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ΒΆIohn_Bon and Mast person | |
A_lasse poore fooles, so sore ye be lade | |
No maruel it is, thoughe your shoulders ake | |
For ye beare a great God, which ye yourselfes made | |
Make of it what ye wyl, it is a wafar-cake | |
5 | And betwen two Irons printed it is and bake |
And loke where Idolatrye is, Christe wyl not be there | |
Wherfore ley downe your burden, an Idole ye do beare | |
Alasse poore Fooles. | |
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The Parson |
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WHat Iohn_Bon good morowe to the | |
Iohn_Bon. |
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Nowe good morowe mast parson so mut I thee | |
Parson |
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What meanest thou Iohn to be at worke so sone | |
Iohn |
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The zoner I begyne the zoner shall I haue done | |
5 | For I tende to warke no longer then none |
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Mary Iohn for that gods blessinge on thy herte | |
For surely some ther be wyl go to ploughe an[d] carte and] an 1548 | |
And set not by thys holy, corpus_christi-euen | |
Iohn |
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They a[re] the more to blame I swere by saynt Steuen are] aer 1548 | |
10 | But tell me mast parson one thinge and you can |
What saynt is copsi_cursty a man or a woman? | |
Parson |
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Why Iohn knoweste not that? I tel the it was a man, | |
It is Christe his owne selfe and tomorowe is hys daye | |
We beare hym in prosession and thereby knowe it ye maye | |
Iohn |
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15 | I knowe mast parson? and na by my faye |
But methinke it is a mad thinge that ye saye | |
That it shoulde be a man howe can it come to passe | |
Because ye maye hym beare with-in so smal a glasse | |
Parson |
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Why neybor Iohn and art thou nowe there? | |
20 | Nowe I maye perceyue ye loue thys newe geare |
Iohn |
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Gods forbod master, I should be of that facion | |
I question wy your mashippe in waye of cumlication | |
A playne man ye may se wil speake as cometh to mind | |
Ye muste holde vs ascused for lowe men be but blynd | |
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25 | I am an elde felowe of fifty wynter and more |
And yet in all my lyfe I knewe not this before | |
Parson |
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No dyd, why sayest thou so, vpon thy-selfe thou lyest | |
Thou haste euer knowen the sacramente to be the body of Christ | |
Iohn |
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Ye syr ye say true, all that I know in-dede | |
30 | And yet as I remember it is not in my crede |
But as for cropsy_cursty to be a man or no | |
I knewe not tyll thys day by the waye my soule shal to | |
Parson |
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Why folishe felowe, I tel the it is so | |
For it was so determined by the churche longe ago | |
35 | It is both the sacramente and very Christ him-selfe |
Iohn |
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No spleaser mast parson then make ye Christe an elfe | |
And the maddest-made man that euer body sawe | |
Parson |
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What? peace mad-man thou speakeste lyke a dawe | |
It is not possible hys manhode for to se | |
Iohn |
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40 | Why sir ye tell me it is euen verye he |
And if it be not his manhode, his godhed it must be | |
Parson |
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I tell the none of both, what meaneste thou, art thou mad? | |
Iohn |
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No nother mad nor druncke, but to learne I am glade | |
But to displease your mashippe I woulde be very loth | |
45 | Ye graunt me here playnly that it is none of boeth |
Then is it but a cake, but I pray ye be not wroth. | |
Parson |
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Wroth quod ha, by the masse thou makest me swere an othe | |
I hade leuer wyth a docter of diuinitie to reason | |
Then wyth a stubble cur that eateth beanes and peason | |
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Iohn |
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50 | I crie ye mercye mast person pacience for a season |
In all thys cumlicacion is nother felony nor treason | |
Parson |
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No by the masse but herest thou, it is playne heresye | |
Iohn |
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I am glade it chaunced so, theyr was not witnes by | |
And if ther had I cared not, for ye spake as yl as I | |
55 | I speake but as I harde you saye I wot not what ye thought |
Ye sayd it was not God nor man and made it worsse then nought | |
Parson |
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I ment not so, thou tokeste me wronge | |
Iohn |
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A sir ye singe another songe | |
I dare not reason wyth you longe | |
60 | I se well nowe ye haue a knacke |
To saye a thynge and then go backe | |
Parson |
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No Iohn I was but a littyll ouer-sene | |
But thou mentest not good fayeth I wene | |
In all thys talke that was vs betwene | |
Iohn |
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65 | I? no trowe it shannot so beene |
That Iohn_Bon shall an heretike be calde | |
Then myght he saye him so fowle befalde. | |
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But nowe if thou wylt marke me well | |
From begynninge to endynge I wyl the tell | |
70 | Of the godly seruice that shalbe tomorowe |
That or I haue done no doubte thou wylt sorowe | |
To here that suche thynges shoulde be fordone | |
And yet in many places they haue begun | |
To take a_waye the olde and set vp newe | |
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75 | Beleue me Iohn thys tale is true |
Iohn |
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Go to mast parson saye on and well to thryue | |
Ye be the Iolest gemman that euer sawe in my lyue | |
Parson |
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We shal firste haue matins, is it not a godly hereynge? | |
Iohn |
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Fie? Yes, me-thinke tis a shamefull gay chearynge | |
80 | For often-times on my prayers, when I take no greate kepe |
Ye sing so arantly well, ye make me fal a_slepe | |
Parson |
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Then haue we prosession and Christe aboute we beare | |
Iohn |
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That is a poysone holy thinge for God him-selfe is ther | |
Parson |
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Than comme we in and redy vs dresse | |
85 | Full solempnely to goo to Messe |
Iohn |
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Is not here a mischeuous thynge? | |
The Messe is vengaunce holye for all ther sayeinge | |
Parson |
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Then saye we Confiteor and miseriatur | |
Iohn |
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Ieze Lorde tis abbominable matter | |
Parson |
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90 | And then we stande vp to the auter |
Iohn |
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Thys geere is as good as oure ladies sawter | |
Parson |
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And so gose fourth wyth the other dele | |
Tyll we haue rede the Pistell and Gospell | |
Iohn |
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That is good mast person I knowe ryght well | |
Parson |
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95 | Is that good? why what sayste thou to the other |
Iohn |
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Mary horrible good I saye none other | |
Parson |
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So is all the messe I dare auow this | |
As good in euery poynte as Pistell or Gospel is | |
Iohn |
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The fowle euyll it is, whoe woulde thynke so muche | |
100 | In fayeth I euer thought that it had bene no suche |
Parson |
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Then haue we the canon that is holyest | |
Iohn |
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A spightfull gay thynge of all that euer I wyst | |
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Then haue we the memento euen before the sacringe | |
Iohn |
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Ye are morenly well learned I se by your recknynge | |
105 | That ye wyll not forget suche an eluyshe thynge |
Parson |
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And after that we consecrate very God and man | |
And turne the breade to fleshe wyth fyue wordes we can | |
Iohn |
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The deuell ye do I trowe. Ther is pestilence busines | |
Ye are much bounde to god, for suche a spittell holines | |
110 | A galows-gay gifte wyth fyue wordes alone |
To make boeth God and man and yet we se none | |
Ye talke so vnreasonably well, it maketh my herte yerne | |
As elde a felow as yche am I se well I maye learne | |
Parson |
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Yea Iohn and then wyth wordes holy and good | |
115 | Euen by and by we tourne the wyne to bloude |
Iohn |
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Lo wyll ye se lo? who woulde haue thought it | |
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That ye could so sone, from wine to bloud ha brought it | |
And yet except your mouth, be better tasted than myne | |
I cannot fele it other but that it shoulde be wyne | |
120 | And yet I wote nere a cause ther maye be whye |
Perchaunce ye ha dronke bloude ofter then euer dyd I | |
Parson |
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Truely Iohn it is bloud though it be wine in taste | |
As soone as the worde is spoke the wyne is gone and past | |
Iohn |
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A sessions on it for me my wyttes are me benumme | |
125 | For I can not study where the wyne shoulde become |
Parson |
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Study quod ha, beware and let suche matter go | |
To meddle muche wyth thys may brynge ye sone to wo | |
Iohn |
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Yea but mast parson thynk ye it were ryght | |
That if I desired you to make my blake oxe whight | |
130 | And you saye it is done, and styl is blacke in syght |
Ye myght me deme a foole for to beleue so lyght | |
Parson |
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I maruell muche ye wyll reason so farre | |
I feare if ye vse it, it wyll ye mar | |
Iohn |
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No no sir I truste of that I wylbe ware | |
135 | I praye you wyth your matter agayne fourth to fare |
Parson |
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And then we go forth and Christes body receyue | |
Euyn the very same that mary dyd conceyue | |
Iohn |
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The deuill it is, ye haue a greate grace | |
To eate God and man in so short a space | |
Parson |
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140 | And so we make an ende as it lieth in an order, |
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But now the blessed me[ss]eletters broken is hated in euery border | |
And railed on and reuiled, with wordes most blasphemous | |
But I trust it wylbe better with the help of Catechismus | |
For thoughe it came forth but euen that other day | |
145 | Yet hath it tourned many to ther olde waye |
And where they hated messe and had it in disdayne | |
There haue they messe and matins in latyne tonge againe | |
Ye euen in London selfe (Iohn) I tel the troeth | |
They be ful glade and mery to here of thys God knoweth | |
Iohn |
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150 | By my trueth mast parson I lyke full wel your talke |
But masse me no more messinges. The right way wil I walke | |
For thoughe I haue no learning yet I know chese from chalke | |
And yche can perceiue your iuggling as crafty as ye walke | |
But leue your deuilish masse and the communion to you take | |
155 | And then will Christ be with you euen for his promisse sake |
Parson |
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Why art thou suche a one and kept it so closse | |
Wel al is not golde that hath a fayre glosse | |
But farewel Iohn_Bon god bringe the in better mind | |
Iohn |
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I thanke you sir for that you seme verie kynde | |
160 | But praye not so for me for I am well Inoughe |
Whistill boy, driue furth God spede vs and the plough | |
Ha browne done, forth that horson crabbe | |
Ree comomyne, garlde, wyth haight blake ha[b] hab] ha 1548 | |
Haue a_gayne bald before, hayght ree who, | |
165 | Cherly boy cum of that whomwarde we maye goo |
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Imprinted at London by John_Daye, and Willyam_Seres, dwellinge in Sepulchres_Parishe at the signe of the resurrection a littel aboue Holbourne_conduite. | |
Cum gratia et priuilegio ad imprimendum solum. | |