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lord_n	baron_n	earl_n	knight_n	10,768	5	7.7193	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16638	The shyppe of fooles; Narrenschiff. English	Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.; Watson, Henry, fl. 1500-1518.	1509 (1509)	STC 3547; ESTC S122516	186,655	347

there is none that maye compare with the. Thou alone arte suffycyent to conquere the holy londe Alcydes Achyles Hercules Jason Parys Hector nor Agamenō had neuer the myght that thou hast ryght puyssaunt kynge It is he that shall regne domyne aboue his enemyes by the grace of god And shall be vyndycatour of the chirche mylytante And by his ineffable strengthe shall subdue the turkes and go vnto Iherusalem to vysyte the sepulcre of our lorde Ihesu cryste and shall reduce all vnto our crysten fayth O dukes erles barons and knyghtes of this redouted realme of Englonde whiche is the floure of crystendome and tryumphaunte treasoure of bounte that is more worthe than precyous stones I be seche you awaken your hertes and go all and make an ende of these cursed turkes You se that the kynges slepe and haue theyr hertes endurced the whiche sholde be the pyllers of crystendome And it is they that setteth nought by the chirche They ought to haue grete shame O noble Apostroph● ad germanos lordes domynatours of Almayne awaken you for you be stronge and myghty and sheweth it not you lyue in peas and suffreth that our fayth is separed Shewe you in polysshed armes And go with the Englysshemen and frensshe men on the turkes with a grete hoost And let them slepe that wyll slepe Put men and shyppes on the see And you shall see that god the creatour shall helpe Apo. xvii you He shall breke the stronge castelles Consyder how god dyde helpe kynge Henry the fyfte agaynste the crysten men the whiche by reason sholde helpe you soner agaynst the infydeles O puyssaunt kynge of Romaynes wyse and prudent whiche holdeth the sceptre ryall of the empyre Romayne what someuer enuye that hathe ben had on the thou arte myghtye and worthy to gouerne suche a crowne I knowe no prynce more Juster vertues domyneth in the thou louest peas and thyn honour encreaseth Now then souerayne prynce awaken thyne hoost whiche is so valyaunt for to go and smyte vpon the grete turke and the myscreauntes And helpe for to redresse our fayth the whiche enclyneth from daye to day You other kynges what dreme you what auaylleth the kepynge and lourynge in your countrees nothynge habandone them and leue ladyes and gentylwomen sadle your horses take your harneys and make sowne your trompettes in to Turkye O you enuyous cursed hertes dysloyall folkes flee your waye that ye be neuer sene you empesshe our good kynge of Englonde for to make warre for the sustentacyon of the fayth Cursed be your flaterynge your hertes is more bytterer thā galle and at all assayes you be nought worthe you shall haue an euyll ende And the grete deuyll shall take you for the dyuysyons that you haue made in your dayes I can not tell yf that you haue redde in the auncyent hystoryes of them that wolde make these consystoryes vnto theyr lordes as I fynde of Charles Chauues that reygned ●●rolo caluo in fraunce after Charlemayne was the fourth of that name to whome god shewed the paynes of helle Beholde there what he sayeth vnto them that were as you be you enryche your frendes the whiche ben yssued out of a poore lygnage in gyuynge them the offyces of prudent gentylmen and so by flaterynge the chorles is promoted and the gentylmen remayneth in extremyte you desyre warre but you kepe you euer ferre from the strokes In cytees townes where as ye passe the wyues and maydens ben vyoled the poore men beten and robbed Who hathe done it my lorde and his men And then they dare not speke Justyce slepeth from whens cometh that bycause that trouthe slombreth The poore shall be punysshed and the ryche and the noble shall escape by supplyenge For to wyte yf that it be wryten in the byble in the ryght canon or cyuyll is it polyce for the comyn welfare no O Ihesu cryst how thou arte pacyent for to endure suche thynges Notwithstandynge I suppose that they the whiche ben fered so in this worlde shall obeye and fere after theyr dethes the women infernals that is prepared for them O noble kynge aboue al other redoubted and reclaymed for your benygnyte thynke for to resyste agaynste this affayre expulle theyr grete bytternes exyle them from your affayres and dedes your besynesses shall spede the better And to the ende that you lyue in pease byleue neuer these false tongues serpē tynes and detractours the whiche loueth better to se you in trybulacyon than in prosperyte Reygne peasybly whan all Englonde is in tranquylyte then go vpon the sarasyns and myscreauntes And recouer that the whiche they haue conquered And after your dethe you and yours shall be lyuynge in the realme of paradyse But ye do ony thynge agaynst your god and agaynst the comyn welfare god shall hate you your people also For whan a lorde is not belouyd of his subgectes it is an euyl sygne and token ¶ Of blandysshers flaterers c. lxxxxvi ¶ Who blandyssheth a cruell stede Lyckynge the platters of ryche men And faylleth his mayster at his nede Is worthy punysshed for to ben In greuous tormentes nyne or ten Bycause of his grete trechery Blandysshynge and flatery AUoyde where someuer you be flaterers and scūmers of the courte renne sone and beware ꝓuer xxix bea tho ii i● q. cxv gl xxv dis c. vnum of the horse that stryketh and come and here this chapytre the shyp that you be in is apparaylled with theym that folowe the kechyn I coude not abstayne me from puttynge these folkes alone and haue gyuen them a shyp for to gouerne You ought to vnderstonde that these folkes wyll gouerne the halles of lordes and prynces This turbe desyreth fraudes ymagynacyons for they wyll flater all aboutes And by suche meanes the lordes holdeth them for the moost truest and wyll gyue them the charge of all We xlvi di c. ecce quare Hora. i epi. Leuiti xix Eccle. vii xl di c. vltīo ꝓuer xxvi 〈◊〉 thessalo ii Eccl. xxviii haue ordeyned for them a grete shyp vpon the see All these flaterers and extorcyoners is the fyrst and moost ne reste the kynge in courte or of a lorde or of a mayster They go gladly in to the courte of a kynge of a prynce of a duke of an erle or of a baron They recyte many wordes of none effecte and is alwayes nexte the kynges persone And yf that there is ony that is wyse and dyscrete Juuenalis ff de her isti l. captatorias 23. dis nihil xi q. iii. nemo perit they wyll conspyre fraudes agaynst them wyll reporte many false tales to put them out of grace And to the contrary they wyll say that a foole is replete with wysedome and sapyence They saye dyuers wordes ful of vanytees of them that theyr maysters hateth The other bycause they wolde be called good seruaūtes gadereth the feders other

women sholde postule were they neuer so prudente nor wyse There is nothynge vpon the erthe so outragy Eccle. xxv ous nor so cursed as an Irefull woman she is replete with the furoure of a lyon more peruerse than the tygre I neuer sawe nor neuer herde speke of a thynge that is worse than a woman whan she is set on it As it appereth of Medea that detrenched her two chyldren and that Medea de q̄ Seneca i me dea made Jasons vncle deye ¶ Prognes dyde worse for bycause that she wolde be auenged vpon her husbande tereus Progne de q̄ Ouidius vi meth that had vyoled her syster she cut her systers tongue of that was called Phylomyna she slewe her sone the whiche was grete cruelte And after she made hym be soden boyled and rosted and gaue Tereus hym to ete Juuenall the whiche was a dyscrete man hathe sayd moche euyll of women and ouyde and dyuerse other To take it well we may saye that she hadde her herte in alappe enuyronned with sharpe thornes replete with bytter galle and vyle lycoure That whiche is maculed in the brest comynge vp to the mouthe whiche dyuers persones haue touched that be reproched vyle and dyshonest and engendreth a thousande dyscordes she enfecteth the condycyons good alyaunces fayth and charyte ryghtes and grete scyences and sayeth vycyously of her maryage Juno the whiche kepeth the good women from maculȳge can not withdrawe theyr peruers and cursed wyll without hauynge dolour in herselfe comynge agaynst the holy fayth how well that she is in faculte of loue accompanyed to her husbande it is but abusyon at the leest of theyr two hertes conioyned togyder for the one the other is dyfferente For she wyl Juuenalis ꝓuer xxx go stately gorgyously ensuynge grete bobances ryottours and grete dyspenders by the meanes wherof the poore man can not furnysshe it with al his goodes And thus the rychesse is spended in suche wyse that he leseth almoost his wytte There is thre thynges that excedeth all other and the erthe susteyneth them all thre but it apperteyneth Juuenalis not that the fourthe be susteyned The fyrst is the seruaunt that becometh mayster The seconde is the seruaūte that is alwaye dronke The thyrde is a wyfe that is furyous and full of debates And the fourthe is the mayden full of pryde that is herytour of her lady or maystresse Suche a mayden thou ought to eschewe and flee for she gyueth oftentymes drynke for to drynke wherin reposeth venym and in conclusyon euer beware of the femynyne gendre Reuolue in your myndes the cursydnes of Agrypyne I shal specefye vnto you of Agrippina pontia Danaides the Danaydes they were fyfty systers all maryed the whiche by a comyn assente slewe all theyr husbandes on the fyrst nyght of theyr maryage saue one that was vertuous ynoughe Alas Lucresse where arte thou gone Lucretia thou wolde not for nothynge haue maculed thyn honoure There is but fewe nowe a dayes that is bounden with thy chastyte In lyke wyse there is not many that holdeth thy courage But soner in all places and wayes there is sene Thades by hepes lubryke as swyne The chaste ryghte Thays thynly sowen O Cathon thou was happy to haue founden the wyse Porcya And thou Agamenon was Portia Ca. vnhappy to haue founde Clytemestra Euery body wolde Clitemestra fayne fynde Sabyna For it happeneth oftentymes Sabina that the man fyndeth an euyll wyfe By the meane of the whiche he is assured to be happy that fyndeth a wyse wyfe ꝓuer xii Eccl. xxv et xxvi and a dyscrete and a well dysposed for to kepe her fayth trouthe to her husbande suche wyues be worthy to be put in cronycles ¶ Of the puyssaunce of fooles ca. lxii ¶ The fooles saye they haue puyssaunce Bycause theyr tents is large and wyde Hauynge goodes golde and cheuaunce For to make warre at euery tyde On lordes and knyghtes on eche syde Be it for ryght or elles for wronge They dystroye eche other amonge OTher fooles there is yet the whiche for their rychesse thynketh to be wyse but yet they be ydyottes Thou superbyous fole wenest thou for to possede many scyences bycause of thy rentes herytages naye for thou Sapien. v. ꝓuer xvii et xxiiii Eccle. xxxiii p̄s ix ꝓuer xxvii Eccle. xv xxii q. ii pri resembleth vnto a blynde man that walketh all alone wote neuer where he gothe O what good happeneth oftentymes whan that I thynke to speke of the foole and declare his excellente dedes that prayseth loueth hymselfe of his prowesse and valyauntnes by a foole that wolde be to curyous thynkyng to afferme his hye praysynges also well as yf it had ben a prudent man He sayeth that his londe is well fortuned and that no man may wynne it were it Ulyxes Jason or Eneas so wel it is garnysshed with noble and valyaunt knyghtes lacketh nothynge The wyse man mounteth not so hye but without makynge relacyon of ony thynge taketh the Job xxxvii ꝓuer xx tyme as it cometh be it ryche or pore he is not abasshed And thus he replenysshed with vertues kepeth his realme Ecclesia x. Sapien. vi in peas and vnyon The londe where as is a yonge kȳge or a prynce is not wel assured for he can not gouerne Eccle. v. 〈◊〉 x. ꝓuer xxx Sapien. xi it dyscretely And his counsayllers entendeth not saue for to ete and drynke nocturnally and in diurtenes gaudeamus His londes his goodes dyssypered This Ecclesia x. foole is set in the syege inherte for to mynystre to euery body Justyce and equyte of the whiche Justyce yssueth ryght He tourneth the lawes at the volente of some euyll persone and maketh lyght Jugementes yf he haue gode frendes on his partye Symplenesse is wel adnychyl sapi vi xii led and the ryghtes that ought to be egally maynteyned wherin is made opprobryous fautes I am a ●erde that they ensue not the preestes that accused saynt Susanne Danie xiii ii macha iiii iii. Re. xx i. macha xii how well that they had indicature and regyon neuertheles they wolde accuse her and vsurpe her with blame Or folowe them of benadab that achab had promysed moyennynge the good alyaunce that they hadde and vpon the fayth to retourne as prynce gyue waye vnto the conquestes that were done on achab And his fader in lyke wyse the whiche wolde not kepe his fayth and his promyse Or the cursed traytour Tryphon that Lugurta 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Salustius vnder dyssymulacyon deceyued the good kynge Jonathas for the gyftes that he receyued of hym For he made Jonathas and all his men in grete lamentacyon dye in the cyte of Ptholomayde by this that he coude haue no socoure Rychesse maketh many men deye destroyeth Oui. de arte Horatius in epistolis Ecclesia x. Eccle. xi many cytees she maketh newe thynges in