theym not but laugh and lette theym bable pryde maketh theym procede and they procure mo and sprede the bokes more abrode and drawe mo bretherne to theym ¶ There ys no small nomber of suche erronyouse englyshe bookes prented of whyche yf fewe were boughte there wolde not of lykelyhed so many be putte in prente sauynge that some brethern there are in this realme that of theyr zele to theyr sectes beyng of such substaūce that they maye forbere yt geue some money therto before hande content to abyde thaduenture of the sale or geue the bokes aboute for nought to brynge men to the deuyl ¶ And in this wise is there sent oute to be prented the boke y t Fryth made laste agaynste the blessed sacrament answerynge to my letter wherwyth I confuted the pestylēt treatyce that he hadde made agaynste yt byfore And the bretherne loked for yt nowe at thys bartlemew tyde laste passed and yet loke euery daye except yt be come all redye and secretely runne amonge theym ¶ But in the meane whyle there is come ouer a nother boke aguynst the blessed sacrament a boke of that sort that Frythes boke the bretherne may nowe forbere For more blasphemouse and more bedelem rype than this boke is were that boke harde to be which is yet madde inough as me say that haue sene yt ¶ This boke is intytled The souper of our lord But I beshre w suche a she wer as so serueth in the souper that he conuayth awaye the best dyshe and bryngeth yt not to the borde as this man wold yf he could conuey fro the blessed sacrament Cri stes owne blessed fleshe and bloode and leue vs nothynge therin but for a memoryall onely bare brede and wyne ¶ But his handes are to lumpyshe and this messe also to great for hym to cōuey clene specyally syth y e dishe is so dere and so dayntye that euery chrystē man hath his hart bent therto and therfore his yie set theron to 〈◊〉 where yt bycometh ¶ The man hath not set his name vnto his boke nor whose yt is I can not surely say But some reken yt to be made by Wyllyam Tyndale for that in a pystle of his vnto Fryth he wryteth that in any thynge that he cando ' he wolde not fayle to helpe hym forthe ¶ Nowe be yt some of the brethern reporte that the booke was made by George Jay And of trouth Tyndale wrote vnto Frith that George Jay hadde made a boke agaynste the sacrament whych was as yet partly by his meanes partely for lacke of money reteyned and kepte fro the prent Nowe be yt what George Joy wolde do therin afterward whā hys money were come that coulde he not he sayth assure hym ¶ Nowe of trouthe George Joye hath longe hadde in hande and redy lyenge by hym his boke agaynst the sacrament And nowe yf this be yt he hathe somwhat enlengthed yt of late by a pyece that he hath patched in agaynst me wherin he wolde seme to soyle myne argumentes whyche in my letter I made in that mater agaynste the deuely she treatyce of Fryth ¶ And in very dede dyuerse that are lerned and haue redde the booke reken yt veryly to be the booke of George Jaye whereof Tyndale wrote vnto Fryth specyally by certayn wordes that were in that letter For therin wryteth Tyndale that yf George Jay dyd put forth his boke there shold be founden in it many rea sons very few to the purpose ¶ Nowe be yt me thynketh by that marke that this boke sholde not be that For in this boke be there very fewe reasons and of them all neuer one to the purpose ¶ The maker of the boke in y e ende of his boke for one cause why he put teth not his name therto wryteth in thys wyse Mayster mocke whom the veryte moost offendeth and doth but mocke it out whan he can not soyle it he koweth me well inough ¶ Thys sadde and sage ernest mā that mockyng at myne name calleth me mayster Mocke dothe in these wyse wordes nothynge but mocke the readers of his boke saue that his reason is so rude and folysh that the mocke returneth to hym selfe ¶ For syth he wryteth not his booke to me nor sendeth me none of theym but the bretherne kepe theym fro me as closely as they cā what if I wyst neuer so wel who he were that wrote yt what were this to the bretherne that reade yt know they therby who yt is to ¶ Now for my selfe also though I knowe Tyndale by name George Jay or George Joy by name also and twenty such other fond felowes of the same secte mo yet yf tenne of those wolde make tenne suche folysh treatyses and sette they re names to none coulde I know therby whych of those madde foles made whyche folyshe boke ¶ Dyuerse there are in dede of those that are lerned and haue redde the boke that thynke for the lacke of lernynge and of wytte also that they fynde euery where therin the booke sholde neyther be made by Tyndale nor by George Jay neyther but rather by some yonge vnlerned fole ¶ Nowe be it as for me I thynke the boke myghte be for all that made by Tyndale or by George Jaye eyther For the mater beynge dyuysed agaynst the blessed sacramēt the wy sest or the moste fole the moste lerned or the leste is all in maner one and in that mater maketh lytle dyfference For I neuer founde yet any man so wel lerned and so naturally well wytted wythall but after that he fell ones to y e defense of heresies specyally of this abomynable here sye agaynst the blessed sacramēt ney ther lernyng nor wyt neuer wel ser ued hymafter For as for Tyndale the captayne of our Englyshe heretyques who byfore he felto these fransyes mē had went had had some wyt and was taken for full pretyly lerned to ye se good chrysten readers playnly tryed by his bokes that an vnlettered man myghte be ashamed to write so vnler nedly and a madde man wolde all most wax rede for shame to wryte in some thynges so frantykely ¶ As touchynge frere Barons and George Jay the bretherne systern them selfe se theyr wyttes so wasted and theyr lernyng waxen so slender that the bretherhed hath lytle lyste to reade them ¶ And some of the bre therne that say this new worke was made by George Jay thynke that the cause why he sette not his name therto was bycause he wyst well the brethern dyd not regarde hym And Tyndale had in his letter also decla red him for a fole by reasō wherof he thought y t if yt came vnder his name the stimacyon therof were but loste ¶ Fryth was lo a proper yonge man and a towarde tyll he fell vnto these folyes After whyche to what dekay both his wyt and his lernynge came euery wyse man myche meruayled that in his open examenacyon herd and consydered his answeres ¶ For all be
my bryngynge in the selfe same sample he maketh that argument for me And therfore now whaÌ„ vppon those facys in the glasse he maketh and faceth hym selfe that lye vppon me and than scoffeth that I face out the trouth with lyes and thaÌ„ proueth neuer one he doth but shew what prety wordes he coulde speke and how properly he coulde scoffe yf the mater wolde serue hym ¶ And yet I pray you good readers consyder well the wordes of that argumeÌ„t that he maketh in myne name we se many faces in many glasses therfore may one body be in many places Now spake not I you wote well of many faces sene in many glassys as he bothe falsely folysshely reherseth me but of one face sene at onys in many glassys For that is lyke to the mater For like as all those glasses whyle onely one man loketh in them he seeth but hys owne one face in all those places so be as saynt Chrysostom declareth all the hostes of the blessed sacrameÌ„t beynge in so farre dystaunt seuerall places a sondre all one very body of our blessed sauyour hym selfe and all one hoste one sacryfyce and one oblacyon ¶ And as properly as mayster mas ker scoffeth at that sample and symy sytude of the glasse I wolde not haue mysse lyked myne owne wytte therin yf thinuencyoÌ„ therof had ben myne owne For I fynde not many samples so mete for the mater to the capacite of good and vnlerned folke as it is For as for the poynt of which mayster Masker maketh all the dyf ficultye that one substaunce beynge but a creature myghte be in many places at onys euery man that is lerned seeth a sample that satisfyeth hym shortely For he seeth and perceyueth by good reasoÌ„ that the soule is vndiuisyble and is in euery parte of the body and in euery parte it is whole And yet is euery member a seuerall place And so is the blessed substaunce of the spyrytuall body of Chrystes flesshe his bonys whole in euery parte of the sacrament ¶ But thys sample of the soule can not euery man vnserned coÌ„ceyue and imagyne ryghte but of the glasse bath for his capacite a more me tely symisitude that y t in one poynt also doth more resemble the mater For the soule forsaketh euery member y t is clene deuided from the body But the blessed body of our sauyour abydeth styll whole in euery parte of the blessed sacrament though it be broken into neuer so many places as the image and forme of the face avydeth whole styll to hym that byholdeth it in euery parte of the broken glasse And thus good readers as for thys sample and symylytude of the face in the glasse mayster Masker maye for his folyshe facynge yt out be myche ashamed yf he haue any shame whan so euer he loketh on his owne face in the glasse ¶ And for conclusyon thys beynge of the body of Chryste in dyuers pla ces at ones syth the olde holy doctours and sayntes sawe and perceyued that the soule of euery man why che is a very substaunce and peraduenture yet of lesse spirituall power than the flesshe and bones of our sauyour Chryste be now and yet very flesshe for all that and very bonys also styll they rekened not that the beynge therof in dyuers places at ones wolde after theyr dayes begyn to be taken for so straunge and harde a thynge as these heretykes make yt nowe And therfore they made nothyng so great a mater of that poynt but the thynge that they thought men wolde moste meruayse of was the conuersyon and turnyng of the brede and the wyne into Chrystes very flesshe and bloud And therfore to make that poynte well open and to make it synke into mennys brestes those olde holy doctours and sayntes as I sayde in these wordes whyche maister maskar mocketh vsed many mo good samples of thynges done by nature ¶ But than were they no myracles sayth mayster Masker And what than good master Masker Myghte they not'serue to proue y t god myght do as mych by myracle as nature by her comen course Those wordes so were by maister masker you se wel very well and wysely put in The. xxiii chapyter 〈◊〉 this towarde the perceyuyng and bylyefe of that point of conuersyon of the brede and the wyne into the very flesshe and bloud of Christe I sayd that those holy doctours and sayntes vsed ensamples of other myracles done by god and wryten in holy scrypture ¶ Now at thys word mayster masker asketh me Ende versus where one I 〈◊〉 your you haue herd all redy good readers in the. xv chapyter of the fyrste boke the wordes of that holy doctour saynt Cyryll in whyche for the credence of that poynt that is to wytte the chaungynge of the brede and the wyne into Chrystes flesshe and hys bloud he bryngeth the myracles that god wrought in the olde lawe as the chauÌ„gyng of the water into bloude and the chaungyng of Moses rodde into a serpent and dyuers other chauÌ„ ges and myghty myracles mo ¶ Yow haue herde also before how saynt Chrysostome agaynste them y e wolde dowte how Chryste coulde geue them hys flesshe to eate layeth forth the myracle of the multiplyeng of fyue louys so sodaynly to xii basketes full more than the fuffycyent fedynge of fyue thousand folke ¶ Here be lo some verses yet mayster Masker mo than one miracle perdye that those holy doctours and sayntes haue vsed in this mater of the blessed sacrament And yet suche other mo shall I brynge you at another leysour ere I haue done wyth your second course that it shall greue you to se them And surely where properly you scoffe at me wyth my many facys in one hode I haue here in thys fyrste parte all redy brought you for the trew sayth of the catholyke chyrche agaynste your false heresye wherwith you wolde face our sauyout out of y e blessed sacrament I haue brought agaynst you to your face saint 〈◊〉 and Theophilactê° saynt Austayne and saynt Hylary saynt Hyreneus saynt Cyryll and saynte Chrysostome so many suche good facys into this one hode that al the shamefullyes y t your shamelesse face can make shall neuer agaynste these facys be able to face out the trouth And thus ende I good readers my fourth boke Here endeth the fourth booke The fyfth booke and the laste of the fyrste parte The fyrste chapyter Now come I good chrysten readers to the last poynte that I spake of the two contradyccyons of myn owne that mayster Masker hath hyghly layed vnto my charge whose wordes I shall good reders fyrst reherse you whole to these they be god saue them At laste note chrysten reader that mayster More in the thyrde boke of hys confutacyon of Tyndale the 249. syde to proue saynt 〈◊〉 gospell vnperfyte in suffycyent for leuyng out of so necessary a poynt of our fayth as he calleth the last souper of Chryste hys maundye sayth that Iohn spake
harte so sure but that with hys good hope he shall all waye couple some feare as a brydyll abytte to refrayne and pull hym backe leste he fall to myschyefe and folow Iudas in falshed waxe a deuyll as Cryst called hym Whyche name our sauyour gaue him not without good cause For y t deuyllys seruaūt sayth saynt Cyril is a deuyll to For lyke wyse as he y t is by godly vertues ioyned vnto god is one spyryt wyth god so he that is with deuylysshe vyces ioyned wyth the deuyll is one spyryte wyth hym ¶ And therfore good readers he y t in suche plyght receyueth the blessed sacrament wythout purpose of amen dement or wythout the fayth and by lyefe that the very flesshe bloude of Chryste is in it he receyueth as saynt Austayne sayth notwythstandyng his noughtynesse y e very fleshe and bloude of Cryst the very pryce of our redempciō But he receyueth them to hys harme as Iudas dyd eateth and drynketh hys owne iugement dampnacyon as sayth saynt Poule bycause he discerneth not our lordes body But who so doth on the tother syde whych I besech god we may all do caste out the deuyll hys wurkes by the sacrament of penaūce and than in the memory all remembraūce of Chrystes passyon receyue that blessed sacrament wyth tre we fayth and deuocyon wyth all honour and wurshyppe as to the reuerence of Crystes blessed person present in it apperteyneth they that so receyue the blessed sacrament verily receyue and eate the blessed body of Cryst that not onely sacramētally but also effectually not onely the fygure but the thynge also not onely his blessed fleshe in to theyr bodyes but also his holy spyryte into theyr soules by par tycypacyon wherof he is incorporate in them they in hym be made lyuely membres of his mysticall body the congregaciō of all sayntes of which theyr soules shall yf they perseuer attayne y e fruit fruicyō clene pure onys purged after thys transytory lyfe and theyr flesh also shall Cryst resuscytate vnto the same glory as hym selfe hath promysed Of whych hys gracyous promyse hys hyghe grace and goodnesse so vouche saue to make vs all perteners thorow the merytes of hys bytter passyō Amē ¶ And thus ende I good readers my fyrst boke conteynyng thexposycyon of those wordes in the syxte cha pyter of saynte Iohn̄ wherby you may bothe perceyue by these myndes of holy sayntes whose wordes I bryng forth the trewth of our fayth concernynge the blessed body bloud of Chryst veryly eaten in the blessed sacrament and may also perceyue and controlle the wyly false folyshe exposycyon of mayster Masker to the contrary suche as haue hys boke and they be not a fewe And yet that all men may se that I neyther blame hym for nought nor bylye hym I shall in my secunde boke she we yous as I promysed some part of hys fawte both in falshed and in foly his own wordes therwyth Here endethe the fyrste boke The secunde boke The. i. chapyter I haue good reders ī my fyrst boke here before perused you thexposicyon of all that part of y e syxte chapyter of saynte Iohn̄ which mayster Masker hath expowned you before And in the begynnyng of thys exposicyō I haue not brought you forth the worde of any of the olde expositours bycause y t as I suppose myne 〈◊〉 wyll not mych 〈◊〉 tende wyth me for so farre But afterwarde concernyng those wordes in which our sauyour expressely speketh of the geuyng of his very flesh bloud to be veryly eaten drōken there haue I brought you forth such authorytees of olde holy doctours sayntes y t ye may well se bothe that I fayne you not the mater but expowne it you ryght also ye se therby clerely that mayster Masker expowneth it wrong For though a man may dyuersly expoune one texte and bothe well yet whan one expowneth it in one trewe maner of a false purpose to exclude another trouth that is in that wrytynge by the spyryte of god 〈◊〉 and immedyately ment his exposvcyon is false all though euery worde were trewe as mayster Mas kers is not ¶ And therfore syth you se myne ex posycion proued you by excellēt holy men and by theyr playne wordes ye perceyue that the wordes of our sauyour hym self do proue agaynst all these 〈◊〉 the catholyke fayth of Crystes catholyke chyrche very faythfull and tre we concernyng the very flesshe of Cryste veryly eaten in the blessed sacrament of whyche eatynge mayster Masker wold with his exposycyon make men so madde as to wene y t Cryst spake nothynge at all now I say by thys exposycyō of myne ye se his exposycyō auoyded clerely for nought and all the mater clere vpon our parte though no man wrote one worde more ¶ And yet wyll I for all that for y t ferther declaracyon of mayster Mas kers handelynge she we you some peices of thexposycyō in specyall by whych ye maye clerely se what credence may be geuē to the man eyther for honesty or lernynge vertue 〈◊〉 or trouth The. ii chapyter IN the begynnynge of the second lefe of hys boke these are mayster Maskers wordes ¶ Consyder what thys meate is whyche he bad thē here prepare and seke fore sayenge worke take paynes and seke for that meate c. and thou 〈◊〉 se it no nother meate than the bylyefe in chryst Wherfore he concludeth that thys meate so often mencyoned is fayth Of the whyche meat sayth the prophete the iufte lyueth Fayth in hym is therfore the meate whiche chryst prepareth and dresseth so purely powderynge and spycyng it wyth spyrytual allegoryes in all thys chapyter folowynge to geue vs euerlasiynge lyfe thorow it ¶ I wyll not laye these wordes to hys charge as heresye but I wylbe bolde by hys lycence to note in them a lytle lacke of wytte and some good store of foly For though a man may well and wyth good reasō call fayth a meate of mannys soule yet is it great foly to saye that the meate that Chryst speketh of here ys as mayster Masker sayth it is none other meate but fayth ¶ For mayster Masker maye playnely se and is not I suppose so poore blynde but that he seeth well in dede that the meate whych Cryst speketh of here is our sauyour Cryste hym selfe Whyche thynge he so playnely speketh that no man can mysse to per ceyue it whan he saith I am my self the brede of lyfe And whan he sayth I am the lyuely brede that am descen ded frō heuyn he that eateth of this brede shall lyue for euer And whā he sayth also That y e meat shold be hys owne fleshe whyche promyse he performed after at his maundye whych thynge he tolde them playne in these wordes And the brede which I shall geue you is my flesshe And he that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloude hath euerlastyng lyfe and I shall
resuscytate hym in the last day And whan he sayed My flessh is veryly meate ¶ Thus you se good readers how ofte how playnly that he declareth that the meate whiche he speketh of here is hym selfe And now sayth mayster Masker very solemynely with authoryte byddeth euery man marke it well and consyder it that y e meate that Cryste speketh of here is nothynge ellys but 〈◊〉 ¶ And vpon what colour saith may ster Masker 〈◊〉 bycause sayth he that our lorde bode them labour and wurke for the meate that wolde not peryshe but abyde into euerlastynge lyfe and afterward tolde them that the wurk of god by which they shold wurke labour for that meate was nothynge ellys but fayth and bylyef in hym ¶ Fyrste in thys construccyon mayster Masker lyeth very large For though Cryst sayd that to byleue in hym was the wurke of god he sayde not as mayster Masker maketh it that nothynge ellys was the 〈◊〉 of god but onely bylyefe ¶ But now suppose that Cryst had sayd as mayster Masker wold make it seme that is to wyt that the wurke of god were nothynge ellys but the bylyefe yet ye se well good readers that Cryst in sayeng that the bylyefe in hym is the wurke by whyche they shall wurke to gete the meate sayth that the bylyefe is the meane to gete the meate and not that the bylyefe is the meate ¶ But mayster Masker bycause y t bylyefe is the waye to this meate therfore he calleth the bylyefe the meate as wysely as though he wold call the kynges strete Westmynster chyrche bycause it is the way 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yf he come from charing crosse And bycause men must spyrytually eate thys meate with fayth therfore he calleth the fayth the meate as wy sely as yf he wold bycause he eateth his meate wyth his mowth therfore call his mowth his meate what wyt hath thys man ¶ But now wyll mayster Masker wax angry with my wordes and call me M. mokke as he dothe onys or twyse in hys boke ¶ But now good readers I wyll not adiure you by godde holy names to iudge iustely but euyn onely desyre you that in waye of good company that you wyll say but euyn indyfferently Were it not wene you great pytye that a man sholde mokke mayster Masker whan euery fole maye perceyue hym in so great a mater wryte so wysely ¶ And yet you maye se that I dele wyth hym very gentylly For in thys poynt wherin by cōtraryeng of Cristes own wordes he wryteth playne heresye I minyshe his bordē of that odiouse cryme bycause the mater in thys place so serueth me do couer the both of his 〈◊〉 heresye with this prety plaster of his pleasaūt frenesie ¶ And yet I wene the man hath so lytle honesty that he wyll neuer can me thanke for my curtesye specyally bycause that as farre as I can se the man had leuer confesse hym selfe an heretyke than be proued a fole And that appereth well in this For this lytell scabbe of hys foly he labo reth somwhat to hyde and couer so that a man muste pull of the clowte ere he can spye the boche But as for y e boch of hys cancred heresyes with out any clowt or plaster he laieth out abrode to shewe to begge withall amonge the blessed bretherne as beggers laye theyr fore legges out in fyght that lye a beggynge a frydays aboute saynt sauyour and at ye. Sauy gate ¶ But as for raylynge agaynst ima ges purgatory and 〈◊〉 to sayn tes and agaynst the holy canō of the masse all this he taketh for tryfles and wolde we sholde reken all these heresyes of his for poyntes well and suffycyently proued by that that he goth so boldely forth on biyond them denyeth the blessed body of Cryste it selfe in the blessed sacrament to And where as he not onely mokketh and iesteth agaynst the olde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and sayntes of 〈◊〉 catholyke chyrche but agaynste oure sauyour hym selfe in hys holy sacrament to yet the sage sad ercnest holy mā all made of grauite sadnes and seueryte must hym selfe be reue rently reasoned with may haue no mokke of his matched wyth no mery worde of myne in no maner wyse ¶ But yet lyke as yf a ryght greate man wolde wantonly walke a mummynge and dysguyse hym selfe and with nyce appareyle dyssemble hys personage and with a fonde visour hydde and couer his visage he muste be content to be taūted of euery good felow that he meteth as merely as hym selfe lyste to ieste wyth them so tyll mayster Masker here put of his maskers visour and shewe forth his owue venerable visage that I may se hym such an honorable personage as it may become hym to saye to me what he lyste and me to requyte hys mockes with no mery worde in this world but stande styll demurely and make hym lowe curtesy agayne I wyll not let in y e meane tyme whyle I wote nere what he is and whyle his wytteles wrytynge maketh men wene he were a wylde gose to be so bolde and homely wyth his maystershyp as sory as I am for hym whā he playeth the blasphemouse beste to laugh yet make mery wyth hym where I se hym playe the fole ¶ Yet wyll I now lette passe his re pugnaunce another foly of hys For yf euer he defende his foly y t I haue shewed you than shall he be fayne to declare his repugnaunce hym selfe And therfore I leue that poynte for hym selfe that in defendyng his foly he maye shew his repugnaunce and so for defence of a syngle foly proue hym selfe thryes a fole fyrst in wrytynge foly secundly in wrytynge repugnaunce thyrdly to be so folysshe 〈◊〉 in defēce of that one foly to bryng in the totherto ¶ Makynge therfore for thys tyme no senger tale of his folyes whiche wold make myne answere ouer long to brynge them in all let vs se some pyece of his fruytefull exposycyon The. iii. chapyter IN the seconde lefe these are his wordes I am the brede of lyfe and who so come to me that is to saye who so is gryffed and ioyned to me by fayth shall neuer honger that is who so byleue in me is satissyed It is fayth therfore that stanncheth this honger and thyrste of the soule Fayth it is therfore in Cryst that fylleth our hungry hartes so that we can desyre no nother yf we ones thus eate and drynk hym by fayth that is to say yf we byleue his fleshe and body to haue ben broken and hys bloude shedde for out synnes for thā are our sowles satysfyed and we be iustyfyed ¶ The worde of Chryst good reader with which he begynneth is well and fully fulfylled yf it be vnderstā den as I haue before declared that is to wytte that who so come onys by well workynge fayth and perseueraunce therin vnto the meate that is Chryste and attayne the possessy ō and fruicion of hym in blysse he shall neuer hunger nor
sacryfyce ¶ what wordes can there he 〈◊〉 to proue mayster Masker a very fonde blasphemouse 〈◊〉 thanne these by whyche this holy doctour saynt Crysostome agaynst mayster Masker mockynge here the masse 〈◊〉 his false foly clerely And not onely sheweth that it is a sacrifice and an 〈◊〉 but also she weth that it is the dayly 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 fame offryng sacrifisyng by which he was sacrifysed offred vp on the 〈◊〉 And yet to stoppe maister mas 〈◊〉 mouth in y e hole mater he she 〈◊〉 y t this 〈◊〉 this blessed sacrifice the sacrament of the awter is all one oblacyon all one hoste though it be offred at onys in neuer so many places And he she weth also that it is y e very self same body that was offred on the crosse And that in thys sacryfyce of offerynge vp the selfe 〈◊〉 body in the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 as a 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 after a 〈◊〉 and do 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 same sacry fyee by which Chryst the very selfe same body was 〈◊〉 on the croffe ¶ Nowe can mayster Masker more playnely 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 than saynt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 foundeth hym vpon 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 foly she 〈◊〉 he mouse 〈◊〉 of his wyth whyche be realeth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the chyrche and sayth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as though the chyrch at this day 〈◊〉 put Cryst to new payne bycause his deth is represented in the masse and of his goodnes his very blessed body offered vp dayly a swete sacryfyce for our synnys ¶ Lracian also recyteth in y e decrees for our purpose in euery ponnt as effectuall wordes of saynt Ambrose de consecrat distinctione 2. cap. In Chrysto semef ¶ Saynt Austayne also in the. xvi booke de ciuitate dei sayth of the holy masse in this wyse That sacryfyce is succeded into the place of all those sacryfyces of the old lawe whyche sacryfyces were offered for a shadow of the thynge to come And for y t cause also we knowe that voyce in the. xxxix psalme the prophe cye of our medyatour Chryste where he sayth Sacryfyce oblacyon thou woldest not haue but the body thou hast perfyted me For in the stede of all those sacryfyces and oblacyons his body is offered and mynistred vnto them that wylbe part takers of it ¶ What speke I of saynt Crysostome and saynt Austayne all the old holy doctours and sayntes of chryste chyrche without any excepcion were euer more clere in thys poynt that mayster Masker here now denyeth and thus iesteth on that the blessed sa crament in the masse is a sacry fyce an oblacyon ¶ And this can not mayster Masker hym selfe denye For his owne fyrste mayster Martyn Luther the late well sprynge of all this flode of heresyes in hys pestysent booke of babilonica puttynae forth this heresye that mayster Masker towcheth here y t the blessed sacramēt in y e masse is no sacrifice nor none oblaciō obiec teth agarnst hym selfe saith thus Now muste we take awaye another occasyon of ruyne that is that the masse is euery where byleued to be a sacryfyce that is offered vnto god And for that opyniō semen to sowne the canon of the masse where it is sayd these gyftes these holy sacryfyces this oblacyon and offrynge And therfore is Chryste called the hoste or sacryfyce of the awter Than cometh there also on this parte the sayenges or sentences of the holy fathers and than so many exemples ¶ Agaynst all these thynges bycause they be very fastely receiued we must very constantely obiecte the wordes ensample of Chryste at his maūdy ¶ And afterward he sayth agayne what shall we say than to the canon of the masse and to the sayenges of the olde holy doctours and sayntes I say that yf we haue nothynge ellys to say let vs yet rather denye them all than graunte that the masse shold be any good wurke or any sacryfyce leste we sholde denye the worde of Cryste and cast downe fayth 〈◊〉 and all ¶ Thus you se good readers that Luther hym selfe confesseth that in thys heresye agaynste the sacryfyce and oblacyon of the masse whyche mayster Masker with two other he resyes to bryngeth here forth now the olde holy doctours and sayntes are agaynst hym and than were we wyse yf we wolde wene that Martyne Luther mayster masker euyll chrysten heretykes vnderstand Chri stes wordes better than euerdyd all the holy doctours of chrystes chyrch before ¶ And thus you se good readers what a compendyouse wryter mayster masker is that hath in lesse than thre lynes compacted vp together such thre abomynable blasphemouse heresyes as the deuyll hym selfe neuer deuysed vurse ¶ In the syxte the. vii the. viii the ix the. x. lefe he hath certayne argumentes agaynst all men in generall that expoune those wordes of Cryst in the syxte chapyter of Iohin̄ to be spoken and ment of the very eatynge of his blessed body in the sacrament and not onely of a spyrytuall eatyng by bysyefe of hys deth And some solucyons hath he there suche as they be agaynste myne argument in specyaff made vnto Fryth All whyche thynges I wyll sorte into theyr places a parte from his exposycyon so that ye maye se some of the fawtes of his exposycyon by them selfe and his argumentes answered by them selfe and his solucyons auoyded by them selfe and the notable notes that he maketh of my notable repugnaūces laste of all layed open to you by them selfe bycause I wyll laye all thynge in ordre playne before your eyen so that whan ye se the thynge in such wyse before you without interlacynge ruffle confusyon ye shall the more easyly iudge whyther mayster Masker in his mummery be an honest man or ellys a false haserder and play with false dyce The. x. chapyter IN the. xi lefe after that in the tother tenne byfore he had spokē many tymes of fayth alone and that the onely byliefe of farre fewer thynges than we be bounden in dede to byleue whan it were onys hadde sholde bothe satysfye the soule also make vs saufe foreuer it appereth in that lefe y t eyther hys own mynde beganne to mysse geue hym or ellys some other wyly brother gaue hym warnynge that this maner wrytyng of fayth alone wolde make all the worlde to wonder on hym For Luther hym selfe wrytynge fyrste on the same fasshyon that faythe alone was suffycyent for saluacyon though it pleased idle vnthryftes ve ry well that were glad to be by bare fayth dyscharged of al good wurks it was yet so sore abhorred among all honest men y t both hym selfe all his secte were fayne to seke some plasters of false gloses to he le y e foule marmole of theyr skabbed shynnys that they hadde gotten by that texte of theyr false fayth alone ¶ And than they sayed y t they ment that maner fayth that hadde alwaye bothe hope and cheryte wyth it But than coulde not that glose serue them For that
invayne ¶ Now where he sayth or els they dyssemble theyr bylyefe I wyll not dyssemble with hym but tell hym very playne that as great a dyssembler as he is he woteth not as it semeth what this worde dyssemblyng meneth or ellys wote I nere what he meneth therby For a man dyssembleth the thynge y t he hath and wyll not be a knowen therof as a man dyssembleth hys ha tered whan he hateth one fayneth hym selfe his frende to couer his hatered with And so we say that a man dyssembleth a thynge y t he secth it and wyll not se it but maketh as though he saw it not But no man dis sembleth the thynge that he seeth not in dede nor the thynge that he hath not in dede but maketh as though be sawe it or had it For he fayneth or lyeth and not dyssembleth As in the latyne tonge wherof thys englysshe worde cometh ille simulat non dissimulat And therfore yf mayster mas ker mene here by these wordes or ellye they dyssemble theyr bylyefe any other thing than they fayne a byleyfe makynge as though they byleued and do not lette hym not dyssemble with me but tell me what other thyng he meneth And yf he mene by those worde none other thynge than that than wyll I not dyssemble with hym but tell hym the playne trewth that he maye peraduenture mene wysely inough but he speketh but like a fole For by that worde he sayth the clere cōtrary that is to wytte that they make as though they byleued not but yet they do The. xiii chapyter BUt now at laste he concludeth all togyther thus For I am not comen to rebeme the world onely but also to chaunge theyr lyfe They therfore that byleue in me shall transforme theyr lyfe after myne ensample and doctryne and not after any mannye tradysyone ¶ I wyll not here holde a longe dyspycyon with maister Masker vpon mannes tradycyōs by whyche word he wold haue all the lawes made by menne vtterly sette at nought and wolde haue man bounde but eyther by the playne worde of scrypture or ellys by his own expresse agrement and consent For Luther sayth that neyther man nor angell can make the bonde of any one syllable vppon any chrysten man without his owne expresse consent so that no sawe can be made by that wise reasō by the prince and the people to hange vp eyther these or murderer or to burne vp an heretyke but yf the theuys murdeters and heretykes wyll consent and agree therto them selfe Nor no law made thys daye can bynde hym that shall be borne to morow tyll he come to good age agretherto fyrste hym selfe as our souerayne lorde the kynges grace most prudentely layed agaynste Luther ¶ But I lette thys foly of mayster Masker passe and thys also that the tradycyons whiche these heretykes be wurste content withall be the tradycyons of the apostles whych they delyuered to the chyrche as Chryste not by wrytynge but by tradycyō delyuered the thynges to theym For which saynt Poule sayth Ego enim accepi a 〈◊〉 quod tradidi vobis For I haue receyued the thynge of oure lorde by tradycyon without wrytyng the which I haue also delyuered vnto you As though he wold say as I haue receyued it by tradycyō or delyuery of our lord so without wrytyng I haue deliuered it by tradiciō to you ¶ I wyll lette passe all these auaūtages whych I myght as ye se take agaynst mayster Masker here and I wyll well allow these wordes of his for thys onys so that hym selfe wyll stycke aud stande by them styffely and confesse that they that trans forme not theyr lyfe after Chrystes ensample and doctryne haue eyther theyr bylyefe in vayne or els make as though they byleued and haue no bylyefe at all ¶ This onys agreed bytwene hym and me I yf he wyll rayle vppon the prestes and prelates of the cathosyke chyrche for doynge of the contrary let hym name who they be and wherin they do it and by my trouth in suche euyll doynge they shall neuer be defended for me ¶ But than of reason must mayster Masker gyue me leue agayn to put hrm in remembraunce of the prestes and prelates of theyr heretykes sectes and I wyll speke of none but by name Frere Luther I wyll name hym the chyefe and pryncypall authour of theyr heresies I wyll name hym frere Lambert dane Othe the cartusyan zungtius the preste and the preste Pomeran frere Duyskyns the frere brigittane These be lo the very prelates and bysshoppes metropolytanys and postles of theyr sectes ¶ Now wyll I than aske mayster Masker what ensample of Chryste or what doctryne of Chryste he can shewe by whyche those holy prelates of these new sectes euyll chrystē caytyffes that haue so wed all this sedycyō haue brokē theyr holy vowes and promyses made vnto god and runne out of theyr orders and to the shame of matrymony holy orders bothe speke of the spyryte and fall to the flesshe which whyle they haue all done agaynste the doctryne and ensample as well of Chryste as of all holy doctours and sayntes of al good chrysten people syth the deth of Christ vnto this theyr own wreched tyme and now teche it forth for a doc tryne reason it is that mayster Masker confesse that all the prelates of his sundry sectes erther haue but a vayne sayth or 〈◊〉 make as they had faythe and haue no fayth at all And than are there no mannes 〈◊〉 so euyll as are theyr owne beynge theym selfe so euyll men as they be And why shold we than here maister Masker preche eyther theyr fayth or tradxcyons eyther whyle theyr fayth is eyther vayne fayth or ellys false and none at all and theyr doctryne as deuylysshe doctryne as them shelfe are deuylysshe men and more deuelysshe I wene is scant the deuyl hym selfe ¶ Thus haue I good readers noted you certayne pyeces of mayster Maskers exposicyon by whyche as by a taste of a draught or twayne ye may se what poysened drynke is in the whole vessell And now shall I come to hys argumentes whiche he maketh in generall agaynst all them that expowne thys place of Christe wordes in the syxte chapiter of saynt Iohn to be spoken or ment of that eatynge by whyche we eate Chryste blessed body in the blessed sacramēt Here endeth the seconde booke The thyrd boke The fyrste chapyter IN the fyfthe lefe vppon his exposycyon of these wordes and the brede which I shal geue for the lyfe of the the worlde thus he argueth And euyn her syth Chryste came to teche to take 〈◊〉 waye all dowt and to breke stryfe he myghte 〈◊〉 wordes otherwyse declared than he hath declared wyll hereafter expoune them haue soluted theyr questyon sayenge yf he had so ment as More expouneth that he wolde haue ben conuayed and connerted as our iuglers sleyghtly can conuaye hym with a fewe worde into a syngynge lofe or 〈◊〉
he reherseth as hym selfe maketh theym new These were good readÌ„er my worde And ouer this the very cyrcuÌ„stauÌ„ces of the places in the gospell in whych our sauiour speketh of that sacrameÌ„t may wel make open the dyfference of his spech in this mater of all those other that as he spake all those but iÌ„ an allegory so spake he this plainly menyng y t he spake of his very body his very bloud beside al 〈◊〉 For neyther whan our lorde sayde he was a very vyne nor whan he sayde he was the dore there was none that herde hym that any thynge meruayled therof And why for bycause they perceyued well that he ment not that he was a materyall vyne in dede nor a materyall dore neyther But whan he sayd that his flesh was very mete and his blood was very drynke and that they shold not haue lyfe in them but yf they dyd eate his flesshe and drynke his blood than were they all moste all in suche a wonder therof that they could not abyde And wher fore but bycause they preceyued wel by his wordes and his maner of cyrcumstaunces vsed in the spekynge of them that Chryste spake of his very flesshe and his very blood in ded For ellys the straungenesse of the wordes wold haue made them to haue taken it as well for an allegorye as eyther his wordes of the vyne or of the dore And than wolde they haue no more merueyled at the tone than they dyd at the tother But now where as at the vyne and the dore they merueyled nothynge yet at the eatynge of his flesshe and drynkynge of his blood they so sore merueyled and were so sore moued and thought the mater so harde the wonder so great that they asked how coulde that be and went almoste all theyr waye wherby we maye well se that he spake these wordes in suche wyse as the herers perceyued that he ment it not in a parable nor an allegorye but spake of hys very flesshe and hys very bloude in dede ¶ Lo good readers here I speke of Chrystes very flesshe and his very bloud as the trouth is in dede But here I saye not as mayster masker sayth I saye that Christ ment of his flesshe and his bloude in suche wyse as the Iewes thought that forsoke hym therfore whych thought as you haue herde that they sholde eate hys flleshe in the selfe fleshely forme and also pyecemele in lothly dede go bettes without eyther lyfe or spiryt ¶ And nowe that you haue sene hys trouth in rehersynge you shal se a shewof his sharpe sotle wit in the soy lynge wherin fyrst after his iuglyng fashyon to carye y e reder wyth wonderynge fro markynge well the mater thus he begynneth wyth a great grauyte geuynge all the worde war nynge to be ware of me To chrysten reader here haste thou not a taste but a great tunne full of Moris myschyefe and pernycyouse peruertynge of goddes holy worde And as thou seest hym here falsely and 〈◊〉 destroye the pure sense of goddes worde so doth he in all other places of hys bokes ¶ To good readers now haue you a great hygh tragycall warnynge with not a litle taste but a great tuÌ„ne full at onys of my myscheuouse pernycyouse false pestylent peruertynge and destroyeng of y e pure sense of goddes holy wordes in this one place whych he wyll shall staÌ„de for a playnte prose that I do the same in all other places ¶ Now good readers alde it that yt myght mysse happe me by ouersyght to mysse handle this one place and yet iÌ„ some other to write wel ynough yet am I content to take the condÌ„ycy on at mayster Maskers hand that if myne hadelyng of this one place be such an heyghnouse handlyng as ma heth it suche a pernycyouse pestilent not onely ê‘uersyon but also destruccyon of the pure sense of goddes holy worde neuer make examynacyon of any other worde of myne farther For I than forthwyth confesse euen here that I haue in al other places wryten wronge euery whyt But now on the tother syde though you shold happe to fynde that in this place I haue somwhat ouer sene my selfe in mysse takynge of some one worde for an other without thecfecte of the mater chaunged than wyll I requyre you to take my fawte for no greater than it is in dede nor mysse truste all my wrytynge for that one worde in this one place mysse taken without thempayrynge of the mater For suche a maner mysse takynge of a worde is not the dystroyeng of the pure sense of goddes holy worde And therfore if you fynde my fawte good readers no ferther than suche ye wyll I dowte not of your equyte bud mayster Masker leue his iniquite and chaunge his hygh tragicall ter mes and turne his great tunne full of pernyciouse pestilent false peruer tynge poysen into a lytell taste of holesome inough though some what smale and rough rochell wyne And therfore lette vs nowe se wherin he layeth this greate hygh hepe of myscheuouse peruertynge To thus good readers he sayth Fyrste where More sayth they merneyled at Chry stes sayenge my of is very meate 〈◊〉 that is not so Neyther is there any suche worde in the texte excepte More wyll exponne murmurabant id est mitabantur They murmured that is to saye they meruayled as he expowneth oportet id est expedit et conuenit he must dye or it behoueth hym to dye that is to saye it was expedient and of good congru ence that he sholde dye c. This poete maye make a man to sygnifye an asse and blacke whyte to blete the symple eyes ¶ Now good readers I wote well that you consider that the cause wher fore I spake of the meruaylyng that they had whych herde Chryst speke of the eatynge of his flesshe was by cause that none of those that herde hym at other tymes call hym selfe a vyne or a dore meruayled any thyng therat so that by the great difference of the behauour of y e herers it might well appere that there was greate dyfference in the spekynge and that the tother two were well perceyued to be spoken onely by waye of allegorye and the thyrde to be spoken of his very flesshe in dede where as Fryth helde opinion y t thys was none otherwyse spoken but onely by way of an allegorye as the tother twayne were ¶ Now good readers yf you reade my wordes agayne in euery place of them where I write they meruey led it wolde lyke you to put out that worde they merueysed and set in this worde they murmured in the stede therof ye shall frnde no chaunge made in the mater by that chaunge made in the wordes But you shal se myne argument shal stand as strong with that worde They murmured as with this worde they merueyled For whan at the herynge of Chryste wordes spekynge of the eatynge of his flesshe the euangelyste sheweth that many of the herers
nothynge at all of thys sacrament And now se agayne in these hys letters agaynste Fryth how hym selfe bryno geth in Iohn 6. cap. to impugne Frythes wrytyng and to make all for the sacrament euen thus My flesshe is veryly meate and my bloude drynke By lyke the man had there ouershette hym selfe fowle the yenge man here causynge hym to put on his spec tacles and poore better and more wysshely wyth his olde eyen vppon saynt IohnÌ„s gospell to fynde that thynge there now wryten whyche before he wolde haue made one of hys vnwryten verytees As yet yf he loke narowly he shall espye that hym selfe hath proued vs by scrypture in the 37. lefe of his dyaloge of quod he and quod I our ladyes perpetuall virgynyte expownynge non cognosco id est non cognos cam whych now wryten vnwryten veryte he uombereth a lytell before amonge hys vnwryten vanytees Thus maye ye se how thys olde holy vpholder of the popes chyrche hys wordes fyghte agaynste them selfe into his owne confusyon in fyndynge vs forth hys vnwryten wryten vanitees veritees I shulde saye But returne we vnto the exposycyoÌ„ of saynt IohnÌ„ ¶ Now haue you good christen readers herd his whole tale concernyng my two contradyccyons Of whyche twayne I wyll fyrst answere y t last that concerneth y e perpetual virginite of our lady which point I haue towched towarde the ende of the. xxv chapyter of the fyrst boke of my dyaloge wherin master masker 〈◊〉 me for ê™ I and ê™ he and wolde I se well in no wyse that in the rehersyng of a coÌ„munycacyoÌ„ had bytwene my selfe another man I shold not for shame say ê™ I and ê™ he but rather reherse our two talkings with quoth we and quoth she ¶ I haue also spoken of that poynt in mo places than one of my wurke that I wrote of Tyndals 〈◊〉 cyon whiche places who so lyste to rede shall fynde thys poynt of coÌ„tra dyccyon answered all redy y t 〈◊〉 masker now layth to my charge dyssymulynge such thynges as I haue answered it wyth And of this contradyccyon I am so sore ashamed y t for all 〈◊〉 maskers wordes euyn here before in my fyrst boke of this wurke I haue not letted the beste that my wytte wyll serue me this vnwryten veryte to proue yet agayne by the selfe same place of saynte Lukes holy writyng ¶ For why to saye the trouth I do not so myche force to haue that artycle taken for an vnwryten veryte with good catholyke folke for the mayntenauÌ„ce of my word as to haue it for the honour of our lady taken byleued for an vndowted trowth with catholykes and those heretykes to that wyll take it for no such trouth but yf it be wryten in scrypture ¶ Now doth the clere certayntye of thys artycle in dede depende vppon the tradycyon of thapostles continued in the catholyke chyrche For all be it that my self thynke that I fynd some wordes wryten in scrypture that wolde well proue it and vppon those wordes lette not to wryte myn owne mynde and dyuers olde holy doctours to yet whyle I se that holy saynt Hierome hym selfe a man far otherwyse sene in scrypture than I arguynge for the defence of that artycle agaynst that heretyke Heluidius dyd onely soyle the scryptures that Heluidius layed agaynste it and layeth no scripture hym selfe for y e profe of his part but resteth therin to thauthoryte of Chryste catholyke chyrche whyche mayster Masker here calleth y e antichryssen synagoge I neyther dare nor wyl take so 〈◊〉 vpon my selfe as to afferme surely that it is proued to be a wryten veryte And thys lacke of takynge lo so myche vpon my selfe is the thynge y t mayster Masker calleth so shameful repugnauÌ„ce to my great coÌ„fusioÌ„ ¶ And therfore in that place of my dyaloge though I vpon that worde of our lady In what wise shall thys thyng be done for I know not a man do reason and shew my mynde that it proueth for this parte as in dede me thynketh it doth yet I am not so bold vpon myne owne exposicion therin as to afferme that the scripture saith there opeÌ„ly playnely that she was a perpetuall virgyne For yf it hadde ben a very precyse playne euydent open profe of that mater myne own mynde geueth me y t saynt Hierom wolde not haue fayled to haue found it before me ¶ I shall also for this poynte haue maister masker hym self to say some what for me though he do therin as he is often wont to do speke somewhat agaynst hym selfe For he sayth here him self y t if a maÌ„ loke narowly than he shal espye y t I haue my selfe proued our ladyes ê‘petual virginite Nowe syth that mayster Maskar sayth that a man can not spye yt but yf he loke narowly he sayth you se 〈◊〉 hym selfe that yt is no playne open profe And than is yt no profe to theym you wote wel For they receyue no scrypture for profe of any purpose but onely playne open and euydent ¶ And therfore by mayster Maskars owne tale though I proued yt suffycyently a wryten verytie vnto good catholyques yet rested yt vnproued styll a wryten verite vnto suche heretyques and agaynst them ye wote wel wrote I. ¶ Now be it here wyll I demaund of mayster masker touchyng the perpetuall virgynyte of our lady to be playnely wryten in holy scrypture whyther I proue that pornt well or not If not thaÌ„ maye I well inough notwithstandynge any such profe of myne saye styll that it is an vnwryten veryte If he wyll confesse that I proue it well I wylbe coÌ„tent with that prayse of hym selfe to abyde his rebuke of that contradyccyon For I sette more as I sayde by the pro fyt of his soule in fallynge from the contrary heresye to the ryght bylye fe of our ladyes perpetual vyrgynyte than I sette by myne owne prayse commendacyon of abydynge well by my wordes ¶ But yet if he wyl allow my profe made of that poynt I meruayle me mych but yf that he allow nowe my profe made for the blessed body of Chryste present in the blessed sacrament For I am very sure I haue proued mych more clerely by myche more open and playne wordes of the scrypture and the sense of those wor des by dyuers olde holy doctours other maner of men than my self thaÌ„ I haue pued or any man elles y e ê‘pe tuall vyrginyte of our blessed ladye ¶ Nowe be yt of trouthe though I proued wel that poynte of the perpepetual vyrginyte of our ladye to be a verytie wryten in scrypture and that many other also proued yt mych better than I as I thynke there do and that my selfe hadde affermed yt neuer so strongely for neuer so clere a wryten verytie yet syth wyllyam Tyndale agaynste whome I specyally wrote taketh yt as in his wry tynge well and playne appereth for no wryten veryte and yet agreeth that yt is to be byleued but not of ne cessyte and
yet after vppon hys owne wordes I proue hym that of necessyte to I maye wythoute any contradyccyon or repugnaunce at all laye yt agaynste hym for an vnwryten verytie for as myche as hym selfe so taketh yt ¶ Moreouer all the profe that I make of our ladyes perpetual vyrginyte is no more but that she was a perpetual vyrgyne except she brake her vowe And surely as I saye yt semeth to my selfe that I proue this very clerely And this beynge proued is in dede ynough to good chrysten folke for a ful profe that she was a perpepetual vyrgyne But yet vnto these heretyques agaynste whome I wrote syth they set nought by vowes of vyrgynyte but saye that they that make theym do bothe vnlawfully make theym and maye whan they wil lawfully breke them and y t therfore freres may rūne oute of relygyon and wedde nunnes this profe of myne ys to theym no maner profe at al. And therfore I maye to theym wythoute contradycyon or repugnaunce laye yt for an vnwryten verytie styl ¶ And thus I trust you se good rea ders that as for this repugnaunce turneth to mayster Maskars confusyon and not myne The secunde chapyter NOwe come I than good readers to the tother contradyccy on that he layeth agaynst me his wor des wherin byfore myne answere I praye you rede ones agayne And leste ye sholde be loth to turne backe and seke theym here shall you haue them agayne lo these they be At laste note chrysten reader that mayster More in the thyrde boke of hys confutacyon of Tyndale the 249. syde to proue saynt Iohn̄s gospell 〈◊〉 insuffycyent for lenyng out of so necessary a poynt of our fayth as he calleth the last sonper of Chryste hys maundye sayth that Iohn̄ spake nothynge at all of thys sacrament And now se agayne in these hys letters agaynste Fryth how hym selfe bryngeth in Iohn̄ 6. cap. to impagne Frythes wrytyng and to make all for the sacrament euen thus My flesshe is veryly meate and my bloude drynke By lyke the man had there ouershette hym selfe fowle the yonge man here causynge hym to put on his spec tacles and poore better and more wysshely wyth his olde eyen vppon saynt Iohn̄s gospell to fynde that thynge there now wryten whyche before he wolde haue made one of hys vnwryten verytees ¶ whan my selfe good reader redde fyrste these wordes of his all be it that I was sure ynough that in the thinge that I purposed there was no repugnaunce in dede yet seynge that he so dylygently layed forth the lefe in whyche my faute shold be founde I very playnly thought that I had not so circumspectely sene vnto my wordes as wysedome wold I shold And taking therfore myne ouersyght for a very trouth I neuer vouchefaufede to tourne my booke and loke But afterwarde yt happed on a day I sayde in a certayne company that I was somwhat sorye that yt hadde mysse happed me to take in this one poynte no better hede to myne hand but to wryte therin two thynges repugnaunt and contrary Where vnto some of theym made answere y t such a chaunce happeth sometyme 〈◊〉 a man be ware in a longe worke But yet quoth one of theym a gentylwoman haue you consydered well the place in your boke and sene that he sayth trouth Nay by my trouthe quod I that haue I not For yt yrketh me to loke vppon the place agayne nowe whan yt ys to late to mende yt For I am sure the mā wolde nat be so madde to name the very lefe but yf he were well sure y t he sayd trew By our lady 〈◊〉 she but syth you haue not loked yt your selfe I wyl for al the lefe layed out by hym se the thynge my selfe ere I byleue his wrytynge I knowe these felowes for so false And therwyth al she sent for the boke and turned to the very 249. syde and wyth that nōber marked also And in good fayth good readers there founde we no suche maner mater neyther on the tone syde of the lefe nor on the thother ¶ Nowe be yt of trouth I can not denye but that in a syde after mysse marked with the nōbre of 249 whyche sholde haue ben marked wyth the nomber of 259 there we founde the mater in that place But therin found we the moste shamefull eyther foly or falysed of mayster Maskar that euer I saw lyghtly in any man in my lyfe whych bycause ye shal not seke farre to fynde I shal reherse you here the very wordes of that place Lo good readers these they be But now bycause of Tyndale let vs take some one thing And what thing rather then the last souper of Chryst hys maundye with his apostles in whiche he instytuted the blessed sacra ment of the aulter hys owne blessed body and bloode Is this no necessary poynt of fayth Tyndale can not denye it for a necessary poynt of faith though it were but of his own false fayth agreynge with Luther Huyskyn or Suynglyus And he can not saye that saynt Iohn̄ speketh any thynge therof specyally not of the instytucyon Nor he can not saye that saynt Iohn̄ speketh any thyng of the sacrament at all syth that hys secte expressely denyeth that saynt Iohn̄ ment the sacrament in hys wordes where he speketh expressely therof in the. vi chapyter of his gospelli ¶ Where haue you euer good chrysten readers sene any fonde 〈◊〉 byfore thys handle a thynge so 〈◊〉 ly or so folyshely as maister maskar here handeleth this Ne telleth you that I sayde here that saynt Iohn spake nothynge of the sacrament at all Nowe you se that mayster Maskar in that poynte bylyeth me For I sayd not here that saynt Iohn spake notkynge therof but fyrste I sayde there that Tyndale agaynste whome I there wrote could not say that saynte Iohn̄ wrote any thynge of the blessed sacrament specyally not of the instytucyon therof And this is very trouthe For as touchynge thinstytucyon therof at Chry stes laste souper and maundye neyther Tyndale nor no man ellys can saye that saynte Iohn̄ any thynge wrote therof in his gospell ¶ Than sayde I farther there as you se not that saynte Iohn̄ speketh nothyng of the sacramēt but y t Tyn dale can not saye that saynte Iohn̄ speketh of the sacrament any thynge at all And that I ment not in those wordes to saye myne owne selfe that saynte Iohn̄ spake nothynge therof I declare playnely there forthwyth by that I shew the cause why Tyndale can not say that saynt Iohū spake any thynge of the sacramēt at all that is to wyt bycause that al his sect expressely denyeth that any thynge was ment of the sacramēt in the wordes of Chryste wryten in the. vi chapyter of saynt Iohn̄ ¶ By this ye may se playnely good readers that mayster Maskar playn ly belyeth me For I sayde not my selfe that saynt Iohn̄ spake nothyng of the sacrament but that Tyndale bycause of thopynyon of all his
cxi ii xiii thexposycyon hys 〈◊〉 cxiiii i. xxi gentyll 〈◊〉 cxxxiiii ii ix vii chapyter vi chapyter cxxxv i. ix ge 〈◊〉 cxxxvi ii xii ix 〈◊〉 viii chapyter cxli. ii xii 〈◊〉 chapyter ix chapyter cxliii ii i. and not dwell and dwell cxlvii i. x. xi chapyter x. chapyter cxlix i. 〈◊〉 xii chapyter xi chapyter cli i. xviii xiii chapyter xii chapyter clii i. xv 〈◊〉 tradidi quod et 〈◊〉 clvi ii xiiii be be he be clviii i. xiii worde worlde clxxix i. xxii the were they were clxxxii ii xx in ded in dede clxxxiii ii xiiii word world clxxxiiii i. vi playnte playne clxxxiiii i. xiiii hadelynge handelynge clxxxvii ii xi gospell the gospell clxxxvii ii xvii 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 clxxxviii i. vi xvii xviii Amnon Ammon clxxxviii i. xvi xviii Asolon Absolon cxcvi ii iiii that parable that it was but a parable cxcviii ii xxiii 〈◊〉 vnderstādeth thē all cciiii ii vi Lut But 〈◊〉 i. vi word not worde of god 〈◊〉 fo pag. li. the fautes y e amendemētes ccix ii xx 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it ccx i. i. 〈◊〉 eate hye flesshe ccxi ii iiii shode sholde ccxviii i. ix the were they were ccxviii ii iii. synynge syenge ccxix i. xiii thys body his body ccxxi i. v. ta all in all ccxxi ii vi byleues byleuers ccxxiiii i. xvii face in face it ccxxiiii ii iiii scripturer scrypture ccxxiiii ii xiiii mayster that mayster ccxxvii i. xi the be they be ccxxx i. xiii vowes bowes ccxxx ii xxi the maters these maters ccxxxi ii xii dispute pylgryma dispyse pylgrym ccxli i. iiii places as places in erth as ccxli ii xxi and to and not to ccxlvii i. xix lambe lame cclvi i. xvii And he And yf he cclxiii i. xix places partes cclxxiiii ii xxi word worlde cclxxix i. xvii fauerouse fauerours Syr Thomas More knyght to the chrysten reader AFter these fautes of the prenter escaped in this boke I shall not let good reders to geue you lyke warnynge of one faute of myne own escaped me in my boke laste put forth of the debellacyon of Salem and Bt zance In the. xiii lefe wherof and in the fyrste syde cancell and put oute one of those ouersyghtes that I laye to the pacyfyer in those ix lynes of whyche the fyrste is the. ix lyne of the same syde and the laste is the. xviii For of trouth not y e pacifyer but my selfe was ouersene in that place with a lytle haste in mysse remembrynge one worde of his For where as he sayth in the person of Byzance in the thyrde lefe of Salem and byzance I 〈◊〉 cause yt to be wryten into this dyaloge word for word as yt is come to my handes I forgate whan I answered yt that he sayde 〈◊〉 yf 〈◊〉 come toke it as though he sayd as yt cometh to myne handes And therfore albe yt that I haue knowen many that haue rede yt of whyche I neuer founde ony y t found yt yet syth yt happed me lately to loke theron fynde myne ouersyght my selfe I wolde in no wyse leue yt good reader vnreformed Nor neuer purpose whyle I lyue where so euer I maye perceyue eyther myne aduer sarye to saye well or my selfe to haue sayde otherwyse to let for vs both indyfferently to declare and say the trewth And surely yf they wold vse the self same honest playne trewth towarde me you sholde sone se good readers all our contencyons ended For than shold you se that lyke as I haue not letted after myne apology to declare that Tyndale had somewhat amended and aswaged in one poynte hys formare euyl assertions concernyng satysfactyon so shold he confesse the trouth that I had trewly touched hym and that hym selfe had sore erred as well in the remanaunt therof as in all his other heresyes And thā also lyke as I let not here for the pa cyfyers parte to declare my self ouer sene wyth haste in this one poynt so shold he not let wel honestly to say y e trouth on the tother syde confesse hym selfe very farre ouersene with longe leysoure in all y e remanaūt by syde I saye not in all that he sayth but in al that is debated betwene vs. I wote well the beste horse were he which were so sure of fote that ronne he neuer so faste wolde neuer in hys lyfe neyther fall nor stūble But syth we can fynd none so sure that horse is not mych to be mysselyked which that with corage pryckyng forth in haste happynge for all his four fete somtyme to cache a fall geteth vp agayne lyghtly by hym selfe wythout touche of spurre or any checke of the 〈◊〉 No nor yet that horse to be caste awaye neyther that getteth vp agayne apace with the cheke of them bothe Now lyke as wyth the best kynde can I not compare so of the thyrde sorte at the leste wyse wyll I neuer fayle to be that is to wyt ryse reforme my self whā any man shew me my faut And as nere as I cā wil I serche thē as sone as I spye thē before any man controll them aryse and as I now do myne owne selfe re forme theym whyche kynde ys you wote well nexte vnto y e beste But yet on the tother syde of all myne aduer saryes could I neuer hytherto fynde any one but whan he catcheth ones a fall as eche of theym hath caughte full many there lyeth he styll tumblynge toltrynge in myre and neyther spurre nor brydyll can one ynche preuayle but as though they were not fallē in a puddle of dyrt but rubbed layed in lytter vnder the manger at they re ease they whyne they 〈◊〉 and they kycke and they spurne at hym that wolde helpe theym vppe And y t is yet a fourth kynde the wurste ye wote well that can be Prented by w. Rastell in Metestreet in saynt Brydys chyrch yarde 1534. Cum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 5. 1. 〈◊〉 15 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Timo. 2 iti 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iohn̄ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 15 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iohn̄ 1 Matt. 16 〈◊〉 9 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 14 Regum 2 〈◊〉 Lorin 6 Psal. 44. 〈◊〉 Lorin 8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iohn̄ 4 Gen. 〈◊〉 Iacobi 2. Gala. 5. 〈◊〉 11a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal. 31. 〈◊〉 54. Sapiē 10 1. 〈◊〉 11 〈◊〉 7 S. Bede Angust in 〈◊〉 in psal 98 〈◊〉 3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luce. 〈◊〉 Iohn̄ 3 S. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 55. Lyrissus si 4. ca. I + in eud 〈◊〉 Esal 7. Exodi 7 Nume 21. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. ca. 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. 〈◊〉 11. August in epist. 163. 〈◊〉 Eleusiū Glorium◠Felicem 1. Co. 11 Psal. 77. August 〈◊〉 enatta in psal 168. et in serm 2 de verbisi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 46. in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 46 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aug. in 〈◊〉 26. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Esaie 55. Matth. 7 1. 〈◊〉 10 August in 〈◊〉 27 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 10 〈◊〉 6. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. ca. 30 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 17 〈◊〉 1. Crisosto hom 46. in 〈◊〉 Luce. 10 Math. 10 Chrisosto hom 46. in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. ca. 30 super 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 1. 〈◊〉 11 Eccle. 24. Philip. 1. Prouer. 13 Psal. 16. Math. 29 Math. 19 〈◊〉 6. Roma 11. 1. 〈◊〉 10 〈◊〉 10 1. Corin. 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 August in enarra in psalm 98. Chriso hom 17 in epist. ad 〈◊〉 Augu. 〈◊〉 16. 〈◊〉 ciuitare del Martinns Luther in capt babi 1. 〈◊〉 13 1. 〈◊〉 11 Iohn 3 Math. 12 Actu I Math. 18 John 16. John 3 Psal. 67. John 16. 〈◊〉 14 〈◊〉 hom 2. 〈◊〉 popu 〈◊〉 m Matth. 12 Iohn 6. Iohn 15. 〈◊〉 10. 2. Reg. 13. Iohn 10. Iohn 6 Iohn 10. 〈◊〉 6. 〈◊〉 15. Iohn̄ 10. Iohn̄ 15. Iohn̄ 10. Iohn̄ 15. Ioh. 6. Iohn̄ 10. Iohn̄ 15 Iohn̄ 10. Iohn̄ 51. 1. Cori. 11. Iohn̄ 6. Mat. 26. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 45. 6. cap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. Math. 26 〈◊〉 6. Psal. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6. Math. 13. 18. 25. Math. 〈◊〉