An answere to a papystycall exhortacyon pretendynge to auoyde false doctryne, vnder that colour to maynteyne the same.

EVerye pylde pedlar Wyll be a medlar Though ther wyttes be drowsye And ther lernynge lowsye Ther meters all mangye Rashe , rurall , and grangye Yet wyll they forwarde halte As menne mased in malte These vyle cannell rakers Are now becumme makers Ther poems out they dashe With all ther swyber swashe Ther darnell and ther chaffe Ther swylle and swynyshe draffe Soche pype soche melodye Soche bagge soche beggerye . Of pylde popyshe facyons They strowe exhortacions The people to infecte . With the sedes of ther secte Pretendynge to dyffyne Agaynst the false doctryne But soche dyrtye geare Ded menne neuer heare . They teache nat in meter With Paule Iohan and Peter The worlde to edyfye With goddes worde christenlye But scripturs they depraue As madde men that do raue They daunce with the deuyll To magnysye ther euyll They drysle forth a dramme As he that to Christ camme To trappe hym in a snare Forsoth it is fonde ware Let christen menne take hede Vnto ther wycked sede For they seke for to blynde The syllye symple mynde ,

The papystes tytle . An exhortacyon to auoyde false doctryne . The papyste . My mynde can not perfughtelye endyre Neyther my penne can trewlye wryte As my hart doth desyre . The cause onlye is for lacke of syght In lernynge that is so perfyght and bryght Wherfore pardon of good men I requyred The chrystiane . Your penne and your mynde Are both of one kynde And fyt for soche an hart As owle in the nyght Without gostly syght Ye playe a knauyshe part . Attendite a falsie prophetis qui venisitad vos . Math. 7. Of soche wolues beware As laye forth a snare Of outwarde holynes . Queritis interficere hominem q veritatem locuius . Ioh● . 8. For they do nat elles But playe the rebelles Agaynst goddes ryghteousnes . The papyste . If any man els be greued with thys Let them take it euen as it is And I praye God them to amende I thynke with charyte them to tell As I fynde written in the gospell To the lawe of God we shuld attends . The chrystiane . Lyke a braynyshe dolte Ye shote forth your bolte As bolde as bayarde blynde ye loue the gospell As the deuyll of hell Here after we shall it fynde Attendite popule meus legem meam . Psal. 77 Attende to goddes lawe And to hys worde drawe All you that faythfull be Cauete a fermento Phariseorsi quid est hipo . Luc. 12. The leuen eschewe Of pharisees vntrewe Yf ye loue the veryte . The papyste Some of late with them selues perswaded Out of the shalowe so fayre they waded That they felt no grounde . They had thought vs to haue blynded And of the trewth vs to haue wynded But now ther deceytes be founde . The chrystiane . If people be yll They shall be so styll For ought that ye brynge here Your doctryne is chaffe Your ryme dyrtye draffe It is vnsauerye gere . Linguis suis do lose agebant , iudica illos . Rom. 3. The language of lyes A false harlot tryes To seke a wycked praye . Sicut nouacula acutafecisti dolum . Psa. 51. With colours to carpe As a rasour sharpe To wype goddes treuth awaye . The papyste . Let no manne be so styffe necked To thinke him self so hyghly in lerning decked Standynge in hys owne conceyte . For yf thou or he be in the wronge Thou nor he can not be so stronge But the deuyll for the hath a beyte . The chrystiane . Stande you where ye lyst Ye are a papyst In lernynge verye basse To cum for refuge To soche a pylde iuge Is for to seke an asse . Si lumen quod in te est tenebre sint . Math 6. Your myndes are so darke Ye seke but the barke And therin ye remayne . Velamen positum est super cor eorum . 2. cor. 3. Ye holde fast the letter And wyll haue no better The spyryt ye do dysdayne . The papyste Ther were heretykes that neuer wolde cease But from vs to take vnyte and peace So amonge vs they dyd fyght . In ther blyndenes so farre gone they were That of God they had no dought or fere . All to destruccion was ther delyght . The chrystiane . Is ther one alyue Which canne ye depryue Of that ye neuer hadde ▪ Of stryfe and debate Sedicion and hate Your kynde was euer gladde . Contritio & infelicitas in vijs eorum . Psal. 9. Ye labour and speake To destroye and breake The vyneyarde of the lorde Vinea domini exercituum domus Israel est . Esa. 5. Of the losse therof Ye make a but a scof As Esaye doth recorde . The papyste . Christ wylleth vs to take good hede Of these seducers for we had nede To●e the scripture and se. From ther folowers let vs refrayne For small charyte in them remayne As semeth vnto me . The chrystiane . Your self is the sede Of deceytfull wede As your frutes doth report For lesse charyte In men can not be Than in your popyshe sort . Nemo vos seducatinan ibus verbis . Eph. 5. The false craftye spyes Come in with ther lyes All men of them beware Venit hora , vt omnis qui interficit vos . Ioh. 16. They haue not ther fylle Tyll they slee and kylle No innocentes they spare . The papyste . And a man agaynst them wryte or speke Some ther be wyll hym cruelly intrete I maruele they are so bolde Ther was a thynge made of late Some had indignacion therate And openly beganne to scolde . The chrystiane . Whan we fynde ye bolde In your poperye olde Therof we do ye telle Your poetes we touche For shakynge ther pouche And shewe wherof they smelle . Imitantur illum , qui sunt ex parte illius . Sap. 2. They folowe the deuyll Which seke to do euyll And are vpon hys syde . Vos expatre diabolo estis , & opera . Ioha 8. The proude papystes all With the prestes of ball Do take hym for ther gyde . The papyste . But trewly it shall not a whyt sliylle Let them bable euen ther fylle It is so hote it maye not abyde . For an heretyke wyll they defende By the kynges lawes iustly condempne And saye a christen man he dyed . The chrystiane . Who are more bablars And frautycke fablars Than pratlynge papystes be ? We knowe none heretykes Nor trayterous scysmatykes But your affinite . Nunquid potest homoignē abscondere in sinue The bosome hath fyre Prou. 6. Of fleshly desyre Where spirituall fathers be ▪ Masculi relicto naturali vsu femine exarserunt . Rom. 1. With conscience aduste They burne in ther luste And worke moche vanyte . The papyste . Some be afrayed hys confession to shew openly In prynte the● wyll nat haue it verely The cause ones knowne . To hys part them selues somwhat bent Now they fere they shall be shent Soche gostlye sedes had they sowne . The chrystiane . Ye geue dyrte for flynte The thynge is in prynte That ye gruge at so sore It is nat vnknowne What sedes ye haue sowne In thys realme here tofore . Quod timetimpius , veniet supereum , Pro. 10. That the wycked dought Shall lyght on ther snought Ther churche must haue a fall . Omnis plantatio quam non plantauit pate● ▪ Math. 15 What God hath not sowne Nor the gospell knowne Shall be turned ouer all . The papyste . Wo be to them that fayne so outwarde And be so pestylent enuyous inwarde To a graue maye I lyke them in dede . That is without set full of goodly stones Within full of stynkynge rotten bones Loke the gospell and tede . The christiane . Lyke these , ratte , and mouse The poore wydowes house Your bellyes doth deuoure Ye sucke vppe the fatte For straynynge a gnatte In your vsurped poure . Ve vobis , quia similes estis sepulcris de albatis . Mat. 23. Who are the whyght graues But soche romyshe knaues And paynted hypocrytes . Audite verbum domini principes sodomorum , Esa. 1. As vnder pretence Of chaste contynence Do playe the sodomytes . The papyste . They that be full of iniquyte Shall neuer com in christes companye Except they do amende . God commaundeth those people to walke That agaynst men maliciouslye do talke And with peace do contende . The chrystiane . If Christe do refuse All soche as abuse The glorye of hys name Ye chaplaynes of ball Must nedes haue a fall And come to vtter shame Discedite a me omnes q operamini iniquitatem . Math. 7 Ye lobbryshe lurkars And ydle workars Hence fro me , sayth the lorde Frustra me colunt docentes doctrinas . Marc. 7. Your owne wayes ye vse And my lawes refuse Lyke as your frutes recorde . The papyste . Some heretylico of late as I thynke Wer lothe that ther flesh shuld stynke Aboue the erthe or within They loked euer and hoped for a daye But they were brent all thre by the waye And taken in ther owne gynne . The christiane . Attraytours ye wynke Natfelynge ther stynke So many as hath bene For a daye they wrought Whan ye no lesse thought Ye maye knowe what I mene . In insidijs suis capiuntur inique ▪ &c ▪ Pro. 10. In your popyshe maske The grande captayne aske Was trapped in hys turne Durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitra ▪ act. 9. Ye maye se by thys What daunger it is Agaynst goddes ▪ trewth to spurne The papyste . To speke of good workes it were a shame They loued not to heare of that name But sola fides and none other Ther tonges ranne so moche vpon fayth But ther hartes were farre thens as Crist sayth Ther lyppes and hartes were farre a sonder The chrystiane . They neuer denyed Soche workes as fayth tryed But your apyshe fantasyes Your tunges and your hartes Paye neyther good partes In your lattyn memoryes . Populus hic labijs me honorat cor eorum , Exe. 33. Your labour of lyppes Is so drye as chyppes God doth it nat esteme . Vostransgredimini mandatum dei propter Math. 15 Ye leaue goddes precepte To haue your owne kepte Wherin ye do blaspheme . The papyste . Yf thou wylt take the byble boke And vpon saynt Iames pystle loke Ther you shall I trowe se How fayth is ther trewly applyed And good workes with hym tyed Se how they do agre . The chrystiane . Paule only of fayth Of workes saynt Iames sayth God doth vs iustifye Before God fayth thanne And workes before manne Concludeth thys controuersye . Fides sine operibus mortua est , Iaco. ●2 . The workes that you make Trew fayth do nat wake For why they are but chaffe . Nolite margaritas ponere ante porcos , Math. 7 Goddes worde doth diffyne That ye are but swyne Yefede in s●oylle and draffe . The papyste . Yf thou wylt a faythfull christen man be Loke thou haue fayth , hope , and charyte And do thou good for yll Let thy mouthe & thy hart be without enuye That pleaseth God & the kyng let it please the And hys mynde fulfyll . The chrystiane . All one are those thre And neuer dysgre Wher fayth is roted fast Our lorde God and kynge Ye haue wayed nothynge In your olde practyse past . Pro. 24 Time dominum filimi , & regem My sonne of all thynge Feare God and thy kynge Thus Salomon doth saye . Achitophel contra Dauid consilium dedit ▪ 2. re. 17. With achitophell Ye papystes rebell And all your kynges betraye . The papyste . To speke of holy breade and holy water I intende not to medle with that mater But leaue it as it is Let vs one for an other praye With good hope as longe as we maye That we maye com to heuyns blys The chrystiane . Olde hooles do nat cloute Least ye be spyed oute But tarrye yet a tyme Heuyn wyll nat be gote With your psalmes by note Yt is to hygh to clyme . Tu domine singulariter in speconstituistime , Psal. 4. All they hope in vayne That styll do remayne In the dregges op popyshe lawes . Sapientia huius mundi stultitia est apud deum ● . cor. 3. Lyue they neuer so longe Ther fryndes here amonge They shall dye verye dawes . The papyste . To praye for them that thys worlde hath past I thynke surelye we maye not be agast Loke the scripture of I lye . Rede the Machabees softlye thorow oute And ye shall fynde it no doute Yf you your dylygencs do applye . The chrystiane . Where Christ set no waye . For dead men to praye It canne not them auayle That the Machabees tell Shall be no gospell Where other scripturs fayle . Salubris est cogitatio pro defunctis exorate . 2. ma. ●2 To make any mone For soules that are gone It is vnfaythfulnes Iustorum anime in manu dei sunt . ●api . 3. For they fele no rodde In the handes of godde But peace and quyetnes . The papyste . I wryte not thys intendynge to preche Neyther takynge vpon me any man to teche My lernynge is not mete But because vnder holy pretente We shuld not hyde these heretykes offence But treade it vnder our fete . The christiane . Ye vtter soche trashe And pylde haberdashe As laye longe in your mynde But loke ye styll hyde All treason and pryde Of your olde popyshe kynde . Noui● dominus viam iustorum , & iter impiorum . Psal. 1. All wayes of the iuste The lorde hath discuste The prestes dwell in ther dreames Dereliquerunt fontem aque viue , & foderunt . Hie. 2. In ther donge they lye Lyke boores in a stye For mudde they leaue the streames . The papiste . They that thynke that barnes was holy In ther braynes ther is great foly Iuge other men what they canne Surely he was by hym self alone To contende with hym duest not one He was so proper a manne . The christiane . As Paule doth recorde We are of the lorde To hym we stande or fall Take hede least ye swerue For he doth reserue Ryght iugement for ye all Abhominantur imp● eos , qui in recta via sunt . Eccl. ●● Ye wycked papystes In your drowsye mystes Abhorre the symple sort Quid nam est hoc ? quae doctrina hec noua Marc. 1● Ye do not regarde Goddes worde to be harde But geue it yll report . The papyste . But yf the deuyll were here and brent Some wolde hym pyteously lament In ther hartes they be so kynde Hys confession shuld be kept as treasure And with some beleued aboue measure They are now so blynde . The christiane . If they take hys part That scripture peruart Stande you amonge hys fryndes . A dyrtye beleue To the blynde ye geue To recreate ther myndes Non est in ore eorum veritas , cor eorum van●● . Psal. 5. Your fayth is so weake No treuth can ye speake But hate all godly wayes O pastor & idolum derelinquens gregem . Zach. 11 Ye robbe christes flocke And geue them a mocke In all your iuglynge playes . The papyste , All yll thoughtes in our hartes let vs eschue And lyke trew subiectes to our prince contynue We shall fynde it ease . To hys pleasure let vs inclyne And not agaynst hys actes to repyne So God we shall please . The chrystiane . The false foxe that gawde Doth compas some frawde By hys false statterynge toyes Dyslemblars vntrewe Many prynces rewe Amonge these worldly Ioyes In cogitatione tua regi non detraha● Eccl. 10. Who doth a kynge hate ? But papystes that prate Agaynst all godlynes Sacerdotes beliscum suis concubinis in posturā . Dani. 14 Bellys dyrtye dyuynes With ther concubynes Hath wrought all fylthynes . The papyste . Ther is not in the worlde so wyde Set thys lyttle lande asyde That hath so noble and gentle a kynge . Wherfore let vs all in one praye Euen to God both nyght and daye That longe maye he ouer vo be ●aygnynge . The chrystiane . God saue christen kynges From your practisynges For myschef ye intende Erom haters of treuth Good seldom enseuth Our prynce the lorde defende Beatate ▪ ra , cuius rex nobilis est . Eccl. 10. Happy is that soyle Wher christen men toyle Vnder a faythfull kynge Irritum fecistis pactum leui , propter quod ▪ Mal. 2. Where prestys do remayne And scripture dysdayne It is an heuy thynge . Finis .