A14136:191
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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What get they in their 1spiritual law (as they call it) in a year / at the arches and in every dioceses? what get the Commissaries and officials with their sumners and apparitors by bawdery in a year?2 Shall ye not find curates enow which to flatter the con messaries and officials with all that they may goo quite them selves shall open unto ⟨image 78⟩them the confessions of the richest of their parishes. Whom they cite privily and lay to their charges secretly. If they desire to know their accusers / nay say they / the matter is known well enough and to more then ye are ware of. 3Come lay youre hā de on the book / if ye forswear your self / we shall bring proves / we will handle you / we will make an ensample of you. Oh hoe terrible are they? Come and swear (say they) that ye will be obedient unto our injunctions And by that craft wring they their purses and make them drop as long as there is a penny in them. In three or four years shall they in those offices get enough to pay for a bishops bulls. What other thing are these in a realm save horseleeches and even very maggots cankers and caterpillars / which devour no more but all that is green and those wolves which Paul prophesied should come and should not spare the flock Acts. xx. chapter. And which Christ said should come in lambs skins and bade us beware of them and judge them by their works.
What gete they in their 1spirituall law (as they call it) in a yere / at the arches ād in every dioses? what gete the Commissaries and officials with their somners and apparetars by bawdery in a yere?2 Shall ye not fynde curates ynowe which to flatter the cō messaries and officials with all that they maye goo quite them selves shall open vnto ⟨image 78⟩them the cōfessiōs of the richest of theyr pareshes. Whom they cite prively and laye to their charges secretly. Yf they desyre to knowe their accusers / naye saye they / the mater is knowen well ynough and to moare then ye are ware of.