The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 19 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 0.72 · 485 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.
At her purse or arse, tell me good friar fuccage? By the Mess at both for I am a great penytensar And sit at the pardon, tush I am the pope's own vicar If thou lackest a piece, I know where thou mayst be sped With choice of a score, and brought even to thy be●▪ Art thou not ashamed, to talk so like a knave? No, for it is such gear, as the holiest of us will have Pope, cardinal, bishop, monk, canon priest & friar, Not one of ye all, but a woman will desire. Our orders permit us not, to have them in marriage No, but ye fatche them in, by an other carriage. Ye do even as we do, we both are of one rate. By the Mess I laugh, to here this whoreson prate▪ What fashion use ye, to us here intimate. Ego distingue, whither ye will have Lions or Paris. Of them both to show, it will not be far amiss▪ In Paris we have, the mantel of saint Lewes Which women seek moche, for help of their barrenness. For be it once laid, upon a woman's belly She go thence with child, the miracles are seen there daily And besides all this, ye would marvel in confession What our fathers do, to assoil them of transgression Iohan Thessecelius, assoiled a young woman ones Behind the high altar, till she cried out of her bones And as for lions, there is the length of our lord In a great pillar, she that will with accord Be fast bound to it, and take such chance as fall Shall sure have child, for within it is hollow all Tush, I could tell ye, of moche more wondre than this In course to hear them, I think ye would ye bliss. As thou hast begonne, go forwarde in it and te. Such a knave I suppose, is not from hens to hell. In our religion, was an holy popish patriarch Which of all bawdry, might be the great monarch. The Nuns to confess, he went from place to place And two hundred of them, he broached in that space Many spices he eat, his courage to provoke Such a fellow was he, as of that gear had the stroke Now somewhat will I tell, to confirm thy tale withal In king ferdinand's time, in Spain was a cardinal Petrus mendoza, was the very man that I mean Of lemans he had, great number besides the queen One of his bastards, was an earl, an other was duke Whom also he abused, and thought it no rebuke. Ioannes Cremona an other good cardinal For reformation, of the clergy spiritual Came once into England, to damn priests matrimony And the next night after, was taken, doing bytcherye Doctor Eckius also, which fiercely came to dispute In ●psia with luther, minding there him to confute.
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 1273–1322 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 19 of 30 in this edition
Length
485 words · 642 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T31 — Popes, cardinals and the crowncross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.720 (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)
At her purse or arse, tell me good fryre fuccage? By the Messe at both for I am a great penytensar And syt at the pardon, tush I am the popes owne vycar If thou lackest a pece, I know where thou mayst be sped With choyse of a score, and brought euen to thy be ▪ Art thou not ashamed, to talke so lyke a knaue? No, for it is such gere, as the holyest of vs wyll haue Pope, cardynall, byshop, mōke, chanon prist & fryre, Not one of ye all, but a woman wyll desyre. Our ordres permyt vs not, to haue them in maryag No, but ye fatche them in, by an other carryage. Ye do euen as we do, we both are of one rate. By the Messe I laugh, to here this whoreson prate▪ What fasshion vse ye, to vs here intymate. Ego distingu, whyther ye wyll haue Lyons or Parys. Of them both to shewe, it wyll not be farre amys▪ In Parys we haue, the mantell of saynt Lewes Whiche women seke moche, for helpe of theyr barēnes. For be it ones layde, vpon a womans bellye She go thens with chylde, the myracles are sene there daylye And besydes all this, ye wolde marueyle in confessyon What our fathers do, to assoyle them of transgressyon Iohan Thessecelius, assoyled a yonge woman ones Behynde the hygh aulter, tyll she cryed out of her bones And as for lyons, there is the length of our lorde In a great pyller, she that wyll with acorde Be fast bounde to it, and take suche chaunce as fall Shall sure haue chylde, for within it is hollowe all Tush, I coulde tell ye, of moche more wondre thā this In course to here them, I thynke ye wolde ye blys. As thou hast begonne, go forwarde in it and te. Suche a knaue I suppose, is not from hens to hel. In our relygyon, was an holy popysh patryarke Whiche of all bawdrye, myght be the great monarke. The Nunnes to confesse, he went from place to place And two hundred of them, he broached in that space Many spyces he eate, his courage to prouoke Suche a fellowe was he, as of that gere had the stroke Now somwhat wyl I tel, to confyrme thy tale withall In kyng fdināds tyme, in Spayne was a Cardynall Petrus mendoza, was the very man that I meane Of lemmans he had, great nombre besydes the quene One of his bastardes, was an earle, an other was duke Whom also he abused, and thought it no rebuke. Ioannes Crmona an other good Cardynall For reformation, of the clergye spyrituall Came ones into Englād, to dāpne preestes matrymony And the next nyght after, was taken, doynge bytcherye Doctor Eckius also, whiche fearcely came to dyspute In psia with luther, myndyng there hym to conute.