years and more as all the cronycles wytnesseth That made captayne cobler and master aske full notable captaynes aÌ„d raysed them vp a valeaunt armye in ther late pylgrymage of grace 6 More ouer these bokes sayth my lorde are ageynst the vowe of chastyte yea so ys my lorde also wyth hys whole generacyon yf we speke of that chastyte that saynt Paule commendeth in the coryntheanes besydes ther fornycacyon whoredome sodometrye sacrylege and all other fylthynesse els I wolde fayne but knowe how they coude be chast hauynge an execrable whore to ther mother aÌ„d they brought vp in whory shnesse all the dayes of ther lyfe Canne hys clothes be vnbrent that hath fyre in hys bosome Is yt possyble that he hath whole fete whych euermore goeth vpoÌ„ hote cooles Naye who so toucheth pytche wyth the same schall be defyled what haue yow els to kepe your chastyte wyth but Idle vanitees All the worlde knoweth ye abhorre the scrypturs and all godlye verytees els whych schulde make ye chast If menne want probacyons of thys lete them come hyther and proue thys doctryne of yours and they schall fynde yt so true as ys possyble Fewe exaÌ„ples haue we of your honest lyuynge but innumerable of your fylthynesse Iohan the. 10. pope of that name was begote in aduouterye by pope Sergius of an whore called Marozia in the tyme of hys holye papacye Pope Iohan the. 13. by IohaÌ„ the. 12. also after soche an other contyneÌ„t sort Betwixt an holye noÌ„ne and a prest were borne at one tyme Petrus loÌ„bardus the master of yowr sentences or scole dyuynyte Petrus commestor the master of your hystoryes and Gratianus monachus the compyler of yowr canon Iawes And wyth the doctrine of these 3. frutes of one fornycacyon hath both the churche and the scripturs bene corrupted these 4. hondreth years yet are they not brought to yowr satchel Phylypp the holye abbott of vallisolett and archebysshopp of hispalis in spayne kept hys owne brother Alphonsus wyfe called Christyane the kynge of denmarkes dowter he beynge a lyue Petrus mendosa the cardynall of valence in the same regyon occupied helysabeth the wyfe of kynge Ferdinandns and had by her 2. bastardes he beynge also alyue besydes other woÌ„ders whych are not to be named Ower last cardynall Thomas wolsaye was not all behynde wyth hys part as apereth by master wynter and other more abrode what busynesse popeIulius made wyth the cardynall of NaÌ„tes to haue had the occupyeÌ„ge of 2. yonge laddes whych the frenche quene Anne had commytted unto hym to be brought vp in vertu yt wolde abhorre anye maÌ„ne to heare and therfor I wryte yt not Soche noble stewes ded pope Sixtus buylde at Rome in hys tyme as yet bryngeth in yearlye more than 20. thousande duckates to the augmentacyon of saynt peters patrimonye IohaÌ„ stokyslaye yowr predecessour a myghtye mayntener of that vowe dyed not wythout yssue as hys frutes declareth not farre out of london Neyther yet wyllyam warham the olde archebysshopp of caunterburye whose increase ys wele knowne in keÌ„t besydes hys dallyaunce wyth the holye mayde there Manye prodygyouse wonders are yet tolde in sothfolke by serten worshypfull gentylwomen of Rychard nyxe the blynde bysshopp of norwych whych putt master bylneye the true martyr of god to most cruell death by the couÌ„sell of Pâ—lles and Godsalue besydes hys contynuall occupyenge wyth the balyes wyfe of hoxton Dyuerse fyne tryckes of good relygyouse bawdrye wrought by bysshopp Brygett kyte and vnderwode all thre holye pÌ„lates are not yet all forgote amonge the peple Not manye years ago a bysshopp remoued a nonne from ycklyngton in cambryge shere vnto dat forth in kent whych hath had in her tyme a good honest increase I coude name them both yf I lyst wylye wynchester also hath not wrought so warelyein the wanton workes of venus sens hys 21. years but he hath bene smelled out of some partyes besydes the store that he is steward of for the common welthe of the cyte The peple of Israel were longe without whores lyke as God had commaunded them But owr Nycolaytanes condempnynge the scripturs and all godlye ordre wyll haue no common welthe without them hycause they wyll haue afore God ther porcion with theues and aduouterers There is yet alyue an other bysshop in Englande which schall be namelesse at thys tyme that kept a mannys wyfe and my cosyne 20. years ago before he was bysshopp whom I chaunsed to fynde syttynge at hys table within these .iiij. years If I schuld recyte all the wholsom frutes of your chast vowe which I haue redde in cronycles and hystoryes aÌ„d knowne by your exaÌ„ples besydes forth manye menne wolde maruele that ye synke not to hell with yowr prodygiouse chastyte For innumerable knaueries hath your holye abbottes priors doctors prestes persons curates and relygiouse as ye cal theÌ„ done Some one ghostlye father of yowrs hath for hys lyfe tyme corrupted an hondreth nonnes and maydes some 2. hondreth that we rede of some more some lesse and yet haue they bene chast geldynges and good wyuellesse virgyns So longe as they haue not marryed all hath bene wele For some of ther doctours hath not bene ashamed to write yt that monkes and prestes hath not vtterlye for sworne whoredome but marriage only It is no small soÌ„e of moneye that some of yow in the worlde and yowr notaries taketh of prestes for whore kepinge and al is I knowe well for the abatemeÌ„t of that vowe which ye call your seconde baptym Henricus agrippa doth testyfye that a serteÌ„ bysshopp boasted at hys table that he had in hys dyocese a .xi. thousande prestes which paeyd yearlye a frenche crowne a pece for whore kepynge besydes the pryce of occupyenge with other mennys wyues And therfor it is no maruele though it styll be maynteyned and matri monye put backe for the profyghtes ther of are swete ☞ 7 Now commeth in the sorest matter of all and that doth most ernestlye moue yow And that is the marryage of prestes Afore were these bokes ageynst frewyll fastinge prayer aÌ„d so forth which in the kynde ye vse them are your owne propre wares Now are they with marriage which is noÌ„ of yours Ye vtterlye for sake it as a thynge hurtfull to your holye orders whych whoredoÌ„ aÌ„d buggerye caÌ„not defyle Though God the father hath instytute yt God the sonne consecrate it and God the holye ghost moche commended it in the scripturs yet is it not wholsoÌ„ for yow Though it were in Abraham Isaac aÌ„d Iacob i Moyses Aaron and Samuel in GedeoÌ„ Iob aÌ„d Tobias a waye of rightousnesse in the lordes sight Though it were in Zacharye the prest and Helysabeth hys wyfe a walkynge before hym without rebuke Yea though Iesus christ were borne vnder it and his blessed mother lyued longe in it and the apostles embraced it
owr spirituall Mahometes euer sens ther begynnynge And I thynke they lerned yt fyrst of the romanes as they haue done all other deuylyshnesse els Vvhose custome was whan so euer the flood of Tiber raged to throwe in a man ne or a woman therwith to pacyfye hys furye And in dede waters in dyuerse places of the scripture betokeneth the peple Those hastye voyces ageynst ther proude kyngedome they vse oft to apeyse with soche a fraye bugge as was Tolwyn at Paules crosse whom my lorde sett vp the re for a sygne of contradyccyon If Iohan Porter that geÌ„tyll and godlye yonge man ne and true dyscyple of Christ whom my lorde latelye quelled in preson for readynge the byble had submytted hymselfe to thys symple office and professyon of papystrye forswerynge Christ and hys veryte he had bene maÌ„ne alyue and so had other more where as now he ys dead aÌ„d gone But be thu certayne and sure of yt thu terryble and cruell Cerberus that God hath not lost hym Full dere ys he vnto hys mercyfull redemer though thu hast wretchedly cast hym awaye Yea full precyouse in hys syght ys hys deathe though he dyed in the stynkynge doÌ„gyon of new gate with the wydowes almes of no smal wayght vpon hym besydes the most sharpe hoÌ„ger and greuouse famyshmeÌ„t whych dryed vpp hys bowels Or strangelynge vpp in the nyght as your commoÌ„ feate ys for ye haue yowr hyred slaughter menne in soche hydden corners for soche busye byble readers Remember what ye sayd whan he came before yow that ye were glad he was come to your handes Ye thought than to dyspatche hym for anye more readynge in Paules as ye haue now done in dede though he were a manne of ryght stronge nature and stomake But blessed be our lorde God though ye haue slayne hys bodye ye can do no harme to hys sowle He that loseth hys lyfe for Christ schall fynde yt ageyn to auauntage The corne that dyeth in the grounde bryngeth forth moche frute He that loseth hys sowle here schall fynde yt in the lyfe euerlastynge whan tyrauntes schall haue rewarde with the deuyll and hys angels 4 Tolwyn hath not done all amys therfor in admonyshynge hys fryndes afore hande to take example by hym for the auoydaunce of lyke daunger or els worse For yf they lyst not to beware by hym they maye take warnynge by that hath be done vnto Rycharde mekyns Robert warde and now last of all Iohan porter whose blood axeth daylye vengeaunce ouer thys cruell tyraunt as ded the innocent blood of Abel ouer that spyghtfull murtherer Cain By thys and soche other as by most enydent tokens maye christen meÌ„ne se that yt ys christes doctrine whych hath bene taught now of late by gods appoyntment and the kynges permyssyon For yf yt were of the worlde the fleshe or the deuyll yt schuld haue the clergye to frynde lyke as hath Idolatrye whoredome and all other fylthynesse with the stynkynge stewes whom they neuer persecute Our eternall God aÌ„d mercyfull father delyuer ones hys peple froÌ„ these cruell enemyes whom he hath redemed with the precyouse blood of hys sonne Iesus Christ Amen ⧠THE SECONDE FYTT OR BOKE of my lorde of Londons declaracyoÌ„ coÌ„cernynge the popes olde faythe wyth the dysclosynge of the same The manne of synne ¶ 1 Here after folovveth the names of 2 the bokes 3 vvhych the seyd person of saynt Antonynes 4 vvaâ— detected and presented vvith Hys dysclosynge 1 IN case lyke was Tolwyâ— whaÌ„ my lorde of Londoâ— examyned hym as waâ— Christ whan he came bâ—fore Annas the hygh preâ— of the Iewes as yt ys here manyfest Oâ— hys dyscyples and doctrine ded Annas eâ—amyne hym so ded my good lorde of Lâ—â—don poore Tolwyn for the ordre of hyâ— cure and what lernynge he taught them â–ª For the fyrst was the afore seyd declaracâ—on and for the other ys thys processe 〈…〉 folowynge of the names of serten bokeâ— perteynynge also to the same Dyuerse are ther tytles partlye for the dyuersyte of the matters and partlye for the more soleÌ„pne settynge forthe of thys notable worke to the vpholdynge of holye churche ageynst heretyques The first matters respecteth hys dyscyples or parryshners vnder the tyttle of declaracyon whom he hath not fedde with the pharysees leuen nor yet pampred vp with the popes swylle and dregges accordynge to hys first professyoÌ„ but now of late with the pure worde of god as he coude conuenyentlye procure yt Thys present processe concerneth hys doctryne vnder the tyttle of the names of bokes wher wyth he was both detected and presented of them that neyther vnderstode them nor knewe them the coÌ„â—entes therof not declared att all 2 Vvhat haynouse heresyes and daungerouse doctryne the seyd bokes contayneth wyll here after apere as ther names come to hande in ther course But I maruele moche that the bagge ys not so wele expressed in thys tytle as are the bokes consyderynge they came to Paules crosse togyther So wele ys he worthye to be condemned of heresye by the popes lawe as 〈…〉 y for hys couerynge carryenge and conueyenge of them as he ded And as manye heresyes hath he whan he ys emptye as they haue for ought wese here yet sauynge oÌ„lye the names Vvhat we schall se here after I can not tell 3 Vvolde Tolwyn haue bene a good Idoll mayntener with holye water and sensynge latyne Iabberynge and wawlynge accordynge to the offyce of saynt Antonynes personage he had not bene thus brought forth for aÌ„ heretyque Vvolde he haue shewed hymself the popes good swyneherde and haue fedde hys porkelynges apace with sosse and syllybubbes coddes and swaddes with other lyke purueaunce the great swyne had not so gredelye deuoured hym 4 Neyther had they detected hym for a loller nor yet presented hym for an heretyque In no wyse can they awaye with the clenlye prouysyon of Christ nor yet broke the seruyce of hys apostles The swete brede of the gospell hath in ther mouthes no sauer nor yet the dulcett gust of the other scripturs The wholsom delycates that the holye ghost hath prepared caÌ„ they not awaye wyth Geue them the draâ—fe they were wont to haue with the swyllynges of the popes olde vessels for they are soche worne bottels as wyll rather burst than holde newe wyne Better ys a fylthye puddell vnto them to wallowe in than a fayre clere ryuer to make them cleane Ye can haue a swyne no better thaÌ„ he ys of hys owne vngentyll nature Therfor Iete swyne be fylthye swyne and vyle gootes be gootes styll As the meke lambes of Christ folowe yow hys voyce whych ys the hygh shepeherde of yowr sowles and late swyne be swyne styll Now foloweth the seconde processe of thys declaracyon The manne of synne ¶ 1 Good peple 2 these bokes contayned here in thys baggez or sachell are 4 erronrouse heretycall and noughtye bokes and vvere
schuld surelye staÌ„de forth for an heretyque in my lordes great mode He hath alredye coÌ„dempned hys coÌ„maundementes hys prayer and the artycles of hys faythe for Martyns sake oÌ„lye And no maruele For he ys the father heretyque aÌ„d enemye of all holye churche If God wold ones take hym out of the waye doubtlesse he schuld hane great thankes of my lorde and of the ranke rable of Romyshe ruffelers 2 Next cometh forewarde in course the dore of holye scripture Vvhether thys be Christ or no I am in moche doubt For in dede he sayth vnto hys dyscyples in the x. chapter of Iohan. I am the dore into the shepe folde He that entreth in by me schal go in and out and fynde good fedynge But I fere me that my lorde ys one of those theues and robbers that Christ speaketh of there for stoppynge vp of thys dore For he in so doynge depryueth the peple of that lyfe whych ys in hym and so sleeth ther soules holdynge them styll captyue in synne Alwayes hath my lordes generacyon bene thus rebellyouse ageynst the lorde and hys worde As we haue for example iÌ„ the olde lawe the false prestes whych compassed Hieremye the prophete and in the newe lawe the spirituall prelates that sought Christes deathe If thys dore of holye scripture be a treatyse than had yt bene more wysdome for my lorde to haue christenlye reproued the errours therof in case ther be anye and not to condempne soche a clere perfyght tyttle as offreth nothynge but godlynesse I thynke eyther hys wyttes are not hys owne or els he ys dronke with excesse of the Babylonyshe cuppe of hys holye mother 3 The compendyouse postyls of Antonius Coruinus vpoÌ„ the sondayes ond sayntes are iudged of menne that be syncerelye lerned to be faythfull and godlye And so moche the more necessarye to a preacher that ys but meanelye lerned that within a small compasse they contayne moche christen erudycyon But my lorde admitteth nothige that perteieth to that office He careth for nothynge but for holye water aÌ„d sensynge ê“cessyoÌ„ and massynge He thynketh that .iiij. tymes in the yeare or ones in a quarter ys ynough for preachynge and therin onlye to declare the kynges actes coÌ„cernynge ceremonyes and tythes in stede of the popes sentence of cursynges whych now is worne out If they Iyst to preache anye other thynge els they haue yet ther olde festyuall mammotractus Gesta roma norum Sermones discipuli Sermones dormi secure Rationale diuinorum Manipulus curatorum postilla guilhermi aÌ„d dyuerse other more whych are auncyent workes allowed of holye churche They haue also a famouse newe worke called Ioh EckaÌ„ius postyll which battelleth for the holye fathers primacye harde These and soche other are bokes of catholyk lernynge and schall neuer be condempned for they make all togyther for holye churche 4. In the bottom of the bagge lyeth .ij. olde written bokes and they haue no names here to fulfyll my lordes promes wyth But thus moche hath my lorde gathered of them that the one of them is for scolers aÌ„d the other ys takeÌ„ out of Io. frythes bokes But wonder yt ys to me what that boke schuld offende whych ys onlye for scolers and hath non other tyttle Vvyl my lorde styll destroye all godlynesse without excepcyon Non other ys yt to condempne a boke for scolers hauynge non other addycyon but to condempne for heretyques doctryne ther vertuouse bryngynge vpp in good letters and maners In thys doth my lorde declare hymselfe an enemye vnto nature whych delyteth in necessaryes besydes that he hath done vnto faythe That the other treatyse taken out of Iohan frythes bokes schuld be an olde boke yt ys a fowle lye though yt be newlye practysed of my lorde For he was not 27 years olde in the 8. yeare afore thys declaracyon whan my lordes generacyon Stokyslaye Gardyner and soche other whoÌ„ Esaye calleth the tyrauntes of Sodoma putt hym to most cruell deathe in the yeare of owr lorde God M. D .xxxiij. for Christes congregacyon sleeth no manne for hys faythe And therfor it caÌ„ not now be olde and collected of hys bokes Not all vnlyke ys my lorde here vnto the olde tyrauntes in the condempnacyon of these bokes Ioachim the kynge of Iuda tare Hie remyes prophecye and consumed yt in the fyre for vtterynge the truthe Antiochus coÌ„maunded the bokes of the scripturs to be brent also and the readers of them to be putt vnto deathe Herodes the Ascalonyte or Idumyte destroyed the monymentes of the Iewes and cruellye slewe ther notaryes Besydes that hath be done by the consecrate prelates of Constantynople and Rome whych also destroyed manye workes of Chrysostome and Gregorye as the cronycles mencyoneth And ToÌ„stall in owr tyme whych ys now bysshop of DurhaÌ„ whan the testamentes came first into Englyshe bought vpp a greatt nombre of them and brent them in Paules churche yearde for the great deuocyon he had vnto them and bycause he wolde shewe hys kynde But what became of the asore named tyrauntes for workynge soche wyckednesse Trulye Ioachim was ledde captyue into Egypt and at the last dyed there myserablye hys name secluded froÌ„ Christes genealogye Antiochus departed in a straunge lande ouerwhelmed with dyspayre aÌ„d innumerable sorowes els Herode was vexed with manye sore disseases as ytche scall mange gowte feuers collyke and at the last consumed of wormes most wretchydlye ended hys lyfe what schall become here after of my lorde bonner and Tohstall for doynge lyke feates I wyll not nor can not dyffyne for yt ys in the handes of God But sure I am that yt wyll be remembred whan blasphemers schall receyue rewardes accordinge to ther dedes My lorde parauenture thynketh the menne be yll and therfor he maye iustlye condempne ther workes My lorde must consydre ageyne that though Balaam Saul and Cayphas were wycked persones yet doth not the scripturs condempne ther true prophecyes Vvhat these meÌ„ne are ther frutes schall declare For no manne can saye that Iesus ys the lorde whych my lorde hath not yet vttred in all hys processe but in the holye ghost And as for my lordes thynkynge we remembre in Esaye that they whych holde darkenesse lyght and lyght darkenesse haue thoughtes and iudgementes full vnlyke to the thoughtes and iudgementes of God They saye they do well sayth Micheas the prophete whan they labour to shede blood and hunte ther bretherne to deathe They slee the shepe sayth Zacharye and yet they take yt for no synne No they suppose they do God good seruyce in so doynge But lete them take hede of yt and they lyst for Esaye geueth them warnynge that hell gapeth full wyde and openeth her mouthe at large to rewarde that good seruyce of thers The manne of synne ¶ 1 In vvhiche bokes are coÌ„tayned manye sundrie errours 2 and blasphe mouse detestable aÌ„d abhoÌ„ynable he resyes 3 not onlye ageynst the
hys master with Iudas ād the other byeth the holyeghost with Symon magus And to maynteyne thys rewle must tythes and offerynges with other deuocyōs and dewtyes be payed the whole accōptes therof than made in confessyon I coude wryte manye thynges cōcernynge ther craftye cloyninge and pyllage of the poore labourynge menne and womenne seruaūtes and prenteses to be catchynge yet of sūwhat but for thys tyme I lete yt passe Thys your Easter how sell was first instytute by pope Zepherinus and after confermed by a popyshe decretall called Omnis vtriusque sexus The communyon of Christ ys fre to hys peple and bounde to no daye but all dayes at ther pleasure boūde vnto yt for they are now no seruauntes to the daye but the daye vnto them For the lorde created not manne to serue the daye but the daye to serue manne How hapneth yt sayth saynt Paule that ye turne ageyn to the weake and beggerlye tradycyons de syerynge a freshe to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes ād monethes tymes and years I am in feare of yow least my labours be in vayne amonge yow 3 In the ende of thys artycle ye condempne these bokes for admyttynge both kyndes ī the Eucharystye vnto the laye peple as yow name them though they be vnto Christ more holye thā yow whych hath the popes vnccyons Vvhether yow be the heretyques or they that made the bokes lete Christ be iudge He ernestlye commaunded hys dyscyples to drynke of yt all And they dranke of yt all sayth Marke Yow saye hande of in peyne of burnynge or els hangynge bycause Eckius dronkē dyuynyte hath so taught yow Parauēture ye wyll saye with hym that the bodye ys not without the blood Christ knewe that also so well as yow Yet mynystred he the chalyce as ye call yt Saynt Paule in lyke case writynge a lawe of christen lyuynge vnto the Corintheanes whych were laye menne and no prestes commended both kyndes vnto them lyke as he had of the lorde receyued and yow make lawes of deathe for yt In the wycked counsell of Constaunce was yt first inhybytt in the .xiij. syttynge by pope Iohan the .xxiij. whych was there deposed for poysenynge hys predecessour Alexāder by the false workynge of Mar silius de parma a phesycyane Vvhere as the holye menne of God Ioannes huss and Hieronimus de praga for withstandynge yt were done to most cruell deathe in the yeare of ower lorde M cccc xv yet was yt .xxiij. years after graunted ageyne vnto the Bohemes in the generall counsell of Basyll after manye great dysputacyons And therfor yt ys a sore matter to putt menne to deathe for but that ye must folowe the steppes of yowr fathers to be partyners with them in that plage Both must ye be theues and murtherers depryuynge the peple as wele of helthe as of lyfe 4 And where as ye seke to maynteyne the inuocacyon of sayntes condempnynge these bokes for speakynge ageynst yt Ye she we yowr selfe a more folyshe heretyque Idolatour and papyst than anye that I can heare of els Though master Eckius be a verye obstynate aduersarye to Christ and hys worde and an vnshamefast captayne of antichristes warres yet ys he not so folyshe ā Idolatour as to allow inuocacyon to the sayntes though he allowe them both veneracyon and prayer Therfor ye are lyke in thys to stande fole alone without the helpe of hys doctrine or yet of anye other vnlesse ye seke to the olde queresters of Baal or the chapleynes of Bell the olde God of Babylon that ded eate vpp all the sacryfyces as yower generacyon doth styll Vvhat I schuld write of thys I can not tell yt ys so folyshe Sauynge that I remembre .viij. years ago I was afore Edwarde lee the archebysshopp of yorke Vvhereas I was examyned vpon the artycle of honourynge and prayenge to sayntes deuyded into .xvij. artycles In the tyme of that examynacyon was there an olde doctour whych greatlye lamented as my lorde doth here that he myght no longar make inuocacyon to sayntes and thought hym selfe halfe lost for yt good doctour Downes standynge by and smylynge at hys folyshnesse Vnto whom the archebysshop sayd these wordes Speake not sayth he of inuocacyon concernynge sayntes For that respecteth a peculyar worshypp onlye due vnto God And with that the mā was pacyfyed and argued no farder So that I can se non agre with my lorde here in thys opynyon vnlesse they be blynde dastardes and asseheades as thys olde dottynge fole was Thys ys yet sūwhat worse than ys the popes doctrine For though pope Sergius gaue them shrynes Theodatus churches Felix holye dayes Gregorye veneracyon Honorius prayenge to Leo hympnes and psalmodye Iohan .vij. pycturs Constantyne Images and tabernacles puttynge them in the masse Theodorus waxe Stephanus sensynge and Alexander holye water yet wa there non of them all that euer gaue them honour vnder the tyttle of invocacyon That ys the onlye newe years gyft of my lorde of londō here borowed altogyther of the olde Idolatours And as moche worshyppys he worthy to haue for yt as had Herostratus whych burned the great temple of Diana at Ephesus onlye be spokē of Neyther graunteth the scriptur sayntes honorynge nor yet ther prayenge to Neyther are they allowed there for intercessours medyatours nor aduocates In the primatyne churche were they had in memorye onlye for imytacyon of ther godlye workes but yet of non other than Christ had cōmaūded For saynt Paule hys selfe wolde non otherwyse be folowed of other than he had folowed Christ afore 5 Yet ys not the ragynge furye of my lorde pacyfyed for these bokes but nedes they must be condempned for hauynge mater ageynst masse mattens and euensōge though they be onlye offyces of antichristes relygyon yea rather superstycyō Vvhat yowr masse is we haue partlye declared afore as occasyon hath bene offred vs. If euerye pope schuld haue home ageyne the fedder he hath putt vnto yt yt schuld be a verye naked monstre not all vnlyke vnto Isopes choughe whom we commonlye call Iacke dawe Yet must yt be a sacrifyce satisfactorye for the quycke and the dead to the great derogacyon ād blasphemye of that onlye sacrifice of ow◠redemption which Christ ones made for all These beastlye bellygoddes hath not bene ashamed in ther scolastycall lernynge or deuylishe diuynite ' to saye that the masse of the worke selfe delyuereth from actuall synne optayneth remyssion graunteth deseruīge geueth meryte minystreth grace and dischargeth both the gyltynesse and peyne due thervnto where as Christes deathe is nomore but a dyscharge for oryginall synne onlye Yea it is not longe a go sens Stokyslaye and other besydes mynistred the same for a Christen doctrine at paules crosse Standyshe that blasphe mouse Idyote maynteyninge the same selfe lowsye lewde lernynge was not abashed to compare the precyouse blood of Christ
new gate for Christ Precyouse ys the deathe of the faythfull before God The commen charyte of mytred prelates Psal 113. Math. 10. Lucae 9. Ioan. 12. Marci 8. Math. 25. The blood of these and other axeth vengeauÌ„ce An euydeÌ„t sygne of Chrystes doctrine Idols and the stewes neuer persecuted Mark the examynacyon of Annas Ioan. 18. Dyuersyte of matters herin specyfyed The fyrst coÌ„cerueth hys paryshe or peple Thys ys all of the doctryne whych he taught The bagge schuld be coÌ„deÌ„pned with the bokes Nothynge ys here seane but names The office of saynt antonynes personage Luc. 5. Matth. 7. Esa 66. Math. 15. Act. 17. Ioan. 8. Marci 2. Luc. 5. 2. Pet. 2. Apoc. 22. Ioan. 10. 1. Pet. 2. Ezech. 13. Prou. 11. Psal 36. The wordes of Tolwis voyce are my lordes Hys pontyfycall rhetoryck coÌ„ceruynge a sachell Heresyes not knoweÌ„ but to the bagge Difference of heretyques now and than My lorde playeth here 3. partes The kynges true subiectes abused Thomas waldeÌ„ in prologo primi li â–ª coÌ„tra wic leuistas Equiuocacyon of thys mystycall â–ª terme bagge A tokeÌ„ of remeÌ„brauÌ„ce ageynst an other tyme. The bagge knoweth more thaÌ„ we The feruent zele of my lorde for holye churche In custodye and out of custodye The popes sworne benefactours London as fortunate as rome A mystesterye left here vndysoussed Names of bokes but nothynge els The olde faythe aÌ„d beleue of holy churche Gal. 4. Lucae 13. Math. 15. Ioan. 8. Ioan. 14. Ioan. 1. Esa 55. My lorde halteth at the fyrst My lorde breaketh couenauÌ„t The bokes that IohaÌ„ frith coÌ„pyled The reuelacyon of antichryst translated by Iohan Frith The examynacyoÌ„ of master VvyllyaÌ„ Thorpe The chefe artycles theryn coÌ„preheÌ„ded Ser Iohan oldecastel the lorde cobham Artycles coÌ„tayned cheflye in hys examynacyoÌ„ Sore matters to be condeÌ„ned My lorde coÌ„deÌ„neth the kynge Lyke ys my lorde to the olde brutes of Babylon Euermore persecute our bysshops with Cai phas An easye part hath my lorde played he re The olde God and the newe God ys he re named onlye to hys condempnacyon Rydleyes commentaryes vpon Paule to the Ephesyanes Tradycyons maye not be touched Nothynge coÌ„meth from my lorde but condemp nacyon More bokes spott'd with heresye Thomas Venatorius i Pau lum ad Ti motheum The principall con tentes of that godlye worke The ryght office of a christeÌ„bys hoppe Huldricus Zuinglius de prouidentia Dei The conteÌ„tes of that famouse and excol lent worke Marke what my lordehath here condemned All condemneth he with outrespect The report of dyuerse lerned meÌ„n â— God fouÌ„de amonge heretyques ys coÌ„deÌ„pned God beareth no rewle amoÌ„ge byshops Psal 118. Mat. 28. 4. cathechysmes of faythe Philippus Melanchton compyled the fyrst Vrbanus Regiê° made the seconde Balthasar Pacimontanus made the iij. Erasmus Sarcerins coÌ„pyled the forth Rebukes geueth the bysshops for godlynesse Hier. 10. Math. 23 The wolfe chaseth the poor laÌ„be 〈◊〉 styll Bartholomeus west hemerus a lerned maÌ„ne Conciliatio sacrae scripturae Christ ys condempned of my lorde Vvhat ys to be seane in that godlye volume Ioan. 5. Esa 50. Math. 15. Luc. 6. Martyn Lutherma de the couÌ„terfett bysshoppe 1. Tim. 3. Esa 1. Apoc. 18. The coÌ„fessyoÌ„ of the Germanes Math. 7. Esaye 50. Phil. 3. Math. 33. All godlynesse condempneth Bonner Vvith all that ower kynge hath done The postilles of Richarde taverner Nothynge seck the bysshops but destruccyon of sowle Bokes of pystryeaÌ„ 〈…〉 treasoÌ„ no 〈…〉 coÌ„deÌ„pned 〈…〉 Treaso 〈…〉 ys non h 〈…〉 resye bu 〈…〉 onlye th 〈…〉 scripturs Iohan Eckius with hys Enchirydion The ghostlye treasure ther in coÌ„tayned To lerne therwith to make trayters a pace Necessarye doctrine for holye churche harry pep well stokyslayes prouider The auctor suspended for prechynge the gospell Other bokes els of the seyd papyst Eckius More lousye doctors of the same leuen At these canthe bysshops wike A boke of prayer made by Martin luther Bonner wyl proue hymself a fowle lyer Legenda aurea â–ª with ora pro nobis God and all hys coÌ„maundementes coÌ„dempned here God myght haue thankes to take luther awaye The dore of holye scriptur ys Christ Ioan. 10. Ioan. 10. Treno 3. Col. 3. 2. Tim. 3. Exod. 7. Psal 2. Act. 4. Hier. 26. Math. 26. A tyttle offerynge moche godlynesse condeÌ„pned Postille Antonij â–ª Coruini vtiles necessarie No ryght preachynge but sensynge of Images the newe maÌ„ner of preachynge now a dayes The auncyeÌ„t workes of holy church the newe postyl of IohaÌ„ Eckius Two olde written bokes without name Vertuouse educacion is become heresye Arist 2. de aia 1. coeli The age of Iohan fryth Esa 1. Gen. 9. Iohan. 10. 4. reg 23. Hiere 36 1. math 1. Ioan bachonis .3 senteÌ„ dist 20. Tonstall burned the testamentes in englyshe Hiere 22. 4. reg 24 3. para 36 Math. 1. 1. math 6 petrus coÌ„mestor li. 19. cap. 16 Boner aÌ„d Tonstall vnder the lordes veÌ„geaunce Num. 24 â–ª 1. reg 26. Ioan. 11. Lucae 6. 1. cor 12. Esay 5 55. Mich. 7. Zach. 11. Ioan. 16. Esa 5. Psal 54. A blynde reÌ„naunt must styll holde vp Babylon Psal 52. Ezech. 10 Esa 44. Hiere 18. Ioan. 12. Math. 10. Ioan. 12. Ioan. 16. Not one of the doctours are without errours Thomas of aquine with hys affinite AdaÌ„ cardinalis in dialogo regis episcopi Thomas waldenê° coÌ„tra wic leuistas .l. 2. IdeÌ„ waldenuscontra wicle uistas lib. 2. cap. 78 The canoÌ„ lawe and ceremonies tryed bi the scripturs Math. 16. Esa 59. Hiere 23. Sopho. 1. Ezech. 4. 1. Tim. 4. Matt. 24. A preteÌ„ce of godlynesse to coloure ther myschefe They coÌ„trarye christes instytucioÌ„ The papystes blaspheme the sacrament Hebr. 13. Psal 50. Rom. 12. Deut. 12. Esa 65. Apoc. 18. Collo 2. Osee 4. Osee 10. Esa 2. Apoc. 6. Math. 26. 1. Cor. 11. â—stes preche vnto walles aÌ„d wyndowes 1. Cor. 11 Hebr. 6. Math. 20. Luc. 18. Hebr. 7. 9. 13. 1. Pet. 3. Ephes 5 The other sacramentes Apoc. 2. Ioan. 10. Hiere 13. The artycle of maÌ„nys fre wyll they seke to depresse the ryghtousnesse of god Augustinê° de ver bis apostoli Augustinus in soliloquijs Cap. 15. Fre onlye in bodily thynges 2. cor 3. Rom. 14. Ioan. 1. 1. Cor. 4. Here. 10. Rom. 7. Prou. 25. Phil. 2. The papystes boro of the pelagyanes and Manychees All one are they in opynyon with the anabaptistes Esay 44 Ephc. 1. Iacob 2. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Rom. 9. Hypocrytes geue al to theÌ„selues An olde argumeÌ„t of pelagius Augustinusi hypo gnostioc versus finem God is not the causer of synne Iaco. â— Chrisostomus Hom. 4. super Ioannem 2. reg 16. Prou. 16. Esa 54. 3 reg 22. Rom. 1. Eccl. 11. Amos. 3. Nune. 23. 2. para 19 Michaell bononien in 2. sent Hie. 18. Rom. 9. Prou. 15. Eccl. 3. Esa 38. My lorde bonerproueth hymselfe a fowle lyar Alwayes hath antichrist a shamelesse face Daniel 8 All these are good workes and requiaed in those bokes Ther monye
condeÌ„pneth Esa 29. Luce. 6. Num. 23 â–ª 2. Ioan. 1. Heb. 2. 2. Pet. 2. Iude. 1. Psalm 16 Ioan. 8. 2. Pet. 2. Luce. 11. Prou. 26. Eccle. 34. Act. 13. Zach. 3. Math. 7. Ioan. 10. Cant. 5. Math. 17. Hiere 23. Esa 55. Ezech. 7. Eccle. 51. Osee 11. Luce. 11. 1. Pet. 4. Act. 2. Ioan. 13. Luce. 11 Math. 12. 2. Ioan. 1. 2. Cor. 6. Luce. 22. Math. 26 Marci 14 â–ª Col. 2. 1. Cor. 11. Ioan. 13. Ioannes cuspinianus de saracenis Colo. 2. Treno 3 â–ª Histo tri pertit Lib. 9 ca. 30. Iacobus de voragine Ephes 4. Rom. 12 1. cor 10 Gala. 2. Acto 6 Ioan. 2. Apo. 18 Ex. 6. synodo quest Ca Nullus episco Esa 3. Hie. 23. Dani. 14. platina in vitis poÌ„t Innocencius 3. de pen. re Marci 2. Math. 12. Luce. 6. Gala. 4. Col. 2. The artycle of the Eucharystye in both kyndes Mat. 26. Marc. 14. Luce. 22. An argument out of Eckius dyuynyte 1. Cor. 11. Ambrosius et Hieronimus Baptista panecius sermone 56. atque alij Panormitanus Acta consilij Basiliensis Genes 4. Math. 23. Ioan. 10. Zach. 11. BoÌ„ner folyshe Eckius obstynate what Eckius alloweth the sayntes 3. Reg. 18. Dani. 14. Hiere 51. Osee 4. The author examyned vpoÌ„ sayntes worshyppynge An olde dottynge doctor dodypoll The answer of my lorde archebysshopp of yorke Vvhat the popes hath grauÌ„ted vnto sayntes Iacobus bergomeÌ„sis Platina et nauclerus Perottus hermaÌ„nus torreÌ„tinus iÌ„ elucidariÌ„o The sayntes are no medyatours 1. cor 4. Phil. 3. Masse mattens euensoÌ„ge offyces of anticrist A creature of the popes creacyon Hebre. 10 1. Pet. 1. Phil. 3. The dirty dyuinite of papystes for ther masse Stokyslaye and Standyshe both blasphemers The author ageynst standyshe for Barnes No compassyon nor pyte in papystesbut destruccyoÌ„ Not crist but antichrist fouÌ„ded the Masse Fylthye drynkes of synne Apoc. 17 Prou. 15. Polydorus de rerum inueÌ„toribus Lib. 6. IoaÌ„nes tritemius CestreÌ„sis Math. 6. Esa 29. Lucae 11. 3. Reg. 18. Marc. 16. Ioan. 20. Math. 28. The popes dylcyples are matteÌ„sers and massers Hiere 15. Psal 1. Math. 10. Ioan. 14. Iude. 1. Act. 20. Psal 13. 2. Tim. 3. 2. Petri. 3. Luce. 18. BoÌ„ner ys here by hys frutes a verye aÌ„tichrist An othe before a iudge Vvaldenus in fasciculo heresum coÌ„tra wic leuistas Polydorus Ioan. maior Fabianus Caxtonê° VuolphaÌ„gus Kiriander in persecutionibus ecclesiae Polydorus Ioannes maior iÌ„ chronicis Vvaldenus coÌ„tra Vvicleuistas Fabianus Robertus fabianus iÌ„ chronicis Anticrist wolde yet be obeyed in hys myschefes Sapi. 12. Ioan. 18. Luce. 22. Prou. 8. Apoc. 13. Danie 7. Of preachers are prestes be comemur therers Saynt fraÌ„ces first bretherne Christes false bretherne Hiere 5. Math. 5. Deut. 6. Chrisost hom 44. super Matheum Guilhelmus malmesburieÌ„ sis lib. 2. CestreÌ„sis lib. 6. ca. 29. Robertus fabianus CestreÌ„sis Caxtonê° flores alij Thomas wolseye cardynall Bonner hath bene sworne thryse to antichrist A periure becometh he now to hys prynce A sedycyouse opynyon of the anabaptystes and of monkes Authors confutynge thys opynyon Henricus Agrippa contral â–ª ouanienses alibi Luce. 23. Act. 24. Ioan. 16. 1. Petri. 2. Esa 28. Genes 16. Act. 6. Galat. 4. The prestes worketh yt in effect Math. 23. Esa 10. Psal 13. Tolwyn subscrybeth to thys doctrine He ê“myseth obedyence to the same A newe professyoÌ„ vnto Romyshe papystrye A verye prodygy ouse kynde oâ—tyrannye ys thys here Acto 20. 2. Ioan. 1. Math. 23. 2. Tim. 3. Apoc. 13. They are not ashamed of ther deuilyshnesse The blasphemose frutes are Boners A plage to be vnder Antichrist Polycrates Polycarpus And Meliton Hys bybles are snares to knowe and to catche God must geue place to ther vanytees CoÌ„sydre the cruell handelynge of â—oâ—aÌ„ â–ª porter Vvhat saynt Sepulchre ys aÌ„d where he was borne Bartholomeus a saligniaco Brocardê° Iudolphê° Nicolaus Huen Onlye ys saynt Sepulcre the shaddowe of an Idoll Psal 96. Sap. 13. Ose 11. Gala. 3. TestameÌ„tes breÌ„t at paules but no Idols Non reâ—aÌ„teth for Idolatre nor yet for ther buggerye Neuer ashamed of sinne All are captyun to Idols Rather worshyp the caruer than theÌ„ The popes fylthynesse remayneth 2. Pa. 14. 4. reg 10. 2. Pa. 34. 4. Reg. 18 Nume 21 Eccle. 48 Moche worse ys the occasion than the superstycion The olde baylye what yt meaneth Richarde laut ê“moteth thys worke Apoc. 18. Sap. 15. Math. 15. A thefe to god and his verite Saynt sepulchres tenauÌ„t ageynst God Proue 8. Sap. 14. Exod. 20 Deut. 27. Ad iprimeÌ„duÌ„ solum not golye vsed here God kynge and cuÌ„tre ys herin dyshonoured NeheÌ„ 1. 1. Ioan. 5. Hiere 7. Hebre. 10 2. Thes 3. â— Ioan. 5. Marc. 12. Philip. 3. Ioan. 1. 2. Thes 2. 1. Ioan. 3. Esaie 1. 2. Pet. 2 Iude. 1. Ioan. 10. Matt. 23. Luce. 16. Apoc. 17 Apoc. 2. 2. cor 11. Act. 26. Proue 14 Math. 24 Math. 4. Marci 1. Luce. 4. Apoc. 9. Eccl. 34. Exod. 1. Sap. 18. Deut. 10. Act. 7. Luce. 18. Marci 10. Math. 13. ☞ Nota. Apoc. 1. Apoc. 10. Apoc. 22. Marc. 16. Apoc. 20 1. Tim. 4. Act. 20. Roma 11. Esa 59. Math. 2â— â–ª Iohel 2. Tobie 3. Sapien. 5. Psal 118. Esa 11. 2. Thes 2. Apoc. 18. Luce. 21. Genes 15. Amos. 2. 3. Reg. 18. Deut. 32. Ezech. 9. Roma 12. Leuit. 19. Iudith 8. Osee 11. Luce. 11. Psal 2. 2. Thes 2. Zach. 11. The frutes of ther newlye broched christyanyte The dyrtye dryselynges of ther olde Antichirst Abac. 3. Deut. 23 â–ª Esa 28. Hie. 11. Ione 3. NahuÌ„ 1. Mich. 10. Math. 23. Luce. 10. Math. 11. Ezec. 26. Proue 21 Eccle. 11. Apoc. 9. Ther deuylishneâ— styll re mayneth Apoc. 18. They loke toregnea geyn wynchester clowteth olde holes wit new subtyltees Hontyngton can fynde no heretyke a monge papystes His syght serueth hym but vpon the one syde He ys proued a promoter of moloch 2. Thes 3. Dani. 2.
yet is it no honest state of lyuynge for yow for your office ye saye is aboue all thers Though saynt Paule doth saye that wedlock is honorable amonge all peple and the chambre therof vndefyled Though he sayth also that God wyll condempne aduouterers and whore kepers and that the forbyddynge therof is the verye doctryne of deuyls all that can not moue yow Though the primatyue churche had it in great pryce and so styll ded vse it tyll Syluester the 2. ded fatche the deuyll fron hell by his nicromancye where as he was a fore tyed vp for a thousande years to seale the obligacyon of his papacye yet do yow take it for carnall be astlinesse bycause master Eckius doth so report it which neuer the lesse had 3. bastardes the same selfe yeare that he disputed that matter at lipsia Oh verye sede of the serpent and cytezens of sodome Not without cause was it that Christ called yow a false and an aduouterouse generaciō Full wele knewe he what we schuld haue of yow the heauenlye father be mercyfull vnto vs. Vvith all abhominacions haue you fylled the worlde and yet to thys daye Imagyne ye non other thynge Is your doctrine in thys anye other than the dyrt of the pope and the fylthye shytynges of olde heretyques The Tacyanes taught that matrymonye was in no case lawfull The Marcianistes wolde admytt nō to baptim vnlesse they renoūced wed locke The Eustachyanes helde opynyon that non coude be saued in marryage Mōtanus with hys sect leadynge women abought with hym noted yt a lyght thynge and sayd it myght be broke wele ynough The priscyllyanystes separated the menne from ther wyues and the womē from ther husbandes ageynst ther willes The Abelynes allowed maryage but no carnall copulacyon therin The Adamytes improued it as an vncleane thynge for that Adam knewe not hys wyfe before he synned The Nicolaytaynes were of thys opynyon that wyues ought to be cōmon The Cataphrygeanes Catharystes and Tartulyanystes condempned for aduoutrye the marryage of widowes The Esseanes Nouacyanes Carpocracianes Apostolyckes Iouynyanistes and other more hath opinion of matrimonye in dyuerse other respectes Last of all commeth your holye father of Rome with hys rable of rutters myters hattes hoodes cappes crownes conyes skynnes cattes tayles in all maner of colours and proporcyons and he hath an ore with them all as an vpholder of al heretiques ageynst this holy estate Yea holy I say ageyn though it be vnreuerentlye vsed of manye For it maketh neyther whore keper not sodomyte as yowr chastyte doth daylye innumerable Vyhan now in thys latter age thys buyldinge of yowrs through the gospell preachynge suffred a great earthquake and was lyke to fall to the grounde without recouer commeth forth master Eckius a verye connynge artifycer in the se workes of yours and he vnderproppeth it with an olde broken sparre Marryage maye be graūted to no prest sayth he by no maner of dispensacion for the vowe that is ānexed to ther chastite And for the establyshment of thys doctrine he bryngeth in the inhibicion made by pope Calixtus bycause no scripturs wyl serue hym But where as he sayth with no small cyrcumstaūce to make hys matter good that the pope neuer yet dispensed with that vowe He lyeth of hys holye father Raphael volateranus sayth that a serten monke called Nicolas marryed Anne the duke of venys dowter by the popes consent Burghardus the prouost of tryere or vttereth in Germanye had to wyfe the prince of the ruzeanes syster by the dispēsacyon of pope Gregorye the. 7. otherwise called hyldebrande the same selfe yeare he inhybited the maryage of prestr̄es Pope pelagius ded create a bisshopp at syracusa in the lande of sycill and he had both wyfe and chyldren Henricus agrippa maketh mencion of a Cardinall in Rome whom the Pope permytted to take a wyfe in maryage and at hys pleasure to returne ageyn to hys cardinalshypp after he had chyldren without anye maner of irregularyte Colomannus the bysshopp of uaradyne left that spiritual office and was made kynge of hungarye by the Popes dyspensacyon of purpose to haue yssue about the yeare of owr lorde M. lxxvi and regned there .xix. years Daniel a prest was lyke wyse constytute kynge of fraunce by a lyke dyspensacion and was called after warde Chylpericus gouernynge that regyon the space of .iij. years Petrus Elsacius a prest and elect Byshopp of Cameryk was dubbed a knyght and marryed leonor the countesse of nyuerne which had bene called Sybyll Reme lius a monke beynge aged was taken out of hys monasterie by the popes lycēs and made kynge of Aragone after the disseace of hys father Sanccius about the yeare of owr lorde a thousande a C. and lx ād had by hys wife Mawde a dowter which was afterwarde marryed to Raymondus the erle of Barchinona Pope Ce lestyne the thirde lycensed Henrye the. 6 emprour to haue to wyfe Cōstaunce kynge Rogers dowter of sycyll for a yearlye pensyon whych was a professed nonne at panorme Fredericus dongianus was releaced of hys vowe to the Carmelytes order ād constytute kynge of Sycyll ▪ Sardo nye and Calabre for the syngular cōmodyte of those landes Mathew the erle of bulleyne marryed Marye kynge Steuens dowter of englande and had her out of ramsaye abbeye where as than she was ab basse ād had 2. dowters by her called Ida and Matilda Bochardus aueniensis a man ne of great byrthe and lernynge forsoke hys presthode and benefyces whych than he had manye ād Ioyned hymselfe in we diock to Margarete the emprour Baldewyne of constantynoples dowter and had manye fayr chydren by her pope Gre gorye the. 9. after moche sute and expēses iudgynge yt godlye Iohan the bastarde sonne of Fardynandus beynge a cysteane monke was constytute kynge of portyngale Iohan of gaunte thā beynge duke of lācastre ād kynge of castele geuynge hym hys dowter Phylypp to marrye after that he had in the yeare of owr lorde 1388. optayned a dyspensacyon of pope vrbanus the. 6. Iames the last kynge of cypres beynge bysshopp of Nycose not longe afore was permytted of pope paule the seconde to haue a Venecyane to wyfe to that intent that hys lande schuld become the Venecyanes as yt now ys in dede In lyke case Canutus whych had bene a professed monke 6. years at clunyake was dyspensed wyth for moneye to haue a wyfe Sowas a sertē abbott of Redynge here in Englande So was vrsynus a prest of nursia and a great nombre els as we fynde in dyuerse cronycles ād wrytynges Vvhye schuld soche a furyouse beast than so shamefullye lye to establyshe an errour of de uyllyshenesse But that he ys ignoraunt in the hystoryes and also that soche dyrtye doctrine standeth onlye by lyes Ioannes andreas whom they call the fountayne of