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.
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
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
ayre Effuderunt sanguinem corum tanquam aquam What they are that haue y â— true beleuers in soche deadlye derysioÌ„ it were easye ynough to perseyue though we had nothinge els to proue it but this present Genealogye Neuer shall ye â—e that spiritualte of theirs persecute anye other thaÌ„ the louers of the truthe Wynchestre at this houre honteth nether for thefe nor murtherer aduouterer nor whore keper If he ded there shuld not so manye of them so boldelye diuell at the next dore to him But there shall not apere a reader of Christes gospell that he shall not haue by the sleue by and by He sâ—yth not Pantolabus here which is an heretyque in dede yf an heretyque be a peruerter of y â— scripturs for they are of an other veyne that he coueteth He shuld not els be his mothers owne darlynge HEre though I seme sumwhat to digrede yet shall it be no digressyon but a necessarye relaâ—yon consyderyng that Pantolabus hath so spyghtfullye accused matrymonye for synne Sumwhat shall it be nedefull to shewe here to the commendacyon of that godlye estate of lyuynge and to the vtter reproche and shame of the contempners therof by the scriptures chronicles To non other ende ded y â— Pope w t his prelates first inhybyt prestis their marryage but to apere therby an holy spirituall kyngdome deuyded from the prophane multitude to lyue in all voluptuousnesse deceyt Marke fyrst their vngodlye sprete by this The lorde coÌ„maunded not Dauid to put from him Bersabe after the death of Vrias for the aduouterye afore committed but both allowed her after for his wyfe also greatlye loued the seconde frute of her begotten which was Salomon The Rome churche as a congregacyon cleane contrarye to God in that coÌ„maunded their prestes first not onlye to forsake their most lawfull wyues but also to leaue their most dere chyldren as frutes of fornicacyon which cruelte we haue also felt in this age And thus hath holye wedlock bene vnto them euer sens a most pernycyouse poyson and stynkynge whoredome with buggerye a most suffren remedye of their naturall dyssease Soche hath bene their sathanycall tyrannye euer sens A great aduersarye to that holye office was Pope Nycolas the first in the yeare of oure lorde D. ccc.lxiiii tyll Huldrichus the good bishop of Augusâ—a in Germanye withstode his deuyllyshe hypocresye yet was a wyfe non impediment to holye â—aynt Nycolas longe afore that which was of a coÌ„mon cytezen made the archebisshop of Myrâ—hea and metropolytane of all the whole lande of Lycia Nomore was it to Ignaciê° Hermas Anâ—anus Pheleas Spiridion Valens Hilarius Polycrates Dionysius Corintheorum Tartulianus Cheremon Basilius senior Gregorius Nazianzenus Eupsichtê° Philogonius Vitalis Apollinaris Vrsinê° Pharo Burgundus Genebaudus Geroldus and a great sort more which had both wyuâ—s and chyldren yet they all were prestes and bisshoppes Moche better sayth Baptista Mantuanê° was their â—yfe in marryage than is now the lyfe of the spiritualte without it For a great consyderacyon sayth Pius the Seconde Pope otherwyse called Eneas Siluius was marriage first inhibited to prestes but for a moche greatter ought yt ageyne to be graunted them Saynt Peter y â— holye Apostle was not ashamed at Antiochia whan his wyfe was ledde vnto death to cal her by her name which was Eolam or in the latyne Perpetua after writers And to saye vnto her in the myddes of the multitude Swete wyfe remeÌ„bre thy Lorde Iesus Christ feare not theÌ„ which sleyth the bodye for they can do no harme to the sowle Onlye couetousnesse ambycion interdicted this marryage which hath geuen or casion to wonderfull mischeues as I haue declared at large in my answer for Tolwyn ageynst the Bysshop of London To whom I haue added these historyes folowynge vpon iust occasyons here geuen me bycause they are yet so good vnto marriage Pope Iohan the. viii was a woman was begotten with chylde by her owne dere chaplayne chamberlayne a Cardinall which God at that tyme wolde haue known to the worlde that their churche might apere as it was in dede all whorishe fylthye and beastlye lyke as the Apocalips hath described her yet was the worlde so blynde that it neuer perseyued it tyll nowe of late years Marozia caused her husbande Guido which was than Marques of Chuscia to strangle Pope Iohan the .ix. with a pyllowe and to slee his brother Peter that the bastarde which she had by Pope Sergiâ—s the thirde whan she was his concubyne myght be saynt Peters vycar after his father As he was sone after in dede and was called Pope Iohan the .x. Iohan the .xii. Pope begate of his whore Iohan the .xiii. Pope in short space after was stryken to death of the denyll as he was in doynge an other holye acte of bytcherye By the auctorite and commaundement of this holye vycar of sathan ded saynt Donstane here in Englande forbydde Prestes their wyues and had thervnto the assistence of kynge Edgare By the which occasyon Oswaldê° than bisshop of Worcestre expelled the canons out of their cathedrall churche and out of .vi. churches more of his dyocese and thrist in monkes there to supplye their romes onlye bycause they worlde not leaue their wyues for he his selfe had also bene a monke Eâ—helwoldus in lyke case the bisshop of Wynchestre ded the same selfe holye acte also at the same tyme in his dyocese for â—e arose also of y â— same generacyon The prestes not coÌ„tented w t so spyghtfull an â—niurye thought they wolde be euen with saynt Donstane for it as they were in dede For whan he shuld make his purgacyon before the kynge in y â— generall synode for soche matters as they had by that tyme bulted out he had moche a do to saue all thynges honest yet had he both the prelated and kynge vpon his syde For holye fathers wyll at a tyme be as wanton as other poore menne and smell after smockes for all their holynesse Holye Tomas Becket wold sumtyme for his pleasure make a iournaye of pylgrymage to the prymerose peerlesse of Stafforde as his holye lyfe mencyoneth He that shall narrowlye serche saynt Hieromes Epistles shall fynde him sumwhat famylyar with Marcella So shall he fynde Saynt Gregorye with Domicella and also saynt Bonifacius the archebisshop of Magunce with Tecla and Lieba .ii. Englysshe women of his owne cuntre natyue After the death of kynge Edgare this bredde moche trouble in Englande For the great menne of the realme put out y â— monkes by vyolence and restored agayne the Prestes with their wyues tyll soche tyme as a counsell was holden at Wynchestre Where as the prestes were agayne dyscharged by vertu of a voyce which came from a rode in the freyter wall here was propre packynge or els from the deuyll speakynge in him For in dede the deuyll loueth wele and first sought out that holye kynde of chastyte for to bewtyfye therwith the Popes