in this tyme of my trouble with this holie consolacion in Christe in whom I dooe beleue renounsing the worlde the fleshe and the deuill beleuing all the articles of my Christen faithe acknowleging the blessed Sacramentes to bée the instrumeÌ„tes to euerlasting life and saluacion in Christ by the whiche God doeth worke in his Churche to the worldes ende to theim that shalbe saued one Trinitee and three distinct persones coequall in vnitee in one essence being is my God the father created ne the sonne redemed me and the holy ghost sanctified me and inspired me wher by I knowe that I am his elected and one vndefiled mother the Churche hath thus taught me in that blessed booke of Patriarkes Prophetes Martyres and Iesus with his Apostles whiche is Gods worke now master Theologus my time is at haÌ„d I praie you saie some thing of the resurreccion and then lette vs praie in the name of God together that it maie please hym to forgeue me my sinnes whiche I haue coÌ„mitted againste heauen and yearth and to receiue my soule into his blessed handes Theologus Good brother not onely the doctrine of Prophetes and the Euangelistes doe promise the Resurreccion to come of some to saluacion and some to damnacion but the same resurreccion is moste manifeste As for example Christ himself and other did rise and wer seen to many in Hierusalem and by the space of .xl. daies he taught the Apostles and was conuersaunt with theÌ„ and then asceÌ„ded into glory vntill the time appoincted to iudge the quicke and the ded when he shall sende his angelles to gather all fleshe vnder heauen from the .iiij. windes and sitte doune in iudgement saiyng come to me you blessed of the father and receiue the kingdome prepared for you froÌ„ the beginning Furder he saith this is the will of my father which hath sent me that all that doe see the soonne and beleueth in him shall haue euerlasting life and I will raise him in the laste daie and the holy Apostle saincte Paule moste heauenly doeth preache the resuraeccion to the CorinthiaÌ„s Thy dedde shall liue saieth Esaie and thy slain shall rise again and those which slepe in the duste shall rise the yearth shall caste forthe their dedde bodies I will creat both heauen and yearth newe saieth the Lorde and put the old out of my remembraunce many saieth Daniel that lie a sléepe in the dust shalbe wakened again some to life euerlasting and other to reprobacion God saieth I will open their tombes and bring them forthe and the holy man Iob saith I knowe that my redeamer liueth and that in the laste daie he shall raise me againe out of the yearth and shalbe clothed again with my Skin and in my fleshe I shall see God whoÌ„ I shall see with these same iyes and with none other These are comfortable and moste true places of holy scripture for the resurreccion of the dead you are assured in coÌ„scieÌ„ce of this blessed resurreccioÌ„ life euerlasting in Christ Iesus our lord Ciuis Yea forsothe deare Theologus but my speache is almoste paste yet I thanke God I knowe you all and I beseche hym to blesse you and when my spirite is gone I praie you burie my bodie with comelines not with pompe and vse it as an instrument wherin the soule hath dwelled and whiche the soule shall posses againe in honour in that blessed resurreccion Theologus Lette vs moste humblie here vpon our knees with our haÌ„des lifted vp towardes the heauen desire God the father for Christes sake to receiue your soule into his glorious kyngdome O dere citezen reioyce and be glad that thy labour is almoste past rest is at hande feare not the paine of death For it is impossible to escape that whiche can not bee fledde or auoided For it is written who is that man that liueth and shall not see death none no not one therefore suffer it my sweete harte pacientlie and that is an argumeÌ„t of good ronscience and of an heauenlie mynde Your wife mourneth immoderatly oh God all fleshe was borne to die This happened to our pareÌ„tes as father mother c. And shall not faile to all that shall folowe vnto thende of the world or comming of Christ. For surelie sweete life was neuer without the excepcion of bitter death it is no noueltie therfore wheÌ„ we doe heare tel of the departure of any of our frendes let vs not fall into a sodaine passion as onely the high priest did which hearyng of the death of his children felle doune and brake his necke But rather coÌ„stauntlie with wise Anaxagoras whiche hearing of the death of his beloued sonne saied to the messenger this is no newe tidynges nor straunge to me as sone as he was borne I knewe that he should die for of natures lawe is learned life to be taken and resigned no man dye but he whiche haue liued Oh leaue your lamenting good maistres why rage you like one whiche haue no hope Be absent or vse moderacioÌ„ remember holie Iob thesame daies when the Lorde permitted Sathan not onelie to destroie his seruauntes and cattell but also before age in the lustie tyme of youthe in the feast daie at one table his dere children of his bodie were all broken in peces and slain with the violent fal of the hous What did he rende his heere or fleshe no no he considered who sent them and who did take theim euen the Lorde whom he moste obedientlie suffred and reuerentlie thanked Furder good sister remember S Hieromie taking GOD to witnesse of an holie woman whose housebande was ded â–ª whom he moste tenderlie loued by whom she had but twoo sonnes of singuler beautee wanting no gift of grace or of nature whiche bothe died the same daie wherein their father departed When this Crosse was saith s. Hierom who would not haue thought that she would haue fallen madd in rending her heere breastes clothes and skin running vp and doune wailing and criyng with pitefull wringing of handes What did she Firste she weeped not one teare but moste soberly with a womanlie countenaunce she humblie kneeled vpon her knees holdyng vp her handes renderyng thankes and makyng praiers to almightie GOD saiyng moste humblie I thanke thee good lord for that that it haue pleased thee to take me into thy seruice I am sped oh lorde for thou haste discharged me c. Take also for an example the most worthie constauncie of that paciente woman whiche without moche lamentacioÌ„ did with her own iyen behold her dere children slain their members cut in peces and boiled in caldrens Marke how constantlie of late yeres childreÌ„ did se the flesh of their fathers mothers c. burn in the fire moste pacientlie sufferyng And againe fathers beholding their childreÌ„ doe the like What did thei râ—re like Lions c. No no but reioysed that God had of their blood stocke
aungell commaunde Sathan to departe make cleane his conscience with a gladde mynde to reioyce onelie in thy mercie for vaine is the helpe of man but thy mercie doeth endure for euer wee are thy people and the Shepe of thy pasture to thee wee shall geue praise for euer and euer Amen Ciuis Amen Amen Lorde receiue my soule into thy handes thou God of truthe Theologus THe mightie God of Angels and the former of al thinges visible and inuisible in whose haÌ„des is onely life and death light and darkenes and all the mocioÌ„s of the soule and bodie without the moste mightie God all thynges had been nothyng and of nothyng all thynges are made by thee without thy Christ and thy blessed spirit whiche is one coeternall trinitée all fleshe were accursed all consciences molested and all soules vtterlie dampned From light into darkenesse from fredome into euerlasting reprobacion but by Iesus Christ thine onely sonne we thank thee dere father of all mercie that now it hath pleased thee to take to thy mercie at this present time our brother whom thou haste elected consecrated and now he shall by thy mercie and pitee bee sanctified vnto thee to be a citezen of eternall glorie now dode fleshe and bloode forsake him and all his worldlie strength faileth hym Now is the Orgaines yeldyng vp the heauenlie sounde his soule cometh now vnto thee good Lorde receiue it to thy mercie into thine euerlastyng glorie where as Abraham Isaac and Iacob are continuallie to thee oh heauenlie father be incessaunt honour and glorie AMEN ¶ The ende of the Dialogue A Copie of a letter to Frances Barlowe by W. B. WHeÌ„ the time of trouble draweth nere good Frances Barlowe as death whiche shall separate the soule from the body if we be not ware and wisely prouident we shal stand in great dauÌ„ger of losses first we shall lose our health strength and beautie wherein we haue delighted and all our censes as pleasure of spâ—che ioye of harte and the coÌ„fortable sight of the eies wherwith we do daily behold all the pleasures of this world c. we shall lose all our furder treasures laudes and substaunce and also our liues and as dung be cast into the earth and finally our soules banished from Gods blessed presence or resting place Therefore let vs call my Fraunces to our remembraÌ„ce the fearfull curses of almighty God agaiÌ„st our sinnes and the cause of our plagues whiche is our abominable liuing in sinning against God in thought worde and dede against heauen and earthe in pride wrath idolatrie fornicatioÌ„ swearing lust gluttonie stopping of our eares against grace and the woorde of truthe let vs call to remembraunce how that we haue doen wrong to eche other in woorde deede in flauÌ„dring or in hindring by bargainiÌ„g c. Our brethren for whom Christ hath died whom we haue hated not pitied in their extreme sorowes and aduersities haue not paied their labours and trauels let vs repent and call for grace and restore now while we are in the waie of grace in that that we can not make satisfaction for oure sinnes by no merites of almes praiers oblations c. whiche are vncleane in Gods eine as coÌ„cerning the remission of our sinnes as Iob saieth how can he be clene that is borne of a woman beholde he wil giue no light vnto the Moone and the starres ar vnclene in his sight how muche more maÌ„ a worme euen the sonne of a man whiche is but a worme which in beholding of his sinne hath no cause but to dispaire and to be daÌ„pned what remedy in this case none but with al spede by faith lift vp your hed and beholde euen Iesus Christe on Gods right hande pleading our case excusing vs to his father whiche praieth to him for vs and is heard and SathaÌ„ beten doune and Gods Aungels set at our bedside with spirituall armour for vs in this battell of death against Sathan to conducte vs to that happie landerlet vs knele doune and firste saie whatsoeuer God doth sende to vs life or death his name be praysed his will bee done in earth as it is with his Aungels in heauen desiring him to be fed with his liuely worde and blessed sacrament the immortal fode for the soule passing al worldly treasures or phisick for the body that it would please him to pardon our trespasses and offences in thought worde and dede against his diuine maiestie euen as we doe forgeue our enemies soche faultes as they do here in earth against vs and that in the time of agonie or paines of death he suffer vs not to fall into temptation or bee ouerladen vnder our crosse but that his hande may helpe vs and deliuer vs froÌ„ this vile life full of miseries and bring vs into the lande of the liuing in doing this you shall be moste happie and blessed let vs submitt our selues to him that hath made vs we haue not made our selues we are his vessels and are in his sight can nat flée from his presence nor runne beyonde that rase whiche he hath appointed vs he bringeth death and restoreth again to life in the resurrection Oh be coÌ„tent to render thesame talent which was but lent vnto you euen your body the giftes of nature and grace commit wife children and all to him He doeth no wrong he taketh but his owne RemeÌ„ber he brought you in hether naked and how you doe liue but a smal time and ar ful of misery Like a flower for the time and shall passe away like a shadowe Alas we doe deserue great punishement but he plageth vs not according to the grauitée of our sinnes for then were we dampned or like vnto Sodome that perished without handes in the daye of Gods wrath and veÌ„geaunce Consider Fraunces that this is no newes or maruelous chaunce that you should change your life well it happened to al your forefathers from AdaÌ„ to kinges and all the nobles of the yearth and to the poore also Al fleshe is grasse and wormes are the companions to the corse in darke graue or house of claye Yet there is a daie whiche God hath appointed whiche none can tel but himself in whiche he wil iudge both the quick and dead and call all fleshe before him both his very elect and the merriles reprobates and then body and soule shall remayne immortall together haue life euerlasting This hold fast dere FrauÌ„ces as an anker in this storme from death to life euerlasting Holde fast the .xij. articles of the Christian faith praie to the end onely to God the father by Christ remember his promises that at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent he will forgeue Cal he will aunswere vnto thy soule knocke and he wil open This time of your aduersitee and plague of the pestileÌ„ce doth make you forget all pleasures and delites paste
euen so remember this worlde is the more slippry and the pleasures doe compasse all vnderstanding to Gods elected Because I will conclude the time draweth at hande of our deliueraunce caste your care onelie vppon God almightie looke not backe again beware of by pathes either vpon the right or lefte hande but treade in the true path or very waie of Iesus Christ himself I praie you let Ambrose Barnes rede the xj Chapiter of saincte Ihons Gospell and the firste Epistle to the Corinthians Chapiter .xv. If the time had not been somoche spent and the venime so daungerous and the parties so weake and feble I woulde haue caused you to haue been letten blood and geuen you pilles contra pestem with cordials accordingly by Gods grace if that would haue doen you any good but take this cordiall in good part Thus God giue you the croune of life whiche Iesus Christ without our deseruinges hath purchased for vs in his precious blood His name bee praised Amen Your W. B. Fare ye well We must folowe when it pleaseth God To his louyng frende and brother M. Willyam Conscience Minister W. B. sendeth Salutacion IF the almightie God do take care for the foules of the aire and flowers of the fielde and prouideth nourishement for them how moch more for his beloued men that do faithfully serue him in the holy ministerie of his worde and sacramentes visiting the sicke and buriyng the dedde The Capitaine that doeth but serue a mortal Prince how so euer he spedeth life or death behauing himself wisely and valiauntly againste the enemie is worthy of worldly fame and honor moche more the Lordes armoured knight beyng his Aungel and mouth betwene him and his people that stande in daunger is worthie in Christe to bee noumbred crouned and placed emong his Aungelles immortall by this I knowe that you are no hireling but vnder Christe the true Shepeherde in that that you flie not from youre folde when that Wolfe Sathan with his companion Death dooe woorke their violence against the flesh soule In this case remember these wordes Nolite eos timere qui occidunt corpus c. Feare not theÌ„ whiche doe kill the bodie thei can not kill the soule In this we dooe sée what the power of death is not onely to kille in vs the fower Elementes whereof the bodie is framed by sworde fire water sicknes c. But the soule is not made of any of theim but the Creatour of al thing hath made it moste pure of nothing vpon whiche soule death hath no power because it is of nature immortall But so long as bodie and soule are together not deuided that is called manne And whatsoeuer thinges ar seen with bodily iyen are ordeined for the same bodie and the bodie for the soule and the soule for God The life of the bodie is the soule and the life of the soule is God so for synne the bodie is ruinated and shalbe in dust vntill the resurrection But in the fal or death of the bodie the soule dieth not but is deliuered wheÌ„ the snare of this flesh is broked The fleshe with the sences are dedde but Anima cum ratione sua doe stil liue therefore I trust and knowe that you doe consider wisely thre thinges The first is the world with the wretchednesse therin worthy to bee despised The second our owne knowledge of our selues our synne our sicknesse and whereof wee are made euen of repugnaunte éelementes Thirdly is to laie hande of eternall blessednesse remeÌ„bring the mercifull promises of God As come to me all you that are heauie ladeÌ„ either with affliction of minde pouertie in Christ sicknesse or death and I shall refreshe you This is the verie Phisicion of the soule euen Christe and the perfit quietnesse of conscience God hath geuen you a talent full godlie you doe lucrifie thesame and hide it not Therfore it shalbee saied moste ioyfully it is well dooen good seruaunt and faithfull thou haste been faithfull in little I wyll make thee ruler ouer moche enter into thy maisters ioie And againe he whiche doth continue to thende shall haue the croune of life Bee paciente my brother Conscience and settle youre harte for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nere and blessed are the dedde which dye in the Lorde for thei shall reigne with Christe in glory his name be euer praised and his will be fulfilled Amen Be of good comforte and caste awaye feare be merie let not the Pestilent corses nor the noyse of belles terrifie you Inter mortales te non mihi charior vllus Te plus quam verum diligo amoque fratreÌ„ Finis COLENDISSIMO FRATRI â–ª SVO IN CHRISTO MAGâ—STRO Richardo Turnero Theologo Guilhelmus Bullenus S. P. D. REuerendissime obseruandis sime frater puto te literas meas recepisse in quibus tibi scribebam regimen contra pesteeÌ„ ac idcirco modo non ero prolixioriâ— febre pestilenti NaÌ„ omnis febris quam pestilentem vocamus prouenit e putredine quae fit ab excessum humidi Hac vero vt inquit Galenus febreÌ„ ex plurima humiditate putrefacta prouenire prutrefacta sine dubio potius quam a calore aucto fatenduÌ„ est humiditas Ideo materia est putrescens in venis vnde calor naturalis valde afficitur vno die omnes virtutes decidunt vrinae sunt foetentes c. Galenus Auic Rafis Trallianus c. affirmant in febre pestilenti est multitudo obstructionum praecipuè vbi materia vrgit ad cutim caput Multitudo materiae cruditatum in causa est Cura est prohibere putredineÌ„ Obstructiones igitur sunt aperiendae cum humoruÌ„ euacatione Sed si natura mouit tunc nihil mouendum est Hoc est autem remedium vt inquit Iohannes Baptist. Monta. Vironensis â„ž Syrup de Cichorio cuÌ„ Rhabarbaro â„¥ 1. ss aqâ—a Boraginis acetosae â„¥ 3. in quibus citrum sit impositum decoctum deinde vnguentum pectorale contra pesteÌ„ â„ž vnguenti Rosacei confortatiui mesues â„¥ j. specierumcordialium â„¥ j. Sandalorum alborum ℈ j. Rosarum siccaruÌ„ â„¥ ss misce simul artificiose fiat linimentuÌ„ pro corde pro toto regione ventris Mirum est hoc remedinÌ„ coÌ„tra venenum pestis Quod ad rationem victus attinet vbi est maxima putredo vt iÌ„quit Hyppo 17. Aphoris vbi coruptihumores putridi nihil perniciofius quam instituere tenuem victuÌ„ quia inter exhibeas ius pulli ponas semper in tuo cibo praeter acetosam succuÌ„ citri De reliquo velim tibi persuadeas quemadmoduÌ„ legisti iÌ„ Galeno c. Vale vale iterum eruditis vir sisque bono animo Nunc literas coÌ„cludo Nam plura non opus habeo scribere ne tuis optimis occupationibus in vi nea domini importune nunc obstrepere vi dear Martij
twoo dragmes and a halfe Maces Morrhe Bole Armoniacke and the yearth of Limodes of eche Dragmes three Salte of the Sea a dragme and a half Nux vomica dragmes twoo Buglos flowers one handfull staÌ„ped together by arte with clarified honie make it this is good to be eaten a dragme euery mornyng Forget not the Pilles of Ruffi of them maie bee taken one at ones Antonius After or with this Pestilence there will a fearfull sore appere as we haue y e knowledge vniuersall by painfull experience whiche we dooe call the plague sore what doe you saie to thesame sore Medicus This sore is called Carbunculus of Carbo a Cole or Anthrax thei are bothe one and not twoo and is ingendered of moste sharpe hotte and grosse blood whiche nature doeth cast forthe through the skinne to one particulare part with extreme pain and perille to the bodie whose Primatiuâ— cause was the corrupcion of aire or diete drawen to the harte of whiche pestiferous smoke or poisoned fume this sore hath his cause thesame sore is theffect folowing Antonius What are the signes when it commeth nere hande Medicus A feuer going before noisome and lothsomnesse of stomacke wambleyng of the harte pulse not equall vrine stinking desirous of slepe perilous dreames with startyng through the sharpenesse of hotte and burning humours and then a little pushe will creepe forthe like a scabbe sometyme more then one then it wille increase and shine like pitche or Bptumen with passing pain and then it will haue a crust like vnto the squanies or flakes of Iron wheÌ„ thei fall of when the Smith doeth worke and in colour like ashes is this crust wrought by extreme heate and burnyng therfore it maie be called the burnyng cole or Ignem persicum Furder there are fower colours to be obserued in the sore besides the crust yelowe redde grene and blacke The first twoo are not so daungerous as the second twoo are Yet saieth Rasis in his booke of the pestilence to Mansor the king that the Carbuncle is deadlie and moste perilous And Auicen affirmeth the blacke to be incurable speciallie when a Feuer PestileÌ„ce doe reigne Sometime it is drawen backe againe into the bodie then no remeadie Somtyme it happeneth in the moste noble places as nere the harte the throte moste perilous with sodain stopping the spirites of life Some pestileÌ„t sores doe come in the clensing places as arme holes flankes c And when nature is so strong to caste it forthe with a redde colour palishe or yellowishe the cure is not then verie harde Antonius It should seme to bee moste harde you haue shewed more periles then helpes hether vnto But if there bee any remedies what are thei I praie you tell them for in that poincte you maie doe moche good Medicus Euen as I haue rehersed before so will I again begin in the cure of the carbuncle of the openyng of a vein and if none other thing doe lette as extreme weakenesse c. then let the pacient bleede vntill the defeccion of the spirites or nere hande swoning Let it be doen on that side greued or afflicted as I haue saied before in the feuer Pestilence of the Mediane c. Also forget not viij speciall thinges First the substaunce as compasse lengthe depthe hardnesse c. Second the matter whereof it is bread as blood c. The thirde as accidente through the dolor as a feuer rednesse c. Fowerth to knowe it from a cause wherof a doubt might arise thereof And this is the difference betwene theim A Carbuncle in the beginnyng is verie harde flamyng redde extreme paine c. As I haue saied before and will come quickelie to his hedde But Cancer is not so redde neither so painfull yet moche harder and longer time or it cometh to the hedde But when it beginneth to waâ—e softe then it ripeth faster then the Carbuncle The fift of the causes efficieÌ„t whether it be ripe through coÌ„coccion or no or the qualities of the corrupted humours or hardnesse c. The sixte in what place it is in place of perille or no. The seuenth is to worke by incision plaster c. The .viij. is good diet as aire meate drinks slepe c. These are verie good obseruacions worthie of memorie in this case And now followeth a perille to the Chirurgian whiche muste bee richelie rewarded for he putteth his life in daunger in that that he helpeth the sore bodie infected he ought to bée prouident that doth take this matter in hand and before he cometh to the pinche to eate his antidotari of Methridatum or to haue a Sponge with strong vineger applied to his nosthrilles to arme himself against the poisoned aire and to take his launce in his hande accordyng to the arte takyng héede that in launcyng he cutte no vaine or Senewe which haue societie with eche other therefore launce not verie depe This is no straunge thing after bloodletting to launce the sore to let forthe the matter in some it will come forth aboundauntly when it is ripe or rotten in other some not because the humours are grosse and baken together or the runnyng matter farre in or skante ripe and nothyng will come forthe but salte sharpe filthie stinckyng water then beware of any thing that might driue it backe again into the bodie as colde bole armen c. then thinsicion must be made in the lowest place so that thereby the matter mate the soner auoide and muste be made in the forme croked if it bee not in a place full of senewes if it be then make the insicion long after the matter is run forth thaÌ„ couer it with lint dipped in this folowing which is excelleÌ„t good yea if the matter be stubborne in the sore Take Quinse seede Galles of eche iij. dragmes Myrrhe Olibanum and Aloes of eche .ij. dragmes and a half Alom .ij. dragmes Aristolochia the round rootes Calamenthe as moche Calamenth i. dragme and a halfe Calcanthum a scruple all beaten finelie then temper it together in a little Redde Wine made in small rolles you maie kepe them drie and then in this case dissolue it or parte of it in the water of stilled milke applie this with lint into the sore also in this case to washe the sore with a sponge dipped in the warm waters of DragoÌ„s Scabious swete wine Aaristolochia and Comphori or their decoccioÌ„ And to haue the rootes of Comphoâ—â— of Lillies of Mallowes sodden in white wine vntill thei bée soft then stamped and drawen through a strainer put thereunto barlie meale honie of roses this is a very good thyng to applie to the sore after the washing for .xij. houres and will digest it An other good medicen both to ripe and asswage the pain mallowes violets chamâ— mill of eche half an handfull dill halfe as moche seeth theim and braie theÌ„ then adtâ— them barly meale oile of roses flaxe sede beane meale
liue accordynglie and were as Lambes and good Wheate Then for the sinnes of Princes and wickednes of men came in Wolues emong Lambes Darnell choked the Lordes fielde oppressours of Princes emptiers of Purgatorie and â—illers of helle raisers of debate shedders of bloodde makers of Martyres menne of warre destroiers of the true churche erectours of Idolles vsurpers of kyngdomes and treaders of Gods truthe vnder their vile secte whiche secte kynges haue kissed soche is the pride of the Pope Then the Pope sitteth all naked woorkyng now through Gods woorde Antichrist is reueled and seen what he is foule lothlie clothed in shamefull decrees wicked lawes and filthie life and is despised of many nacions saue of his owne children Now patcheth his olde Bottelles whiche will kepe no new wine neither caÌ„ he well piece Christes pure clothe and his ragged tradicions together Neither will his Net pleasure the Churche in whiche Nette he haue taken the seruauntes of Christ shed their bloodde He maie bee rather called a murderer then a fisher he neuer had sainct Peters Nette since the Pope came to the churche of Rome now clouteth he a nette with his rotten Decrées Counsailes glosing it with Gods worde Like the Angell of darkenesse transeformed into the similitude of an angell of light but his nakednesse is seen for all his title of his holines and riche Croune Now as many as will not obeie his maistership he geueth awaie their kingdomes dukedomes prouinces gooddes after the example of his patrone not Peter which forsoke worldly thinges but rather sathaÌ„ whiche would haue giueÌ„ Christ moche riches to haue honored him But the landes of Princes are so heauie to be carried with his Portars and also to hotte to be troden vpon of any of his messengers his Nette is verie good to catche the greate Onele withall and some of his lawlesse countree men to store the Popes holie pondes at Rome Vxor. I will aske but one or .ij. questions now our diner is redy I praie you What meaneth yonder Shepherd to clippe the Shepe so nere that he bledeth it is well painted Ciuis It semeth a coueteous lande lorde that doe so oppresse the tenaunt with fine rent bribe c. whereby he and his familie dooâ— liue in greate miserie like slaues with coÌ„tinuall penurie and affliccion of mynde and he will neuer suffer the woll to grow to the full staple at leÌ„gth to his own decay Vxor. What meaneth yonder foole that stand vpon the tree and cutteth the arme a sonder whereupon he standeth with a sharpe axe and is fallyng doune Ciuis Under that predicament is coÌ„prehended all traitours against Princes children against parentes seruauntes against Maisters poore against riche tenauÌ„tes against lordes c. Whereupon thei dooe liue and haue their staie in this world and wil sekâ— their hurtes whiche in deede is their own decaie losse and destruccion in the ende Vxor. Good God what meaneth that bloodie naked picture with a sharpe rodde in eche hande woundyng his bodie and spoiled of all his apparell Ciuis God sende peace in the christen realmes good dame That dooe signifie by the circumstaunce of some old wise painter that when the bodie or state of any Realme or Realmes of vicinite or nerenesse together being as handes to one bodie or helpers to eche other If thei bee at strief the whole bodie wherupon thei are deriued shal eftsones through thesame bee ruinated and brought into perill In this matter I will talke no furder as now let vs go to diner a Gods name Roger what good felowe is here to kepe me and your maistres coÌ„pany Vxor. Houseband in this fine border is curiously painted a house builded of stone and with many strong doores and windowes barreâ— and railed with stronge yron barres And before one of the doores standyng a man with a yelowe cappe in a plain poor coate with white sleues and a little boie staÌ„deth behinde hym with a faire goune in his armes marchaunt like in a fine blacke cap and ouer the doore is written Veritas non querir angulos I knowe not the meaning Ciuis In déede truthe seketh no corners as these euill disposed vile thieues doe although it was ment to helpe some honest decaied citezens that thei should not bee vtterly destroied of pitelesse creditours but after thei might rise vp again Now the baÌ„kerote is induraunce hath lost his credence he is in prison where as his credeÌ„ce is spoiled and gone no manne will truste him But that inne hath a priuilege to increase many gestes by this meanes That thei maie haue libertie with a little Applesquire to be his keper whiche chaungeth his apparell and countenaunce crepyng into corners makyng bergaines in euery place takyng vp euery commoditie refusing nothing al is fishe that cometh to the net he setteth haÌ„de and Seale to euery thyng he sweareth he would not loose his credence for thousandes he geueth swete wordes he knauishly robbeth vndoeth spoileth the widowe and the honest pitefull marchaunte or true citezen and when he hath vndoen theim he runneth to his place again as the Foxe doeth to his hole and liueth by the spoile Vxor. What meaneth this strauÌ„ge picture here standeth a man double or in .ij. twinnes backe to backe the one side is lustie faire riche and yong and beautifull The other side semeth sicke â—oule poore and old in the yong mannes hand was a grashopper and in the old mannes an Ante without fete Ciuis In that table is liuely declared mankind both the time of his youth in felicitée with the careles grashopper gathereth nothing but spoileth house lande c. in bankettes dice apparell and harlottes c. And when age commeth he would bee thrustie and then caÌ„ get no more then the lame footeles ante Then maketh he exclamacioÌ„ saiyng oh what gooddes did my father leaue me What good counsaill my freÌ„des gaue me but I estemed none of theim bothe but in fine lost both riches and frendes And now I am in greate pouertie sickenes and age Lette other men take example by me and remember the wisedome of Salomon saiyng Vade ad formicuÌ„ ô pigar considera vias eius disce sapientiam c. Goe thou idle bodie to the Ante consider and marke well her waies and learne wisedome she hath no gide prince nor law geuer but gathereth in soÌ„mer to kepe her in winter c. Vxor. There is also painted a lustie yong man 〈◊〉 doune to a vessell in whiche swimmeth bothe Eles and Snakes he seemeth â—o catche one of them what meaneth that Ciuis Ha ha ha it is merily handled forsothe it is one that is ouercome either with loue or coueteousnesse He goeth a woyng my dyng dyng and if he spedeth my darlyng what getteth he my swetyng Forsoth either a serpente that will styng hym all his life with cruell wordes or els swete harte with pleasaunt
Susan what is the matter woman Vxor. Sir this is a blinde iyed shameles ruffeÌ„ a roge I warrante hym and a thefe This knaue is hable to make children run from their parentes seruauÌ„tes robbe their maisters yong heires to sell their landes men to run from their wiues and women also You maie knowe by his Armes of what stocke he cometh I warrant him froÌ„ drouning and diyng of the Pestilence Oh villaine he wilbe hanged I dare saie he knoweth al kindes of theues vagabondes rouers hasarders I like not his words nor his braggyng countenaunce let vs hence Ciuis Well moche good doe you you haue taken moche paine but smalle profite you haue trauailed farre and maie speake by aucthoritee Come take awaie paie the reconyng Roger horse horse and awaie Roger. All thynges are readie sir. Ciuis Fare ye well gentle frende Mendax I thanke you of your gentle companie good gentleman Vxor. Whose faire field is yoÌ„der I would fain knowe it and lette trifles passe I will not beleue them let foolishe thynges goe and talke of matters profitable Roger. Maistres doe you not knowe it it is my maisters I am his baily ther he had a good bargaine I assure you it was in morgage to him this ij yeres I would he might find the like purches al yonder toune is his he hath raised the rent one C. markes a yere more then it was There were good liyng in the plague tyme for there are large pastures and the houses are doune sauyng the maner place for the carles haue forfeited their leses and are gon a begging like villaines many of theÌ„ ar ded for honger Vxor. Whose Oxen are these Roger. Roger. My maisters also for he y t hath mony shall haue lande worship my maister is a close wiseman and lieth in the winde of theÌ„ that will buie money for lande he can handle a yong geÌ„tleman trimly and ride hym with a golden snaffle he knoweth vpon whiche side his breade is buttered well enough I warraunt you my maister rised so earelie this morning that he noddeth as he rideth Vxor. Sir me thinkes you totter as you ride what are you a slepe Dooe you not heare your mannes praiyng He is pleasauntlie disposed he would make me beleue that you were a greate landed manne and had moche cattell in store why sir how do you that you speake not to me Ciuis Wife wife God sende vs good lucke doe you not see yonder cloude in the West towardes the North commyng hether Vxor. Moste fearfull God sende vs good lucke sir it is a sodaine chaunge I will hide my face it feareth me so moche Roger. I am fourtie yeres olde but I did neuer se the like but ones and that was betwen Godmichester and Gogmanshill a little from Cambrige as I traueiled to Wolpit faâ—re to buye Coltes and there appered a straunge forme as me thought a greate nomber of steples were broken and many naked Friers Bishops and the Pope him self did wryng their handes in ragged clothes thei looked all very leane and then it thundred and lightened in whiche storme many Geese wer killed and also shepe and Lambes The yere after was the tumbleyng doune of Abbaies and the reformacioÌ„ for the Churche matters but this passeth for the precious passion of Christ let vs ruÌ„ awaie with spede I doe se a fearfull thyng in y e cloudes appering a blacke lene naked body very long ridyng vpoÌ„ a pale miserable foule iade he hath also .iij. dartes in his lefte hande the one is cole blacke the other blood red and the third is a darke pale he hath no fleshe vpoÌ„ him me thinketh that I doe se a great fire and many fearfull monsters in thesame folow him with a fearfull voice saiyng all the wicked shall come to vs. We ar swallowed in the second death Ciuis Let vs take this house ride apace the storme doeth begin most fearful God help vs what shall we doe or whether shall we flie Iesus Iesus what a thuÌ„der is this as heauen yearth should go together Lorde how the lightnyng falleth froÌ„ heauen all this regioÌ„ is vpoÌ„ a flaming fire the birdes fall from the trées loke how the cattel treÌ„ble and trées are pulled vp by the rootes the houses are burnt with celestiall fire Vxor. Let vs depart from these trees for I haue heard saie to sitte vnder a white thorne is moste safe and surest in a tempeste I haue many goodly iuels againste lightnyng as the Carbuncle Hemoralde Hiasinthus with Amber and golde God and S. Barbara defende vs I haue a S. IhoÌ„s Gospel about my necke and a paire of braselettes of Corall about myne armes Oh God defende vs I am sorie that we came foorthe Roger. Maister and Maistres come into this vallie and lette vs sitte in that same deepe close pitte vnder the hill side vntill this storme be past saincte George to borrowe mercifull God who did euer se the like Ciuis I thinke it be the daie of iudgement the yearth doeth quake the heaueÌ„ doeth burn and me thinke I doe see the fearfull horseman lighted in the valey with a meruaillous fearful saiyng En 〈◊〉 vobis mors vltima linia rearum c. Oh wher shal we hide vs from hym He casteth forth his .iij. dartes and taketh theÌ„ vp again He is in a great rage behold how he destroieth man and beaste in this valey This is come in a momente who would haue thought it in the morning none of vs he draweth nere I knowe him well it is mercilesse Death most fearfull I am afraied of his presence he bendeth his blacke darte against me I haue no target to beare it of Vxor. Good housebande remember that I am yong and with child also you are wel striken in yeres therefore plaie the man and take Roger with you and intreate hym if he will needes haue you yet for Gods sake bee not acknowen that I am here for feare that he kill me and your childe also Ciuis Keepe you close vnder that Cloke and stirre not I praie you Roger. I can not abide hym I will run awaie for pouertie and death will part good fellowship Sir shift for your self and drawe your sworde against hym Ciuis Alas my wife in my trouble is to faint harted and wil not kepe me companie my seruaunt is run awaie from me whether maie I slie from death If I doe run he is to swift for me if I turne my backe he wil cowardly kille me if I doe submit my self to hym he is mercilesse I perhaps shall perswade hym with my golde I haue an hundred poundes in Angels I will geue it hym to saue my life Oh he is here Sir moste humbly here vpoÌ„ my knées I desire your lordship to pardon me and suffre me to liue still in this worlde and here I offer vnto you this purse of gold I
vs into temptacion for which cause we desire him not to lede vs into teÌ„ptacion c. Theologus You haue mistaken those places for God is not the aucthour or cause of sinne for he did so moch abhorre thesame that nothing could pacifie his wrathe vnder heauen no merite or woorke but onelie the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne And for this word I will indurate the verie worde in Ebrue is I will suffer Pharaos harte to bee hardened And so it was in the Lordes praier it is Ne sinas nos induci neither suffer vs to be led or fall into temptacion c. Therfore my brother it was the will of Sathan and man that caused sinne Ciuis Why hath not manne will to doe good again if he luste Theologus No if he had the eleccion to will as first he had he would doe the like therfore it is in a sure hande euen in Gods and not in ours As when men doe speake the truthe it is not of their owne will or power but the heauenlie spirite in them by almightie God are al the steppes of men directed though man fall into sondrie temptacions he shall not be cast of for the lorde putteth vnder his hande whiche is a greate comfort to vs in trouble when we are vnderneth the crosse Without him we can dooe nothing that is good No man can take any good thing vpon him except it bee geueÌ„ to him from heauen and no man dere brother can come to the sonne of God vnlesse the father hath drawen him not his wil whiche is moste wicked froÌ„ his youth vpwarde as appereth in our vile nature thought woorde deede And who so euer hath not the spirit of Christ is not of Christ but those which are led of the spirit of god are the soonnes of God and this commeth not by mannes will and power For the worldlie minded man dooeth not vnderstande or perceiue those thinges that are of Gods spirit without whiche he can not be saued bee he neuer so learned and can dispute of the soule makyng distinctions of knowlege and iudgemente callyng it the minde or intelleccion or reason or desire whiche is the will vnder whom the affeccion is gouerned whose spring is the hart All these make not to the heaueÌ„ly purpose but rather staÌ„ding vpon soche trifâ—es doth hinder the waie to saluacion in Christ and robbe him of his passion when we doe attribute fredome or frewille to come of our selues but that we are in Gods handes as his instrumentes through him to woorke soche thinges as best maie please him and he withdrawe his holie handes we can do no good therfore submit your self to Christ and his wille for oure willes are malignaunt and dampnable in his iyes Forsake your praue will and humbly submit your self to Iesus Christ saiyng now before our death Our Father whiche art in heauen hallowed 〈◊〉 name thy kyngdome come Thy will bee dooen in yearth as it is in heauen c. And thus I doe conclude of free will in vs and faithfully looke for the reward not of workes but of mercie onelie onelie purchaced by the Sacrifice of Christe thankyng hym that he hath made you mercifulle to youre brethren in this worlde whiche was the fruictes of faithe by whiche faith in his blood we are saued and shall receiue our almose or rewarde and not our duetie for wee are vnprofitable when we haue doen our beste Ciuis What rewarde is that I praie you Or what promises are graunted by Christ Theologus The reward is the remission of sinnes and life euerlastyng grauÌ„ted by the father for Iesus Christes sake frelie without our woorkes for there is none other saluacion vnder heauen geuen to menne but onelie Christ. In him we doe merite as wheÌ„ wee are mercifull wee haue a promise of this preseÌ„t life and the life to come And in this worlde also an .c. fold and in the worlde to come euerlastyng life And who that geueth one of these little ones a cup of water for my names sake shall not lose his rewarde And he commaunded to geue promising it shalbe geueÌ„ to them again And further he saieth breake the breade to the poore and it shalbe to thee like a gardein He saith not let thin executors or assignes geue the poore when thou arte dedde but thou muste dooe it thy self in this worlde Now while it is lighte for the night is at hand I meane death when thou canst not worke Remember Diues lost the tyme could not call it backe again whiche waileth in hell hath no reward for he trusted not God nor rewarded any man Furder recoÌ„cile thy self to thy brother for els thou canst not please God though thou wrough test all good woorkes and gaue thy bodie to bée burned for charitee is so precious in Gods iyen that who so wante it can not reigne with Christ. Therefore forgeue froÌ„ thy hart and thou shalbe forgeuen Make not thy will vpon goodes gotten by vsury nor by any thing that falsly in bargening thou hast taken from thy brother for then thou shalte not dwell in Gods tabernacle Neither shal thy children prospere vpoÌ„ the yearth but God will hate them to the .iij. iiij generacion for thy sinne examen well thy conscience death hath wounded thee whiche is common to al fleshe in thus doyng thou shalt passe from death to euerlastyng life by Christe and neuer taste vpon the seconde death emong the impious or castawaies Contesse thy sinnes from thy harte aske mercie be thei neuer so red and many in nomber Iesus hath washed theÌ„ in his blood and sprinkled them with Hysop and made theÌ„ as white as snowe now plaie the man in Christ feare not to depart this world Christ is gone before with his holie Apostles Prophetes Martyres CoÌ„fessours and Uirgines penitente thieues and harlottes also there is the armie of angels before his throne with ioye incessantlie honouryng hym Hell gates are sparred sathan beaten doune thy â—innes rased the good Angell at hande to conducte thee to that blessed lande of rest here is nothing but labour daies of care sinne wretchednesse a thousande crosses the snares of the deuill and many vanitees the fleshe moste inconstaunte the worlde a place of miserie and sinne bid it farewell taking thy leaue with the badge of a christen man of Christ crucified remember that promise made in thy Baptisme arme thy self with the brest plate of faithe continewe to the ende and thou shalt receiue a croun of life thy crosse taken awaie cast thy hole care vpoÌ„ Christ and he shall deliuer thee at hand and geue thee the holie resurreccion of bodie soule to dwell in one for euer with hym Ciuis Oh what comforte in conscience I haue receiued first I render thankes to God the father the sonne and the holie ghost secoÌ„dly blessed be the hower of your commyng hether