The second tome of homilies of such matters as were promised, and entitled in…The second tome of homilees of such matters as were promised, and intituled in…

And where other gluttons and drunkards take to much of such meats and drinks as are served to tables, rebels waste and consume in short space all corn in barns, fields, or else where, whole garners, whole storehouses, whole cellars, devour whole flocks of sheep, whole droves of oxen and kine. And as rebels that are married, leaving their own wives at home, do most ungraciously: so much more do unmarried men worse then any stallions or horses, being now by rebellion set at liberty from correction of laws which bridled them before, which abuse by force other mens wives, and daughters, and ravish virgins, and maidens, most shamefully, abominably and damnably. Thus all since by all names that since may be named, and by all means that all since may be committed and wrought, do all wholly upon heaps follow rebellion, and are to be found ⟨p. 578⟩altogether amongst rebels. Now whereas pestilence, famine & war, are by the holy scriptures declared to be the greatest worldly plagues and miseries that lightly can be, it is evident, ¹that all the miseries that all these plagues have in them, do wholly altogether follow rebellion, wherein as all their miseries be, so is there much more mischief then in them all. For it is known that in the resorting of great companies of men together, which in rebellion happeneth both upon the part of true subjects, and of the rebels, by their close lying together, and corruption of the air and place where they do lye, with ordure and much filth, in the hot weather: and by unwholesome lodging, and lying often upon the ground, specially in cold and wet wethers in Winter, by their unwholesome diet, and feeding at all times, and often by famine and lack of meat and drink in due time, and again by taking to much at other times: It is well known I say, that aswell plagues and pestilences, as all other kinds of sickness and maladies by these means grow upon and amongst men, whereby mo men are consumed at the length, then are by dint of sword suddenly slain in the field. So that not only pestilences, but also all other sickness, diseases, and maladies, do follow rebellion, which are much more horrible then plagues, pestilences, and diseases sent directly from god, as hereafter shall appear more plainly.

And where other gluttons and drunkardes take to muche of suche meates and drynkes as are serued to tables, rebelles waste and consume in short space al corne in barnes, feeldes, orels wher, whole garners, whole storehouses, whole cellers, deuour whole flockes of sheepe, whole droues of oxen and kyne. And as rebels that are maryed, leauyng their owne wyues at home, do moste vngratiously: so much more do vnmaryed men worse then any stallandes or horsses, beyng now by rebellion set at libertie from correction of lawes whiche brydeled them before, whiche abuse by force other mens wyues, and daughters, and rauishe virgins, and maydens, moste shamefully, abhominably and damnably. Thus all synnes by all names that synnes may be named, and by all meanes that all synnes maye be committted and wrought, do all wholly vppon heapes folowe rebellion, and are to be founde