The seconde tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament conteynyng the epistles of S. Paul, and other the Apostles : wherunto is added a paraphrase vpon the reuelacion of S. John.

The texte.

¶ And the kynges of the earthe shal bewope her and wayle ouer her, which haue commit∣ted fornicacion with her, and haue lyued want onlye with her, when they shall se y^• smoke of her burnynge, and shall stande a farte of, for feare of her punishmēt, saying: Alas, alas, that great citie Babilō, that mighty citie: for at one houre is thy iudgemēt come. And the merchauntes of the earth shal wepe and wayle in them selues, for no man wyll bye theyr ware any more, the ware of golde and syluer, and precious stones, nether of pearle, & ray∣nes, and purple, and skarlet, and al thynne wod, and al maner of vessels of yuery, and all maner vessels of moost precious wod••e, and of brasse & yron, and synamon, and odoures and oyntmentes, and franckynsence, and wyne, and oyle, and fyne ••••ou••e and wheate, bea∣stes, and shepe, and horsses, and charettes, and bodyes, and soules of men.

With this Babylon haue princes and prelates yea whole kyngdoms cō∣mitted whordome. For she hathe receyued and geuen them, yea hathe set them in and out. And all for worldly gayne, and for honour sake, without any respect of rightuousnes, onely for money & brybes. For there was neuer founde more shamefull marchandyse, than that whiche they of the Popes courte, specially the Curtysans, haue exercysed many yeares with other mennes goodes, and w^t nothing els but with leade and syluer, with parchement and byshoprikes with sellyng of their Pallium and Robes, whiche shoulde be a spirituall iurisdicciō, and with first frutes. &c. Yea there is no ende of suche marchaundyse, lyke as in the texte all thinges are named whiche are of any pryce. So that in the Popes churche there was nothinge but for mony, not so muche as the water or salte of the see, nor oyle nor breade, nor creame. &c. All must serue for holynes and for the maintenaunce of the couetousnes of the spiritualtye. To be shorte, reade but onely a boke that is called the Popes Fayre, there is his marchandyse well des∣crybed and proued by the customes and lawes of the Romaynes.