agayne to a trade of godlynes For I am a lawe of rygout and of hardenes I strayghtly commaunde and yf it be not done I thretiâ— I curej and sle in my anger sone To God I requyre a perfyght obedyence Conâ—empnynge all sache as do it not in effecte I shewe what synne is I but deÌ„ sore maÌ„nes conscyence To hym am I death whan his lyfe is infect Yet yf he take hede to Christ I hym dyrect Forgyuenes to haue with lyke helth and saluatyon Leaste he shuloe dyspayre and fall into dampnacion Infidelitas Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha A pastyme quoth a I knowe not the tyme nor whan I dyd laghe so moche sence I was an honest man Beleue me and ye wyll I neuer sawe suche a sporte I wold ye had ben there lye might haue made the fort Moseh lex Where woldest thou haue had me tell me good brother myne Infidelitas At the Mynorasse syr late yester nyght at complyne Moseh lex At the Mynorasse why what was there a do Infidelitas For suche an other wolde I to South ampton go In dede yesterdaye was theyr dedycacion And thytheâ— in Goddes name came I to se the fasshion An olde fryer stode forth with spectacles on his nose Begyâ—nynge this Anteme a my fayth I do not glose â—â—pides prâ—ciosi Moseh lex And what dyd folowe of this Infidelitas I shall tell ye by Goddes blysse Then came Dame Isbell an â—lde Noune and a calâ—e Crowynge lyke acapon and thus began the Psalme Sepe expugnauetunâ— me a iâ—uentâ—te 〈…〉 Moseh lex And what includeth this mysterye Infidelitas A symple probleme of bytcherye Whan the fryer begonne afore the Nonne to synge of precyous stones From my youth sayth she they haue comforte me As it had ben for the nones Moseh lex I assure the playne I set not by suche gaudes Thy vsage shewe the to be brought vp amonge baudeâ— Infidelitas It was a good world whaÌ„ we had such holsom storyâ—s Preached in out churche on sondayes and other feryes With vs was it inâ—rye Whan we went to Berye And to our lady of grace To the blouâ—e of hayles Where no good chere fayles And other holy place Whan the pryestes myght walke And with yonge wyues talke Than had we chyldren plentye Then Cuckoldes myght leape A score on a heape Nowe is there not one to twentie When the Monkes were fatte And ranke as a ratte With bellyes lyke a Bore Then all thynges were dere Both beafe breade and bere Nowe grudge the iourers sore Whan Bysshoppes myght burne And from the truth turne The syllye symple sowle Than dutâ—â—â— no man creake Open mouth nor speake Of Christ nor yet of Powle No we are the knaues bolde With Scriptures to bolde And teache them euery where The carter the sowter The bodger the clowter That all wyll awaye I fere At vs so they pulle Our lyuynges are dulle We are nowe lyke to fall If we do not fyght For the churches ryght By the Messe we lose all But I praye ye syr tell me what is your name â–ª Moseh lex The lawe of Moses to lye were I to blame Infidelitas In the same partyes what do you intende Moseh lex Mankynde to refourme that he his lyfe amende I shewe what synne is what thynge pleseth God I comforte the iust and the yll I ponysshe with rod The coÌ„mon people haue thought it commodyous Dyuers Goddes to haue with rytes supersticious My coÌ„maundement is to seke one God alone And in all theyr nedes to hym to make theyr mone Amonge the Gentyles was it thought none iniurye If a man were hurte to slee his aduersarye This thynge I forbyd and saye thou shalt not kyll Lawe is the reuenger the man maye do no yll Some persones there are that inordynatlye loue Those are perswaded all thynges them to behoue Whiche I inhybyte sayenge contynuallye No rape shalt thou do nor yet coÌ„myt aduouteye Thou shalt do no thefte nor coueyte that is not thyne Agaynste thy neyghbour shalt thou not falsely dyffyne Infidelitas We maye do nothynge yf we be pynned in thus Neither you nor God to that harde trade shal bryng vs We must haue one God and worshyp hym alone Matye that in dede wolde make a Turke to gâ—â—ne If we be stryken we maye not stryke agayne Apropeâ—â—â—gyne â–ª and dyscretlye vâ—tâ— râ—d â—laâ—ne For companyes sake ye saye we maye not loue I defye your worste and to you there is my gloue Moseh lex What thou wylt not fyght thy wits are better than so Infidelitas In the quarell of loue I shall proue ye ere I go By the Messe I thynke to put ye to your fâ—ure Moseh lex Thou were moche better to kepe thy pacyence Infidelitas Naye by Cockes sowle frynd I must laye ye on y â— coate In loues cause to fyght ye may soone haue mâ—a fâ—â— arâ— Naye but haue at your pyâ—châ— defende ye yf ye maye Moseh lex Suche a foole art thou as sekes thyne owne decaye If I ones medle tâ— the it wyll be death Dyddest thou neuer here that law sleeth in his wrath Infidelitas By the blessed lorde than wyll I playe Robsons parte Moseh lex Whye what part wylte thou playe Infidelitas By cockes souâ—e geue ouer so soone as I fele smarte Moseh lex It wyll be to late it I one scupple with the Infidelitas Then let me aâ—onâ— and we shall soone agre And I shall be glad to be acquaynted with ye Moseh lex Acquaintaâ—ce good felaw thou mayst soone haue of me Infidelitas The worste faulte I haue I am hastâ—e nowe than But it is sone gone I toke it of a woman But what meane those tables y â— ye haue in your hande Moseh lex Kepe scylence a whyle and thou shalte vnderstande Thre things I declare the fyrst are y â— preceptes moral Next the lawes iudicial and last the rytes ceremoniall The morall preceptes are Gods coÌ„maundementes ten Whiche ought euermore to be obserued of all men The lawes of Nature the morall preceptes declare And y â— plesaunt workes to God they teache prepare They sturre man to fayth prouoke hym also to loue To obey to serue and to worshyp God aboue Into sâ—ony tables God wrote them fyrste of all That they shulde remayne as thynges contynuall â–ª The first hath but thre whiche tende to Goddes hyghe honour Seuen hath the seconde they concerne our neybour The fyrste doth expounde the fyrste lawe naturall The â—ext the other makynge them very formall Insprytâ— iâ— the fyrst y â— we shulde God honour and loue To outwarde workynge the seconde doth vs moue Forâ—ydoynge all wronges preseruynge iust maryage Norysshynge true peace and other godly vsage Infidelitae What is the effecte of your lawes Iudyciall Moseh lex Suche thynges to coÌ„maunde as are cyuyle or teÌ„porall From vyce to refrayne and outwarde iniurye Quyet to conserue and publyque honestie These are to supporte the lawes of the seconde table Ceremonyall rytes
Actus Primus Our heauenly blessynge be with you euerychone Omnes simul All prayse and glorye to your maiestie alone Christi lex Here styll to tarye I thynke it be your mynde Nature Lex My offyce ye knowe is to instructe Mankynde Moseh lex Than God be with you we leaue you here behynde ¶ Finit Actus Primus ¶ Incipit Actus secundus Exeunt Nature lex THe lawe in effectâ— is a teacher generall What is to be done and what to be layde asyde But as touchynge me â–ª the fyrste lawe naturall A knowledge I am whom God in Man doth hyde In his whole workynge to be to hym a gyde To honour his God and seke his neyghbours helth A great occasyon of peace and publyque welth A sore charge I haue Mankynde to ouerse And to instructe hym his lorde God to obaye That lorde of heauen graunt I maye so do my duetie That he be pleased and Man brought to a staye His bryâ—tle nature his slyppernes to waye Moche doth prouoke me but yf God set to his hande He shall do full well for none maye hym withstande Infidelitas ¶ He coÌ„meth in syngynge Brom brom brom brom brom Bye brom bye Bye bromes for shoes and powchrynges botes and busayus for newe bromes Brom brom brom Marye God gyue ye good euen And the holy man saynt Steuen Sende ye a good newe yeare I wolde haue brought ye the paxe Or els an ymage of waxe If I had knowen ye here I wyll my selfe so handle That ye shall haue a candle Whan I come hyther agayne At this your sodayne mooyon I was iâ— suche deuocyon I had nere broke a vayne Nature lex That myght haue done ye smartâ— Infidelitas No no it was but a fart For pastyme of my hart I wolde ye had it forsoth In syroppe or in sowse But for noyaunce of the howse For easement of your toth Nowe haue I my dreame in dede God sende me wele to spede And swete saynt Antony I thought I shulde mete a knaue And nowe that fortune I haue Amonge this company Nature lex Why dost thou call me knaue Infidelitas I sayde I wolde be your slaue Yf your grace wolde me haue And do your worke anon I wolde so rubbe your botes The rofe shulde from the rotes Whan ye shulde do them on Nature lex Thou art dysposed to mocke Sone mayst thou haue a knocke If thou with me so game Infidelitas Your mouth shall kysse my docke Your tonge shall it vnlocke But I saye what is your name Nature lex I am the lawe of Nature Infidelitas I thought so by your stature And by your auncyent gature Ye were of suche a â—ature Whan I fyrste hearde ye speake Ye commoned with God lately And nowe ye are his bayly Mankynde to rule dyscretly Welcome syâ— huddypâ—ke Nature lex If thou vse suche vyllanye I shall dysplease the trulye Infidelitas By the masse I the defye With thy whole Cukoldrye And all that with the holde Nature lex Why doest thou me blaspheme And so vngodly deme Infidelitas For by this blessed boke I wende ye had ben a Cooke And that made me so bolde For a Cooke ones hauynge age With a face demure and sage And auncyent to beholde As you haue here in place With a bearde vpon your face What is he but a Cooke olde Nature lex Ye are dysposed to dallye To leape and ouersallye The compasse of your wytte I counsayle ye yet in season Somwhat to folowe reason And gnawe vpon the bytte Infidelitas Then after our great madnesse Let vs fall to some sadnesse And tell me what ye entende Nature lex God sent me vnto Man To do the best I can To cause hym to amende Suche creatures as want reason My rules obeye eche season And that in eueryborder The sonne and mone doth moue With the other bodyes aboue And neuer breke theyr order The trees and herbes doth growe The sea doth ebbe and flowe And varyeth not a nayle The floodes and wholsom sprynges With other naturall thynges Theyr course do neuer fayle The beastes and byrdes engender So do the fysâ—hes tender Accordynge to theyr kynde Alonely man doth fall From good lawes naturall By a frowarde wycked mynde Infidelitas Nowe wyll I proue ye a lyar Next cosynto a fryar And on the gall ye rubbe Ye saye they folowe your lawe And varye not a strawe Whiche is a tale of a tubbe The sunne ones in the clyppes Awaye the clearenes slyppes And darkened is the daye Of the planettes influence Aryseth the pestylence To many ones decaye Doth not the sea sorage That none can it aswage And swallowe in towne and streate The ayre whiche gyueth breath Someyme infecteth to death By his most pestylent heate The beastes of vndemure Whiche were lefte to mannes cure Wyll hym somtyme deuoure Thus are you rulers forgote As thynges of slendre note In Creatures daye and houre Nature lex It is the wyll of God To vse them as a rod Of his iust punysshment Whan Man doth not regarde The lorde nor his rewarde Nor to his lawes consent They neuer are so ronnysh But whan God doth Man ponnysh For his vnhappynesse From God they neuer fall Nor from lawes naturall Doynge his busynesse Infidelitas And you are the same lawe That kept them vnder awe By your most polytyke wytte Nature lex God hath appoynted me Mankynde to ouerse And in his harte to syt To teache hym for to knowe In the Creatures hyghe and lowe His gloryous maiestie And on his name to call Or power celestiall In his necessytie To thynke hym euerlasâ—ynge And wonderfull in workynge And that he createth all Both gouerne and conserue From them he neuer swerue That to suche fayth wyll fall Infidelitas In dede here is good sporte But why do you resorte Unto this present place Nature lex Man alwayes to exhort To seke all helth and confort Of the onely God of grace First in the hartes reioyce And than with open voyce To worshyp hym alone Knowledgynge his deytie His power and eternytie Whan he shall make his mone Infidelitas I shall kepe ye as well from that As my grandame kept her cat From lyckynge of her creame Nature lex What wylte thou kepe me fro Tell me ere thou farther go Me thynke thou art in a dreame Infidelitas From causynge of Mankynde To gyue to God his mynde Or his obedyence Nature lex What is thy name tell me Infidelitas Marye Infydelyte Whiche neuer wyll agree To your benyuolence Nature lex Thou canste not kepe me from man Infidelitas Yet I wyll do the best I can To trouble ye nowe and than That ye shall not preuayle I wyll cause ydolatrye And moste vyle Sodomye To worke so vngracyouslye Ye shall of your purpose fayle Nature lex I defye the wycked fynde With thy whole vene mouse kynde God putteth now in my mynde To fle thy companye Infidelitas Ye are so blessed a Saynt And your selfe so well can paynt That
I must me aquaynt With you no remedye Nature lex Auoyde thou cruell enemye I wyll none of the truelye But shurne thy companye As I wolde the deuyll of hell Exit Infidelitas And are ye gone indede Small wyttam be your spede Except ye take good hede I wyll be next of your counsell Now wyll I worke suche masterye By craftes and suâ—yle polycye The lawe of nature to poyson With pestylent ydolatrye And with most stynkynge sodomye That he shall haue no foyson Where are these vyllen knaues The deuyls owne kytchyu slaues That them I can not se I coniure you both here And charge ye to appere Lyke two knaues as yebe Monachuâ— Sodomismus Ambo is a name full cleane Knowe ye not what I meane And are so good a clarke Infidelitas By Terragramaton I charge ye appere anon And come out of the darke Intrantsuâ—â—t Sodomismus Haue in than at a dasshe With swasshe mery annetswasshe Yet may I not be to rasshe For my holy orders sake Necromantia Idololatria Nor I sonne by my trouth Tha cauâ—â—a â—orage of slouth And suche a comberouse cought Yeh wote not what to do Infidelitas At Christmas and at Paske Ye maye daunce the deuyll a maske Whyles his great cawdron plaâ—e you suche a pretye mynyon And you nowe in relygyon Suche two I neuer sawe Is not thy name Idolatrye â–ª Sodomismus Yes an wholsom woman verelye And wâ—llsâ—nâ— in phylosophye Mennes fortunes she can tell She can by sayenge her Aue marye And by other charmes of sorcerye Ease men of the loth ake by and bye Yea and farche the deuyll from hell She an câ—nyike the Cowe and hunte the foxe And helpe men of the ague and poxe So they bryng money to the boxe Whan they to her make mdne She can fatche agayne all that is loste And drawe drynke out of a rotten post Without the helpe of the holye Ghost In workynge she is alone Infidelitas What somtyme thou wert an he Idololatria Yea but nowe yeh am a she And a good mydwyfâ— perde Yonge chyldren can Icharme â–ª With whysperynges and whysshynges With crossynges and with kyssynges With blasynges and with blessynges That sprytes do them no harme Infidelitas Then art thou lyke to Clysthenes To Clodius and Euclides Sardinapalus and Hercules Whiche them selues ofte transfourmed Into a womans lykenes With agylyte and quyckenes But they had venus syckenes As wryters haue declared Sodomismus Let her tell forth her matter Idololatria With holy oyle and water I can so cloyne and clatter That I can at the latter Many sutelties contryue I can worke wyles in battell If I do ones but spattle I can make corne and cattle That they shall neuer thryue Whan ale is in the fat If the Oruar please me nat The cast shall fall downe flat And neuer haue any strength No man shall tonne nor bake Nor meate in inseason make If I agaynst hym take But lose his labour at length Theyr welles I can vp drye Caâ—se trees and herbes to dye And slee all pullerye Where as men doth me moue I can make stoles to daunce And earthen pottes to praunce That none shall them enhaunce And do but cast my gloue I haue charmes for the plowghe And also for the cowghe She shall gyue mylke â—nowghe So longe as I am pleased Apace the mylâ— shall go So shall the credle do And the musterde querne also No man therwith dyseased Infidelitas Than art thou for me fytte Sodomismus The woman hath a wytte And by her gere can sytte Thoughe she be somwhat olde It is myne owne swete bullye My muskyne and my mullye My gelouer and my cullye Yea myne owne swete hart of Golde Infidelitas I saye yet not to bolde Idololatria Peace fondelinge tusshe a button Infidelitas What wylte thou fall to mutton And playe the hungrye glutton Afore this company Ranke loue is full of heate Where hungrye dogges lacke meate They wyll durty puâ—dynges eate For want of befe and conye Heyghe mynyon for monye As good is draffe as honye Whan the daye is whote and sonnye By the blessed rode of kent Sodomismus Saye forth your mynde good mother For this man is none other But our owne louynge brother And is very well content Idololatria I neuer mysse but paulter Our blessed ladyes psaulter Before saynt Sauers aulter With my bedes ones a daye And this is my comoncast To here Masse fyrste or last And the holy frydaye fast In good tyme mought I it faye With blessynges of Saynt Germyne I wyll me so determyne That neyther for nor vermyne Shall do my chyckens harme For your gese seke saynt Legearde And for your duckes saynt Leonarde For horse take Moyses yearde There is no better charme Take me a napkyn folte With the byas of a bolte For the healynge of a â—olte No better thynge can be For lampes and for bottes Take me saynt Wylfrides knottes And holy saynt Thomas lottes On my lyfe I warrande ye For the cought take Iudas â—are With the parynge of a peare And drynke them without feare If ye wyll haue remedy Thre syppes are for the hyckocke And. vi more for the chyckocke Thus my prety pyckocke Recouer by and by If ye can not slepe but slumber Geue Otes vnto saynt Unâ—umber And beanes in a certen number Unto saynt Blase and saynt Blythe Gyue onyons to saynt Cutlake And garlycke to saynt Cyryake If ye wyll shurne the heade ake Ye shall haue them at quene hythe A dramme of a shepes tyrdle And good saynt trances gyrdle With the hamlet of an hyrâ—le Are wholsom for the pyppe Besydes these charmes afore I haue feates many more That I kepe styll in store Whom nowe I ouer hyppe Infidelitas It is a sporte I trowe To heate howe she out blowe Her witchecraftes on a rowe By the Masse I must nedes smyle Nowe I praye the let me knowe What sedes that thou canst sowe Mankynde to ouerthrowe And the lawe of nature begyle Sodomismus My selfe I so behaue And am so vyle a knaue As nature doth depraue And vtterly abhore I am suche a vyce truelye As God in his great â—â—â—rye Dyd punysshe most tâ—â—ryblye In Sodome and in Gomorr â–ª In the flesshe I am a fyre And suche a vyle desyre As brynge men to the myre Of fowle concupyscence We two togyther beganne To sprynge and to growe in manne As Thomas of Aquyne scanne In the fourth boke of his sentence I dwelt amonge the Sodomytes The Beniamytes and Madyanytes And nowe the popysshe hypocrytes Embrace me euery where I am nowe become all spyrytuall For the clergye at Rome and ouer all For want of wyues to me doth fall To God they haue no feare The chyldren of God I dyd so moue That they the doughters of men dyd loue Workyng suche wayes as dyd not behoue Tyll the floude them ouer went With Noes son Cham I was half ioyned Whan he is dronken father scorned In the Sodomytes I also reygned Tyll the hande of
God them brent I was with Man not vnacquaynted Whan he on the grounde his increase shed For me his bretherne Ioseph accused As Genesis doth tell Dauid ones warned all men of vs two Do not as mules and horses wyll do Confounded be they that to ymages go Those are the wayes to hell Both Esaye and Ezechiell Both Hâ—etemy and Daniell Of vs the abhominacions tell With the prophetes euerychou For vs two God strake with fyre and water With battayle w t plages fereful matter With paynefull erâ—lâ— than at the latter Into Egipt and Babylon As Paule to the Romans testyfye The gentyles after Idolatrye Fell to suche be stiall Sodomye That God dyd them forsake Who foloweth vs as he confesse The kyngdome of God shall neuer possesse And as the Aparalyps expresse Shall synke to the burnynge lake We made Thalon and Sophocles Thamiras Nero Agathocles Tiberius and Iristoteles Themselues to vse vnnaturallye I taught Aristo and Fuluius Semiramis and Hortensius Crathes Hyliscus and Pontius Beastes to abuse most monstrouslye Infidelitas Marrye thou art the deuyll hym selfe Idololatria If ye knewe howe he coulde pelfe Ye wolde saye he were suche an elfe As none vnder heauen were els Infidelitas The fellawe is well decked Dysgysed and well necked Both knaue balde and pypecked He lacketh nothynge but helpe Sodomismus In the fyrste age I beganne And so perseuerde with manne And styll wyll if I canne So longe as he endure If monkysshe sectes renue And popysshe pre estes contynue Whiche are of my retynue To lyue I shall be sure Cleane Marryage they forbyd Yet can not theyr wayes be hyd Men knowe what hath betyd Whan they haue ben in parell Oft haue they buryed quycke Suche as were neuer sycke Full many a propre trycke They haue to helpe theyr quarell In Rome to me they fall Both Bysshope and Cardynall Monke fryer pryest and all More ranke they are then antes Example in hope Iulye Whiche sought in his furye Two laddes and to vse them beastlye From the Cardynall of Nautes Infidelitas Well you two are for my mynde Steppe forth and do your kynde Leaue neuer a poynt behynde That maye corrupt in man The lawe wrytte in his harte In his flesshe do thy part And his soule so pernart Do thou the best thou can Here haue I pretye gynnes Both brouches beades and pynnes With suche as the people wynnes Unto Idolatrye Take thou part of theÌ„ here Beades rynges and other gere And shortely the beâ—ete To deceyue Man properly Take this same staffe and scryppe With a God here of a chyppe And good beldame forewarde hyppe To set forth pylgremage Set thou forth Sacramentalles Saye dyrge and synge treâ—â—alles Studye the popes Decretals And myxt them with buggerage Here is a stoale for the A ghostly father to be To here Benedicite A boxe of creame and oyle Here is a purse of rellyckes â—agges rotten boues and styckes A taper with other tryckes Shewe them in euery soyle Sodomismus I wyll corrupt Goddes Image With mosâ—e vnlawfull vsage And brynge hym into dottage Of all concupyscence Idololatria Within the flesshe thou art But I dwell in the hart And wyll the soule peruart From Gods obedyence Infidelitas Spare none abhomynacion Nor detestable fasshyon That mannes ymagynacion By wytte maye comprehende To quycken our sprytes amonge Synge nowe some metysonge But let it not be longe Leaste we to moche offende Post cantionâ—m Infidelitas alta voce dicet Oremus OMnipotens sempiterne Deus qui ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram formasti laicos da quesumus vt sicut corum sudoribus diuimus ita coruÌ„ vxoribus filiabus et domicellis perpetuo frui mereamur Per dominâ— nostrum Papam Infidelitas Nowe are these horesons forth It wyll be somwhat worth To se howe they wyll worke The one to poyson the hart The other the outwarde parte Ingeniously wyl lucke The lawe of Nature they wyll Infect corrupt and spyll With theyr abhomynacion Idolatrye with wyckednesse And Sodomye with fylthynesse To his most vtter dampnacion These two wyll hym so vse Eche one in theyr abuse And wrappe it in suche euyll That by theyr wycked cast He shall be at the last A morsell for the deuyll Nowe vnderneth her wynges Idolatrye hath kynges With theyr Noâ—ylytie Both dukes lordes knyghtes and â—arles Fayre ladyes with theyr pearies And the whole comynaltie Within the bownes of Sodomye Doth dwell the spyrytuall clergye Pope Cardynall and pryest Nonne Chanon Monke and fryer With so many els as do desyre To reygne vnder Antechrist Detestynge Matrymonye They lyue abhomynablye And burne in carnall lust Shall I tell ye farther newes It Rome for Prelates are stewes Of doth kyndes This is iust The lawe of nature I thynke Wyll not be able to wyâ—ke Agaynst the assaultes of them They hauynge so hygh prelates And so many gteat esâ—ates From hens to Ierusalem Pause nowe a lytle whyle Myne eares doth me begyle If There not a sounde Yâ—n folke hath sped I gesse It is to by the Messe Awaye nowe wyll I roundâ— Exit Nature lex I thynke ye maruayle to se such alteraâ—ion At this tyme in me whom God lefte here so pure Oâ— me it cometh not but of mannes operacion Whom dayly the deuyll to great synne doth allure And his nature is full bryttle and vnsure By hym haue I gote this fowle dysease of bodye And as ye se here am nowe throwen in a leprye I wrought in his hart as God bad trâ—estlye Hym oft prouokynge to loue God ouer all With the inner powers but that false Idolatrye Hath hym peruerted by slayghtes dyabolycall And so hath Sodomye throughe his abuses carnall That he is nowe loste offendynge without measure And I corrupted to my most hyghe dyspleasure I abhorre to tell the abusyous bestyall That they dayly vse whiche boast theyr chastytie Some at the aulter to incontyuencye fall In confessyon some full beastly occupyed be Amonge the close Nonnes reygneth this enormytie Suche chyldren sâ—eythey as they chaunce for to haue And in theyr preuyes prouyde them of theyr graue Ye Christen rulers se ye for this a waye Be not illuded by false hypocrysye By the stroke of God the worlde wyll els decaye Permyt prestes rather Gods lawfull remedye Than they shulde iâ—câ—râ—â— most bestyall Sodomye Regarde not the pope nor yet his whorysshe kyngdom For he is the master of Gomor and of Sodome With Man haue I ben which hath me thus defyled With Idolatrye and vncleane Sodomye And worthy I am from God to be exyled Pytie me yet lorde of thy moste bounteous mercye I wyll forth and mourne tyll thousende remedye Promyse haste thou made to a gloryous lybercie To bring heueÌ„ erth theÌ„ wylt thou I trust restore me Incipit Actus tertius Moseh lex THe lord perceiuyng his fyrst law thus corrupted With vnclene vices sent me his law of Moses To se hym for synne substancyallye corrected And brought in
are also commendable In holy dayes garmeÌ„tes temples consectaâ—ions Sacryfices vowes with offerynges and expiâ—acions Which are vnto Christe as fygures types shadowes As Paule doth declare in his Epistle to the Hebrues These are onely fygures and outwarde testymonies No man is perfyght by suche darke ceremonyes Onely perteyne they vnto the thyrde coÌ„maundement Of the Sabboth daye tyll Christ the lorde be present In his death endynge the whole Iudiciall presthode Infidelitas Good dayes myghte ye haue ye speake full well by the roode I am a poore lad and by my trouth bent earuesâ—lye â–ª To wayte vpon ye and to be your very lackye Moseh lex What art thou called I praye the hartelye Infidelitas Graye fryer am I none by the Messe I can not flatter I am Infydelytie to tell the truth of the matter Moseh lex And hast thou so longe dyssembled thus with me Infidelitas Yea for aduauntage to smellout your subtyltie Moseh lex Auoyde hens I saye thou false Infydelyte Infidelitas Naye that I wyll not by yngham Trynytie Moseh lex Wylt thou not in dede thaÌ„ wyll I fet hyther the poure Of Iudges kynges to subdue the within this houre Exit Infidelitas Suche knyghtes wyll I haue as shall coÌ„founde theÌ„ al â–ª Is Sâ—dduces scrybes with the secâ— pharysaycalâ— By helpe of my chyldren Idolatrye and Sodomye The lawe of Nature I cast ones in a leprye I haue yet two more Ambycion Coneytousnes Whiche wyll do as moche to the lawe of Moyses Where are my whorsons that they come not awaye Iutisconsuâ—tus Auaritia Yea whorson on thy face euen in thy best araye I wyll thou knowe it I am a worshypfull Doctour A Scrybe in the lawe and a profytable proctour Infidelitas Guppe with a vengeaunce howe comest thou so alofte Auaritia I shall tell the man yf thou wylt comen more solte By fayned flatteryâ— and by coloured adulation Ambycion here also â—ose of a lyke foundacion Infidelitas Come are me blessynge pretye boyes apace Ambitio I wyll not bowe sure â–ª to suche a folysâ—he face Infidelitas Axe blessynge I saye and make me no more ado Ambitio Unsemely were it we Prelates shulde do so Auaritia For no compuâ—syon wyll I do it by swete Marye Infidelitas I must fatche ye in there is no remedye A noughty horsons haue I brought ye vp hytherto And know not your father ye shall drynke both ere I go Ambosimul No more at this tyme forsoth we crye amercye Infidelitas Downe on your knees than axe me blessynge shortly Ambosimul Blesse me gentell father for swete saynt charytie Infidelitas Aryse noughtyknaues God let ye neuer to the Though among our selues we muâ—murâ— brag face Somtyme for lucre somtyme for the hygher place Yet for aduauntage in this we all agree To blynde the rulers and deceyue the comâ—ynaltie Auaritia Art aduysed of that by the Messe we are in dede Yet of our knaueryes the foâ—le wyll neuertake hede To labour with a spade Our colour wolde it fade We maye not with that trade We loue so moche our ease We must lyue by theyr sweate And haue good drynke and meate Whan they haue not to eate The substaunce of a pease We leade them in the darke And so theyr conseyence marke That stutdye they are and starke In euery wycked euyll We teache Idolatrye And laught full merelye To se eche companye Ronne headlonges to the deuyll Ifwe maye haue the tythynges And profytable offeryages We caâ—e not to what doynges They customablye fall We are suche mercenaryes And subtyle propryetaryes As from the flocke all carryes The wâ—lle skynne flesshe and all In our perambulacyons We looke for commendacions And lowly salutacions In temple howse and strete Our lowsye latyne howres In borowes and in bowres The poore people deuoures And treade them vnder fete Ambitio I am Ambycion whose bysposycyan Is honour to appete I gape for empyre and worshyp desyre As Mynos dyd in Crete I loke vp Aloft and loue to lye softe Not carynge for my flocke Haue Iones the flese with pygges lambes and gese They maye go turne a Socke Lucifer I made so hyghly to wade To God he wolde be equall Of Adam and Eue I slewe the beleue And caused them to fall What nede I rehearce the gyauntes most fearce With the buylders of Babell Nemrod the tyrraunt with them there applyaunt Agreed to my counsell From me wolde not go cruell Pharao No more wolde Amalech Saul Achitophell Absoloâ— Iesabel Nor Adonisedech I made Roboam and Hierobeam With Nabuchodouosor Triphon Alchmius and Simon magus To abuse them euermore Inpryde I excede and no people fede But with lyes for aduauntage As Mantuane tell to leade men to hell Is my most common vsage Hyghe thynges I attempt and wyll in exempt From prynces iurisdition A am suche an enyll as brynge men to the deuyll Without any contradiction Infidelitas Here is a prelate euen for myne owne toth Suche an other is not in the whole South Clappe thou somwhat more as thou hast begunne I lyke wele your taâ—kynge by the holy Nunne Auaritia I Coutyse am the beuyll or his dam For I am insacyate I rauysshe and plucke I drawe and I sucke After a woluys she raâ—e Father nor mother Syster nor brother I spare not in my moode I feare neyther God nor his ryghtfull rod In gatherynge of goode But howse and medowe from the poore wydowe I spare not forto take Ryght heyres I rob and as bare as Iob The fatherles I make With me toke Nadab Nabal and Achab With all the clergye of Bell Iudas and Giezi with the soÌ„nes of Helâ— And the sonnes of Samuell Iannes and Iambres also Diotrephes Wrought wylfull wyckednesse So dyd Menelaus with false Andronicus And all for Coueytousnesse Ambicio With vyces seuen I close vp heauen And speare vp paradyce I oppen hell by my counsell Mayntaynynge euery vyce Auarititia For Syluer and golde with falsehed I holde Supportynge euery euyll I haue it in awe for to thoke the lawe And brynge all to the deuyll Infidelitas By the blessed Trynytie no men more fyt for me To do my busynes Ambycion to begyle and Auaryce to defyle The lawe of Moyses Tell me fyrste of all what wylte thou do Ambycyon Ambitio I am thyne owne chylde thou knowest my dysposycion I wyll sure do as dyd the Phylystynes Infidelitas Why what dyd those knaues Ambitio They stopped vp AbrahaÌ„s pyttes as Genesis diffynes With mudde and with myre lâ—fâ—â— them full vnclene Infidelitas By the same practyse tell me what thou dost meane Ambitio With fylthy gloses and dyrtye exposytion Of Goddes lawe wyll I hyde the pure dysposycions The keye of knowledge I wyll also take awaye By wrastynge the text to the scriptures sore decaye Infidelitas And what wyâ—te thou my felowe Coueytousnes Auaritia A vayle wyll I sprede vpon the face of Moyses That none shal perceyue the clerenes of his couÌ„tenauÌ„ce Whiche is the
My busynesse all is nowe at good conclusion That I haue brought these iii. lawes to confusion Nowe shall I be able to lyue here peaceablye And make frowlyâ—e chere with hey how frysfa Iolye The lawe of Nature I caste fyrste in a leprye By the secrete helpe of ydolatrye and sodomye The lawe of Moyses I made a crypple blynde Auaryce and Ambycion to helpe me were not behynde And nowe Christes lawe I haue brâ—ut for heresyâ— By helpe of false doctryne and my cosyn hypocrysye On these same thre lawes all other lawes depende And can not prenayle nowe these are at an ende If Christen gouerners do not these lawes vpholde Theyr Cyuple ordynaunces wyll soone be very colde Well this valeaunte George hath made them all to stoupe Cheare nowe maye I make and set cocke on the houpe Fyll in all the pottes and byd me welcome hostesse And go cal me hyther myne own swete mynyon Besse â–ª Finit Actus quartus Incipit Actus quintus Uindicta Dei QUid gloriaris in malicia qui potens es in iniquitate Thou vengeable wretche replete with poyson and vyce Why doest thou thus reioyce in crueltie and maiyte Thynkest thou that God slepeth wyl not his defende And that thy myschyefe shall neuer haue an ende The blode of Innocentes to hym for vengeaunce call And therfore this houre must I fearcely vpon the fall Infidelitas Thou spyryte of the ayre I straygtly coniure the here By Panton Craton and charge the to come no nere Uindicta Dei Thynkest thou to stop me with thy foolysshe coÌ„suracion Whom God sendeth hyther for thy abhomynacion Infidelitas What art thou called thy name to me reherse Uindicta dei I am Uindicta Dei in punysshement most fearce With water with sooerde and with fyre I muste thee pearce Infidelitas Be good in thy offyce thou shalt haue money meat Uindicta Dei By fylthy rewardes thou canst not me entreate But that I wyll do as God hath me commaunded For yf worldely gyftes my furye myght haue changed The buyuetfall worlde had ben drownde with water Nor Sodome Gomor with so fyery fearefull matter Nor yet the Israelyties with terrour of the sworde With hungre pestylence in the angre of Gods worde Pharao in Egypte the plagues had neuer felte Myght I haue bene stopped for syluer or for gâ—lâ—e Into Egipte I brought ten terryble punysshementes Upon the people for breakynge his coÌ„maundementes Theyr wholsom waters I tourned into bloude I multyplyed frogges to poyson therwith theyr foode I made waspes and Dranes them greuously to stynge And all kyndes of flyes soone after dyd I in brynge Upon theyr cattell I threwe the fowle pestylence Both botche byle and blayne they had for theyr offence Lyghtenynges and haylynges destroyed theyr Corne and fruyte A swarme of hungry locustes theyr pastours destytute The space of thre daies I gaue theÌ„ palpable darkenes I slewe the fyrst goten of maÌ„ and beast for thy rudenes For I neuer stryke but for the Infydelytie Infidelitas Stryke for me quoth â— By y â— mary Masse I defye theÌ„ Uindicta Dei What thou wylte not so thy braynes are not so lyght Infidelitas Angre me not to moche for if thou do I fyght Uindicta dei All that wyll not helpe thy wycked workynges nowe Whan the stronger come the weaker must nedes bowe The lawe of Nature infected thou hast with a leprye Infidelitas Naye it was not I but that wytche Idolatrye And that polde shorne knaue that men cal Sodomye Uindicta Dei Of whom syronge they fyrste but of Infydelytie Therfore thou shalte haue that plage of penaltie Whiche they fyrste tasted for theyr Iniquitie For those two vyces I drowned the worlde with water In token wherof I plage the with the same matter Hic Infidelitatem â—â—â—â—pha percâ—tit Infidelitas Tusshe I defye thy worst this shall not dryue me heÌ„â—â— For after the floude with Cham had I resydence And so contynued tyll Moyses lawe came in With his iolye tryckes a newe rule to begyn Uindicta Dei And hym thou cortuptest with Auaryce and Ambicion And so dydst leaue hym in myserable condycion Thou shalte haue therfore that than to them was due Most terryble battayle the Israelties vntrue That tyme dyd suffre for theyr Infydelytie Wherfore with this swerde I iustlye banysshe the. Bycause thou shalt here gyue place to Christes gospel Gladio Infidelitatem denuo cedit Infidelitas Yet wyll I not hence but agayne ones rebell Dyd not I remayne with Iudas and other more Whan Christe preaâ—hed here and taught them to veâ—â— hym sore Yes and after that was I with Simon Magus With Saunder Coppersmyth with Elimas and Demetrius And nowe I perseuer amonge the ranke rable of Papistes Teachynge theyr shoâ—lynges to playe the Antichristeâ—â— Uindicta Dei The Innocent bloude of sayntes contynually Dothe all vnto God to reuenge theyr iniurye â–ª Agaynst false doctryne and cursed hypocresye Whom thou hast raysed the glory of the Gospell To darken and his fryndes most myserably to quell Wherfore thou shalt haue lyke as thou hast deserued For thy wycked doynges thy punysshmeÌ„t now doubled Ignis ipsum precedet The Prophet Dauid sayth thus Atque inflammabit in citcuitu inimicos eiue A consumynge fyre shall ronne before the iudge His enemyes consumynge they shall fynde no refuge Ob scesera et culpas hominum titusque nephandes In cineres ibit tissus tenuimque fauillam As Mantuan writeth for the wickednesse of the The earth to asshes by fyre shall turned be Ignis flamnia Infidelitatem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coget Infidelitas Credo credo credo I saye credo credo credo To the Denyll of hell by the Messe I wene I go Exit Deus Pater As â—e haue sene here â–ª howe I haue stryken with fyre The pestylent vyce of Infydelytie Sowyll I destroye in the fearcenes of myâ—tyre â–ª All sectes of errour with theyr enormytie Whiche hath rysen out of that iniquytie For as it is sayde that my hande hath no set Shall vp by the roote no power maye it let The Apostle Iohan in the Apoâ—alyps doth saye He sawe â— newe he euen and a newe earth appearynge The olde earth and se were taken cleane awaye That heauen is mannes fayth that earth his vnderstandynge Whom we haue renued by our most sexxet work ynge The olde cauered earth exylynge with the see Whiche is supersticion and Infydelytie A newe Hierusalem the sayde Iohn also se As a beautyfull 〈…〉 to her husbande Our â—â—ue faythfull churche is that same fayre Cytie WhoÌ„ we 〈…〉 by the power of our ryght hand As a sâ—ouse to Christ in euery Christen lande 〈…〉 the â—ecres of Babylonicall poperye Thatâ—â—â— in â—â—yâ—yte maye walke to our glorye 〈…〉 thre lâ—wes for you wyll I â—lere also Of suche infections as by Infydelytie Ye haue reciyued that ye with heâ— maye go Declarynge the wayes of Christen lybertie 〈…〉 she may take 〈…〉 For her onely God and be our people styll In our lawes walkynge
accordynge to our wyll Omnes simue At your commaundement we are most blessed lorde Deus pater Approche nyghar than and ye shall be restorde Thou lawe of Naturewe fyrste begyn with the Restorynge the agayne to thy first purytie Auoyde Idolatrye Auoyde vyle Sodomye We charge ye no more this lawe to putryfye Kepe styll that same hart for a sygne perpetuall That thou wert written in mannes hart firste of all Thou lawe of Moses â–ª gyue me that vayle from the No longer shalt thou neyther blynde nor croked be Hence thou Ambycion and cut sed Coueytousnâ—s I here banysche you from this lawe euer doubtles Lose not those tables whiche are a token ture That thou in the flesche shalt euer more contynue Thou lawe of the Gospell thoughe thou be last of all In operation yet thou art the pryacypall From the I exyle hypoetysye and false doctryne With all that depende vpon the papisticallâ—yne Reserue the came boke for a sygne of heauenly poure For y e boke thou art that Iohn froÌ„ headueÌ„ dyd deuoure Nature lex Euerlastyng prayse to thy gloryous maiestie Moseh lex Our heauenly gouernour great is thy gracious pytie Christi lex Of mankynde thou art the eternall felycitie Nature lex Nowe leauest thy seruauntes in thy perpetuall peace To do the seruyce from hence wyll we notcease Moseh lex For your eyes haue seâ—e what thou hast nowe prepared For thy peoples health which hath benhere declared Christi lex A lyght thou hast sent whiche is thy ioyous Gospell To the consolacion of the howse of Israell Nature lex In reioyce of this make we some melodye Moseh lex The name of our God to prayse and magnyfye Christi lex I assent therto and wyll synge very gladly Hic ad Dei gloriaâ— cantaâ—unt In exitu Israel de Aegipto â—â—l aliud simile Deus Pater Nowe haue we destroyed the kyngdome of Babylon And throwen the great whore into the bottomles pyt Restorynge agayae the true fayth and relygyon In the Christen churche as we haue thought it fyt Depurynge these lawes so to contynue it Man is our creature and hath grace in our syght To dwell with hym now is our whole hartes delyght Man is our people his God we are agayne With hym wyll we haue contynuall resydence A waye wyll we wype from all sorowe and payne He shall no longer dyspayre for his offence Nor haue in his soule any carefuldoubte of conscience The olde popyshnes is past whiche was dampuacion We haue nowe reâ—ued our Christen congregation Stande forth Christen faith and take our aduertismeÌ„t We here appoynt the to gouerne our congregacion Se thou do nothynge without the admonysshement Of these thre lawes here Imprynt theyr declaration Of my swete promyses and than make thou relation To my folke agayne that they maye walke to me Without popysshe dreames in a perfyght lybertie Fidâ—â— Christiana Most heauenly maker in it thoudoest coÌ„maunde me Euermore wyll I full prompt and dylygent be Deus Pater Thou lawe of Nature shalt â—â—ache man God to knowe And thatto refuse wherby any yll maye growe Nature lex From this your precepte shall I not varye I crowe â–ª Deus Pater Teache thou hym also to worshyp one God about And his proper neyber to persecute with loue Moseh lex I hope blessed lorde to do as me shall behoue Deus Pater And thou shalt teache hym to loue God in his hart And those to forgyue by whom he sufferethsmarte Christi lex In your appoyntmentes wyll I do also my part Deus Pater Worke thou in the harte a knowledge necessarye In the flesshe worke thou by outwarde Ceremonye Change thou notto the spâ—et â–ª â— workynâ—s of these â—wo And cause our people in a perfyght waye to go Take hede christeÌ„ fayth to the techynges of these thre And moue our people to walke in the verytie The promyses we made in all these thre are Gospell We wolde thou shouldest so to our Congregation tell Our euâ—rlastynge bâ—estynge be with you euer more Omnes simul To thy swete name lord be prayse perpetuall honour â–ª Fides Christiana It hath pleased God to put me in this offyce To gouerne his churche and christen Congregation And theriâ— do as ye shall me entyce Gyue me I praye you suche holsome exhortation As maye be to Man aclere edyfication And I wyll be glad to take your adurttyshment As it shall become any chylde obedyent Christi lex Ye speake it full wele than marke what shal be sayde And dylygently looke that it be obeyed Nature lex The effecte of me is for to knowe the lorde Euerlastynge stronge most gracyous and godlye And as touchynge Man to haue fraternall concorde F 〈…〉 r to norysshe and to do non iniurye To 〈…〉 â—â—uenasites made and loue true matrymonye Tâ—ese noble effectes so temper you in Man That them to fulfyll he do the best he can Moseh lex The effect of me is for to worshyp the lorde As one God alone and to flye from Idolatâ—ye Not to flee nor stele nor yet to beare false recorde To shewe what is synne and to seke the remedye Publyque peace to hold â–ª and sore to punysshe the gyltie From these good effectes se that man neuer sooâ—rue Thau shall he be sure that God wyll hym preserue Christi lex The effecte of me is for to worshyp the lorde In the inwarde spyryte and to fauoure frende eumye And in all poyntes els with Gods wyll to accorde To preache remyssyon to saue and to iustyfye In Christ all to seâ—elyfe iustyce peace and merâ—yâ— These heauenly effectes in man so incorporate That he maye in spyryte be newly regenerate Fides Christiana More swete than honye are your thre exhortacions And regestred they be in my memoryall Nowe wyll I forwarde to all the Christen nations And se in effecte these lawes obserued all To the abolyshment of the dreames papisticall Nowe the lyght is come the darkenes dyeth awaye I truste in the lorde men wyll walke in the daye Good Christen people to these thre lawes applye First knowe that ye haue a lyuynge God aboue Than do hym honour and his name magnyfye Worshyp hym in spryte as the Gospell you doth moue Than obey your quenâ— lyke as shall you behoue For she in her lyfe that lorde doth represent To sauegardâ— of the iust and fynners punysshement Se that ye regarde suche lawes as she doth make For they are of God as Salomon doth reporte Of these lawes doubteles those lawes theyr groundynges take To the publyque wealth to gyue ayde strength and comforte For preseruacion of all the christen sort In no case folowe the wayes of â—eygnolde Pole To his dampnacion he doubtles playeth the foole Haue â— due respecte vnto your countrey natyue Whiche hath brought ye vp and gyuen ye noryshment Euen from your cradelles to these dayes nutrytyue Do that ye maye do to her wealth and preferment Mynyster to bet no hatefull detryment A dogge to his frende wyll
neuer be vnlouynge Let reason in ye not lose his naturall workynge Nature lex Who lyueth without lawe shall perysshe without lawe And therfore we haue thre lawes to you descrybed That after theyr lyues ye shulde in your lyuyng drawe We haue also shewed howe they haue ben corrupted By fowle Idolaters and Sodomytes poluted By coueytous preestes and by ambytyous prelates Hypocrytall fryers false Doetours and false Cutates Moseâ— lex Who hath restored these same thyr lawes agayne But your late Iosias and valeaunt kynge Henrye No prynce afore hym toke euer yet suche payne FroÌ„ EnglaÌ„de to banysshe Idolatrye fowle Sodomye Coueytousnes Ambycion false Doctryne hypocresye It was he that brought Christes verytie to lyght Whan he put the pope with his fylthynes to flyght Christi lex FroÌ„ daÌ„pnable darkenesse as my brother here doth saye He hath delyuered this realme of Englande godlye Bryngynge his Subiectes into the true path waye Of theyr soules sauegarde â–ª if they now folow it wysely And lefte them he hath the same waye styll to fortyfye His noble sonne Edwarde suche a kynge of God electe As questionles whyle helyued did perfourme it in effect Fides christiana Praye we to the lorde for the longe contynuaunce Of Quene Elizabeth in this worldes habytacion And that of her Noblesse she haue true mayntenaunce In the pryncyples of this most worthy foundacion â—hat she maye to Christ brynge vs from desolation And for her noble Counsellours to god let vs all praye That in the true fayth theyr hertes directe he maye Amen The ten comaundementes bryefelye Loue thy Lorde God Sweare thou no othe Thy sobbeth kepe Please thy fryndes bothe Wytnes none yll Holde no mannes wyfe Brybe mannes good Slee not with knyfe Wysshe no mannes house Nor Oxe nor Asse As thou wylte haue Do thou lyke case ¶ These CoÌ„maundementes nede not be rehersed in the Enterlude ¶ A songe vpon Benedictus Compyled by Iohn Bale BEnedictus dominus Deus Israel Which hath ouer throwne the migh tye Idoll Bell The false God of Rome by power of the Gospell And hathe prepared from the depe lake of hell RedeÌ„ptionem pleâ—iâ— suâ— â—t â—rexit cornu of mercye health and grace That cruell Tyraunt nowe clearely to de face Whose blodye kyngdome dymynyssheth apace By the worde of God whiche lately hath take place In â—omo Dauid pueti sui â–ª Sicut Iocutus est the Lorde celestiall That Romys she Antichrist is lyke to haue a fall With his whole rable of sectes dyabolycall And nowe the nombre wyll florysshe ouer all Propâ—etatum eiuâ— Salutem ex inimicis nowe we maye dayly heare The enemyes of Christ with hym doth wytnesse beare Saule is become a Paule and preaching euery wheare Nowe may we receyue most heauenly wholsom geare De manu corum qui â—dâ—â—â—â—t nos Ad faciendam misericodiam The sonne of our God from his hyghe gloryecam To redeme the synne of the chyldren of Adam And to remembre to faythfull Abraham Testamentisui sancti Ad iusiurandum whiche God hath made afore Unto our fathers he wyll kepe euermore Promysed he hath if we regarde his lore For sakynge the Pope with his dampnable store Daturum se nobis Ut sine timore from Romysh tyrauntes fre The lorde graunt vs grace that we maye speakers bâ— Of his holy worde and therin to agree That in the Gospell and Christen lybertie Seruiamâ—â— iâ—â—i In sanctitate and purenes of lyfe Let vs nowe trauayle both mayden man and wyfe All tyghtrous doynges in vs be euer ryfe That we perseuet without debate orstryfe Omnibuâ— dicbus nostriâ— Tupuer Propheta elected of the lorde Our Quene Elizabeth to haue Goddes lawe restorde Folowest Iosias therofto take recorde In all thy doynges and in Goddes holy worde Patate viaâ—â—iuâ— Ad dandam scicentiam for mens helth and saue garde Christes holy Gospell by the is frely hearde Wherin doth cousyst theyr lyfe and full rewarde With preseruacion from daungerous iâ—obaâ—dye Peccatorum corum Pâ—t viscera misericordie Christ our dere mayster vs dayly ouerâ—â— Least we here perysshe in our iniquytie Our mediatour continuallye is he Oriâ—ns ex afto Illuminare swete lorde we the desyre To menin darkenes and in the popysshe myre Let not his baggage thy faythfull seruauntes tyre But vs delyuer from them and from hell fyre In viam pacis Amen THVS ENDETH this CoÌ„medye concernynge thre Lawes of Nature Moyses and Christ corrupted by the Sodomytes Pharysies and Papistes most wicked Compyled by Iohn Bale IMPRYNTED AT London in S. brydes Churchyarde ouer agaynste the North Doore of the Churche by Thomas Colwell Anno Domini M. D. LXII vi Die Nouembris Ad Sodo Ad Idol Ad Idol Ad Sodo Ad Idol