in this tyme of my trouble with this holie consolacion in Christe in whom I dooe beleue renounsing the worlde the fleshe and the deuill beleuing all the articles of my Christen faithe acknowleging the blessed Sacramentes to bée the instrumeÌ„tes to euerlasting life and saluacion in Christ by the whiche God doeth worke in his Churche to the worldes ende to theim that shalbe saued one Trinitee and three distinct persones coequall in vnitee in one essence being is my God the father created ne the sonne redemed me and the holy ghost sanctified me and inspired me wher by I knowe that I am his elected and one vndefiled mother the Churche hath thus taught me in that blessed booke of Patriarkes Prophetes Martyres and Iesus with his Apostles whiche is Gods worke now master Theologus my time is at haÌ„d I praie you saie some thing of the resurreccion and then lette vs praie in the name of God together that it maie please hym to forgeue me my sinnes whiche I haue coÌ„mitted againste heauen and yearth and to receiue my soule into his blessed handes Theologus Good brother not onely the doctrine of Prophetes and the Euangelistes doe promise the Resurreccion to come of some to saluacion and some to damnacion but the same resurreccion is moste manifeste As for example Christ himself and other did rise and wer seen to many in Hierusalem and by the space of .xl. daies he taught the Apostles and was conuersaunt with theÌ„ and then asceÌ„ded into glory vntill the time appoincted to iudge the quicke and the ded when he shall sende his angelles to gather all fleshe vnder heauen from the .iiij. windes and sitte doune in iudgement saiyng come to me you blessed of the father and receiue the kingdome prepared for you froÌ„ the beginning Furder he saith this is the will of my father which hath sent me that all that doe see the soonne and beleueth in him shall haue euerlasting life and I will raise him in the laste daie and the holy Apostle saincte Paule moste heauenly doeth preache the resuraeccion to the CorinthiaÌ„s Thy dedde shall liue saieth Esaie and thy slain shall rise again and those which slepe in the duste shall rise the yearth shall caste forthe their dedde bodies I will creat both heauen and yearth newe saieth the Lorde and put the old out of my remembraunce many saieth Daniel that lie a sléepe in the dust shalbe wakened again some to life euerlasting and other to reprobacion God saieth I will open their tombes and bring them forthe and the holy man Iob saith I knowe that my redeamer liueth and that in the laste daie he shall raise me againe out of the yearth and shalbe clothed again with my Skin and in my fleshe I shall see God whoÌ„ I shall see with these same iyes and with none other These are comfortable and moste true places of holy scripture for the resurreccion of the dead you are assured in coÌ„scieÌ„ce of this blessed resurreccioÌ„ life euerlasting in Christ Iesus our lord Ciuis Yea forsothe deare Theologus but my speache is almoste paste yet I thanke God I knowe you all and I beseche hym to blesse you and when my spirite is gone I praie you burie my bodie with comelines not with pompe and vse it as an instrument wherin the soule hath dwelled and whiche the soule shall posses againe in honour in that blessed resurreccion Theologus Lette vs moste humblie here vpon our knees with our haÌ„des lifted vp towardes the heauen desire God the father for Christes sake to receiue your soule into his glorious kyngdome O dere citezen reioyce and be glad that thy labour is almoste past rest is at hande feare not the paine of death For it is impossible to escape that whiche can not bee fledde or auoided For it is written who is that man that liueth and shall not see death none no not one therefore suffer it my sweete harte pacientlie and that is an argumeÌ„t of good ronscience and of an heauenlie mynde Your wife mourneth immoderatly oh God all fleshe was borne to die This happened to our pareÌ„tes as father mother c. And shall not faile to all that shall folowe vnto thende of the world or comming of Christ. For surelie sweete life was neuer without the excepcion of bitter death it is no noueltie therfore wheÌ„ we doe heare tel of the departure of any of our frendes let vs not fall into a sodaine passion as onely the high priest did which hearyng of the death of his children felle doune and brake his necke But rather coÌ„stauntlie with wise Anaxagoras whiche hearing of the death of his beloued sonne saied to the messenger this is no newe tidynges nor straunge to me as sone as he was borne I knewe that he should die for of natures lawe is learned life to be taken and resigned no man dye but he whiche haue liued Oh leaue your lamenting good maistres why rage you like one whiche haue no hope Be absent or vse moderacioÌ„ remember holie Iob thesame daies when the Lorde permitted Sathan not onelie to destroie his seruauntes and cattell but also before age in the lustie tyme of youthe in the feast daie at one table his dere children of his bodie were all broken in peces and slain with the violent fal of the hous What did he rende his heere or fleshe no no he considered who sent them and who did take theim euen the Lorde whom he moste obedientlie suffred and reuerentlie thanked Furder good sister remember S Hieromie taking GOD to witnesse of an holie woman whose housebande was ded â–ª whom he moste tenderlie loued by whom she had but twoo sonnes of singuler beautee wanting no gift of grace or of nature whiche bothe died the same daie wherein their father departed When this Crosse was saith s. Hierom who would not haue thought that she would haue fallen madd in rending her heere breastes clothes and skin running vp and doune wailing and criyng with pitefull wringing of handes What did she Firste she weeped not one teare but moste soberly with a womanlie countenaunce she humblie kneeled vpon her knees holdyng vp her handes renderyng thankes and makyng praiers to almightie GOD saiyng moste humblie I thanke thee good lord for that that it haue pleased thee to take me into thy seruice I am sped oh lorde for thou haste discharged me c. Take also for an example the most worthie constauncie of that paciente woman whiche without moche lamentacioÌ„ did with her own iyen behold her dere children slain their members cut in peces and boiled in caldrens Marke how constantlie of late yeres childreÌ„ did se the flesh of their fathers mothers c. burn in the fire moste pacientlie sufferyng And againe fathers beholding their childreÌ„ doe the like What did thei râ—re like Lions c. No no but reioysed that God had of their blood stocke
euen so remember this worlde is the more slippry and the pleasures doe compasse all vnderstanding to Gods elected Because I will conclude the time draweth at hande of our deliueraunce caste your care onelie vppon God almightie looke not backe again beware of by pathes either vpon the right or lefte hande but treade in the true path or very waie of Iesus Christ himself I praie you let Ambrose Barnes rede the xj Chapiter of saincte Ihons Gospell and the firste Epistle to the Corinthians Chapiter .xv. If the time had not been somoche spent and the venime so daungerous and the parties so weake and feble I woulde haue caused you to haue been letten blood and geuen you pilles contra pestem with cordials accordingly by Gods grace if that would haue doen you any good but take this cordiall in good part Thus God giue you the croune of life whiche Iesus Christ without our deseruinges hath purchased for vs in his precious blood His name bee praised Amen Your W. B. Fare ye well We must folowe when it pleaseth God To his louyng frende and brother M. Willyam Conscience Minister W. B. sendeth Salutacion IF the almightie God do take care for the foules of the aire and flowers of the fielde and prouideth nourishement for them how moch more for his beloued men that do faithfully serue him in the holy ministerie of his worde and sacramentes visiting the sicke and buriyng the dedde The Capitaine that doeth but serue a mortal Prince how so euer he spedeth life or death behauing himself wisely and valiauntly againste the enemie is worthy of worldly fame and honor moche more the Lordes armoured knight beyng his Aungel and mouth betwene him and his people that stande in daunger is worthie in Christe to bee noumbred crouned and placed emong his Aungelles immortall by this I knowe that you are no hireling but vnder Christe the true Shepeherde in that that you flie not from youre folde when that Wolfe Sathan with his companion Death dooe woorke their violence against the flesh soule In this case remember these wordes Nolite eos timere qui occidunt corpus c. Feare not theÌ„ whiche doe kill the bodie thei can not kill the soule In this we dooe sée what the power of death is not onely to kille in vs the fower Elementes whereof the bodie is framed by sworde fire water sicknes c. But the soule is not made of any of theim but the Creatour of al thing hath made it moste pure of nothing vpon whiche soule death hath no power because it is of nature immortall But so long as bodie and soule are together not deuided that is called manne And whatsoeuer thinges ar seen with bodily iyen are ordeined for the same bodie and the bodie for the soule and the soule for God The life of the bodie is the soule and the life of the soule is God so for synne the bodie is ruinated and shalbe in dust vntill the resurrection But in the fal or death of the bodie the soule dieth not but is deliuered wheÌ„ the snare of this flesh is broked The fleshe with the sences are dedde but Anima cum ratione sua doe stil liue therefore I trust and knowe that you doe consider wisely thre thinges The first is the world with the wretchednesse therin worthy to bee despised The second our owne knowledge of our selues our synne our sicknesse and whereof wee are made euen of repugnaunte éelementes Thirdly is to laie hande of eternall blessednesse remeÌ„bring the mercifull promises of God As come to me all you that are heauie ladeÌ„ either with affliction of minde pouertie in Christ sicknesse or death and I shall refreshe you This is the verie Phisicion of the soule euen Christe and the perfit quietnesse of conscience God hath geuen you a talent full godlie you doe lucrifie thesame and hide it not Therfore it shalbee saied moste ioyfully it is well dooen good seruaunt and faithfull thou haste been faithfull in little I wyll make thee ruler ouer moche enter into thy maisters ioie And againe he whiche doth continue to thende shall haue the croune of life Bee paciente my brother Conscience and settle youre harte for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nere and blessed are the dedde which dye in the Lorde for thei shall reigne with Christe in glory his name be euer praised and his will be fulfilled Amen Be of good comforte and caste awaye feare be merie let not the Pestilent corses nor the noyse of belles terrifie you Inter mortales te non mihi charior vllus Te plus quam verum diligo amoque fratreÌ„ Finis COLENDISSIMO FRATRI â–ª SVO IN CHRISTO MAGâ—STRO Richardo Turnero Theologo Guilhelmus Bullenus S. P. D. REuerendissime obseruandis sime frater puto te literas meas recepisse in quibus tibi scribebam regimen contra pesteeÌ„ ac idcirco modo non ero prolixioriâ— febre pestilenti NaÌ„ omnis febris quam pestilentem vocamus prouenit e putredine quae fit ab excessum humidi Hac vero vt inquit Galenus febreÌ„ ex plurima humiditate putrefacta prouenire prutrefacta sine dubio potius quam a calore aucto fatenduÌ„ est humiditas Ideo materia est putrescens in venis vnde calor naturalis valde afficitur vno die omnes virtutes decidunt vrinae sunt foetentes c. Galenus Auic Rafis Trallianus c. affirmant in febre pestilenti est multitudo obstructionum praecipuè vbi materia vrgit ad cutim caput Multitudo materiae cruditatum in causa est Cura est prohibere putredineÌ„ Obstructiones igitur sunt aperiendae cum humoruÌ„ euacatione Sed si natura mouit tunc nihil mouendum est Hoc est autem remedium vt inquit Iohannes Baptist. Monta. Vironensis â„ž Syrup de Cichorio cuÌ„ Rhabarbaro â„¥ 1. ss aqâ—a Boraginis acetosae â„¥ 3. in quibus citrum sit impositum decoctum deinde vnguentum pectorale contra pesteÌ„ â„ž vnguenti Rosacei confortatiui mesues â„¥ j. specierumcordialium â„¥ j. Sandalorum alborum ℈ j. Rosarum siccaruÌ„ â„¥ ss misce simul artificiose fiat linimentuÌ„ pro corde pro toto regione ventris Mirum est hoc remedinÌ„ coÌ„tra venenum pestis Quod ad rationem victus attinet vbi est maxima putredo vt iÌ„quit Hyppo 17. Aphoris vbi coruptihumores putridi nihil perniciofius quam instituere tenuem victuÌ„ quia inter exhibeas ius pulli ponas semper in tuo cibo praeter acetosam succuÌ„ citri De reliquo velim tibi persuadeas quemadmoduÌ„ legisti iÌ„ Galeno c. Vale vale iterum eruditis vir sisque bono animo Nunc literas coÌ„cludo Nam plura non opus habeo scribere ne tuis optimis occupationibus in vi nea domini importune nunc obstrepere vi dear Martij
heare of this honest felowe I will be glad to haue his acquaintauÌ„ce I knewe diuerse of his kinsmen .xx. yeres ago GOD haue mercie of all Christen soules it was then a mery worlde and will neuer be so good againe vntill this Gospellyng Preachers haue a sweating sickenes in Smithfieled and their Bible burnte well would some wer at libertée for their sakes Well wel Ambodexter Oh I doe remember that reuerent mortified father that holy man bishop Boner that blessed catholique confessor of Rome if he were againe at libertée he would not dailie to make theÌ„ but trimly would reste these felowes and after burne theim you knowe his workmanship verie well Auarus He is my cosin Germain and Perâ—urus that honest felowe was his boie brought vp with him in his youth and your grauÌ„dfather did penne his prologue in the booke called De vera obedientia when as thei laughed merely saiyng thei had rather put to their handes then either their heddes or hartes wise men wise men Ambodexter Yea soche wisemenne will serue the tyme Prudenter agere and bee as wise as Serpentes and simple as Doues Auarus To haue the nature of a serpent I will stande with them but beshrowe my harte if I would bee as simple as a Doue either so simple fearfull or doltishe but rather as my good lorde Boner Quasi Leo rugiens quereÌ„s quein deuoret And thus he would expounde that texte whiche muste haue soche a glose vpon it Ambodexter I am a lone vpon gloses I haue arte in store to sophist I was brought vp .iij. yere with a Frier of mont Piller he taught me how to haÌ„dle prosa obscurum inordinatuÌ„ and barbarum with genus and species full wel I can haÌ„dle the matter bothe pro and contra Commonlie these are my figures and serue well to my purpose as Enigma proaemiae ironiae sarcasimus antephrasis chatientismus I haue many rotten rules whiche dooe serue for the purse I learned theim at Paris thei are written in an olde Barbarous Frenche booke When wee are at more leasure I will shewe thee all my cuÌ„nyng my gaines and profites Now lette vs conferre bothe together this after noone about our matters Auarus ConteÌ„ted in that case as for termes and trickes in Logike I forse not of them thei will paie for no horse bread it is golde that maketh a glad hart He deserueth reuereÌ„ce and rule that hath it and kept it go let vs dine together and sende for our friendes Rapax Capax and Tenax to kepe vs companie an hower or twoo for thei are good felowes Ambodexter Agréed I like their companie very well thei are my frendes and kinde harted men Auarus And mine also go let vs depart and not bée séen moche together abroade standyng in counsaill because our matters are not curraunte Medicus Crispinus where haue you béen so long I thought it a yere since youre departure but I haue shorted the tyme in beholdyng this pitifull picture of Lucretia and this fearfull siege of Pauie but this Mappe of the discripcioÌ„ of Terra Florida in America haue reioysed me there the gold precious stones and Balmes are so plentifull siluer and spice are nothing with them no labor is in that land loÌ„g life thei haue one thing there is whiche liketh me not emong theÌ„ Crispine What is that maister Doctor Medicus Thei haue neuer sickenesse vntill death doe come therefore there is no good dwellyng for vs in soche a lande Further it is saied that thei haue no debate nor strief in their common wealthes Crispine Marie then it is as vnprofitable for Lawers as for Phisicians I truste wee shall neuer be in that case in this our countree Medicus God defende vs from soche a Common wealthe it would marre altogether Now let vs go to the chamber doore and se how the worlde goeth with maister Antonius and take our Phlebothomer with vs to let hym blood Crispine I will waite on your maistership Medicus How doe you good maister Antonius haue you taken any rest since I was with youe Antonius No more Maister Doctor then if I had béen laied on hote coales Oh sir ther was neuer manne in soche a case as I am in I haue had moste fearfull dreames of theues to robbe me me thought I was in the top of a high tower tellyng of money and sodeinly there came an yearthquake shooke the tower in peces caste me doune vpon weapons all bloody whiche a greate nomber of Morians had in their handes from theÌ„ I fell in the fire whiche was like highe mouÌ„taines about me wheras was moche noise and a cruell battaill I did see there many of myne old acquaintaunce whiche sometyme were of greate honour bothe men Spiritualle and Temporall and the Pope hymself with many of his friendes Thei were in extreme wretchednesse and sore handled of fearful Monsters and wormes gnawyng vpon their breastes vppon whom was written Conscience hath accused me and hell deuoured me Ve ve ve and thus I am tossed to and fro alas what shall I doe Also I did heare many ragged and sicke people crie vengeaunce on meâ— and men in prison also that said I had vndoen them to inriche my self oh good God Crispine Sir I praie you let me hackeÌ„ in your eare Medicus What is the matter Crispine I will departe his talke doeth so moche trouble me me thinke he doeth wouÌ„de my conscience Also I will home and caste awaie a greate nomber of rotten drugges wherwith I haue gotten moche money in deceiuyng the people God forgeue me Medicus The vicar of sainct fooles be your ghostly father are you so wise Tarie still with me let hym paie for your rotten drugges for I maie saie to you that he is almoste rotten alreadie hymself me thinke youre conscience is to moche spiced with sodaine deuocion Antonius What meane you Maister Doctour to wisper in the Apothicaries eare Medicus Nothyng sir but I haue appoincted at what tyme that you should receiue yourâ— Clister and how your Ptisaâ—â—te should bée made and in what order that your frontarie should be applied to your forehedde to cause you to slepe quietlie These dreames are nothing but proceading of the aboundaunce of choler you are hote and drie also the time is very hote the Sonne is now xx degrees in Leo the Dogge daies are to bee obserued Notwithstandyng feare nothyng I warrant you life for life discomforte not your self a man or a Mouse Antonius You are a merie geÌ„tleman do your pleasure with me I will put my self into your handes I tell you holde here are .xx. olde Angelles that did se no Sonne this tenne yere Your Pothicarie shalbe well coÌ„sidered he semeth to bee an honest man and a cunnyng fellowe let him set vp all the boxes and glasses in the windowe and putte on his bonette Medicus What meane you sir I pray you remember your self so God helpe me you are to blame well
Roger for wee haue farre to ride this night Knowe what compaignie is in the Inne and whether the house bee infected or no Roger. Sir I was in the haule and there sitteth our hoste a pleasaunt merie manne and a good compaignion I warrante him I see by his nose that of al potage he loueth good ale he is mounsire graundpanche he hath chafed the Parsone woundrouslie whiche with a paire of spectacles plaieth at tables with him he stealeth fast the table men froÌ„ him Our hostes hath a sharpe nose thinne lipped a proper yong woman with a shril voice like a Catte but when she is pleased I warrant her to be a pleasaunt woman and full of meritrix The good man of this house bringeth vp youth verie well and is verie louing to his soonne and I perceiue he will beare moche with hym Ciuis Wherein Vxor. When I came into the halle my yong maister leaned vpon his fathers shoulder with his cappe vpon his hedde sittyng and coughyng like a lought Ciuis Call the chamberlain and let vs haue a chamber seuerallie Roger. With all spede a Gods name ChaÌ„berlain prepare your chamber with all thinges accordingly in thesame for my master and maistres Whip maister Ostiler with a caste of ligerdemain bestirre you sirrha and make xij.d of thrée botles of stinkyng Haie and a pecke of Ottes You can make a stoned horse a gelding and a long taile a curtall You knowe my meanyng welenough hem sirrha I saie nothyng but muÌ„ I haue seen you often in Smithfielde Vxor. What sâ—r sauâ—â— you take vpoÌ„ you to plaie the Comptroller gâ—e quiâ—tly aboute your owne businesse and let the Ostler alone Roger. Maistres it is merie when knaues are mette I did see hym ones aske blessyng to xij Godfathers at ones Ciuis This is a comlie parlour verie netlie and trimlie apparelled London like the windowes are well glased faire clothes with pleasaunte borders aboute thesame with many wise saiynges painted vpon theim Vxor. I praie you housband what is that writyng in those golden letters Ciuis Melius est claudus in via quam cursor praeter viam That is better is an halting maÌ„ whiche kepeth the right waie then y e swift ronner besides that wandereth a straie Vxor. What is that man I praie you Ciuis Non hominis consuetudinem sed dei veritatem sequi oportet whiche is It behoueth vs not to followe the constitucions or customes of men but to followe the truthe of Gods woorde And also there is a good saiyng folowyng thesame Doctrinis varijs peregrinis ne circumferamini That is be not ledde or caried about with diuers or strauÌ„ge doctrine Here is more folowyng written vpon the chimney good wife whiche I will kepe in store Oh God what serpentes thei are lorde defende me froÌ„ them I wil rede it to my self O mulier omne facinus ausa est plus quam omne verum nihil est peius nec erit vnqaÌ„ mulierae inter hominum calamitatis Vxor. Well man well truth seketh no corners I perceiue there is some noughtie matter that I knowe not but by one thing that I doe here you rede make me thinke all the rest is not well because the first woorde is starke naught that is O mulier whiche I am sure is nor euer was good I praie you husbande what picture is that folowing Ciuis Oh wife it was the picture or Effigium of a noble man which in his daies serued a moste noble kyng and was like the cutter doune of trees by the grounde But if God had not vppon some see ete purpose preuented his labour in the woode of Antichriste he would haue vtterly eradicated the rootes with all Papistrie whiche daielie spryngeth out in euery corner to the hurte of better fruictes but by Gods grace thei shalbe confounded as God will Vxor. What picture is that whiche haue a graie hore hed a long goune and a locke of gold linkyng his lippes together with many goodlie bookes before hym and a paire of blinde spectacles vpon his nose with a golden penne fallen from his handes Ciuis Oh wife wife it is a Candell couered with a Bushell and the noble Talente of wisedome hiddeÌ„ whiche must make great accomptes for kepyng silence Vxor. Sir in that table enuironed rounde with antikes of sondrie portratures the ground thereof is hoping Russet are three pictures blacke scholer like or in morning clothing the first of them with a Rake in his hande with teeth of golde doe stoupe verie lowe groping belike in y e lake after some thyng that he would finde and out of this deepe water aboue the Rake a little steple The seconde gapeth vp towardes the heauen holdyng the lappe of his goune abrode as though he would catche something and to wardes thesame lappe or spred goun doth falle as it were a churche with a stiple and quere c. The third man standeth in poor apparell with a booke in his right hande and his lefte hande vpon his breast with a lamentable countenaunce in simple apparell what meaneth this housebande Ciuis Dame I dare saie but little to this matter to others but to you I wil speake a little and not so moche as I doe thinke The first man is one that hath but a verie smal learning lesser wit lesse honestie he hath no vertue to prefer him to liuing but onely the name and title of a priest or minister he would fain haue a benefice or personage of some pretie donatiue he cannot get it at the Bishoppes handes he lacketh Goddes plough This felowe raketh with the Deuils golden rake euen in the conscience of the couetous patrons or confounders hart whiche geueth the benefice he plaieth Symon Magus he will bie it and with Iudas the other will sell it and at leÌ„gth it is gotten for gold and spent with wickednes to the slaunder of the churche God defend vs from soche rakers and Simoniakes The second is sicke of the mother and like vnto heires when as the fathers haue left them faire landes thei mourne of the chine and are neuer contented but wimper whine vntill the mothers are ded and when it so cometh to passe their wicked couetousnes by one meanes or other cometh to shame and pouertie This honest man gapeth for a vouson of a benefice before it is fallen doeth catche it or it cometh to the ground before the death of the discombent He wil not suffer it to fal into relappe This man is a steward to a greate man or kepeth his hall garden or barnes or is a wiseman a good husbande Loke where his maister is patron there he hopeth to be person He gathereth for his yong maisters his patrons sonne his patron must be his executour or some of his masters kinsmen This felow walloweth in benefices as the Hedgehog doeth with apples vpon his prickes hath the
shall alwayes doe you seruice and loue you with all my harte and bee at your Lordships commaundemente and to my power séeke to please you as my good lorde and Maister Mors. You are well ouertaken I am glad that we are met together I haue seen you sins that you were borne I haue thretened you in all your sicknesses but you did neuer see me nor remeÌ„bred me before this daie neither had I power to haue taken you with me vntill now For I haue commission to strike you with this blacke dart called the pestilence my maister hath so coÌ„maunded me as for golde I take no thought for it I loue it not no treasure can kepe me back the twinklyng of an iye from you you are my subiect and I am your lorde I will cut of your iourney separate your mariage but not cut of your yeres for thei ar determined when I should come this is your apointed time and when the time shalbe apointed me I will smite your wife childreÌ„ and seruauntes thei shall not bee hidden from me I will finde theim forthe be thei hiddeÌ„ neuer so secrete or flee neuer so swift or far of for I am so swifte that in the momente of an iye I can compasse the whole worlde and am of so wonderfull a nature that I can be in sondrie places at ones and in sondrie shapes in flames of fire I oftentimes doe coÌ„sume mankinde in the water I do kil theÌ„ I am marueilous in worke I spare nothing that hath life but I bring to an ende and to myne owne nature whiche is death Ciuis Sir I moste huÌ„bly desire you to suffer me to retourne home again into the citee and let my goodes in order to thuse of my wife and children to paie my debtes then godly to depart this worlde I desire no more Mors. I muste dispatche and strike you with this blacke darte I haue moche businesse to doe with the other twoo dartes Ciuis Oh fearfull Death what is these twoâ— other dartes in thine hande Mors. I will smite thee with this pestilent dart as I haue doen to many kingdomes citées and people bothe man and beast yong and old With this pale dart I will destroie infinite nombers with honger thei shall perishe for lacke of foode in destruccion of corne cattell wine oile fruit herbe grasse foule and fish I will make them eate their owne fleshe and make their own children to be soddeÌ„ and rosted for them With this thirde dart I will in battaill slaie in nomber more then the Starres of heauen and bathe my self in blood I spare not one neither Prince nor Peasant against whom I doe cast this dart I haue no respecte of any persone be thei neuer so noble riche stroÌ„g wise learned or cunning in Phisicke thei shall neuer preuaill against me but I will ouercome theim I come into the Kynges chamber at the time appoincted in force of Phisike and cast my darte that none shall se but fele I often come into the counting house and sodainly kille the money teller I ouerthrowe the Daunser and stoppe the breath of the singer and trippe the runner in his race I breake wedlockes and make many widdowes I doe sit in iudgemente with the Iudge vndoe the life of the prisoner and at leÌ„gth kill the Iudge also him self I doe somone the greate Bishops and cut theÌ„ through their rotchettes I vtterlie blemishe the beautie of al Courtiers And ende the miserie of the poore I will neuer leaue vntill all fleshe be vtterly destoied I am the greatest crosse and scourge of God Ciuis What is the cause O fearfull Death that thou doest scourge the face of y e yearth with thy Dartes and who hath sente thee for that purpose Mors. Neither is the saiyng of the Philosophers or Poetes true whiche compt that I come by chauÌ„ce to mortall thinges or inquiring the cause of the matter or Depriuatione in materia or of generacion and corrupcion And some other do affirme that I do come through the coÌ„corse of the starres infecting the aire poisonyng liuing thinges And therefore the Heathen in fearfull Tragidies and stories haue admonished the vain worlde to repent by setting forth of me Death Some of theim daily had the dedde heddes of their parentes broughte to their tables to mortifie their vanitees withall And al these men whom I haue slain wer Heathen men But I am the messenger of God his scourge and crosse to all flesh good and bad and am the ende of life whiche do separate the bodie from the soule I am no feigned thyng by the wise braines of the Philosophers but onely through the disobedience of your first parentes Adam and Eua through whose fault all fleshe is corrupted subiecte to me Death for through sinne came death Truly my maisters anger was so great in your parentes that he suffered me to plague with my hande the beste in his churche as Abell Esaic Ieremie Zacharie Ihon Baptiste and Iesus Christ his onely sonne whiche suffred me and seing that my maister hath commaunded me not to spare his onelie childe with his Apostles holy Martires Dooest thou think that I should beare with thée or suffer any in this wicked worlde He sent me to Sodome with his Angels to burne theÌ„ To droun bloodie Pharao And to slea the kinges of the Heathen Also I was at their endes although al fleshe doth abhorre me Yet Iudas and all desperate men did call vpon me Thus doe I ende bothe good and bad but precious in the sight of the lorde is the death of his sainctes and many bee the scourges of wicked men I am in gods haÌ„des as the sworde is in the man of warres as it is written The lorde doeth kil quicken again And it is he that did create euil that is pain or death light and darkenesse And whereas he hath not set his stroÌ„g angell to bridle me I am mercilesse and will kill all where as the token is not set vp or his marke vpon them whom he doeth forbid me to touch And that is not vpon thee nor vpon many thousandes that liue most wretchedly Thy daies ar but a span long thou art like a flower in the field thy daies are passed like a shadowe Thou haste run thy race and thy daies are consumed like smoke and thou shalt scante liue to drawe thy breath I must destroie this thy yeâ— this mansion I am so commaunded haue here is thy rewarde suffer it paciently I muste goe presently to visite a greâ—te nomber sodainlie that doe not remember me I will cutte them doune with my sithe like grasse and kill them with my three fearfull dartes The paines of helle doe followe me to swallowe vp all fleshe that dooeth not repent them of their wickednesse Ciuis Oh wretched man that I am whether shall I â—â—ie for succoure Now my bodie is paste cure
vs into temptacion for which cause we desire him not to lede vs into teÌ„ptacion c. Theologus You haue mistaken those places for God is not the aucthour or cause of sinne for he did so moch abhorre thesame that nothing could pacifie his wrathe vnder heauen no merite or woorke but onelie the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne And for this word I will indurate the verie worde in Ebrue is I will suffer Pharaos harte to bee hardened And so it was in the Lordes praier it is Ne sinas nos induci neither suffer vs to be led or fall into temptacion c. Therfore my brother it was the will of Sathan and man that caused sinne Ciuis Why hath not manne will to doe good again if he luste Theologus No if he had the eleccion to will as first he had he would doe the like therfore it is in a sure hande euen in Gods and not in ours As when men doe speake the truthe it is not of their owne will or power but the heauenlie spirite in them by almightie God are al the steppes of men directed though man fall into sondrie temptacions he shall not be cast of for the lorde putteth vnder his hande whiche is a greate comfort to vs in trouble when we are vnderneth the crosse Without him we can dooe nothing that is good No man can take any good thing vpon him except it bee geueÌ„ to him from heauen and no man dere brother can come to the sonne of God vnlesse the father hath drawen him not his wil whiche is moste wicked froÌ„ his youth vpwarde as appereth in our vile nature thought woorde deede And who so euer hath not the spirit of Christ is not of Christ but those which are led of the spirit of god are the soonnes of God and this commeth not by mannes will and power For the worldlie minded man dooeth not vnderstande or perceiue those thinges that are of Gods spirit without whiche he can not be saued bee he neuer so learned and can dispute of the soule makyng distinctions of knowlege and iudgemente callyng it the minde or intelleccion or reason or desire whiche is the will vnder whom the affeccion is gouerned whose spring is the hart All these make not to the heaueÌ„ly purpose but rather staÌ„ding vpon soche trifâ—es doth hinder the waie to saluacion in Christ and robbe him of his passion when we doe attribute fredome or frewille to come of our selues but that we are in Gods handes as his instrumentes through him to woorke soche thinges as best maie please him and he withdrawe his holie handes we can do no good therfore submit your self to Christ and his wille for oure willes are malignaunt and dampnable in his iyes Forsake your praue will and humbly submit your self to Iesus Christ saiyng now before our death Our Father whiche art in heauen hallowed 〈◊〉 name thy kyngdome come Thy will bee dooen in yearth as it is in heauen c. And thus I doe conclude of free will in vs and faithfully looke for the reward not of workes but of mercie onelie onelie purchaced by the Sacrifice of Christe thankyng hym that he hath made you mercifulle to youre brethren in this worlde whiche was the fruictes of faithe by whiche faith in his blood we are saued and shall receiue our almose or rewarde and not our duetie for wee are vnprofitable when we haue doen our beste Ciuis What rewarde is that I praie you Or what promises are graunted by Christ Theologus The reward is the remission of sinnes and life euerlastyng grauÌ„ted by the father for Iesus Christes sake frelie without our woorkes for there is none other saluacion vnder heauen geuen to menne but onelie Christ. In him we doe merite as wheÌ„ wee are mercifull wee haue a promise of this preseÌ„t life and the life to come And in this worlde also an .c. fold and in the worlde to come euerlastyng life And who that geueth one of these little ones a cup of water for my names sake shall not lose his rewarde And he commaunded to geue promising it shalbe geueÌ„ to them again And further he saieth breake the breade to the poore and it shalbe to thee like a gardein He saith not let thin executors or assignes geue the poore when thou arte dedde but thou muste dooe it thy self in this worlde Now while it is lighte for the night is at hand I meane death when thou canst not worke Remember Diues lost the tyme could not call it backe again whiche waileth in hell hath no reward for he trusted not God nor rewarded any man Furder recoÌ„cile thy self to thy brother for els thou canst not please God though thou wrough test all good woorkes and gaue thy bodie to bée burned for charitee is so precious in Gods iyen that who so wante it can not reigne with Christ. Therefore forgeue froÌ„ thy hart and thou shalbe forgeuen Make not thy will vpon goodes gotten by vsury nor by any thing that falsly in bargening thou hast taken from thy brother for then thou shalte not dwell in Gods tabernacle Neither shal thy children prospere vpoÌ„ the yearth but God will hate them to the .iij. iiij generacion for thy sinne examen well thy conscience death hath wounded thee whiche is common to al fleshe in thus doyng thou shalt passe from death to euerlastyng life by Christe and neuer taste vpon the seconde death emong the impious or castawaies Contesse thy sinnes from thy harte aske mercie be thei neuer so red and many in nomber Iesus hath washed theÌ„ in his blood and sprinkled them with Hysop and made theÌ„ as white as snowe now plaie the man in Christ feare not to depart this world Christ is gone before with his holie Apostles Prophetes Martyres CoÌ„fessours and Uirgines penitente thieues and harlottes also there is the armie of angels before his throne with ioye incessantlie honouryng hym Hell gates are sparred sathan beaten doune thy â—innes rased the good Angell at hande to conducte thee to that blessed lande of rest here is nothing but labour daies of care sinne wretchednesse a thousande crosses the snares of the deuill and many vanitees the fleshe moste inconstaunte the worlde a place of miserie and sinne bid it farewell taking thy leaue with the badge of a christen man of Christ crucified remember that promise made in thy Baptisme arme thy self with the brest plate of faithe continewe to the ende and thou shalt receiue a croun of life thy crosse taken awaie cast thy hole care vpoÌ„ Christ and he shall deliuer thee at hand and geue thee the holie resurreccion of bodie soule to dwell in one for euer with hym Ciuis Oh what comforte in conscience I haue receiued first I render thankes to God the father the sonne and the holie ghost secoÌ„dly blessed be the hower of your commyng hether
erected a people to reigne with him in life which witnessed him in death The examples should moue al christians perfit mortificacion is not moche to lamente for our friendes diyng but rather by the example of their deathes to remeÌ„ber our ende and then we shall not sinne Therefore better it is to go to the house of mournyng then to the house of banquettyng And when it shall please God to call your housebande awaie and the daies of forgetfulnesse shall approch as euery thing vnder heaueÌ„ haue the time bothe of mourning and reioysing When you doe behold your self in a glasse remember your face shalbe leane and pale your nose rotten your teeth stinkyng and blacke your iyen dimme and blinde your eares deafe and running your heeres fallen awaie your veines brokeÌ„ your senues relaxed and wasted bones corrupted bowels full of roomes and all your fleshe coÌ„sumed Behold beholde you damosâ—ls of vanitees and lustie youthe the pleasure of this worlde howe it endeth with stincke filth c. not reserued after death to any good purpose as timber when it is cutte doune but because it is so vile and will infecte the aire The corps is inclosed in a pit as wee daily se where as it consumeth as I haue said Remember this be not proude of noble pareÌ„tage of riches beautie or cunning but rather consider wher are the old lustie kinges queenes lordes knightes ladies where are the old courtiers and valiaunte men of warre where are the Maiors of cities lawiers bisshops Phisicions where are all the pleasaunt Musicians wher are become the old coÌ„mons in euery kingdom wher is become the Popes rotten holines with all the infernall malignaÌ„t sinagoge of antichrist c. al are gone and passed like shadowes wasted and come to nothing as S. Augustine affirmeth Oh man saith he goe to the chanell house or graues take vp the bones marke well if thou canst know the maister from the seruaunte the faire from the foule the riche from the poor the wise from the foole c. thou canst not do it it is impossible to know theÌ„ Well world well What dooest thou promise vnto all them which doe loue thee perhaps moche riches or dignitee How noisome to y e soule is riches the verie minister of or to all ciuill rule and mischief as damnable vsury adulterie treason murder it maketh one proude high minded and forgetful of him self It deludeth hym with flatterers and curtises of Hypocrisie it is the mother of vainglorie and nourisher of pride and idle life and lothlie glotonie It is remembred by our maister Iesus Christe whiche calleth it thornes and by his Apostles which nameth it the roote of all ill It is the maister of some riche men and women which kepeth it to their greate hurt And the foolishe prodigall waster whiche commonlie succedeth the gatherer spendeth it sone awaie in wickednes as it is saied easie gotten goodes are sone spent Therefore sufficient or a meane is well to a christen maÌ„ for sondrie causes For thei that will beâ— riche fall into sondrie temptacions cares broken sléepes he gapeth and looketh for moche spendeth little he can not be merie for feare of losse The more he getteth he is neuer satified that is a couetous man but still desireth neuer pacified like vnto the drie man in a hotte burning feuer Riches hath poisoned the churche and transformed the clergie specially in Roome emong the Popes and many greate men whose auncitours did kepe plentifull houses of the one halfe Whiche now is come to passe that now a daies in keping hospitalite or ministring of charite but breaks vp houses and hurt many poore euen for the loue of one glotton himself which wil not well spend it nor for his childreÌ„ which can not well vse riches For we do se how God doeth plague the séede of extorcioners vile vsurers c. What if thei had mountaines of gold so increased dolour of mind and death stealeth on all fleshe like a theif and smiteth the money louer the vsurer the oppressour the golden watcheman the greate officer marchaunt the wise gentleman that hath purchased so moche What is thende of this gere a dedde carkesse and scant a good winding shete out of the dore he must to graue he shall fare well Gloria mundi and welcome silie wormes I praie God that this tourneth not to damnacion Oh what is become of riche Senior Antonius Treasurers Capax Rapax Tenax Ambodexter ill gotten goodes are worse spent Sower swetenes and slipping Ise the golden intangled hoke and the drinke of Midas hath vtterly destroied him and or euer he was aware death hath slain hym He loued so well this world and life in the same that if his Phisicion might haue saued his life he would haue loste one of his handes and suffred his fleshe to haue béen cut with some broken bones with the coÌ„tinuaunce of paine ache and griefe with dreadfull slepes And when he did se no remedie the terrour of conscience tormented him vexed him and ouercame him made him rage and curse the time of his birthe his life was so horrible in the iyes of God and manne whose iudgement I doe commende to God but surelie greate plagues doe remain for the vngodlie Therfore let vs be conuerted and turne clene from our sinnes and wickednesse and so there shall no sinne do vs harme Let vs fast and praie hate euill and cleane to good make restitucion forgeue our enemies abhorre vice and be sorie that we can not be sorier Remember our accomptes and come bee tymes vnto the Lorde make no tariyng to turne vnto the Lorde put not of from daie to diae For sodainly shall his wrath come and in time of vengeaunce shall he destroy vs and except we doe all repente we shall perishe saieth Christ. Let vs repent therefore and turne vnto god that he maie forgeue vs that our sinnes maie bee dooen awaie that we maie saie From plague pestileÌ„ce and famine from battaill and murder and from sodain death oh lorde deliuer vs. From hardnes of harte and contempt of thy worde and coÌ„maundement whiche is the greatest cause of the wrathe and indignacion oh good Lorde deliuer thy people for thy holy names sake Amen AmeÌ„ Almightie and moste dere father of heauen we moste humbly beseche thee for Iesus sake haue mercie vppon this thy seruaunte whiche now is nailed to the painfull crosse of death for Adams offence impute no sinne vnto this penitente whiche moste willyng hath submitted hymself to thy fatherly correccioÌ„ but behold thy soÌ„ne on the right hand the onely mediatour for al the elected whose names are written in the booke of life Let this thy seruaunt we beseche thee most mightie God haue clene remission and forgeuenes of all his sinne by thought worde and deede committed againste thy diuine Maiestie now in this perille of death assiste hym with thy holie
ii tract iiii Rasis ad almon libr. de pest Cap. ii Trouble of monde or feare A goodly rule againste the Plague Note also y e Clisters are good before the openyng of veines Libri Epid. Sect. â—i Apho. iiii Consider twoo speciciall thinges Auicen Câ—rati fâ—bri Pesti â—i iiii â—en i. tract iiii Leo. Actus de med â—d mor. Libâ—i iiii Example Who maie not be letten blood Quantitee of blood letten Ruff. contra pest Auicen libri iiii Fen. i. tract iiii Paul Libri ii Cap. xxxvi Galenus libri ix de simplic Fuch de mede morbis libri iiii Auicen libr. iiii 〈◊〉 i. tract iiii Ras. Good obseruacions The beste remedie the worst meane Fuch libri iiii de moâ—b Electâ—arii de nucibiâ— Carbo Anthrax are one Signes of the plague Where the plague sore is placed Gal. â—ttribuâ—â—â— alter â—in â—midiâ— To knowe the Anthrax from the Cancer A cauiate for the Chyrurgian Note this well To washe the place A good medicen for the sore A good medicene to ripe For the rootes of the sore M. Gaile To take away the crust and the pain A cicatricâ— moste 〈◊〉 A moste noble pouder An healyng ointemente Good notes for the Pestilence Perfume Pomeamber againste the Pestilence Cordiall Purgyng An Epicures taâ—ke A nice gentleman Diete No winde but it doeth tourne some men to good Worldly freÌ„dshâ—ppe The citezen his feare His wife hes counssaile Iames. iii. Ephe â–ª v. Galen 〈◊〉 non aliter â—â—ruauis quâ— aeâ—riâ— mutatione c. Gene. xxii A wise cocâ—â—â— Barnet fielde Dogges and women Thre things â—onsidered in all creatures Rogers writyng The tale of the Lyon Pacience in pouertie Note this Ingratitude Knauishe ingratitude Marke this Iacke drake Traitours Rogers obseruacion CoÌ„parisons Merie when friendes dooe meete Horsemen Note this note well â—nauerie A frende at neede Secret murther openlie punished A tale of a Frier The Friers delites Yong Renob 〈◊〉 and Latro. Uhe Popes Patrone Pride will haue a fall A churle incarnate Closenesse in Usurers A tale of many Foxes What wisemen should dooe to preserue health An Epitaph of a couetous manne Name no bodie The fruictes of Usurie and Extorcion God graunt Of the Usurers Cowe Many Usurers Of geastes in the Inne Meritrix A yong man well brought vp The honestie of an hostler A parlour The truthe muste bee followed The best doctrine is Goddes woorde Mulier is a naughtie woorde saied the gentlewoman The Lorde Crumwell This picture signifieth greate clerkes euill occupied in keping silence The golden Rake A gaper A catcher A poore man I meane no honest or lerned menne Magus and Iudas Children sick of the mother remedy is the gallowâ—s Patrons Charlice Spirituall promocion ☞ Symonie Note this A Iudges Skinne A wicked Iudge his rewarde A good prince Money dooe great mischief in this world Uniuersitee the fruictes thereof One pure well geueth but cleane water Note also y e vertue gentlenesse maketh a gentlemanne Euenso auncient bloodde wrapped in vice â–ª is but grosse gentlenesse A Metaphor The hongrie Flie will fill his bealâ—â—e Flatterie of noble menne Who shal shoe the Mule The descripcion of the Romishe Churche The descriptioÌ„ of the prelates of the Roomishe Churche The Popes mekenesse The Popes practise The Popes almose dedes Popes Portars Coueteous Landlordes A foole Rebelles and knaues Peace and vnitie God sende vs. Ludgate Make shifts Seignior wâ—â—ters Happy priuilege and subtile practise Perillous thâ—euish bankeroutes Yong and folishe olde and beggerlie A wretche that refused good counsail in tyme. A lesson for â—â—ubber Well fished Mendax is described Well taken A good wife Newes A gentle gretyng Mendax doe beginne Mendax his armes A Ruffian Ironia Terra Floridaâ— described by Maister Mendax A battail verie profitable He was nere the starres No lye no lie MeÌ„dax bringeth good tidynges of treasure and richesse and where it is The beste meate and the worste meate Birdes of straunge kindes Ambergrise as plentifull as claie Precious stones moste plentifullie Diamondes gathred with Rakes A great losse it haue vndoen all Englande Cruel womeÌ„ A good common wealth The price of golde A miracle of double Bere Where it remaineth double Beeâ— A feaste for Fleminges Loquax A newe Ilelande that swimmeth comyng from Paradise Women haue wormes in their tonges Guiacum A great losse An honeste fellowe Pirates heires of wapping for their snappyng She describeth a ruffian Well ridde of euill store Faire fieldes Honest landlordes God amende them A nette for fooles A horse maister Feaer and dreade Roger did se visions A pitifull case Death appereth with .iii. Dartes A greate thunder Witchcrafte Sodain feare Death destroieth all creatures none can resiste hym The condicioÌ„ of a woman GeÌ„tle Roger A frende at neede Death will not bee entreated Death commeth not before his time Pestilence Our daies are set What death is Honger Greate vengeaunce The greatest crosse of all Note this Adam caused death Death is horrible Death worketh Ezech. ix Iob. xiiii Hell cometh after death Psal. cxxxviii No policie against death Remember this good reader Man moste vile carien ii Cor. xv Psalme ii and Cxix We can carrie nothyng awaie The best waie Past remedy A wiseman Tob. xâ—i Admonision to his wife and children Good things To late Sathans woorke Mannes wretchednes Christes death Mannes wiâ— Math. x. Psalme xx Ihon. xi Roma viii What the soule is Of free will Praier Mercie and not workes Rewarde in Iesus Christ Matth. x. Luke xv i. Corin. xiii Psalme xiiii Psalme iiii Psalme ii â—â—oc vltimo A Christian mans badge ii Cor. xv Comfort in conscience SacrameÌ„tes The holie Trinitee The holie Churche Math. xxvii Math. xiii Esaie lviii Daniel xii Math. xxv Iob. xiiii An exhortacion to death All fleshe shall dye A constaunt wiseman in aduersitee Of Iobs pacience A constant womâ—n in trouble Counsaill A blessed woma ii Mach. vii Remember our ende A glasse A glasse for faire gentlewomen Where are the old noble persones De vaâ—i 〈…〉 The greatest of the dedde The hurte of rithesse Spende all succedyng Gathrall Coueteous menne still doe couete Riches helpe not in the day of vengaunce What paines man will suffer to flie deth Forgeue enemies Sodainlie cometh vengeaunce A praier in trouble or death Hebre. xi The beste medicene A blessed ende A praier in the tyme of death Through the holy Trinitie is creacion saluacion A praier Uanitee plaâ—n vanitee in this world Restitucion Iob. xxiii Gods will The lande of the liuyng Genesis ii Sapi. x. Tob. xiii Math. xxv Yelde all to God Iob. xiiii Lamen iiii All fleshe is grasse Math. xviii Luke xix Eccle. xi Luke xii Math. v. Gods messenger Mala. i. Ihon. x. August de 〈◊〉 anima Cap. xliii c. Psal. cxxiiii The soule dieth not Math. xii The beste Phisicke Math. xxv Iames. v. Causa pestis Signâ— pestâ—s Curatio in quam câ—nâ—iderandum â–ª ☜ Dicta in temporac pestis