The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists

Bale, John, published 1562 · moral · Interlude;Nonprofessional · other editions of this work: 40 (1548) · other edition — not in the analysis

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14,735words

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Title	The Three Laws of Nature, Moses, and Christ, Corrupted by the Sodomites, Pharisees, and Papists
Author	Bale, John
Publication year (edition)	1562
Genre (British Drama)	moral
Genre group (comparison)	moral — from the British Drama label · Annals: morality
Play type	Interlude;Nonprofessional
Work / edition / TCP / DEEP	work 24 · edition 41 · TCP A02749 · DEEP 35
Edition role	Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics; its chunks carry the topic they were placed in, for browsing
First performance / composition (Annals)	1538 [revised c.1547 and 1562]
First performance (BritDrama)	1538 [perhaps at New Year]
Printer	Colwell, Thomas
Publisher	Colwell, Thomas
Format	Quarto
STC	1288
Greg	24b
Genre (Annals)	Anti-Catholic Moral
Genre (BritDrama)	Moral
BritDrama no.	51
Title page	A NEWE Comedy or Enterlude/ concernyng thre lawes, of Nature, Moises, and Christe, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharysies, and Papistes:
Title-page performance note	The Players names. [in double columns] Deus Pater, Nature lex. \| Moseh lex. Christi lex. \| Infidelitas, vel Euangelium, \| Idolatria, Sodomismus \| Ambitio, Auaricia, \| Pseudodoctrina, Hypocrisis. \| Uindicta Dei, Fides Christiana. [in single column, centered below others] Baleus Prolocutor.
Corpus build	corpus-v3-2026-09-08 · nodes 1948 · witness single

Topic composition (share of words)

T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation

73.5 %

unassigned

13.4 %

T31 Popes, cardinals and the crown

6.5 %

T56 Magic, spells and conjuring

3.5 %

T15 Friars and holy orders in plot

3.1 %

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1	0–72	493	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.67	Our heavenly blessing, be with you every one All praise and glory, to your majesty alone. Here still to tarry,…
2	73–170	488	unassigned		Why dost thou me blaspheme And so ungodly dame? For by this blessed book I wend ye had been a Cook And that ma…
3	171–265	518	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.69	Man always to exhort To seek all health and comfort, Of the only God of grace. First in the hearts rejoice And…
4	266–362	513	T56 Magic, spells and conjuring	0.69	Yea, but now yeh am a she And a good mydwyfe perdie Young children can Icharme▪ With whisperings and whishings…
5	363–450	504	unassigned		For the cough take Iudas ●are With the paring of a pear And drink them without fear If ye will have remedy Thr…
6	451–545	498	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.65	We made Thalon and Sophocles Thamiras, Nero, Agathocles Tiberius and Iristoteles Themselves to use unnaturally…
7	546–622	497	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.67	The law of Nature they will Infect, corrupt and spill With their abomination idolatry with wickedness And sodo…
8	623–683	464	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.78	THe lord perceiving, his first law thus corrupted With unclean vices, sent me his law of Moses To see him for …
9	684–742	472	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.73	When bishops might burn And from the truth turn The syllye simple soul. Than duties no man creak Open mouth no…
10	743–795	471	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.65	It will be to late, it I one scupple with the Then let me alone, and we shall soon agree And I shall be glad t…
11	796–867	491	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.69	Such knights will I have, as shall confound them all▪ Is Saducees & scribes, with the sect pharysaycal● By hel…
12	868–942	487	unassigned		Lucifer I made, so highly to wade, To God he would be equal Of Adam and Eve, I slew the believe And caused the…
13	943–997	479	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.58	Why what will ye say, unto the ten commandments We must poison them, with wilworks, & good intentes Where as G…
14	998–1049	478	T31 Popes, cardinals and the crown	0.68	The articles are these, give ear and take good heed First they shall believe, in our holy father Pope next in …
15	1050–1108	479	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.75	They do the better, for by them they may have profyght As for the other, do trouble them day and night Well, n…
16	1109–1162	488	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.81	Ye christian princes, God hath given you the pour With sceptre and sword, allvyces to correct Let not ambition…
17	1163–1218	487	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.61	This is not the church, of disguised hypocrites Of apish shavelings, or papistical Sodomytes Nor yet as they c…
18	1219–1272	489	unassigned		Marry so they say, ye fellows of the new learning Forsake holy church, and now fall fast to wyving. Nay they f…
19	1273–1322	485	T31 Popes, cardinals and the crown	0.72	At her purse or arse, tell me good friar fuccage? By the Mess at both for I am a great penytensar And sit at t…
20	1323–1368	456	T15 Friars and holy orders in plot	0.77	For marriage of pryestes, three children ●ad that year By this may ye see, that sometime we make merry cheer M…
21	1369–1420	490	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.64	They say thou teachest, nothing but lousy tradictons. And lies for lucre, with damnable superstitions And thus…
22	1421–1474	491	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.62	Yea and let the pope, as Gods own Uicat here In his hand▪ iii. crosses, &. three crowns on his head were His p…
23	1475–1527	489	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.68	In his first chapter, this horrible sentence is Quis hec frusteanea quesivit, be manibus Bestris, Who hath req…
24	1528–1583	501	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.76	O damnble leadyuge, of babylonical sodomytes Yourselves ye declare, to be shameful hypocrites Lord pity thy pe…
25	1584–1639	517	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.74	By the mess I laugh, to see how this ge●e doth work He is like of them, to have no more gra●r than a turke For…
26	1640–1700	516	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.74	The space of three days, I gave them palpable darkness I slew the first gotten, of man and beast, for thy rude…
27	1701–1761	509	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.67	The Apostle Iohan, in the Apocalypse doth say He saw ● new he even, and a new earth appearing The old earth an…
28	1762–1819	508	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.72	Man is our people, his God we are again With him will we have, continual residence A way will we wipe, from al…
29	1820–1875	480	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.73	The effect of me, is for to worship the lord In the inward spirit, and to favour friend & eumye And in all poi…
30	1876–1947	497	T5 Christian faith, sin and salvation	0.69	Pray we to the lord, for the long continuance Of Queen Elizabeth, in this worlds habitation And that of her No…

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