Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi · 454 words
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There is always good remedy for that That is to compel them to do some what So that each man having inheritance Have some auctoryce and governance wherein he should take pain and business To coustrayn him to eschew Idelnes Then this great mischief should follow of hit Oft times they should rule that have little wit Or disposed to be proud & covetous Or to life after their lusts voluptuous which if such men had authority Many things no doubt misordered should be where justice should be/ there would be tyranny where peace should be war debat & envy So there is no good reason that I can see To prove that any inheritance should be yes that shall I prove by good authority For read in the bible and thou shalt therein see God said to abraham tibi dabo Terram hanc et semine tuo which is as much to say to expound it true I shall gift this land to the and thine issue Here is a good prove that it was god's will. That Abraham and his blood should continue still As possessyoners and have the governance Of that land as their proper inheritance Thou answerest me now even like a fool As some of these fond clerks that go to school when one putteth of them a subtle question Of phylozophy to be provide by reason when they have all their wits & reason spend And can not tell how their part to defend Than they will allege some authority Of the laws or else of devynite which in no wise men may deny And yet ye know well that of phylozophy The principles oft contraryant be Unto the very groundꝭ of devynite For the phylozophers agree here unto Quod mundus fuit semper ab eterno And devynies quoth in principio oim Creavit deus terram et celum But thou didst promise openly even now Only by natural reason to prove how That inheritance ought for to be had By gogs body sirs I hold you both mad ye be like some woman that I know well when they would any matter unto a man tell They will tell twenty tallies by the way Nothing to purpose to the matter that they Did furst intend to tell and declare And in like manner now both ye do fare For ye dispute now whytheyr inheritance Be a reasonable thing or a good ordinance which is a matter no thing pertaining To the question moved at the begynnying For the question was which of us all three Could prove himself most gentleman to be As touching that we have all spoke & said Ich man for his part as much as can be said
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There is alway good remedy for that That is to compell them to do som what So that ych man hauyng enherytaunce Haue some auctoryce and gouernaunce wherein he shulde take payne and besynes To coustrayn hym to eschew Idelnes Then thys grete myschef shuld folow of hit Oft tymes they shuld rule that haue lyttyll wyt Or disposyd to be proud & couetous Or to lyfe after theyr lustis voluptuous which yf such men had auctoryte Many thyngꝭ no dowte mys orderyd shuld be where Iustyce shuld be / there wold be tyranny where peas shuld be warr debat & enuy So there is no good reason that I can se To proue that any enherytaunce shuld be yes that shall I proue by good auctoryte For rede in the byble and thou shalt therin see God sayd to abraham tibi dabo Terram hanc et semine tuo whych is as much to say to expounde yt trew I shall gyfe thys land to the and thyn yssew Here is a good proue that it was goddes wyll. That Abrahā and his blode shulde continew styl As possessyoners and haue the gouernaunce Of that lande as theyr propre enherytaunce Thou answerest me now euen lyke a fole As some of these fonde clarkes that go to scole when one putteth of them a subtyll questyon Of phylozophy to be prouyde by reason whan they haue all theyr wyttes & reason spende And can not tell how theyr parte to defende Than they wyll aledge some auctoryte Of the lawes or elles of deuynite whiche in no wyse men may denye And yet ye knowe well that of phylozophy The pryncyples oft contraryant be Unto the very groundꝭ of deuynite For the phylozophers agre here vnto Quod mūdus fuit semper ab eterno And deuynys quod in principio oim Creauit deus terram et celum But thou dydest promyse openly euen now Onely by naturall reason to proue how That enherytaunce ought for to be had ¶By gogges body syrs I holde you bothe mad ye be lyke some woman that I knowe well when they wolde any matter vnto a man tell They wyll tell .xx. talys by the way Nothynge to purpose to the matter that they Dyd furst intend to tell and declare And in lyke maner now both ye do fare For ye dyspute now whytheyr enherytaunce Be a resonable thyng or a good ordynaunce whych is a matter no thyng ꝑteynyng To the questyon mouyd at the begynnying For the questyon was whych of vs all thre Coud proue hymselfe most gentylman to be As touchyng that we haue all spoke & sayd Ich man for hys ꝑt as much as can be sayd