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A05559	The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake.	Lindsay, David, Sir, fl. 1490-1555.; Burrant, Robert. Martyrdom of maister George Wysehart. aut	1548 (1548)	STC 15683; ESTC S104157	27,195	88

as lōg as he lyued but whē Ioiada was dead he fel to Idolatry kylled the prophete zachary Ioiada sōne before the tēple And for this gods wil was that he should be punished among the Sirians and at the laste he was strangled among his owne seruaūtes A story of like effecte we reade of kynge Amasias This Amasias when he was fyrst chosen kynge wholy disposed hym selfe to godly lyuinge and elected to heare the prophetes preache for that cause god made hym fortunate agaynste the Idumers But incontinuaunce he beganne to were proud against god and beinge constrayned of no necessitie to fulfyll his owne sensual appetite he woulde nedes haue warre wherein he was taken prisoner and so died wretchedly And as Ozias otherwyse called Asarias succeded hym in administratiō of the kyngdom so lyke wise he folowed hym in state and condition of lyuynge for at the begynnynge he was vertuous and a fauourer of the worde of God and had thorowe the healpe of god a notable victory against the Philistians Afterwarde where as he woulde haue done sacrifice in the temple contrary the commaundement of god he was striken wyth an horrible leprosie I maye not in thys place forget Achas who also ordeined false religion and of a peruers studie affection conceiued in superstitiō he buylded chappels and aultares euery where thorowout al his realme but god espied hym and gaue hym and all his realme into the spoyle of straungers No parcial iudge was god who spared not his anger from his onely chosen people and the posteritie and ofsprynge of Abraham to whom he made so greate and fayethfull promises but iustly punished thē in the sixt yere of Ezechias when the kyng of the Assirians conquered the citie of Samaria and led awaye captiue the. x. tribes of Israell For that they had instituted a peculiar and a straunge religion wythin thē selues taught a newe doctrine and made sacrifice contrary the decrees whiche god had geuen ouer them abusynge themselues vnder the pretence of Goddes worde and name to maynteyne and vpholde theyr priuate power and vsurped Kyngdome What secrete iudgement God vsed wyth Manasse howe ryghtuously he deite wyth hym let your consciences iudge Wicked and ab horninable was his administration for of a false diabolicall zeale of holynes he burned his owne sōnes in steede of sacrifice vnto the lorde he persecuted the prophetes and sawed Esaias the holy one in sunder Yet being takē of his enemies knowledgyng his detestable factes god toke hym into fauour Did not god abbreuiat and shortten the kyngdome of Amon and gaue hym ouer into the handes of his owne seruauntes to be slayne for his wycked administration before the Lord Who would thinke that God would haue ben displeased wyth Iosias which suppressed all false religion pulled downe the chapples and Idolles and cōmaunded the bones of the false preachers to be burned whō they had tofore misused for reliques Yea he restored the bokes of Moyses whiche had bene hydden away a longe tyme. That not wythstandynge where as he thoughte that all thynges woulde frame well and luckely wyth hym because he was so holte a man because he dyd so many good deedes of charitie he woulde needes fyghie wyth the Kynge of Egypte who woulde gladly haue lyued in peace and requiryng the same at Iosias hand But Iosias presumynge vpon his holynesse and trustyng in his owne strengthe was stroken to death in the same battayle And althoughe these were sufficient to feare any christiās hert willing to subdue his stubberne to muche swellynge stomacke againste the wyll of the Lorde yet I wyl briefly recite so that ye shal not thinke it tedious howe god dyd prostrate and vtterly destroye the persecutours of his faythfull people and the stoute rebellions agaynste his worde in the reste of the age of the world as I hetherto haue begon Dyd not the pertinacy and stoute stomacke of Sedechias despisynge the godly preachyng of Hieremias make god angry wyth hym and suffre him to be taken prisoner his owne sonnes to be kylled afore his face his eyes to be plucked out of his head the parētes to eate theyr owne chyldren for hunger the citie of Hierusalem to be destroyed the tēple whō he had cōmaunded to be buylded consumed wyth fyer the most chosen part of the people of Iuda brought into captiuitie of the Babilonians God of his moste secrete iudgemēt stirred vp the hertes of the Medtans and Persians agaynst Balthasar who blasphemed the name of God and abused the vesselles of the Lordes house dedicated to his holy administration in the Bankatyng●●● his concubines And so throught this blasphemynge and stoute resistaunce of goddesholy wyll the citie of Babilō was cōquired and the whole empire of the Chaldeis and Assirians made subiect to the rule of the Persians I cannot omitte the tyrannicall and bloudy persecution of Aman the vicegerent to hynge Assuerus who thorowe his power and subtil ingine had obteyned a commission of the kynge to destroye Goddes people vnder the name of Iewes wherby he was sure to haue the godly quene Hester put to death But god being a present remedy to his electe rewarded Aman wyth the same gibbet or haulter whiche he prepared for goddes people Howe longe dyd god defer his iudgemēt from Antiochus the very figure of Antichrist who commaunded goddes holy word to be burned he sore punished those christiās that woulde not beleue vpon his fayth ▪ He also prophaned the temple of god for he set vp there an Idoll of the gentiles Howbeit the anger of god fel vpō hym For his stocke ofspring dyd not onely perishe vtterly but the whole Empyre also was ouerturned and subiected to the Siri ans And nowe to perfourme my promise that I in the begynnynge dyd make that is in fewe wordes to notice the most notable hie stories cōcernying the persecutiō of the christians executed in all ages let vs come to the tyme of Christ. In the which the fyrst and most cruel persecutiō was of Herode agaynst Iohn Baptist. For at the shameles requeste of Herodiades his brothers doughter who had wel pleased hym wyth hir friscalles most lasciuious daunsing he graunted hir by an othe to fulfyl hir request what soeuer she would demaunde where vpon she asked the heade of saincte Iohn Baptiste But to the greate and miserable rueth of the boeth For they were banished out of theyr countrey and depriued of their princely honoure by Caius Caligula An other of the same bloud called likewise Herode neuy to the aforesayed Herode slewe the apostle S. Iames the elder wherfore god shortned their kingdoms and roted them out as vnprofitable ministers vnto hym brought their posteritie into vtter confusion and that wythin a shorte tyme. And foras much as it is o●ē to euery mans syghte and easie to their vnderstandynges what persecution the apoostles and messengers of God dyd suffre

The day and houre maye ban that I was borne Our Gouernour to make hym to me sure Wyth sw●te and subtile wordes I did hym fyle Tyll I his sonne and heyre gat in my cure To that effecte I founde that craftie wyle That he no maner of way myght me begyle Then laughed I when his liege dyd alleage Howe I his sonne had gotten into pleage The Erle of Anguishe ▪ his germaine brother I purposed to ryd them out of thys lyfe Ryght so to haue destroyed many other Some wyth the fyre some with the sworde knyfe Especially many gentlemen of Fyfe And purposed to haue put to torment Al fauourers of the olde and newe testament Then euery man toke of me suche feare That tyme when I had so greate gouernaunce Greate lordes dreading I shoulde do them deare They dursie not come at courte but assuraunce Sence that tyme there hath not ben such variaūce Nowe to our princesse barons obediently Wyth assuraunce they come ful curteously My hope was moste in the kynge of Fraunce To gether wyth the Popes holynes More then in God my worshippe to auaunce I rested so into their gentlenesse That no man durst presume me to oppresse But when the daye came of my fatal houre Farre was from me their support and succour Then to preserue my ryches and my lyfe One strength of walles high and brode I made Suche a fortresse was neuer founde in Fyfe Beleuynge there durste no man inuade Now fynd I true the saiyng which Dauid sayd Without God of an house be maister of warke He worketh in vain though it be neuer so starke For I was thorowe the high power deuine Right dolfully stroken downe among the asshe Which could not be thorow mortall mās ingine But as Dauid dyd slaye the greate Golyasse Or Olopharne by Iudeth kylled wasse In mydde amonge his triumphaunt armie So was I slayne in my chiefe citie When I had greatest dominion As Lucifer had in the heauenly Empire Came sodenly my depriuation By them whi●he dyd my dolent conspire So cruell was their furious burnynge Ire I gat no tyme leasure nor libertie To saye In manus tuas domine Beholde my fatal infelicitie I beinge in my strength incomparable That dreadful doungion made me no saftie My greate ryches nor rentes profitable My syluer warke Iewelles inestimable My papall pompe of golde my riche treasure My lyfe and al I loste in halfe an houre To the people was made a spectacle Of my dead and deformed carion Some sayed it was a manifest miracle Some sayed it was devine punition So to be stayne in my stronge doungion When euery man had iudged as him list They salted me and then closed me in a chist I laye vnburyed seuen monethes and more Or I was borne to cloyster churche or quiar In a donghyll whiche is payne to deplore Wythout suffrage of chanon monke or friar Al proud prelates by me maye learne to be wisar Whiche reigned so longe and so triumphantly Sence in the dust stroken downe so dolefully ¶ His exhortation To the Prelates O ye my bretherne Princes of the priestes I make you hertely supplication Both nyght and daye reuolue in your breastes The processe of my depriuation Consider what is your vocation To folowe me I praye you not pretende you But read at length this shedul that I sende you Ye knowe howe Iesu his disciples sent Ambassatours to euery nation To shewe his lawe and his commaundement To al people by predication Therfore I make to you narration Seeinge you to them are very successours You ought so to do as dyd your predicessours Howe dare ye be so bolde to take in hande To be heraldes to so greate a Kynge To beare his message boeth to borough lande Ye beinge domme and can pronounce nothynge Lyke minstrels that can not playe nor synge Or why shoulde men geue suche heardes hyre Whiche can not guide their ship out of the myre Shame ye not to be christen seruitures And for your fee haue greate temporal landes Seeinge of your office ye can not take cures As cōmune lawe scriptures you cōmaundes Ye wyl not wāt teathing sheaffe nor offeringes Tithing wol teathing lābe teathing calfe like thinges To do you true seruice you make many abusinges My deare bretherne do not as ye were wount Amēd your lyfe now while your dayes indures Truste wel ye shal be called to a count Of euery thynge belongyng to your cures Leaue Idolatrie your harlotrie and whores Remembryng on my vnpromised dede For after death maye no man make remede Ye prelates which haue thousādes for to spend Ye sende one simple fryar for you to preache It is your crafte I make it to you kend Your selues in your temples for to teache Therfore marueil not at their flattering speach For and they playnely shewe the veritie Then will they want the bishoppes charitie Wherfore is geuen to you suche royal rent But for to fynde the people spiritual fode Preaching to them the olde and newe testamēt The lawe of God doeth playnly so conclude Put not your hope in your worldly good As I haue done beholde my greate treasure made me no healpe at myne vnhappy houre That daye when I was bishoppe consecrate The greate Bible was bounde vpon my backe What was therin litle I kn●we God woate More then a beast bearynge a precious packe But hastely my couenaunt I brake For I dyd forget wyth myne owne consent The lawe of God to preache wyth good entent Bretherne ryghte so when ye were consecrate Ye so got you all in the same wyse Ye maye be called bishoppes counterfayte As gallandes busked to make a gyse Nowe thynke I princes are nothynge wyse To geue a famouse office to a fole to rule As who woulde put a mytar vpon a mule Alas and ye that sorowful sight had sene Howe I laye blentheryng bathed in my bloude To amende your lyfe it had occasion bene And lefte your olde corrupte consuetude Blamynge the same then shortly I conclude Wythout ye from your rybauldrie aryse Ye shall be serued on the same wyse ¶ His exhortation to the Princes Imprudent princes wythout discretion Hauing in earth power imperiall Ye be the cause of thys transgression I speake to you all in generall Whiche do dispone all office spirituall Gyuyng the soules whiche are Christes sheepe To blynde postours wythout cōscience to keepe When ye princes do lacke an officer A baker a brewer or any maister coke A tryme taylour a cunnyng cordiner Ouer al the lande at length ye wyll sende to loke Moste able men suche office to broke ▪ A brewer whiche can brewe moste holsome ale A cunnyng coke whiche best can season cayle A taylour whiche fostered hath ben in Fraunce That can make garmentes of the gayest gyse Ye princes be the cause of thys mischaunce That when there doth voyed any benefice Ye oughte to do euen the same wyse Go searche and seche both borough and lande The lawe of God who