them at tymes be brent in the fyre for Christes testymonye through the Bisshoppes olde tyrannye Nothynge is there lost but their corruptyble bodyes Wheras he suffreth one bodye in their malyce so to peryshe he saueth that â—owle and a thousande more by the fredome of Christes Gospell Blessed be the Lorde therfore that euer he was borne 3 I couÌ„sell no manne to make this prayer with Pantolabus nor with soche other execrable Papistes so damnablye vayne in the corrupt practyses stodyes and deuyses of their wretched hartes though yt semeth verye good and godlye But praye after y â— scripturs with y â— dere heretage of Christ which is a churche persecuted as he was and not pampred vp here in pryde and in vayne glorye It is a congregacion not knowne to the worlde nor regarded of fleshlye lyuers nomore than he was knowne and receyued of them whan he came into his owne Praye all from within as that churche is from within lyke as Dauid wytnesseth with all the Apostles and Prophetes And lete this be youre specyall prayer for youre kynge and prince euermore Thu eternall God of our fathers thre distyncte persones in one euerlastynge Godhede Thu omnypotent father and creatour of all Thu eternall sonne and redemer Iesus Christ. Thu euerlastynge holy ghost conforter equall vnto them both all one God in power substaunce and nature of the Godhede for thy tendre mercyes sake haue respect vnto oure kynge and yonge prince And lyke as thu hast of thy munyfycence and lyberalyte geuen vnto them the imperyall crowne and scepture of Englande So graunt them to lyue in thy feare to walke in thy worde and to do that is ryghtouse in thy syght euermore Graunt them also Lorde with the swerde that they beare that they carrye yt not in vayne but alwayes to the ponnyshment of the yll doers and to the syngular solace of thy faythfull seruauntes For so is thy eternall will Thus ought true subiectes to praye without all hypocresye dissymulacyon and glosynge flatterye A mysterye 1 CoÌ„pyled by Ponce PaÌ„tolabus 2 Imprynted at London In Pater noster rovve 3 At the signe of our ladye pytye By Iohan Redman Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The other coppye 4 Imprented by me Robert Vvyer Ad imprimendum solum ¶ The openinge 1. NOw shuld soche a famouse worke made in defence of holye churche apere notable vnto the readers therof except the name of a notable clarke as master Pantolabus is were putt ther vnto fytt is yt that the carpenter shuld stande by his carpeÌ„trye and the buylder by his buyldynge A broken wall of Babylon hath Pantolabus dawbeâ—d vp here of old fauer and loue but his dyrtye dawbâ—rye holdeth not For lyke an vnworke manlye dawber he hath done yt with vntempred claye contrarye to all godlye admonyshmentes Most dampnably hath he peruerted the sacred scripturs here to maynteyne his Popyshe malyce agaynst all Christen charyte But Hieremye Ezechiel Micheas and Abaâ—uk with other holye Prophetes byddeth him and soche other to sett their hartes at rest For the cyte which is buylded with blood and the howse that standeth by vnryghtousnesse shall not alwayes contynue in the worlde I shall cast donge in youre faces â—sayth the Lorde by his Prophete Malachias euen the verye donge of youre solempne feastes and ceremonyes And yt shall cleaue fast vpon you and take you with yt to eternall perdicion What Ponce Pantolabus is which putteth himselfe forth here for y â— Author of this Iest I nede not to describe For the verye worke it selfe setteth forth his lyuelye ymage It manyfestlye declareth him a braynelesse babler a presumptuouse ydyote a frantyck Papist a peruerter of the scripturs a stynkynge heretyque an enemye to God a secrete louer of Antichrist a preuye conspyrer agaynst his prince for the Pope 2 Moche accordinge to the ryght nature therof is the settinge out here of this heretycall Genealogie Abhominably blasphemouse it is and therfor it passeth forth vndre some tytles of abhominacion It is seyd first of all to be imprinted at London which is a most noble cyte Verye sorye I am that soche sylthye frutes shuld come from so worthye a place Notwithstandinge I ascribe not this partycular euyll to that worshypful cyte wherin I knowe to be people most vertuouse and godlye But of this am I certayne Though Hierusalem were holye and the verye cyte of the lorde allowed by the scripturs yet was it in conclusion most greuouslye ponnyshed for sufferinge blasphemers and for vnthankefullye receyuinge of Christ and his verite Pater noster was wont to be a most wholsom prayer ordayned and commaunded of Christ to dwell onlye within mannys sowle and from thens to be sent in dayly massage to the eternall father of heauen And now he is becomen an out strete dweller the name of a lane or the sygne of a tauerne Farre is he changed from Christes first institucion aâ—d from the office that he appointed him A farre meaneâ— change from a pylde popyshe ceremony wolde be called a great heresye of y â— Bysshoppes What this is I leaue it to yowr coniecture 3â— In this Pater noster rowe or in bedealleye whether ye wyll was this Genealogye imprinted at the signe afowr ladye pyte What that pyteouse ladye is I can not tell but wele I wote she hath no â—ust tyttle to be called owr ladye No true fygure is she to Marye the mother of Christ. For neuer was she so farre from the ryght faythe that she sorowed so largelye for that thiÌ„ge which was vnto vs all most necessarye I knowe she neuer wept so vndyscretely for the deathe of Christ which was owr vniuersall helthe but most hyghly reioysed therin If she euer mourned it was for the synnes of the people and for that she sawe his veryte conteÌ„pned of the cruell clergye as it is yet styll They therfor which worshyp that sorowfull pyte of Marye do honour that infydelyte w t she neuer had and make them therof an Idoll Thus is the sygne that Iohan RedmaÌ„ dwelleth vndre an exercrable Idoll and he for so magnifyenge her with that tyttle a verye Idoll worshypper The lesse maruele is it that soche fylthye frutes cometh out of his howse Here is he not ashamed openlye to confesse that he hath sett his handes to most wycked Papystrye and vnto an heape of peruerted Scripturs to the great dyshonour both of God and of his kynge Adioyninge ther vnto his pryuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum the rather to infect his people 4 Now foloweth Robert wyer he graunteth also by his owne handye worke that he hath promoted forewarde these Popyshe Poesyes and Scripturs abhominablye peruerted Wherin he hath done all that hath lyen in him to assure the kiÌ„ges faythfull subiectes to geue their good hartes to y â— Popes olde faythe An vngodlye cruell waye were it yf menne ded but mynistre that thinge w t shuld but poyson the bodyes of the people What shall we than recken it whan that fylthynesse is ministred of them which infecteth their sowles to eternall deathe Soche is the vnsacyable thirst of theÌ„ that are couetouse that they care not what myschefes they do to get money If the deuyll had geuen them a matter ageynst Christ as his sworne Chaplayne hath done here ageynst his true seruauntes and haue monyed them wele they wolde surely haue done by that lyke as they haue done by this And the daye wyll ones come that they shall fynde it all one The kynges priuylege Ad imprimeÌ„dum solum is put to the same to bringe him also vndre the selfe same curse of God yf anye chaunce for it at the latter daye whom he defende so good subiectes are thy vnto him By soche diuersite of printes is it easy to perseyue that the sale hath bene great the profyghtes therof plentuouse If the worke had bene Godly yt neuer had gone so frelye abrode nor with so moche fauer of y â— Bysshoppes The lorde ones be mercyfull to his afflicted famelye and delyuer theÌ„ froÌ„ their myâ—cheues Amen ¶ The conclusion ¶ Expreslye is it here to be seane dere frynde in the lorde what Pantolabê° was at the makinge of this iest and what manye other are yet styll in the same synefull lyne of Antichrist I perseyue by him and soche other more that Leuiathan had than great strengthe in his loynes to sende forth soche sturdye babes Not longe afore that they hydde their heades and durst not be seane abrode But thaÌ„ ded they on their mothers shamelesse face and were ageyne as bragginge as in their Popes tyme. Small harme is it to them that the Beastes head was wounded it is so wele and workemanlye healled vp ageyne Not to Christes glorye haue they fashyoned theÌ„ a newe churche now after the Gospell preachinge but after their owne vayne glorye ageyne yet for aduauntage Destroyed yet vtterly shall that execrable moÌ„stre be within short space trust vpon it by y â— only breathe of y â— lordes eternall mouthe For now doth he call to remembraunce the blood of his elect Seruauntes whoÌ„ she hath slayne seduced to establyshe her kyngedoÌ„ of lyes abhominacioÌ„s Now shal she be subdued of that heauenlye verite whoÌ„ she hath of so longe tyme suppressed the beast peryshinge w t her whoÌ„ she hath worshypped in so manye kyndes of Idolatrye That lorde make spede to fulfyll his euerlastinge promes to the confort of his electes Amen ¶ Thuâ— endeth y â— openinge of a darke mysterye of inyquite latelye spredde a brode in Englandâ— by Ponce Pantolabus and dysclosed by Iohan Bale 1542.
A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall Genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus is here both dysclosed confuted By Iohan Bale An. M.D.xlii ¶ Marke in the capytall letters of this boke the. A. B. C. with the name of the Author I wyll shewe the sayth y e Angell to Iohan the mysterye of the greate whore of y e Beast that beareth her Apoca. 17. ☜ Emprynted at Geneua By Mychael Woode 1545. The Preface EVydent is yt dere frynde in the Lorde vnto them which are in the scripturs exercysed that our eternall God for his owne â—â—lye honoure created man at the first and all other creaturs for mannys behoue This ones conceyued by fayth in Abell and Enos at the preachynges of Adam Seth for the first age prouoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi the other to call vpon his most gloryouse name In this godlye offyce was Noe founde ryghtouse Abraham sayth full Moses myghtye Dauid holye Helias feruent and manye other more in their sortes zelouse for all the other ages Farre to longe were yt and tedyouse vnto the readers to recyte the examples of all the fathers in that behalfe Iesus Christ the onlye fulfyller of all ryghtousnesse in all his sore trauay le here sought the onlye glorye of his heaueÌ„lye father and taught the same lesson aboue all other to be obserued of his In the manyfolde temptacions of sathan in the wildernesse he pacieÌ„tlye answered to that was suggested but the presumed dishonour of God in no case coulde he suffre The holye Apostles and manye other Godlye mynysters haue euermore daungered their syues in the lust quarell of the same If we than wetyngly shuld suffre him in this age to be blasphemed all these godlye exaÌ„ples reiected we myght thereby rather apere his enemyes than seruauntes his haters than louers This consyderacion first moued my mynde after that I had seane a thre years ago an abhomynable Iest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye by two diuerse prentes spred abrode amonge the people to dysclose the great mysterye of iniquyte thervndre contayned and to restore agayne the peruerted scripturs with the names of those Godlye menne which are oblocuted therin In this will no man that is godlye be offended but thynke that I haue herin done my bounde dewtye Though the compylet therof by the mercyfull Goodnesse of God be conuerted to repentaunce as I am credyblye infourmed that he is yet remayneth his blasphemouse doctryne amonge the coÌ„mon people in a wonderfull nombre of coppyes I thought yt therfore mete not vtterlye to destroye my labours but for the abolyshment of those wycked blasphemyes to suffre them passe at large yet I instauntlye desyre the readers of my boke not to thynke anye thynge therin spoken agaynst him which is now becommen Gods seruaunte but agaynst that olde pestysent Papyst Pantolabus which styll yet blasphemeth Christ and his most faythfull wytnesses Him wolde I not haue them to space so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe and that is that prodygyouse Iest or Generacyon of heresye Vnsemelye were yt so manye swete scripturs to remayne so depraued and so manye Godlye menne so slaunderouslye reported the veryte in them both so spyghtfullye abused for his names sake which hath wrought wyckedlye Though Adam recanted his errour and Dauid his wycked workinges Peter his denyall of Christ and Paule his tyrannouse turmoylynges yet are they not hydden in the scripturs but made fiyll open to all the worlde in reâ—uke and warninge vnto vs of soche execrable euyls Neuer y â— lesse yet those vyces so rebuked are now vnto them no rebuke but a syngular prayse rather where as they are rehersed beige wholle remitted in Christ. The great synne of Adam which is the onlye grounde of deathe in all meÌ„ is yet euerye yeare proclamed happye amoÌ„ge the Paschall ceremonyes WhaÌ„ Christ leaneth his churche vnrebuked and vntrobled forsynne than rouneth she a straye by manye sâ—râ—unge and vncommaunded worshyppinges Than reygneth she commoÌ„lye in a wycked peace and abhominablye playeth the whore abusynge her selfe in the cowche of Iesabel Apoca. 2. as of longe tyme hath done the Romyshe Synagoge And so becommeth she no longer his chosen spouse but a reproued congregacion Moche more honoure is ours whan our synnes are rebuked by the scripturs than whan the scripturs remayne by vs reproued and slaundered Amonge the prophane Phylosophers Poetes was euer the verite had in honoure and preferred farre aboue all fleshlye amyte Moche more than ought it so to be vsed amonge vs which are of the ChristeÌ„ scole The rebukes of this boke wayeth vpon the matter and not the man the spyghtfull blasphemer not the godlye recanter That his fylthye vomete is proued here abhomynacion by the scripturs to the intent that people shuld detest it and not therwith be poysened can be vnto his name no derogacion but rather a lawde amonge them that are godlye wyse Verye vncomlye were it that fylthynesse shuld haue fauer and so be cowcheâ— vp as a precyouse treasure amonge menne of Christen honeste Rather is it mete that it were throwne fourth so manifesilye knowne for that it is euen verye fylthynesse in dede I haue no doubt therof but. I. â— becomminge the seruaunt of God vtterlye nowe detesteth that fowle Papyst Pantolabê° that Romyshe rybalde that ryotouse rayser with all his prodigiouse Poesyes and wolde haue him rather bayted awaye withe botchers dogges than anye longar to wayte vpon him Full glad are we to heare it that froÌ„ Sodome he is lately departed leauige that beast there behinde him to receyue the lordes double plage and that his selfe nowe trauayleth I trust towardes the mounte of sauegarde That he is becomen of a wolfe a lambe of a Saule a Paule and of a spyghtfull persecuter a godlye Christen preacher it is vnto vs no smal reioyce We lawde that heauenlye lorde which thus of mere pytie and mercye hath founde out his almost peryshed shepe layed him vpon his shulders and brought him ageyne to his folde If he styll perseuer accordinge to his callinge Heshall become of a forener a cytezen with the Sayntes and a glouryouse partyner with Christ in his eternall heritage He shall also haue for his lust labours in the lordes vyneyarde here besydes his penye wages his peculyar prayse in the sanctyfyed congregacyon of the ryghtouse The eternall father lorde Iesê° Christ indue so w t his sprete both him vs that we maye vnto the ende perseuer faithfull to the counfort of his electes Amen Finis ¶ The mysterye of iniquite doth styll worke and is disclosed by the lyght of the lordes comminge 2. Thes. 2. The Table ABbotes hanged for treason 31 Antibaptystes Papistes all one 53 Antichrist what he is 54 Apostatâ— falselye applyed 62. 63 Benedictus xii a lecherouse Pope 21 Bysshoppes and prestes marryed 18 Bonifacius what yt meaneth 20. 27 Captaynes for holye churche 30. 42. 65 Clemenâ—the vii Pope 22
preciouse stone pearle But inwardlye decked with faythe hope charite and the rightousnesse of Christ. And outwardlye she is adourned with calamitees veâ—acions most slaunderouse rebukes and deathe 3 Glad are we to heare it that the ernest sprete of Christ is not yet extinguished in them for all yowr most cruell assaultes of penaltees inprisonmentes famishemeÌ„tes halters swerdes faggottes fryre and all other tormentes els A remnauÌ„t is there yet lest of them which hath not bowed their knees to yowr false God Baal To them hath the lorde promised a crowne of lyfe yf they perseuer stedefast to the ende For these do we praye dayly with teares w t are a brode in exylâ— that they do not swetue from that stedefast rocke at the venemouse suggestions of your fylthye generacion as some fleshly wantons hath done now of late to their sowles detriment Better had it bene for them that they neuer had geuen that is holye to dogges and swyne after Christes premonishementes than thus shamefullye to become swyne with them and so to treade his preciouse pearles vndre their fete For in so denienge the lordes verite before menne they haue shewed themselues what they are eueÌ„ the flesshlye louers of themselues and vnworthye of Christ. More harme haue they done than they which hyd the lordes treasure neuer openinge their mouthes to declare it Those are they which are neyther hote nor colde whom the lorde hath promised to spewe out of his mouthe or vtterlye to reiect them from the eternall herâ—tage of his clerlye racinge their names out of the boke of lyfe yf they repent it not sore 4 If those good creaturs whom PaÌ„tolabê° here spyghtfullye reporteth cleaneth fast vnto their bone we are greatlye ioyfull therof For a more manifest token caÌ„ not be that they are Christes members than that By that inseperable saythe apere they to be his naturall spouse in dede a bone of his bones and a rybbe of his rybbes Now are they by that meanes become his own dere meÌ„bers his misticall fleshe and bodye He that shall now persecute them shall persecute the apple of his eye so dere and preciouse are they vnto him For their faithfull perseuerauÌ„ce make we daylye intercessions with teares from our hartes which are now dispersed or scattred abrode in the regions of Samaria and Iudea for the persecucioÌ„ that is at HierusaleÌ„ With the wiges that the lorde hath graciouslye geueÌ„ vs which are his wordes and examples ded we flye into the wyldernesse so sone as we perseyued that the rode Dragon vometed waters to destroye the saythe which we gatâ— by his worde â–ª ye shall be persecuted saith Christ from cyte to cyte For yf they haue persecuted me they shall also persecute you But as they shall pursue yow in one cyte flee yow alwayes into an other Not onlye was this Christes counsell but he ded it also in effect He fledde into Egypt in his yowthe he declyned from the malice of his enemies and he absented himselfe from the Iewes In that wyldernesse hath he prepared for vs as he ded for Helias to fede vs there for the space of a thousande ii hondred and thre score dayes A mysterye 1 For though they be gone yet is there behinde That are as blynde 2 As the other before Vvhich kepe in store 3 Full close and pryuelye Their cankered heresye 4 Stultorum infinitus est numerus Ecclesâ— 1. ¶ The openinge 1. NArrowlye doth Pantâ—labus loke to his matters now least all wolde away froÌ„ his holye mother to the great detryment of his popishe lyuinge Though frith Lambert Barnes and soche other be gone yet are there he sayeth of the same sort styll remayninge as yll to his generacioÌ„ as they Whose blood he wolde haue his holye mother to drinke so bloodthurstye is the spirituall hart of the manne and zelouse in her quarell He is verye glad that his good graciouse lorde of wynchestre doth sturre so wele aboute him as he doth He turmoyleth in their kynde these newe Gospell readers to cause all Englyshe menne to abhorre Christes testament but vnto the Stewes of LoÌ„don he is a full gentyll benefactor and founder Not onlye doth he leaue them vnrebuked of verye tendre sauer and loue but also full fatherlye he mainteyneth them with y â— lordelye wages of his seruauntes and sumtyme with the delycates of his owne table by the lyberalite of them I thinke this fatherlye beniuâ—lence of his is for some respect that he hath to the common welthe or els to qualyfye the great heates of his hote howsholde which euerye where tosseth lyke termagauntes with the blood of oure lorde the sowle the hart the fleshe the bodye the bones This is the holye Gospell that he maynteyneth Blynde are they called here of Pantolabus which will not folowe these vertuouse rewles to the vpholdynge of their markett in confessyons at lent But the eternall father delyuer his flocke from the abhominable blyndenesse of them 2 Non can ryghtlye se after the blynde opinion of Pantolabus vnlesse they be ledde blyndefelde in the darke by the sprete of his holye mother She must sett vpon their noses y â— spotted specularyes of her olde tradicions and customes or els is yt nothynge worth If they shulde be now without their Latine houres wherwith neuer manne yet was Christenlye edifyed their Christen relygyon were clerelye lost If they shuld not haue their accustomed wainlynges in the temple their processionynges their sensynges their holye water swyngynges with soche other ioyes of olde Troye they wolde thynke that heauen were out of the worlde and hell comen home to their dores This is the syght that Pantolabus requyreth non other wolde he the people to haue least they shulde in a whyle be moche godlyar wyse than he This houglye syght despysed Iohan Wyclef and Iohan Husse This fylthye syght contempned Mariyne Luther Melanchton It was nothynge for the appetyte of Oecolampadius and zwinglius with soche other more And that is the verye cause whye they are regestred here of Pantolabus for heretyques These are they that were blynde afore because they had not that syght of his holye mother And they which cometh after kepeth now yet styl in store the same selfe blyndenesse in his folyshe opinion and therfore he is not contented with them but wolde verye fayne haue them burned for heretyques yf yt myght be 3 Afore grefe is yt to the stomake of Pantolabus that anye shulde be alyue which fauoreth not the Pope This parauenture will be rekened a slaundre but the denyll of lye yt is What other is yt but to preferre a manne whan we magnifye his workes Are anye other thynges called vpon here than matters of Papistrye No verelye Not one poynt is sought here of Christes clere institucion Neyther his holye Supper nor Baptym compassion of y â— poore nor mutuall charyte nor yet the true preachynge of repentaunce by the Gospell of saluacion But here seketh Pantolabus with all
ayre Effuderunt sanguinem corum tanquam aquam What they are that haue y â— true beleuers in soche deadlye derysioÌ„ it were easye ynough to perseyue though we had nothinge els to proue it but this present Genealogye Neuer shall ye â—e that spiritualte of theirs persecute anye other thaÌ„ the louers of the truthe Wynchestre at this houre honteth nether for thefe nor murtherer aduouterer nor whore keper If he ded there shuld not so manye of them so boldelye diuell at the next dore to him But there shall not apere a reader of Christes gospell that he shall not haue by the sleue by and by He sâ—yth not Pantolabus here which is an heretyque in dede yf an heretyque be a peruerter of y â— scripturs for they are of an other veyne that he coueteth He shuld not els be his mothers owne darlynge HEre though I seme sumwhat to digrede yet shall it be no digressyon but a necessarye relaâ—yon consyderyng that Pantolabus hath so spyghtfullye accused matrymonye for synne Sumwhat shall it be nedefull to shewe here to the commendacyon of that godlye estate of lyuynge and to the vtter reproche and shame of the contempners therof by the scriptures chronicles To non other ende ded y â— Pope w t his prelates first inhybyt prestis their marryage but to apere therby an holy spirituall kyngdome deuyded from the prophane multitude to lyue in all voluptuousnesse deceyt Marke fyrst their vngodlye sprete by this The lorde coÌ„maunded not Dauid to put from him Bersabe after the death of Vrias for the aduouterye afore committed but both allowed her after for his wyfe also greatlye loued the seconde frute of her begotten which was Salomon The Rome churche as a congregacyon cleane contrarye to God in that coÌ„maunded their prestes first not onlye to forsake their most lawfull wyues but also to leaue their most dere chyldren as frutes of fornicacyon which cruelte we haue also felt in this age And thus hath holye wedlock bene vnto them euer sens a most pernycyouse poyson and stynkynge whoredome with buggerye a most suffren remedye of their naturall dyssease Soche hath bene their sathanycall tyrannye euer sens A great aduersarye to that holye office was Pope Nycolas the first in the yeare of oure lorde D. ccc.lxiiii tyll Huldrichus the good bishop of Augusâ—a in Germanye withstode his deuyllyshe hypocresye yet was a wyfe non impediment to holye â—aynt Nycolas longe afore that which was of a coÌ„mon cytezen made the archebisshop of Myrâ—hea and metropolytane of all the whole lande of Lycia Nomore was it to Ignaciê° Hermas Anâ—anus Pheleas Spiridion Valens Hilarius Polycrates Dionysius Corintheorum Tartulianus Cheremon Basilius senior Gregorius Nazianzenus Eupsichtê° Philogonius Vitalis Apollinaris Vrsinê° Pharo Burgundus Genebaudus Geroldus and a great sort more which had both wyuâ—s and chyldren yet they all were prestes and bisshoppes Moche better sayth Baptista Mantuanê° was their â—yfe in marryage than is now the lyfe of the spiritualte without it For a great consyderacyon sayth Pius the Seconde Pope otherwyse called Eneas Siluius was marriage first inhibited to prestes but for a moche greatter ought yt ageyne to be graunted them Saynt Peter y â— holye Apostle was not ashamed at Antiochia whan his wyfe was ledde vnto death to cal her by her name which was Eolam or in the latyne Perpetua after writers And to saye vnto her in the myddes of the multitude Swete wyfe remeÌ„bre thy Lorde Iesus Christ feare not theÌ„ which sleyth the bodye for they can do no harme to the sowle Onlye couetousnesse ambycion interdicted this marryage which hath geuen or casion to wonderfull mischeues as I haue declared at large in my answer for Tolwyn ageynst the Bysshop of London To whom I haue added these historyes folowynge vpon iust occasyons here geuen me bycause they are yet so good vnto marriage Pope Iohan the. viii was a woman was begotten with chylde by her owne dere chaplayne chamberlayne a Cardinall which God at that tyme wolde haue known to the worlde that their churche might apere as it was in dede all whorishe fylthye and beastlye lyke as the Apocalips hath described her yet was the worlde so blynde that it neuer perseyued it tyll nowe of late years Marozia caused her husbande Guido which was than Marques of Chuscia to strangle Pope Iohan the .ix. with a pyllowe and to slee his brother Peter that the bastarde which she had by Pope Sergiâ—s the thirde whan she was his concubyne myght be saynt Peters vycar after his father As he was sone after in dede and was called Pope Iohan the .x. Iohan the .xii. Pope begate of his whore Iohan the .xiii. Pope in short space after was stryken to death of the denyll as he was in doynge an other holye acte of bytcherye By the auctorite and commaundement of this holye vycar of sathan ded saynt Donstane here in Englande forbydde Prestes their wyues and had thervnto the assistence of kynge Edgare By the which occasyon Oswaldê° than bisshop of Worcestre expelled the canons out of their cathedrall churche and out of .vi. churches more of his dyocese and thrist in monkes there to supplye their romes onlye bycause they worlde not leaue their wyues for he his selfe had also bene a monke Eâ—helwoldus in lyke case the bisshop of Wynchestre ded the same selfe holye acte also at the same tyme in his dyocese for â—e arose also of y â— same generacyon The prestes not coÌ„tented w t so spyghtfull an â—niurye thought they wolde be euen with saynt Donstane for it as they were in dede For whan he shuld make his purgacyon before the kynge in y â— generall synode for soche matters as they had by that tyme bulted out he had moche a do to saue all thynges honest yet had he both the prelated and kynge vpon his syde For holye fathers wyll at a tyme be as wanton as other poore menne and smell after smockes for all their holynesse Holye Tomas Becket wold sumtyme for his pleasure make a iournaye of pylgrymage to the prymerose peerlesse of Stafforde as his holye lyfe mencyoneth He that shall narrowlye serche saynt Hieromes Epistles shall fynde him sumwhat famylyar with Marcella So shall he fynde Saynt Gregorye with Domicella and also saynt Bonifacius the archebisshop of Magunce with Tecla and Lieba .ii. Englysshe women of his owne cuntre natyue After the death of kynge Edgare this bredde moche trouble in Englande For the great menne of the realme put out y â— monkes by vyolence and restored agayne the Prestes with their wyues tyll soche tyme as a counsell was holden at Wynchestre Where as the prestes were agayne dyscharged by vertu of a voyce which came from a rode in the freyter wall here was propre packynge or els from the deuyll speakynge in him For in dede the deuyll loueth wele and first sought out that holye kynde of chastyte for to bewtyfye therwith the Popes
holye churche also to fyll hell We rede of a watchynge deuyll whether he were a prest or no that can I not tell but he begate Marlyne the great Prophete of Wales of an holye nonne of saynt Peters in Carmalyn which was the dowter of the kynge of Demecia to conferme this blessed storye with all About a fourescore yeares after that was one Alwinus then bysshop also of Wynchestre accused of yll rule with Emme kyng Edwardes mother so commytted to the examynacyon of the clergye in the yeare of oure Lorde a thousande fyftye but through spirituall fauer he escaped it full well As wytnesseth Rhegino pruniensis whan Charles the seconde Emprour returned agayne into Almanye from his warres with the NormÌ„nes he founde Limphardus the bysshop of Versell which was his chefe councellour so famylyar with his wyfe or empresse Richarda that he coude do no lesse than laye aduouterye to his charge Remigius the bisshop of Dorcestre was depryued of his bisshoprycke by Pope Alexander the seconde bycause he was proued a prestes sonne Eyther had prestes wyues of their owne in those dayes or els there was some other good workemanshyp a brode As â—udaâ—icus y â— archebisshop of â—â—adeburge was daunsynge at mydnyght in a towne called Caâ—ua with her that he loued best he sodenlye fell dead and neuer recouered it in the yeare of oure Lorde a M.CCC.lxxxiii As that holye nonne laye a dyenge which brought forth at one byrthe Petrus Lombatdus the master of the senteÌ„ces Petrus Commestor the master of the hystories and Gracianus monachus the master of the Popes lawes or decrees and was admonisshed of her ghostlye father to be sorye for that aduoâ—trye for soth father quoth she I can not repent it consyderynge that holye churche hath receyued soche thre lyghtes thereof Iohan Eckius that impudeÌ„t warryour of anticrist and the onlye instructour of Englande in that article and certen other in the boke which he farelye made agaynst Martyne Luther grauÌ„teth himselfe not to be Amartiton oâ— a maÌ„ne all without synne He can not he sayth excuse himselfe but that he hath bene as other menne are which hath not obserued the chastyte of Hypolitus for yf he ded we knowe the coÌ„trarye yet will not that brent consciensed hypocrite afferme it to be lawfull for a prest to marye in the lorde so indurate is he to this houre Though Benedict the .xii. Pope graunted to Franciscus Petrarcha which was a Canon of Padua archedeacon of Parma to take one Laureta to wyfe retayninge styll his benefices yet wolde he not afferme it lawfull that prestes myght marrye but onelye by soch blynde dispensacioÌ„s for his owne carnall purpose For this was the chefe cause of his beneuolence towarde him Petrarcha had a fayre syster in Auinion in the howse of his brother Ghirarde whose felyship the holy father ded inwardlye couete workynge manye feate polycies for it He promised besydes this speciall prerogatiue vnto y â— seyd Petrarcha to make him a Cardinall and to geue him greate goodes in case he wolde bringe it to passe Vnto whom as a manne fearynge God Petrarcha made this answer The lorde of heuen forbydde sayth he that euer so fylthye a diademe shulde couer my head And with this he departed the Popis court and so fled into Italie recompensynge there shortlye after by wrytinge this vnworthye demaunde of the Pope as testifyeth Philelphus His impacable furye not yet qualyfyed this holye father by manyfolde gyftes and rewardes made Ghirarde his brother a mannefyt for his hande and so at the last abhominably corrupted the mayde For the which the seyde Ghirarde hauynge great remorse of conscience made himselfe a Charterose monke in Materne not farre from Marsilia to make all to the deuyll Petruo Ryarius a mynorite or graye fryre of Genua and prest cardinall of saynt Sixte in Rome procured of Pope Sixtus y â— fort his vncle by the helpe of his brother Hierome a dispensacyon for the whole how sholde of the cardinall of Saynt Lucie to haue the fre occupyenge of buggerye boyes for the .iii. hotter monthes of the yeare with this clause in the ende Fâ—at vt petitur O fylthynesse noâ— to be spoken but that their hypocresye requireth it in these latter dayes the vengeauÌ„ce of God most depelye hangynge ouer them Nomore am I now ashamed to open their abhominacions than they are yet styll with the dissemblynge tytle of their stynkinge chastyte to couer them The seyd religionsâ— cardinall Peter spent within the space of two yeares .ii. hondred thousande florence in most prodigiouse lecherye And dyed all rotted in that fylthynesse in the .xxviii. yeare of his age the yeare of oure lorde â— M CCCC lxxiiii Petrus Mendosa the cardinall of Valencia in Spayne was not onlye satisfyed with y â— quene vndre kyng Ferdinandus nose besydes other whores but he sent to the Pope for a lycence to occupye his owne sonne the marques of zanet What ruffâ—lynge Pope Iulius made with the cardinall of Nantes in Brytayne for two yonge laddes which the French quene Anne coÌ„mytted vnto him it wolde abhorre honeste eares to heare Pope Clement the .vii. was reported of some wryters to be a bastarde a manqueller a poâ—sener abawde a symonyake a Sodomyte a periure a rauysher a sorcerer a sacreleger a worker of all other myscheues as Wynchestre is now in Englande whose chast lyfe men maye coÌ„iecture by his chekes and ordre Oh that the earthe open not at soche wretchednesse I thinke in Sodome and Gomorre were neuer soche prodigiouse kyndes of fylthynesse as are yet in that spiritualte yet will they be styll a chast generacyon and holde marryage for synne The syster of Alexander farnesius which is now saynt Peters vycar yf he hath anye vndre the name of the .iii. Paule was at this narraw poynt with Pope Leo the .x. no longar to be his owne swete lemanne vnlesse he wold make her brother a cardinall after his wyfe was dead which was than but his scrybe and coÌ„ueyar In all hast possyble was this graunted and perfourmed he constitute bysshop of Hostyense These and soche other lyke examples of holye churche are the frutes of Pantolabus holye ghost that Luther hath bannysshed by his manyfolde heresyes And in the sted of them hath he brought in maryage whom Pantolabê° hath dyffyned to be synne here though it be the clere institucyon of God But parauenture Pantolabê° God is not the God that made marryage and therefore he dare do that wele ynough A mysterye 1 Next after him Is his chefe lym 2 One Melanchtonus Nequaquam bonus 3 Euanuerunâ— in cogitationibus sut◠〈◊〉 â— The openinge 1. IN this processe folowynge is Pantolabus compelled to playe Myhell make shyft No longar will his wittes serue him to coÌ„tinue forth his genealogie by anye maner waye of naturall propagacyon But now he boroweth a lymme of him an other lymme of him Now seketh he to fatche in that coÌ„mer in and
abbot of Redynge the abbot of Lolchestre and the prior of Lenton not farre from Nothyngham Besydes that was done at Walsyngham in Northfolke by syr Nycolas Mylam a Chanon George Gysborow fryre Peckoc and other more But all these captaynes were out of Pantolabus remembraunce at this tyme. 2 Onlye is poore Iohan Frith a captayne sounde out here to his purpose because he was to the Pope a capitall enemye Though Pantolabus be but a fole he knoweth what he wotteth wele ynough I warande you he hath no worse opinyon of all these former captaynes than hath the holye father of Rome That is to saye though they were byheaded hanged quartered yet dyed they full vertuouse menne as ded holye Thomas Beckett for the lybertees of holye churche By this maye ye se that yt is not all one to dye forholye churche and to dye for the Gospell For they that dye for holye churche are holye sayntes and martyrs where as they that dye for the Gospell are but heretyques and trayters But what this will apere in y â— latter iudgement that daye shall declare when no worldlye polycies will helpe This poore yonge manne Iohan Frith which is here coÌ„tempned for the veruytees sake maye chaunce at that daye as the membre with y â— head with Christ to iudge y â— truthes aduersaryes for folowynge him in the same persecucyon For an offyce yt is to a certen sort belongynge But sure I am that they are not those which lyue here voluptuouslye Than must yt nedes be they that suffre all wronges here in that verytees cause 3 The wyfe man sayth that they are those whom y â— worlde had sumtyme in dirisyon thynkynge their doctryne madde folyshnesse and their latter endes withoute honour yet are they rekened amonge the chyldren of God their porcyon is plentyfull amonge the holye sayntes Of this vnlerned hypocrite and braynelesse babler is Iohan Frith noted to be without pyth of lernynge wyte Where as the contrarye is knowne to his whole generacyon which neuer were yet able to confute his boke of purgatorye agenst Rastell More and Rochestre besydes his other workes The veryte hath yet victorye at his hande though he for a tyme be throwne vndre the aulter there callynge for a iust reuengement of that vnpytefull violence so cruellye here ministred vnto him What pythe of wytt and lernynge Pantolabus had whan he wrote this Genealogie yt is wele perseyued of them that hath redde yt yf they were not as he is all wytlesse and gracelesse Scarselye worth a nytt is the best verse therof to him that shall seke eyther wytt or lernynge But as the sayinge is draffe is good ynough for swyne and dyrtye puddynges for dogges As good as the best is this fylthye baggage for the Papistes which seketh nothynge els but errours and lyes in hypocrisye 4 In his allegacyon of scripture Pantolabus shulde seme neyther to be wytty nor lerned For in both his cappyes imprinted by Iohan Redman and Robert Wyer he noteth yt to be in the .xii. Psalme of Dauid and yt is not there but in the .xii. chapter of Salomons Prouerbes There is this text in dede Via stulti recta in oculis eius Loke what a fole taketh in hande that thynketh he onlye wele done A verye folyshe syght hath Pantolabus in Genealogies to take y â— father for y â— sonne Of a lykelyhode he dreamed that he was at Mattens whan he was at masse by takynge of Dauid for Salomon By the orderyng of his scripturs he semeth better lerned in his portas or Masse boke than in the sacred Byble No where had that text bene better bestowed than vpon his owne precyouse bodye yf he had seane himselfe ryghtlye For by his shadowe we maye trace out an ydyote moche more by his persone most of all by his doltyshe doctryne here ministred In the same chapter is this text also verte impios non erunt domus â—ustorum permanebit Turne ouer the wycked and they are nomore seane but the buyldynge of the ryghtouse shall neuer perishe Frith shall be coÌ„mended for his godlye wysdome whan Pantolabus shall be reputed a presumptuouse fole Abominable are deceytfull lyppes before the Lorde but they that labour for the truthe doth please him greatlye A mysterye 1 He dyd saye playne There ded not remayne 2 Ryaâ—â—ye present In the blessed sacrament 3 Os iusti pascitur imperitia Pro. 15. ¶ The openinge 1. ODyouse vnto Pantolabus is Iohan Frith aboue all other and that apereth by this Though he hath afore here accused Wyclef Husse Luther Melanchton Oecolampadius and zwinglius for heretyques yet hath he layde agaynste them non artycles of heresye But now in a great fume he layeth to Iohan Frithes charge the sacrameÌ„t of the aultre and that with no small circumstauÌ„ce Manye menne thynketh that this hote enterpryse of his is more for the losse that he and soche other hath sustayned in dyrge pens sowle grotes masse offerynges treÌ„tals monthmyndes yearmyndes and soche lyke than for anye other deâ—â—ryon That is the comberouse collyâ—k that pangeth him his generacyon daylye at the verye hart roâ—e that maketh them so malancholye madde and modye agaynst heretyques They are not coÌ„tented that Iohan Frith was so playne in his wrytynges concernynge that matter wherin all their commodyte and profyghtes lyeth enclosed Had he medled with anye other thynge els he had not so fore displeased them For yf that ones were taken awaye small substauÌ„ce wold remayne vnto them towardes their spirituall mayntenaunce in pryde whoredom slouthe ydelnesse glottonye buggerye and soch other beastlye frutes of their vnâ—cyons and shauynges 2 Wonderfullye haue they busyed themselues to holde vp that buyldynge of theirs That holye Masse or sacrifice for the quyeke and the dead patched togyther by so manye holye Popes with so manye ceremonyes dysgysynges syghtes instrumentes gyâ—nes legerdemaynes turnynges beckynges dreamynges dottynges mowynges gapynges breathynges with ho he haue at all cryenges crossynges doppynges dossynges blessynges breakynges deâ—owrynges syppynges rynsynges thombe lyckynges manye other toyes besydes All their wyttes labour disygence and stodye haue they with Demetrius occupyed to prepare stronge bulwerkes for this shryne of Dyana Afterthat their Pope had ones optayned of Phocas the false emprour to be head of y â— churche By the craftye practyses of the moÌ„kes Paschasiê° Berno Guido Humbertê° Gulmundus Algerus Rogerus Lanfrancus Ansâ—lmus and soche other was realyte adioyned to the sacrament Than were vnyuersytees founded euerye where by monkes also to vpholde that newe buylded butteras Than stode forth Peter the Lombarde or the Master of their sentences which was begotten bredde and borne of an holye whore a nonne I shulde saye vndre the sacred vowe of chastyte and he gaue vnto yt transubstanciacyon Than folowed transmutacyon transicyon and transaccidentacyon but not transsyguracyon yet to this daye Than ded Pope Innocent the .iii. of that name make yt Accidens sine subiecto Thomas of
Aqâ—yne supportynge that doctryne by his doltyshe diuynite Iohan Parys and other wolde haue added vnto yt Impanacyon of y â— worde but that was reiected anon for daungers therevpon ensewynge After that came in ydemptyte realyte formalyte materyalyte propryete veracyte absolute beynge multiplicacyon vnyon diffynitacyon essenciacyon vbiquite fyguralite symbolycalite naturalyte potencialite personalyte presencialyte proporcionalite perticipalite habitualite virtualite dymencionalite substancialite deificalite carnalite corporalite modalite supposytalite ypostaticalite and a great sort more amonge their Sentencioners and Scolistes Than was yâ— boxed pyxed and tabernacled so borne forth in processyon with torche lyght banner crosse candelsâ—yck cope canape with knelynge and crowchynge manye wonderfull myracles folowynge as was seane at Lynos Parys Calys Brucels Schiedam and in manye other places els And so was yt clerelye altred from Christes institucyon and became throughlye the abominacyon of desolacyon as wytnesseth Iohan Wyclef in his .iii. chapter de Eucharistia Than had the bisshoppes at their handes their Sophisters and Summystes their SenteÌ„cyoners and Canonistes with all supersâ—iciouse subtyltees to defende yt for a blessed sacrameÌ„t And whan that lowsye lernynge wolde not serue them than had they vpon their sydes to dispute with agaynst y â— heretyques both sweedes and halters fyre and faggottes as they haue yet styll to this houre 3 I wolde that the text which Pantolabê° bringeth in here out of Salomons Prouerbes to proue that Christes bodye is reallye present in the blessed sacrament were dilygentlye marked of the reader It is not these De stusti pascitur imperitia as Pantolâ—bus hath here layed it forth But it is in that xv chapter De stultorum pascetur imperâ—tia yf ye take their olde text The mouthe of fooles shall befedde with all folyshnesse Of a lykelyhode Pantolabê° hath some priuylege of the Pope that he maye at his pleasur peruert the scripturs in the defence of holye churche yet proueth not this peruerted text that Christ is reallye present in the sacrament But in dede it declareth what Pantolabus is both reallye naturallye formallye and substanciallye and so doth in a maner all the whole chapter besydes Sone after the begynnynge therof is soche an other lyke clause De fatuorum ebullit stultitiam The mouth of lewde fooles boyleth out folyshe bablynges as are the Poeticall verses of Pantolabus boke here and all the ynke horne termes also of their doctors afore rehersed here for their blessed sacrameÌ„t More fytlye had this clause of the same chapter bene applyed to that sacrament as it is now vsed Victime impiorum abominabiles Domino Abhominable to y â— Lorde are the sacrifyces of the wycked where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable Fylthye is the waye of the vngodlye but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods fauer For whye y â— ceremonyes therof are the Popes not his The brekefast is the prestes alone and no communyon of Christes peple to knytt them vp togyther as members into his mysticall bodye A mysterye 1 The flesshe and blood And lyuelye food 2 And onlye vvelthe Of oure soule helthe 3 Qul manducat hunc panem viuet in aeternum Ioan. 6. ¶ The openinge 1. PRoudelye styll pratleth this popishe Poete accusynge Iohan Frith for not grauÌ„tynge Christes reall presence in their sacrament And here he coÌ„uerteth his fantasyed realyte into Christes fleshe and blood callynge it the lyuelye fode of y â— sowle Godlye wyse was Iohan Frith and so shall he fynde it in the latter daye in that he wolde not attribute vnto Christ that thynge w t is not founde in y â— scripturs A popishe lyuerye is that realite of theirs sophisticallye borrowed of Aristotles logyck He wolde in no case be accursed of the mouthe of God for addynge soche beggerye to his worde Rather ded he good creature offre his bodye to the fyre I thynke not the contrarye of Iâ—han Frith but yf their sacrament had bene Christes as it is the Popes in the colours it is in now he had graunted vnto it moche more than he ded Christes fleshe is no soche pouetrye nor his blood soche maÌ„metrye as their mangye myracles hath made it For yf their corruptyble breade were that lyuelye fode of sowle than had all they peryshed which hath not so outwardlye receyued it afore tyme. As Adam Noe Abraham Moyses Dauid Helias with all the other fathers which dyed afore Christ. They receyued both his bodye and blood els had they not bene saued For saynt Paule doth saye that all they and we haue eaten of one spirituall meate and droÌ„cke of one spirituall drincke one harde rocke ministrynge it vnto ve both In sprete veryte sayth Christ shall the true worshippers worshippe him and not in outwarde thynges that are seane with the eye for they remayne onlye to the false worshippers or ydolaters 2 Neyther haue youre Realyte power to make youre blessed sacrament Christes flesshe nor yet his blood Neyther can ye therby proue it oure lyuelye food nor yet oure â—owles helthe though ye a thousande tymes put it thervnto For so moche as it cometh not from y â— expresse worde of God but from the fylthye doctryne of youre Philosophers which were non other but fylthye ydolaters Ratheâ— shulde it seme therfore to conuert it into an ydoll to oure sowles destruccyon than into Christes fleshe to oure sowles coÌ„solacyon A lyuelye fode it maye wele be vnto you which are fedde therwith daylye at youre austers but wele I wote in that kynde it is non vnto vs in y â— churches bodye which haue no part therof An onlye welthe it maye be vnto youre generacyon which take the swete profytes therof lyueth therby in all boluptuouse pleasurs of ydelnesse But how it shulde be the helthe of youre sowles in that kynde of clowtynge that can I not wele tell you Wele I wote it is neyther welthe nor helthe vnto vs. For a great vndoynge hath it bene to the comonwelthe and is yet a most ruynouse decaye of the peples sowle helthe the eternall father redressel it ye will saye parauenture ye make it Christes fleshe by the speakynge of his worde vnto it Christ neuer taughte yow to preache his worde in a foren language to a thynge that is dumme but to the lyuynge peple in their natyue language that they myght beleue and be saued He bad you distribute that brede vnto other and not to slaffe it vp youre selues He commaunded also the peple to eate it but in no case to worship it Neuer was it worshipped in the churche tyll it had youre Realyte which Christ neuer graunted to youre breathynge 3 The scripture that is here alleged oute of the sixt of Iohan. Qui manducat hunc panem viuet in eternum condempneth the whole doctrine of Pantolabê° madde meters here both by the sequele of the same chap. and also by the opynion of all the olde doctors which nameth it a spirituall eatynge In all that processe doth
they which impugne the holye ghost w t Macedonius and Eunomius But they onlye which replye ageynst yowr Masse made by so manye holye Popes They poore sowles are alone in this yowr Genealogye and non other heretyques els By this we perscyue that ye are those yll stewardes whoÌ„ saint Paule speaketh of that seke yowr owne and not Iesus Christes makynge of yowr bellyes your God yowr vayne glorye sayth he wyll be yowr confusion for nothinge ye sauer but that which is earthlye What is yowr Masse els but a gawdishe fopperye or a toye of yowr owne ymaginacyon Nomore is it lyke the holye supper of Christ than y â— earthe is lyke heaueÌ„ or fylthye dyrt lyke golde No make of it the best ye caÌ„ne with your lyghtes vestymentes copes Iewels aultres Images organes prycksonge sensynges the deuyll and all as y â— paganes ded in their olde sacrifices before their Idols 3 If Lambert graunted yow that in yowr Masse so patched and peced with papystrye was a synifycacion of Christes deathe ye were moche to blame so to burne him For he graunted yow more than anye maÌ„ne will do els that is godlye wyse and lerned But surelye he neuer grauÌ„ted that to yowr Masse but to the most holye supper of the lorde and therfor ye haue mysvnderstande his saynges In yowr Masse is nothinge but that ye make yowrselues by the vertu of Arystotles realyte No though ye .vii. tymes breathe ouer it Hoc est corpus meum For christ is neuer made but in vs and that is by the vertu of his worde trulye taught And that is the cause that Saynt Paule ded saye So oft as ye shall eate this breade and drynke of this cuppe ye shall shewe the lordes deathe tyll he come Whan Christ badde ye do it in his remembraunce he badde ye not make him ageyne The trayuelynge womaÌ„ which is with childe in the Apocalyps betokeneth Christes people hauinge him within them and not without them More ouer Dauid sayth that the bewtyfull dowter of y â— kynge is all from within yowr Masse mongers turne their tayles to the people preache to the wall as Antichrist hath thaught them but neuer turne they to them declaringe the true meaninge therof as Christ hath commauÌ„ded And therfor their fylthye sacrifyces are Antichristes and not Christs and that they make there is an Idoll and no God and therfor vnmete to be worshipped They shal aryse in the morninge saith the lorde and not fynde me they shall call vnto me whan I shall not heare them and whan they holde vp their polluted handes I shall turne awaye my face 4 Nothynge to the purpose is this allegacyon of Salomons Prouerbes â—esis sapiens apud temetipsum To proue that the Masse is sumwhat more than a signifycacyon of Christes passyon And agayne y â— text is falselye placed for it is not in y â— first chapter but in the .iii. This craftye coÌ„ueyaunce of yours is to playe boo pepe with the symple people ye ruffle out youre scripturs but whan menne shall seke them they shall be sure not to fynde them where you appoynt them least they shulde with them fynde out also youre iuglynges This is now the .iii. tyme ye haue played this towche lete youre conueyauÌ„ce be sumwhat cleaner If ye laye that text vnto Lambertes charge that he was to wyse in his owne conceyt ye do him moche wronge for that coÌ„cept is yours and not his you haue for that folyshe conceyt of yours putta syde all the wysdome of God Vtterlye despyse you Christes institucyon accountynge him but an ydyote fole that coude not make soche solempne preparacioÌ„s as ye haue made Full lyttle consydered you in the same selfe chapter Quod abominatio Domino est omnis illusor cum simplicibus sermocinatio eius Abhominable to the Lorde is eâ—eye disdaynefull scorner where as the simple disdayned shall knowe his secrete counsels The mocker will he lawgh to scorne and yet will he geue his grace to the lowlye The wyse shall possesse his glorye and the braggynge of foles confusyon A mysterye 1 And vtterlye He ded denye 2 That Christ vnfayned Vvas there contayned 3 Both ryastye And substancyallye 4 Quotiescuncque manducabitis panem hunc â–ª calicem bibetis c. 1. Cor. 10. The openinge 1. UErelye these poesyes are straunge diuerse They make me to remembre the processyon of Maydston in kent For some of them daunse lyke greate gyauntes and are eyght syllabes a pece As this verse here afore But a significacyon Some come doppynge after lyke lyttle hoppe on my thombes and are but .iiii. syllabes as And vtterlye with his fellawe as short as he And therfore it is but madde gere But what is it I praye you that Lambert ded denye That Christ was his Lorde No verelye ded he not but stode stedefastlye by it vnto the verye death that he was his onlye sauer peacemaker helthe ryghtuousnesse and redemer He alone was the lambe that dyed for him And he alone was y â— head of that churche that he was a membre of In this fayth perseuered he vnto his latter ende and in the same departed vnto his lorde God yet sought your generacion by most turkyshe tyrannye to compell him to remoue his fote from that rocke But mercyfull was that lorde vnto him In the myddes of the fyre denyed not he his veryte but departed hence with the clere victorye ouer you Non of the Popes sworne subiectes dyed he but the verye true seruaunt of Iesus Christ. 2 His denyall was in dede that Christ shuld be contayned in the bankett of youre blessynge Remembre first from whens your blessynges come and out of whose auctorite they sprange first of all Saynt Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that the Dragon ye wote whom he meaneth gaue his auctoryte seate and power vnto the great Beast that arose out of the see And in an other chapter folowyng he sayth also that y â— worldlye gouernours as emprours kynges and princes shuld applye their strengthes which consisteth in their lawes swerdes scepturs vnto the same fylthye freke Of this Beast haue you that marke wherwith ye bye sell. youre â—yles and shauynges are not of Christ nomore are youre myters and typpettes If he wolde haue sent forth soche minysters he neded to haue gone no farther than to Annas and Cayphas IoaÌ„nâ—s and Alexander with other of y â— same affynite for they were of a kyndred prouyded of God to soche offyces of externe obseruacions but yet not to make newe goddes nor yet to sence ymages youre vncommaunded exorcysmes and blessynges are non other than the playne practyses of Necromancye By the vertu wherof though ye maye with youre Pope fatche the deuyll from hell for youre sacrifices are all one yet can ye not drawe the sonne of God out of heauen and so make oure crede of non effecte 3 yet can ye not out of youre ragged realyte borowed of the Paganes lernynge for
eye syght therfor serued him not so wele vpon this syde as vpon that syde The Popes enemies are the onlye heretiques in his Genealogye here and not the enemyes of Christ and his kynge Be that farre from him to iudge those good vertuouse fathers of holye churche any heretyques No I warande you Cardinall Pole fryre Peto fryre Buckenham other ranke papistes abrode are yet non heretyques with him but relygiouse vpholders of that holye mother of his the churche of Rome Truthe it is that Thomas Garade a bachelar of diuinite and person of honye lane was tyed to that poste vpon his ryght syde for preachinge ageynst Antichrist And that ded Christ afore tyme promise hiÌ„ in Peter for a rewarde yf he wolde be a preacher in his kyngedome Whan thu wert yonge sayth he thu gyrdedst thyselfe walkedst at thy pleasure But whan thu art olde thu shalt streche forth thy handes and an other shall gyrde the leadynge the contrarye to thy mynde And therfore this was vnto him a promysed rewarde of his master which had no better of the worlde his selfe 2 If Garade were a brother of Barnes of a lykelyhode he was non than of Pantolabê° brotherhede as were Abell Powell For yf he were he wolde nor regestre him for an heretyque But I putt the case that Garade Barnes both be now of that bretherhede which God the father hath allowed for his sonne Iesus sake as it is most lyke to be so For that heretage in Christ is not promysed vnto them which lyue here in wanton pleasurs and are murtherers in coÌ„tempt of the Christen veryte but vnto those despysed disciples that are persecuted scorned and that suffre death for thesame What shall become than of Pantolabê° and soche other disciples of Antichrist which hath with so villenouse spyght refused that bretherhede yt is easye to coÌ„iecture yf they deâ—olye repent not in tyme. Happye is Thomas Garade that euer he was borne Not onlye in that he taught Christ here for an onlye sauer without the mangye merytes of menne but also in that he hath with his owne dere lyfe sealed as a sure wytnesse vnto the same agaynst Antichrist This singular profyght hath he all redye gotten therby That he shall from henceforth neyther honger nor thirst and that God hath wyped awaye all teares from his eyes Neuer more shall he tast of death of losses nor yet of sorowes for the first sorowes are past Now is he sure to be allowed for a fre cytezen in the newe Hierusalem whan his lorde shall sytt in the regeneracion 3 Pantolabus yet styll to conferme his doctryne with blasphemyes and lyes allegeth here the .xvii. chapter of Ecclesiastes otherwyse called the preacher and the whole boke hath nomore but .xii. chapters in all I warande yow the manne meaneth sumwhat by it In dede this clause Vna enim cathena tenebrarum colligati erant is in y â— xvii chapter of Sapience But I maruele sore where omnes is become He was surelye layed asyde for some cloynynge purpose That chapter is all togyther of the sore iudgementes of God concernynge the Egypcyanes They were all bounde sayth the wyse manne with one cheane of darkenesse And this was for that they thought styll to haue in subieccion his holye people Saint Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that youre spirituall cyâ—e or holye mother churche is now that Egypt and Sodome I praye God ye do not condempne him for an heretyque He sayth there also that ye shulde in youre firetes throwe forth the bodyes of the lordes wytnesses but ye shulde not suffre them to be layed in graues Me thynketh he is there verye playne with you and towcheth you sumwhat nyghlye The wyse manne in the same chapter of yours appoynted oute youre generacion gaue ye a lawfull warnynge sayenge there afore Propter hoc indisciplinate anime errauerunt c. for this cause onlye do menne erre that they will not be reformed lorde by thy wysdome For that shall they be wrapped in the cheances of longe darkenesse Their sorceryes and inchaâ—ntmeÌ„tis shall come to derisyon their proude wysdom shall be brought to shame A mysterye 1 And on the lefte hande One Hierome ded stande 2 One of that nest As blynde as the best 3 And thus they thre Novv burned be 4 Ipsi sibi grauiores tenebrae Eccless 17. ¶ The openinge 1. I Ngenyouse wolde Pantolabus apere in this descripcion leauynge oute no circumstauÌ„ce of doctor Barnes burnynge Now bryngeth he forth Hierome the persone of Stepnaye declarynge him to stande vpon his lefte hande as though it had not bene knowne afore But fetherstone he forgetreth which was a ryght brother of hiâ— was hanged there for treason the same selfe daye ye heare him not tell here on which syde he honge As for the kynges matters he passeth not grâ—atlye vpon them but holye churches matters are an other maner of thynge He will not describe a trayterouse Papist least he shulde so sâ—â—t forth his owne propre ymage Wyllyam Hieriome in dede a bachelar of diuynite also a manne eloquentlye lerned for the veryte preachynge agaynst Antichrist stode on the leftehande of Barnes in the fyre and was brent with him to ashes And blessed is he that euer he had a lyfe so to bestowe agaynst that abhominable kyngdome of yours That fyre was vnto him but a delyueraunce from miseries restorynge his sowle to that quyet which he hath now in Christ Iesu. Not the more vnpure was that offred vp treasure which the lorde left with him in an carthâ—n vessell though the vessell were scorfled in the heate of that flame but the moche more orieÌ„t and precyouse For matters stande noâ— a fore god as yow do iudge them but as he hath determyned them by his holye worde promyse 2 To enlarge his poesyes with some blynde thetoryckes he sheweth that Wyllyam Hierome was one of that nest But what that nest is he declareth not but leaueth it all blynde as he is alwayes a blynde leader A nest in the scripturs hath both a good origynall and a godlye significacion though Pantolabus here mocketh with it for want of good lerninge By the wysdome apointment of God was it first fashioned sumtyme it betokeneth the true churche sumtyme the conscience of manne The false counterfet churche which Pantolabus here mainteyneth is no wholsom nest in dede but y â— insaciable chaos or bottomlesse pyt that S. Iohan speaketh of whiche hath darkened the sunne that is Gods worde and sendeth forth nothinge els but a fylthie smoke of tradicions of mennes lowsye lerninge with an innumerable swarme of their lecherouse locustes As are mytred Byshopes Gorgioâ—se Prelates Prestes smered with grese shauen sorcerers and chaplaynes disgised lyke disardes in a mommerye in manye strauÌ„ge kyndes and colours Who can with lesse honeste call a man blynde than he that is blinde all togither Of all that Pantolabê° hath here taught in this Genealogye is not
scysmatyques and obstynate Papistes yf they shuld not reade soche pratye Poesyes amonge Lete no manne thinke other wyse but that Pantolabus and soche other inteÌ„deth sumwhat by soche subtyle workemanshippe The Bisshopes winketh at it as though there were in it non heresye whan it is all stinkinge heresye by their owne confession They are wele contented whaÌ„ they playe soch bussye partes and wyll not be acknowe of it but leteth them alone If anye of them leape so farre that he is hanged vp for treason they care lyttle for it for they thinke thy haue so lost but a knaue 3 After a farre fett style and curyouslye compassed processe cometh Pantolabus at the last to his full desyre Exhortynge all menne to praye here for the kynge with as lyttle true deuocion as he that myndeth nothynge lesse And yt maketh no matter neyther For moche better yt is to be vnprayed for than to be prayed for out of stynkynge heresye as all their Papistrye is non other The prayer which ought to be made for kynges for them that are in auctoryte ought to aryse of the sacred scripturs whereof they haue their auctorytees and not out of sâ—ynkynge heresye as yt is here requyred Saynt Paule exhorted Timothe which was no papistycall masse sayer but a preacher of the Gospell sufferynge daylye persecucions for the same before all other thynges to praye for kynges and for all other which were in hyghe power that Christes disciples and true beleuers myght lyue vndre them a peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse And this is our prayer also with contynuall teares Wherin we desyre the lorde for his eternall mercyes sake alwayes to preserue him But oute of stynkynge heresyes we praye not for him neyther out of Mattenses nor Masses eueÌ„songes nor complynes which are the verye frutes of the Beast of Rome least we shulde by those blasphemouse prayers brynge vpon him the great indignacion of God The frutes are euermore all one with their tree in goodnesse as those fylthye obseruacions with their first fylthye begynner haue they neuer so fayre colours of gods seruice gods owne worde Christes Gospell the vtteraâ—â—ce of his name with soche other yet are they abhomynacions vnspekeable after that ydo latrouse handelyâ—ge 4 So farre are these blynde Papistes from the true sprete of Christ that nothynge they ryghtlye vnderstande of the scripturs This text of Dauid Domine in virtute tuâ—â—letâ—bitur rex super salutare tuum exulâ—abit vehementer Perteyneth alone vnto Christ and not to anye earthlye kynge For in that whole Psalme is described his triuÌ„phaunt glorye with his reuengement ouer them w t hath him persecuted of cruell hate spyght Christes humanyte is it that is so ioyfull of the strengthe that yt hath gotten which is the Godhede That is yt which reioyseth so ernestlye is so excedynge glady for the sauynge helthe of mankynde which yt hath by y â— gyft of God obtayned He hath his hartes desyre with the ful request of his lyppes which is the eternall mercye of the Lorde That manhode was preuented with lyberall blessynges now yt hath a crowne of immortalyte He axed lyfe for him and for his lyfe was geuen him for euer and euer Magna est gloria eius in salutari tuo c. His glorye is great Lorde sayth Dauid in that sauynge helthe and compassed he is now of the w t eternall felycite Soche mockers as is Pantolabus shall ones fele his hande ones will he fynde out all them that so spyghtfullye hateth him As an hote kyndeled ouen shall they at that daye apere the fyre euerlastynge will deuoure them for euer â—ot ashamed is this dissemblynge mocker and pestylent hypocrite in his glosynge flat teryes ydolatrouslye to abuse his Prince For what is ydolatrye els but a worshyppe geuen to a creature which peculyarlye belongeth vnto God And full therof is all the seruyce homages and doynges of the Papistes the Lorde ones delyuer all Christen princes from them A mysterye 1 And the quene also Vvhere so euer she go 2 And for the sauegarde Of oure prince Edvvarde 3 Vvhom I praye Iesu Longe to contyne vve Amen The openinge 1. ERnest is Pantolabus yet styll in requestes sprynggynge out of his gentyll Genealogye of stynkynge heresye For therin he homblye requyreth all these thynges by his owne confessyon afore Herin he desyereth the dilygent readers of his worke to praye for the quene also which was sumtyme called the ladye kateryne howarde He shulde seme to be some blynde chaplayne of hers by the blynde zele he sheweth here For he wolde haue her remembred where so euer she go in the waye or out of the waye Trulye that prayer were of a straunge kynde yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred Who hath harde prayers made for menne to go where they will or whan they are out of the ryght waye to contynue so styll I thynke fewe menne lyuynge I wolde haue no soche querestre of Baals quere nor yet soche a chaplayne of Bels college to praye forme as poore a man as I am Moche better grace parauenture had bene hers yf she had chaunced of no soche ghostlye fathers For where as the scripturs are contempned their verytees sett at nought what els can folowe but vyce which alwayes requyreth an yll ende The true loue of Gods worde is neuer without his feare Neuer can that creature outragyouslye offende which foloweth the true lyne therof A â—anterne to oure fete is that worde of the Lorde and a lyght vnto oure pathe wayes in this shadowe of deathe the eternall father geue vs his grace to folowe yt 2 Fynallye Pantolabus exhorteth all his readers to praye for the sauegards of our most worthye prince Edwarde If this were out of the Genealogye of stynkynge heresye as yt is also therin yt were moche more pleasynge vnto God He abhorreth all that is straunge and not lyke fashyoned to the exemplar that he hath left in the scripturs He turneth awaye his face dysdaynouslye from all mockynge sacrifyces inuented by menne and not commaunded of him As is the Papistycall Masse with all other blasphâ—mouse obseruacions of that monâ—truouse madame the â—athanycall Synagoge of Antichrist Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron the hyghe Prest were consumed in the Lordes wrathe for offerynge sâ—raunge fyre vncommaunded Accursed is he which addeth his owne inuencyon vnto the Lordes seruyce or anye thynge els that the scripture commaundeth not I counsell therfore all faythfull beleuers syncerelye to praye in sprete and in veryte after Christes holye doctryne for their most worthye kynge and the prince his naturall sonne that the one maye succede the other as Salomon ded Dauid as Iosaphat ded Asa in the faythfull wayes of the Lorde And this haue they good cause to do yf they remembre all thynges As their delyueraunce from the greate Golye of Rome with sufferaunce to reade the scripturs which is their syngular sowleâ— helthe What though some of
breathed with turne and halfe turne and with seyst me and seyst me not and a thousande feates more of cleane legerde mayne to vpholde that mart of theyr maintenaunce And therfor he sayth wele here that ambicyon begate supersticion yf it had bene so trulye applyed For bysshoppes monkes and prestes hathe brought forthe all these spirituall frutes 5 But where as he allegeth this text out of Salomons Prouerbes Odium suscitatrix as to proue that heresye begate stryfe and debate he sheweth himselfe no verie wyse interpretour of the scripturs But that he thought parauenture than he might of theÌ„ make a welche mannes hole hauynge his lorde of Wynchestire vpon his syde Who can accuse him for an heretyque yf the Bysshoppes saye naye to it though he playeth the deuyll with the scripturs of god It is their office neuer to poÌ„nisshe them that peruerteth Gods worde but to burne them alwayes that trulye preacheth it Salomon sayth there that hate engendreth brawlynges or scysmes not that heresye begate stryfe And that is spoken there of your vngodlye generacion yf yow be they that are Idell worke menne and haue sluggyshe handes oppressers of the poore and norryshers of synne as all the worlde knoweth that ye are hauinge vnshame fast faces and presumptuouse mouthes I matuele ye coude not fynde there Qut profert contumeliam insipiens est he that speaketh anye slaundre is a fole Surelye dame ignoraunce threw her napkyn before your eyes whan ye redde that chapter But take hede of it and ye wyll ye are promised there that the thinge ye are most a frayde of shall come vpon yow yowr hope shall perishe and yowr years shall be shortened For the wickednesse of Samariu is come to light A mysterye 1 Supersticion playne Begate disdayne 2 Dysdayne of trovvthe Begate slovvthe 3 Slovvthe sluggyshnesse Begate vvylfulnesse 2 Vult non vult piger Prouer. 13. ¶ The openinge 1. CVryouslye styll countereth this chaunter of babylon with his mangye maÌ„gled meters For here one of theÌ„ halteth on y â— one syde lyke a greye being a syllabe shorter than darkenesse they inuented all kyndes of supersticions in blessynges bones belles candelstyckes cuppes cruettes oyle waxe light ashes palmes and holye water with soche other lyke They dedicated stone walles they cristened belles they consecrated restimeÌ„tes they anoiÌ„ted chalyces they hallowed aulters they tabernacled Images they shryned dead mennes bones they coniured crossed sensed spatled and breathed with turne and halfe turne and with seyst me and seyst me not and a thousande feates more of cleane legerde mayne to vpholde that mart of theyr maintenaunce And therfor he sayth wele here that ambicyon begate supersticion yf it had bene so trulye applyed For bysshoppes monkes and prestes hathe brought forthe all these spirituall frutes 5 But where as he allegeth this text out of Salomons Prouerbes Odium suscitatrix as to proue that heresye begate stryfe and debate he sheweth himselfe no verie wyse interpretour of the scripturs But that he thought parauenture than he might of theÌ„ make a welche mannes hose hauynge his lorde of Wynchestre vpon his syde Who can accuse him for an heretyque yf the Bysshoppes saye naye to it though he playeth the deuyll with the scripturs of god It is their office neuer to poÌ„nisshe them that peruerteth Gods worde but to burne them alwayes that trulye preacheth it Salomon sayth there that hate engendreth braâ—lynges or scysmes not that heresye begate stryfe And that is spoken there of your vngodlye generacion yf yow be they that are Idell workemenne and haue sluggyshe handes oppressers of the poore and norryshers of synne as all the worlde knoweth that ye are hauinge vnshamefâ—st faces and presumptuouse mouthes I maruele ye coude not fynde there Qui profert contumeliam insipiens est he that speaketh anye slaundre is a fole Surelye dame ignoraunce threw her napkyn before your eyes whan ye redde that chapter But take hede of it and ye wyll ye are promised there that the thinge ye are most a frayde of shall come vpon yow yowr hope shall perishe and yowr years shall be shortened For the wickednesse of Samariâ— is come to light A mysterye 1 Supersticion playne Begate disdayne 2 Dysdayne of trovvthe Begate slovvthe 3 Slovvthe sluggyshnesse Begate vvylfulnesse 2 Vult non vult piger Prouer. 13. ¶ The openinge 1. CVryouslye styll countereth this chaunter of babylon with his mangye maÌ„gled meters For here one of theÌ„ halteth on y â— one syde lyke a greye being a syllabe shorter than his fellawe It is no maruele therfor though his name be slowthe for in dede he commeth but slowlye after Supersticion ye saye begate disdayne And it maye welebe for rather are his frutes afore rehersed of disdayne than of loue of hate than of fauer of malyce than of pyte And in dede the scripture sayth they are mockers and scorners deridinge the verite and withsâ—andinge the helthe of the people But surelye supersticion hath more children thaÌ„ disdayne yf Pantolabê° loke wele abought him Hypocresye which brought forthe latten houres longe prayers without deuocion letanies frydaye fastinges owr ladies psalters monkes chanoÌ„s fryres nonnes ankers hermites bedes portasses diurnals tapers torches wepiges crowchinges knelynges gaddinges and soche other beggeryes els shuld seme to be one of them So shuld blasphemye also with all his abhominable of springe 2 What disdayne this shuld be he declareth folowinglye callynge it disdayne of trouthe and the father of slouthe This conteÌ„pt of godlynesse and verite sprange vp first in Cain and increased in the carnall children of meÌ„ne And though it were in processe of tyme destroied in the generall flood yet rose it vp ageyne after the dayes of Noâ— in Cham and so grewe forth styll in Nemroth Ismael in their wycked sede After this had it continuaunce in the false prophetes and Idolatrouse prestes of Baal in the Pharysees Scribes Bisshoppes and heretyques tyll the pope toke holde of it Euer sens hath it bene gloryouslye mainteyned of his anoynted clergye with churches minsters monasteryes couentes cloysters colleges vniuersytees priÌ„ces lawes swerde fyre halter Whiche gloriouse habytacions hath pampred vp fatt foggye monkes proude porkyshe prestes great bellyed bysshoppes as brockyshe bores in a swynes flye in all bodylye ease of slouthfull sluggyshnesse Idelnesse lechery and beasilynesse there wallowynge in Sodome and Gomorre But trulye I thiÌ„ke it a great ouersyght of Pantolabus that he here forgate scolasticall diuinite which made the Pope Gods vicar the head of the churche and the keye berer of purgatorye to lete out in at his pleasure for it hath also rysen of disdayne of the truthe 3 Of a lykelyhode wylfulnesse had .ii. fathers not all vnlyke to bishoppes bastardes to the popishe prestes childrenâ— Which hath one father that beareth the name an other that toke paynes to begett him For here are slouthe slughyshnesse both named to be his fathers But doubtlesse the right hayres are not here
remembred nor yet they that styll occupye their landes And that are all puffed vp prelates with persones vicars and curates And hardelye lete not syr hugh holye water swynger be forgotten amonge theÌ„ The throwinge a syde of the sacred scripturs and the false deceyuinge of the poore laboringe manne shuld seme also to be twygges of the same braunche and sprayes of the same sprygge yea and to be sumwhat afore wylfulnesse in this generacion And therfore Pantolabê° is but a â—ole and foloweth to moche the counsell of dame ignorauÌ„ce in the descripcioÌ„ of this Genealogie or els he is a parciall frinde to wylfulnesse And I thinke that be the verie cause in dede This sure holde also he hath vpon his syde that painters poetes and Rome toÌ„ners maye lye by auciorite 4 The text whiche he hathe torne out of Salomons prouerbes vult et non vult piger proueth nothinge to the purpose that sluggishnesse and slouthe begate wylfulnesse More honeste were it for him that dame ignoraunce were farder of from his elbowe whan he shall sett his handes to the scripturs Sathan in y â— desert neuer bestowed Angelis suis Deus maÌ„ dauit dete more vnclarkelye than this text is here bestowed Salomons mynde is that y â— sluggarde wold fayne haue but it cometh not so vnto him where as the diligent labourer is habundauntlye suffysed For thus standeth y â— text after the truer translacion Concupiscit anima pigri et non est ei quod optat But as the sainge is the full fedde sowe seketh myre the vyle vermine corrupcion as Pantolabus hath done here the corrupt translacion for his purpose And yet will it not serue for slouthe to beget wilfulnesse though he turne it .xxiiii. wayes as fryre martyn ded his desardes hart Wonderfullye now a dayes are the scripturs handeled in Englande yet are there non heretyques on that syde of the waye For how can a papist be an heretyque to his hinderaunce whan papistes weare styll myters and robes It foloweth in the same chapter Astutus omnia agir cum consilio qui autem factuê° est aperit stulticiam A wyse manne doth all with discressioÌ„ but a foole declareth his folye But this coude not Pantolabus fynde out w t other godlye couÌ„sels there meÌ„cioned Wherfore his part here after is lyke to be sumwhat y â— worse A mysterye 1 Vvylfulnesse verelye Nygh cosyne to heresye 2 Begate myschefe Father of vvyclefe 3 Vvhich ded bringe inne His grand father synne 4 Qui facit peccatum ex diabolo est quoniam ab inicio diabolus peccat Ioan. 3. The openinge 1. DIuerslye doth this popishe poete resemble himselfe alwayes as blynde as a byttle and wotteth not wele which waye to wandre yet will he styll forewarde with his pedlarie wares Wilfulnesse he saith whoÌ„ he hath preferred here in his Genealogye to his other brethern I am sure for some olde familyar acquayntaunce beynge nigh cosyne to heresye begate mischefe It shuld seme here vnto me that Pantolabê° is not verie wele seane in genealogyes or els he daunseth withe Iacke of Bedlem a voluntarye rounde or a galearde at his pleasure For here he calleth heresye cosyne to wylfulnesse and yet he is .vi. degrees afore him yea and to make his owne asynishe rudenesse more manifest therin he calleth him here his nigh cosyne Trulye this is to folyshe to haue y t scripturs coupled withe it yf Boner and Wynchestre with other holye fathers wynke not vpon it whaÌ„ they honte for heretyques But parauenture he doth it here that wylfulnesse shuld be known to be all one with heresye or els to make good his purpose folowinge as to proue Ioan Wyclef an heretyque But as the Prophete sayth he that prepareth a snare for an other most coÌ„monlye falleth into it his selfe as Pantolabê° hath done here yf the abhominable peruertige of Gods worde be a kinde therof 2 He saith that wylfulnesse begate mischefe and I beleue it wele For Pope Hyldâ—brandus which inhibited prestes mariage poysoned vi of his predecessours to optaine the papacye Pope victor the thirde was poysoned at his masse by a spirituall chaplayne of his So was henrye the .vii. Emprour by one Bernardinus de monte policiano a dominick fryre in receyuinge the sacrament Pope Clement the seconde vigilius Sisinnius Ioannes septimus Alexander and aboue .xl. of them more were sent out of the worlde by the same spirituall polecye How manye poore cristen innocentes the .ii. horned termagauntes of Englande hath put vnto deathe for the onlye truthe of God it were moche to write Wynchestre yet aliue is fouÌ„de no sluggarde in thaâ— tormeÌ„ting office of Anticrist though he neyther sâ—yth Standyshe nor Pantolabê° fryre wattes nor quarry y â— pardoner w t soche other abhominable blasphemers of Gods worde Therfor tyrannye also might haue 〈◊〉 in for a childe of wyckednesse and a brother of myschefe yf it had pleased master Pantolabus So might cruell murther the slaughter of saintes and the vtter contempt of God haue bene called the fylthye of springe therof and not poore Iohan wycclef the verie manne of God for withstandinge Anticrist and his false kingedome yf the true quarell of Christ had here bene so ernestlye sought as is the Popes quarell though it be not so spoken 3 That anye manne shuld be father to his grande father as Pantolabus here noteth Iohan Wyclef it is a matter impossible in the right course of generacion But as he hath a monstruouse wytt so sendeth he forth moÌ„struouse frutes to deceyue y â— simple Of a spyghtfull malice is it not of Wyclef but of the verite that he taught that he thê° nameth him the sonne of mischefe For Wycleues father as coÌ„cerninge the fleshe was a christen beleuer and a manne geuen to noÌ„ yll â—haâ— we rede of I can not tell what euill sprete hath taught Pantolabus to be a slauÌ„derouse accuser of his brother vnlesse it were he that accused Iob. And as concerninge the inwarde manne he was a sonne of God lyke as all they are by his heauenlye gyft that beleue in his name For non can protest that Iesus is the Lorde God as he ded most constauntlye ageynst the whole regne of Anticrist but in the holye ghost For so moche as raylinge Pantolabê° falselye reporteth of Iohan Wyclef without auctorite that he brought in his grandefather synne I am enforced to answer in his behalfe by y â— auctorite of soche notable writers as I haue seane and redde Iohan Wyclef beynge an Englyshe maÌ„ne borne and a doctor of diuinite aboute y â— year of owr Lorde a M.CCC and .lx. redde the common lecture at oxforde and so coÌ„tynued many yeares after And as coÌ„cerninge his eloquence witt manyfolde lerninge and most innocent lyfe Philippus repingedon Bysshop of Lyncolne Nicolaus herforde a Doctor Ioannes Treuisa Galfridus Chawcer Ioannes Husse Eneas Siluius Hermannus Shedel and now in owr tyme O tho Brunfelsius hath in most ample forme
than suffred at London Colchestre Hadleye Ippeswyck Norwyche Lynne and in other more places of Englande Good WyllyaÌ„ Tyndale was done to death also at Vylforde in Braban within the same years by the procurement of youre craftye Cayphases in the yeare of oure Lorde a M. V. and .xxxv. in the moneth of Septembre And therfore I wondre they escaped youre hande This maketh vs to thynke that ye entended of these onlye with those that here foloweth to iest at youre pleasure vpon soche malyce as ye had agaynst them conceyued Sure are you to be of soche a secte as will worke lyttle goodnesse Lete menne suspect of you what they will but these popyshe poesyes of yours smell knauyshlye whan ye can fynde out non other heretyques but these alone of so manye Popes poyseners trayters sorcerers Sodomites scysmatyques and pestylent papistes as hath bene and are yet styll to this daye 2 Because ye are here in hande with Lambert I will saye sumwhat for him for I knewe his coÌ„uersacyon The truthe of it is he was sumtyme a prest of youre generacyon called syr Iohan Nycols and was borne in the cyte of Norwyche After that he had in Cambryge geuen himselfe to good letters and became sumwhat expert both in the Latyne and the Greke at the preachynges of the good menne Arthure and Bylneye he toke repentaunce of his former lyfe And after that the kynge by his lawfull offycers had taken of him an othe to renounce the Pope as a false vsurper he threwe from him that Antichristes yoke with his lyuerye and marke to shewe himselfe throughlye obedieÌ„t Than leauyng papistycall customes he enbraced the Gospell for his lyfes direccyon lyued otherafter a vertuouse Christen lyfe which you iudge here a lyfe peruert soche is youre owne Englyshe terme This wolde I not wryte so manyfestlye yf I knewe it not for a certente Where as he was before an ydell Massemonger and an hater of the scripturs he became than a fauorer and folower of them yea he taught them vnto other and lyued his selfe accordynge to the same Manye Christen instruccyons wrote he to his bretherne brought vp their chyldren in all vertu Dyuerse workes of Erasmâ—s and of other good authors more translated he into the vulgar Englyshe tonge to the Christen commodyte of other 3 And whereas Pantolabus wryteth him here to be a manne almost woode for that he was not in fayth and opinyon to his folyshe mynde agreable He declareth himselfe to be of lyke iudgement with those relygyouse curates of the Iewes Synagoge which reported Iohan Baptist to be a madde manne for his abstinence and Christ to be a dronckarde for his good felyship kepyng But lete him not thynke easlye to auoyde this slaunderouse report before the eternall iudge vnlesse he repent in tyme. What so euer thu art sayth saynt Paule that iudgest an other this shalt thu be sure of forthyne owne part to condemne thyselfe perfourmynge the same selfe thynges that thu condemnest him of Moche more than yf it be left in wrytynge as this outragyouse slaundre is that he was a manne peruert and almost wood Though I and soche other which haue redde ouer Pantolabus iest here ded not iudge him a fellawe of a peruerse opinyon and doctryne and a Bedlem beast more than madde the seyd iest it selfe wolde do it for vs. Therfore lete him not saye that we iudge him agayne here for his owne fylthye frutes declareth him How abhomynably the scripturs are here peruerted for a trayterouse popyshe purpose to vpholde the fylthye kyngedome of Antichrist it will be euydent to him that shall serche the places 4 Now cometh here one in borowed of y â— first chapter of saynt Paule to the Romanes Marke the good workemanlye handelynge I praye ye therof Sicut non probauerunt sayth he hab ere Deum in notitia tradidit â—llos Deus in reprobrum sensum As they haue not regarded to knowe their lord god so hath he geuen them ouer into a lewde mynde And what is this text to the purpose to proue that Iohan Lambert was a manne peruert and almost wood This is there a conclusyon of an olde stynkynge matter of yours goynge but a lyttle afore and therfore lete it not be left so cowardlye behynde you Relicto naturali vsu femine exarserunt in desyderiis suis in inuicem masculi in masculos turpitudinem operaÌ„tes They which haue vnrightouslye with holden the truthe of the lorde in vnrightousnesse leauinge y â— naturall vse of women haue burned in lustes amonge themselues workinge menne with menne vnspekable fylthynesse Be ashamed wretches be ashamed and bestowe ones the scripturs whereas they shuld be bestowed Lerne to amende yowr abhominable lyuinge and leaue to blaspheme the poore innoceÌ„tes by them For yf ye can no rightlyar bestowe them trulye yf yowr wrytinges come to owr handes we shall teache yow the right waye bycause yowr own shepeherdes are slacke A mysterye 1 Vvhich vvolde make good Vvith tonge and penne Before all menne 2 That in the Masse Nothinge els vvas 3 But a signifycacion Of Christes passion 4 Ne sis sapiens a pud te ipsum Prou. 1. ¶ The openinge 1. THough this verse agreeth with his other fellawe in sownde yet doth he not agre with him in matter therfor I haue disseuered them It is not all one to be wood or madde and to do good therfor I haue put the good doer from the madde Pantolabê° saith here that Lambert wolde make Than is he moche better by his owne report than is his holye generacyon for they haue euer marred â–ª yea farthermor he saith that he wolde make good He caÌ„not so report of his owne monstruouse mustre for they haue made all thinges euyll Noâ— one thinge is there vndre the heauens that they haue not defyled with one kynde of Idolatrye or other Besydes their hypocresye whoredome Idelnesse buggerye and the deuill and all of soche vyces their shameful abhorringe of marryage their supersticâ—ouse forbyddynge of meates and their abhominable peruerting of the scripturs with their sophistrye sorcerye wyles wytchecraftes decrees decretals actes clementynes extrauagantes pryuileges bulles prouinciall synodals makynge playne merchandyce both of the bodyes and sowles of menne This have they done before all menne both with tunge and penne lyke as Pantolabus here reporteth of Lambert 2 I wyst wele this goodnesse had a tayle which at the latter ende wolde not seme verye good Lambert both with tunge and penne was a contynuall aduersarye to their holye Masse which is their princypall market and that is the cause that he is here regestred for an heretyqÌ„â— yea marrye set now vnderstande the matter moche better than I coude afore Now can I tell yow what heresye is as ye take it and who be the heretyques that yow meane Not they that speake ageynst the father of heauen with Sabellius and Arrius Nor they that blaspheme y â— sonne with Porphirius and Photinus Nor yet