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cause_n	case_n	judge_n	king_n	1,383	5	3.8952	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14531	Introduction to wisedome Banket of sapience. Preceptes of Agapetus.; Ad sapientiam introductio. English	Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Paynell, Thomas.	1550 (1550)	STC 24849; ESTC S112565	93,518	450

is pride and to muche statelines like great corporate bodies be throwē down sodeinly ¶ Honours substanciall and perfect and also fauour of thē whiche haue a good turne in remembrance and be in rendryng thankes veray diligent shoulde not be refused Hypocrisie TAke hede of false prophetes that come to you in the garmentes of sheepe but within they bee rauernouse wulues by the fruites of theym shall ye perceiue theym ¶ He that desireth to seeme that he is not he is an hypocrite he faineth to be good yet dothe he not practise it for in the praise of men he estemeth his profite ¶ Dyssembled equitee is not proprely equitee but double iniquitee for it is bothe iniquitee and dissimulacion ¶ Hypocrites ar● vile in apparel and praude in their corage and whyle they seeme to despise all thynges in this worlde they seke by meanes to atteyn to all thynges that be of the worlde ¶ The nyghest way to renome is to be suche one in dede as euery man woulde he reputed ¶ He that faineth hym selfe to bee a freende and is not is worse than he that is a forge● of money ¶ Openly to hate or to loue more belongeth to a gentil courage than to hyde in his coūtenance what his herte thynketh Humblenesse EUery man that exalteth hym selfe shall be brought lowe and he that hūbleth him selfe shal be aduanced ¶ All men delite to be high the griece is humilitee why settest thou thy fote so farre from the thou wylt fall and not clymbe begyn at the grice and thou art forth with at the toppe ¶ He that doeth gather other vertues without humiltee d●eth as he that beareth fine pouder into a boystuous wynde ¶ That man is happy whiche the higher that fortune aduanceth his substance so muche the lower he auayleth his courage Ill men THre kindes of people my soule hath hated I poore man proude an old man lackyng wit a great man a lier ¶ There is no hope of remedy where that whiche sometyme were vyces bee tourned to maners ¶ That whiche the yll manne moste dredeth shall come vnto hym that whiche he desireth shall b●g yuen vnto good men ¶ The yll manne shall vanishe awaye lyke a storme the good man shall stande faste lyke an euerlastyng foundacion ¶ The warke of an yll manne is euer vnstable he that so weth good warkes hathe a sure aduauntage ¶ Dooe thou none euill and none shall come to the Leaue euyll companie and euyll wyll forsake the. ¶ If a Morian maie thaunge his skinne or a libard hir spottes ye may also do good whan ye are brought vp in ill ¶ To hym that doeth ill there is no greatter penaunce than that he displeaseth all men and contenteth not him selfe Iustice. NO man maie be iust that feareth either deth peine exyle or pouertee or that preferreth their contraries before verie equitee ¶ The foundacion of perpetuall preyse end renowme is iustice without the whiche no thyng is commendable ¶ Kynge Agesilaus beynge demaunded whiche was the better ●ither Iustice or Fortitude He aunswered If al men were iuste we neded no fortitude ¶ The glory of a good man is to doe iustice ¶ Iustice exalteth the people but synne maketh people wretched and miserable ¶ The emperour Alexander hearynge that a poore olde woman was ylle intreated with one of his souldiours he dyscharged hym and gaue hym in bondage vnto the woman to get hir hir liuynge with his crafte for as muche as he was a carpenter ¶ Aristides called the rightuouse beynge demaunded of one If he were rightuouse of his owne nature Nature saide he hathe muche holpen me there to but yet by myne industrie I haue holpen hir also ¶ In the path of iustice is life the waie that turneth ther from leadeth to death ¶ Iustice mounteth the people in honour sinne maketh people wretched and miserable ¶ Be not ouermuche iust in extremitee and fauoure no more than is necessary ¶ My sonne desirynge wysedome kepe thou true Iustice and god almighty wyll geue it vnto the. ¶ He is a iuste man that spaceth not hym selfe Iudge ACcordynge to the iudge of the people so bee his officers ¶ Suche as bee rulers of a citee suche be the commons ¶ Presentes and gyftes make ●lynde iudges ¶ Couet not to bee a iudge excepte thou bee of power able to subdewe iniquitees leaste perchance thou shalt feare the state of a great man and geue occasion of rebuke in thyne owne hastinesse ¶ Euerlastyng wo shall be to theym whiche make vnrightewyse lawes and doe write agaynst iustice to the intent that they wyll oppresse poore menne in iudgemente and violentely subuerte the cause of the people ¶ All doe loue presentes and folowe rewardes to the fatherlesse chylde they do not minister Iustice the poore widows matter cometh not before them ¶ Here therfore ye kynges and vnderstande ye Learne ye iudges of all partes of the worlde Gyue eares ye that rule ouer multitudes and delyte youre selfe in the trouble of people for power is giuen to you frō our lorde which shall examine your actes inserche your thoughtes for whan ye were ministers of his kyngedome ye iudged not straitely ne kept the lawes of true iustice ne went after his pleasure horriblye and shortely he wyll appere to you for most so reste iudgementes shall bee to theym that haue rule ouer other To the poore man merci is graunted but the mighty man shal suffer mightily tourmētes ¶ Take thou no gyftes which do make wyse men blynde and peruerte the woordes of● theym that be rightuouse Iudgement HE that iustifieth an vngracious person and he that condemneth a good man they before god bee bothe abhominable ¶ The kyte in the ayre knoweth hir tyme the turtil the stork and the swalowe dooe come at theyr seasons my people know not theyr lordes iudgement ¶ A good man wyll not in his friendes cause dooe againste a weale publyke agaynste his ●th nor agaynst the trust which is put in him for he laieth aside the personage of a frende whā he taketh on hym a iudges office ¶ The emperoure Alexander woulde neuer suffer to be solde the office of a iudge or greatte authoritee in the execucion of lawes saiyng Nedes muste he sell that doth bye And I wyll not lettet at there shal be marchauntes of gouernaunce whiche if I dooe suffer I maye not condemne for I am ashamed to punish a man that bieth and selleth ¶ Themistocles beyng the chiefe iudge in Athenes when ther came to hym a great musician whiche desired of hym a thynge somewhat against iustice Themistocles aunswered If in singyng thou doest not regard nūbre and tym thou art not worthy to bee called a good musician nor I a good iudge yf I wolde preferre before the lawes the priuate fauoure

shewe that the lawe is worthy to be obserued and the breaker of it worthy to be punyshed It is one thyng to synne and not to chastice synners For who so euer dwelleth in a citee and therin suffereth wycked lyuers before god he is an yll lyuer Therefore if thou wilt bee estemed to be indifferent honor theym that do well and punishe theym that doo yll I thynke it very expedient to eschue yll company For who that is conuersante with yll liuers shal either suffre harm or lerne som yll But he that ledeth his life among good and honest company either he shall learne to folowe honestie or els to deminysshe his fautes and vices Sith it is so that god hath giuen to the rule of all the world loke thou vse no yl officers For he that promoteth them shal answer for their offēces ●herfore great offices must bee diligently geuē wel and wisely bestowed I esteme these two thynges to be lyke yll to be chafed with the leude deling of our enemy or to be mollified with the pleasaunt swete words of our frends For we ought to resist ● and withstād theym bothe that is neuer to decline from comlynesse nother in reuengeyng the vnreasonable yll wyll of our foes nor in rewarding the feigned beneuolēce of our frede and louer Esteme not those thy feithfull freendes that wyll preyse all thynges that thou speakest but those which without any f●ignyng dooe all that they can for the and bee glad and reioyce whan thou saiest or dooest any thyng well and ageine be sory and heauy yf thou dooe or saie any thyng yll For certayn these be tokens of frendshyp abhorryng all fraude Leat not the greatnesse and myght of this thy earthely empyre chaunge thy noble mynde but rulynge thy frayle empyre subiect to diuers fortunes haue amonge these mutable thynges a stedfast and immutable mind not liftynge vp thy selfe by to muche ioye nor yet hurtyng thy selfe by to muche heuynesse and sorow For like as gold though it by craft and witte of man be tourned nowe thus now otherwise and wroughte in dyuerse facions of ornamentes yet it remaineth golde still nor wyll not bee chaunged from his nature So thy selfe moste noble emperour though from grice to grice hast borne one office after an other and arte come to the mos●e highest honour yet thou remaynest the same thyng thou were Kepe thou therfore amōg these diuersitees of thynges an vnalterable a constant mynd the whiche from this worldely empire shall bryng the to perpetuall blysse and ioy euerlasting If thou wylt haue the dominion of thy empire commended deme thyne own offēces as worthy punyshement as the defautes of thy subiectes For in this worlde no man but only thyne owne consciēce can punish the. He that obteineth high power and dignitee should ensue and folowe as nere as he maie the gyuer therof For if themperour represent God lord of al thing and by his liberalitee hath the gouernaunce of euery thyng he than but namely in this poynt shall folowe hym and esteme no erthly thynge so precious or so muche of man to be desyred as to be mylde and mercifull Aboue golde precious stone we shuld lay vp as tresure the richesse of well doyng For they in this present life through ho●● of the fruicion to come will delite vs and in the life to com by experience caste of euerlastyng ioy they shal be to vs swete and pleasant These world●●y thynges that seme to vs pleasaunt shulde be eschued and vtterly auoided as vnmete nothynge perteynyng to vs that they by inticement disceiue vs not Loke thou quite thē with gay rewards which with good wyl do thy cōmandementes For by that mean thou shalt increce the corage of good mē and teche yl doers to lament their offences For it were to much vniust dealyng to reward alike aswel thē that deserued not as deserued it Thā truely thempire excedeth all other thynges whan the ruler therof enclineth not to vndiscreete rygoure but to amyable equitee and iustice fleeyng beastly cruelnesse and ensuyng Godly kyndnesse As well thou shalt iudge right fully thy ennemy as thy frende not fauourynge thy frende for frendshyp nor hurtyng thy ennemy for hatred For it is a lyke inconuenience and offence to helpe thy frende desyryng that is agaynste equitee as it is to hurte thy ennemie demaundyng iustice the misdede in bothe cases is lyke though the persones be dyuers Iudges muste diligently harken to theyr causes For it is a very hard thyng brefely to perceiue the troth the whiche from negligent persones soone eskapeth But if a ryghtfull iudge wil leaue the feigned eloquence of atturneis and consideryng the true entencion will flee the likelyhoode of causes he shall shortely perceiue the troth And farthermore auoide two diuers fautes that is they shall neyther dooe nor yet permitte any other to doo agaynste honestee Thoughe thou haue as many vertues as be sterres in the firmament yet thou shalt neuer ouercome the goodnesse of god For what so euer wee offer to God wee offer to hym but his owne And as no man can go fro or before his shadow in the son alway goyng afore or nere folowyng hym so the goodnes of god is insuperable can not he exceded with good woorkes of any man The treasure of liberalitee is infinite For who that lyberally spendeth getteth and spendyng his goodes other gather theim Loke than most liberall emperoure that thou mynde those thynges and that thou gyue largely to poore men For whan the tyme of rewardes thankes shall come than for this thy liberalitee thou shalte haue infinite thankes and great lucre Seyng thou haste obteyned gotten thy kyngdom by god folow thou hym in all good workes that men may knowe thy liberalitee For thou art of the numbre of theim that maie doo good and not of pore men and those that couer to be holpen For god therfore hath giuen the so abundant richesse to hea●pe and succour poore men An emperour is no otherwise ordeigned to rule the worlde than mans eies to rule watche for the sauegarde of his body He is deputed of god to mynister those thynges that may be profitable for man Therefore an emperour ought to doe none other wise for all men than he wolde doe for hym selfe that so by his tuicion they may auoyde all daungiers and prospere in goodnesse Thynke thou the moste sure defence of thy prosperitee to hurt nor to iniury no man For he that offendeth no mā suspecteth no man If than to iniury no man dooeth cause good custody and safegarde than truly by liberalitee thou shalte the sooner obteine it For as liberalitee getteth and engendreth defence so it conserueth good and honest loue For if we doo that is honeste men wyll loue and kepe vs. Be thou o most mekest emperoure to thy subiestes through thy excellēt power terrible and by thy liberalitee and goodnes be thou amiable Nor thou shuldeste not by to