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enemy_n	answer_v	david_n	lord_n	1,030	5	4.9062	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20596	The masque of the League and the Spanyard discouered wherein, 1. The League is painted forth in all her collours. 2. Is shown, that it is not lawfull for a subiect to arme himselfe against his king, for what pretence so euer it be. 3. That but few noblemen take part with the enemy: an aduertisement to them co[n]cerning their dutie. To my Lord, the Cardinall of Burbon. Faythfully translated out of the French coppie: printed at Toures by Iamet Mettayer, ordinarie printer to the king.; Masque de la Ligue et de l'Hispagnol decouvert. English	L. T. A., fl. 1592.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1592 (1592)	STC 7; ESTC S100421	72,125	152

could alleadge so that Saule acknowledging his humanity by the demonstrations he had of Dauid at his comming forth of the Caue he fell into teares and thus spake vnto Dauid Thou art more righteous then I for thou hast rendred me good whereas I intended thee euill and thou hast shewed mee this daie the good thou hast doone me for asmuch as when the Lord had gyuen me into thy handes yet thou wouldest not kill me For who shall find his enemie and let him depart into a good waie wherefore the Lord will reward thee with good for that which thou hast done vnto me this day And nowe I beholde and knowe for a certaintie that thou shalt be King and the kingdome of Israell shall be stablished in thy hands Such were the words of Saule to Dauid beholding the humanitie Dauid had vsed towards him by which pardoning of hys enemy he aduaunced hym and was so farre of from beeing auenged as hee withdrewe himselfe from his right of raigning in the Kingdome which God had giuen him I cannot omit in thys case another deede of Dauid toward Saule The Ziphians being come to Saule in Gibea aduertised him that Dauid was hid in the Mountaine of Hachilah which was face to face before the Desert of Iesimon Then Saule renuing hys mortall enmity against Dauid accompanied himselfe with three thousand able men and pitched his Campe on the Mountaine of Hachilah Nowe Dauid dwelled in the wildernes and knew by hys espials that Saule was come neere him wherfore in the night hee came to the place where Saule had placed his Campe and hymselfe slept within the Fort hys Tents beeing pitched rounde about him and very neere him was Abner the sonne of Ner the chiefe Captaine of hys Armie Which Dauid perceiuing discended into that place with Abisay approched neere his enemy Saule when Abisay thus spake to Dauid God hath closed thine enemie into thy hand this day now I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth and I will not stirre a foote from thee wherto Dauid answered I will not haue him smitten for what is he can lay his hand on the Lords annointed and be guiltlesse And Dauid said furthermore So truelie as the Lorde liueth no harme shall be doone him but rather God shall smite him or his day shal come to die or he shall discend into battaile and there perish The Lord will keepe me from luying my hand vpon his holie and annointed but I pray thee onelie take hys Speare that standes at his heade and his Cruse of water and so let vs depart Thus Dauid contented hymselfe wyth thys brauado euer-more declaring hym to be no way excusable that should attempt any thing against the person of the King Let me say beside that Saule beeing slaine in the fight against the Philistines and Dauid hearing tydings of hys death was very sorrowfull and vsed meruailous lamentations commaunding him to be brought before hym that had cut off his heade who thought to delight hym with bringing the head of Saule saying that he had doone him to death when Dauid mooued with pitty and anger How is it quoth he that thou wast not afraid to lay thine hand on the Lords annointed Thy blood be vppon thine owne heade for thine owne mouth hath testified against thee saying I haue slaine the Lords annointed All the water of the Sea cannot then serue to wash the murderers of the late King neyther shall any of them be held excusable that pursue the life and estate of hys successour our vertuous and most valiant Prince But thou alleadgest the Prouerbe common among the barbarous Si ius violandum est regnandi gratia violandum est If right be to be violate for a kingdoms sake it is to be violate Wherfore then vsest thou the pretence of Religion and common-good to ouer-throw the most simple with these deceits Thys prouerbe is of Tyrants and Atheists who regard not that God is the reuenger of Kings and returneth euill to such as enterprise against theyr estates VVhat aduauncement receiued Absalon listning to the pernitious counsell of Achitophell and following it attempted against the person of King Dauid hys Father What happened to Adonia who thought to vsurpe the Realme against Salomon hauing deceiued the Mother of the King as very well it was made knowne vnto him afterward How is it chaunced to those who to the hard hap of Fraunce taking a morsell wyth the Spanish enemie and the trecherous League haue troubled thys estate Howe will it fall out with such who after beeing in fauour wyth the coniuration dyd by a Monke murder the late King let them not now stand doubting seeing that GOD is iust But to confute the colloured obiection of the Leaguers at thys day who say that the King is of a contrary Religion and thereby pretende an excuse for theyr conspiracie Haue they not read in the holy Scripture that Ieroboam king of Samaria had raiected the auncient Religion VVhat Prophet perswaded to make war against hym Hys Sonne dyed of disease because of hys sinne the ruine of his Realme was fore-told him but not executed by hys Subiects offenders against the Law of God Great euils befell to Achab the Realme of Israell for hauing brought in new Religion by the perswasion of Iezabell Daughter to the King of the Sidonites false Prophets were permitted the Altars were destroyed and the better sort of people put to death Neuerthelesse Elias the chiefe Prophet of that tyme albeit he was of wonderfull zeale yet did not hee cōmaunde that any one shoulde rise against the King The Prophets of God were hid in Caues an hundred in one place and an hundred in an other secretly nourished with simple breade and water the good men of behauiour afflicted on all sides and yet was none of them offended with the King or any enterprise prepared against hys person The Prophet onely shewed him his sinne and that GOD would punish it by drought three yeeres and a halfe but who euer read that hee incited any one to contend against his Prince Farre off from him was quae vim vi repelleret he willed none to repulse violence with violence and so to deliuer their Countrey but hearing that Iezabell sought for him to put him to death he referred vengeance to the hand of God only who sheweth himselfe a Reuenger when any one is vniustlie punished by the Magistrate whome no man is permitted to resiste with armes according as it happened to Achab and Iezabell For besides the death of many Prophets they caused righteous Naboth to bee murthered thereby vniustly to gette his Vineyarde and then our God who reserued the punishments heereof till conuenient time suffered Achab to endure such necessitie as hee ouerthrewe himselfe and was slaine As for Iezabell shee was throwne from the height of a Towre by her Eunuches rent in peeces with dogs her members

assisted by God did not sustaine and restore it hardlie should she find any other to helpe her with recouerie of health albeit this is not the first time that Fraunce hath been deuided into Leagues and partialities after which it hath beene reunited and reconciled For the disease of this estate is so sharpe and violent albeit the cause thereof is well knowne to all as if it find not an aunswerable remedie by the admirable prescription of some speciall and no vulgare Phisition vndoubtedly immediate death will ensue Which were great pittie my Lordes that Rebels should so doe after they haue mangled dissipated and spoyled it vnder collour of reformation and pretence of Religion haue likewise brought in the Spanyard euen to the verie hart of the estate and then caused him to discend into Brittaine Prouince to enrich himselfe with the publique ruines and hauocke of French-mens goods Doe ye not already behold that the Spanyards are Maisters within Paris Doe yee not see them gorging the riches treasure of the Cittizens See yee not likewise how they handle the foolish people that when they come to acknowledge theyr fault they are so feeble and faint-harted as they easily chase driue them forth of their houses wherof they presently will haue the authority and disposing beside eyther by faire meanes or force deale with theyr wiues theyr daughters and their seruaunts It is easie as Pindarus saith for the rude base multitude to trouble and ouer-turne a great Cittie but to bring and re-establish it in the former florishing esttae requireth a little more paine and trauaile For such onely can doe that to whom God as the true Gouernour giueth the means and counsell how to performe it The King alone can re-establish Paris and the Spanyarde assisted with the Rebels both without within gapeth but for the generall ruine therof The King labours to preserue it as beeing his proper heritage and principall seate of the Kinges the Spanyard imployeth his daily paine for the losse therof accounts it best to vse it as a garrison a pernicious garrison a garrison which will be the miserable end of the greatnesse and excellencie of Paris for whose safety the King endured before it the discommodities of a long siedge desiring rather to recouer it by reason and reknowledging of offences past thē to take it by force and so commit it to sack the Souldiours spoyle Therfore thou needest not accuse the King because so long time he besieged Paris with no other intent rather heereby thou shouldest conceiue an argument of most wonderfull and debonnaire kindnesse or rather a princely fatherlines towards his Subiects who are as deere to hym as his naturall Children What man is he so foolish that will thrust fire into his house vnder shadowe that it is occupied by his enemies if he haue the meanes left to chase them away or to make them become hys Freendes VVhat Father is it beeing neuer so greeuously offended with hys Sonne will therefore immediatly worke his death or destruction Will he not rather vse discretion and tarry the time wherein by necessitie or other kinde of trauersing hee may bring him againe into the right way or acknowledgement of hys fault In vain were it to doubt otherwise marrie if the sonne perseuere long time stubborne and the Father be seuere in the end he will chastise him according to his deserts The King then hath proceeded like a good Father of a familie hauing vsed incredible pacience and kindnesse euen till the extremity when he might haue ruined and confounded all his enemies God therefore will permit him a double recompence and if heereafter the Rebelles be handled by his Maiestie more rigorously themselues thereof haue giuen him iust occasion It is harde to order or well guyde an aduice and deliberation for reducing a Kyngdome vexed wyth troubles and sedicions into a sounde assuraunce as the Pylot what-soeuer experience he hath findes it difficult for him to guide the Shyp when he is hindered with exceeding rough Seas and extraordinarie tempests when he shall be dryuen from hys right course of Nauigation and see the vessell begin to splyt and shyuer against the Rockes being vnable longer to man the stearne But GOD gyueth grace to the King as a most good assured expert Pylote to recouer the Barque of the Common-wealth of Fraunce so menaced and in danger of ship-wrack to the confusion of all his enemies And nowe to returne to you my Lordes loue yee better to lyue miserably vnder the tyranny of them that would destroy yee then vnder the sweete and agreeable subiection of the most gracious King on the earth Who makes no spare of himselfe but standes exposed to all daungers to winne you by his Armes and by the assistance of so many great Lords and Gentlemen to re-seate peace quiet and tranquillity As Pindarus writes comparing Peace to a fayre and mylde weather which causeth aboundance and fertilitie of all good things and is as he saith the soule of the spirite and thought the daughter of Iustice that conserueth and maintaineth the greatest Citties hauing the most excellent keyes of counsell and good deliberation VVyll not you then trauaile with your King to gaine thys fayre and precious Iewell Will not you followe him to chase hence the cruell dysquieters of your Countrey Loue ye better to consent to theyr inuasion to loose and bury your selues in theyr Conquests then liue vnited to your King in peace in your Houses and Castels wyth your Wyues and Chyldren Wyll yee suffer your selues to fall head-long into thys discorde which ingendereth nothing but confusion which in such sort dazeleth the very greatest spyrits as they shall not see and know what is good for them How soueraigne a vertue is it to counsell well and howe equall there-with is it to listen good counsell and follow it It is greatly to bee feared considering the mallice of these Rebels that it bee not saide of this estate as Cicero wrote of the Romaine common-wealth the shaddowe whereof to our great paine remaines in this kingdome Sedition is lightly mooued and oftentimes on very small occasion but suddainlie it engendreth dyuers troubles as raging stormes and tempests that sundry wayes tosse and turmoyle the Common-wealth and sometimes it falles out that the Author of these broyles dooth as the Bird who hauing got bird-lyme by chaunce into her winges the more shee striues to loose her selfe the faster her winges cleaue together with the lyme If then wee woulde haue the Common-wealth to liue and florish let vs liue in agreement with our King for concorde is the verie soule of the Common-wealth The vnitie which you haue followed vntill this present is contrarie both to your quiet and welfare of the state Perceiue yee not by the disorders heere engendred by the enemies of the Realme that their entrance was made onely to triumph ouer you And will yee forget your selues so much as