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A02726 An exhortacion to the Scottes to conforme them selfes to the honorable, expedie[n]t, and godly vnion, betwene the twoo realmes of Englande and Scotlande. Harrison, James, fl. 1547. 1547 (1547) STC 12857; ESTC S103818 29,237 128

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ingratitude hitherto doth to her vtter moste strēgth power seke with al possible gentlenes to recōcile vs with all her endeuoure continuallye laboureth to make vs partakers of her concorde and vnitie her trāquilite quiet her wealth luckey fortune her cōquestes triūphes finallie of all her incōparable ioyes felicities I shal lastely beseche and exthorte and as farre as the mothers aucthoritie ouer the chylorē may adiure you by God the very aucthor of all peace Loue Charitie cōcorde to returne into the right waie out of the whiche ye haue so long gone a straigh Remēber I besech you o most dere coūtremē how that by this calling of vs into this vnitie proceding plainly frō god him selfe he woulde also vnite ioyne vs in one religiō For howe godly were it that as these two Realmes should grow into one so should thei also agre in the concorde vnite of one religiō the same the pure syncere incorrupt religion of Christ setting a part all fonde supersticions sophisticacions other thousandes of deuilries brought in by the bishop of Rome his creatures wherby to geue glosse to their thīges darknes to Gods true worde for the onely purpose to aduaūce their glory treade Gods word vnder fote to vtter their fylthye merchaūdise to sclāder the precious ware Iewels of the scripture emōges the rest to destroye Gods peace ringe their awne alarmes against his moste glorious victory on the Crosse throu-out the worlde And I wote not whether firme cōcorde be otherwise more sureli mortized in mēs hartes then whē it procedeth of the true knowlege of Gods word which doth in so many passages repete vnto vs peace peace loue loue charitie charitie reproueth warre hatred discord seedes doubtelesse scatered by the deuil through those monsters of men that professe preposterous religion to stirre aswell all others as also most specially you my coūtrymē most of all to this diuisiō roare wherin thei fearinge the worthy fall wherwith God threateneth thē which they now perceiue by others exāples to hāg ouer their heades deuise by hooke by croke to kepe you stil occupied in mistrust of your best frendes casting before your eyes mystes shadowes colors suche as Iuglers vse to doo to th ende lest if you should once se the clearnes of Gods worde you should then encline to that of your selfes and most easly wherunto I do now with so much a do exhorte you I perceyue that the loue to my country and nacion hath made me vnawares to haue wandred furder then at the first I purposed wherfore I wil make an ende if fyrst I shall repete that I haue already proued vnto you that these twoo Realmes were first a Monarchie vnder Brutus and soo lefte by hys order to his sonnes by the superioritie geuē to the eldest which forme of gouernaunce was also vnder Constātyne I haue alsoo proued that these two realmes ought to come vnder that fourme the kinges Maiestie that now is to be Monarch of the same aswel for the superiorite which was in his aūcestors proued by the homages other thinges afore alleged the claim wherof did yet neuer cease as also specially by force of your awn late act of parliamēt wherby he ought of right to mary our Prīcesse thīheritrice of the crown of Scotlāde by occasiō wherof we shal be receiued not into seruitude but īto the same felowship w e Englishmē the names of both subiectes realmes ceassing to be chāged into the name of Britaī Britons as it was first yet stil ought to be And how necessary that same fourme of the gouernaūce of one Monarche or kinge is you se to be more clere then the sonne the same to be a ready easy meane how both tappease al discord which otherwise wil neuer stint also testablish vs in euerlasting peace quiete trāquillite vnto whiche effectes there is verely none other meane And the thing selfe though I should holde my peace doth sufficiētly speake avouche the same to be awaye vnto both Realmes most honorable because not only the Empire shal by the occasion be the more large strōg in it self the King the more puissant famous profitable for that discorde shal ceasse cōcord come in place thereby the people cōmon weale florish prospere godly for the we shal agre all in one the same the true christen religiō IT remaineth now to say vnto you that the right high mightie and excellēt prince Edward duke of Somerset erle of Hertforde Viscount Beauchāp lord Seymour gouernor of the persone of the Kynges Maiestie of Englande protector of all his realmes dominions subiectes his lieuetenasit general of al his armies bothe by lande and by sea Treasorer Erle Marshal of England gouernor of the isles of Gernsey and Iersey knight of the moste noble ordre of the garter A man for his actes and worthinesse well knowen to the world you of whom you haue had late experience to your pernes his dolour for that as the louyng mother in beafyng her childe weepeth so in punishyng you he did it lothely and to his grief because he pitied your case The said lord protector is commyng towardes you with a puissaūt inuincible army hauing on his side God the iust cause and an intēt to receiue to mercy grace fauor so many of you as for that furthering of this mariage his other Godly purposes wil come in to him And cōtrarily to punish correct the rest that shal remain in their stubburn wilful disobediēce Wherfor o coūtrymen cōsidering the on oure part we haue nothing but the wrōg iniust cause violaciō of our promises othes geuē to England with cōceiued words after mature iuste deliberaciō callyng God his angels vnto witnes therof who knoweth our infidelitie will not leaue the iniury doen to hym them vnreuenged For the regard of God for your awn sakes for the tendre respecte of our coūtrey cast wisely doune that armour weapōs that you haue so fondely put on takē in hand submit your selfes hūbly to the mercy clemencie of so noble benigne a Prince who is rather come thither louīgly toembrace receiue you yea as your protector to defēd assist you then to punish you according to your desertes But if you shal despice my coūsail abuse his humanitie good offers how gētle clement soeuer he be of his awn nature thinke you for sure that God who wil not suffre infidelite tescape lōg īchastised wil stirre vp his corage to do vengeāce vpō you for your insolēcie and faith brokē the which I writ not without sorow teares Praiīg God for his pitie goodnesse to geue you his grace better mynde so as you may forsake the errors the now lead you hedlong and maie folow these good holsome coūsailes of your most natural and most tendre louyng countreimā wherby you maie accord as by your promises and dueties ye ought to do to so godly so honorable and so profitable condiciōs as are now gētelly offered you Excussum Londini in aedibus Richardi Graftoni typis Impressoris Anno salutis nostrae 1547.
An EXHORTATION TO THE SCOTTS to conforme themselves to the honourable expedient and godly union betwene the two realmes of Englande and Scotland dedicated to Edward duke of Somerset by James Harryson LONDON PRINTED by Rich. Grafton 1547. ¶ TO the right high and mightie prince Edward Duke of Somerset Etle of Hertford Viscount Beauchamp lorde Seymour Gouernor of the persone of the Kynges Maiestie of Englande and Protector of all his Realmes Dominions and Subiectes his lieuetenaunt generall of all his armies bothe by lande and by sea Tresore● and Erle Marshall of Englande Gouernor of the Isles of Gernsey and Gersey and knight of the moste noble ordre of the Garter Iames Harryson Scottisheman wisheth healthe honor and felicitie CAllyng to mynde as I do oft moste excellent Prince the ciuill discencion and mortal enemitie betwene the twoo Realmes of Englande and Scotlande it bryngeth me in muche marueill how betwene so nere neighbors dwellyng with in one land compassed within one sea alied in bloude and knitte in Christes faithe suche vnnaturall discorde should so long continue Vnnaturall I maie wel call it or rather a Ciuill warre where brethren kynsmen or countreymen be diuided and seke the bloud of eche other a thyng detestable before God horrible to the worlde and pernicious to the parties and no lesse straunge in the iyes of reasonable men then if the lymmes and membres of mannes body should fall out within them selfes as the hand to hurte the foote or the fote the hande If any vtilitie or gain should growe thereby it were the lesse maruail but when there doth nothyng ensue but suche fruite as warre bryngeth furthe whiche is fackyng of tounes subuersion of holdes murder of men rauishinēt of women slaughter of olde folke and infantes burnyng of houses and corne with hunger and pestilence twoo buddes of thesame tre and finally the vtter ruyne of the whole kyngdom I wonder that eemōgest so many pollitique rulers as be and haue been in both realmes the nuschief so long spied the remedy hath not yet bee sought Who is so blynd that doth not see it or who so harde harted that doth not pitie it I omitte here to speake of the greate afflicciōs and miserie whiche Scotlande hath susteined by warres in tymes passed a matter ouer lōg to be rehersed and yet to great to be forgotten But to come to later tyme what hath been doen within these sixe yeres sithe the warres wer reuined how the coūtrey hath been ouer runne spoyled and heried by Englishemen on the one side and by our awne warremen or rather robbers on the other side to speke nothyng of the plague of God it would greue any harte to thinke If this miserie fell onely vpō the mouers and mainteiners of suche mischief it were lesse to be lamented but thei sitte safe at home and kepe holy daie when the feldes lie ful of their bodies whose deathes thei moste cruelly and vuchristiāly haue procured If Edēbrough Lieth Louthian Mers or Tiuidale had tongues to speake their loude complainte would perse the deafe eares But what nedeth spethe when their iyes maie se plain enough what their deuillish hartes haue deuised This miserie is muche to be sorowed and more to be sorowed then their wickednes to be detesied whiche haue kyndled the fire and still late on brandes to feede thesame In whom if either respect of Religion whiche thei professe or zeale of Iustice whereunto thei are sworne either feare of God or loue to their countrey did any thyng woorke thei would refuse no trauaill nor torment of body nor mynde no nor death if it wer offered for the sauegarde of theim whose distruccion thei haue wrought And these bee onely twoo sortes the one is of suche as either for feare of their Hypocrisy to bee reueled or euill gotten possessions to be transiated would haue no peace nor cōcord the other bee suche as for a lawelesse libertie and doyng wrōg vnpunished would pull out their heddes from all lawe and obedience Such and none other be aduersaries to our cause If these if sortes I saie should fele but half the miserie whiche the poore people be driuen to suffre thei would not be halfe so hastie to ryng alarmes These be thei whiche professyng knowledge abuse the ignoraunce of the nobilitie and commonaltie to the destrucciō of bothe hauyng peace in their mouthes and all rancor and vengeaunce in their hartes pretendyng religion perswade rebellion preachyng obedience procure al disobedience semyng to forsake all thyng possesse all thyng callyng themselfes spirituall are in deede moste carnall and reputed heddes of the Churche bee the onely shame and slaunder of the Churche If these people would as earnesty trauail for the concord of bothe realmes as thei indeuour with toothe and naill to the contrary these mischeues aforesaied should either not haue happened or els at the least not so long haue continued by whose lure so long as the nobles and cōmons of Scotlande be led I am in dispaire of any amitie or frendship betwene these two realmes GOD bryng their falsehed once to light and turne their iniquitie vpon their awne heddes BVT to my purpose seyng the mischief so greate the aucthors so many the mainteinaunce so strōg and so few that seke amendement in declaraciō of mine earnest zeale and vnfained affeccion towardes my coūtrey I in default of other put my self in prease And though least able yet moste willyng and desirous of the honor and quiet of bothe realmes whiche cause seing it correspondeth to vertue godlinesse me thought it conuenient to seke for the same a patrone vertuous and Godly whereby your grace entered my remembraunce whose procedynges hetherto haue made manifest to the worlde what an ardent zeale ye beare to thaduauncement of all veritie truth So that all men conceiue certain hope that by your high wisedom pollicie and other Princely vertues the stormes of this tempestious worlde shall shortely come to a calme And seyng God hath not onely called you to the height of this estate but so prospered your grace in all affaires bothe of war and peace as your actes bee comparable to theirs whiche beare moste fame your grace cānot merite more towardes GOD or the worlde then to put your helpyng hande to the furtheraunce of this cause Hereby shall you declare an incōparable seruice to the kynges Maiestie of England whiche beyng young of yeres is yet ripe in vertue to gouerne any kyngdom whose excellent giftes of nature and inclinacion to all Godlinesse considered the world is in opiniō that he shal bee nothyng inferior to the greate honor and glorie of his father whose praises I ouer passe fyndyng my selfe vnable to expresse them in any degree But sith your grace as a person moste electe is called to the gouernan̄ce and tuiciō of his persone and proteccion of his realmes and dominions all mennes expectacion is that hauyng so apte a moulde to worke vpō you shall so frame his you the with verteous
peace with vs perpetually neither as lawfull enemies but admitted a truce or an intermission of warr for a tyme alwaies exceptyng Lorne and Lundie and with a caution to saue their title and right Our awne Recordes and registers approue this howbeit let no man iudge that myne entent is herin to pleade the cause of Englande for that I neither can doo ne professe to doo but onely to geue light to suche as liste to seke that the matter is not so cleare on our side as oure writers would haue it seme and therfore I would that men should weigh the querell indifferently and without affecciō and not to leane more on the one side then on the other For the title which I alledge is neither deuised vpon phantasie worne out with age introduced by conquest ne enforced with fe●●re or compulsion but grounded vpon truth dooen within memory wrought by consente and agreyng to all iustice equitie lawe pacte and promise not doen in priuate but openly and not by a ●ew but by a multitude vpon a greate deliberacion and that in parliamēt whiche title enduceth no feruitude but fredome libertie concord and quietnesse and serueth aswell for Scotlande as Englande makyng equalitie without supertoritie AT the parliament holden at Edinbrough immediatly after the death of our last kyng wher al the lordes thother states and orders of our realme wer assembled sauing the Erle of Arguyle that appered there by his proctor sir Ihou Cāmell The mariage betwene our Princes and the kynges maiestie of Englād kyng Edward the VI. then beyng prince was fully concluded by aucthoritie of the same Parliament al thassentes of the said states and Orders concurryng therunto The whiche for more faithe testimony of the thyng was also confirmed by writing vnder the greate seale of Scotlande Maie there be any thyng of greater aucthoritie force or euidence any title more righteous then this graunted not by our auncestors but by our selfes and to a prince now liuyng not in tyme oute of mynde but now these so fewe yers freshely paste not rashely or sodainly but by greate and deliberate aduisemēt and the same not of a fewe but of all the states of the realme assēbled not at al aduentures but solēpnely in paramēt a thing no doubt instilled from the almightie and the same our moste merciful god into the mindes of the workers thereof to haue set an end to al the discord of bothe realmes by that vnion and knot of mariage And what madnes or deuill O moste dere coūtreimē hath so moued or rather distracte our myndes eftsones to take weapō in hand and the same against oure promises fidelities honoures and othes hauyng on oure side no good grounde honestie reason ne any iuste respecte but onely of the prouocacion of the deuil the pope and his rable of religious men as thei would seme to be specially those whom we cal our auncient frendes where their are in deede our auncient enemies the Frenchemen And when we shall haue well cōsidered this attonement with Englande compared the same with the league of Fraūce and well weighed thententes endes of bothe we shall perceiue the the one calleth vs to an euerlasting peace quietnes and the other hath and will kepe vs if wee forsake it not in tyme in cōtinual miserie and warres And that maie we easily iudge in repeting from the beginnyng the causes of the one and of the other The Frenchmen fearyng more and more the power of Englande whiche had so many tymes dooen theim so notable displeasures as not onely to haue wonne of them sundry battailes wherof for briefnes sake I reporte me to the stories but also for that the Englishemen haue as ye knowe these many yeres kepte foote and possession of ground in Fraunce did besides and emōg many other thynges deuise this one as a chief staye for theim to make vs of their faccion against Englande thinkyng therby at all tymes when either for iust causes Englande should haue to do with theim or thei with Englande wee should set on the backes of the English men or otherwise anoye theim either to force thē to withdrawe their armie out of Fraunce or els bee constreined for resistēce or inuasions to diuide their power and so to be the weaker euē as it hath come to passe that the Englishemen haue so been forced to doo when neuerthelesse it hath redounded to no lesse discomfiture of our nacion then of the Frenchemen their principall enemies An euident proife and triall whereof partely because thynges of farther tyme and memorie hauyng been so many and so oftē nede not therin in to be narowly sought for and partly because this example beyng freashest in mynd maie if it please God worke moste best effect did right well appere in the first voyage of Kyng Henry the VIII a Prince of mooste worthy famous memorie against Fraunce when we inuaded England to haue hyndered his enterprise and doen there some displeasure if wee had might supposyng to haue founde at home but shepherdes priestes and women At one time we lost the feld and our kyng beyng otherwise a noble Prince and a valeaunte Knight besides an infinite nūbre of our countreimen few of the Englishe part wantyng kyng Henry at the very self same time wonne the battaill in Fraunce at the iorney of the spurres and besides that wōne also by plain conquest Turwayn and Turney Now when wee shall haue bothe cōsidered our league with the Frenchemen and all the successes that haue chaunced to vs syns the conclusion of the same we cānot recken how to aduaūt vs of any one thyng wee haue wōne but of infinite losses misfortunes slaughters spoyles and vtter ruyne come thereby to vs and our countrey vniuersal The honor and profite if any be cōmeth onely to the Frenchemen whiche serue theimselfes of vs for their money for thinordinate gain wherof we do alwaies hazard our honoures lifes and countrey and haue lost our frendes naye rather beeyng a membre of the selfe body with Englande haue suffered our self to be diuorced torne frō the same and haue so far passed our awne reason that we haue in that behalf attēpted to do hurte to a part of our awnselfes if Gods goodnes towardes Englande had not so prouided that our power could not bee hable to aunswer to our misaduised willes And so farre did we estraunge our selfes that wee could finde in our hartes to become seruile and to bee as cōmon hirelynges to a forrein naciō For what other thing do we but serue theim for their money to our awne vtter destruccions to the spillyng of our awne bloud to the burnyng of oure tounes and to the waste and spoyle of our whole natiue countrey And at this do the Frenchmen laugh thei take pleasure sittyng at home in securitie excepte peraduenture thei sende a few of their cast souldiors of whō thei make lesse accoumptes or estimacion then of so many shepe or hogges Howbeit