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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05286	An exhortation of holye Basilius Magnus to hys younge kynsemen styrynge theym to the studie of humaine lernynge that they might thereby be the more apt to attayne to the knowlege of diuine literature / translated oute of Greke into Englyshe by Wyllyam Berker.	Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379.; Barker, William, fl. 1572.	1557 (1557)	STC 1543.5; ESTC S4499	13,814	52

¶ An exhortation of holye Basilius Magnus to hys younge kynsemen styrrynge theym to the studie of humaine lernynge that they might thereby be the more apt to attayne to the knowlege of diuine litterature ¶ Translated oute of Greke into Englyshe by Wyllyam Berker Anno. M. D.L.VII To the reader TRue it is gentle reader that aboute the yeare of oure lorde M. cccc.xcix there arose thoroughoute the worlde by the secret workmanshyp of the heauens and cruell constellation of the sterres diuisions and factions of religion not only amonge the Mahomites and Christians but also in the furtheste and vnknowen partes of the earth aswell Easte as Weste where the people be ydolatoures and honour for theyr Goddes monstruouse and fonde creatures the greatest effectes whereof was sene in Persia and Germania Harduelle amonge the Persians a noble man borne was the fyrste that moued this newe religion amonge the Mahomites and began to growe into suche reputation for the same as vssumcassane the kynge of the countreye toke hym to hys sonne in lawe and maried his doughter Marta vnto him whōe he had by Despina the kynges doughter of Trabisonda a womā of CHRISTES beleife and by couenaunt so contynuynge brynging vp also hyr doughter in the same whereby Ismael surnamed Sophi hir sonne and his succession haue had Christian men in honor and do not abhorre their religion This mariage was thoughte to be made rather for a feare that the kynge had of his estimatiō thē for any loue to his person whiche afterwarde was well proued whan the kinge because his sonne in lawe had suche resorte of people and suche a fame for his newe doctryne as he was able to defend it by forse pryuelye sente men to kyll hym he nothynge suspectynge the same and immediately dispatched all them that were of hys opinion Notwithstandynge hys sonne Hismael and one of his scolers Techell scaped alyue Hismael fled to Coraxam and Techell to the mountaynes of Armenia where he lyued certayne yeares in contemplation hardelye onelye of such fruytes as the earth brought forth Shepheardes were the fyrste that perceyued hym and after other countrey folke whiche marueylynge at his sharpe and holy lyfe gaue hym thynges necessarye for his bodye He lykewyse geuynge suche aunswere to them as semed more then a man myght do was first brought into the villages and after as it semed agaynst hys wyll into the cities where euerye man wondered at hym and receyued his doctrine The summe wherof was this that none of them that honoured Mahomete shoulde go to heauen after theyr death excepte they folowed those ceremonyes of the lawe whiche Halie one of Mahometes scolers had wrytten and lefte behynde hym the which were contrary to the interpretations of the misteries whiche Homare an other disciple of Mahomete and before receaued thoroughoute all Asia and Affrica had with more certayntye and grauitie of the lawe declared to the people Techel preuayled so muche that of a prophete of religion he became a captayne of legions and kepte longe warre with the Turkes in Natelia and his secte was called Cuselbase by a redde scarfe that they caryed vpon theyr great hattes Hismael on the other syde by publication of this new doctryne wared a Lorde of so muche people as he was hable to ouerthrow Aluante with his brother Maratcham sonnes and heyres to the kyngedome and state of Persia and that he myght be thought to do all thynges by inspyration he surnamed hym self Sophi accordynge to the title of prynces there beynge called Magis Nowe for the tumultes and nouities that folowed in Alamania not longe after this I wyll omytte to tell because they be meatelye well knowen and shoulde be to tediouse to be told in this preface only I wil saye that they proceded so farre as they raunged from Duchelande to Englande where was practised the lyke mater but wanted the like effecte onely by the myghty power of God who preserued the royall bloude from the crueltye of this factious deuyce Many opinions ensuynge of this sect one was more wycked among vs Christians then amonge the Mahomites for wher as they were contente to haue one of the auncyent interpretours of the lawe to be the staye of the same we wuld haue none at all but that euerye manne shulde be a prophet at his pleasure by reason wherof folowed y e grosse errour that learnynge and knowledge was not alonely not necessary and expediente but also wycked and vnprofytable Who so euer was reputed learned he was abhorred lyke a serpent The whiche blasphemous deuice made me practyse with most profounde writers amonge the whiche I founde thys Homelye of so worthye a doctoure and trauayled in it both for latyn and Englishe but neuer went any further because I trusted some other of greater knowledge wulde haue set it forth with greater auctoritie And at that time it had ben more expedient then nowe because it is to be hoped that the chaunge of tyme haue chaunged many mēs hartes But because I se some remayndre of that infection styll left in the dominions of this kingdom I do with no lesse loue of my countreye set forth this good lesson to my countrey men then Basilius dyd to his kynsemen For I am of thys opinion that the feruent loue whiche a man heareth earnestly to hys countreye is not inferioure to that which a father beareth to his chyldren And as he was carefull that his yonge cosynnes shoulde be well instructe and furnyshed with suche knowledge as might brynge them to the hight of holye scripture euen so I as carefully do wysshe all my countrey men as well younge as olde to enbrace learnynge to study for vnderstandynge of Poetes and Philosophers that they may come the more able to go thorough with the aucthores of Scripture Yf ye bare the science of humanitie ye bare all in effecte yea diuinitie to Trueth it is that amonge the Turkes is none other learnynge than is left behynd in theyr Alcorane in so muche as the Grecians that sometyme were the floryshyng people of the worlde be nowe the most vyle and baste and all because the practise of learnyng is taken from them Al the auncient Princes and states founded theim selues vpon religion The Gentyles had theyr religion in oracles and sacryfyces whiche they kept so straytelye that the people were moore afrayde of God then of the lawe of men Is it not euidente that the Romaynes would kepe theyr othe whatsoeuer came of it Regulus Scipio Torquatus and many other testifye the same whiche in daungerouse tymes saued theyr countrey and whan this streyghte obseruation waxed loose amonge them then theyr state fell to ruyne The Prynces and states of Chrystendome that wyll maintayne them selues vncorrupt must se religion duelye kepte yf there be no learnynge there can be no religion yf there be no religion there muste nedes be barbarousnes and confusion Therefore as this holye wryter Basilius Magnus a noble man borne wrote this aduertisement in Greke to