A14136:139
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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The shirereves / bailiff errants / constables ⟨image 54⟩and such like officers may let no man that hurteth his neighbour scape / but that they bring them before the judges / except they in the mean time agree with their neighbours and make them amends.
The shirereves / bayly araūtes / cōstables ⟨image 54⟩and soch lyke officers may let no man that hurteth his neyboure scape / but that they brynge them before the iudges / excepte they in the meane tyme agre with their neybours and make them amendes.
Let kings defend their subjects from the wrongs of other nations / but pick no quarrels for every trifle / no let not our most holy father make them no more so drunken with 1vain names / with caps of maintenance and like babels / as it were puppetry for children to badger their realms and to murder their people / for defending of our holy fathers tyranny. 2If a lawful peace that standeth with Gods word be made between prince and prince and the name of God taken to record and the body of our saviour broken between them / upon the bond which they have made / that peace or bond can our holy father not despē ce with / nether loose it with all the keys he hath: no verily Christ can not break it. For he came not to break the law but to fulfil it Math. v.
Let kynges defende their subiectes from the wronges of other nacions / but picke no quarels for euery tryfyl / no let not oure most holy father make them no moare so dronkē with 1