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A04894	An epitaph, or rather a short discourse made vpon the life [and] death of D. Boner sometimes vnworthy Bisshop of London whiche dyed the v. of September in the Marshalsie.	Knell, Thomas.	1569 (1569)	STC 15033; ESTC S120017	21,496	62

shame I haue display'd and therfore now suche shal be muche to blame Which cary at truthe and stomack this that eury man can tel Through out this land and others to exe this whiche knew it wel ¶ God saue our Quéen Elizabeth and bring her ioys to il And root out those with spéed from vs whiche bear the 〈◊〉 good wil. Amen T. Knell Iu. A Commemoration or Dirige of Bastarde Edmonde Boner alias Sauage vsurped Bisshoppe of London Compiled by Lemeke Auale Episcopatum eius accipiet alter Anno Domini 1569. ¶ Imprinted by P. O. ¶ The Preface MAtter 's beyng yet in doubt maie with questions and reasons bee brought out of doubt but thinges beyng without doubt ought not with the subteltie of wordes bee broughte into doubte As without all doubte Edmonde Boner late vsurped bishop of London was a bastarde and also the soonne of a Bastarde that is a Bastarde in grosse and a Bastarde can not neither maie not bee a bisshop Boner was a Bastarde ergo no bishop and this is a true conclusion This is not true said an old Dunsticall felowe sittyng at the table with a graue learned Lawier of the common Lawe and an eloquente Ciuilian that were all three together the one frouned the seconde did bite his lippe the third in a greate rage saied men maie saie what thei will now a daies belye the truthe as you haue doen he was a blessed confessor although a bastard and a true bishop bothe by Gods Lawes the Canonicall lawes the lawes of this realme of Englande To this thei saied all Amen Proue you the cōtrary saied thei and we wil yelde vnto you will you he then will I proue hym no bishop when he liued whiche you graunt to 〈◊〉 bastarde by these thrée Lawes Make proffe saied these three I will by Gods grace quod he proue that neither Tunstall nor Boner were any bishoppes of London but vsurped bicause thei twoo were bastardes and all bastardes bee vnder the same predicament For the booke of Wisedome in the. iiij Chapit makyng a difference betwene twoo generations of the lawfull and vnlawfull Of the lawfull it is saied O quam pulcra casta generatio c. O how faire is a chaste generation with vertue the memoriall therof is immortall for it is knowen with God and with men when it is presente men take example thereat and if it goe awaie yet thei desire it it is alwaies crouned and holden in honor and winneth the rewarde of the vndefiled 〈◊〉 But the other generation that is vnknowen emong men that are called the children of the people thus muche is spoken of in the same booke Multigena autem impiorū multitudo non erit vtilis spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas nec stabile fundamentum constituit That is The multitude of the vngodly children are vnprofitable children and the thynges that are planted with whoredome shall take no depe roote nor laie any fast foundation though grene for a tyme in the braunches yet thei shal be shaken with the winde for thei stande not fast and through the vehemencie of the windes that is Gods vengance thei shal be rooted out for the vnperfite braūches shal be broken the fruicte shal be vnprofitable and sower mete for nothyng For why beyng demaunded of their parentes that is who were their fathers or mothers doe witnesse against them and declare their abhomination and dooe disclose their synnes as did that wicked Cham the sonne of Noe whiche 〈◊〉 his fathers secretes for whiche cause Noe asked vengeaunce vpon the offenders sonne that therby the offender might bee more greued then with his owne mishappe Therfore the lawe that punisheth th offēders issue dooeth more prohibite synne then that whiche plageth the offender 〈◊〉 by this it maie be cōsidered with what zeale the law of Englande abhorreth vnlawfull coniunctions depriuyng them not onely of lawfull parentes but also of Ecclesiasticall dignitie and tēporall inheritaunce The Ciuill Lawe speakyng of the birth of children saieth Quod non potest arbor mala fructus bonos facere c. An euil tree saie thei can not bring forth good fruite nor a good free beare euill fruites and by the consente of the lawes it is agreed that euery plante yeldeth to the nature of the grounde wherein it is planted The childe also hath muche more certaine and sure knowledge of the mother then of the father Therfore saith the Ciuill Lawe your naturall or bastarde soonne is the soonne of the people and when suche a bastarde is hauing no certain or knowen assured father at the birthe 〈◊〉 it is daily seen and so iudged by lawe Now can he come by a father after as example If one woman should beare twoo children of twoo fornicatours and one of these fornicatours after doe marie with this woman whiche of these children should this mariage make legitimate This would partly help 〈◊〉 by the Ciuil lawe bicause his father reconsiled his mother into mariage but lōg after his birth this is not Boners case whose father was neuer maried to his mother fātasy would som what perswade but reason can not finde seyng the tyme was ones when bothe these children were bastardes and the 〈◊〉 of the people and did not knowe their fathers it wer therfore against all reason that a child after ward borne in the same Matrimonie being lawfully borne should lose the inheritaūce and place the bastardie in the same as lawfull heire The lawes of Englande agreeth with the scriptures Ismael did not inherit with 〈◊〉 So no bastardes doe inherite lawfully by the lawes of Englande neither is equall to the lawfull begotten in the inheritaunce whiche by the Ciuill lawes can be deuided but onely emong the male children Saincte Augustine in lib. xvi de Ciuitate dei saieth Abraham gaue all his substaunce vnto Isaac his soonne but vnto the soonnes of the Concubines he gaue giftes and sente them awaie from Isaac his soonne Wherevpon he ment that to bastardes there is no inheritaunce due but onely necessary liuyng and vnder the name of a bastarde Sainct Augustine vnderstande all vnlawfull issues and so doeth holie scripture also and 〈◊〉 no small difference betwene the succession of the lawfull begotten and the bastarde in tēporall thynges or worldly inheritance muche lesse in the churche of Christ in that that it admitteth them not into holie Orders and that is proued in the Popes Lawes againste 〈◊〉 bastardly Papistes and if the Pope 〈◊〉 with suche a one yet he permitted not hym to haue a dignitie or preheminence in the Churche as to bee a bishoppe Therefore it is conuenient that mannes lawes should cutte them shorte in the benefite of worldly succession When the Churche doe iudge thē vnworthy of orders of ministerie of 〈◊〉 dignitie 〈◊〉 whom the holie scripture do thrust doune and greatly embace for though some that is one emong a thousande is good yet most are not onely giuen to

wickednesse and persecution c. Example of Ismael some to murder Example of Abimelech the bastarde soonne of Gedion whiche Gedion had lawfull begotten sonnes lxx and but one bastarde whiche bastarde Abimelech with one stone traiterously killed al his brethren one excepted So there is more abominatiō in one bastard then in lxix lawfull sonnes Many examples I can bryng for the of histories repugnant to bastards of their filthinesse of life whoredome idolatrie extortion treasō murder glottonie c. For it is thought that theidoe drawe a certain staine from the volupteous lust mutuall of bothe their filthie parētes whiche in lawfull chaste mariage taketh no place and then knowing them selues to be bastardes hateth all them that are lawfully borne inuentyng mischief against them as traitors would haue all men traitors this 〈◊〉 borne Bocher Boner like Abimeleche hath 〈◊〉 a great nōber of the legitimate chil 〈◊〉 of God whose blood asketh the same crewell vengeaunce that holie Abels doe still in the 〈◊〉 of God against his brother Cain So you shall not doubte but by Gods lawes the lawes of Englande and also the Canonicall lawes that bastardes are all depriued of lawfull parentes therefore of inheritaunce Temporall also not lawfull to take Orders therefore no ministers of Spiritnall dignitie therfore no bishops Iudge of this your selues and then make answere when it shall please you Sir we will depart quod thei referryng this matter till an other tyme. Here is one quod he with plaine Musicke Dirge like in the next chamber singeth to a dull base Lute I praie you let vs heare him it will not hurt 〈◊〉 my thinke he singeth of D. Boner some merie vanitie of that vain man whiche spēt his daies in vain Papistrie we are cōtent said thei to heare this matter and then to depart hence when he hath doen we praie God it be mery for we haue talked of sad matters peace a little silence my maisters quod he agreed saied thei Then the fellowe on the other side of the walle reade in the Bible to hymself alone and that beyng dooen he songe in rude rime against rude Boner the Papist bastard The fellowe doe read I will sende a curse vpon you and I will curse your blessynges yea curse them will I if ye doe not take hede beholde I shall corrupt your seede and cast dunge in your faces euen the donge of your solemne feastes and it shall cleaue fast vpon you You are cleane gone out of the waie and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe of the lorde You haue broken the couenaunt of Leui saith the lorde of the hoste therefore also I will make you to be despised and to be of no reputation emong the people bicause that you haue not kept my waies My handes shall come vpon the false Prophetes that looke out vaine thinges and preache lyes thei shall not be in the counsaill of my people nor written in the boke bicause thei haue deceiued my people The beste that is the martyres haue ye slain the flocke haue you not nourished but churlishely and cruelly haue you ruled them Therefore woe and vengeaunce be vnto you saith the lorde God All these places of holie writynges crieth out against Boner asmuch as to any false pastor that euer hath made spoile like a Wolfe in Christes flocke the soules of the slain whō he burned for the woorde of God and for the testimonie whiche thei had doe still crie with a loude voice saiyng Howe long tariest thou lorde holie and true to iudge and auenge our blood on thē that dwell on the yearth Well ones it will fall out thus That the righteous shall stande in greate stedfastnes again suche as haue dealt extremely with them and takē awaie their labours when Boner with his wicked companions shall se it as thei shall in deede thei shal bee 〈◊〉 with horrible feare and shall wonder at the hastines of the sodain health gronyng for verie distresse of mynde and shall saie within them selues hauyng inwarde sorowe and mournyng for verie anguishe of mynde These are thei whom wee 〈◊〉 had in derision and 〈◊〉 vpon we fooles thought their liues verie madnes and their ende to be without honor But loe how thei are compted emong the children of God and their portion emong the 〈◊〉 Therefore we haue erred from the waie of truthe and the light of righteousnes haue not shined vnto vs. Tedious waies haue wee gone the waie of the lorde we haue not knowen what profit haue our pompe brought vs suche wordes shall suche as haue 〈◊〉 their brethren speake in helle Lette the 〈◊〉 marke this well Well well ¶ Boner speaketh My soule haue cleaued fast to the grounde I haue fed like a swine and liued like a hoūde My thought it did me muche good In broilyng the christians and shedyng blood I haue shewed my waies I haue shewed my waies How well I loued the Romishe kaies The reliques of Rome were my delight I was a maiden priest and our ladies knight Iustification I could not abide Specially if it came on Christes side I will clime heauen walles with Scala coeli And followe Alkoc quondam bishop of Elie. My soule now slepe in dreames and 〈◊〉 My corps is buried emong false theues For my bodie and soule th'apointed place Abusyng mercie and refusyng grace The waie of wickednes I loued well In missyng of Purgatorie perhaps to hell I beshrowe Dorbell and Dunses harte Would I had béen 〈◊〉 bishop but gon to carte The waie of truthe I did once take Whiche of malice I did for sake And neuer since I did repente In despisyng the eternall testamente I did sticke ones vnto Goddes lawes But to forsake it I had no cause And hardned my harte stopped mine 〈◊〉 And could not wepe repentant teares The waie of thy cōmaundmēt I might not bide After that I was drunke with the cup of pride But wared lothly foule and fatte Like to cardinall Wolsey with his red hatte Boner ende Deus stetit in Synagoga deorum His lordship would plaie the Iustice of 〈◊〉 In the place of iudgement it did hym good To accuse the martyres and shed their blood O Clemens There is no man within the citie Professyng Christes Gospell that he would pitie Muche mischief this verlet did begin Therefore his praier is tourned to synne O Pia. He had a cancred proude looke With bell and candell and Popishe booke In cursyng Gods people with hellishe grace A waie graundpanche with thy greasie face O Crux Now a peece of your Dirige I will begin I care not whether I lose or winne You were no greate state of honor A bastarde no bishop but bloudie Boner MOurnyng in blacke wailyng with care and woo Wryngyng of their handes thei began with Placebo Dilexique master Papist I loued well Boner That was boshoppe of London and liued in greate