A14136:394
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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I declared how the King ought to rid his realm from the wily tyranny of the hypocrites & to bring the hypocrites under his laws: ye & how he ought to be learned & to hear & to look upon the causes him self which he will punish & not to believe the hypocrites and to give them his sword to kill whom they will
I declared how ye Kynge oughte to rydde his realme frō the wily tyrany of ye ypocrites & to bringe ye ypocrites vnder his lawes: yee & how he oughte to be lerned & to heare & to loke apō ye causes hī selfe which he will punysh & not to beleve ye ypocrites ād to geve them hys swerde to kyll whom they will
The king ought to count what he hath spent in the Popes quarrel since he was king. The first voyage cost upon .xiiij. hundred thousand pounds. Reckon since what hath be spent by see and land between us and french men and Scots and then in triumphs and in Embassies and what hath been sent out of the Realm secretly and all to maintain our holy father / and I doubt not but that will surmount the some of .xl. or .l. hundred thousand pounds. For we had no cause to spend one penny but for our holy father. The king therefore ought to make them pay this money every farthing / and feet it out of their mitres / crosses / shrines and all manner treasure of the church / and pay it to his commons again not that only which the Cardinal and his Bishops compelled the commons to lend and made them swear with such an ensample of tyranny as was never before thought on: but also all that he hath gathered of them. Or else by the consent of the commons to keep it in store for the defence of the Realm. Ye the king ought to look in the chronicles what the popes have done to kings in time past and make them restore it also / And ought to take away from them their lands which they have gotten with their false prayers and restore it unto the right heirs again or with consent and ⟨p. clv⟩advisement turn them unto the maintaining of the pore and bringing up of youth virtuously and to maintain necessary officers and ministers for to defend the common wealth.