him that tangle them selâ—es with soche workes of bondage as he neuer knewe as are all their Idell obseruacions hauynge no expresse commaundementes of the worde of God Onlye loke we saith Paule in sprete to be iustyfied through faythe which by loue is mightye in operacyon 6 And for them that so beleueth is this disiunctyue or put betwyn theyr handes and foreheades For all they that outwardlye kepe these heythnishe obseruacyons haue not their conscyences defyled with them for their inwarde faythes sake though they perfourme the outwarde workes doubtynge the terrour of the lawes Yet wolde I counsell them not therin to trust but at the worde of the lorde to go from it For though loth dwelt in Sodome yet at the lordes voyce he departed from thens 7 This Image made also that no maÌ„ne myght vye or sell saue he onlye that had the Marke or the name of the Beast or at the least the nombre of his name The actes of Iustynyane the Emproure shall make this good so shall the constitucyons of Adelstane and Edgare and manye other kynges here in Englande which for the ordre and commodyâ—e of the clerge made manye polytyque lawes Specyallye kynge Inas Gouernour of the west Saxons which first gaue the Peter Pens vnto Rome and made him selfe a monke there But in thys spyrytuall generacyon amonge them selues is non allowed for a merchande vnlesse he come in by Symonye Non was made bysshopp pastoure nor â—urate but payed for it their taxed sommes byshoppes to the pope and the prestes to the byshopps besydes Irem in brybes Non myght els be allowed to vtter to auauntage the wares of the beast or distribute the rytes of that holye whoryshe churche 8 Neyther were anye made free of that marte vnlesse they had the marke of the beast which is not onlye the outwarde sygne of their head shauinge and anoyntinge of their fingars but also the inwarde prynte of their consciences receyued by profession made to that wicked monster For lyke as true faythe in Iesus Christ is the marke of a perfyghâ— christiane so is a false beleue in popishe tradicions a token of Antichristes member By their frutes sayth Christ shall ye knowe them For the one foloweth the rewle of Gods worde the other hath counterfet workes of mennes prescripcion 9 Els must they haue the name of the Beast to be called spyrituall menne or the holye consecrate nombre as his holye fatherhode is called 10 Or at the least they must haue the noÌ„bre of his name which is a note of magnificence and worthynesse Lesse caÌ„ they not be called than lordes so manye as are sworne to that spirituall markett The most ragged ronegate and idle ydiote amonge them is no lesse thaÌ„ a â—yre which is a lorde in the Lattyn as sir Iohan sir Thomas sir Willyam In the Lattyn onlye hangeth their great lordeshippes Amonge their vnknowne lattyn howres their masses and their dyrigees lyeth their plentuouse patrimonye in their portasses and masse bokes Noâ— he that leaueth all wyth poore peter maye be called from fishynge nor wyth Mathew from the custome howse to do these offices But he that catcheth all with Iudas aÌ„d Symon Magus must come from Symonye to do them Not he that is called of God as was Aaron shal haue cure of sowle but he that offereth to Corban with Annas and Cayphas Soche a worlde hath it bene and is yeâ— styll in the worlde abrode amonge them The Text. 1 Here is wisdome 2. lete him that hath wytte 3. counte the nombre of the Beaste 4. For it is the noÌ„bre of Manne 5. And his nombre is sex hâ—ndred sextye and sixe ¶ The Paraphrase 1 Here is wysdome to be had sayth saynt Iohan. Lete hym that hath wytte count the nombre of the Beast for it is the Nombre of manne And his Nombre is sixe hondred sixtie and sixe 2 For so moche as Christ hath willed vs diligentlye to searche the scripturs and the holye Ghost here doth committ the iudgement of this secrete to the witte of manne some wryters hath deducted thys Nomber out of serten Greke wordes betokeninge thys great Antichrist because thys present Reuelacion was first written in the Greke language As out of antemos which signifyeth one contrarye to Gods honoure out of Arnume which signifieth a denyer of God and out of Teitan which betokeneth the sunne All these .iii. voâ—ables though they seme dyuerse yet contayne they after the Greke rewles neyther more nor lesse than thys sett Nomber And all this maye stande both with scripture and reason For he that ys not with Christ ys agaynst hym callynge that ys good yll and that ys yll good mynystrynge darkenesse for lyght Soche lyenge masters as hath brought in sectes of perdicyon hath denyed the lorde that bought them They are not the lyght as they boast themselues to be for all they loke to be called spyrituall but they are the fallen Starres and verye Apostaraes froÌ„ God SathaÌ„s traÌ„sfonemynge themselues into the angels of lyght by dyuerse kyndes of Hypocresye 3 Some expositours leauynge the Greke hath practysed the same thynge by these .ii. latyne wordes Dic lux contaynynge in numerall letters the same setâ— NoÌ„bre Which sygnifyed that they call them selues the lyght or menne of a spyrytuall sort beynge nothynge lesse For they in dede are the same self darkenesse that wyl in no wyse receyue the light but rather persecuteth yt with most spygâ—t and cruelte After thys sort myght I brynge in Diabolus incarnatus or filius perdictonis the deuyll incarnate or the sonne of perdycyoÌ„ for both they are the names of this beastlye Antichrist by the scripturs the one wantynge in the numerall letters but .iiii. of the NoÌ„bre the other but .vi. which myght be supplyed in the other letters But a monge all these thys worde Arnume most nyghlye towcheth the myâ—erye which ys as moche to saye as I denye Euydentlye semeth he to haue the marke of the Beast or to be sealed with the Nombre of hys name that sayeth whan he heareth the manyfest veryte I wyll neuer admitt ye whyle I haue a daye to liue it is ageynst good order yt standeth not with laudable custome our doctours agree not thâ—â— vnto our holye canoÌ„s alloweth yt not yt hath not the holye fathers consent vs prayâ— aÌ„d hope for it hath great likelyhode of a moche farder apperaunce â— Sens the worldes begynnynge haue the misterye of iniquite wrought in Caâ—n and in hys posteryte and so contynued in the Beastlye meÌ„bers of Antichrist and so shall do styll to the latter daye Therfor is yt no lesse than the Nombre of manne sixe hondred sixtye and sixe Thus ys he tokened with all wyckednesse that admitteth the false faythe of this Beast and foloweth the same in hys lyuynge by the subtle perswasyons of the Bishoppes and their lyenge Prophetes and ys sealed vp to eternall dampnacyon vnlesse the lorde call hym in tyme. Not onlye in Englande ys healed
here for the .vij. heades of this beast But I fynde an other thynge in it the bodye of these .vij. heades beynge but one and styll contynuynge so For thowgh all were at that tyme vnder her yet is it not so now aÌ„d yet styll remayneth this beast Therfor I do take it for one vnyuersall Antichrist as I ded afore comprehendynge in hym so well Mahomete as the Pope so well the ragynge tyraunt as the styll hypocrite and all that wyckedlye worketh are of the same bodye The seuen heades of this Beast maye so well be his presumptuouse doinges for the .vij. ages of the churche as anye thynge els and yet no preiudyce done to that hath bene sayed afore What shuld ayle this wounded head here not to sygnyfye his supremyte suppressed his vsurped auctoryte and power dyminihsed and his whole prodygyouse occupyenge condempned in this latter age of the churche I suppose nothynge more manifesâ— vnlesse we haue eyes aÌ„d wyll not se. Are not now in manye partes of Germanye and in Englande also the Popes pardons layed asyde His power put downe his name abolyshed his purgatorye pelgrimages and other peltryes vtterlye exyled and so lyke to be wythin short space in other regyons also If thys be not a deadlye woundynge of one of the Beastes heades I thynke there is non If thys be not an apparent lykelyhode of his falle there is non to be loked for 2 But the healynge agayne of this mortall wounde is lyke to marre all and make the last errour worse thaÌ„ the first In manye places where as the gospell hath bene preached the Byshoppe of Rome deposed sectes shrynes and sanctuaries destroyed monasteries prioryes and fryeryes turned ouer remayneth styll their poyson with those same instrumeÌ„tes wherwith they haue wrought all myschef Styll continueth their more than Iewyshe ceremonyes their prestybulouse presthode their vowynge to haue no wyues and their Sodomyticall chastite Styll remayneth their sale masses of all abhominacioÌ„s the principall their prodigiouse sacrifices their sensynge of Idols their boyeshe processyons their vncommaunded worshyppinges and their confessions in the eate of all trayterye the fountayne wyth manye other strauÌ„ge obseruacyons whoÌ„ the scripture of God knoweth not Nothynge is brought as yet to Christes clere institucyon and syncere ordynaunce but all remayneth styll as the Antichrystes lefte it Nothyng is tryed by Gods worde but by the auncyent auctoryte of fathers Now passeth all vnder theyr tytle Thowgh the olde Byshoppes of Rome were of late years proued Antichrystes and theyr names raced out of owr bokes yet must they thus properlye for olde acquaytaunce be called styll owre fathers If it were nought afore I thynke it is now moche worse For now are they become lawdable ceremonyes where as before tyme they were but ceremonyes alone Now are they become necessarye rytes godlye constitucyons semelye vsages and cyuyle ordynaunces where as afore they had no soche names And he that dysobeyeth them shall not onlye be iudged a fellon and worthye to be hanged by their newe forged lawes but also condempned for a traytoure agaynst hys kynge though he neuer in hys lyfe hyndred but rather to his power hath furdered the common welthe To se this also wyth soche lyke put in execucyon the Byshoppes haue auctoryte euerye moneth in the yeare yf they lyst to call a sessyon to hange and borne at theyr pleasure And thys is ratyfyed and confermed by acte of Perlament to stande the more in effect If thys be no healynge of Antichristes wounded head neuer is lyke to be anye Whan menne shall defende fre wyll and allowe their popyshe Masse to be a sacrifyce fatysfactorye for the quycke and the dead latoure they anye other thynke yow than the healynge of thys wounder He lykewyse that in an open audyence mainteyneth owr owne workes to iustifye by Dimitte nobis and other not ryghtlye vnderstanded scripturs doth he anye other than prepare a salue for the same Nay surelye No lesse also doth he that setteth menne to open penaunce at Paules crosse for holye water makynge for procession and sensynge with other popetishe gawdes constraynynge them to promyse the anauncement of the olde faythe of holye churche by soche fantasticall fopperyes as Bonner bishopp of London ded now of late to the lawhynge game and wonderment of all the worlde Alas how is the peple abused Non other do they but mocke Christen princes with flatterye that geue them olde popyshe tytles and blasphemouse names of Antichrist As to call them most Christen kynges and defenders of the catholike faythe meaninge the Popes olde tradicions to heale the head of the beast This is surelye non other but with the sayd Beast to receyue auctoryte seate and power of Sathan Lete them therfor take hede least they be fownde the same Antichristes that they haue condempned and so throwe them selues double vnder the same plage Necessarye it is they beware what they drynke or what tytles they take vpon them at their appoyntment least they forgettynge them selues be founde dronken by takynge excesse of the Babylonishe cuppe and so peryshe with the wycked Marke here dilygentlye this worde head and ye shall well perseyue how wonderfullye the storye agreeth with the mysterye 3 And all the worlde sayth saynt Iohan wondred at the Beast All folyshe carnall and worldlye peple not vnderstandynge the wysdome of Gods holye sprete depeÌ„deth all vpon their beastlye baggage thinkinge all that they do to be godlye meritoryouse spirituall They magnifye it prayse it and haue it in most hygh estimacion yea they haue it in moche more pryce than anye thinge that is of God In no wyse wyll they from their olde frenesye soche is their excedinge blindenesse For whan they here tell their customes shall continewe their gouernours agreynge to the same they clappe their handes for Ioye and synge Gaudeamus with the prestes 4 Yea they worshypp the Dragon which gaue soche power to the Beast With their hartes they reioyce trustinge vpon longer contynuaunce whan they se his head restored agayne in their rewlers the godlye teachers burned aÌ„d the preachers put to sylence 5 They worship also the Beast so manye as worshipped the Dragon For as they which worship Christ worship his father also so they that worship Antichrist agreynge to his lawes and decrees doth also worship the deuyll of whom he receyued his pryde They wonder with the Iewes that seketh cauyllacions to coÌ„tempne Christes doctrine as doth the filthye familye of the doâ—â—ynge dodypolles prestes and vnlerned lawers They worship with the heythen that admitteth their power and alloweth their factes as doth the folyshe multytude that neuer wyll be godlye wyse Non other iudgement remayneth in these dayes to these wonderers and worshippers of the newlye restored head of the Beast than ded vnto them that wyth double deuocion agreed to the abhominacions of Mahomete and the Pope 6 And thys wyll be theyr saynge as foloweth in the text spoken in the tyme past for the certente of the
they vpholde Antichristes kyngedome and not hys a worldlye glorye and not hys for hys kingedome ys not of thys worlde No longar are they hys wordes hys lawes nor hys testimonyes thaÌ„ they maynteyne hys ryght honoure No newlye practysed worshyppynges alloweth he for hys but vtterlye abhorreth theÌ„ all as thynges rawe aÌ„d vnsauerye 4 And therfor yt foloweth that thys Beast spake as ded the Dragon The doctrynes and teachynges of these false Apostles and deceytfull masters are lyes in Hipocresye and the verye doctryne of deuyls vnder tytle of the veryte repugnaunt to the same Not vnlyke to that the Serpent sayd vnto the woman ye shall not dye yf ye eate of the forbidden frute but ye shall be surely as Goddes knowinge both good euyll They do as ded Sathan in the desart Alwayes they perswade vs eyther of stones to make bread or els to throwe our selues downe warde or els to worshyp the deuyll That is to change the good creaturs of God from their ryght vse as trees into Idols sylkes veluettes clothe golde and syluer into superstyciouse ornamentes chast Marryage into stynkynge whoredome and Sodomye with soche lyke To declyne from the dewtyes coÌ„maunded of God to their Idle obseruacyoÌ„s so makynge hys commaundementes of non effect for the bayne tradycyons of menne And fynallye to fall vnto forbidden worshyppynges or abhomynacyons of Idolatrye of whome they are full And for these they haue with Sathan also their mangled scripturâ— to laye for theÌ„ to proue that the helpe of dead sayntes ys necessarye their masses merytes workes more than nede expedyent the fyre of purgatorye a fearefull thynge with the deuyll and all of soche fantasyes These are the prelates of Antichristes churche the iâ— horned monsters or great bellyed Byshoppes ryghtelye described here of the holye ghost in this two horned beast These beastlye bushardes are not ashamed both to saye and to wrytte that in their myters they beare the fygure of both testamentes whose veryte they impugne with â—oâ—he and nayle Verye trulye they saye that they carrye the fygure for in dede yt ys but a shaddowe they bere Not to gloryfye God but their owne beastlye bodyes with golde pearle stone lyke Mahowndeâ— in a playe for hys truthe they most cruellye persecute These are the verye false Prophetes the instrumeÌ„tes of Sathan the deceyuers wolues wagelynges Iudasses dreamers lyers Idols aduersaryes adders whelpes foxes destroyenge the lordes vyneyarde deceytfull workemenne desperate shepeherdes blynde watchemenne dumme dogges deuyls incarnate wycked sede vnsaciate beastes whose God ys their bealy glory their confusyoÌ„ To all these to manye other soche doth the Holye Ghost compare them for that they haue with their errours and lyes turned the swetnesse of the scripturs into bytternesse scarselye leauynge one place therof vndefyled with their fylthye dregges 5 Thys Beast sayth Saynt Iohan ded all thynges that the first Beast coulde do euen be fore hys owne face The same lyenge power to deceyue in Hypocresye hath thys beastlye brode that the great Antichrist hath the same wylye craftes and the same beastlye kyndes of Idolatrye and so doth vse theÌ„ The same abhominacyons maynteyne they the worlde ouer that the pope maynteyneth at Rome and Mahomete in barbarye of Turkeye Yea the same supersticyons aÌ„d sorceryes the same execrable tradycions beggeryes The same ceremonies haue they that he hath the same vnccioÌ„s the same orders and the same Masses The same idle obseruacions with vnknowne cloynynge clatteringe and wawlinge are styl vsed in Englande lyke as they were vsed afore with no lesse blasphemy to God 6 To do soche thinges in the first Beastes presence is to do them where his power and auctorite is raygnynge or where as is the seate of Sathan which is euerye place that admitteth straunge worshippinge 7 Both the earthe and them that dwell in the earthe coÌ„pell they to worship this first Beast Not onlye enforce they theÌ„ to wycked Idolatrye that neuer wolde knowe the truthe but also manye of those which hath great knowlege in the same Oh how manye are in Englande and in other regions also that in these dayes worketh agaynst faythe knowlege and the holye ghost admittinge the prestes abhominacioÌ„s Rather had they to dwell styll in the earthlye beggerye with the blasphemye of God thaÌ„ eyther to be out of fauer or to loose ther offices to haue their goodes hindred or to hasarde their lyues so swete are these waÌ„ton worldlye pleasurs Rather had they to peryshe with the sonnes of Helâ— and Samuel for abusynge the ordinaunces of the lorde and with Core Dathan aÌ„d abiron for rebellinge agaynst them to synke vnto hell than with Christ to take peynes in pouerte But let not them thynke to be worthye of Christ that better loueth their owne carnall commodyte than his heauenlye veryte 8 Well the Beast must they worshyp whose wounde is made whole His olde rustye rewles newe bournished and his olde Romishe ragges new patched by a newlye confermed auctorite must they enbrase in peyne of deathe The lambe shall not yet be suffred to apere Styll for a tyme must these terrible teâ—magauÌ„tes haue more worship thaÌ„ God their tradicioÌ„s preferred to his most pure worde And whye shuld it not be so haue they not now a newe refourmed churche in whom the Beastes wounded head is newlye restored So longe as it is lyke the popes churche it must folowe his rewles and cleaue to his ordynaunces It shall not folowe Christ in faythe and in doctryne tyll it apere lyke that churche which he left here behynde him whan he ascended And that is not lyke to be yet 9 First must there be wrought great wonders Fyre must be compelled to come downe from heauen in theÌ„ syght of menne by this twohorned Beast The discyples of Antichrist with their byfurked ordinaries must violentlye pluckâ— from the true christen churche whose regne is not of this worlde the eternall worde of the lorde 10 Then must they take from them the consumyge fyre that Christ sent downe into the earthe of meÌ„nes hartes to drye vp all malyce and synne Yea they must depriue them of the clouen fyerye tonges which the holye ghost poured vpon the Apostles to the confort of all the worlde The treasure that Christ hath left here to socoure vs they must hyde vnder the grounde and the candle that he lyght vs to se ouer the howse coÌ„uaye vnderneth the bushell 11 And these wonders shall they worke in the presence of menne All redye haue they taken in Englande from the Bybels the annotacions tables and prefaces to perfourme this their dampnable enterpryse They haue streyghtlye forbydden the readynge therof for tyme of their Romyshe seruyce Some haue they burned and some put to sylence and all in the face of the peple Yea they reysed the maydes of Ippâ—swhyâ—e aÌ„d of kente to worke wonders maruelâ— and now of late the folyshe Northâ—n menne to fyght for their churche What practyses they haue
had in that eare and that eare to fetche awaye the true fauorers and preachers of the Gospell at dyuerse tymes he that well considereth maye saye that the holye ghost hath here ryghtlye described theÌ„ callynge theÌ„ workers of wonders The discrete cytezen of London master Packyngton was slayne with a gonne at saynt Thomas of Acres as they call it not without their preuyelegerdemayne But this with other of their miracles I intende to declare more at large in an other treatyse the lorde lendynge me lyfe It is not longe ago also sens Alexander Seyton an excellent lerned manne with poore master Tolwyn recanted at Paules crosse Nor yet loÌ„ge afore sens good doâ—tour Crome was compelled to do the same And now last of all to take the scripture cleane awaye they haue sought out great fawtes in the translacyon of it aÌ„d thervpon taken them awaye from the common peples readynge Great peynes they take to put it downe but they neuer swerr yet in the settynge vp of yt Thus mynde they to worke their wonders tyll they haue buryed it all in the earthe They lacke now but .iiii. knyghtes to hyre to kepe yt downe styll that it ryse no more vp O very 〈◊〉 of helle and lymmes of the deuyll how vayne are your stodyes and how wycked your practyses I haue no doubt but within short space God wyll destroye the counsels and dyssypate the strengthes of them that please meÌ„ne Yet lete no manne maruele though they do these feates for the tyme. For yf the gospel were taught without checke in a whyle â–ª shuld nothinge remayne of that generacyon neyther myter nor rochet shauen crowne nor anoyntinge aÌ„d that knowe they wele ynough For the worde of the lorde ys the breathe of hys mouthe that shall destroye them and the deuowringe fyre that shall consume theÌ„ 12 By the meanes of these sygnes sayth the text which thys Beast had power to do in the syght of the other Beast or where hys abusioÌ„s doth reygne with outchecke he deceyued theÌ„ that dwelt on the earthe Manye in thys age are woÌ„derfullye abused through the dysseytful workinge of Sathan in these horned whoremongers but yet non other than are earthlye mynded Of some menne in dede the eyes are bleared with their craftes of some menne the weake iudgemeÌ„tes blemyshed wyth their subtiltees for want of dyscernynge the scripturs Some meÌ„ne are tangled with doubtes some trobled with terrour some tormented with feare consideringe that for thys newe lernynge as they will haue yt called some haue bene hanged as were the thre poore yonge menne of Sothfolke for the rotten rode of Douercourt Some burned some be headed for thinges of nought as ys knowne to all the worlde These thinges daseth their wittes and amaseth their myndes And earthe ys the cause of all this Were yt not that they moche more loued this worldes pleasures than Godt it shuld neuer be so 13 All the perswasyons of Antichristes prelates and preachers hath euermore bene and are now styll vnto soche earthlye inhabitauntes that they shuld make an Image lyke vnto thys Beast Which is alwayes to chose soche an Emproure with other worldlye gouernours as shall be for their commodyte He must by the worldlye peple be compelled to take autoryte sceptur and crowne at their handes so sworne to maynteyne their fleshelye libertees He must also be fashioned by their wycked doctrynes and false counsels in confessions lyke them in all superstyciouse lyuynge and in the tyrannouse murther of innocent Christen menne Where soche an head Ruler ys appoynted there ys hys owne fygure made and where soche a Gouernour ys constitute there ys hys own Image seâ— vpp For we must consyder that this reuelacioÌ„ is in all poyntes no storye speciallye here as manye wryters haue thought it to be in supposynge an Antichrist to be borne at the latter ende of the worlde But it is a misterye comprehendinge in it but one generall Antichrist for all which hath regned in the churche in a maner sens the Ascencyon of Christ. And in this one poynt are all the commeÌ„tours that I haue seane most fowlye deceyued yea the best lerned of them I knowe wele if there be anye yet to come he shall be but a meÌ„ber of this Agayne to owr purpose 14 Speciallye must they make a ryght Image of that Beast which had the wounde of a swerde and ded lyue This betokeneth that in these dayes they shall sturre about them leaue no caâ—tels vnsought neyther anye false counsels vnfet froÌ„ other realmes to do their feates with and to fashyon the ChristeÌ„ Gouernours to their myndes As winchester ded the last tyme he was in Fraunce After whose comminge home manye great wonders were wrought in EnglaÌ„de and fyre was made to come downe froÌ„ heauen Consider the storye afore for the storye declareth the misterye That wounded head now healed must be vp holdeÌ„ 15 He had a greuouse wype with the â—worde which is the lyuynge worde of the lorde whan he lost his monkes chanons and fryres his purgatorye pilgrimages and shrynes Yet was he not all dead For thowgh their cowles coctes and roâ—hettes were of yet had they styll the same popyshe hartes and the same superâ—â—iciouse frowardenesse that they were wonte to haue This myght haue bene founde true if it had bene serched wâ—an serten popishe prestes of mastre whartons retinue not farre from Bongaye in Sothfolke ded calke for Cromwell and for other els if the worlde had noâ—â—haÌ„ged to their myndes I write not this thinknyge they can harme by theâ—e calkinge where as faythe is resideÌ„t but onlye to shewe that their hartes are yet alyue how vertuously they are occupied Manye thinges I coÌ„sidre at this instaunt poynt coÌ„cerninge prince Edwarde whoÌ„ I doubte not but the lorde hath sent for the singular coÌ„fort of EnglaÌ„de Not that I â—emâ—rously diffiue anye thinge to come coÌ„cerninge him coÌ„sideringe it onlye in the lordes powre But I desyre the sayd lorde to preserue his bringinge vp froÌ„ the coÌ„tagiouse drinkes of these false phisicianes And this is to be prayed for of all meÌ„ne if ye poÌ„der well the text marke their wonderfull workinges where the beastes head is restored ¶ The Text. 1 And he had power to geue sprete vnto the Image of the Beast 2. and to make that the Image of the Beast shulde speake 3. and shulde cause that as manye as wolde not worshyp the Image of the Beast shulde be kylled 4. And he made all both small and great ryche poore free and bonde 5. to receyue a marke in their ryght handes 6. or in their fore heades 7. And that no man myght bye and sell. 8. saue he that had the marke 9. or the name of the Beaste 10. eyther the nombre of hys name ¶ The Paraphrase 1 For power they haue to geue sprete to the Image of the Beast It ys surelye geuen them of the deuyll whan they haue ones fashyoned out the Beastes ryght Image or made of