The exposition and declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes

The exposition and declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes

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TO THE MOST HIGH AND myghty prynce, HENRY the .VIII. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce, defendour of the faithe, lorde of Irelande, and in erthe supreme heed immediatly vnder Christe of the church of Englande, his most humble subiect, Henry Parker knight, lorde Morley, wyssheth all welth & prosperitie.

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‘DEVS VLtionū dominus, deus ultionum libere egit’, O Lorde god almighty, that haste made with thy worde, Heuen and Erthe, with all the beaultie thereof, and doest with the same, fede all kynde of beastes, in tyme requisite, and haste put vnder mannes subiection, beastes in the erthe, byrdes in the ayre, and fyshe in the see, so that he is lyttell lesse in dignite than angelles, and at the last crowned hym with glorie and honour, as thou hast done our moste victorious prince, makynge hym thyn annointed king, to rule vnder the, the Empyre of Englande, whiche hathe, doothe, [Page] and intendeth alwayes to defende thy worde: We pray the, with deuoute hartes, to assist hym, in suppressynge the prowde heed of the poluted citie of Babylon, the Romysshe bysshop. Deus ultionum dominus, that is to say, thou that woldest we shulde cōmitte al vengynge to the, reuenge vs ageynst this serpent, that wolde, to maynteyne his power, deuoure thy holy worde, if his myght were as great as his malyce.

Exaltare qui iudicas terram, redde retributionem superbis.

¶It is not to me vnknowen, my sauyor & redemptor Iesu, yt whan thy holy wyll is, in lyke maner as thou diddest defende the people of Israel, by thy duke & leader Moyses, from the prowd and obstinate [Page] Pharao, Iosua from the .xxxi. kinges, Gedeon from the Amolytes, Sampson from the Phylistiens, Dauid frome Golyas, Ezechias, from the Assirians, Asa frome the Ethiopians, Iudas Machabeus from Antiochus, & Nycaor Constantine from Maxentius, Theodosius from Eugenius, the noble Henry the fyfte frome the frenche men, the wyse Henry the seuenth, from the tyrant kynge Rycharde, with infinite mo: all be it they semed to be inferior to the innumerable multitude of their aduersaries, yet thou ouerthrewest them, in exaltyng thy power. Gyue than my lorde, and my helper, power to our prince, to thruste downe this byshop of Rome, not only his aduersarie, but chiefe ennemy to thy glorie, which seketh by tyrannous [Page] presumption, to bryng in his subiection, all pryncis of the worlde. I cry to the good lorde, Exaltare, qui iudicas terram, that is to saye, Be thou lyfte vp on hygh, and ascende vp to thy seate, that arte the iudge of the vniuersall erthe, and render to the proude bysshop as he hathe deserued.

Vsquequo peccatores domine, us (que) quo peccatores gloriabūtur?

¶All be it mercyfulle Iesu, thou dost permytte by thy secrete iugement, euyll persons to prosper, I my lorde and god, that knowe not, but as man knoweth, saye to the, O good god, howe longe shalte thou suffre, I say from the botom of my hart, howe longe wylt thou suffre this seate of Satan, to glorifie it selfe in euill doinge? What [Page] great damage to al Christendom, and what great mischief wrought Honorius agaynst Frederike the good emperour in his iourney ageynste the Turkes? This wycked bysshoppe sente letters to the Soudan, shewynge hym whyche wayes he myght distroy the chrysten armye. What shulde I say of Bonifacius the third, of Alysander the .vi. of Iulius the seconde, the greatte thefe of the worlde, of Leo the tenthe, of Clemens, and nowe of Paule, that dyuellyshlye alway go about to set one christen prynce agaynst an other, onely to maynteyne theyr vsurped and tyrannous estate? ‘Vsquequo peccatores domine, usquequo peccatores gloriabuntur?’ How long shal such proude prelates prosper? howe longe tyme wolte thou suffer [Page] theym?

Effabuntur & loquentur iniquitatem, loquentur omnes: quia operantur iniustitiam.

¶ Those that be adherentes to his cursed courte, they murmure, they grudge, and do that in them is, to resyste the holy zele, whiche our kinge hath, to set forth the holy worde of god. But our prynce, that hath goddis worde feruently and moste constantly fyxed in his hart, wyll with his assistens, perseuer agaynst all them, that wolde ought do to the contrary. And as the royall kyng Dauid, although he were rebuked of his father, his bretherne, and his frendes, let not to go naked, to fyght against gret Golyas: euen so let them saye all, that do euyll, what they wyll, our prince woll not cesse to resyst with [Page] all his power, the obstinate wylle & vsurped authorite of the proude byshop of Rome.

Populum tuum domine humiliauerunt: et haereditatem tuam uexauerunt.

¶And not withoute cause oure prince dothe and woll withstande the malycious power of this synfulle seate of Rome. For sythens the tyme that Syluester chalenged by gyfte, that that Constantyne neuer gaue hym, he and his successours, enioyenge temporall possessions, felle frome thy holye faithe, whiche before was spredde by thy apostelles througheout the vnyuersall worlde. And as it had great successe, and dayly increased in all countreyes more and more, as longe as they that were in the [Page] apostels place, folowed theyr humilitie, pouertie, and obedience: so by the pride, couetousnes, and tyranny of this Babylonicall monster, it hath lefte Asia and Affrike, and scasely remaineth in Europa, a small corner of the world. Wherfore this may be well sayde, They haue put downe thyne electe people, and they haue vexed thyn inheritance. Who ought not with al his hole hart, to bewaile this piteous decaye? Or who wylle not be glad to resyst the malyce of those that be the causers therof?

Viduam & aduenam interfecerunt, & pupillos occiderunt.

¶As this decayer of the monarchye of Christendome, is for the moste parte occupied in greattest mischeues, as in stryuynge ayenst [Page] truthe and goddis gospell, in banysshynge true religyon, and settynge vp hypocrisy and ydolatry: in hurlynge downe al good order, and obedience, soo sometyme that all men and women to, maye haue iuste cause to hate hym, he commeth from the grettist to the smal, and falleth to the spoylyng of wydowes, to the slaughter of straungers, to the murder of orphanes. And as he and his, somtime sturre vp themperour ayenst the French kynge, somtyme the frenche men ayenst the imperyals, brefely eche kingdome in other neckes, so somtyme they come to lower matters, and sette one priuate man to poyson an other, one cytezen to murder an other. In so moch that men thynke, fewer chrysten men to be aliue at this day, than they, for the [Page] maynteynynge of their quarelle, haue caused to dye by fyre, swerde, hunger, and pestilence.

Et dixerunt, non uidebit dominus, nec intelliget deus Iacob.

¶They perceiuing, that al thing came to passe as they wolde haue it, and that the blynde worlde beleued, they myght pull out of heuen, and throwe into helle, whom they lusted, handeled the mattier in suche sorte, that who soo euer sayde the contrarie, had all princis in his toppe, redy with the swerd, to take theyr parte. Anone they were exalted in such pride, that as Lucyfer dydde, they presumed to pitche their trone equal with god, and letted not to boste, to bragge, and to say: God shall nat see oure abusion, the god of Iacob shall [Page] nat perceyue wheraboute we go.

Intelligite insipientes in populo, et stulti aliquando sapite.

¶But our prynce, most mercyful sauior Iesu, whiche is thy Christ, yt is to say, thyn annoynted kyng, euen as his regal maiestie, requireth of hym, ceasseth nat to warne all people, specially those, that be symple & vnlettred, to gyue them monition by the worde of god, to be wyse, to take hede, howe they haue fallen into extreme darknes, in gyuynge credite to his erronious doctrine, and fals traditiōs, in leanyng to moche to his lawes, and commaundementes: and wisheth all men to trust in god, whiche woll the deathe of no synner, but all menne to be saued. And yf they do not this, they fall clene frō [Page] god, vnto a frayle temporal mans arme, whiche is but flesshe, and shall come to duste.

Qui plantauit aurem, nō audiet, aut qui finxit oculum non considerat?

¶He that consydereth welle with hym selfe, the wonderfull workes of god, must nedes see, that he is alone almighty. He that marketh howe faythfull he hath bene in all his promyses, can not but thynke, that he alone is to be trusted? he that seeth what power he hath giuen to other thynges, must nedes graunt, that he hym selfe hath all power. He created all thynges, he made the eares to here, and the eyes to see, now, is it lyke, that he, whiche sette eares vppon youre hedes, & gaue you power to here, [Page] can be deafe, and here nothynge hym selfe: And if he be any thing quycke of herynge, shall nat the voice of the innocētes bloud, shed by your crueltie, which crieth still, at the laste come vp to his eares? Can they lament styll, & neuer be herde? Shall he that hath set eies in your forheades, and gyuen you power to see, not se thē great abuses, the fals wrestynge of his holy worde, the wycked desyre that this papisticall sort hath, to maynteine theyr pompe, pride, and tyranny? Shal he here them, and se al these your mischeuous intētes, and nat see you one day punyshed?

Qui corripuit gentes nō arguet, qui docet hominem scientiā.

¶Shall nat he, that chaungeth all worldly monarches, and dothe [Page] transpose, as Daniel the prophete saythe, realmes, countreyes, and empires, nowe to rule, nowe to be ruled, shall not he hurle downe this seate of Satanas? He changed the dominion of the Assiriās, and gaue it to the Medes, frome the Medes to the Persians, from the Persians vnto the Greekes, frome the Grekes vnto the Romaines, and wolle not he brynge the proude and vsurped estate of these, that ought to serue, from the noughty, to naughte at all? or to saye, as it oughte to be, restore it rightfully to theym, that a longe season haue ben wrongfully kepte from it? Thou arte styll that same selfe god, yt taughtest Paul thyne apostell, the secrete hyd science of scripture. Thou art he that dydste soo illuminate the mynde of thyne [Page] electe and tenderly beloued disciple Iohn, that he, whyche before was a fyssher man, vtterly vnlerned, nowe excellynge the reste of the Euangelistes, vttered manye hygh mysteries, and suche as the other thre left vntouched, writing that wonderfulle piece of worke, ‘In principio erat verbum’. No meruail, if thou that taughtest the vnlerned suche hygh mysteries, teache the lerned at length, to knowe the false doctrine, the wylye wayes, the abhomynable hypocrysye, the detestable ydolatrye of this wycked mōster of Rome. Can he that teacheth the hethen to folow thinges iuste and righte in the face of the lawe, suffre the Christians, stil to blonder, styll to be in blyndnes, styll to be seduced by this Babylonycall strompette?

[Page]Dominus scit cogitationes hominum, quoniam uanae sunt.

¶I myght greatly meruayle, ye and more then meruayl, how this chaire of pestilence coulde so long stande in honour, sauynge that I knowe verye welle, bothe to what folyes the vayne cogytations of men bryng them, and howe lyghtly the people are illuded by superstition, and colour of religion. The Iewes sometyme thyn electe people, not withstandynge they sawe with theyr eyes the red sees deuyded, to gyue theym passage, water sprynge oute of the harde stoone, to quenche theyr extreme thurste, meate descende downe from heauen, to fede them, whan they were full hungrye, yet whyle Moyses was in the moūt Sinai, [Page] they forgettynge al these myracles and benefites of god set vp a calf, and toke it for their god. I myght meruayle, and greatly meruayle▪ that the christen people coulde be so fonde, to leaue the word of god, and his heuenly doctrine, and folow this wicked byshop of Rome, and his dyuellyshe dreames. But as this is not the fyrst euyl chāge, that foolyshe man hath made, soo let vs assure our selfes, that vayn cogitations dure nat euer, the seduced tourne ageyne, whan good guydes shewe them the way.

Beatus homo, quem tu erudieris domine, & de lege tua docueris eum.

¶Blessed mayste thou be callyd, moste christen kyng HENRY the VIII. supreme heed of the churche [Page] of Englande. Blessed arte thou, whome god hath taught, to espie out the peryllous doctryne of the byshop of Rome, wherby the people of Englande ar brought from darkenes to lyght, from errour to the hygh way of righte knowlege, from daunger of dethe eternall, to life that neuer endeth, to be shorte, euen from hel to heuen. By the O sage kynge, the worde of god, that in tyme paste was cloked and hyd to the elders of thy realme, is now manyfest to chylderne, that ceasse not to prayse with their mouthes, god, and his holy worde. For the mayntenance wherof, most royall kynge, thy prayse shall styll continue vpon erthe, and than depart, whan all menne haue taken theyr leaue of it. Happy, happy is that man good lorde, whom thou teachest, [Page] happy whom thou endewes [...] with thy doctrine.

Vt mitiges ei a diebus malis, donec fodiatur peccatori fouea.

¶Albeit O lorde, thou hast long forborne, and suffred this greatte deceyuour of the worlde, this Romayne bysshop to reygne after a cruell sorte, proudely commaundynge all princis, all estates to obeye his lustes, yet thy goodnesse be euer praysed, thou haste at the last reysed vp a prince, and by him digged a pytte, to hurle this wycked wretche in, where bothe he, his false doctrine, his hypocrisye, and idolatrie, shall as oure truste is, be buried for euer. This pitte hath ofte bene a makynge, many haue dygged and lefte of, er euer the pytte hath ben fully made. [Page] Noble HENRY the eyght is he, whom we trust, thou wolt always ayde and presorue, not only vntyll all popyshe power be brought into the diche here in Englande, but also vntylle all Christian nations shall haue soo couered this dyche, that Romish power be neuer able to ryse ageyne.

Quia nō repellet dominus plebem suam: et haereditatem suam non derelinquet.

¶Let England I say, put other nations in memorie, of the great falle, that the estate of Christendome toke, whan kynges began to obey the lewde doctrine of priestis, whan pristes presumptuously toke vpon theym, to rule goddis worde after their fantasyes, and not theyr lustes, accordyng to his [Page] lawes. Let fortunate Englande whiche nowe in spyte of tyrantes tethe, hathe recouered her inherytaunce, be an exaumple to the reste of Christendom, that goddis wyll is not, to forsake his people, to see their right inheritance wrongfully kept from them. God hateth all suche as vsurpe vpon his anoynted kynges. Awake christen kynges awake, Englande blowethe the trompe, and sheweth you all, how ye may auoyde bondage, and howe accordinge to your title and name, ye may as kynges rule and Reygne. God chose not you his kynges, for to be reuled, but to rule. Ye maye haue offycers vnder you, as many as you wyll: beynge kynges, you oughte to haue none aboue you.

[Page]Quoadus (que) iustitia conuertatur in iuditium, & qui iuxta illa omnes qui recto sunt corde.

¶ God a longe season suffered Pharao, to vexe his people, to heape affliction vppon affliction, and yet at the laste he mette with hym, and in a day was euen with hym for all the iniuries, he hadde done to his people. He forbare a great whyle, and yet a tyme came, that he wolde suffer no longer, but conuerted iustyce to iudgement, & rightuously executed suche sentēce ayenst him, as he had long before differred. The tyme is at hande, yt Christe shall for their great abhominatiō, se these tyrātes at Rome, turned out of their triūphant thrones, wherin they syt as gods, treadinge downe the lawes of Christ, [Page] settynge vp theyr decrees and decretals, as rules, or rather misrules, to disordre almooste, all that god had welle ordred before. The tyme is at hande, that they shalbe brought from pride, to mekenesse, from superfluities, to honeste pouertie, from voluptuous luste, to sober and chaste lyfe, frome haute and imperious commaundementes, to humble and lowely obedience, from feined holynes and hypocrisie, to godlynes and ryghte religion, and than shall we haue good cause to saye, as saynt Iohn sayde in the Apocalyps, Cecidit Babylon, cecidit Babylon ciuitas magna, that is, the greatte Babylon, the greatte citie of Babylon is fallen downe, she is fallen, that made al nations dronke with the wyne of her hooryshe fornication.

[Page]Quis consurget mihi aduersus malignantes? aut quis stabit mecum aduersus operantes iniquitatem?

¶Lyke as the excellente kynge and prophete Dauid, greatly meruaylynge, dydde demaunde, who shulde ryse with hym, to subdewe euyll doers, workers of wyckednesse, so may our moste noble and Christen kynge saye, who ought not to rise with me, to the vanquishyng of this monstruous hydra, considering the innumerable mischeues, the ciuile discord, the cruel warres, the effusion of Christian bloudde, that hath bene shedde by the practises of these Romayn bishops? Who hath not harde, how these good prelates, haue set princis subiectes ayenst their soueraines, [Page] moch cōtrarie to the doctrine of Peter & Paul, which expressely commaunde, and woll all subiectes to obeye their pryncis, vnder peyne of perpetuall damnation. They ceasse not to encomber all pryncis realmes with Sedytion, where they perceyue any thyng in hande, touchynge their refourmation, & wol kynges styl suffer such sowers of hatrede and mischiefe, styll to haue to do in their realms? Ought they not rather to giue ere to our moste noble prince, sayenge with Dauid, Quis cōsurget mihi aduersus malignātes? aut quis stabit mecum aduersus operantes iniquitatem? Who wolle ryse with me ayenst these wicked men? what prince wolle folowe, to take parte with me, ageinst these moste [Page] vngodly persons?

Nisi quia dominus adiuuit me, paulominus habitasset in inferno anima mea.

¶If there were none that wolde folowe the godly wayes, and further the vertuous procedynges of the most worthy Henry our kyng, yet god, that euer doth assiste and exalte the good, resyste and withstande the proude, shall vnder the shadowe of his holy wynges, defende all rightuous causes. They that seke rightuousnes, may ofte be broughte into manye straytes, moch trouble, great distresses, but yet if the confidēce and trust, that they oughte to haue in god, fayle theym nat, they are euer sure to escape. Dauyd was broughte into many dangers, and yet euermore [Page] delyuered. And who knoweth nat what ieoperdies the kinges highnes hath escaped only by the helpe of god?

Si dicebam motus est pes meus misericordia tua domine adiuuabat me.

¶The kynges hyghenesse maye say, as wel as euer Dauid might, when so euer I said to the, my fote slypped, or fayled me, my frēdis or subiectis, whom I entierly trusted & loued, were not as I toke them, thy mercy good lord, alwayes did helpe me, and kepte me euermore from fallynge. The byshoppe of Rome hath sought many wayes, to make his gracis feete slyppe: but god be thanked, his highnesse standethe euerye daye more surer than other, euery daye more faster [Page] than other.

Secundum multitudinem dolorum meorum in corde meo, consolationes tuae laetificarent animam meam.

¶It is not to be douted, but his highnesse moste tender and gentil harte, felte great dolour, whan he sawe suche to haue intended hym moste hygh displeasure, whom he toke to be his trustiest seruauntes, and as the dolours were greatte, soo muste his gracis gladnesse be greatter, to see the wakynge eye of god, so redy to vndo his enemies, so prest to preserue and defend his highnes. His wysedome, hath deuoured a great multitude of peynes, folowyng the feruent studye and desyre he hathe to maynteyne the word of god, ayenst the proud [Page] Babylonicall byshop, and yet the consolation and comfortes, which he taketh by the ouerthrowe of soo intollerable a monster, of suche an ennemy to truthe and goddis honour, is farre greatter than euer were his peynes.

Nunquid adhaeret tibi sedes iniquitatis? quia fingis laborem in praecepto.

¶Can the seate of wyckednesse, be ioyned with the good lorde? Is it to be thought, that thou chosest hym to thy vycar, whiche worketh all thinges in maner contrary to thy wylle and pleasure? Wolt nat thou declare one daye in other realmes, as well as thou haste done in this noble realme of England, that thy wyll is, the bysshoppe of Rome, which abuseth the pretense [Page] of thy commaundementes, to the settynge forthe of his abhomynable doctryne, be taken to be as he is, thyne ennemye, a deceyuour of as many as truste hym? he hathe seditiousely swarued frome that state, and degree, whiche thou settest hym in. He is made of an humble sheparde, an ymage for pryncis to kisse his shoes, wol nothing moue the good god, that thou styl with suche pacience suffereth hym thus to abuse thy pacience? Moyses coulde hurle Chore, Dathan, and Abiron into helle, for disseueryng them selues from his gouernance. And shall not other princis brynge this runnagate, this strayeng byshop, vnder the yocke of obedience, as Henry the eyght hath done? Helpe them good lorde, as thou haste holpen hym, open their [Page] eyes, as thou haste doone his, the popysshe power is vtterlye confounded.

Captabunt animam iusti, et sanguinem innocentem condemnabunt.

¶He & his neuer cesse, to seke the distruction of the rightuous, styll condemnyng the innocentes blod. Here if a man wolde but reherse, howe many they haue condemned by fals processe, chargynge theym with errors, that died for truthes sake, he shuld find a great slaughter, a great quantitie of innocentes bloud drawen by these bloud suckers. But he that lusteth to put in writynge, what bloudde hathe bene shedde, what a noumber of men haue dyed at suche tymes, as these haue set christen princis one [Page] against an other, he shulde be able to iustifie, that gret mylles myght be driuen with bloude, if that that hath ben shedde, coulde runne together. A piteouse case, that the innocent shoulde be taken for the gyltie, a worlde to be lamented, that the wycked shoulde sende the godly to be slayn, euen as lambes in the fleshambles. Our lorde be thanked, Englande is nowe oute of that case, and none slayn, in especiall by proces and iudgemente, but suche as are vnworthy to lyue.

Et factus mihi dominus in refugium, et deus meus in adiutorium spei mei.

¶Men knowe, what wayes this byshop and his adherentes, haue sought and dayly seke, to hurt noble Henry the .viii. men se, howe [Page] his hyghnesse maye stylle saye, as Dauid sayde, The lord is he, that I fly vnto for helpe, he is the comforte of my hope, he is myn hoole truste and shote anker. If he continue his aide and succour toward me, I woll nothynge doubte, but as I haue passed ouer the Babylonycall walles: that soo one day, other princis woll come to the sackynge of this harlot, that hath so longe deluded them, I truste euery byrde woll take his fether, and that the prowde crowe of Esope, beinge ones naked, shal make the worlde to laughe, whiche a longe season hath made it to wayle.

Et reddet illis iniquitatem ipsorum, et in malitia eorum disperdet eos, disperdet illos dominus deus noster.

[Page]¶He hath played the tyraunte to many yeres, prowdely vexynge whome he lusted, sparyng neither kynge ne Keysar. God, styrred by the synnes of the people, and angry with the ygnorāce of princis, hath suffered hym thus to reygne and rage ouer them both, a longe a longe season, and yet sufferethe him to rule in many nations, both as moche their losse and damage, as he and his pyrates, I wolde haue sayde prelates, can deuyse. God is a god fulle of compassion, and one that longe suffreth, stylle lookynge for, and desyrynge amendement. But where he seeth no hope of redresse, he payeth in one houre all dettes. Assuredly, yf we woll vse, the knowlege, which god hath sent vs, to his honoure, [Page] the time is come, that he intendeth to execute his ryghtuouse sentence ayēst this sect of Sathan, ageinst this dronken strompette, so used in the bloudde of sayntes and martyrs. All the worlde shall cyre out, and saye, Woo woo to the, thou greatte Cytie of Babylon, thou myghty stronge citie, soo buylded vppe with blyndenesse of people: the houre is come, thy iudgement is giuen, though yet not executed. They that haue bene enryched by the, shal stande afarre of, wepyng and wailinge. The kynges of the erthe, shal nowe lament, that euer they medlyd with thy marchaundyse: lamente, that euer they toke thy parte: lamente, that they consented with the, to the vexation, trouble, prisonment, banyshynge, spoylynge, and sleing of innocentes. [Page] They shall nowe stande afar of: they wolle noo longer fauour thy wycked doinges: They woll sorowe, that they soo longe haue suffred the, and be moche aferde, leste god be lykewyse angrye with them. And so thou lefte alone, forsaken of all princys, hated of all the godly and good men, shalt wofully come to a myserable ende. The lord our god hym selfe shall brynge the, to shame, sorowe, ruine, and vtter confusion.

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THE EXPOSITION AND declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes.

TO THE MOST HIGH AND myghty prynce, HENRY the .VIII. kynge of Englande and of Fraunce, defendour of the faithe, lorde of Irelande, and in erthe supreme heed immediatly vnder Christe of the church of Englande, his most humble subiect, Henry Parker knight, lorde Morley, wyssheth all welth & prosperitie.

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IF I HAD MOST christyan Prynce, and my most dere and graciouse soueraygne lord, as Uirgil saythe, an hundred mouthes, with as many tounges, and therewith as moche swete eloquence, as had the Grecian Demosthenes, or the Romayn Cicero, yet coulde not I expresse halfe the vertue, halfe the rightuousnes, that is in your most royal [Page] maiestie, as in a perfecte Arke of all princely goodnes and honour. For where as vnto this presente tyme of your moste happy reigne, this youre Empire mooste triumphant, hath ben wrongfully kept, as tributarie vnto the Babylonicall seate of the Romyshe byshop, your moste sage and polytike wisedome hath benne suche, that as it maye be well thoughte, by diuine inspiration, ye haue taken a very kynges harte, whiche seketh, as it ought, to rule, and nat to be ruled. and hath set the englysshe nation at fredoome and lybertie. What worthy thākes for so noble a dede, and so beneficial an acte, can your mooste bounden subiectes render vnto your high maiestie? We may moche better say to you, than euer might the Romans vnto the most [Page] noble Emperour Augustus, that ye are not onely the noblest kynge that euer reigned ouer the english natiō, but also Pater patriae, that is, the father of our countrey, one by whose vertue, lernyng, and noble courage, England is newe borne, newly brought from thraldome to freedome. For where as there is nothing more swete than libertie, nothynge more bytter than bondage, in so moche that death hath ofte ben chosen to aduoyde seruitude. What owe we vnto you most gracious soueraigne lorde, which ar by you, as by a most natural father, the bondes broken, set out of danger, from the captiuite Babylonical, so that we may say plainly as the Iewes dydde to Iudith: You are our beautie, you are oure honour, you are our glorie. Scipio [Page] the Affrican dyd moche for the Romayns, Codrus for the Atheniens, Epaminondas moche for ye Thebans, Themistocles moch for the Grecians, Cirus moche for the Persians, Salandine moche for the Egyptians, and yet all these cōpared with your hyghnes, may seme almost to haue done nothing at al. I therfore, most christē king beinge a parttaker of all your inestimable benefites, haue and shal always study, whyche wayes, and howe I maye, to the vttermoste of my litel and moste feble puissance, giue thankes to your highnes for the same. And for as moche as I knowe my selfe vnmete to do any bodily seruice, condigne to so vertuous & excellent a prince, yet at ye least I shal gyue vnto your hyghnes, ye thing, which aswel the feble [Page] as the stronge maye gyue, that is to saye, hartye prayers to god, for the preseruation of so iust, so mercyfull, and so faythefull a kynge. I than offer vnto your hyghnesse this newe yere, dere and dred soueraygne lorde, this psalme of king Dauid, Deus ultionum dominus, with a briefe declaration of the same, moste humbly praienge your high accustomed goodnes, to accepte it in gree, & not to regarde the rudenes, but rather the faithfulnes of me your subiect, that wylleth with the very harte, as he writeth, goodnes, and all goodnesse to you: And to youre ennemye the Babylonicall byshoppe of Rome, reproufe, shame, and vtter ruine.

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Londini in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress.

Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

ANNO. M. D. XXXIX.

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The exposition and declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes

Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556.

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1539

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— The exposition and declaration of the Psalme, Deus ultionum Dominus, made by syr Henry Parker knight, lord Morley, dedicated to the kynges highnes, Morley, Henry Parker, Lord, 1476-1556..

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In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress],. [Londini :: 1534 [i.e. 1539]. (Imprint from colophon.) (Title page, in error, reads: 1534.) (Running title reads: Exposition of the psalme. 93.) (Signatures: A-C(-C6-8).) (Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.)

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