Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T25: feare, kings, power, princes, lawes, loue, state, downe, honor, men.
Impossible is but the faith of feare; To make hope easie fetch beliefe elswhere. Yet lest these sparkes rak'd vp in hollow hearts, Should spread, and burne before their fury show; Keepe on the course which you haue vs'd to goe. Preach you with firie tongue, distinguish might, Tyrants from Kings; duties in question bring Twixt God, and man; where power infinite Compar'd, makes finite power a scornfull thing. Safely so craft may with the truth giue light, To iudge of Crownes without enammelling; And bring contempt vpon the Monarchs State; Where straight unhallowed power hath peoples hate. Glaunce at Prerogatiues indefinite, Taxe customes, warres, and Lawes all gathering; Censure Kings faults, their spies, and fauourites; Holinesse hath a priuiledge to sting. Men be not wise; bitternesse from zeale of spirit, Is hardly iudg'd; the enuy of a King Makes people like reproofe of Maiesty; Where God seemes great in Priests audacity. Thus keep a good: For be he true, or no, Mixt faith so workes on mans idolatrie, That minds, in bonds; bodies, delight in woe. Religion carrying men aboue respect: For what thing else can stand in selfe neglect? And when mens mindes thus tun'd, and tempted are To change, with arguments 'gainst present times, Then hope awakes, and mans ambition climes. What hope can blot the feare of Princes power? Taxes, and scornes of Basshas gouernment, Which vnder Kings make present times still sowre; Hope leades the ill, and they the innocent. These hopes are poore: For feare is with thē mixt. All feares are weake, where any hope is fixt. Dissolue (tis true) you may with enuy, feare, Craft, treacherie, contempt, neglect; Not build: these sands will no foundation beare: These engines are to ruine, not erect. Will you a father, can you a King throw downe? Or suffer that the Christians weare his Crowne The Christians with what faith, or policy, Can you call in? Such remedies are ill: For what they conquer, that enioy they will. Besides, the force lies in Caine Basshas hands, In Mahomet wealth, law, and gouernment: What way to them? My wife, their mutuall trust. These Basshas with themselues she shall betray; Arts of reuenge are written downe in lust. What cannot women doe with wit, and play? Who would bestow his wife in works of shame? They that thinke ought more deare than honest name. Good fortune doth in humors market sit, And those that buy, must sell all else for it. The shame is sure; the good in hazard lies. Such staires they clime, that vnto fortune rise. Opinion raignes without, and truth within: Who others please, against themselues must sin. You spirits then growne subtile by your age! Not you that doe inhabite Paradise, Whose constant ioyes most vnacquainted be With all affections, that should make you wise! No: I inuoke that blacke eternity, As apt to put in action, as deuise! Helpe me, that haue to doe with Princes power, To plucke downe King, with Kings authority; And make men slaues, with show of liberty. Free hope from euill lucke, reuenge from feare; Ruine, and change adorne you euery where.
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Impossible is but the faith of feare; To make hope easie fetch beliefe elswhere. Yet lest these sparkes rak'd vp in hollow hearts, Should spread, and burne before their fury show; Keepe on the course which you haue vs'd to goe. Preach you with firie tongue, distinguish might, Tyrants from Kings; duties in question bring Twixt God, and man; where power infinite Compar'd, makes finite power a scornfull thing. Safely so craft may with the truth giue light, To iudge of Crownes without enammelling; And bring contempt vpon the Monarchs State; Where straight unhallowed power hath peoples hate. Glaunce at Prerogatiues indefinite, Taxe customes, warres, and Lawes all gathering; Censure Kings faults, their spies, and fauourites; Holinesse hath a priuiledge to sting. Men be not wise; bitternesse from zeale of spirit, Is hardly iudg'd; the enuy of a King Makes people like reproofe of Maiesty; Where God seemes great in Priests audacity. Thus keep a good: For be he true, or no, Mixt faith so workes on mans idolatrie, That minds, in bonds; bodies, delight in woe. Religion carrying men aboue respect: For what thing else can stand in selfe neglect? And when mens mindes thus tun'd, and tempted are To change, with arguments 'gainst present times, Then hope awakes, and mans ambition climes. What hope can blot the feare of Princes power? Taxes, and scornes of Basshas gouernment, Which vnder Kings make present times still sowre; Hope leades the ill, and they the innocent. These hopes are poore: For feare is with thē mixt. All feares are weake, where any hope is fixt. Dissolue (tis true) you may with enuy, feare, Craft, treacherie, contempt, neglect; Not build: these sands will no foundation beare: These engines are to ruine, not erect. Will you a father, can you a King throw downe? Or suffer that the Christians weare his Crowne The Christians with what faith, or policy, Can you call in? Such remedies are ill: For what they conquer, that enioy they will. Besides, the force lies in Caine Basshas hands, In Mahomet wealth, law, and gouernment: What way to them? My wife, their mutuall trust. These Basshas with themselues she shall betray; Arts of reuenge are written downe in lust. What cannot women doe with wit, and play? Who would bestow his wife in works of shame? They that thinke ought more deare than honest name. Good fortune doth in humors market sit, And those that buy, must sell all else for it. The shame is sure; the good in hazard lies. Such staires they clime, that vnto fortune rise. Opinion raignes without, and truth within: Who others please, against themselues must sin. You spirits then growne subtile by your age! Not you that doe inhabite Paradise, Whose constant ioyes most vnacquainted be With all affections, that should make you wise! No: I inuoke that blacke eternity, As apt to put in action, as deuise! Helpe me, that haue to doe with Princes power, To plucke downe King, with Kings authority; And make men slaues, with show of liberty. Free hope from euill lucke, reuenge from feare; Ruine, and change adorne you euery where.