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A04873	The popish kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist, written in Latine verse by Thomas Naogeorgus, and englyshed by Barnabe Googe; Regnum papisticum. English	Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563. Agriculturae sacrae libri quinque. Book 1-2. English. aut	1570 (1570)	STC 15011; ESTC S109280	147,386	198

Christ they are and of his office hie His merits here and wherefore on the Crosse so painfullie He suffred death and rose againe O miserable men That wauer still and haue no certaine hope nor fayth in them What ende is dewe what recompence doth here remaine behinde But onely iust damnation for this their doubtfull minde But all the popishe sort doth doubt and teach men eke to doubt If we be righteous if our sinnes be cléerely blotted out If that the father fauour vs and through his onely sonne Hath made vs heare his heyres of euerlasting life to come And thinkst thou these are Catholikes or Church of Christ aright That hearken not to Christ but ouerthrow his triumph quight And eke his death and rather had to euery creature flie Than vnto him that hath the rule of euery thing from hie I had as lieue the Turkish lawe and doctrine to professe As with the papist to beleue that teach such wickednesse What matter is it whether sect thou folowest in thy workes For papistes do no more beleue in Christ than do the Turkes The Fayth of both is fonde and vaine and both alike in showe The name alone of Christ and all his doings here do knowe In worship life and fayth they doe his powre and force deny And do dispise his benifites and cast them cléerely by The popish Kingdome The fourth booke AS Papistes doe beleue and teach the vaynest things that bée So with their doctrine and their fayth their life doth iump agrée Their feasts all their holidayes they kepe throughout the yeare Are full of vile Idolatrie and heathenlike appeare Whereby though they do nothing teach but should their doctrine hide Which yet in volumes more than one may openly be spide Thou easily mayst knowe whether true Catholikes they bée And onely trust in Christ and kéepe th' assured veritée Be therefore here a perfite Iudge and all things warely way With equall ballance for before thine eyes I here will lay Most plainly though not all for who is able that to tell But such as best are knowne to vs in Germanie that dwell And first betwixt the dayes they make no little difference For all be not of vertue like nor like preheminence But some of them Egyptian are and full of ieopardée And some againe beside the rest both good and luckie bée Like diffrence of the nights they make as if th' almightie king That made them all not gracious were to them in euery thing Beside they giue attentiue eare to blinde Astronomars About th'aspects in euery howre of sundrie shining stars And vnderneath what Planet euery man is borne and bred What good or euill fortune doth hang ouer euery hed Hereby they thinke assuredly to know what shall befall As men that haue no perfite fayth nor trust in God at all But thinke that euery thing is wrought and wholy guided here By moouing of the Planets and the whirling of the Speare No vaine they pearse nor enter in the bathes at any day Nor pare their nayles nor from their hed do cut the heare away They also put no childe to nurse nor mend with doung their ground Nor medicine do receyue to make their crased bodies sound Nor any other thing they do but earnestly before They marke the Moone how she is placde and standeth euermore And euery planet howe they rise and set in eche degrée Which things vnto the perfite fayth of Christ repugnant bée Which first I showe least in my course I should be driuen plaine To call to minde these foolishe toyes now to my theame againe Three weekes before the day whereon was borne the Lorde of grace And on the Thursday Boyes and Girles do runne in euery place And bounce and beate at euery doore with blowes and lustie snaps And crie the aduent of the Lorde not borne as yet perhaps And wishing to the neighbours all that in the houses dwell A happie yeare and euery thing to spring and prosper well Here haue they peares and plumbs pence ech man giues willinglée For these thrée nightes are alwayes thought vnfortunate to bée Wherein they are afrayde of sprites and cankred witches spight And dreadfull deuils blacke and grim that then haue chiefest might In these same dayes yong wanton Eyrles that meete for mariage ●ée Doe search to know the names of them that shall their husbandes bee Foure Onyons fiue or eight they take and make in euery one Such names as they do fansie most and best do thinke vpon Thus néere the Chimney them they set and that same Onyon than That first doth sproute doth surely beare the name of their good man. Their husbandes nature eke they séeke to know and all his guise When as the Sunne hath hid himselfe and left the starrie skies Vnto some woodstacke do they go and while they there do stande Eche one drawes out a faggot sticke the next that commes to hande Which if it streight and euen be and haue no knots at all A gentle husband then they thinke shall surely to them fall But if it fowle and crooked be and knottie ●ere and theare A crabbed churlish husband then they earnestly do feare These things the wicked Papistes beare and suffer willingly Bicause they neyther do the ende nor fruites of faith espie And rather had the people should obey their foolish lust Than truely God to know and in him here alone to trust Then comes the day wherein the Lorde did bring his birth to passe Whereas at midnight vp they rise and euery man to Masse This time so holy counted is that diuers earnestly Do thinke the waters all to wine are chaunged sodainly In that same houre that Christ himselfe was borne and came to light And vnto water streight againe transformde and altred quight There are beside that mindfully the money still do watch That first to aultar commes which then they priuily do snatch The Priestes least other should it haue takes oft the same away Whereby they thinke throughout the yeare to haue good lucke in play And not to lose then straight at game till daylight do they striue To make some present proofe how well their hallowde pence wil thriue Thrée Masses euery Priest doth sing vpon that solemne day With offrings vnto euery one that so the more may play This done a woodden childe in clowtes is on the aultar set About the which both boyes and gyrles do daunce and trymly iet And Carrols sing in prayse of Christ and for to helpe them heare The Organs aunswere euery verse with swéete and solemne cheare The Priestes doe rore aloude and round about the parentes stande To sée the sport and with their voyce do helpe them and their hande Thus woont the Coribants perhaps vpon the mountaine Ide The crying noyse of Iupiter new borne with song to hide To daunce about him round and on their brasen pannes to beate Least that his father finding him should him destroy and eate Then followeth Saint

no body here doth liue but bloud must néedes be there Nor bloud can any life possesse without the bodie here As if that Christ the maister of the worlde knew not of this But in his owne appoyntment shoulde for lacke of knowledge mis. And are not these same wondrous things and learnings passing great When Christ did neuer will the same nor hereof did intreate To this he patcheth merites to the Priestes deseruing hy And euery one that heares the Masse and euery stander by For nothing in the Papacie without desertes is donne Nor must be wrought sith for a rule it generally doth ronne That all our health dependeth of our workes and our good déedes No place hath fayth nor glorie giuen to Christ From whome procéedes Our happie state and blessed life nor onely to the grace Of God they haue respect that doth of mercy vs imbrace Who causeth Masse or doth it say doth merite wondrously The like doe they that doe it heare and marke attentiuely Who neyther heares nor vnderstandes a word thereof at all But standeth onely in the Church as painted on a wall With merites great rewarded is and all his sinnes thereby Forgiuen quite the hope whereof doth make him looke full hye Yea if the bell to sacring toule and farre from thence thou bée And cannot come but earnestly doe wish the same to sée A merite great you gotten haue thus playne it doth appere The supper serueth for desertes with papistes euery where Their trust is alwayes in the Masse to this they onely flye In euery thing that toucheth them and euery ieoperdye And is not this a goodly crewe they are perswaded still What daye they heare or sée a Masse to haue no kinde of ill Thus comes it here to passe that I did lately say and wright They put not all their trust in Christ but in their proper might And in their owne good workes as in their doings they expresse Being full of incredulitie and all vngodlinesse Masse opens heauen gates and doth deliuer men from hell Masse healeth all diseases and doth sicknesses expell Masse doth relieue the burdned minde and sinnes defaceth quight Masse pleaseth him that guides the skies and giues the heauens bright Masse pluckes the sinfull soules from out the Purgatorie fire Masse comforteth th' afflicted sort and makes them to aspire Masse washeth cleane the mind and makes the guiltie conscience cleere Masse doth obtaine the grace of God and kéepes his fauour heere Masse driueth wicked Deuils hence and ouerthrowes the féendes Masse bringeth Angels good from hie makes them faythfull fréendes Masse doth defende the trauayler from daunger and disease Masse doth preserue the sayling ship amid the raging seas Masse giueth store of corne and graine and helpeth husbandrée Masse blesseth euery such as seekes in welthie state to bée Masse gettes a man a pleasant wife and gettes the mayd hir mate Masse helpes the Captaine in the fielde and furthereth debate Masse also doth asswage the heate that in the heart doth raigne Masse doth defende the pleasant grapes and vineyards doth maintaine Masse helpes the hunter with his horne and makes the dog to runne Masse sendeth store of sport and game into their nettes to come Masse molifieth the angrie mindes and driueth rage away Masse brings the wofull Louers to their long desired day Masse doth destroy the witches works makes their charmings vaine Masse causeth good deliueraunce and helpes the womans paine Masse makes thy prayers to be heard and giueth thy request Masse driues away the gréedie Woolfe that doth the shéepe molest Masse makes the murraine for to ceasse and stocke to thriue apace Masse makes thy iourney prosper well whersoeuer thou turnst thy face Masse ouerthrowes thine enmies force and doth resist his might Masse driues out Robyn good fellow and bugs that walke by night Masse plague and hunger doth expell and ciuill mutenie Masse makes a man with quiet minde and conscience cléere to die Masse vseth many slouthfull knaues and lubbers for to féede Masse brings in dayly gaine as doth the Sowters arte at neede In Masse is all their trust strength all things through Masse are don In all their griefes and miseries to Masse they streightwayes ron Such force hath lewde perswasion here in teaching men awrie That our good workes are onely they that gaine the heauens hie By this so many aultars in the Churches vp did rise By this the number growes so great of Priestes to sacrifice From hence arose such shamefull swarmes of Monkes with great excesse Whom profite of this Masse doth kéepe in slouthfull ydlenesse For this same cause such mightie kings and famous Princes hie Ordayned Masses for their soules and Priestes continuallie With great reuenues yearely left and euerlasting fée An easie way to ioy if it with scriptures might agrée Streight after these the welthie men tooke vp this fansie vaine And built them Chappels euery one and Chaplaynes did retaine At home or in their parishe Church where Masse they dayly soong For sauegarde of their family and of their children yoong Both for their friendes aliue and such as long before did die And in the Purgatorie flames tormented sore doe lie Christ in his Supper giues himselfe to vs assuredly And all his vertuous déedes on vs bestowes and doth apply His merites and his hie desartes with vs he common makes His grace and mercies euery one extended for our sakes We this receyue and nothing giue nor can we giue againe But onely faythfull louing hearts and thankefull for his paine These men by meritorious workes and solemne chaunting chéere With Masses make him recompence and satisfie him heere Thus much the Pope peruerted hath the giftes of God deuine With dreames and fond deuice of man and cursed countermine That no where nowe appeares the hope of sinnes forgiuen quight By Christ and life obtayned here and Sathan put to flight To these two Sacraments that Christ himselfe appoynted héere They adde fiue others that more cause of merits may appéere Which though they neyther tokens bée of Gods assured loue Which they ne can being not confirmde with promise from aboue Yet dare he boldly promise here to such as take them right The grace and fauour of the Lorde and eke the holy spright He doth confirme the children yong without examining Or trayll of their fayth or of their woonted handling He teacheth that the holy ghost may be receyude and had At handes of euery Priest that is as well of good as bad Not putting difference betwixt Christes Legates truly sent And wicked Simon damned for his mischieuous intent With Creame their foreheads doth he mark the people laughing there And those whome thus he marked hath he striketh on the eare Then Godfather or Godmother is readie streight at hande To binde the noynted forehead like a wound with linnen bande Which he enforced is to weare eight dayes continuallie With pleasure great to euery one that kéepes him companie And after taken of againe his forehead washed