The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists · chunk 21 of 30
Bale, John · published 1562 · first performed or written 1538 [revised c.1547 and 1562] (Annals) moral T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation typicality 0.64 · 490 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T5: god, christ, david, sin, holy, israel, lord, mercy, sins, faith.
They say thou teachest, nothing but lousy tradictons. And lies for lucre, with damnable superstitions And thus they conclude, that the draff of popish prysies Is good enough for Swine, by whom they do mean the Papystes. Yea, and they say also, the diet of men is all To most bile carrion, the dogs will soon fall Than do they compare, the papists unto dogs. Marye that do they, and to such swynies she hogs As in swyllandsosse, are brought up all their life such are the Papists, they say both man and wife They say also, that thou art a naughty knave By prowling and lying, ye friars would all have Thine order they say, is sprung even out of hell And all this knowledge, they have now of the Gospel. Why, where is he now, I beseech the heartily tell. By the mess abroad, & I warrande ye maketh revel. I commoned with him, and he did us despise Against him therefore, somewhat we must devise. Marry that must we, or else it will be wrong He will sure destroy us▪ if we do suffer him long Needs must we serve him, as we once served Christ. Why mad brained whoresons, how did ye handle Christ As he preached here, we followed from place to place To trap him in snare, and his doctrine to deface Than found we the means, to put him so to death least he against us, should open any more breath And we set four knights, to kept him down in his grave That he never more, our living should deprave. And thus must we serve the Gospel, no remedy Else will he destroy our livings perpetually. Better one were lost, than we should perish all As Cayphas once said, in Counsel pharisaical. By god well said, when ye have him in his grave Stamp him down, till he shit, & serve him like & knave We must so order him, that he go no more at large. Four knights wyllwe hire, whom we shall streyghtlye charge. To keep him down hard, the first are ambitious Prelates. Then covetous lawyers, that God's word spite fuliye hates. Lords without learning, and justices unrightful These will keep him down, & rap him on the skull. Their Summoner's and their scribes, I warrande ye shall steer With baylyurs and catchpoles, to hold him down every where I trow Rug & Corbet, at Norwitch will do their part With wharton of bongaye, and for my sake put him to smart. And I will raise up in the universities The seven sleepers there, to advance the pope's decrees As Dorbell and Duns, Durand & Thomas of Aquyne The master of sentens, with Bachon the great deuyue Henricus de Gandavo, and these shall read ad cletum. Aristotle and Albert, de secretis mulierum With the Commentaries, of Auicen and Aueroyes And a Phoebo Phebe, which is very good for boys
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Position
nodes 1369–1420 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 21 of 30 in this edition
Length
490 words · 672 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T5 — Christian faith, sin and salvationcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.644 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T4 · seed 44: T5 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
They say thou teachest, nothynge but lowsy tradictōs. And lyes for lue, with damnable supersticions And thus they cōclude, that the draffe of popysh prysies Is good ynough for Swyne, by whome they do meane the Papystes. Yea, and they saye also, the dyet of men is all To most byle carryen, the dogges wyll soonest fall Than do they compare, the papistes vnto dogges. Marye that do they, and to suche swynys she hogges As in swyllandsosse, are brought vp all theyr lyfe Suche are the Papistes, they saye both man and wyfe They saye also, that thou art a noughty knaue By prowlynge and lyge, ye fryers wolde all haue Thyne ordre they saye, is spronge euen out of hell And al this knowledge, they haue now of the Gospell. Why, where is he nowe, I beseche the hartely tell. By the messe abrode, & I warrande ye maketh reuell. I comoned with hym, and he dyd vs despyse Agaynst hym therfore, somwhat we must de uyse. Mary that must we, or els it wyll be wronge He wyll sure dystroye vs▪ yf we do suffre hym longe Nedes must we serue hym, as we ones serued Christ. Why mad brayed whorsons, how did ye handle Christ As he preached here, we folowed frō place to place To trap hym in snare, and his doctryne to deface Than founde we the meanes, to put hym so to death Leaste he agaynste vs, shulde open any more breath And we set foure knyghtes, to kept hym downe in his graue That he neuer more, our lyuynge shulde depraue. And thus must we serue the Gospell, no remedye Els wyll he destroye our lyuynges perpetuallye. Bttr one were lost, than we shulde perysshe all As Cayphas ones sayde, in Counsell pharisacall. By god well sayd, whan ye haue hym in his graue Stāpe hym down, tyl he shyte, & serue him lyke & knau We must so ordre hym, that he go no more at large. Foure knyghtes wyllwe hyre, whom we shall streyghtlye charge. To kepe hym downe harde, the fyrste are ambycyous Prelates. Then Coueytous lawyers, that Goddes worde spyght fuliye hates. Lordes without learnynge, and iustyces vnryghtfull These wyll kepe hym downe, & rappe hym on the scll. Theyr Somners and theyr Scrybes, I warrande ye shall stere With baylyurs and catchplles, to holde hym downe euery where I trow Rug & Corbet, at Norwith wyll do theyr part With wharton of ongaye, and for my sake put hym to smart. And I wyll rayse vp in the vnyuersyties The seuen slepers ther, to aduaunce the popes decrees As Dorbell and Duns, Durand & Thomas of Aquyne The master of sentens, with Bachon the great deuyue Hēricus de Gandauo, and these shall read ad cletū. Aristotle and Albert, de secretis mulierum With the Cōmentaryes, of Auien and Aueroyes And a Phebo Phebe, whiche is very good for boyes