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
Christ reproue the Capernaytes or carnall hearers of his worde requirynge a beleue of them that will be saued For at that tyme nor yet of a yeare after was not that holye supper of his instituted Christ there admonished both his owne disciples and y â— Capernaytes not to labour for the meate that perisheth with the bellye but for that which endureth into the lyfe euerlastynge which is his eternall worde And whan they grodged at his heaueulye aduertysementes he declared vnto them what he ment by that eatynge fayeng Qui credit in me habet vitam eternam He that beleueth on me hath the lyfe euerlastynge As who shulde saye that there to eate is to beleue accordynge to his worde Whan Christe after that he had declared hymselfe to be the breade of lyfe and that his fleshe was meate and his blood verye drincke and that they which ded eate him shuld lyue for euer He gaue them this for a full coÌ„clusyon of the vnderstandynge of that eatynge and drinckynge Spiritus est qui viâ—ificat caro non prodest quicquaÌ„ It is onlye the sprete that quyckeneth the carnall eatynge profyteth nothynge at all For the bisshoppes behelde him Iudas ded kysse him and the cruell Iewes towched his bodye yet were they for that neuer the better Nomore than the prestes are yet to this houre which as they saye do daylye receyue him with their mouthe eate him with their lyppes and teare him with their teathe A mysterye 1 O braynelesse nodye Christ sayd my bodye 2 Is verelye meate For manne to eate 3 Caro mea vere est cibus c. Ioan. 6. The openinge 1. QVycke is Pantolabus in his matters now quauereth in his quybybles at large He cutteth his crotchettes as short as chyldes dyrt that they shulde tonne rounde on his tonge Now is Iohan Frith a braynelesse nodye because he hath not written to his mynde But what a wytlesse wrangeler is he and a dodypoll dawe patâ— that thus will talke with a dead manner A coÌ„mon custom is it amonge the vnlerned papistes onlye to inueye agaynst them that are gone Neuer will they meddle with them which are alyue vnlesse they be sure to burne them or to hange them Truthe it is that Christ hath sayd that his bodye is meate and that he which doth not receyue that meate caÌ„ haue no lyfe in him But what that eatynge is can not Pantolabê° tell or at y â— last he hath not yet taught it Christ sayth that to eate his flesshe and to dryncke his blood is to dwell in him by fayth and loue and he agayne to dwell in vs by his sprete of veryte and not to heare youre popishe masse or to receyue youre sacrament An infynite nombre of people haue thus eaten him and droncke him which neuer knewe what your massynge or how sellynge ment shall lyue perpetuallye in that refeccyon Not one euer perished that so hath receyued him where as thousandes hath bene lost that hath bene fedde at youre aulters 2 Whereas his fleshe is eaten and surelye dygested there is seane nomore whoremongynge theft fornicacyon ydelnesse wytchecraft cruelte spyght couetousnesse ydolatrye hatred glotonye and other fylthye vyces of the fleshe But loue ioye peace pacience longe sufferynge gentylnesse goodnesse faythfulnesse mekenesse clennesse temperaunce with other frutes of the sprete It is not youre oyled generacyon therfore nor yet they that are howseled at their masses that eateth Christes fleshe drynketh his blood which for the more part styll remayne whoremongers buggerers robbers cloyners catchers false teachers hypocrites ydolaters trayters deceyuers bellye goddes extorcyâ—ners murtherers of sowles and burnets of innocentes for their true Christen beleue Where as Christ is eaten he dwelleth And whereas he dwelleth he will suffre no soche workes to be done That persone can be no blasphemouse babler no instructour of lyes no dysdayner of Gods worde no peruetter of y â— scripturs as Pantolabus is here through oute all his iest He shall not iudge that to be whyghte that is blacke nor yet that is blacke to be whyght But his syght shall be soche by the gyft of his sprete that the thynge which is nought he shall so discerne it hath it neuer so manye gloryouse glytterynge colours to the contrarye 3 As Pantolabus is in his poesyes so is he in his allegacyons of the scripture a verye vnlerned ydyote applyenge them both to his folyshe fleshlye purpose He thynketh with Caromea vere est cibus to proue that Christes fleshe is reallye present in their popyshe sacrament And Christ meaneth nothyngelesse in that whole chapter He sayth not there my fleshe shall be naturallye present in youre sacrament whan ye haue ones prouyded youre oyled offycers and consecrate coniurers for that purpose But my fleshe is meate and my blood is vnfaynedlye drynke afore there were anye soche â—wlyshe orders He promysed nor to dwell in that but to dwell in vs euermore The kyngedome of God sayth he cometh not with outwarde obseruacyon of lo here and se there For beholde the kyngdome of God is within yow youre members sayth saynt Paule are the temple of God and youre sowles the habitacles of the holy ghost It foloweth in that Gospell hic est panis qui de celo descendit He is the breade which came from heauen not that breade which came from the wafer backers or from the breathyng of syr Laurence Loyterer at the aulter The worke of God is onlye to beleue not to fatche that bread at youre ydell handes They dye that eate youre breade and ronne headlynges to the deuyll a greate sort of them as ded manye of the Iewes that eate Manna in the desart But they that eate this breade shall neuer perishe A mysterye 1 Vvhye vvist thu then Sett to thy penne 2 And so playnelye Christes vvordes denye 3 Thy peuyshe pyld reasons Vvere not vvorthe .ii. peasons 4Vvherfore in a â—yre Thu haddest thy hyre 5 Iuste patiebantur secundum suas nequitias Sapien. 19. ¶ The openinge 1. RIallye styll ruffleth this rutter in his ragged rymes of rustycall rudenesse He reasoneth here his matter full clarkelye with this dead manne whye he sett his penne to bâ—oke aganyst the profytable wares of their markett But so longe as he was alyue he wolde not meddle with him Lyke a valeauÌ„t warryour of the Popes armye he thynketh the victorye sone gotten of him that is gone awaye The manne alredye ouerthrowne is sone beatten But lete him not thynke so to wynne anye greate worshyp at Iohan Frithes hande For thoughe his corps be dead his sprete is alyue Whan his fleshe was in burnyng his fayth was most quycke the veryte in him remaynynge inuincyble The power of hell with the whole swarme of Antichrist shall neuer preâ—ayle agaynst that stronge buysdynge Non other victorye haue ye than had Cayphas ouer Christ and the deuyll ouer Iob tryumphe ye neuer so fast ye maye ponnyshe the bodye and geue it to death but ouer the sowle
them at tymes be brent in the fyre for Christes testymonye through the Bisshoppes olde tyrannye Nothynge is there lost but their corruptyble bodyes Wheras he suffreth one bodye in their malyce so to peryshe he saueth that â—owle and a thousande more by the fredome of Christes Gospell Blessed be the Lorde therfore that euer he was borne 3 I couÌ„sell no manne to make this prayer with Pantolabus nor with soche other execrable Papistes so damnablye vayne in the corrupt practyses stodyes and deuyses of their wretched hartes though yt semeth verye good and godlye But praye after y â— scripturs with y â— dere heretage of Christ which is a churche persecuted as he was and not pampred vp here in pryde and in vayne glorye It is a congregacion not knowne to the worlde nor regarded of fleshlye lyuers nomore than he was knowne and receyued of them whan he came into his owne Praye all from within as that churche is from within lyke as Dauid wytnesseth with all the Apostles and Prophetes And lete this be youre specyall prayer for youre kynge and prince euermore Thu eternall God of our fathers thre distyncte persones in one euerlastynge Godhede Thu omnypotent father and creatour of all Thu eternall sonne and redemer Iesus Christ. Thu euerlastynge holy ghost conforter equall vnto them both all one God in power substaunce and nature of the Godhede for thy tendre mercyes sake haue respect vnto oure kynge and yonge prince And lyke as thu hast of thy munyfycence and lyberalyte geuen vnto them the imperyall crowne and scepture of Englande So graunt them to lyue in thy feare to walke in thy worde and to do that is ryghtouse in thy syght euermore Graunt them also Lorde with the swerde that they beare that they carrye yt not in vayne but alwayes to the ponnyshment of the yll doers and to the syngular solace of thy faythfull seruauntes For so is thy eternall will Thus ought true subiectes to praye without all hypocresye dissymulacyon and glosynge flatterye A mysterye 1 CoÌ„pyled by Ponce PaÌ„tolabus 2 Imprynted at London In Pater noster rovve 3 At the signe of our ladye pytye By Iohan Redman Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The other coppye 4 Imprented by me Robert Vvyer Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The openinge 1. NOw shuld soche a famouse worke made in defence of holye churche apere notable vnto the readers therof except the name of a notable clarke as master Pantolabus is were putt ther vnto fytt is yt that the carpenter shuld stande by his carpeÌ„trye and the buylder by his buyldynge A broken wall of Babylon hath Pantolabus dawbeâ—d vp here of old fauer and loue but his dyrtye dawbâ—rye holdeth not For lyke an vnworke manlye dawber he hath done yt with vntempred claye contrarye to all godlye admonyshmentes Most dampnably hath he peruerted the sacred scripturs here to maynteyne his Popyshe malyce agaynst all Christen charyte But Hieremye Ezechiel Micheas and Abaâ—uk with other holye Prophetes byddeth him and soche other to sett their hartes at rest For the cyte which is buylded with blood and the howse that standeth by vnryghtousnesse shall not alwayes contynue in the worlde I shall cast donge in youre faces â—sayth the Lorde by his Prophete Malachias euen the verye donge of youre solempne feastes and ceremonyes And yt shall cleaue fast vpon you and take you with yt to eternall perdicion What Ponce Pantolabus is which putteth himselfe forth here for y â— Author of this Iest I nede not to describe For the verye worke it selfe setteth forth his lyuelye ymage It manyfestlye declareth him a braynelesse babler a presumptuouse ydyote a frantyck Papist a peruerter of the scripturs a stynkynge heretyque an enemye to God a secrete louer of Antichrist a preuye conspyrer agaynst his prince for the Pope 2 Moche accordinge to the ryght nature therof is the settinge out here of this heretycall Genealogie Abhominably blasphemouse it is and therfor it passeth forth vndre some tytles of abhominacion It is seyd first of all to be imprinted at London which is a most noble cyte Verye sorye I am that soche sylthye frutes shuld come from so worthye a place Notwithstandinge I ascribe not this partycular euyll to that worshypful cyte wherin I knowe to be people most vertuouse and godlye But of this am I certayne Though Hierusalem were holye and the verye cyte of the lorde allowed by the scripturs yet was it in conclusion most greuouslye ponnyshed for sufferinge blasphemers and for vnthankefullye receyuinge of Christ and his verite Pater noster was wont to be a most wholsom prayer ordayned and commaunded of Christ to dwell onlye within mannys sowle and from thens to be sent in dayly massage to the eternall father of heauen And now he is becomen an out strete dweller the name of a lane or the sygne of a tauerne Farre is he changed from Christes first institucion aâ—d from the office that he appointed him A farre meaneâ— change from a pylde popyshe ceremony wolde be called a great heresye of y â— Bysshoppes What this is I leaue it to yowr coniecture 3â— In this Pater noster rowe or in bedealleye whether ye wyll was this Genealogye imprinted at the signe afowr ladye pyte What that pyteouse ladye is I can not tell but wele I wote she hath no â—ust tyttle to be called owr ladye No true fygure is she to Marye the mother of Christ. For neuer was she so farre from the ryght faythe that she sorowed so largelye for that thiÌ„ge which was vnto vs all most necessarye I knowe she neuer wept so vndyscretely for the deathe of Christ which was owr vniuersall helthe but most hyghly reioysed therin If she euer mourned it was for the synnes of the people and for that she sawe his veryte conteÌ„pned of the cruell clergye as it is yet styll They therfor which worshyp that sorowfull pyte of Marye do honour that infydelyte w t she neuer had and make them therof an Idoll Thus is the sygne that Iohan RedmaÌ„ dwelleth vndre an exercrable Idoll and he for so magnifyenge her with that tyttle a verye Idoll worshypper The lesse maruele is it that soche fylthye frutes cometh out of his howse Here is he not ashamed openlye to confesse that he hath sett his handes to most wycked Papystrye and vnto an heape of peruerted Scripturs to the great dyshonour both of God and of his kynge Adioyninge ther vnto his pryuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum the rather to infect his people 4 Now foloweth Robert wyer he graunteth also by his owne handye worke that he hath promoted forewarde these Popyshe Poesyes and Scripturs abhominablye peruerted Wherin he hath done all that hath lyen in him to assure the kiÌ„ges faythfull subiectes to geue their good hartes to y â— Popes olde faythe An vngodlye cruell waye were it yf menne ded but mynistre that thinge w t shuld but poyson the bodyes of the people What shall we than recken it whan that fylthynesse is ministred of them which infecteth their sowles to eternall deathe Soche is the vnsacyable thirst of theÌ„ that are couetouse that they care not what myschefes they do to get money If the deuyll had geuen them a matter ageynst Christ as his sworne Chaplayne hath done here ageynst his true seruauntes and haue monyed them wele they wolde surely haue done by that lyke as they haue done by this And the daye wyll ones come that they shall fynde it all one The kynges priuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum is put to the same to bringe him also vndre the selfe same curse of God yf anye chaunce for it at the latter daye whom he defende so good subiectes are thy vnto him By soche diuersite of printes is it easy to perseyue that the sale hath bene great the profyghtes therof plentuouse If the worke had bene Godly yt neuer had gone so frelye abrode nor with so moche fauer of y â— Bysshoppes The lorde ones be mercyfull to his afflicted famelye and delyuer theÌ„ froÌ„ their myâ—cheues Amen ¶ The conclusion ¶ Expreslye is it here to be seane dere frynde in the lorde what Pantolabê° was at the makinge of this iest and what manye other are yet styll in the same synefull lyne of Antichrist I perseyue by him and soche other more that Leuiathan had than great strengthe in his loynes to sende forth soche sturdye babes Not longe afore that they hydde their heades and durst not be seane abrode But thaÌ„ ded they on their mothers shamelesse face and were ageyne as bragginge as in their Popes tyme. Small harme is it to them that the Beastes head was wounded it is so wele and workemanlye healled vp ageyne Not to Christes glorye haue they fashyoned theÌ„ a newe churche now after the Gospell preachinge but after their owne vayne glorye ageyne yet for aduauntage Destroyed yet vtterly shall that execrable moÌ„stre be within short space trust vpon it by y â— only breathe of y â— lordes eternall mouthe For now doth he call to remembraunce the blood of his elect Seruauntes whoÌ„ she hath slayne seduced to establyshe her kyngedoÌ„ of lyes abhominacioÌ„s Now shal she be subdued of that heauenlye verite whoÌ„ she hath of so longe tyme suppressed the beast peryshinge w t her whoÌ„ she hath worshypped in so manye kyndes of Idolatrye That lorde make spede to fulfyll his euerlastinge promes to the confort of his electes Amen ¶ Thuâ— endeth y â— openinge of a darke mysterye of inyquite latelye spredde a brode in Englandâ— by Ponce Pantolabus and dysclosed by Iohan Bale 1542.
described them besides the large witnesse of his enemies as of Iohan kyuyngham Thomas Walden and soche other yea soche tyme as WyllyaÌ„ Thorpe in his examinacion reported him to be a manne of most christen sobryete conforminge his lyfe and lerninge to the doctrine of Christ and the lyuinge of his Apostles Thomas Arondell than Archebysshop of Canterberye beinge both an aduersarye to him and to the verite that he had taught affermed him with his owne mouthe to be a great clarke and a perfight lyuer The stomake that he bare ageiÌ„st him was for his doctrine For that he sayd was â–ª not agreable to the lawes of holye churche And yet he graunteth afore that it was agreable to Christ and to his Apostles He coude not awaye in dede with their popishe tradicions but called them the fylthye frutes of Anticrist He sayd he wolde no longar aparell the Asse that Christ shuld ryde vpoÌ„ with their vayne rytes and ceremonies but folowe the clere doctrine of his Sauer Iesus which glorified in heaueÌ„ hath nede of no soche Idell offices to be done to him kynge Edwarde the thirde sumwhat fauored him for his godlye giftis as I haue sufficientlye to proue it So ded kinge Rycharde the seconde as he durst preuylye w t afterwarde cost him his lyfe In this beleue Iohan Wyclef contynued and was person of Lutterworth in lyncolne shere And in the year of owr lorde a M.CCC.lxxxvii this true Apostle of Christ most constantlye and cristenlye departed from this worlde commeÌ„dinge his sowle into the handes of God His workes were wonderful and manye as I intende to declare God lendinge me lyfe in an other worke Of whom Subinco lepus than Bysshop of Prage brent more than .ii. hondreth great volumes fayre written as witnesseth Eneas Siluius in his boke de origine Bohemorum The .xli. yeare after his deathe which was the year from Christes incarnacioÌ„ a M. CCCC and .xxviii. by a cruell decree from the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance were his bones taken vp ageyne and brent by the clergye of Englande as testifieth Walden in lib. de sacramentalibê° Cap. 89. et fo 199. to make foles afrayed NoÌ„ hath condempned this wyclef for an heretyque but the Pope and his sworne soudiours whose cause matter and quarell Pantolabê° hath here taken vpoÌ„ him to defende though it be with a small faythe to God his Prince and moche lesse honeste to his owne preciouse persone 4 As touchinge his allegacion out of Iohans first Epistle Qui facit peccatum exdiabolo est to proue that mischefe begate Wyclef The deuyll his master of whom it is there spoken might haue vttered 〈◊〉 as godlye and to as moche edificacion of y ◠〈◊〉 the as he hath done here He that doth synne sayth the text is of the deuill For the deuill styll synneth after his olde woÌ„â—e and can do non other I maruele of Pantolabus that he coude thus with this clause blaspheme his dead brother in the handes of God without all godlye feare thinke not therin to synne If he had marked the argumeÌ„t of that chapter wele he shuld haue founde in it Gods singular loue towardes vs to that ende that we shuld loue here one an other And not to condempne by name or to make raylinge rymes of him bycause the Pope hath condempned him afore For by non other auctorite is Wyclef condeÌ„pned Who securses God doth blesse and ageyne doth curse his blessinges Lete Pantolabus therfor be ware For though he hath nowe both his good lorde of Wynchesters blessynge and the Popes he maye chaunce yet to dwell vndre Gods curse I Wondre that the Bysshppes so narrowlye serchinge for heretiqÌ„s caÌ„ not here smell out both an heretique and a traytour Happlye thei are so vsed to that sauer out of their owne bosomes that thei knowe not the one from the other But maye saye Thu and I are both one mannis children Saye wele by me and I shall do as moche forthe By this text folowinge is Wyclef discharged of that Pantolabus layeth to him Qui natus est ex deo peccatum non facit quoniaÌ„semen ipsius in Deo manet He that is borne of God as Iohan Wyclef was receyuynge Christes doctrine in faythe synneth not he folowing that doctrine in his lyfe though he doth despyse all the Popes tradicions as he ded also For the sede of God which is his eternall worde remayninge styll in him wyll not permyt hiÌ„ to synne by no soche blasphemouse popetrye Thys strayght waye hauinge the sure promises of God perseyueth not Pantolabque but strayeth wyldelye a brode with the renegate Cain desperatlye trustinge to the promises of menne syckle and vncertayne as their tradicions hath non other A mysterye 1 After this brother Came forth an other 2 His name to discusse Menne called him husse 3 He and his cumpanye Began in Germanye 4. Heâ— est gens que non audiuit vocerâ— domini sui Hiere 2. The openinge 1. EVermore doth pantolabê° pranke forth with his pylde Popyshe Poesyes not vnlyke Iacke of Bedlem with his net full of wolle From that bryer hath he gathered that lock all tarrye and from that thorne that patche all dryseled Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or witt marke what dyrtye gete this is and from what good authors borrowed The grounde therof was first taken out of Pope Benedyct the .xiii. pope Gregorye the .xii. and Pope Iohan the .xxiii. all thre deposed at ones in the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance out of the cowyshe actes and proclamacyons of Pope Martyne the fift which after supplied their rome there vpon the seate of the beast in the darke kyngedom of Anticrist or the chayre of pestylence whether ye wyll Here is the name of a brother most scornefullye vsed whiche is in the scripturs both holye and preciouse And no maruele For crist sayd there shuld come soche swyne as wolde treade the fayre pearles vndre their fete and soche dogges also as wolde turne ageyne teare his true disciples The chefe cause of it is that his hipocrites eyes can abyde no light But lete him not thinke so to auoyde the great indignacion of God nor yet anye other soche scorner as he is 2 Iohan Husse that holye Apostle and true Martyr of Iesus Christ moche pyteynge to se y â— churche so wretchedlye deformed with hypocresye pryde Idolatrye other abhominacioÌ„s of Anticrist after he had sum what perseyued therof by the doctrine of Iohan Wyclef put forth his owne bodye to y â— crosse for it to suffre the death yf nede shuld require it The pure lawe of the Gospell waâ— the scripturs of both testameÌ„tes ded he most constantlye preache to the pople of Boheme ageynst that kyngdom of wyckednesse detestinge all errours heresyes scysmes His conuersacion was accordinge to his instruccyons perfight and holye Not onlye by the report of .liiii. noble menne of the lande of Morania but also by the testimonye of his enemyes Pope Pius otherwyse called
of synne But vvhat ded he vvynne 3 He vvas tyed at a poste And there ded roste 4 Onnis anima potestatibus subdita sit Rom. 8. ¶ The openinge .1 MAlice hath so blinded this imprudeÌ„t pratler that he seyth not the waye he goeth in And though he doth se it playne ynough yet doubteth he not the daungers therof And parauenture he nedeth nor neyther For the wynker of wyles and y â— seker out of subtyltees hath put him and his companye in assuraunce that though they slyde a lytle in the darke yet shall they catche no scathe For nought is it not that they daunse attendaunce plainge placebo with Reynarde the foxe At all tymes shall they be redye to geue warninge yf anye parell be towardes their whelpes Lete them do nothinge els in the meane season but se alwayes that the people obeye the commaundement of the high powers meaninge by theÌ„ the spiritual prelates And that they beleue as holye churche doth teache theÌ„ after the olde customes of their auÌ„cieÌ„t elders for these newe falshyoned wayes are nothinge worthe If any be busye with these newe bokes ageynst those hygh powers lete them cause their sworne satellites to indite them of heresye Come they ones that wayes vndretheir spirituall handes they shall fynde lesse ease of it than eyther thefe or murtherer Therfor it shall be mete at all houres seasons for him that will lyue in rest to be obedieÌ„t to these hygh powers though he shuld for their obedience vtterlye forsake God and obeye the deuyll For their obedience is non other 2 A farre diuerse obedience is this froÌ„ al other For it bideth vnto sinne as witnesseth also the great wyse clarke Iohan Standishe in his treatise of reporche ageiÌ„st Barnes And I beleue it wele for their lawes commaundementes and customes to whoÌ„ they wolde binde vs are nothinge els but fylthye Idolatrye sinne Agreinge with y â— sainge of Saint Paule That is not of the faithe which Christ hath taught is wickednesse and sinne I wote that of a craft they wyll saye here they meane the kiÌ„ge though they mynde nothinge lesse but vndre that coloure to establishe ageyne the decayed aâ—ctorite of their whorishe churche Whye shuld Pantolabus els call Barnes here craftelye an Apostata That clause was not all brought in for nought The manne ment sumwhat more thaÌ„ he durst wele vtter But where as he doth scornefullye axe this question what Barnes ded winne by so disobeinge the holye fathers I will answere it for him bycause he is now dead He hath wonne so moche as Christ promised him which set him a worke That is persecucion enprisonment and deathe And trulye that was a swete winninge for therwith hath he wonne also the lyfe euerlastinge Who so euer will saue his lyfe saith Christ shall lose it And he that shall lose his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it ageyne in the lyfe euerlasting Saint Paule sayed boldelye vnto the Philippyanes that deathe was vnto him a winninge And I knowe that the lyberall hande of the lorde is not yet abreuiated 3 Now steppeth forth Pantolabê° as bragge a bodye lowse and as one depelye lerned in y â— scole of scornefulnesse he soluteth his owne wyse questioÌ„ He declareth to the worlde what Barnes dâ—dâ— wynne for not obeienge holye churche as though menne were ignoraunt therof He telleth them with so moche spight as he can wele Imagine that Barnes was tyed to a poste in Smytfelde at London with .ii. companions more and that he there ded roste But he sayeth nothinge I trowe of the Popes .iii. sworne chaplaynes Powell Abell and fetherston his owne swete companions which were the some daye houre in the same selfe smithfelde both hanged and quartered for treason No that disobedience toucheth not Pantolabus I tolde yow afore that he wolde at the last declare vnto yow for all his craftye colours what obedieÌ„ce he ment O holy Rome holy Rome thu spirituall Sodome and Egipt moche beholden art thu to thy secrete louers in Englande so workemaÌ„ly to cloyne in thy cause As concerninge good Robert Barnes whose ende is thought without honour of y â— daintye babes of this worlde He is counted amonge the dere children of God and hath his porcion with the saintes Though he semeth lost to y â— vngodlye wise yet resteth he swetelye in the peace of the lorde As golde in the hote fyerye fornace tryeth he his electes and as a brent offeringe receyueth theÌ„ For soche matters passeth not after y e blinde iudgement of menne lyuinge here in waÌ„tonnesse 4 Alwayes is Pantolabus lyke him w c tempted Christ in the desart whose Apostleship he hath here deuoutlye taken vpoÌ„ him Styll vseth he his olde roberyes and legerdemaynes with the scripture Here geueth he vs a mangled texte of Saint Paule to the Romanes appointing vs the .viii. chapter instede of the. xiii If it be not honest playe and cleane conueyaunce I report me to yow Omnis anima potestatibus subditâ—sit sayth he in both his coppyes but sublimioribus is out there for seruinge his spirituall purpose Lete euerye sowle sayth he submit it selfe to the powrs but the hyghar powers he nameth not least he shuld haue mencioned the kynge myndinge nothingelesse For he is the hygher power and God is y â— hyghest of all Powers without hygher or hyghest are alwayes indifferent maye be iudgled with therfor he putteth them here for the Prelates of his churche But Saint Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that their powers are of the Serpent which gaue his auctorite and seate to that beastlye Antichrist of theirs Whan Christ spake of worldlye powers he ernestlye charged his Apostles to obeye them but in no case to take them vpon them I wondre of the blyndenesse of Pantolabus that he perseyueth not what foloweth in the same Chapter Nemini debeatis quicquam nisi vt inuicem diligaâ—is Lete nothinge be donne amonge yow but in mutuall loue sayth Saint Paule Lete charite be the power that yow shall occupye for that fulfylleth the lawe If this power regned in Prelates and were so well taught of them as it is commaunded neyther shuld the hygh powers haue so moche a do in ponnyshinge theft whoredome and murther nor yet so many of their spirituall swarme be whoremongers murtherers robbers of the common people as they are A mysterye 1 On his ryght syde Vvas also tyed 2 A brother of his One garretyvvys 3 Vna enim cachena tenebrarum colligati erant Eccle. 17. ¶ The openinge 1. Excedinge hote and modye is this maÌ„ne styll in his matters and wyll not haue done with Barnes yet for a lyttle He now describeth his standinge in the fyre betwixt Garade and Hierom. But he telleth not which of his own generacion hinge that daye in the myddes of powell Abell fetherstoÌ„ No that pleased him not so wele as this For these were fryndes to his holy father of Rome where as they were enemies His
ye haue no power Blessed is that maÌ„ne that euer he was borne which perseuereth faythfull to the ende as Iohan Frith hath done That he penned by his lyfe concernynge the sacrament and their popyshe purgatorye is not greatlye hyndred here as yet oÌ„y Pantolabus dyrtye dartes The greatest acte he hath done is that he hath here paynted vs out a fole of himselfe 2 Here is it layed vnto Iohan Frithes charge that he shulde denye Christes wordes because he wolde not in his boke admyt Aristotles realyte in their sacrameÌ„t In dede he neuer denyed Christes worde for than he shulde haue done as you do alwayes so haue denyed Christ himselfe which is all one with his worde He euermore affermed that Christes fleshe was verye meate his blood verye dryncke but not for the bodye yet denyed he not the corporall eatynge He graunted also that he was verye bread and that he which eateth that breade shall lyue for euer yet wolde he not haue that bread which came from the waffer backers to be all one with that breade which came from heuen For saynt Augustine sayth that their eatynges be diuerse The one is eaten with the mouthe the other with y â— fayth The one with the lyppes the other with the harte The one with the bodye the other with the sowle He wolde in no case haue them to come in both at one dore youre â—ordes wolde not Frith afferme because they are not Christes but Aristotles youre wayes are all after the Master of your senteÌ„ces which was in an whoryshe nonne a fylthye frute of your vowed chastyte ye folowe in youre fayth the fore steppes of Bonauenture Thomas Dons Osbert Albert Baconthorpe Gerarde Gyles Gandauus Guido Ockham Helyoth Holcoth Brulifer Dorbel other dyrtye diuynes forth yssuynge from him in whom sathaÌ„ hath wrought euer sens he was sett at large refusynge the Apostles doctryne And that caused Iohan Frith neuer to agre vnto you 3 His reasons are neuer the worse that youre pylde popyshe brayne do not allowe them Peuysh ynough are your poesyes and more peuyshe a great deale youre pylde wyttes What youre reasons are it is playne to all them which hath eyther wytt or lernynge The value of them is sone rekened now that they are come to y â— towche stone I thynke verelye they are neyther worth two peasons nor yet worth two nyttes or antes egges The reasons and auctorytees of Iohan Frith concernynge Christes bodye blood standeth yet vntowched for all you Moche more vndischarged It is ynough for you to rayle and to prate to bragge to lye though ye do nothynge els ye fare lyke a gargull in a wall with a spowte in his mouthe which doth nothynge els but spewe oute water ye sett a greate face here vpon the matter as though the Popes churche were holden vp by you and nothynge do ye at all but vomete fylthye swyllynges More lyke are you and a sort of youre fellawes more to pull downe youre holye mother than to kepe her vp longe yf ye haue no better lernynge than ye shewe here Iohan Wyclef prophecyed that your churche shuld haue an ende had veryte ones the victorye Which is in short space lyke to be founde true yf ye plye not youre matters apace 4 Disdaynefullye cast ye it in Iohan Frithes teathe here that he dyed in the fyre at â— procuremeÌ„t of your prelates As though it were a greate ignominye to dye for the Lordes veryte But precyouse in y â— syght of that lorde was the death of that faythfull yonge manne though it were verye wretched in your syghtes regardynge nothynge but that which is pleasaunt to the fleshe What your ende shall be the Lorde of heauen knoweth ye haue yet layser ynough to playe the felde bysshop and to blesse with youre heles in an hempen corde as a great sort of youre fellawes haue done which were as true menne as you are here Therfore ye are not wyse to disdayne anye mannys ende nor yet to iudge him yll that departeth in Christes fayth ye maye wele knowe that Christes deathe was not verye precyouse to your proude predecessors the bysshoppes pharysees lawers whan they went vp and downe there mockynge and mowynge as you do now here with youre meters No better is the seruauÌ„t than his master nor yet the disciple than he that sent him Full vnlyke is y â— syght of god to youre syght and his insâ—rutable iudgementes to youre carnall iudgemeÌ„tes Blessed is Iohan Frith that he suffreth styll at your handes these obprobryes for his holye names sake for sure is he of the kyngedome of heauen 5 The clause that ye haue here insâ—pientlye raught out of the last chapter of Sâ—pience to make good with it your malicyouse meters agaynst Iohan Frith will not Sapience allowe now for his ye haue so disuygured yt If ye had gentyllye borowed it not so theuishlye stolne it he wolde gladlye haue receyued it of you agayne But now it is youre owne ragged stuffe not his He hath there Iuste patiebaÌ„tur secundum suas nequitias and not patiebatur The Egypcyanes sayth he which cruellye persecuted the chosen people of God vndre Pharao hath worthelye sufferd accordynge to their many folde wyckednesses He is not contented w t you nor yet with soche other false Prophetes as will so preposterouslye bestowe his scripturs as to geue that to gods fryndes which belongeth to his enemyes In the ende of that chapter is this text folowynge wherin Iohan Frith hath now his porcyon but that coude not Pantalabê° perseyue In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum Domine honorasti In all thynges lorde hast thu done the best for thy people so brought them to honoure Thu hast not despysed theÌ„ but alwaye and in all places hast thu gracyouslye stande by them The Egypcyanes now are you as wytnesseth saynt Iohan in the Apocalyps 11. youre greate cyte sayth he hath a spirituall name youre churche is called Sodoma and Egyptus For there ye daylye crucifye the Lorde in his members besydes that ye do in youre daylye Masses or newe founde sacrifices for the quycke and the dead A mysterye 1 Next of this secte That vvas suspecte 2 Vvas one Lamberte A manne peruerte 3 And almost vvood 4 Probauerunt habere Deum in notitia tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum Rom. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. SEryouslye hath Pantolabus sought his wyttes here to clowte vp his Genealogie with sumwhat But I maruele moche that for .v. years space betwixt the burnynges of Iohan Frith and Iohan Lambert he coude fynde out non els for his purpose His bloodye generacyon of mytred mahoundes and their shauen sergeauÌ„tes were not wonte to be so longe vnoccupyed His holye mother whom saynt Iohan reporteth to be droncke in the blood of martyrs was not wonte to fast so longe from that drynke but wolde coole her hote thirst ere that tyme hauynge so fyerye a stomake wele I wote that manye