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☞ And he shall for ye defence & mainte∣nāce of his god Mayzim & to glewe men to this strange god / honour them highely withe dignities lordeships & riches / yea and for a rewarde distribute the erthe to all them whom he know the wyll helpe to confirme his god.
Nowe shall all anticristis enforcemēts be to study and contend to defende and to make Mayzim strong / stablesshinge him with decrees counsels cursinges lawes thondrings and lightninges with swerd
fyer water parlement actis cesstone en∣quiringes holy sacraments of strange names▪ Also withe false miracles make thei Mazim fast / as did sir Nicolas ger∣ues* 1.1 preiste in the countie of surrey vpon Thomas beckets daye ye laste yere at his misse prik his fynger to besprincle the cor pores and the hoste with his blode and so lifted it vp shewed blody to the peple to restore the celebracion of Thomas Bec∣ket and his day ayen. And howe liberal / * 1.2 yea prodigall is their auarice in powerig forthe grete giftis for their mazim to sup presse the trwth and to setforth their lyes and false doctrine ayenst their own con∣sciences / their own and their fathers fa∣ctes declare it / whē thei gaue Iudas the 30. peces of syluer to betray cryste / & ayen when with so grete a some of mouey thei stopped the kepers mouthes and to cause thē to make so lowd a lye ayenst all their consciences / that thei being in sleap / his disciples shuld haue stolen crystis body a way out of the graue / so to contende to ha ue quenched the verite of crysts manifest resurreccion. For when all sheftis faill / yet haue thei false miracles and money to bye lyes and to suborne the defenders of their lately made Mayzim their popis god. If gold syluer preciouse stones or any
riche iewels or holy sacred sacramentall names may defend he shall wantenone. If the seculare powr of emprours & kin∣ges or any subtile sophistry or any mira∣cles may help to holdvp Mayzim thei shall not fail him / yea and it were to slay an hole londe of crysten men whiche dare speke or write ayenst Mayzim / for the ho∣ly souper of the lorde to be restored into ye right vse. And therfore it stondeth in the same verse / he shal highely honour them whiche confirme Mayzim the strang god whom he hath chosen / and he shall make them lords of grete possessions and distri bute the erth vnto them for a rewarde / e∣uen asmiche to say / as anticryste shall ge∣ue greate titles names and honours / ry∣che giftis priuileges and possessions to the emprowrs and kinges cardinals bis∣shops religio use and seculare preistis or to any other magistrates which at his ple sure wyll persecute the Gospell / worship idols and confirme his rites cere / and fal se doctrine. As did Antiochus geue the bisshoprikes to the preistis for prophanig the temple and slayinge the saynts / euen so in these dayes do the ryche gloton and ye cruell Cyclopes enryche men with lar∣ger benefices and dignities / which ether speke or wryte or do bothe ayenst the pro∣fessours
of the gospell and defende their idols yea and at laste the Bisshops / when thei see their Mayzim to mould / be sower and begin to l••se his vigore strengthe & taste / then shall thei rēdervp all their spi rituall iurisdicion powr and autorite into the seculare kings handis ayē with their bisshoprikes chauntres colleges & goods to / for the stronger helpe and defence of Mayzim. Thus shal thei tosse the ball to eche other with giftis and goodis / titles and honours / the spiritualtie procuringe the seclare helpe / and the seclare powrs makinge the preistis lordis aboue all to maintein Mayzim / one slate shall helpe defende and auaunce the tother and all to defende their god Mayzim. Which al∣though of himself he be but thinne & wea ker then the mouse that eateth him / yet haue thei geuen him the moste mighty na me of all / euen to be very god and man af∣tir thei haue once stinkingly breathed their 5 wordis vpon it / when yet in so do∣inge / thei declare themselues to be mag∣nified & exalted aboue him / if thei gra∣unt the creator beter then the creature / & the fletcher beter then his bolt. And to be short / by this their god Mayzim vnder∣stand their misses / as I said / with al the adpurtinance executed in their chirches
ayenste the worde of god or not withe the worde / befor / vpon / and about their alta∣res.
This Anticristen kingdom saithe the text shall geue great lordships and king∣doms to many & deuyde the erthe to them by permutacion. It is manifest / that the popis haue translated empires and king∣doms / permuting & chaunginge them at their plesures which haue defended thē and their god Mayzim. For as antioch{us} gaue the bisshoprik of Ierusalem to the epicure preistis which gaue him licence to prophane and spoile the temple / euen so nowe do the popes and bisshopes geue the same lycence to seculare emprours & kinges that their selfes might still make Mayzim / yea thei haue geuen grete giftis and promocions to Eccius / Cocleus / Emser / Pighius / Latomus / and Alphōs and to siche popish preistes and pharise∣is to write & to dispute strongly for May∣zim ayenst the lordis holy souper / and to defende idols and all false religion. yea & albeit their misses / rytes withe all their false religion be proued openly naught & deuillissh / yet cloke thei them with this pretext sayinge. The autorite of the chir che may not be contempned nor spotted / nor their decent odiouse orders & illau∣dable
rytes be taken away which lordis muste nedis rule the roste. But (crystē rea der) take thou heed to gods worde which here clerely painteth before thyn eyes their god Mayzim with all his helpers & defenders / and by whom and what me∣ans he is yet holpen vpholden and defen ded / and herken what yt voice of god saith Fugite idola / flye frō images and idols and auoid false strāge gods. Thou shalt see it openly how the bisshops shall short ly rendre vp into the emprours and kings hādis their bisshopriks autorite spiritual ouer the chirches / their first frutes their tenthes / palaces parkes &c. and the po∣pe shall yet geue thē the tytles of god / to defende his false faith. Which all is not els then to exalte them aboue god / and all to defende and magnifye their mōstro se Mayzim.
Sir Ni∣clas ger ues his false mi∣racle.
Their last shif∣tis.