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A68482	A remedy for sedition vvherin are conteyned many thynges, concernyng the true and loyall obeysance, that comme[n]s owe vnto their prince and soueraygne lorde the Kynge.	Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Cheke, John, Sir, 1514-1557.	1536 (1536)	STC 18113.7; ESTC S122062	27,498	54

shall haue lerned wel the fotynge of it Religion toke a great falle honestie was sore wounded that daye that richesse entred into theyr hartes handes I wolde say whom Christ left for to declare bothe in worde and lyfe what rewarde they were sure of that here for his sake wolde refuse rychesse It is noo meruayle if a tapster or a wyne drawer recken a peny or two more than his duetie whan they see religious menne soo imbrace money Lette the poore laye people here them say and lye not God is our portion God is our lādes Our conuersation is in heuen They wyll vndoutedly take pouertie for noo suche thynge that they shulde sooner consent to the disturbaunce of theyr countreye then to be poore I haue longe sought and can in maner fynde no cause of our pouertie but the fertilite and welthynes of our countrey Other men that are borne in bare countreys and can not lyue onles they moche trauayle the world auoyde myserie by their great labour and toyle In Englande the grounde almoste nourisheth vs alone It is an incredible thynge to see howe sore men of other nations labour howe moch we play howe lytle they consume on their belyes howe moche we deuoure howe poore they be and how welthy we are welthy I saye in comparison of them God hath gyuen vs to good a countrey we maye here to many of vs lyue ydle In many places of Germany people are fayne to set theyr trees that they vse for theyr fewel They sowe corne on mountaynes where neyther horse nor plowe can come They plowe with mattockes and harrowe with spades Howe moche grounde is lost in England Howe moche corne myght we carie into other coūtreyes if we wolde vse the commodities of our realme Howe manye hethes be there that wolde beare other frutis than shrubbes brakes bromes and ferne if they were welle handeled howe many cities are decayed howe many townes that are nowe hamlettis quyte downe that wolde stande if the thirde parte of Englande dyd not lyue idelly Townes wolde vp ageyne yf craftes were set vp There is fewe nations but many be ydell yet I thinke there is not two of the greattest nations in christendome that hath halfe so many that liue without craftes as lytle England hath In Frāce ye shal see many men drawe cartis about the citie laden with fagottes and suche other small wode In Italy there is no man so ryche but he trauaileth in marchandise Dukes that are there in kynges places occupye marchādyse And yet are fain to kepe small howses I wyll not compare our comynaltie with theirs I wyl not handel this place as I mighte This I am sure we that haue bene there haue sayde ones a weke God saue the welthy comynaltie of England I wyl not cōpare our kepyng of houses with theirs where frogges be a dayntie dysshe snayles a morsell for a lady where musshrumpes stande for the seconde course Ye wolde thynke it a madde syght to see a quarter of a goose runne rounde for burnynge the reste powdered and kepte in stoore for holydays I am assured the fare in Venys is as good as is in the moste partes of Italie Venys is as bygge or very lyttell lesse than London with the suburbes yet is there more fleshe spent in two or thre monethes in London than is there in a yere We haue to many sawces to many showynge hornes to drawe in meate we knowe full lytel what we do that make as though we cared not who ruled in Englande If a foreyne prince hadde the gouernynge of vs a whyle thynke you we shulde not be farre dysceyued if we loked to lyue as we nowe lyue to do as we nowe do Thynke you Daces wold not come in ye knowe not what daces be no dates I warrant you I pray god ye neuer knowe them This I am sure as longe as oure mooste gracyouse prince kynge HENRY the. VIII reygnethe ouer vs whiche I praye god it be vntylle his heires be of age we shall nede feare no daces They began properly to sparse pretye rumours in the North that no man shulde eate whyte breade no man eate pygge gose or capon without he agreed before with the kynge They well bothe declared their malyce and howe lytell they had to lay againste the kynges grace whiche were compelled shamefully to fayne suche abhomynable lyes ageynst his highnes The kyng entendeth no suche thynge Wolde god bothe his grace wolde goo about to gette vs a better name in straunge countreys and we also content our selfes to haue it we be called I wote where englishe bealyes Who can not but be sorie to se a man bye so dere so many hurtes as come of to moch meate Who knoweth not that the englyshe swette no olde sycknes and twenty other diseases more come euery day of inordinate fedynge Memorye wytte ye the verye mynde whiche is immortall almoste is slayn with surfettis The eyes chaunge their colour where they shulde be drye they falle to droppynge theyr syght departeth The eares waxe dull of herynge to be shorte all the senses be drowned with drinke and cloyed with to moche fedyng where as the belye is greatter than all the body besyde where the bealy raigneth dothe not all honeste craftes all good inuentions want what countrey hath inuēted fewer thynges than Englande Be our wittes worse than other mens be No no there is no faut but ours that wyll haue them no better Is it not a shame that we can not be as discrete as wyse as the brute beastes are Doo they drynke but whan they are a thurste Do they eate but when they be hungrye when dyd any man see a beast dye of a surfette Men are some tyme in the faute that bestes dye of drynkyng they being to hote after their labour Put a beast at lybertie lette hym be at his owne fedynge it wyll be long or he hurt hym selfe eyther by eatyng or drinking Amonges vs what syckenes kylleth so many as meate and drynke what pestylēce ryddeth more than sustenance Besydes y t for the more part pestilēce cometh of outragious dyet and doth lytel hurt where mē can moderate their mouthes Bibbers wil be offēded with hym that shal go about to make them lyue better to make them lyue longer to make them rycher to tourne theyr drynkyng money into stuffe of house holde They enuye the duchemen that drynke deper than they why doo they not enuye the moyles aswell that drynke as moche as duchemenne and yet fall not vnder the maunger as they do vnder the bourde We haue lost bothe the good thynges that antiquitie vsed and chaunged also the names of theym that we haue He is called a louer that doth al he may to make an honest womā naught If her louer entend to take away her honestie her good name what shall he do that hateth her Euen so we call that good fare that doth vs mooste hurt and that euyl chere that doth vs most good I thynke he