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A03472	The holie historie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christs natiuitie, life, actes, miracles, doctrine, death, passion, resurrection and ascension gathered into English meeter, and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables, to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy scriptures. By Robert Holland maister of Arts, and minister of the Church of Prendergast.	Holland, Robert, 1557-ca. 1622.	1594 (1594)	STC 13595; ESTC S118820	155,202	360

causes of fasting Christ answered the Pharisies and Iohns disciples Then Iohns disciples came and said The Pharisies fast oft and we But thy disciples vnaffraid Do eate and drinke abroade with thee Then Iesus said the children sure Mourne not while that the feast endure But when the Bridegroome shall be gone Then they will all fast at that day No man doth patch a new piece on An old garment it rents away The law obserued is by thee The Gospell makes the other free New wine will burst the bottels sure If they be old therefore I say Sith ceremonies may endure No longer time but must delay Let new wine haue new vessels then And be contented with these men Christ healed a woman that had bin sick of a bloudie issue twelue yeares and raised Iayrus daughter from death As Christ with Iairus thence did go To raise his daughter lately dead A woman sick twelue yeares or moe With touching him of health was sped And after that where they did see The maide from death deliu'red he Christ gaue sight to the blind When Iesus did from him depart Two blind men meeting him did crie Thou sonne of Dauid ease our smart Beleeue ye then said Christ that I Can helpe ' yes Lord said they then he Did touch their eyes and made them see Christ casteth out a deuill and maketh the dumbe man to speake Againe they brought a dumbe man there Possessed with a deu'll but he Cast out the deu'll to their great feare And the dumbe spake which Christ made free The people maruaild yet some said He had done it by Satans aide So Iesus went from place to place Teaching and healing eu'ry one To all that sought he did giue grace He was of great compassion The labourers are few said he Yet is the haruest great yee see At the poole of Bethesda Christ healed a man that had bene diseased 38. yeares and being accused defended his fact After all this against the feast Of Passeouer which then was nie Christ Iesus that tooke little rest Vnto Ierusalem did hie That holy Sabaoth of the Lord The Iewes obseru'd with one accord Christ at Ierusalem then found A multitude of sicke and lame About Bethesda lying round Abiding till the Angell came When as the Angell stird the poole The water still made one man whole Christ by that poole a man did see That had lyen sicke there very long Wilt thou be whole oh man said he Sir I want helpe among this throng Rise thou said Christ thy bed vp take For perfect whole I do thee make Christ heal'd him on the Sabboth day Whereat the Iewes were grieued sore And sought our Sauiour Christ to slay Rewarded thus he was therefore The Iewes accusing Christ do moue Him iustly them for to reproue To whom the father witnessed And Iohn did testifie the same The Scriptures also verified As did his works so full of fame That he the sonne of God should be The stubburne Iewes him would not see Christ defended his Disciples accused for plucking eares of corne on the Sabboth Three feasts the Iewes kept yeare by yeare And chiefest Sabboth dayes did call Of the same feasts it doth appeare The Passeouer was first of all This they the feast of sweet bread name On this day they from Egypt came The next was that whereon God gaue The law by Moses vnto men That day in reuerence we haue The holy Ghost was giuen then This some the feast of weekes do say Some Pentecost some Whitsonday The feast of Tabernacles last Came of these three in order there Those feasts were neuer fully past Till all their dayes accomplisht were The first and last day of each feast Were counted chiefe of all the rest The seu'nth day also through the yeare Is was and so shall be for aye With them and Christians eu'ry where In solemne wise a Sabboth day Though theirs and ours do disagree One day with them obserue not we Christ passed thorough a corne field Vpon the second Sabboth day This doth to many matter yeeld To reason when he went that way Some say it was in Easter feast The last and chiefe day of the rest That day the first doth answer well And so the second Sabboth day Men might it call it did excell The middle dayes as all men say And there withall time of the yeare This reason good makes to appeare Some thinke it was on Whitsonday Because this Sabboth second was As they suppose and that no way The first did the same Sabboth passe These reasons both may please all such As selfe-will leades not ouermuch That day a Sabboth day was sure When the Disciples plucked corne Which thing the Iewes could not indure They did the act most vilely scorne Not knowing him that went that way To be Lord of the Sabboth day The cause they did not waigh withall That hunger then did cause the same The Pharisies on Christ did call And his Disciples fowlie blame They did prefer tradition Before their owne saluation But Christ said vnto them againe What Dauid did who hath not read Now his example doth remaine Though Dauid lye a good while dead These do as he did them before When he and his did hunger sore He had the meate that was forbid These breake you thinke the Sabboth day They do as he and his then did Find fault with him yet no man may The Priests do in the Temple so The Sabboth breake yet free they go One greater then the Temple is And here he standeth verely Mercy will I not sacrifice Learne what this meaneth faithfully Then will you not condemne this day These innocents that hurt no way The sonne of man is Lord likewise Yea euen of the Sabboth day Shall I then these so much despise Or suffer them for foode decay Though fault with them you find so soone The law allowes what they haue done The day is made all men to serue And no man made to serue that day Should not man then his life preserue Vpon the Sabboth if he may The law that bindeth man so fast To finish I am come at last Christ healed one in the Synagogue on the Sabboth day that had a withered hand and answered his accusers Now Christ disposed to beat downe Their grieuous superstition Went shortly after to their towne To reason of this question And to the Synagogue he went The fittest place for his intent For there was alwayes most resort Which was our Sauiours Christs desire That many men might haue comfort All his affection was on fire This his deuise to further then Fell out a worke among those men A man there with a withered hand Was present in that very place They said giue vs to vnderstand If law allow men so much grace As to be cured on this day Christ to accuse they sought a way Christ answered to them againe

within are not the lesse Of bribrie full and all excesse Ye fooles made not the very same The inside and the out also Giue almes therefore and leaue for shame To be so tied your toyes vnto Relieue the poore when they do craue And cleane shall be all that ye haue Woe be to you ye Scribes I say And Pharisies so full of guile Ye hypocrites is this the way To cloake your cursed craft so vile Ye keepe the least the law doth will And leaue the great things vnkept still Mint Annise and Cummin tith'd be And waightier matters left alone The law commaundeth these to thee But last of all to thinke vpon For iudgement mercy and faith are The chiefest things should be your care Woe be to you ye Scribes also The highest seats ye all do loue In Synagogues and where ye go And that men in the markets moue With reuerence to greete you there Or giue you place and praise elsewhere Woe be to you for sure ye be Like painted tombes in outward sight Appearing faire to them that see No part within how they are dight For dead mens bones lie there doubtlesse Within them full and filthinesse A Lawyer answer'd him againe Oh maister thou in saying so Rebukest vs likewise as vaine And subiect with them to like woe Christ said to him it cannot be That you of all men should go free For heauie burdens ye do binde And on mens shoulders them do lay Most greeuous to be borne in minde Intollerable eu'ry way But you your selues will not once proue With any finger them to moue Woe be to you that build so braue The Prophets tombes that were before And garnish outwardly each graue Of righteous men now more and more And more then that you verely Thus vtter your iniquitie If we had bene aliue ye say In our forefathers time had we Consented so to be the day That so much bloud then spilt should be No no the Prophets should not so Haue di'de or suffred any wo. So then ye are as witnesses Vnto your selues how that ye be Their children as ye do confesse That murdred them therefore do ye VVhat lacked of their cruelty Performe with all dexterity God said behold I will you send Both Prophets and Apostles sure To see if that you will amend Yet you will not their words endure You will them kill and crucifie And persecute most busily That on you all the bloud may come Which was shed vpon earth I say From righteous Abell Adams sonne To Zacharias bloud which lay Betweene the temple verely And the Altar slaine cruelly Martha and Marie sent Iesus word that their brother Lazarus was sicke Lazarus sure as then did lie Sore sicke and neare his death indeed This man he dwelt in Bethany His sisters both of him tooke heede Martha the first then Marie shee They were belou'd of Christ all three Christs feete annointed Mary sure And wiped with her haire the same The oyle was costlie sweete and pure Her fact Christ did defend from blame These women did for Iesus send And said come helpe thy sickly friend This sicknesse Iesus then did say Is for Gods glory not to death The sonne of God must by this way Who takes and giues men life and breath Assure your selues be glorifi'd Which thing Christ shortly verifi'd Now Iesus loued Martha well Her sister and her brother to Yet he there after this did dwell Two daies ere he to them would go And did as he had done before There heale and teach men more and more The Pharisies question of diuorcement and mariage answered of Christ As Christ departed Galily And to Iudea came againe And as he passed Iordan by While in that coast he did remaine As graciouslie he vs'd to deale Their sicke and lame he there did heale Then came to him the Pharisie Full fraughted both in heart and minde With craft and cloakt hypocrisie Hoping in Christ some fault to finde But still for all their taken toile The Pharisies receiu'd the foile May man his wife Sir put away For euerie cause he can deuise Haue ye not read then Christ did say Or Gods decree do ye despise That they were male and female fram'd When Adam the first man was nam'd Therefore a man shall loue his wife Though he his father should forsake With her he needs must lead his life They both by promise that they make Become one flesh and so remaine Though they in persons still are twaine Let no man put a sunder then All such as God hath coupled so Though Moses haue allow'd some men Their maried wiues for to forgo From the beginning sure I say It was not as it is this day Truly for whoredome she may be Diuorced and so may the man If he commit adultery Nor afterward well mary can For which of both this part doth play Should single liue till death say nay If it be so of man and wife It were not good to mary then Yet some so borne chast lead their life Some are made chast also by men Some chast themselues who can perceiue Let him this doctrine so receiue Iesus among other other things that he taught his Disciples declared vnto them the parable of the rich man that so much delighted and trusted in his riches While Iesus his Disciples taught The Leauen of the Pharisie To shunne with care for it was naught He called it Hypocrisie And will'd them to teach openly What he had taught them priuatly Feare ye not man but God sayd he Before men likewise me confesse And you shall well assured be I will to you like loue expresse Before Gods Angels verily I will confesse you constantly Blasphemous words auoide withall And for your selues take ye no care God will heare you when ye shall call Of him your haires all numbred are When Princes vexe you for my sake In worth do you your troubles take Then sayd one of the company Maister command I do pray thee The liuing now immediatly My brother may deuide with me A Iudge or a deuider who Made me sayd Christ I should do so Wherefore said Christ to them againe Take heed beware of greedinesse Abundance here is all but vaine It worketh man but heauinesse A man for all his riches may Prolong his life no not a day The grounds of a rich man said he Brought him forth fruites most plenteously Therefore he thought what then might be Done in such great prosperity I haue said he no roome to lay My fruits such store I haue to day This thing sayd he sure will I do I will now all my barnes downe pull And greater build and thereunto Gather my fruits till they be full I haue deuised this therefore Because my grounds do yeeld such store I to my soule will also say Soule thou hast much goods layd in store For many yeares liue now I may At more ease then I did before From henceforth soule eate drinke

They may not both then serued be All these things heard the Pharisies Whose greedinesse was very great They mocked Christ for phantasies They do account his words as yet Before men ye you iustifie Though fraught with fowle hypocrisie Gods kingdome suffreth violence Since Iohns time to this very day The Gentiles with all diligence Without the law now call'd obay The law and Prophets haue their end And he is come whom you attend I came not sure for to destroy The law or Prophets but fulfill I take in nothing so much ioy As to obey my fathers will Till heau'n and earth do all decay The law shall not be done away The historie of the rich glutton and of poore Lazarus Christ said a certaine rich man he Was cloth'd in purple and fine white His fare most daintie vsd to be For he therein did take delite As costly was the mans aray So fa●'d he sumptuous eu'ry day There was a certaine begger that Was named Lazarus also Which was layd at the rich mans gate All full of grieuous sores and wo This man therewith had more annoy Then Diues had in heart of ioy And he desired for to haue Wherewith his body for to feed The broken meate yet no man gaue One crumbe for to relieue his need The dogges yet came and lickt each sore These then their master easd him more It came to passe the begger he Dying was carried thence away In Abrahms bosome for to be The Angels there this man did lay Those messengers God sent to fetch To heau'n to him that silly wretch The rich man also shortly dyed His wealth could not deaths dart withdraw But needs he must be buried Each man must yeeld to natures law And as the begger was on hye So Diues deepe in hell did lye From whence as he in torments lay And looked vp he might espy Aboue from him so farre away Where Lazarus in heau'n did ly With Abraham so was he blest For there Gods chosen all shall rest Then cried Diues loud and sayd Oh father Abrah'm pitie me Let not thy mercie be delayd My cruell torments thou doest see The firie flame doth frie me so That here I wallow full of wo. Send Lazarus that once he may His finger in the water dip This feruent heate for to allay If it were but the verie tip One drop to coole my tongue withall That so his finger would let fall But Abraham said thus againe The pleasures sonne thou didst receiue Remember now and this mans paine Thy wealth at will did thee deceiue Therefore art thou as doth appeare In paine and he in pleasure here Comforted now is Lazarus And thou in hell tormented art There is set likewise betweene vs A mightie gulfe no litle start So that none hence go to you may Nor come from thence to vs away Here Christ did speake of heau'n and hell No Purgatorie then was found Or else Christ Iesus could not well As schoole men can all things expound But wo to them that thinke them wise And do Christs doctrine so despise Him Diues said I pray thee send Oh father to my fathers house To warne my brethren to amend And force no wealth so friuolous Vaine trust therein hath wrought my fall And will do theirs I feare me all Send him therefore father I pray For fiue of them I left behind Which warned may amend their way And become of a better mind Oh father shew them so much grace Least they should come into this place Then Abraham said thus againe They Moses and the Prophets haue If they do not heare them in vaine They shall obtaine what thou doest craue They warne all men to seeke for grace While they haue time to shunne that place Nay father Abraham said he But if one from the dead do come To them repentant they will be And be affrayd then of this dome They will not sinning wilfully Be subiect to such misery Then Abraham said to him sonne If that those men they will not heare But do as thou before hast donne No more will they to this giue eare For truth in Gods word seeke they must And not on dead men vainly trust Here heau'n is the appointed place Where Gods elect for aye shall rest In hell we see such as want grace All torments are for them addrest Gods word not dead men must vs guide Vnlesse we meane to wander wide As for all Dunses drowsie dreames Or Monkish toyes to mocke an ape Or franticke Friers for all their theames They now want nayles new pits to scrape Their Purgatories had a fall There is not one now left of all Offences are to be auoyded and our brothers trespasses forgiuen Though that offences needs must be Yet sure offenders do want grace Offend not these whose Angels see And do behold my fathers face He that doth so were better sure In surging seas death to endure And if thy brother thee offend Seeke thou to winne him priuatly Or if he heare not thee and mend Take two or three in company But if he heare not then the same Before the Church let him haue blame But if he do repent he sayd As oft as he doth thee offend And seemeth still to be affrayd And seekes all meanes for to amend Not seu'n times but as oft said he As he repents let him go free And the Apostles all said then O Lord increase our faith we pray If ye had faith as much ô men As is a mustard seed I say You might command this mulb'rie tree So growing in the sea to be Which of you if his seruant were At plough or did his cattell feede When he came home would say sit here And so serue him at boord with speed And would not rather bid him dresse That he him selfe might eate a messe Or who doth thanke his seruant then When he perfourmeth readily What he commandeth that his men Should see accomplisht faithfully I trow the seruant may be ●lad That he did what his maister bad So likewise ye when ye haue done What you are bid although with care Say that small profit may be wonne By such slacke seruants as ye are We haue done you may say also What was our dutie and no mo Christ healed ten leapers As to Ierusalem he went And passed thorough Galilie Ten leapers did them selues present To Iesus Christ immediatly Which stood farre off and cried thus Haue mercie maister now on vs. And when he saw them then sayd he Vnto the Priests go straight way now That they may iudge you cleane to be And haue what law doth them allow And as they went they cleansed were While Christ remained euen there Then one of them when he did see That he was healed verie well Returning backe with loud voyce he Gaue praise to God for what befell He falling downe vpon his face Gaue thanks to Christ that shewd him grace The same was a Samaritan Which cleansed came so

seruant sure it is well donne The time I see was not delayd Thou couldst not else so much haue wonne Thy faithfulnesse in this was such I will thee ruler make of much Then he which had receiued one Came to his master and did say When thou away from hence wast gone I hid thy money without nay Because I fear'd thy crueltie Receiue thine owne contentedly His master answered and sayd Thou ill and slouthfull seruant why If thou of me were so affrayd And knew'st so well my crueltie Didst not thou finde some meane or way To get me gaynes against this day The Talent take from him therefore And giue it him that now hath ten For who so hath he shall haue more And he shall haue abundance then From him that hath not shall a way Be taken what he hath I say That seruant voyde of profit ye To vtter darknesse therefore cast There weepe and gnash his teeth shall he Thus shall his slouth be payd at last See then your talent fructifie Least you loose it eternally Of the labourers hired into the vineyard The kingdome sure of heau'n is so Like vnto a housholder here That to hire labourers would go Assoone as day-light did appeare With them for pence he did agree All day to worke this was their fee. About the third houre of the day When he came to the market place The idle thence he sent away Into his farme to worke apace Likewise the sixt and ninth houre he With other mo did then agree Againe th'eleu'nth houre there he found Some other idle standing by Go ye said he to my farme ground Why stand ye thus so idlely No man hath hired vs you see Go to my vineyard then said he When euen came the master sayd Vnto his Steward call them soone That I may see the worke-men payd Which all this day my worke haue donne Begin and pay the last of all As he is seru'd the other shall A penie each of them then had From last to first as he did go Which made the first men very sad They thought their pay should not be so Go to said he this is your hire You may no more of me require Christ as he went to Ierusalem did admonish his Disciples of his passion As to Ierusalem he went Christ Iesus told them certainly The Priests and Scribes with full intent Do purpose me to crucifie Yet when the Gentiles haue me slaine The third day I will rise againe Iohn and Iames the sonnes of Zebede contended for primacie and were taught humilitie and patience and to auoyde ambition The wife of Zebedeus came To Christ and both her sonnes also And her request she thus did frame Graunt ere thou to thy kingdome go That these my sonnes there sitting be Each one vpon each hand of thee Ye wot not what ye aske said he Can ye drinke of my cup in deed Or be Baptiz'd as I shall be Yea that we can if we may speed Yet I can not graunt your request That in my father sure doth rest But when the other ten heard this They at the brethren did disdaine Then Iesus sayd ye thinke amisse Among the Gentiles Lords do raigne They that are great of them are prest Authorized to rule the rest It shall not so among you be He that would greatest seeme of all Or chiefest in authoritie Shall serue the rest as at a call As to be serued came not I But serue and saue men certainly Christ gaue blind Bartimeus and two other blind men their sight as he passed from Iordan through Iericho toward Ierusalem The 14. of March The fourteenth day as Iesus went From Iordan towards Bethanie In Iericho there did present A worke none else could remedie Blind Bartimeus and two men As blind as he were crying then O sonne of Dauid make vs see We are poore men both bare and blind Let our estate oh Lord moue thee That we may of thy mercy find Their blindnesse he did helpe straight-wayes And they him follow'd giuing prayse The calling of Zacheus a rich man and by office the chiefe receiuer of tribute As Iesus went through Iericho Zacheus sought him for to see His stature did not serue him so Among the throng it would not be He ran and clymed vp therefore A figge tree in the way before This was the shift that rich man had To see Christ as he came that way When Christ came by to make him glad He looking vp to him did say Zache come downe without delay At thy house Ile abide this day Then he came downe full hastily Assoone as Iesus did command And him receiued ioyfully But some of them that there did stand Did murmure that he then would go To lodge there with a sinner so To Christ Zacheus as he stood Said Lord I giue halfe that I haue Vnto the poore to do them good And no man shall haue need to craue What I by fraude or force did take Fourefold Ile giue him for thy sake Then Iesus sayd saluation Is come into this house ye see Sith of the generation Of Abraham by faith is he The sonne of man doth seeke and saue That which was lost as here I haue Iesus though he stayd a while after he had heard that Lazarus was sicke working in the regions round about sundry miracles and preaching the Gospell at last he returned to Bethanie where he raised Lazarus from death to life againe Now to returne to Lazarus Which was already dead in deed To his Disciples Christ said thus Come let vs go from hence with speed To Iurie we without all stay Must passe apace the ready way O master then said they againe The Iewes sought lately thee to stone And wilt thou not then here remaine And so prouide to saue for one He stumbleth not that walkes by day But in the night said Christ he may These things Christ Iesus to them spake And then said Lazarus doth sleepe But I go him for to awake What Christ then ment they tooke no keepe But said Lord if he sleepe then he Both safe and sound will shortly be Then Iesus said to them againe Our friend is dead and I reioyce I was not there Christ then was plaine To strengthen such as he made choice Then Thomas said come let vs go That we with him may dye also The fifteenth day Christ Iesus spent In iourneying along the way He then bewrayed what he meant In Bethanie the sixteenth day For Iesus then in hand did take His sleeping friend againe to wake Christ found he had lyen in the graue Foure dayes already ere he came The women they this comfort haue The Iewes that heard his death by fame Because Ierusalem was nye Came vnto them to Bethanie When Martha heard that Christ was there She went to meete him by the way And said Lord if thou hadst bene here Thy friend had not bene dead this day Yet what thou doest desire or

to see Supposed as it is of some If Christ therein might be But he went not into the caue Till Simon Peter came Who stepped first into the graue To see and search the same Who there did find the linnen lye And kerchiefe of his head Not with the linnen but set by Wrapt in another stead Then went the other in also That first came to the place And both saw and beleeued tho God giuing both such grace For they did not well vnderstand That Christ should rise indeed Till then so they thence out of hand Returned home with speed Nor did they see or heare as then More then the emptie graue Christ surely had not chosen men First sight of him to haue But Mary would not so depart Nor leaue his graue as yet She felt such sorow in her heart She could him forget But wept and wayled verie sore Which she did not in vaine She was first witnesse made therefore That Christ did rise againe The women they did not depart Their minds were wholy set To find Christ though they suffred smart Nothing the same could let Wherefore to comfort them againe God downe his Angels sent Who heareth his when they complaine Effecting their intent Which Angels to the women sayd Why do ye weepe and wayle Plucke vp your hearts be not affrayd Ye haue no cause to quayle Iesus that late was crucified In graue you looke to find Sith the Scripture is verified Then be not of that mind Christ is not here but risen is Aliue in deed is he And that ye may be sure of this Come to his graue and see What God before appointed had Christ Iesus did fulfill Thereby to make his chosen glad And to obey Gods will Christ spake to you before of this If ye remember well While he in Galilie iwis Did there among you dwell The sonne of man deliuered To sinfull men must be Sayd Christ for to be crucified Yet rise againe will he Then they these words remembered Though they were all affrayd And knew that he had suffered As he before had sayd Thus were the women comforted And eased of their feare And of Christs rising answered While they were weeping there And sent home hastily with care His resurrection To his Disciples to declare With expedition Which three things afterward againe Christ did to them I say 1 He easd their feare 2 they saw him plaine 3 He sent them backe a way But Christ to Mary Magdalen Did first of all appeare While she was weeping euen then At his sepulcher there And when she bowed downe to see And looke the graue into Of Angels there she found to be As Iohn reporteth two Which both where Iesus body lay Were sitting in the graue And thus they vnto Mary say What seekest thou to haue Why weepest thou she sayd againe My Lord is stolne away Because I know not I complaine Where they my Lord did lay When Mary thus to them had sayd She turning backe might see Christ standing by yet all dismayd Christ knew him not to be Christ sayd why weep'st thou she did say Sir if thou bore him hence Now tell me where thou didst him lay And I will fetch him thence All this while she thought Christ to be The gardiner in deed But when by name Christ called she Did turne about with speed And with her body turn'd her mind Thus did effect his call For she which hitherto as blind Perceiud him not at all Confessing now doth answer so That he her master is Whom she as gardner spake vnto And doth reioyse at this This Mary Marke saith Christ made free When she had then at least Seu'n deuils in her wherewith saith he This woman was possest But touch not me did Iesus say That I am not ascended Thou doest beleeue this errour may And must by faith be moued Leaue thou to looke as dead for me I liue assuredly And now to touch me learne to flie By faith aboue the skie And to my brethren say thou so To them I do thee send To my father and yours I go To God I do ascend Which was to lift their earthly mind To looke for whom we loue No more in earthy graue to find But now in heau'n aboue Christ appeared to the women as they went backe from the graue after they had seene the Angels which told them of Christs resurrection Then next while that the women went All homeward in the way For backe the Angels had them sent To tell these newes I say Christ Iesus did to them appeare Mathew doth testifie They worshipp'd him with reu'rence there Embracing ioyfully To whom what both the Angels sayd Christ did confirme againe Plucke vp your hearts be not affrayd You sorow all in vaine Go bid my brethren this sayd he They go to Galilie For me as you haue must they see And shall do speedily So thence they went as charge they had No feare did them annoy All his Disciples to make glad Who thought it but a toy For all the women did report They would it not beleeue No comfort could with them confort Christs death so did them grieue The souldiours signified to the high Priests what was done and they were corrupted with money by them When they were gone the watchmen came The Citie then vnto And told the high Priests all the same Which knew not what to do So mad they were that their deuise Did not effect in deed Together they therefore their wise To counsell call'd with speed Wherein they did with one consent Among themselues agree The watch with money to content They spared for no fee Nor yet the watch did force to lye When they the money had The high Priests hir'd them easily And each of them was glad The Iewes that they had so obtaind The watch to worke their will The watch that they so much had gaind They cared not how ill So both were pleasd but marke the end What was it they should do The watch must lye and they defend It was concluded so The lye was this that Christ from graue Was stolne away by night And his Disciples surely haue Now hid him out of sight When was it done while we were all By heauie sleepe opprest And when we thought that great and small Had likewise bene at rest If they then slept how did they see When he was stolne away And his Disciples knew to be That did him thence conuay Or why did they being armed men Not seeme for to resist Those weakelings without weapons then Too late comes had I wist If theeues had stolne the bodie thence They had not left behind The linnen clothes the recompence That they were there to find If friends the shame to see him bare Had causd them this to do As of the bodie to haue care To take the linnen to Yet they vpon presumption And promise to them made By the high Priests persuasion Set vp their lying