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A00758	A supplication of the poore commons Whereunto is added the supplication of beggers.	Fish, Simon, d. 1531. Supplicacyon for the beggers. aut; Brinkelow, Henry, d. 1546, attributed name.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588, attributed name.	1546 (1546)	STC 10884; ESTC S102081	30,801	66

beyng so poore that it was naked wythout any cloth to couer it But these charitable men whiche teache vs that is one of the workes of mercy to bury the dead woulde not take the paynes to bury the dead corps onlesse they had theyr dutye as they call it In fyne they caused the dead corps to be ca ryed into the strete agayne and there to remayne tyll the poore people whych dwelled in the place where the poore creature dyed had begged so much as the pristes call theyr dwe O mercifull lord who can be able wor thily to lament the miserable estate of thys tyme when those men whiche in all thynge professe to be the light of the worlde the tea ther 's of the ignoraunte the leaders of the blynd are so fare withoute mercy whyche Christe preferred before sacrifice that they wyl not do so much as wast a lytle of theyr breathe in readinge ouer a fewe psalmes at the buryall of one of the poore membres of Christ onlesse they haue money for theyr la boure and whan those persons whom the other called spiritual do compt but as brute beastes callynge thē temporall shall showe more mercy the badge of the christian souldiers towardes the poore mēbres of christ then they which glory to be the true prophetes of Christ and successoures of the Apostles Yea when those paynted sepuleres be so merciles that they pitie not them whom the verye infidelles woulde pitie Wher is theyr so litle mercy showed as amōgest thē●… in so much that theyr couetouse is growne into this prouerbe no peny no pater noster For they wyl not do that thyng whych eue ry christian is bounds to do for other onles they may be waged for money they wedde and bury and synge ful mery but all for mo ney If your highnes would call a compt of them and cause them to showe the bokes of the names of them that haue ben buryed maried with in thys yeare conferringe that nūbre wyth the summe of money they take for euery such burial mariage you should easily perseaue howe lytle neade they haue to oppresse vs with double triple tenthes iudge thē most victoryouse prince what an vnresonable sūme the whole grosse sūme of these enhanced tenthes wyth other theyr petryt b●…y burrye draweth to They receaue of euery hōdreth li. xiii li. xv s. of the thou sande one hūdreth and. xxxvii li. x. s. then may youre highn●…s soone be certifyed what they receyue of the whole rentes of the citie no doute gracyouse prynce they receyue of vs yearely moore then your hyghnes dyd at anye tyme whan you were besette on euery syde wyth mortall enemyes And yet theyr conscience woulde serue them wel ynowgh to take three tymes as muche as they do yf your hyghnes woulde suffer them For they vse to saye that for as muche as it is establyshed by a lawe they may wyth good con science take it yf it were more Yea yf your hyghnes woulde suffer them theyr conscience woulde serue them to lye wyth our wi ues euery tenthe nyghte other els to haue euerye tenthe wyfe in the paryshe at they re pleasure But oure trust is that your hyghnesse wyll tye them shorter and to saye the truethe it is tyme for yf you suffer them a whyle they wyll attempt to make your high nes pay the tēthes vnto thē as lōge as they haue payed them to you For they haue already soughte oute our ware houses store houses stables wharffes and barnes causynge vs to paye not onely the tenthe for that we neuer payd before but also the. vii peny of the whole rētes raised throughout the whole cytie Who can iudge either therfore moost dreade souerayne but that they wold yf thei wist how cause your highnes to pay vnto thē not only the tēth of your ye ●…ely reuenues but also the tēthe peny of all such spoiles as youre highnes shall take in warres for they carp much vpō Abrahās ge uinge of the tēth of his spoile to Melchisedech wherfor most merciful prince cōsider with mercy this pitiful cōplaint of vs your most faithful subiects deliuering vs frō the mouthes of these vnsatiable beastes which do daylye employ thē selues to deuoure vs our wyues and childerne euen as we were fode prepared for the to deuonre Let the or der that Paule toke withe the faythfull of the primatiue church take effect in these our days the last days of this miserable world Let none eat that laboureth not ii Thessa. iiii Let them also that be called to be preachers haue the rewarde of preachers ouerlode them not with the possessions ryches of this world for the cares therof do choke the worde Let not eche rauenynge woulfe that cōmeth wyth a shepehoke in hys hande be receued as a shepherde Let not the simple lambes of Christ be committed to the tuitiō of these so raueninge woulfes Let not the portion of the poore be cōmitted to thē that distribute not but rather gather and heape vp coumptynge all fyshe that cometh to the uet Let the worthy prophetes that walke di ligently in theyr vocation be called to the gouernance of the spiritual flocke of Christ and let them be repelled that come vncalled we meane suche as sue to beare the name of youre hyghnesse chaplaynes onelye because they trust to obtayne therby lordlyck liuinges out of the porsiō of the poore Take pity mooste mercifull prince vpon vs youre poore and faythful leage people take pitty vppon youre owne soule which shall at the laste daye be charged wyth all abuses that your hyghnes suffereth frely to raygne Be leue not those gnatonicall adherentes that wyll not stickt to affirme and denye so that they may trust to please you therby Let thē not perswade your highnes that al is good that is concluded in your hygh court of par liament remembre O howe they ledde your hyghnes whan you sent forthe your letters vnder your broode sease streyghtly cōmaūdinge euery and singuler your highnes sub iectes vnder payne of youre highnes displeasure to ayde supporte and forther all and singular prockters pardoners Remēbre in what case they had brought iour high nes whan you thought it godlynes to viset in your owne parson the graues images relickes of dead saintes doing to the diuine honour reuerence Let them not perswade you that God is or can be better serued in the latine tong then in the englysh consider what great folly saynte Paull counteth it for men to pray which is to talke wyth almighty God in a tong they vnderstand not i. Lorin xiiii yea and how much greater folly it is to thyncke holynes in hearynge a tale told in a straunge tong Your hyghnes com maūded that none should receaue the sacrament at Erster but such as ●…oulde and dyd vse the Lordes prayer wyth the articles of the fayth in the englysh tong But they byd vs vse