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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72235	A ioyfull continuance of the commemoration of the most prosperous and peaceable reigne of our gratious and deare soueraigne lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God of England, Fraunce and Irelande, Queene, &c. nowe newly enlarged with an exhortation applyed to this present tyme / set foorth this xvii day of Nouember beyng the fyrst day of the xxi yeere of Her Maiesties said reigne, by Edw. Hake ... ; hereunto is added a thankesgiuing of the godly, for Her Maiesties prosperitie hitherto, with an earnest desire of the longe continuance of the same to Gods glory and our comfort.	Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1578 (1578)	STC 12605.5; ESTC S5243	18,271	54

are nothing els but iudgementes forerunnyng the approchyng dayes of desolation I would God therefore the wayes of English people were once called to accompt O I woulde to God we coulde once set before vs on the one side a single view of these mightie marueylous things which the Lord the Iehouah hath wrought and brought to passe for our Prince and vs and on the other side what we haue done or rather what like wretches we haue left vndone of that which mere duetie in common thankefulnes hath requyred at our handes Touching the one besides the miraculous preseruation of our Prince euen in those dayes wherein Antichrists tyrannie swylled vp the blood of Saintes sparyng neither sexe age condition nor degree It is also set farre beyonde the reache and reason of man that her Maiestie beyng euer since placed as it were in a Goshen enuironed about with Egyptians malitious aspyring blooddy her royal person her Religion and Peace should neuertheles styl be preserued from the impeachments of those aduersaries that in such degree as the enemies them selues haue bene rather tyred in their practises then the one or other of these benefites weakned by theyr attemptes The Rebellion of Absolon and his complices hath bene suppressed at home The trayterous counsailes of Achitophel haue bene confounded both abroad and at home Dauid hath had an Husay yea the annoynted our Elizabeth hath had and alwayes shall haue a Sobi a Machir and a Berselai which wyl laye both goods and lyues at her feete As for the thundring rage and terrours of Antichrist and his Champions what better or greater issue hath there ben of them then of the crackling of thornes flaming vnder a potte And touchyng the Enchauntments of Egypt some cursed practisers whereof haue bene lately surprised the true myracles of Moses and Aaron haue from tyme to tyme stil deuoured them Briefly the enemies haue wearyed them selues in the wayes of trecherie treason and haue not yet preuayled They haue grasped at vnhappie conquests and haue bene alwayes yet confounded their glory hath bene no better yet then the glory of grasse vpon the house toppe whereof the wycked reapers neuer hytherto fylled their handes muche lesse haue layd vp fruits thereof in their impious barnes O that men would therefore prayse the Lord for his goodnes declare the wonders that he hath done for the children of men That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and loue him in the Seate of the Elders Now touching the other part what hath procéeded from vs towards our God as the Argument thereof more fitly apperteyneth to be handled by men of greater gyftes so the time beyng nowe short and the matter large the Printer also enfourming me that euery Page hath his proportion I must for this tyme giue ouer all further discourse thereof These thinges are onely added to my former small tranayles that I might thereby the better procure a due and true Commemoration of the matter which we nowe celebrate The God of glory peace who hath created redéemed and continually kept vs vnder the shadowe of his mercifull protection bring to passe that those his mercies may worke the spéedy amendement of our lyues to the establishing of our peace and to the euerlastyng honour of his name Amen ❧ The Printer to the Reader BY following of the old copy gentle Reader of Anno. 18. of her M. raigne there is a fault escaped in the accompt of this present 21. yeere which with thy pen I pray thee amende v3 in the fift L cafe for 17. reade 20. and for 18. in the margent of that leafe reade 21. ¶ To the worshipfull his verie louing Cowsen M. Edwarde Eliotte Esquier the Queenes Maiesties Surueyour of all her Honours Manours Landes and possessions vvithin her highnes County of Essex BEinge entred worshipfull and my beeloued Cowsen into the meditacion of the rare gouernment of our renowmed Queene Elizabeth so high and so aboundaunte matter of admyration offered it selfe to the view of mine vnderstanding that I felt my thoughts in such sorte surprised with the consideration thereof that for the solace of my minde I yeelded my selfe a ioyfull man to set downe in wrytynge some sup●rfitiall discourse vpon the same such as at the least within mine owne soule might styre vp and procure the prayses of God and draw forwards a dewe thankfulnes vnto his maiesty for the wonderfull benefites that largely thereby haue accrewed to the whole body and to euery particuler member of this our Englishe Nacion And loe no sooner had I accomplished this mocion of my mind in such sorte as you may see it heere set downe in printe but another Cogitacion began with importunitie to assayle me a freshe for beholdinge with the feruencye of my harte the truthe of that matter which I had already compyled and seeing yet farther so gloryous and so plentifull a treasourie remayning to be discouered and that In perpetuam rei memoriam I could not choose but so farre mistike with the sclendernes of that which I had alreadye done as I wished and not slightly that it woulde please almighty God to the eternall praises of his holy name to stirre vp the zeale of some learned and well approued member to geue abroade for an vniuersall view to all Countreies and Nacions of Christendome in the hereyicall garnishment of learning and truth an exact historye and declaration of the same And in this cogitaciō repairing vnto your house for the comforte of your friendlye conference it was the good will of God that I shuld disclose mine affections that way vnto you as also that I shoulde offer vnto you the hearing of this matter as it was at that time thus vnlearnedly penned where findyng by the like good fauour of god your learned friendly neighbour it was recokned for Gods diuine prouidence that I should require him also to be a hearer of the same Which learned man as you know vpon the hearinge thereof so largely dispensed with al those wantes that by learning might peraduenture haue binne supplyed in this booke as that by fauoryng chiefly regarding the vndoubted truth of the matter he perswaded that it wold grow no blemysh at all vnto my credit neither in respect of the breuitie of the woorke nor yet for the playnesse and rudenes of the stile yf I should agree to the publishing of the same in prynt whervnto on the one parte the admyrable works of God so exceedingly aboue humane reason shininge forth vnto the world in the royal person regiment of our most louing gracious Queene and on the other parte the silence of the learned sort silence I may terme it in respect of that vehemency which the woorthines of the cause requireth the more then stoical colde consideraciō of al our english people who are for the greatest part so far from thanking that they haue no thinking of the same these motions I say together with