A mysterye of inyquyte contayned within the heretycall genealogye of Ponce Pantolabus, is here both dysclosed & confuted by Iohan Bale. An, M.D.xlii. Marke in the capytall letters of this boke, the .A.B.C. with the name of the author

A mysterye.

• 1 He dyd saye playne There ded not remayne.
• 2 Rya••••ye present In the blessed sacrament.
• 3 Os iusti pascitur imperitia. Pro. 15.

¶The openinge. 1.

ODyouse vnto Pantolabus is Iohan Frith aboue all other / and that ape∣reth by this. Though he hath afore here accused Wyclef / Husse / Luther / Me∣lanchton / Oecolampadius / and zwinglius for heretyques / yet hath he layde agaynste them non artycles of heresye. But now in a great fume he layeth to Iohan Frithes char¦ge the sacramēt of the aultre / and that with no small circumstaūce. Manye menne thyn∣keth that this hote enterpryse of his / is mo∣re for the losse that he and soche other hath sustayned in dyrge pens / sowle grotes / mas∣se

offerynges / trētals / monthmyndes / year∣myndes / and soche lyke / than for anye other de••••ryon. That is the comberouse colly••k that pangeth him & his generacyon daylye at the verye hart ro••e / & that maketh them so malancholye / madde / and modye agaynst heretyques. They are not cōtented that Io∣han Frith was so playne in his wrytynges concernynge that matter / wherin all their commodyte and profyghtes lyeth enclosed. Had he medled with anye other thynge els / he had not so fore displeased them. For yf that ones were taken awaye / small substaū∣ce wold remayne vnto them / towardes their spirituall mayntenaunce in pryde / whore∣dom / slouthe / ydelnesse / glottonye / buggerye and soch other beastlye frutes of their vn••∣cyons and shauynges.

2 Wonderfullye haue they busyed them∣selues to holde vp that buyldynge of theirs. That holye Masse or sacrifice for the quye∣ke and the dead / patched togyther by so ma∣nye holye Popes / with so manye ceremonyes dysgysynges / syghtes / instrumentes / gy••∣nes / legerdemaynes / turnynges / beckyn∣ges / dreamynges / dottynges / mowynges / gapynges / breathynges with ho he haue at all / cryenges / crossynges / doppynges / dos∣synges / blessynges / breakynges / de••owryn∣ges / syppynges / rynsynges / thombe lyckyn∣ges / & manye other toyes besydes. All their wyttes / labour / disygence / and stodye haue

they with Demetrius occupyed / to prepare stronge bulwerkes for this shryne of Dya∣na. Afterthat their Pope had ones optayned of Phocas the false emprour to be head of y^• churche. By the craftye practyses of the mō∣kes / Paschasi{us} / Berno / Guido / Humbert{us} / Gulmundus / Algerus / Rogerus / Lanfran∣cus / Ans••lmus / and soche other / was realy∣te adioyned to the sacrament. Than were vnyuersytees founded euerye where by mon¦kes also to vpholde that newe buylded but∣teras. Than stode forth Peter the Lombar∣de or the Master of their sentences / which was begotten / bredde / and borne of an holye whore / a nonne I shulde saye / vndre the sa∣cred vowe of chastyte / and he gaue vnto yt transubstanciacyon. Than folowed trans∣mutacyon / transicyon / and transaccidenta∣cyon / but not transsyguracyon yet to this daye.

Than ded Pope Innocent the .iii. of that name make yt Accidens sine subiecto / Tho∣mas of Aq••yne supportynge that doctryne by his doltyshe diuynite. Iohan Parys and other wolde haue added vnto yt Impana∣cyon of y^• worde / but that was reiected anon for daungers therevpon ensewynge. After that came in ydemptyte / realyte / formaly∣te / materyalyte / propryete / veracyte / absolu∣te beynge / multiplicacyon / vnyon / diffynita∣cyon / essenciacyon / vbiquite fyguralite / sym¦bolycalite / naturalyte / potencialite / perso∣nalyte /

presencialyte / proporcionalite / perti∣cipalite / habitualite / virtualite / dymencio∣nalite / substancialite / deificalite / carnalite corporalite / modalite / supposytalite / yposta∣ticalite / and a great sort more amonge their Sentencioners and Scolistes. Than was y•• boxed / pyxed / and tabernacled / & so bor∣ne forth in processyon with torche / lyght / ban¦ner / crosse / candels••yck / cope / & canape / with knelynge and crowchynge / manye wonder∣full myracles folowynge / as was seane at Lynos / Parys / Calys / Brucels / Schiedam / and in manye other places els. And so was yt clerelye altred from Christes institucyon / and became throughlye the abominacyon of desolacyon / as wytnesseth Iohan Wyclef in his .iii. chapter de Eucharistia. Than had the bisshoppes at their handes their Sophi∣sters and Summystes / their Sentēcyoners and Canonistes with all supers••iciouse sub∣tyltees to defende yt for a blessed sacramēt. And whan that lowsye lernynge wolde not serue them / than had they vpon their sydes to dispute with agaynst y^• heretyques / both sweedes and halters / fyre and faggottes / as they haue yet styll to this houre.

3 I wolde that the text which Pantolab{us} bringeth in here out of Salomons Prouer∣bes / to proue that Christes bodye is reallye present in the blessed sacrament / were dily∣gentlye marked of the reader. It is not the∣se / De stusti pascitur imperitia / as Pantol••∣bus

hath here layed it forth. But it is in that xv. chapter. De stultorum pascetur imper••∣tia / yf ye take their olde text. The mouthe of fooles shall befedde with all folyshnesse. Of a lykelyhode Pantolab{us} hath some priuy¦lege of the Pope / that he maye at his plea∣sur peruert the scripturs in the defence of ho¦lye churche. yet proueth not this peruerted text that Christ is reallye present in the sa∣crament. But in dede it declareth what Pan¦tolabus is / both reallye / naturallye / formal∣lye / and substanciallye / and so doth in a ma∣ner all the whole chapter besydes. Sone af∣ter the begynnynge therof / is soche an other: lyke clause. De fatuorum ebullit stultitiam. The mouth of lewde fooles boyleth out fo∣lyshe bablynges / as are the Poeticall verses of Pantolabus boke here / and all the ynke horne termes also of their doctors afore re∣hersed here for their blessed sacramēt. More fytlye had this clause of the same chapter bene applyed to that sacrament as it is now vsed. Victime impiorum abominabiles Do∣mino. Abhominable to y^• Lorde are the sacri∣fyces of the wycked / where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable. Fylthye is the waye of the vngodlye / but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods fauer. For whye y^• ceremonyes therof are the Popes & not his. The brekefast is the prestes alone / and no communyon of Christes peple to knytt them vp togyther as members into his mysticall bodye.