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A18747	The moste true reporte of Iames Fitz Morrice death, and others the like offe[n]ders: with a brief discourse of rebellion, dedicated to the ribht [sic] worshipfull my louying freende M. Drewe Drewrie, brother to the honourable sir Willyam Drewrie, lorde Iustice of Irelande. Written by Thomas Churchyard Gent	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1579 (1579)	STC 5244; ESTC S105035	4,402	16

runne a gaddyng after euery shadowe and giue hym self ouer to the leadyng and gouernemente of a straunger who can not inwardlie esteeme hym because he hath betraied the bodie whereof he was a member and deceiued his owneself by sowyng dissention where duetie commaundeth concorde and he of duetie ought to bee a subiecte a matter that if menne would wisely waye and throughly looke into might kepe them from witlesse wanderyng abroad and preserue them at home in more quietnesse of mynde Well now beholde what brusteth out of rebellion and chaunge of good conditions and regarde how God prepareth instrumentes to put them doune that Sathan hath aduanced and you shall finde that the almightie fighteth the battaile when the pollicie and power of man faileth or waxeth feble You maie remember that markes this worlde how Shaen Oneall was strong in the feelde and yet wanted force and cunnyng to keepe his hedde on his shoulders And an other called Roorioege who delighted in rebellion was lefte headlesse ere he was ware and all by the prouidence and iuste Iudgemente of the Almightie who holdes the bridle in his owne hande and tourneth bothe horse and man the verie same waie he hath appoincted for their destruction And where one rebell by sufferaunce escapeth the scourge a thousande lighteth in the lashe and feles the whip of Gods wrathe and displeasure And maie not this laste example bee rehearsed for a testimonie of Gods veugaunce when he listeth to strike yes vndoubtedlie it maie hee recited because Fitz Morrice was thought wise valiaunt strong learned experimented in Marshall affaires and a greate trauailer to sturre vp troubles which fell vpon his owne hedde when neither wisedome could preuent it nor his rebellious power could withstande Gods doyng and ordinaunce and who so deepely noteth the manner of his death and daungerous deastenie that drewe hym to his ende shall see the infinite Maiestie of God shine in the purpose and determinations of men especially when thei goe about good thynges whereby God is knowen and glorified and the worlde in those purposes is dispatched of troublesome rebelles I praie you was not this a deuine worke when men of his owne nation and acquaintaunce were moued in courage either to cōquere Fitz Morrice or suffer death in the attempte And after this resolution wente so manfully aboute their businesse that all was brought to suche passe though with losse of life to the executioners therof as better could not be deuised nor be brought to effecte The acte was noble the hazard greate The manheade not little And the matter shall remain regestered in the booke of Fame whiles any Borrowe Borcke or Toune can sett forthe good seruice or shewe any notable exploite Now the maner of his death is looked for but first the lādyng of hym self and his whole companie should be spoken of whiche was so simple and so farre paste his hope as neither it dooeth merite remembraunce nor carries any pece of credite with it recite it who pleaseth For albeit he made muche adoe to bring to passe muche matter little was performed to the purpose in the answeryng of his owne exspectation for in deede diuerse thynges whe● contrary to that he desired And albeeit some strength by fortification he sought yet weakely and barely he beganne and foolishely ended his life Though animated with worse in condition then hym self he tooke in hande a greate aduenture and dallied a while on the hazarde of happe and the aduaunture of tyme the one doubtfull and the other subiecte to chaunce yet neither Fortunes daungerous dealyng nor tymes mutabilitie could daunte his outragious desire nor at any season make hym shunne the daunger he was in But busiyng his braines and senses about needelesse sleightes and subtile seditions he fell in the handes of his enemies who charged vppon hym moste valliauntly and with muche adoe ouercame him because he stoutly made defence and stroke of his hedde whē least he looked for suche a desteuie and shorte dispatch of this world Some reportes there are bruted abroade to affirme it for trothe I can not that one Borcke a gentilman for a pardon graunted by the Lorde Iustice for the losse of a hande made promesse with the same pardoned hande to purchace the Princes fauour and so to kil Fitz Morrice But how soeuer the matter went or the brethren called Borcks agreed in that poinet Foricertaine Fitz Morrice loste his life beyng hurt by the Borckes and shotte into the hedde by a good and perfite Hargabozier and had his hedde striken of although those that came against him were muche lesse in nomber then hym self A thyng to bee noted and a matter wherein often right and trothe euer hath shined and gotten greate glorie whiche is a signe that victorie restes not in a multitude but dependeth rather in Iustice and equitie of the quarrell and cause Thus the worlde maie beholde the wonders that God woorketh Good people maie be ware how thei offende the prince and their countrey And rebelles are curbed and made holde in heddes by this open rebuke And to conclude the opinion of thousandes is suche that a rebell liues without loue wāders with out witte feightes in feare dyes without honour and lies without graue as a prey to the wilde wolffe and foode to the carren Crow lest as a spectacle for many eyes to loke into and shall reste as a perpetuall wonder to the wise and matter of reproche for euery tonge to talke vppon Now if better occasion had procured me to put penne to paper you had not receiued this simple discourse at my hādes Thus farewell good Reader till my booke long promised bee Printed that presently is commyng out and hath changed the name of Chippes and is called Churchyardes Choice

The moste true reporte of Iames Fitz Morrice death and o ther 's the like offēders with a brief discourse of Rebellion dedicated to the ribht worshipfull my louyng freende M. Drewe Drewrie brother to the honourable sir Willyam Drewrie lorde Iustice of Irelande Written by Thomas Church-yard Gent. Imprinted at London by Edward VVhite dwellyng at the little Northdore of S. Paules churche at the signe of the Gunne IF I had been forgetfull of a willyng promes made for a gifte I thoughte too presente you withall notwithstandyng tyme lappyng vpp many matters preuented me yet your courtesies towardes my self as generally to the worlde where you like commaunded me to remember what I had spoken in effect not perfourmed And further your iuste and honest life wheron good credite worship hath waited a double occasion gaue me to present you some matter worthie to bee seen of many because your eyes and iudgement not alone but with noble companie your honorable brother sir Willyam Drurie the cheef haue pitied the miserie of mē y lately by desarte are in disgrace and namely the rebellion of those that thought theim selues bothe wise and honourable So for a welcome home from soile where sedition hath been to often seen I committe this my simple gifte to your protection and well likyng and what is spok entherin God good men maie defende though it wanted a sufficient patron to maintaine and manifest a troth thus reioysyng in the continuaunce of your accustomed vertues I trouble you no further but desire you to read that followeth and fauor and countenaunce the same as our vpright iudgement shall leade you Yours in that he maie at commaundemente Thomas Churchyard EMong all the cruell and combrous chaunces of this worlde wherin busie heddes and wicked wittes are occupied to the bodie and soules destructiō is no onething so perillous as the pestilent plague and smotheryng smoke that ciuill dissentiō bryngeth Whiche is bredd in the bowells of rebellion noursed vp in vile and naughtie Nature and brought to a full perfection by the pride or conceite of hatefull persones and vnnaturall practises And surely no matter more to bee lamented then to see one member corrupte an other and the foote or inferiour partes whose forse is small and feeblenesse greate strine with the hedde or deuie to dooe their duetie and beare that thei are able For in a maner it is a monsterous vewe to beholde some branches of a tree yelde but bitter berries and all the reste of the bowes to beare moste sweete and acceptable fruite And a more odious sight it is to see a ciuill manne become a sauage beast vertue and valliauncie conuerted to villanous vice and trecherie The subuersion of kyngdomes and corrupter of all Common weales whiche ruste and canker once takyng roote destroyes not onely pure and fine mettall but maintaineth grosse and foule infection the mother of mischeef and disorder whereby cleane life and good maners is forgotten and leaude behauiour is moste in mynde and embrased In the daies of oure Forefathers many hundreth yeres agoe menne were so noblie bent and disposed and honoured their Countrey so dearely that no hazarde nor attempte was refused that might aduaunce the publike state or enlarge the boundes and liberties of the same And some one to ridde their countrey of Plague or noysome afflictions haue offered their liues and sought death as willingly as life and worldely felicitie is emong the greatest nomber desired the courage of Marcus Curssius and many others of manly minde beares witnesse to that matter Yea some to ridde good and peaceable people that wisheth quietnesse from wicked warre and the pride of a tyrant haue aduentured to worke wonders and bryng to passe thynges beyonde the common compasse of mannes pollicie Lette the boldnesse of Musius Sceuola stande for an argumente sufficient in the proofe of this cause And so sonderie yea a multitude of renowmed personages their order of life and death reuiued brynges recorde enough of their noble deedes and vertuous dispositions But as those worthies did weare awaie and the season became old through continuaunce of tyme so newe fashions and maners wared ripe in a little while after and were so well liked for their sodaine chaunge and alteration of spirite that the olde fidelitie and value of mens estimation beeyng waied in the ballaunce of newe found fancies beganne to lose weight and wanted many graines of goodnesse that our Elders honoured it hath suttellie been solde and finely laied vp yet vsed ouer often and tasted to muche and yet the custome is not so good that it maie breede a Lawe in mannes Nature nor make men leaue the vsage of olde vertue for the cumiyng trade of finenesse newe vice that euery daie changeth condition and lookes neither to GOD the worlde nor well doyng but passeth to sonderie practises in some kinde of sorte againste heauen and yearth and so is carred cleane from all hope of repentaunce rounyng headlong into a heape of hazardes The newe treasons daungerous deuises deuelishe attemptes and rebellious rages of diuers wretched people that for the reuenge of a little wrong settes abroche many broiles argues a marueilous decaie in the myndes of men that hath been giuen to doe good and expresseth plainely that our auncestours noblenesse is out of memorie and the worlde is wonderfully enclined to followe badde customes and curious knackes of crueltie murtheryng freendes that neuer offended and fauouryng foes that daiely seekes mischeef The bloode of that honeste gentleman Harry Dauells cries out vppon those filthie practises and the murthers without mercie committed of late doeth manifestly declare the villanous exchaunge of this inconstaunte worlde whiche nouseleth bloodie hartes in tyrannie and bringes forthe the curssed fruit of Caine that God did not leaue vnpunished You maie read of some noble warriours that after thei were banished their countrey through the furie of the people and mutabilitie of Fortune yet thei behaued them selues so worthely when thei looked backwarde to the bodie and bowelles of the natiue soile thei were borne in thei refrained their handes frō dooyng violence and kepte their hartes and their heddes from woorkyng of iniuries especially towardes their Prince and Countrey whiche modeste and gentilnesse when it was well considered of wan them a greater credite then thei had before and brought them home againe and in a good likyng of the Commons euer after But as you maye read in many good aucthours the goodnesse of suche menne that honoured their countrey So maie you see the lightnesse of some people ledde so farre beyonde the boundes of obedience and loue of their Prince that thei leaue no shamelesse matter vnsought nor no mischeef vnministered where thei ought to bee profitable members of the state and preseruatours of the common weale It is assuredly more thē miraculous and as wee might properly saie a thing paste all reason to see a manne forsake his Countrie and cutte hymself in peeces by abandonyng the same and then to