The Morall.
Déere friends, this Emperour is the Father of heauen that made this law, that what wedded woman, yt is to saye, what soule that is wedded to our Lord, & doth commit aduoutry, that is to say,
A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.
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- A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.
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doth worship strange gods, should be cast in the prison of hell, therefore a sinfull soule hath great cause to wéepe, for shee is departed from light, that is to sa••e, from the ioys of heauen. Hir sonne that desired meate and drinck, are the wea••∣thie wicked worldlings of this worlde, that say to the prelates of the Church, and to the preachers that preach vnto them the ioyes of Heauen. that while wee may liue and haue all the solace of the world, wee desire none other heauen. The Steward that heard their lamen∣tation is our Lord Jesu, that knoweth all the priuities of our sorowful and re∣pentant harts for our sinnes, b•• sought the Father of heauen for vs, that wée might bee deliuered from the prison of sinne, and yt wee might come to euer∣lasting life, to yt which bring vs all our Lord Jesus.
Amen.