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A07010
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A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1543
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STC 1743; ESTC S109680
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thy priuye chamber For a byrde of the ayer shall betraye thy voyce and w t her fethers shal she bewray thy wordes There is nothynge hyd y â— shall not come to lyght neyther is there ony secret that shall not come to reuelacion Euse. If they would set before the eyes of they re mynde thys moost godlye wyse sentence than shoulde they neuer offend but euer feare once to thinke ony thing that shoulde be preiudiciall to y e kinges graces honour Phil. Ye saye trueth Prouyde therfore that ye your selues remember it well euer set before your eyes this feare and that not constraynte seruyle bonde or churlysh but reuerent gentle obsequious wyllynge yea euen suche a louynge feare as a deare Sonne hath toward his moost hertely beloued father so that ye woulde feare to offend though ther were no law nor punyshment at all euen for the loue that ye heare towarde vertue true innocencye purite of lyfe If ye haue this fear ye shal easly haue the true obedience all other thinges which moost of al become faythfull louynge subiectes And with out this feare knowe that ye canne none otherwyse but precipitate throwe headlonge your selues into all kynde of mischefe parell dauÌ„ger destruccion Chri. God mought en grasfe in oure hertes thys reuerent feare towarde our moost excellente PriÌ„ce that we by no meanes maye offende hiÌ„ neither in thought word nor dede Theo. Amen good LORD I beseche the. Phile. Moreouer besydes this obedience and feare we owe also to the hygh powers honoure as S. Paule wytnessethe in the aforsayd texte And S. Peter sayth honour all men loue the brotherhead feare God honour the kynge Here are we also commauÌ„ded to honoure the kynge Euse. What meaneth the scripture by that I pray you Phil. To honoure the kynge is not only to pretende shewe an outward humilite huÌ„ble obeysaunce towarde him as by puttyng of our cappe to hym reuerently to speake to hym to knele vnto hym to graunte hym freely wyllyngly what so euer he requireth of vs but also with herte mynde to wysh well vnto hym to desyre all good prosperous thynges vnto hym to praye for hym to desyre longe lyfe vnto hym to pray that God maye rule gouerne all his councelles enterprises affayres to watch diligeÌ„tly y t no harme disturbance or incommodite chauÌ„se vnto hym and in all oure actes eyther publique or priuate open or secret to seake the honour of hym as of oure mooste soueraygne LORDE This honor shewed Dauid to kyng Saul which knowyng Saul to be his vtter enemy one that sought his lyfe woulde notwithstondynge so much as once hurte hym nor yet suffer ony other to do it althoughe he had sufficieÌ„t oportunite occasioÌ„ dyuers tymes to haue slayne hiÌ„ if he had bene so minded The Lord forbyd me sayth he y â— I should laye mynhand on hym Agen kyl hiÌ„ not For who sayth he shall laye handes on the LORDES annoynted and be not gyltye The LORDE lyuethe he dyeth not excepte the LORDE smite him or that his day be come to dye or els go to battayle there perysh He also afterwarde commaunded y e younge manne to be slayne whiche came tolde him that he had kylled kynge Saul thynckynge by thys menes to haue picked a great thaÌ„ke or obtained some beneficial reward at Dauids hand Here was true honor For it is not lawfull for any maÌ„ beynge a subiecte to aryse ageÌ„st hys Prynce to auenge hys owne quarell be he neuer so muche a Tyraunt or sustayneth he at his hand neuer so great iniuries wronges but paciently to suffer all thynges yea rather death thaÌ„ he should once resist leauynge the vengeaunce vnto hym which sayth vengeaunce is myne I wyl reward For he that resisteth the ordinaunce of God getteth to hym selfe dampnacion And they that dishonour the hygh powers shal fall into ignobilite proue a miserable end Chri. They therfore dishonour greatly the magistrates which eâ—cite store vppe sedicions make coÌ„motions trouble the traÌ„quilite of the common weale wysshing that there were no temporall gouernour ouer theÌ„ but that they myght liceÌ„ciously do what so theÌ„ lusteth P. Such sekers of carnal best lyke liberte hitherto haue stil shal receaue a reward worthy theyr labour But learne you moost deare brothers vtterly to reny forsake the pestiferous wicked maÌ„ners of such sedicious Scismatykes disobedient Rebellions and study vnfaynedly to giue that true obedieÌ„ce feare honour to our moost christeÌ„ bouÌ„teous Prynce y t the scripture requireth of vs as I haue taughte you before and to so manye also as are appoynted of him to rule vnder his graces dominion So shall ye both please God and also leade a good and quiet lyfe in this worlde Euse. God forbyd that the contrarye shoulde be founde in vs. Phil. Nowe remayneth the fourth thynge to be declared vnto you which all we subiectes from the hyghest to the lowest owe to our moost excelleÌ„t kynge Theo. What is that I pray you Phil. Uerely trybute For this causealso sayth S. Paule must ye pay tribute For they are Gods ministers which mayntayne the same defeÌ„ce Gyue therfore to euery man his duty trybute to whome tribute beloÌ„geth custome to whome custome is due feare to whom feare beloÌ„geth honoure to whome honour pertayneth Chri. I pray you what meane ye by this worde tribute PHIL. By tribute I vnderstand all paymentes that are due to the ciuile magistrates as tenthes fyftenes reÌ„tes taskes subsidies customes c. All these are we bounde by Gods commaundement to paye without ony tumulte or grudgynge that not wythout a cause For seynge that y â— hygh powers take so great paynes for to defeÌ„de vs to kepe al that we haue in safegarde agaynst the violence of our enemies agen to mayntayn vertu to expulse vice which thynge can not be brought to passe without prudeÌ„t wyse learned gouernours it is expedient that we whiche receaue these coÌ„modities of them do minister agayne vnto theÌ„ freely aboundantly and liberally what soeuer they require of vs for y â— preseruacion of y â— publique weale and mayntenaunce of theyr dignite Neyther can we denye theÌ„ thys excepte we wyl transgresse Goddes precepte and fall into the daunger of damnacion and shew that we be moost extreme enemies to oure selues For Christe wyllynge to gyue vs an example of this thyng payd tribute hym selfe and commauÌ„ded other so to do sayenge Paye that whiche is due to Cesar vnto Cesar vnderstandynge by the name of Cesar euery magistrate and temporal power generally And that the kynges grace may lawefully withoute onye scruple or grudge of coÌ„science take such charges of vs as I rehearsed before and that we oughte not once to mutter agaynst his graces pleasure wyll iÌ„ this behalf it is manifest by these wordes