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A00342	The complaint of peace. Wryten in Latyn, by the famous clerke, Erasimus [sic] Roterodamus. And nuely translated into Englyshe by Thomas Paynell.; Querela pacis. Selections. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Paynell, Thomas.	1559 (1559)	STC 10466; ESTC S120574	35,321	96

they ioyfully obey Iulye the author of war no man scacely obeied Leo prouoking to peace concord Yf the Popes authoritie be most holy Certes it ought than to be most in force as ofte as he prouoketh to that that christ dyd teache mooste speciallye But they whome Iulius coulde styrre vnto mortall war whan Leo that mooste holye Pope prouoking thē by so many menes to christian religion could not do y e same do declare that vnder the pretence of the Churche they haue seruyd their owne lustes and cupidities so that I saye nothinge more sharpely Yf euen from the hearte ye doo hate war I shall counsell you howe ye may defend concord Perfect peace doth not consiste in affinites nor in y e confederations of men of thee which we do oftētimes perceiue and se y e wares do rise spring The fountens wher out this euil dothe breke muste be purgid euil cupidities desires doo engēder these debates and tumultes And whilst euery mā doth serue please hys affectiōs y e cōmē wele in y e mene seson is afflictyd and troubled and yet noo man attaineth the things y e he by euil menes and wayes doth desyre Let princes be wyse for the profit of the people and not for their owne profite and let thē truely be wyse that they maye mesure their maiestie their felicitie their riches their glory wyth those thynges that truelye and in dede make men greate and excellent Let them be of s●che a mynde towardes the commen weale as a father is towardes his familye A kynge shall esteme and iudge hym selfe greate and noble yf he commaunde and rule those that be good and happy yf he make his fortunate and welthy and noble yf he commaunde and gouerne those that are free and rych yf he haue rych subiects And floryshyng yf he haue Cities that floryshe with perpetuall Peace And y e noble men and magistrates shall ensue and folowe the mynd of the prince and shall measure all thinges with the cōmoditie and profite of the commē wele and by this wayes meanes they shall far more iustly prouide for their owne commodities Shall a kynge that is of this minde besone mouid to extort monye of his subiectes to geue it vnto a barbarus and a straung souldier Shal he driue his to famyne and hunger to enriche certē wickid Capitaines Shall he obiecte and cast his subiectes liues to so many daungers I thincke no. Lette him thus far exercyse his empeire that he beyng a man remember that he ruleth men a freman fre men and at lest a christen man christen mē And in like maner the people shal so far forth honor hym as it shall seme profitable for thee commen welth nor a good prince shuld aske nor exacte no nother thinge The consent and agremente of the citizens shal diminishe the cupidities of an euyl Prince Let the cause of priuate commoditie be farre of from them bothe Lette great honor be shewed vnto those that exclude warre and that by wyt or counsell shall restore concord and that goth aboute by all meanes not to gather to gether a greate strengthe and force of men and munition but that there be no nede of them The which most goodlye act and dede we rede that Dioclitianus one among so many empereurs in hys minde and thought conceyued But yf warre cannot be auoydyd yet let it be so vsyd that the myschyfe thereof maye fall vpon their heddes that gaue the occasion and causes thereof Nowe the princes make war in sauegard the captens encrece thereby the greteste parte of the euills and losses is powryd vpon the husband men and commen people vnto whom the warre pertayneth not nor that gaue no cause nor occasion ther of Where is the wisedome of the prince yf he waye not these thynges There must a mene be founde wherby it maye be appoynted that Empeirs chaung not nor as it were walke not vp downe so often for the renouation and renuynge of thinges dothe engender tumultes tumultes warre And this may easelye be done yf kinges children were maryed within the borders of their dominyon or if it so like him to marye thē to the borderers for so the hope of succession is cut of frō thē al. Nor let it not be lawful for the prince to alienate or to sell anye part of his dominion asthough free cyties were priuate lande For the cities which are rulid by kinges are fre cities and they which tyrannes ouerpresse doo serue Nowe by the alteration of suche mariages it chaunsith that he that is borne among Iryshe men shal sodenlye rule those of Inde or else he that rulid y e Syrians shal sodenly be kyng of England so it chaunseth that neither of thee realmes hath a prince for whilst he leauith the fyrst of the last he is not knowen and vnto them he is as a man borne in a nother worlde And in the mene seson that he purchaseth y e whylst he ouer cōmeth it whles he stablisheth it he cōsumeth destroith the other sometime whylst he stodeth to embrace bothe he scacelye mete to rule one leseth both These princes wil once agre what eche of thē ought to rule and gouerne y ● no affinitie shal e●ther extend or diminishe the borders of their dominion once geuē delyuerd vnto thē nor no confederations exstirpe nor destroy thē And euery one of them shal labour and trauell asmuche as he may possible to adurne his part portiō geuing al his stody diligence vnto that parte onelye shall trauayle to leaue it enryched with al goodnes and ryches vnto his chyldren And by this menes it shal come to passe that in all places all thynges shall floryshe But amonge them selfes they muste be coupled and confederated not with affynytes nor with factious socyetes but with pure and syncere amytie cheyfly with cōmen and lyke stody of forderyng and encresyng the common welthe Let him succede the kyng that is eyther next of kyn or iudged most meete by the suffrages and voyces of the people and let it suffyce other to be reputed and counted noble amonge those that be honest It is a kyngly thynge not to know pryuate affections but to esteme al things for the publyke and common vtylytie Forthermore a Prynce shall exchewe longe peregrenacions yea he shulde neuer wyll ne desyre to passe beynge thee boundes and borders of his kyngdome and he shal remembre the saying approued by the longe cōsent of worlds The forhed is more excellent than is y e hinder part A Prince shal esteme him self to be enryched not by the takyng awaye of other mens but yf he encrease his owne Whan warre must be entreted spoken of let hym not call yonge men to counsayle vnto whome warre is pleasaunte and swete because they are vnexperte how muche euyll and myscheyfe it hath and conteyneth nor those vnto whome it is profytable that

and concorde why doo ye willyngelye thinke your selues vnworthye of the iocundite and pleasure of thys presente lyfe and wyll ye fall from the felicitye that is to come The lyfe of man of it selfe is subiecte to many mysfortunes concorde shall remoue a great parte of the moles●iousnes grefe whilst that w t mutual officis the one either doth comforte or else doth helpe aide the other Yf any good thing chaūce it shal cause the concord to be the sweter the more common whilst one f●end geueth parte vnto his frend awe willer reioyseth for his welwyllers sake Howe vayne thynges are they howe sone shal they peryshe for the whiche their is suche a tumulte among you dea●h vnto al men is at hand aswell vnto kings as vnto y e commen people What tumultes shal a vile wretch styr vp y e shortly after shall vanishe a way as it were smoke Eternitie is at hād Wherto serueth it to striue and laboure for these thinges like vnto shadose asthoug thys life were immortal O miserable wretches y t beleue not that fortunate happy lyfe of the good nor hope not for it shameles personnes that promyse thē selues y e same to be the waye and iorneye from the wars whā y t the life of the good is no nother thing than a certen vnspecable communiō of fortunate and happy soules seyng that nowe that thing shal fullye perfectlye chaunce that Christ so diligently prayd hys heuēly father for that they mighte be so ioined together as he was ioyned vnto hys father And howe canne it be mete for this high cōcord except that in the mene while ye asmuche as ye maye do thinke vpon it And as an Angel is not sodenly made of a stinking glutten euen soo a companion of Martyres and Saintes is not sodenly made of a sanguinolēt and bluddy warrier Go to ther is shed inough yea more thā ynough of christē bloud yf y ● be litle of humaine bloud we haue furiously ynough strouē mutually to destroy eche other We hetherto haue done sacrifice ynough to the furis to hell we haue long ynough fed the Turkes eies y e fable is endid At the leste wyse at length let vs a●ter the myseryes of the warres to longe borne and sufferde waxe wyse whatsoeuer hetherto hath bene done vndiscretelye and folyshely let it be imputyd to the destenye and necessitie of thynges Let thee obliuiousnes and forgetfulnes of thee euylls that be past the whiche in tyme past haue pleasid prophane men please chrysten men and here af●●r geue your diligence with commen counsells to the stody of peace Aud soo geue your stody and diligence that it maye soo be made and bounde not with bandes made of flaxe but with adamantyne and sure bandes that it neuer be broken I call vnto you O ye princes at whose becke and commaundement the matters and busynesses of men most cheyfelye do depende and that among men do bere the Image of Chryst Knowledge the voice of your prince calling vnto peace esteme that all the worlde weryid with longe warre doth desyre thys of you yf it displease any manne it is ryght and mete to geue and to attribute it to the publyke and common felycitye of all men It is a greater and a watyer matter thā that maye be neglectyd for lyghte causes I cal vnto you O ye preists cōsecratid vnto god expresse declare that w t al your stody that ye knowe to be mooste thankeful vnto god re●oue that that is ●nto him most hatyd I call vnto you O ye diuines preache y●u the Gospell of peace sing continuallye peace vnto y e people I call vnto you O ye Byshopes that in ecclesiasticall dygnytye doo excell other see that your aucthoritie be of powre and force to bynde Pea●e wyth eternall band●s I call vnto you that are pryuate Magestrates that youre wyll be an ayde and an helpe to the wysedome of kynges to y e mercy and iustice of Byshoppes I confusely call vnto you that are named by the name of a christen name that ye w t cōsentyng mindes do conspire and consent vnto this thing Shewe you here of what powre that y e concorde of the multitude is against the tyrannye of the nobles Unto this let al men bringe together al that euer they haue Let eternall thinges ioygne them whom nature w t so many thinges hath ioygned Christ with manye mo Let euerye man with cōmen stodies do that equallye pertayneth to the felicitie of al men Al things do inuite vs to this Fyrst y e sense of nature as I may sai humanitie it selfe Furthermore Chryste the Prince author of al humaine felicitie And besides al these thinges so many cōmodities of peace and so many calamities of war Unto this the mindes of princes inclininge to concorde God as it were euen nowe inspiringe them doo call vs. Behold that peasable and meke Leo playing the part of the vicar of Christ hath desployde and set forth his ensigne vnto all men inuityng vs to peace Yf ye be true shepe folowe youre pastore Frances the most christen french king not by title onely doth call vs y t which is not greuyd to by peace nor in noo place hath any regarde of his maiestye so he may prouide and helpe the cōmen and publike peace teachynge thys to be truely a noble and a kynglye worke to do well for man kinde Here vnto doth that most noble prince Charles a yonge man of an vncorrupt indole and signyfication of vertue doth call vs. Nor the Emperoure Maximilian dothe not abhore thys Nor that noble kinge Henry of Englande dothe not refuse it It is mete that all other shoulde wyllynglye ensue and folowe the ensample of soo greate and myghtye princes The most part of y e people detest war praye for peace A fewe whose wycked felycytie doth depend of y e publike infelicitie doth wishe for war and whether it be righte or no that theyr dishonestie should be of more valure and force than the wyll of all good men iudge you Ye se that hetherto there is nothinge done by confederations nothing auaunsid by affinities nothing by violence nothing by reuengyng Nowe on the other side proue what placabilitie benificence may do war soeth warre vengaunce draweth vengaunce Nowe grace shall engēder grace and benefite shalbe inuityd by benefite and he shal seme moste kinglye y ● graunteth forgoeth most of his right It succedeth not y ● is done by humaine stody But Chryst him selfe shal prosper godlye counsell the which he being author and gide shal see to be receiuid He shalbe present fauorable he shal helpe vs and fauer the fauerers of y e thinge that he so greatly fauerth publike vtilitie shal ouercome priuate affections And whilst peace is prouydyd for and euerye mannes fortune made better Princes kyngdomes yf they rule those that be good and religious and raygne more by lawes than by armes shalbe amplifide the dignitie of noble menne greater and trueer the quie●nes of preistes more tranquill the quietnes of the people more plentiful their fertilytye more quiet and the name of Chryst to the enemies of Christes crosse more ferefull And finallye euerye one shalbe to ●che other and al vnto all louynge and pleasaunt and aboue al thinges thankefull vnto Chryst whom to haue plesid is the hiest felicitie I haue sayde ¶ IMPRINTED AT London in Paules Churchyard by Ihon Cawoode one of the Prynters to the Quenes Maiestye Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis ●eace ●arre Lyfe Concor● Circes ●eares Necessitie Aduo●●te● Cities Uulga● people Courte Note ●earned ●en Religiō 1. Cor. 6 Maryage Eris The lyfe of Christ Esa. 9 Sillius Peace Psa 75● Esa 32 1 Co 13 He 13. Collo 3● Psame 103. Esaie 1 ● Reg. 12. Esai 32. Psalme 124. Esai 52 1. Psal. Re. 22. 1 Psa Reg 22 1 Psa Reg 22 ●8 Leui 19 L●c. 24 Roma 1 Io 15 Io. 14. Io. 11. Ioan. 1● Ioan. 1● Iohn 10 Ioan. 1● Math. 5. Math. 5. Math. 9. Mat 19 Mat. 11. Math. 5 Mat 13. Lu. 23. Ihon. 18 ●u 23. Actes .1 Actes .4 Note Baptism Note ●mitie Note his place for the sa●ramente ●f the ●ulter The lyf● of man Ambiti●̄ Anger The cau●e whi pryre is make warre Dione●●us Mezentious Fraunce and th● high prais there●f Note Note Naso ●● 16. Ro. 10. Uaspa●an Bellona Of Chri●●●● crosse Our lordes praier Plato Gal● 9. Note The Popes ●uc●●ritie Iuliu● Leo. An exhortation vnto princes Diocli●●anus Note ●owe ●rinces ●ughte to 〈◊〉 confede●●yd Note Cal none of these to counsell How turkes shuld be aluryd to christ 1. Cor. ● A very● sure hād Aten The frutes of warre The neglecting of Lawes The spring of ●l euils Note Note The incommodities of warre Peace makethe al things commen Note ●ares Augustus Atis. Note Antoni●i Note Go●nes Ianus temple ●he life of man Deathe The lyfe of the good Ioan. ●● Uerye good coū●●ll The thinges that in●yteih vs to peace Leo Fr●ncis Charles Maximilyan Kynge Henrye the .viii.