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An armor of proofe brought from the tower of Dauid, to fight against Spannyardes, and all enimies of the trueth, by R.C.
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Cotton, Roger.
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1596
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STC 5865; ESTC S108854
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AN Armor of Proofe brought from the Tower of Dauid to fight against Spannyardes and all enimies of the trueth By R. C. The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous run vnto it and are exalted Pro. 18. 10. Imprinted at London by G. Simson and W. White 1596. To the right Honorable Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewesburie Lord Talbot Furniuall Strange of Blackmeare Verdon and Louetoft Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Roger Cotton wysheth grace and peace in Christ Iesus THe Lord our God Right Honorable who in great mercy hath caused by his spirit the holie Scriptures to be written for our learning hath also commanded that all men shoulde studdy therin both day night that so by the helpe of the same spirite men might write them in their hartes The ende hereof is that thereby they may recouer the Image of that new man which againe is created after the likenesse of God in knowledge and holinesse And while the people of Israel obserued this they inioyed peace throughout their borders and great plentie within their Pallaces And such feare God strocke into the harts of their enemies round about that none durst stirre against them But at what time they cast off this and chose new Gods and made no account of the knowledge of the true God nor of the learned that should to them the same God teach Then was there warre in the gate and no peace to any that went in or out but great troubles arose to all the inhabitantes of the earth For nation destroyed nation and Cittie destroyed Cittie and God troubled them with all maner of aduersities This standing thus and God remaining vnchangeable I assure my selfe of all kingdomes to whom the worde of God is sent this may be spoken That they Elias I meane the men like Elias Iosua Samuel Dauid Daniel and such whose delightes are in the law of the Lord are the Horses and Chariots of a kingdome O noble Sir I beseech you therefore consider well therof and let those gracious words of good king Asa when ten hundreth thousand came against him and those of King Abiah when eight hundreth thousand came against him and those of Ioab the Captayne when the Ammonites Aramites came against Dauid be writ most sure in your noble hart that so they may proceede from your lippes to the incouragement of the common sort whose hartes often fayle in rumors of troubles I know your Honor needeth not to be taught how Nobilitie giuen to the holy worde must be the strongest pillers of the Church Israel through all ages so stoode firme but otherwyse fell Iosua being equall to a Prophet conquered the land through his constancie and courage in diuinity But after him great contempt of Religion arose wherefore much of their land againe they lost and greatly troubled was that state vntill the dayes of Samuel For as they often fell away so the Lord often sould them into the handes of spoylers whereby in the ende that state became Ichabod no glory For the glory of God the space of seauen moneths departed from them yet by meanes of good Samuel faithful in religion was againe setled in Israel and so by him the state was well helde vp all his dayes who although he descended from rebellious Corah yet is he for Leuy a conquerer of better then Sichemites and as he so or more did that noble and valiant Dauid euen by diuinitie recouer wholy the land first conquered by Iosua and Dauids title is not so euident for a warryer as it is for the pleasant in songs to Israel For to this day most sweete is the voyce of that sweete singer to all that rightly vnderstand his tune But he that should vnderstand him to the full had need of the spirite of an Apostle A true patterne indeed Right honorable of true Nobilitie But yet full soone was this true patterne lost wherevpon ten partes of that stately kingdome became in short time not onely Izrael and Loruchama but Loammy also For full often did the Lord visit them with the sword aswell at home deuouring one an other as by the enemy abroad and in the ende suffered them to be carryed quite away by the Kings of Asshur And God tooke no pittie but euen as they had cast off him from being their Lord so he cast of them from being his people Now as Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat of the vertuous Ioseph is set forth as a patterne for discommendations to all that followed his wicked steps so noble Dauid of the house of Iuda is the patterne set forth for commendation to all that had care to walke his godly pathes Therefore no further in story for sample to true nobilitie need I here to seeke Yet in so much as the fame of one of your owne most noble progenatours soundeth in our eares to this day I trust it shall of none be thought amisse yf I lay him before your Honorable eyes as an other example That noble Earle IOHN TALBOT is the man who neither liued as languishing in idlenes riot or excesse nor died as hauing surfited with vaine pleasures and fonde delyghtes but of manly woundes receiued in open feelde after he had valiantly warred foure twentie yeeres in defence of his Princes right a death and life most honorable to them that are truely noble and valiant Euen so this worthy peere togeather with his valiant Sonne the Lord Lisle in that sore battle fought at Castilion in Fraunce their sweete lyues did ende where a monument of the Earle remayneth vnto this day and this inscription folowing ingrauen thervpon Heere lyeth the right noble Knight Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsburie Earle of Washford Waterforth and Valence Lorde Talbot of Goodritche and Vrchingfeilde Lorde Strange of Blackmeare Lord Verdon of Alton Lord Crumwell of Wingfeilde Lord Louetoft of Worsoppe Lord Furniuall of Sheffeilde and Lord Falconbridge Knight of the most noble orders of S. George S. Michael and the Golden Fleece Great Marshall to King Henrie the sixt of his Realme of Fraunce who dyed at the battle of Castilion neare Burdeaux Anno. 1453. Now as this and other your noble ancestors haue been alwayes at home most honorable for their faythfulnes towardes the Crowne of Englande and for their seruice both at home and abrode against the enemie in so much that euen the very name of the Talbot to them hath been tirrible so no doubt there is but that your selfe will shew your selfe in all nobilitie as descended from such A most noble warryer and faithfull subiect vnto his annoynted Prince was he whose example therein you follow Therefore one poynt more I beseech your honor learne of that noble Dauid your patterne And as you and your honorable fathers haue followed him in the other two most honorable quallities of true nobillitie so let your selfe surmount them all in the third The point desired is his great loue and zeale to the Church house of God which