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
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
ye knowe what ye do wele ynough though ye be not all with the godlye wysest yowr quarell in this iest is onlye ageynst heretyques speciallye ageynst soche as hath deminisshed your lyuiÌ„ges As this Lambert was one whom here ye repart to be burned for heresye not yll apayed therof To them that are brent for Christes veritees sake remayneth the same crowne of rightousnesse that remayned vnto Polycarpus the Bisshop of Smyrna which was also brent for the same for whan the ryghtfull iudge shall come at the latter daye that now semeth ryght in youre eyes will than apere otherwyse Nothynge shall there be decysed after youre popishe lawes but all accordynge to that worde whom ye now condemne for heresye 4 For a custome in a maner ye take it falselye to allege youre scripturs And to amende the matter ye haue made it false Latine wherby I iudge you but a sengle syr Iohan. ye occupye here the feminyne gendre for the masculyne I suppose it is for some good loue ye beare to that gendre out of the ryght rewle If these fawtes had bene but in one of youre coppyes we myght haue thought it the printers neglygence But now we are coÌ„pelled to iudge it youre ignoraunce Confusi sunt sapientes is not in the .iii. chapter of Hieremie but in the .viii. And it is there spoken of those prestes and preachers which ministreth vnto the people lyenge lernynge for lucre For it foloweth immediatly after Verbum enim Domini proiecerunt sapieÌ„tia nulla est in eis The worde of the Lorde haue they throwne at their tayles and haue now no maner of wysdome Their rebuke sayth the prophete is open for they do abhominable thynges yet are they not ashamed No they will knowe of no maner of shame If this be not spoken of youre fylthye generacion I report me to you ye wolde fayne haue it serue for Frith Lambert As who shuld saye They were confounded of youre bisshoppes for all their wysdome No no youre bisshoppes are confounded by them though the worldlye eyes seyth it not And they are departed hence with victorye in the veryte A mysterye 1 Next after him Came in a lymme 2 Of Antichrist An Anabaptyst 3 One Peter Franke. 4 Hi sunt fontes sine aqua quibus caligo tenebrarum reseruatur 2. Pet. 2. ¶ The openinge 1. YMagyne yow neuer so manye craftye colours yet can ye not hyde a wolfe Now couple ye these good menne with the Anabaptistes y â— more to blemishe their names though they neuer agreed to that supersticyouse secte Rather shuld the Anabaptistes seme to be of youre sorte than of theirs For they haue in a maner the same opinion of fre will of iustificacion by workes that you haue They will obeye no temporall magistrates and nomore will you but by compulsyon They force not to breake their othe of allegeaunce nomore do you They wolde haue all mennes goodes in common so wolde you also youre owne alwayes excepted And this foredele of them ye haue in that article ye are sure in euery maÌ„nes goodes to haue a porcion by tyttle of tythes offerynges confessions testaments masses so forth doynge lyttle or nothynge for it and so are not they And therfore I can not se but ye are a membre of theirs as daungerouse coyeshe and diuerse as ye make it Marrye in dede a zele they haue vnto the Gospell thoughe nothynge to knowlege which yow neuer had yet but a most bytter hate in the stede therof And therfore ye seme rather to be lymmes of the denyll which hath bene a murtherer in youre spyghtfull generacion euer sens the beginnynge than of anye congregacion that is godlye 2 If ye knewe so wele what an Antichrist were as ye can name him ye shuld here plucke youre selfe by the nose harde But I perseyue wele now ye are but a wytlesse fole It is not y â— â—ebaptisynge or retynctynge agayne in water that maketh an Antichrist but the obstinate resistaunce of that heauenlye veryte which Christ ones taught He is a verye Antichrist which vndre Christes tyttle playeth a part cleane contrarye to Christ. As where as Christ was meke gentyll sowlye mercyfull peceable poore pytefull iust and true He is cruell ferce frowarde frantyck tyrannouse proude vaynegloriouse spyghtfull wycked and false and yet is all done in Christes stede what blasphemye so euer he worketh Antichrist after y â— scripturs is he which calleth himselfe holye changeth y â— lawes obserueth dayes and tymes doth manye false miracles denyeth Christ destroyeth peoples woundeth vnto death assoyleth for monye iudgeth euyll good and good euyll is worshypped of Princes burneth in concupiscence and shall be destroyed with the onlye breath of Gods mouthe Now blowe in both youre fystes tell me whom they meane ye knowe I am sure 〈◊〉 they are which worketh all these feates els are ye a manne of verye small experience But here perauenture ye playe Tom Nytygo ye knowe it but ye will not be acknowne of it 3 To assertayne yowe fullye of the matter the great Antichrist is youre whole clergye with the layte of the same false faythe Of the which youre holye father the Pope with his college of cardinals is the head All Patriarkes Archebishoppes metropolytanes bisshoppes lawers doctors prestes presones curates monkes chanons and nonnes are the bodye the .iiii. orders of fryers which came last of all are the tayle that couereth his arse which is now cutt of in Englande and therfore he is there become a curtall This is the great bodye of sathan which ministreth to the worlde all fylthynesse of ydolatrie and necrolatrie What Peter Franke was by his lyfe whom ye call here a lymme of Antichrist I can not iustlye report for he was of an other nacyon But yf that mannes lyfe maye be called good whose ende is godlye and perfyght I dare boldelye saye that his lyfe was good For in his death confessed he the Lorde Iesus Christ to be his onlye sauer and redemer which is the true seale marke of the seruaunt of God In the myddes of the fyre also he stode withoute feare sorowe tremblynge changynge of countenauÌ„ce or dissolute mouyng which were playne tokens of a conscience not trobled but assertayned throughlye of a moche better lyfe after this lyfe This lerned I in Colchestre of them which were by his onlye deathe or pacient sufferauÌ„ce coÌ„uerted from youre papisme vnto true repentaunce where as nothynge afore coude conuert them 4 A verye theues part haue ye played here with the text which ye haue taken out of saint Peters seconde epistle Hi sunt fontes sine aqua quibus caligo tenebraruÌ„ reseruatur For ye haue left oute of it no lesse than these .iiii. wordes nebule turbinibus exagitate These saith saint Peter are y â— welles without water clowdes carryed forth with tempestes to whom is reserued the myste of darkenesse This was neuer spoken for anye that euer yet dyed for the
power possyble to holde vp Antichristes kyngedome for fallynge and that with the most spyghtfull â—omempt of his Christen bretherne which is but a fylthye buyldynge For more enclynynge to Christes clere veryte than to their vnwolsom Papistye he accuseth them here most malyciouslye of preuye vpstorynge and close enclosynge togyther of cankred heresye As though the Gospell of y â— lorde which they haue receyued as his onlye power to saue them were most cankred and pestylent heresye Thus do they to cause the people to abhore yt and to brynge the worlde in an yll opinion of them that oweth yt fauer Non other is the nature of soche execrable loâ—ustes which are crept out of the smoke of the bottomlesse pytt but alwayes to stynge hurte sleâ— and destroye all that is grene vpon the earth All that hath receyued anye quyekenesse of beleue by the worde of the lyuynge Lorde wolde they wyther vp to the fyer of hell 4 True is the clause of Ecclesiastes that Pantolabus here allegeth for a full confirmacion of his matter yf yt were trulye bestowed Stultorum infinitus est numerus Of foles is there an infynite noumbre or an innumerable sort This was not spoken for the small flocke of Christes persecuted members whom the worlde reputeth for foles for they are but fewe in nombre Manye are called sayth he but verye fewe are chosen But this was first vttered for that pleasauÌ„tlye disposed multitude of this worlde whoÌ„ God hath reputed and styll doth yet repute foles in his scripturs The noumbre of those foles are infynite in dede and their swarme innumerable Of his faythfull seruauntes doth the Lorde knowe the noumbre for he hath their names wrytten in the boke of lyfe But of these ruffelynge rutters he knoweth no noumbre for his knowlege most coÌ„monlye is his acceptacion which they shall neuer enioye Wysdome had yt bene for Pantolabus to haue consydered this text there also Vidi cuncâ—a que fiunt sub sole Et ecce vniuersa vanitas afflictio spiritus I behelde all thynges sayth the wyse manne done vndre the sunne And I perceyued wele they were all but vanyte and vexacion of mynde By this myght he haue consydered what his folyshe Papistrye is not rysynge of the expresse worde and commaundment of God but of the syckle fantasyes of men That yt is but mere vanyte and madnesse and that the obseruacion therof is execrable fylthynesse A mysterye 1 But I praye God To spare the rod. 2 And that vvith hart They maye conuert 3 And call for grace Vvhyle they haue space 4 Dum lucem habetis credite in lucem vt filij lucis sitis Ioan. 12. ¶ The openinge 1. By all pâ—uyshe pathwayes of Papistrye hath Pantolabê° wandered here at the last he playstreth vpp his pedlarye poesyes and falleth full vndeuoutlye to his prayer He desyereth God without that fayth which riseth of his veryte to spare that rodde which he neuer yet threttened vnto manne For the crosse of contynuall persecucioÌ„s which coÌ„monlye lyghteth vpon the elect members of Christ are not threttened vnto them but promysed with his eternall rewarde yf they faythfullye beare them Only are plages threttened to the disobedient breaâ—eâ—s of the Lordes commaundementes And those plages are the verye curses of God where as persecuâ—ions for his truthes sake are his most wholsom blessynges Blessed are your sayth he whan meÌ„ne reuyle yow and falselye report yow for my names sake For great is youre rewarde in heauen A moche better waye therfore were yt for Pantolabus and for his bloodthurstye generacion to leaue their murtherynge vp of innocentes and to repent from the hart their manyfolde myscheues past And that ones done than to praye vnto the Lorde in faythe to withdrawe from them that vengeaunce of innocent blood she dynge which hangeth ouer their heades as a perpetuall plage rodde or scourge of eternall damâ—nacion Thus doynge they myght beccome of publycanes true Apostles with Matthew of cruell murtherers faythfull minysters with Paule the elect vessell of God 2 Charytable wolde Pantolabus gladlye apere now that he hath spewed out all his poyson and myschefe agaynst y â— true seruauÌ„tes of God A fayre colour sett they alwayeâ— vpon the matter be their workynges neuer so vengeable And in that they agre with their spirituall head the serpent which temptynge Eua shewed a bewtyfull face outwardlye with swete and pleasaunt wordes Whan they sytt in their consistoryes vpon condempnacion of the innoceÌ„tes with Cayphas they outwardlye pretende all godlynesse They first call vpon the name of God openly protestyng that they haue his ryght honour before their eyes in all that they go abought They sweare also vpon the holye Euangelyes that they will there do nothynge of displeasure hate percyalyte nor malyce Yet is the poore innocent in the ende coÌ„dempned accursed geuen to the deuyll disgraded fyered and burned onlye for his fayth in the Lorde Iesus Christ. Neuer the more is Pantolabus here to be trusted that he prayeth so bytterlye for their conuersyon For abhomynable is that charyte which foloweth of so moche malyce as he hath afore here vttered and that apereth by the fylthye frutes therof Not vnto Christ and his holye verytees wolde he haue them here with all their hartes to conuert but vnto the Antichrist of Rome by a newe obedience of his olde cankred customes whoÌ„ their lorde God doth detest and abhorre This is y â— dissemblynge charite of this worme of way wardnesse or maliciouse membre of SathaÌ„ This is the conclusion he seketh 3 Fayne wolde Pantolabus haue them to conuert to that false obedience of Antichrist that he might lyue lyke a gentylman and haue his dishes the fatter and his purse the waghtyer Oh it is a pleasaunt thinge to haue the people on both sydes of the way salutinge them with cappe and knee It is a good syght saye they whan the flocke foloweth the shepeherde and y â— parryshynes their curate yea but alas what is it whan the lambes folowe the wolfe which is a cruell thefe a destroyer and a murtherer For whose grace wolde Pantolabus haue Christen menne to call For the grace of holye churche of his holye father the Pope of his good lorde of Wynchestre his good lorde of London His good lordes of lyncolne yorke and Durham with soche other ghostlye fathers If he meaneth the grace of God I maruele that he forgetteth himselfe his owne generacion Me thinketh they ought in soche prayer to be had most in remembraunce consideringe they are fardest of all meÌ„ne froÌ„ his grace yf they seke not for it whilâ— they haue here space and layser it wyll be wyde with them whan they shall come ones to their strayght reakininge But they thynke it safe ynough so longe as they haue y â— Popes powr still in their handes w t Ego absoluote vndre a stulticia a stole I shuld saye For yf they maye geue grace vnto others they haue grace ynough for themselues
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.