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cause_n	worthy_a	write_v	writing_n	34	3	9.4239	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19666	The opening of the wo[r]des of the prophet Ioell, in his second and third chapters rehersed by Christ in Mathewe .xxiiii. Marke .xiii. Luke .xxi. and by Peter Actes .ii. concerning the signes of the last day. Compiled by Robert Crowley in the yeare of our Lord. M. D.XLVI. And perused againe by the same. Anno 1566.	Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1569 (1569)	STC 6089; ESTC S118224	23,281	120

their craft For poore men will Be begging still So long as ought is lafte But they wil spy A remedy For that you may be sure Saying they ought To giue them nought That do them no pleasure Thus yerely they Do fetch away The gaynes that doth arise By tenth increase Of mens riches After the largest sise But for to féede Such as haue néede These fellows take no thought But let them pike In euery dike All wéedes filthy and nought Thus they wander As shéepe that were Forsaken of their guide Feading themselfe With all such pelfe As growes in the field wide But out alas In how hard case Are they whose shepherdes are Of Gods preachers Become butchers Prouder than Lucifer The murren rot Is on their lot Their health is sore decayde No remedie They must néedes die Vnlesse God be their ayde Shepeherdes are dead And we are led Be them that flée vs fro When as they should Do what they could To saue vs from our foe Yea rather they Make vs obey Our aduersaries minde Bidding vs trust To be found iust By meanes that they do finde Thus they lapped in A shepeherdes skin Do say they wil vs féede With ghostly foode Holesome and good At all times when we néede But when these do Minister to Vs as they do but selde Their medicines are Such mixed ware As few sicke men haue felde There are also Some other mo Whose names I dare not tell Which beare them bolde For redy gold The flocke of Christ to sell These with Iudas Which damned was For selling Christ our hed Are like certaine In extreme paine To make their endlesse bedde Vnlesse by grace They do imbrace Gods worde and aske mercy For their sinne is No lesse than his Since they sell Christes body In like daunger Is the byer And all that condescende But chiefly they That should alway Such great abuse amende All kinges therfore Ought much the more To loke vpon their charge For all the land Lieth on their hand Be it neuer so large Let vs therfore Pray euermore That good K. Henries thought May be enclinde Such meanes to finde That Christes flocke be not bought But that we may Haue them alway To leade vs in and out That for our health To lose the wealth Of this worlde will not doubt Such doubtlesse will Walke to the hill Of gods word with their flock Going before Them euermore Like men of Dauids stock Then shall their shepe After them skippe In life worthy their name So that there shall Be nought at all In them worthy of blame For they shall heare His voyce so cleare And sée him go so bright Before their face That they may trace His foote both day and night No darkenesse can Trouble them than No cloud shal duske their sight They shall not stray Out of the way Bicause their guide is bright O ioyfull thing God graunt our king Grace to sée vs his flocke Ledde on this sorte For our comforte By guides of Dauids stocke Then shall we sing Prayse to our king And glory to the Lorde Of Israell With whose Gospell Our life should then accorde 4 IT followeth next Now in the Text Great earthquakes shal be séene Which shal cast downe Both tower and towne And great castels I wéene Now let vs sée Whether there bée In our dayes any towne Castell or tower That through the power Of the earthquake is downe But that we might Therin iudge right The causes must be knowen That do so make The earth to quake That townes are ouerthrowen In this we must Their iudgement trust That haue writ of the same Sith their writing Teacheth nothing That is worthy of blame All such men do Consent vnto This thing putting no doubt But vapours make The earth to shake When they séeke a way out In caues hollow These vapours grow To such a multitude That at the last They will out brast No strength can them include Then cast they downe Both tower and towne That is nigh to the place No maner wight May welde their might Nor looke for any grace What say we than If that in man These vapours may be found Should we looke for Then any more The shaking of the ground No that were vayne For then certayne We might looke for a beast Like to a Beare Which should appeare After saint Iohns beheast Nor drinke the pleasant drinke How should Vintners And Victulers Liue then as you do thinke God hath all sent For to be spent And not to whord in store Why should not than A Gentleman Eate it paying therfore Should a vile slaue So fine foode haue As one of noble blood Or should a king Lacke any thing That is dainty and good But let a king Marke well this thing And teach his nobles all That fine féeding Helpeth nothing To life celestiall And they that thinke Their meate and drinke Should passe others so farre Ought well to know That high and low Are made of one matter King Salomon Saith all is one A poore man and a king Are first gotten And then borne And differ yet nothing Then are they fed With milke and bread Both like both waile and wéepe A like both crie A like both lie A like both wake and sléepe The mighty King Is found nothing Better than the begger For by his birth He is but erth The best is no better All loose their strength By age at the length All die and fall to dust This thing to bée True ye may sée In their graues if you lust The noble blood Doth them no good Whē they rot in the ground Nor when they come To the last dome Where beggers shal be crounde Some king shall stand At the left hand And say when did we sée The Lord lacke ought And we haue nought Holpe thy necessitie But once for all To them Christ shall Say get you hence from me Downe into hel Where you must dwell For your iniquitie When ye denied To them that cried Asking helpe in my name Euen than was I In misery The scripture sayth the same So harde iudgement Toward them is bent That haue all thing plentie How harde they fare Taking no care That are in poueriie For riche men are They that should care For the poore impotent Both goodes and landes Are in their handes Which serue for that intent God gaue great power And like honour To some bicause they should Defend the rest Which are opprest With thirst hunger and cold Should they then make Reuell and take Their pleasure day and night Letting the poore Man lacke succour Whō they should ayde by right No they shall pay At the last day All that they haue mispent At cardes and dice And other vice And excesse of rayment Broches and ringes With other thinges Which are had in great price Helpeth nothing To good liuing But rather vnto vice For honestie Will alwayes bée Content with necessaries Then must excesse Be wickednesse For they are contraries Do you