A14136:182
The Obedience of a Christian Man
The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christ[n] rulers ought to govern, where in also (if thou mark diligently) thou shalt find eyes to perceive the crafty conveyance of all jugglers.The obedie[n]ce of a Christen man and how Christe[n] rulers ought to governe, where in also (if thou marke diligently) thou shalt fynde eyes to perceave the crafty conveyance of all iugglers.
At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the second day of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528At Marlborow in the lande of Hesse i.e. Antwerp : the seconde daye of October. Anno. M.CCCCC.xxviii, by me Hans luft i.e. J. Hoochstraten, 1528
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If they be of mine anointed and bear my mark disgresse them / I would say disgraduate them & (after the example of noble Antiochus ij. Mach. vij.) pare the crowns & the fingers of them and torment them craftily & for very pain make them deny the trueth.1 But now say our Bishops / because the trueth is come to far abroad and the lay people begin to smell our wiles / it is best to oppress them with craft secretly and tame them in prison: Ye lat us find the means to have them in the kings prison and ⟨p. lxxiiij⟩to make treason of such doctrine: Ye we must stir up some war one where or another to bring the people in to another imagination. If they be gentle men abjure them secretly.
Yf they be of mine annoīted and beare my marke disgresse thē / I wold saye disgraduate thē & (after ye exāple of noble Antiochus ij. Mach. vij.) pare ye crounes & the fingers of thē ād tormēte thē craftily & for very payne make them denye the trueth.1 But now saye oure Bisshopes / because the trueth is come to ferre abroade and the laye people begynne to smell oure wiles / it is best to oppresse them with craft secretly and tame them in prison: Yee lat vs fynde the meanes to have them in the kynges prison ād ⟨p. lxxiiij⟩to make treason of soch doctrine: Yee we must stere vp some warre one where or a nother to bringe the people in to a nother imaginacion. Yf they be gentyll men abiure them secretly.
- 1Burn themBurne them
Curse them .iiij. times in they year.1