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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05300	The laboryouse iourney [and] serche of Iohan Leylande, for Englandes antiquitees geuen of hym as a newe yeares gyfte to Kynge Henry the viij. in the. xxxvij. yeare of his reygne, with declaracyons enlarged: by Iohan Bale	Leland, John, 1506?-1552.; Bale, John, 1495-1563. aut	1549 (1549)	STC 15445; ESTC S108451	38,192	130

posteryte as they hoped for at suche tyme as they employed their longe and great studyes to the publyque wealthe ¶ Iohan Bale Se here the wysdome of thys worthy and noble Prynce Kyng Henry the. viij how prudentlye he dysposeth matters Accordynge to the Pryncely admynystracyon of God to hym cōmitted he hath here cōsyderaciōs diuerse respectinge as wele the dysposycyons of his subiectes as those thynges also whyche myght seme to be profytable in a Christē commen welth Not only marked he the natural inclinacyon of this Leylande but also prouoked him to folowe it in effect to the conseruacion of the landes Antiquitees whyche are a most syngulare bewtye in euery nacyon He gaue hym out his autorite and commission in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. D. xxxiij to serche and peruse the Libraries of hys realme in monasteries couentes and colleges before their vtter destruccyon whyche God then appoynted for their wyckednesses sake The rular saythe S. Paule beareth not the swerde in vayne but is the minister of God to take vengeaunce on them that do euyl Roma xiij And his noble purpose was thys to saue the precyouse monumētes of auncyent wryters whych is a most worthy worke and so to brynge them from darkenesse to a lyuely light to the notable fame and ornature of this lād Thus was there in this kynge besides that is spoken afore a stodye of thynges memorable and a regardynge of noble Antiquite whyche bothe are to be commended hyghly ¶ Iohan Leylande Yea and furthermore that the holy scrypture of God myght both be syncerely taught and learned all maner of superstycyon and crafty coloured doctryne of a rowte of Romayne Byshoppes totally expelled oute of thys your most catholyque realme I thinke it now no lesse than my very dewtye breuely to declare to your Maiestie what frute haue spronge of my laboriouse iourney and costly enterprise both roted vpon your infynyte goodnesse and lyberalyte qualytees ryght highly to be estemed in all Prynces and most specyally in yow as naturally your owne wele knowne proprietes ¶ Iohan Bale An other cause Iohan Leylande bryngeth fourth here of thys serche of lybraries which is that the scriptures of God myght therby be more purely taught then afore in the Romish popes time Moreouer that al kyndes of wicked superstycyons and of the sophystycall doctrynes myghte be remoued hens to the amendement or els more clere aperaunce of the true Chrysten fayth For though the more part of writers were wholly geuen to serue Antichristes affectes in the parelouse ages of the churche Apo. ix Yet were there som amonge them whiche refusynge y e office sought the onlye glory of their Lorde God In the middest of al darkenesse haue some men by all ages had the liuynge sprete of Goddes chyldrē what though they haue in some thynges erred Gal. iiij Neuer yet were the spelunkes of Abdias wythoute the true Prophetes of God what though that wycked Iezabel the Romyshe churche most cruelly sought their bloud iij. Re. xviij The worthy workes of these this noble kyng sought to saue by this Leylande afore the suppressinge of the mōkyshe monasteryes which commēdeth in hym as good reason geueth it both the care of Christen relygyon and also the disanullynge of most deuylysh idolatry Suche a discrete and circumspect kyng doth the wyse man cal a welfare of the worlde and an vpholdynge of the people Sapi. vi The frutes sprynginge of Leylandes laboriouse iourney now foloweth in effecte ¶ Iohan Leylande Fyrst I haue conserued many good authors the whych otherwyse had ben lyke to haue peryshed to ●o small incōmodyte of good letters Of y e which parte remayne in the most magnificent libraryes of your royall palaces Part also remayne in my custodie wherby I trust right shortly so to describe your moste noble realme and to publyshe the Maiestie of the excellente actes of youre progenytours hytherto sore obscured bothe for lacke of empryntynge of such workes as saye secretely in corners ¶ Iohan Bale Yf he be worthy prayse whyche seketh to profyte a common wealthe Iohan Leyland is not to be neglected here for thys hys laboryouse iourney and costuouse enterpryse For therby he hath sau●d the profitable workes of many excellent wryters which els had bene loste to no small decaye of that wholsome veryte whiche is both to be sought in the scriptures of the Byble and also in the moste olde and autentyck Chronycles of our prouynce Heded wele to commyt certen of those worthy workes to the kinges noble Libraries to their conseruacyon and also in reseruynge a certen of them to hymselfe at that tyme myndynge to haue polyshed our Chronycles by fabulouse wryters sore blemyshed But a moste noble acte shoulde he do that wold clerely redeme them from dust and byrdfylynges or pryuate vse to no profyte and so bryng them fourth to a commēwealth of godly knowledge and lernynge to the worthy fame of Englād and increace of vertue No godly mā lyghteth a candle to put it vndre a bushel but to set it a broade to the confort of many Luce. xi To locke vp the gates of the true knowledge from them that affectuously seketh it to the glory of God is a property belongynge onlye to the hypocryiysh Pharisees and false lawers Mat. xxiij A more sygne of ignobylyte can not be sene then to hyde such noble monumentes neyther can growe a more famouse report than to sende them fourth a broade amonge men And for that purpose I thynke God hath in thys age geuen the noble art of prentynge ¶ Iohan Leylande And also because men of eloquence hath not enterprised to set them fourth in a floryshynge style in some tymes past not commenly vsed in Englande of writers otherwise wele learned and nowe in suche estymacyon that except truth be delycately clothed in purpure her written verytees can scant fynde a reader That all the worlde that euydently perceyue that no particular region maye iustely be more extolled thā yours for true nobylyte and vertues at all poyntes reuoumed ¶ Iohan Bale Muche haue the excellent and lyuelye actes of Kynges bene obscured as is wrytten afore for so muche as these noble Antyquytees haue not bene ere thys tyme reueled but tyed vp in cheanes and hydden vndre dust in the monkes and fryres libraryes The greate want of them hath caused our latter Chronicles specyally Iohan Hardynge Wyllyam Caxton Robert Fabiane and now last of al Polydor Vergyll so depely to erre as they haue done in many poyntes And. ij thynges chefely haue caused them Leylande sayth so longe to be witholden frō vs. The one is the slackenesse of empryntynge that no studiouse persone myndynge the veritees preferrement hath laboured their settynge out to the cōmen profite An other is the want of ornature that they haue not bene changed into a more eloquent stile to the ful satisfyenge of delycate eares and wyttes