oute vngracyouse teachers in Englande that they founde not out Standysshe and Pantolabus Bonner and Wynchestre I thynke they coude not haue founde moche worse yf they had sought the worlde all ouer No though they had founde out the deuyll himselfe For in their doctryne is y â— true Christen fayth blasphemed the sacred scripturs perueâ—ted moste wretchedlye the seruauntes of God maâ—yâ—ned the peple of the worlde deluded the pryce of oure redempcyon contempned and all Eabylonishe beggerye for them persuaded yea Standyshe was not ashamed ones in his fylthye preachynge to make Christes blood no better than the blood of a swyne There are yet in London a greate sort lyuynge that harde him yet is he a lewde preacher styll and not condempned of the bysshoppes for an heretyque There shall no soche come in the Genâ—alogie of heresye Pantolabê° hath here full honorably beshytt the scripturs and full lyke a worshypfull gentylman of y â— Popes churche And so hath he putt them forth a brode vndre the kynges pryuylege Ad imprimendum solum both by Robert Wyer and also by Iohan Redman which care not what they do for moneye yet is he not founde out for an vngracyouse teacher But yf he had ryghtlye taught the Gospell he had bene founde out ere this tyme. 2 What labours ye haue taken and how busylye ye haue applyed yt to set vp the kyngedome of the deuyll by all madde mastryes of ydolatrye the Chronycles declareth at large And how ye sturre about ye now with olde rotten poles and sparres to holde vp youre holye mother for fallynge we are not so blynde but we perseyue yt Prouyde ye for necessaryes apace se that she droppe not awaye sodenlye in the feuer she hath now a dayes Bynde vp her head for sweruynge lappe vp her bodye warme for sursetynge and prouyde her a cawdell of calues egges to recouer her agayne yf yt maye be Luther hath febled her sore so hath Oecolampadiê° and zwinglius Barnes here in Englande was not all behynde with his part nomore was Iohan Frith and Tyndale But happye ye are that Thomas CroÌ„well lyued not for he had by this tyme made her no verye beuityfull gentyll woman Wele now ye haue gotten the ouerhande of her enemyes applye ye apace whyle ye haue layser to set her vp agayne Be now no sluggardes in youre holye water makynge nor yet in youre sensynges and goynge processyon ye shall fynde my lorde Gardyner of Wynchestre my lorde Bonner of London with other good prelates of the realme verye fauorable and assisâ—ent vnto you so that ye meddle not with the Gospell Therfore applye ye apace se there be founde in ye no slackenesse 3 The precyouse worthynesse of thynges 〈◊〉 out by your Egypciall generacyon is sone valued I report me here to this worthye genealogye of yours Forsoth yt is honorable ware and worthye to haue soche a Poete for y â— author It is no maruele though these newe bokes now a dayes be thynges nothynge worth For they bring neyther tythes nor offerynges deuocyoÌ„s nor treÌ„tals purgatorye pens nor pyssages Ther are more swete profyghtes to be pycked oute of one Sarum masse boke than out of them all yea God saue Sermones discipuli w t the portas processyoner olde festiuall For a moch better worlde was yt whan they were vsed than yt is now a dayes It was a good worlde w t prestes whan they stodyed nothynge els but fryre Albert de secretis mulieruÌ„ to fatche in their tythes other profyghtes Longe was â—t ere Iohan Maior in Parys a great lerned manne coude proue by naturall reason by the scripturs that watchyng spretes myght begett wemen with chylde as one of them ded the noÌ„ne of wales that was Marlynes mother Was not this thynke you a good vertuouse stodye sumwhat worth when it was ones brought to lyght They haue sett forth manye of these good workes lyke good vertuouse fathers and profytable workemen yet hath fewe or non founde sawte in them 4 Sumwhat meaneth Pantolabê° here by this heresye and treason that was so openlye preached But I trust he will discoueâ— noÌ„ of his owne affynite though manye of them were hanged for them at y â— rysynge vp in the Northe Doctor Baylye in Sothfolke wroughte great myracles by syr Roger Wenforthes dowter to auauÌ„ce the great ladye of Ippes wyche Doctor Bockynge lyke wyse ded wonderfull feates at Caunterberye in kent by Elyzabeth Berton to sett vp a newe pylgrimage at Court vp strete Doctor Cronkeâ—orne had certen reuelacioÌ„s of a newe kyngedome that was coÌ„mynge vpon this clause of Te DeuÌ„ Aperuisti credeÌ„tibus regna celoruÌ„ And preached theÌ„ in dyuerse townes of Easisexe as y â— monasteryes were in suppressynge by y â— vertu of this text Tempê° faciâ—â—di domine dissipaueruÌ„t legem tuâ— It is tyme lorde to sturre about y â— For yf thu tarrye moche longar y â— heretyques will marre all Doctor Pyckerynge other prelates ded lyttle other for .2 years space but moue the prestâ—s of the North to prouoke y â— peple in their lent confessyons to the pylgrimage of grace agaynst y â— kynge his counsell Besydes y â— propre feates that were done by doctor Macketell y â— vycar of Lowthe Reynoldê° of Shene y â— charterouse monkes y â— obseruauÌ„t fryers dyuerse other that were hanged quartered But these will not Pantolabê° accuse for preachers of heresye treason because their doctryne doth please him well specyallye because y â— pope hath newly canonysed theÌ„ for his sayntes A mysterye 1 The first captayne Of this false trayne 2 Vvas one Iohan Frith Vvhich had no pyth 3 Of lernynge nor vvytt Not vvorth a nytt 4. Via stulti recta in oculis eius psal 12. The openinge 1. NOt one of these scysmatiques afore rehersed coude Pantolabus fynde in his hart to appoynt oute for a captayne yet were they of a false sedicyouse trayne both of heresye and treason as his selfe is yet sâ—yll with other of that affynite The lorde Datsye was in those dayes a myghtye great captayne So was the lorde Husseye So were syr Robert Constable syr Thomas Percye syr Iohan Bulmer syr Steuen Hamerton syr George Lumlaye with Rafe Bulmet Nycolas Tempest a great sort more Robert Aske was in that pylgrimage of grace for y â— Popes holye churche no small doar though he had but one eye Nomore was captayne Cobler that valeauÌ„t George on horse backe with his Lyncolne shere bowes and baggepypes yet are they not founde fytt to occupye a rome in this noble Genealogye Manye spirituall captaynes also and wyse counsellers were at the same selfe tyme verye busye to promote that ghostlye quarell forâ—warde As Iames Locherell the prior of Gysburgh Wyllyam Wytlesse the prior of Brydlyngton Adam Sedbar Abbot of Garbeleye Wyllyam Thyrske abbot of Fenleye the abbot of Oborne the abbot of Sawleye the abbot of Whawleye the abbot of Glastenâ—erye the
skynne though they shuld to the deuyll for their errours Next after this shall come in sumwhat but I thyncke no great wysdome into Pantolabê° brayne vnlesse he change from this frantycke frenesye into some purpose godlye and repent soche willfull wodenesse But I doubt verye moche in that 2 I thynke in conscience that a blynder beast than Pantolabus is not this daye alyue If I had nothynge els but these blynde poesyes of his to beare me wytnesse they were sufficient ynough For soche blynde beggerye yet sawe I neuer so garnyshed with the scripturs O bloderynge Balaamites which stodye nothynge els but to prouoke the people to folowe youre whoredome What Barnes was in the iuste quarell of God agaynst youre blynde beastlye kyngedome of Antichrist we are not so blynde but we knowe And yf oure testimonye shulde fayle the workes which he compyled are sufficient wytnesses to declare his godlye wytt and lernynge of the which we haue seane more than .x. vndre diuerse tyttles So blynde is youre popishe generacion that they neuer yet were able to answer one of them Which of you all with youre dyrtye diuynite hath yet soluted but the least of his argumentes in his boke of prestes matrymoney or yet of the Masses abusyon Naye ye are non of those It is ynough for you to crye heretyque heretyque whan ye playe noÌ„ other but an heretyques part yourselues Neuer are you good in Christen disputacioÌ„s but whan ye haue halters and fyre vpon youre syde Verye blynde Asses ye apere now a dayes for anye good lernynge ye shewe that is wele seane in the treatyse of Standysâ—e in Bonners declaracioÌ„s and in this worshypfull worke here of yours 3 I praye you hartelye what swete pathes haue you founde out euer sens the yeare of oure Lorde a M. and one In the which yeare was sathan youre great grandesyre sett at large by youre holye father Pope Syluestre y â— seconde which obtayned of him by Necromancye to be saint Peters vycar to worke in the worlde all myschefe by you which are his ryght fashyoned members I thynke the wayes are wonderfull yf we shuld laye thâ— out here togither Neyther haue you spared the nyght nor yet the daye to fynde out all fylthynesse Ded not you fynde out the worshippinge of Images the prayeÌ„ge to rodes the knelinge to ladyes the kyssinge of relyques the sensinge of aultres and the sekinge of shrynes with soche lyke abhominacyons It is vnspekable what nombre of sowles ye haue lost by these soche other path wayes of yours besydes your own wretched sowles This ded ye neuer yet recant by protestinge vnto your cures Good people we haue ledde ye wronge wayes by these vncommaunded sacrifices heythnishe worshippinges No I dare boldelye saye before God and manne that ye neuer yet repented it for all your oft goinge to confession so farre are ye from grace and all godlynesse The lorde of his great mercye delyuer ones his people of that malignauÌ„t generacioÌ„ of yours For neuer shall they be but blinde so longe as they haue yow for their gydes 4 Here ye are not ashamed to accuse good Doctor Barnes that right disciple of Christ that he neuer coude fynde the right waye vnto Christes lore As who shuld saye the pathes that yow leade are the verye iust wayes vnto Christes lore And this do yow write that the people shuld so beleue it Lete vs pondre yowr doinges vpon your most priÌ„cipall feastes of the yeare as vpon cristmas daye good frydaye easter daye and penthecost day And so se whether they be soche wayes as Christ hath walked or no. For whye those pathes which he hath gone afore are the onlye wayes to his lore First ye haue euen songe and compline in latyne withe the sensinge of your aultres to beginne the solempnite with these path wayes Christ neuer knewe The next daye folowinge ye haue mattens prime houres in the same vnknowne language ye haue holye water makinge procession and hygh masse with double sensinge of Images ye haue at nyght ageyne euensonge and coÌ„pline with sensinges With these abhominable wayes and soche other was Christ yet neuer acquainted But he demaundeth of yow this question by his holye sprete in Esaye who hath required these thinges at yowr handes CoÌ„cludinge with you that his wayes are not your wayes nor yet his pathes Therfor all your pretensed colours are false here 5 Full true is the clause which ye haue here alleged out of Salomons prouerbes sauinge onlye that ye haue changed the tyme to come into the tyme present Qui peruersi cordis est noÌ„ inuenit bonum saye you And it is there Non inueniet bonum Who so hath an hart geuen to mischefe shall in the conclusion wine no profight therbye I maruele ye toke not with it the clause next folowinge Et qui vertit linguam incidet in mâ—lum Lykewyse he that hath an ouerwhart tonge shal come to a myschefe This myght haue bene a premonishment for you that ye shuld not thus haue raged to youre owne coÌ„fusyon Of a wonderfull nature are the scripturs that they neuer will serue you vnlesse they be peruerted mangled spoyled of sumwhat This text here alleged agreeth better with no manne than with you For I thynke the deuyll hath not a more peruerse stomake than you haue as youre frutes here declareth I maruele ye marked not this in the chapter afore He that disdayneth the poore blasphemeth him that made him And he that is glad of an other maÌ„nes hurt shall neuer be vnponnished Almost in the ende of that chapter is this text for Barnes Preciosi spiritus vir eruditus A preciouse sprete hath he that is lerned speciallye of God Though youre whole generacion denyeth him this yet is it knowne to the Christen worlde by his godlye workes to youre vtter confusyon and shame A mysterye 1 But euermore By meane of ambycyon Ded so vve sedycyon 2 He sayd certayne In vvordes playne 3 It coude not be founde That vve vvere bounde 4 To be obedient 5 Vir apostara iurgia seminat Sap. 6. The openinge 1. YDyotyshe and folyshe are youre poesyes euermore and full of blasphemose lyes Malyciouslye accuse ye here doctor Barnes of ambicion which soughte nothynge lesse than ambiciouslye to regne after that maner of youre proude modye mustre Where as Ambicion is in his most pryde there fynde ye no fawte with him But there ye worshyp him with cappe legge and knee and wolde kysse his arse to please him To currye fauell he shall be youre singular good lorde and a prelate most wyse and pregnauÌ„t though he haue nomore godlye wytt than an ape Thus at a tyme Ambicion shall be youre God and yet to rebuke an other ye can take him for a vyce Oh vngodlye flatterer and false glosynge hypocrite Lerne first to se that vyce where it is most depelye regnyng and correcte it in yours selfe whan ye playe soche an hypocrites part
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
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
remembred nor yet they that styll occupye their landes And that are all puffed vp prelates with persones vicars and curates And hardelye lete not syr hugh holye water swynger be forgotten amonge theÌ„ The throwinge a syde of the sacred scripturs and the false deceyuinge of the poore laboringe manne shuld seme also to be twygges of the same braunche and sprayes of the same sprygge yea and to be sumwhat afore wylfulnesse in this generacion And therfore Pantolabê° is but a â—ole and foloweth to moche the counsell of dame ignorauÌ„ce in the descripcioÌ„ of this Genealogie or els he is a parciall frinde to wylfulnesse And I thinke that be the verie cause in dede This sure holde also he hath vpon his syde that painters poetes and Rome toÌ„ners maye lye by auciorite 4 The text whiche he hathe torne out of Salomons prouerbes vult et non vult piger proueth nothinge to the purpose that sluggishnesse and slouthe begate wylfulnesse More honeste were it for him that dame ignoraunce were farder of from his elbowe whan he shall sett his handes to the scripturs Sathan in y â— desert neuer bestowed Angelis suis Deus maÌ„ dauit dete more vnclarkelye than this text is here bestowed Salomons mynde is that y â— sluggarde wold fayne haue but it cometh not so vnto him where as the diligent labourer is habundauntlye suffysed For thus standeth y â— text after the truer translacion Concupiscit anima pigri et non est ei quod optat But as the sainge is the full fedde sowe seketh myre the vyle vermine corrupcion as Pantolabus hath done here the corrupt translacion for his purpose And yet will it not serue for slouthe to beget wilfulnesse though he turne it .xxiiii. wayes as fryre martyn ded his desardes hart Wonderfullye now a dayes are the scripturs handeled in Englande yet are there non heretyques on that syde of the waye For how can a papist be an heretyque to his hinderaunce whan papistes weare styll myters and robes It foloweth in the same chapter Astutus omnia agir cum consilio qui autem factuê° est aperit stulticiam A wyse manne doth all with discressioÌ„ but a foole declareth his folye But this coude not Pantolabus fynde out w t other godlye couÌ„sels there meÌ„cioned Wherfore his part here after is lyke to be sumwhat y â— worse A mysterye 1 Vvylfulnesse verelye Nygh cosyne to heresye 2 Begate myschefe Father of vvyclefe 3 Vvhich ded bringe inne His grand father synne 4 Qui facit peccatum ex diabolo est quoniam ab inicio diabolus peccat Ioan. 3. The openinge 1. DIuerslye doth this popishe poete resemble himselfe alwayes as blynde as a byttle and wotteth not wele which waye to wandre yet will he styll forewarde with his pedlarie wares Wilfulnesse he saith whoÌ„ he hath preferred here in his Genealogye to his other brethern I am sure for some olde familyar acquayntaunce beynge nigh cosyne to heresye begate mischefe It shuld seme here vnto me that Pantolabê° is not verie wele seane in genealogyes or els he daunseth withe Iacke of Bedlem a voluntarye rounde or a galearde at his pleasure For here he calleth heresye cosyne to wylfulnesse and yet he is .vi. degrees afore him yea and to make his owne asynishe rudenesse more manifest therin he calleth him here his nigh cosyne Trulye this is to folyshe to haue y t scripturs coupled withe it yf Boner and Wynchestre with other holye fathers wynke not vpon it whaÌ„ they honte for heretyques But parauenture he doth it here that wylfulnesse shuld be known to be all one with heresye or els to make good his purpose folowinge as to proue Ioan Wyclef an heretyque But as the Prophete sayth he that prepareth a snare for an other most coÌ„monlye falleth into it his selfe as Pantolabê° hath done here yf the abhominable peruertige of Gods worde be a kinde therof 2 He saith that wylfulnesse begate mischefe and I beleue it wele For Pope Hyldâ—brandus which inhibited prestes mariage poysoned vi of his predecessours to optaine the papacye Pope victor the thirde was poysoned at his masse by a spirituall chaplayne of his So was henrye the .vii. Emprour by one Bernardinus de monte policiano a dominick fryre in receyuinge the sacrament Pope Clement the seconde vigilius Sisinnius Ioannes septimus Alexander and aboue .xl. of them more were sent out of the worlde by the same spirituall polecye How manye poore cristen innocentes the .ii. horned termagauntes of Englande hath put vnto deathe for the onlye truthe of God it were moche to write Wynchestre yet aliue is fouÌ„de no sluggarde in thaâ— tormeÌ„ting office of Anticrist though he neyther sâ—yth Standyshe nor Pantolabê° fryre wattes nor quarry y â— pardoner w t soche other abhominable blasphemers of Gods worde Therfor tyrannye also might haue 〈◊〉 in for a childe of wyckednesse and a brother of myschefe yf it had pleased master Pantolabus So might cruell murther the slaughter of saintes and the vtter contempt of God haue bene called the fylthye of springe therof and not poore Iohan wycclef the verie manne of God for withstandinge Anticrist and his false kingedome yf the true quarell of Christ had here bene so ernestlye sought as is the Popes quarell though it be not so spoken 3 That anye manne shuld be father to his grande father as Pantolabus here noteth Iohan Wyclef it is a matter impossible in the right course of generacion But as he hath a monstruouse wytt so sendeth he forth moÌ„struouse frutes to deceyue y â— simple Of a spyghtfull malice is it not of Wyclef but of the verite that he taught that he thê° nameth him the sonne of mischefe For Wycleues father as coÌ„cerninge the fleshe was a christen beleuer and a manne geuen to noÌ„ yll â—haâ— we rede of I can not tell what euill sprete hath taught Pantolabus to be a slauÌ„derouse accuser of his brother vnlesse it were he that accused Iob. And as concerninge the inwarde manne he was a sonne of God lyke as all they are by his heauenlye gyft that beleue in his name For non can protest that Iesus is the Lorde God as he ded most constauntlye ageynst the whole regne of Anticrist but in the holye ghost For so moche as raylinge Pantolabê° falselye reporteth of Iohan Wyclef without auctorite that he brought in his grandefather synne I am enforced to answer in his behalfe by y â— auctorite of soche notable writers as I haue seane and redde Iohan Wyclef beynge an Englyshe maÌ„ne borne and a doctor of diuinite aboute y â— year of owr Lorde a M.CCC and .lx. redde the common lecture at oxforde and so coÌ„tynued many yeares after And as coÌ„cerninge his eloquence witt manyfolde lerninge and most innocent lyfe Philippus repingedon Bysshop of Lyncolne Nicolaus herforde a Doctor Ioannes Treuisa Galfridus Chawcer Ioannes Husse Eneas Siluius Hermannus Shedel and now in owr tyme O tho Brunfelsius hath in most ample forme
Popes obedience Therfor it is a newe maner of heresye that is here set out for menne to be ware of than was in those dayes 3 God hath at a tyme permitted the false Prophete to speake that was true As we haue for exaÌ„ple Balaam the sorcerer Saul the disobedient kynge Cayphas the cruell Bysshoppe and Pylate the vnryghtfull iudge But he gaue them not with it to vnderstande that they vttered Pantolabus hath here mencioned Martyne Luther to be of the same kynde that Wyclef and Husse were of yet hath he done yt of a wycked sprete and knoweth not what he hath written But the Prophecye of the seyd Iohan Husse whiche he vttred at the houre of his deathe shall make that saynge good Centum reuolutis annis Deo respondebitis eâ— mihi An hondreth years ones past sayth he to the papystes to God shall ye answer and to me By this he ment that after an hondreth years they shuld beginne to coÌ„sent to his doctrine whoÌ„ at y â— tyme they condempned and in proces of tyme graunt it to be agreable to the scriptures of God This Prophecye ded the Bohemes inprint vpon the one syde of their coynes and so reserued it from the yeare of owr Lorde a. M. CCCC and .xv. tyll vnto the yeare of owr Lorde ageyne a. M. CCCCC and .xvii. In the w c Martyne Luther impugned the Popes pardons power and auctorite by the open worde of God And therfor Pantolabê° hath spoken it trulye that Luther is of the same kynde But where as he hath done it of spyght and malyce he sheweth himselfe to be of a contrarye part As where that Luther is the popes great enemye he is his trustye frinde and louer A mysterye 1 He by his meane Hath baÌ„nyshed cleane 2 Out of that coste The holye ghoste 3 And hath brought inne Lyberte and synne 4 Posuerunt templuÌ„ sanctum Psal. 78. The openinge 1. GReat busynesse maketh Pantolabus herewith Martyne Luther for bannishynge that sprete of theirs which hath so longe vpholden their popishe churche of proude porkelynges the synagoge of Sathan the rose coloured whore and the spowse of the deuyll This sprete is not the holye ghost as he is here reported but the sprete which went out from the manne and returned ageyne with .vii. spretes worse thaÌ„ himselfe As with the sprete of errour the sprete of falshede the sprete of sorcerye the sprete of lyes the sprete of fornicacion the sprete of hypocresye and the sprete of the vtter conteÌ„pt of God with all other abhominacyons of vayneglorye malyce muther and Idolatrye In these spretes haue they gouerned their gloriouse churche of Antichrist euer sens they sprange vp vndre Phocas w t Mahomete Specyallye sens Syluester the sorcerer fat the deuyll from hell to graunt to his confirmacion and to geue him the iurisdiccyon of both swerdes In these fylthye spretes also haue their horned whoremongers euer sens by the same auctoryte bannished all godlye veritees and knowlege exâ—rcysynge all tyrannye cruelte and vyolence possible to holde the peple in darkenesse and ignoraunt blyndenesse And this in dede hath Martyne Luther lyke christes true disciple with all dilygence sought to redresse which moueth not a lyttle here the sycke stomake of Pantolabus he beinge the Popes Apostle 2 But that holye ghost which is the spre of wysdome knowlege counsell force science pyte and the true feare of God hath not Martyne Luther exyled as he is here of this lymme of the deuyll most falselye reported His workes shall in this poynt stande with him as wytnesses ageynst Wynchestre Bonner Standishe Wattes Quarrye the pardoner Pantolabus and all their affinite though they haue all the deuyls of hell vpon their syde He that shal reade his boke ageynst y â— Iewes quod Christus Iudeâ—s sit natus his commentaries vpon the scripturs with his other treatyses conferrynge them with the Popes olde diuinite Decrees and Decretals Extrauagantes Clementynes and Synodals shall fynde them so moche to dyffer from them as lyght doth dyffer from darkenesse or Christ froÌ„ Belial yf he be Christenlye lerned It fareth here by Pantolabus as it doth by him that daunseth naked in a nâ—t thinkynge that no manne seyth him whan all the world beholdeth him a presumptuouse Idyote fole No maÌ„ne there is which seyth anye truthe but perseyueth that the sprete which prouoketh Martyne Luther to destroye the Popes kyngedoÌ„ is a cleane contrarye sprete to that w c hath regned in the Pope and his clergye And therfor yf the Popes sprete be of y â— deuyll as the scripture sayth it is his sprete must nedeâ— bâ— of God And therfor Pantolabus holye ghost whom Luther hath bannisshed is not of God but of the deuyll 3 What lyberte this is that Pantalabê° here coupleth with synne makinge them all one 〈◊〉 caÌ„ not wele tell vnlesse it be fre will And ther vnto geueth Martyne Luther no lyberte that is godlye as testifyeth his boke de Seruo arbitrio And therfor is Pantolaê° moche to be blamed so to slaundre him But in dede his Lorde of Wynchestre hath brought in that lyberte now of late by y â— good helpe of Eckiâ—s the dowtye doctor of the papystes and taketh great paynes vpon him to make it a newe article of the fayth of Englande I thinke not the contrarye but his great hot stodye is also to sett vp purgatorye ageyne reparinge the broken chest of y â— churches olde suffrages deseruinges and merites to redeme the brent sowles and sende them to haueÌ„ by the vertu of Scala celâ— And therfor yf Pantolabus fynde fawte in the bringinge in of that lyberte lete him blame his good lorde for it not Luther The synne that he here speaketh of shuld seme to be Prestes marryage For that in dede they put out as an horryble synne whan they toke their oyled orders and were marryed to Sodome Gomor If Luther hath brought that in ageyne and dryuen out their souerayne ladye and swete sacred Sodomye he is worthye to be condempned of them for an heretyqye For holye Pope HyldebraÌ„de which was a Necromanser made this constitucion that non shuld be admitted to holye orders vnlesse he forsware marriage for terme of his lyfe Which constitucion hurt him nothinge at all he hauinge at his pleasur Mawde y â— Duchesse of Lotharyne with manye other more out of marryage 4 Farre out of frame is the scripture which he hath here alleged to conferme w t his folyshe purpose Polluerunt templum tuum O lorde God sayth Asaph the prophete a peple is broken into thyne herytage which hath defyled thy holye temple If the Popes churche were ment by that temple this text is falselye applyed to Luther and his companye For they haue not broken into that churche but gone out of it as all the worlde knoweth And in the verses folowinge are they mencyoned that destroyed the faythfull seruauÌ„tes of God by sheding their blood and geuynge their fleshe to the fowles of the
ayre Effuderunt sanguinem corum tanquam aquam What they are that haue y â— true beleuers in soche deadlye derysioÌ„ it were easye ynough to perseyue though we had nothinge els to proue it but this present Genealogye Neuer shall ye â—e that spiritualte of theirs persecute anye other thaÌ„ the louers of the truthe Wynchestre at this houre honteth nether for thefe nor murtherer aduouterer nor whore keper If he ded there shuld not so manye of them so boldelye diuell at the next dore to him But there shall not apere a reader of Christes gospell that he shall not haue by the sleue by and by He sâ—yth not Pantolabus here which is an heretyque in dede yf an heretyque be a peruerter of y â— scripturs for they are of an other veyne that he coueteth He shuld not els be his mothers owne darlynge HEre though I seme sumwhat to digrede yet shall it be no digressyon but a necessarye relaâ—yon consyderyng that Pantolabus hath so spyghtfullye accused matrymonye for synne Sumwhat shall it be nedefull to shewe here to the commendacyon of that godlye estate of lyuynge and to the vtter reproche and shame of the contempners therof by the scriptures chronicles To non other ende ded y â— Pope w t his prelates first inhybyt prestis their marryage but to apere therby an holy spirituall kyngdome deuyded from the prophane multitude to lyue in all voluptuousnesse deceyt Marke fyrst their vngodlye sprete by this The lorde coÌ„maunded not Dauid to put from him Bersabe after the death of Vrias for the aduouterye afore committed but both allowed her after for his wyfe also greatlye loued the seconde frute of her begotten which was Salomon The Rome churche as a congregacyon cleane contrarye to God in that coÌ„maunded their prestes first not onlye to forsake their most lawfull wyues but also to leaue their most dere chyldren as frutes of fornicacyon which cruelte we haue also felt in this age And thus hath holye wedlock bene vnto them euer sens a most pernycyouse poyson and stynkynge whoredome with buggerye a most suffren remedye of their naturall dyssease Soche hath bene their sathanycall tyrannye euer sens A great aduersarye to that holye office was Pope Nycolas the first in the yeare of oure lorde D. ccc.lxiiii tyll Huldrichus the good bishop of Augusâ—a in Germanye withstode his deuyllyshe hypocresye yet was a wyfe non impediment to holye â—aynt Nycolas longe afore that which was of a coÌ„mon cytezen made the archebisshop of Myrâ—hea and metropolytane of all the whole lande of Lycia Nomore was it to Ignaciê° Hermas Anâ—anus Pheleas Spiridion Valens Hilarius Polycrates Dionysius Corintheorum Tartulianus Cheremon Basilius senior Gregorius Nazianzenus Eupsichtê° Philogonius Vitalis Apollinaris Vrsinê° Pharo Burgundus Genebaudus Geroldus and a great sort more which had both wyuâ—s and chyldren yet they all were prestes and bisshoppes Moche better sayth Baptista Mantuanê° was their â—yfe in marryage than is now the lyfe of the spiritualte without it For a great consyderacyon sayth Pius the Seconde Pope otherwyse called Eneas Siluius was marriage first inhibited to prestes but for a moche greatter ought yt ageyne to be graunted them Saynt Peter y â— holye Apostle was not ashamed at Antiochia whan his wyfe was ledde vnto death to cal her by her name which was Eolam or in the latyne Perpetua after writers And to saye vnto her in the myddes of the multitude Swete wyfe remeÌ„bre thy Lorde Iesus Christ feare not theÌ„ which sleyth the bodye for they can do no harme to the sowle Onlye couetousnesse ambycion interdicted this marryage which hath geuen or casion to wonderfull mischeues as I haue declared at large in my answer for Tolwyn ageynst the Bysshop of London To whom I haue added these historyes folowynge vpon iust occasyons here geuen me bycause they are yet so good vnto marriage Pope Iohan the. viii was a woman was begotten with chylde by her owne dere chaplayne chamberlayne a Cardinall which God at that tyme wolde haue known to the worlde that their churche might apere as it was in dede all whorishe fylthye and beastlye lyke as the Apocalips hath described her yet was the worlde so blynde that it neuer perseyued it tyll nowe of late years Marozia caused her husbande Guido which was than Marques of Chuscia to strangle Pope Iohan the .ix. with a pyllowe and to slee his brother Peter that the bastarde which she had by Pope Sergiâ—s the thirde whan she was his concubyne myght be saynt Peters vycar after his father As he was sone after in dede and was called Pope Iohan the .x. Iohan the .xii. Pope begate of his whore Iohan the .xiii. Pope in short space after was stryken to death of the denyll as he was in doynge an other holye acte of bytcherye By the auctorite and commaundement of this holye vycar of sathan ded saynt Donstane here in Englande forbydde Prestes their wyues and had thervnto the assistence of kynge Edgare By the which occasyon Oswaldê° than bisshop of Worcestre expelled the canons out of their cathedrall churche and out of .vi. churches more of his dyocese and thrist in monkes there to supplye their romes onlye bycause they worlde not leaue their wyues for he his selfe had also bene a monke Eâ—helwoldus in lyke case the bisshop of Wynchestre ded the same selfe holye acte also at the same tyme in his dyocese for â—e arose also of y â— same generacyon The prestes not coÌ„tented w t so spyghtfull an â—niurye thought they wolde be euen with saynt Donstane for it as they were in dede For whan he shuld make his purgacyon before the kynge in y â— generall synode for soche matters as they had by that tyme bulted out he had moche a do to saue all thynges honest yet had he both the prelated and kynge vpon his syde For holye fathers wyll at a tyme be as wanton as other poore menne and smell after smockes for all their holynesse Holye Tomas Becket wold sumtyme for his pleasure make a iournaye of pylgrymage to the prymerose peerlesse of Stafforde as his holye lyfe mencyoneth He that shall narrowlye serche saynt Hieromes Epistles shall fynde him sumwhat famylyar with Marcella So shall he fynde Saynt Gregorye with Domicella and also saynt Bonifacius the archebisshop of Magunce with Tecla and Lieba .ii. Englysshe women of his owne cuntre natyue After the death of kynge Edgare this bredde moche trouble in Englande For the great menne of the realme put out y â— monkes by vyolence and restored agayne the Prestes with their wyues tyll soche tyme as a counsell was holden at Wynchestre Where as the prestes were agayne dyscharged by vertu of a voyce which came from a rode in the freyter wall here was propre packynge or els from the deuyll speakynge in him For in dede the deuyll loueth wele and first sought out that holye kynde of chastyte for to bewtyfye therwith the Popes
veryte But for soche subtyle soth sayers as deceyue the people lyuinge here in all voluptuousnesse For thus beginneth the chapter Fuerunt pseudo Prophete in populo sâ—cut in vob is erunt magistri mendaces Amongest the people were false prophetes lyke as there shall be amonge yow lyenge masters also These shall preuilye bringe in dampnable sectes denienge the verye lorde that bought them Manye will folowe their voluptuouse wayes by whom y â— verite shall be blasphemed For couetousnesse shall they with fayned wordes make merchaundyse of you saith he but their iudgement is not farre of neyther slepeth their vtter dampnacion All this with moche more yet folowinge of Balaam the false prophete and of Sodom and Gomor is spokeÌ„ of your fylthye spiritualte yf it be indifferentlye marked And therfor kepe it vnto yow as yowr owne propre good and turne it not vnto those poste menne which haue no porcion therin A mysterye 1 Vvhich sayd full ranke That Christ and God Toke not manhode 2 Of Marye the virgine Vvhich vvas vvithout synne 3 Verbum caro factum est Ioan. 1. ¶ The openinge ZElouse wolde this Poete fayne be seane in his holye mothers quarell by y â— vyllenouse contempt of other But marke the ende of it Whyls he rankelye accuseth other menne of heresyes he playeth the ranke heretyque his selfe He deuydeth me here Christ and God by intermingling a coniunccioÌ„ copulatiue as though they were .ii. and not one Though Athanastus made a difference of the godhede from the maÌ„hede yet knyt he them togither in Christ. But this raÌ„ke heretique Papist disseuereth Christ from the godhede so makinge owr ladye the mother of .ii. chyldren He willeth also by this proposicion that Christ beinge manne a fore shuld take his manhode with God ageyne in Marye Thus concludeth he .iii. abhominable heresies in one In this had he nede to go to scole ageyne with his great diuine sumwhat better to be taught to declyne this matter Ranker heresyes thaÌ„ these were neuer taught of Marcion Manes Arrius nor Eutices the greatrest heretyques of all Therfor Pantolabê° maye wele stande in the fore warde of heretyques be first here of his owne Genealogye But he is sure to haue no harme of the Bysshoppes for their smellinge serueth theÌ„ not that waye But se how true the promises of the lorde are He that layeth a snare shall fall into it Who stryketh with the swerde shall peryshe with the same And he that iudgeth his poore brother condempneth himselfe Well blessed be the name of that lorde 2 The doctrine of these papystes haue a great shyne of godlynesse yet is it but fylthye hypocresye The blessed virgine Marye which was the elect mother of Christ detesteth soche fryuolouse and blasphemouse bablinges as they geue vnto her As that she was without sinne in her concepcion with soche other folysh fantasyes Was not her father a synner was not her mother an offender Was she not brought forth in Adam Declined not she with all other Had she no nede of Christes sufferinges with other Though the papistes supersticiouslye denye all this yet doth she swete virgine afferme it My sowle saith she magnifyeth y â— lorde and my spretereioyseth in God my sauer What neded he to haue bene her sauer yf nothinge had bene in the waye to condeÌ„pnacion ageinst her Oh blasphemouse here tyques and excertable papystes which thus denye her the benefight of owr redempcion Christ came to saue synners onlye and not the arrogaunt rightouse which had no nede of hi. Lyke as ye are false iustiâ—iaryes so do ye bestowe your stodyes She neuer couered as yow do with the proude Pharise not to be as other menne are But she was wele contented to be of the common sort to be exalted vp from mekenesse And as touchinge Peter Franke that he shuld denye Christ to take manhode of her ye lye falselye of him He dyed in no soche wycked opinion as manye haue crediblye reported But sumthynge ye must nedes laye for your selues whan ye haue done soche murther and mischefe 3 Full lyke a wyse clarke brynge ye forth that text Verbum caro factum est the worde became fleshe and lyke a fleshlye gentylmanne I maruele where this clause was afore that ye ioyned not God with Christe therwith but made them two by the vertue of youre coniunccion copulatyue ye do manye madde miracles whan ye come to youre owne wyttes without the scripturs In ipso vita erat sayth the Gospell afore In that worde was the lyfe and the lyght of menne But of that worde will you fatche no lyght nor yet suffre other menne to fatche lyght there so farre as ye maye withstande yt They must fatche lyght at you yet ye are those folyshe virgynes that Christ speaketh of whose lampes are oute for ye are chast geldynges all ye are that folyshe fygge tree which hath nothynge els but leaues Whan ye are in youre most pryde ye shall wyther awaye lyke a thynge of nought It is not this text that confuteth the vngodlye opinion of the Anabaptistes For all they beleue that he became fleshe But to proue that he toke that fleshe of the virgyne we must go vnto the stronge promyses of God made vnto the Serpent to Abraham and to Dauid That Sede of the woman sayth the Lorde shall treade the on the head In thy Sede sayth he to Abraham shall all the kyndredes of y â— earthe be blessed Blessed is the frute of thy wombe sayth the holye ghost in Elizabeth to Marie and so forth That illius and that Tui in the textes must be groundelye remembred than shall they not be able ones to hysse at it A mysterye 1 Next after this Came in yvvys 2 Barnes the blynde That neuer coude fynde 3 By nyght nor daye The ryght path vvaye 4 To Christes lore 5 Qui peruersi cordis est non inuenit bonum Prouer. 17. ¶ The openynge 1. BRagyngly styll brawleth this babler and can fynde non ende of his insolent madnesse The mouthe of a wytlesse nodye saith Salomon poureth out all folyshnesse The hart of a fole saith Ecclesiaâ—ticus is lyke a pott that is broken for it neuer retayneth wysdome Here is now moche matter agaynst Robert Barnes and all is not worth a nutt Now cometh Pantolabus in with his rhetoryckes of this yrceyâ— It is verye harde aborde with vs whan we are dryuen to soche narrowe shyftes that we must nedes haue to make vp our meters verelye ywys certayne w t soch lyke They that are exercysed in makyng wil iudge those meters lowsye But it is lernynge good ynough for the gracelesse Papistes lyke as draffe is most fyt for swyne The more folyshe y â— better for theÌ„ the more dawyshe it be y â— fytter it is for their grosse wyttes No they will be non of these newe heretyques they The wysdome of this worlde hath taught them an other lesson than so They will slepe in an whole
of synne But vvhat ded he vvynne 3 He vvas tyed at a poste And there ded roste 4 Onnis anima potestatibus subdita sit Rom. 8. ¶ The openinge .1 MAlice hath so blinded this imprudeÌ„t pratler that he seyth not the waye he goeth in And though he doth se it playne ynough yet doubteth he not the daungers therof And parauenture he nedeth nor neyther For the wynker of wyles and y â— seker out of subtyltees hath put him and his companye in assuraunce that though they slyde a lytle in the darke yet shall they catche no scathe For nought is it not that they daunse attendaunce plainge placebo with Reynarde the foxe At all tymes shall they be redye to geue warninge yf anye parell be towardes their whelpes Lete them do nothinge els in the meane season but se alwayes that the people obeye the commaundement of the high powers meaninge by theÌ„ the spiritual prelates And that they beleue as holye churche doth teache theÌ„ after the olde customes of their auÌ„cieÌ„t elders for these newe falshyoned wayes are nothinge worthe If any be busye with these newe bokes ageynst those hygh powers lete them cause their sworne satellites to indite them of heresye Come they ones that wayes vndretheir spirituall handes they shall fynde lesse ease of it than eyther thefe or murtherer Therfor it shall be mete at all houres seasons for him that will lyue in rest to be obedieÌ„t to these hygh powers though he shuld for their obedience vtterlye forsake God and obeye the deuyll For their obedience is non other 2 A farre diuerse obedience is this froÌ„ al other For it bideth vnto sinne as witnesseth also the great wyse clarke Iohan Standishe in his treatise of reporche ageiÌ„st Barnes And I beleue it wele for their lawes commaundementes and customes to whoÌ„ they wolde binde vs are nothinge els but fylthye Idolatrye sinne Agreinge with y â— sainge of Saint Paule That is not of the faithe which Christ hath taught is wickednesse and sinne I wote that of a craft they wyll saye here they meane the kiÌ„ge though they mynde nothinge lesse but vndre that coloure to establishe ageyne the decayed aâ—ctorite of their whorishe churche Whye shuld Pantolabus els call Barnes here craftelye an Apostata That clause was not all brought in for nought The manne ment sumwhat more thaÌ„ he durst wele vtter But where as he doth scornefullye axe this question what Barnes ded winne by so disobeinge the holye fathers I will answere it for him bycause he is now dead He hath wonne so moche as Christ promised him which set him a worke That is persecucion enprisonment and deathe And trulye that was a swete winninge for therwith hath he wonne also the lyfe euerlastinge Who so euer will saue his lyfe saith Christ shall lose it And he that shall lose his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it ageyne in the lyfe euerlasting Saint Paule sayed boldelye vnto the Philippyanes that deathe was vnto him a winninge And I knowe that the lyberall hande of the lorde is not yet abreuiated 3 Now steppeth forth Pantolabê° as bragge a bodye lowse and as one depelye lerned in y â— scole of scornefulnesse he soluteth his owne wyse questioÌ„ He declareth to the worlde what Barnes dâ—dâ— wynne for not obeienge holye churche as though menne were ignoraunt therof He telleth them with so moche spight as he can wele Imagine that Barnes was tyed to a poste in Smytfelde at London with .ii. companions more and that he there ded roste But he sayeth nothinge I trowe of the Popes .iii. sworne chaplaynes Powell Abell and fetherston his owne swete companions which were the some daye houre in the same selfe smithfelde both hanged and quartered for treason No that disobedience toucheth not Pantolabus I tolde yow afore that he wolde at the last declare vnto yow for all his craftye colours what obedieÌ„ce he ment O holy Rome holy Rome thu spirituall Sodome and Egipt moche beholden art thu to thy secrete louers in Englande so workemaÌ„ly to cloyne in thy cause As concerninge good Robert Barnes whose ende is thought without honour of y â— daintye babes of this worlde He is counted amonge the dere children of God and hath his porcion with the saintes Though he semeth lost to y â— vngodlye wise yet resteth he swetelye in the peace of the lorde As golde in the hote fyerye fornace tryeth he his electes and as a brent offeringe receyueth theÌ„ For soche matters passeth not after y e blinde iudgement of menne lyuinge here in waÌ„tonnesse 4 Alwayes is Pantolabus lyke him w c tempted Christ in the desart whose Apostleship he hath here deuoutlye taken vpoÌ„ him Styll vseth he his olde roberyes and legerdemaynes with the scripture Here geueth he vs a mangled texte of Saint Paule to the Romanes appointing vs the .viii. chapter instede of the. xiii If it be not honest playe and cleane conueyaunce I report me to yow Omnis anima potestatibus subditâ—sit sayth he in both his coppyes but sublimioribus is out there for seruinge his spirituall purpose Lete euerye sowle sayth he submit it selfe to the powrs but the hyghar powers he nameth not least he shuld haue mencioned the kynge myndinge nothingelesse For he is the hygher power and God is y â— hyghest of all Powers without hygher or hyghest are alwayes indifferent maye be iudgled with therfor he putteth them here for the Prelates of his churche But Saint Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that their powers are of the Serpent which gaue his auctorite and seate to that beastlye Antichrist of theirs Whan Christ spake of worldlye powers he ernestlye charged his Apostles to obeye them but in no case to take them vpon them I wondre of the blyndenesse of Pantolabus that he perseyueth not what foloweth in the same Chapter Nemini debeatis quicquam nisi vt inuicem diligaâ—is Lete nothinge be donne amonge yow but in mutuall loue sayth Saint Paule Lete charite be the power that yow shall occupye for that fulfylleth the lawe If this power regned in Prelates and were so well taught of them as it is commaunded neyther shuld the hygh powers haue so moche a do in ponnyshinge theft whoredome and murther nor yet so many of their spirituall swarme be whoremongers murtherers robbers of the common people as they are A mysterye 1 On his ryght syde Vvas also tyed 2 A brother of his One garretyvvys 3 Vna enim cachena tenebrarum colligati erant Eccle. 17. ¶ The openinge 1. Excedinge hote and modye is this maÌ„ne styll in his matters and wyll not haue done with Barnes yet for a lyttle He now describeth his standinge in the fyre betwixt Garade and Hierom. But he telleth not which of his own generacion hinge that daye in the myddes of powell Abell fetherstoÌ„ No that pleased him not so wele as this For these were fryndes to his holy father of Rome where as they were enemies His
eye syght therfor serued him not so wele vpon this syde as vpon that syde The Popes enemies are the onlye heretiques in his Genealogye here and not the enemyes of Christ and his kynge Be that farre from him to iudge those good vertuouse fathers of holye churche any heretyques No I warande you Cardinall Pole fryre Peto fryre Buckenham other ranke papistes abrode are yet non heretyques with him but relygiouse vpholders of that holye mother of his the churche of Rome Truthe it is that Thomas Garade a bachelar of diuinite and person of honye lane was tyed to that poste vpon his ryght syde for preachinge ageynst Antichrist And that ded Christ afore tyme promise hiÌ„ in Peter for a rewarde yf he wolde be a preacher in his kyngedome Whan thu wert yonge sayth he thu gyrdedst thyselfe walkedst at thy pleasure But whan thu art olde thu shalt streche forth thy handes and an other shall gyrde the leadynge the contrarye to thy mynde And therfore this was vnto him a promysed rewarde of his master which had no better of the worlde his selfe 2 If Garade were a brother of Barnes of a lykelyhode he was non than of Pantolabê° brotherhede as were Abell Powell For yf he were he wolde nor regestre him for an heretyque But I putt the case that Garade Barnes both be now of that bretherhede which God the father hath allowed for his sonne Iesus sake as it is most lyke to be so For that heretage in Christ is not promysed vnto them which lyue here in wanton pleasurs and are murtherers in coÌ„tempt of the Christen veryte but vnto those despysed disciples that are persecuted scorned and that suffre death for thesame What shall become than of Pantolabê° and soche other disciples of Antichrist which hath with so villenouse spyght refused that bretherhede yt is easye to coÌ„iecture yf they deâ—olye repent not in tyme. Happye is Thomas Garade that euer he was borne Not onlye in that he taught Christ here for an onlye sauer without the mangye merytes of menne but also in that he hath with his owne dere lyfe sealed as a sure wytnesse vnto the same agaynst Antichrist This singular profyght hath he all redye gotten therby That he shall from henceforth neyther honger nor thirst and that God hath wyped awaye all teares from his eyes Neuer more shall he tast of death of losses nor yet of sorowes for the first sorowes are past Now is he sure to be allowed for a fre cytezen in the newe Hierusalem whan his lorde shall sytt in the regeneracion 3 Pantolabus yet styll to conferme his doctryne with blasphemyes and lyes allegeth here the .xvii. chapter of Ecclesiastes otherwyse called the preacher and the whole boke hath nomore but .xii. chapters in all I warande yow the manne meaneth sumwhat by it In dede this clause Vna enim cathena tenebrarum colligati erant is in y â— xvii chapter of Sapience But I maruele sore where omnes is become He was surelye layed asyde for some cloynynge purpose That chapter is all togyther of the sore iudgementes of God concernynge the Egypcyanes They were all bounde sayth the wyse manne with one cheane of darkenesse And this was for that they thought styll to haue in subieccion his holye people Saint Iohan sayth in the Apocalyps that youre spirituall cyâ—e or holye mother churche is now that Egypt and Sodome I praye God ye do not condempne him for an heretyque He sayth there also that ye shulde in youre firetes throwe forth the bodyes of the lordes wytnesses but ye shulde not suffre them to be layed in graues Me thynketh he is there verye playne with you and towcheth you sumwhat nyghlye The wyse manne in the same chapter of yours appoynted oute youre generacion gaue ye a lawfull warnynge sayenge there afore Propter hoc indisciplinate anime errauerunt c. for this cause onlye do menne erre that they will not be reformed lorde by thy wysdome For that shall they be wrapped in the cheances of longe darkenesse Their sorceryes and inchaâ—ntmeÌ„tis shall come to derisyon their proude wysdom shall be brought to shame A mysterye 1 And on the lefte hande One Hierome ded stande 2 One of that nest As blynde as the best 3 And thus they thre Novv burned be 4 Ipsi sibi grauiores tenebrae Eccless 17. ¶ The openinge 1. I Ngenyouse wolde Pantolabus apere in this descripcion leauynge oute no circumstauÌ„ce of doctor Barnes burnynge Now bryngeth he forth Hierome the persone of Stepnaye declarynge him to stande vpon his lefte hande as though it had not bene knowne afore But fetherstone he forgetreth which was a ryght brother of hiâ— was hanged there for treason the same selfe daye ye heare him not tell here on which syde he honge As for the kynges matters he passeth not grâ—atlye vpon them but holye churches matters are an other maner of thynge He will not describe a trayterouse Papist least he shulde so sâ—â—t forth his owne propre ymage Wyllyam Hieriome in dede a bachelar of diuynite also a manne eloquentlye lerned for the veryte preachynge agaynst Antichrist stode on the leftehande of Barnes in the fyre and was brent with him to ashes And blessed is he that euer he had a lyfe so to bestowe agaynst that abhominable kyngdome of yours That fyre was vnto him but a delyueraunce from miseries restorynge his sowle to that quyet which he hath now in Christ Iesu. Not the more vnpure was that offred vp treasure which the lorde left with him in an carthâ—n vessell though the vessell were scorfled in the heate of that flame but the moche more orieÌ„t and precyouse For matters stande noâ— a fore god as yow do iudge them but as he hath determyned them by his holye worde promyse 2 To enlarge his poesyes with some blynde thetoryckes he sheweth that Wyllyam Hierome was one of that nest But what that nest is he declareth not but leaueth it all blynde as he is alwayes a blynde leader A nest in the scripturs hath both a good origynall and a godlye significacion though Pantolabus here mocketh with it for want of good lerninge By the wysdome apointment of God was it first fashioned sumtyme it betokeneth the true churche sumtyme the conscience of manne The false counterfet churche which Pantolabus here mainteyneth is no wholsom nest in dede but y â— insaciable chaos or bottomlesse pyt that S. Iohan speaketh of whiche hath darkened the sunne that is Gods worde and sendeth forth nothinge els but a fylthie smoke of tradicions of mennes lowsye lerninge with an innumerable swarme of their lecherouse locustes As are mytred Byshopes Gorgioâ—se Prelates Prestes smered with grese shauen sorcerers and chaplaynes disgised lyke disardes in a mommerye in manye strauÌ„ge kyndes and colours Who can with lesse honeste call a man blynde than he that is blinde all togither Of all that Pantolabê° hath here taught in this Genealogye is not
alteracion here to shewe himselfe copiouse in the latyne speche For most commonlye the papistes are full of â—ayne glorye But it is alwayes yll spede whan pryde goeth afore and shame cometh after But I thynke verelye this text folowynge was in his waye whan he made that change Ecce magnê° effectus sum precessâ—omnes sapientia c. Loke vpon me wele for I am a great wyse prelate I haue gote more wysdome than they which went afore me For soles manye tymes haue soche ymaginacioÌ„s of theemselues More mete were it both for Pantolabus and soche other to consydre by that chapter of Salomon that all which is vndre the sunne is but vanyte the worde of the lorde excepted And in so doynge he shuld wele perseyue that all which he and his generacion here maynteyneth is but fylthynesse dyrt and poyson nothynge furderynge the sowle of manne but destroyenge yt rather A mysterye 1 For vvithout doubte There is a rovvte 2 Of these same slepers And corner crepers 3 That vere a fayre face In euerye place 4 Multos enim supplantauit nequitia illorum Sap. 19. The openinge 1. in preson also after the death of Iames were glad to absent themselues for a tyme in diuerse howses to playe the corner crepers This therfore is non of youre seuen deadlye synnes 3 Nothynge agreeth this that foloweth here with that which went afore For he that is a sleper beareth no fayre face a brode so longe as he is a sleper Neyther is he seane in euerye place which is a corner crepet Wherfore these rhetorycall poesyes of Pantolabus semeth verye folyshe and wytlesse He shuld apere a moche better Poete wolde he ones leaue the companye of dame ignoraunce Trulye she is manye tymes to nygh his elbowe whan he setteth his penne to the boke Lyke as she is also with Doctor yncke pott otherwyse called Iohan Standyshe A fayre face hath youre holye mother y â— churche of Antichrist borne outwardlye in euery place with copes crosses ceremonyes and sensynges yet doth the scripturs call her a verye whore and the Synagoge of sathan And that fayre face of hers was first represented as a preuyall signe in him which was the first head of the Rome churche by the permissyon of Phocas the false emprour For his name at that tyme was Bonifaciê° which is as moche to saye as bona facies a good face or a glosynge pretence of counterfett holynesse The dowter of a mourthereâ— is that holye mother of yours therfore must she be geuen to murther of verye nature For Phocas trayterouslye slewe his master Mauricius which was the Emprour afore him so entered into his rowme In token that she shuld destroye the Empyre mayntayne her estate by murther 4 I thynke verelye that Pantolabê° will neuer be at other poynt but styll peruert the scripturs and sende vs to Hierico to seke them Soche a mockynge wretche harde I neuer of dayes of my lyfe yet neyther amonge Christianes nor Paganes infydels nor deuyls Here he taketh a spoyled text Multos enim supplantauit nequitia illorum And he appoynteth vs to seke yt in the .xix. chapter of Sapience where as yt is but the iii. chapter of Ecclesiasticus or of Iesus Syrach And there yt standeth thus Multos enim sâ—pplantaâ—it suspicio illorum in vanitate detinuit sensus illorum and are spoken vnto them which are to curyouse in the serche of Gods hydden secretes The medlynge with soche mysteryes sayth he hath begyled manye a manne and tangled their wyttes in vanyte If his syght had serued him wele he myght haue founde after in that chapter for a farder vnderstandynge of that text this clause also Synagoge superborum non erit sanitas c. To the Synagoge of the proude pampred vp porkelynges shall be left no helthe For the synne that is planted in them shall be roted out and yet shall yt not be perceyued of them But the hart of him which hath vnderstandynge shall perceyue thynges verye hygh The dilygent â—are will harken to wysdome and the hart that is wyse shall haue persyght intellygence The godlye prudent will absteyne from vyces and increase in the workes of ryghtuousnesse A mysterye 1 yet are they as frovvarde And as vnto vvarde 2 As the other vvere Of vvhom ye ded here 3 For vvithout doubt It vvill not out 4 That is bred by the bone ¶ The openynge 1. ALwayes is Pantolabê° one manne styll yet blasphemynge these poore innoceÌ„t sowles True is that Lorde of his worde and promes which tolde them afore hande that they shulde alwayes haue the worlde an aduersarye And that they shulde loke for non other frutes of gentylnesse therof but scornefull rebukes and slaunders In coÌ„fyrmacion of this Saynt Iohan sayth also in his reuelacion that as the true preachers hath at anye tyme fynyshed their faythfull testimonye or massage the beast that came out of the bottomlesse pyt which is the great bodye of Sathan or swarme of Antichristes broode shuld euermore make warre ageynst them and styll ouercome them as coÌ„cerninge the body their faythe remayninge alwayes inuincible Here doth Pantolabus which is a maliciouse membre of the same mad mustre report the true seruauntes of y â— lorde to be verie frowarde in opinion full vntowarde in faithe to his mynde They be leue not the newe articles which his holye churche hath taught of Saintes Images relliques ragges rotten rodes confessioÌ„s Masses suffrages diriges purgatorye processions pylgrimages and pardons withe soche other bâ—astlye beggeryes for their auauntage But euermore blessed be the eternal name of that lorde for so visytinge his poore people with knowlege from aboue which hath taught them to abhorre that fylthinesse wherin is nothinge els but dampnacion 2 As a naturall membre of the afore named bodye of Sathan doth Pantolabus shewe himselfe here For lyke as the seyd Sathan accused Iob before the lorde and hath bene euer sens an accuser of owr bretherne in his members so doth Pantalabus nowe accuse them also as one naturallye geueÌ„ vnto the same feate They are as frowarde sayth he ageynst holye churche and as vntowarde to do anye thinge to her commodite as the other sort that is to saye frith Lambert Barnes and soche other were afore of whom ye haue harde here in this worshypfull Genealogye Of them in dede we haue harde sufficientlye that they coude in no wyse awaye with the whoredome of your holye mother in her Idolatrouse ceremonies and sacrifices If these be now in the same selfe takinge also we haue cause moche to reioyce and to geue hygh thankes vnto God so to delyuer thier consciences from your Babilonishe burdenes It is a full manifest token that his persecuted churche is not yet all dead but that he styll lyueth in his trobled members according to his iust promes and shall do to the ende of the worlde For the churche that is his dere spouse is not gloriouslye painted out to the worlde withe golde syluer
preciouse stone pearle But inwardlye decked with faythe hope charite and the rightousnesse of Christ. And outwardlye she is adourned with calamitees veâ—acions most slaunderouse rebukes and deathe 3 Glad are we to heare it that the ernest sprete of Christ is not yet extinguished in them for all yowr most cruell assaultes of penaltees inprisonmentes famishemeÌ„tes halters swerdes faggottes fryre and all other tormentes els A remnauÌ„t is there yet lest of them which hath not bowed their knees to yowr false God Baal To them hath the lorde promised a crowne of lyfe yf they perseuer stedefast to the ende For these do we praye dayly with teares w t are a brode in exylâ— that they do not swetue from that stedefast rocke at the venemouse suggestions of your fylthye generacion as some fleshly wantons hath done now of late to their sowles detriment Better had it bene for them that they neuer had geuen that is holye to dogges and swyne after Christes premonishementes than thus shamefullye to become swyne with them and so to treade his preciouse pearles vndre their fete For in so denienge the lordes verite before menne they haue shewed themselues what they are eueÌ„ the flesshlye louers of themselues and vnworthye of Christ. More harme haue they done than they which hyd the lordes treasure neuer openinge their mouthes to declare it Those are they which are neyther hote nor colde whom the lorde hath promised to spewe out of his mouthe or vtterlye to reiect them from the eternall herâ—tage of his clerlye racinge their names out of the boke of lyfe yf they repent it not sore 4 If those good creaturs whom PaÌ„tolabê° here spyghtfullye reporteth cleaneth fast vnto their bone we are greatlye ioyfull therof For a more manifest token caÌ„ not be that they are Christes members than that By that inseperable saythe apere they to be his naturall spouse in dede a bone of his bones and a rybbe of his rybbes Now are they by that meanes become his own dere meÌ„bers his misticall fleshe and bodye He that shall now persecute them shall persecute the apple of his eye so dere and preciouse are they vnto him For their faithfull perseuerauÌ„ce make we daylye intercessions with teares from our hartes which are now dispersed or scattred abrode in the regions of Samaria and Iudea for the persecucioÌ„ that is at HierusaleÌ„ With the wiges that the lorde hath graciouslye geueÌ„ vs which are his wordes and examples ded we flye into the wyldernesse so sone as we perseyued that the rode Dragon vometed waters to destroye the saythe which we gatâ— by his worde â–ª ye shall be persecuted saith Christ from cyte to cyte For yf they haue persecuted me they shall also persecute you But as they shall pursue yow in one cyte flee yow alwayes into an other Not onlye was this Christes counsell but he ded it also in effect He fledde into Egypt in his yowthe he declyned from the malice of his enemies and he absented himselfe from the Iewes In that wyldernesse hath he prepared for vs as he ded for Helias to fede vs there for the space of a thousande ii hondred and thre score dayes A mysterye 1 For though they be gone yet is there behinde That are as blynde 2 As the other before Vvhich kepe in store 3 Full close and pryuelye Their cankered heresye 4 Stultorum infinitus est numerus Ecclesâ— 1. ¶ The openinge 1. NArrowlye doth Pantâ—labus loke to his matters now least all wolde away froÌ„ his holye mother to the great detryment of his popishe lyuinge Though frith Lambert Barnes and soche other be gone yet are there he sayeth of the same sort styll remayninge as yll to his generacioÌ„ as they Whose blood he wolde haue his holye mother to drinke so bloodthurstye is the spirituall hart of the manne and zelouse in her quarell He is verye glad that his good graciouse lorde of wynchestre doth sturre so wele aboute him as he doth He turmoyleth in their kynde these newe Gospell readers to cause all Englyshe menne to abhorre Christes testament but vnto the Stewes of LoÌ„don he is a full gentyll benefactor and founder Not onlye doth he leaue them vnrebuked of verye tendre sauer and loue but also full fatherlye he mainteyneth them with y â— lordelye wages of his seruauntes and sumtyme with the delycates of his owne table by the lyberalite of them I thinke this fatherlye beniuâ—lence of his is for some respect that he hath to the common welthe or els to qualyfye the great heates of his hote howsholde which euerye where tosseth lyke termagauntes with the blood of oure lorde the sowle the hart the fleshe the bodye the bones This is the holye Gospell that he maynteyneth Blynde are they called here of Pantolabus which will not folowe these vertuouse rewles to the vpholdynge of their markett in confessyons at lent But the eternall father delyuer his flocke from the abhominable blyndenesse of them 2 Non can ryghtlye se after the blynde opinion of Pantolabus vnlesse they be ledde blyndefelde in the darke by the sprete of his holye mother She must sett vpon their noses y â— spotted specularyes of her olde tradicions and customes or els is yt nothynge worth If they shulde be now without their Latine houres wherwith neuer manne yet was Christenlye edifyed their Christen relygyon were clerelye lost If they shuld not haue their accustomed wainlynges in the temple their processionynges their sensynges their holye water swyngynges with soche other ioyes of olde Troye they wolde thynke that heauen were out of the worlde and hell comen home to their dores This is the syght that Pantolabus requyreth non other wolde he the people to haue least they shulde in a whyle be moche godlyar wyse than he This houglye syght despysed Iohan Wyclef and Iohan Husse This fylthye syght contempned Mariyne Luther Melanchton It was nothynge for the appetyte of Oecolampadius and zwinglius with soche other more And that is the verye cause whye they are regestred here of Pantolabus for heretyques These are they that were blynde afore because they had not that syght of his holye mother And they which cometh after kepeth now yet styl in store the same selfe blyndenesse in his folyshe opinion and therfore he is not contented with them but wolde verye fayne haue them burned for heretyques yf yt myght be 3 Afore grefe is yt to the stomake of Pantolabus that anye shulde be alyue which fauoreth not the Pope This parauenture will be rekened a slaundre but the denyll of lye yt is What other is yt but to preferre a manne whan we magnifye his workes Are anye other thynges called vpon here than matters of Papistrye No verelye Not one poynt is sought here of Christes clere institucion Neyther his holye Supper nor Baptym compassion of y â— poore nor mutuall charyte nor yet the true preachynge of repentaunce by the Gospell of saluacion But here seketh Pantolabus with all
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
so haue lyttle nede of Gods grace 4 Manye a manne they saye shall vttre the thinge which he vnderstandeth not lyke as Pantolabus doth here And as we haue for example of Balaam kynge Saul Cayphas and Pylate whiche prophecyed they knewe not what Dum lucem habetis sayth he credite in lucem vt filii lucis sitis Whyle ye haue the lyght beleue on the lyght that ye maye be the chydren of lyght This hath he borowed of the. xii Chapter of IohaÌ„ to clought vp his matter yet doth he not knowe what it meaneth For yf he ded he wolde not persecute that lyght as he hath done here most spight fully The light that is there mentioned is the lordes eternall worde which Pantolabus with soche other craftye cloyners calleth heresye and wolde haue the people so to esteme it But y â— lyght that he wolde haue theÌ„ to beleue is y â— faythe of his holy mother with y â— olde croked customes of her Papistrye and that is no lyght but darkenesse most dampnable Omnis qui credit in me in tenebris non maneâ— Non that beleueth in me sayth Christ in y â— same selfe Chapter abydeth in that darkenesse meaninge therbye the doctrine of hypocresye or of outwarde obseruâ—cions inuented by meÌ„ne This promised he there to cast out with the prince of this worlde by the mightye aperaunce of his worde whiche shuld iudge those infidels also at the latter daye The cause whye they se not this light nor beholde the misteryes therof is that he hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hartes for their vnbeleues sake least they shuld be saued A mysterye 1 And for this tyme Here endeth my ryme 2 The Genealogye Of stynkynge heresye ¶ The openinge 1. ACcordinge to the head and bodye hath Pantolabus here fashyoned vs out a tayle He hath geuen vs as folyshe a coÌ„clusion as he gaue vs a processe afore And for this ryme he sayth thus endeth his ryme as though he were mynded here after to compyle more fumouse workes As for this it had made no great matter yf it had ended before it beganne for anye witte grace or good lerninge is in it For non other frutes it containeth but the cruell contempt of our Christen bretherne and abhominable peâ—â—â—ertinge of the scripturs I call them Christen bretherne for the porcion that they haue in Christ wherof no worldlye power can depryue them though they maye take from them both bodye goodes and lyfe For god is of no soche malyce as is manne neyther is he displeased alwayes whan manne is displeased But euermore is he mercifull whaÌ„ he is called vpon in faythe He receyued the thefe whan all the worlde had forsaken him and geuen him ouer vnto deathe moche more his faythfull seruauntes which suffreth for his veritees sake The tyme that Pantolabus here speaketh of is full wretchedlye bestowed and that he shall wele knowe as he shall geue the accountes therof As for his tymes what they are we nede not to describe them For they euerye where declare the insipient head and the Idell brayne of their fantasticall author sumtyme to short sumtyme to longe with barbarouse termes and more barbarouse matter â— What his ryme is in qualite quantite and what it contayneth in lengthe and in bredthe he manifesteth here in these .ii. verses folowinge Confessinge them as he shuld do to be his owne propre goodes and he by them to be a stinkinge heretyque in dede For he sayth that his ryme which is a frute of his own propre popyshe faythe witt and stodye is the Genealogye of stynkinge heresye Ergo he must be a stinkiÌ„ge heretyqÌ„ no remedy For the tree in goodnesse is all one with his frute and alwayes the frute declareth it For a ranke Papyst and Antichristes great frynde had we neuer knowne PaÌ„tolabus had not these papysticall Poesyes so vttred and declared him To stinkinge a matter is it to go vndre y â— kynges pryuylege Ad imprimenduÌ„ soluÌ„ to y â— vtter poyseninge of his people the Scripturs so shamefullye torne and their truthe so deuilyshlye peruerted yet is it no mâ—ruele though this heretyque Pantolabus doth vtter soche pestilent poysons consyderinge that a worme of that nest and a locust of that lake canne geue noÌ„ other commodite A mysterye 1 Vvherin I requyre And humblye desyre 2 All menne y vvys That shall rede this 3 Aboue all thinge To praye for our kynge 4 Domine in virtute tua letabitur rex super salutare tuum exultabit vehementer Psal. 20. ¶ The openinge 1. LAst of all now cometh Pantolabus in â— his humble requestes as lowlye as the foxe whan he seketh his praye and as false as the fryre whan he stodieth to deceyue But marke his rhetoricall style how manerlye it passeth here Wherin sayth he I requyre That is to saye in that stinkinge heresye for that goeth inmediatlye afore to praye for the kynge Is not this thinke you full workemanlye handled and lyke a pregnaunt Poete of the Popes pultrye thus to regestre his kynge in the Genealogye of stinkinge heresye as he calleth it And to desyre his subiectes to praye for hiÌ„ in y â— same stiking heresye also Abhominable is that prayer whiche riseth out of so stinkinge a desyre Is not Pantolabus suppose ye a pure handed artyficer and a cleane fyngered gentylmanne that so can polyshe his poesyes yes verelye is he and lyke one of the scole that he cometh from In the mart that he occupyeth shall ye fynde nonother wares All that is there done commeth out of stinkinge heresye yf antichrist their Pope be an heretyque For all that they do in their churche as yet are his dyrtye leauinges not one obseruacion bournisshed with the verite of the lorde If Pantolabus hath no better thinge to bestowe vpon his kynge but a prayer made out of stinkinge heresye it were best for hi to kepe it styll vnto himselfe For he hath no nede of that curse of God for all their blessinges are curses and their prayers synne after Malachias Prophecye 2 Certayne verelye and ywys cometh neuer into owr meters but whan we lacke matter and wytt to fulfyll them as I tolde yow afore ywys master Pantolabus the great grounded poete of the Popes greasye grauell pyttes requireth all menne that shall reade with a good deuocion to Antichrist this Genealogye of stinkige heresye which he hath of an ydle Idyotes brayne compyled to pondre his good zele vnto holye churche to praye for the kynge whan they may wele intende it For it is no gret good deuocion that here moueth him vnto prayer that waye but that he must nedes saye sumwhat though it were but for maner sake Great pyte were it but the manne shuld desyre to haue readers of his worke it is so notable As full is it of good Christen erudicion as a dogges date is full of swete honye How shuld they be stinkinge heretyques styff necked
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