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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68481	An exhortation to styrre all Englyshe men to the defence of theyr countreye. made by Richard Morysine	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 18110.5; ESTC S104287	21,862	62

not folow his malyce and withstand goddis pleasure Peter and Paule toke vppon theym a power and yet they graunted it to be cancelled within certayne lymyttes they wente not oute of theyr bondes they wolde not passe theyr rayles but sayde they had power to exhorte men power to edifie to reconcyle but no power to scatter to spoyle to dystroy This good father is of an nother schole a student of Rome taught in the consistorie of Cardynals where though there be fewe good made yet there commeth fewer good thither but they depart as euyll as they that be theyr readers It is with them a gay schole poynte without any drede of god to breake that louely bonde whiche god hath ordeyned and sette in nature to holde togyther to preserue and maynteyne a thynge in this worlde for mans welth and safetie moste nedefull ciuyle ordinauuce obeysaunce of the membres to the heed of the subiectes to theyr souerayne What thynge is more beneficiall vnto mannes lyfe then polytike order then mutuall socyetie of men knitte together in iustice temperācie modestie and honest lybertie one to helpe and comforte an other oone to instruct and teache an other in al thinges but in especiall in matters belongyng to god and suche as maynteyne this socyetie God ordeyned kynges magistrates and rulers commaundynge theym to be honoured euen as fathers are of theym chyldren This is the fyrste precepte of the seconde table wherin god setteth a polycie and teacheth the workes necessarye vnto mannes lyfe He shewethe of all thynges this to be the firste that some rule and some obeye Obedyence vndoubtedly is the knotte of al common weales this broken they muste nedes runne al heedlonge to vtter destruction God woll in any case subiectes owe this obedience to theyr rulers he woll they be dettours of this and neuer to cease the payenge of it He requireth not onely seruice of our bodyes to be at our prynces commaundemente but that our hartes honour and serue his hyghnes with all loue and feythfulnes Marke howe this good Romishe vicar supplieth his masters office he giueth remission of sinnes to theym that offende depeste in this precepte and curseth all theym that hate not goddes commandment Good cause he can not haue to do so and yet he knoweth his thryft is paste if goddes commaundementes be kepte and his curses not set by Who wolde thynke that goddes vycar coulde call prynces that were goinge ayenste the turke to tourne theyr force vpon christen princes Who wolde thinke that he him selfe coulde be of any good belefe beinge farder in loue with turkes whiche seke nothynge more then the vtter ruyne of Chrystes faythe then with vs that refuse with our moneye to maintayne his pryde ayenst god and his holy worde Errors haue set his cheyre alofte he seeth trouthe muste nedes abase hym He wryteth he sendeth he calleth he cryeth for helpe vnto all prynces If some of them sedused by false persuasiō shal set vpō vs bicause we haue left Idolatry dryuen away deceytful Hypocrisy that thus many yeres haue lyen lurkyng in celles kepynge by force and crafte the place of Chrystes relygyon Whan euer had Englande so good a cause to fyghte as nowe Whan euer myghte we goo to fielde with better hope of victorye then nowe Were it possyble that they shulde haue better hartes fyghtynge ayenst religyon ayenste goddes worde and so ayenst god hym selfe then we that fyghte for the mayntenaunce of all thre Canne they haue better wylles to lose bodyes and soules then we to saue bothe shall they take payne to come so farre to seke theyr owne sorowe and we not step oute of our doores to defende our welth our countrey our selues haue they yea can they haue greater causes to hate Englande then we to loue it If they passe not of goddes wrothe and vengiaunce so that they may brynge vs into captiuity and bondage shall not we beinge assured of goddes fauour as longe as we fauour his worde his name his glorye mete with these not so moche oures as goddes ennemies I muste here saye a thynge that I thynke woll make a good sorte of vs angry at the leaste Certes if we be not as one reported vs it myghte make vs vpon oceasion not only ready but very desyreful to spende yea though it were a good quantitie of bloude in so honest a quarell ¶ Not longe sithens a ientil ientilman I myght saye he was an ambassatour but then percase men wolde go nyghe to gesse whome I meane made at his retorne home this reporte of vs Thactyuitie of Englyshmen hath ben greate if histories be true but if I maye iudge by any coniectures it is nothynge so nowe I se neyther harneyes ne weapons of manhode amonges them they haue ben of good hartes couragyouse bolde valiant in marciall feates But those Englyshe men are deade ¶ If we had none other cause to fyghte beinge prouoked with the assaulte of our enemies wolde not this contumely this spytefull tale make vs shewe vnto suche reporters that as long as Englyshe bodies remayn in Englande they shal also fynde Englyshe stomackes Englysshe handes Englysshe hartes We see verye cowardes can euyll abyde to be so called and taken and are Englysshe men nothynge stirred to be thus counted and of them that are in dede but verye dastardes What thynge had Englande euer that it now lacketh bōdage of the proude tyrant of Rome layde apart Were there euer at any tyme in Englande goodlyer bodies cleaner made mē than there be at this day Were there euer mo thinges to set hartes in courage thā there be at this houre were there euer mo rewacdes for vertue mo nay halfe so many as there be nowe sythens Englande was England were there at any tyme mo euydent sygnes of goddes fauour towardes vs than haue ben these many yeres ¶ We many nowe see if we be not blynder than betels why god suffered suche a nomber to rise in the North and after to do no hurte to this realme but rather excedynge moche good For besydes that suche were wieded away as myght haue done hurte if our enemies had come betymes how dyd that cōmotion furnisshe almooste all Englande with weapons with harneys and other thynges necessarye for warre howe sone were both the Sotherne and Northern men in a redynesse wantynge nothynge fytte eyther for men that intended hurte to other eyther for theym that purposed theyr owne safetie Howe many yonge Ientylmen that than were ashamed they coulde ryde no better ryde wel now how many that than lacked almoste all thynge mete for a warry our be nowe furnyshed for all assayes God vndoubted dydde moche for vs that of so euyll a thyng we receyued so many commodities Harneys bowes bylles gunnes with the rest of the furnitures for soudiours were prepared than See the goodnes of god that wold them all to be prepared than and all to be preserued hole sounde vnhurte for a better season They were commynge whether they dare come