O England, England, what a sore buffet hath God now given thee: Partly, by restoring that bloodsucking bishop the Romish Antichrist to his former usurped authority in that goodly realm, contrary to God's word, contrary to thine own laws, and contrary unto all your oaths, faith and fidelity, to thy perpetual shame so long as the world shall endure: And partly, by taking away from thee such notable Instruments, by whose mouths thou hast abundantly herd ⟨image 8⟩God speak unto thee, and most lovingly showed thee how thou mightest be saved, and in stead of them in his heavy displeasure now suffereth thy shameless shepherds out of all pulpits to feed the with too shameful lies? And why? Doubtless most worthily. Because, (as S. Paul sayeth) thou receivedst not the love of the truth (when thou mightest have had it) that thou mightest have ben saved:1 and therefore God shall send thee strong delusion, that thou shouldest believe lies. But take heed. For prate they never so monstrous lies, glorious Gardener and butcherlyke Boner with other of that ruffling route of Romish rutters, shall set such a glistering gloss upon them, and with such counterfeited colours set them forth & paint them, that thou shalt think them to be most certain & Evangelical truths, and shalt be brought into such dotage and so be bewitched, that thou shalt think, that cheese is chalk, and chalk cheese. Sweet is sour, and sour sweet, good is evil,2 and evil good, and consequently, that truth is lies, & lies ⟨image 8⟩are truths. And yet to say the truth it is marvel, that other the Pope, the Queen, the Nobility and commons of England, or any other body else where, should or can credit or believe such weathercocks & double-faced dreamers of mischief as Gardener and Boner are. Whose writings against the wicked and usurped authority of their loving father now the Romish bishop, and the unlawful marriage of the Queens mother with king Henry the eight (for so they called them both than) shall to both their perpetual shames remain, when they are both gone to the devil, except they earnestly repent in time, and ratify again that, that they truly wrote than.
O Englande, Englande, what a sore buffet hath God now gyuē thee: Partlye, by restorynge that bloudsuckyng byshop the Romyshe Antichrist to hys former vsurped authoritie in that goodly realme, contrarye to Goddes worde, contrarye to thyne owne lawes, and cōtrary vnto al your othes, faith and fydelitie, to thy perpetual shame so longe as the worlde shal endure: And partly, by takynge awaye from thee suche notable Instrumentes, by whose mouthes thou hast abūdantly herd ⟨image 8⟩God speake vnto thee, and moste louyngly shewed thee how thou mightest be saued, and in steade of them in hys heauy displeasure nowe suffreth thy shamelesse shepherdes out of al pulpettes to fede the wyth too shameful lyes? And why? Doutlesse moste worthely. Because, (as S. Paule sayeth) thou receauedst not the loue of the truthe (when thou myghtest haue hadde it) that thou myghtest haue ben saued:1 and therfore God shal sende thee stronge delusiō, that thou shuldest beleue lyes. But take hede. For prate they neuer so monstrouse lyes, glorious Gardener and butcherlyke Boner with other of that ruflynge route of Romyshe rutters, shall set suche a glysterynge glose vpon them, and with suche counterfeted coloures set thē forth & paynt them, that thou shalte thynke them to be moste certaine & Euangelicall truthes, and shalte be brought into suche dotage and so be bewitched, that thou shalt thynke, that chese is chalke, and chalk chese. Swete is sowre, and sowre swete, good is euel,2 and euel good, and consequently, that truth is lyes, & lyes ⟨image 8⟩are truthes. And yet to say the truth it is maruel, that other the Pope, the Quene, the Nobilitie and commons of Englande, or any other bodye els where, shulde or can credite or beleue suche wethercockes & dubblefaced dreamers of myschefe as Gardener and Boner are. Whose wrytynges agaynst the wycked and vsurped authoritie of theyr louynge father nowe the Romyshe byshop, and the vnlawfull mariage of the Quenes mother with kinge Henry the eyght (for so they called them both than) shall to both theyr perpetuall shames remayne, whan they are bothe gone to the deuel, excepte they earnestly repent in tyme, and ratifie agayne that, that they truely wrote than.
- 12. Tess. 2.
- 2Esa. 5.
