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A05532	Certaine tables sett furth by the right reuerend father in God, William Bushopp of Rurimunde, in Ghelderland: wherein is detected and made manifeste the doting dangerous doctrine, and haynous heresyes, of the rashe rablement of heretikes: translated into Englishe by Lewys Euans, and by hym intituled, The betraing of the beastlines of heretykes	Lindanus, Guilelmus Damasus, 1525-1588.; Evans, Lewis, fl. 1574.	1565 (1565)	STC 15653; ESTC S106730	25,509	82

but of Christe him selfe because shee ignorante in the meaning of the Scriptures dyd marye an other He sayeth moreouer that shee was therefore gilte of synne ☞ The assertion of heretykes Philipp Melancthon affirmed that the oblation of the Sacramēt of Christe his bodie for the dead was not vsed in the tyme of S. Augustine That is vntrue For the hole Churche of Africa in a Synode dyd forbyd that the Sacrament sholde be offered for some sortes and this was done in the tyme of S. Cyprian as he him self witnesseth in the .ix. epistle of his .j. boke which Cyprian was the space of C.Lxx. yeares more before the tyme of S. Augustine Also Tertullian in his woorke concerning Chastitie S. Ambrose in the funerall Oration vpon the deathe of Satyrꝭ his brother S. Chrysostome in the Lxix Homelie vnto y e Antiochians and S. Augustine hym self in his .xxij. Sermone de verb. Apost doe wryte likewise ynoughe at large to the manifest confounding and shame oft Melancthon and suche others ☞ The assertion of heretykes Philipp Melancthon alleageth that the invocaciō of Sainctes creapte into y e church after the tyme of Gregorie the first That is an vntruthe For in the tyme of S. Cyprian that is in the C.LX. yeares after Christ his incarnacion our Ladie the virgin Marye was prayd vnto as Nazianzenus in oratione in Cyprianū dothe witnes Also Nectarius Constantinopolitanus prayd vnto S. Theodorus S. Augustine de cura pro mortuis in the .iiij. chap. of the first sermone prayd vnto S. Laurence Also S. Ambrose de viduis and S. Hierome invocated one Paula in the Epitaphe of the same ☞ The heretykes assertion Philip Melancthon in the Apologie of the confession of Auspurge dothe affirme that no other auncient writer before the tyme of Gregorie y e first dyd make any mencion of the invocation of Sainctes That is false For S. Cyprian in a booke concerning his lyfe in the yeare of our Lorde C.LX. as Nazianzenus dothe declare affirmed that a certayne Christian mayden dyd devoutlye praye vnto the blessed virgin Marye Origines in the CC.xx. yeare of our Lorde in his commentarie vpon Job dothe invocate the Sainctes Nectarius Constantinopolitanus in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. prayd as before vnto Theodorus the Martyr Nazianzenus in the funerall song prayd vnto S. Basil in y e yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. S. Chrysostome capitulo primo ad Philip. in the yeare of our Lord .iij c. Lxx. dothe teache that the Sainctes ought to be prayd vnto S. Ephrem in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lxx. dyd pray vnto the virgin Marie S. Ambrose in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lxxx. de viduis saeth that Martyrs ought to be prayd vnto Prudentius in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c. Lx. prayd vnto S. Laurence S. Hierome in the yeare of our Lorde .iij c.xc S. August in the yeare .iiij c. after Christe Vigiliꝭ Tridentinus in the .iiij c.xx. yeare and Theodoretus in the .iiij c.xxx yeare all these holy Fathers Doctors and Martyrs haue prayd vnto the Sainctes and doe teache that wee ought likewise to doe the same Therefore you may see howe Melancthon hathe belyed them with his most impudent lyes would abuse bothe them and vs. ☞ The heretykes assertions John Caluine in his institutions doth alleage that the auncient writers when they spake properlie of the Sacramentes dyd acknowlege to be but twoe That is false For S. Cyprian in the .xij. epistle of his first booke and in his sermone De ablutione pedum dothe affirme that there be more Sacramentes then the Sacramentes of Baptisme and of our Lordes bodie so dothe Tertullian in his boke De poenitentia S. Hierome against the Luciferans Leo Magnus in his xc epistle and S. Augustine in places hereafter recited ☞ The heretickes assertions John Caluine in his institutions doth alleage that S. Augustine dyd acknowelaige but twoe Sacramentes the one of Baptisme and the other of our Lordes bodie That is false For S. Augustine in the .xx. chapiter of his .v. booke against the Donatistes dothe alleage confirmation to be a sacrament and in the .xiij. chapiter of his .ij. booke cōtra epist. Perme he likewise alleageth holy order to be a Sacrament and also in the C.xviij. epistle vnto Januarius he affirmethe that there be more Sacramentes then twoe so he dothe likewise in many other places ☞ The heretickes assertions John Caluine in y e same institutions doth affirme that S. Augustine cōcerning the sacrament of thalter is wholy on his syde That is false For S. Augustine doth teache vs to adore th● same body of our Lorde Christ to eate it in the misteries of Christians being the same bodye that was borne of y e virgine Marie and crucified by the Jewes And vpon the .xcviij. Psalme he saeth becawse he walked here in the same fleash he gaue vs y e selfe same flesh to eate And also in a sermō vpon the .xxxiij. Psalme he saeth For Christ did beare the same bodye in his owne handes And so in like manner he doth most clearly expresse the same in sundrie other places ☞ The heretickes assercions John Brentius with his adherētes in theyr confession of Wirtembrige doe alleage that Transsubstantiation was not knowen vnto the auncient writers That is false For Sainct Cyprian in a sermon of the Lordes supper in the yeare of our Lorde .ij c.xxx saeth this flesh not in forme but in nature changed is become flesh Eusebius Emissenus the yeare of our Lord ij c. L. in his .iiij. Homelie in Pascha affirmeth that these earthlye thinges doe passe over be altered from theyr former being Agayne he saeth these creatures are converted into the substaunce of the body of Christ. Sainct Chrysostome in the yeare of our Lorde iij c. Lx. de Encenijs alleageth the nature of the bread to passe or wast away in Liturgia he saeth y e Priest blessinge with his hand consecratinge those holy thinges saeth altering these o Lorde with thy holy spirite Sainct Ambrose the yeare of our Lorde iij c. Lxxx. lib. de his qui c. the .ix. chap. saeth that remaineth not which nature fourmed but which the blessinge hath cōsecrated For greater saeth he is the power of the blessing then of nature because throwghe the blessing nature it selfe is altered Saint August y e yeare of our Lorde .iiij c. in his .xxviij. sermone de verb. Dom. saeth now it is not bread but the body of Christ. Joannes Damascenꝭ the yeare of our Lord iiij c.x. in the .iiij. chap. of his .xiiij. booke doth affirme that the bread and wyne are super-naturally chaunged into the body and blood of our Lorde Hesichius the yeare of our Lorde iiij c.x. in the .xxij. chapiter of his .vj. booke vpon Leuiticus affirmeth a transferring or changing of the substance Gelasius saeth Transeunt in diuinam naturam that is they passe ouer into a diuine nature And Theophilactus in the yeare of our

of the primitiue churche Dionysius Areopag being ordeyned Archebishopp of Athens by S. Pawle in his booke entituled De Eccl. hierarchia that is of y e holye gouernement of the Churche S. Cyprian in the .xij. epistle of his first boke in his sermōe entituled De ablutione pe dum S. Augustine in his C xviij epist. vnto Januarius and in manye other places they all together do alleage affirme y t there are more Sacramentes then one twoe three fowre sixe denied by 1. Luther in his boke entituled Capt. Baby where he acknowlegeth to be but one yf we speak according vnto y e phrase of scripture 2. Luther in y e 30. yeare in his Catech. by Melāct by Caluin in his instit 3. The cōfession of Auspurge by Melancthō in his Apologie in y e 30 yeare 4. Melancth in his cōmune places 6. Withelm Postellus in Panthenosia ¶ Origenes Periarchon the .vj. to the Rom. also S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle doe affirme that all infantes be infected with original synne denied by Zwinglius Caluine and Bucer affirming speciallye originall synne not to be in the Christians childrē ¶ S. Augustine in his .x. sermon de verbis Apost saieth that an adiuracion ought to be hadd before Baptisme denied by Luther Zwingliꝭ Caluine ¶ Dionys. Areopagita in y e said booke of the holye gouernemente of the churche avowcheth that Abrenuntio ought to be vsed before Baptisme denied by Luther and Bucer ¶ S. Basil. in y e twentie seuean chapiter of his boke entituled De spiritu sancto affirmeth that the water of the fonte ought to be consecrated denied by the Lutherans ¶ S. Chrysost. in his twentie fowre homelie vpō S. John and also S. Augustine doe affirme that water is necessarie vnto Baptisme denied by Caluine Origenes the sixte chapiter vnto the Romanes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle doe affirme that infantes ought to be baptized denied by the Rablemēt of Anabaptistes S. Augustine in his .xxviij. epistle sayeth that infantes without the baptisme of water can not be saued denied by Bucer Caluine The fathers of y e counsaill of Nicea S. Basil S. Chrysostome Nazianzenus S. Hierome S. Augustine doe witnes proue that the Baptisme of Christ is an other maner of one thē the Baptisme of John denied by Bucer Caluine S. Augustine in his .xxviij. Epistle affirmeth that the children of Christians are not at the first borne the sonnes of God but y t they are of newe borne his children by Baptisme denied by Caluine Bucer Basil in y e .xxvij. of his booke de spiritu sancto Dionys. Areopagita and Michael Syngelus doe affirme y t those which are baptized ought to be anoynted with holye oyle denied by Lutherans Caluine Zwinglius S. Cyprian in his sermon De ablu pedum and in the twelf epistle of his first booke S. Augustine in the tenthe chapiter of his first booke against the Donatistes doe affirme Confirmation to be a Sacramente denied by Luther Caluine S. Cyprian Michael Syngelus and the Synode doe alleage that Cōfirmation hath annexed vnto yt the anoynting of holie oyle denied by Bucer Caluine Fab. the Martyr S. Hierome against the Luciferans also the Synode doe affirme that a Bushop ought to be the Minister of the sacramēt of cōfirmation denied by Bucer ī y e reformation of Bon̄ and by Caluin Cyprian in his thirde epistle of the first boke and the .6 counsaill of Constantinop with others doe alleage ▪ the Sacramente of Christ his bloode ought to be of wine mixed with water denied by Zwinglius ¶ Iustin. Apol. j. Basil. in his booke of y e holie ghoaste the .xxvij. chapiter doe testyfie that the holie Sacrament is made with the woordes of the Prieste and not by the faith of the receavour denied by Luther ¶ Iustinus Apol. j. Irenaeus in the thirtie twoe chap. of his fourth booke and Eusebius in the first boke Euangel demonst doth affirme that the Euchariste is the Sacrament of the verie bodye of our Lorde being presente denied by Zwinglius Luther and Caluine ¶ Irenaeus in y e thirtie fowre chap. of his fourth booke and Iustinus Apol. j. doe affirme that in the Euchariste is not verie bread wine with the verie bodie and bloode of our Lorde denied by Luther wythe his adherēts ¶ Iustinus Apolo j. Irenaeus in the .32 and .34 Chap. of the fourthe booke doe affirme that the Euchariste is not a bare or only signe token of the bodie absent denied by Carolstadiꝭ Zwinglius Oecolamp ¶ Irenaeus in the places aforesayd S. August in his .xxxij. Serm. de verb. Apost doe alleage y e Euchariste not to be a sacrifice onlie cōmemoratiue denied by Melanct in his Apology ¶ Chrysosto in his .69 Homil. vnto y e people of Antioche y e .j. Chap. of S. Paule vnto y e Philip. doe proue y e sacramēte of Christ his bodie and blood to be a sacrifice propitiatorie for the dead denied by Luther and the most parte of heretikes ¶ S. Hierome in the .j. Dialogue against Pelag. doth affirme y t at the sacrifice of the Lordes bodie y e Lordes praier ought to be vsed denied by the Zwinglians and Anabaptistes ¶ Leo Magnus in his .9 Epist. alleageth y t penaunce ought to be enioygned and y t wee offending after Baptisme ought necessarilie to cōfesse our synnes vnto y e priestes denied by Zwinglius Luther ¶ The Coūsail of Antioche Leo Magnus in his .90 epist. the Canon of y e Apostles doe saye that satisfaction ought to be made to putt away the synners offence denied by Luther many others S. Augustine in his secōd booke and .xiij. Chapiter contra epist. perm in the first chapiter of his first boke de Bapt. against the Donatistes doth affirme the Sacramente of Order to be a Sacrament of a true name denied by Luther by Caluin Germanus Constant. Coelfridus apud Bedam doe say that Priestes ought to weare crownes denied by Luther and others Cyprian vpon our Lordes prayer S. Hierome vpon the .vj. Chapiter of Daniel doe affirme that God is to be prayed vnto at certaine howres denied by Luther and by Zwinglius S. Hierome in his Epistle vnto Marcella Theoph. Alexandrin lib. Pasch. doe testifie that Lent ought to be fasted denied by Luther and others Leo in a sermone dothe declare what times y e Apostles appointed to faste affirming .iiij. tymes of the yeare to be fasted denied by Luther and others Origen Periarch xxix affirmeth man to haue free will denied by Illyricꝭ Luther Melancthon Origen ibidem affirmethe a rewarde to be due vnto the desertes of good woorkes denied by Luther Caluin S. Basil. in his Epistle vnto Iulianus the Apostate the second Synode of Nicea Iohn the Historiographer of Antioche doe affirme that the images of Sainctes ought to be had and reuerenced denied by Zwinglius Bullinger Caluin Martialis Epist. ad

beholde the very woordes translated out of the booke which Luther wrote against the Zwinglians The woordes are these These dissensions and diuisions amongst those Zwinglians doe not procede from the holye spirite but from Sathan because the spirite of suche geaddynes doth cōtrarye him selfe Wherefore yt may be cōcluded that the dyuel the father of al dissension stryfe is the doctor teacher of those Zwinglians But the Zwinglians doe aunswere him thus O Luther vse and turne these woordes to thee and thy fellowes whiche doe varye more amongst your selfes then wee doe then shalt thowe speake most truely Wherefore as in the first Table is plainelye declared vnto thee the frowardenes varieng and iarring of Luther Zwinglius Melancthon and suche others against the tradicions of the Apostles and doctrine of the Catholyke churche so here in this second Table is conteyned most manifestlye the rancour incōstancie stryf and controuersye concerning the chiefest poincte of faythe betwene those faytheles foes and enemies of Christianitie wherein they not only write say and preache the one against the other but also in one and the self same yeare eache one against him self Luther this yeare writeth against Zwinglius Zwinglius against him and Melancthon against them bothe Luther will haue at the first .vij. Sacramentes then loasing fyve he alloweth but twoe and at the lenght he affirmeth to be but one or none at all Melancthon will cast a better accompte for twoe he avowcheth to be at the first then three afterwardes fowre but in the ende he flyeth vnto the fonde fancie of them of Saxonie and so denieth all that he before hath done Thirdly William Postellus one of the self same companie and of the lyke cōcorde alleageth .vj. Sacramentes and somewhere .vij. Thus so wavering you see ys ther waywarde wilfullnes and so onstedfast ys this their strange fancies as they are lead from one self wil to another from one shamefull secte to a nomber and from extreme folye to rage and meare madnes Lo suche is the deceateful spirite of the dyuel as alwaies hating vnitie still nowseleth his schollers children in the noysom damnable doungeon of stryf and dissention being so I think there is none onles he be benoōmed and there is none onles he be desperate and bewiched but will beholde the headdy inconstante counsaill of heretickes and whether he ought to beleue their blind oncertaine fantasies orels the vniforme plaine and perfecte doctrine of Christ and of his Catholyke churche ❧ This table treateth of the hatefull heresies once sprong vpp in the primitiue churche and then condemned by the holy and learned Doctors and Apostles of Christ all which heresies nowe budding againe be vpholden and imbraced by Luther Zwinglius Bucer such other like newe fangled fond felowshipp of Sathan CCC.L. yeare after Christ as S. Hierome in a Preface to the dialogue against Pela doeth witnes y e Manichees did affirme man to haue no free will so dothe Luther Brentius Illyricus Caluine also at the first Melancthō but againe he denieth it as appeareth in his cōmune places in the .52 yeare The Cerdionistes as S. Augustine doeth witnes ad Quod vult affirmed Christ his spirite to haue bene in none of the Prophetes so doth Michael Seruetus as Caluine dothe witnes CCC.L. yeare the Manichees did affirme it impossible for man to kepe the lawe of God so doth Luther and Caluine in his institut CCC.XC yeare the Pelagians as S. Augustine in sundrie places doth witnes affirmed no original synne to be in infantes so doth Zwingliꝭ Seruetus and the Anabaptist The Pelagians as S. Augustine in his .iij. booke .iij. chapiter against Iulianus dothe witnes affirmed the Christians childrē not to be maculated with synne but to be pure from the same so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine ● Bucer CCC.L. yeare the Massilianistes as Damascenꝭ towching heresies doth witnes affirmed that baptisme maketh a man neyther ꝑfect nor holy nor that the Diuine sacramentes receaued doe purge vs from synne so dothe Luther and zwingliꝭ The Pelagians as S. August ad Quod vult doth witnes affirmed the infantes of y e Christiās to be borne good and heires of lyf euerlasting that they are not new borne againe to lyf by Baptisme so dothe Bucer Caluine CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes affirmed originall synne not to be forgyuen in Baptisme but so to remaine as it be not imputed vnto vs. so doth Luther The Seleucianistes and Herminians as S. Augustin in his worke ad Quod vult doth testifie alleaged the Baptisme of water not to be necessarie so dothe Caluine in his instituciōs CC.X. yeare the Nouatianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed confirmacion not to haue any anoynting of holy oyle so dothe Bucer Caluin CCC.XXX yeare the Donatistes as Optatus Mileuitanus alleageth did saye y e holy vnction ought not to be vsed so doth Luther Caluine in his institutiōs 1000. yeare Berengarius dyd affirme y t the sacramente of the Aultar is but a sygne of the Lordes bodye so doth Zwingliꝭ Occolampadius Caluine 1000. yeare y e Gerengarians as recordeth Guitmundus Auersanus affirmed that the sacramēte of the aultar hath the very body of Christ w t very bread so doth Luther his adherentes CCC.XXX yeare y t Massilianistes as Theodoretus saeth affirmed y t the Eucharist vnder y e forme of bread hathe not the verie blood so dothe the Luthera● in Polonia as the confesion of Polonia declarethe And that the sacramēt eaten doth neither preuaile nor hurt so doth Bucer XL. yeare the Nestorians as S. Cyrill in an epistle ad Col. doth testifie affirmed that the sacrament had not the body of Christ without the vse of the sacrament so doth the Lut●●ran● CCC.L. yeare Aerius as witnesseth S. August Epiph. affirmed that no sacrifice ought to be done for y e dead so dothe the Lutherā● Zwinglius CCC.X. yeare the Jouinistes as witnesseth S. Hierom. in his second boke against Jouinianus affirmed that good men cold not synne nor be at any tyme voyde of the holy ghoast so dothe the Anabaptistes CCC yeare the Audianistes as Theodoretus doth witnes affirmed that y e sacramental confession is not necessarie so dothe the Lutherans and Zwingliās CCC.L. yeare y e Massilianistes as Damascenus in haeresib doth record alleaged y e Sacramēt of order to be no sacramēt of a true name y t the cleargie are not coparcioners of y e holy ghost by ther ordinaūce which thing also affirmed y ● Alpigenistes in y e. 1250. so dothe the Lutherās zwingliās CCCC.L. yeare the Armenistes Catharistes affirmed the sacramentes to be faigned by man and that they worke no grace so doth the Lutherans the Zwingliās vij c. LXXX yeare the Felicianistes the Waldenses affirmed y t the images of Christ and his Saincts are Idololatrous so doth Zwingliꝭ Caluine the Lutherans in the highest Bauaria CCC.L. yeare Porphyrius Eunomicus Eustathiꝭ affirmed as the Counsaile Gangrensis doth witnes

Lord .vij c. on the .xiiij. chapiter of S. Marke saythe that the bread is changed into y e flesh of Christe Wherefore yf thowe reade ouer this with iudgement thowe wilte thē shake thy head yea and thowe wilte spytt at false Brentius with all his lieng brethren ☞ The heretickes assertions John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige saythe that y e Eucharist was not in tymes paste a sacrifice propitiatory That is false For the whole churche of Africa before the tyme of S. Augustine and Cyprian dyd offer it for the dead as S. Cyprian him self dothe witnes in y e .ix. epist. of his first booke S. Augustine in the C.x. chap. of his Euchiridion also in his sermone De verbis Apost Likewise in the .iiij. question vnto Dulicius and in many other places dothe teache that it is a propiciation for the synnes af y e deadd S. Ambrose doth sacrifice for his brother Satyrus as in his funerall oracion appearethe ☞ The heretykes assertion The same John Brentius in the said confession of Wirtembrige sayth that S. Augustine declared no certainetie cōcerning purgatorie That is most false For S. Augustine discussing this matter saeth it is no dowbte but that the affection or deuocion of one praing for the dead dothe auayle them who when they lyued in bodie haue deserued that suche thinges shold after this lyfe proffyt them He writeth this in the .iiij. chap. of his booke De cura pro mortuis S. Augustine also in the .xxxij. sermone De verbis Apost saeth It is not to be dowbted but that the dead are holpen throughe y e prayers of holy churche and throughe the holesome or compfortable sacrifice S. Augustine in the .iiij. chap. De cura pro mortuis in the .xxj. booke De ciuit Dei the xv chap. and oftentimes also in many other places he saeth It is not to be dowbted but that these thinges doe profytt the dead but suche as so lyued c. ☞ The heretickes assertions Martine Bucer in the .xviij. chap. of the .ij. booke concerning the administracion of our Lord his supper saeth y t the sacrifice of y e Lordes supper was in some churches adioygned vnto the funerall prayers and in some not yt was wonte to be adioigned sayeth Bucer in the churche of S. Augustine as appeareth concerninge the funerall of his mother Confessionum suarum lib. 10. cap. 12. That is false For the sacrifice of the Lordes supper was offered for the dead througheout all y e churches of Africa as out of the Canon of the counsail of Africa S. Cypriā in the .ix. Epistle of his first booke dothe teache S. Chrysostome concerning the churche of Antioche dothe wytnes the like in the .lxix. homelie vnto the people of Antioche And concerning the churche of Constantinople in his homelie vpon the first chapiter vnto the Philippians and also in Liturgia S. Basyll concerning the churches of Armenia and Cappadocia in Liturgia Damascenus in his oracion vpon the dead concerning the whole churche of Grece S. Ambrose cōcerning the churche of Millayne in an oraciō vpon his brother Satyrꝭ And as for the place of S. Augustine most falslie cited by Bucer Yt ys so that Bucer meaneth the Churche of Hippo whereof S. Augustine was Bushopp and therefore he calleth yt S. Augustins churche but Bucer most beastlie ys deceaued therin For S. Austin was not at that tyme clearke Priest nor Bushopp of Hippo. Wherefore all men may see theyr detestable dyvelishnes withoute shame in alleaging of the Doctors a mysse L. EVANS THus hauing translated so muche as of the said Tables may be suffycient I thought good to gyue the Reader here some frendlie further instruction and that speciallye to prevent the pievyshe grudging envye of the enemye whose hatefull desperate hande or harte wold not peraduenture stycke to stand all fondelie in the fyelde to contrarye the grave fathers and faythefull souldyours of the true fayth for I knowe that the rage of the rude rowte of heretykes is suche as now being paste all shame wyl not feare to defye the allowed most true authorityes here in thys boke alleaged wherefore vnderstande thowe o Reader that they bee the authorities of the perfecte worthie authors S. Chrysostome S. Ambrose S. Hierome S. Augustin that they be the authorities of Dionysius Areopagita a man of no meaner vertue then worthie to be chosen a Bushopp of the famous learned cyttie of Athens yea and therevnto elected by the chosen vessell S. Paule the Apostle of our Sauiour Christe and also that they be the authoryties of S. Basil S. Cyprian Irenaens of suche other shyninge glyscering starres of the howse of God suche be the authors they are men of this credytte and authorytie they were the prayse worthie preachers of the people in olde tyme they were the faythfull instructours of our forefathers and fynallie they were the chaste godly singuler lightesome lanternes of so golden a world I dowbte not then but that thow wilt say how can yt be possible nowe that any sholde bee of suche noughtynes as to defende his vayne estimacion fylthie lucre and onlauful luste wold so vnad visedlie aduenture to marche against thys mightie trayne of the true Catholyke church in deed good Reader I graunte that there is a iuste cause for thee to marvayle yeat such bye byters there be as theyr doting doinges staring studies and legende of lyes doth more then ynoughe declare I haue harde read and seene theyr bareyn sengle shameles shyftes in seeking to defende their fylthie naked and defourmed doctrine and yf I shall say therein my mynde then to speake the truthe I must say as Phociō sayd vnto Laosthenes that is that their bookes and sermones be muche lyke vnto the Cypre trees for they be huge greate and yeat bearing no fruicte at all But wylte thowe good Reader weyghe what men they bee and of what authorytie they are they be to speake the beste of theym the beastlyest parte of al the people they be the most loytering lecherous laddes of the whole Realme for an example beholde him who having his priuate whoore in hys owne howse whom he calleth wyf durst neuertheles betraye the treasure of his deare and faythful freande durst ah las ah las most lewdelie abuse the virginitie of his freandes doughter and durst fy fy deflowre so yong a thing Yf thou wylte aske me now what kynd of man this was which cōmitted thys vyle facte yea thys vyllanie and whether that he had any thing to doe with this dreaming diuelish doctrine I must then say that he was the pratyng pyller of this pelting newe founde faithe I must say that he buselie wrought for a Bushopryke I must say that his good Lordes the false named Bushopes of this tyme haue thought him wel worthie therof now as I heare he begynneth to preache vpon Miserere O Huntingtō this leasson was wel looked for this saved the neckes of manie