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A68723	An epistle or exhortacion, to vnitie [and] peace, sent fro[m] the Lorde Protector, [and] others the kynges moste honorable counsaill of England: to the nobilitie, gentlemen, and commons, and al others the inhabitauntes of the realme of Scotlande	Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.	1548 (1548)	STC 22268; ESTC S110952	9,124	42

through his infinite grace come vnto these realmes Or if any man of you or of any other nacion doubteth hereof excepte that you loke for miracles to bee doen herein and yet if ye marke all the possibilities of the natures of the twoo princes the children alredy had the doubtfull chaunce least eche of theim should haue a sonne or bothe doughters or not of mete ages with other circumstaūces both of the partie of this realme of Englande and that of Scotland whiche hath not chaunced in viii C. yeres it must nedes be reconed a greate meruaill and a miracle But let it be no miracle seyng that God dooth not nowe speake in oracles as emōges the Iewes he did And present prophesies now a daies bee but either not certain or els not plain What more certaintie can bee had of Gods will in this case then the before rehersed dooeth bryng But if GOD hymself should speake what could he speake more then he speaketh in these cal you them prouidences or chaunces If you bee still afflicted and punished may he not saie I of my infinite mercie and loue to your nacion had prouided a right heire and a prince to the one and a right heire princes to the other to bee ioyned in my holy lawes and by the lawe of nature and the world to haue made an vnitie concorde and peace in the whole Isle of bothe the realmes you refused it you loued better dissencion then vnitie discorde then agremente warre then peace hatered then Loue and Charitie If you doo then therfore smart for it whom can you blame but youre awne eleccion BVT because some of those who maketh hereto impedimentes who cannot but confesse that there appereth Gods prouidence herein and opportunitie and occasiō geuen to vnite both the realmes yet may hereafter saie and heretofore hath saied that the faulte herein is that wee seke not equalitie nor the mariage but a conquest wee would not be frēdes but be lordes Although our Proclamacions at the laste warres dooeth enough declare the contrary yet here wee proteste and declare to you and all Christian people to be the kynges Maiesties mynd our Masters by our aduise and counsaill not to conquer but to haue an amitie not to wynne by force but to conciliate by loue not to spoyle and kil but to saue and kepe not to disseuer and diuorce but to ioyne in mariage from high to low bothe the realmes to make of one Isle one realme in loue amitie concorde peace and Charitie Whiche if you refuse and driue vs to conquere who is giltie of the blood shed Who is the occasion of the warre Who maketh the battailes the brennyng of houses and the deuastacion whiche shall folowe CAN it be denied but that we haue the great seale of Scotlande graunted by the Parliament of Scotlande for the mariage whiche should bee made with assuraunces and pledges vntil the performaūce And this in the tyme that the late kyng of moste famous memorie our souereigne Lorde kyng Henry the eight did reigne and in the tyme of thesame your Gouernor who now is the erle of Arreigne who then beyng a chief dooer and laborer therein for the high inestimable benefite of that realme So sone as he was by the late Cardinall of S. Andrews and others with certain vain feares hopes and gredines of dignitie peruerted reuolted frō his first agrement and put al the realme to the losse of suche holdes and fortresses as be now taken from you and to the losse of a foughten feld for the which we are sory if otherwise peace could haue been cōcluded for his awne priuate lucre rechelesnes of that noble Realme And what ende canne you loke of this maner of procedynges but suche successe as heretofore hath been experimēted and assaied we offre loue we offer equalitie amitie we ouercome in war and offer peace wee wynne holdes and offre no conquest we gette in your lande and offre Englande What can be more offered and more profered then entercourse of merchaūdises enterchaunge of mariages the abholishyng of all suche our lawes as prohibiteth thesame or might bee impediment to the mutuall amitie We haue offerd not onely to leaue thaucthoritie name title right or chalenge of conquerours but to receiue that whiche is the shame of mē ouercomed to leaue the name of the nacion and the glory of any victorie if any wee haue had or should haue of you and to take the indifferent old name of Britaynes again because nothyng should be left of our part vnoffered nothyng of your part vnrefused whereby you might bee inexcusable And all the worlde might testifie all other meanes not beyng able to do any thyng after many other waies and remedies attēpted Battaill of vs to be takē as an extreme refuge to atteigne righte and reason emonges Christian men IF any man maie rightfully make battaill for his espouse and wife the daughter of Scotland was by the greate seale of Scotland promised to the sonne and heire of Englande If it bee lawfull by Gods Lawe to fighte in a good querell and for to make peace This is to make an ende of all warres to conclude an eternall and perpetuall peace whiche to confirme wee shall fighte and you to breake is it not easie to decerne who hath the better parte GOD and the sworde hath all ready and shall hereafter if there bee no remedie trie it Who so willeth the mariage to goo forwarde who myndeth the peace and tranquilitie of bothe the Realmes who willeth no conquest to bee had but amitie and loue to bee established betwixte vs wee refuse no manne let hym bryng his name and his pledge of good seruice in this querell he shal not onely be receiued to the amitie but shal haue sufficient defence agaynste the aduersaries VVE neither do nor intend to put any man from his takkes or offices onlesse he will needes resist so cōpell vs thereunto what face hath this of cōquest We intend not to disherit your Quene but to make her heires inheritors also to England What greater honor can you seke vnto your Quene then the mariage offred What more meter mariage then this with the kynges highnes of Englād What more sure defence in the noneage of your Quene for the Realme of Scotlande then to haue England patron and garrison We seke not to take from you youre lawes nor customes But we seke to redresse your oppressions whiche of diuerse you do sustein IN the realme of England diuerse lawes and customes be accordyng to the auncient vsage of the parties thereof And likewise in Fraunce Normādy and Gascoigne hath sundery kynd of ordres Hath al the realmes and dominions whiche the Emperor now hath one and one sorte of lawes These vain feares and phantasies of expulsion of youre nacion of chaungyng the lawes of makyng a cōquest bee driuen into your heddes of those who in deede had rather you were all conquered spoyled slain then thei

¶ An Epistle or exhortacion to vnitie peace sent frō the Lorde Protector others the kynges moste honorable counsaill of England To the Nobilitie Gentlemen and Commons and al others the inhabitauntes of the Realme of Scotlande Edward by the grace of God Duke of Somersett Erle of Hertforde Viscount Beauchamp lorde Seimour vncle to the kynges highnes of Englande Gouernor of his moste royall persone and Protector of all his Realmes dominions and Subiectes Lieuetenaunt generall of all his Maiesties Armies bothe by lande and sea Threasauror and Erle Marshall of Englande Gouernor of the Isles of Gernesey Iersey and Knight of the moste noble ordre of the Garter with others the Counsaill of the saied moste high and noble Prince EDVVARD by the grace of God of Englande Fraunce and Irelande kyng defender of the Faithe and in yearth vnder Christe the supreme hedde of the Churche of Englande Irelande To the nobilitie and counsailors gentlemen and the commons and all others the inhabitauntes of the realme of Scotland Gretyng and Peace CONSIDEryng with our selfes the presēt state of thynges weiyng more depelye the maner and termes wherein we and you do stāde It maketh vs to merueile what euil fatal chaūce doth so disseuer your hartes and maketh theim so blinde and vnmindfull of your profite and to still conciliate and heape to your self mooste extreme mischiefes the whiche we whō you will nedes haue your enemies go aboute to take awaie frō you and perpetually to ease you therof And although by all reasone and ordre of necessitie it should bee rather more conuenient for you to seke and require moderate agrementes of vs whō god hath hetherto accordyng vnto our moste iuste true and Godly meanynges and intētes prospered and set forwarde with youre affliccion and miserie then that we beyng superiours in the feld Masters of a great part of your realme should seke vpon you Yet to thintent that our charitable mynde and brotherly loue should not cease by all meanes possible to prouoke and cal you to youre awne commoditie and profite euen as the father to the sonne or thelder brother would do to the yōger brother And as the louyng Phisicion would do to the mistrustfull and ignoraūt pacient we are cōtent to call and crye vpon you to looke on your state to auoyde the greate calamitie your Countrey is in To haue vs rather brothers then enemies rather Countreymenne then Conquerours And if your Gouernor or Capitaines shall reteigne and kepe from you this oure exhortacion as heretofore thei haue doen our Proclamaciō tendyng to the like effecte for their awne priuate wealth cōmoditie not regardyng though you bee still in miserie so they haue profite and gouernaunce ouer you shall still abuse you with feyned and forged tales Yet this shal bee a witnesse afore God and all Christian people betwixte you and vs that wee professyng the Gospell of Christ accordyng to the doctrine thereof doo not cease to call and prouoke you from theffusiō of your awne blood from the destrucciō of the realme of Scotland from perpetuall enemitie and hatred from the finall eradicacion of your nacion and from seruitude to foreyne nacions to libertie to amitie to equalitie with vs to that whiche your writers hath alwayes wisshed mighte once come to passe VVHO that hathred thistories of tyme paste and doth marke and note the greate battailes fought betwixte Englande and Scotland thincursions roades and spoyles whiche hath been doen on bothe the parties The realme of Scotlande fiue tymes wonne by one kyng of Englande The Scottishe kynges some taken prisoners some slain in battaill some for very sorowe and discomforte vpon losse diyng and departing the world and shall perceiue again that of all nacions in the worlde that nacion onely beside England speaketh thesame language and as you and wee bee annexed and ioyned in one Islande so no people so like in maner forme language and all condicions as we are Shal not he thynke it a thyng verie vnmete vnnaturall and vnchristiā that there should be betwixte vs so mortall warre who in respect of al other nacions be should bee like as twoo brethren of one Islande of greate Britayn And though he were a straungier to bothe what would he thynke more mete then if it wer possible one kyngdome be made in rule whiche is one in language and not to be diuided in rulers whiche is all one in Countrey And for somuche as twoo successions cānot concurre and fal into one by no maner of other meanes then by mariage whereby one bloude one lignage and parentage is made of twoo and an indefecible right geuen of bothe to one without the destruccion and abolishing of either If god should graunt that whatsoeuer you would wish should be doen what could you wish other then that whiche now not by fortune hath chaunced but by his infinite mercie and moste inscrutable prouidence as carefull for you he hath geuē vnto you The whiche thyng that you should also thinke to come of his disposicion and not by blynd fortune how vnlikely hath it been how sodainly hath it turned that the power of God might be shewed Your last Kyng beyng a Prince of muche excellencie and young whō you know after a promise broken contrary to his honour And a misfortune by iust iudgement of GOD folowyng vpon it GOD either by sorowe or by some other wise at his inscrutable pleasure did take away from you had three children Did not almightie GOD as it were to shewe his will and pleasure to be that the long cōtinued warre and ennemitie of bothe the naciōs should be taken awaie and knit in perpetuall loue and amitie take the two men children of those babies beyng distaunt the one frō the other and in diuerse places bothe as it were at one tyme and within the space of xxiiii houres leauyng but one mayden child and Princesse When the moste wise and victorious Prince late our Kyng and Master kyng Hēry theight in other of his mariages not most fortunate had by his most lawful and moste verteous wife Quene Iane his other two wifes before that mariage departed this worlde and neuer surmise nor question made of that mariage fithe that tyme to this daie nor so muche as all her life tyme name or mocion to or of any other wife one Prince of so high expectacion of so greate giftes of God the right and vndoubted heire of the Realme of England and his maiestie onely of male issue left behynd hym to succede the imperial Croune If nothyng els had been dooen what can any wise or any Christian manne that thynketh the worlde to be gouerned by Gods prouidence and not by fortune thinke otherwise but that it was Gods pleasure it should bee so that these twoo realmes should ioyne in mariage and by a godly Sacrament make a Godly perpetuall and moste frendly vnitie and concord wherby suche benefites as of vnitie and concord commeth may

would lose any poynte of their will of their desire of rule of their existimacion whiche thei knowe in quietnes would bee sene what it wer as it were in a calme water Now in this tumulte of discord whē the realme is tossed vp and doune with waues and sourges of battaill famyne other mischief whiche the warr bringeth thei thynke thei cānot be espied But looke on thē you that haue wit and prudence and consider the state of your Quene and realme YOV wil not kepe her sole and vnmaried the whiche were to you greate dishonour If you mary her within the realme that cānot extynguish the title which we haue to the Croune of Scotlande and what dissenciō enuie grudge and malice that shall brede emonges you it is easy to perceiue You will mary her out of the Realme our title remayneth you be subiectes to a forein Prince of other Countrey another language and vs ye haue youre enemies euen at your elbowe your succours farre of frō you And be we not in the bowels now of the realme Haue we not a greate parte thereof either in subiecciō or in amitie and loue Who shall come into your Realme but he shal bee mette with and fought with if nede be euen of youre awne nacion who bee faithefull true to the realme of England in the way of this moste Godly vniō by mariage And if any forein power Prince or potētate whosoeuer be your aider to norishe still discord sende you an armie also how shall thei oppresse you fill your houses wast your groundes spende and consume your vitaill holde you in subieccion and regarde you as slaues which without thē could not liue take your Quene to bestowe as thei list and leaue your realme especially if their Kyng or ruler as perchaunce he maye be in other warres be otherwise occupied to be a pray to vs a true conquest Then it shal be to late to saie we will haue a mariage and no conquest wee wishe peace and amitie we are wery of battaill and miserie The stubborne ouercomed must suffre the victours pleasure and pertinacitie will make the victory more insolent whereof you your selfe haue geuen the cause If thei sēd money and Capitaines but no souldiors First if thei be Capitaines who ruleth who dooth obeye who shall haue the honor of the enterprise if it bee well achieued But whether it bee well achieued or no whiche numbre is that that shal bee slain whose bloodde shal be shed Their money peraduenture shal be consumed and their commaundementes obeyed But whose bodies shall smarte for it Whose lādes shal bee wasted Whose houses burned What realme made desolate Remembre what it is to haue a forein power within you a strong power of your enemies vpō you you as it were the cāpe and plain betwixt them to fight on and to be troden vpon bothe of the victor and the ouercomed And imagine you se before your iyes your wifes and daughters in daungier of the wantonnesse and insolēcie of the souldiours the proude lookes of the Capitaines and souldiours whō you cal to helpe you the contēpt you shall bryng your nacion in And then take hede lest in deede that follow whiche you feare that is that you shal be by them conquered that you shal be by them put from your holdes lādes tackes and offices that youre lawes by them shal be altered That your naciō shal be by them destroyed Cōsider in this realme Did not the Britaynes call in the Saxons for helpe and by theim wer put out Where bee the Pictes once a great nacion betwixt you and vs Howe did the nacion of Fraunce put out the Galles out of all Fraunce Howe gotte the Turke first all Grecia and now a late Hūgarie but beyng called in for to aide and helpe And did not the Gothes by like meanes get all Italie And the Lombardes one part thereof now called Lombardy What loke you for more Nedy souldiours and hauyng the weapons in their handes knowing that you cannot liue without them what wil thei not cōmaunde you to do What wil thei not encroche vpon you What will thei not thynke thei maie dooe And what will thei thinke that you dare doo This forein helpe is your confusion that succour is your detriment the victory so had is your seruitude what is then to be thought of losse taken with theim The straūgers and forein souldiours shall oppresse you within oure power strength without And of youre awne nacion so many as loueth quietnes Godlines and the wealth of your realme shall helpe also to scourge and afflicte you Is it not better to compose acquiete al this calamitie and trouble by mariage To ende al sorowes and battailes by suche and so honorable a peace How hath the Emperour Spayne and Burgondy not by title of mariage Howe holdeth the Frēche king Briteigne now lately adnexed to that Croune not by title of mariage Howe hath al the greate princes of the worlde happely and with quiete made of two kyngdomes one of diuerse lordshippes one of nacions alwaies at warre with thē self or els in doubtful peace one well gouerned Kyngdome rule and dominion but by that most Godly moste quiete moste amicable composicion of mariage Two meanes ther is of makyng one rule whereto title is pretended and perfite agremēt betwixt twoo nacions Either by force superioritie whiche is conquest or by equalitie and loue whiche is parentage and marryng ye hate the one that is conquest and by refusyng the other you enforce it vpon you you wil not haue peace you will not haue aliaunce you will not haue concorde and conquest commeth vpon you whether you will or no And yet if all thynges were considered wee feare it will appere that it were better for you to bee conquered of vs then succoured of straungiers lesse losse to your gooddes lesse hurte to youre lande lesse dishonor to your realme This nacion which is one in tongue one in Countrey and birthe hauyng so litle diuersitie to occupie the whole thē other powers to come into you neither like in language ne yet like in behauior who should rule ouer you and take you to be but their slaues But we eftesones and finally declare and protest vnto you that although for the better furtheraunce of this godly purpose of vniting the realmes and for the sure defēce of theim whiche fauoreth the mariage we are compelled for the tyme to kepe holdes to make fortificaciōs in youre Realme Yet the Kynges Maiesties mynde and determinate pleasure with oure aduise and counsaill to bee as before is declared where fauour maie be shewed not to vse rigoure if by condicions you will receiue this amitie offered not to followe cōquest we desire loue vnitie concord peace and equalitie let neither your Gouernour nor your Kirkmen nor those who so often hath falsefied their faithe promise and by treacherie and falshed be accustomed to prolōg the tyme fede you further with faire