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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14936	A pithie exhortation to her Maiestie for establishing her successor to the crowne Whereunto is added a discourse containing the authors opinion of the true and lavvfull successor to her Maiestie. Both compiled by Peter Wentworth Esquire.	Wentworth, Peter, ca. 1530-1596.	1598 (1598)	STC 25245; ESTC S119716	85,250	228

present Prince whose successor is made knowne by him and is also advanced to that cleere hope by him is to feare anie such perill from the successor In which case wee haue shewed in our reasons before that hardlie in anie storie anie such example can be found Yet seeing these examples are alleadged it shall not be amisse some-what to consider of them Edward the third was but 15. yeres Edward 2. deposed by his sonne Ed. 3. and how olde when his father was deposed and therefore not likelie to bee contriver of his fathers deposing Nay who so readeth Grafton pag 213. 214. 215. the storie he shall finde that he was deposed by his Nobilitie and commons as one in their iudgement not worthie to be a king Their reason was for that he was altogether ruled by the lewde counsell of the two Spensers Robert Baldock Pierce of Gauestone and other ill counsellours whereby he vainelie consumed the treasure of the land and overthrewe King ●ich 2● deposed by Hen ●● why Grafton pag. 401. the nobilitie and state And king Richard the sec was deposed not by one whome he had made his knowne successor but by Henry the fourth no successor to him by right but an vsurper and that for his great misgovernment as it doth appeare in the storie by 28. articles obiected against him at his deposing wherein his nobility and commons shewed that they liked rather to haue an vsurper to raigne over thē that would preserue the crowne them then a rightfull king that would perill the crowne and state also So Henrie Hen. 6. deposed by Ed. 4. the sixt was deposed by Edwarde the fourth who had a present right to the crowne and was neither heire apparant nor knowne successor vnto him but he was deposed for the causes for the which God is often angrie with princes namelie as witnesseth the storie for being to much advised by the wicked counsell of William de la Poole Duke of Suffolke by whose meanes as the historie saieth the good Duke of Glocester the kings vncle was put to death and the countries that the crown of England did then possesse in France were delivered and loste hee beeing the swallower vp of the kings treasure wherby the warres were not maintained and the expeller from the King of all good and vertuous counsellours and the bringer in and the advancer of vitious persons common enemies apparant adversaries to the publike weale Heere be manie hard points discovered in a counsellour the which a Wise Princes will look narrowlie into the affections of their counsellers wise Prince will narrowlie looke into least anie of his be infected with anie of these faults His wife also and others did likewise so over-rule him so that the state was by his evill governement greatlie troubled vexed and the nobility much perilled Nowe King Edwarde the fift was murdered being but a childe by his Ed 3. murthered by Rich. 3. wicked and trayterous vncle Richard the third who was neither his heire nor successor by right So that these examples rather proue that there is perill to the present governor from secret ambitious and vnknowne competitors than from known successors for three of these were neyther heyres nor successors by right to them whome they deposed and the fourth had the Crowne throwne in his lappe both vnlooked and vnwished for And in deede and truth princes are in far more danger succession not beeing established then when it is setled The reason is forcible for the neglect thereof produceth the disfavour of God and his subiects whereof we haue a good example of David who before he did establish the succession in Salomon was in farre more danger then afterwards for before first Absolon then Adoniiah were vp in armes for the crown but Salomon once setled in the title of succession we reade of no more such dangerous attemptes in his time And certaine it is that your Maiestie hath beene in much more danger hitherto the title to succeed you beeing vndetermined then you can be by anie likelyhoode when soever it shall be declared who hath the right of succession And so by this that is said alreadie it sufficientlie appeareth that the perilles by having a known successor are rather shadowes of perilles then perilles in deede whereas by concealing of the succession and not declaring where it resteth your Maiestie knoweth a successor how weaklie soever supposed yet mightilie supported both by domesticall traitours and forrayne enemies hath bred you manie evident and dangerous perilles The Lord be blessed who hath delivered you out of their snares pits and hath intrapped themselues therin But you haue no cause yet to thinke moste gratious Ladie but that the popish faction which other malcontents having nowe lost the staffe of their hope but that they ere this haue The Queene of Scots busied themselues to finde another for you may assure your selfe the more silent you are to make knowne your successor the glader are they for they thinke they may thereby the more boldlie set vp one to themselues in their owne conceites wherein when their devises and plots are come to anie ripenesse former experience hath taught you what to looke for from them or at their hands God preserue you alwaies from them and their treacheries and giue you grace ever to beware of them and never to trust them Againe what daunger is there that you can suppose to be likelie to arise by making known your successor that evidentlie ariseth not of keeping him vnknown for it is to bee thought that where the best right is it is well knowne to him that hath it Then the more the right of his title be sought to bee suppressed and concealed the more it is likelie it will stirre the coales of wrath in his heart and the sooner it will cause him to put forth himselfe least he should by silence misse of that which he accounted his right And will not the concealing therof cause manie to flatter themselues that they haue a title and so danger may spring vnto your Maiestie from manie fountaines and frō some perhaps that are not thought of And all reason perswadeth that there is lesse daunger to be feared from him that hath right to succeede especiallie being bound vnto your maiestie for publishing and manifesting of his right then by one that is grieved offended with your maiestie for hiding and suffering his title to lie hid And every one seeth that the danger that ariseth from one him known is easilier prevented then that which ariseth from manie some of them also vnknowne It were questionlesse therefore everie way the safest way for your maiestie to binde him that hath the best right to succeed to you to all loue and thankfulnes towards you and consequently by that kinde meanes from seeking to endanger you anie way but especiallie by your kind cleering declaring his right and then also to put out of hope all others