A14136:339
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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When a thing speedeth not well / we 1borrow speech and say / the Bishop hath blessed it / because that nothing speedeth well that they meddle with all.2 If the podech be burned to or the meat over roasted / we say / the bishop hath put his foot in the pot or the bishop hath plaid the coke / because the bishops burn who they lust and whosoever displeaseth them. He is a pontifical fellow / that is / proud and stately. He is popish / that is / superstitious & faithless. It is a pastime for a prelate ⟨image 131⟩It is a pleasure for a pope. He would be free and yet will not have his heed shaven. He would that no man should smite him & yet hath not the popes mark. And of him y• is betrayed and wotteth not how / we say / he hath been at shrift▪ she is master parsons sisters daughter▪ he is the bishops sisters▪ son / he hath a cardinal to his uncle / she is a spiritual whore / it is the gentle woman of the parsonage / he gave me a Ryrieleyson. And of her that answereth her husband vj. words for one we say / she is a sister of the charter house / as who should say / she thinketh that she is not bound to keep silence / their silence shall be a satisfaction for her. And of him that will not be saved by Christs merits / but by the works of his own imagination we say it is a holy work man. Thus borrow we and feign new speech in every tongue. All fables prophesies and riddles are allegories as Ysopus fables and Merlin's prophesies and the interpretation of them are the literal sense.
When a thinge speadeth not well / we 1borowe speach and saye / the Byshope hath blessed it / because that nothinge speadeth well that they medyll with all.2 Yf the podech be burned to or the meate over rosted / we saye / the bysshope hath put his fote in the potte or the bysshope hath playd the coke / because the bysshopes burn who they lust and whosoever displeaseth them. He is a pontificall fellow / that is / prowd and statly. He is popish / that is / supersticious & faythlesse. It is a pastime for a prelate