Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T25: feare, kings, power, princes, lawes, loue, state, downe, honor, men.
Labors, with shaddowed light of imbecillitie, To raise more towers of Babel vp, aboue the Truth to be. Among which Phantasms mounts that roofe of Tyrants power, The outward Church, whose nature is her Founders to deuoure. And, through an hollow charme of life-forsaken words, Entangle reall things, to raigne on all the earth affords: By irreligious rites, helping Religions name To blemifh truth, with gilded lies cast in Opinions frame. Whence she that erst rais'd Kings, by pulling freedome downe, Now seekes to free inferior Powers, and only binde the Crowne. In which aspiring pride, where Wit encountreth Wit, The power of the Thrones vnequall is, and turnes the scale with it: Mastering those greedy swarmes of superstitious rites, Which by the sinners feare, not faith, makes her scope infinite. Hence growes it that our Priests, erst Oracles of State, Against whose doome our Sultans durst trust nothing vnto fate, At once were censur'd all, in one house to the fire, As guiltie in their idle soules of Icarus desire. So free, and easie is it to cast downe againe The creatures pride, which his Creator couets to restraine: Againe, so easie is it to bring States to death, By vrging those Powers to oppose, whose vnion gaue them breath. Thus from the liues of Priests kings first their doctrine staine, And then let Sect, Schisme, Question in, to qualifie their raigne. Nor can this swolne Excesse be well reform'd in either, While both stand mixt of good, and ill, which ioyne not well together. Kings seeking from the Church the rights of deitie; The Church from Kings, not nursing helpe, but Gods supremacie. A strife wherein they both find losse, in stead of gaine; Since neither State can stand alone, much lesse diuided raigne. The strife, and peace of which; like Ocean ebbs, and flouds; Successiuely, doe here contract, and there disperse our goods. And by this mutuall spleene amongst these Soueraigne parts While each seeks gaine by others losse, the Vniuersall smarts. For as soules, made to raigne, when they let downe their State Into the bodies humors, straight those humors giue them fate: So, when the Church, and Crowne (the soules of Empire) fall Into Contempt, which humane Power cannot subsist withall, They striue, turne, and descend, feele Errors destinie, Which in a well-form'd Empire is, a Vagabond to be. Thus, in Disorders chayne, while each linke wresteth other, Incestuous Error, to her owne, is made both child, and mother. So as their doing is vndoings still to breed, And fatally entombe againe each other, in each deed. Hence Humane Lawes appeal'd, as Moderators come, Who, vnder shew of compremise, take on them Soueraigne doome; Entring in at the first, like Wisdome, with applause, And though propounded from our faults, yet by, consent, made Lawes; Or rather scales, to weigh Opinion with the Truth, Which, like Stepmothers, often bring the better side to ruth. And as of actiue ill (from whence they tooke their root)
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Labors, with shaddowed light of imbecillitie, To raise more towers of Babel vp, aboue the Truth to be. Among which Phantasms mounts that roofe of Tyrants power, The outward Church, whose nature is her Founders to deuoure. And, through an hollow charme of life-forsaken words, Entangle reall things, to raigne on all the earth affords: By irreligious rites, helping Religions name To blemifh truth, with gilded lies cast in Opinions frame. Whence she that erst rais'd Kings, by pulling freedome downe, Now seekes to free inferior Powers, and only binde the Crowne. In which aspiring pride, where Wit encountreth Wit, The power of the Thrones vnequall is, and turnes the scale with it: Mastering those greedy swarmes of superstitious rites, Which by the sinners feare, not faith, makes her scope infinite. Hence growes it that our Priests, erst Oracles of State, Against whose doome our Sultans durst trust nothing vnto fate, At once were censur'd all, in one house to the fire, As guiltie in their idle soules of Icarus desire. So free, and easie is it to cast downe againe The creatures pride, which his Creator couets to restraine: Againe, so easie is it to bring States to death, By vrging those Powers to oppose, whose vnion gaue them breath. Thus from the liues of Priests kings first their doctrine staine, And then let Sect, Schisme, Question in, to qualifie their raigne. Nor can this swolne Excesse be well reform'd in either, While both stand mixt of good, and ill, which ioyne not well together. Kings seeking from the Church the rights of deitie; The Church from Kings, not nursing helpe, but Gods supremacie. A strife wherein they both find losse, in stead of gaine; Since neither State can stand alone, much lesse diuided raigne. The strife, and peace of which; like Ocean ebbs, and flouds; Successiuely, doe here contract, and there disperse our goods. And by this mutuall spleene amongst these Soueraigne parts While each seeks gaine by others losse, the Vniuersall smarts. For as soules, made to raigne, when they let downe their State Into the bodies humors, straight those humors giue them fate: So, when the Church, and Crowne (the soules of Empire) fall Into Contempt, which humane Power cannot subsist withall, They striue, turne, and descend, feele Errors destinie, Which in a well-form'd Empire is, a Vagabond to be. Thus, in Disorders chayne, while each linke wresteth other, Incestuous Error, to her owne, is made both child, and mother. So as their doing is vndoings still to breed, And fatally entombe againe each other, in each deed. Hence Humane Lawes appeal'd, as Moderators come, Who, vnder shew of compremise, take on them Soueraigne doome; Entring in at the first, like Wisdome, with applause, And though propounded from our faults, yet by, consent, made Lawes; Or rather scales, to weigh Opinion with the Truth, Which, like Stepmothers, often bring the better side to ruth. And as of actiue ill (from whence they tooke their root)