Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hauing added to this ſhamefull Oration many other ſlaunderous & foule tearmes, which for diuerſe reſpects I ſpare to pen, he would haue ſurrendered the ſword to the Lord Chancellor, who, as I ſayd before, being armed for the Lord Thomas his cõming, and alſo being loath, that his ſlackneſſe ſhould ſeeme diſloyall in refuſing the ſworde, or his frowardneſſe ouer cruell in ſnatching it vpon the firſt proffer, tooke the Lord Thomas by the wreſt of the hand, and requeſted him for the loue of God, the teares trilling downe his cheekes, to giue him for two or three wordes the hearing, which graunted, the reue|rend father ſpake as enſueth.
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My Lorde, although hatred be commonly the handmayden of truth, bycauſe we ſee hym, that plainely expreſſeth his minde, to be for the more part of moſt men diſliked: yet notwithſtã|ding I am ſo well aſſured of your Lordſhip his good inclination towardes me, and your Lord|ſhip ſo certaine of mine entire affection towardes you, as I am emboldned, notwithſtanding this companie of armed men, freely and franckly to vtter that, which by me declared, and by youre Lordſhip folowed, wil turne God willing, to the auayle of you, your friends, alies, & this coũtrey.
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I doubt not, my Lord, but you know, that it is wiſdome for any man to looke before he leape, and to ſowne the water before his ſhip hul ther|on, and namely where the matter is of weight, there it behoueth to follow ſounde, ſage and ma|ture aduiſe. Wherefore, my Lorde, ſithe it is no Maygame, for a ſubiect to leuie an armye a|gainſt his prince: it lyeth your Lordſhip in hand to breath longer on the matter, as well by fore|caſting the hurt whereby you may fall, as by re|uoluing the hope wherewith you are fed. What ſhould moue your Lordſhip to this ſodaine at|tempt, I know not. If it be the death of your fa|ther, it is as yet but ſecretly muttered, not mani|feſtly publiſhed. And if I ſhould graunt you, that your zeale in reuenging your father his execu|tion were in ſome reſpect to be commended: yet reaſon would you ſhould ſuſpend the reuẽge vn|til the certaintie were knowne. And were it, that the report were true, yet it ſtandeth with the du|tie and allegeance of a good ſubiect (from whom I hope in God,The ſubiects dutie towards his king. you meane not to diſſeuer your ſelfe) not to ſpurne and kicke againſt his prince, but contrariewiſe, if his ſoueraigne be mightie, to feare him: if he be profitable to his ſubiects, to honour him: if he commaunde, to obey him: if he be kinde, to loue him: if he bee vicious, to pitie him: if he be a Tyrant, to beare with him, conſidering that in ſuche caſe it is better wyth pacience to bowe, than with ſtubburnneſſe to breake. For ſacred is the name of a king, and odious is the name of a rebellion:The name of a king ſacred. the one from heauen deriued, and by God ſhielded, the other in hell forged, and by the Diuell executed.Rebellion frõ whence it ſpringeth. And therefore who ſo wyll obſerue the courſe of Hy|ſtories, or weigh the Iuſtice of God in puni|ſhing malefactours, ſhall eaſily ſee, that albeit the Sunne ſhyneth for a tyme on them that are in Rebellion, yet ſuche ſweete beginnings are at length claſped vp with ſharpe and ſowre endes.