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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08567	An epistle of the reuerend father in God Hieronymus Osorius Bishop of Arcoburge in Portugale, to the most excellent Princesse Elizabeth by the grace of God Quene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, &c. Translated oute of Latten in to Englishe by Richard Shacklock M. of Arte and student of the ciuill Lawes in Louaine; Epistola ad serenissimam Elisabetam, Angliae Reginam. English	Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.; Shacklock, Richard.	1565 (1565)	STC 18887; ESTC S101135	51,158	170

mad and mysheuouse multitude myght worke them any displeasure if Princes wold agree with them aboute ordring and appointyng of religion He which will say thys of necessytie he must graunt that it is the intent and meaning of this newe deuised religion by hooke or by crooke to seke the death of those Prynces which will not forsake the religion in which they haue ben vertuously and wysely brought vp to come to the lure of the mad people Againe he doth not wysely weygh how that the end of this sect is ouermuche libertye which can be kept in no ordre then the which nothing can be more contrary to the offyce and regiment of Kynges For a Kyng his offyce is to cutte vp vice with the knyfe of punishment but the vnbrydled people doo desyre to be delyuered from the feare of all punishmēt A Kyng is the executor keper and maintayner of the lawes but the people as muche as it is able with rashnes doth rent and al to teare them A kyng studieth for peace and quietnes but the people all together vnruly doth seke troble and disturbaunce Laste of all a king doth not think that all thinges are to be bestowed of euery man a lyke but as euery man is more worthie then an other so he rewardeth hym after the rate of his desert But the people wolde not haue one better then an other and desyreth to haue heauen and yearth mingled togeather So that as in no sauce it can abyde anie superiours so moost cheifely it hateth kinges to the deathe For it can not away with any excellencie of more worthynes and it stryueth all to this end either to destroy Kinges vtterly or els to bryng them in to a trappe of trobles This I graunte doth not appeare at the fyrst but as sone as a company of madde rakehels groweth to any strengthe or powre then theyr boldnes being encoraged with long sufferaunce and wincking at bursteth oute to the vndoing ouerthrowing of the Kynge his Maiestie Therefore seing this is the nature of the ignorant people so sone as they haue gotten people pleasyng captaines which with theyr railing sermones may puff them vp as it were with wyndy blastes and rayse mightie waues of foly and madnes surely Princes doo vnwisely which doo not nyp wyckednes in the hed so sone as it doth begyn but cherishe it with theyr sofftnes and strengthen it with theyr bearing For they do not perceaue that they make a rod for them selues when they suffre that to spryng and increase which at the last being growne to a hed wil pul them oute of theyr throne and so when it is to late they shall se that they haue bred theyr owne bane which they shall not be able to remedy when they wold Wherefore then they shall drynke of the whyp for theyr madnes as all other Princes doo which take vpon then to further and mayntayne with publike authoritie the folish fansye of the cōmon people But peraduenture they wyll deny that this is a people pleasyng sect Then what is a people pleasyng sect if this be not doth it not euery where styrre vp sedityon doth it not breake the bandes of all iustice and lawes doth it not resist rule and kingly regimēt doth it not put all men in hope of to muche lewde libertie For where is rule moste dispysed where are the Princes had in most derisyon of the c̄omon people surely in those places where this pestilent learning doth gett the vpper hand Therefore if this mad enterprise takē myscheuousely in hand of these people pleasers and vnaduysedly wynked at of Princes shall grow to a rypenes which way so euer it taketh it wyll quyte ouerturne all the defence and strengthe of kyngly estate Beleue me o Quene this sect which for oure synnes hath ouer run many partes of Christēdome is the vndoing of common wealthes the marring of good māners the spoyling of kyngdomes and the destruction of all kyngly honoure But you will say that you sett not so muche by your reigne that for the loue of it you wold lese the ryches of the euerlasting kyngdome and that you wold willingly abyde any aduenture that you might entre in to heauē I will not meruaile if you will say this For it is the poynte of a noble mynd to despyse the fletyng pleasures of this short lyfe to be greatly in loue with immortalitye For what goodnes is in thys lyfe what part of it is quyt of daunger what is it which is not hemd in on euery syde with sorowfullnes as for laughinges feastinges mynstrelsye sportinges dalyaunces many grefes do follow them and al delightes are ended often tymes with pitifull lamentable mysfortunes And put the case that all thinges chaunce as we wolde haue them yet we must abyde the sharp shoure of death which neuer is farre frō vs but alway is at our back and dayly pyncheth somethyng from oure lyfe For it is a folly to thynke death then to drawe neare when it maketh an end of oure lyfe and not to fele the force of it when dayly it doth crop and by littell and littell wasteth oure lyfe For euerye day deathe dothe incroche vpon vs and what so euer parte of oure age passeth away it is deuoured by the crueltie of deathe Therfore seing oure lyfe dothe so swyftly ebbe away and in so lyttell cōtinuaunce of tyme is subiect to so many grefes and miseries all greate possessions glyde away in a minute of an howre what is a greater poynte of wysdome then to sett at naught all the tryfles of this lyfe and to gyue oure mynde to seke after heauenly and euerlasting thinges Wherefore if this be your mynde that thoughe you sholde hazarde all youre riches you wolde not weygh it a straw so that by such meanes you might prepare youre selfe away to heauen I can neuer worthilye prayse the noble disposition of your princely hart Wherfor I gyue you councell that if the rayfers of this newe religion can fynde out anye meanes howe you maye come a nearer way to heauen although great losse of goods shold follow you by their doctrine you notwithstanding sholde make muche of them and thynk them worthy of all preferment For small thinges are not to be compared with greate worldly thinges with heauenly transitorie thinges with euerlasting Nowe then what doe they bring with them of suche force to get heauē that auncyent religion is to be forsakē that the profit and highe estate of the kyngdome is to be lyttell estemed Peraduenture some man wyll say O yes they bryng with them a great furtheraunce to heauen and wonderfully to be com mended For these men be not inuentors of nouelties as fond men do dreame but rather they laboure to restore all thinges which were decayed to the perfection of they re auncient and first institution for it muche greueth them that the purenes of Christian religion which Christ and his disciples dyd leaue behynde