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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A21002	A buckler against adversitie, or, A treatise of constancie written in French by the Right Honourable the Lord Du Vair ... ; and now done into English by Andreuu Court.; De la constance et consolation és calamites publiques. English. 1622	Du Vair, Guillaume, 1556-1621.; Court, Andrew.	1622 (1622)	STC 7373; ESTC S786	88,690	171

receiued great certainly to see himselfe driuen out of the chiefest cittie of his kingdome by his owne subiects to see himselfe banished in the midst of his estate to see himselfe depriued of his authoritie and of his commodities To be reuenged he made the second stroke at Blois which was a great wound to his enemies but was no cure to his He thought by this deed to haue blowne vp all the contrary party and smothered in the blood of those two Princes the firebrands of ciuill war but it fell out far otherwise for he kindled them by it did let out by this wound the torrents of blood which haue since ouerflowne all France For you know how that presently after this almost all the great townes of this kingdome rebelled combined themselues and conspired together you remember how that soone after he was besieged and almost taken in Tours Truely all things were so bent against him and Fortune seemed to be so fauourable to the league that those which were on that side thought they had wonne all and behaued themselues very insolently in their Fortune But the battell of Senlis cooled them plucked downe the pride the hope of those that were gone from hence to buy the pillage of that towne which wee accounted already euen as taken Afterwards followed the siege of this Cittie which brought vs within two fingers of our destruction and truely there was no meanes to auoyd it when the Chance began to turne and that the king was treacherously killed with that fearefull blow that ended his life pittifully and put all his into a great confusion The heart of the League began then to increase and new hopes appeared vnto their leaders specially when as the King that now is was besieged in Diepe and that they reported in the market place hee should bee brought forthwith prisoner to Paris That good time lasted not long for euery one wondred to see him and feele him in the Suburbs of Paris and almost within the citty it selfe Certainly that amazed vs much but we grew neuer the wiser for all that The League had presently after a mightie Armie and tooke Vincennes and Pontoise they promised themselues no lesse in Paris then that the King should bee instantly taken for they thinke here that to giue a battell and winne it is all one They were taught full well they are two sundry things for the League gaue the battell but it was terribly beaten This losse was seconded with others to wit that of Mante Corbeil and Melune neuerthelesse the Fortune of the vanquisher was not such but that he found a thorne at Sens that stayed his course Now behold Paris is beleagred suffring all the calamities that one may not onely say but imagine they looke at this present for the succour of strangers that will come and spoyle the countrey and seize vpon France if they can What is all that but an Ebbe and Tide of misery a turne and returne of calamitie that will swallow vs vp in the end if God hath no more pittie of vs then wee haue our selues who is so blinde either of body or vnderstanding that seeth not that all is nothing else but the hand of God which whippeth vs one after another by turnes with the roddes of warres without any body bee able to exempt himselfe from it who iudgeth not plainely that hee makes vse of our mallice and wickednesse to punish vs one by another Kings Princes and Nobilitie are chastised by the insurrection of the people which shake off the yoake of obedience seize vpon their houses cause them to wander vp and downe with their desolate and ruined families they are chastised by the wounds vnto the which they are exposed euery day by the effusion of their blood wherewithall the field is stained almost all ouer The people on the other side are chastised by the souldiours that robbe spoyle and ransacke them townes are taken againe and againe and those that may bee kept and eaten vp with Garrisons surcharged with Watching harried with Toyles afflicted with Pouertie and Famine and which is worst the Inhabitants Robbe Sacke and Eate vp one another As for the Church-men whose Vices haue as much as any thing else inflamed the wrath of God against vs and kindled this warre which they maintaine still as much as they can they are the common play-game of all the rest and as the subiect of the insolencies and iniuries both of the Nobilitie and Commons I forbeare to say that the seruice of God is forsaken euery where that impietie and blasphemies increase that all manner of sacriledge and pollution is committed in holy places and whereas that should bee the most grieuous and and sensible sorrow yet it is that we do lesse complaine of But as for their wealth and temporall goods for the which we haue beene so tormented and to say truely raised for their cause all these Tragedies how are they dealt with all Their Benefices their Lands and Rents are seized on ouerthrowne and burnt in the countrey and their bodies imprisoned ransommed and wronged in the Citties the greater dignitie and honour they haue so much the more are they vexed and tormented And which is more remarkeable they are yet worst vsed by those of the faction they haue raised then by those which they deeme their enemies No title no qualitie no order no holinesse can protect them from the insolency of the seditions of townes and citties or souldiours of armies or countrey Gentlemen Now behold how God ouerthroweth the designs of men and how he can punish them at his pleasure one by another what is lacking to giue contentment and satisfaction vnto those that haue made any question of diuine Iustice but onely to see a few lewd villaines that liue in peace and practise their wickednes vpon innocent people punished in their turne Wee are not yet in the end of this Tragicall play let vs haue patience but vntill the last Act we shall see what we expect we shall see I say that the same people which they haue stirred against good men shall purchase their owne ruine For people in commotion are like vnto the Sea which in a storme and tempest raiseth to the top of the water all the filth that is in the bottome but by little and little it casteth it on shore Wee haue seene the example of some already whose ambition and couetousnesse hath bin requited by the disdainfull contempt and iniury of the base multitude We must hope the rest shall haue their turne too and shall participate vnto the afflictions they haue procured to so many honest mē That which is most to be feared is that God wil wrap vs altogether in one and the selfe-same ruine as wee are much threatned and exterminate all at once so many euill consciences that are amongst vs being no otherwayes able to amend them The surest remedie we haue left is to prostrate our selues deuoutly before his diuine Maiestie and by

Senate house whose authoritie he had vsurped and before the Statue of Pompeius his son in law whose ruine he did so ambitiously pursue So it was his pleasure since Brutus and Cassius should kill themselues with the same daggers wherewith they had killed Caesar But aboue all the obiections that are made against Prouidence the hardest and most difficult in my opinion to answer is this that we see often some commit the fault and others to beare the blame and punishment and as the verse of Solon saith Often for one wicked God doth destroy a towne The father offendeth and the sonne or the grandchild are wretched for it He that shall be as curious to sift and search out the effects of Prouidence to defend it as they doe to ouerthrow it this difficultie shall bee verie easie to resolue where they argue much iniquitie they shall finde much wisedome and iustice For by these meanes God giueth warning vnto all men to watch and bee carefull to hinder euill and punish it when it is done for feare that if they stay till he taketh it in hand he will taxe those that permitted it as well as those that committed it How much doe you thinke the costome that was obserued amongst the Romanes to decimate and tithe euery Legion nay whole Armies did encourage and hearten good souldiers to fight manfully and die rather with honour and glorie by the hand of the enemie then shamefully by the hand of the Executioner Who praiseth not the law that is in Turkie by the which the inhabitants of a Towne or Borrough are bound to answer for any robberie that is committed within their liberties That maketh them so carefull and diligent to looke to it that there is no speech of any At our comming into the World and inhabiting of Townes and Countreys wee contract a secret societie and are bound to God one for another He is the true and first Lord of the Earth and of all it containeth he giueth it vnto vs to enioy it in common but hee setteth in the condition that wee bee good men vpon paine of his high displeasure if wee bee otherwise Why should not wee bee liable to the whole of the conditions whereupon hee hath bestowed so many blessings on vs If wee haue dealt with a Merchant of a company the whole company is answerable for it if a towne or a corporation oweth vs any thing wee distraine priuate mens goods If we had called this often to minde since the beginning of our Broyles and that we had considered wee were to beare indifferently the punishment for the insolencies robberies and villanies we haue seene committed and that wee haue fostered and maintained by our weaknesse or to speake freely by our slacknesse when as we might easily haue smothered them in their beginning we had kept our selues or I am deceiued from so many euils that torment vs and our countrey from the ruine and destruction whereof it is threatned But whilest that euery one hath endeauoured himselfe to saue his owne the publike hath been left and abandoned vnto all them that would ransacke it We are now engaged vnder its fall and learne too late the saying of Solon to bee true that There was neuer either Locke or Bolt that could hinder pubike euill from comming into priuate houses In vaine doth he thinke to saue his house that suffereth the State to go to wracke It is truely well sayd He that betrayeth his countrey yeeldeth vp himselfe Let vs answer a word vnto those that complaine that the children beare the punishment of their fathers sins I do not know why they find it so strange seeing that ciuill lawes extend vnto the children the punishment of those that are attainted of high treason Do you esteeme the Maiestie of God lesse then that of worldly Kings and Princes And do not you thinke God hath the same consideration which Law-makers haue and desireth to restraine the wicked by the feare of such things as can mooue them soonest Some one cannot be stayed backe by his owne euill that is kept in by that which is proposed to his children We are farre more afflicted with their miserie then with our owne How can that fatherly charitie of the father towards his children be better bestowed then to binde him more strictly vnto the obedience of the seruice of God coniure him by the good fortune of his posteritie not to moue him to anger Now sithence all the afflictions wee endure come from the hand of Prouidence they happen to vs iustly they happen to vs wholsomely though oftentimes we doe not apprehend the cause foresee not the end Neuerthelesse we are bound to submit our selues gently to it and honour by our patience and humble silence this holy iudgement that hath ordained it so For as in the sacrifices of Eleusine as reports Clemens Alex. the Nouices and such as were initiated lay all a long vpon the ground till the seruice was ended euen so in this great Temple of the world during the sacrifice we are bound to doe perpetually vnto eternall wisedome in the contemplation of his workes wee haue no countenance that is so comely as humilitie the cognisance of his greatnesse and our basenesse of his might and power of our infirmitie weaknesse of his wisedome and our temerie of his goodnesse and of our peruersitie Let vs obey then his ordinance whether our Citty for her old age and fraile feeblenesse be to fall downe on the ground and obey the common law of created things whether that by the reuolution and vicissitude of humane affaires the honour and magnificence she hath enioyed so long bee to passe into another place and bee transferred else-where whither the end of all ages doth approach and that the common ruine that is to ouer-whelme all the parts of the earth doth shake vs first and beginne by vs what she is to spread ouer all or whether and this is it which I feare most that God will punish all at once so many treasons falshoods murthers poysonings adulteries incests blasphemies and hypocrisies that our Cittie hath hatched a while since and specially within this thirtie yeares Let vs submit our selues to his will let vs follow cheerefully so wise a Captaine and that loueth vs so much If he leadeth vs to blowes he leadeth vs to glorie if it bee onely by wounds they shall be honourable if by death it shall bee happy so that we vndergoe it in his seruice Let vs therefore embrace constancie and let vs stand vpright on the steppes of our dutie making head still against aduersitie Our ouerthrow shall bee our victorie the blowes that shall light vpon vs shall settle and strengthen vs the more wee shall wearie and astonish the ciuill by our confidence like vnto that most renowned Callimachus in the battell of Marathon which being shot through with an infinite number of Arrowes stood vpright sustained and vpheld by the same Darts which had killed him