If befalls me again, France, as formerly, to
What a lamentable and a soft voice
I will want nothing to deafen the ears,
Singing the passions and pains nonpareils
of a heart burning with love, concern that a young point:
I'm glad when you don tapping point.
If one affected, and sweet cuteness
flattering your manners, vice into virtue I disguise: And
traitor to your honor, I want to invite you
From what I owe you advise to avoid: If after a
by Timon audacity clever
I bite the Substitute Theonine of a tooth,
Envious labor nicer minds
Refused me the honor of my writings glances. But since
Now I only good for your sleep:
And your only duty, FRANCE, I advise you:
I pray thee, my country, not to dismiss me:
But, my dear country, I pray thee listen.
Do thyself accroire be dishonest case,
To lend your ear to the voice of a poet:
For the Poets are favored of Heaven:
And men from below are interpreters of the Gods.
Poets once the ancient wisdom
Mit between public and private difference
The profane and sacred of all divided,
Marriage feigned first informed him, broke
The license of wandering wedding
Assembla cities, built large cities,
She prophesied, it was in the woods
in stone, bronze and burn the holy laws. The Thracian Orpheus
quieted their spirits
By admired his poetry, men in wild
He was out of the woods by her sweet
preached all agree to live together civilly.
is the reason why it is said the forests themselves, the
have followed the sound of his divine poems
And have softened the Tiger and the Lion.
is also why we said, qu'Amphion
By the sound of his lyre, and by human prayer
stones gathered from the city of Thebes.
But once the mighty Spartans
knew your dam, Mycenaean peoples,
How can the poet, and what courage locker
A good day to soldiers in battle. But
addition, my country, therefore not included, hear me,
Learn how you are feared to your king.
If a Scythian barbarian, full of treachery,
extended until his proud tyranny
(What divert the Gods of the Gallic Empire)
If however he should obey its laws
serve Him, adore Him, offer its request
Not only goods but also head
There, in spite of ourselves, our will should be stored
undergo the appetite of a villain Abroad:
But it pleases God, our God loves us: Who
FRANCE French rule that does the same.
King that we have is the son of those kings
That our fathers had: that the Kingdom has
His ancestors have held: and all the wealth,
O people, you've come from their largesse:
They are pregnant your security on all sides
Your town ditches, walls and ramparts
You have them all your ports, your temples, your colleges,
All your freedoms, and all your privileges . And if you
can boast, FRANCE, you're not
Governed by kings descended from a place down, And the earth
children because the world is left
More children of the gods and their heavenly race,
Let our Princes hectorien from blood, once in Gaul
Half blood Herculean: Race
always Gods dearly beloved
And the holy name of Christ very Christian named:
Who had the benefit of having the gift of heaven, The holy
lilies, and the precious ointment
Who anointed your kings sacred, the To return to
admirable cure an incurable disease
By the mere touch of their hands, and still
The terror of the Saracens, taught the golden flames.
Who boast s'osera All Kings strange
seeing in her yard embassies angels? By
which the high heavens, His holy house, God sent his
till present in low places:
To show the world, that He has cure
In the empire of Gaul, and he wants more That these old hard
renamed, or Assyrians,
Medes, Persians, Macedonians,
And those who still want to say the least
Whether their name is an empire. The
FRANCE is like last, and most flourishing
For as you see in your fatal
Two horns growing increasingly extend its light
So he is perfect its full roundness:
A similar course was the reign of the Gauls, who
English threat, and threaten the English
of two horns, one is bathed in the ocean,
The other hits the front great Pyrenees mountains: The mid-round
held from shore marine lava
What Garonne and the Seine, and Rhine, although
Challenge expanded to the fertile countryside,
That plowing up the hoary mountains
Or the people of the ancient toga name back, since Rubicon
Who stands to the Alps: And
continues to grow, as its shape completely round
Kiss the empire of the world.
Gold does not think, FRANCE, be more fortunate
Those who are otherwise governed by kings:
Either the people will be allowed peat, which is always
By reason despised:
Or that power is in the hands of the nobles on
One the other envious of goods and honors: Finally
such municipality is always ruined by
No cons other than you own mutinous: You did well
frightened people cecropien,
And the race of Aeneas as well testify.
Monarchy is not only the finest
form of government, but one is natural.
One God first everything leads world:
One Sun in the sky all the stars shine:
The heart in our body all the members at:
And the only reason our soul is mistress.
See the bees (if you can, because
Make a little makes a great comparison)
As they have a King, who from his small gent
Is feared and obeyed as a king of Egypt ,
That Sophi of Persia, or the Lord takes
the world now only as big
All he governs, and keep their work: All
honored him reverence and homage,
The accompanying everywhere, are often
To keep shots to get down to
As they wage war: and cruel wound
By serving their King, seeking a beautiful death.
Thus, FRANCE, you have your head towards Royal
Still far had the courage loyal:
And thy princes has increased the power
For your faithful love, and your obedience. Also
the glory of their work they have to do: Always
they let you to share your profits: Either
besides the Apennines and the Alps hoary,
They have made known their signs: Either
beyond the Rhine army had their este:
Either the country they have holy conquest,
Or hearing the divine voice was rather raw,
And where the Euphrates water and Jordan is drunk:
they have hunted those of the island of Albion,
Until last for cold Septentrion: Let
in the earth, where lies the chaste Parthenope,
They have ordered: or from Europe
Devers Sunset, they have made the gain made by chivalrous
the African country.
Or that English bands stubborn
They have pushed beyond their Pyrenees
Thy princes were only triumphant
The body was to you and your children.
And when their enemies kept silent by fear,
These are sometimes made friends (friends for feigned)
And to have means of war about,
Thee, O FRANCE, left to enjoy a peaceful rest:
My God how carefully took our meek Princes
To chase poverty all their provinces!
Nobles they loaded the honors, which
The countries in their courses and governors,
their pension they have enriched the churches,
They opened the course to all goods,
They judges selected the most learned ,
Poor unnamed people living from their work
They took into custody: and gave you, O FRANCE,
Full of all property in the Horn of Plenty.
Francus here by me will not you let, Neither
Pharamond too, Clovis, or Meroveus,
Not all those old Kings, whose memory we
Otherwise the report that we made history:
Elsewhere in my honor to be ventilation ports, the eight
charles still, and twelve Louis
But this great Francis royal clemency,
With the majesty equal to the greatest gods,
Who love thee overcame his ancestors, may still represent
before your eyes. HENRI
not only succeeds scepter:
But under the holy and both the excess.
You know of his reign on his accession,
The Quiet Peace was happy Commencement:
And how he knew that the bloody war of his fame Should
fill the whole earth, and that the idler
rest his honor wilting
However, for your own good, he loved peace: Or
one can know that what he likes most,
is the tranquility of its people, and comfortable.
But however it is your rest friend
Boldness vain grows in the heart of the enemy: Who
, possible to deal presumed
At a Sardanapalus asleep in the pen.
Like a morning seeing a wild boar in the woods
it takes for other pork, with irritating barking:
And clinging to him slight trespasses
Does not hurt when the terrible defenses care:
But do not think he knows nothing but lie in the mire
sloth, and the acorn chew. The boar
to see during his bitter anger emotion,
Enrage fight with his crooked teeth,
His white teeth, which he sharpens, and that comes out
Long before the mouth, and bringing death: He all frothy
the snout, and malice
On the neck and back him all the hair bristles: Fire
appear resplendent his ardent eyes: Then
curve, and rushes through bold
ja split on the dog: who ended his life In a later repent
accuses his madness. Thus
our enemies, seeing that our King
Weapons disdained: and for thy sake
Peaceful, and only careful justice
And manners, and laws, reformed your police: On board
imprudent angered
the heart of a king of all kings who should be the winner:
which they reported at the end of their account
The delayed repentance, and loss and shame.
Parma, Mirandola, and Siena, and later even
Your Tiber, Rome, served as controls:
Witness in either the Rhine and Germany all
Who at sea or land in another King no fear:
J ' calls to witness the good people of Scotch:
(The people now the young King Francis)
The Milannais knows how great is his strength: If
is chased out of the Genevan Corsica
In Flanders will never be destroyed
Mariembourg Neither honor nor Renty:
Metz made and defended our city and Calais
French again, and Guine, and Thionville
Testify his honor. It is true that he took,
People, it took the light of thy tearful cries
Who made him drop out of the hands victory,
And cutting off its greatest glory
To bring peace As you wish,
Ending your ills and make you happy. This great
Charles which the doctrine and wisdom,
The magnitude of the race, and the highness of the heart,
The admirable eloquence, and the sacred hat
And all virtues are a miracle again
As we confess never having
been far, and ever after unable to rise:
He, our King Crowned
wanted to send an olive branch of peaceful,
Willingness to peace that he has requested: Both
your usefulness to him is recommended.
And the King's faithful Achates is also
FRANCE From the Nestor, the valiant Montmorency
To which do not decrease property
virtue or honor, nor the love of his master. What condition
people (as you know)
Refused your King, to give you peace?
How he wanted to revel in your vows, Exit
its right? that he has wanted to do?
If some people are (blindfolded
one presumption) so much presumptuous:
they despise the good of this opportune moment,
To recommend to the winds of fortune
(How good a hope is still with us, PHILIPPE
What if, as they say, wise and gentle,
Knowing he can not have an alliance
worthy of his greatness, in another place in France:
And if he lets the opportunity ore
To escape from behind the nothingness wish he caught up.)
If the Englishman proud (I say) or otherwise, machinery, FRANCE
that destroy you, and nothing Thy ruin
alone satisfy his lack of your property,
Nothing as watering the ground with the blood of thine, And
done by the heat of the flames raging,
ash convert your cities sacked: People
s it is better you wait loosely
The unfortunate end of this event: What
to anticipate and carry her across
A itself, the evil which he threatens you.
The evil that one will receive, that stubbornly want to
Te war and is intended:
is a crash, and will be too small,
To contravene foreign forces: If you do violate
yourself by refusing
Your duty to yourself, to harming yourself.
People think you should, if a complaint does not care picnic
Our good King if not for public benefit yourself: If he had another
care that his only pleasure, without penalty
he could, at its option choose: It would have
point harness under a burning
Suffer the ardor of a grievous was too hot:
Neither too harsh winter feel grievous insult:
But O FRANCE, boredom, boredom while he endures,
FRANCE, everything is for you, like a dear child's father has
such care: that the more he defends
And his own body, and that his own life:
And to help him forget his business:
As a King, King, FRANCE, like yours,
sake of his people rather than his property: For
by becoming king, he load his shoulders, Atlas
Thus the sky, all the care of Gaul. You
, FRANCE, you can still afford to take
cons all, you're full of goods:
you shall fear your king now for the dependent?
What do I say to your King? but to defend yourself ? And what would
King who alone would need?
The ardent affection that you have and the care
From its size, you can encourage the courage
Not to fear for him nor death or injury.
Encor is with you that Duke victory
Duquel honor shining and glorious name
The coming centuries will not see the point extinguish
And that is except it does you need fear nothing,
This great Prince Lorrain. And then your risks
And thou shalt princes and foreign nations
More loans will help you, than you to the query:
We need only your will be ready.
But should you doubt it? Ja trumpets j'oy
And tambourines sounded, I shine ja voys
weapons and armor, my God that I see banners
deployed ja! my God of soldiers! Hey what
infantry, hey what brave police, to combat
All loans require all weapons.
This great Persian King, who gathered men
So many thousands, and under which the whole earth trembled
, while frightened Greece
had not so fine as that army stands:
But I praise all the good wishes
Some people I see coming from all sides and provide
life and property to the royal grandeur. But
as you are, my FRANCE, so loyal
God always help you: for God Almighty
Nothing is more pleasing, a people obedient to his
And Prince is loyal courage
The very good very great God-nothing That people hate more
unfair to Princes: for the place
They hold us, and are as images of God.
By this means you can gain the sweet peace:
And by this means alone drive out war.
When the enemy know what you're doing good duty,
Himself we tend the green branch of Peace:
Knowing that no force was able to appalling
A people who knows so loyal to war.
Then you will get the happy reward of thy
Prince that takes better care than we think
the goodwill of his own, and who knows
quick look at his service wanted less delay.
still the king Dauphin which so great wisdom
Looks like a prodigy so tender youth,
As goodwill yours, always remember
And one day your son will make it twice.
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françoys Remonstrance to the people of his duty In this time against the majesty of King (1559)
