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The testament of master William Tracie esquire, expounded bothThe testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier, expounded both
The testament of master William Tracie esquire, expounded both by William Tyndale and Iho[n] Frith. Wherein thou shalt perceive with what charity y[e] chancellor of Worcester burned when he toke up the deek carcass and made ashes of hit after hit was buriedThe testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier, expounded both by Willism Tindall and Iho[n] Frith. Wherin thou shalt perceyue with what charitie y[e] chaunceler of Worcester burned whan he toke vp the deek carkas and made asshes of hit after hit was buried
Antwerp : H. Peetersen van Middelburch?, M.D.xxxv. 1535
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Solomon saith in the .xxx. of his Proverbs / iij. […] ⟨image 10⟩insatiable and the fourth s••th never / It is enough. But there is a fifth called d•••e avarice / with as greedy a […] / as melting a maw / as wide a throat / as gaping a mouth / and with as •••ening teeth as the best / which the more she eateth the hungrier she is. An unquiet evil never at rest / a blind monster and a surmising beest / fearing at the fall of every leafe. Quid non mortalia p•ciora cogis / auri sacra fames? What doth not that holy hunger compel them that love this world inordinately / to commit? might that devils belly be once full / trueth should have audience / and words he construed a right / and taken in the same sense as they be meant.
Salomon saith in the .xxx. of his Prouer•es / iij. 〈…〉 ⟨image 10⟩insatiable and the fourth s••th neuer / It is ynough. But there is a fyft called d•••e auarice / with as greadye a 〈…〉 / as meltynge a mawe / as wyde a throte / as gapynge a mouth / and with as •••ening teeth as the best / which the moare she eateth the hōgryer she is. An vnquiet euyll neuer at rest / a blynde monstre and a surmysynge beest / fearynge at the fall of euery leafe. Quid non mortalia p•ciora cogis / auri sacra fames? What doth not that holy honger compell them that loue this worlde inordinatly / to committe? myght that deuyls belye be once full / trueth shuld haue audience / and woordes he construed a right / and taken in the same sence as they be ment.