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A book made by a certain great clerk, against the new idol, and old…A boke made by a certayne great clerke, agaynst the newe idole, and olde…
A book made by a certain great clerk, against the new idol, and old devil which of late time, in Misnia should have ben canonised for a saint.A boke made by a certayne great clerke, agaynst the newe idole, and olde deuyll whiche of late tyme, in Misnia shulde haue ben canonysed for a saynt.
London : Imprinted by me Robert Wyer dwelling in saint Martins parish, besides charring Cross, 1534London : Imprynted by me Robert Wyer dwellynge in saynt Martyns parysshe, besydes charynge Crosse, 1534
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The time shall come ye who soever doth kill you, shall ween that he doth honour and ⟨image 7⟩service unto god. Forsooth this their noise should have more worthy of silence / and pope Adrian with those which do so busily promote and set forward the canonisation of Benno, 1ought, (& not without great cause) to be heartily ashamed, if there were but even one little spark of wisdom left in them, for that they have not ben affrayed to put in writing all those holy manners and examples of Benno, and to rehearse them in the bull, & openly to publish them unto the hole world, ye is to wit, how he did join him self to Gregory the. 2vii. and toke part with him against Henry the .vii. Emperor / and did excommunicate the Marchion of Misnia and the Emperor also with him / and than afterwards did run like ⟨image 7⟩a false traitor unto the Pope / I would have said went in pilgrimage to fulfil his vow. O how worthy and seemly a deed was this for a knight? For he ought of right to be called not only by the name of an holy bishop: but also of an holy knight, & he were worthy to be digged up with golden mattocks and spades, that he might be all together of read gold. I will not here rehearse nor bring forth the histories, which do effectually show or declare, how holly the Gregory the .vii. did demean him self towards Henry the .viii. 3doubtless full like a traitor and a false deceiver, if a man do mark well the fashion of him. For he doth provoke the son against the father, & deposeth him from the Imperial dignity, ⟨image 8⟩and suffered him at the last to dye excommunicate: and all only for cause of worldly riches, honour and tyranny / unto such manner Pope did Benno convey him self (as the bull doth report & make boast of him) & such a pope as this, he confirmed and maintained in his perversity & wickedness. Neither was there so much wit in that holy man as to perceive ye the pope did wickedly and wrongfully, which did stir up the son against the father, to whom god had commanded obedience and honour to be given. But he is so desperately blind, that he doth join him self unto the pope, & doth maintain & defend his part, and together with him doth excommunicate the Emperor and the Marchion: