A14461:228
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
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.
Hillarius. Behold the words of a worthy Prince: 1But would to GOD that the Pope and his Popelings did no worse then those Tyrants, and that they would suffer us at the least to be at peace and rest after that we be dead, and that we might dye without paying any thing, sith that our life hath cost us so much. But then that tyranny doth begin a fresh. Are we dead? we must first pay for the burial before we can be buried. The paynims had at y• least common churchyards for to bury in, for y• poor mean people which did cost them nothing. 2But among the Christians, in many places it is not only lawful that the poor dead carcass should be covered with earth, except he do first buy the place and length and breadth of the ground in which he would be buried. And according to the sum thou givest, the place shall be accordingly 3either little or great. If thou wilt pay a great deal it shall be ⟨p. 44⟩lawful for thee to rot by the high Altar. If thou do 4give but a little, thou shalt lye in the rain with the common people. And although men do offer unto them willingly money for the burial, yet they shall run into infamy and shame for taking it, and also their canons and d• cretalls as it appeareth by the ancient Doctors, doc forbid it expressly. But they d•e a great deal worse. For they say that it is their duty and right, and compel them to pay it.
Hillarius. Beholde the woordes of a worthy Prince: 1But woulde to GOD that the Pope and his Popelinges did no worse then those Tyrantes, and that they woulde suffer vs at the least to bee at peace and rest after that wée bée deade, and that wée might dye without paying any thinge, sith that our lyse hath cost vs so much. But then that tyranny doth begin a freshe. Are wée dead? we must first pay for the buriall before we can be buried. The panims had at y least common churchyards for to bury in, for y poore mean people which did cost them nothing.