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A18528	The workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed, wyth dyuers workes whych were neuer in print before: as in the table more playnly doth appere. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; Works	Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Thynne, William, d. 1546.	1542 (1542)	STC 5069; ESTC S107198	1,080,588	770

¶ The workes of Geffray Chaucer newlye printed wyth dyuers workes whych were neuer in print before As in the table more playnly doth appere Cum Priuilegio ad imprimendum Solum ¶ Printed by Wyllyam Bonham dwellynge at the sygne of the Kynges armes in Pauls Churchyarde 1542. ¶ To the Kynges hyghnesse my moost gratious soueraigne lorde Henry the eyght by the grace of God Kynge of Englande Fraunce and Irelande defendour of the Fayth and in erth supreme heed of the church of Englande and Irelande AMonges all other excellencies moste gratious soueraigne lorde wher with almyghty God hathe endowed mankynde aboue the resydue of erthly creatures as an outward declaration of reason or reasonablenesse wherin consysteth the symilitude of man vnto Angels and the dyfference betwene the same and brute beestes I veryly suppose that speche or langage is not to be reputed amonges the smallest or inferiours For therby is expressed the conceyte of one to another in open and playne sentence whych in the resydue of lyuely creatures lacketh and is not shewed amonges them but by certayn couert and derke sygnes and that in sewe thynges hauynge course and operacion onely of nature Thys speche or langage after the confusyon of tonges sente by goddes punyshment for pryde and arrogance of people hath bene be a certayne instyncte and dysposytion naturall dyuysed and inuented in sondry partes of the worlde as felowshyppes or cōpanyenges of folkes one wyth another chaunced moche to the outward expressynge of the thynge in worde or sounde accordynge to that wherof it had meanynge or sygnificacyon But in processe of tyme by dilygence or policy of people after dyuers fourmes fygures and impressyons in metal barkes of trees other mater vsed for memorie and knowlege of thinges then present or passed sondry letters or carectes were first amonges the Phenices dyuysed and founde wyth suche knyttynges and ioynynges of one to another by a marueylous subtilte and crafte as counterueyled was and is equiuaualent to the same langages So as the conceyte of mannes mynde whyche at the begynnynge was vsed to be declared by mouthe onely came to suche poynt that it was as sensybly and vyuely expressed in wrytynge Hervpon ensewed a great occasyon and corage vnto them that shulde wryte to compone and adorne the rudenesse and barbariete of speche and to forme it to an eloquent and ordynate perfection where vnto many and many greate poetes and oratours haue hyghly employed theyr studyes and corages leauynge therby notable renoume of them selues and exsample perpetuel to theyr posterite Amonges other the Grekes in all kyndes of sciences semed so to preuayle and so to ornate theyr tonge as yet by other of ryght noble langages can not be perfytelye ymitated or folowed The Latyns by exsample of the Grekes haue gotten or wonne to them no small glorie in the fourmynge order and vttrynge of that tonge Out of the whyche two yf it be well serched that is to saye Greke and Latin though by corruption of speche it shulde seme moche otherwyse haue bene deryued y e resydue of the langages that be wrytten wyth the letters or carectes of eyther of them bothe But of all speches those whyche moost approche to the latinite be the Italian and Spaynyshe tonges of whome the one by corruption of the Gothes and Longobardes hadde her begynnynge as latyn spoken by straungers of a barbare vnderstondyng The other beinge also latyn was by Vandales Gothes Moores Saracenes and other so many tymes blemyshed as maruayle it is to se nowe vnto what perfection these two formed out of the latyn barbare speches be reduced Next vnto them in similitude to the latyn is the French tonge whyche by diligence of people of the same is in fewe yeares passed so amended as well in pronunciation as in wrytynge that an Englyshe man by a smale tyme exercysed in that tonge hath not lacked grounde to make a grammer or rule ordynarye therof Though of trouth whyche some shall scarselye beleue the Germayns haue so fourmed the order of theyr langage that in the same is both as moch plentie as nere concordaūce to the phrase of the latyn as the Frenche tonge hath And verely lyke as all these and the rest haue ben thus vigilant and studious to meliorate or amende theyr langages so hath there not lacked amonges vs Englyshe men whych haue ryghte well and notablye endeuoured and emploied them selues to the beautifyenge and betterynge of thenglyshe tonge Amonges whome moost excellent prince my most redoubted and gracious soueraigne lorde I your moost humble vassall subiecte and seruaunt Willyam Thynne chefe clerke of your kechyn moued by a certayne inclinacion and zele whych I haue to heare of anye thynge soundynge to the laude and honoure of thys your noble realme haue taken great delectation as the tymes and laysers myght sustre to rede heare the bokes of that noble famous clerke Geffray Chaucer in whose workes is so manyfest comprobacion of hys excellent lernynge in all kyndes of doctrines and sciences suche frutefulnesse in wordes well accordynge to the mater and purpose so swete and pleasaunt sentences such perfection in metre the composition so adapted such freshnesse of inuention compendiousnesse in narration suche sensyble ●nd open style lackynge neyther maiesty ne mediocrite couenable in dysposition suche sharpnesse or quycknesse in conclusyon that it is moch to be maruayled howe in hys tyme when doutlesse al good letters were layde a slepe throughoute the worlde as the thynge whyche eyther by the dysposition and influence of the bodyes aboue or by other ordinaunce of God semed lyke and was in daunger to haue vtterly peryshed suche an excellent poete in our tonge shuld as it were nature repugnyng sprynge and aryse For thoughe it had ben in Demosthenes or Homerus tymes whē al learnyng and excellency of sciences floryshed amonges the Grekes or in y e season that Cicero prince of eloquence amonges latyns lyued yet had it ben a thynge ryght rare and straunge and worthye perpetuall laude that any clerke by lernynge or wytte coulde then haue framed a tonge before so rude and imperfyte to such a swete ornature and composition lykely yf he had lyued in these dayes beynge good letters so restored and reuyued as they be yf he were not empeched by the enuye of suche as maye tollerate nothynge whyche to vnderstande theyr capacite doth not extēde to haue brought it vnto a full and fynall perfection Wherfore gracious soueraygne lord taking suche delyte and pleasure in the workes of thys noble clerke as is afore mencioned I haue of a longe season moche vsed to rede vysite the same as bokes of dyuers impryntes came vnto my handes I easely and with out great studye myght and haue deprehended in them many errours falsyties and deprauations whych euidently appered by the contrarietees and alteracions founde by collacion of the one wyth the other wherby I was moued and styred to make diligēt serch where I myght fynde or

these men han For worldes wele god to offende Peters successours they ben for than But all suche god may well amende ¶ For Sathan is to say no more But he that contrary to Christ is In thys they lerne Peters lore They sewen hym whan he dyd mysse They folowe Peter forsothe in thys In al that Christ wolde Peter reprehende But nat in that that longeth to heuyn blysse God for hys mercy hem amende ¶ Some of the Apostels they sewen in case Of ought that I can vnderstonde Hym that betrayed Christ Iudas That bare the purse in euery londe And al that he myght sette on honde He hydde and stale and myspende His rule these traytours han in honde Almighty God hem amende ¶ And at last hys lorde gan tray Cursedly through hys false couetyse So wolde these trayen hym for money And they wysten in what wyse They be seker of the selfe ensyse From all sothnesse they ben frende And couetyse chaungen with queyneyse Almighty God all suche amende ¶ Were Christ on erthe here efte sone These wolde dampne hym to dye All hys hestes they han fordone And sayne his sawes ben heresy And ayenst his commaundementes they crye And dampne all hys to be brende For it lyketh nat hem suche losengery God almighty hem amende ¶ These han moremyght in Englande hert Than hath the kynge and all hys lawe They han purchased hem suche powere To taken hem whom lyste nat knawe And say that heresy is her sawe And so to prysone woll hem sende It was nat so by elder dawe God for hys mercy it amende ¶ The kynges lawe wol no man deme Angerlyche withouten answere But yf any man these mysqueme He shal be bayghted as a bere And yet wel worse they woll hym tere And in prysone woll hem pende In gyues and in other gere Whan God woll it maye mende ¶ The kyng taxeth nat hys men But by assente of the commynalte But these eche yere woll raunsom hem Maysterfully more than doth he Her seales by yere better be Than is the kynges in extende Her offycers han gretter fee But thys mischefe god amende ¶ For who so woll proue a testament That is natt all worthe tenne pounde He shall paye for the parchement The thyrde parte of the money all rounde Thus the people is raunsounde They saye suche parte to hem shulde apende There as they grypen it gothe to grounde God for hys mercy it amende ¶ A symple fornycatioun Twenty shyllynges he shall paye And than haue an absolution And all the yere vsen it forthe he maye Thus they letten hem go a stray They recke nat though the soule be brende These kepyn yuell Peters key And all suche sheperdes God amende ¶ Wonder is that the parlyament And all the lordes of thys londe Here to taken so lytell entent To helpe the people out of her honde For they ben harder in theyr bonde Worse beate and bytter brende Than to the kyng is vnderstande God hym helpe thys to amende ¶ What bysshoppes what relygions Han in thys lande as moche laye fee Lorshyppes and possessyons More than the lordes it semeth me That maketh hem lese charyte They mowe nat to God attende In erthe they haue so hyghe degree God for hys mercy it amende ¶ The Emperour yaf the pope somtyme So hyghe lordshyp hym aboute That at laste the sely kyme The proude Pope putte hym out So of thys realme is in doute But lordes be ware and them defende For nowe these folke be wonder stoute The kynge and lordes nowe thys amende ¶ Thus endeth the seconde parte of this tale and her after foloweth the thyrde MOyses lawe forbode it tho That preestes shulde no lordshyppes welde Christes Gospel byddeth also That they shulde no lordshyppe helde Ne Christes Apostels were neuer so bolde No suche lordeshyppes to them enbrace But smeren her shepe and kepe her folde God amende hem for hys grace ¶ For they ne ben but countrefete Men may knowe hem by her fruite Her gretnesse maketh hem god foryete And take hys mekenesse in dispyte And they were poore and had but lyte They nolde nat demen after the face But noryshe her shepe and hem nat byte God amende hem for hys grace ¶ Gyfon ¶ What canst thou preche ayenst chanons That men clepen seculere Pely They ben curates of many towns On erthe they haue great powere They han great prebendes and dere Some two or thre and some mo A personage to ben a playeng fere And yet they serue the kynge also ¶ And lette to ferme all that fare To whom that woll most gyue therfore Some woll spende and some woll spa● And some woll laye it vp in store A cure of soule they care nat fore So they mowe money take whether her soules be wonne or lore Her profytes they woll nat forsake ¶ They haue a gederyng procuratour That can the poore people enplede And robben hem as a rauynour And to hys lorde the money lede And catche of quicke and eke of dede And riche● hym and hys lorde eke And to robbe the poore can gyue good rede Of olde and yonge of hole and syke ¶ Therwith they purchase hem lay fee In londe there hem lyketh best And buylde also brode as a cyte Bothe in the Est and eke in the west To purchase thus they ben ful prest But on the poore they woll nought spende Ne no good gyue to goddes gest Ne sende hym some that all hath sende ¶ By her seruyce suche woll lyue And trusse that other in to treasour Though all her paryshe dye vnshriue They woll nat gyue a rose floure Her lyfe shulde be as a myrrour Bothe to lered and to leude also And teche the people her lele labour Suche myster men ben all mysgo ¶ Some of hem ben harde nygges And some of hem ben proude and gay Some spende her good vpon gygges And fynden hem of great aray Alas what thynke these men to say That thus dispenden goddis good At the dredefull domes daye Suche wretches shulbe worse than wood ¶ Some her churces neuer ne sye Ne neuer o peny thyder ne sende Though the poore parishens for hungre dye O peny on hem wyl they nat spende Haue they receyuynge of the rente They recke neuer of the remenant Alas the deuyll hath clene hem blent Suche one is Sathanas soiournant ¶ And vsen horedome and harlotry Couetyse pomp● and pride Slouthe wrathe and eke enuy And sewen synne by euery syde Alas where thynke suche tabyde Howe woll they accomptes yelde From hye God they mowe hem nat hyde Suche wyllers wytte is nat worth a nelde ¶ They ben so roted in richesse That Christes pouert is foryet Serued wyth so many messe Hem thynketh that Manna is no mete All is good that they mowe gete They wene to lyue euermore But whan god at dome is sette Suche treasour is a feble store ¶ Vnneth mote they matyns saye For countyng and for court holdynge And