out that taketh paynes to fill the worlde with grace â–ª What Countrie man soeuer he be or in what time he liue Yea what soeuer name the worlde to him doth vse to giue So shalt thou well be furnished of counsaile learnde and good That may declare what néedefull is for to be vnderstood Of Christ of fayth and hope whereby thou well mayst answere giue In euery doubt as one that still about the Lorde doth liue Let not the whip of Ierome feare nor force thée to refraine For in the worlde he vttered hath his dreames and fancies vaine From reading of the heathens workes and of Philosophie Sometime for recreation sake thy minde a while applie In Aristotles bookes to search the sense and phrase obscure And whatsoeuer Plato here hath left in writing pure Or Plutarch Euchide Xenophon or Ptolomae the graue As touching Mathematicals or maners written haue Let here the Lawyers present be and also them withall The Popes decrées rescriptes and such as Decretals they call A méete and worthie place is due to Poets here of right As vnto vertuous mindes and men inspirde with holy spright Let Galen and Hippocrates be placed neare to thée And other famous Doctors that in phisicke skilfull bée â–ª Let Tullie that excelles in Latine tongue haue here his seat The father swâ—ete of eloquence and guide of dutie great Let Plinie and Demosthenes and valiant Caesar hie Isocrates and Seneca be placed worthylie Ioyne here withall in companie the storie writers olde Such as haue written liues of men and actes of Princes tolde â–ª Who able is eche writers name in verse for to resight Who in rehearsall of so great a number would delight But such as holde the sacred Plowe must not be ignorant Of any Author but with them be alwayes conuersant Learne of the honiemaking Bées about the Medowes flie And sucke the pleasant iuice that doth in euery flowre lie Of euery thing are arguments and reasons to be brought Not onely out of bookes and out of things that nature wrought But euen from the handicraftes of base and vile degrée That husbandmen may haue no time vnoccupide to bée What should I shew how great a gaine pleasure hence doth spring For first of all assuredly it is a worthie thing To haue so many learned mates and swéete companions here And such a learned Senate as aboute thée shall appere To whome thou mayst for counsell come in any doubt of thine That eyther longs to worldly state or vnto things deuine In silence they remaine if ought thou wouldst not forth to flie And truth is tolde thée plaine and nothing vttred there by flattrie Them shalt thou haue that can their part in weightie matters play And such againe as mirth can mooue and sorrow driue away Thus shalt thou willing maisters haue that present still shall bée Who if thou wilt shall teach if not they will not trouble thée Hereby thou shalt eschue the prease of common people vaine Nor pleasure shalt thou take in rude assemblies to remaine Thou shalt both spare thy pursse and eares and kéepe a quiet minde Nor shalt sustaine the vile reproch of such as be vnkinde Nor shalt thou be constraynde to looke vpon thy frowning so Nor driuen for to heare the ribaulds tongue at large to go No malice wrath nor wretched loue shall purchase thée disease No gates of noble men shut vp from thée shall thée displease â–ª The doubtfull cases of the lawe shall neuer mooue thy minde Nor strife that here in trifles vaine the brawling people finde Thou shalt no whit regarde the steps of hie estate to clime Nor shalt thou be with Dice vndone nor cast away with wine Thou shalt as in a Paradice enioy thy libertie And walke amongst the flowers swéete of white and purple die The worlde thou shalt dispise and onely ioyes of heauen embrace And follow here the doctrine true of Christ in blessed case FINIS Iohn 14. 1. Corin. 1. Actes 4. D. 22. omnes D. 21. In nouo D. 22. omnes Sacro sancta Pope Con. D. 95. Esto D. 10. Quoniam Greg. in Re. D. 12. Non decet praecipius 9. q. 3. aliorum contra 1. q. 1. vt euidenter D. 22. omneâ— Sacro sancta 17. q. 4. nemini 24. q. â— quoties Rogamus 9. q. 3. patet cuncta nemo D. 12. Si Romanorum 17. q. 4. nemini D. 19. Sic omnes D. 40. Si pâ—pa 9 q. 3 nemo Sequent Extra de concess pro. proposuit Extra de apellari Vt debitus 3. q. 6. Hoc quippe C. de rei uend li. 5.2 q. 6. Decreto D. 19. Sic omnes Si Romanorum sequentibus D. 11. Hoc vestrae D. 11. Nolite 24. q. 1. Rogâ—mus D 11 Hoc vestae D. 19. Sic omnes D. 63. tibi D. 17. Synodum nec licuit Extra de offi D. 96. Bene quidem in scripturis D. 10. Suscipitis D. 93. Si inimicus Ratio diui â–ª 600000. Con. 1. q. 1. Quicquid statuimus Gratia q. 3. Vendentes Chn. D. 100. Nouit D. 40. Non Loca Ante omnia Cardinalles Rational diuinor D. 19. Enim vero Bishoppes D. 84. Peruenit D. 25. PrimuÌ„ D. 36. Qui. Si quis 12. q. 2. Gloria 16. q. 1. Quoniam Con. 11. q. 1 Te quidem 12. q. 1. Clericus sequentibus Con. D. 88. episcop per latum Con. D. 42. episcopus Tharchbishoppe of Coleyne The Bishop of Herbipolis 8. q. 1. Qui episcopatum D. 36. Si quis D. 84. peruenit 2. q. 7 â–ª Non. omnes D. 45. Quid autem Suffragans Giuing of orders Consistories Officialles Cannons Quier men Curtisans Parsons Monkes Rich Monks Abbottes Mendicanter Common things Annoynted Surplesse wearâ—â—s Immunities Single life D. 27. Presb. D. 28. Ass. D. 31. Si Laicus Sacerdotibus Couetous Catholike fayth Popish fayth Baptisme The supper Others Penance Refuge The worship of the virgin Marie worship of saintes Reliques Helpâ— Pilgrimages Merites Pardons Tables and Images Belles Ratio diuino Holy water Munkry Funerals Con. 26. q. â— Si quis Non obâ—er Quis. q. 2. Nos planet Sed illud q. 5. Non liceat Aduent Christmasse daye Saint Steuen Saint Iohn â—â—â—rmasse Newyeares day Twelfe day Saint Agnes Candelmasse Blase Shrouetide Ashwednesday Lent. Care sunday Palme Sunday Maundy Thursday Good friday Easter eue Easter day Procession weeke Ascention day Whitsunday Corpus Christi day Saint Vrban Vitus Iohn Baptist Saint Huldryche Assumption of the Virgin Marie Martyâ— Nicholas Catheryn Andrew Church holyday All soulne daye Churches Funerals Prayers Charmes Holy dayes Stewes Deut 2â— 1. Cor 5.6.7.10 Heb. 13. Gal. 5. Ephe. 5. 1. Thes 4.
alone Who made himselfe our aduocate before his fathers throne These things they fayne and doe inuent without both fayth and minde That stedfast can they neuer stande nor safetie here can finde As he cannot that puttes not all his trust in God alone And in the faythfull sauiour of all our hope the stone Therfore they worship saints with hymnes songs and musike swéete With Aultars fayre and Churches built in euery towne and stréete In fieldes abrode and parishes in villages about So that no corner can be founde nor place appeare without But picture painted of some saint there gorgeously doth shine Or caruen Image worshipped with reuerence deuine And ech one hath his day alowde whereon they doe beleue That from the earth departing here the skies did them receue An other holy day they haue when church or aultar here Is dedicated vnto them with pompe and lustie chere The Churches for their sakes are strawde with pleasant flowers swéete And euery piller garnished with bowes and braunches méete The aultar also couered is with clothes of value great The Tabernacles opned are and saintes are shewde in seat Fayre guilt and finely ouerlayde with siluer sumptuously The grounde with Turkey carpettes spred and hangde with tapestry Perfumed all with franckenscence and euery pleasaunt thing That may prouoke deuocion and money in to bring Their bones they also vp doe digge and sepulchres destrye Contrarie quight to mans decrées and will of God on hye Whereby a greater gaine may come and wickednesse aryse And that they may beguile the worlde and bleare the peoples eyes And all in Golde these bones they set and rounde with siluer binde And closde in Christall to delude th'unlearned simple minde Here faine they many miracles and of their liues they preache And all their good and gracious workes continually they teache Not to the honoring of Christ nor that the people might By folowing of their vertuous life be brought to liue vpright But for to bring them from the truth vnto idolatrie And for to picke their purses here and them to follies tie For this they bring them forth abrode and on the aultar show For this they carie them about with many a cursey low And offer them to any man for money here to kisse Nor onely in this wretched case they are content with this To haue their bones in siluer closde and fondely to perswade Men vnto supersticion with this same foolish trade But also forth they shew their clothes their clokes their socks their hose Their napkins shooes and sillie shirtes their heare their skin their tose And eke the Virgin Maries milke so farre they be from shame And coales whereon saint Laurence lay while as he broylde in flame Yea more than this they shew the Haye whereon our sauiour lay Amid the maunger when he first was borne with ioyfull day And eake his coate that cruell souldiours woulde not here deuide The nayles and dredfull poynted speare that perst his tender side From whence sprange out the watrish bloud and cartlodes great beside Of that same crosse that long time since was in the riuer spide Whereof in euery famous Church some péeces doe appeare Besides the sliuers that about their neckes doe many weare And sundrie other thinges they shew which here for to resight Time suffers not nor leysure doth permit me here to wright Thou woonder wouldst how these same things so many yeres should lie And in what place they founde them first and how they came therebie But lawfull is it not to aske to doubt thereof is sinne For all things are most truly done and no deceyt therein Besides they promise pardon here of faulte and trespasse quight And merites great of waight to such as came to sée this sight So vile deceyuers of the worlde borne here to faine and lie To leade the people into hell and kéepe them from the skie To euery saint they also doe his office here assine And fourtene doe they count of whom thou mayst haue ayde deuine Among the which our Ladie still doth holde the chiefest place And of hir gentle nature helpes in euery kinde of case Saint Barbara lookes that none without the body of Christ doe dye Saint Cathern fauours learned men and giues them wisedome hye And teacheth to resolue the doubtes and alwayes giueth ayde Vnto the scolding Sophister to make his reason stayde Saint Appolin the rotten téeth doth helpe when sore they ake Otilia from the bleared eyes the cause and griefe doth take Rooke healeth skabbes and maungines with pockes and skurfe skall And cooleth raging Carbuncles and byles and botches all There is a saint whose name in verse cannot declared be He serues against the plague and ech infectiue maladie Saint Valentine beside to such as doe his power dispise The falling sicknesse sendes and helpes the man that to him cries The raging minde of furious folkes doth Vitu◠pacifie And doth restore them to their 〈◊〉 being calde on spéedilie Erasmus heales the Collicke and the griping of the guttes And Laurence from the backe and from the shoulders sicknesse puttes Blase driues away the quinsey quight with water sanctifide From euery Christian creature here and euery beast beside But Leonerd of the prisoners doth the bandes a sunder pull And breakes the prison doores and chaines wherwith his Church is full The quartane ague and the reast doth Pernel take away And Iohn preserues his worshippers from pryson euery day Which force to Benet eke they giue that helpe enough may bée By saintes in euery place what dost thou here omitted sée From dreadfull vnprouided death doth Marke deliuer his Who of more force than death himselfe and more of value is Saint Anne giues wealth and liuing great to such as loue hir most And is a perfite finder out of things that haue béene lost Which vertue likewise they ascribe vnto an other man Saint Vincent what he is I cannot tell nor whence he came Against reproche and infamy on Susan doe they call Romanus driueth sprites away and wicked deuills all The Byshop Wolfgang heales the goute S. Wendlin kepes the shéepe With shepheardes and the Oxen fatte as he was woont to kéepe The bristled hogges doth Antonie preserue and cherish well Who in his life tyme alwayes did in woodes and forrestes dwell Saint Gartrude riddes the house of Mise and killeth all the Rattes The like doth Bishop Huldrich with his earth two passing Cattes Saint Gregorie lookes to little boyes to teache their a. b. c And makes them for to loue their bookes and schollers good to be Saint Nicolas kéepes the Mariners from daunger and diseas That beaten are with boystrous waues and tost in dredfull seas Great Chrystopher that painted is with body big and tall Doth euen the same who doth preserue and kéepe his seruants all From fearefull terrours of the night and makes them well to rest By whom they also all their life with diuers ioyes are blest Saint Agathae defendes thy house
Stephens day whereon doth euery man His horses iaunt and course abrode and swiftly as he can Vntill they doe extréemely sweate and than they let them blood For this being done vpon this day they say doth do them good And kéepes them from all maladies and sicknesse through the yeare As if that Steuen any time tooke charge of horses heare Next Iohn the sonne of Zebedee hath his appoynted day Who once by cruell tyraunts will constrayned was they say Strong poyson vp to drinke therefore the Papistes doe beleeue That whoso puts their trust in him no poyson them can gréeue The wine beside that halowed is in worship of his name The Priestes doe giue the people that bring money for the same And after with the selfe same wine are little manchets made Agaynst the boystrous winter stormes and sundrie such like trade The men vpon this solemne day do take this holy wine To make them strong so do the maydes to make them faire and fine Then comes the day that calles to minde the cruell Herodes strife Who séeking Christ to kill the king of euerlasting life Destroyde the little infants yong a beast vnmercilesse And put to death all such as were of two yeares age or lesse To them the sinfull wretchesse crie and earnestly do pray To get them pardon for their faultes and wipe their sinnes away The Parentes when this day appeares doe beate their children all Though nothing they deserue and seruaunts all to beating fall And Monkes do whip eche other well or else their Prior great Or Abbot mad doth take in hande their bréeches all to beat In worship of these Innocents or rather as we sée In honour of the cursed king that did this crueltée The next to this is Newyeares day whereon to euery frende They costly presents in do bring and Neweyeares giftes do sende These giftes the husband giues his wife and father eke the childe And maister on his men bestowes the like with fauour milde And good beginning of the yeare they wishe and wishe againe According to the auncient guise of heathen people vaine These eight dayes no man doth require his dettes of any man Their tables do they furnish out with all the meate they can With Marchpaynes Tartes Custards great they drink with staring eyes They rowte and reuell féede and feast as merry all as Pyes As if they should at th'entrance of this newe yeare hap to die Yet would they haue theyr bellye 's full and auncient friendes allie The wise mens day here foloweth who out from Persia farre Brought gifts and presents vnto Christ conducted by a starre The Papistes do beléeue that these were kings and so them call And do affirme that of the same there were but thrée in all Here sundrie friendes togither come and méete in companie And make a king amongst themselues by voyce or destinie Who after princely guise appoyntes his officers alway Then vnto feasting doe they go and long time after play Vpon their bordes in order thicke the daintie dishes stande Till that their purses emptie be and creditors at hande Their children herein follow them and choosing princes here With pompe and great solemnitie they méete and make good chere With money eyther got by stealth or of their parents eâ—t That so they may be traynde to knowe both ryot here and theft Then also euery housholder to his abilitie Doth make a mightie Cake that may suffice his companie Herein a pennie doth he put before it come to fire This he deuides according as his housholde doth require And euery péece distributeth as round about they stand Which in their names vnto the poore is giuen out of hand But who so chaunceth on the péece wherein the money lies Is counted king amongst them all and is with showtes and cries Exalted to the heauens vp who taking chalke in hande Doth make a crosse on euery beame and rafters as they stande Great force and powre haue these agaynst all iniuryes and harmes Of cursed deuils sprites and bugges of coniurings and charmes So much this king can do so much the Crosses brings to passe Made by some seruant maide or childe or by some foolish asse Twise sixe nightes then from Christmasse they do count with diligence Wherein eche maister in his house doth burne vp Franckensence And on the Table settes a loafe when night approcheth nere Before the Coles and Franckensence to be perfumed there First bowing downe his heade he standes and nose and eares and eyes He smokes and with his mouth receyue the fume that doth arise Whom followeth streight his wife and doth the same full solemly And of their children euery one and all their family Which doth preserue they say their téeth and nose and eyes and care From euery kind of maladie and sicknesse all the yeare When euery one receyued hath this odour great and small Then one takes vp the pan with Coales and Franckensence and all An other takes the loafe whom all the reast do follow here And round about the house they go with torch or taper clere That neither bread nor meat do want nor witch with dreadful charme Haue powre to hurt their children or to do their cattell harme There are that thrée nightes onely do perfourme this foolish geare To this intent and thinke themselues in safetie all the yeare To Christ dare none commit himselfe And in these dayes beside They iudge what weather all the yeare shall happen and betide Ascribing to ech day a month and at this present time The youth in euery place doe flocke and all appareld fine With Pypars through the streetes they runne and sing at euery dore In commendation of the man rewarded well therefore Which on themselues they do bestowe or on the Church as though The people were not plagude with Roges and begging Friers enough There Cities are where boyes and gyrles togither still do runne About the stréete with like as soone as night beginnes to come And bring abrode their wassell bowles who well rewarded bée With Cakes and Chéese and great good cheare and money plentiouslée Then commes in place saint Agnes day which here in Germanie Is not so much estéemde nor kept with such solemnitie But in the Popish Court it standes in passing hie degrée As spring and head of wondrous gaine and great commoditée For in saint Agnes Church vpon this day while Masse they sing Two Lambes as white as snowe the Nonnes do yearely vse to bring And when the Agnus chaunted is vpon the aultar hie For in this thing there hidden is a solemne mysterie They offer them The seruaunts of the Pope when this is done Do put them into Pasture good till shearing time be come Then other wooll they mingle with these holy fleeses twaine Whereof being sponne and drest are made the Pals of passing gaine Thrée fingars commonly in bredth and wrought in compasse so As on the Bishops shoulders well they round about may
that fasted are Then all men are constrainde their sinnes by cruell law to tell And threatned if they hide but one with dredfull death and hell From hence no little gaines vnto the Priestes doth still arise And of the Pope the shambles doth appeare in beastly wise Now comes the sunday forth of this same great and holy fast Here doth the Pope the shriuen blesse absoluing them at last From all their sinnes and of the Iewes the law he doth alow As if the power of God had not sufficient bene till now Or that the law of Moyses here were still of force and might In these same happie dayes when Christ doth raigne with heauenly light The boyes with ropes of straw doth frame an vgly monster here And call him death whom from the towne with prowd solemne chere To hilles and valleyes they conuey and villages thereby From whence they stragling doe returne well beaten commonly Thus children also beare with speares their Cracknelles round about And two they haue whereof the one is called Sommer stout Apparalde all in gréene and drest in youthfull fine araye The other Winter clad in mosse with heare all hoare and graye These two togither fight of which the Palme doth Sommer get From hence to meate they go and all with wine their whistles wet The other toyes that in this time of holly fastes appeare I loth to tell nor order like as vsed euery wheare Here comes that worthie day wherein our sauior Christ is thought To come vnto Ierusalem on asses shoulders brought When as againe these Papistes fonde their foolish pageantes haue With pompe and great solemnitie and countnaunce wondrous graue A woodden Asse they haue and Image great that on him rides But vnderneath the Asses féete a table broade there slides Being borne on whéeles which ready drest and al things méete therfore The Asse is brought abroade and set before the Churches doore The people all do come and bowes of trees and palmes they bere Which things against the tempest great the Parson coniures there And straytwayes downe before the Asse vpon his face he lies Whome there an other Priest doth strike with rodde of largest sise He rising vp two lubbours great vpon their faces fall In straunge attire and lothsomely with filthie tune they ball Who when againe they risen are with stretching out their hande They poynt vnto the woodden knight and singing as they stande Declare that that is he that came into the worlde to saue And to redéeme such as in him their hope assured haue And euen the same that long agone while in the streate he roade The people mette and Oliue bowes so thicke before hym stroade This being soung the people cast the braunâ—hes as they passe Some part vpon the Image and some part vpon the Asse Before whose féete a wondrous heape of bowes and braunches ly This done into the Church he strayght is drawne full solemly The shauen Priestes before them marche the people follow fast Still striuing who shall gather first the bowes that downe are cast For falsely they beléeue that these haue force and vertue great Against the rage of winter stormes and thunders slashing heate Are Idoles worshipt otherwise are these not wicked things Euen I my selfe haue earst behelde both wise and mightie Kings Defilde with this religion vile that on their knées haue knéelde Vnto these stockes and honour due to God to them did yéelde In some place wealthie Citizens and men of sober chere For no small summe doe hire this Asse with them about to bere And manerly they vse the same not suffering any by To touch this Asse nor to presume vnto his presence ny For they suppose that in this thing they Christ doe highly serue And well of him accepted are and great rewardes deserue If any man shall happe to thinke them Asses here in this I sure beléeue he is not much deceyude nor thinkes amis When as the Priestes and people all haue ended this the sport The boyes doe after dinner come and to the Church resort The Sexten pleasde with price and looking well no harme be done They take the Asse and through the stréetes crooked lanes they rone Whereas they common verses sing according to the guise The people giuing money breade and egges of largest cise Of this their gaines they are compelde the maister halfe to giue Least he alone without his portion of the Asse shoulde liue From Thurseday then till Easter come the fondest toyes haue place Wherin these cathlikes think themselues great men of woÌ„drous grace First thrée dayes space the belles are wilde in silence for to lie When from the toppes of hawtie towres with clappers lowd they crie The boyes in euery streat doe runne and noyses great they make While as in calling men to Church their wooden clappers shake Thre nightes at midnight vp they rise their Mattens for to heare Appoynted well with clubbes and staues and stones in order theare The Sexten straightwayes putteth out the candles spéedely And straight the Priest with rustie throte alowde begins to cry Then furious rage begins to spring and hurlyburly rise On pewes and deskes and seates they bounce beate in dredfullwise Thou wouldst suppose they were possest with sprightes and deuills all Or fury such as forceth them that vpon Baccus call Some beaten downe with clubbes and staues amongst the pewes do ly And others almost brainde with stones or wounded mortally Well serues the darckenesse for these déedes and thereto doth agrée The fashions like of euery one that thus enraged bee Here wicked Iudas all to torne with vile reproches lies And Marie in the darcke is calde vpon with childish cries That she be mercifull and helpe and heale the faultes that bée And through hir powre deliuer them from hurt and miserée These things vnto these feastes belonges the candles being light An Image fastned to a crosse is caried all vpright A lanterne rounde about his necke is hangde to shâ—w the way Are not these popish foolish toyes a pretie kinde of play This day the oyle and glasses of the Bishop hallowed bée And twise thrée times saluting them he lowly bendes his knée The Cannons after doe the same with laughter wouldst thou faint And woonder farre to sée them make their spéechelesse glasse a saint Their dinner done from th'aultar all their costly clothes they take And wash it rubbing it with bowes and bromes that they doe make â–ª Then water on they powre and wine crosswise there on they lay And to the patron of ech aultar humbly doe they pray That they vouchsafe to looke vpon theyr seruaunts worshipping And to aswage the furie great of Ioue the thundring King. And here the Monkes their maundie make with sundrie solemne rights And signes of great humilitie and wondrous pleasaunt fights Ech one the others féete doth wash and wipe them cleane and drie With hatefull minde and secret frawde that in their heartes doth lye As if that
teache to them the same since euery Popes decrée Their doctrine fayth and all their rightes to this contrarie bée Straight after this into the fieldes they walke to take the viewe And to their woonted life they fall and bid the reast adewe Go nowe and laugh the Iewes to scorne and all the Turkes that bée For fayth religion lawes and life and their Idolatrée Sure wondrous wise and good they be if that thou wilt compare Them with these doltish Papistes here that blinde and beastly are Nowe comes the day wherein they gad abrode with crosse in hande To boundes of euery field and round about their neighbours lande And as they go they sing and pray to euery saint aboue But to our Ladie specially whom most of all they loue When as they to the towne are come the Church they enter in And looke what saint that Church doth guide they humbly pray to him That he preserue both corne and fruite from storme and tempest great And them defend from harme and send them store of drinke and meat This done they to the Tauerne go or in the fieldes they dine Where downe they sit and féede a pace and fill themselues with wine So much that oftentymes without the Crosse they come away And miserably they reele till as their stomacke vp they lay These things thrée dayes continually are done with solemne sport With many Crosses often they vnto some Church resort Whereas they all do chaunt alowde wherby there streight doth spring A bawling noyse while euery man séekes hyghest for to sing The Priestes giue eare this madnesse them doth most of all content And wine to them that passe the reast is from the Parson sent Then comes the day when Christ ascended to his fathers seate Which day they also celebrate with store of drinke and meate Then euery man some birde must eate I know not to what ende And after dinner all to church they come and there attende The blocke that on the aultar still till then was seene to stande Is drawne vp hie aboue the roofe by ropes and force of hande The Priestes about it rounde do stand and chaunt it to the skie For all these mens religion great in singing most doth lie Then out of hande the dreadfull shape of Sathan downe they throw Oft times with fire burning bright and dasht a sunder tho The boyes with gréedie eyes do watch and on him straight they fall And beate him sore with rods and breake him into péeces small This done they wafers downe doe cast and singing Cakes the while With Papers rounde amongst them put the children to beguile With laughter great are all things done and from the beames they let Great streames of water downe to fall on whom they meane to wet And thus this solemne holiday and hye renowmed feast And all their whole deuotion here is ended with a ieast On Whitsunday whyte Pigeons tame in strings from heauen flie And one that framed is of wood still hangeth in the skie Thou séest how they with Idols play and teach the people to None otherwise then little gyrles with Puppets vse to do Then doth ensue the solemne feast of Corpus Christi day Who then can shewe their wicked vse and fonde and foolish play The hallowed bread with worship great in siluer Pix they beare About the Church or in the Citie passing here and theare His armes that beares the same two of the welthiest men do holde And ouer him a Canâ—pey of silke and cloth of golde Foure others vse to beare aloufe least that some filthie thing Should fall from hie or some mad birde hir doung thereon should fling Christes passion here derided is with sundrie maskes and playes Faire Vrsley with hir maydens all doth passe amid the wayes And valiant George with speare thou killest the dreadfull dragon here The deuils house is drawne about wherein there doth appere A wondrous sort of damned sprites with foule and fearefull looke Great Christopher doth wade and passe with Christ amid the brooke Sebastian full of feathred shaftes the dint of dart doth féele There walketh Kathren with hir sworde in hande and cruell whéele The Challis and the singing Cake with Barbara is led And sundrie other Pageants playde in worship of this bred That please the foolish people well what should I stande vpon Their Banners Crosses Candlestickes and reliques many on Their Cuppes and carued Images that Priestes with countnance hie Or rude and common people beare about full solemlie Saint Iohn before the bread doth go and poynting towardes him Doth shew the same to be the Lambe that takes away our sinne On whome two clad in Angels shape do sundrie flowres fling A number great of sacring Belles with pleasant sounde doe ring The common wayes with bowes are strawde and euery stréete beside And to the walles and windowes all are boughes and braunches tide The Monkes in euery place do roame the Nonnes abrode are sent The Priestes and schoolemen lowde do rore some vse the instrument The straunger passing through the stréete vpon his knées doe fall And earnestly vpon this bread as on his God doth call For why they count it for their Lorde and that he doth not take The forme of flesh but nature now of breade that we do bake A number great of armed men here all this while doe stande To looke that no disorder be nor any filching hande For all the Church goodes out are brought which certainly would bée A bootie good if euery man might haue his libertée This bread eight dayes togither they in presence out do bring The Organs all do then resound and priestes alowde do sing The people flat on faces fall their handes helde vp on hie Beléeuing that they sée their God and soueraigne maiestie The like at Masse they doe while as the bread is lifted well And Challys shewed aloft when as the Sexten rings the bell O blessed God why suffrest thou such wickednesse to raigne And bringst them not into the steppes of fathers olde againe Whereof they do so often boast yet so vnlike them be That doctrine faith nor life with theirs doth any whit agrée In Villages the husbandmen about their corne doe ride With many Crosses Banners and sir Iohn their Priest beside Who in a bag about his necke doth beare the blessed breade And oftentyme he downe alightes and Gospell lowde doth reade This surely kéepes the corne from winde and raine and from the blast Such fayth the Pope hath taught and yet the Papistes holde it fast Not taken from the Gospell nor the worthie doctors olde But from the minde of man and from blinde reason mistresse bolde Straight after this comes Vrban in the Vintners God deuine Whose day if that it pleasant be and Sunne abrode do shine Good lucke to them they count it then and Bacchus holinesse His Image and his Church they decke and curiously do dresse About his necke both cups and bowles they hang in order
Baptisme the order and vse 30 Prophane by the papistes 31 Bachanalles 47.48 Baptisme how it was vsed at the first 31 Baptisme defiled with foolish gestures 31 Barbara what she carieth 53 Barbara hir vertues 38 Bennet Monkes their Abbot 21 Bennet why he forbad his Monkes the Bible 22 Bennet his vertue 38 Benifites of our Ladie to hir worshippers 35.36 Bible the interpretation belonging onely to the Pope 3 Blase his day .47 his vertue 38 Boemians worshippers of the Pope 2 Benifites gyuen by the Papystes for money 27 Breeches of Saintes shewed for Reliques 38 Butter to be eaten a sinne 49 Bell of numberg Heruaunt 41.42 Belles annoynted 25 Bishop his furniture and apparell 9 Bishoppes their description their othe their order in preaching 8 Bonefires 54 Begging Friers their order 22 Bawdes allowed by the Papistes 58 Begging thought a beautie 23 Bawlinge Friers set on to gette money 41 Bones of saints digged vp for gain 39 Bread chaunged into the body of christ 31 Blockheades deputies to bishops C. CHristning of Belles 14 Towling against tempests 41 Candels at pilgrymages 39 Candlesticks offered by Pilgrimes 39 Commons their riot 16 Canonicall houres 16 Common law how it came 26 Commons arrayed in blacke 16 Prisoners their God. 38 Carbuncle 39 Cardinals their intertainment 7 Cardinals a burthen to the worlde 8 their maner of polling 7 Carpes offred to what Saint 55 Charterhouse Monkes 42 Catherin hir weapons 53 hir feast 55 Catherin hir vertue 38 Catholikes who be 29 Catholike fayth 29 Chrisme 14 Chrisme the vse thereof in baptisme 31 Chrisme vsed about children 34 Christopher 53 Christopher his ayde 38 Christ why he ascended 36 why he washed his disciples feete 51 Christ poore 39 Christ our righteousnesse 30 our aduocate before the father 37 Christ what he hath done for vs. 4 what he giues vs in his supper 33 howe he is alwayes eaten 32 Christ and Moyses their difference 11 Christ his birth 44 his bare â—â—â—ue 34 Churches seldome built to him his offering in Masse 32 Christ eaten of good and euill 32 ioyned with beliall 59 Christ his estimation with the Turke and the Papistes 43 Christians their true penance 34 Chrysolyt 39 Candlemasse day 47 Coffer in the Church 41 CitizeÌ„s purchase the carion of an Asse 50 Coleyn tho Archbishop 9 Counsaile none without the Pope 4 Confirmation popish 33.34 Corinthians their Custome 58 Christ his bodie to be solde 27 Corpus Chrisâ—i day 53 Coribantes 45 Crosse kissâ—d by popishe priestes 51 Crosses aboâ—t Papistes neckes 57 Course prayers to our Ladie 36 Curtizans or Courtiers of Rome 16 Church of Christ hir true Citizens 29 hir power from whom she hath it 2 Coniurer his office 13 Court of Rome what seruauntes they like 16 Cowle of Friers fled vnto 42 Cardinalles hattes 7 Childermasse day 45 Cardinalles their othe 7 Care sunday 49 Coles of saint Laurence to be seene 37 Cardinals imbassadors 7 Chrisome for children 31 Candle vsed at Christnings 31 Casting of snow balles 48 Caues sought in time of tempest Clappers Church walles annoynted 3â— Churches garnished 37 Churches beare the name of euery saint but seldome of Christ 37 Christ his coate to be seene CoÌ„mon people deceiued by inquisitors Councels in Germanie Canons their Catskin hoodes 16 Camewse a stonâ— D. DEscription of Abbayes 21 Dauncing at Bonefires 54 Deuils inclosed in Christall 57 Damasus the Pope deuisor of the houres canonicall 16 Danes worshippers of the Pope 2 Daniel his life 19 Dardanus a witch 57 Difference in dayes 44 Diuine honor not due to our Lady 36 Deathes picture caried aboute 50 Dedication of Churches 12 Damnation the rewarde of doubtful minde 43 E. ENglish worshippers of the Pope 2 Ephod of the Iewes â—6 47 Excommunication how it was vsed at the first 35 Exequies 57 Egges forbidden 49 Egges lawfull to be eaten 27 Egges offered by pylgrymes Emeralde 39 Extreeme vnction the vse Extreme vnctioÌ„ taketh away sinnes Easter euen 52 Easter day 52 F. FLeshe forbidden 49 Funerals their order 57 Feuer what saint helpeth 38 Feastes of our Ladie 36 Faith in christ defaced by the Pope 34 Florian his force 38 Frenchmen worshippers of the Pope 2 Falling sicknesse who helpeth 38 Fasting of Papistes Fayth onely in Christ 29 Freedom of Priestes 26 Frankensense offered by Pilgrimes 39 Frankensense burned 3 Flowers and bowes on palme sâ—nd 50 G. GOdfathers to Belles 14 God how he is pleased 34 God his power and pitifulnesse denied by Papistes 35.36 God and man not pleased in one sort 35 God pleased with Masse 33 God called vpon in trouble 35 Who flieth vnto him 29 Gospell howe it is slaundered by Papistes 59 Gospell where it is preached the Pope decreaseth 59 Saint George 53 Saint George his force Germanes worshippers of the Pope 2 S. Gertrude hir force against mice 38 Greekes neuer worshipped the Pope 2 God giueth all things freely Saint Gregorie his force 38 Gaine of vngodlinesse 55 Gospell of Saint Iohn worne aboute neckes 57 Gods lawes mans farre different 35 Good Friday 51 Giuing of orders H. HAlowing of the Font. 52 Holy water his vse 41 Helpers fourteene 38 Horses offered in Pylgrimage 39 Halowing of Candles 47 their vertue .47 their vse against tempestes 42 Heades of Priestes annoynted 25 Halowing of meates 52 Heauen to be solde Hallowing of Churches 12 Horses healed by Steuen 45 Holidayes how they are vsed 57 Hay of the Manger where Christ laye shewed as reliques 39 Hennes offered to Vitus 54 Hanging of herrings 49 Herods crueltie 45 Saint Huldrich his force and helpe 38 Harlots punished by Moyses law 58 Holy land sought in Pilgrimage 39 Hogges offered by Pilgrimes 58 Hunting for prebendes 17 Harlots alowed to euery priest 18 Holy water 42 Hungarians worshippers of the Pope 2 J. IOhn the Baptist his feast 54 Iohn Baptist his going before the singing Cake 53 In the supper what is giuen 33 Inquisitors of Heresies 23 Iacinct 39 Irish men obedient to the Pope 2 Saint Iames riche 38 Iasper a stone 39 Saint Iohn the Euangelist his force agaynst poyson 45 Idolles 41 Idols their tabernacles set open 55 Iesuites a sect 25 Indulgens 41 Infantes thought to be possessed wyth deuilles 31 Infants their exequies 43 Inquisition what articles it hath 23 to whom it is committed 23 Italians worshippers of the Pope 2 Iudas torne in peeces 51 Iewes by what they thinke to bee saued 30 Iewes did all things by Gods coÌ„maundement and Papists all of their owne heade 25 Idoll of the virgin exceeding Salomon in costly clothes 40 Images couered 40 IerusaleÌ„ sought vnto in pilgrimage 39 Image of Christ buried Images offered by Pilgrimes 39 Image of our Ladie how it is clad K. KEyes of the Pope 2 Knightes of Duchland Kings annoynted 25 Kinges kneeling to an Asse 50 Kings their obedience to the Pope 4 L. LIcence to eate fleshe 27 Loy his force 38 Larence his vertue 38 Lectoror his office 13 Saint Leonard his vertue 38 Lawes of God howe the Pope vseth them
3 Lecherie of priestes 27 Linus Pope his deuice 47 Loth his life in Sodome 19 Luke the God of Painters 38 Lucifers fall from heauen 1 Lying thought no shame 47 Lent. 49 M. MAry beneficiall to husbandmen 36 Marâ—in worshipped with chese 55 Maydens howe they choose theyr husbandes by Onions 44 Masse opens heauen 33 Masse what commoditie it brings 32 Mariage shunde of Papistes 27 of Monkes 20 Mariage broken by the Pope 3 Mariage made broken in coÌ„sistorie 15 Monkes their maundie 51 Men of Cipresse their maners 58 Men pleased with deedes Murder made light of 26 Mediators 38 Milke of the virgin Mary a relique 37 Milke not eaten 49 Maskers Saint Martine benificiall to Schoolemaisters 55 Moone obserued by Papistes 44 Magicke vsed 57 Saint Magnus his vertue 39 Mahomets lawe when and howe it beganne 2 Mischiefes from heauen 1 S. Marke his vertue against death 38 Mary wher she is most worshipped 39 Maryes three comming to the Sepulchre 52 Maried men comming to the stewes punished 48 Saint Martin his feast 55 Marchant men worshippers of the virgin 36 Merites sought in all things 40 Merites their estimation 40 Merites to be solde 27 bought of Monkes by whom 40 Michaels Epistle 57 Masse hir commodities 33 Masses ordeyned of kings princes 33 Masses what and howe great benifites they bring 33 Murder made light of 26 Massing garmeÌ„ts offred by pilgrims 39 Monkery 42 Monkes welthie 20 the inuenters of all mischiefe 36 Monkes their lyfe their studyes and offices 18.19 MoÌ„ks their chastity pouerty sects 20 Monks their delicacie and riot 21 their swarmes howe they spring and encrease 31 Monkes merites to be solde Monkes called to sleepe in the day time and whic 21 Monasteries described 21 Moyses and Christ their difference 11 Mullets offered to saints 55 Miracles esteemed of the worlde 22 Monkes meddle with wordly matters 20 Myse rattes driuen away by saints 38 Mariners worshippers of the Virgin Marie 36 Monks where they made their nests 21 Money snatched from the altar 45 Money who giueth what blessings hee receyues 27 Maydes how they learne the conditions of such as shall be their husbands Maidens how they gesse their husbands in Aduent 44 Maydes drawing in the plowe 49 A wodden child in swadlingclouts 45 Making of a king 46 Monkes their daintinesse 19 N. NAiles wher christ was crucified 38 Nicholas his helpe his feast and worship 55 Napkins of Saintes preserued 37 S. Nicholas giues gold to maydes 55 O. OFfring of Lammes 46 Oxen offered in pilgrimage 39 Our Ladies fast 36 Olde fire quenched new halowed 52 Our Ladie of Ratspon 39 Our Ladies Monkes 36 Offerings of the people 28 Officialles and their office 15 Oyle the vse in baptisme 31 Saint Ottilia hir vertue 38 Offering of fishe 55 P. POwlers 47 Plowing on Ashwednesday 49 Papistes skilfull in Logique 57 Papistes trust in Astrologie 44 Pope author perswader of wars 60 Pope vsurpeth the state of the Emperor 4 Prebendaries olde and newe 15 Priestes their chiefe holinesse in song 53 Paskall 52 Pilgrimage to Compostell 39 Pilgrimes deckt with scallop shels 40 Priests their punishmeÌ„t for marying 27 Pope his consistories 15 Peeces of the Crosse of Christ shewed in euery Church 38 Pope his triple Crowne 5 Procession Weeke 53 Priestes fingers annoynted 13 Preachers giuen to couetousnesse 1 Preachers their euill life before the Papacie 15 Papistes all teach to be doubtfull 43 Protestants theyr warres how the Papistes account 59 Pope coÌ„maundeth to trust in our owne deedes 35 Prayers agaynst the Feuer 48 Popish fayth 29 Papistes ryding about corne 54 Precious stones offred in pilgrimage 39 Papistes seeke lyke Giants to get heauen by their owne workes 30 Purgatorie fire 5 Priestes all shauen 25 Popish impietie 53 Pope the maister of vngodlinesse 34 Pardons their order 41 Plates of leade fastned to the Palle 46 Penance 34 Papistes their pastime on holy daies 58 Princes which they gaue laÌ„ds to Monasteries 21 Pope his riches 6 Palles their description 46 Palles their vse 47 Palme sunday how it is kept 50 Palmes agaynst tempestes 42 Pope whether and how he is holiest 6 Pope whether hee bee the Churches heade 3 How he vseth his keyes 2 worshiped of all men as God. 2 how he gets his riches 6 how he knowes the secretes of euerie Prince 24 Papistes put all their trust in Masse Pope his power in Hell. Pope his pardon Pope his apparell his going a warfare Pope his horrible doctrine of penaunce his maiestie ryot c. Popish fayth 29 Popish pardons 41 Popish Parsons what they preach 17 Papistes their patrones Saint Paule welthy 40 S. Pauls sentence against whoremongers 58 Papistes washing of feete 51 Pilgrimages their order their estimation 39 Saint Parnell hir vertue 37 Saint Peter the ritch 6 Peter his booke 60 his running to the sepulchre 52 Persecution of Protestantes 59 Penaunce of Papistes and of Christians 34 Poloners worshippers of the Pope 2 Pope howe he brings the people in subiection 4 Power of the Church wherein it consistes 2 Prayers of Papistes 57 Pope how he hath brought in subiection Princes 4 Princes their obedience to the Pope 4 Popish Psalter 57 Purgation how the Pope vseth it 50 Papistes refuge Papistes count themselues kinges for their shauen crownes 25 Pope makes no difference betwixt the Apostles and Simon Magus 34 Q. QViermen 16 R. RVnning in Charetes Radish eaten with deuotion 52 Ratspon 39 S. Roke his vertue against scabbes 37 S. Roman against Deuils 37 Rosaries certaine prayers made by Monkes 36 Russians worshippers of the Pope 2 Running vnder stayers for feare of thuÌ„der 42 S. SExten coÌ„pelled to ware a surplesse 26 Sicknesse healed by Masse 33 Sommer a boy 50 Shooes of Saints shewed for reliques Single life 27 Supper of the Lorde why it was ordayned 31 Supper of the Lorde how the papistes vse it 50.52 Supper of the Lorde chaunged into Masse Supper of the Lorde applyed for merites 32 how many maydes defiled 31.32 Sinnes forgiuen to the faythfull 31 Sinnes wyped away by Masse 33 Spaniardes obeyers of the Pope 2 Speare that slew Christ a relique 39 Surplis what good it doth 26 Schoole maisters part of the Asse 50 Schole maisters surplesse wearers 26 Shroue tuesday how it is vsed 48 Sheepe their Saint 38 Singing Cake worshipped 53 Sainctes clokes preserued 39 Shearing of cloth for feare of Mothes a Prouerbe 41 Spittle vsed in baptisme Steuen his feast 38 Suffragans their office Susanna hir aide 38 Sacraments .5 deuised by the Pope 33 Sault vsed in baptisme 31 Saphire 39 Satisfaction 34 ScatmiaÌ„ law against lechers abrogated Scots worshippers of the Pope 2 Silken garments offered by Pilgrimes Sacramentes onely two appoynted by Christ 30 Scilence of Belles for three dayes 50 T. TAbles Toothach what saint healeth 38 Twelfeday 45 Turkes and Papistes compared Turkes howe they beleeue howe they thinke of papistes that they haue more reason than Papistes The Papistes members cannot bee taken for the members of Christ W.
WArres caused by the Pope and when 5 Worship of Saintes merites of saints their force in penaunce 34 Worshippers of thēselues at Spires 34 Welles chaunged into wine 44 Winter a boy 50 Vaunt of good workes 29 Without merites nothing 32 Saint Valentine his vertue 38 Saint Vincent his vertue 38 Vintners worshippers of s Vrban 38 Wine chaunged into the bloud of Christ Water chaunged into wine S. Vitus his vertue his feast and worship 38 Saint Vrban his feast worship and vertue 38 Vrsula 38 S. Wendelin his vertue and aide 38 S. Wolfgang his vertue and ayde 38 Whisontide 53 Women in childbed defended from Deuiles 57 wheele vsed in shewing of fastes 36 Willow branches cast before an Asse 50 Vertuous life 19 Whoredome 58 FINIS Faultes escaped The first leafe fifth verse for Sceptor reade Scepter The sixt leafe eleuenth verse for hore reade whoore The eight leafe seconde verse for dranes reade droanes The ninth leafe verse 27 for shew reade shooe The tenth leafe verse the seuenth for woode reade hoode The twelfth leafe verse 61 for Damocratus reade Democritus The thirtenth leafe verse the first for Great reade Greeke The same leafe verse .26 for doth reade to The sixtene leafe verse .17 For Damassus reade Damasus The .19 leafe verse .69 for In darkenesse lyues more nedeth it the light c. Reade thus In darkenesse doth it liue more nedes the light of holy men The twentie leafe verse .62 For shoulde reade toulde The .21 leafe verse .37 for or reade all The .26 leafe verse 50 ▪ for cherely reade clearely The same leafe verse .63 For Luke wrought reade Luke wrote The .55 leafe verse 28. For the last he takes reade the tast he takes The .44 leafe verse .3 For steates reade streates The .48 leafe verse 38. For Scent reade sent The .56 leafe verse .6 For their heape deceaues reade their hope deceaues The last leafe the first side and .29 lyue For so it is reade so is it ¶ To the right honorable and worthie Lords the gouernors and Senate of Bern Thomas Naogeorgus vvisheth c. WHEN AS I VNDERSTOODE right honourable Lordes your common vvealth to be thorovvly furnished and beautified not onely vvith good lavves and ordinances but also vvith pure religion sound doctrine and pleasantly to flourish vvith all honest and vertuous studies I can scarcely expresse hovve ioyfull it vvas vnto me and so much the more bicause you haue determined to giue no place at all to the aduersaryes of Gods truth vvho novv do labor vvith the vttermost of their force to darcken the light of Christ and to bring in againe the stinking and contagious mistes of false and ydolatrous religion This surely is the stedfastnes of the knovvne assertaine truth from vvhich in these dayes the more pittie haue great numbers vvithdravvne theirselues eyther for feare or hope of liuing revvard thā vvhich can nothing be more vvicked nor of more force to the establishing of vngodlinesse For according to the saying of saint Peter farre better vvere it for a man neuer to haue knovvne the truth than after he hath entered the path of true godlinesse to forsake the truth for any cause and refusing Christ to cleaue to the illusions of Sathan For vvhat thing do our aduersaries more shoot at thā to accuse vs of lightnesse and vnfaythfulnesse and more and more to entangle vs vvith their errors and entisements VVo bee to the vvorlde for offences sayth our sauiour Christ VVhat commendation and hovve great a glorie it is in so many stormes and tempestes yea in the Shipvvracke of such a number rightly to holde the helme and to giue neyther place to vvinde nor vvaue no man there is but knovves This glorie of your common vvelth I doe more a great vvay esteeme than if you had brought in subiection some mightie and large dominion bicause that earthly thinges vvith heauenly thinges and truth vvhich is Christ vvith the vvorlde are not to be compared and earthly things be vve pleased or displeased vvill vve or nill vve must shortly be forgone But the truth remaynes and shall keepe you for euer Go therefore happily forvvard right vvorthie Gouernors hauing obteyned such vertue and constancie For thus to heauen do vve go as the Poet in a farre more base and other thing affirmeth Greatly beholding vnto you are all those that loue and vvorship our Lorde Iesus Christ but especially the people that are vnder your gouernment Considering their neighbours round about them dvvelling in darknesse they enioy the most svveete and comfortable light of the Gospell and that thorovv your vvisedome councell aucthoritie stedfastnesse and of long time great care in aduaunceing the Gospell of god I vvish therefore vvell from the bottome of my heart both to you and your cōmon vvealth and minding to declare my good vvill tovvards you I find nothing meeter thā to dedicate this present vvorke vnto you that if it shall happen to come vnto our posteritie your commendable and carefull diligence in setting forth the Gospell may not bee passed in silence Neyther doe I doubt but that according to your accustomed gentlenesse you vvill take in good part this my poore labour and good vvill The Lorde Iesus long preserue both you and your gouernment in prosperous estate From Campidun the first of March. 1550. The spirituall Husbandrie The first Booke OF holy husbandmen and of the art we minde to sing That mortal minds doth til blinded breasts to good doth bring What noisome plants out of the harts corrupted thou shalt wéed Before that of the Gospell there thou sowste the ioyfull séed And howe the fieldes are to be drest and eke the certaine way To kéepe the séede in saftie so as it doe not decay Nor that the prince of hell abrode the cockle fowle doe fling Or of the lewdnesse of the ground or faultie soyle it spring Herein vnknowne to Poets olde that long agone did write O Christ the perfite sonne of God and fathers Image right Graunt me thine ayde for wisedome all from thée alonely springs And worthie Poets through thy helpe haue written worthie things Thine owne affayres are had in hand of this so sacred paine Thou art the cause for it belongs vnto thy heauenly raigne Thou sendes the husbandmen and art the plowmans chiefest ayde The blessed corne that springeth vp shall in thy barnes be layde And you most worthie souereigne Lords and chosen fathers graue That in this age aboue the rest the chiefest honor haue For learning and religion pure of Muses taking charge As Bern your Countrie doth declare and all your Empire large For there true godlinesse is taught and Christ and fayth withall And place assignde to vertuous wits and studyes liberall You are not as a great sort are of Christ ashamde awhit That here amongst a thousand foes in blinded world doth sit And calleth all men in the ende vnto his heauenly raigne Accept these simple verses here and fauour this my paine At