who seing him much perplext in mind because he could not take in the City of Babylon which was revolted from under his obedience and knew how difficult it was to recover it againe resolved neverthelesse with the perill of his life to reduce it againe unto his Soveraignes subjection therefore to effect his designe â—…hee cuts off his owne nose eares and lips and withall caused his servant towhip him so extremely that he 〈◊〉 so mangled and disâ—…gured that few could hardly know him then he went unto Darius who was astonished at the fight of him and acquainted him with his plot which done away he goes to Babylon and there related unto the Citizens how cruelly Darius had used him whom before them hee threatneth with great protestation that hee would be 〈◊〉 on him These 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 seeing his pitifull and miserable estate beleeved all that he said to be true and knowing him to be very valiant and a brave Souldier made choyce of him to be their Commander and Generall which authority and place 〈◊〉 so discretly and cunningly managed that in a short â—…ime he brought his designes to effect surrendring the Citie into the posseâ—…ion of Darâ—… who had 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 two 〈◊〉 yeares together without hope of 〈◊〉 taking it To conclude these examples only one more out of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where I observe the great love of the Israelites to King David their Soveraigne as being ready to hazard their lives upon one word which he spake yea in a manner a thought This King having his Army by the Cave of 〈◊〉 and the Army of the 〈◊〉 his enemies in the valley of Rephâ—… having also their Garrison in the Towne of Beth-lehem it happened that David as it were longed for some of the water of Beth-lehem when hâ—…e said Oh that one would give me to drinke of the well of Beth-lehem which is by the gate then three of his mighty men brake into the Host of the Philistims and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate and tooke and brought it to David but he would not drinke thereof but powred it downe to the ground because they had brought it with the perill of their lives saying O Lord be it farre from me to doe this is not this the blood of those men who went in jeopardie of their lives to bring it Neverthelesse the act was a most certaine proofe of the great love and affection which they bare unto their Soveraigne Wonderfull strict and hard is that obedience and duty the Turke exacteth from his Subjects true love is volountary not compelled oderunt quem meâ—…uunt among the Christian Nations England and Spaine honour and reverence their Soveraignes as one writeth above all others What greater love and affection could be showne or exacted from Subjects then that Queene Elizabeth of happy and blessed memory received from the heartie votes of her people who could never be weary of viewing her person and with generall acclamations praying for her long life in fields streets high-wayes which way soever shee went in time of her ' Pro gresse and in other times the like reciprocall love she returned them againe with God blesse you my good people every one I will protect you all to the utmost of my power c. And blessed be God we now live under a most gracious mild and mercifull Prince as ever raigned in England our deare and dread Soveraigne King Charles of whom why may I not say as much as the Romanes did of their Titus that he was Humani generis delitiae therefore by so much the more deserve all disobedient Subjects laesae Majest 〈◊〉 is rei to be severely punished by how much his goodnes and lenity is abused but hereof enough I will now draw toward a conclusion of this Discourse heartily desiring unity and peace between all Christian Princes and their Subjects and that Kings as Soveraigne Lords would have faith and truth in all their actions with wisedome and Justice for the well governing and guiding of their people which is the greatest motive to cause their Subjects to love and honour them more and more and with their goods to be ready to lay downe their lives for them especially when they doe regnare lenta manu governe with mildnesse a vertue so requisite in a Prince that it doth comprehend and containe in it selfe all others vertues as we read how that great King 〈◊〉 being wonderfully incensed against the Jewes upon the false accusation of wicked Haman when Queene Hester came and made request unto him in the behalfe of her people it is written that God turned the Kings heart into mercie and mâ—…ldnesse and saved the lives of all the Jewes who were then at the very point to be put all to death if this change of his rigour into mildnesse and mercy had not beene which is indeed an especiall gift of God And for Suâ—…jects their love should be shewed by the honour and respect which they beare to their Soveraignes Therefore they should alway be endued with patience constancie and diligence being borne to that estate or calling Saint Peter willeth us to submit our selves unto all manner of Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be unto the Kng as unto the Superiour or unto Governours as unto them that are sent of him for the punishment of evill doers and for the praise of them that doe well and Saint Paul saith Give unto all men their duty tribute to whom tribute is due Custome to whom Custome is due honour to whom honour and to shew that we ought to submit our selves not onely to good Kings and Princes but also unto all in generall whom God hath ordained over us the same speakes againe in these words Yoe must be subject not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake for even as a Prince is obliged to maintaine by force of Armes and by the Lawes his Subjects persons goods and families in safety so the Subjects doe owe by a reciprocall obligation to their Prince Allegeance sidelity subjection obedience succour all ayde and helpe that lieth in their power They ought to consider that hee that angers his Prince endangereth his owne life for saith Salomon Hee that provâ—…kesh the King to anger sinneth against his own soule Let us therefore love him with all our hearts Let us feare him as wee ought to doe that is to say with a feare full of honour and respect and let us study to continue in his favour grace then shall we fulfill and performe that which God requires of us yea commands 〈◊〉 to do in his holy Word My 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Saint 〈◊〉 the like Honour all men love brotherly fellowship feare God honour the King Last of all let us have 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that we walke via â—…na joyne hearts and hands and now or never imitate that good Subject Ittai the Gittiâ—…e who
the greater part of people killed the King and carryed the remnant of the people unto Babylon and made a golden Image commanding all men without exception to worship it upon paine of being burned alive in an hot fierie furnace and yet neverthelesse Danâ—… said thus unto him Oh King thou art King of Kings for the God of heaven hath given thee a Kingdome 〈◊〉 strength and glory and the Lord himselfe calls him his servant and the Prophet 〈◊〉 in his Letter written unto the Jewes who were captives in Babylon exhortes them to pray for the peace of the Citie whither they were carryed captives And the Lord commands all nations to put their necks that is to submit themselves under the yoake of the K ng of Babylon and that he will visit those Nations with the Sword Pestilence and Famine that will not â—…mit themselves to be Subject to Nabuchadâ—…ezzar and that those who would serve him should live Serve therefore saith hee the King of Babylon that ye may live Now concerning the benefit that Subjects reape by being loyall and faithfull to their Soveraignes Now let me speake in a word of the benefit the faithfull Subject receives for performing this dutie of Obedience First it gives a man great satisfaction in his conscience to God-ward hee may with alacrity and boldnesse either speake to or petition his Soveraigne in case of necessity or oppression hee shall thrive in his estate he shall live in safety and be protected from injuries and inconveniencies according to that of the Wise-man Hee that keepeth the Commandements shall know no evill thing On the contrary by their disobedience they repugne the Ordinance of God and infringe his Law which who so doth his life shall ever hang in feare before him and he shall be affraid even of a shaken leafe and many times the disloyalty and undutifullnesse of subjects toward God and their lawfull Princes draweth downe the vengeance of God upon the Land by taking those good Princes away and giving them more cruell and tyrannous in their roome from whom they must expect like the Israelites among the Aegyptians heavy and gâ—…ievous tasks both give their tale of bricke and gather the straw Subjects who sticke not to offend their Soveraigne should remember that Ira Principis est nuntia mortis the indignation of a King is not a small matter as many populous Countries have found to their cost It is the roaring of the Lion and againe saith the Preacher Where the word of the King is there is power I advise thee saith he to take heed to the mouth of the King yea the Lord for a good Kings sake sometime defers the punishment and misery he meaneth to inflict upon a stubborne and rebellious Nation as we read he did in the time of good Iosias when he said hee would 〈◊〉 the calamities preordained for the Israelites for their sinnes and Idolatrie for their Kings sake who walked uprightly before them let us therefore by all meanes seeke the favour of the King which as 〈◊〉 saith is like the dew upon the grasse yea a mans heart is as it were revived when his Princes countenance is favourable and pleasant toward him Let me give some examples of true love and loyaltie of some Subjects towards their Soveraigne Princes beginning with those of Great Alexander of whom it is written that they loved their Prince so dearely and bare such respect and honour unto him that they did worship and reverence him as if hee had beene a God And after his death his 〈◊〉 never sat in Counsell about the affaires of the Empire of Macedonia and of other Provinces by him conquered but they had in their Tents or Counsell chambers the Image of this great Monarch their Soveraigne lively drawne out as to â—…reate and deliberate of State affaires in his presence The Persians loved Cyrus their first King 〈◊〉 well that in memory of him and for his sake they loved all those that were crooked nosed nay they would not permit any to sit in his Throne but such kind of men Wee doe thinke said they that the holiest ordinance which we have is that which commands us to honour and love our King neither more nor lesse then the Image of our God because there was never or ever shall be a better King then Cyrus was And Zenâ—…phon for his sake wrote his Cyropadia to give the world a patterne of a good and excellent Prince exhorting all others to imitate him Xerxes another King of Persia who came with that mighty Army consisting of more then a million of men to conquer Greece was no lesse beloved of his Subjects then Cyrus and after him Darius as may appeare by this ensuing Historie Herodotus discoursing of the divers and sundrie opinions that men had of that cowardly retraite or plaine flight of Xerxes after that his Army was vanquished saith that he was faine to embarque himselfe in a ship of of Phoenicia and to direct his course for Asia when being surprized with a dangerous storme the wind standing Northward and the ship so full of people and over-charged many of the Persians being cast away in their flight The King much affrighted herewith demanded of the Pilot if there were any hope or meanes of saving their lives who answered hee saw none at all unlesse many of the passengers were cast into the Sea which Xerxes hearing said thus unto them My friends I beseech you that some of you would have a care of your Kings safety seeing his life and death is in your hands at which words many of his faithfull subjects rising up and doing him low reverence presently threw themselves headlong into the Sea so by this meanes the ship being light ned Xerxes arrived safe in Asia There cannot be a more reall proofe and truer touch-stone of love and loyalty then when men doe lose their lives freely and willingly for their Prince as these men did surely it is an example worthy of eternall memorie Menander King of Bactria was also so well beloved of his Subjects that when hee dyed all the Cities and chiefe Townes under his Dominion held severall Obsequies and made shewes of a funerall for him yeelding him after his death all the honour and respect that they could possible imagine a manifest token of their extraordinarie affection they bare unto him in his life time yea more to manifest their love when his body was to be consumed with fire as was then the manner of those people a great contention arose among the forenamed Cities which should be honoured with his Sepulcher in the end after much strife and debate it was agreed and consented unto betweene them all that each Citie should have an equall portion of his ashes to be kept as an holy relique in their Temples which was an apparant signe how desirous they were to have had him alwayes to be among them After the death of Pelopidas who
not please God that I should be beholding for my life unto him that murders all the rest of my Country-mâ—…n hereupon hee lost his life among the rest 〈◊〉 that stout Romane Knight being it seemes justly accused for some great 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 committed and having received the senâ—… of dâ—…h â—…ned his face towards the 〈◊〉 which hee could from that place see and from which he had beaten away the enemy that had besieged it with the great danger and perill of his life and so saved his Citie and Coâ—…ie and with a loud voyce cryed out and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Judges pointing at the Capitoll with his finger in this manner How can you my Lords have the hearts to condemne 〈◊〉 how can you in your consciences doe him hurt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to fore most willingly and of his 〈◊〉 accord would have dyed for you who exposed his life to save yours who did hazard it so often in the defence of his Countrie and Commonwealth that Capitoll will tell you more newes those walls will speake for me this pitifull oration so strooke the hearts of the Judges that they could not see him die but set him free and at liberty in regard of his good service formerly done for the good and honor of his Country I might alledge many moe rare examples out of Antique Hâ—…tories for this purpose as of those brothers the Horatii and Curiatii in Livie with those glorious acts of Pompey Metelius Cursius and infinite others as well Latines as Grecians but I willingly passe them over cometo examples neerer our own times which perhaps as neere neighbours or not farre dwellers will become more familiar and please better I will begin with a notable example of a Spaniard Alphonso Perez de Gusâ—…n a Castilian Knight and he that gave the first beginning to the illustrious Family of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Spaine worthy immortall praise for having preferred the welfare of his Country his duty and fidelity to his King before the life of his onely sonne it was thus Don Sanchez the 4. of that name King of Castile having recovered Tariffa from the Moores who in those dayes possessed a great part of Spaine being a very strong place and of great importance also a frontier Towne made this Knight Governour of the same who was within a while after besieged by Don Iohn King Sanchez his owne brother who had conceived some great indignation against him with a great Army which Aben Iacob King of the Moores who was then King of Granada had given him unto which he was fled upon purpose to annoy and vexe his bother It so fell out that Don Alphonso Peres de Guzmans sonne was taken prisoner by the Moores by whose meanes Don Iohn hop'd to take Tariffa which 〈◊〉 could not obtaine by force of armes and therefore to that end and purpose having gotten assurance to parle with Don Alphonso he brought this young man hard to or by the walls of Tariffa his father Don Alphonso being within the Towne and upon the battlements of the wall whom Don Iohn threatned that if he would not yeeld and surrenderup the Towne unto him he would presently cut off his sonnes head unto whom Don Alphonso made this answer the Towne is the Kings who hath appointed me to keepe and defend it the which I will doe for mine honour and reputations sake and the good of my Country and as for my sonne he is in your power you may doe with him what you please and because you shall not imagine that I will preferre the love of my sonne to that of my King and Country there is a sword for you to strike off his head herewith threw his fword unto him from the battlements of the wall and then returned backe unto his house Don Iohn being wonderfully enraged against him caused presently this poore innocent child to be beheaded when the Souldiers that were within the Towne saw that cruell and bloody spectacle they made a great shout and a crie which when Don Alphonso who was then at dinner with Dona Maria de Alphonso de Carvel his wise heard imagining that the Moores had assaulted the Towne ran presently to the walls and perceiving that the noyse and stirre was because that his sonne was executed if it be no other thing said he it is no matter be you carefull and looke well to your charge and then without making any shew of outward sorrow returned backe to his house and sat downe againe at the Table with his Lady not speaking one word of the matter unto her The Moores and their Captaine Don Iohn considering with what a resolute Souldier they had to deale presently raised the siege and returned backe with great shame and confusion to the immortall honour of that stout and gâ—…ous Knight who was so faithfull and true to his King and Country The Towne of Calice in France being besieged by King Edward the third in the yeare 1346. the Inhabitants thereof were reduced to such extremity by long continuance of the siege which endured well â—…igh a whole yeare that they were constrained being not able to hold out any longer to yeeld the Towne and themselves to King Edâ—…rds mercy who being wonderfully incensed against them had formerly sworne to put them all to the sword not sparing any one in the end he was pleased to reduce the number of those who should die onely to 〈◊〉 and those the chiefest of the Townesmen to expiate or in part to save his oath This commandement being brought to the Towne-hall where those miserable Townesmen were gathered together by the Kings permission to give their friends and Country the lasâ—… farewell who beholding one another with heavy and dejected countenances the spirits and blood through the feare of death being 〈◊〉 to the heart and standing all mute one of the chiefest amongst them 〈◊〉 name was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Saint Pierre or Eustache of Saint 〈◊〉 brake that pitifull silence speaking cheerefully in this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I so often hazarded my life for the good of my Country and shall I 〈◊〉 feare to sacrifice it for the last victimâ—… I will therefore yeeld my head 〈◊〉 fellow countrie-men 〈◊〉 King Edward of England being not 〈◊〉 to live any longer to the damage of my thrice 〈◊〉 Countrie he uttered those words without any teares or the least show of the feare of death but with such a courageous countenance and manly voyce that he perswaded the whole multitude to doe the like then one Ieand ' Aire was the next that seconded him and afterwards all the company cryed out Allons allons à la mort c'est le dernier devoir quenous devons rendre à la nostre pauâ—…re Patrie Let us goe let us goe to our death it is the last duty that we owe to our poore Countrie Now among all the whole multitude that offered their heads willingly unto King Edward to save his oath onely sixe were bound and led
treason hee caused her to be buryed alive in the midst of his Camp telling her that such an husband became her best who thâ—…ough her inordinate love or rather lust had betrayed her Country Hereby you may see and have heard how hatefull treason and a Traytor is to God and man insomuch as the most barbarous nations of the world have detested and grievously punished the same yet as an antient writer saith men ought to be more wary in preâ—…enting the designes of Traytors then in consulting by what manner of torment they should suffer death and saith another There is not a better or sweeter perfume then the savour of the dead body of a Traytor nor anything more infectious or pestiferous then his life But to draw towards a conclusion since obedience to our King is so pleasing to God so necessarie for the preservation of our Countrie our selves wives and children and estates let us with One heart walke one way 〈◊〉 devide our selves like Sampsons Foxes to 〈◊〉 the whole Land nor it is not enough to contribute coldly and unwillingly in times of danger but freely and cheerefully and if need be with the hazard of our lives to open our purses with the widest for the common good which necessary lesson if the Greekes had learned at what time the great mistresse of the East their City Constantinople was besieged by Mahomet the first they had beene their owne men even to this day for the City being taken there was such a masse of mony and Treaâ—… therein that the Infidels were amazed thereat enough to have furnished the City with men and munition repair'd the battered walls and workes and to have made it defensible against any enemy whosoever but Tanquam sacrum attingere nolebant every man made his mony his Idoll they would not part hardly with a penny so that to them it may be said as the Prophet said to the Jewes Oh Israel thou hast destroyed thy selfe but surely God gave them not the hearts they lying at that time wallowing in sloath and all manner of sensuallity Let us therefore be warned and earnestly entreate of the Lord of Hosts that hee would give unto us understanding hearts able hands peace in these our dayes unanimity in our resolutions and constancy in our loves and loyalty to our most dread Soveraigne King Charles and to our deare nursing mother this famous and most flourishing Country of England FINIS Hist 〈◊〉 lib. 7. * Every Common-wealth is in hazard to be ruined when of a third joyned with a first are made two severall or disagreeing harmonies Vnitie makes might Exod. 4. 10. Exod. 7 1. Psal. 82. 6. 1. Plutarch 1 Samuel 8. 11. Roman 13. 1. Numbers 11. 11. usque ad 18. 2 Samuel 14. The second part of the obligation of Subjects to their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tit. Livâ—… lib. 8. Dâ—… 1. Vâ—… Max. lib. 2. cap. 2. 1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 22. 28. 1 〈◊〉 1 2 3. Exod. 1. 9 〈◊〉 16. 22. Roman 9. 17. 2 Câ—…on 36. 17. untill the 26. ver 〈◊〉 1. Daâ—… cl 3. 12. Ierem. 25 9. Ibid 27. 6 7 c. Eccâ—…tes 8. 5. Leviticus Proverb 19. 12. c. 16. 14. Eccleâ—…tes 8. 2. 4. Iosep de antiqui Iud. lib. 10. c. 5. Proverb 19. 12. cap. 16. 15. Aelian Histor. Xenophon in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Herodot in Vrania lib. 8 Pluâ—…ch Plutarch in vita Pelopidas Suoten in vita Othonis Historia general de Spania * Diis Manibus Robert Gaguin Histor. lib. 1. Paul's Aemylius lib. 1. Inventor de Serâ—…es lib. 1. cap. 1. Herodot lib. 3. Thalia Iustin. lib. 6. 1. 2 Samuel 23. 16 17. Hester 8. 14. 1 Pet. 2. 13 14. Romanes 13. 7. Ibid. v. 5. Proverb 20. 2. 2 Sam. 15. 21. Cicer. 〈◊〉 Tukuâ—… Laerâ—…ius in vita 〈◊〉 Histor. Ecclesia lib. 5. Cic. Tuscul. l. 5. Plato in Criâ—…one 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lib 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 re 〈◊〉 H. 〈◊〉 lib. 2. Plutareb in vila Catonis Idem in vita Agesil Plutarch in vita Sertâ—…rii Idem in vita Aâ—…istid Seneca de Bene. sic lib. 6. Idem ibidem Plutarch in vita Cimon Aemilius Probus in vita Thrasibuli So 〈◊〉 Herodot lib. 8. Vran. Plutarch in vit Aâ—…stid Plutarch in Tract de Repub. Plutarch Apoâ—… 〈◊〉 Idem ibidem Plutarch in â—…it Pelop. Plâ—…tarch in vita Solonis 〈◊〉 Probus in vita 〈◊〉 Plutarch in vit Caesaris Bruti App. Alex. lib. 2. cap. 16. Valeriâ—… Max. lib. 5. cap. 6. Titus Liviâ—… lib. 1. Deâ—… 1. Valerius Max. lib. 9. cap. 2. Cicer in Offic. lib. 3. de Senect 5. Paul Oros lib. 4. Eutrop. lib. 2. Horat. lib. 3. Od. 5. A. Gellius lib. 6. cap. 4. Plutarch in vita Lycurg Salust de bello 〈◊〉 Val. Max. lib. 5. cap. 5. Plutarch in vit Camilli Historia general de Spania par L. de Mayerna Histoire de 〈◊〉 Le Citad Genv. en laresp au Caval Savoy Plutareh in vita Romuli Plutarâ—… â—…thêgs Tit. Livius lib. 2. Decad. 5. Dionys. Halicar lib. 5. Plutarch in vita val Publ. Salust in Bello Catilin Flavius vopiscus in Aurel. Iul. Capitolinus in Maximin Inventoire de l'Histoire 〈◊〉 France par I. de Scrres â—…istoria general de 〈◊〉 lib. 5. Meditat H slor 〈◊〉 Caâ—…rarii T. Lâ—…vius lib. 6. Decad. 1. Dyonis 〈◊〉 lib. 1. Autiquit Plutarch in vita Romuâ—… Meditat. Histop 10. 〈◊〉 10. Aventin lib. 3. de Annal. 〈◊〉