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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16116	A compendious olde treatyse, shewynge howe that we oughte to haue ye scripture in Englysshe	Ullerston, Richard, d. 1423.; Purvey, John, 1353?-1428?, attributed name.; Barlow, Jerome, fl. 1527.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531.	1530 (1530)	STC 3021; ESTC S104619	9,417	18

putt a bylle by thassent of .ij. archebysshoppes of the clergy to adnulle the byble that tyme traÌ„slated into englyshe with other englysshe bookee of thexposicioÌ„ of that gospels whiche wheÌ„ it was harde seyn of lordes of the comoÌ„s The duke of laÌ„caster IhonÌ„ answered ther to tyght sharply saying this senteÌ„ce we wyll not be refuse of all other nacions For sythe they have godes lawe whiche is the lawe of ower belefe iÌ„ ther owne laÌ„gage we wyll have owres in englysshe who so ever saye naye â—â—pocrisie is the nature of all bisshoppes And this he afferâ—â—â—â— with a greate othe Also Thomas AruÌ„dell arâ—â—â—bysshoppe of Caunterbury said in a sermoÌ„ at west mester or that buryeng of Quene Anne that it was more ioye of her thaÌ„ of any womaÌ„ that ever he knewe For she an alien borne hadde in englysshe all ye. ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ gospels wyth the doctors vpoÌ„ them And he said that she had sent theÌ„ to hym to examyn aÌ„d he said that they were good and trewe And he blamyd in that sermon sharply the negligence of the prelats and other meÌ„ In so moche that he saide that he wold leave vppe the office of Chaunceler and forsake wordly busynes and gyue hym to fulfyll his pastorall office for that he hade seyn and redde in tho bookes Neuer trust bishop as loÌ„ge as he kepeth his possessions And after this promyse he became the most cruell enemy that myght be agaynst englyshe bookes And therfore as many men sayne god smot hym with a cruest ' dethe as he didde also Rycherd flemyng byshoppe of lyncolne And yet ower bysshoppes ben so indurate and so farre strayed from god that they have no grace one to beware of another but prowdly agaynst all reasons and euideÌ„ce of gods lawes and doctors sentences they brenne goddes wordethe whiche hathe brought thys realme to vndoynge for ever but if godes grace be the more Wher is that auncieÌ„t blode that was in england in these dayes for thys cruell deade is cause of pestilence hungers warres and that also thys realme shal be conqueryd in short tyme as sainct Edward the kyng and confessor prophesyethe in his booke that begynnith thus SaÌ„ctus Edwardus rex vidit spiritualibus oculis ercete And therfore it were good to the Kyng and to other lordes to make some remedy agaynst this coÌ„stitucyon of Antechrist that saythe it is vnlawfull to vs englyshe men to have in englyshe goddes laâ—â—â—â—d therfore he brennythe and sleythe theÌ„ that â—â—â—â—teyne thys good deade Et nuÌ„c reges intelligite erudimini qui iudicatis rerram and that is for default that the kyng and lordes knoweÌ„ not ne wyll not knowether owne office in meaÌ„tenaÌ„ce of god hys lawe For as sainct Austen saithe the Kyng with hys knyghtes representyn the godhede of Christe and prestes the manhode of Christe Rex est vicartus diuinitatis et sacerdos est vicarius Christi humanitatis hec Augustinus in de questionibus veteris et noue legis ca xci And if the kyng wold desyer to knowe perfetly his office he maye fynde meÌ„ to shewe to hym bookes that truely and perfetly shall informe hym to doo his office to the plesaunce of god But thys canne not he lerne of byshoppys for they enforme hym after Antichristes lawe and ordenaunce for hys lawes nowe reignen Bishops will notte ache against their God their bely Yet agaynst theÌ„ that sayn the gospell in englyshe wold make men to erre wore they well that we fynde in latyn laÌ„gage more he retykes then of all other langages for the decre saythe .xxiiij. xciij Quidam autem heretici that there be founden syxty laten heretykes And if meÌ„ shuld hate any laÌ„gage for heresy theÌ„ must they hate lateÌ„ But gode forbede that any laÌ„gage shuld be hated for heresy sytheÌ„ manye heretykes wer of the disciples of the Appostles For sainct IhonÌ„ saithe they have gonÌ„ owt of vs but they were not of vs. And Paule saithe it behovythe heresys to be How Antichrist is cause of al heresies aÌ„tichrist makythe many mo heretykes then there shuld be for he stoppythe so the knowyng of godes lawe punysheth so them that he knowyth that have it that they dare not comen therof openly to have trewe informacion and thys makyth laye men that desyreÌ„ loveÌ„ to knowe godes law to goo to gyâ—â—â—â— in pryvyte and conceyven by theyr owne wâ—â—â—â—â— many tymes heresys the whiche heresies in ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ tyme shuld be destroyed yf men myght have free comenyng openly and but if this maye be hade moche of the people shall dye in heresy for it lyethe ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ in Antichristes power to destroye all englysshe bookes for as fast as he brennethe other men shall drawe and thus the cause of heresy and of the people that dyethe in heresy is the frowardnes of byshoppes that wyll not suffer men to haue opyn comounyng and fre in the lawe of gode and therfore they be cowntable of as many sowlys as dyen in thys default and are traytors to gode in stoppyng of his lawe the whiche was made in saluacion of the people Is not this turninge the rotys of the tres vpward And nowe they turne his lawe byther cruell constitucyons into dampnacion of the people as it shal be provyd apon them at the daye of dome for godes lawe saithe StabuÌ„t iusti in magna constancia aduersus eos qui se angustianeruÌ„t et qui abstulerunt labores eorum c. For that that other men laboreÌ„ they brenneÌ„ Reade Sapien vi and vij and if owre clergy wold study well this lessen of sapieÌ„ce to that eÌ„de they shuld mowe rede therin theyr oune dampnacion but if they amend this defaulte with other defaultes Saithe not the holy man Ardemakan in the booke of questions that the wurshupfull sacrameÌ„t of the alter maye be made in eche comeÌ„ langage For he saithe so diden the appostles But we covett not this but that Antechrist geue vs leaue to haue the lawe of ower beleue in englishe Also they that haue comonyd moche with the Iewes saye that they haue in every lande that they be borne in the byble in ther mother tounge that is Ebrewe And they be more practyse therin than annye men ye ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the lewde men as the prestes But it is redde in ther synagoges amonges the people of ther prestes to fulfyll ther prestes office and to the edification of the poraile that for worldly busines and slew the maye not studye it Also the .iiij. evangelistes wrote the gospell in diverse langages as Mathewe in Iurye Marke in Italy Luke in Achaie and IhonÌ„ in Asie And all these wrotte in the langages of the same contrâ—ys also Thobye saithe Chap. xiij that gode disperged spred or scaterid that Iewes abrode among the hethen people that they tellynge vnto they in the merveylles of godde they shuld knewe that there were none other gode but gode of Israell And

A compendious olde treatyse shewynge howe that we ought to haue the scripture in Englysshe Â¶ Thexcusacyon of the treatyse Though I am olde clothed in barbarors wede Nothynge garnysshed with gaye eloquency Yet I tell the trouth yf ye lyst to take hede Agaynst theyr frowarde furious frenesy Which recken it for a great heresy And vnto laye people greuous outrage To haue goddes worde in their natyfe langage Enemyes I shall haue many a shoren crowne With forked cappes and gaye croosys of golde Which to maynteyne ther ambicions renowne Are glad laye people in ignorance to holde Yet to shewe the verite one maye be bolde All though it be a proverbe daylye spoken Who that tellyth trouth his head shal be broken Â¶ Vnto the Reader GRace and peace not that the worlde geuyth but from god the father and oure sauioure Iesu Christ with increace of the holy spryt be with the and all that thurste the truthe Amen CoÌ„syderynge the malyciousnes of oure prelatz and theyr adherentes whiche so furiously barke ageynst the worde of God aÌ„d specially the new testameÌ„t translatyd and sett forthe by Master WilliaÌ„ Tyndale which they falsely preteÌ„de to be sore corrupte That ye may knowe that yt is not Tyndales translacyoÌ„ that moueth theÌ„ but only the inwarde malyce whiche they haue euer had ageynst the worde of God I haue here putt in prynte a tretyse wrytten aboute the yere of oure lorde a thousande foure hundryd By which thou shalte playnly perceyue that they wolde yett neuer from the begynnynge admytte any translacioÌ„ to the laye people so that it is not that corrupte traÌ„slacioÌ„ that they withstonde For yf that were true yâ— ydle bellyes wolde haue had leyser I nowgh to put forth another well traÌ„slatyd But yt is theyr awne myscheuous lyuynge that mouyth theÌ„ accordyng as Chryste sayd IhonÌ„ .iij. Euery man that workyth euyll hatyth the lyght ner comyth to the lyght lest hys workes shulde be reproued c. Thus mayst thou se that bycause theyr workes ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ â—â—ght and not bycause yt is euyll translatyd ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ furiously resyste the worde of god whiche is the trew lyght For yet was ther neuer none traÌ„slatyd but other with falshed or tyraÌ„ny they putt yt downe Wherefore I exhorte the reder not to consydre aÌ„d note the wordes but the maner And praye to god to sende the rulers hartes to vnderstoÌ„de the trewth and further the same and the god of all comforte be with the Amen Â¶ Thys treatyse more thaÌ„ an C. yere olde Declareth howe owre prealatis do ferre a mysse Which of frowarde presumpcion are so bolde To forbede the worde of god in englysshe For as the prophete sayeth blyssed he is That exercyseth hym selfe diligently In scripture nyght and daye continually Psal i. FOr to make vpon Anticrist I take figure of kyng Antioche of whome gods lawe speakythe in the boke of Machabeijs for right as kynge Antioche came in the ende well nygh of the olde lawe and brent the bookes of gods lawe and coÌ„pelled the people to do maumentry So now Anticrist the kyng of clergy that lynen worse then hethen prestes breÌ„nerh nowe nyghe th eÌ„de of the newe lawe and thevaÌ„gely of Christ that is nyghe the ende of the worlde to deceyue well nyghe all the worlde and â—â—â—â—â—ue the seruauntes of god For nowe god shalâ— ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ we who wyll stande by hys lawe for Satanâ— ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ prophetes saye is now vnbonde and hathe ben CCCC yeris and more for to in habit ower clergye as he dyd the clergye of the olde lawe but nowe wythe muche more malyce Ye may se it is no novelteis that the bishops burne the gospell For as they dampned Chryst so nowe ower bysshope dampne and bren goddes lawe for bycause it is drawyn into ower mother tounge c. It owght to be and we savyd shuld be as we shall preue by open euidence thoroughe goddes helpe First we take witnesse of Boetius de disciplina scolarium that saythe that childerne shuld be tawght in the bookes of Seneke And Bede expoundeth this sainge and saythe that childerne in vertues shuld be tawght For the bookes of Seneke ben moralles aÌ„d for they be not taught thus in there youthe they contynue styll euyll maneryd and be vnable to conceyue the subtyle science of trouthe saing the wyse man is as a clean myrror newe pullisshed Reade Robin hode saye oure masters Wisdem shall not enter into a wicked sowle And moche is herof the sentence of Bede And Algasell in his logyke saieth the sowle of maÌ„ is as a clene mirror newe pullysshed in which is seyn lyghtly the image of vertue And for the people hath not cunnynge in youthe they have darke sowles and blinded with ignorance so that they proffyt not in vertue but in falsnes and malice and other vices and moche is ther of the matter Sythen hethen philosophers wolden the people to proffit in naturall science howe moche more shuld Christen clerkes wyll the pepyll to profyt in scieÌ„ce of vertues for so wold gode For wheÌ„ the lawe was geuyn to Moyses in the mounte of Synay god gaue it to his people iÌ„ ther mother toÌ„â—â— of Ebrue that all the people shuld vnderstande ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ â—nd commaunded Moyses to reade it to them vntyll they vnderstode it aÌ„d so he did as it is playn Deutero xxxi And Esdras also redde it in theyr mother toÌ„ge fro morow vntyll none as it is playn in the first boke of Esdras Cap. viij And he redde it apertly in the streate the earys of the people were intentysly gevyn therto in so moche that the people fell into greate weping for the miskeping of the lawe Also goddes lawe saithe Deuter. xxxij that fathers shuld make the lawe knowen to theyr sonnes aÌ„d the sonnes that shuld be borne of theÌ„ shuld ryse and teache these thynges to ther sonnes And the holy apostle saynt Peter in the fourth chapter of his fyrst booke speakyth after this maner sayenge Who so euer speake speake he as the wordes of god and every man as he hathe takyn grace of knowing so ministre he forthe to other men It is wrytten playnly in the booke of noumbres the eleventh chapter When the prophet Moyses hade chosen seuenty elder men and the spryt of god rested on them and they prophesyed Two men besydes them Eldad and Medad prophesyed in the tentes and Iosue the ministre of Moyses said to Moyses forbed thowe them moses letted no maÌ„ to prophesye And Moyses said what enuiest thou for me Who shall let that all the people prophesye yf god gyue them his spirite Also it is redde in the gospell that saynct Ihon euangelist said vnto Christ lorde we shall forbyd ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ that castith oute spiryttes in thy name whiche folowith not vs. Luc. ix And Christ said do not forbede for who so is not agaynst vs ys with vs. And vnto the same agreyth well the prophesy of Ioheâ— which saynt Petre preachinge to the Iewes strongly

gode ordyned his people to beleve his lawe wrytten among them in ther mothertounge vt pater Ge. xvij and Exo. xiij In so moche the boke of Iudithe is wrytten in Calde speche vt peter per HieronimuÌ„ in prologo eiusdeÌ„ Also the bookes of Daniel and of Esdre ben wrytten in Calde vt pater per Hieroni. in prologis eorundeÌ„ also the booke of Iohelis in Arabyke aÌ„d Syre speche vt pater per Hieroni. in prologo eiusdeÌ„ Also Ezechiest the prophet prophesyed in Babylon and lefte his prophesye vnder the mother tounge of Babylon vt pater per HieronimuÌ„ in prologo eiusdem Also the prophesye of Isaie is translated into the tounge of Ethiope as HieromÌ„ coÌ„cludyth in primo prologo Gene. Then sythen the darke prophesyes were translated amonges the hethen people that they myght have knowledge of gode aÌ„d of the incarnacion of Christ moche more it owght to be traÌ„slatyd to englyshe people that have receivyd the faythe and bounden them selfe to kepe it apon payne of dampnacion Mat. xxviij sythen Christ commâ—unded his Apostles to preache his gospell ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ all the worlde and exceptid no people nor lanage Also Origen translated the byble owt of Ebrewe into Greke with helpe of other in the yere of owre lorde God CCxxxiiij Also Aquila traÌ„slated it in the tyme of AdriaÌ„ the emperowre in the yere of oure lorde C. xxiiij also TheodosioÌ„ traÌ„sla it in the tyme of theÌ„perowre Contede .luij. yere after Aquila also Simacus traÌ„slated it in the tyme of theÌ„perowre Serene .xxx. yere after Theodosion .viij. yere after Simacus it was translated the auctor vnknowen in the tyme of Alexander the emperowre And Ierome translated it into latyn vt in cronicis Cistercienc li. ij ca. xxxij And after that Ierom hade translated it into laten he translated moche to women of the bible And to the maydens Eustochia and Paula he translated the bookes of Iosue of Iudicum and Ruth and Hester and Ecclesiastes Ieremy Isaie and Daniell and the .xij. prophetes aÌ„d the .vij. canonyke epystylles vt pater in prologo coruÌ„dem And so all meÌ„ maye se here by IeroÌ„ that it was neuer his enteÌ„t to bynde the lawe of god vnder his translacion of laten but by his owne dede gevythe leaue to translate it into every speche for Ierom wrytythe iÌ„ his .lxxviij epystle to this man Atleta that he shuld enforme his daughter in the bookes of the olde lawe and the newe Also in his .lxxv. epistle he wrytythe to the virgyn Semetriadis that she shuld for to encrease her selfe in vertue rede nowe apoÌ„ one booke aÌ„d nowe apon another And he specifiethe vnto her that she also reade the gospell and the epistylles of the Apostles And thus Thenglyshe men desyre to have the lawe of gode in englyshe But my lordes say that ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ maketh me heretikes peruerteth soules sythen it â—s callyd the lawe vndefyled coÌ„uertyng sowlys in to clennes lex dnÌ„i immaculata conuertens aiÌ„as but Antechrist saithe that it is corrupte with litterall lettre that it sleyth sowlys takyng his auctorite of Paule that saithe litera occidit spiritus audem viuificat That is the Lettre of the ceremonyes of the olde lawe sleyth the Iewes and them that nowe vsen them but the spirite of the newe lawe quykenethe trewe Cristen men sythen Christ saithe my wordes ben spritte and lyffe Also we take ensample of holy virgyns to love to reade the gospell as they dideÌ„ as Ratheryn Cecyle Lucye Agnes Margaret whiche alegyd the holy gospell to the infidels that slewe them for the keping therof Of these foresaid auctorites it is provyd laufull that bothe men aÌ„d women laufully may reade and wryte gedes lawe in theyr mother tunge and they that forfenden this they shewe them selfes heyers and sonnes of the first tormentors and werse for they shewen them selfes the veraye disciples of Antichrist whiche hathe aÌ„d shall passe all the malyce of tyrauntes that haue ben before in stoppyng aÌ„d pervertynge of godes lawe whiche deade engendrythe greate vengeaunce to fall in this realme but if it be amendid For Paule saithe Roma 1. The wrathe of gode is shewyd from hevyn vpon cruelnes and vnryghtfulnes of these men that with holden the trowthe of gode in vnright wysnes Reuelatur enim ira dei super omneÌ„ impictarem et iniusticiam hominum eoruÌ„ qui veritatem dei in iniustitia detinent Now gode of hys mercy geve vnto ower kyng and to ower lordes grace of trewe vnderstandyng to amende this default principally and all other then shall we ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ we easely to be amendid For vntyll it be amendâ—â— there shall neuer be rest and peace in thys realme Who that fyndythe or redythe this lettre put it furthe in examinacioÌ„ suffer it not to be hydde or destroyed but multyplyed for no maÌ„ knoweth what proffyt maye come therof For he that compilede it purpoâ—yth with goddes helpe to mayntayne i vnto the deathe yf neade be And therfore all christen meÌ„ and women praye that the worde of god maye be vnbounde and delyvered from the power of Antichrist and renne amonge his people Amen Â¶ Emprented at Marlborow in the laÌ„de of Hessen be my Hans Luft in the yere of owre lorde M. 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