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A12675	A lamentable complaynte of Baptista Ma[n]tuanus, an Italysh poete wherin he famylyarly co[m]moneth wyth hys owne mynde, that deathe is not to be feared. Paraphrastically translated into oure vulgar Englishe tounge by Iohan Bale.; De morte contemnenda. English	Baptista, Mantuanus, 1448-1516.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1551 (1551)	STC 22992; ESTC S106003	10,756	41

of our lyfe Christe sayth is the sauynge therof Luce. ix Deathe was to S. Steuen a swete slepe in the Lorde Acto vii Saynt Paule calleth deathe auaūtage and a thyng best of all to be lewsed from thys fleshe and to be with Christ. Phil i. He y t heareth my wurdes saith Christe and beleueth on hym that sent me hath euerlastynge lyfe and shall not come in to dampnatyon but passeth from death to lyfe Ioā .v. Whie then shulde a man professinge Christe feare to dye All this haue I written to you my specyall good frynde maister Tyndale knoinge you to be not vnlyke faythful Simeon a man fearynge the Lorde and of longe tyme lookynge for the latter consolatyon of Israel And now beholdinge it presently in them that reioyce in the wurde of the Lorde and are throughe faythe ordayned to eternall lyfe Actes xiii ye haue no more care for thys lyfe transitoriouse ▪ But nowe from hence fourth with the said Simeon ye dailye desyre to departe in peace because ye haue s●an● of saluacion both the lighte and the glorye in Iesu Christ for al true beleuers ▪ Luce. ii to you I saye haue I dedicated this simple labour of mine to whom I acknowledge my selfe to be most hyghlye bonde but yet the veryte more desyerynge you to accept it wyth no lesse good harte then it is sente trustynge hereafter to send you muche better ▪ Thus euer fare ye wel in Christ Iesu. Amen ¶ A lamentable cōplaynt of Baptista Mantuanus an Italysh Poete wherin he famyliarlye commoneth wyth hys owne mynde ▪ that death is not to be feared Paraphrastycallye translated into our vulgar English tūge by Iohan. Bale O Folyshe mynde or waueryng conscience whi art thu sorowfull why desparatlye fearest thu Deathe as one of thy selfe forgetful O blynde sowle and vndiscrete hart why dost thu so muche regarde thys wretched weake bodi Whiles thu sore trēblest that fearefulnesse of thyne tormenteth my bowels The terrour thereof slydeth downe from my hart accombreth my whole body My sycke face in waxinge pale confesseth thy grefe and the colde caulme thereof ouerwhelmeth my feble stomacke Set a part such heauinesse considering that deathes power extendeth not ouer all The more parte of thinges created feareth nothing the dartes of Deathe For God hath graciously gyuen the chefe Empyre to lyfe to deathe hath he in comparyson graunted but a very small power The water and the earthe are subiect to corrupcyon so are the ayre and fyre with all those thynges whō they bringe fourth or y t are made of their mixtures For so much as y e hygh heauen and the fixed stars therin were created of a far other matter thei neuer chāge their coūtenaūces but remayne alwayes incorruptible And although the creator of all thynges beynge an omnipotēt God might at his pleasure reduce them agayne in to theyr olde Chaos or confuse matter wythout shape Yet wyll not hys deuine goodnesse so do but of most louyng fauer he permitteth those his creatures both to liue and remaine Yea he suffereth them not only to continue but also to mynystre theyr vertues and properties eche one in hys kynde and gyueth them his dayly strength in perfourmaūce of the same The thynges which he made durable persyst styll in theyr strength and can by no violence be destroied but must for euer endure The thinges which he constituted corruptible mortall must be consumed of tyme so haue theyr endes by corrupcion All that is aboue the regyon of the Elementes he hathe appointed to remaine for euer Under y e Mone hath he placed such workes as naturallye muste perysh The florishinge borders of lyfe are therefore moste large Deathe beinge an enemye holdeth empire vnder the starres in places much more narrowe Yet are not all thynges vnder the Mone subiect to corrupciō Life wythdraweth sumwhat frō Deathes iurisdiccion For though the bodies of men be mortal by commixtion of Elementes yet haue theyr sowles a substaunce of dyuyne simplicite wherby they are immortal Symplicite withoute mixture dyschargeth deathe for so much as it can not of it selfe be deuided neyther can it dysseuer one part from an other The simple is not compact of the .iiii. Elementes but that noble worke God created of nothing O foolyshe mynde why art thou than heauy yea why fearest y u death as one of thy self forgetfull why dost thu so vndiscretely loue that carrian carcas of thyne That feble bodye thou fauourest by whose accombraunce thou art not only vexed but also both oppressed weltered and made vyle in his filthynesse So that thou hast no power to loke towardes heauen whych is thy natural māsiō but thou art inforced to neglect y t eternall benefyght Thou hast pleasure in that wretched body whose felyshyp violētly draweth the into all shame filthynes synne By a thousand naughty affectes or yll mocyons ▪ art thou led to thy notable infamy not vnlyke the oxe that is vnder a most heauy yoke Under thys greate wayght thu lyest as dyd the Giaunte Enceladus whose members the Poetes report to be buried vnder the mighty hyl of Aethna The wanton pleasures or entisementes of the body are thy cruell enemyes yet wylt thu not so take them for theyr propertie is to ouerthrow the vnbewares By them fell Adam our fyrst parent from Paradise his first māsion and became a miserable exyle by tastynge the forbydden frute Looke wele vpon it what careful sorowes and what paine full dyseases that vyle and wretched fleshe bryngeth wyth hym Beholde how lyghtlye it is corrupted and whan it hathe neede of necessary foode how extremelye euer more it calleth vppon the for help Alwaies is it weake vntowarde negligent and hath deathe at hande Euermore bryngeth it pensyuenesse euermore anguysh and trouble O folysh hart whye sorowest y u Why fearest thu deathe so moche as one of thy self forgetfull yea why delyghtest thu so moch in that mortall bodye of thyne God hathe made the y e lady gouernour therof and thu art redy to become a slaue to these stynkynge mēbers and carryage of rott Awake out of thys slomber and shake away frō the these vnprofitable cares Leyserly gather thy wyttes togyther and loke to thy naturall offyce as one of power or in autorite Leaue these earthely studyes and consider who ruleth the heauens who reuolueth the clere shinynge starres Tell me hardely what powers they are that moueth so myghty substaūces How cōmeth it to passe that the spring tyme the haruest the cold winter and the hotte drye sommer returneth to vs yearly what is he that causeth these contynuall courses by y e worldes reuolucion Bodies are subiect to spretes lyfe quickneth them A lyuely mynde is it that ruleth and reuolueth the heauens A most worthy mynde is it yea God hym selfe whych holdeth resydence in the clere toppe of the worlde or the heauen imperyall Thys mynde not only conserueth but also disposeth quickneth forewarde hys owne large wurke Thys eternall mynde is

A LAmentable complaynte of Baptista Mātuanus an Italysh poete wherin he samylyarly cōmoneth wyth hys owne mynde that Deathe is not to be feared Paraphrastically translated into oure vulgar Englishe tounge by Iohan Bale * ¶ To his specyall good frynde Maister Griffine Tyndale Iohan Bale wisheth longe and prosperous welfare in Christe AT the instaūt request dere frynde Maister Tindale of an olde familiar acquaintaūce of myne Iohan Uogler an Almayne borne I translated this litle wurke oute of Latine into Englishe and from poesye to prose aboue iii. years ago And now it came in my mynde not only to make it commen vnto you but a so to dedicate it so publysh it fourth in your name The author therof called Baptista Mantuanus was an excellent Poete in the prouynce of Lumbardye brought vp in the noble cyt●e of Mantua where as Uyrgyle the famouse Poete was borne also And though he wer a supersticious fryre of the secte of reformed Carmelytes as they there called them yet was he a man of most excellent learnynge in Latine Greke ▪ and Hebrue smelled out more abuses in the Romysh churche then in those daies he durst wele vtter Notwithstāding he spared not in his earnest writtynges at times both breuely and sharply to towche them In hys fift Egloge in declarynge the nature of Auarice he bryngeth in Rome for example Rome sayth he rendereth nothynge els but very tryfles And for them agayne she receyueth good golde Uayne promyses shall ye haue there and nothynge els ▪ For alas all that she seketh is moneye Couetousnesse at thys daye rewleth all there and vertu is vtterly bānyshed And in the .ix. Egloge he declareth at large that all kyndes of vyces are at Rome muche made of and be had in great honour Also in Libro .ii. Syluarum he saith Mars is father to the Romanes and Lupa their nource for in lecherie and murther spende they all their lyues and studie If ye mynde to lyue wele sayth he come not at Rome For though ye maye at Rome do all other thynges yet ye may not there lyue wel or leade an honest lyfe In hys first boke de Sacris diebus as he dare he holdeth with the maryage of Byshoppes and sayth That in the prymatyue churche their lyues were muche better and more holye hauynge wyues then now hauyng none And that it was a more sure waie a great deale and more agreable wyth gods lawe then thys other consyderynge that God neuer abhorred marryage but sanctified it The vnmarried state is ieopardous he saith and suche a bytter yoke when it is professed as Christ wold neuercharge any man with Yea so cruell a burden as yet to thys daye bryngeth fourth many vnnaturall monsters abhomynacyons he wolde saye and by an horrible presumpcyon was first inuented In the xii ▪ boke of the same wurke he reprehendeth the Schole doctours for sophistically contendynge about tryhles and vanitees as was the questyon of our Ladies concepcion amonge the orders of fryers and the argument of leuended or vnleuended breade in the sacrament agaynst y e Grekes Many great strifes hath bene he sayth and brawlyng battailes wise men sumtyme lawghynge both the parties to scorne as they haue in high seats dysputed the matters For both labours hath bene vayne presumptuouse rashe and folyshe theyr reasons weake and theyr matter vnauaylable more for ostetacyon then any good learnynge In hys seconde boke of the lyfe of Nicolas Tolentyne in speakynge of Bishoppes and priestes he sheweth of what ambycyon tyrannye pryde and deadly hate they were in hys tyme. They spent all theyr dayes sayth he in banketynge and lecherie yea Rome that is boasted so holye becommynge a most execrable brothell house ▪ The popes most holie palace whych is S. Peters owne chamber is now so pestered with whores that it stynketh to hell gates Ye the sauour therof so molesteth heauē y t it is now become to all the whole worlde abhomynable The great byshops Ordynaries Abbottes Deanes Prouostes and suche other whych dailye offer vp the vnsau●ry sacryfyces or synge masses whether ye wyll eate theyr vnleuened cakes or whyte waffers care neyther for Christ nor hys doctryne They thynke there is no manner of lyfe after thys for they neyther double hell nor dampnacyon In dyuers of hys bokes he hath many lyke sentences whych noteth hym not altogether to be a Papyst though he were in the tyme of most depe papistrye and a Fryre By this we maye wele perceyue that in all ages and in all congregacyons some godly men there were whych hauynge the ryghte sprete of the chyldren of God smelled out that fylthie Iakes of the Deuyll that malygnaunt synagoge of Rome what though they dyd 〈◊〉 by the vnpurenesse of the tyme in manye other thynges The worlde was yet neuer so sore oppressed with the depe slepe of darkenesse and ignoraunce but some lyuely spretes were alwayes vygilaunt to wake the multytude For he that kepeth Israel doth neyther slūber nor slepe Psal. C.xx And as concerning thys present treatyse that deathe is not to be feared whych Baptista first wrote to a frynde of hys a peere or senatour of Bononye called Iason Castelius he sheweth hym self no lesse dyuynely then naturally no lesse christenly then poetycally to handle that matter But this I leaue to the dyligent reader because the sayd treatyse doth follow here in course In confirmacyon of that Christē rule whych he hath therin very plenteouslye persuaded the scriptures of God hath muche to vtter if they were throughly searched If God hath enacted it that all men ones shall dye Hebre ix who cā withstand it Who can auoyde it If all men haue one enteraunce vnto lyfe and one goynge out in lyke maner agayne Sap. vii What man wyll alwayes lyue neuer se death Psal. lxxxviii If prosperyte and aduersyte lyfe and deathe came all of the Lorde Eccle. xi Whie shall we not with pacient ▪ Iob gyue hym thankes for it Iob. i. If by hys first appoyntment earthe must nedes to earthe from whence it was fyrst taken Gene iii. Whie shall we not faythfully watche vpon the daye houre Math .xxiiii. He that hath in remembraunce the ende of that thyng whych he hath to perfourme shal neuer do amysse Eccle. vii though deathes remembraūce be bytter to that man whych hath pleasure in hys ryches Eccle. xiiii Yet be not thou afrayde ther of whych hast thy consolacion in Christ Phil. ii for precyouse in the Lords sight is the death of true beleuers Psal. C.xv. And blessed are they whych departeth in the Lorde Apoca. xiiii for the sowles of the ryghteouse are in the hand of god Sap. iii. and now rest frō theyr labours Apoca. xiiii No malycyouse tormente● hurte them any more Neyther hunger nor thirst greueth thē God hath wyped awaye all sorowfull teares from theyr eyes Apoca. vii Muche better is deathe then a wretched lyfe or a lyfe in cōtynuall syeknesse Eccle. xxx Yea the losinge