other wordlye gouernours all Christendome ouer speciallye sens the craftye vpcrepinge of that holye father of yours I doubt not but the most famouse writers by all ages sens the churches beginninge will make this my sayinge good yet haue theyr cronicles written the best of them to hyde theyr hypocresie and falshede Vvhat Christen bloud hath beneshed-betwyne empire and empire kyngedome and kyngedome as betwyne Constantinople and Almayne Englande fraunce Italye and Spayne for the Bisshoppes of Rome and how manye cruell warres at theyr prestes callynge on it were to moche eyther to write or to speake Alwayes haue they bene workinge mischefe in theyr idell generacion to obscure the verite of God I saye yet ones agayne that it were verie necessarye for the kynges worthye maieste with ernest eyes to marke how God hath graciouslye delyue red both him and his people from youre troblouse termaga◅t of Rome which afore made all Christen kynges his cōmon slaues And to be ware of you hollowe har ted trayters his spirituall promoters cōsyderinge that your proude predecessours haue alwayes so wickedlye vsed his graces noble prog◅itours the worthye kynges of this realme sens the conquest and afore Vvho ouerthrewe kynge Herolde subduynge all this lande to the Normāny◅-who procured the deathe of kynge Vvillyam Rufus and caused kynge Steuen to be throwne in preson Vvho trobled kyng Henry the fyrst and most cruellye vexed kynge Henry the seconde Vvho subdued and poysoned kynge Iohan Vvho mourthered kynge Edwarde the seconde and famished kynge Rycharde the seconde most vnsemynglye besydes that hath bene wrought agaynst all the other kynges also To him that shall reade and throughlye marke the religiouse actes of Robert the Archebisshop of Canterbury of Odo Eg◅inus Anselmus Randoll of Durhā Rafe of Chychestre Alexander of Lyncoln Nig◅lius of Holye Roger of Salysbury Thomas ◅cket Steuen ◅angton Vvalter Stapylton Robert Baldock Rychard Scrope Henry spe◅ser Thomas Arundell and a great sort more of youre anoynted auncetours pontificall prelates mytred mommers mad mastrye workers ryuged ruff◅rs roche ted rutters shorne sawcye swy◅ olles it will euidentlye apere that youre wicked generacyon hath done all that and manye other mischeues more By these youre fylthye forefathers and soche other hath this realme bene alwayes in most miserable captiuite eyther of the Romanes or Danes Saxons or Normannes and now last of all vndre the most blasphemouse Behemoth youre Romishe Pope the great Antichrist of Europa and most myghtye mayntener of Sodome and Gomorre tyll God by the stronge power of his eternall worde gaue oure noble kynge a clere victorye ouer him How vnchristenlye youre seyd predecessours haue vsed the rewlers of all other Christen realmes it were to longe to wryte I reaken it therfore hygh tyme for all those Christen princes which pretende to receyue the Gospell of saluacyō and accordynglye after that to lyue in mutuall peace and tranquillite for euer to cast ye out of theyr preuye counsels and utterlye to seclude you from all administracyous tyll soche tyme as they fynde ye no longar wolues but faythfull feaders no destroyers but gentyll teachers For as sainct Peter doth saye i. Petri. v. ye ought to be no lordes ouer y e people of your dioceses but examples of Christen mekenesse Vvho seeth not in these dayes that you blodye bishopp◅s of Englande Italie Sicell Fraunce Spayne Portingale Scotlande Irelande be the grounde and originall foundacyon of all controuersyes scysmes variaunces and marres betwixt realme and realme at this present As sure as the lorde lyueth it is the subtile serpent of Rome and your wylye viperouse generacyon forth ◅in ge from him which hath sturred vp y e fyrst mouers therof confedering thē w t y e Tur ke or great Barbarossa vtterly to destroye the Christen common welthe As in dede for youre cause and his it was that the Frenche kynge Frances fyrst beganne that vngodlye enterprise ye fele it at youre fyngars endes that your father is syke to false ye perseyue the daylye decaye of his false and vsurped power Vvhere vpon ye consydre your owne priuate powers inordinate pryde couetousnesse voluptuouse lyuinge lechere idelnesse tyrannye and vayne glorye to folowe sone after And that causeth you to calke for his kyngedome so fast to cloyne for his coblarie and to clought vp his olde cloke agayne If ye speake ought agaynst him it is from the tethe and for feare of the halter onlye He hath neuer the lesse both your hartes and good will and lacketh neyther your counsell◅or helpe preuilye to the vttermost ye can do as apereth by youre daylye workes Els coude he neuer contynue as he doth nor yet be so stronge as he is Vvele do all that ye can in the worlde to his holdinge vp pece patche cobble clought cloyne calke and do the deuyll and all besydes whan the apple of iniquite is full type he will fall of himselfe and a ye ye all no leaue And than will all these youre labours be in vayne Consydre fyrst of all both his beginninge and yours Neuer came ye in with your myters robes rynges by the dore as ded the poore Apostles but by the wyndowe vnrequyred lyke robbers theues and manquellers with Symon Magus Marcion and Menander Neuer was your proude Pontificall power of the heauenlye fathers plantynge and therfore at the last it must vp by the rootes ye must in the ende be destroyed without handes Daniel viii Inuisyblye shall ye be stryken as was the great tyraunt Antiochus ii Mach. ix Vvith the myghtye breathe of Gods mouthe which is his worde inuincyble shall youre false kyngedome be cōsumed ii Thes. ii and Heb. iiii This reken I suffycient to declare you both to God and to manne most spyghtfull trayters vnto them that will not be wilfullye blinde Now to proue you spirituall theues to y e cōmon people is the seconde part of my purposed wryting ◅arder nede we not to seke for a profe of this than youre owne open actes How longe haue ye kept the eternall testament of Christ vndre youre fylthye fere frō y e peoples reading which is y e lyuely foode of theyr soules yea how manye innocent Christen creaturs haue ye most cruellye murthered to cause them to abhorte it Not manye years past ye brent a godlye woman at Couentre for hauinge but one chapter of sainet Matthewes Gospell and an other manne at London for hauinge sainct Ioh◅s Apoca lype besydes that ye haue done in other quarters els of the realme Some burned ye in Iohan Vv◅ues tyme and after for not allow◅nge your pilgrimages some for not beleuynge your pardons some for not fa◅ynge the frydaye for not obseruinge your ◅ent some for youre purga torie some for youre images some for not prayinge to dead saynctes of youre makinge some for youre howsell at Easter some for not cr◅pinge to the crosse some for not goinge processyon and some for ho ly water and for other vayne tryfels of youre owne inuentinge
be your owne acte yf y e seyd O vestoÌ„ be 〈◊〉 â—…amyned How heretycall trayterouse blasphemouse the sâ—…rmon was which the seyd O vesâ—…on preached aâ—… y e 〈◊〉 on the tewesdaye in the â—…aster weake a great sort of y e hearers can tell And although he was ther of accused yet after the anoynted brode had swarmed onâ—…s togyther soche a cloke was cast vpon it that it was iudged a good matter and a verye catholyek sermon Now to yow ageyne my lorde bycause ye shall well knowe that I haue your worke I sygnyfye here vnto yow that this is thâ—…rof the superscripcyoÌ„ or tytle The â—…amynatioÌ„ of a proude pre sumptuouse honter Thus fare ye well for thys tymâ—… the lorde sende yow herafter a morâ—… godlye sprete 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Amen A brefe table ACtes of cruâ—…lte by Byss 〈◊〉 Ale yandre seaton 15. 28 Artycles of papystrye 7 Anricular confessyon 8 All sortes ve yed of the Byss 16 Answere of wynchestre 28 Apostles of the pope 8. 27 Apostles ve yed of prestes 4 Bewytehâ—…rs of the parlemeÌ„t 5. 15. 26 Bonâ—…r of london 8. 13 Bysshoppes tyrannye 9 Bysshoppâ—…s of Englande 10 Brent for the scripturs 12 Brent in our tyme. 13 Byble condâ—…mpned of prelates 15 Conscyence of prelates 5 Ceremonyâ—…s of the pope 7. 17 Chronyeles sheweth the best 10 Christen workâ—…s allowed 18 Christes churche how defended 22 Commodyte of bysshoppes 24 DesiruccyoÌ„ sought for christianes 6. 20 Doctor london and pates 9 Doctor westons sermon 28 Destroyed must they be 12 Deuowrynge vermyne 24 Dyogenes flyes 24 Deathe forthe preachers 32 Enâ—…myes to the veryte 4 Englande holdeth the pope 8 Englande in captyuyte 11 Empyres subuerted 10 Epythetes of prelates 11. 14. 16. 20 Excuses for warre 24 Episcopus what yt ys 27 Feares of cruell papystes 5 Face of ther mother 8 Feaders ought U. to be 11 Frutes of prelates 11 Faythe engendreth Good workes 17 Flatterye whatyt doth 24 Gardener the popes holye ghost 8 Germane gardener hanged 9 Good workes of papystes 11 Good workes of Byss 14. 15. 17. 22 Gylâ—…s a Ioynar breâ—…t 14 Good workes after the scripture 17. 18 Hontynge of the foxe 7 Haman with Assnerus 9 Hanock in the court 9 How byss impugne the pope 11 How byss came in first 12 Hyâ—…k scorner vndre Ironia 25 Iohan vexed of prestes 4 Iohan kynge of Englande 10 Iohan aston with his cumpanye 13 Iohan the lorde Cobhaâ—… 13 Insurreccyon in the northe 6 Iustyfycacyon in Christ. 17. 18 kynges prenye chambre sought 6 kynges of Englande vexed 10 kyngedomes deâ—…ed 10 kynge henrye a 〈◊〉 kynge 21 Lawes of papystrye 7 London pates Gardener 〈◊〉 Moyses persecuted of prestes 4 Mynstrels and players vexed 16 Masse of the pope 19 Masse hearers what they are 20 Masse mongers descrybed 20 Monkes gone afore 23 Mermaydes songe 24 Names of bysshoppes 10 Names of kynges 10 Names of brent Christyanes 13 Newe testamentes brent 14 Olde practyses of papystes 5. 7. 26 Ordre in ther masses 20 Ordre to be taken for bissoppes 21 Paule vexed of prelates 4 Prelates companyons 22 Prophetes persecuted 4 Practyses of papystes 5. 7. 26 Pope dwelleth in Englande 8 Pouerte commended 15 Polycyes of prouysyon 25 Questes dyuerse 8 Resysters of trouthe 4 Recantacyons of our tyme. 15 Reparers of Rome 6 Regnolde pecok bysshopp 13 Repentaunce haue they non 16 Ryghtousnesse where and what 18 Recant or els dye 52 Symon magus counsell 16 Slaundered are the prechers 17 Supper of the Lorde 19 Sapiens rebuketh 14 Tyrauntes procured by Prestes 4 Tradicyons of the Pope 7. 17 Thre yonge menne of Sothfolke 13 Thre degrees haue the Byble â—…5 Thomas Saâ—…xye hanged 13 Testament not worshypped 20 Testament kept downe 12 Vâ—…dyte of honest menne 8 Victorye hath oure kynge 11 Vowed chastite an ydolâ—… 16 Vpholders of the Popes churche 14 Vvynchestre the Popes holy ghoost 8 Vvynchestre alâ—… woluyshe 9 Vvynchestres wylâ—…s for the Pope 6 Vvynchestre a shamelesse papist 28 Vvynchestre put to his shyftes 28 Vvillyam Vvraghton 7. 28 Vvhat the Prelates are 14. 28 ☞ Set youre selues at large and beare not the straungers yoke with the vnbeleuers ii Cor. vi
them most hyghlye as they aryse of the Gospell and not of youre beggerly tradicioÌ„s and so teache we them in theyr ryght kyn de Though youre forefathers in all ages sens theyr begynnynge hath murmured agaynst the verite yet raged they neuer so vnreasonable as you do nether sought they so cruell kyndes of death for the seruauntes of God Vvhat the cause shuld be of this youre frantyk furye it is easye to coniecture youre water is seane now a dayes youre sycknesse is knowen and youre longinge perseyued Vve se now what ye are both within and without It hath pleased our eternall God in this latter tyme by his despysed disciples to manifest the great Antichrist to the vniuersall worlde of whom your Pope is the head and you his malignaunt members No longar are ye lyke with youre abhominacyons to syt in the holye place in the temple of God in the secrete consciences of menne Matthew xxiiii i. Corinth iii. ii Thess. ii But as vnlawfull â—…yars and sellars robbers and theues ydolaters and murthers to be dryuen out with whyppes Iohan. ii Luc. xix Mar. xi Math. xxi This is the onlye cause of youre blusterynge and blowynge youre roaringe and ragynge youre impresonynge and butâ—…ynge of the seyd godlye ministers be they wryters or preachers players or syngers Neuer the lesse youre terrible turmoylyng yet taketh the verite effecte in them whom God hath appoynted My worde sayth the Lorde shall not turne agayne voyde but accomplysshe my mynde and prospere in them whom I sent it vnto Esa. lv Agaynst youre selues worke ye in youre daylye doyinges yet perseyue ye it not In the sharpe shedynge of ryghtouse blood or burninge whether ye will haue those thynges bene opened whom ye haue most coueted to be hydde from all knowledge As youre pardons and purga torye to be of non effect youre pilgrymages and other peltrycs to be of no value An other thynge there is that ye set most by which must awaye also though it cost blood in habundaâ—…ce as I thynke it wist And that is your abhominable masse by so manye pestilent Popes diuised which were both peruerters poysoners sorcerers stynkynge Sodomitâ—…s By that is the gloriouse supper of the Lorde which was his owne institucyon most blasphemouslye blâ—…myshed and brought cleane out of knowlege in the Christen churche For a coÌ„tynuall remembrance of Christes death in his coÌ„gregacyon was that heauenly supper fyrst ordayned and for a vniuersall thankes geuynge for the most frutefull benefyght of the same In that sacred supper are the mutuall members of Christes mysticall bodye there gathered perfyghâ—…lye â—…nyt togyther to theyr head with the Ioyntes of fayth and syâ—…nowes of loue where as it is trulye ministred In youre Popishe Masse was neuer yet soche godlye ordre Nether is the Lordes death to vnderstandyng preached nor yet his bodye and blood frute fullye therein receyued Nether are the hearers therof persuaded to contynuall thankes geuynge nor yet Christenlye exhorted to a mutuall loue and concorde But of the denowtest that cometh to that Masse of yours one disdayneth an other one hateth an other one troubleth an other one robbeth an other one goeth to lawe with another one defyleth an others wyfe yea somtyme one sleyth an other besydes the abhominable sorceryes sacryleges supersticyons and ydolatryes which are therein daylye commytted For therin ye offre to be worshypped of the people a signe for a saâ—… and that hath bene made by a synnefull mannys handes for oure eternall lyuynge God Thus yow most execrable Antichristes haue brought them from the true worshyppynge of God to the worshyppynge of breade and wyne two false Goddes as they are vsed of youre Romyshe fathers appoyntynge Neuer commaunded Christ his wordes to be preached to brea de and to wyne which are but dead thynges but to soche people as had fayth to beleue them and to folowe them â—…he badde the faythfull receyuers of his holye supper to take the breade and to eate it but neuer to knele to it and to worshyp it That odyouse obseruacyon was added therunto by youre Pope sens sathan was set at large after his thousande years inpresonment Apocalyp xx Not without the perpetuall curse of God Deut. xii Apocalyp xxii The eternall testament of God wherin Christ is contayned both reallye and substanciallye ye neuer holde vp to be worshypped though ye fatche from theÌ„s the wordes that ye occupye for that were nothynge for youre commodite Most coÌ„monlye is that office done by an vnlerned luske a blynde bussarde an assehead an idiote an whoremonger a dronkarde a bellygod traytour a Sodomite a tyraunte an vnfaythfull Papist and the most knaue in a towne yea somtyme froÌ„ the vometyng of his vndygested supper or els from the fylthye occupyenge of an harlot he cometh strayght to the aultre to do it yet must it be thought a sacrifice of no lesse value and strength than that Christ himselfe offred vpon the crosse And he that will not so beleue it shall be burned for an her etique Oh abhominable scorners and theues which practyse nothynge els but the vttre desiruccyon of soule If anye thynge vndre the heauens hath nede of reforma macyon lete them thynke this to be one which myndeth anye godlynesse for neuer ded cruell Pharao holde the people of Israel in so wycked a captiuite as doth this supersticiouse sort of ydest Sodomites the most derelye redemed heritage of the Lorde If they be no spirituall theues sowle murtherers heretiques scysmatiques churche robbers rebelles and traytours to God to manne wher are anye to be loked for in all the worlde An other thynge yet there is which causeth me sore to lament the inconuenyencyes there vpon consydered And that is this Although the scripturs cronicles canons constitucions counsels and priuate historyes with youre manifest actes in oure tyme doth declare youre forefathers and you soche heretiques thenes traytours to the Christen common wilthes as hath not bene vpon the earth but you yet are ye styll taken into the preuye couÌ„sels both of Emprour and kynge But what a plage it is or miserable yoke to that Christen realme where as you beare the swynge I thynke it trulye vnspeakable though it be not seane Oh eternall father for thy infinite mercyes sake graciouslye graunt thy moste faythfull seruaunt kynge Henry of Englande oure most worthye souerayne lorde and gouernour vndre the clerelye to cast out of his preuye counsell house these lecherouse locustes of Egypte and daylye vpholders of Sodome and Gomor the Popes cruell cattell tokened with hys owne propre marke to the vniuersall helthe of his people as thou hast now constitute him an whole complete kynge and the fyrst sens the conquest For neuer shall he haue of them but disseytfull workemêne and hollowe hatted gentylmenne And not onlye that good lorde but also to depryue them of there vsurped auctorite and power restorynge agayne therunto his temporall magistrates whom theyr proude Pope hath hytherto most tyrannouslye