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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A12562) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 28044) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1861:6) A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedycyous person that dareth not shewe hym selfe Smyth, Thomas, servaunt to the Quenes most excellent Majestie. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Imprynted at Londo[n] in Pater noster rowe, at y[e] signe of our lady pytye by Iohn Redman, [London] : [1540] In verse. Includes marginal notes in Latin. Publication date from STC (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the Society of Antiquaries. eng Ballads, English. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 16th century. eebo A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedycyous person that dareth not shewe hym selfe Smyth, Thomas, servaunt to the Quenes most excellent Majestie 1540 2 1299 5 0 0 0 0 0 38.49 D The rate of 38.49 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-08 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedycyous person / that dareth not shewe hym selfe . Qui male agit odit lucem . Io. 3. His doyngs amonge trewe men / shuld not be had in place That feareth to tell his name / & shameth to shewe his face . WHy I thus do wryte / is greatlye to be mused But before I departe / It shall appere more playne Besechynge all honest men / to haue me excused Thoughe ( as no lasse bounden ) I do seme very fayne By veryte to vaynquysshe malyuole dysdayne Force me so forceth / and wylleth me to wryte Truely for the truths sake and nothynge for despyte And nowe briefly to my purpose / the effecte is thys Of late I wrote two lybelles / not thynkynge to offende But perceyuynge amonge vs thynges to be amys Styll styrrynge and procurynge vs lewdly to contende Of suche indecent ordre / I desyred the ende For the whych cause onely / I toke on me to wryte Truely for the trueths sake / and nothynge for despyte But nowe I well perceaue / I rubbed some on the gall Obsequium amicos veritas odium parit . Tirentius Whiche causeth them to grunte / and ernestly to grone Wel , ( be as be maye ) I can not do with all It wyll not from the flesshe / that is rooted in the bone For my true maenynge / some shewe theym selfe full prone By sclaunder to deface me / withall theyr power & myght Nothynge for the trueths sake / but all for mad despyte They name me a papyste / and saye / I do not loue None other but Papystes / and men of popysshe mynde The trewe tryall wherof / I referre to God aboue Hoies veritatem dicentes a malis odio habentur . Ad gal. 4 And consequently to others / what they can proue & fynde O man malycyous / that woldest so fayne blynde The good intentes of others / which truely do and wryte Labourynge theyr destruccion / through serpentyne despyte If iustely you can proue / as you declare in wrytynge Qui loquitur īiqua non potest latere , nec preteriet illum corripiens iudicium . Sap. i. That I loue none , but papistes , than may you wel mayntain Me to be a traytour / both to God / and our good Kynge To the iuste tryall of the whiche / I woll dryue you playne For you it is to late / to call in your wordes agayne Though as a lurkyng lorrel / your name you woll not write Bothe you shal be knowen / and your deuelysshe despyte ☞ If you haue knowen / any such treason to be in me ●orte digni sū● non solum q ea faciunt sed etiam q consentiunt facientibus , Ad Roma . i. Then you in your dewtye / haue bene very neglygent The parte of euery true hert / towardes his Kynge shuld be what he knoweth agaist his grace / furthwith to make euydent Who conceleth others treason / as a traytour doth consent Wherfore this your doyng / may appere / to ech mans syght Nothynge for the truethes sake / but all for lewde despyte You declare furthermore / that lately I rebelled Agaynst the Kynges maiestye / and his councell all For the whiche sclaunder / I am greatly compelled Before the hygher powers / this matter for to call As surely I woll do / doubte you it not at all Ois qui facit iusticiam ex deo natus est . i. Io. ij At whose handes I woll aske / but iustyce and ryght Specyally for the truethes sake / & nothynge for despyte . Yet Cathon the wyse / doth teach me / & byddeth me not to care Cum recte viuas ne cures verba malorum Arbytrij n●i non est quod q●sque loquatur . Cato . So as my lyfe be honest / let the wycked saye theyr mynde We can not forbyd mens speche / wherfore let them not spare Nature in euery thynge / woll shewe her proper kynde Whiche to be proued true / is easy ynough to fynde In that / that you haue done / sparynge not to wryte Nothyng for the truthes sake / but all for mad despyte That / wherewith you be greued / is alwayes forth commyng My name playnely therunto / I woll it not denye And I redy to be punysshed / for suche my doynge If I haue so deserued / and can be founde cause why Quare non timuistis detrahere seruo meo . Nu. x. Wherfore you be moche to blame / so to rayle and crye Openly detractynge me / agaynst all lawe and ryght As I am / I woll be knowen / so shal be your despyte I could say some what more , but I mynde not to contende Ex fructibus eorum cognostis eos . Math. vij . In insidiis suis capiuntur īiqui . Prou. x. As the tree by her fruytes / is alwayes chyefely knowen So I doubte not / by your workes / before this mater ende you shal be well perceaued / & what blastes you haue blowen And what kyndes of sede / euery other man hath sowen Wherfore I do aduyse you / be sure you stande vpryght I doubte not to ouerthrowe you / in your owne despyte . ☞ your boke doth open mater / not mete I shold here touche Tēꝑi seruiēdū est . ad Romanos . xij . But within shorte tyme / it shall shewe it selfe more playne Your doynges well declare / how in herte you styll grouche And agaynst whom , because you can not youre wyll obtayne your malice doth so blynd you / & byddeth you not refrayne Malicia eorum excecauit eos Sapien. ii , But throughly to procede / blusteryng with force & myght Forgettynge cleane your dewtye / and all for mad despyte ☞ And now to conclude / O Dauyd holy prophet & kynge iudica me deus & discerne causam mean de gente non sct Turrian abhoie ●iquo & doloso erue me . Psal. xlii Vnto god omnipotente / moste hyghe and eternall In Psalmyst here with the / wyll I crye and synge Iudge thou me ( o Lorde ) that arte iudge ouer all Discerne thou my cause / and let me to the call To be rydde from the wycked / which labour day & nyght Thy veryte to vanquysshe by deceytfull despyte And as thou arte Lorde of lordes & kynge of kynges Preserue our noble kynge / our moost precyous treasure With Katherine our Quene , & graunt that theyr procedynges In longe lyfe maye prospere / vnto thy wyll and pleasure And to Edwarde our Prynce / that moste redolent floure Infuse in theym thy grace / and helpe we maye be quyte Of these sectes sedycyous / so swellynge in despyte God saue the Kynge . Qui male agit odit lucem . Ioh. iii His doynges among trew men / shuld not be had in place That feareth to tell his name & shameth to shewe his face By Thomas Smythe , seruaunt to the Kynges Royall Maiestye And clerke of the Quenes graces councel ( thoughe mooste vnworthy .

Imprynted at London in Pater noster rowe , at the sygne of our lady pytye by Iohn Redman / ad imprimendum solum .

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