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¶An answere to a papystycall exhortacyon, pretendynge to auoyde false doctryne, vnder that colour to maynteyne the same. | |
¶By ther frutes shall ye knowe them. Math .7. | |
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EVerye pylde pedlar | |
Wyll be a medlar | |
Though ther wyttes be drowsye | |
And ther lernynge lowsye | |
5 | Ther meters all mangye |
Rashe, rurall, and grangye | |
Yet wyll they forwarde halte | |
As menne mased in malte | |
These vyle cannell-rakers | |
10 | Are now becumme makers |
Ther poems out they dashe | |
With all ther swyber-swashe swyber-swashe: see OED s.v. swiber-, slibber- | |
Ther darnell and ther chaffe | |
Ther swylle and swynyshe draffe | |
15 | Soche pype soche melodye |
Soche bagge soche beggerye. | |
Of pylde popyshe facyons | |
They strowe exhortacions | |
The people to infecte. | |
20 | With the sedes of ther secte |
Pretendynge to dyffyne | |
Agaynst the false doctryne | |
But soche dyrtye geare | |
Ded menne neuer heare. | |
25 | They teache nat in meter |
With Paule Iohan and Peter | |
The worlde to edyfye | |
With goddes worde christenlye | |
But scripturs they depraue | |
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30 | As madde-men that do raue |
They daunce with the deuyll | |
To magnyfye ther euyll | |
They drysle forth a dramme | |
As he that to Christ camme | |
35 | To trappe hym in a snare |
Forsoth it is fonde ware | |
Let christen menne take hede | |
Vnto ther wycked sede | |
For they seke for to blynde | |
40 | The syllye symple mynde, |
The papystes tytle. An exhortacyon to auoyde false doctryne. |
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The papyste. |
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My mynde can not perfyghtelye endyte | |
Neyther my penne can trewlye wryte | |
As my hart doth desyre. | |
The cause onlye is for lacke of syght | |
5 | In lernynge that is so perfyght and bryght |
Wherfore pardon of good men I requyre. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Your penne and your mynde | |
Are both of one kynde | |
And fyt for soche an hart | |
10 | As owle in the nyght |
Without gostly syght | |
Ye playe a knauyshe part. | |
Attendite a falsis prophetis qui veniunt ad vos. Math .7 | |
Of soche wolues beware | |
15 | As laye forth a snare |
Of outwarde holynes. | |
Queritis interficere hominem qui veritatem locutus. Iohan .8. | |
For they do nat elles | |
But playe the rebelles | |
20 | Agaynst goddes ryghteousnes. |
The papyste. |
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If any man els be greued with thys | |
Let them take it euen as it is | |
And I praye God them to amende | |
I thynke with charyte them to tell | |
25 | As I fynde written in the gospell |
To the lawe of God we shuld attende. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Lyke a braynyshe dolte | |
Ye shote forth your bolte | |
As bolde as bayarde blynde | |
30 | Ye loue the gospell |
As the deuyll of hell | |
Here-after we shall it fynde | |
Attendite popule meus legem meam. Psal .77 | |
Attende to goddes lawe | |
35 | And to hys worde drawe |
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All you that faythfull be | |
Cauete a fermento Phariseorum quid est hipo. Luc .12. | |
The leuen eschewe | |
Of pharisees vntrewe | |
40 | Yf ye loue the veryte. |
The papyste. |
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Some of late with them-selues perswaded | |
Out of the shalowe so fayre they waded | |
That they felt no grounde. | |
They had thought vs to haue blynded | |
45 | And of the trewth vs to haue wynded |
But now ther deceytes be founde. | |
The chrystiane. |
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If people be yll | |
They shall be so styll | |
For ought that ye brynge here | |
50 | Your doctryne is chaffe |
Your ryme dyrtye draffe | |
It is vnsauerye gere. | |
Linguis suis dolose agebant, iudica illos. Rom .3. | |
The language of lyes | |
55 | A false harlot tryes |
To seke a wycked praye. | |
Sicut nouacula acuta fecisti dolum. Psa .51. | |
With colours to carpe | |
As a rasour sharpe | |
60 | To wype goddes treuth awaye. |
The papyste. |
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Let no manne be so styffe-necked | |
To thinke him-self so hyghly in lerning decked | |
Standynge in hys owne conceyte. | |
For yf thou or he be in the wronge | |
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65 | Thou nor he can not be so stronge |
But the deuyll for the hath a beyte. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Stande you where ye lyst | |
Ye are a papyst | |
In lernynge verye basse | |
70 | To cum for refuge |
To soche a pylde iuge | |
Is for to seke an asse. | |
Si lumen quod in te est tenebre sint. Math 6. | |
Your myndes are so darke | |
75 | Ye seke but the barke |
And therin ye remayne. | |
Velamen positum est super cor eorum. 2. cor .3. | |
Ye holde fast the letter | |
And wyll haue no better | |
80 | The spyryt ye do dysdayne. |
The papyste. |
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Ther were heretykes that neuer wolde cease | |
But from vs to take vnyte and peace | |
So amonge vs they dyd fyght. | |
In ther blyndenes so farre gone they were | |
85 | That of God they had no dought or fere. |
All to destruccion was ther delyght. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Is ther one alyue | |
Which canne ye depryue | |
Of that ye neuer hadde? | |
90 | Of stryfe and debate |
Sedicion and hate | |
Your kynde was euer gladde. | |
Contritio et infelicitas in vijs eorum. Psal .9. | |
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Ye labour and speake | |
95 | To destroye and breake |
The vyneyarde of the lorde | |
Vinea domini exercituum domus Israel est. Esa .5. | |
Of the losse therof | |
Ye make but a scof but] a but 1548 | |
100 | As Esaye doth recorde. |
The papyste. |
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Christ wylleth vs to take good hede | |
Of these seducers for we had nede | |
Loke the scripture and se. | |
From ther folowers let vs refrayne | |
105 | For small charyte in them remayne |
As semeth vnto me. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Your-self is the sede | |
Of deceytfull wede | |
As your frutes doth report | |
110 | For lesse charyte |
In men can not be | |
Than in your popyshe sort. | |
Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis. Eph .5. | |
The false craftye spyes | |
115 | Come in with ther lyes |
All men of them beware | |
Venit hora, vt omnis qui interficit vos. Ioh .16. | |
They haue not ther fylle | |
Tyll they slee and kylle | |
120 | No innocentes they spare. |
The papyste. |
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And a man agaynst them wryte or speke | |
Some ther be wyll hym cruelly intrete | |
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I maruele they are so bolde | |
Ther was a thynge made of late | |
125 | Some had indignacion therate |
And openly beganne to scolde. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Whan we fynde ye bolde | |
In your poperye olde | |
Therof we do ye telle | |
130 | Your poetes we touche |
For shakynge ther pouche | |
And shewe wherof they smelle. | |
Imitantur illum, qui sunt ex parte illius. Sap .2. | |
They folowe the deuyll | |
135 | Which seke to do euyll |
And are vpon hys syde. | |
Vos ex patre diabolo estis, et opera. Iohan 8. | |
The proude papystes all | |
With the prestes of ball | |
140 | Do take hym for ther gyde. |
The papyste. |
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But trewly it shall not a whyt skylle | |
Let them bable euen ther fylle | |
It is so hote it maye not abyde. | |
For an heretyke wyll they defende | |
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And saye a christen man he dyed. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Who are more bablars | |
And fra[n]tycke fablars | |
Than pratlynge papystes be? | |
150 | We knowe none heretykes |
Nor trayterous scysmatykes | |
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But your affinite. | |
Nunquid potest homo ignem abscondere in sinu? Prou .6. | |
The bosome hath fyre | |
155 | Of fleshly desyre |
Where spirituall fathers be. | |
Masculi relicto naturali vsu femine exarserunt. Rom .1. | |
With conscience aduste | |
They burne in ther luste | |
160 | And worke moche vanyte. |
The papyste. |
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Some be afrayed hys confession to shew openly | |
In prynte they wyll nat haue it verely | |
The cause ones knowne. | |
To hys part them-selues somwhat bent | |
165 | Now they fere they shall be shent |
Soche gostlye sedes had they sowne. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Ye geue dyrte for flynte | |
The thynge is in prynte | |
That ye gruge at so sore | |
170 | It is nat vnknowne |
What sedes ye haue sowne | |
In thys realme here-tofore. | |
Quod timet impius, veniet super eum, Pro .10. | |
That the wycked dought | |
175 | Shall lyght on ther snought |
Ther churche must haue a fall. | |
Omnis plantatio quam non plantauit pater. Math .15 | |
What God hath not sowne | |
Nor the gospell knowne | |
180 | Shall be turned ouer-all. |
The papyste. |
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Wo be to them that fayne so outwarde | |
And be so pestylent enuyous inwarde | |
To a graue maye I lyke them in-dede. | |
That is without set full of goodly stones | |
185 | Within full of stynkynge rotten bones |
Loke the gospell and rede. | |
The christiane. |
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Lyke thefe, ratte, and mouse | |
The poore wydowes house | |
Your bellyes doth deuoure | |
190 | Ye sucke vppe the fatte |
For straynynge a gnatte | |
In your vsurped poure. | |
Ve vobis, quia similes estis sepulcris dealbatis. Mat .23. | |
Who are the whyght graues | |
195 | But soche romyshe knaues |
And paynted hypocrytes. | |
Audite verbum domini principes sodomorum, Esa .1. | |
As vnder pretence | |
Of chaste contynence | |
200 | Do playe the sodomytes. |
The papyste. |
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They that be full of iniquyte | |
Shall neuer com in christes companye | |
Except they do amende. | |
God commaundeth those people to walke | |
205 | That agaynst men maliciouslye do talke |
And with peace do contende. | |
The chrystiane. |
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If Christe do refuse | |
All soche as abuse | |
The glorye of hys name | |
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210 | Ye chaplaynes of ball |
Must nedes haue a fall | |
And come to vtter shame | |
Discedite a me omnes qui operamini iniquitatem. Math .7 | |
Ye lobbryshe lurkars | |
215 | And ydle workars |
Hence fro me, sayth the lorde | |
Frustra me colunt docentes doctrinas. Marc .7 | |
Your owne wayes ye vse | |
And my lawes refuse | |
220 | Lyke as your frutes recorde. |
The papyste. |
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Some heretykes of late as I thynke | |
Wer lothe that ther flesh shuld stynke | |
Aboue the erthe or within | |
They loked euer and hoped for a daye | |
225 | But they were brent all thre by the waye |
And taken in ther owne gynne. | |
The christiane. |
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At traytours ye wynke | |
Nat felynge ther stynke | |
So many as hath bene | |
230 | For a daye they wrought |
Whan ye no lesse thought | |
Ye maye knowe what I mene. | |
In insidijs suis capiuntur inique etc, Pro .10. | |
In your popyshe maske | |
235 | The grande captayne aske |
Was trapped in hys turne | |
Durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitra[re] calcitrare] calcitra 1548. act .9. | |
Ye maye se by thys | |
What daunger it is | |
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240 | Agaynst goddes trewth to spurne |
The papyste. |
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To speke of good workes it were a shame | |
They loued not to heare of that name | |
But sola fides and none other | |
Ther tonges ranne so moche vpon fayth | |
245 | But ther hartes were farre thens as Crist sayth |
Ther lyppes and hartes were farre a_sonder | |
The chrystiane. |
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They neuer denyed | |
Soche workes as fayth tryed | |
But your apyshe fantasyes | |
250 | Your tunges and your hartes |
Paye neyther good partes | |
In your lattyn memoryes. | |
Populus hic labijs me honorat cor eorum, Eze .33. | |
Your labour of lyppes | |
255 | Is so drye as chyppes |
God doth it nat esteme. | |
Vos transgredimini mandatum dei propter Math .15 | |
Ye leaue goddes precepte | |
To haue your owne kepte | |
260 | Wherein ye do blaspheme. |
The papyste. |
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If thou wylt take the byble-boke | |
And vpon saynt Iames pystle loke | |
Ther you shall I trowe se | |
How fayth is ther trewly applyed | |
265 | And good workes with hym tyed |
Se how they do agre. | |
The chrystiane. |
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Paule only of fayth | |
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Of workes saynt Iames sayth | |
God doth vs iustifye | |
270 | Before God fayth thanne |
And workes before manne | |
Concludeth thys controuersye | |
Fides sine operibus mortua est, Iaco .2. | |
The workes that you make | |
275 | Trew fayth do not wake |
For-why they are but chaffe. | |
Nolite margaritas ponere ante porcos, Math .7 | |
Goddes worde doth diffyne | |
That ye are but swyne | |
280 | Ye fede in swylle and draffe. |
The papyste. |
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Yf thou wylt a faythfull christen man be | |
Loke thou haue fayth, hope, and charyte | |
And do thou good for yll | |
Let thy mouthe and thy hart be without enuye | |
285 | That pleaseth God and the kyng let it please the |
And hys mynde fulfyll. | |
The chrystiane. |
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All one are those thre | |
And neuer dysgre dysgre: =disagree; see OED s.v. disgree | |
Wher fayth is roted fast | |
290 | Our lorde God and kynge |
Ye haue wayed nothynge | |
In your olde practyse past. | |
Time dominum fili mi, et regem Pro .24 | |
My sonne of all-thynge | |
295 | Feare God and thy kynge |
Thus Salomon doth saye. | |
Achitophel contra Dauid consilium dedit. 2. re .17. | |
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With achitophell | |
Ye papystes rebell | |
300 | And all your kynges betraye. |
The papyste. |
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To speke of holy-breade and holy-water | |
I intende not to medle with that mater | |
But leaue it as it is | |
Let vs one for an-other praye | |
305 | With good hope as longe as we maye |
That we maye com to heuyns blys | |
The chrystiane. |
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Olde hooles do nat cloute | |
Least ye be spyed oute | |
But tarrye yet a tyme | |
310 | Heuyn wyll nat be gote |
With your psalmes by note | |
Yt is to hygh to clyme. | |
Tu domine singulariter in spe constituisti me. Psal .4. | |
All they hope in vayne | |
315 | That styll do remayne |
In the dregges o[f] popyshe lawes. of] op 1548 | |
Sapientia huius mundi stultitia est apud deum 1. cor .3. | |
Lyue they neuer so longe | |
Ther fryndes here amonge | |
320 | They shall dye verye dawes. |
The papyste. |
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To praye for them that thys worlde hath past | |
I thynke surelye we maye not be agast | |
Loke the scripture yf I lye. | |
Rede the Machabees softlye thorow-oute | |
325 | And ye shall fynde it no doute |
Yf you your dylygence do applye. | |
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The chrystiane. |
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Where Christ set no waye | |
For dead men to praye | |
It canne not them auayle | |
330 | That the Macabees tell |
Shall be no gospell | |
Where other scripturs fayle. | |
Salubris est cogitatio pro defunctis exorare. 2. ma .12 | |
To make any mone | |
335 | For soules that are gone |
It is vnfaythfulnes | |
Iustorum anime in manu dei sunt. Sapi .3. | |
For they fele no rodde | |
In the handes of godde | |
340 | But peace and quyetnes. |
The papyste. |
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I wryte not thys intendynge to preche | |
Neyther takynge vpon me any man to teche | |
My lernynge is not mete | |
But because vnder holy pretence | |
345 | We shuld not hyde these heretykes offence |
But treade it vnder our fete. | |
The christiane. |
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Ye vtter soche trashe | |
And pylde haberdashe | |
As laye longe in your mynde | |
350 | But loke ye styll hyde |
All treason and pryde | |
Of your olde popyshe kynde. | |
Nouit dominus viam iustorum, et iter impiorum. Psal .1. | |
All wayes of the iuste | |
355 | The lorde hath discuste |
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The prestes dwell in ther dreames | |
Dereliquerunt fontem aque viue, et foderunt. Hie .2. | |
In ther donge they lye | |
Lyke boores in a stye | |
360 | For mudde they leaue the streames. |
The papiste. |
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They that thynke that barnes was holy | |
In ther braynes ther is great foly | |
Iuge other men what they canne | |
Surely he was by hym-self alone | |
365 | To contende with hym du[r]st not one durst] duest 1548 |
He was so proper a manne. | |
The christiane. |
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As Paule doth recorde | |
We are of the lorde | |
To hym we stande or fall | |
370 | Take hede least ye swerue |
For he doth reserue | |
Ryght iugement for ye all | |
Abhominantur impii eos, qui in recta via sunt. Eccl .29 | |
Ye wycked papystes | |
375 | In your drowsye mystes |
Abhorre the symple sort | |
Quidnam est hoc? que doctrina hec noua Marc .1. | |
Ye do not regarde | |
Goddes worde to be harde | |
380 | But geue it yll report. |
The papyste. |
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But yf the deuyll were here and brent | |
Some wolde hym pyteously lament | |
In ther hartes they be so kynde | |
Hys confession shuld be kept as treasure | |
385 | And with some beleued aboue measure |
They are now so blynde. | |
The christiane. |
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If they take hys part | |
That scripture peruart | |
Stande you amonge hys fryndes. | |
390 | A dyrtye beleue |
To the blynde ye geue | |
To recreate ther myndes | |
Non est in ore eorum veritas, cor eorum vanum. Psal .5. | |
Your fayth is so weake | |
395 | No treuth can ye speake |
But hate all godly wayes | |
O pastor et idolum derelinquens gregem. Zach .11 | |
Ye robbe christes flocke | |
And geue them a mocke | |
400 | In all your iuglynge playes. |
The papyste, |
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All yll thoughtes in our hartes let vs eschue | |
And lyke trew subiectes to our prince contynue | |
We shall fynde it ease. | |
To hys pleasure let vs inclyne | |
405 | And not agaynst hys actes to repyne |
So God we shall please. | |
The chrystiane. |
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The false foxe that gawde | |
Doth compas some frawde | |
By hys false fatterynge toyes | |
410 | Dyssemblars vntrewe |
Many prynces rewe | |
Amonge these worldly Ioyes | |
In cogitatione tua regi non detrahas Eccl .10. | |
Who doth a kynge hate? | |
415 | But papystes that prate |
Agaynst all godlynes | |
Sacerdotes beliscum suis concubinis in posturam. Dani .14 | |
Bellys dyrtye dyuynes | |
With ther concubynes | |
420 | Hath wrought all fylthynes. |
The papyste. |
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Ther is not in the worlde so wyde | |
Set thys lyttle lande asyde | |
That hath so noble and gentle a kynge. | |
Wherfore let vs all in one praye | |
425 | Euen to God both nyght and daye |
That longe maye he ouer vs be raygnynge. | |
The chrystiane. |
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God saue christen kynges | |
From your practisynges | |
For myschef ye intende | |
430 | From haters of treuth |
Good seldom ensueth | |
Our prynce the lorde defende | |
Beata terra, cuius rex nobilis est. Eccl .10. | |
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Happy is that soyle | |
435 | Wher christen men toyle |
Vnder a faythfull kynge | |
Irritum fecistis pactum leui, propter quod. Mal .2. | |
Where prestys do remayne | |
And scripture dysdayne | |
440 | It is an heuy thynge. |
Finis. |
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The appendyce or conclusyon. |
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NO bussarde so blynde | |
But now speweth hys mynde | |
Now cometh hagge and tagge | |
And shaketh out ther bagge | |
5 | They turne out ther trashe |
And shew ther haberdashe | |
Ther pylde pedlarye | |
And scalde scullerye. | |
Our olde romyshe ruste | |
10 | Leapeth out of the duste |
With a cankred face | |
All voyde of goddes grace | |
Thynkynge ones agayne | |
In Englande to reyne | |
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15 | And be hadde in pryce |
To maynteyne all vyce. | |
Ser Iohan now is bolde | |
In yche place to scolde | |
Where men do not care | |
20 | For pylde popyshe ware |
He doth them accuse | |
And saye they refuse | |
The lawes of the lorde | |
Bryngynge false recorde | |
25 | They haue a new caste |
The scripturs to wraste | |
And wrynge out of frame | |
To ther vtter shame | |
From treuth they do swerue | |
30 | Ther purpose to serue |
And care not for godde | |
Nor hys ryghtfull rodde. | |
Lorde pyte thy flocke | |
Whome now the prestys mocke | |
35 | Sturre vppe prynces hartes |
To stande on ther partes | |
Least papystes haue powre | |
Thy lammes to deuowre | |
Whome vpon the rood | |
40 | Thou boutest with thy blood. Amen. |
God saue the kynge. |