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Show kinred and the kinges blood eyther partye enuyin _ others authoritye he now though that their de vifion fhoulde bee (as it was in dede) a fortherly begynnynge to the purfuite of his intente, and fure ground for the foundacion of al his buildin yf he might firfte vnder the pretext of reuengyng of olde difpleafure, abufe the anger and ygnoraunce of the tone partie, to the deftruccion of th tother: and then wynne to his purpofe as many as he coulde: and thofe that coulde not be wonne myght be lofte ere they looked therefore. For o one thynge was hee certayne, that if his entente wer perceived he fhol foon hau mad peac bee Kynge Edwarde in his life, albeit that this difcencion beetwene hys frendes fommewhat yrke hym: yet in his good healthe he fommewhat th lefle regarded it, becaufe hee thought whatfoeue bufines fhoulde falle beetwene them, hymfelf fhould alwaye bee hable to rule bothe the parties Bu in his laft ficknefle whe hee receiued hi naturall ftrengthe foo fore enfebled, that hee dyfpayred all recouerye, then hee confyderynge th youthe of his chyldren, albeit. hee nothynge lefl miftrufled then that that happened, yet well forfeynge that manye harmes myght growe by they debate, whyle the.youth of hys children fhould lacke difcrecion of themfelf and good counfayle o their frendes, of whiche either party fhold counfayle for their owne commodity and rather by pleafaunte aduyfe too wynne themfelfe fauour, then b profitable aduertifemente to do the children good he called fome of them before him that were a variaunce, and in efpecyall the lorde marques Dorfette the quenes fonne by her fyrfte houfebande and Richarde the lorde Haftynges, a noble man than lorde chambetlayne agayne whome the quen fpecially grudged, for the great fauoure the ky bare hym, and alfo for that fhee thoughte hym fecretlye familyer with the kynge in wanton coumpanye. Her kynred alfo bare hym fore, as wel for that the kynge hadde made hym captayne o Calyce (whiche office the lorde Ryuers, brother t the quene, claimed of the kinges former promyfe as for diuerfe other great giftes which he receyued that they loked for Whe thefe lordes with di uerfe other of both the partie prefence lifting th kyng vpp wer comme i himfelf an vnderfette with pillowes, as it is reported on thi wyfe fayd vnto them, My lordes, my dere kinf menne and alies, in what plighte I lye you fee, an 1 feele By whiche the lefle whyle I looke t lyue with you, the more depelye am I moued t care in what cafe | leaue you, for fuch as I leauv you, fuche bee my children lyke to fynde you Whiche if they fhoulde (that Godde forbydde fynde you at varyaunce, myght happe to fall them {elfe at warre ere their difcrecion woulde ferue ¢ fette you at peace. Ye fe their youthe, of wh I recken the onely furetie to refte in youre cop For it fuffifet cord not that al you loue th,emi yf eche of you hate other If they wer mepne your faithfulnefle happelye woulde fuffife childehood muft be maintained by mens authoritye and flipper yout vaderproppe with elde coug. fayle, which neither they can haue, but ye geu nor ye geue it, yf ye gree not boureth to break For wher eche that the other maketh an hatred of eche of others parfon, impugneth ech others counfayle, there mufl it nedes bee long ere any twene the bothe parties, with his owne bloude TH O W ISd9 R B conclufio goo goe forwarde. An alfp while either partye laboureth to be chiefe, flattery fhall haue more place then plaine and faithfull ad. uyfe, of whyche mufte needes enfue the euyll bring. in vpp o th prynce whof xpynd. In tender youth infec, fhal redily fal to mifchief and riot, an drawe down with this noble relme to ruine, buti grace turn him to wifdom then thei tha by euil mene whic befor if God fend pleafe hi beft, fhal after fall fartheft out of fauour, fo tha euer at length euill driftes dreue to nought, and good plain wayes profper. Great variaunce hat ther long bene betwene you, not alway for grea caufes. Sometime a thing right wel intended, ou mifconftruccion turneth vnto worfe or a fmal di pleafure done vs, eyther our owne affeccion or eul tongues agreueth But this wote I well ye neue had {o great caufe of hatred, as ye have of loue That we be al men, that we be chriften men, this fhall T leave for prechers to tel you (and yet I wote nere whither any prechers wordes ought moret moue you, then his that is by and by gooyingt the place that thei all preache of.) But this fha defire you to remember, that the one parte of yo 1s of my bloode, the other of myne alies, and ech of yow with other, eyther of kinred or affinitie whiche fpirytuall kynred of affynyty, if the facramentes of Chriftes churche, beare that weyght wit v that woulde Godd the did, fhoulde n lefle. moue vs to charitye, then the refpe&e of flethlye confanguinitye. OQure Lorde forbydde, that you loue together the worfe, for the felfe caufe that you ough peneth to lou the better And no wher And yet that hap fynde wee fo deadlye de- bate as amonge them, whyche by nature and lawe mofte oughte to agree together. Suche a peflilente ferpente is ambicion and defyre of vaine gloryean foueraintye entret which crepet among foort {tates wher he onc fo farre, tyll with deuifio and variaunce hee turneth all to mifchiefe. Firft longing to be nexte the beft, afterwarde egall wit the beite, and at lafte chiefe and aboue the befte Of which immoderate appetite of woorfhip thereby of debate and difiencion what _lofi'ef |