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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18749	A playn and fynall confutacion: Of cammells corlyke oblatracion	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1552 (1552)	STC 5246; ESTC S115152	10,495	6

lyue as they delight and leane not to his lore Bycause he doth commende them lawes and they passe not therfore Howe doth the master of the schole his schollers rule and tame whan he dothe geue preseptes and rules and none doth kepe the same How doeth the kyng his people rule let this be better wayde whan he doeth geue them lawes and actes and none of them obeyde For thoughe that Rex do tayne and rule as I beleue in dede yet dothe not he for mercy grete the wicked all ●ute wede And like as God is mercifull so doeth our kyng in dede ●n●we and folowe in his steppes whom God defende and spede His Iustice is to ponishe sinne with death and payne extreme which is most godly exercisde and so doeth shewe and seme Yet yf all those that do offende shoulde haue suche punyshmente what man is liuing nowe a dayes that shoulde escape vnshente But folowyng the exa●mple o● the Lorde and kynge of kynges dothe often su●●er vs vnkynde in vyle and greuous thynges Because he woulde as it doethe seme so mercifull and deare bee rather loued then obeyed for only dreade and feare And thys hys mercye godly mente doothe make vs worse in dede as scollers when they lacke the rodde do lyue withouten drede But when he sha●l begynne agayne to punyshe wyckednes whiche is hys iustyce or more playne to vs but ryghtousnes Then folke ●or feare but not for loue shall better ende theyr lyfe as horses whipte ye then for feare shall stynte and cease oure stryfe Wherfore yf euery kyng th●s daie whyche oughte in dede to raygne do raygne and rule the rost and weede the wicked oute full playne Then haue they welthe withouten stryfe whyche God geue vs ryght sone that all oute wyckednes were paste and dredfull dayes were done If Dy●ar sayde when Rex doth raygne and all men doe obey how could you Camell thus conclude he raygneth not to daye Note Or if he sayd when Christ is God and you a faythfull man would ye conclude ●rgo to him he is not God now than Wherfore in Rex do raygne and rule as I beleue he doeth and I beseche almyghtye God he maye do longe in sothe Yet 〈◊〉 you take a nother poynte conteyned in thys when when Rex ●oeth raygne and rule the roste and wedes oute wycked men You muste not harken halfe the tale and leaue the reste behynde for than in dede you do amysse and fayne woulde quareles fynde You Redde in faythe muche lyke the nunne omnia probate and 〈◊〉 not the other syde quod bonum est tenete Redde you no more but Rex doeth raygne and lefte the reste vnspyed is there not ●oo and rule the roste the sentence is so tyde And wede oute wicked worldly men the spotted from the cleane whose vyce infectes the chosen lambes lo thus did Dicar meane He do●bted not but Rex doethe raygne the truethe it selfe dothe showe but yet he thoughte it good to wede oute wycked men I trowe And thus I say did Dycar dreame the sence doeth playnly tell yf vpryght eyes and righteous mindes do loke and skan him well If you shulde ben●y iudge I se and deme my dremynge thus I shulde haue but short curtesy and you my cause discus But god hath sawed your hornes so short no great hurt do you can he made you nether lord nor iudge nor skarse an honest man When Rex doth raygne and rule the rost and out the wicked weede than you and many other lyke wold fyrst of all precede But where you set a snare and net for these that well intende to shewe what is the very cause of euill and the ende There you your self ▪ and if it were applied well in frame as he hath ment shulde certainly be catched in the same What if I shuld cast furth the bone you thought to choke me with perhappes you may repent to late you went so nie the pyth Where is your lesson now become you lernd so long ago that spyde such faute in dicars dreme and yet conceylde it so Note If it had raught to Iupiters seate as you affirme in dede you ought not it haue kepte so long but straight it told with spede Or if you thought you sawe the myst that no man elles could skrie there shuld no cause haue stopte you so to tell it by and by If dicars when as true it is be clere from blame and blotte yet your offente is no whit lesse by cause you thought it not If ignoraunce had sayd a mysse the same be my defence yet wilfull ignoraunce in you dothe pleade your great offence Behold of god the rightuouse scourdge that nowe a mydde the gryn you layde to trappe the innocent your selfe is fallen therin What say you nowe wise camelles caulfe if rex wede wicked men you shulde of right be tide to short to peruerte dicars when But tyll suche spiders be wede out and all their cobwebes to that sekes to trappe the sellye flies as you begyn to do The barnes I say that here do wonne with in this bryttaine lande shall byde alas those dredfull daies and dicars dreme may stande O Syr you toke my then in hand wherwith my when I knit where I perceyue your frantike head begins an other fyt Note Can you denie the plages of god which he to vs hath sent and scourgeth vs for our great sinnes from which we not repent Doeth not the plowe man plowe his grownde and laborith verey sore the earth bringes forthe hys frute lykewyse encreasyng more and more Doeth not the heauens gyue vs rayne the watters gyues vs fyshe doeth not the counsell seeke oure welth as well as we can wishe Do not they take great care and payne all euelles to redresse yes all these thinges doe worke as well as mans tong can expresse Yet though oure king do make good lawes the earth bringes forth muche sede tyll God will take his plage awaye oure plenty shal be nede Thus balefull barnes we be vnblyethe and dreadfull dayes doe see tyll gracious God of his goodnes will helpe oure miserye Within the towne wheare you doe dwell you know no dred nor stryfe than is it sure a paradise I laye theron my lyfe For I haue traueld here and theare and sought this world full wide to fynde a restyng quyet place where I would fayn abyde But in this wery pylgrimage I neuer found such stay nor suche a vertuous towne as Lyn yf it be as you saye Yf you haue done as muche in Lynne as you in London haue I thinke that all your neighbours woulde sone wyshe you in your graue For we were here in quyet all vntyll you came to towne sence that we could not liue in reast for suche a contrey clowne And Dauie Dicars dreame for soothe was lowed of euery man tyll you began youre wrangling riemes to brall vpon his whan Wherin you lost your honest name you could not lose much more thus are you put to open