O read me for I am of great antiquitie I plaine Piers which can not flatter, a plough man men me call, my speech is fowlle yet marke the matter now things may hap to fall, but now another Ile haue for mee, I thinke it is as fit say, if any my name doo craue, I am the gransier of Martin mareprelitte : compiled afore yeaster day, for the behoofe and ouerthrow of all parsons, vikars, and curats, who haue learned their cathechismes and can not yet vnderstand them, although they be past their grace.
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- O read me for I am of great antiquitie I plaine Piers which can not flatter, a plough man men me call, my speech is fowlle yet marke the matter now things may hap to fall, but now another Ile haue for mee, I thinke it is as fit say, if any my name doo craue, I am the gransier of Martin mareprelitte : compiled afore yeaster day, for the behoofe and ouerthrow of all parsons, vikars, and curats, who haue learned their cathechismes and can not yet vnderstand them, although they be past their grace.
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"O read me for I am of great antiquitie I plaine Piers which can not flatter, a plough man men me call, my speech is fowlle yet marke the matter now things may hap to fall, but now another Ile haue for mee, I thinke it is as fit say, if any my name doo craue, I am the gransier of Martin mareprelitte : compiled afore yeaster day, for the behoofe and ouerthrow of all parsons, vikars, and curats, who haue learned their cathechismes and can not yet vnderstand them, although they be past their grace." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09636.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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To the puissant paltry politanes, bounsing Lord Bishops, Popish parsons, Fickars, and Currats, with all that Romish rable, Piers, Grandsier of Martin Mar∣prelate, wisheth you better then I thinke you wishe your selues.
RYght reuiued sirs,
may it please your woorships fulnesse to accept and reade ouer this worthy worke contayning in it very good mat∣ter, for that end that it was writ∣ten for, and surely how so euer some may mislike it, bicause it toucheth their grose corruptions, yet all those that bee of a sincere mynde will like it well, bi∣cause olde PIERS goeth soundly to worke, & vseth no flatterie, and hee sayth nothing but he bringeth good proofes for it, therefore I am the more bolde to publishe it, taking you for my Patrons, vnder whose wynges in this good cause I shrowd my selfe, hoping that you will defend me, from all my persicutors what so euer, for I knowe that you can keepe mee harmelesse if you please, and therefore I make choyce of you aboue any other, which if you doo, I shall not
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onely shewe my gr…… minde, these my first labours, which I pray you accept, but in time when I shall bee more able, you shall then here oftner from mee.
Therefore hoping of your accustomed cle∣mencie and approoued protectorshippe of this booke, I cease to trouble you.
Surpliced Sirs farewell,
I can tell, my name full well.