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A72222	The familiar epistles of Sir Anthony of Gueuara, preacher, chronicler, and counceller to the Emperour Charles the fifth. Translated out of the Spanish toung, by Edward Hellowes, Groome of the Leashe, and now newly imprinted, corrected, [and] enlarged with other epistles of the same author. VVherein are contained very notable letters ...; Epistolas familiares. English	Guevara, Antonio de, Bp., d. 1545?; Hellowes, Edward.	1575 (1575)	STC 12433; ESTC S122612	330,168	423

¶ The Familiar Epistles of Sir Anthony of Gueuara Preacher Chronicler and Counceller to the Emperour Charles the fifth Translated out of the Spanish toung by Edward Hellowes Groome of the Leashe and now newly imprinted corrected enlarged with other Epistles of the same Author VVherein are contained very notable letters excellent discourses curious sayings and most naturall reasons VVherein are contained expositions of certaine figures authorities of holy Scripture very good to be preached and better to be followed VVherin are contained declarations of ancient stamps of writings vpon stones Epitaphes of Sepulchers Lawes and customes of Gentiles VVherein are contained Doctrines Examples and counselles for Princes for noble men for Lawyers and Church men very profitable to be followed and pleasant to be readde ¶ Printed at London by Henry Bynneman for Raufe Nevvbery dvvelling in Fleetstreete a little aboue the Conduit To the Right worshipfull Sir Henry Lee Knight Maister of the Leasshe RIGht vvorshipfull being combred vvith doubt too be noted of rash presumption and no lesse afflicted vvith that vncouth detestable vice of dull despaire I vvas constrained vvith tvvo much oddes to endure combat with both these furious sprites and after long conflicte as it vvere by the vvaye of taking breath they began to argue and first despaire being more fierce vvith thinne face and holovve eyes grimmely began to saye Oh beastly Svvine vvithoute prouidence and enraged Beare to performe thy ovvne disposition vvithout all grace or learning and voyd of all consideration of the issue of iudgemente of others vvhich greedily despise hate and beare enuie and at all times ceasse not to persecute the feeble attemptes vvhich thou and others takest in hande euery of vvhiche euills vvith many others might be auoyded if by the nature and manner of my disposition thou couldst keepe thy selfe coy and mute But vvith great impatiēce presumption did breath foorth these or such like vvords ah miserable Cockatrice and caytife most cruel to mankind vvhich by thy ougly shape declarest the lothsome frute of thy vvretched nature vvhiche in all times and places dost practise the ouerthrovv of al honest lavvdable and noble enterprises vvherin they vvould haue vsed many tedious argumēts if I had not cut off by sute for diuine assistance Presently obtayning tvvo such auncient and famous Champions of no common singularitie by vvhose presidents directions and conductions I vvas foorth vvith deliuered of all perplexities namely Lucifer and Iudas but therevvithall not omitting to succour my selfe vvith the vvisedome and policie of the Bee vvhi●h gathereth honey out of nettles vvhich both and ioyntly made such discourses of the horrible euills desperate mischiefes and cruell mishaps that hath ensued the hatefull company of both these companions aforesayd in such sensible maner as suche feeling vvitnesses possibly might report Leauing all their particular reasons vvhich vvoulde grovv ouerlong they concluded that euery extremitie engendreth vice and only vertue is that which is equal in ballance so departed Therby giuing to vnderstand that the vertue of a noble mind is neither daūted vvith frovvard fortune either exalted or puffed vp vvith gifts or prosperitie And presently being brought to a certaine examination I vvas driuen flatly to confesse that al strength is vveaknesse al knovvledge ignorance actiuitie impotencie vvisdome foolishnesse iustice vvrong temperāce rashnesse fortitude covvardnesse and all perfection but corruption of all vvhich no other notable deedes man vvhatsoeuer may presume and boast himselfe but vvhen God alone vnto diligence doth adde his grace And thus presumption vvith his sequele being remoued and despaire vvith his drovvsie troupe being vanished depending only of diuine prouidence I began to cal to mind my God my Prince my countrey also your vvorship of vvhom I had receyued many good things being very loth to shevv my selfe vtterly idle either ingrate receyuing aduertisemēt of Gueuara vvhich giueth vs to vnderstand that since the beginning of the vvorld there hathe not bin any Prince that hathe excelled or to vvhom Iulius Caesar either Alexander the great ought to giue place obtayning soueraintie in their seuerall vertues namely the one in pardonīg of iniuries the other in giuing large and bountiful revvards affirming therevvithall that to the ingrate or vnthankfull man neither vvould Alexander giue any revvard either Iulius Caesar pardon iniurie giuing vs therby to vnderstand that they helde it much better to darken their ovvne singular and renovvmed vertues thā to yeld benefit vnto so detestable vice Forthvvith being vrged therby to confesse my debt constrayned to shake off all drovvsie forgetfulnesse avvake my dull spirits to yeld my selfe as abandoned to do your worship either seruice or pleasure but my treasure and storehouse being searched and ransackt I find it furnished vvith no other implements but emptie abilitie and barren facultie to performe the same forced in the place of vvorkes to furnish the satisfaction vvith vvords Yet frankly confessing that although oportunitie shall deny to yeeld hir selfe to stretch to the merit of your great goodnesse vsed vvith me notvvithstanding at all times and places vvords of confession and disposition to performe shall neuer ceasse to do their indeuor to escape the vnkind disgrace of ingratitude Adding therby hardines vnto my self once more to attēpt your patiēce vvith this present of Gueuara being finished and also out of the French Booke somevvhat augmented vvith matter both horoicall and deuine the prayse and commendation vvhereof I rather remitte vnto the glorious fame of the Auctor himselfe than tediously vvithout skill to paint or polish the same vvith colours of imperfect hevv Right humbly beseeching youre VVorship to accepte the same vvith the mildnesse of your vvonted fauoure as it apperteyneth I shall not ceasse to pray that the protection of the liuing God may conduct and follovve you vvith perfect felicitie in all noblenesse both of body mind as may yeld your worship before god man immortal renowne Your worshippes most humble to command Edwarde Hellowes To the Reader RIght gentle Reader in all nations cuntries and Common wealthes although barbarous yet in respect of the office of Harold Pursiuant Messenger or Interpreter they alwayes beare with patience and take in good parte all actions both of worde and deede appertayning vnto his office And somtimes of theyr owne noblenesse do bountifully rewarde the same although he vtter vnto them matter both opprobrious and spitefull And also Gueuara maketh report that it was a law amōg the Romanes that no man whatsoeuer shoulde aduenture to approche the Emperours tent in the nyght and tyme of warre vpon payne of death The Emperor Aurelius as then making warre with Zenobia Queene of Palmiris it chaunced that a certaine Greeke souldier was apprehended within the compasse of the same being committed to be executed for his offence the Emperour himselfe from within his Pauilion with a lowde voyce cryed out and sayd If his approche were for himselfe let him dye for it but if it be for another

they will applie more vnderstādings to one word than ther be gloses vpō the Bible Conserue thē in their auncient customs care not to attempt or bring in any new things for nouelties doe always bring displeasures to those that deale therin and amongst the people doth engēder vprores or offences Stand always vpon good aduisement walk always vpon consideration for in the houses of iudges as many enter to view as to dispatch matters The house of Audience is verie moyst old narowe little displeasant darke in such sorte that it is rather to bée puld down than to dwel in it wil greue your honor to sée it offend you to inhabite the same but in the ende you haue to comfort your selfe that your comming thither is not to dwel but to amende your estate My Lorde president your predecessor entred the same Bishop of Malorca came frō thence made bishop of Auila And so may it please the Lord as yée now come Bishop of Tui ye shall returne Archbishop of Ceuill for it is nowe an auncient custome that the presidentes be neuer remoued vntill their estate be amended Your Lordship may bold it for most certain that the office of president is not a little honourable but ioyntly therwith verie tedious and burdensome For that no man hath compassion of his trauell all if he take ease blaspheme him In this presidentship there is other trauell which is your friends haue licence to sée you and to speake vnto you but your Lordship hathe not libertie to vse conference with them for if you talk with any in particular and admitte him to youre secrete affaires foorthwith they will reporte thorowe the audience and also will talke in place that you haue more abilitie to bée commaunded than capacitie to commaund In hard graue and waightie matters it is not repugnant to wisedome neither yet to conscience for a Iudge to confer with his friendes vppon this condicion that they be neither affected or furious for there doth wit most bend where will hath most force In such wise ye ought to be conuersant confer talke and also cōsult with your familiar friends that all men may thinke of you that they do coūsell but not cōmaund you Such as come to bée suters vnto you are not to be answered sharply or with rigor a milde aunswere neuer offendeth for if they go not with hope to bée despatched it were not iust they shoulde depart complayning of their aunswere In the wordes in the curtesies and in the aunsweres that you shall vse deale with euery one according as your Lordship shall perceiue the condicion of his estate to require for otherwise some will prayse you for iust and other some note you of euill nurture Your Lordship also hath to trauel in the commō wealth to appeare milde pitifull louing and well wishing in suche sort that you rather seeke to be praised for the bountie ye vse than for the authoritie you haue Consent not to be furious angry cruell absolute for that Iudges be bound to suffer infinite iniuries and haue no licence to reuenge onely one When at any time you shal fele occasion to be angrie troubled and also iniuried breake not forth into ire nor speake any euil word For if the man that doth iniury vs be discrete we take no small reuenge if to his wordes wée giue no aunswere The good President ought to haue rectitude in iudgement puritie of life quicknesse in dispatch pacience in hys affayres and prudence in his gouernaunce The whiche fiue vertues he in them selues so connexed and in him so necessary that he shall not be so much profited by the foure that he hathe as he shall receiue offence by the one that he lacketh Of my selfe I giue your Lordship to vnderstād that two yeres since I haue ●in at the law in this audience against the Church of Toledo for the Abbay of Basa in whiche I haue sentence in my fauour Per omnia benedictus Deus My Lord at this present we be in degrée of a reuew and for that the matter dependeth in such estate and maye not farther procede without the President Nil iam superest nisi quod descendas ponas manum super eam In that your Lordship is President and I a suter this letter suffreth not offers in words nor permitteth much lesse seruice in workes Ne imponamus crimen gloriae vestrae Come your Lordship when you will with gladnes and enter this audience in an happie houre that as you know positus es in ruinam in resurrectionem multorium Of lawiers and officers olde and new you shall find a sacred College dignum profectò tali viro. No more but our Lord bée your protector and giue me grace to serue him From Granado the 12. of May. 1531. A letter vnto the warden of Alcala in whiche is expounded that of the Psalme whiche saith Let the liuing descend into hell MOst reuerēd and sufficient religious father Frater Antonius de Gueuara predicator Chronista Caesaris suo precordiali patri guardiano cumplu sal plu mittit Quamuis hactenus non scripsi paternitati tuae non tunc minus tibi deditus affectus fui Causam autem meae taciturnitatis tua singularis prudentia per sese optime nouit Literas tuas accepimus quae nobis incunditati volup●ati fuerunt Nec enim est alius quisquam bomimum cuius scripta libentius quàm tua legamus est enim in eis dicendi ornatus debiti salis condimentum Gaudemus te bene valere vtinā semper tibi sit Et de bis hactenus In the general chapter I preached all our order being present amōgst other authorities of holy Scripture I expounded that text of the Psalmist whiche saieth descēdant in infernū viuētes The expositiō wherof your reuerence desireth me to send written as it was preached for that as then you heard it not The preacher that giues in writing what hée hath fayd in the pulpit bindes him selfe to lose his credit For in the mouth of a great preacher it is more to sée the spirit whiche he giueth to the words he speaketh than to all that he can write vnto vs Aeschines the Philosopher being banished by the Athenians to the Rodes when vppon a certaine daye hée related the Oration that Demosthenes had made and written against him hée sayd vnto them if ye had séene that beast Demosthenes blason his words and the spirite he had in speaking of them Amongst the thirtie most famous tyrants that did destroy the common wealth of Athenes Pifistrato was one in whose time the Philosopher Damonidas did florish A man out of doubt of a reformed life and must eloquent in his speech Of this Philosopher Damonidas Pifistraro the tyrant on a daye sayd vnto the Senate of Athens All maner of men of Athe●s and of Greece may fréely come and speak with me in their affaires and say what appertaineth except

the Philosopher Damonidas which may write vnto me but not come and talke with me for he holdeth suche efficacie in his wordes that he perswadeth to what hee will. Kyng Philip Father to Alexander the great besieging a certaine citie in Grecia came to parlée with those in the Citie that if they would suffer the Philosopher Theomastes to enter and to speake with them certaine words he would depart and rayse his siege the Philosopher Theomastes had great eloquence in the words he did speake and very great perswasion in things he would bring to passe and so it chaunced there that he entring alone into the Citie making his Oration in the Senate they did not only render them selues and open their gates but also did kisse King Phillips hands for kyng In such wise that the Philosopher had more power with his wordes thā the King with his armies I say this reuerend Father for that betwixt the bearing and reading of a sermon there goeth no small difference For as the Apostle sayeth the letter killeth but the spirit quickneth The authoritie of the Prophets be assured the sermon goeth written as it was preached but I giue you to vnderstand it goeth despirited and vnsauery But comming to the purpose of that the Prophet saithe which is to wete descendant in infernum viuentes The doubt is how it may agrée that they may go downe to hell being aliue and being aliue how they may bée in hell Saying as the Prophet doth saye in an other Psalme Non mortui lnudabunt te Domine nes omnes qui descendant in infernum If those that goe downe into hell shall not there praise God but blaspheme him to what end doth the prophet commaund vs to descēd To say that Orestes entred into hell after the Nymphes and that Aeneas descended thither to seke his father and that the musicion Orpheus did fetch from thence his wife and the valiant Hercules did breake the gates and bind the Giant Aethna and the dog Cerberus These may bée termed poetical fixions and no truthes for the vnfortunate that is once ouertaken with night in hell for euermore there remaineth buried and he that can once tymely rise vp into Paradise shall neuer more sée night for the elect shall there find day without night and the dampned shall find night without day Being such as wée ought to be wée may excuse our going to hell but after that wée shall be entred thither it is not in vs to returne againe For ther is nothing more consonant to reason thā that he which willingly came to the fault against his wil do suffer paine For the prophet to saye descendant in infernum viuentes in my iudgement I durst say that his meaning was to perswade vs and to warne vs that wée descend into hell being aliue that wée descend not after wée be dead Now let vs descend into hell by contemplation so that afterwards we descend not to eternall dampnation Let vs descend thither by feare that they carry vs not thither by rigour Let vs descend thither with good will that they carry vs not by force Let vs descend by day that they carry vs not at night Let vs descend alone bycause they shall not compell vs to goe with companye Let vs descend in tyme that wee maye returne because that afterwardes they shall not carry vs to leaue vs there Finally I do saye that it is an holy thing to descend into hell while we are aliue to the ende wée descend not whē wée bée dead They dayly descend into hell that thinke vpon the gréeuous paines and formentes that be giuen there for sinne For there is no better salue to part vs frō our sinnes than alway to carry the paine in memorie For out of doubt the paine of the dampned dothe withdraw vs from vices Goe who will on pilgrimage to Mōserate let them wander to get the Iubile of S. Iames let him vow himselfe to our Lady of Gadaliape let him trauaile to S. Lazarus of Ciuill let him send almes to the holy house and let him offer his goods to S. Antony de Castro But for my part I will no other station but that vnto hell Hée vnderstendeth not a little nor occupieth himselfe in little nor goeth not a little nor takes in hand that is little neither goeth on pilgrimage a little that euery daye giueth a hoylt or a turne into hell Once a yeare did the Hebrewes visit their temple From fiue yeares to fiue the Samnites did celebrate their Lustros from foure to foure yeares the Greekes did feast at their Olimpiades from seuen yeares to seuen yeares the Aegyptians did renew the Temple of Iris from ten to ten yeares the Romanes did send presentes to the Oracle of Apollo but he that is a faithful and a true Christian not from a time to so long a time but euery houre and euery moment shall goe and come to hell For of a perpetual paine perpetual ought to be the memorie therof In the pilgrimage to the holy House there is cost trauell and also perill but those that euery day do visite hell by contemplation neyther haue cost or passe trauell neyther runne in any kind of daunger For it is a pilgrimage that you goe on drie foote and is visited with standing still Oh blessed is the Soule that euery day by the stations of hell giues a turne in which he doth behold howe the proud be there brought downe the enuious chastized the gluttons pine with hunger the furious grow milde and the fleshly consumed Therfore let the liuing descend into hell To go this holy iorney neyther weaknesse maye excuse vs eyther pouertie let vs for it dothe neyther commaunde vs to weary our persons or that wée employe our goods but that wée kéepe our money and there to bestow our thoughtes Therefore let the liuing descend into hell It doth not séeme to me the 〈…〉 at h an vnméet painted storie that hath hell painted in his oratorie for they are much more that abstain from sin for fear of the pain than for loue of the glorie This is that I iudge of that text of the Psalmist about the whiche may it please the king of heauen that euen as my pen hath written my soule may alwayes ruminate for as the Apostle sayth not the hearers but the doers shall be iustified Vale. Iterumque vale From Madrid the .viij. of Ianuarie .1524 A Letter vnto sir Diego of Caminia wherein is treated how enuy raigneth in all men MAgnificent and good Christian gentleman you write vnto me that you are muche offended by many slaunderers that depraue your doings vnframe your attemptes I saye to maruaile thereat you haue some occasion but to be offended you haue no reason For in the ende it is lesse euill that your neybors enuy you thā that your frends shuld pitie you The most auncient vice of this world is enuie and that which shall not ende vntill the worlde be