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peace_n	bring_v	good_a	tiding_n	2,863	5	11.4428	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00342	The complaint of peace. Wryten in Latyn, by the famous clerke, Erasimus [sic] Roterodamus. And nuely translated into Englyshe by Thomas Paynell.; Querela pacis. Selections. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Paynell, Thomas.	1559 (1559)	STC 10466; ESTC S120574	35,321	96

w t religiō There are as many factions as there are feloweshyppes The Dominicales are at debate with the Minorities The Benedictines with the Bernardynes as many names so many Religions so many euen o● purpose diuers ceremonies because that nothing should agre euery man is pleasyd with hys owne and hateth condemneth other mens The sel●e same felowshippe is through factions dyuyded The obseruauntes speake euyll of the Coletes and bothe they of the third kynde ●he which haue their name of the Conu●ntes called Cōuentuales and yet there is no agremēt among them I nowe as it is mete and mistrusting al thinges desyred to hyde my selfe in some litle monasterye y t truely and vnfainedly were in quiet Thys thing I shal saye againste my wyll the which would to god warre not mooste true Hetherto I haue found none that with ciuill hatred and braulinges was not infected A shame it is to rehearse what vnprofitable strifes debates the elder men which are to be fered and reuerencid for their bearde and cloke sake doo excite and styrre of tryfylles vaine maters And finally howe greatly learnyd they seme vnto them selues howe holy Yet some lytle hope smyled vpon me that somewheres among so manye Mariages some maner of place should be geuen me For what doth not a commen house a commen bed and commen chyldren prom●s Furthermore y ● mutual lawe of their bodies so that y u shalt rather beleue thē to be one body made of two than to be two But that mooste myscheues Eris and contention is also cropen hether and through the dissencion of theyr myndes diuideth those that with so many bondes are bounde And yet I shall soner chaunce to haue a place amonge these than among those which with so many titles so many di●ers garmentes so many ceremonies professe or absolute charitie But finally I desiryd thys that at the least way a place might be appointed me in the brest of some one man But yet that chaunsyd not for the selfe same man dothe stryue and fyghte with hym selfe reason maketh warre with the affections and furthermore affection whilst pitie draweth one wai and cupiditie a nother striueth with affection Againe lust swadeth one thing and anger another ambitiō one thing co●ituousnes another And being such men yet they are not a shamid to be cal●ed christians albeit that they do vtterly discorde from the thinge that is vnto Chryst most cheyfe and peculier Contemplate and behold his vniuersal life What other thinge is it than the doctrine of concord mutual loue What other thyng doo hy● commaundements inculcate and repete what hys parabl●s but Peace but mutuall charitie Dyd that noble Prophette Esaias inspyred with the celestiall spirite and shewing that Chryst the reconciler of al thynges should come promys that he shoulde be a ruler or an ouer thrower of Cities A warrier A triumpher Noo no. What then A Prince of peace and because he woulde that he shoulde be notyd and vnderstandyd to be the best of all other he notyd hym of that thynge that he iudgyd the beste of all thynges Nor it is no maruell that it semed so to Esaias whan that Syllius the etnich poet wrote of me in thys sorte and maner Peace of all thinges that nature gaue vnto man is best And that mistical poet doth agre vnto thys man sayinge His seate is made in peace He said in peace not in Hostes. He is a Prince of peace he loueth peace he is offended with discorde And againe Esaias calleth peace a worke of Iustice mening if I be not disceyuyd the selfe same that Paule mente and he of troubulous Saule was made peasable and the doctour of peace with what brest with what eloquen●●● dyd he preferrynge charytye aboue all other gyftes of the spryte thūder oute my prayse vnto the Corynthyans whye shoulde I not glorye to be praysyd of so lawdable a man This manne sometymes callethe hym the God of peace In another place he calleth hym the peace of God manifestlye declaryng these two to cleaue and agre among them selues that there canne be noo peace where GOD is not presente nor that God can be there where peace is not present Lykewy●e we rede in holye Write the Angells of Peace to be called meke and the ministers of God so that by it selfe it is manifest whom we ought to take for the Angells of warre Harken vnto me ye excellent warryers Beholde vnder whose ensygnes ye warre Certes vnder hys that fyrst sowde dissention discorde betwene God and man What calamitie so euer mā doth fele he ought to ascribe it to his dyssention and dyscorde A lyght matter it is that certen men do argue that God in holy Wryte is called the God of Hostes and y e God of vengaunce For why there is a grete difference betwene the God of Iewes and the God of Christen men although that of their owne nature they are one and the selfe same God Or yf the olde titles do please vs go to let hym be the God of Hostes so that thou take and vnderstand the sharpenes and front therof to be y ● consent of vertue by whose aide and helpe good men destroy vyce Lette him be the God of vengaunce soo thou take vengaunce for the correctiō of vice and dost referre the bloudye occision of men wherewith the bokes of the Heabrues are replenished not to y e cutting and terynge of men in peces● but to thee driuinge awaye of wycked affections oute of the brest and mind of man But to folowe on that we purposyd As ofte as the secret and diuine letters do signifye absolute felicytye they doo it by thee name of Peace As Esayas my people sayeth he shall sit in the beutifulnes of Peace And another Peace sayeth he vpon Israell Againe Esaias doth maruell at the feete of those that denunce Peace that denunce good thynges Whosoeuer bringeth tidings of Christ bringethe tidinges of Peace He y t dyuulgath warre diuulgath hym that is mooste vnlyke Chryste Goo to nowe What thynge dyd drawe the sonne of God into the Earth but that he myght● reconcile the world vnto the father and ioygne men amonge them selues with an indissoluble charitie and laste of all that he myghte make man hys frende He was than an Ambasadoure for me he dyd my busynesses And therefore Salomon woulde beare his type and figure the which vnto vs is called peasable Howe great soeuer Dauid was yet because he was a warrier because he was defyled with bloude he is not suffered to buylde the house of god Nor he deseruid not in thys parte to beare the type and figure of peasable Chryst. Nowe O thou warrier ponder thys in the meane while yf warres receauyd done by the commaundemente of God do prophane men what shall they doo whom ambition anger fury doth perswade Yf the bloud of Ethnikes

of debate and dyuysyon they dyuyde Fraunce and those thynges wyth vocables the whyche nother sea mountens nor true names of regions diuide Of French men they make Germaines that throughe the felowshyppe of the name amitie shoulde not growe and encrece Yf a Iudge in odious actions as of diuorse doth not lightlye receyue theyr controuersies nor admit euery probation why do these men in a thinge of all other most odious admit euery vayne and lighte cause But let them rather thinke and take the mater as it is that thys worlde is the commen countrye of all men Yf the tytle of the countrye do reconcile all men borne of the selfe same elders yf affynytye of bloude makethe frendes yf the churche be one famyly and equallye commen to al men yf the selfe same house do couple and ioygne frendshyppe it is mete that wyse and witty men should hange and cleue to thys parte Thou sufferest and berist sume thynges with thy father in lawe and for noo nother cause but because he is thy wyues father and beryst thou nothynge wyth hym that in feloweshyppe of relygyon is thy brother Thou forgeueste many thinges for the propinquintie and nighnes of kindred and forgeuest thou nothing for the affinite of religion Truely ther is no bād that bindeth more streyghtlye than the sodalitie and felowship of Christ. Why is that thing onely before our eies that doth exulcerate and hurte the harte Yf thou fauer peace thinke thus rether in thys he hath hurtyd me but at other tymes he hath often profited me or by some other mans impulsiō he hath hindred and hurted me And as they that call men to concorde laye the causes of dissention that were betwene Agamēnon Achilles as Homere doth write to the Godes Aten so let those thinges that at no time can be excusyd be imputyd to desteny or yf ye will to some euyl God and let hatred be translatyd from men into these thinges Why are they wyser to their owne destruction than to defende felicitie why are they more quicker of sighte to euill than to good They that are sumwhat more wyse doo or euer they go aboute any priuate mater delyuer consyder and loke aboute them but they theyr eies beynge closid and shut vp cast them selues hedling into warre namely whan it is once begunne it cannot be auoydyd yea of a litle it is made great and of one many and of an vnbluddy a bluddy and chefely whan that thys tempest doth not afflicte and punyshe one or two but in lyke maner incloseth al men Yf the cōmen people do lyghtly waye these thinges yet it is the princes and the nobilyties parte to ponder and way them It is the preistes parte by al meanes to stablyshe these thinges and to laye them vnto the wyllynge and vnwyllynge they wyll cleue and take place yf they be harde in all places But doste thou make warre Fyrste beholde what maner a thing peace is and what war is What profytte Peace bryngeth and what ●uyll and disprofite warre bryngeth and so shalte thou perceaue whether it be expediente to permytte and chaunge peace for war Yf it be a thing to be marueylde at a kyngedome floryshynge euerye where with all thynges with cities wel builded with feldes wel ●anerid tild with verye good lawes with moste honest disciplines w t moste holy maners thinke with thy selfe yf I make war this felicitie shalbe troubled by me On the other syde if thou at any time hast sene the ruine of Cityes thestretes decayed broken the churches consumyd with fire the feldes desolate and this miserable spectacle and syghte as it is is sene thinke this to be y ● frute of warre and battell Yf thou thinke it greuous to bring into thy country such a scelerate and fylthy company of hiryd souldiours to nouryshe fede thē with the dammage losse of thy Citizins to serue them to slatter them yea and to commit thy selfe thy helth to theyr arbytriment loke that thou thinke this to be the condition of war Yf thou abho thefte warre dothe teache it yf thou detest paracide that is learnt in war For howe shal he feare beyng moued to sley one that hyrid for so light a stipend doth sleye and murder soo manye Yf the neglectynge of the lawes be mooste presente pestilence of a cōmen wele the lawes in y t time of war shal kepe silēce yf thou esteme adultery incest filthier thinges than those to be fylthye war is the mayster of all these thinges Yf impietie and the neglecting of religion be the spring of al euills these thyng●s by the tempestes of war are ouerthrown● Yf thou iudge the state of that comenwele to be euill wher they that ar worst may doo most in war they that are most scelerate and most euyll do reygne And theyr workes whome in time of Peace thou woulst crucify and hange vppe in war are chefest and most regardid For who canne better lede an armye be by-wayes than an exercised thefe whoo shall more strongelye robbe other mens houses or spoyle Churches than a breaker downe of walles or a sacrilegious person Whoo shall more coragiouslye smyte hys enemye or with his swerde drawe oute hys bowells than a swerd player or a paracide Who is so meete to set Cities a fyer● or ingentes of war than he that is a burner of houses who shall so wel contemne the perils of fludes and seas as a pirate exercised with long robbery Wilte thou manifestlye knowe see howe wicked a th●ng that warre is marke and consider those wel that doth make it Yf vnto a religious prince nothing should be more acceptid than the helth and welfayre of his subiectes this man most speciallye shoulde hate war Yf it be a princes felicitie to rule gouerne his daughters he muste most chefely embrace peace Yf we shuld principally wyshe vnto a good prince that he might rule those that were best he must nedes detest warre where outeflo with the pumpe of all impietie Yf he thinke al y t his citizins do possese to be hys he be all menes must nedes auoide war y e which so that it chaūce happely doth consume all mens substaunce and the thing that hath bene purchasid and gotten by honest artes and menes must be spent vpon a cruel sorte of hang mē Now they most diligētly must way this thinge that euery mans one cause doth flatter hym and that euery mans hope doth please hym and whan it is moste often very euil yet vnto him that is mouyd it semeth most right and equal and this doth often times deceiue thē But faine the cause to be most iust faine the ende of the war to be moste profitable prosperous cast with thy selfe the incōmodities wher with the war was made and the cōmodities the which thou hast obtaynyd and gotten by the victory and marke whether to wynne be of so gret a valure An vnbludlye victorye