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the_o pirate_n or_o sea-rover_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o such_o as_o be_v chief_a in_o place_n next_o to_o this_o arch-theefe_n shall_v busy_v themselves_o about_o petty_a theft_n not_o beseem_v their_o greatness_n and_o hereof_o doubtless_o they_o have_v great_a consideration_n as_o experience_n show_v for_o the_o least_o which_o they_o commit_v be_v the_o spoil_n of_o church_n of_o their_o relic_n i_o mean_v not_o dead_a man_n bone_n but_o gold_n and_o silver_n for_o there_o be_v a_o pamphlet_n late_o publish_v entitle_v harengua_n wherein_o be_v declare_v how_o certain_a jacobins_n summon_v a_o great_a cardinal_n to_o restore_v unto_o they_o their_o crown_n of_o gold_n 5_o but_o in_o speak_v before_o of_o the_o croysado_n i_o forget_v a_o franciscan_a of_o milan_n call_v samson_n who_o by_o that_o mean_n have_v scrape_v together_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o ducat_n which_o he_o offer_v for_o the_o popedom_n chap._n xxiiii_o of_o manslaughter_n and_o murder_n commit_v by_o the_o popish_a clergy_n i_o will_v begin_v this_o chapter_n with_o the_o story_n which_o i_o promise_v to_o relate_v when_o i_o speak_v of_o the_o franciscan_a who_o inordinate_a lust_n cost_v three_o person_n their_o life_n one_o man_n and_o two_o woman_n for_o than_o i_o promise_v to_o relate_v a_o far_o more_o horrible_a fact_n commit_v by_o a_o friar_n of_o the_o same_o order_n who_o to_o compass_v his_o mischievous_a purpose_n which_o be_v to_o have_v his_o pleasure_n of_o a_o gentlewoman_n of_o the_o house_n commit_v four_o murder_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n the_o story_n be_v this_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o emperor_n maximilian_n the_o first_o there_o be_v within_o his_o dominion_n in_o flanders_n a_o very_a famous_a covent_n of_o franciscan_n near_o to_o
my_o mind_n in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o apology_n where_o i_o be_o to_o show_v how_o our_o ancestor_n suffer_v their_o preacher_n to_o lead_v they_o by_o the_o nose_n i_o will_v not_o miss_v there_o to_o insert_v they_o for_o the_o present_a i_o remember_v a_o speech_n which_o menot_n a_o french_a man_n and_o barelete_n a_o italian_a deliver_v in_o the_o pulpit_n contain_v such_o a_o blasphemy_n as_o be_v enough_o to_o make_v the_o hair_n of_o a_o man_n head_n stand_v upright_o viz._n that_o rather_o than_o christ_n shall_v not_o have_v be_v crucify_v the_o virgin_n mary_n will_v have_v crucify_v he_o with_o her_o own_o hand_n true_a it_o be_v they_o allege_v their_o author_n and_o further_o add_v that_o it_o proceed_v of_o a_o earnest_n desire_v she_o have_v of_o the_o salvation_n of_o mankind_n but_o because_o it_o may_v otherwise_o haply_o seem_v incredible_a i_o will_v here_o set_v down_o their_o own_o word_n quote_v the_o place_n where_o they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v first_o then_o in_o the_o sermon_n of_o menot_n fol._n 169._o col_fw-fr 3._o towards_o the_o end_n somewhat_o before_o these_o word_n finis_fw-la evangeliorum_fw-la quadragesimalium_fw-la we_o read_v as_o follow_v audiui_fw-la ab_fw-la ore_fw-la magistri_fw-la huet_n in_o conventa_fw-la parisiensi_fw-la praedicantis_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la alius_fw-la se_fw-la obtulisset_fw-la virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la tanto_fw-la zelo_fw-la amabat_fw-la redemptionem_fw-la generis_fw-la humani_fw-la quod_fw-la proprijs_fw-la manibus_fw-la filium_fw-la crucifixisset_fw-la as_o for_o barelete_n mark_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o bless_a virgin_n fol._n 115._o col_fw-fr 2._o quia_fw-la tempore_fw-la passionis_fw-la quamuis_fw-la svi_fw-la dolores_fw-la essent_fw-la intensi_fw-la videndo_fw-la filium_fw-la affligi_fw-la tamen_fw-la volebat_fw-la filium_fw-la mori_fw-la pro_fw-la humanae_fw-la generationis_fw-la salute_n et_fw-la ut_fw-la dicit_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la si_fw-la alius_fw-la modus_fw-la non_fw-la fuisset_fw-la ipsamet_fw-la filium_fw-la proprium_fw-la occidisset_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la minor_fw-la erat_fw-la charitas_fw-la sua_fw-la quam_fw-la abrahae_fw-la qui_fw-la filium_fw-la suum_fw-la erat_fw-la paratus_fw-la occidere_fw-la moreover_o he_o say_v that_o the_o apostle_n go_v to_o complain_v to_o she_o of_o her_o son_n because_o he_o keep_v not_o touch_v with_o they_o in_o send_v the_o holy_a ghost_n and_o that_o there_o be_v a_o dissension_n between_o the_o father_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o fear_v to_o come_v into_o the_o world_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v deal_v with_o as_o the_o jew_n deal_v with_o christ._n vnde_fw-la isto_fw-la mane_n veniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la mariam_n dicentes_fw-la heu_fw-la filius_fw-la suus_fw-la nobis_fw-la promisit_fw-la mittere_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la hodie_fw-la sunt_fw-la decem_fw-la dies_fw-la quod_fw-la ascendit_fw-la &_o adhuc_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la non_fw-la misit_fw-la et_fw-la virgo_fw-la non_fw-la dubitetis_fw-la quòd_fw-la hodie_fw-la omninò_fw-la mittet_fw-la nec_fw-la aâ—â—_n mittere_fw-la debuit_fw-la et_fw-la ratio_fw-la quando_fw-la deus_fw-la traxit_fw-la populum_fw-la de_fw-la captivitate_fw-la aegypti_n quinquagesima_fw-la die_fw-la descendit_fw-la in_o forma_fw-la ignis_fw-la in_o monte_fw-fr sinai_n dando_fw-la legem_fw-la fuit_fw-la figura_fw-la quod_fw-la quinquagesima_fw-la die_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la suae_fw-la nos_fw-la liberaret_fw-la &_o vivificaret_fw-la unde_fw-la ponamus_fw-la nos_fw-la in_o oratione_fw-la petrus_n cum_fw-la alijs_fw-la se_fw-la ad_fw-la unam_fw-la partem_fw-la posuit_fw-la lazarus_n cum_fw-la lxxij_o ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o magdalena_n cum_fw-la alijs_fw-la mulieribus_fw-la ad_fw-la aliam_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la maria_fw-la in_o medio_fw-la in_o coelesti_fw-la palatio_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la dissentio_fw-la inter_fw-la patrem_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la o_o pater_fw-la inquit_fw-la filius_fw-la promisi_fw-la apostolis_n meis_fw-la paraclitum_fw-la &_o consolatorem_fw-la tempus_fw-la advenit_fw-la ut_fw-la promissionem_fw-la attendam_fw-la cui_fw-la pater_fw-la sum_n contentus_fw-la indica_fw-la â—piritui_fw-la sancto_fw-la cui_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sanctus_fw-la dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la quomodo_fw-la te_fw-la tractauêre_fw-la cui_fw-la filius_fw-la vide_fw-la i_o per_fw-la charitatem_fw-la ostendit_fw-la ei_fw-la latus_fw-la &_o manus_fw-la &_o pedes_fw-la perforatas_fw-la heu_fw-la mihi_fw-la sed_fw-la vadam_fw-la in_o aliam_fw-la effigiem_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la audebunt_fw-la i_o tangere_fw-la qui_fw-la descendit_fw-la cum_fw-la maximo_fw-la strepitu_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la repent_v de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la sonus_fw-la tanquam_fw-la advenientis_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v fol._n 178._o col_fw-fr 1._o 6_o but_o let_v we_o hear_v another_o discourse_n of_o the_o same_o preacher_n stuff_v with_o far_o great_a and_o more_o incredible_a blasphemy_n especial_o consider_v that_o the_o chief_a mystery_n of_o christian_a religion_n be_v thereby_o profane_v fol._n 229._o col_fw-fr 4._o these_o be_v his_o word_n quamuis_fw-la ab_fw-la aterno_fw-la deus_fw-la praedestinaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o because_o they_o be_v somewhat_o long_o &_o tedious_a it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o translate_v they_o into_o english_a abridge_n they_o in_o some_o place_n though_o god_n say_v he_o have_v decree_v the_o incarnation_n of_o his_o son_n and_o the_o salvation_n of_o mankind_n from_o all_o eternity_n yet_o it_o be_v his_o will_n and_o pleasure_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v impetrate_v by_o our_o prayer_n and_o the_o prayer_n of_o holy_a people_n so_o that_o the_o holy_a father_n even_o with_o tear_n desire_v to_o see_v that_o day_n and_o how_o great_a their_o desire_n be_v the_o scripture_n declare_v now_o adam_n enos_n enoch_n mathusalem_n lamech_v and_o noah_n who_o live_v so_o long_o see_v they_o can_v not_o obtain_v the_o thing_n which_o they_o desire_v resolve_v to_o 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heaven_n and_o come_v down_o in_o the_o last_o place_n come_v the_o church_n which_o say_v stir_v up_o thy_o strength_n and_o come_v o_o lord_n lift_v up_o thyself_o the_o patriarch_n see_v that_o these_o request_n take_v no_o place_n send_v woman_n first_o madam_n eve_n go_v and_o speak_v thus_o thou_o have_v condemn_v we_o for_o our_o sin_n yet_o remember_v it_o not_o o_o god_n but_o deliver_v i_o out_o of_o this_o dark_a dungeon_n to_o who_o god_n answer_v eve_n thou_o have_v sin_v and_o therefore_o be_v unworthy_a my_o son_n shall_v be_v send_v into_o the_o world_n for_o thy_o sake_n the_o second_o be_v madam_n sara_n who_o say_v o_o lord_n help_v we_o to_o who_o god_n answer_v thou_o be_v not_o worthy_a for_o thou_o do_v not_o believe_v that_o thou_o shall_v conceive_v and_o bear_v a_o son_n the_o three_o be_v madam_n rebecca_n to_o who_o god_n say_v thou_o show_v thyself_o partial_a between_o jacob_n and_o esau._n the_o four_o be_v madam_n judith_n to_o who_o god_n answer_v 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