WHEREAS yf I had nowe sett furthe ( according as in my laste translacion I promysed ) to the vewe and sight of all men , the manie and sundrie misdemeanour and enormities , wherwith I can and may most iustlie accuse and charge yowe : Yf I had ( I saye ) therewith sett furthe your names , then I neaded not to dowbte , but that your owne doinges , had fullie enforced anie true meaning or indifferent man , to marvaile at your more then shamefull outerage , to dowbte your doctrine , to mystruste your teachinges , and at the leangth ( not without a iuste cause ) to followe the perfecte fayth of Christe his Catholyke churche . But , notwithstanding that I dyd vnderstande and see , thys waye to be bothe sure and readie , to rase out from mens hartes the horrible bloattes , and infection of heresyes , which in thys our vnhappie tyme , to the confusion of manye , raygneth with furie and rage througheout the Realme and countreys of England : ( For , what can sooner deface vntrue doctrine , then the detecting of the teachers tyrannous intent , peruerse purposse , most lewde lyfe , and more then past impudent an arrogancie ? ) * * Foxe his martyrs were suche fylthie lyuers : as one of theyr nowe preachers was moued to say this of theim : that onles they recanted their synne at the very stake , he was sure they were in hell . Yet , because the factes of some of yowe , be so dishonest , so detestable , and so to be hated , as yf your names were noted in deede , and that they people dyd once perceaue yt : ynoughe were yt to drive yowe ( yf you be subiecte to any shamefastenes ) in desperacion all lewdelye to leade and end the remnaunte of your wreached most woefull lyfes . for thys cause , I wyll omytte at thys tyme your names . I will not muche speake of your priuate deedes and offences .

Onelye in this briefe treatyse will I trauayle ( lyke a freind ) to pulle yowe out of the clammye claye : wherein your feete be founde of so long a tyme thus fast . I will indevour with gentle doinges to deliuer yowe from thys poreblinde disease , which so dreadefullye dothe cumber yowe . And I will trye , whether anye of yowe recanting from his cursed doctrine , will in tyme wyselie beware the euerlasting shame , which otherwise yow must of necessitie sustayne , to your vtter and most woorthye defacing foreuer . For , in case I perceaue yow styll to stand in your selfe will wanton newe fonde faythe and waye : I shall be then forced ( for some further admonicion vnto the people ) to sett furthe your names , your habitacions , the faultes and haynous crimes , wherewyth I wyll but all truelye accuse yowe , and also the tyme , the place , and the personnes , which shall make for the manifest testimoniall and proofe of the trothe : which thing ( I am sure ) yowe wolde be right sorye to see in printe , and so published to your perpetuall deserued reproache . But , there be of yowe peraduenture , which do litle thinke , that I can be pryevie to anye poincte of your peruerse lyfe and behaviour : or at the leaste doe suppose yt impossible , that I should haue the full vnderstanding of all your vnbrydeled beastlynes and follye . In deede , althoughe that muche of your illaudable lyfe must needes be vnto mee vnknowen : Yeat , so muche thereof I am pryevie vnto , as ( truste vnto yt ) ys hable to move and bring anye honest harted man , to abhorre and myslyke all your licencious , lewde , and ouerstreached learning . And yf you wyll knowe , howe I cam vnto the knowlaige thereof : yt was by theym of your owne syde , of your owne sectes , counsaill , and profession , it was they which wroughte you this woe , vtterered you outerage , declared your counsailles , and betrayde the whole effecte of your vngodlye tryckes and noughtynes . Now then , yf that vnto me ( whoe sholde knowe least the fruicte of your long laboured for licencious libertie ) suche and so muche of your disordered dealinges is made manifest and detected : how thinke you of others ? how muche knoweth other men ? what say you vnto those which dwell in the other parties of Englande ? do not they likewyse perceaue the vnlaufull lyuing of your brethern there ? yeas no dowbte . For whether you goe or ryde , trauaill or reast , what companie soeuer you keepe , you shall here nothing but of the noughtynes of these newe Ministers . All folkes will straight fall to complayne on the ryotte , ambicion , auarice , and meere cruell desyre of Ministers . so that yf you whiche be Ministers woulde trauayll by lande or by sea , your selves sholde surelie here your owne synfull trespasses all trulye tolde and vttered . For , whereas sometimes men trauayling accustomed by telling of hystories and tales , to auoyde the wearinesse of theyr long wayes and iourney : in these dayes they haue none other newes , nor anye other historie , then the telling of the madde touches of Ministers , in so muche , that whether he be a childe , a yong man , of middle age , or aged : he is sure able to saye , that this Minister , or that Minister , hathe commytted thys vyle deede , or that , and one michiefeous facte , or an other . Moue further to anye man the misfortune and calamitye of this present age , wherein , if wee confesse the trothe , we doe rather lynger then lyue , expresse the imperfection of men , complaine vpon the wante of vnitie and peace , sett furthe the fayle and decaye of charitie , honest loue , and true freindship , tell the vntrothe , vnfaythefulnes , and vncharitable shiftes now vsed , yea , bewraye the whole woe of thys wreached and vnfortunate tyme : And then yf you inquire for the cause of all suche our vncompfortable estate , yt wil be aunswered , that this wrye wicked and false religion hathe fettered vs in the myddest of all these miseries , that these here & there newe folyshe professed opinions haue imprisoned vs in suche sundrie puddells of painefull distresse , and that the newe fatched from Geneua faith hath mingled our quiete estate & safetie , with these sought out sectes of warre , rebellion , schismes , sedicion , and disobedience . Ys such therefore ( o preachers ) the credyte , which you haue purchased ? and is suche the shamefull lowse lyfe , whiche your preaching vnperfecte maintayneth ? Yea , yea , suche is the holynes of all your whole professed protestancie , and suche is the shame , which of necessytie must ensue and followe you for the same . This your fayned religion is not yet full seauen yeares of age , and for all that , see what a defourmed babe alreadie it is , beholde what wickednes yt committeh , and marke what detestable doinges yt practyzeth . yt perswadeth the people against theyr Prince , the youthe against their parentes , seruantes against their superiours and maisters , one realme against an other , and whole Chrystendome against Christe . But in thys , our made Ministers can reioyce and triumphe , tearming yt most vngodlye , to be the Ghospell : whereas in deede , there neaded no better argument to proue yt to be , as yt ys , high mynded pestiferous pleasante heresye : then the readynes of selfewill youthe , and delicate vnpainefull personnes to runne so rashelie to imbrace yt : for from labour vnto luste , from prayer vnto contempte and pryde , and from fasting vnto lowse libertie and feasting , wee see the peruerse nature of man to be ouer prone and reade . I remember the talke ( as it is written ) betwene Socrates the famous philosophier and Theodota the bewtiefull queane , she tolde hym that she was able at anye tyme to allure vnto her al his schollers & studentes in philosophie : affirming , that Socrates colde not wythe all his learning , perswade anie one of her companions and louers vnto hym . It is truthe , sayd Socrates , & no meruail , seing thowe doest drawe theym in a downe hyll pathe into pleasure : and I compell theym to clyme vnto vertue , wherevnto the waye and clyming is highe and full of difficultie in likewise what wonder is it , yf manie a thowsande doe nowe thicke and threefolde , fall from vertue the teaching of the Catholyke churche , into vice the verye whyrlepoole of the protestacion of heretykes ? The Apostle of Chryste S. Pieter , 2. Pet. 2. dyd hym selfe long sythence , in most playne woordes expresse the same , saing : Superba enim vanitatis loquentes ▪ pelliciunt in desideriis carnis luxuriae , eos qui paululum effugiunt , qui in errore conuersantur : libertatem illis promittentes , cùm ipsi serui sint corruptionis , &c. that ys to say , For when they haue spoken the swelling wordes of vanitie , they beguyle throughe wantonnes , throughe the lustes of the fleashe , theym whiche were cleane eskaped : but now are wrapped in errours , they promyse theym libertie , and are theym selfes the bonde seruantes of corrupcion , &c. So nowe in these later dayes , when yowe ( which vsurpe preaching ) haue prated and sett furthe your owne foolish and ( as God doth knowe ) inconstante fancies : them yowe prouoke and allure others into the selfe same pitte of deathe and damnacion : this draweth a nomber of doting olde heades , & yong boyes to be of their damnable doctrine . offering theym the like fruicion of the luste of the filthie fleashe . And promysing vnto Priestes , Moonkes , and manye others , whoe sometimes lyued in sinceritie & godlines , an open gate into all vngodlie desire and vanitie : and that in suche wyse , as what poore Prieste soeuer dothe at this tyme lyue within the lurche of your iniunctions and tyrannie , the same ys not compted honest zelous , nor earnest in faythe , onles he be clogged with a queane , to carie him all headlong into hell . So that the poore man , which lyued of a long time in chastitie and perfection , is nowe compelled to compasse the loue of some light damosell , to leade with her a loytering detestable lyfe , and so to byd farewell vnto all his former faythe , promyse , and fidelitie . Wherefore , may wee not most iustlie with Seneca saye ? Vincit sanctos dira libido . Vengible or cruell luste ouercommeth the holye men . Forther , may wee not adiudge by this oure tyme , the sayng of Marcus Antoninus Emperour of the Romaines , to be all ryghtlie spoken for truthe ? whoe alleaged it ouer harde for anye man , hauing immoderate libertie , to rule the brydell and rayne of his raging appetites and lustes . But here some of yowe will saye , Why ? and were not manie of the Priest yuell in the olde tyme ? Admytte ( yf anie to your knowelaige were ) some so to be , and yet , that shall make nothing to mayntayne your noughtines . For in those dayes to punishe suche lewde lyuers as yowe , there were streight and laudable lawes established , as the bookes thereof , yf you wolde impudentlie denye yt , can yet testifie . So that feare then forced fowle lyfe to flye into corners , and to forsake the face of the streates and howses : but nowe puritie of lyuing is cleane putte awaye , chastitie is shaken in sunder , the lawes to punish leacherie is layde vnder foote , vertue is coumpted but a varlat , incontinencie is creapte vp and mayntayned in maried Moonkes , Priestes , and Ministers howses . Also then the spiritualtie were spirituall and shamefast , now they be laye men and shameles . Then they were learned and laudablie instructed in liberall sciences , nowe they are rude vnlearned , and for the most parte but poore labourers of handie craftes . Then they were deuoute and diuines , but nowe they haue neyther deuocion nor diuinitie . Yowe your selfes ( o Ministers ) doe knowe , that the most parte of youe be onlie throughe meere pouertie thus compelled to putt your selfes so rashelie in these disordered orders , & youe which haue consumed and riotouselie wasted your welthe and goodes , are nowe glad to professe a peruerse doctrine , thereby to drawe into some abilitie for to wade with the worlde agayne . Yf that in anie paryshe ( a pietiefull thing to heare ) there was any pastthrifte and rashe mate which colde but reade , such an vnrulie runneagate is nowe , not onlye , in the churche a reader , but also ( which thing passeth all impudencie ) a preacher and a pulpitte possessor in the holye howse of God . ( I meane in the howse which once was holye , and rightlie reuerenced throughe out the Realme of England , but nowe defaced , and against all godlynes prophaned . ) I knowe my selfe suche as , hauing forsaken theyr handieworke and former trade of lyuing , haue afterwardes laboured to reade , that then they might be Ministers , & readers . I know theym who , hauing some skyll in reading , haue rashelie forsaken their maisters seruices , & so that haue not onelye sought thus vnorderlie for orders , but also which haue obtayned the same . I know theym who , ( being delyuered out of the Bushoppes pryson , and whose handes , before the temporall Iudge , of the yron and fyre haue sufficientlye fealte . ) haue notwithstanding strayght passed into the next Diocesse , and there desyryng orders , were furthe with there charged with the cure & charge of soules .

Agayne , yf you marke the yong sorte of newe made Ministers , you shall fynde in theym suche follye and pryde , suche wilfullnes and wantonnes , that woefull yt is to heare yt . they be in theyr attyre and apparaill so rooffed , welted , iagged and stytched , as meeter to be ministrels then of the ministery . These doe no sooner attayne this one newe onelye order , but then busylie seeke they for some bassing gyrle to make vpp theyr newe godlynes : Mete yong men , for suche amadde faythe . they labour so hardelie to gett theym a huswife , as be she good or bad , vertous or a varlat : they passe not , this is the ende of theyr studie , this is it which they seeke , and this is theyr summum bonum , theyr chiefe felicitie . Seeke further , what your grauest fathers and newe named Bushoppes haue bene , these newe Bushoppes were the basyste sorte of the whole cleargie . and you shall fynde , that they were the inferiour sorte of the whole cleargie , that they were for theyr learning meater to be compared with the laitie , then with the learned : that they were the most wantonne lyuers ( as by theyr light , vnaduised , and vnluckie made maraiges appeareth ) amongest the spiritualtie : that they were those , for whom the whose cleargie were accused of incontinencie , that they were but the riff raffe amongest the religious : that they were but truantes in comparison of the true Catholyke teachers : that they were the verye worste of all those which professed Priestehoode & sanctitie , and that they were but the verye Dregges of the Diuines and Doctors of our dayes . Beholde of them some , who hauing lyued this long tyme without anie matching in mariage , doe nowe in theyr olde age fall to suche follye and doting , as theyr meere madde doinges must well declare , what kinde of fayth they seeke to maintayne , and also what maner of lyfe they heretofore haue leadde . theyr graue fathers be drowned in dotage & dead lye synne . These be not of theyr simple sortes , for they be of theyr Bushopes , and they be of theyr newe godlie , deuoute , and ( as the Protestantes can call theym ) most graue fathers . But is it grauitie for a Bushop with a graye bearde in his extreme age to waxe wantonne , and to wade in loue with a light mayde of his hoaste his kytchynne , with whom he hathe made suche hast to marye ? I shall not neede to trouble your with hys name , for the cyttie and countrey doe well knowe yt . Yet , yf anye farre dweller hereof doe dowbte , let hym truste , that it is as true : as that BATHE and WELLES be within one Bushopryke . Such wantonnesse in the yowth is wicked : but in such olde men , yt ys more then detestable . Is it grauitie agayne for a man in yeares more than fowrscore , a man being a Preacher , and once aswell as the best a mocke Bushoppe , after the buryeng of his late bedfellowe & wyfe , to fall to lasciuire of freshe , to seeke a yong woman to woe , and to marye one who for her yeares , were meter to be hys niece or mayde , then wyfe and mate ? And is it also grauitie , for one taken to be the profoundest clearke of theyr companye , who lead hys lyfe hethervnto in studie , and ( as some doe thinke ) in chastitie , nowe hauing throughe heresie heaped together great store of welthe in a Bushopryke , to be as busye in wantonnes as the best , to gett hym a yong dame to stande at his studie doore , and so in the myddest of his newe godlynes to marye ? Is this a signe that they seeke for the Kingdome of God ? dothe thys proue that they pray , fast , mourne , and lament for theyr offences ? shall wee gather by this , that they be deuoute , holye , chaste , sighing , and sorowyng for theyre fynnes ? No , no , for yf they dyd perfectlye eyther praye or faste , He is counted to be none of theyr saythe , which will vse oftentymes to faste . theyr myndes shold not be vpon suche lasciuous madnes , and yf they dyd playe the parte of true Apostles , they colde not be lead so soone , by suche pestiferous mocions , from godlynes . For wantonne Venus passeth not for the companie of mourners , she flyethe from the headdes which faste and praye , and she putteth no affiaunce in suche , who by weeping , sorrowe and heauynes of mynde , doe make so litle of the lustes of the fleashe as the true Catholykes doe . But on the other parte , concerning the fathers of this late framed faythe , yf yowe will aske what they do , then beleue the wordes of the Apostle , who of suche , saythe thus : They counte it pleasure to lyue deliciouselye for a season , 2. Piet. 2. spottes they are and fylthynes lyuing at pleasure , and in disceaueable wayes , feastyng with yowe , hauing eyes full of aduoutrie and that can not cease to synne , beguyling vnstable soules . &c. Iudge thowe then , whether our Ministers be not they in deede , whom S. Pieter in these woordes dothe plainelye paynte out and blame . All theyr intent ys , to wallowe in the fylthye lustes of the fleashe . marke ( as he tearmeth yt ) the fylthynes and lyuing at pleasure of our preachers , vnderstande ( as by experience thowe mayste ) whether though he be neuer so olde , and readie to be receaued into hys graue , that yet he wolde greadelye goe into the worlde agayne , a whyle to lyue with his loue and mate in most wantonne waye . Suche is the perfection , that springeth from thys vnperfecte faythe , which theyr owne fancies , and none ells , hath nowe made and deuysed . I wold learne of them , and namelie of hym , whose laste maraige I made mencion of , what shold nowe moue hym to marye ? seing he draweth nere to fyftie yeares of age , and hathe euer vntill this tyme without a wyfe lyued ( as men doe thinke ) well inoughe : yet his late doinges doe declare some dowbte in the matter . I doe vrge hym the more in this , for that his owne freindes haue founde faulte with hym for the same . Lett hym therefor tell , what dyd rather moue hym nowe , than at other tymes heretofore , to fancie and make sute for a minion and sweete harte ? Is it proper to his protestancie , or belonging to his Bushopryke ? he will say , nay . what then ? It was the spirite that moued hym . O spightefull spirite , cursed , detestable , and a most daungerous enemye vnto the best parte and porcion of man . This spirite is he , which the Poêtes named Cupido , and yowe the Englishe Ministers will neades make it the spirite of God : but tell the people , of what God ? of the God ( as the Poëtes fayne ) of fylthie luste , loue , and lothesome leacherie . of whome Seneca sayth thus : Deum esse amorem , turpiter vitio sauent , Finxit libido , quoque liberior foret , Titulum furori numinis falsi addidit . Which hath this sence : A God lewde loue to be , men fylthlye fauoure vice , Uyle lust dyd faygne & that , he might men more intice Unto hys rage a title her , of false God dyd deuise .

With thys spirite an other of theyr captaynes was so chased , as no other remedie remayned , but neades he muste in the myddest of his new mysterie be maryed : of whom I had LEVER leaue further to speake , then to trouble the reader with to manie of theyr rashe made maraiges . But ys yt not more then maruayll ( all theyr follye consydered ) with what face these men dare professe anye perfection at all ? may not therfore their impudencie in pulpittes be wondered at ? which promyseth the people healthe and saluation , yf they flye from the Catholykes , and followe theym . Ah las , where shall they followe you but to the fyerye lake of hell ? and where will you bring them but to the bottomeles pytte of dreadeful darkenes ? these men wold haue vs to defye our forefathers , not to leade theyr lyfes , nor to walke in theyr vertue and godlynes : not ceasing in theyr prating sermones most vngodlye and vnnaturallye to saye , our fathers be in hell , our fathers be in hell . Here I can not suffer , but must neade saye , O you beastes vnnatural , Who can write to vehement against suche varlates ? why will you to your power deface our holye forefathers , who dyed in the faythe and true religion of Christ his Churche ? why will you so peruerselye pronounce thys shameles sentence against so manie thowsandes of good men , of Christian vertous and godlye Kinges ? of whome we may surelye with the Prophete saye : In te sperauerunt patres nostri : sperauerunt , & liberasti eos . Ad te clamauerunt , Psal. 21. & salui facti sunt : in te sperauerunt , & non sunt confusi . That ys , In thee haue our fathers trusted : in thee haue they hoped , and thowe hast delyuered them . Vnto the haue they cryede , and they are made safe : in the they haue trusted , and are not confounded . I reade , that noble Solon one of the. vij . wyse men of Grece , being on a tyme demaunded : why he had not established lawes , to punishe those which had beaten theyr fathers . Because ( saythe he ) I adiudged not anye suche to be , You may hereby see , howe that Solon thought yt impossible , that anye should be so pastgrace as hys father to beate or in anye wyse to greve .

But our newe noughtie false preachers will not sticke so to storme against theyr fathers : We are vnnatural children , yf we forsake not the companie of suche enemyes to our forefathers . as from heaven ( yf they colde ) to hale theym downe , into the darke resteles doungeon of hel . I trowe , yf Solon were nowe lyving , he wolde surelye ordayne lawes , to punishe suche lewde vnnaturall personnes . For is it not more then vnnatural and lewde , to alleage that their forefathers and oures , that the Sainctes , Martyres , and all holye men be holden in tormentes in hell ? whiche thyng they be eyther dryven to affirme : or els to deface the chiefest poinctes of their new bastardlie paynted fayth . For it is against theyr fancied faythe to mayntayne , that anie man dyeng in the belefe of the Catholyke churche ( as all our forefathers haue done ) can obtayne heaven , or anye saluacion of soule . Wherefore ( o Protestante ) if anie pietie be planted in thy breast , thow wilte bewayle the miserie of so many , as these monstrous Ministers be rulers ouer , yf anye grace and mercy may move thee , thowe wilte all hartelie lament the loasse and danger , which the people of Christe be in , And also if there be but one iote of anye gentlenes or iustice in thyne harte , thowe wilte haue some indifferencie to deale withe and to iudge these thinges . Playe therefore nowe the worthie parte of Pericles the noble and valiaunte Captayne of the Athenienses , vse here his iustice , and with hym saye , Oportet me amicis accommodare , sed vsque ad aras . say thow , I must incline vnto my frendes , the Protestantes , saving my conscience . Let nowe thy conscience cause in the some consideracion of honestie , and then no dowbte the pleasante pestiferous doctrine of heresye must needes displease thee : whiche doctrine the elder that yt ys , the more rotten and fylthie fruicte yt bearethe . Yt ys a doctrine by the dyvel devised to snare and delude the corrupte companie of youthe and others , who willingelie wold walke in the over-large , wicked , & pleasaunte way of theyr most poysoned appetites . For as Sathan sometymes on the highe mountayne and hyll toppe , dyd assaye to tempte our Sauiour Christe : saing , ( after that he had shewed hym the whole dominion of the worlde ) Haec omnia tibi dabo , si cadens adoraueris me , &c. that is , All these things will I give the , if thow wilte falle downe and worshipp me , &c. So now in this valey or dale of miserie , he mischievouselye with the lyke intycementes compasseth , also to tempte the Christians , saing : The pompe of the world , the freedome of the fleashe , riches , power , welthe , wyves , Bushopprykes , deanries , beneficies , and authoritie : al these thinges wil I give you , if you imbrace and sett furthe my faythe , fancie , and commaundementes : and yf you wil be my disciples , fall downe and worshippe mee . Well , a great companie of good Cathokes have forsaken al these baytes , Bushopprykes , benefices , welthe and wyves , and they have sayd with our Sauiour Christ , Abi Sathana , auoyde Sathan . But a fewe peruerse Englishe preachers , they wyll praye him to make that offer agayn , and then more heede shall they give vnto his woordes & promyse . They can say , Mane Sathana , tarye a while Sathan . Let vs heare more of thy mynde , and what thow woldest fayne have vs to fullfyl : so that at the leangth , with the sweete singing of Sirênes , they be soone drawen to performe the worke and desyre of the dyvel . O wicked man & Minister : see what a foolishe marquete thow haste made , thow hast loaste by thys bargayne ( without great repentance ) the best substance that thow hadst : And if thow wilt beleve the very wordes of Christe , so that they may haue the companie of their queanes : hell is as fytte for them , as heauen . then shalte thow sure finde yt to be so . he sayth , Quid enim profuerit , &c. that ys , For what shall yt profyte a man , yf he sholde wynne all the whole worlde , and lowse hys owne soule ? Nowe , what hast thowe gayned by this giwe gawe welth and pleasure of the worlde , if after a daye or twoe , thow must for euer in hel remayne with weeping and gnashing of teathe , where thy worme dyeth not , nor the fyre at anye tyme goethe out ? And therfore , thow which lyest in the horrible lake of heresie , turne vnto God , and forsake thyne offences ▪ I wishe vnto them , as vnto my selfe . let vs goe boldelye vnto the seate of grace , that wee may receaue mercie , and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of neade . Thys is the malice nowe , ( Ministers ) that I owe you : that I wold wishe you , to putt awaye your iniquities , and crave pardon at the handes of God , for this your swarving from the true fayth , that your soules may lyve , and that wee may then together enioye the gladsome light , and eternall reaste in heauen : ells , you shal herein earthe sustayne most worthye infamye and shame for your offences , and in hell a iuste plague and punishement for the same .

Here haue I passed ouer briefelye some piece of your peruerse practize and behauiour , & that the more to make you myndefull of your vngodly estate and degree , wherin I haue yeat vsed such modestie , as willinglye I named not one of you . but now this cometh last into my mynde , that manye of you beholding this booke , will bragginglie saye : If that he cold name vs , he wolde . hereat I staye , and doe somewhat dowbte , whether it were best to begynne of newe or not , and of freashe to sett furthe your names , fylthie factes and dwellinges . Well , you shall see that I can doe it , and yeat will not : hoping that when you haue forsaken this your fonde fayth , you may leade a godlie lyfe agayne . But to preuent your bragg , you dryue me to vtter the doinges of one or twoe for example sake : whose proper names notwithstandyng I will ( according vnto my promysse ) omitte . There is one nowe a preacher , who , being maried , and his wyfe then in the towne fyue or six myles westwarde from London , was taken neuertheles by a gentle man , with an other mans wyfe , and so brought before the iustice , who bounde hym to appeare before M. Grindall , they leaue theym vnpunished : least yt sholde els deface their doctrine . at whose handes he receaued none other punishment , than to be banished out of his diocesse . This perfect Preacher now dwelleth foure myles from Windsor : where he hathe gotten for his excellent vertue a vicarage . There is an other , who ( according vnto the saing of Theodorus the Atheman ) receaued diuinitie in his right hande : but which delyuereth it vnto the people againe with the leafte . I can not well leaue out his name , & yet I am lothe to name hym . But , Chrsman is sent to preache this newe Ghospell into the countrey / where he is not knowen , which is a shifte now commonly vsed . inquire for the Archedeacon of West mynster , learne the cause of his departure thence , aske with what fauour the lawes went forwarde , when he eskaped the carte , which he had deserued , for ventring lyke a Hardye man so farre with Venus . Thus , being lothe further towade with your faultes , onles I be by you pricked and compelled : I wishe vnto yowe suche harte , as may hate all haynous pleasaunte heresies , vnto the people suche perfection and pure iudgementes , as maye contemne your vngodlie shameles sermones : wherein yow compasse most craftelie to kyll & slea theyr soules , And I wishe finallie vnto vs all , perfecte vnitie , charitie , and true loue , that at the leangth wee maye like breathren lyue in the euerlasting ioye which neuer shall ende . Amen .