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A03850	The nobles or of nobilitye The original nature, dutyes, right, and Christian institucion thereof three bookes. Fyrste eloquentlye writte[n] in Latine by Lawrence Humfrey D. of Diuinity, and presidente of Magdaleine Colledge in Oxforde, late englished. Whereto for the readers commodititye [sic], and matters affinitye, is coupled the small treatyse of Philo a Iewe. By the same author out of the Greeke Latined, nowe also Englished. 1563.; Optimates. English	Humphrey, Laurence, 1525 or 6-1589.; Philo, of Alexandria. De nobilitate. English.	1563 (1563)	STC 13964; ESTC S104304	130,119	392

and all ambicion is impaciente of mate For enuye gloyteth with bloudye looke breatheth mischiefe and whetteth and sharpneth crueltye So as goare enuy so dimmeth the eyes of the minde and clipseth all the senses as it respecteth nor friend nor kinsman nor alie nor his owne deare and german brother For rare is the concord of brethren And theyr breathes moste bitter and pestilent Naye the bloudy sonne runneth on the syre As Absolon burnyng and ragyng with ambicion on Da●yd hys father and most godly kynge This deadly dew● of enuye croppeth aye greene springing and growyng vertue So as if anys prince surpasse in power excell in learnyng● flouryshe in wytte or passe in any singuler ornament hynt strayghte it assayleth assaulteth oppresseth Which the Athenians commē wealth whilome proued most true in their oystershel exyle and the deathes of the valiaunst Themistocles iustest Aristides eloquentst Demosthenes godliest Socrates For gladlyer vouche I forren stale examples thē pryuate freshe Albeit I see in these dayes Tarquinius bloudy counsel renewed who is reported walking in his garden swolne w e hate pride to haue felde with a wād the highest poppie heades Cruel land of Canaan that deuoured her inhabitantes Cruell Scithya manqueller men monger But w e such hate and enuy is our Nobles ambicion medled wyth so horrible cruelty enflamed that eche noble man wounds his owne limme turnes towards him selfe his rage and furious force Rare is in Germanye rarer in Switzerland the presidente of a subiectes death But rarest of all the execution of a ruler or magistrate Not onely for they seeld offend but atso for they thinke it ought be a wonde rous crime wherfore they should part from their body so noble precious limme Esaye crieth Ye princes of Sodome and Gomorrhe youre handes are dyed with bloude And woe to that nacion where no Nobility nor affinitye of bloude saueth from shamefull slaughter where is no respecte of dignitye no roome ne refuge left for mercye Where one Noble man is hangman or butcher to another or rather to him selfe Who seeme not in my conceyte according to their grauitye to weyghe discreetlye enough nor the weyghte of the facte nor worthynesse of the person For yf but a while they would mūble with them selues euen but these fewe wordes A noble man must die and therein examine what it is to dye what a Noble man to dye theyr furie I thinke woulde lyghtelye swage and they not rent from lyfe so noble limme eyther for lighte cause or often vniuste Cicero reckeneth eyghte fortes of punyshementes cmonges the Romaynes Damage emprysonment whipping recōpence shame eryle seruitude death whyche seeld and not but fustly and for great cause were executed But so were the lyghtest applyed as the feare ofte spredo to many the payne to sewe But that they seeldst wonted to execute any Romaine Citesin it appeareth by Cicero not once onely in his Actions agains Verres In the seuēth of which be dwelleth altogether in amplysieng this crime and this last weyghtyest argument reserueth to the reare ward most to moue the iudges Emonges the rest of a citesen cruelly sharplye scourged by Verres commaundement thus speaketh he to the Iudges A Romaine Citezen my lordes at Messana in the middes of all the markett was whipped When as all the while no sighe no other crye of that poore wretche mids the smarte and clashinge of hys stripes but this was heard I am a citesen of Rome He hoped perdye by this mencion of the city be shoulde haue scaped all strypes and shielded al tormentes from his torne body But this not onely nor preuayled him to auoyde the crueltye of his scourge but mids his ofte cryeng mercye and resounding the cityes name a galowes yea a galowes I saye was prepared for the vnhappy and wretched caytise who neuer tofore bad seene so lawelesse power O swete name of libertye O the fauourable lawes of our citye O the lawe of Porcius and decrees of Sempronius Thus spake he of one whipped by Verres O sawe he at one instant for no cryme so many famous Nobles so manye honest citesens so many Magistrates and heades of Cityes not of forteyners or rascals but euen of the noblest yea Prynces yea of theyr owne degree haled to slaughter and done to death Howe would he roare With what cryes what coutenaunce would be accuse this cruell enuious ambicious rage Yf it be by hys wytnesse a baynous crime to bynde a citesen a mischiefe to whyppe him yea almost parricide to slay him what shall I saye to preferre him to the galowes What to beheade him What to shone flame burnyng fyer and other tormentes to the tender bodyes of noblest personages No more to spare the bloude or life of a Noble man then a hegge or dogge Pardon I praye if I be some what to hotte in reclayminge those importunate natures whom ouermuche madnes hathe blynded from so great so cruel discord and vnmeasurable rigour With Esaie therefore I counsayle all Princes and Nobles to be cleare from bloude to iudge iustlye and mercifullye ioyntly to foye and sorowe to pardon eche other to acknoweledge theyr owne faultes and forgeue theyr offenders not to punyshe all offences so rigorouslye not to treade vnder foote nor afflict innocencye to clense their bloudie handes and nourishe mutual concorde emonges theym selues to banyshe discorde borne of ambition nursed by enuye fedde by cruelty and consure her to the Crowes to the furyes Alecto and Megera farre hence to the Indes to Hell For as concorde mayntayneth and encreaseth priuate and publike wealth quieteth the Subiectes at home dryueth terroure and dreade in theyr enemyes so the Nobilitye lyuynge in tumulte and discord bothe theyr owne myghte is hocked and the foundacions of the commen wealth are shaken theyr subiectes wrynge theyr frendes mourne theyr enemyes laughe and tryumphe for so wyde gappe opened to spoyle them Thys other commen wealthes proue and euerye corner is farsd with examples as well emonges the Heathen as Christians I coueyt here to ouerpasle our countreyes sore I would wishe oure ciu●le broyles were knowen but at home But sith of theyr owne force and bitternes they vtter and blase theym selues moned with loue and conscience I can not whollye couer them Let therefore my countreymen pardon me in this one poynte muche pertinent to theyr safety I thinke had thei rather chose to cleaue in one with mutual cōsent thē thus to be distraited with dissencion nor had the ciuile sword shedde so muche Noble bloude nor ennemies sodayne roades of late refte so many garrisons The truthe can not lye He sayeth Euery kyngedome deuided and scuered in it selfe becometh desolate And euery city and house farring can not stande Yf eche Noble man roote out other Nobility● may not last nor the commen wealth lyue her strength and flower wythered Truly this thinke I Nor Iulius Cesar had made our Britame tributarye had he not at his entry found the princes

hitherto spoken Some duties also as erst I sayd they owe others and some respect must be had to the commen societie and generall corporacion of mankinde But albeit no mans safetie or commoditye oughte be neglected but all duties emploied on all men that all maye be wonne to Christe and God yet shall it be our laboure worth to determine what duties with whō chiefely they ought cōmunicate So muche at least as shall seeme in eche respect to this sort of men our purpose necessary Generallye in deede precepts maye be geuen the they do not to other what they nould feele them selues To loue their neighbours as them selues But these are appliable to al partes ef life and to al indifferently And spreade to largely through al degrees duties We wil note a fewe which chiefelye Nobilitye ought practise and vse towardes speciall sortes of men The first therfore they owe to God the next to theyr countrey Piety towarde their coūtrey For this is a reuerence and louing zeale grafted in eche gentle courage to wythe and wyl hit all good blisse and fortune Which is the common parent nurse and preser●er of all men Which pietie worthely honored the Romaines as a goddesse as it which contayneth all charities ●●●●s and frendships The lawe of God commaundeth to reuerence our parentes Whereby we entend not onelye reuerence due to those of whom we are borne but also that we are datters of many dutyes to our countrey which contaynes our parentes kinsfolkes frendes and familiers Wherfore sith it willeth theym to reuerence the firste it is consequente of necessity they honour the last whyche nurseth and cherisheth thē all in her lappe and armes Nor swarueth this affection from the meanyng and maiestye of the Scriptures Syth euen Paule wryteth he is vexed wyth great gryefe and incessant torment yea and wisheth to be accursed for his brethrē kynsemen and countreymen the Iewes to whome he was linkd onely by the bond of the fleshe and zeale of his naturall soyle and countrey But as al men are enforced by natural inclinacion to loue theyr countreye wherein they were borne and bredde so chyefely the Nobles who receiue more ample and large benefites of the fruytefulnes and bountye of the soyle then the commen sorte To whom moreouer they owe that bothe they be and are termed Nobles For in forren realmes that home noblesse is eyther vnknowen or not so hyghly prysed For truly within theyr owne territories and the limites of their countrey is the whole ornament of theyr Nobilitye bounded But these may profyte singulerlye yea farre more then the commen sorte Both quyete peace flourishynge and warlyke in warfare In peace if all theyr polecyes perswade not warre but peace yf they garnishe the same with counsayle wysedome and good ordinaunces yf all theyr laboures and sweates tende to the profyte of theyr countrey if they applye theyr endeuoure experyence and practise to the gouernement of the commen wealth yf they be disposed to ciuile societye and meete to continue amiable companye emonges men yf they can snaffle and brydle the lawelesse people yf they respecte not their owne but the commen commoditye if they quenche the flames of ciuyle warres not with armes but wisedome and counsaile if they reuiue sleapyng lawes if they settle iudgement if thinges decated and much misordred they sowder by lawe if they procure to spreade through all their regions christian religiō yf they referre wholy thē selues al their doings to the glory of god the cōmoditye of their commens the safetie ornament of theyr countrey and increase of theyr prynces honour Of warre what to councel I am not sufficiētly adusted For neuer gladly blowe I the warre blaste For the rage of 〈◊〉 and wrath of battell hurtful to all men vtterly disswadeth me to thinke almost any warre iust emonges christiās They must warre with vices with ambicion with selfe loue and be at defyance wyth pryde Which sorte of warre is both christiā and bloudlesse In this combat ought they fight euen to the knees in bloud For the conqueroures wherein is reserued in heauen an assured incorruptible crowne But mans yea christiās bloud to sheade not euer for iuste and weighty cause and while princes play as they say for balles or howesoeuer they raue to plague the poore cōmēs repugneth with nature reasō humanity wisedome diuine yea ciuile lawes Let such therfore as tender their coūtrey are of authority with princes perswade yea vneuen peace to disswade warre the vtter subuersion of all vertues the seede roote of al vices But it for mans sinnes such times happen that it please god with that plague to reclayme and chasten his whorynge roaming people remember they as whylome Pollux sayde to Commodus the emperour to be warrionrs not warre louers wise not willig captaines For this warlike practise florished alwaies chiefelye emonge those who were beset with enemies But euery coaste is fraught with foes Hereby the Romaines lengthned the boundes and limits of their empyre euen to this our Britaine Hereto were the Lacedemoni●s to prone euen plain warre cockes borne either to bidd or take battell Of them therfore manye abounded with warlyke praise yea guerdons prices and tryumphes were adiudged the valtaunt Hence the oken grasse wal citie and golden crownes Hence the prefermēt to degrees hence the many surnames hence their armes I mages pensions of the commentreasure hence the division of landetas to Cesars old souldiours the field Stellas to Sillas Velaterrane and Auentine and to others other Hence sprong in times past the name of knightes kept yet in England and otherwhere Hence almost al Nobility rose grewe as in touching the original therof we shewed tofore To thys labour namelye the practises of peace warfare I exhorted the nobles somewhat aboue when I touched they ought not saint forslowe their eutye in ydlenesse For worthely is Sardanapalus scorned as a rascal esseminat wo māly king Who chose rather amōgs womē to handle the distaffe spyndle then to weld weapon with men Agaynst whome when his lieuetenants Belochus and Arbaces made insurrection he with his womannishe trayne scarce she wynge his face in syelde filthylye fled And vnderstandynge the losse of the fielde threwe both him selfe and his a mids the tier Bringe therefore Noble men to the common welthe warlyke skill and Courage whyche teasd they may vtter agaynste theyr enemyes the Turkes and other infidels For sith hindes til the grounde Craftsemen cleaue to theyr craftes Preachers warde Churches with the spirituall sworde against the assaults of Sathan the Nobles muste in the shadow of their palaices and in peace practise and ponder these duties ere they leaue theyr walls and take the fielde whole laboure theyr countrey more properly challengeth thinketh both more commodious and necessary for her Nor vnworthely For they releassed of bodely trauayle weare not hand crafts greatlye and sythe they maye well spare them selues this leasure maye labour in these

feates and learne so muche art skill by vse as is requisite in any general at the least in a meane captaine For without a Captaine an army is as said Epammondas as a faier beast and Philip those rather an army of harts vnder the conduct of a Lion then of Lions conducted by a hart For the chiefe parte of warlike successe consisteth in a stout and polytike captaine But the efficient causes and limits of war may be For the flocke For the law which deuise Alphonsus king of Arragō gaue in his armes Wherto this also may be added For the prince For in the Princes is comprysed the Realmes safety And thones life dependeth on thothers welfare I meane a godlye kinge as Iosias Ezechiel Dauid or suche like who emploied their seruice to the king of kings and established intheyr Realines sincere religion Otherwise counsl I none to warre eyther to bolden Idolatrie or strengthen wyckednes with worde or deede Rather oughst thou wythstande hym wyth thy Councell not force to hinder hys attempts Wythstande hym I saye with patience not power And feare rather god then man For hys flocke the shepherd For theyr countrey the Codries Decians and Curtians die Iustest is the quarel for lawe and fayth If the whole consent and concorde of all or the moste parte of the good ioyne bee they stirred of zeale God callyng them for hys glory to obtaine what they coueyte then knowe they this last and extreame remedy to bee moste commendable Howe muche more detestable they are who not defende but betraye theyr countrey As Tarpeia Roome Or theyr Prynce As Pyrrhus Phisician whom Fabrit●us sent backe bounden Or the law and relygion whiche happeth as ofte as relygious cay tifes to esiablishe theyr pryuate gaines and dignities receiue into the bosome of theyr Countrey a straunger and forren Prynce Nor haue regarde of ought so they may with foren violence mayntayne theyr olde rooted superstitious opinyons and retaine the Roman heresies Contrariwyse shall oure Noble man demeane hym selfe And bende all hys myghte and mayne agaynste forren force Not raunsome or mayntayne his fanly with the destruction death of bys countrey Mischieuous is this pol●e●e with the losse and ruyne of the Realine to stablishe theyr pryuate opinyon and accomply she theyr owne luste O horrible treason wantinge worthy cerme Towardes the multitude cke and commen sorte some duties muste bee obsecued that Nobilitie maye as it were flowe into all mens hertes To winne them with curtesy not affray them with cruelty Whereof muche maye and somewhat hath ben sayde Which here it needeth not tediouslye to repeate or other lyke causeles to heape Aristotle mencioneth in his Politikes an horrible othe vsed in certaine states consistinge of the regimente of sewe Nobles in maner thus I will hate the people and to my power persecute them Which is the croppe and more of al sedition Yet to much practised in oure liues But what cause is there why a Noble man shold eyther despise the people or hate them or wrong them What know they not no tiranny maye bee trusty Nor how yll gardē of cōtinuance feare is Further no more may Nobilitie misse the people then in mans body the heade the hande For of trueth the commen people are the handes of the Nobles sith them selues bee handlesse They labour and sweate for them with tillinge saylinge running toylinge by Sea by lād with hāds with feete serue them So as wtoute theyr seruice they nor eate nor drink nor are clothed no nor liue we rede in the taleteller Esope a done was saued by the helpe of an Ant. A lyon escaped by the benefite of a Mowse We reade agayne that euen Ants haue theyr choler And not altogether quite the Egle angerd the bytle bee For albeit careles and safelye thou despise eche seuerally yet not without perill prouokest thou all vninersallye Right godly therefore and wisely saith Augustine The multitude is not so contemptuous for theyr symple power as dreadfull for theyr huge nomber For many litle wormes may slay And cast ought mids a swarme of fleas shal it not be eaten Wherfore neither sharply nor rigorously nor tirannously must they entreat the people Sith no mans power may match the might of many Rather must they loue them as the greatest and befte parte of the common wealth And bee they subiects they are so muche more to bee loued for they yelde them theyr labours whose profites they enioye As the father to his children the king to his subieccs the good husbandman to his grounde so ought the Nobility be affectioned towards the commens Whom they ought winne and ioyne to them by vertue as a moste effectuall charme But howe loue is purchased and entrie made into the myndes of the multytude Excellentlye learneth Cicero in hys seconde booke of dutyes Whome I leaue the Nobles euen agayne and agayne to pervfe And this is the firste parte concerning theyr countrey commen welth The other is Agremēt of the Nobles that Nobilitie agree not onelye with the people but euen liue and loue within it selfe For hit suffiseth not the Commens and lordes agree but also it both beseemeth and behoueth the Lordes bee sowdered amongs them selues Sith hence also spryngeth Ciuill iarre and dyscorde For stoute stomakes cannot beare pryuate grudges withoute the commen misery and calamitie which wel wytnesseth the rage and madnes of C. Cesar and the twinninge of Cn. Ponpeye the great from him his father in lawe whyche caused the alteration of the state and newe countenaunce of the Empire For this is no play or pageant nor any counterfait combat or stage Tragedy sweatelesse or bloudlesse nor Homeres fraye twixt froggs and Myse But the frayes and combats of Noble and myghtye men are as the graspinges of Lions or giants warres who ioyne with greate power greater stomakes but greatest peril of eyther part Although nor Lion deuoureth the Lyon nor dogge the dogge nor wolfe the wolfes kynde So as nature it felfe withoute other reason sufficientlye crieth oute on it For it is as if the limmes of one selfe body should iarre Were it not monstrous and vnnatural thinke ye the heads should wyshe it selfe ache The hand should buffet hym selfe the lounge curse hit selfe For easely then ceasseth any theyr Tirannye to other lymmes to seeme cruell when thus they rage agaynste them selues But whereto forceth not ambition mortall mindes Whiche lightlyest breedeth in the highest wittes and hawtyest courages Yet lesse yll and more tollerable were hit if only with hit selfe hit conceaued quickned tranayled But it brasteth and blaseth forth And what mischieue enflamed wyth the lust of raygne it hath erst imagined other that now it compasseth And haleth aye in her gard enuye her vnparted bandmayde the bawde of all her mischieues Enuye agayne comes not vnaccompanied but couples to her an other mate namelye crueltye armed and furnished for the deathes and slaughters of many Hence commeth it that Nobilitye can beare no peere