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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07032	A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders Wherein, is sett forthe the originall and full proceedyng of the saied troubles and ciuile warres, with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard, and trecherous hispaniolized Wallons, [and] others of the saied lowe Countreis. And there withall, the estate and cause of religion, especially, from the yere 1559. vnto the yere 1581. Besides many letters, commissions, contractes of peace, unions, articles and agrementes, published and proclaimed in the saied prouinces. Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. ge[n]t.; Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen, troublen enn oproeren oorspronck, anvanck enn eynde, item den standt der religien, tot desen jare 1580. English.	Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.; Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598, attributed name.; Rijckewaert, Carolus, called Theophilus, fl. 1577, attributed name.; Henricpetri, Adam, fl. 1576. General historien der aller namhafftigsten unnd fürnembsten Geschichten, Thaten und Handlungen.; Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.3; ESTC S111524	324,446	432

maner to doe you suche seruice as 〈…〉 agree with your honourable liking 〈◊〉 so moste himbly take my leaue Besechyng 〈◊〉 Lorde further so to rule and guide your harte and mynde continually in his faithe feare and loue as hetherto he hath doen that his glorymaie be aduaunced his Churche and this commonweale partly by your meanes in peace and Godlinesse preserued and mainteined London the xv of Marche 1583. Your Lordships moste humble in the Lorde alwaies to bee commaunded Thomas Stocker TO THE HIGH NOBLE Honourable and wise Lordes my Lordes of the Estates the Deputies Presidentes and Counselles Burroughmaisters Scoutes or Marshalles Maiors Bailiefes and to al other Officers and Ministers of the Prouinces whatsoeuer vnited to the lowe Countreis your most humble and obedient vassall and subiect Theophile wissheth Grace Peace and loue from GOD through Iesus Christ his only beloued Sonne our Lord. SEyng my good Lordes that all Princes Rulers and Gouernours are the ordenaunce of God and as Sainct Paule in the 13. to the Romaines and diuers other places of the holy Scripture witnesseth vnto vs Carie not the sworde in vaine but for the preseruation and maintenaunce of the good and the resisting and punishyng the wicked and vngodly Well then haue my Lordes the Estates and Magistrates of the Prouinces vnited to the lowe Countreis deserued all honour and commendation who after the wonderfull dissentions and breaches of certaine of the Prouinces and Cities that separated them selues from the greater nomber bothe forgettyng al their honor and othe and condescendyng and agreeyng to the Enemie haue not onely continued their vnitie but haue a greate deale more confirmed the same and therefore when I throughly cōsider of the great constancie and stabilitie of the Estates of Hollande and Zealande as also of the marueilous greate fidelitie of my Lorde the Prince of Orenge who ioyn●ly and altogether very faithfully haue performed all office duetie in the maintenaunce of the warres against Tyrauntes I could not possibly but commende and set forth their deserued honour commendation and praise aboue all the rest of the Nations whatsoeuer that haue been so wonderfully aduaunced and renowmed aswel by the Auncient as also by the late Historiographes And therefore in my poore opinion and iudgement I can not see how the confedered and vnited Prouinces maie doe better then to followe the waies and steppes of the Hollanders and Zealanders in euery poinct and condition in makyng warre and standyng against the force of all the rest of the Lordes and Princes of the other fifteene Prouinces For if thei had otherwise doen thei had neither wonne honour nor yet gained any thing els thereby For what a more wholesome better profitable and necessarie thyng could thei haue taken in hande then to fight and make warre for the Religion and defence of their Countrey by which meane thei might keepe themselues from the horrible oppression of bloodie Tyrauntes seeyng the very Heathen haue gotten them selues great honour by defending of their Countrey Wherefore sith the defence of a mans Countrey is so good and honourable a thyng and the defence of Religion a thyng farre more excellent and of greater importaunce there is great reason the Magistrate should wholy endeuour hym self to defende his good and faithfull Subiectes But what way maie any Common weale most fitly be defended whē as there reigneth suche greate discorde and dissention among Subiectes Surely there are twoo meete kyndes of meanes to bee had and vsed amongest three estates of men for the defendyng and vpholdyng of a Common weale in peace and vnitie And first of all the Magistrates are to obserue twoo thynges for the defence and maintenaunce of a Commonweale in tranquillitie●to wit Iudgement and Iustice By Iudgement in seuerely and not rashly vsyng the sworde giuen vnto them by God for the punishyng of the wicked and offenders to the ende the good Subiectes might bee saued harmeles●e and preserued from all oppression and iniury They are also to haue a diligent care not to shed innocent bloud for feare that the bloud of the Innocentes crie out to God against them for vengeaunce and so he require the bloud of them at their handes For in the booke of the Cronicles it is saied vnto the Iudges Beholde ye Iudges what you doe you execute not the Iudgement of men but of God you doe Iustice when as you pronounce true and right Sentences in defendyng the Wydowes and Fatherlesse in doyng of them speedie Iustice not corruptyng the Lawe either for money or rewarde and not giuyng iudgement to the hurte of any of the parties either for want of not knowyng the cause or els through ignoraunce Wherefore it is a moste necessarie thyng for Iudges to be learned in the Ciuill Lawe whiche thyng Plato the Heathen Philosopher well considered when as he saied That that Common weale was very happie whiche was gouerned by wisemen and Philosophers Secondarely two thynges are necessarie in euery Christian Churche to the ende that no offences or dissentions arise amongest the people The first is the pure and sincere doctrine of the worde of God with the true administration of the Sacramentes neither addyng to or takyng fro any one of them for it is written in the Apocalipse That that man is cursed whiche either addeth or taketh awaie any thyng from the worde of the Lorde The other is that discipline and iudgement be straightly kept in the Churche of God without tolleration or dissimulation or without respect of any persone or persones That all Whoremongers Dronkardes and all other whatsoener that doe continue and abyde in greeuous and grosse sinnes be excommunicated and cast out of the Church to the ende the whole Churche be not corrupted and infected by them and others take offence at their doynges Thirdly 〈◊〉 sect of the anabaptists ariseth in diuers places there are two thynges necessarie to bee obserued in euery particuler Familie or housholde The first is that fathers and mothers of housholdes must bryng vp their Familie of honestly and not suffer their meney to want thynges necessa●orie For S. Paule saieth that that man is worse then an Infiderawhiche prouideth not for his housholde The other thyn●ing of the correction and chastesing of their children and serua● tes who are to bee corrected and kept in awe For Salomon saieth He that spareth the Rodde hateth his Childe For youthe is compared vnto yong Trees because whosoeuer he bee that will haue straite yong Trees must set a very straite staffe harde by euery of them And so if yong youthes be well taught and brought vp from their cradle in the feare of the Lorde and in his waies and pathes those youthes I saie will become very honest and feare the Lorde Now then my good Lordes if these three estates of men were well brought vp the worlde would bee at a sarre better staie then now it is for then we should bee sure to heare no newes of so perilous ciuill warres sheddyng