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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

cheifest stay and furnyture of your Realme consysted in the aduaūcement and mayntenaūce of religion and that I myghte proue that there is no presenter poyson to the common weale then coūrerfeyted religion and hypocrytycall holynes I thought nothyng to be more agreable to my purpose then to shewe certayne euydent tokens howe you myght discouer the secrete deceptes which lurcke vnder the happ harlottes cloke of forged religion For if you haue in remembraūce those frutes of religion whiche before I haue rehersed you shall easyly perceaue whiche is false religion For if true religion doe beare downe arrogancye ouercome angre brydle fylthye defyres restrayne intemperaunce scrape oute the spottes of the mynde preserue shamefastnes and modestye brede the feare of God make subiectes faythfull to theyr Princes establyshe peace fasten mennes myndes in amyty and inflame them with the desyre of heauen then certaynely that religion which causeth pryde prouoketh angre letteth the lustes lose defyleth the sowle with syn taketh away shame fastnes remoueth the feare of God worketh treason agaynst Kynges trobleth cōmon peace bloweth the cole of hatred thrusteth oure myndes down to the earthe warde and drowneth them in the seas of worldly trobles is no true religion but false pestilent and damnable Furthermore I haue proued that thys sect if so be we may call it one sect which is not only doubtfull slyppery but also diuerse manyfolde and contaynyng in it innumerable other sectes is all to gether popular and for the peoples pleasure For alluryng the people with a ioly shewe of to muche libertye it armeth them against Offycers against their Kynges autoritie and regiment and hardneth the hartes of the multitude with a false persuasyon of religion And if it dyd onlye procure destruction of Kynges so that it brought no daunger and damnation to the sowle and by all meanes dyd not ouerthrowe the law of God it were somethyng to be borne with all But this is greatly to be lamented that it putteth oute the loue of vertue the bryghtnes of honesty the lyght of most true religion and deuotion defyleth all commendable comlynes with vnpure lyuyng and vtterly stoppeth vs for entryng in in to euerlastyng glory Therefore what is it that may now deceaue vs Is it the autoritie of these teachers But I haue playnely declared how farr the professors of thys learnyng be from true vertue grauitye and constancie of lyffe and the perfection of moste pure religion What then Is it the lose lybertye of the people But there is no more sworne enymye to Princes then that is besyde that it dothe vndoo the people whiche whiche couet it and spoyleth them of al lyberty For all thinges trulye be preserued with kepyng a meane and are destroyed with superfluitye excesse For as a Kyng which not contentyng hymselfe with his lawfull kyngdome desyreth to be lorde ouer all the worlde and dothe not only thinke to rule the roste in worldlye matters but also casteth to haue thinges pertaynyng to God obedyent at hys becke commaundyment can not long enioy hys leyngdome for so much as he shall both turne away from hym mēnes hartes by reason of doing them manye iniuryes and also shall get God hys moste heauy displeasure euen so the people which is not cōtented with the liberty which the law gyueth them and for that cause breaketh all good ordre moueth sedicyon and waxeth woode of necessyty at longthe loseth that libertye whiche it might haue styll enioyed with many other commodities and benefytes Therfore what now Shall we follow this lore because it leadeth vs to euerlastyng lyfe But I haue playnely proued that by meanes of this religiō men be intysed to wantones tovnshamefastnes to vnlawfull lustes that troblesome tumultes and dissentions be styrred vp that many naughtye entrepryses be taken in hand that inumerable myschefes be forged and last of all that the remembraunce of godlynes is quyte blotted oute The which thinges truly do not conducte vs to heauen but pytch vs hedlong in to the place of cōtinuall mysery and wretchednes In the which thing trulye it appeareth howe faythfully these Euangelicall teachers haue performed they re promisse For thys they professed thys they proclaymed thys they promysed to bryng fullye to passe that they wolde call back corrupted manners to the strayght rule of the Ghospell and that they wolde restore that perfectiō purenes of lyfe which was in the primityue churche Nowe you vnderstand o Quene ▪ how well they haue kept touche For they haue not onlye left the Christian cōmon weale vnhealed but also wheresoeuer they cam they haue bestowed their trauayle to this end that if there were any healthe in it to take it away and to infect all the membres of Christ his church with most vncurable diseases and maladyes Therefore how coulde any man farther ouer shote hym selfe then to be persuaded by these mennes autority to go from the most auncient and holy religion which was halowed with Christ his bloode sealed with the tormētes of martyres aduaunced with the diuine workes of godly wryghters standing allway inuincible against the wycked attemptes of heritikes and assaultes of cruell tyrauntes hathe remayned in the same state euen vnto these oure dayes to imbrace a religion which is to be suspected for the newenes which is defamed with the wycked lyuyng of the autors and teachers of it which is lamentable for the destruction of all holy thinges which is detestable for the horrible end which is shooteth at The which religion truly as it can be taken in hand of no man withoute miserable destruction so kynges which suffre them selues to be abused and corrupted with it shall be more greuousely plaged for it For they do not only put theyr imperiall maiestie the saffegarde of the common wealthe their lyfe and theire honowre in greate hazarde but that which is muche more myserable and harmefull they shall prouoke the greuouse displeasure of God towarde them shall suffre much more paynefull punyshement worlde without end For the mo which following their euell example fall in to the lyke damnation whome they ought to haue healed and preserued the more greuouse and painefull shall their tormentes be in hell fyre It is an horrible thyng sayth saint Paule to fall in to the handes of thelyuyng God For to whome shall we run for succoure if God hym selfe be oure enymye in whose mercy all oure might and trust is whose healpe we defyre in all aduersyty and dystresse on whome only we fasten oure eye lokyng to be rescued whē we be assaulted on euery syde vnder whose buckler shall we stand to anoyde his blowe in what dēnes or darcke dungeons shall we hyde oure heades that we may not beholde his angry and displeased countenaūce with the leaste blaste of hys breathe the whole yearth is shaken the hylles smoke beyng swyndged with the fyre of his terrible lyghtnynge the heauen with greate thundre clappes sendyng oute flying flames