Kynge Johan : a play in two parts / edited by J. Payne Collier from the MS. of the author in the library of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

  • Bale, John, 1495-1563.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Kynge Johan : a play in two parts / edited by J. Payne Collier from the MS. of the author in the library of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Yt is yow^ Clargy, that hathe her in dysclayne^, With yowr latyne howrs, serymonyes^ and popetly playes : In her more and more Gods holy worde decayes; And them to maynteyn unresonable ys the spoyle Of her londs, her goods, and of her pore chylders toyle. Rekyn fyrst yowr tythis, yowr devocyons, and yowr ofFrynges, Mortuaryes, pardons, bequests, and other thynges, Besydes that ye cache for halowed belles and purgatorye. For juelles, for rely ekes, confessyon, and cowrts of baudrye. For legacyes, trentalls, with scalacely messys, Wherby ye have made the people very assys. And over all this ye have browght in a rabyll Of latyne mummers and sects desseyvabyll, Evyn to dewore her and eat her upp attonnys. C, Yow wold have no churche, I wene, by thes sacred bones. K, J, Yes, I wold have a churche not of dysgysyd shave- lynges, But of faythfull hartes and charytable doynges ; For whan Christes Chyrch was in her hyeste glory She knew neyther thes sectes nor their ipocrysy. C. Yes, I wyll prove yt by David substancyally. Astitit Regina a dextris tuis in vestitu Deaurato, circumdata varietate. A quene, sayth Davyd, on thy ryght hand. Lord, I se Apparrellyd with golde and compassyd with dyversyte. A, J. What ys yowr meanyng by that same scripture, tell me ? CAMD. soc. 2. D