receaued and executed among reasonable creatures And this lawe of nature to depose and punishe wicked gouernours hathe not beÌ only receaued aÌd exerciced in politike maters but also in the churche For the canonistes the popes ow ne championes grounding them selues upon this lawe of nature saye that popes who maye be in dede by their saieng the lieutenauntes of the deuil albeit they call theÌ selues the uicares of God maie be depryued by the body of the churche And so at one clappe in the couÌsail holdeÌ at CoÌstauÌce in Germanie in the yeare of our lorde 1415. were three popes popped out of their places Gregory Iohn aÌd Benet aÌd the fourthe called Martin the fifthe chosen Afterwarde in the CouÌsail of Basil was Pope Eugenius serued with that sawce For the unluckinesse of the couÌtrey the rest of Popes haue sith refused that any general counsail should be kept in Germany fearing least they all hauing deserued as muche as the other foure deposed should haue the like punishemeÌt And thus they coÌfirme their doin ges If saye they the Pope hade not a superiour he might beig suffred in his euil brig the churche to de structioÌ And therfore if he caÌ not otherwise be brought to amende him self it is laufull to use the lawe of nature that is to remoue him from his office for he is no bishop or pope that abuseth his Popedome and bishopriche An euil prelate aÌd unreformable semeth not to be ordayned by the will of God saie the Canonistes alledgeing the wordes of S. Ierome upoâ⦠the sayeÌg of the prophet Osee that a prince or iudge is not alwayes ordayned by God And he bringeth for example king Saul against whom God sayed Seing the people haue made them selues a king and not a ruler by me and not by my counsail aÌd yet God hade chosen Saul But yet bycause he was not chosen according to the will of God but according to the mynde and desartes of the synfull people God denyed him to be ordayned by his will or couÌsail The Canonistes also saie that albeit the Popedome be by the lawe of God as it is not in dede sayeth the truthe yet that this man or that Paule or Iulie is pope it cometh by the acte of man For the Cardinales representing the uniuersal churche chose him And therfore if he be not according to the will of God and for the wealthe of the uniuersal churche that is if he be not one that seketh Goddes glorie aÌd the wealthe of christes churche he maye be iustly depryued bycause they erred in chosing him And God semeth not to be agaiÌst the put ting out of suche an euil persone but to fauour and further it For he sayed If the salt be unsauerie it is good for no use but to be cast out and troden under foote of all meÌ And agaiÌ If thi right eie be a let unto thee pul it out aÌd cast it froÌ thee For it is better that one meÌbre perish thaÌ that the hole bodi should be cast in to hell And agaiÌ saie the Canonistes the popes lawers in rehearceiÌg Christes words If our eie foote ⪠or haÌde offeÌde vs let it be takeÌ froÌ the rest of the bodi for it is better to lacke meÌbres iÌ this woorld thaÌ that thei should cari the rest of the body in to hell By salt eie foote and hande is vnderstanden the headdes and rulers and not the other meÌbres and subiectes And not only the headdes and rulers in the churche but also in all policies and common wealthes Now if it be laufull for the body of the churche to depose and punishe a Pope being the chief priest anointed not on the arme or sholder as kinges be but on the head and handes to declare an higher autoritie than kinges haue nor crowned with a simple crowne as Emperours aÌd kinges be but with a triple crowne to shewe his Regalitie and power aboue all others how muche more by the like argumentes reasones and autoritie maie Emperours kinges princes and other gouernours abusing their office be deposed and remoued out of their places and offices bi the body or state of the Realme or common wealthe By this lawe and argumentes of the Canonistes and example of depriuacion of a Pope are all clokes wherwith Popes bishoppes priestes kaisers and kin ges vse to defende their iniquitie vtterly taken awaie Saie they We are anointed ye maie not touche vs We are only subiecte to God and eueri man to vs. God will haue vs O most wiked popes bishoppes priestes cruell and euil princes reigne to plage you people for your iniquitie But here ye see the body of euery state maie If it will yea and ought to redresse and correcte the vices and headdes of their gouernours And forasmuche as ye haue allready sene wherof politike power and gouernement groweth and thende wherunto it was ordained and seing it is before manifestly and sufficieÌtly proued that kinges and princes haue not an absolute power ouer their subiectes that they are and ought to be subiecte to the lawe of God and the holsome positiue lawes of their couÌtrey and that they maie not laufully take or vse their subiectes goods at their pleasure the reasones argumentes and lawe that serue for the deposing aÌd displaceiÌg of an euil gouernour will doo as muche for the proofe that it is laufull to kill a tiranne if they maie be indifferently hearde As God hathe ordained Magistrates to heare and determine priuate mennes matiers and to punishe their vices so also will he that the magistrates doinges be called to accompt and reckoning and their vices corrected and punished by the body of the hole coÌgregacion or common wealthe As it is manifest by the memorie of the auncient office of the highe Constable of Englande vnto whose autoritie it perteined ont only to summone the king personally before the parliament or other courtes of iudgement to answer and receaue according to iustice but also vpon iuste occasion to committe him vnto warde Kinges Princes and gouernours haue their autoritie of the people as all lawes vsages and policies doo declare and testifie For in some places and countreies they haue more and greater autoritie in some places lesse And in some the people haue not geuen this autoritie to any other but reteine and exercice it themselues And is any man so vnreasonable to denie that the hole maie doo as muche as they haue permitted one membre to doo or those that haue appointed an office vpon trust haue not autoritie vpon iuste occasion as the abuse of it to take awaie that they gaue All lawes doo agree that men maie reuoke their proxies and lettres of Attournaie whan it pleaseth them muche more whan they see their proctours and attournaies abuse it But now to proue the later parte of this question affirmatiuely that it is laufull to kill a tiraÌne ther is no man can denie but that the Ethnikes albeit they had not the right and perfite true knowlage
Octauia in to an Ilan de he byndeth her in chaines and causeth her to be let blood in all partes and fearing least feare wolde dryue the blood to the harte and so she lyue longer than he wolde he setteth her in a bayne of hotte water that her blood might the soner come out But what becometh of his deare dearling Puppie he dalieth a while with his Puppie and at leynght his hotte loue being turned in to displeasur he spurneth her being with Childe on the belye and so she dieth To late he repented but yet ceassed not his crueltie He killed his maister Seneca he persecuted the churche of Christ most miserably and so thinking that he might doo what him lusted and that all was well done were it neuer so euil done he neuer lefte of his crueltie til the people finding occasion and oportunitie to vttre their dissembled hatred slewe him But what thinke you who were to be blamed for these cruell actes He for doing theÌ or others for flat tring hiÌ or the Senate aÌd people of Rome in suffring him Surely ther is none of them to be excused but all to be blamed and chiefly those that might haue bridled him and did not He is a good citez in that dothe non euil saieth a noble wiseman but he is a better that letteth others that they shall not doo hurt nor vniustice to others The blood of innocentes shalbe demaunded not only at the handes of the sheaders of blood but also of those that make or consent to wicked lawes to condemne innocentes or suffre their head to kill them contrary to iust lawes ⪠or to spoile them of that they iustly enioie by the ordre of the lawe Now sithe kinges princes and gouernours of common wealthes haue not nor can iustly clayme any absolute autoritie but that thende of their autoritie is determined and certain to maintene iustice to defende the innocent to punishe the euil And that so many euilles and mischiefes maie folowe wher such absolute and in dede tiraÌnical power is vsurped let vs praie that they maie knowe their duetie and discharge theÌ selues to God and to the worlde or elles that those which haue the autoritie to refourme them maie know and doo their duetie that the people finding and acknowlageing the benefite of good rulers maie thaÌke God for them and labour euery one to doo their duetie and that seing the head is not spared but euillesin it punished they maie the more willingly absteine froÌ tyraÌnie and other euil doinges and do their dueties and so all glorifie God VVHETHER KINGES princes and other politike Gouernours be subiecte to Goddes lawes and the positiue lawes of theyr countreyes HE that noteth the procedinges of princes and gouernours in these our daies how ambicious they are to vsurpe others Dominiones and how necli geÌt they be to see their owne well gouerned might thiÌke hat they beleue that either ther is no God or that he hathe not care ouer the thiÌges of the worlde or that they thinke themselues exempt frome Goddes lawes and power But the Wonderfull ouerthrowe of their deuises whan they thinke themselues most sure and certain is so manifest that it is not possible to denye but that bothe ther is a God and that he hathe care ouer the thinges of the worlde And his worde is so playne that non can gaynsaye but that they be subiecte and ought to be obedient to Goddes lawes and Worde For the hole decalog and euery part therof is aswell written to kinges princes and other publike persones as to priuate persones A king maye no more committe Idolatrie than a priuat man he mayâ⦠not take the name of God in vayne he maye not breake the Sabbat no more than any priuate man It is not laufull for him to disobeye his pareÌtes to killany persone contrary to the lawes to be an hooremoÌger to steale to lye and beare false witnesse to desire and couet any mannes house wife seruaunt mayde oxe asse or any thing that is an others more than any other priuate man No he is bounden and charged vnder greater paines to kepe them than any other bicause he is bothe a priuate man in respecte of his owne persone and a publike in respecte of his office which maââ¦e appeare in a great meigny of places whe roâ⦠parte I will recite The holy gost by the mouthe of a king and prophet saieth And now ye kinges ââ¦nderstande be ye learned that iudge the earthe Serue the Lorde in feare and reioi ce with trembling Kisse the sonne that is receaue with honour least the Lorde be angrie and ye lose the waye whan his wrathe shall in a moment be kyndled And in an other place thus The Lorde vpon thy right haÌde shal Smyte and breake in pieces eueÌ kinges in the daye of his wrathe Esaias also the prophet saieth The Lorde shal comme to iudgemeÌt against the princes and elders of the people Likewise saieth the Prophet Micheas speaking to all princes and gouernours vnder the heades of the house of Iacob and the leaders of the house of ââ¦srael He are ye princes and gouernours saieth Micheas Should ye not kno we what were laufull and right But ye hate the good and loue the euil ye plucke of meÌnes skynnes and the fleshe from their bones ye cheoppe them in pieces as it were in to a Caldron and as fleshe in to a potte Now the tyme shall come that whaÌ ye call vnto the lorde he shall not heare you but hyde his ââ¦ace from you by cause that through your owne ymaginationes ye haue dealt so wickedly And again he saieth O heare ye rulers and gouernours ye that abhorre the thing that is lauful and wraste asyde the thing that is straight ye that builde vp Sion with blood your magestie and tirannie with doing Wrong For so maie Sion and Ierusalem be well expounded O you iudges ye geue sentence for giftes O ye priestes ye teache for lucre O ye êphetes ye prophecie for money yet Will they be takeÌ as those that holde vpoÌ God and saie ⪠Is not the lorde amoÌg vs How can than any mysfortune happen to vs But Sion that is your cities for your sakes shalbe plowed like a fielde and IerusaleÌ that is your palaces shall become an heape of stones and the hill of the teÌple that is your Monasteries frieries and chauntries shall be come an high woodde The holy goost also by the mouthe of king Salomon sayeth Heare O ye kinges and vnderstande O learne ye that be iudges of the eÌdes of the earthe Geue eare ye that rule the multitudes and delyte in muche people For the power is geueÌ unto you of the lorde aÌd the streinght from the highest who shall trye your wor kes and searche out your ymaginaciones how that ye being officers of his kingdom haue not kept the lawe of righteousnesse nor Walked after his will Horribly and that sone shall be appeare vnto you for vpoÌ the most high
punished as a traitour for that by necessitie and extremitie of force he reÌdred vp Boloigne to king HeÌry theight and did not die in the defense of it But thou wilt saie he did it without commaundement of his mââ¦ister and these shall doo it by coÌmaundement of their maistres But what if the commaundement be not laufull doest thou not saie thy self it is not to be obeied Thou saiest to others that non maie do that is not laufull for any commaundement But thou wilt saie it is the Quenes owne and she maye laufully doo with her owne what she lusteth What if it be denyed to be her owne But thou wilt saie she hathe the crowne by enheritaunce and maie dispose of the realme and euery parte of the Realme as pleaseth her But I answer that albeit she haue it bi enheritaunce yet she hathe it with an othe lawe and condicion to kepe and mayn tene it not to departe with it or diminishe it If she ha ue no more right to the Realme than her father hade and her father as muche as euer ani king of Englande what neded he to require the consent of the Nobilitie and commons by parliament to geue the Crowne to his daughter or any other But thou will saie it was more than neded for without consent of the parliameÌt he might doo with the Realme aÌd eueripte therof what it pleased him Take hede what thou sayest If that be true that king Henry might do with it without coÌsent of the parliament how is the Ladi mari Quene Why might not King Edwarde his some a prince borne in laufull matrimonie and right heire to the Crowne bequeathe the Crowne wher he wolde and as he did Take hede what thou doest If the king and Quene geue thee a thousauÌt perdones yet shalt thou be foun de a ranke Traitour to the Realme of Englande For albeit the king or Quene of a reaââ¦me haue the Crowne neuer ãâã iustly yet maye they not dispose of the Crowne or realme as it pleaseth them They haue the Crowne to minister iustice but the Realme being a bodi of free men and not of bondemen he nor she can not geue or sell them as slaues and bondemen No they can not geue or sell awaye the holdes and fortes as Calese and Barwike or suche like without the consent of the Commones for it was purchaced with their blood aÌd moneie Yea aÌd thine owne popes lawes wherby thou measurest all thiÌges to be laufull or not laufull saie that if a kiÌg or gouernour of any realme goo about to diminishe the regalities aÌd rightes of his crowne he ought to be deposed Thus did Pope Honorius the thrid coÌmaunde tharchebishop of Collossa aÌd his suffraganes to depriue a kiÌg of Vngarie which weÌt about to waste sell aÌd geue awaye the Regalities aÌd rightes of his crowne oââ¦les in tyme he ceassed aÌd called backe that he hade done It is so plaine thou canst not denie it But I see Boner I haue chafed thee to muche thi chekes blushe aÌd swell for very aÌgre M. D. Cheadsei M. D. PeÌdletoÌ M. Cosins or soÌ of you Chaplaines get my lorde a cup of secke to coÌ fort his spirites My lorde aÌd I agree almost like belles we iarre soÌwhat but not muche his lordship meaneth that meÌ ought to be alwaies but not at all tymes honest But I saie thei must be honest alwaies aÌd at al tymes His lordeship wolde fayne haue a placarde or prouiso for hiÌ aÌd his that they might soÌtimes that is froÌ the begiÌniÌg to theÌde of the weke plaie their partes But Isaie albeit his lordship haue suche a priuilege yet maie no honest maÌ at any tyme doo that is not honest iuste aÌd laufull bi kaisers kiÌges Quenes no neither his coÌmaundement For if those thinges which only in mennes opiniones seme to be vnlaufull maye by no autoritie be done and those that doo theÌ be no lesse to be punisshed than if they had done them without autoritie how muche lesse maye suche thinges by any commaundement be committed that are in dede vnlaufull but shalbe punished according to the desertes by what so euer power or autoritie they be executed Men therfore ought to take hede that by going about to come out of the smoke they fall not in to the fire and by pleasing of men they runne not in to the displeasure of God If mennes ordinaunces and lawes or the gouernours autoritie and commaundement were a sufficient discharge for men to doo what so euer were prescribed or coÌmaunded vnto theÌ tell me I beseche thee why did Esaias the Prop het suffre rather to be sawed in pieces than to folowe the procedinges of Manasses why did Daniel not folowe king Darius and his counsailles commaundement forbearing to worship the true God but was content to be cast to the lyones why did not the three children Sadrach Mesach and Abednego obeye Nabuchadnesar in worshipping the golden idole aÌd so auoide the hotte burniÌg fornace why did Eleazarus submitte him self to deathe and not dissemble why did he not eate his owne meat aÌd absteyne froÌ porke fleshe that the king coÌmaunded the Iewes to eat coÌtrary to the lawes aÌd saye that he hade eateÌ it as his olde trustye freÌdes of the court couÌsailed hiÌ whi did he not sue for a bul or perdoÌ of Antiochus that he might vse his owne religioÌ as our En glishe haltiÌg gospellers doo of the pope coÌfessing his autoriti which is the thiÌg that he oÌly passeth vpoÌ aÌd ââ¦areth not how many soules be ledde to the deuil why did not the seuen brethreÌ and their mother obeie the kinges commaundement and saue their lyues and goodes as thauncient Catharistes and newe puri stes doo saieng all thinges be pure to the pure and no Idolatrie nor filthynesse can infecte him that is pure and cleane Or why did they not saie as the Priscianistes and Papistes did in tyme past and as the marchauntes Hill and Petresonne with their double tongued traine aÌd dissembling secte at this present saie that it is laufull and no sinne to saye one thing and meane another to lye with the lyppes so they haue the truthe in the heart to denye God in wordes and workes so they ceÌfesse him in thought aÌd mynde to daunce with the deuil all daye and lodge with Christ at night why did Paule suffre so many imprisonmeÌtes so muche beating scourgeing and tormenting And why at leinght did he not saue his life and folowe Kaiser Neroes commaundement why did not the Prophetes thapostles and so many thousauntes of martirs folowe the wicked tirannes commaundemeÌtes and procedinges but resisted them and with their blood testiââ¦ied that they allowed theÌ not But all these holy meÌnes doiÌges in confessiÌg aÌd obeieÌg the highest power God aÌd not thinferiour powers in wicked aÌd euil thiÌges are coÌmeÌded aÌd lefte bi the holy gooste to vs in holischrift to folowe aÌd doo the like If meÌnes lawes aÌd coÌmaundementes were a sufficient warauÌt to meÌ
of the Israelites God shewed by an euident terrour to all gouernours that he did not allowe suche right as the prophet sayed the king wolde vse ouer his subiectes For whan king Achab wolde haue bought of his subiecte Naboth his vineyorde which he neded not to haue done if the subiectes goods be the kiÌges aÌd he refused to sel it as he might doo for by Goddes lawe he had a propretie therin from which without his will and consent he could not be forced to departe the king fretted so muche bicause he could not haue his will that he fell sicke in his bedde aÌd wolde not eate His wife Dame Iesabel a woman full of malice and mischief as that kynde is very ââ¦pte and prone to those vertues and within shorte space doo so therin excell as fewe men can in long tyme matche them taketh the matier in hande What sayeth she be you a mete man to be a king ouer Israel that will suffre suche dishonour at your slaues handes one that bi your auncient prerogatiue which hathe continued thes hundred and three score yeares yea from the first king of Israel ye maye vse in body and goodes as pleaseth you Phy for shame pull your courage to you arise eat your meat be mery I warauÌt you the vineorde Out goeth a CoÌmission in the kinges name to certain CoÌmissionares where Naboth dwelt suche as the Quenes grace was sure fauoured her procedinges Those she requireth to cause Naboth to be endyted and con demned for an heretike and a traitour and so to cause him to be stoned to deathe Her will is furthewith satisfied matier ynough against Naboth prisoner at the Barre bicause she wold so haue it no man might be admitted nor durst speake the truthe in the prisoners cause least they had ben clapped fast and trussed vp also for speaking against the king and Quene no queste durst quite him for fear of kissing the flete no lawes no equitie no iustice might defende the poore innocent So the vineiorde is the kinges by the ordre of lawe Those newes be caried in post to Iesable she sheweth them to her husbande wherwith he as sone as he hearde them was recouered and goeth to take possession of the vineiorde But what foloweth this crueltie aÌd tiraÌnie Are not bothe the kinges Maiestie and the Quenes highnesse within while after killed aÌd their blood licked vp of dogges according as the Prophet declared to hi in the vineyorde whaÌ he toke possession of it and all his house so destroied that ther was not lefte therof so muche as a dogge to pisse against the wall Thus ye maie see thende of lustie lordes and ladies that will haue their lustes a lawe and their will to be folowed and obeied of their subiectes as a right in dede The true right and prerogatiue of a king was written in a particular boke by the Prophete Samuel and laied vp by the Arke which boke among many other was loste yet who so lusteth to knowe it maie see it set out by God iÌ the boke of Deu teronomie After that God had prescribed who shold be their king that is no aliene or straunger but one of their owne brethren for naturally straungers doo not fauour straungers And a straunge prince seketh by all meanes to destroy the natural inborne that he maie with quietnesse and suretie enioie and vse that he cometh euil by and so leaue it to his succession than is set furthe the right and prerogatiue of a king thus WhaÌ your king is made he shall not kepe many horses nor putting his trust in his horsemen he shall not bring the people again into Egipte He shall not haue many wiues least they altre his minde froÌ God nother yet great treasure of siluer aÌd golde But whaÌ he is set in his throne he shall cause a copie of these lawes and statutes to be written out of thoriginal remaining with the Leuites and the same he shall haue with hiÌ all the daies of his life that he maie learne to feare the lorde his God aÌd to kepe not to breake all the wordes and ceremonies that be coÌmaunded in the lawe and also to fulfill theÌ in his doinges And he shal not be prowde and hault ouer his brethren neither shall he swarue from the lawe towarde the right hande or lifte hande that he and his children maie long reigne ouer Israel But besides this lawe appoiÌted for all kinges he that wilbe accompted a christian king or gouernour must remembre that he is a christian man and that bi being made a king he is not exempt from the lawes and duetie of a christen maÌ which eueri one professeth in Baptisme but as he is called and exalted aboue the rest of his brethren so should he be an example to them of good lyuing and vertue in obseruiÌg the lawe which saieth aswell to kinges as to beggers Thou shalt not steale thou shalt not couet any thing that is thy neighbours and so it stablisheth and confirmeth that euery one maie iustly kepe that is his owne and none maie take it from him by ani meane against his will be it king or kaiser And by the doinges of Samuel who albeit he were not a king in name yet hade he being the lieutenaunt and viceroie to God the chief king as great autoritie as any king in the earthe it maie appeare that all thinges of the subiectes be not the kinges owne propre For if they had ben his owne what neded Samuel at the surrendre of his office to offre to make an accompt And to whom I praie you To any bribing Auditour No he offred to make it to God and to the king that succeded him Beholde saieth the I haue done all that ye desired me I haue made you a king to rule you My children yet shall be with you But I am olde and hore headed that is I caÌ not long coÌti nue I haue beÌ amoÌg you froÌ a child to this daie Lo I aÌ ready to make mine accoÌpte before God and your kiÌg for all thiÌges that caÌ be laied to me by any of you whose bullocke haue i takeÌ whose asse haue I hade to whom haue I done any uiolence or wrong whom haue I oppressed of whom haue I taken any bribes to maintene him in his wickednesse to winke at his faultes or to stoppe iustice let him come furthe and I will make satisfaction And none of them could saie blacke was his eie No saieth Samuel I take God and your king to witnesse agaiÌst you I am so nette that ye shall not finde one iote in my fingres but I am hable to laie ynough against you wicked people c. O Samuel Samuel what king or prince can saie to the as thou diddest to the Israelites They loke not to make an accompt no they haue counsail of craftie Alcibiades how they maie make non accompt But they can not escape it they shall mete with an other maner of auditour than any of Mousire
the kyng and haue the greatest offices Thus were our countreymen the Britaynes remoued from their king straungers placed in all offices and holdes and at leynght the lande was ouerrunne and possessed of Straungers And the mane of Britayne put awaye and the realme called Englande The Danes after vnderstanding how fertile and pleyntifull England was sought meanes by litle and litle to place themselues in Englande and after a king of DeÌmarke in his owne persone inuaded EnglaÌd in the Northe aÌd made woÌderfull cruell warres they spared none they burned and wasted Yorkeshire Northumberlande and all places so that the enhabitauntes were forced to sue for peace at the Danes han des Then built they the towne of Dancastre that is the Castle of the Danes and whiles they had peace sent for moo Danes and whan they thought their for ce and power bigge ynough they passed not vpon promyses and leagues that they had made but renued the warres killed burned aÌd spoiled in euery place til thei came to Excestre the people and realme was most miserably tormented and made tributarie to them Diuerse of the nobilitie of England vpon light yea no occasiones but only bicause they were thought not to fauour the Danes were taken their nose trilles most villanously slytted their handes cut of ⪠Ah good God who can remembre these thinges without weping Who that feareth thy wrathe lorde will not amââ¦de his life aÌd call to thee for mercie What naugh tie nobilitie were that that wolde oppresse the commo nes and afterward be vsed and oppressed them selues by straungers as their predecessours haue ben before tyme What deuillis he CoÌmones might that be called that wolde repyne or rebelle against the nobilitie and gentilmen and than to be ouerrunne them selues with priestes and forayners and to be pyned with suche miserie as ye heare that our auncettours were and all bicause the gentilmen and coÌmones agred not among them selues Who is a natural Englishe man that will not in tyme forsee and considre the miserie towarde his countreye and him selfe aÌd by all meanes seke to let it who is it that caÌ hope for quietnesse pea ce healthe pleyntie and such like giftes of God without Goddes fauour and mercie And how is it possible that God should vse mercie with them that beare inwarde hatred and grudge one to an other aÌd will vse no merci with others If ye forgeue other meÌ their offenses that thei coÌmitte agaiÌst you saieth Christ your heauenly father will forgeue thoffenses that ye haue coÌmitted against him But if ye doo not forgeue other meÌ their faultes neither will your father forgeue you your faultes No whilest ye saye the lordes praier aÌd be full of raÌcour malice hatred aÌd eÌuie towarde your neighbour ye coÌdemne your selues and desire Goddes plages and vengeaunce to fall on your selues for ye meane veÌgeauÌce to your neighbours aÌd wishe all euill to fall on them And so it dothe fall on you as ye see by experieÌce of the playes aÌd miseries that are aÌd shall come to you But from inwarde sedicion and ciuile discorde that briedeth so muche mischief let vs come to outwarde warres and inuasiones made by strauÌgers But ye will saye ye haue no warres with any forain prince It is true but shall ye haue none yes yes the tyme is not yet come all is not hatched that is vnder the henne Your winges must be dubbed your fethers must be pulled your coÌbes must be cut you must be cleane piked your substaunce shalbe gotten by littel and littell out of your handes by taxes and subsidies by beneuolences and loanes and so froÌ a litell to more and froÌ more to more and at leynght all the marchauntes goodes to be confiscate in Flaunders by an inquisitioÌ and others in England by an opeÌ excoÌmunicatioÌ And whan ye be ones cleane stripped of your stoare and thus weakened out of courage aÌd your harte in your hose as they saie than shall your king returne to his welbeloued wife England with great poÌpe aÌd power and shall coÌpell you in despight of your hartes to reÌ dre and deliuer her holly in to his handes Than shall the easter linges vpon hope to recouer their olde and greater priuileges aide him with meÌ money and ship pes as allready they haue offred and promised as diuerse credible lettres haue declared ThaÌ shall they in uade Englande and shalbe by shiploades if no worse happeÌ vnto you caried in to newe Spaine aÌd ther not lyue at libertie but bicause ye are a stubburne and vn faithfull generacioÌ ye shalbe tyed in chaynes forced to rowe in the galie to digge in the mynes aÌd to pike vp the golde in the hotte sande And so with soro we to your soppes your three maÌnes song shall be Alas and Weale awaye Than shall ye knowe the pride aÌd lorde lynesse of the Spanyardes though for a while til they maie get the ouer hande they crepe and crouche fede men with swete wordes Baso las manos and women with confettes swete wynes pleasaunt pfumes gaye apparail and suche like vayne to yes but whââ¦n they be ones alofte ther is no nacioÌ vnder the cope of Christ like theÌ in pride crueltie vnmercifulnesse nor so farre froÌ all humanitie as the Spanyardes be which thig the realme of Naples the Dukedome of Milane the citie of Siena many partes of Duchelande and the lande of Iulike Cleuelande and Geldre lande can to theyr coste right well testifie And maie it not be thought that the FreÌche kìg whaÌ he seeth oportunitie wil set in a fote makìg clayme to Englande in the right of the Quene of Scottes as heire to hing HeÌry theight by his eldest syster And maie it not be suspected that the pope to doo the Frenche king a pleasure shall saye the Diuorce betwene king Henry and the dowager was by the canon lawes laufull and shall excommunicate the realme onles they reuoke thacte of parliament wherby the Dyuorce of late was iudged vnlaufull RemeÌbre remembre good countrey men and true English hartes the miserie that folowed in our poore countrey vpon the conquest made by thambicious William Duke of NormaÌdie vpon how small a title he entred aÌd how tyraÌnously he vsed him self His only colour was a bequest or promise made to him by king Edward brother to Cauntus and Heraldus kinges of England whaÌ he was a banished man in Normandie if he should dye without issue as he did At his first en trie he had a great batail with the newe choseÌ king of EnglaÌd aÌd slewe hì aÌd tweÌtie thousauÌt of our couÌtreye meÌ which put suche a feare in all men the Nobilitie the cleargie the LoÌdoners aÌd others the coÌmons that it mââ¦de theÌsue for peace aÌd to geue pledges for their ââ¦delitie whom he sent in to Normandie At the first he made theÌ many fayre promises of peace quietnesse aÌd iustice wherwith the folishe foÌde people were sone begyleâ⦠They thought they had