bo 
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She TABLE CONS0- ſhed 
| Al arion wHeriny 
ya key the people may ſe, howe ['s 
21) far greatter cauſe, they [8 
? baue to be glad for the += 


toypfulbyrth of prince 
Edwarde, than ſo- 


ry for the dethe 
of the moſt 
noble, 
pertuouſe, 2 excellent 
quene Jane,made 
by Rycharde- 
Moryſine, 


Larne ag CONSOLATION; 


© LBEIT- THE $SO=z 

ths 8» $ deyne departure of 
TS/2A #4 Athe moſte gractous 
> a X « 41d vertuous prin= 
© aw ice, Qucne Jane, 


mw — Dcannenct, but fome 
what Ippall and appelire the greate 
gladnes, that all true englyſhe har- 
tes Had concetued of the mol} foztu= 
nate birth of puince Edwarde,fonne 
and by the grace of god right enhe= 
titour to the molte myghty and cx- 
cellent kyng, HENR Y the, v111,yet 
fozalmoche as the cauſe of our tove 
is farte gretter, than is the occaſion 
of our lozowe, my trutt ts, after that 
tope and {020we (hall haue bickcrde 
a whyle tn oure boſloines. that tove 
ſhalbe moche rediertokeve his pol= 
ſeſſion. than ſozow able to duttze hun 
from his holde. The ſtrife Þ know, 
can not ſtreighte be ended , 4 haue 
4.1t, me 


4A COMFORTABLE 

me thynke, felte the fozce of bothe, 
_ Scale it1s ctedible, that the lyttell 
caſtell of mans harte coulde [uffre 
within Hts walles.ſ\uche debate,ſlus 
che diſlenſton,luch conflyct.  dout 
not, no, {| am ryghte welle aſtured, 
therc 1s no naturall englyſheman, 
| buceitherhe feleth,ozcls lately felt, 
as moche ltrugglynge within hym 
[clie,as eyer he dyd befoze, The ra= 
gcs of tozoware great,the lurgies 
of rtoye moche greatter : harde it 18 
fo: anharty hart, to abyde thaliau- 
tes of thone oz thother, harde , not 
to adinytteſ[o2owe being thus foz- 
ced. harder to lette toye departe in a 
tymelſotoyous. Ycho can remem- 
b:e. with what vertues quene Jane 
was adourned , and lee her grace 
and graces nowe taken frome vs, 
and not walſhe his checkes with 

{eares 7 Igayne, who cat _ -- 
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CONSOLATION, 

bie the toyefulle by2the of Pzynce 
Edwarde, and not caſte awaye ſoz 
roawe ? Awapyeladde and frowning 
£9020we, awapye. you tranaylle m 
vayne, youre labourets loffe. You 
are greatte,neuer, but whanne yotx 
mete with a weaker, loone recey- 
nedof none, but; of fuche as foz- 
gette what they doo, woll any man 
cyueyou league to Harboze within 
b1s bzeſte, that well remembzethe 
the pleaſtireyedo Vnto them, that 
longeſt intertayne you? You talke 
faſt, and ofte lay, Quene Jane, the 
verttonle quene Jane ts gone. Yce 
yere yott well, and ſap moche moze 
oure ſelfes, She ts gone from you 
Sorowe,X All yours , gone from care 
to toy. from peyne to pleaſure,from 
the wanes of the rufklynge wozlde, 
to the quyete hauen of heuen. what 
Hurt here we tn al this - what cauſe 

I.tit, £o 


A COMFORTABLE. 


tolament?o: rather how many cats 
ſes tobe toyous!A'way S9tow, you 
come tolate;yourlodging was loge 
ſythens taken frome you.you come 
moch ironger, than we vouchlafe, 
& yet ſhall ye fynde no entring here. 
Away So2owe and be ſozy, that by 
this your folyſh play.ye haue made 
bs twiſe glad, ones, that it pleaſed 
almighty god to ſend her grace fo2- 
tune. to leve with vs, a PRINCE, 
Agepne, that fo; her ingular g0odz 
nes, he hath taken her, to lope with 
him.This matter wayed.as reaſon 
woll, wehaue ratyer chaunged the 
kynd of our toy, than loft any parte 
of it. Jf we were al gladde that we 
had lo good a quene, yn (huld we 
lament, to lee her thus rewarded 
Jf we thinke [cripture to be trewe, 
that is god to be god, map we not t- 
magine, that her grace wolde I 
tyus 


CONSOLATION.. 
thus vnto theym that mone fo2 her, 
if ſhe coulde nowelpeake to vs : 
C vohat meane you : wheritf haue 
F offeded you, that ye ſhuld i this 
wile, lamct myn high felicitiechaue 
pelo loone fozgotte what 5] dyd foz 
pou? o2 if pe remcbze it, be thele the 
thankes you gyueme# My p2ayer 
was euer bnto god, that J mighte 
bzynge fo2th that that all youlonge 
haue wiſhed foz, J,god eter be p2at 
ſed, bzought you apaince,x thought 
that 4 with toye had ſo fylled your 
hartes, ſo enuironned theym with 
gladnes.that ſozowſhuld find'there - 
no place einptie, no hole to crepe tt 
at.ne ſeate to reſt vpon. J p:ay you 
whan coud 4 haue ſfolne from pou 
vetter, than nowe tn all your toyes? 
Yohan els coulde { haue departed 
from you. but Þ ſhulde haue putte 
you to moze [020w:Moutrne not fo2 

AI\llt, my 


A COMFORTABLE 
fo mp toye. J p2ap you, { thanke 
god, my lozde & hul bande, 4 haue 
had mp parte of that, whiche ye. as 
pet no better taught, calle Ig elicitie. 
haueben a long ſcaſon, moſt of a! 
wemen bound to enb:ace the good= 
nes of god, whichclo laws all 
myn,al mens expectation,made me 
of an handmayde, a quene, # guene 
of ſonoble a realme,wife toa king, 
and luch a king. mother to a paince, 
mother to hym,that as my truſlc is, 
(Hall longe and manye yercs after 
his father,be your heed, kynge,and 
ſonerayneloz2de. Jf godſendehym 
| lorigelyfe,and trite-ſtibtectes,what 
woman. that leeth no mo2e tove.tha 
dwellers in the wozlde do, canne be 
moze fo2tunate, than I ſhalbe cott- 
ted aimonges you e£ On the cther 
ſyde, if it (hall plcaſe god to take 
ww from you, howe JAPPP w 
PPD -. = 


0M 
k Fa - we 
t. WP / x.” < 
j W i Y , = , 

TIER ktrens > "Is 
” - þ Li 
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% 


CONSOLATION, 
that went befoze hymn « Howe hap= 
py, that Þ eſcaped luche waylyng, 
ſuche diſappzoupnge of goddis 02- 
dynance 7 4 am an erample to you 
all, J was a quene, howe ſoone am 
J none- © fraylelyfe, © battle toy, 
© ſoone departynge gladnes,thus 
pou crie, Jknowfoz the molt part, 
all. Soſhuld J to,ſauynge that F 
haue lerned toſay better, } nowſay 
£D damage p2ofitable, Dlolle euer 
to be deſired. Damage and loſſe, Þ 
ſap.not thatit is ſo, but that you do 
fo tmagin your p2ofite and gaynes 
to be. {lefte the wozlde, and nowe 
am tn heauen, Ye that knowethe 
bothe, thoughe it be but meanely, 
welle leeth, what Þ wynneby this 
chaunge. Jt is moche. to pleaſe a 


kynge, (urely, fauynge the plcſure, 
that manne taketh of honeſt actes, 

. thehyghelt pleaſure that manne o2 
A 2.v.. ;. woe 


— 


A COMFORTABLE 


woman fpndeth vppon erthe, ts to 
tunne fardeſ} in a paincts fauour. 

The kinges goodnes neuyer fozgot=- 
ten, he amonges al, hauyng his free 
choyle_ not onelp at home, but in all 
other cotuntreyes , elected me alone, 
and teſtified vnto the Hole wozlde, 

that he thought me wozthy hts high 
eſt fauour, Jf it be moche to ſtande 
tt his fauour, what 1s tt to be part- 
taker of theſe toyes that are here, 
toves only knowen to luche as fcele 
them - {f the wozlde Haue his plea- 
fures.can heuenlackehis: Jf thoſe 
be great,can theſe be fmall: # pzaye 
pou be notlonte fo2 my chaunge . 4. 
truſte ye be not. At the lealt, fure 4. 
am. ye haueſimal cauſe.cither to eti- 
ue me mp felicitie, which eucrins2e 
dciy2ed Yours, eyther to be ſozye fo 
my gladnes, whiche tn manerc died 
fo: to make you glad, Undoubtedly 


1 bothe 


CONSOLATION. 


Jboth bought your toy to dere, tf ye 
be ſozte fo2 inyne, and maye thihnke 
my peynes euyl paide foz,ifye wold 
me to come from blyſle to pepnes a- 
geyne. You ſay the loue ye bare me, 
wol nedes pou mourn fo2me.Right 
late neuyer wozketh hurt to the per- 
fone beloued. Þf you woll declare, 
that you loued me 1n deede, Þ haue 
lefte you my Babe, vuto whome F 
bequethe your hartis and holeloue, 
if you grant yourhartes to be mpn, 
Indin his nonage, TJ ſhall thinke 
pour loue implied to the p2ofptte of 
myn hepze,if you gyuel1t all to his 
father. Let hym occuppye your har- 
tes in the meane (calon, whyle this 
be better able to welde them. Derue 
your kynge.obey his Hhighnes, loue 
his honour and welfare, youre loue 
towardes me, ts aboundantlye here 
{hewed, Loue hym lette ſozowe go. 


You 


A COMFORTABLE 


You cat have no caliſe to lamente, 

as longe as ye teader his Hoticure, 
and he your welfare. Be top*ul.and - 
where as befoze.you gaue cob tha- 
kes fo2 your piince, thanke him al- 
ſo nowe.that it vleaſed hym to lette 
meleaue that bourdei::e, oz eucr he 
called fo2 me. Be might hauc taken 
bothe. certes you oughtc not to 1a- 
mente, that hetoke the wozſe , and 
left you thebetter. Ye may hcre geo 
ſveake in his wozkes.tf your harken 
well to them, Dothe he not tell yay 
by my deth. L s,your v2ince rs mo2- 
tall,ve ſe of thomhe cometh, ye ſe, 
I that gaue him, can takehym tro 
pou, whan I ſhali thynke you vn- 
w9:thy ſuche my gift. Thefertilite 
of your quene, myghtchauc made 
pou wantons. 4{ woll yon truſt on- 
I» in me. 4 wol! you ſoo Handle me 
with your Hartes.fo winne me with 
YOUL 


CONSOLATION, 


your loue and payer, that  maye 
fully decree not onelp to lette youre 
p2nce Edwardelonge afterhis tas 
tyer repgne ouer you , but that his 
c1»1dzeas chyldzen, & they that (hal 
b2 09:1 of thein to,tinay pzoiperoul- 
1- continue your gouernours aud 
heedes, Yourquene ts Deed, this 1s 
 natthe fir thinge, that hath made 
pol wozle attayde than hurie. Y ots 
haue many experiences of my care 
and fatherly loue towarde pott , JE 
hitherto al yaur hurtts haue turnitd 
pu to good, miſtruſt menot, Þ am 
the lame {| was.if | fpnde you bet- 
ter tha you were can do better oz 
pou tha Jhaue done , Miitruit not 
god, he hath Tzd your king hitherto, 
Ye put meints his handes.He caite 
his gracis harte vpon me. Heletce 
vs t2gither,giue himleate to parte 
bs,letnge it 1s his pleſyreſo to do. 

Jan 


A COMFORTABLE 
Jamin better caſe than J was, lo 
thal you be,if ye by your foly,chage 
not goddis purpoſe , Let hym haue 
his wil, not only in taking me from 
pou, butin p2ouidyng fo2 yeu in all 
youre dilireſſes in tyme to comme, 
P:ailehym, he woll neuerlette yo13 

p:atle him fo2 doinge you hurte , no 
you ſhall be allured, he woll do you 

good, 
C| If her grace, coulde nowe ſaye 
thus vnto vs Chuld we not be atha- 
med, rather to ſhewe our lelfes ſozy 
fo2 her imoztal toy.than glad of our 
owne welfare : j iuſte nedes grat 
her graces high vertues beagutitied 
moch our countrey,we al had great 
caule to delire her longe continuace 
with vs. {ul caule to pzay that ſhe 
might not lo lone go to heuen. She 
was wotthy to liue euer, eucr meete 
to die, She is departed, who "= 
| Ifn- 


| CONSOLATION. 
withſtande goddis wyll,though he 
never [o fayue wolde.,who ought to 
reliſte his pleaſure.though he could 
neuerſo caſtiy do itz The :awe that 
god bolide Adi to,touchith his hole 
polteritie. God layd to hym , Thoy <3 
arte erthe, and into the ecthe thou 
ſhaltc,/This 1s an o2der that nature 
hath kepte euer.,and cuerthall, laye 
naye, wholuſteth to fayle, iThis 1s 
trouth, but they p yetiulte to wepe, 
woll ſay, the myght Haueliued len- 
ger.though ſhe coutd not live cuer, 
and that this 1s to be lameted , that 
her grace departed befoze her tyme. 
They are twile decetued, ones. that 
thinke ſhe died betoze her tyme,that 
liued all her tyme, and that though 
tt werelo,thinke it no foly to wepe, 
to wayle, to lamente.that is to lay, 
to Hurte their lelfes, withoute do- 
inge good to anye bodye, Foz as 
Lane 


A COMFORTABLE 


time is mpn no longer than Jhate 
it, lo neither they that yet ar vnbozn 
come after their tyme, noz they that 
be deed lithens, be gone betoze their 
tyme. Nothinge is ours, longer tha 
weentop it. j3ow J pzay you, what 
thinge 1s chanced to her grace, that 
dothenotlyght euery dape vpon 02 
| ther! Jtcannotbecalled a thynge 
newe. that hath bene cuer, neyther 
vnwonte, that commeth alwayes , 
All dye that oones'be, and fſommes 
tyme were not. All thynges . that 
ones begynne, ſtyil teppe fozth to- 
ward they: ende. There ts none erz- 
cepted , Jf her graces Iyfe myghte 
be bought with weepynge , trea- 
ſone be it tohaue dzyeeyes, befoze 
her lpfe be redeemed with teares . 

Jf goodes mpght bzynge the ſoule 
ageyne, ttealone be it toſaye hoo, 
befoze hyz grace be raynlomed . 


If 


CONS OLATION. 


Yf there were any meane, any wap, 
to bing her ageyneemonges vs, } 
wold fozget thetoy.ſhe1s in,and ers 
hot al-men to waple, vntyl the wap 
were founde, to Haue her grace a- 
geyne. But fozaſmoche as there 1s 
no hope, to fynde that, that can nat 
be found, let vs think it foly,to ſcke 
that that woll not be hadde, foly to 
waite, where 1s 10 remedy, God be 
thiked, Jamvdilſcharged ofa great 
pece of mp labour. J am righthart- 
Iy gladde, that all men knowe, the 
great wiſdomeand high knowlege 
of our moolte gracious loucraigne 
lozde thekyngeto be (ſuch? that he, 
wholo euer (hall go aboute to con- 
folate him, though hedo it neuerlo 
well, maye ſeme to beſtowe his ia- 
bourin a wzonge place. Vis high- 
nes hath ofte well declared, that re- 
ſon, and knowlege, dothe that in a 

15 wils 


A COMFORTABLE 


wiſe maa, thatlonge.tyme dothe. in 
men uot wyſeſt, Dis grace -yeldeths 
all to goddis ozdinance , and ſeeth, 
that man playeth oftemany foliſhe 
partes, but that he neueris a moze 
foole.than whanne hethinketh god 
might gouerne thinges moche bet= 
ter, than he doth, Þ1s highnes kno- 
weth, that god hath ruled the wozld 
alonglſealon,z is nat to be taught, 
beinge wyſedomeit lelfe, neither to 
be ſulpected, that he ſhulde intende 
euyll vato vs, beynge.bothe verye: 
goodneſſe, and aiſoof infinite loue 
cowarde mankpnde, He ſeeth , thep 
are to be charged with,a faut, farre 
greatter than toly, that thinke god, 
thatishymſelfe belte, to doo atiy 
thynge.. that is not belte, yea and 
belte fo2imanne, Trewthe it 1s, we- 
thinke ofttymes otherwiſe, bycauſe 
weleenot why, aud foz what pour-: 


pole 


CONSOLATION.: 

pole god doth many thiges. Dtirts 
Iy god ſhulde wozke verp groſſely, 
tt man by and by. coulde lcehis ins 
tente. Jt is a goodiy part of mans 
Iyfe; tobchold as mochas the weke 
nelle of his wptte wolle gyueHym 
leue, how god gouernith the wozld, 
DHeclolcth a plelure, that no ma knos 
weth,but only they which taſte it, Þ 
marketh not, as nygh as negligens 
nature of man wol ſuffre hym.how 
god:wozketh all thynges with vs, 
howe alinofteall eupis are turned: 
to good. all ſowzeinto[wete, all ſo= 
owe into gladnes, Jitis p:cty,that 
Platotellethe of Socrates , This 
Socrates had rubbed of the ſkinne- 
ofhis knee with yzons, while helay 
in p2ifon, & was very [ooze peyned- 
with the grefe of it. Jfter being rd 
ot his cheins, & lo his knee wating 
hole,hehad agretpleſure to (cratchs 

_ Halls it, 


A. COMFORTABLE 

it: whanhe teltititche. D my frens 
des Docrates, what a wondertul 
_ thingis this, that nien call Pleaſm er 
Howe naturaily it toloweth toz the 
moite partie [ozowe.that is,his colts 
trary:(CThey cal not ve voth in man 
at ones, but yet toz the moſte parte, 
he thacruneth after thone, aud cats 
cyerhy it,is coinpelled to catche voth, 
3 thinkelapth ye, it Elope had re- 
memo;ed this thynge, he wotd Hiue 
1:24de his fable,that is, whan god 
had taken 1 hande, to let theie - 
at one, whiche he laue cuer at con- 
tuuall lirtce, neyther coulde agree 
them by any meanes, he topned the 
toppes of theym,and knytte theym 
faite, fo that who ſo euer taketh the 
one, by that tyme he cometh to the 
top,he hath the tother in his hande, 
Tele, Godloueth toinyugle thyn- 
on thus, ——_ allo Cthnikes 1aw 
and 


CONSOLATION. 


and [> armed their ſelfes with phi-* 
lolophical pzeceptes, with fo:titude .. 
of mpnde;and pacience in all chan- 
ces. that whan the one came,they in 

maner wyſhed fo2 the other . h 
Philyp, kyng of the Macedones, 
herynge the victozie of his capitain 
Teth:tppo,the glozte that His capt- 
tayneartinento had wanne of the 
Pardanians, thyzdly that Dipm- 
pia5his wyfe hadde bought him 
foitha fonne. helde vp his handes, 
and cried, DO foztune.thts its to moe 
che toye fo2 one day, (cnde me ſoine 
Iyght ſozowe to (wage it . A wyle 
p:ince.Beſaw ſoure to folowſwete, 
and that happy he 1s, that foz moch 

toye receyueth but a lyttel (ſozowe.. 
Howe longe might Paulus Aemt= 
lius thinke, that Foztunehad made 
a vowe, ncuer to beagayntſte him e 
um many his victozies teſtified 
P.lil+ the 


A COMFORTABLE 

the incredible fanour of fo:tune to- 

 Warde hym :Howe was he honouys 
£ced in Grece, thathadde gyuen vn- 
tohym. CCCC. crownes of golde 
to weare on His Heed, euerp.cytiete- 
Nifienge by their gtfte, that hewas 
Wozthye tobe their kynge ? vhat 8 
Koodly triumphe hadhe' in Rome #7 
Where Þcricus kynge of theMa- 
Ledones in a blacke wedea pxtloner 
foloweth his childzenlyttell babes, 

and as yettoyong, to knowe either 
their fathers fall;o: their owne mil- 
fo:tune - Xwhatioye to be loked on 
alone,his p:ayſes'to be reherſed all 
the tyme of the triumph- Thts foz- 
tunes darling;hadhis miſfoittmts. 
He buried notfiue days befoze this 
tritiph a wonderful towarde yonge 
-manhis ſonne,.tti.days afterhis 
toy, He loſt an other ſonne,whomhe 
eltemed aboue _ other thinges in 


I pegs. the 


CONSOLATION: 


the wozlde.erceptthe comon welth; 
(There was no itefp n in-aU{Rbine, 
but heſo:e bewailed Actmitlt? ace, 
But what dydhere Ge tioble and 
bozthy Aenjilinstrowe pe*Þe cal 
-ledthe Komayns togither; dl 
in this wiſe, J could notbiikkt 
Iyſuſpecte the tendernes of fe tine 
Ftowarde me. 'vohan- made 
ende of the warres,J feared [eſti 
my retourne J hulde haue fornde 
cough lees, #therehane lofte ſhyp-= 
pes.men.yeapercalſemyſelfefo.. 
But whan Jhadefcaped the dait- 
gers of theſces, hauyng pleaſaynt 
nauygation/; and nowe bytuy ſafe 
rcturne,fylled the citie full-of toye, 
my2th,paſtyme;and ſolace, Fco tld 
notbut luſpettthisto moch! fauour 
of fo:tune.neither J ceſſed to feare, 
leſt ſome eutf happe ſhulde cometo 
wa common welth.befoze this eupll 
| But, chance 


A COMFORTABLE 
chauncehad infeſted my howſe , F 
hauelofte two ſonnes, whomhowe 
good cauſe Jhad to loue, youre {q- 
rowe map be a.good wytnes: but $ 
haue wonne this by their deth, that 
now Jfeareno mozethehurt of the 
commune weale.. 

Wighte not wehaue feared ſome 
mpyſchance,after this ſo greatte oup 
good foztuner Jf none hadde light 
vpon vs,coulde wehaue ben mery, 
thinkynge ſtyl vpon the varictie of 
fo:tune.ftyl remEbzyng howe ſhe lo- 
ueth tochange thinges that be well 
into wozle 7 Perfit toy ts not where 
feare ts,neither fcare lacketh, where 
good foztune comith without al eut] 
chance. Jf any thing.make vs ſure- 
lyglad, it is this.nolvttell quame, 
afterſo moche toye, Mapye not we 

thinke.that god hath in maner aſs 
"_— bs of qurtop, by this our ca= 

-* 4: Cs lamitiee 


EONSOLATION., 
lamite:where we mighthane toyed 
befoze in feare of ſozowe, nowe the 
(:roke paſt, # the [mart al gone, our 
tay is [ct out of the reache of feare. 
qVVE HAVE A Piince, can any 

maii.that dare auouche himſlelfe to 
be a right englyſſhe man;herethis, 
andfele not within himſelf a won- 
derful fozce, an inenarrable ſtregth  . _ 
of gladnes: can his body be bozne — 
tn Englande, and here his hart not 
leapefo2ioy:can there lye any vein 
ſo farre, ſohydde in a cozner,but it 
(hall fele the blode heated,now mo- 
che lighter to runne,to paſſe hyther 
and thither,euen as though it were 
a carter of this good newes?There 
can no beyn, no piece, no pozcton of 
the hole body lackehis toye.Dure- 
ly as it is harde fozaman to holde 
bts peace, whan he ts erneſtelp an- 
gred,(o if othermen be as J am, it 
gs La 2B.4Þ, 1s 


A” COMFORTABLE | 
tit is mothe harder to ſpeke, whan al 
theſenfesof manbe aſftonyed with 
to efferuent gladneſſe. There come 

.fo manythinges atones, pindede, | 
'hemfift bemoche wiſer: that Jam, 
had ſhalltell; whichehe maye-p2e- | 
ferre, whichehe may:dofirſte, whis | 
che inthempyddes, whichelaſte, Ft 
1s with me, euen as it hapheth vii- 
tothemthat come in a thzonge, and | 
wollallatones out at foinenarowe 
Dooze. Yeſeiwhile thep-allwolt oute 
atones: there goth-almoſtenone at 
all. Good{a;ve, whithe parte maye 
"Jhandeltfir.- vohereMhal JF take 
mp begining; tn loimenfeafwarm 
of matters-ſhall F.,ozcan F - 
ecr,than begirrat him;thathatheno 
beginnyng; ſpeake of his goodnes, 
thatlaſt ofalcannotbefpþoken of x 
foz whatend fhal F fitid.if-J ſhuld 
_ es the goodhes of A 
what 


: CONSOLATION, 
whan both god, andHis goodnes 1s 
without ende? © fozftinate cofitrey 
men.ar not we nowe newly bounde 
vnto-god.þhathſent vs, one, whoſe 
birthe: weoughte moze hartilyer to 
Hauecrated of god, than any, yea, 
than all wozldelp treaſure # whole 
Ipfe we-dught mothebrttet to loue 
than driirowne:At al times a pztnce 
bingethiincredibletoy,to athisfa- 
thets tette fubtectis.But pzince Ed= 
ward 41ow gyuefs vs of god at this 
time bomne.ſo-long. joked fo2.focra- 
dof god, lo fe ir time moſt mettf, 
do be rok mochmoze thi ſin deedly, 
if we cefſe tolaudegod:Jtis mete,p 
weal vpon our knees oftthus crie, 
D good107d al mtghty.al merciful, 
our toyes'be great. pardon vs.if we 
being.ottetcomby this to gret glad- 
nes.can nat giuethankis condigne 
fo; (uch thy vumeſicrable goodnes, 


VOE 


A - COMFORTABLE 


voehauea paince, thy mercy pzays 
.ſed, good god; oure deſire + humble 
petition 1s, thathe may be our king 
our loucratne,our heed. ve be not 
{o0- ambitious as the Ethenickes 
were, whiche alwavyes p2ayde, that 
goodkynges inyght baynge fozthe 
better, and that the good departed, 
beitcr mtght ſuccede. No, we haue 
enen as mocheas we delire. if E Ds 
VVARDE the, v1.mapy belyke his 
Noblefather HENRY the. VIll 
.Pardon their foly, that heretofoze 
dyd notſo wellknowe the goodnes 
of our kynge, They nowe acknow- 
legetheir ignozancie, and wolle tn. 
tyineto come tn all popntes : obeye 
his highnes, ſerue his commande- 
mentes, honour his wylle in all hts 
beheſtes.voe ſe,and ſo do they to,he 
46a minilter choſen, and cueu lente, 
£0 bainge ſuche thinges to nw, as 

ord 


CONSOLATION. 

of alonge ſeaſon haue bene moche 
agayne thy comandement and ple-- 
ſure keptedowne. Yvxce ile from how 
many teoperdies,froin how pzeient. 
dangers, his highnes onely vy tyy 
p25utdeice hacy oen pelerued . it 
is a thyage very toytull,to renie-? 
bze ſoz0wes, when thep be pall.\Tye 
goodaes of gobis no where either 
better knowe, oz lenger kept it nie- 
 mnozee, than whan arter griat cate 
and llepeles peynes,toye teapeth un 
b1s ſtoinake, which of tate was iull 
of (ollicitude, dolour, and anxieties 
F ſay moze,pleaſure is almoſte vn- 
plealant,erceptit beſet fozthe with 
ſom milchances.,Durely the goov- 
nelle of gods nothinge felte as it 
ſHulde be,if it come vacraued.ÞP2o- 
_ ſperitieloſeth his grace, excepte it 
be nowe andthan amonge, tauced 
with lome mylto:tune, God be lau- 
OD ded, 


A COMEORTABLE 
ded, we hauehad our part of bothe, 
Lho can temembze this time nowe 
twelue monethes paſt,and compare 
it with this pzelent, and not ſe-how 
moche we be bounde to god: howe 
good cauſe we hauenowe to beiop= 
ous, that are come from ſuche feare 
into ſuche gladnes: what rydynge, 
what runnynge, was there then in 
al partts of the realme,tobaing ſux 
che newes_ as made euery- man los: 
rie,to tell luche tidinges , as coulde 
be pleaſant tonone,but ſuch, as nets 
therloued god, no2 god them:Now. 
manye thynges are lyke-vato-that 

me. but loo vnlyke ageyig; thas 
may be copared as iyke wm one: 


poynte,and difteringe inal the reſt, 
Wen rydde nowe as faite-as thep 
thanne dydde, poſiynge was into 
all the partes of the realme: but yet 
un all the reſtenothynge lpke, _ 
ciders 


CONSOLATION. 


ryders nate being merye, tocunde, 
and ioyeftll incountenaunce, were 
welcome to euery place, where they 
came. (There were fewe townes ſ(o 
bygge, butif- the polte dyd. let falle 

thele newes, we have « prince; all the = 
towne by and by kneweit,al by and 

by reiopledat it, Betwene this and 

pozke,the newes vndoubtedly woz= 

ked wonders. They that the laſte 
yere at this. tyme harde-nothyuge,. 
but warre warre,harneys,harnets, 
howe were they moued in theirhar- 
(Us, whan they herd, A prince.is borne, 
God hathſent vs A prince!'Thelaſte 
yere there was nothing, but the huC 
bandes departynge fromtheir wp- 
ues and childzen, waplynge of eye- 
ry ſyde : they that wente fozth, moz 
che t1doubt, ;whether they ſhuld re- 
tourne aliue; agayne,many of them 
that taried at home m extreme fere, 


either 


A COMFORTABLE 
eptherof beggynge,oz of athynge 
moche wozle. was it not a ſozows 
full light, to ſc then howe people tn 
every place gaped fo2 cuyll newes, 
_ allmen almoſte deſparynge to here 
any good : Howe cuery hozſeman, 
that came though any towne, was 
taken fo2 a poſte : Hers vuwozthye 
tohaue god good to hint. that doth 
notremembze, what lumpes of ſos 
_ rowedeparted than from mens har 
tes, whan the ende of ſyche milches 
ues towarde, was knowei to be as 
it was. Unwozthy to lacke ſozowe 
hereafter, that dothe fo:gete nowe, 
how then feare alone reigned in al 
places.in all ſkretes, in all howſes, 
at all mens tables. Feare reignethe 
no longer, Sorowe hath loſte his ofs- 
fice,o2 at the leſt his place , Gladnes- 
nowe hath taken poſſcſiton, 4 am 
aſſured of all true englyſhe hartis, 

: vera 


CONSOLATION. 
pea, though cruell dethe ſaye therts 
hnaye. They all, Jam aſſured, well 
pceyue, whom they ought to thanke 
fo: the chaunge of this thyng, God 
wherthe ts a doer, as tndede he is 
almoſt the hole doer, whan thynges 
be well done, may not be defrauded 
of his parte. God hath well declg« 
ted, by the pacification of thole ledt- 
cioule comotions, thathe woll our 
molte gracious ſouerayne lozde the 
kyng,to be honoured of vs,and ſer- 
ted,as one. whoſe welthe and ſaue- 
garde he hathe taken vppon hym. 
Princis that entende to (et fo:th the 
honour of god, can not but be pze- 
ſerued in all their teoperdies, Merz 
cy and trouth.ſaith Salomon ſhall. 
ſaufely kepe and pzeſerue a p2ince. 
Mercy kepeth vp his Fegall ſeate, 
Dath not god ſo framed? fo handled 


the hart of our moſt gracious pice, 
= thay 


A COMFORTABLE 
thathe hath-made al thehole wozld 
wytneſſes, that.there neue reigned, 
p2tince, that {o diligectly hath fought 
the one of thyele; as his grace hathe 
done bathe.s.Howe many cramples 
haue we ofhis hpgh mercy? what 
p:ince hathe vſed lefſe his lawes a- 
Conſe his vnkynde and vnnatu- 
call ſubicctes than he-Howe many 
moſte haynouſly haue offended his 
maieltye:. * howe fewe were puny! - 
hed? what Prpuate man-ts there, 
that coulde oonehaue fozgpuen 
- onemans offences, as his clemen- 
cye fozgatie ſoo many thouſandes? 
Thep map. be gladde, that it hathe 
pleaſed godo gyue theym @lerned 
p2ince, that graciouſſy conlydercth, 
the hygheltlawe in a realine, to be, 
the RI nd ſaucgarde of his (ub- 
tiectes. cc ſaye nonoze in this 
matter, there ts almoſte not one in. 


the 


CONSOLATION, , 
the realme.but he can accuſe me fo} 
leauynge out many thynges. yf Þ. 
ſhulde go aboute to-make a partt- 
cular reherſal of the kynges pzince- 
ly goodnes, ſhetved in this behalfe, 
Nowe on the other ſyde. ſekeall Ht- 
ſtones,rede of all kynges,that haue 
ben ſens Chzifte was, J dare well 
ſaye, they all neuer dyd loo moche 
fo: the ſerchynge out'of trouth; and 
knowlege of goddts wo2de. gs His 
gracehathe done alone, Tt wasto 
rreewe tn this'oure realme, ft its to' 
trewe 1n-other yet , that: the: p2d- * 
phete Eſaias ſapthe in the-perſone © 
of god. Py people (fayth He) was 
ade taptyue, was bought into. 
bodage:bytauſe theyhad noknow-- 
lege of me and my -wozde: thenobi- 
lifte dyed fozHungre, the mitititude” 
dyed awaye fo? thurſte., The terte* 
ene. a fampne of _ wo2d,- 

tt, £0 


| 
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A COMFORTABLE 
tohaue reignedlonge amonges no- 
ble menne, and a dzyeth amonges 
the people. who knoweth this not to 
be trewe 7 kynges, pzincts, dukes, 
erles, to be ſhozte, not onelp all the 
nobilitie, but all the Hole tempozal- 
tie,thought nothyng leſle to apper- 
teyn vnto them, than the knowlege 
of ſcripture. Bylſhoppes,doctours, 
monkes, fryers, thele alone had the 
handelpnge of it. Jn this tyme of 
tgnozancie Bonifacius byſſhop of 
Rome obtepned of Phocas thempe- 
_ cour,thathe might begreatter than 
his felawes. Thus wzyteth lapnct 
Bede, thus Marcus Antoni? Sa- 
bellicus , whiche tyme was aboue 
vi. C. yeres after Chaiſte , Befoze 
that tyme the byſhop of Conſfanti- 
nople. bycaule theperour lay there, 
chalenged to be chiefs. Jf this au- 
ctoite Had ben gtyen them by gods 

woz2de, 


CONSOLATION. 
wozde, wolde the holy byſſhops of 
all the wozlde haue ſuffered the byſ- 
ſhop of Rometo be without it vi.C, 
peres- If the pzimacye were gyuen 
them by the goſpell, dyd none in all 
that tyme vnderſtande the goſpell- 
it is a wonder that men ſe, whan he 
was made, x of whom,and-yet woll 
thinke he had his patmacte by gods 
wozde, a greatter wonder.that men 
now dare (aye as it is. Undoubted- 
ly the pope hath ben the wylef that 
euer toke falſehede and erroure in 
hande, He [woze all the byſſhoppes 
to be his, to defende his decrees, 
Than amoges them,thts was one, 
that who lo euer wolde go abonte 
to debarre his auctozitie, he ſhulde 
eyther recante, 0z rofte a faggotte. 
Daincts, whan they were crowned 
toke this othe. to defed they! lawes. 
If any man put bis mynde itn wp- 
Clit, tynge. 


A COMFORTABLE 


tpng.the bokes bycaule they coulds 
- not bean{wered vnto, were ſtreighs 
caſte imthe fp2e. Commaundement 
wente th2ough all chaſten reaimes, 
thatno man might loke vpon them, 
pepne of hereſie. Jf any dyd bieake 
the commatndeiment. they dyd not 
diſpute, whether he dydde well 02 
£upll, but whether he had lene the 
boke 02 no, if he were founde good, 
IF ſhulde ſave gyltie,ercepte he gaue 
ouerhis hoide, he wente to the fp:e, 
A wondcriuil wozlde , wonderous 
lawes , and yet coulde they neuer 
deale ſo cruelly with men, but ma- 
nye of the lexned, bothe withſtode 
Wo and chole rather to dye, than 
not to lpeke 02 the truthe of goddis 
wo2de. Dome were banyſſhed, ma- 
ny-Hamed, many made beggcrs, 
all kepte without p2omotio!3s, that 
any FIPTge weite gvoute to open, 
VR howe 


CONSOLATION, 
howe Iyttell they hadde to laye foz 
they2 pzymacye, and tweity other 
thynges moche wozle thanthat.2o 
manvnvder a pince,no. piincts them 
ſelues were iu feare: of: bndoynge 
they: realmes, yf thep ſhulbe ſhewe 
any ſmellyngof their deceptes,crat- 
tes, vntrouthes. -The-Ftaltans be 
wile felowes, they pas notan heare 
of his blyſſe o2curſe, they take his 
auctoutieas itis : Yet thep ate con- 
teat, yea and moche delyzous;he be 
ftyll taken as he is. why 7Ft is no 
{mall gaynes, no ſmall ſomme of 
money, that this pzymacye hathe 
boughte amonges tye Jtaltans, 
Good lo2de He that ſhall ſe thenom- 
b:e of buſſes, that nowe are called 
in.and after ymagine,that all other 
realmes haye ben as well deluded 
as we were, He that ſhall make a 
Levenpnge, what golde wente out 
Cit, of al 


A COMFORTABLE 


of al realmes foz this leade: ſhall he 
not laye, jtalians were moze than 
molt foles,if they wolde wplipngly 
ſtoppe luche they: gaynes - we may 
notloke.that they woll gladly haye 
the trouth in this matter diſcuſſed. 
Ind if other chiilte piicis be afrayd 
toattemptſuche a matter, Þt is nox 
to be meryapyled. The comons.are 
with great difficultie bought from 
an errour. Pzincts ſe this to be an 
olde p2actile of the biſhop of Rome, 
to ſowe dylcozde and fedycyon a- 
monges all ([uche nations as go a- 
boute at any tyme to calte hym of, 
Howe lenge were the Boemes, by 
this p:actyle kepte at Varyaunce r 
Howe many cttiyle warres were a- 
monge theym - howe ofte haue the 
Germapynes be lette togyther by the. 
cares, by this Popyſſhe meanes : 
bhowe many of theym ſlapne ? By 
otyhe 


IA - 


CONSOLATION, 


' lothewashetodeparte out of En 


glande: howelong laye he lurking 
in mennes boſomes: J am lure. he 
thinketh him ſelfe vnhappy, that þ 
comotion amonges vs ſturred vp 
by hym, and his, dyd ſolyttel hurt. 
The defenders of his papacye;are 
wont to ſaye, De what becometh of 


them, thatleuetheholyſeeof Rome +, 


Looke howe they wallowe nowe in 
thetr own bloud, Dur lozd be than= 
ked, we Haue a P2ynce. that hath 
bothethwult him out ofhis realme, 
E pacified his ſubiectes_ with ſuche 
derterytie, as neuer tn tyme tofoze 
hath ben ſene, wzpten, oz harde of, 
Surely if the kpnges hyghnes had 
Had god. and his hole power in wa- 
ges, thende could not haye ben bet- 
ter than it was. Pen knowe howe 
the biſhop of Rome beſturred hym 
in this time, how his ambaſſatours 

C.v, polted 


A COMFORTABLE 
volied from p2ince to pzynce, what 
giftes he lente vnto kynges, -what 
ways he vled.,both to kepe vs toge- 
thevby the cares.aind alſoto ſend in 
our ennemies vpon vVS5.But god be 
lauded, he dyd vs no hurt atal. No 
hedyd vs rather mocye g99d. En- 
gland. yea the. hole wozlde maye lo; 
what a vicare of god he ts, what a 
fatherly hart he beareth his chibre, 
which wyidhaye vs (laine.bycauſe 
we haueghoſlerratherto be well fed 
gthome. the1zts be thozne, nopped, 
cut.yeatiatie at his heres, But as 
4 nothing zonbt, py he 16 nowe, fo? 
eucs dedatted this realne:{o Þ can 
notbitc eticn avmoniſhe al-nz-c9oi1- 
trey mein, both to giue thikes vnto 
god. Þ yath ſent vs a lerned: ki1ge, 
gd 9yin 311 hepze, Vito whom-:god 
willpag;hemayleaue,not only:his 
ow _—_ gitd inheritance; vit oy 

09 


CONSOLATION. 

ſolike wit, likeTernpnge, to conty- 
nie the eternail memozy of his jm- 
moztall actes. Here albeit J doit al 
moſteageyn{mp wyli({fo; Þhadlc= 
ucr go fo:theon,thanſtumbleatſus 
che blockes) methynke J ſyail doo 
nohurte, to tary a lyttel inthe com- 
paryſon of Phocas-Eniperour of 
Roine, and kynge Henry'the epght, 

our ſoucraygne lozde. Pyocas fy2it 
of almen, gaue the popes they? au- 
ctotitie, Kinge DHenrythe eight, fie? 


of alpzincis hath diuyen hym out of 
his realme. nowelet vs fe hat gob 


rewarded bothe? Rede the hiſto;tes. 
caenbp and by; as fone as Bhocas 
hadmade hyin;that is-but a biſhop, 
192de;ouer allbyſſhoppes, Cofdzas 
kynge of theerlpans inuaded the 
p:20uncies belonging coche empire 
of: Bame, and toke as many as i0 
" bpo-e won-al Judea,heſacied - 
< 4Ierit- 


aA COMFORTABLE 


- Hieruſalem, he ſlewe noleſfſe than 
Irrrr. thouſande ſouldyours of the 
emperours. He toke with hym the 
croſle that Chziſt died on, a thynge 
wo:thy to be noted. perchance there 
Iycth moze inthe kernelle than the 
ſhale ſheweth, The croſle of Chat, 
euc almoſt as fone as the pope was 
created, was taken from the ch:iſte 
men, that is to lay, the benefytte of 
Chuſtis paſſton, and of his deth be- 
gan then to be taken from vs , Foz 
ſpns popes bega to make the wo2ld 
g puppet,mec,haue not ſought their 
ſaluation at Chiilte,athis blode,at 
his dethe, but of parchemente and 

leade, pardons, ſtations, cowles, x 
\ luche other inyentions of thepope, 
thatby they? fap:e gloſe, decepued 

 theſimplepeople, 

' Wenimaye thynke; that god delte 

. not alofthe bei} with Phocas. - 

3a 


CONSOLATION. 
that he made hym a berye (clender 


mendes, foz reſtozynge his vicarin 


erthe to his right, thathe had bene 
kept from ſo many iftindzeth yeres. 
You haue hitherto lene but a pyece 
of his reward, now le the reſt.Pho- 
cas thus [poyled of a great part of 
11S cpite, was taken at Conftatino- 
ple, where his ennemies fy:ſt cut of 
his Hhandes, & fete, # after calt hym 
into the ſees. Fs it not lyke, that 
god toke Hym to haue doone hym 
byghe leruyce, whiche thus rewar- 
ded his peynes: Phocas vndouted 
was -vnwozthy to be butied bppon 
the erthe, which ſet vp them moche 
contrary to the wozde of god, thate- 
uen [ythens , hathe vexed the hole 
etth, nowe ſtuprpng pynce ageynſt. 
paince, ſtate ageyne ſtate,commons. 
agapune commons. Dome men allo 
thynke,that oftetymes myſ ew 

TEE ats 


A COMFORTABLE 
whan they come, come on heapes; 
and that the commyttyng of one cr- 
vour, bzyngethe inan other. Thep 
thynke it is tobe tioted, that in this 
lainetyme; the peſtilent-decepuour 
of the Arrabtans, MWahumet, and 
Defgius Wonachus, beganne the 
oputipſheſectofthe-Daraſctis and 
(Tutkes, and'that its not tobe left 
ott;thatthenalſo:Cephalouinthe:« 


relies aroſe agepne. Jlet paſſe, that | 
Holy after, Rome'vas fakeis,rahs 
larked, thecitiſens ſpopled fy;e caſt 
fromheuen downe'vpon 1t-Finede 
nottpeaktot the-greatte peſtplence 
fatthen fell ypponthe Komapis;, 
Gladde Jamtoleeontmoſte:god-! 
ly payne fb retepte-ctent as moehe- 
Wye, Und as matiybenefytcsfo:ca- 
tym out-as Phocas andthe 
Komapnes reeckyited-damage and 
ſozowe ko? takynge hynr in,: ou ' 
* $250? af 


 Hath manye a wonderfull a=. 
_ partly declared his moſte tender fa- 
uour towarde our ſoueraygne lozd. 
vohe wolde hauethoughte, but the 
igliges of the maide of Ket, might. 
yaue.tourned his grace to dyſplea- 
fure? Howe hath god tourned al her 
milchefes,al her deceites mn hir own 
necke, yot onely defendynge the left 
heare of his highnes, but.gyupnge 
bym immottall fame.cternall p2aile 
in all countreyes for this thynge? 

How hath:god taken hym from;vn- 
cieane mariages, andby his moſte 
hyghe.pzoutdence audboyntie, pz9= 
utded His grace -i-pure and chaſte. | 
matrimony an heire,agoodly pzice, 
an aſſured token that: be intendeth 
his graces ſede t9 xeygne. oucr vs. 
Ind pet markehowehe alſo admo- 
nyſhethe-vs to thynke, and not fo:- 
get, We he both ſendeth vs that we 

craue, 


A COMFORTASLE 
crate, and can, whan hymluſtethe 
take from vs,that we beloth to foz- 
go. (Thus he ceaſlſcthe not, manye 
wayes tolekehis glove, and exer- 
ciſe the kinges pactence, now a gret 
while lithens wel appzoued, Dure- 
ly ttts notto be thoughte, that god 
loucth them belt, whomhe euer da- 
deleth and cockereth in wanton idel 
toyes, but rather that he fauoureth 
them, whom he luflreth foztune to 
exampne, to tolle, tofturmoyle, and 
pet alway pzouydeth.that they take 
no great hurte. Pzincis be neyther 
; famous, neyther counted wozthye 
| - great p2ayſe, that eyther in tyme of 
' peace,o2 time of warre come p2oſpes 


 rouſly to-all that they (eke foze : but 
fonet luche are moſt pzayſed amon- 
ges great wziters, as ofte beinge in 
great ſtraites,grot teoperdies, paſſe 
oueral the bzontes, & (urges of foz= 

tine 


CONSOLATION. 


tune. with noble courage, <ynynge 
glozyouſly in the eyes of ail men, 

euen as it were in lpyte of foztunes 
bearde, Continuall pzoſperitie doth 
well ſhewe a man to be in fo:tunes 
grace:butit ts onely aduerſitie,that 
declareth a inan to be great, coura- 
gtous, and of noble tomake, There 
be ſome wzyters which thynke, that 
Alexander Magnus lolte a greatte 
parte of His p:ayſe, bycaule He ha- 
uynge pzolperous foztune in all his 
warres.made an ende of his lyfe, oz 
£uer any my[foztunes dyd aſſaulte 
hym.Þ:apyle tandeth, where vertue 
ts exerciſed, and thep be knowen to 
be great in goddts fauour, whom 
god ſo gouerneth, that euen by their 
mylchaunces, thep are knowen to 
hane hym they: ſhielde, they? p20= 
tectour,# defender. 4 can not tarp 


tn ſekynge many examples, J woll 
D bozowe 


A COMFORTABLE 


bozowe none of ſtraungers,albeitJ 
may pay them agapne of otr owre, 
How many crucil aſiaultes of wan= 
ton foztune, was kynge Ye!iry tye 
ſeuenth,moſt noble parent vits owur 
ſouerayne lozde.copelied to ſuſteptiie 
befoze he coulde eftabl;(ſhe his = 
alme : Be that knoweth the hifozie 
_ ofhts graces iyte.thall playnely le, 
euen as he came to the unperyall 
crowne of this realime,by the ſingu- 
lar pzouidence and dyyfte of god, fo 
he kepte His ryght rather by the ſpe= 
ciall fauour and ayde of god, than 
by eyther fo:ce 02 polycye of men, 
albeit there was neuer pzynce, that 
had them bothe moze than his grace 
had. Howe many [editions were in 
his graces tyme:Howe many fonde 
traytours ſhewed bothe thepz fo = 
Iyſſhe malyce tn offendyng his ma-. 
iefipe, and allo _- vigilant eye of 

god, 


CONSOLATION. 


god, i atoydynge all enterp2yſes 
made agaynſt his highncs » Powe 
many peryls elcaped ze: madnes 
of fooles . They, thep muſte nedes 
reigne, whome god choſeth. They 
ſhall reigne, though all traytours 
ſay nay, Pcrken voarbzake, 2parz 
tyn Dwart,x his meyny. the blacke 
Smpyth.,.and his p:entiſes . Thele, 
with all their felawes (hall neter be 
able to moue one beare of his Heed, 
whome god hath cholen to be the 
gouernour of his people. They all 
dyd what they coulde. they had, as 
al traytours are ſure of, a ſhameful 
ende,Kyng Henry the.vit.c9d haue 
his (oule, reigned & dyed. as he moſt 
wozthy was. our kynge, cur ſouc- 
rapyne,our heed.vohat (hall 7 fap of 
kyng Yenry the. viitzGod ſende his 
bighnes long iyfe.Þath not he van- 
quelihed as many of his ennemtes, 
D.lt, as 


A-COMFORTABLE 
as he luſted? hath it not lyen m hy 
to ſaue, whom his mercy woldee ts 
kyll, whom theyz faultes declared 
bnwozthy fozgyuenes! Good tour- 
nes done of god fo2 a pauate man, 
wolde be kepte tn memone. Tt is a 
thyng tatollerable, not to gyue god 
thankes, whanheofhis mere good= 
nes poureth his benefites.not vpon 
one, but vpon vs all. Jt is greatte 
pitie.,greatter ſhame, that the bene- 
fytes of god done to vs. be no ofte- 
ner amonges vs reherled. {t is moz 
che meryayle, moche to be feared, 
leſte god ware ſcanter in dealynge 
them, if we do not better remembze 
h1s goodnes paſte. 
C Frirmianus Lactantius ſayth to 
truely, Men, whan they ſhuldemoſt 
gyue thankes to god, quyte fozgete 
bym. He ſlyppeth never ſooner out 
of their mpndes, than whan he oy 
moue 


CONSOLATION. 1 
moſte fo: them. Tf they fall in great * 
neceſſitte, here they remembze god; 
Jf terrour of warre beate at they? 
d92es, yk the pellilence-crepe in at 
they2 neyghbours houle, yf longe 
d:ythe take away the cozne.yf great 
tempeſt, great hayle, longe rayne, 
begyn to matre all: then they runne 
to god, then they alke ayde, then he 
ts with teares delired tohelpe them, 
but after that feare is departed,and 
teoperdyes gone, god ts quyte foz- 
gotten. 

C vohan oure moſte noble kynge 
wente into Fraunce, at the begpns 
nyng of his reigne, how many cried 
bnto god, herynge that the kyng of 
Scottes was coinynge vpon then? 
How many nowe do ones tn a vere 
remebze the goodnes of god,/jzewed 
bnato vs than - O2 if thep remeinbie 
it, howe [mall thankes hath god foz 

Dl, his 


A COMFORTABLE 


bis goodnes: Jf we had marked by 


that eraple haow-god woll our kyng 
to take no wang at no mans hand, 
wolde thele, that now be deed, haue 
thought, they coude haue pzoſpered 

agaynit their fouerapnelowe? 

| x0ho cuer attepted.to put awaye 
the biſhop of Kome,butyHe fayled of 
His purpoſe. ſaupnge onely kynge 
Penry the eight!Surely if god had 
ought his grace any difpleaſure, he 
mychtefte{ythens the begpnnpng 
of his reigne haue payd hymhome, 
All is otherwyſe. Nothyng fo went 
euer at any tyme agaypnlt his arace, 
but ithath bzought hym at the laſt, 
high p:ayle and great honour. Yoe 
may le, if we be not moche blynder 
tha becels, that god Hath choſen his 
grace to Wozke many feates:;Trowe 
you it was not an harde thynge, fo 


god, thus to wozke his gracis , wy 
. 85 


_ECEONSOLATION;, 
as godhath wought it: was tit not - 
meruayle,that the by[ſhop of Rome 
with his tycklynge tytles, dyd not 
chaunge the purpoſe of god ? His 
grace was made a defcder of them, 
not onely with men, yower, and mo- 
ney. but alſo with his penne. They 
lacked noo polycye., yf one moche 
greatter than man,had not encoun=- 
tred with them.They lawe his gra- 
cts high knowlege,great wytte,fer- 
nent deſy:e,towarde dtupne letters, 
they myght well feare leſthis grace 
Gulde elpye,at the laſte they2 iug- 
lynge. They fawe he was to be re- 
teyned. They gauehym to be called 
DEFENSOR FIDE1.(Thep ment 
gyle : but god had in dede choſen 
hym to be eten foo, as thep called 
hym. voe fe god loteth hts grace, 
and woll his lcde to reygne ouer 
bs, we le the pope is gone, our 

2h Dlltt, pzince 


A COMFORTABLE 


p2nce its comme, a deuourer of our 
comon welthe ts dzpuen out, a ffaye 
of all our welfares is lente vs from 
yeuen. By whom | p:ape you : By 
noble quene Jane,by a fayze p HE = 
N 1X [ent of god, that in one thyng, 
made anende of al the ſozowes that 
ſadde Englande along ſeaſonjhath 
graned foze. D noble 'pzynceſle, D 
moſte vertuoule lady, bleſſed was 
thy wombe. All englyſthe men map 
ſave, Bleffed was thy wombe, that 
hath bought fo:th lo fayze fruicte, 
Toe may all laye,and we do al (aye, 
Bleſſed be that houre,that ourmolt 
gracious pzynce coupled hym lelfe 
with a make ſo fertile. fo fecounde, 
ſo beloued of god, Powe czulde he 
ſcwe moze lone to Her, then bothe 
to niake her grace, thauctour of all 
our iope,and afterward to ſet herin 
£tert all tope? owe ts the tyme fo? 

men 


CONSOLATION. 

men to lay that, that her gracelong 
ſythens hath well deſerued., nowe - 
without lulpicion of flaterp, verſes, 
balettes may come abzode, Matter 
there 1s but to moch,yea fo; a mean 
wit. voho can lacke wozdes.loking 
 bpo the ſinguler vertues that were 
in her grace: Doo pou not remems 
b:c, howe al thele ſhininge vertues 
accompanied her grace, going hand 
in hand, two and two? Do you not 
remembze howe Honour and Shamef«s 
fines, dyd adozne her hyghnes foze- 
Hed? howe woamanly Knowlege, and 
lowely Modeſtte ſat euen by theme 
howe pure Love and honeſt Ioye,had 
taken they: ſtandynge in the myd- 
des of herhyghnes harte:howe co 
ſtancy and glozy folowed her grace, 
& bare the trayne: How fapy:e lokes, 


gnid pznceltke behautour wente al: © 


ways befozechowe curteily and pu- 
Da, title, 


| A COMFORTABLE I 
rite, nowe were of this ſpde, now of 

thate howefeareof blame, andde- 
ſire of truc honour,neuer frome hey 
ſight departedr howe ſage thoughz 
tes and yong age, went inher grace 
foote by foote: Bowe beautie and 
chaſtytieneuer at firyfe, eternallye 
knytte togither (a rarefpectacle,an 
vnwontlight) reigned both in her, 

The one adozmpnge thebody, farre 
lettytige her Hhygheneſle aboue the 
tefte of fadyes; (The other garny(= 
ſhynge the minde,enhaunſpnge her 
grace farre-aboue the antique ſozte 
of women, whichehaue as the Da 
namentes of they: ſere, ben Crony- 
cled by wozthy wzpters. Canne any 
wptte infuche a thong of vertues, 

lacke matter? can any ſay ſo moche, 
but whanhehath done, an nother 
ſail thinkehehath ſayd nothynge? 
ow way oy cham D Palace, 


NETTI_T <2. where 
# 
ena — 


* =7 hat _ - 
- — Brmep ad TIC LT, wv SEPWE ATE l 


CONSOLATION. 


where all chaſte.cholen,and goodly - - 
thoughtes dyd alloge.patdone him 
that ſhulde ſaye moze, and can not, 
forgyue me moſte hyghe pztnceſle, if 
_ Jſayelefſe then every man ſeeth.Al 
men knowe that who lo lokech ted 
faſtly vppon the bzyghte ſonne, the 
mo:ehelokethe, the leſle he ſeethe, 


ſurely, thelonger J loke vpon ſuch 
her graces vertues, the-vnmeter J 


fynde my.ſelfeto wyyte of them. Fo? 
as matter ſtyll encreaſeth, lo wytte 
offended with to moche matter, op- 
p:cſſed with burdepn layde vppon 
 hym, wareth werye. feble, faynte; 

& requireth repole. Pardon me p2a- 
ty babe. lwete,fapre and pzecious 
pledge, of the high loue and fauour 
of god toward vs.Pardone me,my 
penne can do noo moze. thenne my 


ſmal -wyt wyll ſuffreit. Jf mp wyt 
were equal, to mp toye, Lan 
we 


A COMFORTABLE 
- well perceyue. howe by thy by2th g- 
lone, ſycke Englande ts recouered, 
But he that can not do, as he deſy- 
reth. muſte epther do as well, as he 
can, 0zels do nothynge. vwherſoze 
JF beinge bothe to (oy fo2 thy mo- 
thers deathe, and to gladde of thy 
by:the, to lap nothynge, andnot a- 
ble to ſaye, as Þ wolde, haue giuen 
wiſeran occalio to ſhewe their wit, 
and to ſaye moze in ſolarge a mat- 
tier. Jt is inoughe fo2 hym that can 
do no better, to ſhewe his harte and 
good wpyll. Certes J coulde not bus 
toye. to le a paince bozne, x a pzince, 
ſonne of luche a kynge, ſoane of ſz 
che a father. 
C[ Philip king of the Pacedones, 
hering that his quene was bought 
a bed with Alerader,thar after was 
fo: his noble actes called Alerans 
der magnus, Þhiltp j (aye, was 
m_ twyle 


CONSOLATION, 


twyſe glad, Fyzſte that he hadde a 
ſonne, to whom he myght leauchts 
kyngedome, Decondarily, that he 
was bozne t11 the tyme of that great 
and famous clerke Ariſtotle, xch1- 
che mpghte loo inſtitute hym, with 
p2udente and philolophicallp:ecer- 
tes. thathe ſhulde not onelp be avle 
to kepe that hehad left hym, but al- 
fo able to encreale his kyngedome, 
tf nede were. at the leſte knowe how 
to gouerne his lubiectes, 
C Nowehow moch greater cauſe, 
haue we to be gladde, that haue a 
pzpnce come of \uch afather,as can 
moche better tn\kructe his lonne, fox 
the gouernemente of a chulten re- 
alme,than eucr coulde Ariſtotle foz 
an ethnyke ſtate ? Ft is veryetrue, 
that lome men perchaunce woll de- 
nye, 02 at the leaſt moche doubte at. 
All thynges be nottobeſoughte tn 
| libza- 


A COMFORTABLY 
libzaries, in bokes. No no, he that 
hath with moche honourlonge rat- 
gned, (hall moche loner, yea, # mo= 
che better, teache aYzpnce, howhe 
hathe to goucriae his realme. than 
one that hath rcdde neyer fo moche, 
Bokes do.moche, philolophie in eſ- 
pecial that parte of it; that teacheth 
aman, howehe thall ozdecr all the 
poyntes of nature, in him,beareth a 
greatte ſtroke, in all kyndes of lyfe, 
But yet a kynge, that hath goterz 
ned many yeres.,ofte tymes paſſing 
the pykes of fo:tune, the aſſaultes 
of his enemies, the malice of vnnas 
tural rebels, the trappes of traiters, 
can doo moche mozetn tnlkructyng 
a kinge, than a philoſopher, thatly- 
£th ſtil ina comer,gaſing on bokes, 

LYhyan Annibal dzyyen from Car= 
thage, came to Antischus; & there 
bicaiile yis name was gret tho ugy 


CONSOLATION, 


 allthe wozlde,beinge moche intrea= 
ted, to Here a gret philolopherrede, 
whoſe name was Phozmis. Aniv- 
ball refuſed not to doo as they de- 
ſpzed hym : This philoſopher tal- 
ked, two 02 thie howzes of the oftice 
of a Capytayne in warre. aid ſpake 
of the ſcyence mplitarpe, with very 
moche delite of His audience, At the 
laſte , they moche wonderynge at 
1hozmpos eloquence and copy, ar- 
ed Anniball, what he thoug hte of 
hym , and howe he lpked his p2e- 
ceptes of warre . He made theym 
this aunſwere, Þ haue ſapthe he, 
harde many dotynge fooles , but 
one.that inoze doteth thanne 1dho2- 
- mio. hard Þneuer. Trewelyhehad 

good cauſe toſaye, as he ſapde. foz 
what can be greater arrogacie,then 
fo: a philoſopher, that hadde neuecr 
mette with Hts enzemp.neuer come 


v1 


A COMFORTABLE 


in tent,neuer neither drawen bloud, 
neytherloſt any of his owne,to gtue 
p2cceptes of warre vnto Anniball, 
whiche ls many yeres had ſtrynen 
with the Komapnes. and almooſfte 
taken from them they; (tate ? vohat 
catt Ariffotel fay,perteynynge to the 
tule of a realine, that kynge Benry 
the. viit. hath not experience of 1t - 
Yea J wol come nygher, whathath 
hered to ſerue a pagan pzynce. but 
our kynge hath redde moche moze, 
to inſtitute a chile ruler: whertfoze 
even as ourioye is nowe great, loo 
let vs on our knees dely:e almygh- 
ty god.that it maye pleaſe him long 
to gyue our moſte noble kyng Pen- 
ty theeighte Iyfe, vntyll our pance 
hts graces ſonne mayebe able, not 
only to take the realme athis hand, 
butlo to gouerne it,that we may ſe 


yym as well heyze of his fathers 
byghe 


: CONSOLATION. 
high wyſedome, and pzincely polt- 
cye, as of his cliate and maicſite, 
and that the common welty,aud al- 
{o our toye may hauec a ſure place to 
ſtand on, voe [Hall do but as we are 
bound, if we dayly, both by pzyate 
and publyque p2aiers cucry one of 
bs. delire that our toye may conty- 
nue full: theheape of our gladies 
in no parte dyminyiſhed . what cai 
we deſy:eof god , with moze Hope 
to optayne, yk we be not to etiyiie 
our ſelues than that pzncis, whiche 
thzoughe they; realmes, lctte tothe 
the wozde and glone of god, maye 
bothelonge lyue theym ielucs, and 
allo leaue ſuche hey;es. as mavye be 


mooſte Iypke vnto theym - Godlo= ; -_ 


uith tobe lauded,not that he nedith 
oure p:ayle, but bycauie he coucy= 
teth to doo vs fiplle good . Ind als 
thoughe we can not deſerue ſuche 

© goods 


A COMFORTABLE 
goodnes at his haide, vet he eltc- 
meth vs wozthy to receyue a newe 
benetyte, whaii we thanke hym fox 
the olde.Yis toye is,ts do good,and 
alinoffe oneip to man, foz whom he 
yath created ail thynges, God ſtyl 
beginneth,fitl pzouoketh vs to lous 
him,and ſcrue hym.Doth it become 
vs to thynke, this bencrptte, whiche 
toucyeth lo many, to be recompen- 
ſed with one 02 two generall pzocel[= 
lions: No, we may thynke tt an ea- 
ye thynge, all our lyues., to gyue 
hym hattp w92des, that all our Iy- 
ues gyueth vs lo many, lo tnfinyte 
Hts gyites, Keken but one thynge, 
that doth the good, o2 hath done, oz 
{Hall do, that commeth not of Hym, 
he is contente thou thanke hym fox 
none.ts it not thy vantage.to laude 
and p2ayſe hym, that ſceaeth it not, 
but eyuen to knowe that thou arte 

glad, 


CONSOLATION. | 
gnladde, he dothe the good - voe are 
nowe, if it (Hail pleaie god to lende 
our pzincelyfe.to weare the crowne 
after his father, as vrdoubtedly he 
woll.ithe (hal not fpnde vs bnwoz= 
thy ſuche felycytie, we are nowe F 
fape, well aſſured, that he, whiche 
ſhall be ourlozde, and loueraygne, 
is not b2ought in,to reigne ouer vs, 
by fo:ce of men, but cholen and ſent 
vs by the hand of god. and hits clere 
election, Strange bloude, god wil- 
Iynge, ſhall haue no power Vppon 
vs.god hath declarid.thathis mind 
ts. tharpzynce Edwardeluccede his 
father. Jf it other wyſe chaunce. as 
god fozbydde it ſhulde, the faulte is 
ours. Cettaynelye we muſte nos 
thynke , that in dzynkynge deper 
than we were wonte. 02 tn wearyng ' 
the belles and belle ropes , oz ma- 
apng of bonfires, we can ſhewe our 

(C.lu. felfes 


A COMFORTABLE 
[cites wozthye tohaue this Bunce 
our kynge. j520t withtandyig.itis 
wel done. to beclare ourhartes vn- 
to men by {uche outwarde lygnes, 
But god ts plealed an other waye, 
albeit in thele, lyttel oz nothyng of= 
j fended. Be touety to [ce bournynge 
' myndes.,tiflamed hartes, where the 
ſparcies of Hotte charitie may flye 
. froneighbour to neighbour, houſe 
; tohoule., towne to towne, countrey 
tocountreye. Beloucth to ſce all on 
fire, all bournynge, ail inflamed, 
Tyele bonfires, He canne not chole 
but come to. Tyclie flames make 
god not our geit, but adayly., yea a 
continuall dweller with vs. Let vs 
make thele fires.thatis, one toloue 
an other 11 perkfite charitie, euerye 
man, to thynke their nepghboures 
p:ofite their owne, their loſſe al well 
_ totouchethem, that it lyghteth not 


vppors 


CONSOLATION 
bpon, as hym that receiueth it. Left 
vs come ones to this mutuall loue 
and amitie, god vndouybted (whole 
toy 18,45 Salomon ſaith.to be witb 
the chyldzen of men) wolle not here 
be ablente from our feaſtes. No he 
woll ſendehis dyſhe.and [ytte with 
bs, what diſhe trow poy'not a nap- 
kyn ful of wafers Hardeiy, neither 
a pottell of mulcadeli, £9, no. hits. 
diſhes be of an other lozt. Ye gaue 
vs thelaſte day a prince, if we take 
this as thankfully as we ar bound 
to do, J doubt not but he can ſende 
thekynges highnes an other wife, 
and many mo chyld:en.This we be 
allured of. lette vs do well, god wot 
000 fo vs moche better. Be can net 
000 {oo moche good fo2 Vs _ but he 
dely2cth to do yet ſtyll moche mo2ze. 
ſhall werefule goodnes, whan it is 
offered, fo: the aringe - not denied, 

C.itt, it we. 


A COMFORTABLE 
if we lu7 to take it: Shal we fond= 
ly ſcke ſozowe, whan we maye hate 
pleaſure - Yoeppnge, whan we may 
laugh? Ourfo:tune J trult is bet- 
ter, our ende,J truſie ſhal be good, 
that hath ſo tovoule a begpnripng?, 
God lend long life to that we hate, 
bc ttufte all pzpncts, f}ail terie 67 

_ ourloyeraygne love the kyinge, t9 
loue god, to ſerie Hym, to [ene his 
Honour im all piaces, to ſeite forthe 
His wozde, whicge tying fo plealet 
god, that almooge notht, ge can be 
Lompared with it. E! z3y2ng Aſa, as 

-.. - weredeinthe slb tetamet, ſubuer- 
ted thaltars.that were ſect vp for 5/- 
Dols, he biake the in:12ges, and cutte 
down the wodes, where men [upcr= 
liitiouliy wo:ſivped they wyfi nat 
wyat.Thus boing he ttghiy pieſed 
god. atterward he m8be a peizma- 
£08, Taye conandcinene, tyac all 


the 


CONSOLATION 
the Jewtſhe people ſhulde ſeeke the 
lozde god, whome their fathers Had 
wozſhypped,x that: they (huld kepe 
his lawe and his comandeinentes, 
DYocaift downe al their falle ydolles, 
all the alters that they (tode on, yea 
gi7Dd that no 15 to be noted, ye fo2- 
gettyng natiure,o2 at the leatt ouer- 
commyng affection with godiynes, 
depoſed his naturall mother frome 
her imperiall maieſffte, bycaule ſe 
ſet vp an tdoll in the wodde. Ftid fg 
he hadhis realme quiete fo2 a long 
ſeaſon, After this came Zaraye an 
Acthiope. with a thouſand thoulade 
ſouldiours beſydes ſuch as faught 
83 chares. Ila beinge nothynge a- 
frapde of theyr greatte noumbze , 
mette with hym. and all his . But 
92 euer they dydde fyght, Ala layde 
thts vnto god, Good lo?De, it is as 
poſſible foz theto defend them that 

Caltit, Hale 


A COMFORTABLE 


hauens itrengthe, with a fewe, as 

with a great mepip, Yelpe vs our 
god,our trulle is in the.The Ethi- 
ops by and by, were liriken of god; 
They iiedde, tycir cyties were ta=. 
ken, thcy kylied, and {poilled of all 
their aide.Yere IJzarias hauing the 
ſpirite of god. met with kynge Ala 
at His retourne to Bieruſalem, and 
ſayde thus tohym, Yere me kynge 
Ila, harken you people of Juda, 

and Be many, God 1s witiz you, 
bycauſe you Haue bene with him, it 
pou ſcke him fipll, you (hall fynde 
hyin.and if you leauehym, he woll 
leauc you. Whan Ila had hard his 
wo2des, he was highly comfozted, 
aid toke awap ai the abomitations 
out of the laude of 4uda # Benta= 
min,aind made an alter in the honoz 
of g0d,aund calied togither,not only 
ail yts owne iybicctes, but alto all 


the 


CONSOLATION, 
the ſtraungers, that were it His do= 
minon,and did great lacrifice bito 
god.Fnd there madea leage to ſeke 
the lozde god of they: fo:cfathers, 
with all Harte, all deſy:e agreinge, 
that he that dyd not leke the [ozde 
amonges them, ſhulde dye, were he 
ponge oz old, man 02 woman.Thus 
they [woze all, to abyde this lawe. 
and were wonderfull coyouſe, that 
they hadde made this leage. They 
with all theyr wyiles loughte the 
l02de, and he was lyghtly founde, 
and gaue theym peace, quyecties, 
gladnes of harte all aboute. 
C Is long as Ala lought god,god 
was euer with hym, but after, whan 
foz feare of Baala,he ſought helpe 
of Benadad, kyng of Syzta,a pay=z 
nym, an ethnicke pzynce, leauynge 
_ thetrult that he was wonte to haue 
in god, The p2opheteAnanye came 
Cv, to 


A C©OMYORTABZLY 


to Iſa,and ſaid to hym in this wife, 
Bycaule thou haſt put thy truſte i 
the kynge of Spa, and not tn thy 
lozde god, the kynge of Syzxia and 
his Hoolte, ts elcaped thy handes, 
voere not the Ethtopes and Ltbyz 
ans of a farre greatter power, bothe 
of charyottes.hozlemenne. and allo 
fotemen, and yet god gaue the.the 
victozye vpon theym ?z Thou ſhalte 
not lacke warre, ſpckenes, ſozowe 
pnougche. Parke the ende. Ala fell 
lycke, and ſought not helpe of god, 
but puthts ſpectall truſt in phtlyke, 
ſo he ſoone after deceaſſed. 
C Joſophathis ſonne,leatyng the 
faultes of His father, and folowpng 
the vertues of godly kynge Dautd, 
p:olpcred wonderfully, Hts realme 
was confp2med, he 'enryched, his 
name great in al nattons. why?The 
texte ts playne, bycaulſe He —_ 
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CONSOLATION. 


god,x* kepte his commandementes, 
bicauſe he cutte downe the woddes, 
and dyd not onely hym ſelfe [et his 
harte all vpon god, but dyd what 
he coulde, to cauſe His people to do 
the lame. He vled a goodly wapye. 
He -lente tn the thy2de yere of his 
reigne,certayne of his nobilitte Ib- 
dias, Zacharias, Nathanaell, and 
Micheas, with other, to teache his 
' people in the cities of Juda,he top« 
ned with thole many of the icuites, 
men well lene in the lawe of god, 
Samias,Nathantas,Iliel,Semi- 
camoth,and with them two pzieftes 
Eliſama,#* Jozam, and gaue thein 
the booke of the lawe of god with 
them. Thep wente from citie to ct= 
tie,and taught the people, the lawes 
of god. Yarken what folowed, all 
the kyngedomes of the erthe were 
— of the lozde;yone dirſt wage 
_ batayle 


A COMFORTABLE 
battayte agaynſt kynge Joſophat, 
No the Philiſttans his ennempyes, 
were glad and fapne to ſende hym 
gieat gyftes, The Frrabias fought 
his fauour. Þe went ſiyll fozwarde, 
Jn matters doubtfull he had cer 
in his mouthe , this layinge, mete 
foz euery man, but meteſt of al men, 
fo: a kynge, CONSVLE VER= 
BYM DOMIN1L(Takecounlell at 
the wozde of god , Achab deſyzed 
bym, to go to the warre with hym, 
De wente, Fchab was ſlapne, Joz 
ſophat not hurte. Xoherfoze Jehu 
the pzophete ſapd tohym, Thou art 
blefſed, bycaule thou cuttelt downe 
the woddes, and dtddeſt p2epare thy 
harte to ſcke the lozde god. Howe 
many tymes dydde god ſhewe to be 
hts debtour, foz puttyng away idoz 
latrie,fo: fekyng hymthe lyued ſiylf 
in glozie, and dyed i all Honoure, 

Howe 


CONSOLATION, 
Dowe ſhozt a raigne had his ſonnee 
 bhatſozowein tit, bycauſe he lefte 
god.and wolde not do as his father 
dydde - Yowelptell whyle reygned 
Joas: Rede the hiſtozie, fee why he 
fell, god ſought ſaueth,god loſie,lc- 
ſeth. Jothan was riche,myghty,ful 
of honour. The ſcripture ſeweth 
the caule.he ſought the commande- 
mentes of god, and folowed them. 
(There were an, C. &. rr. thoulande 
{Llapne tn one daye . vohy were they 
{o: Theylefte the lo:zde god laythe 
the texte. Yowe was Achaz punyl- 
ſhed: howe many loſt he: His ſonne 
Gzechtas ſawe the cauſe.and light- 
ly amcded the faute.Fo2 euen inthe 
ty2ſt moneth of his reigne,he called 
the pzteſtts and Lenites vito hym, 
and latd thus to them, Here me yotx 
Leuttes,be ye holp pourſelfs,make 
clene the hous of god. take out of it 


all 


A COMFORTABLE 
al vnclennes, our fathers haye ſit- 
ned. & done cup! in the ſight of god, 
leaupnghym, tournyng their faces 
from his tabernacle, and their bacz- 
Kes to if, (They ſhitte the dozes,and 
put oitt the candeis, They bourned 
not their incenſe to god, they offe- 
red not they: ſacrifice vnto Hym. 
(Theſenle of theſe cextes, maye well 
be ſcene without an expoſitour, The 
does were ſhutte a great long lea- 
{on the candels out, wen the dark, 
But Þ wolle leaiue the handelynge 
of the hiſtozies, 4 woll but tel them 
£uen as they are. 

After he ſawe the pzteſtes i13 good 
O2der he lent meſſagers, that in his 
behalfe pzeched thus vnto the peo- 
vie, Chylderneof Jſracll, come a- 
geyne to god, conucrte your [clues 
to hym. Benot as yotir fozefathers 
were, whpche left god,and were dt- 


ipoyed, 


CONSOLATION, 
ſtroyed. This Ezechias all be it he _ 
ſcrucd god well a great whyle, yet © 
lometpme he felle, and ſhewed hym 
ſelfe tobeinan, buthis falles were 
ſuche, that god euer holpe hym vp 
ageyne. Be vanquiſhed the mighty 
kyng of the Iſſirians , hauyng an 
angell vnder his banner he p2olpe- 
red al his reigne,and died with mo- 
che gloze, 

Theſe hiſtozies of thebible maye 
teache vs many thynges , we may 
perceyue by theym, who ts the gys 
yer of al our felicitie. and fo2 what 
cauſe he gvueth it. we ſee, howe we 
maye conlerue the goodnes of god 
towardes vs, vohy we doo leeſeit , 
yf weloſe it. COherfoze lette vs 
folowe the ſteppes of our moſt ara- 
cious loucraignelozd, whiche moſt 
diltgently hath ſought the pleaſure 
of If god, his wpll, his lawe.hts com= 

mauns 


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A COMFORTABLE 
mandementes, hehath dyuen ottit 
of his moſte fo:tunate realine, the 
Philiſtians.,the ennemies of Chzile, 
and hits true religion,the byſhop of 
Rome, t his adyerentes, that were 
{woneto ipke, all that hym tufted, 
bhy2ed to fioppe, and put out of his 
tUghte courſe, the Iyuely water that 
Lunneth to cucrlaitiynge lyfe, hyzed 
to vere the childzen of Jaac, ſuche 
as were the trewe wo:zſhyppers of 
Chaiſte,and laboured to fynde oute 
the veray heed and lpzynge of this 
water. Pis highnes hath remoued, 
and taken vp,all thetr pipes of ſtb- 
tilitie,crafte, deceite.and falſchced. 
They (ſhall no moze conuette this 
Uengenly 11quoz bnto their lucre,am- 
vition, pde, arrogancy, Theheed 
{5 founde, the water nowe runneth 
UiIghtly i his trewe courſe, All his 
graccs ſubiectes,may frakely come 

to it, 


CONSOLATION. 

fo it,cary with them. x giue it where 
they le nede., Etery man may nowe 
d:13ke his {aiuation. whiche befoze 
gilled in nothing but cuppes of er= 
Lours,d2agges of vntrouthes, His 
grace biddeth vs harken to the p20- 
phete Gzechiel, that ſaythe, voalke 
not in the p2eceptis of your fathers, 
kepe not their decrees, walke onely 
in my p2eceptes, kepe my decrees, 
Ivue after them,and ye ſhall Iyuc in 
them. Sekeſaith Ch:ift, 4 ye ſhall 
fynde. Knocke.and the doe ſhall be 
opened. Where ſhalte thou ſekez in 
thy fatycrs Iyfez thou riunnelt into 
the darke. Thou ſhalt but wander, 
eccepte thou take a candel with the. 
The candelle is, as the B2ophete 
{aycth, the wozde of god, Lucerna pes 
dibus meis verbum tuum domine, YOUL fa= 
thers and b:ethern, (aith Ezechias, 
depatted, and weit from god, - 

0:e 


A COMFORTABLE 
fo2che hath deſiroyed them. as yors 
ſe, Surely god ſooncr pardoneth 
©3doma,and Gomozra.than ſuche 
as ones knowe the tritthe,and after 
agaynlt theyz conſcience, wpckedlp 
00 oppugne lt. Ave lhail netyer be 
avie to luftepne the wioethe of god, 
pt we leaue that we knowe, to be 
good, godlp, trewe , and cleaue to 
that. we knowe to be faille, wycked, 
naught. Be ſooner fo:gyueth them, 
that kylied his lonne. than luche as 
go aboute to oppcſſe truthe.C haſte 
coulde not, but dye ones, Trewthe 
canneuer dye. Woherfoze let vs (ct 
our fcete in the fieppes of our ſo- 
yeraygne lo2de the kynge, whiche 
moſte wozthy the name of a chiiſten 
p2nce,appiyeth his hole Iyfe to no- 
thynge ſo moche, as that all we his 
{tbiectes may make this leage with 

\ Hym, Toleke god with all ourhars 
tes, 


\ CONSOLATION. 
ces, with all our tudyes. Be cont= 
pelleth no man by deathe,as kynge 
Iſa dyd. but he inuitety all men by 
erhoztations, by great benefyttes, 
moche rewardynge thepm, whome 
he fyndeth in confederacie with his 
grace. 2Pany His goodneſle Hathe 
made good, and yk at the laſte we 
woll ſufire hym to haue his hole 
potrpole, that is, to make vs all 
good, God;bndouybted, fo fought foz 
of vs woll be ours, dwell with vs, 
and we with hym lackyng no parte 
of that benedictton. whiche he with 
hts bleſſed hande;powzeth vpon all 
then thatleke to ſeruc him.voe ſhalt 
hauc here plentte of al thinges.peas 
__ andquletnes, loue x concozde. Ind 
after this life eternal tope,tope,that 
tha ſhal ende., when god endeth, that 
* 15,neuer. Joye,that while itlaſteth, 
15 ſo great,that neyther tongue po 

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_— A” COMFORTABLE. -«»\ 
-telle it, nozharte imagyne it. Joye + 

_ .. withhymthatistheauctour of all | 
- 1oy,o2tather toy itlelf, voith whom | 
who loeuecr toyeth, findeth al other. 

| toyes, as farre vnderhis toy, as et- * 
tremeſ{ozowes be vnderal our toy- | 

- £6. Xvith him J laye, vnto whome | 
. beall honour;allrendzing of than-= * 
kes,all pzaiſe gyuenof all men ; in | 
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