¶The Prologue unto the book.¶The Prologe vnto the boke.

¶The Prologue unto the book.

¶The Prologe vnto the boke.

For as much as our holy prelates and our ghostly religious / which ought to defend Gods word / speak evil of it and do all the shame they can to it / and rail on it and bear their captives in hand that it causeth insurrection and teacheth the people to disobey their heeds and governors / and moveth them to rise against their princes and to make all common and to make havoc of other mens goods. Therefore have I made this little treatise that followeth containing all¹ obedience that is of God In which (who so ever readeth it) shall easily perceive / not the contrary only and that they lye: but also the very cause of such blasphemy and what stirreth them so furiously to rage and to belie the trueth.

FOr as moch as oure holy prelates and oure gostly religious / which ought to defende Gods worde / speake evyll of it and doo all ye shame they can to it / and rayle on it and bere their captives in honde yt it causeth insurrection and teacheth the people to disobeye their heedes and governers / and moveth them to ryse agenst their princes and to make all comen and to make havoke of other mēs goodes. Therfore have I made this litle treatyse that folweth contayninge all¹ obedience that is of God In which (who so ever readeth it) shall easely perceave / not ye cōtrary only and that they lye: but also the very cause of soch blasphemy and what stereth them so furiously to rage and to belye the trueth.

1. 1The obedience of monks and friars is not here. For they are not of God But of there own fanningThe obedience of monkes and freres is not here. For they ar not of God But of there awne fanynge