%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; ]> A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedy= / cyous person / that dareth not shewe hym selfe. / His doyngs amoge trewe men / shuld not be had in place / That feareth to tell his name / & shameth to shewe his face. Smyth, Thomas University of California - Santa Barbara The Early Modern Center English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA) Director Patricia Fumerton Associate Director Carl G Stahmer 1540-1540 Early Modern Center, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 10/18/2018 36268

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S2984 WHy I thus do wryte / is greatlye to be mused Society of Antiquaries of London - Broadsides Editor none none none none Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 7 A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedy= / cyous person / that dareth not shewe hym selfe. / His doyngs amoge trewe men / shuld not be had in place / That feareth to tell his name / & shameth to shewe his face. A treatise declaring the despite of a secret seditious person that dareth not show himself. His doings among true men should not be had in place That feareth to tell his name & shameth to show his face. Smyth, Thomas Printer John Redman 1540-1540

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WHy I thus do wryte / is greatlye to be mused But before I departe / It shall appere more playne Besechynge all honest men / to have me excused Thoughe (as no lasse bounden) I do seme very fayne By veryte to vaynquysshe malyvole 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 perceyvynge amonge us thynges to be amys Styll styrrynge and procurynge us 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 perceave / I rubbed some on the gall 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 Obsequium a- micos veritas odium parit. Tirentius They name me a papyste / and saye / I do not love None other but Papystes / and men of popysshe mynde The trewe tryall wherof / I referre to God above And consequently to others / what they can prove & 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 Homines veritatem dicentes a ma- lis odio haben tur. Ad gal. 4 If justely you can prove / as you declare in wrytynge That I love none, but papistes, than may you wel mayntain Me to be a traytour / both to God / and our good kynge To the juste tryall of the whiche / I woll dryve you playne For you it is to late / to call in your wordes agayne Though a lurkyng lorrel / your name you woll not write Bothe you shalbe knowen / and your develysshe despyte Qui loquitur iniqua non po- test latere, nec preteriet illum corripiens ju- dicium. Sap. i. If you have knowen / any such treason to be in me Then you in your dewtye / have bene very neglygent The parte of every true hert / towardes his Kynge shuld be what he knoweth agaist his grace / furthwith to make evydent 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 Morte digni sunt non solum qui ea faciunt sed e tiam qui consentiunt facientibus, Ad Roma. i. You declare furthermore / that lately I rebelled Agaynst the Kynges majestye / 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 At whose handes I woll aske / but justyce and ryght Specyally for the truethes sake / & nothynge for despyte. Omnis qui facit justiciam ex deo natus est. i. Jo. ii
Yet Cathon the wyse / doth teach me / & byddeth me not to care 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 every thynge / woll shewe her proper kynde Whiche to be proved true / is easy ynough to fynde In that / that you have done / sparynge not to wryte Nothyng for the truthes sake / but all for mad despyte Cum recte vi- vas ne cures verba malorum Abrytrii nostri non est quod quis- que loquatur. Cato. That / wherewith you be greved / 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 have so deserved / and can be founde cause why 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 / to shal be your despyte Quare non ti muistis de- trahere servo meo. Nu. x. I could say some what more, but I mynde not to contende 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 perceaved / & what blastes you have blowen And what kyndes of sede / every other man hath sowen Wherfore I do advyse you / be sure you stande upryght I doubte not to overthrowe you / in your owne despyte. Ex fructibus eorum cognos- tis eos. Ma- th. vii. In insidiis suis capiunter ini qui. Prov. x. your boke doth open mater / not mete I shold here touche But within shorte tyme / it shall shewe itselfe more playne Your doynges well declare / how in herte you styll grouche And agaynst whom, because you cannot youre wyll obtayne your malice doth so blynd you / & byddeth you not refrayne But throughly to procede / blusteryng with force & myght Forgettynge cleane your dewtye / and all for mad despyte Tempori servien dum est. ad Ro manos. xii. Malicia eorum excecavit eos Sapien. ii. And now to conclude / O Davyd holy prophet & kynge Unto god omnipotente / moste hyghe and eternall In Psalmyst here with the / wyll I crye and synge Judge thou me (o Lorde) that arte judge over 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 judica me de- us et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta ab homine iniquo et doloso erue me. Psal. xlii And as thou arte Lorde of lordes & kynge of kynges Preserve our noble kynge / our moost precyous treasure With Katherine our Quene, & graunt that theyr procedynges In longe lyfe maye prospere / unto 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 save the Kynge. His doynges among trew men / shuld not be had in place That feareth to tell his name & shameth to shewe his face Qui male a- git odit lucem. Joh. iii
By Thomas Smythe, servaunt to the Kynges Royall Majestye And clerke of the Quenes graces councel (thoughe mooste unworthy. Imprynted at London in Pater noster rowe, at the sygne of our lady pytye by Johnn Redman / ad im- primendum solum.