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The glorie of man consisting in the excellencie and perfection of woman Gathered out of Holie Scriptures, and most renowned wryters; as well ancient, as moderne; ecclesiaticall, as morall. Wherevnto is annexed The duetie of husbands.
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Raban, Edward, d. 1658.
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Despysers of WOMEN and take example by Cyrus the Emperour who as long as his Emperesse lived being a good and mercifull Prince afterwards became a cruell vnmercifull Tyrant But what followed The Historie sayeth that Thomyris Queene of Scythia waged Battell THOMYRIS agaynst him whom she tooke and caused cut off his head And for a reward of his bloodie crueltie she put his head into a vessell full of mens blood saying Satisfie nowe thy selfe with blood which here-to-fore thou couldst never get anough More-over Amongst the rest of worthie Women let vs speake somewhat of Ieane of Orleans or of Arke IEANE of ORLEANS for whom the French-men haue great cause to praise GOD for by her godlie Skill and willing forewardnesse the kingdome of France was fred from conquering English-men who had imperiouslie possessed that kingdome aboue fourtie years together But yet as the English-men were alwayes valourous Conquerours so also haue they ever beene knowne to bee verie mercifull Enemies and friendlie Foes For though they had conquered all yet of their courtesie they suffered the King of France to possesse Bourdeaux with some other adjacent little Townes for his mayntaynance whereby hee might spende everie day a Sheepe at the least and two Capons besides Leekes Salats c. as sayeth Iohn Marconville in his book of the Prayse of Women chap. 7. Now I will not lose my tyme for the prseut to argue the matter with William Bellay of Lange in his learned Booke Deremilitari concerning the aforesayd Ieane named from Vacolours and called The Mayd of France or The Mayd of Helpe whether thorow the hand of GOD or by Witch-Craft she brought such great things to passe How-so-ever true it was that France by her meanes was set free at that tyme all except Cales which the English-men kept still from the dayes of Philip of Valoys till the Reygne of Heurie the second which was two hundreth and eleven yeares But at last the English Armie lying in siedge before the citie of Campaigne and Jeane making her selfe thither-wardes to relieue the French-men shee was betrayed by John of Luxemburgh and delivered vnto the English who burnt her to powder at Rowane in the moneth of May 1340. To testifie Shee had done good Her deeds were sealed with her blood And therefore Let FORTVNE smyle or frowne bee still content In all Essayes beare still an Heart true bent CHAPTER VI. Of the wonderfull goodnesse of GOD towardes Man whicth He hath wrought by Religious Women And how by a Woman Britayne first receaved the Christian Fayth IT is manifest vnto all men who are not bereaft of their wits and altogether voyd of Understanding That the greatest Benefite vnder the Sunne is THE GIFT OF FAYTH and TRVE BELIEFE whereby wee come neare vnto GOD frame our selues to loue and feare Him and so attayne to the knowledge of His just Iudgements and tender Mercies And this great and excellent Gift of GOD is manifested vnto Mankynde next vnto His Sacred Word even by chosen holie Women whom it pleased GOD to make the first Heraulds of Christ's Glorious Resurrection as sayde is before in our second Chapter And also manie worthie Ecclesiasticall Writers testifie That Marie Magdalene Martha c. did first publish the Gospel and preached CHRIST Crucified and His Resurrection and Ascension in the Countrey of Illyrica which is nowe called Slavonia and also in the Land of Provence where they converted the people and brought them to the true Fayth Wee reade of Apollos a learned Jew of Alexandria an eloquent Man and mightie in the Scriptures And altho hee was alreadie well instructed in the way of the LORD yet Aquila by the ACTS 18. 24. 25. 26. helpe of Priscilla his wyfe expounded vnto him the way of GOD more perfectlie than ever hee knew of before And the great King Agrippa was ACTS 26. 27. 28. 29. but almost perswaded by Paul to bee a Christian But to the contrarie GOD had mercie on good Lydia opened her ACTS 16. 14. 15 heart and not almost but altogether made her His chosen Vessell Reade the Chronicle of fayre England and you shall vnderstand that in the dayes of King Egilbert the whole Realme was infected with the damnable Heresie of Pelagius And Saynct Augustine comming thither to preach the Christian Religion by mediation of the Queene after great and serious paynes and loving intreatie the King gaue eare and was converted together with his People See thus did England first receaue the true Fayth by the meanes of a Woman sayeth Gaguinus Hermigidus King of Gothes beeing GAGUINUS infected with the Heresie of Arrius is also converted and brought to the true acknowledgement of CHRIST crucified even by his Wyfe Nigegond as sayeth the same Gaguinus in his second Booke Also thorow the earnest travell of Clotildis Queene of Perthan the King Clowis her Husband was baptized and greatlie rejoyced with thanksgiving vnto GOD who had brought him from Darknesse to Light and that by the meanes of a Woman sayeth John Marconville Amongst aboundance of other worthie Authors it is manifest by Plutarch Boccace and Symphorian Champer That manie men both mightie and wyse haue gotten their best Education even by Women and receaved from Them next vnto GOD their best and most wholsome Benefites as well concerning the good of the Soule as the profit of the bodie And this was more than manifest on Flavius Clemens in the dayes of Domician the Emperour But now I will not tarrie vpon such an extraordinarie Subject lest our pievish Disgracers of Women should run mad and altogether despare of their Pardon for their misbehaviour in chatting agaynst Women MERCURIUS TRISMEGISTUS Mercurius Trismegistus duelie considering the wonderfull Goodnesse of GOD towards Man in Women sayth That such a Man as in all manner of wayes showed not his full indevour in the Honour yea service of Women let him bee accursed And that such a Man as avoydeth the Companie of Woman let him bee buried quicke But foolish senselesse and irregular Man who will not bee perswaded neyther by Reason nor Trueth to shun his objections That they are but Men and dead long agoe whom I cite for my Warrandize in the just prayse of Women let him hearken then what GOD sayeth vnto Righteous Abraham In all that Sarah sayeth vnto thee GEN. 21. 12. hearken vnto her voyce sayeth the Lord. Then thou that wilt not hearken vnto the voyce of thy Gracious Wyfe I denye thee to bee a sonne of Abraham but rather of Satan the Enemie of all Loue Concord and good Connsell Thus doe we find that Womē in all things Health happines vnto the man still brings And yet envious vnbelieving Man His hardned heart hee never settle can For to implore the Heavens to be so kinde To keepe her state according to her minde CHAPTER VII Of the Wisedome Learning Discipline and good Manners wherein Women haue proven farre more excellent and perfect than Man THE
of Women Reade consideratiuelie beholde how the Women advertised fore-warned yea exhorted the Men and expresslie forbade them To lay handes or MATTH 26. 19. haue adoe with JESVS proclayming and avowing Him To be righteous even as the trueth was indeed Yet vnhappie men would giue no credence to the Trueth but most madlie wickedlie and impudentlie even agaynst all equitie justice and reason they furiouslie proceeded in their madnesse and did not onlie Lay handes vpon the Just as it were to hold Him but for-sooth they bound Him buffeted Him mocked Him spitted vpon Him and with all the spyte the could they crowned Him even with a Crowne of sharpe Thorns Yea and left not off till as shamefullie and with the greatest ignominie they could invent They crucified the LORD of Glorie even betwixt two evill-doers Hee Himselfe having done no evill at all but was vnjustlie accused by such false men as themselues whome they had suborned to be false witnesses Hearken well ye Monsters because your sex rejected CHRIST betake you to your brother Barabbas who beeing guiltie yee saved and condemned the innocent IESUS who is the Brother of WOMEN For they cryed Saue Him saue Him but yee cryed Crucifie Him crucifie Him Yee prowde faynt-hearted men Matth. chap. 26. verse 69. 70 71. 72. 73. 74. Marke chap 14. verse 66. 67 68. 69. 70. 71. Luke chap. 22. verse 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. Iohn chap. 18. verse 17. 18 25. 26. 27. what thinke yee Was it a fit tyme for His Disciples to forsake Him in the Garden And did not His moste boasting Disciple Peter denye Him thryse in short tyme yea with cursing and swearing that he knew Him not 2. The Innocencie of Women and Guiltinesse of Men in this exceeding great Wickednesse is yet verie probable by these folowing Consequents Because the men were found too light and vnworthie therefore the LORD made choyse of Women to be the first Proclaymers and sounding Trumpets of His Glorious Resurrection The meane tyme His Men-disciples beeing too too forgetfull of what CHRIST had sayde vnto them manie tymes before concerning His Resurrection yet were they saythlesslie forgetfull and believed not But on the contrarie His Women-Disciples had great sayth remembred well His words wayted earnestlie for His rysing agayne and departed not from the Graue when as Matth. 18. Marke 16. Iohn 20. the light-brayned and shalow-witted men thought all was done and never to haue heard anie more of their Lord Dispersing themselues some to their former Trade of Fishing others tooke Iohn 21. verse 3. their journey into the Countrey and that vpon the Sabbath Day Yea some Marke chap. 16. verse 12. 13 of them would not belieue that the LORD was risen from the dead when it was tolde them of the rest no not when they saw the LORD Himselfe except they put their handes into His precious wounds and so if it had bene Iohn 20. verse 24. 25. 26. 27. possible to haue holden the LORD still in agonie 3. Beholde still the fayre Priviledges of Women by the example of Rachel Leah and manie others who were preferred before their husbaÌ„ds had the preeminence to name their children even as pleased themselues the great Patriarch Jaakob himselfe father of the twelue Tribes and many other Worthies being thereto silent 4. How can I worthilie anough expresse the prayse of Jaill the wyfe of IAEL Heber the Kennite who with her own hands and alone slue Sisera the Captayne of the Canaanitish hoste who in IUDGES 4. 18. deede had made great spoyle of the LORD'S People Beholde I saye That which manie thousands of men could not atchieue vnto it pleased thâ— LORD to perfect by a Woman as another worthie Penthesilia 5. Gracious Deborah judged Israeâ— DEBOHAR at that tyme bearing prerogatiue anâ— commandement over all Israell as weâ— IUDGES 5. Captaynes and Priestes as commoâ— people And the LORD blessed Israeâ— mightilie in her dayes 6. Look how farre more excellentlie IUDGES 13. 1. SAM 25. the Mother of Sampson behaved heâ— selfe both towardes GOD and Manâ— than did her churlish husband And with her let vs also joyne Gracious Abigaill ABIGAILL 7. See wyse Iudeth howe cowragiouslie IUDETH and valiantlie she slue Olofernus and by that meanes discomfited hundreth thousandes of the Assyrians whyle as the sillie faynt-hearted men were howling and lamenting within the besiedged Citie of Bethulia not once daring to offer to come foorth no not so much as once to looke over â—he Wall Sillie Cowards 8. Hearken yet vnto the true Recordes of the Royall Priviledges of Women Looke to the Countrey of Campaigne where that excellent order is yet from ancient tymes That if it please a Gentle-woman to marry with anie meane man by force of that marriage he is inacted a Gentle-man But if a Gentle-man marrie with a meane woman it is nothing so 9. Also worthie Plutarch reporteth PLUTARCH That it is ordayned in Gallia Celtica to the Honour of Women in respect of a League betwixt Hanniball the Celts That when as a Celt or Gall should complayne of anie injurie done vnto them by a Carthagenian the lords of Carthage were obliedged to heare the cause and make restitution for thâ— wrong But on the contrarie when Carthagenian had wronged a Gall oâ— Celt the Celtish women were judge therein even according to their worthie Discretion Thus were they hoâ—den in high and deserved Honour anâ— moste worthilie preferred before thâ— men of that Countrey 10. More-over The Troglodites of Aethiopia though a barbarous people as sayeth Bohem yet being governed BOHEM with Women as well at home as abroad in the Warres are victorious ritch renowned and feared of their neyghbouring enemies who are governed but with the vicious faynt-hearted effeminate cowardlie and luxurious men 11. Here to the prayse of women I cannot omit to rehearse what one truelie speaketh of the moste Happie Reygne of our Sacred Soveraygne ELIZABETH Queene of England France and Ireland true Defender of the Fayth c. Blessed Queene ELIZABETH sayeth hee a Princesse of Immortall Fame the Admiration of Her Sexe the Helper of all Nations the Patterne of Princes the Delight of Her People and Terrour of Her Enemies Borne to weare a temporall crowne on earth and to bee crowned with Eternall Glorie in Heaven Restored Iohn Taylor the Water Poët and mayntayned the true Religion constantlie Reposed Her onlie Trust in GOD confidentlie Held the Iesuits all Papists and other Hyrelinges at the Staffs ende steadfastlie Put Her Lawes in Execution resolutelie and yet without all crueltie Reygned manie years gloriouslie Departed this lyfe peaceablie And liveth in Heaven triumphantlie HER EPITAPH The Griefes the Feares the Terroures and the Toyles The Sleightes Trickes Snares that for Her lyfe were layd Popes Prisons Poysons Pistoles bloodie Broyles All these incompast Her poore harmlesse Mayd But Shee still trusting in Her Maker's Ayd Was aye defended by His Power Divyne Her Glorie