scysmatyques and obstynate Papistes yf they shuld not reade soche pratye Poesyes amonge Lete no manne thinke other wyse but that Pantolabus and soche other inteÌ„deth sumwhat by soche subtyle workemanshippe The Bisshopes winketh at it as though there were in it non heresye whan it is all stinkinge heresye by their owne confession They are wele contented whaÌ„ they playe soch bussye partes and wyll not be acknowe of it but leteth them alone If anye of them leape so farre that he is hanged vp for treason they care lyttle for it for they thinke thy haue so lost but a knaue 3 After a farre fett style and curyouslye compassed processe cometh Pantolabus at the last to his full desyre Exhortynge all menne to praye here for the kynge with as lyttle true deuocion as he that myndeth nothynge lesse And yt maketh no matter neyther For moche better yt is to be vnprayed for than to be prayed for out of stynkynge heresye as all their Papistrye is non other The prayer which ought to be made for kynges for them that are in auctoryte ought to aryse of the sacred scripturs whereof they haue their auctorytees and not out of sâ—ynkynge heresye as yt is here requyred Saynt Paule exhorted Timothe which was no papistycall masse sayer but a preacher of the Gospell sufferynge daylye persecucions for the same before all other thynges to praye for kynges and for all other which were in hyghe power that Christes disciples and true beleuers myght lyue vndre them a peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse And this is our prayer also with contynuall teares Wherin we desyre the lorde for his eternall mercyes sake alwayes to preserue him But oute of stynkynge heresyes we praye not for him neyther out of Mattenses nor Masses eueÌ„songes nor complynes which are the verye frutes of the Beast of Rome least we shulde by those blasphemouse prayers brynge vpon him the great indignacion of God The frutes are euermore all one with their tree in goodnesse as those fylthye obseruacions with their first fylthye begynner haue they neuer so fayre colours of gods seruice gods owne worde Christes Gospell the vtteraâ—â—ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handelyâ—ge 4 So farre are these blynde Papistes from the true sprete of Christ that nothynge they ryghtlye vnderstande of the scripturs This text of Dauid Domine in virtute tuâ—â—letâ—bitur rex super salutare tuum exulâ—abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triuÌ„phaunt glorye with his reuengement ouer them w t hath him persecuted of cruell hate spyght Christes humanyte is it that is so ioyfull of the strengthe that yt hath gotten which is the Godhede That is yt which reioyseth so ernestlye is so excedynge glady for the sauynge helthe of mankynde which yt hath by y â— gyft of God obtayned He hath his hartes desyre with the ful request of his lyppes which is the eternall mercye of the Lorde That manhode was preuented with lyberall blessynges now yt hath a crowne of immortalyte He axed lyfe for him and for his lyfe was geuen him for euer and euer Magna est gloria eius in salutari tuo c. His glorye is great Lorde sayth Dauid in that sauynge helthe and compassed he is now of the w t eternall felycite Soche mockers as is Pantolabus shall ones fele his hande ones will he fynde out all them that so spyghtfullye hateth him As an hote kyndeled ouen shall they at that daye apere the fyre euerlastynge will deuoure them for euer â—ot ashamed is this dissemblynge mocker and pestylent hypocrite in his glosynge flat teryes ydolatrouslye to abuse his Prince For what is ydolatrye els but a worshyppe geuen to a creature which peculyarlye belongeth vnto God And full therof is all the seruyce homages and doynges of the Papistes the Lorde ones delyuer all Christen princes from them A mysterye 1 And the quene also Vvhere so euer she go 2 And for the sauegarde Of oure prince Edvvarde 3 Vvhom I praye Iesu Longe to contyne vve Amen The openinge 1. ERnest is Pantolabus yet styll in requestes sprynggynge out of his gentyll Genealogye of stynkynge heresye For therin he homblye requyreth all these thynges by his owne confessyon afore Herin he desyereth the dilygent readers of his worke to praye for the quene also which was sumtyme called the ladye kateryne howarde He shulde seme to be some blynde chaplayne of hers by the blynde zele he sheweth here For he wolde haue her remembred where so euer she go in the waye or out of the waye Trulye that prayer were of a straunge kynde yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred Who hath harde prayers made for menne to go where they will or whan they are out of the ryght waye to contynue so styll I thynke fewe menne lyuynge I wolde haue no soche querestre of Baals quere nor yet soche a chaplayne of Bels college to praye forme as poore a man as I am Moche better grace parauenture had bene hers yf she had chaunced of no soche ghostlye fathers For where as the scripturs are contempned their verytees sett at nought what els can folowe but vyce which alwayes requyreth an yll ende The true loue of Gods worde is neuer without his feare Neuer can that creature outragyouslye offende which foloweth the true lyne therof A â—anterne to oure fete is that worde of the Lorde and a lyght vnto oure pathe wayes in this shadowe of deathe the eternall father geue vs his grace to folowe yt 2 Fynallye Pantolabus exhorteth all his readers to praye for the sauegards of our most worthye prince Edwarde If this were out of the Genealogye of stynkynge heresye as yt is also therin yt were moche more pleasynge vnto God He abhorreth all that is straunge and not lyke fashyoned to the exemplar that he hath left in the scripturs He turneth awaye his face dysdaynouslye from all mockynge sacrifyces inuented by menne and not commaunded of him As is the Papistycall Masse with all other blasphâ—mouse obseruacions of that monâ—truouse madame the â—athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge sâ—raunge fyre vncommaunded Accursed is he which addeth his owne inuencyon vnto the Lordes seruyce or anye thynge els that the scripture commaundeth not I counsell therfore all faythfull beleuers syncerelye to praye in sprete and in veryte after Christes holye doctryne for their most worthye kynge and the prince his naturall sonne that the one maye succede the other as Salomon ded Dauid as Iosaphat ded Asa in the faythfull wayes of the Lorde And this haue they good cause to do yf they remembre all thynges As their delyueraunce from the greate Golye of Rome with sufferaunce to reade the scripturs which is their syngular sowleâ— helthe What though some of them at tymes be
than suffred at London Colchestre Hadleye Ippeswyck Norwyche Lynne and in other more places of Englande Good WyllyaÌ„ Tyndale was done to death also at Vylforde in Braban within the same years by the procurement of youre craftye Cayphases in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. V. and .xxxv. in the moneth of Septembre And therfore I wondre they escaped youre hande This maketh vs to thynke that ye entended of these onlye with those that here foloweth to iest at youre pleasure vpon soche malyce as ye had agaynst them conceyued Sure are you to be of soche a secte as will worke lyttle goodnesse Lete menne suspect of you what they will but these popyshe poesyes of yours smell knauyshlye whan ye can fynde out non other heretyques but these alone of so manye Popes poyseners trayters sorcerers Sodomites scysmatyques and pestylent papistes as hath bene and are yet styll to this daye 2 Because ye are here in hande with Lambert I will saye sumwhat for him for I knewe his coÌ„uersacyon The truthe of it is he was sumtyme a prest of youre generacyon called syr Iohan Nycols and was borne in the cyte of Norwyche After that he had in Cambryge geuen himselfe to good letters and became sumwhat expert both in the Latyne and the Greke at the preachynges of the good menne Arthure and Bylneye he toke repentaunce of his former lyfe And after that the kynge by his lawfull offycers had taken of him an othe to renounce the Pope as a false vsurper he threwe from him that Antichristes yoke with his lyuerye and marke to shewe himselfe throughlye obedieÌ„t Than leauyng papistycall customes he enbraced the Gospell for his lyfes direccyon lyued otherafter a vertuouse Christen lyfe which you iudge here a lyfe peruert soche is youre owne Englyshe terme This wolde I not wryte so manyfestlye yf I knewe it not for a certente Where as he was before an ydell Massemonger and an hater of the scripturs he became than a fauorer and folower of them yea he taught them vnto other and lyued his selfe accordynge to the same Manye Christen instruccyons wrote he to his bretherne brought vp their chyldren in all vertu Dyuerse workes of Erasmâ—s and of other good authors more translated he into the vulgar Englyshe tonge to the Christen commodyte of other 3 And whereas Pantolabus wryteth him here to be a manne almost woode for that he was not in fayth and opinyon to his folyshe mynde agreable He declareth himselfe to be of lyke iudgement with those relygyouse curates of the Iewes Synagoge which reported Iohan Baptist to be a madde manne for his abstinence and Christ to be a dronckarde for his good felyship kepyng But lete him not thynke easlye to auoyde this slaunderouse report before the eternall iudge vnlesse he repent in tyme. What so euer thu art sayth saynt Paule that iudgest an other this shalt thu be sure of forthyne owne part to condemne thyselfe perfourmynge the same selfe thynges that thu condemnest him of Moche more than yf it be left in wrytynge as this outragyouse slaundre is that he was a manne peruert and almost wood Though I and soche other which haue redde ouer Pantolabus iest here ded not iudge him a fellawe of a peruerse opinyon and doctryne and a Bedlem beast more than madde the seyd iest it selfe wolde do it for vs. Therfore lete him not saye that we iudge him agayne here for his owne fylthye frutes declareth him How abhomynably the scripturs are here peruerted for a trayterouse popyshe purpose to vpholde the fylthye kyngedome of Antichrist it will be euydent to him that shall serche the places 4 Now cometh here one in borowed of y â— first chapter of saynt Paule to the Romanes Marke the good workemanlye handelynge I praye ye therof Sicut non probauerunt sayth he hab ere Deum in notitia tradidit â—llos Deus in reprobrum sensum As they haue not regarded to knowe their lord god so hath he geuen them ouer into a lewde mynde And what is this text to the purpose to proue that Iohan Lambert was a manne peruert and almost wood This is there a conclusyon of an olde stynkynge matter of yours goynge but a lyttle afore and therfore lete it not be left so cowardlye behynde you Relicto naturali vsu femine exarserunt in desyderiis suis in inuicem masculi in masculos turpitudinem operaÌ„tes They which haue vnrightouslye with holden the truthe of the lorde in vnrightousnesse leauinge y â— naturall vse of women haue burned in lustes amonge themselues workinge menne with menne vnspekable fylthynesse Be ashamed wretches be ashamed and bestowe ones the scripturs whereas they shuld be bestowed Lerne to amende yowr abhominable lyuinge and leaue to blaspheme the poore innoceÌ„tes by them For yf ye can no rightlyar bestowe them trulye yf yowr wrytinges come to owr handes we shall teache yow the right waye bycause yowr own shepeherdes are slacke A mysterye 1 Vvhich vvolde make good Vvith tonge and penne Before all menne 2 That in the Masse Nothinge els vvas 3 But a signifycacion Of Christes passion 4 Ne sis sapiens a pud te ipsum Prou. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. THough this verse agreeth with his other fellawe in sownde yet doth he not agre with him in matter therfor I haue disseuered them It is not all one to be wood or madde and to do good therfor I haue put the good doer from the madde Pantolabê° saith here that Lambert wolde make Than is he moche better by his owne report than is his holye generacyon for they haue euer marred â–ª yea farthermor he saith that he wolde make good He caÌ„not so report of his owne monstruouse mustre for they haue made all thinges euyll Noâ— one thinge is there vndre the heauens that they haue not defyled with one kynde of Idolatrye or other Besydes their hypocresye whoredome Idelnesse buggerye and the deuill and all of soche vyces their shameful abhorringe of marryage their supersticâ—ouse forbyddynge of meates and their abhominable peruerting of the scripturs with their sophistrye sorcerye wyles wytchecraftes decrees decretals actes clementynes extrauagantes pryuileges bulles prouinciall synodals makynge playne merchandyce both of the bodyes and sowles of menne This have they done before all menne both with tunge and penne lyke as Pantolabus here reporteth of Lambert 2 I wyst wele this goodnesse had a tayle which at the latter ende wolde not seme verye good Lambert both with tunge and penne was a contynuall aduersarye to their holye Masse which is their princypall market and that is the cause that he is here regestred for an heretyqÌ„â— yea marrye set now vnderstande the matter moche better than I coude afore Now can I tell yow what heresye is as ye take it and who be the heretyques that yow meane Not they that speake ageynst the father of heauen with Sabellius and Arrius Nor they that blaspheme y â— sonne with Porphirius and Photinus Nor yet
one scripture trulye applyed nor yet after anye honest sort declared But as a blinde sorgeon or dogge leche he hath turned it all into one blynde eyesalue to blynde menne all togither True is it in him that Saint Iohan ded saye Though the lyght doth shyne in the darkenesse yet wyll not the darkenesse receyue it Moche water cometh by the myl 〈◊〉 they saye that the myller taketh not in 3 Now coÌ„cludeth Pantolabus his lonâ—â— lowsye circumstaunce conceruinge Doctor Barnes and his companye shewinge vs hete that all they thre are burned And not a lyttle glad is he and his generation therof for so moche as they thre ded them so deadlye noyaunce by their preachinges It cost them no small stodye to bringe it to passe nor yet small diligence and labour to haue it so to their mynde But yet had they w t it a sowle displeasure for so moche as there were the same selfe daye houre .iii. mightye captaynes of their holy assemblye hanged and quartered for treason before the same selfe people Lyke as the deathes of these ii companyes were diuerse so were their opinions and causes The one sort dyed for Christ the other for the Pope For vphold â—ge of Antichrist was powell Abell and fetherston hanged For helpinge downe his kingedom was Barnes Garade and Hierome burned Fortunate are they which suffred for Christ for their rewarde is sayed forth in the scripturs and promises of the lorde For the other is there neyther scripture nor promise Though they were most greuouslye tormented before menne yet was their hope full of immortalyte which now they fele ineffect Their sowles are now in the haÌ„des of God and sure to suffre nomore tormeÌ„tes Though they semed before the vnwyse to dye yet are they nâ—w in a lyfe moche better As sunne beames shall they shyne in y â— daye appointed and iudge y â— nacions which are now vnfaithfull 4 Wele maye that spyghtfull spiritual tâ— be called the kyngedom of Antichrist or beasiâ—ye bodye of Sathan as the Apocasyps doth name it for their beastlye workinge I thinke the deuyll of hell coude not more vnreuerently and mockingly handle the sacred scripturs than this wreched fellawe doth For here he bringeth in a text Ipsi sibi grauiores tenebre which he hath both spoyled of wordes astered in senteÌ„ce and distroyed for the true vnderstandinge puttinge the nominatiue case for the ablatiue And bycause he wolde be behinde with vs in no point of falshede he hath sent vs to seke it in the .xvii. Chapter of Ecclesiastes and there is no Chapter so called in the whole Byble In dede in the .xvii. Chapter of Sapience I fynde this clause Ipsi ergo sibi erant grauiores tenebris yea they were worse vnto them selues sayth Sapience than anye other darkenesse possible This was at that tyme spoken for the Egipcianes and now it extendeth to yow Papystes folowinge them in the same selfe steppes of Idolatrye The cause whye ye do so daÌ„pnablye erre is that ye will not be reformed by the wysdoÌ„ of God as the beginninge of that Chapter specifyâ—th but ye take your owne wayes in all thinges Frequenter enim sayth he preoccupaÌ„t pessiniâ— redarguente consciencia Oft tymes do they those wicked thiÌ„ges that their conscience rebuketh them of Whan ye haue practised deceyt spoken lyes exercysed fylthynesse done the innocent to deathe with soche other feates your myndes are not alwayes in quiet In token wherof ye go oft to confession yet are your lyues seldon the better A mysterye 1 I feare me sore There vvyll come more 2 Vnto that ende Except they amende 3 Vix corriguntur impij Eccle. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. OVt of no small charite aryseth this feare of Pantolabus least anye more shuld come to the ende of Barnes or be brent in the fyre as he was yea so brotherlye he tendereth that matter and with so moche Christen loue that he wolde not greatlye care to be the first that shuld accuse a true Christen beleuer yf he knewe his faythe throughlye As moche pyâ—â— hath he in those matters as hath eyther the foxe vpoÌ„ the chyckens or the wolfe vpon the lambe I wolde that Pantolabus shuld take care for his olde showes yf he hath them and not for Christes dere members For they must entre heaueÌ„ by the strayght gote as he ded not by the brode waye which leadeth 〈◊〉 to destruccioÌ„ They must suffre hatred wroÌ„ge spyght vengeaunce yll reportes persecucions exyle curses lyes blasphemies enprisonmeÌ„tes â—hyrst hongre and deathe of their bodies for ryghtousnesse sake elâ— shall they not be lyke meÌ„bers to their head For his spouse is a churche that suffreth not the prâ—â—de gentyll womaÌ„ that mustreth with myters canapees copes crysmatoryes crosses cruettes and candelstyckes A compâ—nye of bretherne there are vnderneth the aulter as Saint IohaÌ„ reporteth which daylye calleth to y â— lorde to haue their blood reuenged of that gorgiouse apareled gentyl woman which is dronken with the excesse therof and their nombre must be fulfylled with soche poor sowles And tyll that be fynished there must daylye folowe more nâ— remedy 2 Moche doubt hath Pantolabê° for this ende But he had more nede to take care for himselfe least an halter be bewixt him and his ende For he hath so plentuouslye deserued it as hath anye other ranke Papist of that affinite yf this Iest of his be but indifferentlye wayed As for those good menne whom he heeâ— moste cruellye blasphemeth without lerninge though their deathes were not verye preciouse in his folyshe iudgemeÌ„t bycause he is ledde of a contrarye sprete yet were they right pleasaunt to their lorde God in whose kyngedom nowe they rest with Abraham Isaac and Iacob If they had dyed for fellonye murther whoredom or treason I wolde with Pantolabus haue iudged their deathes verye yll Se that non of you suffre sayth Saint Peter as an homicide thefe or yll doeâ— If anye manne suffre as a cristiane lete him not be ashamed therof but glofyâ—â—e God in that behalfe For w tstandinge the false kingedom of Antichrist in the beiytees quarell dyed they as it is euident to all ryght iudgementes and therfor their deathes are gloriouse The amendement which Pantolabus requireth here concerneth the obedience of that malygnaunt mustre of those mitred mahouÌ„des whoÌ„ he wolde in no wyse to decaye But lete him set his hart at rest for the lorde is almost at a point with that wretched wytcherye 3 VnplesauÌ„t euermore are the scripturs to Pantolabê° and that apereth wele by his monstruouse handelynge of them Here bringeth he in to coÌ„ferme his purpose a ragged patche out of the first chapter of Ecclesiastes otherwyse called the preacher but not as it is there spokeÌ„ For here it is Vix corriguntur impiâ— And there it is thus peruersâ— difficiâ—e corriguntur A verye harde thinge is it sayth he to make the croked strayght or the frowarde wele disposed Parauenture he hath made this
so haue lyttle nede of Gods grace 4 Manye a manne they saye shall vttre the thinge which he vnderstandeth not lyke as Pantolabus doth here And as we haue for example of Balaam kynge Saul Cayphas and Pylate whiche prophecyed they knewe not what Dum lucem habetis sayth he credite in lucem vt filii lucis sitis Whyle ye haue the lyght beleue on the lyght that ye maye be the chydren of lyght This hath he borowed of the. xii Chapter of IohaÌ„ to clought vp his matter yet doth he not knowe what it meaneth For yf he ded he wolde not persecute that lyght as he hath done here most spight fully The light that is there mentioned is the lordes eternall worde which Pantolabus with soche other craftye cloyners calleth heresye and wolde haue the people so to esteme it But y â— lyght that he wolde haue theÌ„ to beleue is y â— faythe of his holy mother with y â— olde croked customes of her Papistrye and that is no lyght but darkenesse most dampnable Omnis qui credit in me in tenebris non maneâ— Non that beleueth in me sayth Christ in y â— same selfe Chapter abydeth in that darkenesse meaninge therbye the doctrine of hypocresye or of outwarde obseruâ—cions inuented by meÌ„ne This promised he there to cast out with the prince of this worlde by the mightye aperaunce of his worde whiche shuld iudge those infidels also at the latter daye The cause whye they se not this light nor beholde the misteryes therof is that he hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hartes for their vnbeleues sake least they shuld be saued A mysterye 1 And for this tyme Here endeth my ryme 2 The Genealogye Of stynkynge heresye ¶ The openinge 1. ACcordinge to the head and bodye hath Pantolabus here fashyoned vs out a tayle He hath geuen vs as folyshe a coÌ„clusion as he gaue vs a processe afore And for this ryme he sayth thus endeth his ryme as though he were mynded here after to compyle more fumouse workes As for this it had made no great matter yf it had ended before it beganne for anye witte grace or good lerninge is in it For non other frutes it containeth but the cruell contempt of our Christen bretherne and abhominable peâ—â—â—ertinge of the scripturs I call them Christen bretherne for the porcion that they haue in Christ wherof no worldlye power can depryue them though they maye take from them both bodye goodes and lyfe For god is of no soche malyce as is manne neyther is he displeased alwayes whan manne is displeased But euermore is he mercifull whaÌ„ he is called vpon in faythe He receyued the thefe whan all the worlde had forsaken him and geuen him ouer vnto deathe moche more his faythfull seruauntes which suffreth for his veritees sake The tyme that Pantolabus here speaketh of is full wretchedlye bestowed and that he shall wele knowe as he shall geue the accountes therof As for his tymes what they are we nede not to describe them For they euerye where declare the insipient head and the Idell brayne of their fantasticall author sumtyme to short sumtyme to longe with barbarouse termes and more barbarouse matter â— What his ryme is in qualite quantite and what it contayneth in lengthe and in bredthe he manifesteth here in these .ii. verses folowinge Confessinge them as he shuld do to be his owne propre goodes and he by them to be a stinkinge heretyque in dede For he sayth that his ryme which is a frute of his own propre popyshe faythe witt and stodye is the Genealogye of stynkinge heresye Ergo he must be a stinkiÌ„ge heretyqÌ„ no remedy For the tree in goodnesse is all one with his frute and alwayes the frute declareth it For a ranke Papyst and Antichristes great frynde had we neuer knowne PaÌ„tolabus had not these papysticall Poesyes so vttred and declared him To stinkinge a matter is it to go vndre y â— kynges pryuylege Ad imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ to y â— vtter poyseninge of his people the Scripturs so shamefullye torne and their truthe so deuilyshlye peruerted yet is it no mâ—ruele though this heretyque Pantolabus doth vtter soche pestilent poysons consyderinge that a worme of that nest and a locust of that lake canne geue noÌ„ other commodite A mysterye 1 Vvherin I requyre And humblye desyre 2 All menne y vvys That shall rede this 3 Aboue all thinge To praye for our kynge 4 Domine in virtute tua letabitur rex super salutare tuum exultabit vehementer Psal. 20. ¶ The openinge 1. LAst of all now cometh Pantolabus in â— his humble requestes as lowlye as the foxe whan he seketh his praye and as false as the fryre whan he stodieth to deceyue But marke his rhetoricall style how manerlye it passeth here Wherin sayth he I requyre That is to saye in that stinkinge heresye for that goeth inmediatlye afore to praye for the kynge Is not this thinke you full workemanlye handled and lyke a pregnaunt Poete of the Popes pultrye thus to regestre his kynge in the Genealogye of stinkinge heresye as he calleth it And to desyre his subiectes to praye for hiÌ„ in y â— same stiking heresye also Abhominable is that prayer whiche riseth out of so stinkinge a desyre Is not Pantolabus suppose ye a pure handed artyficer and a cleane fyngered gentylmanne that so can polyshe his poesyes yes verelye is he and lyke one of the scole that he cometh from In the mart that he occupyeth shall ye fynde nonother wares All that is there done commeth out of stinkinge heresye yf antichrist their Pope be an heretyque For all that they do in their churche as yet are his dyrtye leauinges not one obseruacion bournisshed with the verite of the lorde If Pantolabus hath no better thinge to bestowe vpon his kynge but a prayer made out of stinkinge heresye it were best for hi to kepe it styll vnto himselfe For he hath no nede of that curse of God for all their blessinges are curses and their prayers synne after Malachias Prophecye 2 Certayne verelye and ywys cometh neuer into owr meters but whan we lacke matter and wytt to fulfyll them as I tolde yow afore ywys master Pantolabus the great grounded poete of the Popes greasye grauell pyttes requireth all menne that shall reade with a good deuocion to Antichrist this Genealogye of stinkige heresye which he hath of an ydle Idyotes brayne compyled to pondre his good zele vnto holye churche to praye for the kynge whan they may wele intende it For it is no gret good deuocion that here moueth him vnto prayer that waye but that he must nedes saye sumwhat though it were but for maner sake Great pyte were it but the manne shuld desyre to haue readers of his worke it is so notable As full is it of good Christen erudicion as a dogges date is full of swete honye How shuld they be stinkinge heretyques styff necked