¶ The answer.
¶ Of soth (my Lordes) I haue reade in the Euangell, that there are three kyndes of chaste menne.
The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake.
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- The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake.
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- Lindsay, David, Sir, fl. 1490-1555.
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- Beaton, David, 1494-1546 -- Early works to 1800.
- Wishart, George, 1513?-1546 -- Early works to 1800.
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"The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05559.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.
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Some are gelded from their mo∣thers wombe. Some are gelded by * 1.1 men. And some haue gelded them selues, for the kyngdome of heauen sake. Uerily, I saye, these men are blessed by ye scripture of God. But as many as haue not the gyfte of chastitie, nor yet for the Euangell, * 1.2 haue not ouercome the concupis∣cence of the sleshe, and haue vowed chastitie, ye haue experience, al∣though I shoulde holde my peace, to what inconuenience they haue vowed them selues.
Whē he had sayed these wordes, they were al domme, thinking bet∣ter to haue tenne concubines, them one maryed wyfe.
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* 1.1
Three kyn∣des of chast men Mat. xix.
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* 1.2
The d••un∣ger of vn∣chastitie