| ref.ed: 81 | |
| sig: E1 | |
| Which had me in the snare | |
| Of pensyue thought and payn. | |
| She saw that faithfully | |
| I dyd my hert resynge resynge: =resign | |
| 5 | To take it ge[n]tylly. |
| She dyd nothing repyn. | |
| Wherfore away all payn. | |
| For now I am right sure | |
| Pyte in hir doth rayn | |
| 10 | That hath my hert in cur. |
|
Finis |
|
| ¶Dryuen by dissyr to set affection. | |
| A great way alas aboue my degre | |
| Chosen I am I thinke by election. | |
| To couet that thing that will not be. | |
| 5 | I serue in loue not lyke to sped. |
| I loke alas a lytell to hye. | |
| Agaynst my will I do in-ded. | |
| Couet that thing that will not be. | |
| My fanzy alas doth me so bynd | |
| 10 | That I can se no remedy |
| But styll to folow my folych mind. | |
| ref.ed: 82 | |
| sig: [E1v] | |
| And couet that thing that wyll not be. | |
| I hopyd well whan I began | |
| And sens the proue is contrary. | |
| 15 | Why shold I any longer than. |
| Couet that thing that wyll not be. | |
| But rather to leaue now at the last. | |
| Then styll to folowe fanzy. | |
| Content with the payn that is past | |
| 20 | And not couet that thing that will not be. |
|
Finis. |
|
|
The pylgrymse tale. |
|
| ¶In lincolneshyr fast by the fene. | |
| Ther stant a hows and you yt ken. | |
| And callyd sempynham of religion. | |
| And is of an old foundation | |
| 5 | Buyldyt full many a yer ago. |
| To helpe sowllis out of there payn and wo. | |
| Or ellis tho beyn begyled | |
| At whos cost such houses were byld | |
| But there I was as fortune showpe | |
| 10 | A_fore I ouer the fen toke. |
| Toward walsingham apon my pelgrymag | |
| I had caght in myn hed suche a dotag. | |
| That the gren gat I had more delit to folow | |
| ref.ed: 83 | |
| sig: E2 | |
| Then of deuotion to seke the halowe | |
| 15 | and at this town were-as this hows stant |
| Of good lodgyng we can non want | |
| But in myn In or euer I to[ke] my eace. toke] to 1538 | |
| To walke about it did me best pleace | |
| Ouer a brydg thorow a gren meyd | |
| 20 | Where I might behold in euery sted. |
| The greate buyldyng of this obbey | |
| Strong ynoghe t[h]oughe it were not gay thoughe] toughe 1538 | |
| The houses of office on and other | |
| Where-on of leyd lay many a fowther | |
| 25 | Wer well I_bylt and of a great costag |
| And forther with-out as is the vsag. | |
| About the cowrt the barns of great strenghe | |
| Wer bylt and the stablys in lenghe | |
| Were wyd and fayr and comly for to se. | |
| 30 | Saue sum-thing in ruin as thought me |
| Th[e]y were I_fall and not so well vphold They] Thy 1538 | |
| As thy had beyn by other days old. | |
| Whan for there bred men vsed to swynk | |
| And erne ther met or that they drynk | |
| 35 | As austen wrytys to them in heremo. |
| and wold suche brethren shold do so. | |
| For he that by husbandry wyll t[h]ryue and the thryue] tryue 1538 | |
| Must not trust in go but in now goe we. | |
| Therfore the labourers tho monk barnardyns. | |
| ref.ed: 84 | |
| sig: [E2v] | |
| 40 | Came in reproffe, of the benedictins. |
| Then was good housses and hospytalite | |
| And they estemyd for men of honeste. | |
| For then thy wroght and labouryd with ther hand. | |
| and fed with suche they gat or suche as they fand | |
| 45 | Ner was not as the bord seruid with couerd mese. |
| Suche super_fluyte was had for nedles | |
| Ner at tho days there was no suche presumption. | |
| That thorow there prayer there shold be redemption | |
| Ner of massys no suche multitude | |
| 50 | For a_mongst, an hundreth this is of certitude. |
| Of thes religyuse brethre[n], as I can red | |
| Where skarse .ii. prestes out of dred. Where: =were | |
| Benet which was an holy man | |
| Was a brother and no pryst as I here can. | |
| 55 | and gat his lyuyng with labour of his hand. |
| Tho days obediens in religion was fand. | |
| Francis was no prest but callid him-selue a brother | |
| Which working taught no man to be a begger | |
| For yf that he had taught beggyng | |
| 60 | Then had he done agaynst godis byding. |
| And agaynst the order of charyte. | |
| Excepd they be hold blynd lame or sykly. | |
| But as I wanderyd here to and fro. | |
| From place to place, alon as I dyd go. | |
| 65 | Loking on the old and antyk bulding. |
| In myn eyr behynd I herde a bussinge | |
| ref.ed: 85 | |
| sig: E3 | |
| and for at the fyrst I dyd him not se. | |
| I thought yt had beyn the dran-be | |
| That out of the hyue is dryuen for ydelnes | |
| 70 | and then it was a brother in his holynes. |
| Which of the hous was sum officer | |
| Be_lyke the bowcer or the tresurer | |
| Or sum rowm ellis I thinke he had | |
| A solome man that small chere made. | |
| 75 | It was not met to suche a man as he. |
| To take acquantans in low degre | |
| Except it were a knyght or a lord. knyght] knynght 1538 | |
| That mor to his appetyd dyd accord | |
| Then could he fation in the best wyce. | |
| 80 | Many a de[yn]te dyche in seruys. deynte] denyte 1538 |
| And handell him-selue full fayr at his table. | |
| And therto had men, seruychable. | |
| That low on kne with keuering of his cupe. | |
| Cwold saue his clothis from fallinge any drope | |
| 85 | The cronikis old from kynge Arthur. |
| He could reherse and of his founder | |
| Tell full many a whorthy story. | |
| Wher this man walked there was no farey. | |
| Ner other spiritis for his blessynges | |
| 90 | and munbling of his holy thinges |
| Did vanquyche them from euery buch and tre. | |
| There is no nother incubus but he | |
| For chaucer sathe in the sted of the quen elfe. | |
| ref.ed: 86 | |
| sig: [E3v] | |
| [Ther walketh now the limitour himself] line supplied by Fraser | |
| 95 | For whan that the incubus dyd fle |
| Yt was to bringe .vii. worse than he | |
| and that is the cause there beyn now no fareys | |
| In hallis bowris kechyns ner dyris. | |
| Thes holy men beyn thus about sp[re]d spred] sperd 1538 | |
| 100 | Thorow all this lond in euery sted. |
| Of there awn retenue they weare the differens. | |
| To whom they haue professyd there obediens. | |
| For euere valeant and worthy warryor | |
| Perde is known by his cote-armor | |
| 105 | There-for this men, known must be. |
| By differe[n]s to whom they haue vowyd there chastite differens] differes 1538 | |
| What rekis them, the sayng of paull | |
| Which wylnith to men we shall not call. | |
| We ought not playn by there [t]eachyng. teachyng] cheachyng 1538 | |
| 110 | To gyue credens ner red suche wryting. |
| Suffisyth ynoghe to ther dome. | |
| To do as our elders haue don | |
| To mok and dissayue, men of there lyuelod | |
| In making beleue in there brother_hod | |
| 115 | Wher we shold only beleue in christis name |
| As we be taught, of the churche our dam | |
| Ner a_mo[n]gst ourselues to haue suche sectis. a_mongst] a_mogst 1538 | |
| Which the innocent people sore infectis | |
| Deuyding christ as in_sufficient. | |
| 120 | To simple wyttis a great incomberment |
| ref.ed: 87 | |
| sig: E4 | |
| In dyuerse colors flekyd lyke a pye. | |
| Sum gurd with ropis to seme holy | |
| Sum go barfot and sum go showd. | |
| and euere secte hath a straunge God. | |
| 125 | To whom they teache the people to call |
| In this on they aggre they be hodyt all | |
| and ellis euere on other doth deny | |
| Amongst them-[s]elue ther is suche enuy selue] felue 1538 | |
| The dominikis hold vp thomas_the_aquin | |
| 130 | That then douns he shold be better deuyne |
| and the minors agayn with hasty breth. | |
| Defendis dou[n]s euen to the deth. | |
| Th[e] carmel[i]tes haue set vp albert. The] Tha 1538; carmelites] carmelltes 1538 | |
| The hermytes with austen takis part | |
| 135 | Greatly requyring to gyue him the fame |
| But not to folow but only his name. | |
| Wher-with the chanons can not agre. | |
| But clamis him of there relygion to be | |
| and yet amongst them there is dispyt | |
| 140 | Sum goth in blak and sum in whyt |
| The whyt refusis the blak for his brother | |
| and sayth they be not of that chapter | |
| Of the mendicantes ther be orders fowr | |
| Which haue mad many a ryche man powr. | |
| 145 | and yf it be as old men sayn. |
| They spryng out of the name of caym. | |
| ref.ed: 88 | |
| sig: [E4v] | |
| For euen as abell was slayn with his brother | |
| So be thos slayn that trust in that order. | |
| And by a false fayth cleyn dismist | |
| 150 | That haue not holy beleue in Christ |
| Heremittes there be that holdyse of paul | |
| But I can not tell you be my soule. | |
| Whether ther were any such or no | |
| That constitute ydell bekers to go. | |
| 155 | There be other that be anthonyn |
| But he whom I salute was gylbertin | |
| Full loue reuerens I made with kne. | |
| And ouer his sholder [he] lokyd a_wry. he] she 1538 | |
| As thoughe he sawe me it was ynoghe | |
| 160 | Toward the churche I me droghe. |
| For I herd tell that by foundation. | |
| Of bothe the sixis there was religion. | |
| The women where closyd vp by the vysiter | |
| You know what perrele it is together. | |
| 165 | To ley hyrdis fast vnto the fyer. hyrdis: see OED s.v. hards, hurds, 'tough bits of flax'. |
| Which so[n]e to kyndyll is in daunger. | |
| But all this whyell I was in great moon. | |
| For that I was [by] my-selue, and company had non. by] 1538 omits | |
| Whan in the churche that I spyed walkyng | |
| 170 | A comely pryst and a welfaryng. |
| Lokyng in the wyndows all about. | |
| As thoughe sum old armis, he wher sekyng out. | |
| In a shord gown gurd by the wast. | |
| ref.ed: 89 | |
| sig: [E5] | |
| And a cersurt hod ouer his sholders cast. cersurt: Fraser suggests circuit. | |
| 175 | With a blak fryng hempyd al about |
| Slyt sum-thing before and takyd in a lowpe. | |
| His gown sleue was narow at the hand | |
| In whom he bare a Ioly whyt wand. | |
| He ware his geyr full well and semly. | |
| 180 | His bottis sat cleyn, and claspyd feytuosly |
| Rownd-visagyd and sum-thing son-ybrent | |
| He loked not as he were closter pent | |
| From place to place he dyd about rowm | |
| He semyd a master whan he was at home | |
| 185 | I longyd sum tydynges of him to [h]eare heare] eare 1538 |
| Because I toke him to be a straunger | |
| Thinking him rather to incly[n]e. | |
| Because we ware both perrygryne | |
| And dyssiryd him hertely of his curtesy. | |
| 190 | Of that fundation to show me the anscetry. |
| He told me sum-tym, that borne in that vilage. | |
| Was on gylbert that of a page | |
| Was there brought vp an holy man | |
| Which this relygion fyrst began. | |
| 195 | And so thorow-out the hole story. |
| I kepyd it well in memory. | |
| Dessyring him to s[h]ow me what he thought show] swow 1538 | |
| In his consciens whan he had sought | |
| Whether mans rule is so to be regardit | |
| 200 | And how he him-selue beleued to be rewardyt. |
| ref.ed: 90 | |
| sig: [E5v] | |
| By godis will and by his byding | |
| Or ellis by tradition of mens inuentyng | |
| and then he dyd planly confesse | |
| That mans work was wrechydnes. | |
| 205 | and to the corintheans he could rehers |
| That in mans work we shold not reIoce | |
| For paull him-selue wold haue yet known | |
| That mans work is our own | |
| For wether it be he cephas or apollo | |
| 210 | That is our awn what-euer we do. |
| Which is nought whan we do best. | |
| Exceptyd only our faith in christ. | |
| The thing for good that we pretend. | |
| Takis non effect as meritoriuse end. | |
| 215 | Therfore merit in vs is non. |
| But in our redemer christ alon. | |
| Abraam Isac and Iacob. | |
| Samuel ely ner patient Iobe | |
| For ther workes lay in pryson fast | |
| 220 | Tell the kyng of glory in brast |
| and fechyd them out wer-as they ley. | |
| We must [be] delyuered. by the same key be] 1538 omits | |
| and not by man ner in his inuention. | |
| For there ruell is but confucion. | |
| 225 | For it is expresse agaynst godis beading |
| That we to his ruell shold mak any adyng | |
| Ner with any-thing thought it seme right | |
| [............................]A line has dropped out here | |
| ref.ed: 91 | |
| sig: [E6] | |
| But humbly besekyng of syns remision | |
| 230 | Sayeng (demite) by christis instruction. |
| and this he gaue it in ruell generall | |
| In tokyn that we be synners all | |
| Now be that lord (quod I) that makid me. | |
| I lytell thought that in this contre | |
| 235 | Had ben any so perfyt at Iudgment. |
| and he answerd yes verament | |
| But we dar not for the bishops preche | |
| Ner the people instruct and teache | |
| Wher ot[h]er tyller they do non know other] otber 1538 | |
| 240 | But him that the cokyll doth sowe |
| That makis them knell to stokis and stons | |
| and kyse and offer to rottyn bons. | |
| and god wot here is full small diligens. | |
| To show the people there obedyens. | |
| 245 | Which they ought aboue all-thing |
| To god him-selue and to ther kyng | |
| Which vnder him hath here the gueuernans | |
| and made our hed by godis ordinans | |
| To whom is gyuen his houll power. | |
| 250 | Both to pu[n]yche and vs to socour punyche] puyche 1538 |
| First to correct he beris the swerd. | |
| and we offend by goddis word. | |
| and second he shall prefer and leyd | |
| The well-doer in euer[y] sted. euery] euer 1538 | |
| 255 | and by christ him-selue put in this degre. |
| ref.ed: 92 | |
| sig: [E6v] | |
| Whan it was takin from the clergy | |
| When they wer warnid from suche presumpcion | |
| Not for to tak no iurisdiction | |
| But he that wold haue the preferment | |
| 260 | To be ther ministre shold be diligent |
| As Christ himselue to teache vs nought for_gett | |
| [.......................]A line has dropped out here | |
| And first he dyd yt and after he taght | |
| Thes wordis sayd he haue I caght | |
| 265 | Whiche put me cleyn, owt of dowt |
| That bisshopis to kingis shold lowt | |
| Ner amongst them to haue no hed | |
| For christ him-selue it for_beyd | |
| And confirmid kingis in suche renown | |
| 270 | Next him in erthe to haue dominion |
| But her he sayd cowd I tell a tall tall: =tale (occurs 3x) | |
| Now I pray the quod I vnbu[kl]e thy malle malle: =mail (bag, pack) | |
| vnbukle] vnbulke 1538See OED s.v. unbulk | |
| And tell forthe the bisshop is not her | |
| 275 | His su[m]ner the officiall ner yet his chansler sumner] summer 1538 |
| And as we walkid with that he stayd | |
| And with an othe confirmid and said | |
| That I had reher[s]id nothing but papry. rehersid] reherhid 1538 | |
| Sprong owt of Antichrist full of foxry | |
| 280 | And of the chansler of lichfeld begon to spek |
| But I desyrid him not his fast to breke | |
| For I knew wel christis ente[n]t | |
| Was ne[u]er to set prist on Iugment | |
| But to teache men in-to better lyf | |
| 285 | And not cruelly to sle with blody knif |
| ref.ed: 93 | |
| sig: [E7] | |
| Well sayd he interrupt me no more | |
| My tall I will begin wher I le[f]t befor left] lest 1538 | |
| But fyrst or I can bring mi purpos | |
| I must his contrary disclos | |
| 290 | The son of perdition it is a strang term |
| And began in iudas as I can deser[n]e | |
| Which for mony sold his master | |
| And now they be growin in-to a gretter number | |
| Whiche be sprong out of iudas succession | |
| 295 | Ther cheffe captay[n] of transgression |
| Dothe paull spek of to the tessalonians | |
| That in this world hathe do[n] so muche greuans | |
| Which shall not be known to the vttermost | |
| But wha[n] ther coms a dissention first | |
| 300 | For thes that from christ be appostalat |
| Deuidit in-to sectis in_ordinat | |
| Agaenst godis ordinans be rebellion | |
| And as fyndis in hell full of dissention | |
| And dothe extoll ther awn noghtihod | |
| 305 | Aboue all that is called god |
| In the temple sitti[n]g an vnmet thing | |
| Showi[n]g him-selue as heuenly kyng | |
| Scriptur dothe show and determin | |
| That he shall be opinid in his tyme | |
| 310 | Whiche is constitut and by god set |
| It is not ther burning that can it let. ther] ther ther 1538 | |
| Ther mischeu[f]fe tyranny ner cruelnes mischeuffe] mischeunfe 1538 | |
| Clokyd with ypocracy and falsnes | |
| ref.ed: 94 | |
| sig: [E7v] | |
| He shalbe shoude and his iniquite | |
| 315 | The son of perdition perde |
| Whom Iesus_christ with the s[har]p rod sharp] strap 1538 | |
| Of the spirit of his mothe which is God | |
| Shall destroy and make lyght his workyng. | |
| That in sathan workis many strang thing. | |
| 320 | and illude the people thorow there craftynes |
| There mokis there mous and there feynid holynes | |
| In all dissayt full of iniquyte. | |
| Repungnant to god and to his verite. | |
| This is the woma[n] the sorcerus wich | |
| 325 | Whom Iohn saw in the apocalips |
| Syting apon a monsterus best | |
| With .vii. hedis and .x. hornis m[o]st odiust most] must 1538 | |
| The woman that this best bestrod | |
| Was gorgi[u]sly be_seyn as she rod | |
| 330 | In purple with stons set so well |
| Most rychestly chast with margarites euery-dell | |
| I[n] hir hand she [b]ar a golden cupe bar] kar 1538 | |
| Were-in was venom euery drope | |
| With whom she norichyd hir abhomination | |
| 335 | and caused the people to comit fornication. |
| For we be called fornicators | |
| When tyme we be ydolotors | |
| and take antychrist for our hed | |
| and not the kyng which is in christis sted | |
| 340 | Of whom anon partly tell I shall |
| ref.ed: 95 | |
| sig: [E8] | |
| But first the prophet of antichristes fall. | |
| I will declare and sum-thing tell | |
| and of this howr this leyder to hell | |
| In whos forhed was wrytyn babylon. | |
| 345 | The great mother of fornication |
| For out of this monster is sprong | |
| Thes ydell lobers that do suche wrong | |
| and takis the swet [f]rom true mens face. from] srom 1538 | |
| I beseke god amend it for his grace. | |
| 350 | For when the son of man enteris his kyngdom |
| Then shall they know what wrong they haue done. | |
| and say thes be they whom we had in derision. | |
| and Iugyd them folyche in our opynyon | |
| For they dyd labour toyle and swet | |
| 355 | To get power clothes and to ther bely meat |
| and now be they takyn amongst the children of god. | |
| and we expellyd for our ydelhod | |
| We insensat haue eryd from the way of trueth. | |
| With-out light of Iustyce now to our ruthe | |
| 360 | and haue mad our-selue wery in the way of perdition |
| Walking strayt-ways to bryng vs to destruction | |
| Yt trust in our-selue and owr workes hath vs ouerthrow | |
| Because the way of god we dyd not know | |
| What now aua[y]lyth our ryches and pryd auaylyth] auallyth 1538 | |
| 365 | All saue our ydelnes doth from vs slyd |
| As much to say oure closters ner farmeris | |
| Wt [w]hom we haue bleryd innocent eys whom] withhom 1538 | |
| ref.ed: 96 | |
| sig: [E8v] | |
| Wher we were wont to work the workes of falsnes | |
| Is now obiect to oure opprobbryusnes | |
| 370 | Iohn sath he saw this woman dronk |
| That this multitude of sectis hath sonk | |
| Of the bloud of many an holy martyr | |
| And of Iesu_christ many a confessore | |
| For this is to be noted in generall. | |
| 375 | That vnder the clok of patrons they be al |
| Where-of sum wher marters in-dede. | |
| And sum fore the trueth dyd neuer a drope bled | |
| But wher frau[we]rd disobedient and surquidus frauwerd] fraurd 1538 | |
| Agaynst there own princes presu[m]ptu[o]se presumptuose] presuptunse 1538 | |
| 380 | And suche as to princes be not obedient |
| Be a[n]tichristes against God repungnant | |
| But this howr of Babylon that hath regnid so long | |
| Yt hath not beyn by trueth but by strong hand | |
| I can not expresse I ha[ue] [n]on such wyt. haue] han 1538 | |
| 385 | How in euery part theyr sectis were set |
| Quyckly to accuse them that begon to spye. | |
| By reyding of scripture to se there heresy. | |
| And then all such must be burned. | |
| Or ellis ab_Iuryd and to hething s[c]ornyd hething s[c]ornyd: see OED s.v. hething | |
| 390 | s[c]ornyd] stornyd 1538 |
| The multitude of the people beleued them well. | |
| That from god by inspyration dyd not feyl | |
| Her in this contrey contynus the infection. | |
| Yet styll of antechrist which causis insurrection. | |
| 395 | For it is only the old pharizes pretens. |
| ref.ed: 97 | |
| sig: F1 | |
| To kepe the people in ingnorans | |
| Styll in egipt vnder pharo thrall | |
| For by bloud-shed they hop to be kepyd in stall. | |
| Euen as nature doth them bynd | |
| 400 | For they be come of ca[in]s kynd cains] cams 1538 |
| To whos sacrifyce god had no respect | |
| But as ysay saith doth them cleyn abiect | |
| For wher the seyd of god is vnsawn | |
| For his ner his children they be not known | |
| 405 | There-for to this ignorant rebels |
| Ysay the prophet this tall tels | |
| And bydyse them here the word of god | |
| In [f]erful termis for there noghtyhod ferful] serful 1538 | |
| Which knew before of there sodomi. | |
| 410 | and so callis them and of gomory. |
| The princes wich be infernall | |
| Fygured in daniell by beall | |
| And bydis them to godis word gyue heryng | |
| And of ther sacrify[c]e to make leauyng sacrifyce] sacrifyre 1538 | |
| 415 | And saith when you shall come to my presens |
| Then shall I ask who gaue you lycens. | |
| With-in my gat to take suche presumption. | |
| This is not spoken without great occasion | |
| Of thes which wylbe ministers | |
| 420 | And vnder such pretens be_come masters |
| When of them-selue they be callyd alon | |
| and not of god as was aaron. | |
| ref.ed: 98 | |
| sig: [F1v] | |
| And therfore there shalbe no religion | |
| Not truely plantyd without destruction | |
| 425 | Thes be the prophesys that we shold trust vnto. |
| and not in false lyes that we be inhibyt fro | |
| It is a praty pownt to mark the crafty wyttis. | |
| That on both the partis hath set there delitis. | |
| To moue the people to ther awn part. | |
| 430 | Where them-selue dyd most apply there hert |
| For sum soght antechristes distruction. | |
| And sum agayne of the contrary opynyon | |
| Dyd lyes inuent and set them out in prophesy | |
| In hope to alure the people therby | |
| 435 | Thorow which vndowtyd many hath beyn slayn. |
| That haue put trust in suche fablis vayn. | |
| And thes that folow suche niffels and fablis. | |
| They cary them in bowsums and writyn in tablis | |
| By the harolydis termis they call him the lyon. | |
| 440 | The son and the mon and the dredfull a dragon. |
| and how the barns shall ryse ful blythe | |
| Be_tweyn the sykyll and the syth. | |
| Thes prophesis come of the deuyll. | |
| Which is perseyued be there end euyll. | |
| 445 | As martin_swarthe and many an-other mo. |
| Hath mischeffe asked vengens and wo. | |
| On them that suche craft cowd | |
| Enuent to sheyd crystyn mens bloud. | |
| Perkyn_wer[b]ek and Iak_straw. werbek] werkek 1538 | |
| ref.ed: 99 | |
| sig: F2 | |
| 450 | And now of lat owr cobler the dawe. |
|
¶an exclamation of the auctor agaynst sathan owr old ennemy. |
|
| ¶O wycked worme to penaunce conIuryd | |
| And of god him-selfe first accorsyd. | |
| Amongst all creatures most to be aborred | |
| By whom in-to this world came first | |
| 455 | The fal of man tell me how thou durst |
| Presum to ryse most vngraciouse beast. | |
| And so by god inputed to crepe apon thy brest | |
| O false pretens of grati[u]se pilgramage | |
| For the comyn-welth which is the destrower. | |
| 460 | Wyll thu neuer leue to bryng folke in dotage |
| Which of all lyes was the fyrst father | |
| Euen so of eue thou wast the disayuer | |
| To comen-welthe thou sayd men shold be brought. | |
| Of all thy begynnynges the end is noght | |
| 465 | Thou wase thy-selue the fyrst rebellyon |
| and therfore eiect down in-to hell | |
| Not geuying due honor was thy confusyon | |
| Wt god and his ordinans thou wold mell | |
| and euyn lyke thes innocentes compell. | |
| 470 | Workyng in thy-selue antichristes clerkes |
| Thy sha[u]yllynges thy ministerys of bealles markes. shauyllynges: 'tonsured priests' | |
| For euyn as adam hyd him for shame | |
| Whan he had broken godis commaundment. | |
| ref.ed: 100 | |
| sig: [F2v] | |
| So wold the rebellions alas wo can them blame. rebellions: =rebels; wo: =who | |
| 475 | There awn conscio[n]s must nedis be ther Iugment |
| By fals temptacion hoping preferment. temptacion] temtptacion 1538 | |
| No-thing to haue deseruyd but cruell dethe | |
| Wo [w]orthe that worm that euer it drue brethe. worthe] morthe 1538 | |
| That be_twyx sowll and spryt hath put dissention | |
| 480 | Thorow which the sowll is banychid cleyn. |
| That with the spryt of god afore was in vnion | |
| In paradyce, now it must no mor be seyn. | |
| In the same case our rebellions beyn | |
| Eiect for breking godis ordinans. | |
| 485 | And greuously accursyd for ther disobediens |
| The spryt is desolat from thes rebellions | |
| and called woman for lak of a make | |
| Which in the apocalipis in pay[n]s dolorus | |
| payns] pays 1538 | |
| 490 | To bryng forth and be delyuered doth tak |
| Great payns and this is for owr sake | |
| Promysed by god that the womans seyd | |
| Shold distroy and breke this fals serpentis heyd. | |
| Which dragon stondis ready to deuor | |
| 495 | With .vii. hedis an odius beast |
| And ten great horns styf and stowr | |
| That in-to malis is dayle encreasyd. | |
| And diademis .vii. apon thes hedis be impressyd. | |
| ref.ed: 101 | |
| sig: F3 | |
| And with hir tayll the steris out of heuyn rownd | |
| 500 | The thred part pullid, and thrown to grond. |
| This is antichrist the howr of babylon | |
| Spoke of agayn in this same bok. | |
| Waching the woman hir chyldis destruction | |
| Whom god from heuin preseruid and toke | |
| 505 | It is the son of man yf you lyst to lok |
| This world for to ruell, with the yron rod | |
| This must be true yt is both man and god | |
| And here doth your prophesy take effect | |
| Agaynst the son of man sedeci[u]sly to ryce. | |
| 510 | Yf scripture be true they shalbe subiect. |
| For we taking godis part must them dispyce | |
| Thes be our papystes rotyd in malis | |
| Waching godis word as ner as they can. | |
| Whych now is come forth by the son of man | |
| 515 | The true church of god figuryd in the woma[n]. |
| That fled to wyldernes for a space | |
| And for fer of this dragon durst not be known | |
| Tyll the sonne of man be brought to his place | |
| Which shall thes dragon deuour and chace | |
| 520 | With moses rod turnyd in-to a serpent. |
| To eate vp the ask manteyned by enchantment ask: 'venemous newt' | |
| ref.ed: 102 | |
| sig: [F3v] | |
| O what reIosyng it is to a noble hert. | |
| To se goddes prophesy fulfylled in owr tyme | |
| Come home owt of egipt in heyll and quart quart: 'health' | |
| 525 | This was figuryd in owr layde mother and virgyn. |
| Which syngnifyd a space as god did determene | |
| That we vnder this dragon shold suffer payn. | |
| Tyll restorment by the minister of the son of man | |
| Of whom I haue herd many on spek. | |
| 530 | That knew god wot ful lytyll what it ment |
| Were-in the .ii. natures them-selue doth not brek. | |
| I mene god and man, mad at_onment. | |
| In the last adam, there is suche agrement | |
| That from this diuinite, christ will ne can | |
| 535 | It is the selue-sam, that is the son of man. |
| Right hand the father, he syttis omnipotent | |
| Thorow his diui[n]ite, ful hye in trown. | |
| From whens he is to come, at the Iugment. | |
| To Iodge the sowll that is sounken downe. | |
| 540 | From the spryt of God, and wyll not be bown |
| At all tyms ready for to fulfyll | |
| Her apon erth his commaundment and wyll | |
| Euyn as heuyn is seyt to his deyte | |
| and is his kyngdom, of very right | |
| 545 | So apon erth thorow his humanite. |
| ref.ed: 103 | |
| sig: F4 | |
| Doth he dissend and there-on lyght. | |
| It is his fot-stull, and rullis with his might | |
| Of very congruens, by power imperiall. | |
| In the misticall man his substitute regal | |
| 550 | Moses dyd fygure, the kyng apon erthe. |
| Segnifyeng the spiryt, aboue the sowll | |
| To whom was comytted to kepe in helth | |
| Record to aaron whom he dyd controle. | |
| The spirit ys the son the mo[n]e is the sowll | |
| 555 | The mon is a subiect, of very right |
| Vnto the son of whom she takis here lyght. | |
| Paull spekis whan he wryttys to thymothy | |
| and shows the mis[c]heffe of thes sundry sectis. mischeffe] misheffe 1538 | |
| and how thes be they that refusys veryte | |
| 560 | Which the ingnorant people in_fectis. |
| They tak no lyght, wher they be subiectis | |
| Therfor he confers them, to Iannes and ma[m]bres mambres] manbres 1538 | |
| Rebellers to god and his ministre moses | |
| But paull tretynis them to be ouer_trown | |
| 565 | As Ianes and mambres were at that season |
| and from hensforth openly to be known. | |
| There ingnorant folyche rebellion | |
| Of the spryt of god hauyng non intellection | |
| But resisting moses godis minister. | |
| ref.ed: 104 | |
| sig: [F4v] | |
| 570 | Folowyng antichrist out of godis order |
| Thes thinges are wryten, for our instruction. | |
| So hath paull to the corinthyans. | |
| And shows how many hath suffreth distruction. | |
| Which crepyd not vnder godis gouernans | |
| 575 | Our rebellions I trow be alians |
| To dat[h]an and abiron the trueth to tell. dathan] datban 1538 | |
| For resistinge moses that sonk vnto hell. | |
| By owr lord quod I this is well sayd | |
| I durst haue sworn or my nek layd | |
| 580 | Yt had beyn true that merlyn did tell |
| Afore I herd it repungne the gospell. | |
| Thuche quod he ther was no suche man. | |
| Gotyn by the deuyll se[n]se the world began. | |
| Or let vs ymagin that it be so. | |
| 585 | As we may the blak swan or the whyt crow. |
| Hath not paull warnyd vs wher he doth tell. | |
| That we shold not beleue an angell. | |
| From heuyn in the ayr fley[n]g. | |
| Yf he teache agaynst godis bidinge | |
| 590 | Which in his testament we may reyd |
| And bownd to bele[u]e as owr cred. | |
| Thus ymagining it doth aper playn | |
| That antichrist in all them doth rayn. | |
| That beleue in the deuyls loor. | |
| ref.ed: 105 | |
| sig: [F5] | |
| 595 | To desayue vs styll as he had don before |
| Thes be they that paull callis heritykis | |
| Which after monicion from vs inhibitis. | |
| Christen men shold not with thes monsteris mell | |
| Which do beleue in the deuyle of hell | |
| 600 | Yf lucifer had dryuen god out of heuyn. |
| Then shold merlyn haue kepyd his steuyn. | |
| You spok (quod I) of the son and the mone. | |
| Of whom I dessyr to here interpretation | |
| Thos be matters (he sayd) misticall | |
| 605 | And be very hyghe and theologicall |
| The son is the spryt and so doth it syngnify | |
| Beleue not me, but reyd exody | |
| That whan moses apon the mont syon. | |
| Had of the lord owr creator a vysion | |
| 610 | For bryghtnes the people cowld not behold. |
| Of the son-beames yt can not be told. | |
| The clernes and light that from him did spryng | |
| Of quykyng and lyf it was a presentyng. | |
| For the letter ther-to hym geuyng. | |
| 615 | By god was of the spryt a fyguryng. |
| Vs to reuiue at suche tym and whan. reuiue] reuyuiue 1538 | |
| The selue spryt vnit to the son of man. | |
| I persaue quod I that moses is the spryt | |
| No perde he sayd but figure it | |
| 620 | And euyn so dyd he fygure the sone. |
| From whom all light and knowleg doth come. | |
| ref.ed: 106 | |
| sig: [F5v] | |
| and now do I say that merlyn was a donine donine: diuine? domine? | |
| and no deuyll as deuels determine | |
| For if he were a fend, and spok carnally | |
| 625 | Necessyte compellis it a fals prophesy |
| But thus dyd he take the sprit for heuyn-kyng. | |
| Which in the sowll shold haue his byding | |
| and now doth the mon losse hir light. | |
| Not resayuing the spryt aganst all right | |
| 630 | For that sowll is perished and ded |
| Where the spryt of god is not hed | |
| and this is euen it the vnnaturall thinge | |
| Out of his awn realm to ba[n]iche the kyng. | |
| For christ is a ky[n]g god and man | |
| 635 | and also a pryst as I lear cane |
| Marke of his kyngdom Iohn his diuinite | |
| Luke of his prysthod mathu the humanite | |
| Dyd wryt and therfore take hed. | |
| For thes be the true prophycis in-ded | |
| 640 | It is marke that is callyd the lyon. |
| I meyn the gospell and Iohn the faulcon. | |
| Whos frendes shall set opyn the gates | |
| Vnder_stond by our good prelatis. | |
| To let truthe entre you know which is he | |
| 645 | That callis him-selue the way and veryte. |
| Which hath byn banyched from his kyngdom. | |
| Wher-of babylon hath r[e]gned howrdom regned] rygned 1538 | |
| The lyon the oxe the man and the faulcon. | |
| ref.ed: 107 | |
| sig: [F6] | |
| All thes in on be son of man. | |
| 650 | Prophysed to ruell with his yron rod. |
| It is his very word which is god | |
| In the ymage of christ the last adam. | |
| Both son of god, and son of man | |
| In whom we be bownd to work our meyt. | |
| 655 | Of god marked whan we it truly geyt |
| Ministerid vnto vs by the lyon. | |
| The misticall ymage of the son of man | |
| Institute and put in godis sted | |
| Ouer sowll and body to be our hed. | |
| 660 | Not only our hed but body and all |
| The misticall man and so we may hym call. | |
| In vs he hath his operation. | |
| As body in members by due proportion. | |
| It is a wonder to se scripturs agre | |
| 665 | It passis man it is so heuenly |
| and as moche mistery of the wordis rysyng | |
| As euer was of christis comyng. | |
| I am satisfed quod I what merlyn ment. | |
| Bede sayd he coms euyn to the same entent | |
| 670 | For all the dessyr and policy |
| Was to dryue it in-to hedis witty | |
| That the pope was antichrist, and the howr of babylon . | |
| And shold haue a fall and destruction. | |
| A ded man shold ryse dukis to deme | |
| 675 | Then after that all quiet and queme |
| ref.ed: 108 | |
| sig: [F6v] | |
| The true minister lying a_mort longe. | |
| Shold his awn autor[yy]te in-to his hond fonge. autoryte] autorte 1538 | |
| and then he asked me and I were cantibrygion | |
| I sayd no I was an oxonion | |
| 680 | There haue you herd sayd he a prophesy. |
| Which is true without any lye. | |
| Hoc magnum studium quod floret ad vada bo[u]um Ante finem seculi. etc | |
| I haue herd it quod I full oft a_forne | |
| And therto my-selue on a boke swor[n] | |
| 685 | Neuer with-in stampford to reyd logyk. |
| Diuinite phylosophy ner yet retoryk | |
| For fer that oxford which once was floryching | |
| Shold remoue to stampford for gud learnyng | |
| I told you before there was crafty wyttis. | |
| 690 | And thus he sayd apon both the partis |
| For they that inuentyd that othe fyrst | |
| Of god him-selue be accurst | |
| Ther was a prouerbe I knew wan. | |
| Callyd turnyng the cate in the pane | |
| 695 | For that that was spoken in the spryt. |
| In the fleche they wold haue vs to tak yt | |
| So wold they haue vs to tak merlyn | |
| As thoughe spiritually he had known no feling | |
| But thus this prophesy is vnderstond. | |
| 700 | That oxford now which is bond |
| Vnder the howr the monsterus beaste | |
| ref.ed: 109 | |
| sig: [F7] | |
| and is here ford for most and least | |
| That there doth pease thorow any degre | |
| Mantenythe babylon vtterly | |
| 705 | Saue the good yo[u]th begy[n]s to spryng youth] yoth 1538 |
| And of the well of lyf to haue tasting | |
| Which water christ promysyd than | |
| At Iacobs well to the samaritane | |
| And leuis the slechy podell full of frogis | |
| 710 | To the old cenkanter phariziecall dogis. cenkanter: see OED, s.v. Fraser suggests cankered. |
| Where-in ther delyte is spytfull chyding. | |
| I beseke god send them a mending | |
| To fulfyll the prophesy thorow the ford of stone. | |
| In which pathe-way christ byld apon. | |
| 715 | And leaue ther falshed craft and lyes. |
| Suffering the word of god to ryse | |
| Wt that he stod and toke his leaue. | |
| Dissiring me my-selue not greue | |
| Of his tarying ner his long tale | |
| 720 | And I besought god to kepe him out of bale |
| Saue I longyd sor yf euer we met agan | |
| Of the blak flet of norwey me to say[n]. | |
| He sayd he durst not i[t] dis[c]lose it] il 1538; disclose] dislose 1538 | |
| But bad me reyd the romant of the rose | |
| 725 | The thred leafe Iust from the end. |
| To the secund page ther he dyd me send | |
| Wher I shold se mater plenty ynoghe | |
| Saue only vnder the coler of the wolfe | |
| ref.ed: 110 | |
| sig: [F7v] | |
| Is conferyd al the stinking fuet. fuet: =feute? | |
| 730 | So the hunters call it whan they mak ther suet |
| The lyzard the polcat the fox and fulmerd | |
| Which with the dr[a]gon takis part dragon] drogon 1538 | |
| To deuor the chyld the so[n] of ma[n] | |
| Or ellis a lyon in his kyngdom | |
| 735 | The egle or the falcon whan he flys on hye. |
| In the calue or the oxe misteris be. | |
| As well in the old tyme there fation and gyes | |
| As of his awn selue the sacrifice | |
| But the wolfe wol neuer owt of his hyd | |
| 740 | Tyll first he be flayn both bely bak and syd |
| He prayd me thes .vi. sta[u]is for to marke | |
| Whiche be chaucers awn hand-wark | |
| ¶Thus moche woll our boke syngnify | |
| That whyle peter hath mastery | |
| 745 | May neuer Iohn show well his myght. |
| Now haue I declaryd right | |
| The meyning of the bark and rynd. | |
| That makis the ententions blynd. | |
| ¶And by and by he doth away fle. | |
| 750 | and conu[e]ys him-selue as it had neuer beyn he conueys] conuys 1538 |
| But I beseke god Iohn may haue his might | |
| and the son of man to posses his right | |
| In his kyngly ymage to haue his ministre Fragment breaks off here, bottom of F7v |