Here begynneth a lytell treatyse in Englysshe / called the Extripacion of ignorancy: and it treateth and speketh of the ignorance of people / shewyng them howe they are bounde to feare god / to loue god / and to honour their prince. Which treatise is lately compyled by sir Paule Busshe ... and dedicate unto the yong and most hye renomed lady Mary / princes & doughter unto the noble progenytour / our worthy souerayne kyng Henry the eight / kyng of Engla[n]de and of Frau[n]ce / & hye defe[n]der of ye christenfaithe. &c |
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Here endeth the seconde perte of this volume/whiche hath shewed/howe man is bounde to loue almighty god: And nowe here after foloweth ye thirde parte/whiche shall speke of the honour that euery man is bounde to reuerente his prince and souerayne with all.
Nowe seyng that I/haue made demonstracion
In style homly/thy loue howe yu shuldest bestowe
To goddes pleasure man/& thy soules cōseruacion
Nowe breuely to reuert/I purpose to showe
Howe that thy prince/thou oughtest to knowe
That to god may be acceptable/thy lyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
In style homly/thy loue howe yu shuldest bestowe
To goddes pleasure man/& thy soules cōseruacion
Nowe breuely to reuert/I purpose to showe
Howe that thy prince/thou oughtest to knowe
That to god may be acceptable/thy lyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
By morall wysedome/first deuysed were
Officers and gouernours/of constant grauyte
This worlde namely to rule/and set in an ordere
With comely maners/eschewyng all enormyte
Adornyng their owne lyues/mortifyeng vanyte
To people rude/vertuous examples gyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Officers and gouernours/of constant grauyte
This worlde namely to rule/and set in an ordere
With comely maners/eschewyng all enormyte
Adornyng their owne lyues/mortifyeng vanyte
To people rude/vertuous examples gyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Of these gouernours/whiche ruled thus lōg space
Some were patryarkes/prophetes: & iuges tēperall
And sōe were prestes discrete/& as thistory do trace
Discended lyneally/of the styrpe & stocke leuiticall
And againe some were scribes/ingenious & morall
By polytike discrecion/their offices gouernyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Prepositos honorificate.
Some were patryarkes/prophetes: & iuges tēperall
And sōe were prestes discrete/& as thistory do trace
Discended lyneally/of the styrpe & stocke leuiticall
And againe some were scribes/ingenious & morall
By polytike discrecion/their offices gouernyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Prepositos honorificate.
Whan these worthy gouernors/armed wt prudence
Had gouerned thus the worlde/a long tyme & date
It was thought more cōuenyent/for ye cōmēs defēce
One heed and ruler/to gouerne and the principate
therfore as people discrete/in one mynde cōfederat
They chose thē a ruler/and named hym a kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Had gouerned thus the worlde/a long tyme & date
It was thought more cōuenyent/for ye cōmēs defēce
One heed and ruler/to gouerne and the principate
therfore as people discrete/in one mynde cōfederat
They chose thē a ruler/and named hym a kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
This kyng our souerayne/we ought to honour
And haue in reputaciō/as the myrrour of chiualry
In whose magnanimite/resteth our trust & tresour
All tymes and seasons/to suffult our bale & misery
As a capten valeaunt/rulyng by wytte and policy
His subiectes transgressours/straitly punisshyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
And haue in reputaciō/as the myrrour of chiualry
In whose magnanimite/resteth our trust & tresour
All tymes and seasons/to suffult our bale & misery
As a capten valeaunt/rulyng by wytte and policy
His subiectes transgressours/straitly punisshyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Who maketh our enemyes to drede and feare
Insurrections to make/our welthe to molest
Who punissheth the felone/who correcteth murder
Who kepeth our noble realme in peace and rest
Who maketh ye prone lecher/to be good and honest
Dothe nat this our souerayne and worthy kyng
wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Insurrections to make/our welthe to molest
Who punissheth the felone/who correcteth murder
Who kepeth our noble realme in peace and rest
Who maketh ye prone lecher/to be good and honest
Dothe nat this our souerayne and worthy kyng
wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Who causeth iustyce/who causeth equite:
Duely to be mynistred/in cytie/borowe/& towne.
Who quencheth the flames/of rasshe lassyuite
Who exalteth iust lyuers/& the wicked putteth downe
All this doth our prince/beryng ye cepter & crowne
In whose hande resteth/our welth and gouernyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Duely to be mynistred/in cytie/borowe/& towne.
Who quencheth the flames/of rasshe lassyuite
Who exalteth iust lyuers/& the wicked putteth downe
All this doth our prince/beryng ye cepter & crowne
In whose hande resteth/our welth and gouernyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
If our prince were nat/order were there none
For euery man wolde rule/and play the lorde
And than shulde ye poreman bothe grudge & grone
Kept vnder bondage/as dogge vnder borde
And nat so hardy/as ones to speke a worde
For drede of punisshment/& of his goodes lesyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
For euery man wolde rule/and play the lorde
And than shulde ye poreman bothe grudge & grone
Kept vnder bondage/as dogge vnder borde
And nat so hardy/as ones to speke a worde
For drede of punisshment/& of his goodes lesyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Where is no heed/the body deformed is
Farre out of shappe/as we se by experyence
So in caselike/thou canst nat contrary this
Where is no soueraine/there reigneth incōuenyēce
As fraude/gyle/& extorciō/with many other offēce
So that all togiders/rōneth to the deuyll hedlyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Farre out of shappe/as we se by experyence
So in caselike/thou canst nat contrary this
Where is no soueraine/there reigneth incōuenyēce
As fraude/gyle/& extorciō/with many other offēce
So that all togiders/rōneth to the deuyll hedlyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Were it nat for feare/of our prīce and souerayne
I thynke surely/and dare boldely say
Uerite nor yet equite/shulde be suffred to raigne
And than soone after/shulde our realme decay
So craftely wolde auarice/her maters conuey
Through subtylte/her hādmaydes helpe & socorīg
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
I thynke surely/and dare boldely say
Uerite nor yet equite/shulde be suffred to raigne
And than soone after/shulde our realme decay
So craftely wolde auarice/her maters conuey
Through subtylte/her hādmaydes helpe & socorīg
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
At syses and sessyons/moche periury is vsed
Fall heed and power/he so nye of consanguinite
But thā our worthy prīce/which cā nat be deluded
By his lawe and iustyce/extirpeth suche percialyte
Thus it is doutlesse/or els thus it shulde be
In euery realme & region/where reigneth a kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Fall heed and power/he so nye of consanguinite
But thā our worthy prīce/which cā nat be deluded
By his lawe and iustyce/extirpeth suche percialyte
Thus it is doutlesse/or els thus it shulde be
In euery realme & region/where reigneth a kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Wolde our maisters trowe ye/bothe spirituall & tēporall
Feare as they do: their lyues to contamynate
With maners vncomely/by suggestions infernall
Hyndring their honour/and hurtyng their estate
were it nat for their prīce/to whō they be subiugate
Doutlesse no: The more pytie without fayning
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Feare as they do: their lyues to contamynate
With maners vncomely/by suggestions infernall
Hyndring their honour/and hurtyng their estate
were it nat for their prīce/to whō they be subiugate
Doutlesse no: The more pytie without fayning
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Reason wolde be so blinded/by ambicion verily
Were it nat for drede of our prince and souerayne
that by simony execrable/holy churches patrimoni
Shulde be bought & solde/as it is knowen playne
More cōmon than the oxe/vyle and mundayne
Whiche is solde in markettes/for great wynning
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Were it nat for drede of our prince and souerayne
that by simony execrable/holy churches patrimoni
Shulde be bought & solde/as it is knowen playne
More cōmon than the oxe/vyle and mundayne
Whiche is solde in markettes/for great wynning
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Here maist yu aduert man/what profites dothe ensue
To the realme and subiectes/of euery region
Where as valyaunt princes/do correct and subdue
Such frōtall enormytes/by their lawes correction
No state fauoring/if he worthy be punissyon
But euery man to rewarde/after his deseruyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
To the realme and subiectes/of euery region
Where as valyaunt princes/do correct and subdue
Such frōtall enormytes/by their lawes correction
No state fauoring/if he worthy be punissyon
But euery man to rewarde/after his deseruyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Whan prīces be perciall/and nat to all indifferent
It gyueth people occasion/to grudge & complayne
But whan they minister to all lyke punysshment
Than in their realmes/most cōmenly do raigne
Peace/vnyte/and concorde/without disdayne
So that euery man ioyeth/of others well lyueng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
It gyueth people occasion/to grudge & complayne
But whan they minister to all lyke punysshment
Than in their realmes/most cōmenly do raigne
Peace/vnyte/and concorde/without disdayne
So that euery man ioyeth/of others well lyueng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
O/what treasour it is/and synguler aueyle
Whan princes be gyuen/to vertue and goodnesse
Their owne fautes to beholde/& them to bewayle
Their soules to redeme/out of wretchednesse
This poynt most chefely/belōgeth doutlesse
To euery good prince/endles paynes reuoluyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Whan princes be gyuen/to vertue and goodnesse
Their owne fautes to beholde/& them to bewayle
Their soules to redeme/out of wretchednesse
This poynt most chefely/belōgeth doutlesse
To euery good prince/endles paynes reuoluyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
The next poynt also/that a prince valyaunt
Ought to bere in mynde/bothe ī welthe & distresse
Is to be alwayes lyberall/and in his dedes cōstaūt
His pore cōmens to loue/and thē neuer to oppresse
Except necessite do instant/his noble worthynesse
Ayde to requyre/for his iust tytles defendyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Ought to bere in mynde/bothe ī welthe & distresse
Is to be alwayes lyberall/and in his dedes cōstaūt
His pore cōmens to loue/and thē neuer to oppresse
Except necessite do instant/his noble worthynesse
Ayde to requyre/for his iust tytles defendyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
In suche causes man: thou arte boūde to socour
Thy prince and souerayne/with goodes & substāce
With thy body also/and with thy worldly treasour
His right to mentayne/and his honour to auaunce
Wherby thy welthe/with good perseueraunce
Shall prospere the better/for thy true dealyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Thy prince and souerayne/with goodes & substāce
With thy body also/and with thy worldly treasour
His right to mentayne/and his honour to auaunce
Wherby thy welthe/with good perseueraunce
Shall prospere the better/for thy true dealyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
To this christ gaue vs/as we rede in the gospell
Example most euydent/whan he comaūded Peter
To the see to go/as Mathewe dothe vs tell
Sayeng: in ye fisshes mouth/finde he shulde ther
A pece of money/whiche duely he shulde delyuer
For their subsedy/to their emperour and kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Example most euydent/whan he comaūded Peter
To the see to go/as Mathewe dothe vs tell
Sayeng: in ye fisshes mouth/finde he shulde ther
A pece of money/whiche duely he shulde delyuer
For their subsedy/to their emperour and kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes & pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
The same also affirmeth/the postell and doctour
Blessed saynt Paule/in his epistell whiche he sent
To the romayns/whiche he brought out of errour
Sayeng: loke yt to prīces/shinyng ī power eminēt
ye be alwayes subiecte/meke/lowe/and obedyent
Redy them to ayde/at all tymes callyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Blessed saynt Paule/in his epistell whiche he sent
To the romayns/whiche he brought out of errour
Sayeng: loke yt to prīces/shinyng ī power eminēt
ye be alwayes subiecte/meke/lowe/and obedyent
Redy them to ayde/at all tymes callyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Lykewise faithe Peter/as the text lyeth playne
In his first epistell/and in the seconde chapitour
Loke that ye be dilygent/saithe he/redy and fayne
Lyke humble subiectes/your princes to honour
With faithfull hertes/ with goodes and treasour
And so please you shall/our euerlastyng kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
In his first epistell/and in the seconde chapitour
Loke that ye be dilygent/saithe he/redy and fayne
Lyke humble subiectes/your princes to honour
With faithfull hertes/ with goodes and treasour
And so please you shall/our euerlastyng kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
And all though saith he/that in lyueng & behauour
All princes and souerayns/be nat lyke of condicion
But some rigorous & vicyous/enuolued in errour
yet nat withstādyng/your purpose & chefe entēcion
Must be to obey/for your dewe correction
Such vnworthy rulers/sent for your mislyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
All princes and souerayns/be nat lyke of condicion
But some rigorous & vicyous/enuolued in errour
yet nat withstādyng/your purpose & chefe entēcion
Must be to obey/for your dewe correction
Such vnworthy rulers/sent for your mislyueng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
In many places els/in scripture I fynde
And in the lawe also/allegacions autentycall
Whiche dothe the cōmaunde man/& straitly bynde
Thy prince to honor/vnder statutes penall
Whiche if thou breke/thou doest surely fall
In the censours ecclesiasticall/& danger of the kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
And in the lawe also/allegacions autentycall
Whiche dothe the cōmaunde man/& straitly bynde
Thy prince to honor/vnder statutes penall
Whiche if thou breke/thou doest surely fall
In the censours ecclesiasticall/& danger of the kyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Nowe cōclude vpon this/and thy corage auaunce
And thynke that it is nat/the regall power onely
Whiche prīces haue ī gouernage/to speke ī substāce
That to suche obedience/byndeth the thus straitly
But it is certayne/as se thou maist playne
The state legall/of the churches first ordring
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
And thynke that it is nat/the regall power onely
Whiche prīces haue ī gouernage/to speke ī substāce
That to suche obedience/byndeth the thus straitly
But it is certayne/as se thou maist playne
The state legall/of the churches first ordring
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Beholde what incōueniēce/cōmenly dothe ensue
Where reigneth inobediente/debate and discēcion
Beholde also agayne/where people be vntrue
Howe their ofspringes/be put vnder subiection
To day a lorde/and a man of great possession
And to morowe scant worthe/a poore sely fardyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Where reigneth inobediente/debate and discēcion
Beholde also agayne/where people be vntrue
Howe their ofspringes/be put vnder subiection
To day a lorde/and a man of great possession
And to morowe scant worthe/a poore sely fardyng
Wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng
Regem honorificate.
Lykewise beholde/what vtterly distruction
Hath comen of rebellyon/and wylfull conspiracy
Is it nat plainly lefte in discription
Howe by suche meanes/monasteries right worthy
Hath ben distroyed/and contaminate vncomely
yet doutlesse: it appereth playne in writyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Hath comen of rebellyon/and wylfull conspiracy
Is it nat plainly lefte in discription
Howe by suche meanes/monasteries right worthy
Hath ben distroyed/and contaminate vncomely
yet doutlesse: it appereth playne in writyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Also/howe many noble cyties/castels/& towres
Hath ben subuerted/and made wayes playne
By violent force/and marciall showres
The goodes dispoyled/the gouernours slayne
Their wyues and doughters/defloured certayne
This for rebellion/hath ben sene without fayning
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Hath ben subuerted/and made wayes playne
By violent force/and marciall showres
The goodes dispoyled/the gouernours slayne
Their wyues and doughters/defloured certayne
This for rebellion/hath ben sene without fayning
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Suche lamentable conflictes/& mortall dolours
Are spectacles necessary/somtyme to beholde
To stable mennes myndes/auoyding dishonours
And to lyue in peace/whiche a thousande folde
Is treasour more precious/than syluer or golde
As man may iudge/by his owne wytte reuoluyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Are spectacles necessary/somtyme to beholde
To stable mennes myndes/auoyding dishonours
And to lyue in peace/whiche a thousande folde
Is treasour more precious/than syluer or golde
As man may iudge/by his owne wytte reuoluyng
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
O noble Englande/O worthy realme of fame
Note well these presydentes/& beare thē in mynde
And be true to thy prīce/cōtynuing thy good name
For in cronycles/yet coude I neuer fynde
That to thy worthy souerayn/thou were vnkynde
Whiche to ye is great laude/& also to god praysinge
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Note well these presydentes/& beare thē in mynde
And be true to thy prīce/cōtynuing thy good name
For in cronycles/yet coude I neuer fynde
That to thy worthy souerayn/thou were vnkynde
Whiche to ye is great laude/& also to god praysinge
wherfore attende my wordes/& pondre my sayeng.
Regem honorificate.
Nowe thus to conclude/without more prolixite
I purpose by goddes grace/and no lengar to tary
Repeting these foresaid wordes/togider as they be
Feare you god/loue you god/and also finally:
Honour your prince/myrrour of all chiualry
And so shall ye purchace/ioye without endyng
The whiche god graunt vs all/at our departyng.
I purpose by goddes grace/and no lengar to tary
Repeting these foresaid wordes/togider as they be
Feare you god/loue you god/and also finally:
Honour your prince/myrrour of all chiualry
And so shall ye purchace/ioye without endyng
The whiche god graunt vs all/at our departyng.
AMEN.
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