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Quicunque vult.
Who
saued will be: before all thinges,
He must true fayth: fast hold in all:
which safe & sound: who kepth it not
Without all doubt: he perish shall.
He must true fayth: fast hold in all:
which safe & sound: who kepth it not
Without all doubt: he perish shall.
This is the fayth: calde Catholike,
Euen through the world: full out so famde:
To serue one god: in Trinitie:
In Trinitie: but one so namde.
Euen through the world: full out so famde:
To serue one god: in Trinitie:
In Trinitie: but one so namde.
Confounding not: theyr persons three,
Their substance sundred cannot be:
The father, sonne: and holy goste,
Be diuers yet: in persons three.
Their substance sundred cannot be:
The father, sonne: and holy goste,
Be diuers yet: in persons three.
The godhed yet: of them all one,
Of father, sonne, and holy Sprite:
Theyr glory lyke: their maiesty,
All one eternall, is aright.
Of father, sonne, and holy Sprite:
Theyr glory lyke: their maiesty,
All one eternall, is aright.
The father such: the sonne is such,
The holy gost: is such a lyke:
The father hie: the sonne euen so,
The holy gost: vncreat eke.
The holy gost: is such a lyke:
The father hie: the sonne euen so,
The holy gost: vncreat eke.
The father god: the sonne the sprite,
Incomprehensible they be all:
Eternall god: eternall sonne,
The holy goste eterne we call.
Incomprehensible they be all:
Eternall god: eternall sonne,
The holy goste eterne we call.
Yet they not three: eternals be,
But one they stande: eternally:
Not three distinct: in power or tyme,
But one all whole: in vnitie.
But one they stande: eternally:
Not three distinct: in power or tyme,
But one all whole: in vnitie.
The father houge: of power he is,
The sonne, the holy ghost euen so,
Not three almighties so be sayde,
But one almighty knowne no mo.
The sonne, the holy ghost euen so,
Not three almighties so be sayde,
But one almighty knowne no mo.
The father God: the sonne is God,
The holy ghost: euen so is God
Not yet three Gods: but one is God,
In all the world: so long and broade,
The holy ghost: euen so is God
Not yet three Gods: but one is God,
In all the world: so long and broade,
The Father Lord: the Son is Lord,
The holly Ghost: is truely Lorde,
Not yet three Lords: but one is Lord
We say and singe: in true accord.
The holly Ghost: is truely Lorde,
Not yet three Lords: but one is Lord
We say and singe: in true accord.
As we ech person: God and Lord,
Be bid by Christian truth to name:
Forbidden so: we be by fayth,
three gods or els: three lords to frame.
Be bid by Christian truth to name:
Forbidden so: we be by fayth,
three gods or els: three lords to frame.
The Father made of none: nor born,
Of none begotten well we know:
The sonne of God: alone not made:
Nor created, begotten thoughe.
Of none begotten well we know:
The sonne of God: alone not made:
Nor created, begotten thoughe.
The sprite is iust: of God and so
Of Christ not got: proceding yet:
One Father so: one son, one sprite,
Not thrise in name: these persons set.
Of Christ not got: proceding yet:
One Father so: one son, one sprite,
Not thrise in name: these persons set.
In Trinity: not one beforne,
Nor yet behynde: more great or lesse:
These persons three: all equall be,
Eterne a like: we must confesse.
Nor yet behynde: more great or lesse:
These persons three: all equall be,
Eterne a like: we must confesse.
So that in all: this vnity:
In trinity: I say agayne:
The trinity: in vnity,
We must adore: as one full playne.
In trinity: I say agayne:
The trinity: in vnity,
We must adore: as one full playne.
Who saued will be: most rightly iuge
The Trinity: forsooth euen thus:
And helth eke aske to think ye Christe,
Incarnate was: made flesh for vs.
The Trinity: forsooth euen thus:
And helth eke aske to think ye Christe,
Incarnate was: made flesh for vs.
For this is fayth: both right & sounde
That we beleue: and iust confesse:
That Iesus Christ: the sonne of God
Is God and man: our Lorde no lesse.
That we beleue: and iust confesse:
That Iesus Christ: the sonne of God
Is God and man: our Lorde no lesse.
Of God his substaunce, God begot,
Before the worlde: was made in sight
And man he is of Maryes flesh,
His mother him: in world so dight.
Before the worlde: was made in sight
And man he is of Maryes flesh,
His mother him: in world so dight.
He perfect God: and perfect man:
Of soule with reason most indued:
Of humayne flesh: subsistyng is,
By whome our nature was renued.
Of soule with reason most indued:
Of humayne flesh: subsistyng is,
By whome our nature was renued.
Christ equall is: in Deity,
To God so great: his father iust:
Yet greater he: and Christ the lesse,
For birth in manhoode so discust.
To God so great: his father iust:
Yet greater he: and Christ the lesse,
For birth in manhoode so discust.
Who though he be: both God & man,
One Christ he is: in deede not two:
To flesh his godhed did not chaunge,
But taking flesh: on godhed so.
One Christ he is: in deede not two:
To flesh his godhed did not chaunge,
But taking flesh: on godhed so.
Of substance whole: he is vnmixte,
By person yet: he is but one,
As soule wyth wit: and flesh one man
One Christ is so: both God and man
By person yet: he is but one,
As soule wyth wit: and flesh one man
One Christ is so: both God and man
Who suffred death: for all our health,
And downe he went in sprite to Hel:
He did yet ryse: from death agayne,
The thyrd day iust as scripture telth.
And downe he went in sprite to Hel:
He did yet ryse: from death agayne,
The thyrd day iust as scripture telth.
To Heuen he stied: and there he sitth
On gods right hand: which mighty is
from whence he shall: return to iudge
The quick and deade: all right I wis
On gods right hand: which mighty is
from whence he shall: return to iudge
The quick and deade: all right I wis
And when he comth: all men shal ryse
In bodies dead: reuiued agayne:
And geue they shall: accompt full due
of al their thoughts: & works so plain.
In bodies dead: reuiued agayne:
And geue they shall: accompt full due
of al their thoughts: & works so plain.
And they that haue done good I saye,
Shall enter sure to life eterne:
And they that haue done euill, to fyre
To darknes cast: that is externe.
Shall enter sure to life eterne:
And they that haue done euill, to fyre
To darknes cast: that is externe.
This is the fayth: most Catholike,
Which any man, if it mistake:
And faythfully doth not beleue,
No wight him saued: once can make.
Which any man, if it mistake:
And faythfully doth not beleue,
No wight him saued: once can make.
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