to recompence and the wronged may iustly require I touch them as they be make-bates and leaue a staine behinde them in anothers coate beeing slanderous and scandalous to fame and sooner raised then remooued if not repaired in time Conturbat sapientem It troubles a right wise body to haue the lye or a foule word giuen him which we vse to our Page or varlet Conturbat sapientem To haue a frumpe or a scoffe or a bore in the nose much more a stripe or a trippe at his heeles and no maruell if it cost bloud or sound blowes ere they part These matters are holden as small with vs as they be common But the Romanes held them very shamefull and censors taxed the cause-giuer with ignominie and shame which they vsed not to any man but vpon great cause Plut. vit besides losse of his horse To you my deere countrey men and friendes I must tell you it is the principall scope of my speech that howsoeuer your sudden occasions of heate may carry you at any time somewhat further then vpon aduisement you would to breake the peace or bond of charity with any and for which I can giue you no other rule then the measure of Gods grace in you yet vpon time of deliberation and space betweene that is to say vpon cold blood which was the other part I spake of I doe wish much and if I might I would command you as we doe in the warres that ye neither challenge your opposite into the field vpon any occasion or if ye be challenged that ye doe not accept it Being a thing both heinous in the sight of God to doe and no lesse then heresie to thinke yee may doe This may bee newes to some of you But not so newe as true Euill fashions driue olde folkes to Schoole againe And the eldest of you is not too olde to learne if any of ye be possessed with that pestiferous opinion That it is heinous and sinnefull it appeares by this for that it is against the lawe of God of nature and nations If against the lawe of God then heresie also to holde it lawfull This is in short but I will make it more plaine to you because it is a thing yee must informe your selues in and it is grosse to bee ignorant of Single combate is honourable if it bee in iust warre or commanded by the Prince or common-weale As Dauid did against Golias for auoiding of blood-shedde of many by the blood of one Many in this kinde we finde in histories of one to one or more to more to weaken or discourage the contrary and wee reade them willingly in our bookes And God hath fauoured it so that it hath saued the liues of many for the time Wee haue also an ancient tryall for title of land or appeales of felony by single combate where matters bee so obscure or otherwise carried that common lawe or iustice can hardly decide them And the forme is yet in vse but seldome suffered by Magistrates to take effect as sauouring more of heathenish times when such customes began then of Christian lenity which thanks be to God hath almost worne it away This kinde of combate also is needfull sometimes and men be forced to it in defence of ones person or purse or honor to auoide a bastinado or such like disgrace But this must be as the learned say out of Saint Augustine in delicto flagrante vpon assault Nauar. or a waite and cum moderamine in culpatae tutelae Intending onely their iust defence and not otherwise It must not be if any meanes else be by flying backe or stepping aside sayes the Lawe But I holde it probable with others that if one assault me let him stand to his perill he forces me to fight I meete him not of purpose nor vpon challenge which I may not doe nor any authority vpon earth can giue leaue to doe nor scarce conniue with against the law of God thou shalt not kill The learned hold Exod 20. that by killing heere is vnderstood murther And this difference is betweene killing

and left themselues little else but what they wore on therr belts and buckles and rings on their fingers An other time they of Marseiles did the like vnasked Iust 43. to aide the Romanes at a need and left not themselues a peece of golde either in publike or priuate Neither is it fit for vs to iudge the State at our pleasure when matter of burthen is propounded our Soueraigne being wise and bearing conscience towards vs. They sitte neere the Sunne and know what must bee better then wee They are wise and more experienced then wee and their part is in the burthen as well as ours It belongs to vs to listen willingly and performe gladly 2. Cor. 9. Hilarem datorem diligit deus God loues a cheerefull giuer and blesses him no doubt accordingly And the reason why our ancestours thriued better then wee and liued more plentifully Saint Augustine imputeth to this Quia deo decimas Hom. 48. de Sanctis regi censum dabant Because tithes they paid to God and tribute to the king Others pay also at this day but they doe it not willingly and God regards more what the heart doth then what the hand doth And therefore whosoeuer bee Iustices or Assessours on the bench our loue and conscience must bee of the quorum Let mutiny and turbulency finde no place with ingenuous spirits Christ himvelfe made meanes to contribute to superiours for our example hauing himselfe neither lands nor goods And so would wee if we had but loue in vs. A dead horse is no horse no more is dead loue any loue And where should wee shewe it more then to our Prince in whom all causes of loue concurre together most commonly Some weare their kings in their hat some in a iewell about their necke and wee set vp his picture in our eye where we eate and drinke we praise him and set out his vertues and run out to see him and bidde God saue him as if wee had neuer seene him before Wee pray for him in priuate and publike and hee is all our glory till wee come to part with any thing and then the king knowes not mê say they I shall neuer haue thankes of him I haue children and charge the king had more neede giue mee Some say it some thinke it and wee see not who lookes on the whilest Euen he that iudgeth both subiect and Soueraigne and will not suffer his annointed vnreuenged of any indignity But I will goe forward I come now to your Superfluum I spake of A thing that is not ill in it selfe if men doe not loue it too much and seeke it not so eagerly as they doe I will tell you in a word what your Pastours thinke of it and then conclude The scripture bids you Tobit 4. If ye haue much giue much Abundanter tribue If yee haue little giue little but let it bee volenter willingly Christ saith Mat. 25. we shall be damned for not doing some things Which all the fathers vnderstand to be the workes of mercy both spirituall and temporall The spirituall are comprehended in these verses Aduize reprooue good comfort giue Beare with him pray for him and forgiue All which sixe as well temporall persons as spirituail are bound to doe especially the second which is brotherly correction No man may forbeare to admonish his neighbour of his offence if yee bee not more likely to doe hurt by it or bee likely enough to doe him good and no body else will Which rule alone I must tell you when I well considered it made mee the bolder to aduenture on this daies charge though better becomming other manner of persons then my selfe if they were at hand But beeing so that my happe aboue others hath beene heere to speake about such businesse although I haue no cause to admonish or touch in particular any one for the enormities aforesaide yet by the way of praemonition I giue a brotherly warning to all as by this rule I thinke my selfe bound that they fall not into the same For according to this rule I finde it written in another place vnicuique mandauit Deus de proximo suo Eccl. 17. euery man hath charge in charity ouer his neighbour That is to say either by preuenting euill before it come as I doe now or by correcting euill if it bee past which I haue no cause in any of you And this I holde to bee the chiefe or onely spirituall worke that all persons alike are bound vnto But as for temporall workes which was the other part of my diuision wee are bound to more And therefore for our better memory they are put into verse thus Feede visit sicke redeeme out of thrall cloath harbour harbourlesse giue buriall All set downe by our Sauiour himselfe but the last Mat. 25. which is buriall and all these or most of them wee must doe vpon paine of hell fire Ite in ignem eternum saith hee Goe yee into euerlasting fire For yee visited me not ye cloathed me not c. Of spirituall workes more then I haue said I say nothing they belong to Diuines and Preachers who are the best instruments with learning and spirit to mannage our soules Of corporall workes also I haue not much to say more then of the instrument and meanes for them which is gold and siluer and which we either haue or lay for more then they and therefore are bound to doe them more then they For there is not a corporall worke except that of visiting but requireth some charge and outward ability Euery body cannot redeeme prisoners yea who make prisoners but rich folke An hundred dye in a yeare sometimes out of one prison as many ready to starue without shirt to their backe or bread to eate Many are ashamed to begge or to complaine and bring in their winding sheet when they come in vnable to buy necessaries and much lesse to pay debts But this is their manner of redeeming prisoners to lay them faster if they can or to abridge them any comfort that a prison may affoord Let rich men and prison-keeprs take heede of this if euer they looke to prosper with that they haue For if any should perish thus through their wilfullnesse it is murther before God and if they want maintenance they are bound by this precept to maintaine them The rich men I say for deteining the vnable if they think them so Prison keepers for looking no better to their hospitalls for euery Iaile is an hospitall as well as a prison And if begging will not serue they must finde them bread and drinke at least or giue vp their office God will charge vs one day that wee did not some of these things which wee were able to doe and had good meanes for Vnicuique mandauit Deus as I said before And mandauit implies a duty It is not as we will but wee are bound to it as it appeares by the penaltie which is laid vpon it