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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00338	A very pleasaunt [and] fruitful diologe called the Epicure, made by that famous clerke Erasmus of Roterodame, newly translated. 1545; Colloquia. English. Selections	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Gerrard, Philip.	1545 (1545)	STC 10460; ESTC S113434	22,502	94

A VEry pleasaunt fruitful Diologe called the Epicure made by that famous clerke Erasmus of Roterodame newly translated 1545. S. Paule to the Ephesians You that haue professed Christ suffre not your selues to be deceyued vvith false doctrine nor vaine and noughtie talkyng but herken vnto all Godly thynges and especially too the doctryne of the Gospell THE HABOVNdaunt mercie and grace of our heauenly father Iesu Christ maye alwaies strengthen and defende oute noble vertuous Prynce Edward too the maintenaunce of the liuely woord of God WHERE as manye histories of olde auncient antiquitie and also al godly Christiāwriters most playnely consēt together and agree in this that dignitie riches kinred wordly pompe and renoume doo neither make men better ne yet happiat contrarie too the blynde fonde iudgement of the most part of menne but by the power and strength of the mynde that is learnyng wysedome and vertue all menne are hyghly enriched ornated most purely beutified for these bee thinges bothe notable eternall and verye familiar betwene the heauenly father vs. It is therefore euidente most excellent Prince that the fittest ornamētes for your graces tender age bee eruditiō and vertue Wherunto you are bothe so ernestly addicte and therin so wōderfully doo preuaile that I nede not too exhorte exstimulate your grace vnto the study thereof For that God him self hath wrought and fourmed your mynde so apt and desirous too attayne and diligētly too seeke for al godly doctrine that euē now you doo shewe in all youre saiynges and dooinges suche a wonderfull pleasaūres much lyke vnto a certayne swete musike or harmonie that any honest hart exceadinglye woulde reioyce in the sight therof Verely your grace thinketh plainly all time lost that is not bestowed vpon learnyng which is a verie rare thyng in anye childe and rarest of all in a Prince Thus youre noblenes rather desireth vertue and learning the most surest and excellent treasures which farre surmounte all worldly ryches then anye vanities or trifles Nowe youre grace prepareth for the holsome and pleasaunt foode of the mynde Now you seke for that whiche you shal fynd most surest helper and faythfulst councellour in all your affaires Now your magnificēt mynde studieth that whiche all Englyshe menne with meke and humile heartes shuld desire GOD to endue your grace with all Now with diligent labour you searche for a thyng as one most myndeful of this saiyng Happy is that realme thathath a lerned Prince Nowe you trauaile for that whiche conquereth and kepeth doune all greuous tourmentes outragious affections of the mynde too the furderaunce of good liuyng and maintenaūce of vertue I meane holsome erudition and learnyng Many Heathen Princes forsoth are highly magnified with most ample prayses which gaue them selues too the study of Philosophie or knowledge of tongues for their owne commoditie and especially for the weale of their subiectes Who is nowe more celebrated and worthelier extoiled then Mithridares that noble kyng of Pont and Bithinia which as Aulus Bellius writeth vnderstoode so perfitly the languages of xxii sondrye countries that were vnder his dominiō that he neuer vsed any interpretour too answer his subiectes but spake their lāguages so finelye as thoughe he had been of the same coūtrie Ageyn that honorable manne Quintus Ennius saied that he had iii. heartes because he coulde speake Greke Italian and Latin Yea and breuely the most famaus writers as well the Heathen as the Christien with an vniuersall consent playnly affirme Whan thei had weied the nature and condiciō of the purest thinges vnder heauen thei sawe nothyng faire or of any pryce or that ought too be accōpted ours but onely vertue and learning Euen now too acknowledge that same it is yeouē you from aboue for your grace delecteth in nothyng more then too bee occupied in the holye Byble wherin you beginne too sauer smelle furth the treasure of wisedome knowledge and fulnes of the deuyne power that is a studie most conuenient for euery Christien Prince that kynd of studye cannot haue sufficient laude and commendation Whose Princely heart forsoth is raueshed on suche a godlie and vertuousstudie it can neuer haue condigne and worthie praises but deserueth alwaies too bee had in great price estimation and honour Who dooeth not know that Prince which is yeouen vnto the scriptures of God and with a stoute stomake and valiāt heart both searcheth furth and also defendeth y e true doctrine of the Gospell too bee inrolled in the assemble of Christ Who dooeth not see that Prince too bee moost surelye armed which carieth in his heart the swerd of y e spirit which is the blessed woord of God Who is ignoraunt that euerlastyng lyfe consisteth in the knoweledge of God What Prince woulde not studie to maintaine that which is written for the health and saluation of all menne werynge with himselfe that a Prince can not deserue neither by conquest ciuel policie nor yet by anye other meane vnder heauen thys name high or honorable sowourthely as by the setting forward of Goddes woorde What young Prince humily desendyng doune intoo him selfe and callyng to memory his bounden dutie woulde not with a glad hearte and a chearfull mynde gredelye desyre too knowe enlarge and amplifie the glory and maiestie of hys derely beloued father Your grace forsoth hath professed God too bee your father Blessed are you then if you obey vnto hys word and walke in his waies Blessed are you yf you supporte suche as preache the Gospell Blessed are you yf your mind bee full furnished with the testament of Christ and shew your selfe too bee the most cruel foo and enemy agaynst ypocrisie supersticion and all papistical phantasies wher w t the true religion of God hathe been dusked and defaced these many yeres Blessed are you if you reade it daye nighte that your grace maye knowe what GOD dooeth forbyd you and euer submit your selfe therunto with seruiceable lowlines chiefly desiring to florysh and decke your mynd with godly knowledge And most blessed are you if you apply your self vnto al good workes plant surely in your heart the scriptures of Christ If you thus doo nether the power of any papistical realme nor yet of hel can preuaile at any time against your grace Nowe therfore with humile hearte faithfully receiue the swete promises of the Gospel If you kepe the woordes of the Lorde and cleaue fast vnto them there is promised you the kingdome of heauen You are promised a weale publick most riche and welthy You are promised too bee deliuered from the deceiptes of all youre priuie enemyes You are promised also too conquere great and mightie nations Agayne let your grace bee most fully perswaded in this that ther was neuer Kyng nor Prince that prospered whiche tooke parte against Goddes woord and that the greatest abhomination that can bee either for Kyng Prince or any other manne is too for sake the true woord of God O with howe

rebukefull woordes greuous iudgement thei be condemned which dispice set lytle by the holy Byble most bessed Testamēt of God wherin there is contained all the wil pleasure of our heauēly father toward vs most miserable ignoraunt wretches Who would not quake too beholde the terrible feares threatenynges of God ageinst al suche Who would not lament gladly helppe their obstinate blyndenes Who woulde not weepe to heare and reade in how many places they be openly accursed by the scriptures of Christ God him self playnely affirmeth that he wyll sodēly consume them with the breath of his anger Yea besides that whoso euer declyneth from the word of God is accursed in all his doynges whether he be Kyng or Prynce riche or poore or of what estate soeuer he bee This fearfull saiyng most excellent Prynce shulde moue all men to take hede vnto their duties and to praie that goods word maie take place emōgist vs. O that al men would fantasie the scriptures of God and saye w t the vertuous man Iob. Wee will not bee ageynst the woordes of the holy one Truth it is God taketh diligent care too haue vs al know his woord Woulde God therfore that all wee were now willing to haue the syncere woord of God all holsom doctrine too go forward O that all we would consent togither in the Gospell brotherly admonishyng and secretelye prouokyng one an other too true religion vertue O that no man would sow emongist the people pernitious doctryne but with all lowly diligēce and Godlye monition euer prouoke tempt and stere them tyll their heartes were remoued frō their olde dautyng dreames and supersticiō which haue been long grafted in them thorow popyshe doctrine By this meane wee shuld euer haue concorde emongist vs whiche in all thynges is necessary but most nedefull and expedient in Gods holi woord Now truely the godlyest thynge that can bee deuysed for any christian realme is to haue emongist them one maner and fourme of doctryne too trace trueli the steppes of God and neuer to seeke any other by wayes Who hath not redde in y e scriptures but that realme is endued with godly ornamentes riches where all men prospere go for ward and florishe in gods woord delectyng day and night in the swete cōsolations of the holy testament By this way we shuld especially setforth the glory of God and of our sauiour Iesu Christ if we would reuerently shew one an other that whiche God hath taught vs. Yea in this doyng all men shulde well perceaue that we were the true disciples of Christ being knitte and coupled fast together in mynde and iudgement preachyng God with one mouth and also with one assent euer promotyng his gloryous testament O the good happe and grace of that king or prynce emongist whose subiectes there is such an hole consent and iudgement in the woord of God for y t most assuredly byndeth adiuigneth y e hartes of al subiectes too their kyng The strength of the Gospell is euen suche in this puincte that there was neuer man which did humily receaue it that would murmour ageynst his Prince It teacheth how wyllyngly all men shulde obey their kyng It sheweth verye lyuely and most apertly vnto euery man his ful dutie It euer prouoketh vs from all wicked cursed and most obstinate disobedience It euer instructeth men too shewe them selues most lowly humile and obesaunt toward their Prynce Whosoeuer hath tasted fully therof will declare hym selfe in al thynges too bee a faithful subiect Furthermore it is clearer then the light most vertuous prince that it woulde make muche for the weale of this noble realme yf all mē with heart and mynde would nowe as well expulse the pernitious and deuely she doctryne af that Romishe bishop as his name is blotted ī bookes There is none so ignoraunt but he knoweth that thorough hym we were brought into a wōderful blindnes thorough hym we did sauer of nothyng but of stynkyng Ydolatry through hym we were deceiued with false Ypocrisie Now let euery blind stiffe hearted and obstinate creature compare his abhomination with the gospell and if he be not shameles he will abashe to smell of his papistrie and to walow still in ignoraunce vn lest he bee priuely confederate and in heart consent with the detestable felowship of al wicked papistes Now would God all suche men would reduce ageyn their heartes vnto y e gospell of Christ would god they would bee prouoked by some meane to desire knowledge O that god woulde yeoue them a couragious mynde too reade the gospel there they shal sone fynde all the venoume of the romishe sort most playnely detected Forsoth wee see dayly y t lacke of knowledge of the gospel maketh some busserdes runne hedlong on all rockes daungers extreme perilles yea and beside that olde popysh doctryne whiche lyeth folded vp locked faste in their heartes doeth so sore blynd thē that they haue neither fauour ne affectiō too printe in their myndes the expressed coūcels admonitions and preceptes of the holy scripture but too stepe stil in their owne conceites dreames fonde phansies Wherfore let your dignitie note well this that all those whiche bee not wyllyng y t gods woord should bee knowen and that blyndenes should be clean expulsed from all men whiche be baptised in y e blessed bludde of Christ bewray themselues playne papistes for in very deede that most deceatful wolfe and graund maister papist with his totiens quotiens and a pena et culpa blesseth all suche as will bee blynde stil maintaine his pōpe drinke of his cuppe of fornication trust in his pardonnes liue in popery ypocrisie and dānable ydolatrie shut vp the kingdome of heauen neuer regarde the gospel Cōtrarie too this christ bi his holy Prophete calleth al those blessed y t seke for his testimonies al those his elect chosē childrē which turne frō synne ypocrisie ydolatrie all those goddes y t heare his word yea breuely al those which set it forward honorable mē in this puincte your grace shoulde euer beare in mynde that noble and vertuous kyng Hezekiah whiche shewed hymselfe very honorable in settīg forward y e woord of God and therby gotte hym glory and fame immortall so that nowe he is most highly praysed emongist all men Ageyn his subiectes dyd obey his commaundement feynedly with Ypocrisie but in their heartes they abhorred gods woord O the miserie that dyd afterwarde sodeinly ensue vpon them O the wonderfull wrath of God that was poured vpon them O their great and obstinate blindnes whiche caused them most greuously too be scourged Their plage was no lesse then too bee vtterly spoyled of their enemies Their plage was no lesse then to eate one an other Yea their plage was no lesse then to eate their owne sonues and doughters This calamitie and sorow most noble prynce happened them because they dyd not regarde the lawes of God but tourned too