of Rome rome is the head of the eÌ„pyre wherfor of right I muste be the Father of all waten And thus whether they chalenged theyr title by the aucthorite of God or man or by peter or poulinge it was all one so they myghte be greatest And great intercession was made vnto the Emperours of both parties but in vayne a greate season for the emperours stopped their eares at such ambicious requests longe time tyll at the last there cam an Emperour called Phocas whyche laye long in Italy was a very soft man a praye for prelates Phocas Pope bonâ—face the 〈◊〉 In whose time Boniface the third was bysshop of Rome a man ambicious gready vpon honour of a very subtil wit nothing inferiour vnto Thomas wolf ser cardinall of yorcke This Boniface was greate with the emperour Phocas with his wylyâ— persuasions greate intercessioÌ„ together obtayned of Phocas to be called the chefest of all bysshops that his churche shulde be the chefe church Which auctorite as sone as he had purchased he sent immediatly his coÌ„maÌ„dmeÌ„t with the emperours power wherunto all the bisshopps of Almanye â–ª â—â—mauÌ„diâ—g the euery bysshop shuld call all the priestes of his diocese the chastitâ— of priestes how it came vp charge theÌ„ that euery man shuld put awaye his wyfe vnder payne of excoÌ„municatioÌ„ Which tyranny thogh great resistauÌ„ce was made agaiÌ„st it he yet brought to passe with the emperours swerde and his owne subtiltie to gether for the Bysshops were rych and durst not displease the pope for feare of the Emperour As sone as Nemroth yâ— myghtie him 〈◊〉 had caught this praye that he had compelled all bysshops to be vnder hym and to swere obedyence vnto hym then he began to be greate in the earth and called him self papa Papa wyth thys interprecaâ—yon father of fathers And when the Pope had exalted his throne aboue hys fellowes then the vnitie that ought to be amonge bretheren in Chrystes Church brake and diuisyon begaÌ„ betwene vs and the grekes which grekes I suppose were at that time the one half of chrystendome DiuisioÌ„ in the church And when any pope â—ens exhorted them to vnitie they aÌ„swered that he which wyl reygne ouer hys brethereÌ„ with violeÌ„ce breaketh vnitie not they that they wyl not be vnder hys tyrannye whervnto he calleth them vnd a colour of vnite And from hense forth with the helpe of his bisshops which were sworne tâ— be true lygâ— men vnto him when before tyme they were admitted to their bisshoprikes of the emperours and kinges he began to ley abayte to catch the hole Empyre into his handes also ¶ By what meanes the pope inuaded the Empire AT that same ceason Mahomete the auctour of the sâ—cte of the turckes and saracens beganne mahomete the pâ—pe began at â—â—ne time And as sone as he had got muche People vnto him with wiles and fayned miracles he inuaded the empyre of Rome in those quarters And loke how busy Mahomet was in those partyes so â—esy was the pope in these quarters to inuade the empyre with the helpe of his sworne bysshops which preached all of non other God then the Pope whyle the emperour was occupied a farre of in resisting of Mahomete Gregory the pope came vp by the frenchmen by the he cotinnueth his estate styll And within few yeares after when the kinges of Italy nowe and then vexed our holye fathers for the covetouse ambicion then Gregory the third ioyned amite wyth the Frenchmen and called them to helpe by whose power they gatte all they haue also mayntaine it vnto this daye For if any man sens that time hether dyspleased the pope neuer so lytle he iÌ„mediatly cursed hiÌ„ and excommuniâ—ated hym aÌ„d proclaymed him no ryght enheritoure and that it was not laufull to holde of him and obsoluâ—â— hys lordes and subiectes of theyr alleages aunce and seÌ„t his blessing vnto the french king and remissyon of sinnes to go and coÌ„quere hys lande the pope and french kynge alwaye diuiding the spoyle betwene them the bisshops and all that serued god for yâ— belly preaching the popes myght â–ª how that he had power so to do and all thinges to bâ—de and lose at hys wyll wrestinge the scriptures to serue for their purpose corrupting all the lawes both of God and man to proue hys godhead with all pope zacharias the .i. Hilderichê° THeÌ„ cam pope Zacharias the first in whose time hulderichus was kynge of fraunce a maÌ„ yâ— gouerned his royalme as it ofte chauÌ„ceth by a debitie as parsones preache one Pipine a lord of his oâ—ne his sworn subiect pipinus This pipine seÌ„t an holy bisshop to pope Zacharias that he shuld helpe to make hym kynge of Fraunce and he wold be hiâ— defender in Italy as the maner of â—â—aulâ— horses is the one to clawe the other Zacharias answered that he was more worthy to be kyng that ruled the Realme and â—oke the laboures than an ydle shadowe that went vp and downe and did nought And so vpon that the lordes of Fraunce by the persuasions of the prelates consented vnto Pipine aÌ„d thrust downe their right kinge vnto whom they were sworne ynd made a monke of him And both the lordes also Pipine toke dispensacions for theyr othes of our holy father and were forsworne Thus was oure holy father the Pope crepte vp in to the consciences of men with hys false interpretation of byndyng aÌ„d loâ—synge good .viij. hundred yeres agone Then came Pope Stephanus the secoÌ„d out of whose haÌ„des Estulphus kyng of Lombardie wold faine haue scratched som what pope steueÌ„ the second estulphus for he thought that the holye fathers gathered to faâ—â—â— and had all readye raked to muche vnto them But the new kynge Pipine of fraunce warned of hys duetie and seruice promysed aÌ„d mindefull of old frendshippe and hopynge for parte of the praye came to succoure the pope and when he had subdued the Kyng oâ— Lombardye he gaue vnto our holy father or rather to saynt Peter that hungry begger greate prouinces contreys in Lombardye and in Italye with the yle corsica and many greate cyties of which some perteyned vnto the Emperoure being then at Constantinople yet the Emperour had sent before vnto king Pipine that he shuld not geue of his townes vnto the pope But Pipine answerâ—â— that he cam for the same intent to inhaunce our holy father And our holy father receaued them And thus the Empyre was deuided in two partâ—s the Pope and the frenchking partyng the one halfe betwene them And as the Emperour decayed the Pope grewe And as the pope grewe so the secte of Mahomete grew for the Emperour halfe his empyre lost was not able to defend him selfe agaiÌ„st the infidels And the pope wold suffer no help hence to come for two causes One lest the Emperour shuld recouer his Empyre agayne and an other
popes cleane contrary And the poÌ„pe of hys consecratyon was after his old worldly fation How be it yet he is made a saynte for his worshyppyng of the holy seate of sainct peter not that seate of peter which is Christs gospell but an other lyed to be peters is in dede cathedra pestilencie a chayr of false doctrine And because he could no skyll of oure lordes gospell he sayde of matens with oure lady saye they If any maÌ„ vnderstaÌ„d the laten let hym reade his lyfe compare it vnto the scriptur theÌ„ he shal se such holynes as were here to long to be rehersed And euery abbay euery cathedral church did shrine theÌ„ one God or other mingled the lyues of the very saintes wyth starke lyes to moue men to offre which thyng they call deuocion And though in all their doinges they oppresse the teÌ„poralty their comeÌ„ wealth be greuous vnto the rych and paynfull to yâ— poore yet they be so many so exercised in wyles so subtyl so knit sworne together that they coÌ„passe the teÌ„poralty make theÌ„ beare theÌ„ whether they wil or wyll not as the euye doth the oke partly with iugglinge besyde that with wordly polycy For euery abbot wyl make him that may do most in the shyre or wyth the kynge the stuarde of hys landes geue hym a fee yerely and wyl leÌ„d vnto some feast other that by such meanes they do what they wyll And lytle master parsoÌ„ after the same maner if he come into an house the wife be snoutefaire he wil rote him self there by one craft or other ether by vsiÌ„g such pastime as the good man doth or in beinge benefycyall by one waye or other or he wyll lend hym and so bryng hym into hys daunger that he can not thruste hym oute when he wolde but must be coÌ„pelled to beare him aÌ„d to let hym be homely whether he wyll or not ¶ An ensample of practyse out oâ— oure owne chronycles Take an ensaÌ„ple of their practise out of our owne stories Kyng Herolde Kyng Herold exiled or banished Robert Archbisshope of Canterburye For what cause the Inglysh polychronicon specifieth not Robert of caÌ„terbury But if the cause weare not sum what suspect I thynke they wolde not haue Passed it ouer with scylence Thys Robert gat hiÌ„ immediately vnto kynge Wylliam the conqueroure then duke of Normandye And the pope Alexander sente duke Wylliam a baner to go and conquere Ingland and cleane remission vnto whosoeuer wold folow the baner and goo wyth kynge Wyllyam here marke how streight the pope folowed-Christs steppes aÌ„d his apostles Remission of siÌ„nes to conquere englande they preached forgeuenes of synnes to all that repented throw Christes bloude shedyng the Pope preacheth forgeuenesse of synnes to all that will slea their bretheren bought with Chrystes bloud to subdue them vnto hys tyraÌ„nie What so euer othâ—r cause duke wyliaÌ„ had against kynge Herold thou maiest be sure that the pope wolde not haue medled yf Herold had not troubled hys kingdom â—â—e neyther shuld duke willyam haue bene able to conquer the land at that tyme except the spyritualtie had wroughte on hys syde What bloud did that conquest cost England thorowe whych almoost all the lordes of the Inglysh bloude were slayne â— the Normandes became rulers and all the laâ—es were chaunged into Frenche But what careth the holy father for sheading of laye mens bloude It were bâ—tter that .x. hundred thousand laye knaues loste theyr liues then that holy church shuld louse one ynch of her honour or sainct Peters seate one iote of her ryght Ancelmus And Ancelmus that was bysshoppe in shorte time after neuer left striuinge with that myghtie prince kynge Wyllyam the second vntyll he had compelled hym maugre hys teth to delyuer vp the inuestiture or election of bysshops vnto sainct Peters vycare whych inuestiture was of old tyme the kynges duetâ—e And 〈…〉 when the sayde kyng Wyllyam 〈…〉 the tribut that pryestes gaue 〈…〉 to their bysshops for theyr whores 〈…〉 dyd not Raffe bisshop of Chich◠〈…〉 goddes seruice as they call it 〈…〉 the church dores with thornes thorow out al hys diâ—cese vntyll the kynge had yelded hym vppâ— hys trybute agayne For when the holy father had forbidden pryestes theyr wyues the bysshop permitted theÌ„ whores of their owne for a yearely tribute do yet in all laÌ„des saue in Ingland where they maye not haue any other saue mennes wyues onely And agayne for the election of Steuen langton archbysshop of Canterbury what miserye and wretchednesse was in the royalme a longe ceason TheÌ„ was the land interdited many yeares And when that holpe not then Irelande rebelled agaynst kinge Iohn immedyatly Note and not wythout the secrete workinge of oure Prelates I dare well saye But fynally when neyther the interditing nether that secrete subtiltie holpe â–ª wheÌ„ Ihon wold in no meanes consent the saint peters vicar shuld raygne alone ouer the spiritualtye ouer all that perteyned vnto theÌ„ and that they shulde synne do all mischefe vnpunisshed the pope sent remissyoÌ„ of synnes to the kynge of FrauÌ„ce for to go and conquere hys land 〈◊〉 â–ª of synnes to coÌ„quere Wherof king IhoÌ„ was so sore afrayd that he yelded vp his croune vnto the pope sware to hold the laÌ„d of hiÌ„ aÌ„d that his successours shuld do so lykewise And agayn in Kyng Richardes dayes the second Thomas Arundell archbysshop of CaÌ„terbury chauÌ„celare was exyled with the Earle of Darbye Thomas AruÌ„dell The outwarde preteÌ„ce of the varyaunce betwene the Kynge aÌ„d his lordes was for the delyueraunce of the towne of Braste in Brytayne But our prelates had an other secret mystery a bruing They coulde not at they re owne luste slea the poore wretches which at that tyme were conuerted vnto repentaunce and to the true faith to put their trust in christs death bloudsheadyng for the remission of their sinnes by the preachinge of Iohan Wyclefe As sone as the archbysshop was out of the royaume Practyse the Irishmen began to rebell againste kynge Rychard as before against Kynge Ihon But not hardelye withoute the inuisyble inspyration of them that rule bothe in the courte and also in the consciences of al men They be one kingdom sworne together one to helpe an other scatered abroade in all royalmes And howe be it that they stryue amonge them selues who shal be greatest yet agaiÌ„st the temporall powr they be always at one though they disseÌ„ble it and fayne as thogh one helde againste the other to know theyr enemies secretes to betray them with all They caÌ„ inspyre priuelye into the brestes of the people what myschefe they lyst no maÌ„ shal know wheÌ„ce it coÌ„meth Their letters go secretly froÌ„ one to an other thorow out all kyngdoÌ„s SaiÌ„ct peters vicar shall haue worde in .xv. or .xvi. dayes froÌ„ the vttermost part of christendom The
an other Archbysshop an other Bysshoppe an other Deane an other Archdeacon and so forth as we now see And as the Pope played with the Emperour so did his braunches and hys meÌ„bres the bisshops play in euery kingdome duckedom and lordshyp in so much that the very heyres of them Qualis pater talis filius Good naturall chylderen by whome they came vp hold nowe their londes of them and take them for their chefe lordes And as the Emperour is sworne to the pope euen so euery kyng is sworne to the bisshopes and prelates of the realme aÌ„d they are the chefest in all perliamentes yea they and their money and they that be sworn to them aÌ„d come vp by them rule all together And thus the pope the father of all hypocrites hathe wyth falshod and gyle peruerted the order of the worlde and turned the rootes of the trees vpwarde and hath put doune the kingdoÌ„ of christ the popysh order compared with Chrystes â–ª set vp the kiÌ„gdome of the deuell whose vycar he is and hath put downe the ministers of christ aÌ„d hath set vp the ministers of Sathan disgised yet in names and garments lyke vnto the auÌ„gels of lyght and ministres of rightuousnes For Chrstes kingdom is not of the world Ihon. xviij aÌ„d the Popes kingdom is all the world And Christ is nether iudge nor diuyder in this world Luke xij· But the pope iudgeth and deuideth all the worlde taketh the empyre al kingdoms and geueth theÌ„â—o whom he lusteth Christ sayth Math. v. Blessed are the pore in spyrite so that the fyrst steppe in the kingdom of Chryst is humblenes or humâ—â—ytie that thou canst fynde in thyne hart to do seruice vnto all meÌ„ and to suffer that al men treade the. The Pope saith Blessed be the proude and hyghminded that can clym and subdue all vnder them and mainteyne their ryght and such as wyll suffre of no man so that he which was yesterday taken from the donghyll and promoted this daye by his prince shall to morrow for the popes pleasure cuâ—se him excommunicate hym and interdyte hys royalme Chryst sayth Blessed be the meke or softe that be harmlesse as doues The pope blesseth them that can set all the world together by the eares and fyght and slea manfully for his sake that he may com hâ—te from bloudshâ—ading to a bysshopryâ—e as our Cardinal dyd and as Saynte Thomas of Canterbury dyd which was made bysshop in the feld in complete harnesse on his horsebacke and hys speare bloudy in hys hande Chryst hath nether holes for foxes nor 〈◊〉 for byrds nor yet wheron to lay his head nor promysed ought in thys woorlde vnto hys dyscyples nor toke any to hys dâ—sciple but him that had forsaken all The yuytre the Pope hath vnder hys rootes throughouâ— all chrystendome in euery viâ—lage holes for foxes and nestes for vncleane byrdes in all his braunches and promyseth vnâ—o his discyples all the promocyons of the worlde The nerer vnto Chryst a man cometh the lower he must dâ—scende and the Poorer he must waxe but the nerer vnto the pope ye come the hygher ye must clim and the more ryches ye must gather whence soeuer ye caÌ„ gett them to paye for your bulles and to purchase a glorious name lycence to weare a mytre and a crosse and a pale and goodlye ornamentes ¶ Howe the pope receaueth hys kyngdome of the deuell and howe he distributeth iâ— agayne SHortlye the kingdomes of the eaâ—th and the glorye of them whyche Chryst refused Mathew iiij did the deuell profer vnto the pope and he immediatlye fell froÌ„ Chryst and worshypped the deuell and receaued them For by falshed as he maynteyneth them cam he therto and by falshead do al hys disciples come therto Who of an hundred one is Pope bisâ—hope or any greate prelate but ether by necromaÌ„cye or symony or wayting on greate mens pleasures and with corruptynge of goddes worde and fasshyonyng it after theyr lustes And the Pope after he had receaued the kyngdome of the worlde of the deuell and was become the Deuels vicar The pope distributeth his fathers kingdome toke vp in lyke maner all chrystendom an hye brought them from the mekenes of Chryst vnto the hye hyll of the pryde of Lucifer and shewed them all the Kyngdome of the erthe sayinge fall downe and worshyppe me and I wyll geue you these Unto the spiritualtye he saieth fall from Chryst aÌ„d preache me and take thou that cardenalshippe thou the bysshoprycke thou yâ— Abbotshyppe and so fourth thou as many benefyces as thou wylt and a dispensacioÌ„ for what thou wylt And to moÌ„kes and fryers in like maner take thou that hole and thou that nest wyth what pryuylege ye wyll desyre aÌ„d dispensacyons of youre rules yf ye wyll preach me And vnto the temporaltie he saythe First to the Emperour yf thou wylt fall down kysse my feate and sweare to hold of me and to defend me I geuethe the empyre And to al kinâ—â—â— in lyke maner yf they wyl sweare to defend hys lyberties and to holde of him he crowneth them And euen so all temporall Lordes from the hyghest vnto the lowest and all officers and all maner subiectes if they wyll enioye laÌ„des rentes offices goodes and their verye lyues they must ronne the same way The very whores goddes honour vnregarded as long as they dispyte not him and his ordinaunces they shall haue nesâ—es in his rentes and amonge his Prelates And the theues and murtherers shall haue dennes in his sanctuaries whatsoeuer they do against God so longe as they haÌ„g on him The Apostles chose pryestes to preach Chryst onely all other thinges layde apart and chose none but Learned and Uertuouse The Pope shaueth who soeuer commeth The popes order compared with the order of the Apostles leuer â—uâ—e of the stuâ—s then from studye â— when they be Sworne he Sendeth them vnto all greate mennes houses to preache his godhed to be stuardes surueyers receaâ—ers counselâ—rs of all maner myscheue 〈◊〉 popysh priestes to corrupâ—e wife doughter and mayde to betray theyr owne master as oft as it neadeth to promote their falsehead with all For therto are they sworne to gether And when they haue done all mischefe there shall no man wyt whence it cometh The apostles chose deacons to ministre the almes of the rych vnto the poore And to helpe the deacons they chose widowes of .ix. yere old the popysh wiâ—dows holy dâ—stitute of frendes to â—end the sycke And the Pope in stead of such wedowes maketh who soeuer commeth whether she be yoÌ„g or olde but none saue them that be ryche able to pay xx.xxx or .xl. pounde for their profâ—ssioÌ„ to whom for as much more he wyll gyue a dispensacion on the morowe to mary agayne And in steade of suche deacons â—he popysh deacons he maketh bothe deacons and subdeacons which do nothinge at all but are vayne names
no stole or chayre for what hath the kingdoÌ„ of Christ to do with such baggage but it is a spiritual thyng Chryst sayth in the gospell Math. xxiij The Scrybes and pharyzees syt on Moses seate What was moses seat ther a chayre â—or the temple or the churchs or synagoge of the land Nay verely â–ª for moses came neuer there But Moses seate was Moses lawe and doctrine EueÌ„ so peters seate is peters doctryne the gospell of christ which peter taught And the same doctrine is Peters keyes so that peters seate Peters keyes and Peters doctrine is all one thing Nowe is peters doctryne Paules doctrine the doctrine of all the .xij. Apostles in differently for they taught all one thynge Wherfore it followeth that peters keyes and peters seate be the keyes and seate of Paule also of all the other .xij. Apostles and are nothing saue the gospell of Christ And thus as Peters doctryne is no better then Paules but one thing euen so Peters seate is no greter nor hier or holyer then yâ— sete of the other .xij. Peters sete now is christes sete Chrystes gospell on whych all the appostles sate on whych this daie sitteth all they only that preache christ truly Uherfore as Antichrist preacheth not peters doctrine which is christs gospell so he sytteth not on peters sete but on the sete of sathan whose vicar he is and on the sete of his owne lawes and ceremonyes and false doctryne wher vnto he compelleth all men wythe vyolence of swerde Then he clame to purgatorye with the ladder of the sayde texte Purgatori what so euer thou bindest in earth c. purgatorie sayeth he is in earth wherfore I am lorde ther to Neuerthelesse as he can proue no purgatorye so can he not proue that yf ther were any it shuld be in the earth It myght well be iÌ„ the elemeÌ„te or sphere of fyre vnder the mone as well as in the earth But to bynd aÌ„d loose is as I haue aboue sayde to preache and to fede and with Chrystes doctryne to purge soules And they that be dead be not of the flocke which christ bad Peter fede but they that lyue onlye Then clam he vppe wyth the same ladder styll ouer all vowes and professions of all relygious parsones Uowes Othes testameÌ„ts and ouer othes made betwene man and man to dispence wyth them and ouer all mennes testamentes to alter theÌ„ For what thou makest an hospytall that will he shortely make a college of preastes or a place of relygyon or what he lusteth TheÌ„ all maner monkes aÌ„d fryers and lyke dâ—affe toke dyspensations of hym for the ordenauÌ„ces of theyr olde founders And because as they thought they had prayed distributed for theyr Souls Inough to bring theÌ„ out of purgatory they thrust theÌ„ out of their beedrolles and toke dayly mo and mo But euer sens they toke dyspensations of the pope both for their rules and to deuide all among them they receued in the name not of the poore but of purgatorye to quench the ragiÌ„ge fyre ther of which is as hote as theyr belyes can fayne it and foles be out of theyr wyts to beleue it promysâ—ge a masse daily for .xl. shilyngs by the yeare of whych fouÌ„dations when they haue gotten twentie Union they wil yet with an vnion purchased of the pope make but one chauÌ„trie For if they shuld do all that they haue promised from the fyrst founder vnto thiâ— day .v. hunderth monkes were not ynough in many cloysters Thynkest thou the meÌ„ were euer so mad to make the fassions that are now among them to geue the sellâ—rar such a soÌ„me the priour and the suppriour and the other offycers so much for their partes as they haue yerelye and to â—â—empte the Abbot from his brethreÌ„ to send him out of the abbaie into suche parkes aÌ„d places of pleasure aÌ„d geue hym a thousand fyftene hundred two thousand or .iij thousand pounde yerely to sporte hiÌ„selfe with all Nay but when thorow hypochrisie thei had gotteÌ„ laÌ„d ynough then they turned vnto the pope aÌ„d toke dyspensacions both for their rules whych were to harde for such aboundauÌ„ce and for the wylles of their fouÌ„ders and serued a great sort of founders vnder one per dominum aÌ„d deuyded among fewe that whych was ynough for a great multitude It was the pope that deuised all these fassions to corrupt the prelates with abuÌ„daunce of worldelye pleasures of whyche he wist that the worst wold be most gready and for which he wist also yâ— he shuld fynd Iudasses ynow that wold forsake Chryst and betraye the truth and be sworne false vnto him and hys godhead He maketh of many chauntries one of an abbay a cathedral church and out of the abbays plucketh he the Bysshoprykes And as Bysshoppes paye for theyr bulles euen so do an infinyte numbre of abbots in chrystendom in all landes some â–ª whyche Abbots be bysshops within them selues and immediatly vnder the pope And other abbots prioures seÌ„d after the same ensample dayly vnto rome to purchesse lycence to weare a mitre and a crosse gaye ornameÌ„tes to be as gloryous as the best c. And where before God no maÌ„ is a priest but he that is appointed to preache Chrystes gospell vnto the people the people ought not to geue ought vnto the spiritualtye but for the maintenaunce of the preaching of Gods word the Pope taketh vi or .vij. yea ten .xx. and as many benefices as he lysteth geueth them vnto one the preacheth not at all as he doth all other dygnities of the spiritualtie he that wyll purchasse and paye and be sworne shall haue what he wyll ¶ Howe they proue all theyr generall counsels WHen the Bysshoppes and Abbottes and other greate Prelates had forsaken Chryste and hys lyuinge and were fallen downe before the beast the vycar of Sathan to receaue their kyngdome of hym then the pope called together diuerse counsels of such holy apostles and there concluded and made of euery opinion that semed proffitable an artycle of the fayth If thou axe wher is the scriptur to proue it They answere we be the church can not erre and therfore saye they The churche caÌ„ not erre what we conclude though there be no scrypture to proue it it is as true as the scriptur of egall aucthoritie with the scrypture and must be beleued as well as the scryptur vnder payne of dampnation For say they our truth dependeth not of the trueth of the scriptur that is we be not true in our doynge because the Scrypture testifyeth vnto vs that we do truly but contrary the truth of the scripture saye they dependeth of vs that is the scrypture is true because that we admyt it and tell the that it is true â–ª For howe couldest thou knowe that it were the scrypture except we told the so therfore we nede no witnesse of the scrypture for that we do it