els beleue but that they haue in falsehede taught them as the blynde with the blynde so fallynge into the dytche Here is it boasted of PaÌ„tolabê° that his good lorde of Wynchestre that greate diuyne proued lambert an heretyque with this pronowne hoc The sentence that Christ spoke at his last supper amonge his disciples and bretherne had neyther hic nor hoc for it was in the Hebrue speche which hath neyther of both Wherefore the declynynge of hoc maketh nothynge at all for the tryall of anye veryte therin More to the purpose had the comparynge or conferrynge of that Latine pronowne with panis or with corpus bene than the declynâ—nge therof That is yet all togither to folyshe I put Wynchestre and Pantolabus the case that the Hebrue hath not the newtre gendre as it hath not in dede How will they thaÌ„ with their newe diuinite declyne their pronowne hoc I thinke both their wittes wyll scarselye wele serue them hauinge no better helpe thaÌ„ themselues Erasmê° saith also in his annotacions that this verbe substantyue est is not in the Greke nomore than it is in the Hebrue I maruele how they wolde handle this matter also yf they shuld graÌ„maticallye declyne it It is a worlde they saye to heare foles prate whan they be vpon their alebenche 4 Now cometh forth the text that must make vp all their market yf it be not all togither ageynst theÌ„ which is to be feared We fynde not in y â— Gospell neyther of Matthew Marke nor Luke nor yet in Paule to the Corinthes that Christ breathed vpon y â— bread whan he seyd Hoc est corpus meum For all they make mensyon that it was out of his handes and delyuered to his Apostles befor he spake those wordes Therfor that breathinge of yowrs vpon the breade is but a newe sounde toye of yowr owne sorcerye to make men beleue that ye are great doers by the vertu of yowr oylinges and shauinges He gaue thankes in dede vnto God his father but the wordes of his thankesgeuinge which were the wordes of his consecracioÌ„ he lest not here be hinde him soryow to df yowr feates with For he knewe yow subtyâ—e worke menne ye haue alwayes a craftye custome for your occupacioÌ„ is nothinge els but crafte to gelde yowr scriptures of so moche as ye thinke shuld discouer yow Quod pro vobis tradetur had as good place and was as wele allowed in Christes consecracion as yow falselye take it as had Hoc est corpus meuÌ„ And I thinke verely that y â— one declareth the other after his meanyng but not after your subtile meaning for your aduaÌ„tage He called that his body that shuld be betrayed for theÌ„ now construe you y â— rest because yeare so coÌ„ning in construccioÌ„s By as clarkely diuinite as you do vse here a maÌ„ne might axe yow whether ye call that hoc of yowrs this or that As this is my bodye w t sitteth or that is my bodye which ye haue eaten For he badde them both take and eate and paused sumwhat after before he sayd This is my bodye which shall be betrayed for yow ¶ Amysterye 1 But lyke a blocke He had nought to saye Nother ye nor naye 2 Vvher for lyke a davve He vvas iudged by the lavve 3 To be dravvne verelye And burned for heresye 4 Confuse sunt sapientes Hiere 3. ¶ The openinge 1. XErxes the cruell kyng of the Parthyanes in his frantyck furye made proude preparacions of .x. hâ—ndreth thousande soudiours ageynst the Grekes yet was he at y â— latter slayne but of one simple captayne called Artabanus Verye lyke is it to be so here with Pantolabus yf he taketh not hede Though he hath vpoÌ„ his syde the Popes great armye or infynite host of cardinals Bisshoppes suffraganes archedeacons chauncellers officials coÌ„missaryes deanes prebendes colligeners doctors bachyllers persones curates prestes lawers purgatorye prowlers and holye water mongers with hattes whodes myters scarlettes furres cattes tayles coÌ„missioÌ„s scrowles cytacions pardons surpleses crysmatoryes stoles and oyle boxes with the deuill and all yet shall poore Christ with one blast or puffe of his mouthe ouerthrow him Here scornefullye disdayneth he Iohan lambert a poore membre of his full blockyshlye callinge him a blocke hauinge nought to saye he saith whan his reuerende lorde disputed with him neyther yea nor naye And I beleue it wele For Lambert afore had lerned this wyse lesson of Salomon Ne respoÌ„deas stulto iuxta stulticiamsuam c. Answere not a fole accordinge to his folyshnesnesse least thu apere lyke to him He considered also that his master Iesus Christ had verye fewe wordes before Annas and Cayphas and non at all before Herode least he shuld haue geuen that was holye to dogges and that was preciouse vnto swyne 2 What skylleth it how dawyshe and foâ—yshe you iudge him which haue no iudgement that is godlye whyls Christ hath promised him a plentuouse reward in heaueÌ„ for that he suffreth here of yow Saint Paule saith that the worde of the crosse is euermore iudged folyshnesse to them that shall perishe But vnto them that shall be saued it is y â— power of God In that he was iudged by the law at your procuremeÌ„t he hath that rewarde which his master promised him that he his selfe had afore If they haue persecuted me saith he they shall also persecuâ—e yow For no better is the scruaunt thaÌ„ his master If yowr madde modye generacioÌ„ called Christ afore tyme samaritane dronkarde deuill heretyque traytour what maruele is it though yow folowinge after in the same selfe fore steppes call so his poore meÌ„bre No lesse rewarde hath Iohan Lambert as I beleue for sufferinge yowr violence at London than had Antipas the faithfull wytnesse of y â— lorde which was cruellye slayne at Pergamos For that stronge victorye which he had ouer yow not beinge ouercomen in his faithe by the terrour of deathe w t yow procured him he hath now of his lorde God that swete Manna which is hydde froÌ„ the wyse of this worlde that fayre whight Stone which hath the newe name writen that no manne knoweth saue he that receyueth it 3 A great sort of your shorne generacion â—o ere drawne to the gallowes in the seconde yeare of kynge henrye the forth and now in owr tyme also for betrayenge this realme to the Pope as I haue tolde you afore but at them ye triumphe nothinge at all Fryre Iohan forest a wyse prelate of yowrs was both hanged and brent for heresye and treason yet is he non of your Genealogye The marques of Eâ—etur the lorde MouÌ„tegue sir Edwarde neuele sir Adryan foscue a great nombre of trayters more suffred deathe openlye yet are they not here remeÌ„bred But easye it is the cause to coniecture for they were your fryndes They dyed for the lybertees of your whorishe churche as ded your holy trayter Thomas Becket to mainteyne ye in all pryde and voluptuousnesse
described them besides the large witnesse of his enemies as of Iohan kyuyngham Thomas Walden and soche other yea soche tyme as WyllyaÌ„ Thorpe in his examinacion reported him to be a manne of most christen sobryete conforminge his lyfe and lerninge to the doctrine of Christ and the lyuinge of his Apostles Thomas Arondell than Archebysshop of Canterberye beinge both an aduersarye to him and to the verite that he had taught affermed him with his owne mouthe to be a great clarke and a perfight lyuer The stomake that he bare ageiÌ„st him was for his doctrine For that he sayd was â–ª not agreable to the lawes of holye churche And yet he graunteth afore that it was agreable to Christ and to his Apostles He coude not awaye in dede with their popishe tradicions but called them the fylthye frutes of Anticrist He sayd he wolde no longar aparell the Asse that Christ shuld ryde vpoÌ„ with their vayne rytes and ceremonies but folowe the clere doctrine of his Sauer Iesus which glorified in heaueÌ„ hath nede of no soche Idell offices to be done to him kynge Edwarde the thirde sumwhat fauored him for his godlye giftis as I haue sufficientlye to proue it So ded kinge Rycharde the seconde as he durst preuylye w t afterwarde cost him his lyfe In this beleue Iohan Wyclef contynued and was person of Lutterworth in lyncolne shere And in the year of owr lorde a M.CCC.lxxxvii this true Apostle of Christ most constantlye and cristenlye departed from this worlde commeÌ„dinge his sowle into the handes of God His workes were wonderful and manye as I intende to declare God lendinge me lyfe in an other worke Of whom Subinco lepus than Bysshop of Prage brent more than .ii. hondreth great volumes fayre written as witnesseth Eneas Siluius in his boke de origine Bohemorum The .xli. yeare after his deathe which was the year from Christes incarnacioÌ„ a M. CCCC and .xxviii. by a cruell decree from the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance were his bones taken vp ageyne and brent by the clergye of Englande as testifieth Walden in lib. de sacramentalibê° Cap. 89. et fo 199. to make foles afrayed NoÌ„ hath condempned this wyclef for an heretyque but the Pope and his sworne soudiours whose cause matter and quarell Pantolabê° hath here taken vpoÌ„ him to defende though it be with a small faythe to God his Prince and moche lesse honeste to his owne preciouse persone 4 As touchinge his allegacion out of Iohans first Epistle Qui facit peccatum exdiabolo est to proue that mischefe begate Wyclef The deuyll his master of whom it is there spoken might haue vttered 〈◊〉 as godlye and to as moche edificacion of y ◠〈◊〉 the as he hath done here He that doth synne sayth the text is of the deuill For the deuill styll synneth after his olde woÌ„â—e and can do non other I maruele of Pantolabus that he coude thus with this clause blaspheme his dead brother in the handes of God without all godlye feare thinke not therin to synne If he had marked the argumeÌ„t of that chapter wele he shuld haue founde in it Gods singular loue towardes vs to that ende that we shuld loue here one an other And not to condempne by name or to make raylinge rymes of him bycause the Pope hath condempned him afore For by non other auctorite is Wyclef condeÌ„pned Who securses God doth blesse and ageyne doth curse his blessinges Lete Pantolabus therfor be ware For though he hath nowe both his good lorde of Wynchesters blessynge and the Popes he maye chaunce yet to dwell vndre Gods curse I Wondre that the Bysshppes so narrowlye serchinge for heretiqÌ„s caÌ„ not here smell out both an heretique and a traytour Happlye thei are so vsed to that sauer out of their owne bosomes that thei knowe not the one from the other But maye saye Thu and I are both one mannis children Saye wele by me and I shall do as moche forthe By this text folowinge is Wyclef discharged of that Pantolabus layeth to him Qui natus est ex deo peccatum non facit quoniaÌ„semen ipsius in Deo manet He that is borne of God as Iohan Wyclef was receyuynge Christes doctrine in faythe synneth not he folowing that doctrine in his lyfe though he doth despyse all the Popes tradicions as he ded also For the sede of God which is his eternall worde remayninge styll in him wyll not permyt hiÌ„ to synne by no soche blasphemouse popetrye Thys strayght waye hauinge the sure promises of God perseyueth not Pantolabque but strayeth wyldelye a brode with the renegate Cain desperatlye trustinge to the promises of menne syckle and vncertayne as their tradicions hath non other A mysterye 1 After this brother Came forth an other 2 His name to discusse Menne called him husse 3 He and his cumpanye Began in Germanye 4. Heâ— est gens que non audiuit vocerâ— domini sui Hiere 2. The openinge 1. EVermore doth pantolabê° pranke forth with his pylde Popyshe Poesyes not vnlyke Iacke of Bedlem with his net full of wolle From that bryer hath he gathered that lock all tarrye and from that thorne that patche all dryseled Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or witt marke what dyrtye gete this is and from what good authors borrowed The grounde therof was first taken out of Pope Benedyct the .xiii. pope Gregorye the .xii. and Pope Iohan the .xxiii. all thre deposed at ones in the generall counsell of CoÌ„stance out of the cowyshe actes and proclamacyons of Pope Martyne the fift which after supplied their rome there vpon the seate of the beast in the darke kyngedom of Anticrist or the chayre of pestylence whether ye wyll Here is the name of a brother most scornefullye vsed whiche is in the scripturs both holye and preciouse And no maruele For crist sayd there shuld come soche swyne as wolde treade the fayre pearles vndre their fete and soche dogges also as wolde turne ageyne teare his true disciples The chefe cause of it is that his hipocrites eyes can abyde no light But lete him not thinke so to auoyde the great indignacion of God nor yet anye other soche scorner as he is 2 Iohan Husse that holye Apostle and true Martyr of Iesus Christ moche pyteynge to se y â— churche so wretchedlye deformed with hypocresye pryde Idolatrye other abhominacioÌ„s of Anticrist after he had sum what perseyued therof by the doctrine of Iohan Wyclef put forth his owne bodye to y â— crosse for it to suffre the death yf nede shuld require it The pure lawe of the Gospell waâ— the scripturs of both testameÌ„tes ded he most constantlye preache to the pople of Boheme ageynst that kyngdom of wyckednesse detestinge all errours heresyes scysmes His conuersacion was accordinge to his instruccyons perfight and holye Not onlye by the report of .liiii. noble menne of the lande of Morania but also by the testimonye of his enemyes Pope Pius otherwyse called
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
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.