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A07726	An invective ayenste the great and detestable vice, treason wherein the secrete practises, and traiterous workinges of theym, that suffrid of late are disclosed. made by Rycharde Morisyne.	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 18111; ESTC S104302	25,827	104

it go from the kynde of men they lose that state and name that nature put them in and are tourned into cruell vnnaturall beastes Nowe if vnkyndnes be such a vice in what hatred of all men ought traytours to be and traytours to theyr prynce and suche theyr prince of whom they had receyued so innumerable benefites and whiche so many wayes had declared his synguler fauour and loue towarde them ¶ For to come at the laste to the archetraytour and to speke some what of hym whom god hateth nature refuseth all men deteste yea and all beastes to wolde abhorre if they could perceiue how moche viler he is then is euen the worste of them what man wolde euer haue thought that Reynold Pole coulde haue ben by any giftes by any promotion by anye meanes in this worlde broughte from the loue whiche for so many the kynges high benefittes of all men he ought his grace the moste who wol yet beleue that knowith it not to be true that a manne so bounde to loue can hate so boūde to serue can brede traytours stire sedition intende his deathe for whome he ought with all harte to haue shedde his beste bloud rekenynge the losse of his owne lyfe well spente so that his hyghnesse might therby be preserued I wol not say from deth but from perill and danger Howe many fathers haue bene more tender ouer their sonnes than hath his grace bene in bryngynge vp the thou false Pole thou shamefull and shameles traytour from thy chyldhode euen tyll within these two yeres What letters wrote his highnes in thy fauour to the Uenetians at thy firste goinge into Italye what credyte what estymation couldest thou haue ben in there if thou haddest come alone without his gracis commendation what was in the at thy firste going thither besyde thy famylye worthye any gret estimation Thou mightest haue come with thy byrth and familie haue founde fewe there that wolde haue estemed the for them sauyng for his gracis sake His gracis fauour whom at that tyme the byshop of Rome and his adherentes honoured aboue all princis in Chrystendome wonne the thy frendes there if they may be callyd thy frendes whom thou so takest to be not knowyng who be thy frendes and who thy foes beinge thy selfe of all men moste ennemye to thy selfe Thou suffredst thy self to be callid the king of Englandes nephewe this title beinge fals wrought moche and made manye in loue with the for thy nobilities sake And yet thou gottest not so many that waye as thou dyddest by reason it pleased the kynge of his goodnes to giue the besyde thyne owne reuenues yerely an hundreth pounde out of his cofers It is a wonderfulle thinge to see the diuersitie of nature howe grate and kynde 〈◊〉 be and howe vnnaturall and vnkind some other be Many thinke them selfe to owe lyfe and all the reste to him that doth but a mean good tourne for their frende and canste nat thou receiuyng so many so great benefites thy family thy mother thy brethern so many wayes bounde to his hyghenesse auoyde treason Thou hast redde manye notable hystoryes that might haue kept thy cancred nature at the leste from treasone yf they coulde a wrought no farther in the. Howe many slaues do we rede of that haue liued with their maisters in great seruitude miserie whyche yet soo loued theyr maisters that they chose eyther to dye for theym or els to dye with theym ¶ Philotimus a seruaunt and a slaue a lyttell before his mayster dyed was made heire of all that he left Marke his true stomake thou muste nedes condemne thyn vnfaithfull fals and trayterous harte Whan the deed corps was caste into the fyre he remembring what a true seruaunte oweth to a good mayster forgate not onely the goodes that were bequethed hym but also contempnynge his owne lyfe lept into the fyre thinkynge trewe seruyce not to ende where lyfe remayneth Here as I doo nat lyke this Philotimus to hote loue or to saye as I ought his rashe deathe so I doubte nat but there be in Englande manye seruantes that wolde a thousand tymes hasarde their lyfe rather than their maister shuld be in any ieoperdy of his ¶ Marcus Antonius beinge ouercome of Augustus the emperour delyuered vnto Eros his seruaunte a swerde requirynge to be rydde ere his enmyes shuld take hym Eros toke the swerde and quickely turnyng it thought it lesse shame yea lesse hurte to kyll hym selfe then to kyl his master I coulde tary and fyll myne oration with suche examples but neyther to the Pole it nedeth nor to the suche a traytour it boteth thou hast red them as well as I yea thou knowest that very dogges vnto whome theyr mayster could neuer giue more then meate and drinke haue oft died for their master oft slayne them that slewe hym I wyll brynge in an example or two not that I thynke they can do the any good but that they maye set our thyne abhomynable vnkyndenes to thy shame confusiō It is notable that authors wryte of kynge Lisymachus his dogge whiche neuer left his lord and mayster but was in all huntynges in all warres in all ieoperdies at hande with him At the last when he saw his master deed and cast into the fyre as the maner of burial was then the dogge a gret whyle mornefully yowling and lamentynge the deathe of his mayster caste hym selfe euen into the fyre also and there died by his mayster Pliny writeth that Hiero kynge of the Syracusans had a dogge which did euen the same It is more notable that wryters leaue in memory of a Romaynes dogge whiche Romaine was put to deathe when Titus Fabinus his famylye were slayne This dogge wolde away from his maister for no strypes for no whyppynge but laye by the deed body and styll howled wonderfull mornyngely many of the Romaynes standyng about moche meruaylyng at the true faith harte that that sorye worme bare vnto his inayster At the laste when they thought the dogge hungrye one of the stāders by gaue him meate whiche he straighte caryed to his maysters mouth and left it there Shortly after the body being hurled into the floudde of Tyber the dogge lept in after and gate hold of his mayster kepynge hym aboue water as longe as he could If the lawes hadde prouyded no payne for treason were not these examples ynough to make men teare such traytors as thou arte with theyr teethe If men wolde spare the wold not dogges pursewe a beaste thus ouerwhelmed with all kynde of treason A beast so false to his soueraygne lorde and suche his souerain lord How be it if thou be as I surely thinke thou arte he is moche more thye frende that wysheth the ded then a lyue Treason can neuer lye alone in a traytours harte it hath suche a rablemente with it that deathe is pleasure if it be compared with the gripes the woundis the tossynge and turmoylyng the heauyng and shouyng that

traitours fele in their stomackes As god helpe me I can not thynke but god euen of very purpose reserueth the alyue onely bycause thy lyfe hath many mo tourmentes moche more shame in it then any cruelle deathe can haue God by thy lyfe declareth what rest thy trayterous soule shall haue after the eternall shame of this worlde For he that hath to dwelle where thou arte sure to be excepte thou amende must be exercysed with suche panges as thou arte euer in his lyfe lerne what hell hath what interteynement they haue that take vp their lodgyng there What greatter tourmente can be wyshed vnto the thā al the world to knowe that thou by these abhomynable treasons haste cast away thy famylie whiche myghte haue continued in honour disteined thy bloud whiche before was myngled with a kinges and now is farre vnder a colyers what greater shame can comme to the then to be the dishonour of all thy kynne a comforte to al thyne enmies a deathe to all thy frendes All men that loue trouthe allegiaunce and honestie muste nedes be thyne enemyes all men muste hate the yea thy mother her selfe shall thynke her self worthy deth if she hate not the aboue all creatures All they whom frendeshyp and affinitie hadde in tyme paste knitte vnto the wyshe for no traitours dethe so moche as they doo for thyne O Pole o hurle pole full of poyson that woldest haue drowned thy countrey in bloudde thou thoughtest to haue ouerflowed thy prynce and soueraygne lorde thou thoughteste with thy traiterous streames to haue ouer rounne all to gether But god be thanked thou arte nowe a P●le of lytel water and that at a wonderfull lowe ebbe Can I wysshe the any more hurt than that thou mayste lyue longe in suche shame in suche infamie as I thynke neuer traytour was in I thinke as obstinate a wretche as thou art if the falle of thy familye nothynge moue the that yet the voyce of thy countrey whiche sommetyme wisheth the deed in thy fyrst cloutes sometyme hanged sometyme in helle with thy great master the dyuelles vycar aboute thy necke were inough to make the chose a tree and there to doo as Iudas the capitayn of traytours whom thou trayterousely folowest dyd Hast not thou moch greater cause to say as Iob dyd than euer had Iob Who euer myght better say than thou who ought sooner to crie thā thou Cursed be that day that I was borne in let that daye perish the night also in y e which it was said there is a knaue child cōceiued let that day be turned in to darknes let god neuer regarde it let neuer light shine vpō it but euen to the worldes end be it couered with eternall darkenes Lette the dymme cloude fall vpon it let it be lapped in with sorowe let the darke storm ouercome that night let not the daye that I was borne in be rekened amonge the dayes of the yere nor counted in the monethes Let them that dispice that nigt and curse the day curse also the mornynge that folowed my birthe let it loke for lyght and see none bycause it shyt not vppe the wombe that bare me Alas whye died I not euen in my birth why dydde not I perisshe as sone as I came out of my mothers wombe why set they me vpō theyr knees that nowe do brynge them all eyther to deathe or shame felowe to any deathe Whye gaue they me sucke with theyr brestes that now haue lefte no bloud ne life in their bodies Wherfore is light gyuen to hym that is in miserie and lyfe to them that haue heuy hartis life to them that longe for deathe and serche for it more than euer they dyd for any treasure Thou maist o wycked traytour say what thou lyste but thou canste thynke lyttel better of thy selfe thanne all thy countrey thinkith This I know thou hast causes mo than a thousande to say all this and more to The byshop of Rome his godly sowers of treson thought they had spun a wonderful fine threde and weaued a gay pece of worke whan they gate this Raynarde to play the traytour in a Cardinals apparell thinkynge ye and knowynge by their longe experience no garmente so fitte for oone that wolde take suche an enterprise vpon him This is a wede that seldome gro wethe where any good corne is but it hath the ouerhand and distroyeth it gayely He was made yea marie was he a great legate sent with moche authoritie but he retourned as wyse as they that thought he coulde haue wroughte myracles The sworde was sēt to the king of Scottis before we being than encōbred with sedition and rebellyon at home this gay legate rydeth after to se whether ne were able to make the kynge of Scottes to pulle it oute of the sheath and vse it according to his intente that gaue hym the gyft was there euer beast so maliciousely sette to vndo his countrey for the whiche many menne haue gladly dyed or euer any stonye hart that so enuironned with a kynges benefites wold let none of theym enter into it so blynde that in suche a nomber coulde see none so vngrate that seinge soo many wolde be moued by none of theym What can thyn ennemies whiche are not only all englyshemen but as many as euer knewe whatte honestie meaneth what can they all wyshe the wors than that thou mayste neuer dye and euer fele that that traytours of thy sorte are sure to fele But percase as all our countrey men do deteste and abhorre this pestylent Cardinal as the vnnaturallest beaste that euer prince bestowed benefite on so fewe or none do knowe howe moche the marquese of Exetter and the lorde Montacute this traytours brother were bounde to the kynges highnes Fyrst the Marquise of Exceters father by king Hēry the .vii. most noble father to our moste dradde soueraygne lorde that nowe reygneth was for certayne treasons committed to prison where he lay in teoperdie of losse of landes and lyfe vntyll the deathe of the sayd kynge And not withstandynge there were gret and weighty matters layde ayenst hym yet our souerayne lorde that nowe is didde not only pardon hym of his lyfe and restore him to his landes and honoure but toke this his sonne into his priuie chaumber vsynge hym there moch more lyke a companyon than a seruaunt always encreasynge his landes and reuenues after suche sorte that if he hadde nat bene to vnnaturall he coulde neuer haue loued his own lyfe halfe so moch as the kynges welth honour A cruell change for most loue to rēder grettest hatred O fondnes who might not haue ben content to serue suche a mayster to be subiecte to suche a prince yea what mā being th one and not thother being a subiect not a prince wolde not rather desyre to do his duetie to so noble so gentle so hygh a prince so louing a mayster then for to take frome hym his maiestie yea though he were sure to bryng