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
remembred nor yet they that styll occupye their landes And that are all puffed vp prelates with persones vicars and curates And hardelye lete not syr hugh holye water swynger be forgotten amonge theÌ„ The throwinge a syde of the sacred scripturs and the false deceyuinge of the poore laboringe manne shuld seme also to be twygges of the same braunche and sprayes of the same sprygge yea and to be sumwhat afore wylfulnesse in this generacion And therfore Pantolabê° is but a â—ole and foloweth to moche the counsell of dame ignorauÌ„ce in the descripcioÌ„ of this Genealogie or els he is a parciall frinde to wylfulnesse And I thinke that be the verie cause in dede This sure holde also he hath vpon his syde that painters poetes and Rome toÌ„ners maye lye by auciorite 4 The text whiche he hathe torne out of Salomons prouerbes vult et non vult piger proueth nothinge to the purpose that sluggishnesse and slouthe begate wylfulnesse More honeste were it for him that dame ignoraunce were farder of from his elbowe whan he shall sett his handes to the scripturs Sathan in y â— desert neuer bestowed Angelis suis Deus maÌ„ dauit dete more vnclarkelye than this text is here bestowed Salomons mynde is that y â— sluggarde wold fayne haue but it cometh not so vnto him where as the diligent labourer is habundauntlye suffysed For thus standeth y â— text after the truer translacion Concupiscit anima pigri et non est ei quod optat But as the sainge is the full fedde sowe seketh myre the vyle vermine corrupcion as Pantolabus hath done here the corrupt translacion for his purpose And yet will it not serue for slouthe to beget wilfulnesse though he turne it .xxiiii. wayes as fryre martyn ded his desardes hart Wonderfullye now a dayes are the scripturs handeled in Englande yet are there non heretyques on that syde of the waye For how can a papist be an heretyque to his hinderaunce whan papistes weare styll myters and robes It foloweth in the same chapter Astutus omnia agir cum consilio qui autem factuê° est aperit stulticiam A wyse manne doth all with discressioÌ„ but a foole declareth his folye But this coude not Pantolabus fynde out w t other godlye couÌ„sels there meÌ„cioned Wherfore his part here after is lyke to be sumwhat y â— worse A mysterye 1 Vvylfulnesse verelye Nygh cosyne to heresye 2 Begate myschefe Father of vvyclefe 3 Vvhich ded bringe inne His grand father synne 4 Qui facit peccatum ex diabolo est quoniam ab inicio diabolus peccat Ioan. 3. The openinge 1. DIuerslye doth this popishe poete resemble himselfe alwayes as blynde as a byttle and wotteth not wele which waye to wandre yet will he styll forewarde with his pedlarie wares Wilfulnesse he saith whoÌ„ he hath preferred here in his Genealogye to his other brethern I am sure for some olde familyar acquayntaunce beynge nigh cosyne to heresye begate mischefe It shuld seme here vnto me that Pantolabê° is not verie wele seane in genealogyes or els he daunseth withe Iacke of Bedlem a voluntarye rounde or a galearde at his pleasure For here he calleth heresye cosyne to wylfulnesse and yet he is .vi. degrees afore him yea and to make his owne asynishe rudenesse more manifest therin he calleth him here his nigh cosyne Trulye this is to folyshe to haue y t scripturs coupled withe it yf Boner and Wynchestre with other holye fathers wynke not vpon it whaÌ„ they honte for heretyques But parauenture he doth it here that wylfulnesse shuld be known to be all one with heresye or els to make good his purpose folowinge as to proue Ioan Wyclef an heretyque But as the Prophete sayth he that prepareth a snare for an other most coÌ„monlye falleth into it his selfe as Pantolabê° hath done here yf the abhominable peruertige of Gods worde be a kinde therof 2 He saith that wylfulnesse begate mischefe and I beleue it wele For Pope Hyldâ—brandus which inhibited prestes mariage poysoned vi of his predecessours to optaine the papacye Pope victor the thirde was poysoned at his masse by a spirituall chaplayne of his So was henrye the .vii. Emprour by one Bernardinus de monte policiano a dominick fryre in receyuinge the sacrament Pope Clement the seconde vigilius Sisinnius Ioannes septimus Alexander and aboue .xl. of them more were sent out of the worlde by the same spirituall polecye How manye poore cristen innocentes the .ii. horned termagauntes of Englande hath put vnto deathe for the onlye truthe of God it were moche to write Wynchestre yet aliue is fouÌ„de no sluggarde in thaâ— tormeÌ„ting office of Anticrist though he neyther sâ—yth Standyshe nor Pantolabê° fryre wattes nor quarry y â— pardoner w t soche other abhominable blasphemers of Gods worde Therfor tyrannye also might haue 〈◊〉 in for a childe of wyckednesse and a brother of myschefe yf it had pleased master Pantolabus So might cruell murther the slaughter of saintes and the vtter contempt of God haue bene called the fylthye of springe therof and not poore Iohan wycclef the verie manne of God for withstandinge Anticrist and his false kingedome yf the true quarell of Christ had here bene so ernestlye sought as is the Popes quarell though it be not so spoken 3 That anye manne shuld be father to his grande father as Pantolabus here noteth Iohan Wyclef it is a matter impossible in the right course of generacion But as he hath a monstruouse wytt so sendeth he forth moÌ„struouse frutes to deceyue y â— simple Of a spyghtfull malice is it not of Wyclef but of the verite that he taught that he thê° nameth him the sonne of mischefe For Wycleues father as coÌ„cerninge the fleshe was a christen beleuer and a manne geuen to noÌ„ yll â—haâ— we rede of I can not tell what euill sprete hath taught Pantolabus to be a slauÌ„derouse accuser of his brother vnlesse it were he that accused Iob. And as concerninge the inwarde manne he was a sonne of God lyke as all they are by his heauenlye gyft that beleue in his name For non can protest that Iesus is the Lorde God as he ded most constauntlye ageynst the whole regne of Anticrist but in the holye ghost For so moche as raylinge Pantolabê° falselye reporteth of Iohan Wyclef without auctorite that he brought in his grandefather synne I am enforced to answer in his behalfe by y â— auctorite of soche notable writers as I haue seane and redde Iohan Wyclef beynge an Englyshe maÌ„ne borne and a doctor of diuinite aboute y â— year of owr Lorde a M.CCC and .lx. redde the common lecture at oxforde and so coÌ„tynued many yeares after And as coÌ„cerninge his eloquence witt manyfolde lerninge and most innocent lyfe Philippus repingedon Bysshop of Lyncolne Nicolaus herforde a Doctor Ioannes Treuisa Galfridus Chawcer Ioannes Husse Eneas Siluius Hermannus Shedel and now in owr tyme O tho Brunfelsius hath in most ample forme
Popes obedience Therfor it is a newe maner of heresye that is here set out for menne to be ware of than was in those dayes 3 God hath at a tyme permitted the false Prophete to speake that was true As we haue for exaÌ„ple Balaam the sorcerer Saul the disobedient kynge Cayphas the cruell Bysshoppe and Pylate the vnryghtfull iudge But he gaue them not with it to vnderstande that they vttered Pantolabus hath here mencioned Martyne Luther to be of the same kynde that Wyclef and Husse were of yet hath he done yt of a wycked sprete and knoweth not what he hath written But the Prophecye of the seyd Iohan Husse whiche he vttred at the houre of his deathe shall make that saynge good Centum reuolutis annis Deo respondebitis eâ— mihi An hondreth years ones past sayth he to the papystes to God shall ye answer and to me By this he ment that after an hondreth years they shuld beginne to coÌ„sent to his doctrine whoÌ„ at y â— tyme they condempned and in proces of tyme graunt it to be agreable to the scriptures of God This Prophecye ded the Bohemes inprint vpon the one syde of their coynes and so reserued it from the yeare of owr Lorde a. M. CCCC and .xv. tyll vnto the yeare of owr Lorde ageyne a. M. CCCCC and .xvii. In the w c Martyne Luther impugned the Popes pardons power and auctorite by the open worde of God And therfor Pantolabê° hath spoken it trulye that Luther is of the same kynde But where as he hath done it of spyght and malyce he sheweth himselfe to be of a contrarye part As where that Luther is the popes great enemye he is his trustye frinde and louer A mysterye 1 He by his meane Hath baÌ„nyshed cleane 2 Out of that coste The holye ghoste 3 And hath brought inne Lyberte and synne 4 Posuerunt templuÌ„ sanctum Psal. 78. The openinge 1. GReat busynesse maketh Pantolabus herewith Martyne Luther for bannishynge that sprete of theirs which hath so longe vpholden their popishe churche of proude porkelynges the synagoge of Sathan the rose coloured whore and the spowse of the deuyll This sprete is not the holye ghost as he is here reported but the sprete which went out from the manne and returned ageyne with .vii. spretes worse thaÌ„ himselfe As with the sprete of errour the sprete of falshede the sprete of sorcerye the sprete of lyes the sprete of fornicacion the sprete of hypocresye and the sprete of the vtter conteÌ„pt of God with all other abhominacyons of vayneglorye malyce muther and Idolatrye In these spretes haue they gouerned their gloriouse churche of Antichrist euer sens they sprange vp vndre Phocas w t Mahomete Specyallye sens Syluester the sorcerer fat the deuyll from hell to graunt to his confirmacion and to geue him the iurisdiccyon of both swerdes In these fylthye spretes also haue their horned whoremongers euer sens by the same auctoryte bannished all godlye veritees and knowlege exâ—rcysynge all tyrannye cruelte and vyolence possible to holde the peple in darkenesse and ignoraunt blyndenesse And this in dede hath Martyne Luther lyke christes true disciple with all dilygence sought to redresse which moueth not a lyttle here the sycke stomake of Pantolabus he beinge the Popes Apostle 2 But that holye ghost which is the spre of wysdome knowlege counsell force science pyte and the true feare of God hath not Martyne Luther exyled as he is here of this lymme of the deuyll most falselye reported His workes shall in this poynt stande with him as wytnesses ageynst Wynchestre Bonner Standishe Wattes Quarrye the pardoner Pantolabus and all their affinite though they haue all the deuyls of hell vpon their syde He that shal reade his boke ageynst y â— Iewes quod Christus Iudeâ—s sit natus his commentaries vpon the scripturs with his other treatyses conferrynge them with the Popes olde diuinite Decrees and Decretals Extrauagantes Clementynes and Synodals shall fynde them so moche to dyffer from them as lyght doth dyffer from darkenesse or Christ froÌ„ Belial yf he be Christenlye lerned It fareth here by Pantolabus as it doth by him that daunseth naked in a nâ—t thinkynge that no manne seyth him whan all the world beholdeth him a presumptuouse Idyote fole No maÌ„ne there is which seyth anye truthe but perseyueth that the sprete which prouoketh Martyne Luther to destroye the Popes kyngedoÌ„ is a cleane contrarye sprete to that w c hath regned in the Pope and his clergye And therfor yf the Popes sprete be of y â— deuyll as the scripture sayth it is his sprete must nedeâ— bâ— of God And therfor Pantolabus holye ghost whom Luther hath bannisshed is not of God but of the deuyll 3 What lyberte this is that Pantalabê° here coupleth with synne makinge them all one 〈◊〉 caÌ„ not wele tell vnlesse it be fre will And ther vnto geueth Martyne Luther no lyberte that is godlye as testifyeth his boke de Seruo arbitrio And therfor is Pantolaê° moche to be blamed so to slaundre him But in dede his Lorde of Wynchestre hath brought in that lyberte now of late by y â— good helpe of Eckiâ—s the dowtye doctor of the papystes and taketh great paynes vpon him to make it a newe article of the fayth of Englande I thinke not the contrarye but his great hot stodye is also to sett vp purgatorye ageyne reparinge the broken chest of y â— churches olde suffrages deseruinges and merites to redeme the brent sowles and sende them to haueÌ„ by the vertu of Scala celâ— And therfor yf Pantolabus fynde fawte in the bringinge in of that lyberte lete him blame his good lorde for it not Luther The synne that he here speaketh of shuld seme to be Prestes marryage For that in dede they put out as an horryble synne whan they toke their oyled orders and were marryed to Sodome Gomor If Luther hath brought that in ageyne and dryuen out their souerayne ladye and swete sacred Sodomye he is worthye to be condempned of them for an heretyqye For holye Pope HyldebraÌ„de which was a Necromanser made this constitucion that non shuld be admitted to holye orders vnlesse he forsware marriage for terme of his lyfe Which constitucion hurt him nothinge at all he hauinge at his pleasur Mawde y â— Duchesse of Lotharyne with manye other more out of marryage 4 Farre out of frame is the scripture which he hath here alleged to conferme w t his folyshe purpose Polluerunt templum tuum O lorde God sayth Asaph the prophete a peple is broken into thyne herytage which hath defyled thy holye temple If the Popes churche were ment by that temple this text is falselye applyed to Luther and his companye For they haue not broken into that churche but gone out of it as all the worlde knoweth And in the verses folowinge are they mencyoned that destroyed the faythfull seruauÌ„tes of God by sheding their blood and geuynge their fleshe to the fowles of the
holye churche also to fyll hell We rede of a watchynge deuyll whether he were a prest or no that can I not tell but he begate Marlyne the great Prophete of Wales of an holye nonne of saynt Peters in Carmalyn which was the dowter of the kynge of Demecia to conferme this blessed storye with all About a fourescore yeares after that was one Alwinus then bysshop also of Wynchestre accused of yll rule with Emme kyng Edwardes mother so commytted to the examynacyon of the clergye in the yeare of oure Lorde a thousande fyftye but through spirituall fauer he escaped it full well As wytnesseth Rhegino pruniensis whan Charles the seconde Emprour returned agayne into Almanye from his warres with the NormÌ„nes he founde Limphardus the bysshop of Versell which was his chefe councellour so famylyar with his wyfe or empresse Richarda that he coude do no lesse than laye aduouterye to his charge Remigius the bisshop of Dorcestre was depryued of his bisshoprycke by Pope Alexander the seconde bycause he was proued a prestes sonne Eyther had prestes wyues of their owne in those dayes or els there was some other good workemanshyp a brode As â—udaâ—icus y â— archebisshop of â—â—adeburge was daunsynge at mydnyght in a towne called Caâ—ua with her that he loued best he sodenlye fell dead and neuer recouered it in the yeare of oure Lorde a M.CCC.lxxxiii As that holye nonne laye a dyenge which brought forth at one byrthe Petrus Lombatdus the master of the senteÌ„ces Petrus Commestor the master of the hystories and Gracianus monachus the master of the Popes lawes or decrees and was admonisshed of her ghostlye father to be sorye for that aduoâ—trye for soth father quoth she I can not repent it consyderynge that holye churche hath receyued soche thre lyghtes thereof Iohan Eckius that impudeÌ„t warryour of anticrist and the onlye instructour of Englande in that article and certen other in the boke which he farelye made agaynst Martyne Luther grauÌ„teth himselfe not to be Amartiton oâ— a maÌ„ne all without synne He can not he sayth excuse himselfe but that he hath bene as other menne are which hath not obserued the chastyte of Hypolitus for yf he ded we knowe the coÌ„trarye yet will not that brent consciensed hypocrite afferme it to be lawfull for a prest to marye in the lorde so indurate is he to this houre Though Benedict the .xii. Pope graunted to Franciscus Petrarcha which was a Canon of Padua archedeacon of Parma to take one Laureta to wyfe retayninge styll his benefices yet wolde he not afferme it lawfull that prestes myght marrye but onelye by soch blynde dispensacioÌ„s for his owne carnall purpose For this was the chefe cause of his beneuolence towarde him Petrarcha had a fayre syster in Auinion in the howse of his brother Ghirarde whose felyship the holy father ded inwardlye couete workynge manye feate polycies for it He promised besydes this speciall prerogatiue vnto y â— seyd Petrarcha to make him a Cardinall and to geue him greate goodes in case he wolde bringe it to passe Vnto whom as a manne fearynge God Petrarcha made this answer The lorde of heuen forbydde sayth he that euer so fylthye a diademe shulde couer my head And with this he departed the Popis court and so fled into Italie recompensynge there shortlye after by wrytinge this vnworthye demaunde of the Pope as testifyeth Philelphus His impacable furye not yet qualyfyed this holye father by manyfolde gyftes and rewardes made Ghirarde his brother a mannefyt for his hande and so at the last abhominably corrupted the mayde For the which the seyde Ghirarde hauynge great remorse of conscience made himselfe a Charterose monke in Materne not farre from Marsilia to make all to the deuyll Petruo Ryarius a mynorite or graye fryre of Genua and prest cardinall of saynt Sixte in Rome procured of Pope Sixtus y â— fort his vncle by the helpe of his brother Hierome a dispensacyon for the whole how sholde of the cardinall of Saynt Lucie to haue the fre occupyenge of buggerye boyes for the .iii. hotter monthes of the yeare with this clause in the ende Fâ—at vt petitur O fylthynesse noâ— to be spoken but that their hypocresye requireth it in these latter dayes the vengeauÌ„ce of God most depelye hangynge ouer them Nomore am I now ashamed to open their abhominacions than they are yet styll with the dissemblynge tytle of their stynkinge chastyte to couer them The seyd religionsâ— cardinall Peter spent within the space of two yeares .ii. hondred thousande florence in most prodigiouse lecherye And dyed all rotted in that fylthynesse in the .xxviii. yeare of his age the yeare of oure lorde â— M CCCC lxxiiii Petrus Mendosa the cardinall of Valencia in Spayne was not onlye satisfyed with y â— quene vndre kyng Ferdinandus nose besydes other whores but he sent to the Pope for a lycence to occupye his owne sonne the marques of zanet What ruffâ—lynge Pope Iulius made with the cardinall of Nantes in Brytayne for two yonge laddes which the French quene Anne coÌ„mytted vnto him it wolde abhorre honeste eares to heare Pope Clement the .vii. was reported of some wryters to be a bastarde a manqueller a poâ—sener abawde a symonyake a Sodomyte a periure a rauysher a sorcerer a sacreleger a worker of all other myscheues as Wynchestre is now in Englande whose chast lyfe men maye coÌ„iecture by his chekes and ordre Oh that the earthe open not at soche wretchednesse I thinke in Sodome and Gomorre were neuer soche prodigiouse kyndes of fylthynesse as are yet in that spiritualte yet will they be styll a chast generacyon and holde marryage for synne The syster of Alexander farnesius which is now saynt Peters vycar yf he hath anye vndre the name of the .iii. Paule was at this narraw poynt with Pope Leo the .x. no longar to be his owne swete lemanne vnlesse he wold make her brother a cardinall after his wyfe was dead which was than but his scrybe and coÌ„ueyar In all hast possyble was this graunted and perfourmed he constitute bysshop of Hostyense These and soche other lyke examples of holye churche are the frutes of Pantolabus holye ghost that Luther hath bannysshed by his manyfolde heresyes And in the sted of them hath he brought in maryage whom Pantolabê° hath dyffyned to be synne here though it be the clere institucyon of God But parauenture Pantolabê° God is not the God that made marryage and therefore he dare do that wele ynough A mysterye 1 Next after him Is his chefe lym 2 One Melanchtonus Nequaquam bonus 3 Euanuerunâ— in cogitationibus sut◠〈◊〉 â— The openinge 1. IN this processe folowynge is Pantolabus compelled to playe Myhell make shyft No longar will his wittes serue him to coÌ„tinue forth his genealogie by anye maner waye of naturall propagacyon But now he boroweth a lymme of him an other lymme of him Now seketh he to fatche in that coÌ„mer in and
oute vngracyouse teachers in Englande that they founde not out Standysshe and Pantolabus Bonner and Wynchestre I thynke they coude not haue founde moche worse yf they had sought the worlde all ouer No though they had founde out the deuyll himselfe For in their doctryne is y â— true Christen fayth blasphemed the sacred scripturs perueâ—ted moste wretchedlye the seruauntes of God maâ—yâ—ned the peple of the worlde deluded the pryce of oure redempcyon contempned and all Eabylonishe beggerye for them persuaded yea Standyshe was not ashamed ones in his fylthye preachynge to make Christes blood no better than the blood of a swyne There are yet in London a greate sort lyuynge that harde him yet is he a lewde preacher styll and not condempned of the bysshoppes for an heretyque There shall no soche come in the Genâ—alogie of heresye Pantolabê° hath here full honorably beshytt the scripturs and full lyke a worshypfull gentylman of y â— Popes churche And so hath he putt them forth a brode vndre the kynges pryuylege Ad imprimendum solum both by Robert Wyer and also by Iohan Redman which care not what they do for moneye yet is he not founde out for an vngracyouse teacher But yf he had ryghtlye taught the Gospell he had bene founde out ere this tyme. 2 What labours ye haue taken and how busylye ye haue applyed yt to set vp the kyngedome of the deuyll by all madde mastryes of ydolatrye the Chronycles declareth at large And how ye sturre about ye now with olde rotten poles and sparres to holde vp youre holye mother for fallynge we are not so blynde but we perseyue yt Prouyde ye for necessaryes apace se that she droppe not awaye sodenlye in the feuer she hath now a dayes Bynde vp her head for sweruynge lappe vp her bodye warme for sursetynge and prouyde her a cawdell of calues egges to recouer her agayne yf yt maye be Luther hath febled her sore so hath Oecolampadiê° and zwinglius Barnes here in Englande was not all behynde with his part nomore was Iohan Frith and Tyndale But happye ye are that Thomas CroÌ„well lyued not for he had by this tyme made her no verye beuityfull gentyll woman Wele now ye haue gotten the ouerhande of her enemyes applye ye apace whyle ye haue layser to set her vp agayne Be now no sluggardes in youre holye water makynge nor yet in youre sensynges and goynge processyon ye shall fynde my lorde Gardyner of Wynchestre my lorde Bonner of London with other good prelates of the realme verye fauorable and assisâ—ent vnto you so that ye meddle not with the Gospell Therfore applye ye apace se there be founde in ye no slackenesse 3 The precyouse worthynesse of thynges 〈◊〉 out by your Egypciall generacyon is sone valued I report me here to this worthye genealogye of yours Forsoth yt is honorable ware and worthye to haue soche a Poete for y â— author It is no maruele though these newe bokes now a dayes be thynges nothynge worth For they bring neyther tythes nor offerynges deuocyoÌ„s nor treÌ„tals purgatorye pens nor pyssages Ther are more swete profyghtes to be pycked oute of one Sarum masse boke than out of them all yea God saue Sermones discipuli w t the portas processyoner olde festiuall For a moch better worlde was yt whan they were vsed than yt is now a dayes It was a good worlde w t prestes whan they stodyed nothynge els but fryre Albert de secretis mulieruÌ„ to fatche in their tythes other profyghtes Longe was â—t ere Iohan Maior in Parys a great lerned manne coude proue by naturall reason by the scripturs that watchyng spretes myght begett wemen with chylde as one of them ded the noÌ„ne of wales that was Marlynes mother Was not this thynke you a good vertuouse stodye sumwhat worth when it was ones brought to lyght They haue sett forth manye of these good workes lyke good vertuouse fathers and profytable workemen yet hath fewe or non founde sawte in them 4 Sumwhat meaneth Pantolabê° here by this heresye and treason that was so openlye preached But I trust he will discoueâ— noÌ„ of his owne affynite though manye of them were hanged for them at y â— rysynge vp in the Northe Doctor Baylye in Sothfolke wroughte great myracles by syr Roger Wenforthes dowter to auauÌ„ce the great ladye of Ippes wyche Doctor Bockynge lyke wyse ded wonderfull feates at Caunterberye in kent by Elyzabeth Berton to sett vp a newe pylgrimage at Court vp strete Doctor Cronkeâ—orne had certen reuelacioÌ„s of a newe kyngedome that was coÌ„mynge vpon this clause of Te DeuÌ„ Aperuisti credeÌ„tibus regna celoruÌ„ And preached theÌ„ in dyuerse townes of Easisexe as y â— monasteryes were in suppressynge by y â— vertu of this text Tempê° faciâ—â—di domine dissipaueruÌ„t legem tuâ— It is tyme lorde to sturre about y â— For yf thu tarrye moche longar y â— heretyques will marre all Doctor Pyckerynge other prelates ded lyttle other for .2 years space but moue the prestâ—s of the North to prouoke y â— peple in their lent confessyons to the pylgrimage of grace agaynst y â— kynge his counsell Besydes y â— propre feates that were done by doctor Macketell y â— vycar of Lowthe Reynoldê° of Shene y â— charterouse monkes y â— obseruauÌ„t fryers dyuerse other that were hanged quartered But these will not Pantolabê° accuse for preachers of heresye treason because their doctryne doth please him well specyallye because y â— pope hath newly canonysed theÌ„ for his sayntes A mysterye 1 The first captayne Of this false trayne 2 Vvas one Iohan Frith Vvhich had no pyth 3 Of lernynge nor vvytt Not vvorth a nytt 4. Via stulti recta in oculis eius psal 12. The openinge 1. NOt one of these scysmatiques afore rehersed coude Pantolabus fynde in his hart to appoynt oute for a captayne yet were they of a false sedicyouse trayne both of heresye and treason as his selfe is yet sâ—yll with other of that affynite The lorde Datsye was in those dayes a myghtye great captayne So was the lorde Husseye So were syr Robert Constable syr Thomas Percye syr Iohan Bulmer syr Steuen Hamerton syr George Lumlaye with Rafe Bulmet Nycolas Tempest a great sort more Robert Aske was in that pylgrimage of grace for y â— Popes holye churche no small doar though he had but one eye Nomore was captayne Cobler that valeauÌ„t George on horse backe with his Lyncolne shere bowes and baggepypes yet are they not founde fytt to occupye a rome in this noble Genealogye Manye spirituall captaynes also and wyse counsellers were at the same selfe tyme verye busye to promote that ghostlye quarell forâ—warde As Iames Locherell the prior of Gysburgh Wyllyam Wytlesse the prior of Brydlyngton Adam Sedbar Abbot of Garbeleye Wyllyam Thyrske abbot of Fenleye the abbot of Oborne the abbot of Sawleye the abbot of Whawleye the abbot of Glastenâ—erye the
els beleue but that they haue in falsehede taught them as the blynde with the blynde so fallynge into the dytche Here is it boasted of PaÌ„tolabê° that his good lorde of Wynchestre that greate diuyne proued lambert an heretyque with this pronowne hoc The sentence that Christ spoke at his last supper amonge his disciples and bretherne had neyther hic nor hoc for it was in the Hebrue speche which hath neyther of both Wherefore the declynynge of hoc maketh nothynge at all for the tryall of anye veryte therin More to the purpose had the comparynge or conferrynge of that Latine pronowne with panis or with corpus bene than the declynâ—nge therof That is yet all togither to folyshe I put Wynchestre and Pantolabus the case that the Hebrue hath not the newtre gendre as it hath not in dede How will they thaÌ„ with their newe diuinite declyne their pronowne hoc I thinke both their wittes wyll scarselye wele serue them hauinge no better helpe thaÌ„ themselues Erasmê° saith also in his annotacions that this verbe substantyue est is not in the Greke nomore than it is in the Hebrue I maruele how they wolde handle this matter also yf they shuld graÌ„maticallye declyne it It is a worlde they saye to heare foles prate whan they be vpon their alebenche 4 Now cometh forth the text that must make vp all their market yf it be not all togither ageynst theÌ„ which is to be feared We fynde not in y â— Gospell neyther of Matthew Marke nor Luke nor yet in Paule to the Corinthes that Christ breathed vpon y â— bread whan he seyd Hoc est corpus meum For all they make mensyon that it was out of his handes and delyuered to his Apostles befor he spake those wordes Therfor that breathinge of yowrs vpon the breade is but a newe sounde toye of yowr owne sorcerye to make men beleue that ye are great doers by the vertu of yowr oylinges and shauinges He gaue thankes in dede vnto God his father but the wordes of his thankesgeuinge which were the wordes of his consecracioÌ„ he lest not here be hinde him soryow to df yowr feates with For he knewe yow subtyâ—e worke menne ye haue alwayes a craftye custome for your occupacioÌ„ is nothinge els but crafte to gelde yowr scriptures of so moche as ye thinke shuld discouer yow Quod pro vobis tradetur had as good place and was as wele allowed in Christes consecracion as yow falselye take it as had Hoc est corpus meuÌ„ And I thinke verely that y â— one declareth the other after his meanyng but not after your subtile meaning for your aduaÌ„tage He called that his body that shuld be betrayed for theÌ„ now construe you y â— rest because yeare so coÌ„ning in construccioÌ„s By as clarkely diuinite as you do vse here a maÌ„ne might axe yow whether ye call that hoc of yowrs this or that As this is my bodye w t sitteth or that is my bodye which ye haue eaten For he badde them both take and eate and paused sumwhat after before he sayd This is my bodye which shall be betrayed for yow ¶ Amysterye 1 But lyke a blocke He had nought to saye Nother ye nor naye 2 Vvher for lyke a davve He vvas iudged by the lavve 3 To be dravvne verelye And burned for heresye 4 Confuse sunt sapientes Hiere 3. ¶ The openinge 1. XErxes the cruell kyng of the Parthyanes in his frantyck furye made proude preparacions of .x. hâ—ndreth thousande soudiours ageynst the Grekes yet was he at y â— latter slayne but of one simple captayne called Artabanus Verye lyke is it to be so here with Pantolabus yf he taketh not hede Though he hath vpoÌ„ his syde the Popes great armye or infynite host of cardinals Bisshoppes suffraganes archedeacons chauncellers officials coÌ„missaryes deanes prebendes colligeners doctors bachyllers persones curates prestes lawers purgatorye prowlers and holye water mongers with hattes whodes myters scarlettes furres cattes tayles coÌ„missioÌ„s scrowles cytacions pardons surpleses crysmatoryes stoles and oyle boxes with the deuill and all yet shall poore Christ with one blast or puffe of his mouthe ouerthrow him Here scornefullye disdayneth he Iohan lambert a poore membre of his full blockyshlye callinge him a blocke hauinge nought to saye he saith whan his reuerende lorde disputed with him neyther yea nor naye And I beleue it wele For Lambert afore had lerned this wyse lesson of Salomon Ne respoÌ„deas stulto iuxta stulticiamsuam c. Answere not a fole accordinge to his folyshnesnesse least thu apere lyke to him He considered also that his master Iesus Christ had verye fewe wordes before Annas and Cayphas and non at all before Herode least he shuld haue geuen that was holye to dogges and that was preciouse vnto swyne 2 What skylleth it how dawyshe and foâ—yshe you iudge him which haue no iudgement that is godlye whyls Christ hath promised him a plentuouse reward in heaueÌ„ for that he suffreth here of yow Saint Paule saith that the worde of the crosse is euermore iudged folyshnesse to them that shall perishe But vnto them that shall be saued it is y â— power of God In that he was iudged by the law at your procuremeÌ„t he hath that rewarde which his master promised him that he his selfe had afore If they haue persecuted me saith he they shall also persecuâ—e yow For no better is the scruaunt thaÌ„ his master If yowr madde modye generacioÌ„ called Christ afore tyme samaritane dronkarde deuill heretyque traytour what maruele is it though yow folowinge after in the same selfe fore steppes call so his poore meÌ„bre No lesse rewarde hath Iohan Lambert as I beleue for sufferinge yowr violence at London than had Antipas the faithfull wytnesse of y â— lorde which was cruellye slayne at Pergamos For that stronge victorye which he had ouer yow not beinge ouercomen in his faithe by the terrour of deathe w t yow procured him he hath now of his lorde God that swete Manna which is hydde froÌ„ the wyse of this worlde that fayre whight Stone which hath the newe name writen that no manne knoweth saue he that receyueth it 3 A great sort of your shorne generacion â—o ere drawne to the gallowes in the seconde yeare of kynge henrye the forth and now in owr tyme also for betrayenge this realme to the Pope as I haue tolde you afore but at them ye triumphe nothinge at all Fryre Iohan forest a wyse prelate of yowrs was both hanged and brent for heresye and treason yet is he non of your Genealogye The marques of Eâ—etur the lorde MouÌ„tegue sir Edwarde neuele sir Adryan foscue a great nombre of trayters more suffred deathe openlye yet are they not here remeÌ„bred But easye it is the cause to coniecture for they were your fryndes They dyed for the lybertees of your whorishe churche as ded your holy trayter Thomas Becket to mainteyne ye in all pryde and voluptuousnesse
them at tymes be brent in the fyre for Christes testymonye through the Bisshoppes olde tyrannye Nothynge is there lost but their corruptyble bodyes Wheras he suffreth one bodye in their malyce so to peryshe he saueth that â—owle and a thousande more by the fredome of Christes Gospell Blessed be the Lorde therfore that euer he was borne 3 I couÌ„sell no manne to make this prayer with Pantolabus nor with soche other execrable Papistes so damnablye vayne in the corrupt practyses stodyes and deuyses of their wretched hartes though yt semeth verye good and godlye But praye after y â— scripturs with y â— dere heretage of Christ which is a churche persecuted as he was and not pampred vp here in pryde and in vayne glorye It is a congregacion not knowne to the worlde nor regarded of fleshlye lyuers nomore than he was knowne and receyued of them whan he came into his owne Praye all from within as that churche is from within lyke as Dauid wytnesseth with all the Apostles and Prophetes And lete this be youre specyall prayer for youre kynge and prince euermore Thu eternall God of our fathers thre distyncte persones in one euerlastynge Godhede Thu omnypotent father and creatour of all Thu eternall sonne and redemer Iesus Christ. Thu euerlastynge holy ghost conforter equall vnto them both all one God in power substaunce and nature of the Godhede for thy tendre mercyes sake haue respect vnto oure kynge and yonge prince And lyke as thu hast of thy munyfycence and lyberalyte geuen vnto them the imperyall crowne and scepture of Englande So graunt them to lyue in thy feare to walke in thy worde and to do that is ryghtouse in thy syght euermore Graunt them also Lorde with the swerde that they beare that they carrye yt not in vayne but alwayes to the ponnyshment of the yll doers and to the syngular solace of thy faythfull seruauntes For so is thy eternall will Thus ought true subiectes to praye without all hypocresye dissymulacyon and glosynge flatterye A mysterye 1 CoÌ„pyled by Ponce PaÌ„tolabus 2 Imprynted at London In Pater noster rovve 3 At the signe of our ladye pytye By Iohan Redman Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The other coppye 4 Imprented by me Robert Vvyer Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The openinge 1. NOw shuld soche a famouse worke made in defence of holye churche apere notable vnto the readers therof except the name of a notable clarke as master Pantolabus is were putt ther vnto fytt is yt that the carpenter shuld stande by his carpeÌ„trye and the buylder by his buyldynge A broken wall of Babylon hath Pantolabus dawbeâ—d vp here of old fauer and loue but his dyrtye dawbâ—rye holdeth not For lyke an vnworke manlye dawber he hath done yt with vntempred claye contrarye to all godlye admonyshmentes Most dampnably hath he peruerted the sacred scripturs here to maynteyne his Popyshe malyce agaynst all Christen charyte But Hieremye Ezechiel Micheas and Abaâ—uk with other holye Prophetes byddeth him and soche other to sett their hartes at rest For the cyte which is buylded with blood and the howse that standeth by vnryghtousnesse shall not alwayes contynue in the worlde I shall cast donge in youre faces â—sayth the Lorde by his Prophete Malachias euen the verye donge of youre solempne feastes and ceremonyes And yt shall cleaue fast vpon you and take you with yt to eternall perdicion What Ponce Pantolabus is which putteth himselfe forth here for y â— Author of this Iest I nede not to describe For the verye worke it selfe setteth forth his lyuelye ymage It manyfestlye declareth him a braynelesse babler a presumptuouse ydyote a frantyck Papist a peruerter of the scripturs a stynkynge heretyque an enemye to God a secrete louer of Antichrist a preuye conspyrer agaynst his prince for the Pope 2 Moche accordinge to the ryght nature therof is the settinge out here of this heretycall Genealogie Abhominably blasphemouse it is and therfor it passeth forth vndre some tytles of abhominacion It is seyd first of all to be imprinted at London which is a most noble cyte Verye sorye I am that soche sylthye frutes shuld come from so worthye a place Notwithstandinge I ascribe not this partycular euyll to that worshypful cyte wherin I knowe to be people most vertuouse and godlye But of this am I certayne Though Hierusalem were holye and the verye cyte of the lorde allowed by the scripturs yet was it in conclusion most greuouslye ponnyshed for sufferinge blasphemers and for vnthankefullye receyuinge of Christ and his verite Pater noster was wont to be a most wholsom prayer ordayned and commaunded of Christ to dwell onlye within mannys sowle and from thens to be sent in dayly massage to the eternall father of heauen And now he is becomen an out strete dweller the name of a lane or the sygne of a tauerne Farre is he changed from Christes first institucion aâ—d from the office that he appointed him A farre meaneâ— change from a pylde popyshe ceremony wolde be called a great heresye of y â— Bysshoppes What this is I leaue it to yowr coniecture 3â— In this Pater noster rowe or in bedealleye whether ye wyll was this Genealogye imprinted at the signe afowr ladye pyte What that pyteouse ladye is I can not tell but wele I wote she hath no â—ust tyttle to be called owr ladye No true fygure is she to Marye the mother of Christ. For neuer was she so farre from the ryght faythe that she sorowed so largelye for that thiÌ„ge which was vnto vs all most necessarye I knowe she neuer wept so vndyscretely for the deathe of Christ which was owr vniuersall helthe but most hyghly reioysed therin If she euer mourned it was for the synnes of the people and for that she sawe his veryte conteÌ„pned of the cruell clergye as it is yet styll They therfor which worshyp that sorowfull pyte of Marye do honour that infydelyte w t she neuer had and make them therof an Idoll Thus is the sygne that Iohan RedmaÌ„ dwelleth vndre an exercrable Idoll and he for so magnifyenge her with that tyttle a verye Idoll worshypper The lesse maruele is it that soche fylthye frutes cometh out of his howse Here is he not ashamed openlye to confesse that he hath sett his handes to most wycked Papystrye and vnto an heape of peruerted Scripturs to the great dyshonour both of God and of his kynge Adioyninge ther vnto his pryuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum the rather to infect his people 4 Now foloweth Robert wyer he graunteth also by his owne handye worke that he hath promoted forewarde these Popyshe Poesyes and Scripturs abhominablye peruerted Wherin he hath done all that hath lyen in him to assure the kiÌ„ges faythfull subiectes to geue their good hartes to y â— Popes olde faythe An vngodlye cruell waye were it yf menne ded but mynistre that thinge w t shuld but poyson the bodyes of the people What shall we than recken it whan that fylthynesse is ministred of them which infecteth their sowles to eternall deathe Soche is the vnsacyable thirst of theÌ„ that are couetouse that they care not what myschefes they do to get money If the deuyll had geuen them a matter ageynst Christ as his sworne Chaplayne hath done here ageynst his true seruauntes and haue monyed them wele they wolde surely haue done by that lyke as they haue done by this And the daye wyll ones come that they shall fynde it all one The kynges priuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum is put to the same to bringe him also vndre the selfe same curse of God yf anye chaunce for it at the latter daye whom he defende so good subiectes are thy vnto him By soche diuersite of printes is it easy to perseyue that the sale hath bene great the profyghtes therof plentuouse If the worke had bene Godly yt neuer had gone so frelye abrode nor with so moche fauer of y â— Bysshoppes The lorde ones be mercyfull to his afflicted famelye and delyuer theÌ„ froÌ„ their myâ—cheues Amen ¶ The conclusion ¶ Expreslye is it here to be seane dere frynde in the lorde what Pantolabê° was at the makinge of this iest and what manye other are yet styll in the same synefull lyne of Antichrist I perseyue by him and soche other more that Leuiathan had than great strengthe in his loynes to sende forth soche sturdye babes Not longe afore that they hydde their heades and durst not be seane abrode But thaÌ„ ded they on their mothers shamelesse face and were ageyne as bragginge as in their Popes tyme. Small harme is it to them that the Beastes head was wounded it is so wele and workemanlye healled vp ageyne Not to Christes glorye haue they fashyoned theÌ„ a newe churche now after the Gospell preachinge but after their owne vayne glorye ageyne yet for aduauntage Destroyed yet vtterly shall that execrable moÌ„stre be within short space trust vpon it by y â— only breathe of y â— lordes eternall mouthe For now doth he call to remembraunce the blood of his elect Seruauntes whoÌ„ she hath slayne seduced to establyshe her kyngedoÌ„ of lyes abhominacioÌ„s Now shal she be subdued of that heauenlye verite whoÌ„ she hath of so longe tyme suppressed the beast peryshinge w t her whoÌ„ she hath worshypped in so manye kyndes of Idolatrye That lorde make spede to fulfyll his euerlastinge promes to the confort of his electes Amen ¶ Thuâ— endeth y â— openinge of a darke mysterye of inyquite latelye spredde a brode in Englandâ— by Ponce Pantolabus and dysclosed by Iohan Bale 1542.