¶ A treatise declaring the despite of a secret seditious person/ that dareth not show himself. Qui male agit odit lucem. Io. 3. ¶ His doings among true men/ should not be had in place That feareth to tell his name/ & shameth to show his face. WHy I thus do write/ is greatly to be mused But before I depart/ It shall appear more plain beseeching all honest men/ to have me excused Though (as no lass bounden) I do seem very fain By verity to vanquish malyvole disdain Force me so forceth/ and willeth me to write Truly for the truth's sake and nothing for despite ¶ And now briefly to my purpose/ the effect is this Of late I wrote two libels/ not thinking to offend But perceiving among us things to be amiss Still stirring and procuring us lewdly to contend Of such indecent order/ I desired the end For the which cause only/ I took on me to write Truly for the truths sake/ and nothing for despite ¶ But now I well perceive/ I rubbed some on the gall Obsequium amicos veritas odium parit. Tirentius Which causeth them to grunt/ and earnestly to groan Well, (be as be may) I can not do with all It will not from the flesh/ that is rooted in the bone For my true maening/ some show themself full prone By slander to deface me/ withal their power & might Nothing for the truths sake/ but all for mad despite ¶ They name me a papist/ and say/ I do not love None other but papists/ and men of popish mind The true trial whereof/ I refer to God above Hoys veritatem dicentes a malis odio habentur. Ad gal. 4 And consequently to others/ what they can prove & find O man malicious/ that wouldest so fain blind The good intentes of others/ which truly do and write Labouring their destruction/ through serpentine despite ¶ If justly you can prove/ as you declare in writing Qui loquitur iniqua non potest latere, nec preteriet illum corripiens judicium. Sap. i. That I love none, but papists, than may you well maintain Me to be a traitor/ both to God/ and our good King To the just trial of the which/ I will drive you plain For you it is to late/ to call in your words again Though as a lurking lorrel/ your name you will not write Both you shallbe known/ and your devilish despite ☞ If you have known/ any such treason to be in me ●orte digni sū● non solum q ea faciunt sed etiam q consentiunt facientibꝰ, Ad Roma. i. Then you in your duty/ have been very negligent The part of every true heart/ towards his King should be what he knoweth agaist his grace/ forthwith to make evident Who conceleth others treason/ as a traitor doth consent Wherefore this your doing/ may appear/ to each man's sight Nothing for the truths sake/ but all for lewd despite ¶ You declare furthermore/ that lately I rebelled Against the Kings majesty/ and his council all For the which slander/ I am greatly compelled Before the higher powers/ this matter for to call As surely I will do/ doubt you it not at all Ois qui facit justiciam ex deo natus est. i Io. ij At whose hands I will ask/ but justice and right specially for the truths sake/ & nothing for despite. Yet Cathon the wise/ doth teach me/ & biddeth me not to care Cum recte vivas ne cures verba malorum Arbytrij n●i non est quod q●sque loquatur. Cato. So as my life be honest/ let the wicked say their mind We can not forbid men's speech/ wherefore let them not spare Nature in every thing/ will show her proper kind Which to be proved true/ is easy enough to find In that/ that you have done/ sparing not to write Nothing for the truths sake/ but all for mad despite ¶ That/ wherewith you be grieved/ is always forth coming My name plainly thereunto/ I will it not deny And I ready to be punished/ for such my doing If I have so deserved/ and can be found cause why Quare non timuistis detrahere servo meo. Nu. x. Wherefore you be moche to blame/ so to rail and cry Openly detracting me/ against all law and right As I am/ I will be known/ so shallbe your despite ¶ I could say some what more, but I mind not to contend Ex fructibus eorum cognostis eos. Math. seven. In insidiis suis capiuntur iniqui. Prou. x. As the tree by her fruits/ is always chiefly known So I doubt not/ by your works/ before this matter end you shallbe well perceived/ & what blasts you have blown And what kinds of sede/ every other man hath sown Wherefore I do advise you/ be sure you stand upright I doubt not to overthrow you/ in your own despite. ☞ your book doth open matter/ not meet I should here touch Tenꝑi seruiēdū est. ad Romanos. xii. But within short time/ it shall show itself more plain Your doings well declare/ how in heart you still grouche And against whom, because you can not your will obtain your malice doth so blind you/ & biddeth you not refrain Malicia eorum excecavit eos Sapien. two, But thoroughly to proceed/ blustering with force & might forgetting clean your duty/ and all for mad despite ☞ And now to conclude/ O david holy prophet & king judica me deus & discern causam meam de gente non sct Turrian abhoie ●iquo & doloso erue me. Psal. xlii Unto god omnipotent/ most high and eternal In psalmist here with thee/ will I cry and sing judge thou me (o Lord) that art judge over all Discern thou my cause/ and let me to the call To be rid from the wicked/ which labour day & night Thy verity to vanquish by deceitful despite ¶ And as thou art Lord of lords & king of kings Preserve our noble king/ our most precious treasure With Katherine our Queen, & grant that their proceedings In long life may prosper/ unto thy will and pleasure And to Edward our Prince/ that most redolent flower Infuse in them thy grace/ and help we may be quite Of these sects seditious/ so swelling in despite ¶ God save the King. Qui male agit odit lucem. joh. iii His doings among true men/ should not be had in place That feareth to tell his name & shameth to show his face ¶ By Thomas Smythe, servant to the Kings Royal Majesty And clerk of the queens grace's council (though most unworthy. ¶ Imprinted at London in Pater noster row, at the sign of our lady pity by Iohn Redman/ ad imprimendum solum.