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 · 524 words
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ye that we will farewell for a season For to tarry here longer we see no great cause Then far ye well as wise as two dawies And I pray god send you such grace both twain To be stark cockcoldꝭ or ye come again Now masters they be both gone away Therefore one word now hark what I say we see well now by plain experience when a man is set in a wilful credens All to fortify his own opinion If god himself than would with him reason In effect it shall no more avail Than which a whip to dryfe a snail Therefore no remedy is that I can see For evil men that be in authority But let them alone till god will send A time till our governors may intend of all enormities the reformation And bring in their handis the rod of correction And the reforming of injuries themself see And will say precysely thus it shall be For exhortations teaching and preaching Jesting and railing they mend no thing For the amendment of the world is not in me Nor all the great arguments that we three Have made sith we reasoned here together Do not prevail the weight of a feather For the helping of any thing that is amiss we can not help it then sith it so is I will let the world wag & home will I go And dryf the plough as I was wont to do And pray god send us peace I will no far mell Therefore masters all now far ye well Now by my troth I am glad that is he gone And so am I by sweet saint Iohn I heard not a chorll this six year Show so cursed reasons as he hath done here For the maintenance of his opinion yet he his deceived for all his reason For it is necessary that rulers be To have posseyons to maintain their degree And those few to dryfe the multitude all of the other people to labour to fall For if the rulers drof them not thereto The people would be ydyll & nothing do And most reason is that governance Should come to such rulers by inheritance Rather than to have them choose by election Oft times by dread meed and affection Men of evil conscience that great tyrants be Reed old cronyclys the prove ye shall see And though they have great wit and learning Yet so proud they be thereof they fear nothing Nother god nor man but evermore still wt out councell or aduyse folow theyr own wyll But they that by inheritance rulers be Though they have no great learning yet we see yet maketh them more fearful & better content To follow wise men's council and advisement And sith that it hath been so long contynned inheritors to have rule and so long used And that they have ruled by as discretion As the other that have be chose by election If that order of rule by succession of blood Should be destroyed it should do hurt & no good
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ye that we wyll farewel for a season For to tarry here lenger we see no grete cause Then fare ye well as wyse as two dawys And I pray god sende you such grace both twayn To be stark cockcoldꝭ or ye come agayn Now masters they be both gone away Therefore one worde now harke what I sey wee see well now by playne exꝑience when a man is set in a wyllfull credens All to fortefye hys owne opynyon If god hym selfe than wold wyth hym reason In effect it shall no more auayle Than wt a whyp to dryfe a snayle Therfore no remedy is that I can see For yuell men that be in auctoryte But let them alone tyll god wyll send A tyme tyll our gouernours may intend of all enormytes the reformacyon And bring in theyr handis the rod of coreccyon And the reformyng of iniuryes them self see And wyll say p̄cysely thus it shall be For exortacyons techyng and p̄chyng Gestyng and raylyng they mend no thyng For the amendement of the world is not in me Nor all the grete arguments that we thre Haue made syth we resonyd here to gedyr Do not p̄uayle the weyght of a fether For the helpyng of any thyng that is amys we can not help it then syth it so is I wyll let the world wagg & home wyll I goo And dryf the plowgh as I was wont to do And praye god send us peas I wyl no farr mell Therfore masters all now fare ye well Now by my troth I am glad that is he gon And so am I by swete seynt Iohn I hard not a chorll thys seuyn yere Shew so curst reasons as he hath done here For the mayntenaunce of hys oppynyon yet he hys desseuyd for all hys reason For it is necessary that rulers be To haue posseyons to mayntayn theyr degre And those few to dryfe the multytude all of the other people to labour to fall For yf the rulers drof them not therto The peple wold be ydyll & nothyng doo And most reason is that gouernaunce Shuld come to such rulers by inherytaunce Rather than to haue them chose by eleccyon Oft tymys by drede mede and affeccyon Men of euyll conscyens that grete tyraunts be Rede old cronyclys the proue ye shall see And though they haue grete wyt and lernyng Yet so proud they be therof they fere nothyng Nother god nor man but euermore styll wt out councell or aduyse folow theyr own wyll But they that by inherytaunce rulers be Though they haue no grete lernyng yet we see yet makyth them more ferefull & better cōtent To folow wyse mens councell and aduysement And syth that yt hath ben so long cōtynned Enherytours to haue rule and so long usyd And that they haue ruled by as dyscressyon As the other that haue be chose by eleccyon If that order of rule by successyon of blode Shuld be dystroyd it shuld doo hurte & no good