The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 14 of 30
Bale, John · published 1562 · first performed or written 1538 [revised c.1547 and 1562] (Annals) moral T31 Popes, cardinals and the crown typicality 0.68 · 478 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T31: cardinal, pope, king, lord, majesty, holy, rome, france, church, lords.
The articles are these, give ear and take good heed First they shall believe, in our holy father Pope next in his decrees, and holy decretals. Then holy church, with fencer, cross and cope In the Ceremonies, and blessed Sacramentals In purgatory then, in pardons and intrentals In praying to saints, and in saint Frances hood In our lady of Grace, and in the blessed rood They shall believe also, in relyckes and religion In our ladies psalter, in free-will and good works In the ember days, and in the pope's remission In bedes and in bells, not used of the turkes In the golden Masses, against such spirits as lurks With charms and blessings. This creed will bring in money In english therefore, we will it clerkly convey. Yea, and burn the knaves, that will not believe the crede That into the ditch, the blind the blind may lead. Then I hold it best, that we always condemn The Bible readers, lest they your acts contempue. Yea, never spare them, but evermore play the bytar Expressing always, the tropes and types of thy mitre Why, what dost thou think, my mitre to signify. The mouth of a wolf, and that shall I prove by & by If thou stoop downward, lo, see how the wolf doth ga●e Ready to devour the lambs, least any escape But thy woluyshnes, by three crowns will I hide Making the apope & a captain of all pride That when thou dost slay, such as thy laws contemn Thou mayst say, not I, but the powers did them condemn The cables betoken, the laws of se non & cannon I trow thou wouldest say, the. two. laws civil & Canon As I spoke I thought, & still think by saint Iohan Yea, persecute still the instructors of the people And thou covetousness, let no bell ring in steeple Without a profit. tush, take money every where So nigh clyppe and shave, that thou leave never a here I caused the Pope, to take but now of late Of the grey friars, to have a canonyzate Franciscus de pola, three thousand ducats and more And as much besides/ he had not long afore For a cardinal hat, of the same holy order Thus draw we to us, great goods from every border Pope Clement the seventh paid once for his papacy Three hundred thousand, good ducats of lawful money I marvel how he could come to so much good. Yes, yes, by pollage, and by shedding Christian blood. Crosers and Mytars, in Rome are good merchandyce And allto little, to maintain their pomp and vice The pope for whoredom, hath in Rome and Uiterbye Of gold and silver, a wonderful substance yearly Tush they be in England that much rather would to dwell Whores in their dioceses, than the readers of Christ's Gospel.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 998–1049 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 14 of 30 in this edition
Length
478 words · 643 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T31 — Popes, cardinals and the crowncross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.679 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T38 · seed 44: T38 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
The Artycles are these, geue eare and take good hede First they shall beleue, in our holy father Pope Nexte in his decrees, and holy decretals. Then holy churche, with sencer, crosse and cope In the Ceremonyes, and blessed Sacramentals In purgatorye then, in pardons and intrentals In prayenge to sayntes, and in saynt Frances whoode In our lady of Grace, and in the blessed roode They shall beleue also, in relyckes and relygion In our ladyes psalter, in frewyll and good workes In the ember dayes, and in the popes remyssyon In bdes and in belles, not vsed of the turkes In the golden Masses, agaynst such sprites as lurkes With charmes and blessynges. This crede wyll bryng in money In Englysshe therfore, we wyll it clarkely conueye. Yea, and burne the knaues, that wyll not beleue ye crede That into the dytche, the blynde the blynde maye lede. Then I holde it best, that we alwayes condempne The Byble readers, least they your actes contempue. Yea, neuer spare them, but euermore playe the bytar Expressyng alwayes, the tropes and types of thy mytar Why, what doest thou thynke, my mytar to sygnyfye. The mouth of a wolfe, and that shall I proue by & by If thou soupe downward, lo, se how y• wolfe doth gae Redye to deuoure the lambes, leaste any escape But thy woluyshnes, by thre crownes wyll I hyde Makynge the apope & a captayne of all ryde That whan thou dost slee, such as thy lawes cōtempne Thou maist say, not I, but the powers did thē condēpne The Cabels betoken, the lawes of se non & cannon I trow thou wldest say, the. ii. lawes Cyuyle & Canon As I spake I thought, & styll thynke by saynt Iohan Yea, persecute styll the instructers of the people And thou Coueytouses, let no bell rynge in Steple Without a profyght. Tsshe, take money euery where So nygh lyppe and shaue, that thou leaue neuer a here I caused the Pope, to take but nowe of late Of the graye fryers, to haue a canonyzate Franciscus de pola, thre thousand duckattes and more And as moche besydes / he had not longe afore For a Cardynall hatte, of the same holy ordre Thus drawe we to vs, great goodes from euery border Pope Clement the seuenth payed ones for his papacye Thre hondred thousād, good duckates of lawful money I maruayle howe he coulde come to so moche good. Yes, yes, by pollage, and by shedynge Christen blode. Crosers and Mytars, in Rome are good merchandyce And allto lyttle, to mayntayne theyr pompe and vyce The pope for whordom, hath in Rome and Uiterbye Of golde and syluer, a wonderfull substaunce yearely Tush they be in England yt moch rather wold to dwell Whores in theyr dyoceses, than the readers of Christes Gospell.