The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

I Thomas Hermite in Larite Saint Francis brother heartily greet, Beseeching you with firm intent ¹To be watchful and diligent For their Lutherans risen of new Our order daily doth pursue These smacks do set their whole intent To read this English' new Testament And saith we have them clean deceived Therefore in haste they must be stopped Our stately hypocrisy they prise And do blaspheme us on this wise Saying that we are heretics And false loud lying Matin tykes Cummerers and quellers of Christs Kirk Such lazy scemlers that will not wirk But idly our living wins Devouring Wolfs into Sheep-skins Hurkland with huids into our neck With Judas mind to Jowcke and Bek Seeking Gods people to devour The overthrowers of Gods glory Professors of hypocrisy. Doctors in Idolatry Fishers with the fiends net The upclosers of heaven gate ⟨p. 27⟩Cancard corrupters of the Creed Hemlock sowers among good seed To throw in brambles that do men twist The high way kennand them from Christ Monsters with the Beasts mark Dogs that never stints to bark Church men that are to Christ unkend A sect that Satan's self has send Lurking in holes like traitor toads Maintainers of Idols and false gods Fantastic fools and frenzy flatterers To turn from the trueth the very teachers For to declare their whole sentence Would much cumber your conscience To say your faith it is so stark Your cord and loosie cote and sark Ye lippin may you bring to salvation And quite excludes Christ his passion I dread this doctrine and it last Shall either gar us work or fast Therefore with speed we must provide And not our profit overslide I schaip my self within short while To curse our Lady in Argyle And there some crafty wise to work Till that we builded have one Kirk Since miracles made by your advice The kitterells thought they had but lice.

I Thomas Hermite in Larite Saint Francis brother heartily greete, Beseeching you with firme intent ¹To be watchfull and diligent For thir Lutherans rissen of new Our ordour dayly doth pursew These smacks do set their whole intent To read this Engls' new Testament And sayth we have them cleane desceivd Therefore in haste they must be stopped Our stately hypocrisie they pryse And do blaspheme us on this wise Saying that we are heretiks And false loud lying Matin tykes Cummerers and quellers of Christs Kyrk Such lasie scemlers that will not wirk But idlely our living winnes Devouring Wolfs into Sheepe-skinnes Hurkland with huids into our neck With Judas minde to Jowcke and Bek Seeking Gods people to devore The overthrowers of Gods glore Professors of hypocrisie. Doctors in Idolatrie Fishears with the feynds nette The upclosers of heaven gate