Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68860	A worke entytled of ye olde god [and] the newe of the olde faythe [and] the newe, of the olde doctryne and ye newe, or orygynall begynnynge of idolatrye. Reade most gentel reader, for many [and] diuers causes this moost goodly boke ...; Vom alten und neuen Gott, Glauben und Lere. English	Vadianus, Joachim, 1484-1551.; Turner, William, d. 1568.	1534 (1534)	STC 25127; ESTC S119507	75,361	274

vnto them selues / sechinge and goynge about to get royall proude tytles offeryng forth their feete to be kyssed / that no busines shulde be brought to an ende without the pope whiche dyd threaten vengeance and punysshement vpon his ennemies And so the deuyll being free and voyde from all thoughte care / neded no lenger to walke aboute as a rampynge lyon / of whom Peter speketh for he knewe wel ynough that saying of the gospel No man can serue two lordes maisters and also that sayinge of Paule No maÌ„ that warreth on goddes parte / doth entangle hym selfe with worldely maters or busynesses And the olde Sathan was excedyngly gladde garnysshynge and preparyng his bayte more gayly and castyng it forth agayne before the new god to be deuoured swalowed in of him and his deceipt and gyle was so contriued as I haue made mention a lytle here before In the yere of our lorde seuen hundred .li. whan there reigned kynges in Fraunce by title name only the parlyameÌ„t as it is also euen to this day determynyng al the causes of the realme the pope dyd somewhat make the heed of Fraunce to bowe downwarde / at whiche tyme ther reigned kyÌ„g Hilderike of noble bloude of the auncient famylye and stocke of Merouenge But Pypyne the graund father of great Charles otherwyse called Charlemayne was the gouernour and ruler of the realme in whos roume after his deceasse succeded his sonne Charles whiche also was a gouerner orderer of the realme no thynge lesse than Hylderyke as the which was sprongen of royall ê“geny the kyng of Fraunce I can not tell with what faythe and trustines Charles was ouer seer and ruler of the realme but this is plaine and vndoubted he had the pope of Rome fauouryng leaninge to him In the meane season dyed Charles leuyng behynde hym thre sonnes Charlemayne Pypyne and Grypho Charlemayne had opened showed his mynde to Pypyne / that he purposed to entre in to religioÌ„ and was in dede made a monke / so by the reason therof occasyon was opened to Pypyne of inuadyng the realme vnder the cloke and pretence of administratour and gouernour Euen yet Hilderike yet beinge a lyue Pypyne thrustynge after the regal dignitie dyd ioyne him selfe to the pope and the pope agayn ioyned hym selfe to Pypyne moued bothe of them with theyr owne pryuate and singuler profyte Pypyne therfore consydre here marke wel in the meane season the gyle and craft of the olde serpent did seÌ„de ouer to Rome one Burcard the bysshop of Herbipolis / with a chaplayn also of his owne called Fobrardê° vnto the pope zacarie to haue his answeres and counsayle concernyng suche maner demauÌ„des interogations The counsayles of the pope agaiÌ„st Hilderike whether of the two were more worthy to be kynge he that dyd beare all the burthayne charge of the realme or elles he whiche beinge free from all cares busynesses of the realme was kynge and gouernour onely by name vnto which thinges zacharie by the instructioÌ„ of the deuyll made answere and gaue sentence that it was more ê“fytable and behouefull that he shulde be named kynge whiche by his dylygent care dyd ordre the matiers and busynesses of the realme whiche toke vpon hym all the labours paynes which is the very office of a kyng than the other whiche was an ydle kynge onely by name whiche sentence the pope had lerned of his owne lawe in the .xxii. cause and the .v. questioÌ„ Si quis conuictus c. whan Pipine the minister had ê‘ceyued and founde so great fauour and sawe so great a wyndowe opened and so great an occasyon gyuen to hym self for to inuade the realme he coÌ„ceyued in his mynd a purpose to wynne by force the regall maiestie whiche enterprises were deceyptes and gyles agaynste the naturall and laufull lorde of Pipine and kynge that is to wete Hilderike For he eueÌ„ so as it is seen now a days was gouernour of the realme by a custome fet and broughte agayne from the moste auncient kynges descending of Meroue Suche maner power had the pope neyther graunted to hym by Christ whiche wold no deuide the patrimony betwene the .ij. brethern neyther yet by any other man I meane that he might gyue a disagreinge sentence and iudgement for the seruant against the lorde mysdemyÌ„g no suche maner thiÌ„g but the olde serpeÌ„t had his plays and pastymes they came ende as he wolde haue them And so as we haue sayde Pipine clened to the pope and the pope also to Pypyne / sechynge defence and mayntenaunce of his owne power / as lyke alwayes reioyseth and is glad of lyke Prouerbes and there is no potte but it fyndethe a mete couer but there was neither example / nor lawe for it / that the pope shuld make kynges wherfore he dyd turne hym selfe to other subtylties and craftes / he purchased and gatte to hym selfe and Pipine the amite and frend shyp of many of the princes of Germanye and lyke wyse of the people of Fraunce / that they shulde coÌ„sent therunto and so was the barlay brothe as we say brued that the Pope myghte take the swerde of his power / aduauÌ„sing Pipine vnto the regall dignitie / according to the tradition of the holy lawes in the lxxx.viij dist EpÌ„us c. Good lorde after that the true and good and the olde kynge Hilderike had vnderstandyng and knowlege herof what shuld he do for al thynges both whiche were to be done which were to be lefte vndone / were in the handes powere of Pipine / as orderer and gouernour of the realme / whaÌ„ the very good king dyd monyshe Pipine his mynyster and put hym in remembraÌ„ce of his ê“messe that he had made and of the othe that he had takeÌ„ then brast forthe the holy father pope Stephen whiche succeded zacharie and dyd assoyle Pipine and dispense with hym for al the othes whiche he had made The power of the pope more then hethenisshe and the faythe / whiche he had gyuen and promysed to the olde kynge Hilderike and not onely he dyd this to Pypyne but also he dyd the same to all other princes whiche dyd coÌ„sent vnto the makyng of Pypyne kynge and the verye good kynge Hilderike The pope a newe god they dyd thrust into a house of relygyon Therfore lyke wyse as Christe did refuse and flee from the kyngdomes of the worlde IohaÌ„ vi and the apostles dyd despyse and sette at nought the honour of the worlde and the olde holy bysshops dyd fyghte with the holy scrypture wyllyngly and gladly sufferyng dethe for the trouthes sake So at this tyme the bysshops of rome with open face did boldly breake in to all the worlde sechinge the highest honours and the ryches and power of the worlde yea vsurping also the heuenly power agaynst all the cyuile lawes made by themperours agaynst all naturall and also agayÌ„st all diuine lawes in that

he dyd by fraude depose the laufull natural kynge from his seate whom they fayn to haue ben vnprofytable to the realme what maner of folkes be they also in that he did assoyle and lose the othes holely made the faith true allegeance ê“mymysed what more ê‘fecte ioye pleasure thynkeste thou coulde haue happened vnto the olde serpent than this mater broughte luckely to passe Howe be it the Pope hath a colour of this power and auctorite in the holy canon law in the .xxvij. distinction Omnes c. The firste new god Lucyfer was of good conforte and courage vpoÌ„ the settyng vp of the temple of the newe god in comparyson of whiche temple that sumptuous and gorgyous temple of Diana was in a maner nothynge but he wolde also receyue and beare aweye the frutes trybute of his labour for thempier of Rome was plucked vp bi the rotes clene destroied the citie of Rome was become the Popes seate / whiche reioysedde greatly was proude in spirite that he was comeÌ„ into the place of so great an emperour he toke agayne Astulphe kyng of Lumbardie which did warre against the pope and dyd sore vexe hym for that he dyd so by lytle lytle take awaye of the lordshyps lyenge nere vnto the citie of Rome with the iniurye of the pope wherfore Stephen the pope did desyre Pipine of ayde and helpe and that he wold defeÌ„de his goods and the prouince from the kynge Astulphe so Pipine dyd on his harneys went to Rome with the Pope whiche was comen his owne selfe vnto hym for succour dyd dryue out Astulphe from Rome At whiche tyme Pipine did graunte vnto Stephen RaueÌ„na and certeyn other cities as a gyfte In the meane season How the pope came by the cityes of Italye whaÌ„ Pipine was thus ordeined and made kynge of Fraunce by the power of the Pope / and the fauour of the people ther reygned at Constantinople Leo the fourth Romane / and as moche as FrauÌ„ce grewe and encreased so moche dyd the reigne of Rome / and of theÌ„perours minyshe and decaye all obedience at Rome / being clene extincte / no lawful Emperour gouernynge Rome where as in olde tyme of auncieÌ„t custum there had ben lordes and rulears Now the pope had fouÌ„de mayntenaunce of his power in Pipine whiche gaue frely vnto hym accordynge to his owne lustes and pleasure cities / prouinces / and nations in al Italy For what cause I do reherse these hystories thou shalt anon perceiue / for they are profytable and necessary / but the thou mayste gette out the very treuthe what the pope is After these thynges don which we haue rehersed in the yere of our lord .vij. C.lxxxi Leo beyng deade at Constantynople there succeded hym ConstaÌ„tyne his son / and Pipine also the king of Fraunce died / leuing behynd hym alyue his two sonnes Charles / and Cherlemaine Charles beinge kyng of FrauÌ„ce came to Rome and was very louingly receyued of pope Adrian whose two sonnes that is to wete Pipine / and Ludowyke / he dyd his owne selfe make and anoynt kynges / the one that is to wyte / Pipine of Italie the olde kyng taken and banysshed and the other that is to wyte Ludowike of Aquitania / the comen people was taught to say that Charles was of the senatorie stocke gouernour of Rome This Charles Pipine had subdued vnto theyr owne dominioÌ„ all Rhenus euen vnto Antwerp / Saxonie / Durenne / Colayen c. Bauarie / NormaÌ„dy / Britaygne / Austria Vngaria In the yere of our lorde .vij. C.xcix the popes lyuing quietly in good peace no man daryng openly to vexe or troble them for feare of the kynges of Fraunce whiche were the only refuege of the popes in whom the popes did put all their hoope and trust How the kyngdome of Fraunce came from the pope and whiche had gyuen to the same roiall gyftes of regions and people In the meane season Constantyne the sonne of Leo themê‘our dysceassed without any heyre after whome his mother Hyrena reygned by the space of fyue hole yeres / then came the tyme in whiche it was or deyned by desteny that the kynges of Fraunce sholde / clymbe vp to hygher honours The pope of rome after Adryane was Leo the thyrde / to whome the Romayns had done I wote not what contumelye and dyspleasure which he takynge verie heuely fled vnto his wont remedy charles the kyng of fraunce declarynge vnto hym with lamentable wordes his calamities and besechynge him of helpe Charles then gatherynge a great armye incontynent went forthe ryght fyetsly agaynste the Romaynes Oh howe greate a reioysynge and gladnes was this to the olde serpente and reuenged the pope gaylye of his aduersaryes / for whiche cause he was of Leo the pope crowned kynge of Romaines all the people crieng Charles the great emperour So this was the fyrste kinge of Fraunce that euer was made emperour of Rome In the yere of our lorde eyght hundreth and one But from that time forwarde the emê‘ours of Constantynople had no lenger the name of the romane emê‘our but were content with theyr owne tytle medlynge nothynge at all with Rome / whiche was the cause that moeued me to reherse this hystorie / for thou hast herd how the people by lytle and lytle forsoke holy scrypture An epilogatioÌ„ or recapitulatioÌ„ of all the thiÌ„ges a foresayde the gospell the steppes of the olde bysshops falling froÌ„ pouerty / conteÌ„pte heuynes lowe vyle state / torning him selfe vtterlye vnto the coÌ„trary thinges TheÌ„ afterward how he gate the preuylege of the emperour Focas that he myght name hym selfe the highest of all bysshoppes pope and his chyrche of Rome the cheefe and heed chyrch of all other Forthermore howe they gaue dylygence and laboured that theyr pryuyleges sholde be approued confyrmed of Iustinian themperour gatherynge also in the meane seasone many other preuyleges by flateryng / by subtil craftes deceites for trewe christen men suche as were the first bisshops of Rome had no nede of suche pryuyleges and lybertyes / neyther dyd they ones coueyte desyre any suche / wherfore accordyng to theyr deseruynge they receyue the croune of glorye of etnal god but these meÌ„ dyd wynde them selues in to the courtes of prynces kinges being choseÌ„ called otherwhiles to be of theyr counsayles as the vse maner is euen now a daies also dyspatchyng bryngynge to an ende their maters alwaies well and honestly to syght apparaunce In conclusyon they desyred ayde helpe of the kynges and pryÌ„ces agaynst theyr aduersaries enemyes and dyd suffre also that they sholde be slayne albeit that they dyd greately abhorre and hate to beare the name of the effusion of theyr blode At lenght they dyd coÌ„federate theim selues with prynces and began to take couÌ„sayle with theym as it chauÌ„sed with Pypyne the admynystratoure and orderer of the realme agaynst the

also confirmed by theÌ„perour / which decree was cleane repugnant and contrarye to the olde vsage and custome of the emperours and agaynst the auctoryte of confirming the bysshops whiche they had vsed froÌ„ the fyrst begynnyÌ„g that emperours became christen But Boniface after he had obteyned and goten the priuilege of themperour that he myght call hym selfe pope this recompence he made to Cesar to acquite him his kindnes withal he dyd pryuely derogate and minyshe themperours maiestie and prerogatiue / and presumed to be lorde and ruler ouer the same emperour of whom afore as of his lord emperour through huÌ„ble petitioÌ„s and lowly requestes he had obteyned the pryuylege of primacy and preeminence aboue other bisshopps / howe be it neyther he hym selfe nor a certeyne mayny of his successours durste be so bolde as to put this decree openly in execution and vse bycause at that tyme the emperour had set a captayne and deputye vnder hym at Rome one of the Senatorie stocke by whose election and approbatioÌ„ the popes were created and made But yet from then forward the popes dyd so beare them selues as thoughe by ryghte they were superiours to theÌ„perours without whose helpe they dyd what soeuer thiÌ„g they myght teaching bysshops that they shulde obeye the pope / rather than themperour Yet is there one thing that thou maiste compare and matche to this so passinge and outragious pryde For not loÌ„ge after Focas beinge slayne whiche had graunted so great pryuileges to the vicar of Christe so humbly and louly requirynge and besechynge hym Heraclius was made emperour in the yere of our lorde syxe hundred and twelue The beginning of mahomettes sect belefe at which tyme the newe ydole in very dede and the newe god Mahomet an Ismaelite dyd ryse / whiche hadde byelded and set vp a newe fayth and belefe in which the Turkes do lyue After that the fyrst new god Lucyfer had promoted and put forwarde his cause so farre forthe that he had gotten one amonge christen men / which dyd take vnto hym selfe the name of highest bysshop and the greatest lorde of all men the sayde Lucifer was wel apayde and proude therof and thoughte this in his mynde Thou shalt procede and go further fourth yet seing that thou hast thus broken the bedge and lept ouer it he cast forth his olde bayte well ouerlayed with gyles afore the pope Constantyne in the yere after the natiuite of Christe syxe hundred .lxxxvij. whiche bayte he gredyly swalowynge in dyde desyre moo priuyleges to be confirmed of Iustinian themperour of Rome / the thyrde of that name not of hym that made the Ciuile law by which thinges it is easy to ê‘ceyue by what meane that so great holines hath sprongen groweÌ„ vp And so the popes of Rome felle from the holy scrypture takyng so great a name vnto them selues and takyng also the chefe rule in all matters and busynes / and the chiefe seates and moste honorable places and beganne to ioyne amytie and frendshyps with princes emperours and learned to visite theyr courtes / entermedlyng and making them selues to do with al matters and causes / that were to be treated of this partie and that partie / growynge also and encreasynge welfauouredly in possessioÌ„s and ryches whiche maner of lyuyng endured and contynued by the space of one huÌ„dred yeres The mischeuous cursed feende toke great ioye and pleasure that his sleyghtes and craftes dyd go so royally forwarde For within a lytle whyle after about the yere of our lorde seuen hundred and eyghte / the Emperoure Leo the thyrde of that name a Syriane borne / deposed the patriarche of Constantinople whiche was a Germayne borne and dyd substitute in his crowne Anastasius Then the pope Gregory the third brake forth The fyrste dissentioÌ„ of the pope themê‘our and wrote to themperour that he shulde restore the Germayne to his olde honour agayne which thyng whaÌ„ Leo themperour wolde not do Gregorie after the counsell of the olde serpent dyd moue and perswade all Italie that they shuld forsake themperour but not accordyng to thensample of the olde popes whiche lyued after a lowe sorte / whom also he dyd excoÌ„municate to th eÌ„tent purpose / that whyles the emperours dyd kepe warres amoÌ„ges them selues the empier myght falle in to his handes for asmoch as he was of gret name amonge the prynces The olde serpent strayghte way without any delay annoynted bayte and put vpon the hooke to caste it forthe agayne for this was all his trauayle and labour that if he myght not suppresse and hold vnder the faythe of Christe yet at the leaste wyse that he myght by some maner what so euer it were entangle and trouble it he gaue this counsayle to the pope and dyd put these thoughtes in his mynde In as moche as the laufull Romane Empier is destroyed and euery stranger from euery parte of the worlde dothe breake into it makyng hym selfe emperour at Constantinople / setting here ouer thy necke some of the Senatorie bloude why dost thou not put thy lyfe in ieoperdy that thou mayst not only haue the name of greatest but the thyng also with all Rome shall be thy seate thempier shal be at thy pleasure to whome soeuer it shall lyke the to gyue it The fyrste breaking in of popes in to kingdoÌ„s After Leo themê‘our succeded Constantine his sonne a very tyrannous persone / vnder whome Pypine sent embassadours from Fraunce vnto the pope in the yere of our lorde seuen hundred .lij. and the pope lykewyse agayne of his parte / layenge theyr wittes together and brewyng craft ye counsailes betwene theÌ„ that pope zacharie shulde take certeyne power auctorite vpon hym so deposyng the olde kynge he made Pypyne kynge of Fraunce / with the fauour and consent of the prynces to the same / and this Pypyne is rekened the fyrste kynge of that lande made by the benefyte of the pope as the popes lawes do recorde in the .xi. cause the fyrste question De quidam The next yere folowing the pope zacharie beinge deed Stephen the secoÌ„de was substituted in his place This Ste. willyÌ„g to vse his power whan kynge Astulphus did molest and disease him in Italie he dyd forthwith call vpon Pypyne met hym certeyne myles of the waye besechynge hym to gyue ayde defence to the churche of Rome for he had leuer to be a confessour then a martyre / thynkynge it ynoughe yf he dyd by that title breake in to heuyn Then the olde wycked deuyll toke no more thoughte thynking his matier in good case ynoughe after that he had made the trewe kernell of the christeÌ„ diuinite corrupte and fautye For those meÌ„ whyche in tymes afore passed were the moste stronge pyller of all christen men in contempte martyrdome nowe beinge alienated and turned from the holy scriptures had taken vpon them worldely earthely busynesses / of creatyng eÌ„perours kynges / of drawynge kyngedomes and lordshyps

Pope wyl not consente therto in the .xvij. cause and in the fourth question Nemini c. in the .xxiiij. cause and the fyrst questioÌ„ Quotiens / and so coÌ„sequeÌ„tly in diuers other chapiters But what other thyÌ„g is the scrypture then the word of goddes mouthe as the .lxxxvj. psalme doth wytnes saing Dominus narrabit in scripturis c. The lord shall speke or tell in the scryptures The scrypture therfore is the speache of god which is the verye truthe selfe / and his speache is truthe in the .xvij. of IohnÌ„ Moreouer Chryst sayth I am the waye veryte and lyfe / Yf chryste then is the truthe and the scrypture as is sayd before is also the same truthe now then seynge scrypture as is afore declared is the popes captiue which maketh of it what he wyll it foloweth necessaryly that chryste the eternal god is the popes captyue also presoner Oh serpent Lucyfer what maner a newe god doest thou here brynge forthe to vs what maner a newe fayth it lacketh not moche but that I do thynke hym to be that beaste with .vij. heddes and .x. hornes of which IohnÌ„ speakith in the .xiij. chapiter of the apocalypse / of these thynges dothe folowe this proposytion that it were as profitable yea I had well neare sayd more profytable also that all the hole scrypture the holy gospell were abrogate and cleane put awaye then that it sholde contynew in suche state and captyuyte / Yf this holsom message ought to be preached and shewed to no man more largly as they do say then as moche as the pope / wyll confyrme and alowe Be sydes this we do se openly before our yeis that the pope dothe in some places moost openly and playnly reiecte the scripture and mynyshe the auctorite of it settyng his owne lawes in egall degree of honour and makyng theym egall vnto it in reuerence and strenghte and vertue whiche thyng that thou mayste perceyue to be trewe rede the canon lawe in the .xix. distinction Sic omnes c. But wherfore serueth the holy scrypture or what nedeth vs to haue it if the pope hym selfe be to vs the scripture Oh wretched man how farre doeth thy madnes procede whiche doeste make thy seate equall to thy lorde god whiche did not suffre neither Lucyfer in heuen neither Adam in paradise so longe as he doeth patiently suffer that in earthe But suche maner blasphemyes agaynste god doeth the olde serpeÌ„t bryng forth by Aristotelycall Thomisticall diuynite Freers and the subtyll ymagynation of the Scotistes do rayse vp suche maner goddes lykewyse as the lorde god hathe sygnyfyed by his holy prophete Ezechiel in the .viij. chapytre do you not thynke that the walles of our herte and the vsage of the chirche doeth conteine the moste greatest parte of the pyctures the ymages of abhomynations which are mentioned in the sayd chapyter and vnder a good and religious semblaunce euen suche goldeÌ„ calues also as hieroboam dyd make in the olde tyme The pope a new god euen lykewyse as yf he dyd say in that place you christen men loke well vpon the Pope whiche is your god whiche hathe in his power heueÌ„ and hell you do beleue him iii ReguÌ„ xii what soeuer he doethe is ryghtwyse neyther do you nede to requyre ony more of hierusalem tary you styll in Bethell ther to offre your brent sacrifices Many thynges myght be wryteÌ„ of this boystous newe god but who soeuer list to know his newe faith his lyfe and his gouernauÌ„ce let hym rede the canon lawe whiche he hath made / and let hym compare it to the holy scrypture and to the olde faythe of Christ and it shall appere to him more clerly then the sonne that he is a newe god and a newe faythe / let ony man searche thoroughe out the cronycles and hystoryes and he shall fynde in a maner that not the deuyl hyÌ„self was euer so ê‘suÌ„ptuoê° so filthy so synful mischeuoê° Now he that hath ben at Rome Pope Alexandre the vi pope Iuly the ii in the tyme of Pope Alexandre the vi or of Pope Iuly the seconde he shall not nede to reade manye hystories / I put it to his Iudgement wether euer ony of the pay nyms or of the Turkes dyd euer leade suche a life as did these our most holy popes And albeit peraduenture that I do ouermoche touche the fundation do medle to moche with this matier / whiche may turne me to dyspleasure yet that not withstondynge it is profytable verye necessarye that the trouth be assysted defended leaste that ony man do preferre or make egal the Imaginations and inuentions of man vnto the euerlastynge ryghtuous moost good most greate and myghty god least man do put his trust and confydence in man and so by the reason therof be condempned aeternally The greattest plage punyshmeÌ„t in earthe This I do saye god coulde neuer haue suffred a greatter nor a sorer punyshement and plage to falle in to this worlde then blyndenes ygnoraunce and vnbeleefe for the scrypture sayth mooste euydently who so euer doeth not beleue vnderstande thou the holy scryptures he is alredy iudged Therfore when we will by no meane gyue credence to the holy scrypture but we will with roten gloses expouÌ„de it turne it in to all facions after our pseasure as it were a peace of wexe the god of his ryghtuousenes doeth permit and suffre that we can none otherwyse iudge nor otherwise knowe but that in so doyng we do all ryght and well In suche maner and incredulyte we do continue and in our owne carnall and wordely wysedome we do contynually procede and go forwarde and so we do rayse vp a newe faythe / we do set vp a newe god / of whome we shall also receyue the rewarde of our merytes and deseruynges O. wo. wo. be to this rewarde eternally O moste tender dearly beloued chrysten men plucke backe your fote gyue your selues to Christ the most good gentill lorde that he maye gouerne you whiche may helpe vs for euermore The cause of the exaltation of the pope and of sayntes So then the olde serpente Lucyfer hathe broughte to the worlde this excellent straunge new god no lesse craftely then in the olde tyme they whiche wrote tha fable of transformatyon as Ouide amonge latine meÌ„ by shewyng of Homere as I suppose in which sayd fable men are turned in to wolues into asses in to gotes / in to byrdes / in to herbes / in to stones / whiche thynge the goddes and goddesses Iupyter Pallas Iuno Appollo Venê° c dyd work by theyr power which after theyr deth were made gods of meÌ„ For iÌ„ the olde tyme as euery man or woman was excellent notable whiche had syngularly either inuented or elles done ony thynge whiche the people knewe not before so was he or she magnyfyed and exalted for a god or goddesse as Hercules an excellent

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