[The plucking down of the romish church] This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A73088 of text S5295 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 21307a.1). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A73088 STC 21307a.1 ESTC S5295 39960778 ocm 39960778 150429 2240914618

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A73088) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 150429) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1951:5) [The plucking down of the romish church] 1 sheet ([1] p.). by John Awdeley, dwelling in litle Brittaine streete wythout Aldersgate, Imprinted at London : 1566. Title supplied by STC (2nd ed.). Imperfect: top half sheet lacking; worn, stained and torn. Best copy available for photographing. Reproduction of original in: Harvard University. Library. eng Ballads, English -- 16th century. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. eebo [The plucking down of the romish church] [no entry] 1566 1 531 7 0 0 0 4 0 885.12 F The rate of 885.12 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-05 Sampled and proofread 2009-05 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
● church is that 〈◊〉 stone 〈◊〉 al filth and stinch doth smel very strong . The Angel therefore cryeth to old and yong , Saying : come away from her my people spedely , Least ye be partakers of the beastes iniquity . For this is euen she , whych with her fornication , Hath made almost all princes commit adultery , And eke hath made them dronke with her superstition Wherby she hath got vp to great authority . The blood of gods saints , she dranke plentifully . Therfore as vengeance to you she hath shewed , Double to her againe let the same be repayed . Pul down her shop of wares , wherbi she hath got Al the treasures on earth , and ruled the same , Both Emperours & Kings this beast spared not , But placed and displaced , as pleased thys Dame . Therfore shal God now descry her whole shame , And eke pul down her shop of marchandise , With al her marchants , which therby did rise . Wherfore O ye Marchants of the Romish Babell , Weepe , howle , and wyle , for neare is your fall , The blood of Gods saintes for vengeance crieth fel And God now in wrath on you poure it shall . Come away form her therfore Gods people all , Least ye be partakers of her plagues and euyll And so in fire & brimston be burnt with the deuyl . Emprors & Kings with many a great kingdom● . Entend to destroy vs , and haue no remorce . Behold here our shop which enriched our purse , How it to ruine begynneth to fall . For the top thei haue broken , & down thei wil haue all . Our pardons & relickes which was our beginning Is nought now regarded , and found all but lyes , Our masses & dirgies which kept vs aloft raining Are now not beleued , but al folke them despise . The Lutherans at these did first enterprise , And at them so pulled , that the top they haue broken Of our hie steple , which the same doth betoken And now the Hugonites , with the Beggers together , With al force they may are pulling at the rest , Which is our authority , and punishment seuere , And eke our stout ruling from East vnto West . Thus al these three at our church before prest , To shew their great power in pulling it down Which out out alas , wyll be done to to soone . Wherfore O romish Babilon , we now the bemone And also our own selues which liued by thee . Now wringing our hands , we wepe , sigh & grone For this our destruction which draweth so nye . ●n nations now playnly our falshood do spy , And our great cruelty they do so detest , That til we be destroyed they wil not be at rest

Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley / dwelling in litle ●●●taine streete wythout 〈◊〉 . The .xvii. of August . 1566