A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty, Errata
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AN EXHORTATION TO HER MAIESTIE, FOR ESTABLISHING HER SVCCESSOR TO THE CROVVN.
MOSTE high, andThe bounden dutie of a faithful hearted ſubiect to God, his Prince, and countrie, is the cauſe of this Treatiſe. mightie Prince, our deare ſoueraigne & leige Lady, we proteſt before the Almightythe ſearcher of al harts, that true and heartie louelove, firſt towards God and his true Religion, ſecondlie a loyall and dutifull affection towardes your highnes perſon, & preſeruation: & laſtly, a minde, by all lawfull meanes vnfainedly wiſhing the good peace & proſperity of this our natiue country of England, and no other reſpectes whatſoeuer, hauehave moved and ſtirred vsus vp: firſt to deuiſe and write, and nowe to offer and deliuer vntounto your Maieſtie, this ſhort diſcourſe following. Whereby, though it might be feared we ſhall incurre your graces diſpleaſure, & are not ignorant that the anger of a Prince is as the roaring of a Lyon, and euen the meſſenger of death, becauſe it is ſo ſaid in the Scripture: yet notwithſtanding the former reſpects hauehave ſo preuailed with vsus, that wee durſt not but aduenture thus far▪ forthough the matter which herein wee labour to perſwade you vntounto be ſuch, that (by great likely-hood) it wil at the firſt prouoke you to wrath, and kindle your diſpleaſure towards vsus: yet wee nothing doubt, but that we ſhall make it appeare to bee a thing moſte neceſſarie, profitable, and honorable for your highneſſeThe knowledge of the ſecond perſon neceſſarie before God and man. to yeeld vntounto, both before God and man, and the moſt ſafe meane for your Maieſties preſent preſeruation alſo. We therefore preſume, and therewith wee hauehave encouraged ourſelues, that ſuch is your graces wiſdome and gratious diſpoſition, that (in the end) this our enterpriſe both will be well taken, and fauorablie conſtrued. For our conſciences beares vsus witneſſe before God, that we aime at nothing elſe herein, but his glory, your ſafety,The writers purpoſe moſt allowable. the good of the Church, and profite of this noble Realm▪ according to which our meaning, we humblie craue that all that we hauehave written may be expounded. For as loath are we needleſly and wilfullie to offend your Maieſtie, as any poore ſubiects you hauehave. But yet you knowe, ſuch is, or ought to be, the faithfull louelove of euerie true hearted Chriſtian ſubiect towards his ſoueraigne, that feare to offendA true ſubiect regarde… the ſaiftie of his Prince, more then the feare of his vn…uſt cauſe. him may not ſtay vsus from performing of a neceſſarie, profitable, and honorable ſeruice vntounto God, our Prince, & countrie. Wee beeing therefore perſwaded, and fullie reſolued, that euen ſuch is this preſent (now) tendred ſeruice of ours we hope we ſhall not be blamed of you:Meere regard of conſci…nce to God▪ glorie and the good of the Prince hath e…ced …he Author …o hi… d… courſe. ſithence a deſire to ſhewe our ſelues true louing and faithfull ſubiectes to God and to your Maieſtie, hath ouerweighed with vsus all humaine feare. Wherfore we, in the behalfe of all your true and faithfull ſubiects, do lye euen proſtrate before your Graces feete, moſt humblie and heartilie beſeeching your Maieſtie, to peruſe theſe fewe leaues following: and as the matter therin handled, is waightie: ſo to conſider accordingly, what we your faithfull and loyall ſubiects hauehave therein vttered vntounto you. In peruſing whereof, this we woulde wiſhe to be ſtill in your Maieſties minde, that if we, a fewe of the inſufficienteſt of many thouſands of your ſubiects, hauehave ſaide thus much, that then very much more it is that can, and may be ſaide to this end. The Lord of heauen & earth (who hath the harts of al Princes in his hand to rule them as it pleaſeth him) ſo direct in his fauour, your Royall heart herein, that you may reade willinglie, marke attentiuelie, and performe ſpedilie and effectuallie, the wholſome counſell miniſtred therein vntounto you.