I Am credible informed by the reporte of my faythful and vnfayned frendes , that there ar nowadayes many rash & vngodly men , which vtterly despice me , & set me at nought . saiynge , that I am not she that I am taken for , & that I am the Popis doughter , and haue dryuen out of the church , the supper of oure Lorde , and haue set vp my selfe , in the stede of it : and that I am the greatest blasphemy , that euer was vnto Christes death and passion , wyth many other spitefull lyes & slanders , wherwyth they woulde kyll me , yf they coulde . But , ye good catholyke and Christen people , knowe well enoughe , what I am and from whence I came ? Ye wote that I came from Christe and hys Apostles , and that I am allowed & approued wyth mo , then an hundreth holy fathers Byshoppes of Rome , and I haue bene more , then these . CCCCC . yeres approued by the hole churche . And because manye newe fangled fellowes , would that I shoulde be remoued oute of the way , that Chrystes supper , ( as they call it ) myghte haue place in the Churche , as an holosmmer thyng and more profytable for mannes soule then I am : I wyll at thys tyme ( compelled by necessytie , ) compare my selfe wyth theyr supper , and proue my selfe more worthy of place in Christes churche , then it is .

The Supper that these fellowes speake af , euen after theyr awne confessyon , is but a memoryall of Chrystes death , of a gyuyng of thankes , for the benefit of mans saluation wherby mans fayth is strengthened , and theyr loue is increased . These are the chefest properties , that these new gospellers doo gyue vnto theyr so greatly commended supper . But harke now what I both do and can do . I deliuer the sely soules that haue bene long pituossly punished in purgatory , from theyr paynes and tormentes . Where fynde you in al the hole Scrypture , that the supper of oure Lorde , can doo so muche ? I can make fayre wether , and rayne : I can heale all Sycknesses , and brynge dampned soules oute of Hell : I can purchasse remyssyon of synnes , by the offerynge vp agayne , of Chrystes body and bloude . I can wyth fyue wordes , make bothe God and man . Whyche thynge , seynge that God can not doo : can not I do more , then God can doo ? Nowe lette these newe fellowes tell , whether the supper of our Lordes , can do so much or no. Yet for all this , yf nede requyre , I saye , that I am the supper of our Lord : and my great frendes , Prophiry my patron doctor of the Canon law , & syr Phillip Philargiry , doctor of diuinite , haue taught me to call my selfe so : yf that my other name , shoulde be at any tyme to odyous . Ite missa est : fare ye wel , tyl the nexte tyme that we mete again .

here ye not , as this woman speketh so blasphemoussly agaynste God and his worde ? Marke ye not , as she preferreth her selfe before the supper of our lord Iesu christ and yet she is the Popis doughter ?

I heare her talke very wel howbeit I perceyue not the haynousnes of the matter , as ye doo : therfore , shew me it playnly & I shall not spare to lay it to her charge .

fyrst when she is but the creature of man , she sayeth , that she can take synne awaye , by the offerynge vp of Christes bodye and bloude : wherein , she maketh her selfe equall wyth our sauyour Christ . And wher as she sayeth that she can make rayn & fayre wether , & heale all maner of dyseases , she makethe her selfe god : Where as she sayeth , that she can make wyth .v. wordes , bothe God and man , she maketh her selfe myghtyer than god for seyng that god is euerlastyng , and hath no begynnynge , he can not make hym selfe then wher as she sayeth , that she maketh God she makethe her selfe myghtier than god . Yf this be not blasphemy , what shall we call blasphemy ?

Syr , these are intollerable blasphemies in dede , therfore , she ●hal not scape wyth them thus , How Gentelwoman tary a lytle , and heare what shall be sayde vnto you . Here master Iustice before al thys worshypful company , in God and the Kynges name I charge you wyth thys woman , that she may be furthcūmyng , to answer vnto such crymes of heresy and blasphemy , as shall be layde vnto her charge .

Wotest thou , the lewed fellow what thou sayest & doest ? wylt thou rayle agaynste the holy & blessed messe , and accuse her of heresy & blasphemy ? lay handes on this felow , for he speaketh against the syxe articles , and agaynst the Sacramente of the altar . I take wytnes of you neyghboures , what thys fellowe sayeth .

Soft syr and be not so hasty , yf that ye put thys man in pryson , and refuse to execute it , that he hathe charged you wyth all saye not but ye be warned ye wyl be throw your selfe . Ye ar begiled master Iustice , the worlde is not now as ye thinke it is . The time of persecuting the professors of the truth ( thankes be vnto God ) beginneth now to weare away , ye haue persecuted long enough already in tyme past , & a lytle to longe . The kynges intent & purpos , is nowe at the beginning of his reygne to purge and clense the churche of al abuses and enormites , & to examine and try with the touch stone of goddes word , all sacrifices & ceremonyes , whych are in the church : whether thei ar agreing wyth the word of God or no : that they that do agre , may be allowed & holden styl , and that thei , that ar disagreing , may be taken away . Then seyng that thys is the Kynges mooste godly purpose , when as ye wyll not suffer men to cite abuses & such thynges , as at thought to be abuses , to come to examination , men may gather playnly , that ye entende to resyst the kinges most godly purpos . Which yf ye doo , ye ar not his frende . Yf the messe , after dew examination be found to be good & godly she shal haue no harme , but yf she be sounde to be of anticstrih & but a fained thyng , to wyn money which , to the ydle prestes tht can not preach : why may not the kingaes hyghnes as well put her down , & dryue her out of the church , as the popes wilines set her vp , and broughte her into the church ? Therfore I wil aduyse you , to leaue of your troblynge of thys honest man , & be contet , to execute his resonable request .

Syr , at your instaunce , I wyll let this man go , & wyl also se , that thys woman shall be furthcūming , to answer vnto such thynges as shal be layde vnto her charge .

Farewel master Iustice .

farewell syr .

Inquere Peter , yf there be any man that hathe any actyon , or matter , to be intreated of thys daye in thys Courte , lette hym brynge it in , and entre it and he shall be hearde .

Yf there be anye , that hath any mater in thys courte , let him entre hys action : for my Lord iudge is redy to heate it .

Here is a woman ( my Lorde ) whyche defendeth open heresy , and commytteth blasphemy agaynste God & his holy word .

What sayest thou woman , is it so , as thys man hathe reported of thee ?

I deny , that I spake any heresy , or commytted any blasphemy in al my life .

Dyddest thou not saye , that thou cameste from Christ and the Apostles : that thou couldest delyuer soules out of purgatory , yea , and dampned soules oute of hel , and couldest purchesse forgiuenes of synnes , wyth the offerynge vp of Christes body and bloude agayn , and that thou couldest do more than Christ can do ? are not these saiynges ful of heresy and blasphemy ?

I graunte I sayd all the saiynges whych ye haue rehersed sauinge the last whych I vtterly deny that I euer said or though in all my lyfe tyme .

I shall proue my Lorde ) er I go hence , by her awn hande wrytyng , that she taketh in hande to doo , that God neuer toke in hande , that is , to make God , whych yf I can shew , I shall proue , that she holdeth , that she can do more then Christ can do .

Then ye deny not , but that ye tayde all the reste , whereof ye are accused .

I sayde them , and wyll say them agayne .

And those saiynges shall I , by the helpe of God proue false , Hereticall and blasphemous .

We desyre you ( my Lorde ) that ye wyll admyt vs to be defenders and aduocates vnto thys innocent woman .

I am well content , defende her as well as ye can .

Euen as it is neyther semynge nor godly that the holy scripture should be called to examination and tryal , whether it be scripture or no , & they that holde that scrypture is no scripture ought streyght wayes to be taken for Heretikes and infideles : so the blessed and holy Messe whyche is as true as the scripture is and came from God , as well as the scripture came , ought not to be suffered to com● vnto any examination or tryal : and a they that doubt or holde agaynst it , ough by and by to be taken for Heretikes and infideles . The blessed messe is such a● hygh and inscrutable mistery , that n● lay man ought to reson or dispute of i● And though ther were any abuse crep● into the Misse ( as no man is hable to proue that there is any at all ) it should belong only vnto the Byshoppes and vnto the clergy , to medle wyth suche matters , and not to suche lay and vnlearned fellowes , as these be . Whych as it dothe appere by theyr apparell haue neyther taken any degre in diuinite , neyther in the Cannon law . Cat● the wyse man sayeth to suche . Mitte archana dei : let the secretes of God alon● And Salomon sayeth : He that is th● sercher of Goddes maiesty , shall be ouerthrowen wyth hys glorye . Therfore it is not lawfull that these fello●uee should mydle wyth any such matters , as the messe is . Moreouer , yf these ●nens accus●tion should be allowed , ther is no suche holy ceremonie in the hole church , whiche shoulde not come into great ieoperdy of destruction sone after . Let al men beware , that they breake not a good ordre . Now is the churche in a ●ight good ordre , which yf it were ones broken , the church should come in great ●eoperdy . Take but one staffe out of a bundel , ar not al the rest loose & ready to ●all out ? the ceremonies of the church , ar knyt in such an ordre , that yf ye take one away , that al the rest shal be in ieoperdy of fallynge into destruction . Furthermore , ye know also that the multitude of thys realme , hath the messe in suche reuerence , and taketh it for such a godly thynge ( as they are bounde to doo no lesse ) yf they shoulde ones perceyue that the Messe shoulde be handeled as a thefe and a robber , that is , yf she shoulde be openlye accused before the face of the Courte , the rude people woulde make an insurrectyon , and so should all thys realme come in great ieoperdy , by the breakyng of the inwarde peace , of oure foren enemies . Therfore it were beste to refuse these mennes accusation , & not to admyt it , but to punysh them for theyr bolde interpryse : But yf ye wyll nedes admyt theyr accusation , by your pacience , my lord , seing that thys is a spiritual mater : it shoulde be hearde before a spiritual iudge : for as aristotel saieth euery man can iudge well in that thyng that he knoweth : then he that knoweth not the matter , can neuer iudge well in it . Wherfore is were beste that eyther ye should ( my Lorde ) reiect these mennes accusation or elles suffer the matter to be deuolued vnto som spiritual iudge

the saiynges alleged oute of Cato and Salomon forbyd not Christen men to searche the secretes of thyr fathers testament and wyll , whych he hath left in wrytyng , that they should knowe but only suche secretes , as god hath not opened in hys holy word and testamente , and are not necessarye for man to know : then these men may reade and searche out al the secretes , that are conteyned in the scripture , & for the vnderstandyng of it , may wyth sobrenes and discretion reson and confer of anye place of scrypture . And yf any thynge be taken for a parte of goddes wyll or commaundement , whych they doubt of , whether it be conteined in theyr fathers wyll or no : why maye not they haue a recourse thyther , to se whither it is conteyned ther , or no ? Yf that onely Preistes shoulde be suffered to come vnto the readyng of our fathers testament , yf they sayde that the Pope were heed of Christes churche , and all our gooddes that are laymen were theyres at theyr pleasure : yf we myght not be suffered , to searche our fathers wyll and testament , whether it were so or no : we shold haue shortly many ranke & rich papistes in thys realme , as we haue all redy a great dele to many . And yf they would haue our wyues and doughters also , and sayd , that it were goddes wyl , that we shoulde let them haue them , yf we myght not searche the testament , whether it were so or no , in what case were we in then ? As for these men , whme ye iudge by theyr apparell to be vnlearned , because they seme not too be doctors of diuinite , and of the Canon law , and therfore not worthy to accuse any abuse , that it may be put away , ye folow very lytle the scripture , whyche ye eyther know or ought to know : Nolite iudicare secundum aspectum . &c. Iudge not accordyng vnto the outwarde apperance , but iudge after ryght iudgement . The one of these men is a master of arte of Cambrige , and the other is a master of arte of Oxforde , and haue in theyr youth studyed diuinite . Muste they nowe be vnlearned , because they ar no preistes ? we shall haue a tryal of theyr learnyng hereafter . And though they were as vnlearned as a man is possyble : no man can hyndre them to accuse them of heresy & blasphemy , whom they heare speakyng playn blasphemy and heresy . Therfore I wil allow their accusation , & iudge as I shall se euydence gyuen . As for that ye feate , that yf the messe should be suffered to be ones accused , that al the ceremonies of the church shoulde sone after decaye and come to nought , it is but a folysh feare . Yf the messe be founde fauty & the ceremonies be founde to be of the same sorte , that the messe is , why should they not be al taken away togyther ? for thei that are ioyned togyther in the myscheous dede , ought not to be separated in the punishmentent . Your thondre boltes of vprotes of the people , whereby ye meane that great bloud should be shede within this realme , yf the messe should be accused of heresy & blasphemy , ar but vain for the kinges most louing subiectes , ar more godly and wyser , then they wyll disturbe the common wealth for the examination of a man or a woman . What say you : yf Baals image were here in Enlande , whiche god commaunded expressedly to be destroyed , and ye knowe certaynly that there shoulde aryse an vprore and the puttyng down of thys Idole : whether were it better to suffre the Idol to stande styll wyth the hygh displeasure and indygnation of God whych threatned subuersion vnto the lande , where Baal were worshypped , or to burne Baal wyth an vprore , and so to auoyde the indignation of God ? I trust to almyghty god , that we shal haue no vprores at all . Where as ye would haue the matter deuolued vnto some spirituall iudge , thynkynge that I am not able to iudge of thys mater , for lacke of knowlege and learnyng in matters of religion , I would not that ye should reken me to be vnlearned in Goddes law , because I am no Bishop : as though only bishoppes and prelates were spirituall men , and none elles . Qui non habet spiritum dei , hic non est eius : He that hath not the spirite of God , he is not hys : But all true Christen men haue the spirite of God , then are al Christen men spiritual men . Then must ye eyther take me for no Christen man , or elles graunt , that I am a spiritual iuge . As for my knowelege in the holy scripture , thoughe many of my predecessors haue bene to theyr greate shame shamefully ignoraunt in the scripture : I would ye should knowe , that I haue bene brought vp in humanitie , Logike , and diuinitie . ●n the vniuersite of Cambryge , tyll I was .xxii. yeres olde , and that sence that tyme , though the common law hath ben my chefe study , I haue diligently read the scriptures from the begynnyng to the ende , wherby , thankes be vnto the Lorde , thus muche knowlege haue I gotten , that I can discerne true religi●n from superstytyon , and knowe my ●hepherdes voyce , from a straungers . Thys saiyng of Dauid : Et nunc reges intelligite , & crudimini iudices terre : Get you vnderstandyng ye kynges and be you learned ye iudges of the earth . This sentence made me reade the scriptures , sence I was a iudge , more hedefully and attentely , then euer I dyd before , Therfore ye shall not nede to haue the matter deuolued vnto an other iudge . Now yf ye haue any thynge agaynste this woman , speake , and ye shal haue audience .

holde ye your opinion styll that ye are ordeyned of allmyghty god , and I pray you in what place of the Bible dyd God order you mastres missa ?

Christ ordined the blessed messe in the .xxvi. of Math. the .xiiii : of Marke the .xxii. of Luke and in the .xi. of the former epistel to the Corinthians , .

there is no mention of the messe in any of these places

What maketh mater , whether the name be ther or no , yf the thing be there . We ought rather to seke for the thynge it selfe alwayes more , then for the name of it .

How do men discerne and knowe thynges , but by theyr names ? then seynge that ther is no mention made of the messe , in these places rehersed , howe shall we knowe that Christe ordeyned the messe there ▪

ye shall knowe , that Christ● ordeyned the Messe by Christes wordes , wherwyth he ordeyned that thynge , that we call the messe .

Reherse the wordes I pray you , wherwyth Christe institued the messe .

these they be : Dominus Iesus in ●a nocte , qua traditus est . etc. The Lorde Iesus in the ntght , that he was betrayed toke breade and after that he had gyuen thankes he brake it and sayd : Take , eate , thys is my bodye whyche is broken for you : doo this in the remembraunce of me . After the same maner , to ●ehe the cup , after the supper was don , and sayd , This cup is the new testament in my bloude , doo ye thys as oft as ye shall drynke , in the remembraunce of me . By these wordes , dyd Christe instytute and ordeyne the Messe .

And wyth the same wordes he instituted the Lordes suppe , then is the Messe and the Lordes supper all one thynge .

They are all one thynge in verye dede , therfore , they that rayle agaynste the blessed Messe , rayll also agaynste the supper of our Lorde .

Yf the Messe and the supper of the Lorde be all one thyng , the ryghtes , the housell , the sacrament of Christes body and bloud , and the supper of the Lorde are al one thynge : then the messe , the housell , the rightes , the sacrament of Christes body and bloude , and the supper of the Lorde , ar all one thyng . Wherof it foloweth , that whosoeuer may celebrate or do any of these : may also celebrate or doo all the rest : But all the lay men in Englande may celebrate the supper of the Lord , and may receiue theyr ryghtes or housell , as well as preistes , therfore they may all celebrate or do messe as well as preistes may . Yf the supper of the Lord or houstyng and the messe be all one thyng : whatsoeuer then belongeth vnto the one , belongethe also vnto the other : and what soeuer is requyred to the celebratynge of the one , is also requyred to the celebratyng of the other : But a shauen croune , a prei●●es goun , an albe , a stole , a vestiment , confiteor , misereatur , collectes , sequences , secretes , canon , memento , eleuation of the sacramente , remembraunce of ●ayntes departed , offering vp of christ for remissyon of synnes , breakynge of breade in .iii , partes : one for them that ar in Purgatory , an other for than that are in heauen , the thyrde for them that are alyue , washynge of a mannes fyngers , myxynge of water and wyne togyther , ar necessarily requyred of him ●hat shall saye messe , then yf it be true that ye say , that the messe and Christes supper , whych the common people cal , theyr housell or ryghtes , are all one ●hyng , then is it requyred , that all men whych shall celebrate the Lordes supper or receyue theyr howsel , must haue shauen crounes , prestes gownes , albes , stoles and vestimentes vpon theyr backes : they must say secretes , and sequences , collectes & canon : they must breake the hooste in .iii. partes , and offer vp of freashe , Christes body for remissyon of synne , wyth all the other superstitions toyes and bables aboue rehersed : But these ar not requyred of hym that shal celebrate the supper of the Lorde , and yet are requyred of him that shall celebrate messe : it foloweth therfore that the supper of Christ and the mess● are not all one . More ouer yf the supper of the Lorde and the messe were al one : when as a lay man maye as wel● receyue the supper of the Lorde for 〈◊〉 preist as a preist can do for a lay man then might a layman as wel say mess● for a preiste , as a preist can do for a la● man . But I do not doubt , but ye think● that to be an inconvenience , and contrar● to your ofte commended order , then ● it not conueniente , that the supper o● Christe and the messe , shoulde be rek●ned all one .

Me thynk that ye spake of late wonderous v● discretly and vnreuerently , and othe● wyse than it becommed a Christen ma● to doo : where as ye called the holy vestimentes whyche the preiste weare● 〈◊〉 the honoure of Christe , who is present at the messe , superstitious toyes and bables , seyng that they were consecrated to holy vses by holy prayers , ●nd by the inuocation of goddes name . When ye go to speake with a great mā●●o ye not wel to put on the best clothes ●hat ye haue ? shall a preiste then doo ●●misse when he putteth on better clo●hes than the common people wereth when he ●ot only speaketh with , but also toucheth ●he king of heauē●ye must not therfore 〈◊〉 rashly dispise the hallowed vestimē●es & other suche lyke outward semely ●eremonies , which serue for a good or●●r .

I perceyue well , when ●●s ye can not answerere to the reso●es , whyche I haue made vnto youre ●llowe , ye would drawe me craftelye ●●te of the matter in to an other newe matter . But leaste I shoulde seme to be vnable to answere vnto youre resones , I saye , the vestymentes for all the Bysshoppes bablynge are no holyer , then Tom● Tynkers taberd is , and the name of God is abused , when it is called vpon , to sanctify thynges that God neuer commaunded to be sanctifyed or hallowed . Christes naturall body is not now honoured with outward garmentes , and he wyl not be honoured otherwise , then he hath commaunded : for he hath gyuen no cōmaundemunte so to be honoured . And as for hys godhede , because it is a spyrite , i● muste be spyrytually worshypped in sprite and in truth , and not in outward vestimentes . Yf ye wyll worshyp Christes bodye , as ye oughte to doo , gyue good newe clothes vnto the naked or to the poore , that haue nede of clothes and then doo ye honour Christe as ye shoulde do . But to returne vnto oure purpose agayne , I axe of you , whether a lay man when he taketh hys rygtes at Easter in loue and charite wyth a christian faith , celebrateth the hole supper or no ?

I graunt that h● celebrateth the hose supper .

but the same celebrateth not the hol●nesse and the supper of the Lorde are not all one .

As a naked man now wythin this houre clothed , dyffereth not in substance from hym selfe because he is clothed : so the messe , dyffereth not from the supper of the Lorde , because it hath decent apparell nowe , semely for such a mystery , whyche perchance it had not in the primatiue church or elles there is no difference at al , betwene the Messe and the supper of our Lorde : for there is in the messe before the consecration , breade and wyne , and after the consecration , the body & bloud of Christ , and these are in the supper of our Lorde , and also in the messe , therfore the messe and the Supper of oure Lorde are al one .

Ye say because there is breade and wyne in the messe before the consecration , and the body and bloude of Christ after the consecration , and these ar both in the sup●er , and also in the messe , therfore , that the supper of the Lorde and the messe are all one . Fyrst ye doo suppose to be true which is playn false , that is wher soeuer breaed and wyne is , & the bodye and bloude of Christe is , that there is Christes supper . At the maryage in the Cane of Galile , was breade and wyne , and the body and bloud of Christ more truly , then they are now in your messe : yet was not Christes supper there . In the Supper also of the Corynthyans , which they eate before the Lordes supper , was breade and wyne , and ( yf it be true , that the sacramentaries hold , that Christes body is in euery place , ) there was Christes body and bloude , but for all that , that supper was not Christes supper , because it was not done in the remembraunce of Christes deathe , but onely to fyll the belly , and not to fede the soule .

thys is not a lyke case , for neyther in the Cane of Galile , neyther in the Corynthyans Supper was , the wordes of consecration sayd and therfore was there no supper of oure Lorde .

Then yf the wo●des of consecration had bene sayd in the Corynthyans supper , thoughe the Corynthyans hadde not intended to haue remembred Chrystes deathe , theyr former supper shoulde haue bene christes supper , and now by your reson , when and where soeuer a preiste sayth the wordes of consecratyon , as ye call them , ouer breade and wyne , there is Chrystes supper , as thoughe in these it . thynges alone to haue breade wyne and certayne wordes sayd ouer the same , shoulde consyste Christes supper : whyche opynion I wyll take in hande to proue false by the autorite of goddes word . Luke in the .xxii. chap. describing the Lordes supper & al such thinges as belonge vnto it , in these wordes : do this in the remembraunce of me , teacheth vs plainly , the one of the chefe pointes that belongeth vnto the lordes supper is to call to remembraunce the passion of christ . And paul in the .xi. chap. of the former epistle to the corinthians writeth of christes supper thus Take ye eat ye this is my body which is broken for you : do this in the remembraunce of me . After the same maner also , he toke the cuppe , when supper was done and sayd : thys cup is the new testament in my bloude , do thys ( as oft as ye shall drinke it ) in the remembraunce of me , for as oft as ye shal eat of thys bread , and drynke of thys cup , ye shall declare the death of the lord vntyl he come . These are the wordes of saynt Paule and the vndoubted scripture : wherevpon I gather , that it belongeth as muche to Christes supper to receyue the breade and wyne in the remembraunce of Christ , and to declare and shew hys death , as it belongethe to reherse these wordes , thys is my bodye , yea and more to : for sainte Paule sayeth , as oft as ye shall eate thys breade and drynke thys cup , ye shall declare and set furth the death of the Lord vntyll he come . He sayeth not . as oft as ye shal eate thys breade and drynke thys cup , ye shall say these wordes ouer the breade and wyne , this is my bodye and thys is my bloude .

Then doth not onely breade and wym and the wordes of consecration sayde by a prest , make the supper of the lord , excepte the remembraunce of Christes death , & the presence of Christes church be annexed also therunto . Then doo I gather this argument , the messe is not done in the remembraunce of Christe , as oft as it is done therfore : the messe is not the supper of the lord . Furthermore , that the messe and the supper of the Lorde , dyffer no more one from an other , then a naked man and a clothed man do : thys argumente shall sufficiently declare . Whose operationes and endes doo differ , and are dyuerse , they are also dyuerse thynges , and dyffer , and can not be all one : But the operations and endes of Christes supper and the messe are dyuerse , and dyffer one from an other : therfore the supper of Christ and the messe do dyffer , and are diuerse thinges , and can not be al one . The operation and ende of the Messe are these to purchasse remission of syn by offerynge vp of Christe agayne to make fayre wether and rayne , to heale sycke horses , meseld swyne , & the french pox , to bryng soules to rest that are in tormente and payne , to delyuer soules out of hel . The messe is sayd and done in the remembraunce and honoure of men . Thys is also an operation at the messe , to purge synnes , and to take them awaye , and to brynge the kyngdome of heauen , by the receyuyng of breade and wyne . The fyrst ende or intent of the messe whereof I made mention , is declared in this secret . Satisfaciat tibi domine etc. We beseche thee Lord tha● the offering vp of thys presente sacrifyce , maye be a satisfaction for the soule of thy seruaunt . It is also declared in this prayer which is sayde at the ende of euery messe . Placeat tibi sancta Trinitas . etc. O holy Trinite , let thys obedyente seruyce of my seruytude please thee , that thys sacrifice which I vnworthy haue offered vnto the eyes of thy maiesty , maye be vnto thee acceptable , and thou hauing pytie , may be propiciable and purcheser of mercy . The same intent is declared in thys secrete whych is conteyned in the messe , whych is sayde on the .xv. Sonday after Trinite sondaye : Concede nobis domine quesumus , ut hec oblatio salutaris , et nostrorum fiat purgatio peccatorum , et tuae propitiatio pietatis . Lorde graunte vs we beseche thee , that thys holsom oblation may be the purgation and clensyng of our synnes . &c. Also in the secrete of saynte Richarde , the intent and ende of the messe is vttered playnly in these wordes . Concede que sumus misericors deus . etc. Graunte vs mercyfull god , that by the intercessyon of saynte Richarde thy confessor and Byshoppe , thys rewarde offered to the eyes of thy maiesty , may both purchase vs grace to lyue well , and get vs euerlasting glori . Also that the purpose and inter of the messe is to saue both the body & the soule : The secret in S. Romanes messe doth euidently testifi in these wordes : Sacrifitium deuotiōis ●ie . we besech the almyghty god , loke mekeky to , and regarde the sacrifice of our deuotion , and of thy benygnite at the intercessyon of thy confessor & byshop Romane graunt thorow thys , health of bothe body and soule . Now by these wordes of the messe here rehersed , it is euident , that the ende and intent of the messe is to make satisfaction for mannes soule , to purches mercy , to purge synne awaye by offerynge vp of sacryfyce , and to obtayne euerlastyng glory . Hath the supper of the Lorde I pray you any such operation , intent , purpose and ende , as these be ? Neuer one Another ende and opetion of the messe , is to make fayre wether & rayne . These titles in the messal : Missa pro serenitate aeris . Missa pro pluuia , doo sufficiently testify . Thys doth also testify the secret of the messe sayde for rayne . O blat is domine placare muneribus . etc. Lorde , be thou swaged by the rewardes offered vp : and gyue vs the helpe of sufficient rayne in dew season . Hath the lordes supper any such operation or intente ? That an other operation and ende of the Messe is to heale sycke horses , meseled swyne , and al other diseases , both of men and beastes , these titles beare sufficiently witnes : Missa ꝓ peste an imaliū : A messe for the mortem or pestiferous syknesses of bestes . Missa Raphaelis archangeli pro omnibus infirmit atibus , A messe or Raphaell the archangel , for all sycknesses . Is Christes supper commaunded to be receyued for any suche purpose ? that the messe is also sayd to delyuer soules out of payne and torment , the messe of , Requiem , in these wordes beareth recorde Pro quorum memoria . etc. Lorde , gyue them euerlastynge rest , for whose memory , the body of Christe is receyued . And in this , Post communionem , after theyr communion . Annue nobis domine per hoc sacrificium quod sumpsimus etc. graunt vs Lord by thys sacrifice , whych we haue receyued that the soules of thy seruauntes may deserue to rece●● forgiuenes of theyr synnes . Wher did Christe ordene that his supper shoulde be taken to delyuer soules oute of tormente ? That an other operation and ende of the messe is to delyuer soules out of hell , thys place red in the messe of , Requiem . doth beaer sufficient wytnes . Hostias & preces tibi domine offerimus . etc. Lorde we offer vp vnto the oblatyons and prayers , receyue thou them Lorde , for those soules , whom we remembre thys daye , make them Lord to passeouer from deathe to lyfe . And in thys prayer : Domine Iesu Christe rex gloriae . etc. is playne mention mayde of delyueraunce from hell , wythoute any figure or trope . Lord Iesu Christ king of glory delyuer the soules of al faythfull dede men frome the hande of Hell and from the depe lake . And in the prayer of Gregories Trentalle thys is the ende of the Messe to delyuer soules oute of the handes of deuelles .