they which impugne the holye ghost w t Macedonius and Eunomius But they onlye which replye ageynst yowr Masse made by so manye holye Popes They poore sowles are alone in this yowr Genealogye and non other heretyques els By this we perscyue that ye are those yll stewardes whoÌ„ saint Paule speaketh of that seke yowr owne and not Iesus Christes makynge of yowr bellyes your God yowr vayne glorye sayth he wyll be yowr confusion for nothinge ye sauer but that which is earthlye What is yowr Masse els but a gawdishe fopperye or a toye of yowr owne ymaginacyon Nomore is it lyke the holye supper of Christ than y â— earthe is lyke heaueÌ„ or fylthye dyrt lyke golde No make of it the best ye caÌ„ne with your lyghtes vestymentes copes Iewels aultres Images organes prycksonge sensynges the deuyll and all as y â— paganes ded in their olde sacrifices before their Idols 3 If Lambert graunted yow that in yowr Masse so patched and peced with papystrye was a synifycacion of Christes deathe ye were moche to blame so to burne him For he graunted yow more than anye maÌ„ne will do els that is godlye wyse and lerned But surelye he neuer grauÌ„ted that to yowr Masse but to the most holye supper of the lorde and therfor ye haue mysvnderstande his saynges In yowr Masse is nothinge but that ye make yowrselues by the vertu of Arystotles realyte No though ye .vii. tymes breathe ouer it Hoc est corpus meum For christ is neuer made but in vs and that is by the vertu of his worde trulye taught And that is the cause that Saynt Paule ded saye So oft as ye shall eate this breade and drynke of this cuppe ye shall shewe the lordes deathe tyll he come Whan Christ badde ye do it in his remembraunce he badde ye not make him ageyne The trayuelynge womaÌ„ which is with childe in the Apocalyps betokeneth Christes people hauinge him within them and not without them More ouer Dauid sayth that the bewtyfull dowter of y â— kynge is all from within yowr Masse mongers turne their tayles to the people preache to the wall as Antichrist hath thaught them but neuer turne they to them declaringe the true meaninge therof as Christ hath commauÌ„ded And therfor their fylthye sacrifyces are Antichristes and not Christs and that they make there is an Idoll and no God and therfor vnmete to be worshipped They shal aryse in the morninge saith the lorde and not fynde me they shall call vnto me whan I shall not heare them and whan they holde vp their polluted handes I shall turne awaye my face 4 Nothynge to the purpose is this allegacyon of Salomons Prouerbes â—esis sapiens apud temetipsum To proue that the Masse is sumwhat more than a signifycacyon of Christes passyon And agayne y â— text is falselye placed for it is not in y â— first chapter but in the .iii. This craftye coÌ„ueyaunce of yours is to playe boo pepe with the symple people ye ruffle out youre scripturs but whan menne shall seke them they shall be sure not to fynde them where you appoynt them least they shulde with them fynde out also youre iuglynges This is now the .iii. tyme ye haue played this towche lete youre conueyauÌ„ce be sumwhat cleaner If ye laye that text vnto Lambertes charge that he was to wyse in his owne conceyt ye do him moche wronge for that coÌ„cept is yours and not his you haue for that folyshe conceyt of yours putta syde all the wysdome of God Vtterlye despyse you Christes institucyon accountynge him but an ydyote fole that coude not make soche solempne preparacioÌ„s as ye haue made Full lyttle consydered you in the same selfe chapter Quod abominatio Domino est omnis illusor cum simplicibus sermocinatio eius Abhominable to the Lorde is eâ—eye disdaynefull scorner where as the simple disdayned shall knowe his secrete counsels The mocker will he lawgh to scorne and yet will he geue his grace to the lowlye The wyse shall possesse his glorye and the braggynge of foles confusyon A mysterye 1 And vtterlye He ded denye 2 That Christ vnfayned Vvas there contayned 3 Both ryastye And substancyallye 4 Quotiescuncque manducabitis panem hunc â–ª calicem bibetis c. 1. Cor. 10. The openinge 1. UErelye these poesyes are straunge diuerse They make me to remembre the processyon of Maydston in kent For some of them daunse lyke greate gyauntes and are eyght syllabes a pece As this verse here afore But a significacyon Some come doppynge after lyke lyttle hoppe on my thombes and are but .iiii. syllabes as And vtterlye with his fellawe as short as he And therfore it is but madde gere But what is it I praye you that Lambert ded denye That Christ was his Lorde No verelye ded he not but stode stedefastlye by it vnto the verye death that he was his onlye sauer peacemaker helthe ryghtuousnesse and redemer He alone was the lambe that dyed for him And he alone was y â— head of that churche that he was a membre of In this fayth perseuered he vnto his latter ende and in the same departed vnto his lorde God yet sought your generacion by most turkyshe tyrannye to compell him to remoue his fote from that rocke But mercyfull was that lorde vnto him In the myddes of the fyre denyed not he his veryte but departed hence with the clere victorye ouer you Non of the Popes sworne subiectes dyed he but the verye true seruaunt of Iesus Christ. 2 His denyall was in dede that Christ shuld be contayned in the bankett of youre blessynge Remembre first from whens your blessynges come and out of whose auctorite they sprange first of all Saynt Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that the Dragon ye wote whom he meaneth gaue his auctoryte seate and power vnto the great Beast that arose out of the see And in an other chapter folowyng he sayth also that y â— worldlye gouernours as emprours kynges and princes shuld applye their strengthes which consisteth in their lawes swerdes scepturs vnto the same fylthye freke Of this Beast haue you that marke wherwith ye bye sell. youre â—yles and shauynges are not of Christ nomore are youre myters and typpettes If he wolde haue sent forth soche minysters he neded to haue gone no farther than to Annas and Cayphas IoaÌ„nâ—s and Alexander with other of y â— same affynite for they were of a kyndred prouyded of God to soche offyces of externe obseruacions but yet not to make newe goddes nor yet to sence ymages youre vncommaunded exorcysmes and blessynges are non other than the playne practyses of Necromancye By the vertu wherof though ye maye with youre Pope fatche the deuyll from hell for youre sacrifices are all one yet can ye not drawe the sonne of God out of heauen and so make oure crede of non effecte 3 yet can ye not out of youre ragged realyte borowed of the Paganes lernynge for
â—ant of scripturs to youre mynde Ther will ye haue him to be reallye onlye whan ye shall commaunde him That is to saye that the thynge there in syght made of flower and water is verye he in dede by the vertu of youre office ye will haue him there also substanciallye in his owne propre persone in lengthe and in breadethe in formâ— and proporcion with fleshe blood skynne bones heare tethe and nayles ye are verye connynge worke menne that ye can do so moche in so lyttle tyme and with so fewe wordes But ye can not tell vs whether he sytteth or standeth lawgheth or wepeth I thinke verelye he myght wepe in dede yf that naturall affect were now styll regnynge in his glorifyed bodye lyke as he sumtyme wepte vpon Hierusalem to se his dere herytaâ—e so wretchedlye abused of you I can not but moche maruele that ye requyre so great honour to those wares of yowr makinge so little worshipp to the eternall testament of Iesus Christ. Whye holde ye not vp that euerlastinge treasure before the people Whye tell ye theÌ„ not that he is therin both reallye and susâ—anciallye contained No ye will non therof For it is neyther to yowr spirituall commodite nor yet auauÌ„â—age ye will cruellye persecute it and blaspheme it makinge the people to beleue that it is most detestable heresye 4. yowr text here of Quociesâ—unque maÌ„ducabitis panem hune et calicem bibetis c. is nothinge at all vpon yowr syde but directlye ageynst yow So oft as ye shall eate this breade sayth Saint Paule and drinke of this cuppe c. Here is the communion of Christes holye supper not called Christ him selfe but breade drynke receyued of christ Moche lesse than is yowr waffer cake christ which yow haue receyued of the Pope A curtal haue ye made of that text cutting awaye this tayle cleane from his rompe MorteÌ„ dominianunciabitis donec veniat least other menne shuld knowe the truthe of the thinge what were the true office in that ministracion Herin are ye tolde that whan ye so â—ate ye shuld shewe the lordes deathe tyll he come but that will ye neuer do If ye marke wele the same Tyll he come yowr realite and substancialite of Christes presenâ—â— there bodylye will sone apere nothinge at all Both here afore ye haue writeÌ„ it ryallye with a y in both yowr prented coppyes If it be yowr fawte ye are but a fole in yowr owne occupacion If the fawte be of yowr .ii. prenters than are both yow lewde for teachinge of them soche wytcherye as they can not vnderstande and they beastlye also to beleue soche blinde beggerye mynistrynge it so a brode for moneye ye offâ—e vs here ageyne in both yowr coppyes one chapter for an other and I am verye glad of it For in so doinge ye bringe vs to the truthe of yowr matter In that .x. chapter is it writen Nolo autem vos socios fieri demoniorâ—â— I wyll yow in no case saith Saint Paule to haue felyshyp with deuils ye caÌ„ not at ones be partakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuils That is offred to yowr Idols is no mete refeccioÌ„ for the christianes As yowr daylye sacrifices are which ye make before the Images of yowr aulters and not before the people of God It shuld seme a farre other catinge and drinkinge that Saint Paule doth meane than this yowr morninge brekefast is by that which goth afore there For he sayth that all y â— fathers afore Christes comminge As Adam Noe Abraham Moyses Dauid and soche other ded eate of one spirituall meate though that Christ came longe after yet had they neuer yowr whyght God w t so many blessinges A mysterye â— But lyke a fole He vvas set at scole â— By a dyuyne For to declyne 3 This prono vvne hoc 4 Hoc est corpus meum Matth. 26. ¶ The openinge 1. WOrshyplye doth this Poete bestowe his wyttes here yf ye marke him wele flatterynglye fawnynge vpon some great pyller of his churche for a vaunâ—age though it be not vpon his good lorde of Wynchestre A common custome is it of these vayne hypocrites and ydell wytted papistes to cloyne with all craftye colours and ingyns possyble for to crepe into the fauer of those that the worlde lawheth vpon Wo be vnto you false prophetes sayth Ezechiel that some pyllowes vndre mennys arme holes and bolsters vndre their heades to catche sowles with all for lucre Moche better sayth Salomon are the strypes of a louer than the frawdelent kysses of a flatterer More profyght is it to be chastened of a wyse manne than to be deceyued by the lawhynge of foles Soche a false flatterer wolde not Dauid regarde but coÌ„maunded him strayght wayes to be slayne By these flatterynge meters it is easye to perseyue what Pantolabus seketh here A benefyce of my lorde to synge for butterflyes that the profyghtes therof myght pamper him vp in all ydelnesse And for that he hath magnyfyed his good lordeshyppe here with a lye in reportynge him to proue Lambert a fole in the disputacion of their sacrament and to sett him agayne to scole to declyne this pronowne hoc But I feare me they will proue foles both his good lorde and he ere the matter be fullye ended 2 The diuynite of this great diuyne of his will scarselye apere good sophistrye or yet simple gramer after olde Alexanders rewles be it ones tryed by the scripturs I thynke it be no better than course legerdemayne for all these gloriouse glauerynges Diuinare is sumtyme to gesse at a venture and thervpon I suppose he calleth him here a diuyne and not for anye truthe he hath vttered therin or in anye other godlye matter els as yet Not onlye is this great pyller of holye churche thus regestred here of Pantolabus in this his genealogie of heresye that he shulde be good lorde vnto him in an other matter as yf a benefyce fell that he myght be preferred for this his good zele but also his good diuynite is putt in here with him The nature of this dowtye diuynite is to stande moche in the declynynge of pronownes as he hath here full poeticallye described it This was in the olde tyme but boyes playe in the gramer scoles and now it is taken vp for hygh diuynite in the consistorye scoles of the papistes to proue Christ reallye and substanciallye present in their sacrament Lyke is it to be no small matter for menne to be burned for are they haue done with it that hath so substancyall proues or argumentes Necessarye is it to declyne a pronowne wele for him that will knowe the mysterye therof after their meanynge Now forsoth here is godlye Christen lernynge crept latelye into Englande for the mayntenaunce of their newe Christen beleue 3 Sumwhat must these braggynge hypocrites haue alwayes to blynde with the eyes of the simple which neuer seketh oute their wyles So folyshe are they that they nothynge
scysmatyques and obstynate Papistes yf they shuld not reade soche pratye Poesyes amonge Lete no manne thinke other wyse but that Pantolabus and soche other inteÌ„deth sumwhat by soche subtyle workemanshippe The Bisshopes winketh at it as though there were in it non heresye whan it is all stinkinge heresye by their owne confession They are wele contented whaÌ„ they playe soch bussye partes and wyll not be acknowe of it but leteth them alone If anye of them leape so farre that he is hanged vp for treason they care lyttle for it for they thinke thy haue so lost but a knaue 3 After a farre fett style and curyouslye compassed processe cometh Pantolabus at the last to his full desyre Exhortynge all menne to praye here for the kynge with as lyttle true deuocion as he that myndeth nothynge lesse And yt maketh no matter neyther For moche better yt is to be vnprayed for than to be prayed for out of stynkynge heresye as all their Papistrye is non other The prayer which ought to be made for kynges for them that are in auctoryte ought to aryse of the sacred scripturs whereof they haue their auctorytees and not out of sâ—ynkynge heresye as yt is here requyred Saynt Paule exhorted Timothe which was no papistycall masse sayer but a preacher of the Gospell sufferynge daylye persecucions for the same before all other thynges to praye for kynges and for all other which were in hyghe power that Christes disciples and true beleuers myght lyue vndre them a peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse And this is our prayer also with contynuall teares Wherin we desyre the lorde for his eternall mercyes sake alwayes to preserue him But oute of stynkynge heresyes we praye not for him neyther out of Mattenses nor Masses eueÌ„songes nor complynes which are the verye frutes of the Beast of Rome least we shulde by those blasphemouse prayers brynge vpon him the great indignacion of God The frutes are euermore all one with their tree in goodnesse as those fylthye obseruacions with their first fylthye begynner haue they neuer so fayre colours of gods seruice gods owne worde Christes Gospell the vtteraâ—â—ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handelyâ—ge 4 So farre are these blynde Papistes from the true sprete of Christ that nothynge they ryghtlye vnderstande of the scripturs This text of Dauid Domine in virtute tuâ—â—letâ—bitur rex super salutare tuum exulâ—abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triuÌ„phaunt glorye with his reuengement ouer them w t hath him persecuted of cruell hate spyght Christes humanyte is it that is so ioyfull of the strengthe that yt hath gotten which is the Godhede That is yt which reioyseth so ernestlye is so excedynge glady for the sauynge helthe of mankynde which yt hath by y â— gyft of God obtayned He hath his hartes desyre with the ful request of his lyppes which is the eternall mercye of the Lorde That manhode was preuented with lyberall blessynges now yt hath a crowne of immortalyte He axed lyfe for him and for his lyfe was geuen him for euer and euer Magna est gloria eius in salutari tuo c. His glorye is great Lorde sayth Dauid in that sauynge helthe and compassed he is now of the w t eternall felycite Soche mockers as is Pantolabus shall ones fele his hande ones will he fynde out all them that so spyghtfullye hateth him As an hote kyndeled ouen shall they at that daye apere the fyre euerlastynge will deuoure them for euer â—ot ashamed is this dissemblynge mocker and pestylent hypocrite in his glosynge flat teryes ydolatrouslye to abuse his Prince For what is ydolatrye els but a worshyppe geuen to a creature which peculyarlye belongeth vnto God And full therof is all the seruyce homages and doynges of the Papistes the Lorde ones delyuer all Christen princes from them A mysterye 1 And the quene also Vvhere so euer she go 2 And for the sauegarde Of oure prince Edvvarde 3 Vvhom I praye Iesu Longe to contyne vve Amen The openinge 1. ERnest is Pantolabus yet styll in requestes sprynggynge out of his gentyll Genealogye of stynkynge heresye For therin he homblye requyreth all these thynges by his owne confessyon afore Herin he desyereth the dilygent readers of his worke to praye for the quene also which was sumtyme called the ladye kateryne howarde He shulde seme to be some blynde chaplayne of hers by the blynde zele he sheweth here For he wolde haue her remembred where so euer she go in the waye or out of the waye Trulye that prayer were of a straunge kynde yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred Who hath harde prayers made for menne to go where they will or whan they are out of the ryght waye to contynue so styll I thynke fewe menne lyuynge I wolde haue no soche querestre of Baals quere nor yet soche a chaplayne of Bels college to praye forme as poore a man as I am Moche better grace parauenture had bene hers yf she had chaunced of no soche ghostlye fathers For where as the scripturs are contempned their verytees sett at nought what els can folowe but vyce which alwayes requyreth an yll ende The true loue of Gods worde is neuer without his feare Neuer can that creature outragyouslye offende which foloweth the true lyne therof A â—anterne to oure fete is that worde of the Lorde and a lyght vnto oure pathe wayes in this shadowe of deathe the eternall father geue vs his grace to folowe yt 2 Fynallye Pantolabus exhorteth all his readers to praye for the sauegards of our most worthye prince Edwarde If this were out of the Genealogye of stynkynge heresye as yt is also therin yt were moche more pleasynge vnto God He abhorreth all that is straunge and not lyke fashyoned to the exemplar that he hath left in the scripturs He turneth awaye his face dysdaynouslye from all mockynge sacrifyces inuented by menne and not commaunded of him As is the Papistycall Masse with all other blasphâ—mouse obseruacions of that monâ—truouse madame the â—athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge sâ—raunge fyre vncommaunded Accursed is he which addeth his owne inuencyon vnto the Lordes seruyce or anye thynge els that the scripture commaundeth not I counsell therfore all faythfull beleuers syncerelye to praye in sprete and in veryte after Christes holye doctryne for their most worthye kynge and the prince his naturall sonne that the one maye succede the other as Salomon ded Dauid as Iosaphat ded Asa in the faythfull wayes of the Lorde And this haue they good cause to do yf they remembre all thynges As their delyueraunce from the greate Golye of Rome with sufferaunce to reade the scripturs which is their syngular sowleâ— helthe What though some of
workes shall saye yf he be lerned that he is equall with the best that euer sett penne to paper Mâ—che labour he toke to extyrpe soche vyces as the pâ—ple of custome were geuen vnto For â—he which at the last he suffred most cruell death in the .xlviii. yeare of his age a M.D. and .xxxi. from Christes incarnacyon the .xi daye of Octobre Of them was he slayne cutt in peces and brent in defendynge the common welthe of his cyte for whom he had afore taken wonderfull peynes to brynge them into the waye of ryghtuousnesse â—o these are the two bretherne that Pantolabus here rayleth vpon in his rustycall â—ymes without lernynge wytt and all godlynesse Myght we not thynke you saye to him with Apelles Come downe ser sowter and holde ye styll to youre last Be contented with youre homblye occupacyon and meddle not with that which is beyonde youre compas A mysterye 1 These praters of dyuynite vvith their affynyte hath sought about 2 The vvorlde through out 3 For vngracyouâ—e teachers to be their preachers 4 Conuenerunt in vnum aduersus dominum aduersus Christum eius psal 2. The openinge 1. LIke himselfe is Pantolabus alwayes as the common sayinge is A fole in the mornynge and all daye after not wyse He calleth these greate lerned menne praters of diuynyte yet was he neuer able to vnderstande one leafe of their workes I thynke yf he were narrowlye examyned he shulde a pere not to knowe what true diuyâ—ite is Of late yeares now at Oxforde their principall diuynes as doctor Roper doctor kyngton doctor Molle soche other made their open complayntes that in .xxviii. yeares stodye they coude not vnderstande Dons And as for Christes diuynite I will beare them recorde they knewe yt nothynge at all I thynke these for that tyme in their disputacyons and lecturs were Iolye pratlers of diuynite And their frutes wolde declare a great sort of them to be lyttle better now Is not here thynke you in this worke of Pantolabus a plesauÌ„t patche of diuynite It is no maruele though so noble a clarke as he complayneth of pratynge whan his selfe pratleth here so folyshlye youre draffyshe diuynes as Dons Thomas Guido Gyles Ockam Baconthorpe Durande Gabriel Dorbel and a thousande more hath done lyttle other these .iii. hondreth yeares but establyshe lyes in hypocresye to falsyfye the scripturs yet were they no praters of diuynite but good doctors of holye churche O beastlye Baalamytes lerne ones to be godlye wyse 2 What you youre affynite haue sought the worlde ouer and what ye seke yet sâ—yll yt is knowne in this age to manye yet are ye not ashamed of yt ye haue sought out all the sorceryes of the Gentiles to fyll the peple with their supersticyons ye haue robbed y â— Sophisters of their subtyle conueyaunces to begyle y â— poore innocent sowles The wylye inuencyons of â—ogycke the craftye colours of Rhetoryke the preuye practyses of philosophie haue ye gathered togyther to deceyue all y â— worlde that knoweth not your craftes Not one slayght is there nor cast of good legerdemayne that anye iugler hath but ye haue sought yt oute for auauntage Soche subtyle sekers ye are yet to this daye What ye haue sought in other mennis howses hawles stabyls barnes butteryes kychyâ—s chambers parlours and sumtyme in the good mannys bedde I thynke there be fewe alyue but knoweth There is not a poore wenche that taketh wages but ye must haue y â— tent part for preuye tythes There is not a labourer which lyueth by the sweate of his browes but ye must haue a patche therof though his chyldren shulde famyshe at home youre sekynge about y â— worlde through oute is an other maner of matter than the trauayle of those godlye menne hath bene whom ye here accuse in youre ydelnesse 3 If euer there were in the worlde teachers more vngracyouse than you I maâ—uele or yf there euer were more peruerse preachers I wondre What other hath bene youre doctryne afore tyme but that the peple shul'd beleue as holye churche doth teache them That is to saye that the Pope was Gods vycar in earthe the head of that holye churche That he coude not erre that his curse was most to be feared That purgatorye was peynefull pylgrimages wholsom masses merytoryouse diryges medicynable holye water good for spretes soche other wretched wytcherye All the â—â—odye of youre bysshoppes practyse of youre prestes dilygence of youre relygiouse and labour of youre vnyuersytees was about non other thynge but to maynteyne soche beggerlye baggage And yt apereth by Wynchestre Bonner Tonstall soche other that ye seke yet non other thynge els The solempne declaraâ—yoÌ„s of Seyton Tolwyn shall yet stande forth for wytnesses yf nede be besydes the workes of Standysshe Pantolabê° O most shamelesse hypocrites how dare ye be so bolde to report other menne for vngracyouse teachers your selues offerynge so vngracyouse documeÌ„tes to y â— worldeâ— Remoue first of all y â— great beame of your owne ere ye take y â— small mote from your neyber He that shall conferre your teachynges w t y â— worde of God shall fynde them vngracyouse ynough 4 The scripture here alleged for your vngracyouse purpose ConueneruÌ„â—t in 〈◊〉 aduâ—rsus dominâ— aduersus Chrisium eius maye saye that he is full vngracyouslye handled Dauid spake it in prophecye agaynst y â— heytheÌ„ tyrauÌ„tes that shuld withstande both y â— lord his worde These sayth he come togyther agaynst God his Christ. Into this myschefe fell at y â— last y â— cruell counsell also of y â— Iewes y â— bishopes pharisees lawers scribes doctours w t the vndiscrete rewlers peruerted by theÌ„ And euer sens yt hath benâ— your bloodthurstye generacyon styll persecutyng Christ in his faythfull members They are y â— false peple that ymagyne vayne thynges They are the tyrauÌ„tes that withstande gods veryte burnyng haÌ„gyng drownyng y â— poore innocentes for yt Who are y â— kynges of y â— earth but they The other beare onlye y â— name are but their bochers slaues But this shuld Pantolabê° haue also consydered Qui habitat in celis irridebiteos tanquâ—Ì„vas figuli confringet eos He that sitteth in heuen shall scorne their practyses in y â— dredefull daye dashe them in peces lyke an earthen vessell that is throwne agaynst an harde wall Let not those termagauntes thynke so to escape y â— great vengeauÌ„ce of his indignaâ—cyon For there yt doth abyde theÌ„ in dede Though they take here their vayne pleasurs for y â— tyme yet is not y â— iudgemeÌ„t farre of neyther slepeth their daÌ„nacyon but is redye to lyght vpon theÌ„ w t vengeauÌ„ce ¶ A mysterye 1 And here in this londe Certayne they fonde 2 Vvhich by and bye Dyd them applye 3 For to sett forth Thynges nothynge vvorth 4 And preached openlye Both treason and heresye ¶ The openinge 1. MAâ—uele yt is to me yf these men soughte
ye haue no power Blessed is that maÌ„ne that euer he was borne which perseuereth faythfull to the ende as Iohan Frith hath done That he penned by his lyfe concernynge the sacrament and their popyshe purgatorye is not greatlye hyndred here as yet oÌ„y Pantolabus dyrtye dartes The greatest acte he hath done is that he hath here paynted vs out a fole of himselfe 2 Here is it layed vnto Iohan Frithes charge that he shulde denye Christes wordes because he wolde not in his boke admyt Aristotles realyte in their sacrameÌ„t In dede he neuer denyed Christes worde for than he shulde haue done as you do alwayes so haue denyed Christ himselfe which is all one with his worde He euermore affermed that Christes fleshe was verye meate his blood verye dryncke but not for the bodye yet denyed he not the corporall eatynge He graunted also that he was verye bread and that he which eateth that breade shall lyue for euer yet wolde he not haue that bread which came from the waffer backers to be all one with that breade which came from heuen For saynt Augustine sayth that their eatynges be diuerse The one is eaten with the mouthe the other with y â— fayth The one with the lyppes the other with the harte The one with the bodye the other with the sowle He wolde in no case haue them to come in both at one dore youre â—ordes wolde not Frith afferme because they are not Christes but Aristotles youre wayes are all after the Master of your senteÌ„ces which was in an whoryshe nonne a fylthye frute of your vowed chastyte ye folowe in youre fayth the fore steppes of Bonauenture Thomas Dons Osbert Albert Baconthorpe Gerarde Gyles Gandauus Guido Ockham Helyoth Holcoth Brulifer Dorbel other dyrtye diuynes forth yssuynge from him in whom sathaÌ„ hath wrought euer sens he was sett at large refusynge the Apostles doctryne And that caused Iohan Frith neuer to agre vnto you 3 His reasons are neuer the worse that youre pylde popyshe brayne do not allowe them Peuysh ynough are your poesyes and more peuyshe a great deale youre pylde wyttes What youre reasons are it is playne to all them which hath eyther wytt or lernynge The value of them is sone rekened now that they are come to y â— towche stone I thynke verelye they are neyther worth two peasons nor yet worth two nyttes or antes egges The reasons and auctorytees of Iohan Frith concernynge Christes bodye blood standeth yet vntowched for all you Moche more vndischarged It is ynough for you to rayle and to prate to bragge to lye though ye do nothynge els ye fare lyke a gargull in a wall with a spowte in his mouthe which doth nothynge els but spewe oute water ye sett a greate face here vpon the matter as though the Popes churche were holden vp by you and nothynge do ye at all but vomete fylthye swyllynges More lyke are you and a sort of youre fellawes more to pull downe youre holye mother than to kepe her vp longe yf ye haue no better lernynge than ye shewe here Iohan Wyclef prophecyed that your churche shuld haue an ende had veryte ones the victorye Which is in short space lyke to be founde true yf ye plye not youre matters apace 4 Disdaynefullye cast ye it in Iohan Frithes teathe here that he dyed in the fyre at â— procuremeÌ„t of your prelates As though it were a greate ignominye to dye for the Lordes veryte But precyouse in y â— syght of that lorde was the death of that faythfull yonge manne though it were verye wretched in your syghtes regardynge nothynge but that which is pleasaunt to the fleshe What your ende shall be the Lorde of heauen knoweth ye haue yet layser ynough to playe the felde bysshop and to blesse with youre heles in an hempen corde as a great sort of youre fellawes haue done which were as true menne as you are here Therfore ye are not wyse to disdayne anye mannys ende nor yet to iudge him yll that departeth in Christes fayth ye maye wele knowe that Christes deathe was not verye precyouse to your proude predecessors the bysshoppes pharysees lawers whan they went vp and downe there mockynge and mowynge as you do now here with youre meters No better is the seruauÌ„t than his master nor yet the disciple than he that sent him Full vnlyke is y â— syght of god to youre syght and his insâ—rutable iudgementes to youre carnall iudgemeÌ„tes Blessed is Iohan Frith that he suffreth styll at your handes these obprobryes for his holye names sake for sure is he of the kyngedome of heauen 5 The clause that ye haue here insâ—pientlye raught out of the last chapter of Sâ—pience to make good with it your malicyouse meters agaynst Iohan Frith will not Sapience allowe now for his ye haue so disuygured yt If ye had gentyllye borowed it not so theuishlye stolne it he wolde gladlye haue receyued it of you agayne But now it is youre owne ragged stuffe not his He hath there Iuste patiebaÌ„tur secundum suas nequitias and not patiebatur The Egypcyanes sayth he which cruellye persecuted the chosen people of God vndre Pharao hath worthelye sufferd accordynge to their many folde wyckednesses He is not contented w t you nor yet with soche other false Prophetes as will so preposterouslye bestowe his scripturs as to geue that to gods fryndes which belongeth to his enemyes In the ende of that chapter is this text folowynge wherin Iohan Frith hath now his porcyon but that coude not Pantalabê° perseyue In omnibus enim magnificasti populum tuum Domine honorasti In all thynges lorde hast thu done the best for thy people so brought them to honoure Thu hast not despysed theÌ„ but alwaye and in all places hast thu gracyouslye stande by them The Egypcyanes now are you as wytnesseth saynt Iohan in the Apocalyps 11. youre greate cyte sayth he hath a spirituall name youre churche is called Sodoma and Egyptus For there ye daylye crucifye the Lorde in his members besydes that ye do in youre daylye Masses or newe founde sacrifices for the quycke and the dead A mysterye 1 Next of this secte That vvas suspecte 2 Vvas one Lamberte A manne peruerte 3 And almost vvood 4 Probauerunt habere Deum in notitia tradidit illos Deus in reprobum sensum Rom. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. SEryouslye hath Pantolabus sought his wyttes here to clowte vp his Genealogie with sumwhat But I maruele moche that for .v. years space betwixt the burnynges of Iohan Frith and Iohan Lambert he coude fynde out non els for his purpose His bloodye generacyon of mytred mahoundes and their shauen sergeauÌ„tes were not wonte to be so longe vnoccupyed His holye mother whom saynt Iohan reporteth to be droncke in the blood of martyrs was not wonte to fast so longe from that drynke but wolde coole her hote thirst ere that tyme hauynge so fyerye a stomake wele I wote that manye
veryte But for soche subtyle soth sayers as deceyue the people lyuinge here in all voluptuousnesse For thus beginneth the chapter Fuerunt pseudo Prophete in populo sâ—cut in vob is erunt magistri mendaces Amongest the people were false prophetes lyke as there shall be amonge yow lyenge masters also These shall preuilye bringe in dampnable sectes denienge the verye lorde that bought them Manye will folowe their voluptuouse wayes by whom y â— verite shall be blasphemed For couetousnesse shall they with fayned wordes make merchaundyse of you saith he but their iudgement is not farre of neyther slepeth their vtter dampnacion All this with moche more yet folowinge of Balaam the false prophete and of Sodom and Gomor is spokeÌ„ of your fylthye spiritualte yf it be indifferentlye marked And therfor kepe it vnto yow as yowr owne propre good and turne it not vnto those poste menne which haue no porcion therin A mysterye 1 Vvhich sayd full ranke That Christ and God Toke not manhode 2 Of Marye the virgine Vvhich vvas vvithout synne 3 Verbum caro factum est Ioan. 1. ¶ The openinge ZElouse wolde this Poete fayne be seane in his holye mothers quarell by y â— vyllenouse contempt of other But marke the ende of it Whyls he rankelye accuseth other menne of heresyes he playeth the ranke heretyque his selfe He deuydeth me here Christ and God by intermingling a coniunccioÌ„ copulatiue as though they were .ii. and not one Though Athanastus made a difference of the godhede from the maÌ„hede yet knyt he them togither in Christ. But this raÌ„ke heretique Papist disseuereth Christ from the godhede so makinge owr ladye the mother of .ii. chyldren He willeth also by this proposicion that Christ beinge manne a fore shuld take his manhode with God ageyne in Marye Thus concludeth he .iii. abhominable heresies in one In this had he nede to go to scole ageyne with his great diuine sumwhat better to be taught to declyne this matter Ranker heresyes thaÌ„ these were neuer taught of Marcion Manes Arrius nor Eutices the greatrest heretyques of all Therfor Pantolabê° maye wele stande in the fore warde of heretyques be first here of his owne Genealogye But he is sure to haue no harme of the Bysshoppes for their smellinge serueth theÌ„ not that waye But se how true the promises of the lorde are He that layeth a snare shall fall into it Who stryketh with the swerde shall peryshe with the same And he that iudgeth his poore brother condempneth himselfe Well blessed be the name of that lorde 2 The doctrine of these papystes haue a great shyne of godlynesse yet is it but fylthye hypocresye The blessed virgine Marye which was the elect mother of Christ detesteth soche fryuolouse and blasphemouse bablinges as they geue vnto her As that she was without sinne in her concepcion with soche other folysh fantasyes Was not her father a synner was not her mother an offender Was she not brought forth in Adam Declined not she with all other Had she no nede of Christes sufferinges with other Though the papistes supersticiouslye denye all this yet doth she swete virgine afferme it My sowle saith she magnifyeth y â— lorde and my spretereioyseth in God my sauer What neded he to haue bene her sauer yf nothinge had bene in the waye to condeÌ„pnacion ageinst her Oh blasphemouse here tyques and excertable papystes which thus denye her the benefight of owr redempcion Christ came to saue synners onlye and not the arrogaunt rightouse which had no nede of hi. Lyke as ye are false iustiâ—iaryes so do ye bestowe your stodyes She neuer couered as yow do with the proude Pharise not to be as other menne are But she was wele contented to be of the common sort to be exalted vp from mekenesse And as touchinge Peter Franke that he shuld denye Christ to take manhode of her ye lye falselye of him He dyed in no soche wycked opinion as manye haue crediblye reported But sumthynge ye must nedes laye for your selues whan ye haue done soche murther and mischefe 3 Full lyke a wyse clarke brynge ye forth that text Verbum caro factum est the worde became fleshe and lyke a fleshlye gentylmanne I maruele where this clause was afore that ye ioyned not God with Christe therwith but made them two by the vertue of youre coniunccion copulatyue ye do manye madde miracles whan ye come to youre owne wyttes without the scripturs In ipso vita erat sayth the Gospell afore In that worde was the lyfe and the lyght of menne But of that worde will you fatche no lyght nor yet suffre other menne to fatche lyght there so farre as ye maye withstande yt They must fatche lyght at you yet ye are those folyshe virgynes that Christ speaketh of whose lampes are oute for ye are chast geldynges all ye are that folyshe fygge tree which hath nothynge els but leaues Whan ye are in youre most pryde ye shall wyther awaye lyke a thynge of nought It is not this text that confuteth the vngodlye opinion of the Anabaptistes For all they beleue that he became fleshe But to proue that he toke that fleshe of the virgyne we must go vnto the stronge promyses of God made vnto the Serpent to Abraham and to Dauid That Sede of the woman sayth the Lorde shall treade the on the head In thy Sede sayth he to Abraham shall all the kyndredes of y â— earthe be blessed Blessed is the frute of thy wombe sayth the holye ghost in Elizabeth to Marie and so forth That illius and that Tui in the textes must be groundelye remembred than shall they not be able ones to hysse at it A mysterye 1 Next after this Came in yvvys 2 Barnes the blynde That neuer coude fynde 3 By nyght nor daye The ryght path vvaye 4 To Christes lore 5 Qui peruersi cordis est non inuenit bonum Prouer. 17. ¶ The openynge 1. BRagyngly styll brawleth this babler and can fynde non ende of his insolent madnesse The mouthe of a wytlesse nodye saith Salomon poureth out all folyshnesse The hart of a fole saith Ecclesiaâ—ticus is lyke a pott that is broken for it neuer retayneth wysdome Here is now moche matter agaynst Robert Barnes and all is not worth a nutt Now cometh Pantolabus in with his rhetoryckes of this yrceyâ— It is verye harde aborde with vs whan we are dryuen to soche narrowe shyftes that we must nedes haue to make vp our meters verelye ywys certayne w t soch lyke They that are exercysed in makyng wil iudge those meters lowsye But it is lernynge good ynough for the gracelesse Papistes lyke as draffe is most fyt for swyne The more folyshe y â— better for theÌ„ the more dawyshe it be y â— fytter it is for their grosse wyttes No they will be non of these newe heretyques they The wysdome of this worlde hath taught them an other lesson than so They will slepe in an whole
skynne though they shuld to the deuyll for their errours Next after this shall come in sumwhat but I thyncke no great wysdome into Pantolabê° brayne vnlesse he change from this frantycke frenesye into some purpose godlye and repent soche willfull wodenesse But I doubt verye moche in that 2 I thynke in conscience that a blynder beast than Pantolabus is not this daye alyue If I had nothynge els but these blynde poesyes of his to beare me wytnesse they were sufficient ynough For soche blynde beggerye yet sawe I neuer so garnyshed with the scripturs O bloderynge Balaamites which stodye nothynge els but to prouoke the people to folowe youre whoredome What Barnes was in the iuste quarell of God agaynst youre blynde beastlye kyngedome of Antichrist we are not so blynde but we knowe And yf oure testimonye shulde fayle the workes which he compyled are sufficient wytnesses to declare his godlye wytt and lernynge of the which we haue seane more than .x. vndre diuerse tyttles So blynde is youre popishe generacion that they neuer yet were able to answer one of them Which of you all with youre dyrtye diuynite hath yet soluted but the least of his argumentes in his boke of prestes matrymoney or yet of the Masses abusyon Naye ye are non of those It is ynough for you to crye heretyque heretyque whan ye playe noÌ„ other but an heretyques part yourselues Neuer are you good in Christen disputacioÌ„s but whan ye haue halters and fyre vpon youre syde Verye blynde Asses ye apere now a dayes for anye good lernynge ye shewe that is wele seane in the treatyse of Standysâ—e in Bonners declaracioÌ„s and in this worshypfull worke here of yours 3 I praye you hartelye what swete pathes haue you founde out euer sens the yeare of oure Lorde a M. and one In the which yeare was sathan youre great grandesyre sett at large by youre holye father Pope Syluestre y â— seconde which obtayned of him by Necromancye to be saint Peters vycar to worke in the worlde all myschefe by you which are his ryght fashyoned members I thynke the wayes are wonderfull yf we shuld laye thâ— out here togither Neyther haue you spared the nyght nor yet the daye to fynde out all fylthynesse Ded not you fynde out the worshippinge of Images the prayeÌ„ge to rodes the knelinge to ladyes the kyssinge of relyques the sensinge of aultres and the sekinge of shrynes with soche lyke abhominacyons It is vnspekable what nombre of sowles ye haue lost by these soche other path wayes of yours besydes your own wretched sowles This ded ye neuer yet recant by protestinge vnto your cures Good people we haue ledde ye wronge wayes by these vncommaunded sacrifices heythnishe worshippinges No I dare boldelye saye before God and manne that ye neuer yet repented it for all your oft goinge to confession so farre are ye from grace and all godlynesse The lorde of his great mercye delyuer ones his people of that malignauÌ„t generacioÌ„ of yours For neuer shall they be but blinde so longe as they haue yow for their gydes 4 Here ye are not ashamed to accuse good Doctor Barnes that right disciple of Christ that he neuer coude fynde the right waye vnto Christes lore As who shuld saye the pathes that yow leade are the verye iust wayes vnto Christes lore And this do yow write that the people shuld so beleue it Lete vs pondre yowr doinges vpon your most priÌ„cipall feastes of the yeare as vpon cristmas daye good frydaye easter daye and penthecost day And so se whether they be soche wayes as Christ hath walked or no. For whye those pathes which he hath gone afore are the onlye wayes to his lore First ye haue euen songe and compline in latyne withe the sensinge of your aultres to beginne the solempnite with these path wayes Christ neuer knewe The next daye folowinge ye haue mattens prime houres in the same vnknowne language ye haue holye water makinge procession and hygh masse with double sensinge of Images ye haue at nyght ageyne euensonge and coÌ„pline with sensinges With these abhominable wayes and soche other was Christ yet neuer acquainted But he demaundeth of yow this question by his holye sprete in Esaye who hath required these thinges at yowr handes CoÌ„cludinge with you that his wayes are not your wayes nor yet his pathes Therfor all your pretensed colours are false here 5 Full true is the clause which ye haue here alleged out of Salomons prouerbes sauinge onlye that ye haue changed the tyme to come into the tyme present Qui peruersi cordis est noÌ„ inuenit bonum saye you And it is there Non inueniet bonum Who so hath an hart geuen to mischefe shall in the conclusion wine no profight therbye I maruele ye toke not with it the clause next folowinge Et qui vertit linguam incidet in mâ—lum Lykewyse he that hath an ouerwhart tonge shal come to a myschefe This myght haue bene a premonishment for you that ye shuld not thus haue raged to youre owne coÌ„fusyon Of a wonderfull nature are the scripturs that they neuer will serue you vnlesse they be peruerted mangled spoyled of sumwhat This text here alleged agreeth better with no manne than with you For I thynke the deuyll hath not a more peruerse stomake than you haue as youre frutes here declareth I maruele ye marked not this in the chapter afore He that disdayneth the poore blasphemeth him that made him And he that is glad of an other maÌ„nes hurt shall neuer be vnponnished Almost in the ende of that chapter is this text for Barnes Preciosi spiritus vir eruditus A preciouse sprete hath he that is lerned speciallye of God Though youre whole generacion denyeth him this yet is it knowne to the Christen worlde by his godlye workes to youre vtter confusyon and shame A mysterye 1 But euermore By meane of ambycyon Ded so vve sedycyon 2 He sayd certayne In vvordes playne 3 It coude not be founde That vve vvere bounde 4 To be obedient 5 Vir apostara iurgia seminat Sap. 6. The openinge 1. YDyotyshe and folyshe are youre poesyes euermore and full of blasphemose lyes Malyciouslye accuse ye here doctor Barnes of ambicion which soughte nothynge lesse than ambiciouslye to regne after that maner of youre proude modye mustre Where as Ambicion is in his most pryde there fynde ye no fawte with him But there ye worshyp him with cappe legge and knee and wolde kysse his arse to please him To currye fauell he shall be youre singular good lorde and a prelate most wyse and pregnauÌ„t though he haue nomore godlye wytt than an ape Thus at a tyme Ambicion shall be youre God and yet to rebuke an other ye can take him for a vyce Oh vngodlye flatterer and false glosynge hypocrite Lerne first to se that vyce where it is most depelye regnyng and correcte it in yours selfe whan ye playe soche an hypocrites part
alteracion here to shewe himselfe copiouse in the latyne speche For most commonlye the papistes are full of â—ayne glorye But it is alwayes yll spede whan pryde goeth afore and shame cometh after But I thynke verelye this text folowynge was in his waye whan he made that change Ecce magnê° effectus sum precessâ—omnes sapientia c. Loke vpon me wele for I am a great wyse prelate I haue gote more wysdome than they which went afore me For soles manye tymes haue soche ymaginacioÌ„s of theemselues More mete were it both for Pantolabus and soche other to consydre by that chapter of Salomon that all which is vndre the sunne is but vanyte the worde of the lorde excepted And in so doynge he shuld wele perseyue that all which he and his generacion here maynteyneth is but fylthynesse dyrt and poyson nothynge furderynge the sowle of manne but destroyenge yt rather A mysterye 1 For vvithout doubte There is a rovvte 2 Of these same slepers And corner crepers 3 That vere a fayre face In euerye place 4 Multos enim supplantauit nequitia illorum Sap. 19. The openinge 1. in preson also after the death of Iames were glad to absent themselues for a tyme in diuerse howses to playe the corner crepers This therfore is non of youre seuen deadlye synnes 3 Nothynge agreeth this that foloweth here with that which went afore For he that is a sleper beareth no fayre face a brode so longe as he is a sleper Neyther is he seane in euerye place which is a corner crepet Wherfore these rhetorycall poesyes of Pantolabus semeth verye folyshe and wytlesse He shuld apere a moche better Poete wolde he ones leaue the companye of dame ignoraunce Trulye she is manye tymes to nygh his elbowe whan he setteth his penne to the boke Lyke as she is also with Doctor yncke pott otherwyse called Iohan Standyshe A fayre face hath youre holye mother y â— churche of Antichrist borne outwardlye in euery place with copes crosses ceremonyes and sensynges yet doth the scripturs call her a verye whore and the Synagoge of sathan And that fayre face of hers was first represented as a preuyall signe in him which was the first head of the Rome churche by the permissyon of Phocas the false emprour For his name at that tyme was Bonifaciê° which is as moche to saye as bona facies a good face or a glosynge pretence of counterfett holynesse The dowter of a mourthereâ— is that holye mother of yours therfore must she be geuen to murther of verye nature For Phocas trayterouslye slewe his master Mauricius which was the Emprour afore him so entered into his rowme In token that she shuld destroye the Empyre mayntayne her estate by murther 4 I thynke verelye that Pantolabê° will neuer be at other poynt but styll peruert the scripturs and sende vs to Hierico to seke them Soche a mockynge wretche harde I neuer of dayes of my lyfe yet neyther amonge Christianes nor Paganes infydels nor deuyls Here he taketh a spoyled text Multos enim supplantauit nequitia illorum And he appoynteth vs to seke yt in the .xix. chapter of Sapience where as yt is but the iii. chapter of Ecclesiasticus or of Iesus Syrach And there yt standeth thus Multos enim sâ—pplantaâ—it suspicio illorum in vanitate detinuit sensus illorum and are spoken vnto them which are to curyouse in the serche of Gods hydden secretes The medlynge with soche mysteryes sayth he hath begyled manye a manne and tangled their wyttes in vanyte If his syght had serued him wele he myght haue founde after in that chapter for a farder vnderstandynge of that text this clause also Synagoge superborum non erit sanitas c. To the Synagoge of the proude pampred vp porkelynges shall be left no helthe For the synne that is planted in them shall be roted out and yet shall yt not be perceyued of them But the hart of him which hath vnderstandynge shall perceyue thynges verye hygh The dilygent â—are will harken to wysdome and the hart that is wyse shall haue persyght intellygence The godlye prudent will absteyne from vyces and increase in the workes of ryghtuousnesse A mysterye 1 yet are they as frovvarde And as vnto vvarde 2 As the other vvere Of vvhom ye ded here 3 For vvithout doubt It vvill not out 4 That is bred by the bone ¶ The openynge 1. ALwayes is Pantolabê° one manne styll yet blasphemynge these poore innoceÌ„t sowles True is that Lorde of his worde and promes which tolde them afore hande that they shulde alwayes haue the worlde an aduersarye And that they shulde loke for non other frutes of gentylnesse therof but scornefull rebukes and slaunders In coÌ„fyrmacion of this Saynt Iohan sayth also in his reuelacion that as the true preachers hath at anye tyme fynyshed their faythfull testimonye or massage the beast that came out of the bottomlesse pyt which is the great bodye of Sathan or swarme of Antichristes broode shuld euermore make warre ageynst them and styll ouercome them as coÌ„cerninge the body their faythe remayninge alwayes inuincible Here doth Pantolabus which is a maliciouse membre of the same mad mustre report the true seruauntes of y â— lorde to be verie frowarde in opinion full vntowarde in faithe to his mynde They be leue not the newe articles which his holye churche hath taught of Saintes Images relliques ragges rotten rodes confessioÌ„s Masses suffrages diriges purgatorye processions pylgrimages and pardons withe soche other bâ—astlye beggeryes for their auauntage But euermore blessed be the eternal name of that lorde for so visytinge his poore people with knowlege from aboue which hath taught them to abhorre that fylthinesse wherin is nothinge els but dampnacion 2 As a naturall membre of the afore named bodye of Sathan doth Pantolabus shewe himselfe here For lyke as the seyd Sathan accused Iob before the lorde and hath bene euer sens an accuser of owr bretherne in his members so doth Pantalabus nowe accuse them also as one naturallye geueÌ„ vnto the same feate They are as frowarde sayth he ageynst holye churche and as vntowarde to do anye thinge to her commodite as the other sort that is to saye frith Lambert Barnes and soche other were afore of whom ye haue harde here in this worshypfull Genealogye Of them in dede we haue harde sufficientlye that they coude in no wyse awaye with the whoredome of your holye mother in her Idolatrouse ceremonies and sacrifices If these be now in the same selfe takinge also we haue cause moche to reioyce and to geue hygh thankes vnto God so to delyuer thier consciences from your Babilonishe burdenes It is a full manifest token that his persecuted churche is not yet all dead but that he styll lyueth in his trobled members according to his iust promes and shall do to the ende of the worlde For the churche that is his dere spouse is not gloriouslye painted out to the worlde withe golde syluer
power possyble to holde vp Antichristes kyngedome for fallynge and that with the most spyghtfull â—omempt of his Christen bretherne which is but a fylthye buyldynge For more enclynynge to Christes clere veryte than to their vnwolsom Papistye he accuseth them here most malyciouslye of preuye vpstorynge and close enclosynge togyther of cankred heresye As though the Gospell of y â— lorde which they haue receyued as his onlye power to saue them were most cankred and pestylent heresye Thus do they to cause the people to abhore yt and to brynge the worlde in an yll opinion of them that oweth yt fauer Non other is the nature of soche execrable loâ—ustes which are crept out of the smoke of the bottomlesse pytt but alwayes to stynge hurte sleâ— and destroye all that is grene vpon the earth All that hath receyued anye quyekenesse of beleue by the worde of the lyuynge Lorde wolde they wyther vp to the fyer of hell 4 True is the clause of Ecclesiastes that Pantolabus here allegeth for a full confirmacion of his matter yf yt were trulye bestowed Stultorum infinitus est numerus Of foles is there an infynite noumbre or an innumerable sort This was not spoken for the small flocke of Christes persecuted members whom the worlde reputeth for foles for they are but fewe in nombre Manye are called sayth he but verye fewe are chosen But this was first vttered for that pleasauÌ„tlye disposed multitude of this worlde whoÌ„ God hath reputed and styll doth yet repute foles in his scripturs The noumbre of those foles are infynite in dede and their swarme innumerable Of his faythfull seruauntes doth the Lorde knowe the noumbre for he hath their names wrytten in the boke of lyfe But of these ruffelynge rutters he knoweth no noumbre for his knowlege most coÌ„monlye is his acceptacion which they shall neuer enioye Wysdome had yt bene for Pantolabus to haue consydered this text there also Vidi cuncâ—a que fiunt sub sole Et ecce vniuersa vanitas afflictio spiritus I behelde all thynges sayth the wyse manne done vndre the sunne And I perceyued wele they were all but vanyte and vexacion of mynde By this myght he haue consydered what his folyshe Papistrye is not rysynge of the expresse worde and commaundment of God but of the syckle fantasyes of men That yt is but mere vanyte and madnesse and that the obseruacion therof is execrable fylthynesse A mysterye 1 But I praye God To spare the rod. 2 And that vvith hart They maye conuert 3 And call for grace Vvhyle they haue space 4 Dum lucem habetis credite in lucem vt filij lucis sitis Ioan. 12. ¶ The openinge 1. By all pâ—uyshe pathwayes of Papistrye hath Pantolabê° wandered here at the last he playstreth vpp his pedlarye poesyes and falleth full vndeuoutlye to his prayer He desyereth God without that fayth which riseth of his veryte to spare that rodde which he neuer yet threttened vnto manne For the crosse of contynuall persecucioÌ„s which coÌ„monlye lyghteth vpon the elect members of Christ are not threttened vnto them but promysed with his eternall rewarde yf they faythfullye beare them Only are plages threttened to the disobedient breaâ—eâ—s of the Lordes commaundementes And those plages are the verye curses of God where as persecuâ—ions for his truthes sake are his most wholsom blessynges Blessed are your sayth he whan meÌ„ne reuyle yow and falselye report yow for my names sake For great is youre rewarde in heauen A moche better waye therfore were yt for Pantolabus and for his bloodthurstye generacion to leaue their murtherynge vp of innocentes and to repent from the hart their manyfolde myscheues past And that ones done than to praye vnto the Lorde in faythe to withdrawe from them that vengeaunce of innocent blood she dynge which hangeth ouer their heades as a perpetuall plage rodde or scourge of eternall damâ—nacion Thus doynge they myght beccome of publycanes true Apostles with Matthew of cruell murtherers faythfull minysters with Paule the elect vessell of God 2 Charytable wolde Pantolabus gladlye apere now that he hath spewed out all his poyson and myschefe agaynst y â— true seruauÌ„tes of God A fayre colour sett they alwayeâ— vpon the matter be their workynges neuer so vengeable And in that they agre with their spirituall head the serpent which temptynge Eua shewed a bewtyfull face outwardlye with swete and pleasaunt wordes Whan they sytt in their consistoryes vpon condempnacion of the innoceÌ„tes with Cayphas they outwardlye pretende all godlynesse They first call vpon the name of God openly protestyng that they haue his ryght honour before their eyes in all that they go abought They sweare also vpon the holye Euangelyes that they will there do nothynge of displeasure hate percyalyte nor malyce Yet is the poore innocent in the ende coÌ„dempned accursed geuen to the deuyll disgraded fyered and burned onlye for his fayth in the Lorde Iesus Christ. Neuer the more is Pantolabus here to be trusted that he prayeth so bytterlye for their conuersyon For abhomynable is that charyte which foloweth of so moche malyce as he hath afore here vttered and that apereth by the fylthye frutes therof Not vnto Christ and his holye verytees wolde he haue them here with all their hartes to conuert but vnto the Antichrist of Rome by a newe obedience of his olde cankred customes whoÌ„ their lorde God doth detest and abhorre This is y â— dissemblynge charite of this worme of way wardnesse or maliciouse membre of SathaÌ„ This is the conclusion he seketh 3 Fayne wolde Pantolabus haue them to conuert to that false obedience of Antichrist that he might lyue lyke a gentylman and haue his dishes the fatter and his purse the waghtyer Oh it is a pleasaunt thinge to haue the people on both sydes of the way salutinge them with cappe and knee It is a good syght saye they whan the flocke foloweth the shepeherde and y â— parryshynes their curate yea but alas what is it whan the lambes folowe the wolfe which is a cruell thefe a destroyer and a murtherer For whose grace wolde Pantolabus haue Christen menne to call For the grace of holye churche of his holye father the Pope of his good lorde of Wynchestre his good lorde of London His good lordes of lyncolne yorke and Durham with soche other ghostlye fathers If he meaneth the grace of God I maruele that he forgetteth himselfe his owne generacion Me thinketh they ought in soche prayer to be had most in remembraunce consideringe they are fardest of all meÌ„ne froÌ„ his grace yf they seke not for it whilâ— they haue here space and layser it wyll be wyde with them whan they shall come ones to their strayght reakininge But they thynke it safe ynough so longe as they haue y â— Popes powr still in their handes w t Ego absoluote vndre a stulticia a stole I shuld saye For yf they maye geue grace vnto others they haue grace ynough for themselues
so haue lyttle nede of Gods grace 4 Manye a manne they saye shall vttre the thinge which he vnderstandeth not lyke as Pantolabus doth here And as we haue for example of Balaam kynge Saul Cayphas and Pylate whiche prophecyed they knewe not what Dum lucem habetis sayth he credite in lucem vt filii lucis sitis Whyle ye haue the lyght beleue on the lyght that ye maye be the chydren of lyght This hath he borowed of the. xii Chapter of IohaÌ„ to clought vp his matter yet doth he not knowe what it meaneth For yf he ded he wolde not persecute that lyght as he hath done here most spight fully The light that is there mentioned is the lordes eternall worde which Pantolabus with soche other craftye cloyners calleth heresye and wolde haue the people so to esteme it But y â— lyght that he wolde haue theÌ„ to beleue is y â— faythe of his holy mother with y â— olde croked customes of her Papistrye and that is no lyght but darkenesse most dampnable Omnis qui credit in me in tenebris non maneâ— Non that beleueth in me sayth Christ in y â— same selfe Chapter abydeth in that darkenesse meaninge therbye the doctrine of hypocresye or of outwarde obseruâ—cions inuented by meÌ„ne This promised he there to cast out with the prince of this worlde by the mightye aperaunce of his worde whiche shuld iudge those infidels also at the latter daye The cause whye they se not this light nor beholde the misteryes therof is that he hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hartes for their vnbeleues sake least they shuld be saued A mysterye 1 And for this tyme Here endeth my ryme 2 The Genealogye Of stynkynge heresye ¶ The openinge 1. ACcordinge to the head and bodye hath Pantolabus here fashyoned vs out a tayle He hath geuen vs as folyshe a coÌ„clusion as he gaue vs a processe afore And for this ryme he sayth thus endeth his ryme as though he were mynded here after to compyle more fumouse workes As for this it had made no great matter yf it had ended before it beganne for anye witte grace or good lerninge is in it For non other frutes it containeth but the cruell contempt of our Christen bretherne and abhominable peâ—â—â—ertinge of the scripturs I call them Christen bretherne for the porcion that they haue in Christ wherof no worldlye power can depryue them though they maye take from them both bodye goodes and lyfe For god is of no soche malyce as is manne neyther is he displeased alwayes whan manne is displeased But euermore is he mercifull whaÌ„ he is called vpon in faythe He receyued the thefe whan all the worlde had forsaken him and geuen him ouer vnto deathe moche more his faythfull seruauntes which suffreth for his veritees sake The tyme that Pantolabus here speaketh of is full wretchedlye bestowed and that he shall wele knowe as he shall geue the accountes therof As for his tymes what they are we nede not to describe them For they euerye where declare the insipient head and the Idell brayne of their fantasticall author sumtyme to short sumtyme to longe with barbarouse termes and more barbarouse matter â— What his ryme is in qualite quantite and what it contayneth in lengthe and in bredthe he manifesteth here in these .ii. verses folowinge Confessinge them as he shuld do to be his owne propre goodes and he by them to be a stinkinge heretyque in dede For he sayth that his ryme which is a frute of his own propre popyshe faythe witt and stodye is the Genealogye of stynkinge heresye Ergo he must be a stinkiÌ„ge heretyqÌ„ no remedy For the tree in goodnesse is all one with his frute and alwayes the frute declareth it For a ranke Papyst and Antichristes great frynde had we neuer knowne PaÌ„tolabus had not these papysticall Poesyes so vttred and declared him To stinkinge a matter is it to go vndre y â— kynges pryuylege Ad imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ to y â— vtter poyseninge of his people the Scripturs so shamefullye torne and their truthe so deuilyshlye peruerted yet is it no mâ—ruele though this heretyque Pantolabus doth vtter soche pestilent poysons consyderinge that a worme of that nest and a locust of that lake canne geue noÌ„ other commodite A mysterye 1 Vvherin I requyre And humblye desyre 2 All menne y vvys That shall rede this 3 Aboue all thinge To praye for our kynge 4 Domine in virtute tua letabitur rex super salutare tuum exultabit vehementer Psal. 20. ¶ The openinge 1. LAst of all now cometh Pantolabus in â— his humble requestes as lowlye as the foxe whan he seketh his praye and as false as the fryre whan he stodieth to deceyue But marke his rhetoricall style how manerlye it passeth here Wherin sayth he I requyre That is to saye in that stinkinge heresye for that goeth inmediatlye afore to praye for the kynge Is not this thinke you full workemanlye handled and lyke a pregnaunt Poete of the Popes pultrye thus to regestre his kynge in the Genealogye of stinkinge heresye as he calleth it And to desyre his subiectes to praye for hiÌ„ in y â— same stiking heresye also Abhominable is that prayer whiche riseth out of so stinkinge a desyre Is not Pantolabus suppose ye a pure handed artyficer and a cleane fyngered gentylmanne that so can polyshe his poesyes yes verelye is he and lyke one of the scole that he cometh from In the mart that he occupyeth shall ye fynde nonother wares All that is there done commeth out of stinkinge heresye yf antichrist their Pope be an heretyque For all that they do in their churche as yet are his dyrtye leauinges not one obseruacion bournisshed with the verite of the lorde If Pantolabus hath no better thinge to bestowe vpon his kynge but a prayer made out of stinkinge heresye it were best for hi to kepe it styll vnto himselfe For he hath no nede of that curse of God for all their blessinges are curses and their prayers synne after Malachias Prophecye 2 Certayne verelye and ywys cometh neuer into owr meters but whan we lacke matter and wytt to fulfyll them as I tolde yow afore ywys master Pantolabus the great grounded poete of the Popes greasye grauell pyttes requireth all menne that shall reade with a good deuocion to Antichrist this Genealogye of stinkige heresye which he hath of an ydle Idyotes brayne compyled to pondre his good zele vnto holye churche to praye for the kynge whan they may wele intende it For it is no gret good deuocion that here moueth him vnto prayer that waye but that he must nedes saye sumwhat though it were but for maner sake Great pyte were it but the manne shuld desyre to haue readers of his worke it is so notable As full is it of good Christen erudicion as a dogges date is full of swete honye How shuld they be stinkinge heretyques styff necked