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A00391	Here folowith a scorneful image or monstrus shape of a maruelous stra[n]ge fygure called, Sileni alcibiadis presentyng ye state [and] condicio[n] of this present world, [and] inespeciall of the spiritualite how farre they be from ye perfite trade and lyfe of Criste, wryte[n] in the laten tonge, by that famous clarke Erasmus, [and] lately translated in to Englyshe.; Adagia. Chil. III Cent. III. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1543 (1543)	STC 10507; ESTC S120657	18,269	72

that he was segrogated frome the cōmon sorte why than ploungest thou the heuenly bysshoppe in y e fylthe of y e rude multytude why deiectyst hym to the vsurars why leadest y t deuyne mā to suche busynes as skars y e vylest of y e multytude wyl do why mesuryst y t the felicyte of chrysten preestes in suche ges whiche Democritus laughed at as most folysshe whiche Heraclitus wayled at as most wretched which Diogenes dispysed as most frenelous whiche Crates castyd from hym as a thynge troblous whiche the holy sayntes alway refuse alway as pestylent why estemest y u Peters successour by these ryches whiche Peter hym selfe reioysed that he had nat why wylte thou that the apostels were alway redy and delygente to trede vnder fete why callest that Peters patrymony whiche Peter hym selfe neuer had and greatly reioysed that euer possessyd it why entangelyst thou Chrystes vycars with ryches whyche Chryste hym selfe callyd thorons why buthenyst hym whose chefe and appropryate offyce is to sewe seed of goddes worde with ryches by whyche the good seed sewen is chauked why wylte that the techer and iudge of rightwysenesse shulde be obedyent to y e wycked Mamon why makest the mynister of the heuenly sacramentes a perceyuer of moste vyle abiecte thinges of hym all the Chrysten worlde loketh for the foode of holy doctryne loketh for holsome counsell loketh for fatherly comfort loketh to knowe howe it maye lyue perfytly why than seynge that he is destynated chosen to so noble dygnyte setteth heuen in the myddes of the vyle worlde with troubles care for worldly fylthe bothe spoyleth y e bisshoppe from his dignytie and the people from the bysshoppe Chryste hathe his realme farre more exident than y t it shulde be poluted by any hethyn kyngedome or to speke trulyer by tyranny He hathe his noblenes he hathe hys ryches and hys pleasures why nowe myngle we together thynges that are alwayes so clene contrary and alway dysngreynge why confounde we the erly thynge with the heuenly the meanest with the hyest the porest with the rychest the hethen with the chrystyane the profame with the sacred Great and excellente are the gyftes of the moost ryche and benygne spyryte the gyftes of doynges the gyftes of prophesye the gyftes of helthe the gyftes of knowlege the gyftes of wysdome the gyftes of lernyng the deuisyon of spirytes the exortacyon and comforte with these holy gyftes why ioyneste the profame gyftes of the worlde why goste about to ioyne Chryste with Mamam to ioyne Belyall by the spiryte of Chryste what hathe the inyter to do with the helmet the holy Paule with the cote armonye blessynges with Gonnes I meke herde with the vyce armoure what hathe preesthode to do with warre why with polyces ouerthrowe hye townes and Castelles whyche hathe the key of heuenlye kyngdome howe agreeth it that he whyche shulde teche charytie and saue the people with peas shulde be the begynner and doer of myscheuous warre Howe shall he teache the chrystyan people to dyspyce ryches whyche setteth all his mynde and thought vpon money howe shall he teche whiche Chryste bothe taught and executed the apostell also so often spake of y t no yll shuld be resysted but to shewe for an iniury a benefyte to the enemye And to good to hym y t is oppressyd w t the calamytes of the world alwayes doynge good for yll nother for claymynge of one lytell towne or payment of trybute denayed moue all y e world to stryfe and discencyon murder warre other pestylent mischefes Howe can he gyde the kngdome of heuen for so chryst calleth his churche whiche is all together occupyed in the kyngdome of the worlde but thou berest fauoure to y e churche thou wylte adhorne the churche w t the chaunce of such ryches I wolde alowe it were it not that the churche shulde with that lytell profyte take receyue also a great company of mischeues whan thou haste gyuen a lordeshyp to y e churche Thou haste with y t gyuen thy care stodye to heape ryches together thou hast gyuen a Tyronnus garde an harnesse hoste serchers horses moyles trūpettes warre murder tryumphes stryues dyscencyons and batayle to be shorte all thynges without which a lordshyppe can nat be mayntayned kepte after the worldly appetyte whan shal he haue leaser or mynde to vse the apostolyke rowme whiche is holden backe intangeled with a thousande cares and troubles wyll the muster of soldyours is taken whyle truce are made broken agayne whyle they are ponisshed which are traytours whyle they are retayned whiche fynde newe deuyses whyle the enemyes are assauted with batayle whyle the castels are watched and kepte whyle the audet is harde whyle profane imbassadours are a handelynge whyle frendes are promoted to honour whyle one assendeth by fauer and another discended by displeasure whyle one thinge and other is a handelynge whyche I can nat reherse Semeth he to vnderstande the exylency of the Pope Cardynalles whiche receyueth it more meter to withdrawe them fro prayer by whiche they talke w t god from holy contemplacyon by whiche they are accompanyed amonge aungelles from the moost florysshynge feldes of y e holy scripture to these fylthy worldly thynges or he which wold drawe them from so great felycyte tranquylyte of lyfe into besy rumblynge stryuynge myschefes For verely seynge that a realme by it selfe is indaungered to moche infyrmyte and labours therfore chaunseth it farre more for the spirytuall ruler in these cases to cōmyt areuncy to the temporall that for two causes parfytly for that that the commynaltie gladlyer wyll obeye the temporall rulers than the spirytuall parfytly for that that the temporall rulers stey and endeuer to make the realme ryche and florysshynge nat onely for them selfes but also moche more for theyr heyres that shal inioye after them Of the other parte the spirytualtye for that they are well stryken in age ye in the later dayes before they be called to rule And for that y e onely the rule for them selfe and can nat leaue y e rule to theyr heyres Therfore regarde nat the commynaltye nor the welthe of the multytude as the tēporall doth More ouer whā the temporall ruler rayneth perauenter than ones warres moued they are promoted and inryched whome the prynes fauoureth but whan the spirytual ruleth than almost euery yere warre they for defence or clayme of tytell than this maner putteth hym from his promocyon possessyon that y e other gaue and brought hym to the successour thrusteth hym downe whō his predecessour auaunsyd Than other newe men must be enryched to the great inpouerysshement of the cōmon welthe Nowe is this also a thynge that the people soner obey his cōmaundement whome they haue ben accustomed to all thoughe his commaundement be harde whiche prynce whan he is dede the people yet seme to stande alwaye in a suretye gyuynge the same reuerence to his sone heyre And they recon y t he is nat chaunged but rather renued to theym by his sone and chyldren often representeth theyr fathers in maners namely suche as are broughte vp vnder theyr fathers of whiche ꝑte whan y e rule of a realme is cōmytmytted to the spirytualtie cōmeth for the most parte a sudden chaūge of all thynges Also the temporall prynce cōmeth to y e rule as one instytuted and exercysed in the thing gyuen from his cradell The spirytual most often besyed any lykelyhode of promocyon chaunseth to attayne to hyghe auctoryte as one y t fortune auaunseth to dyngnytie whom nature brought forthe from the carte and donghyll in conclusion it can no otherwyse be that as Arcules was nat of power to rule two Monsters sarpens at ones No more is one man able to rule two thynges moost deffuse contrary It is the dyffusest thynge y t can be to playe the true and good prynce But it is moch more goodly deffuse to playe y e good preest cōmeth it nat than to pas whā one taketh on hym the offyce of bothe y e he can fulfyll his duetye in neyther of them Hereof cōmeth it as gese that whan we se the cytyes of the temporal rulers florysshe more and more in ryches buyldynge people than the townes of the spyrytuall rulers for what purpose nowe nedeth it to labour and procure for suche thynge whyche are accompanyed w t many great myschefes fearest thou y t Chryste shall nat yea and is nat all redy ryche ynough with his owne ryches excepte some lay Tyrant gyue them parte of hys lordshyppe receyuest hym to be nat ornate ynoughe excepte some prophane warryour let the tēporall rulers haue y e rowme and auctoryte in temporall thynges that that is meanest in a bysshoppe passeth the hyest rowme of all temporall kyngdomes The more the spirytualte receyue of the worldly possessyons the lesse shall it receyue of the goodnes of god the poorer that it is of the one the rycher shal it be of the other Thou seest nowe how euery thyng sheweth contrary to the vtter syghte yf thou marke and beholde the inner fassyon Suche as semed moost true faythfull to the prynce are often proued for traytours hys enemyes And suche as semed to mayntayne and prayse moost the bysshoppes dygnyte moost often decayeth and defayleth it But I speke nat this for that purpose y t whatsoeuer lande or rent chaunce to the spirytualtie shulde be plucked and taken from them But verely I wolde they shulde haue remembraunce knowlege of theyr excellent hyghnes that euer they shulde vtterly cast fro theym these cōmon fylthy thynges and hethen ryches or els they shulde at y e lest set no store by them And as Paule sayeth they shulde haue theym as they had them nat Farthermore I wolde they shulde be so moche inflamed with Chrystes ryches that what so euer they receyue of the worldly treasures shulde eyther be darked with the bryghtnesse of the letter or receyued for vyle or abiecte in regarde of y e other so shall it ende that what so euer they poscesse they shal possesse it with more ioye and suretye neyther shal they feare or be troubled lest any man wyll take them from them ¶ Finis ¶ Imprynted at London by me Iohn̄ Goughe Cum priuilegio regali ¶ And also be for to sell in Fletestrete betwene the two Temples in the shoppe of Hary Smythe Stacyoner