The Early Works of Thomas Becon Being the treatises published by him in the reign of King Henry VIII. Edited for The Parker Society, by the Rev. John Ayre |
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THE INVECTIVE SPEAKETH. |
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THE INVECTIVE SPEAKETH.
Lamentably do I now proceed,
Of mine author sent at this season,
In a sad and lamentable weed,
To make my complaint and lamentation.
Of mine author sent at this season,
In a sad and lamentable weed,
To make my complaint and lamentation.
Lament I must both day and night,
To behold the great abomination,
Which through swearing in all men's sight
Is now used without lamentation.
To behold the great abomination,
Which through swearing in all men's sight
Is now used without lamentation.
Lament all christian hearts do, I am sure,
To hear God and his creatures each one
So wickedly blasphemed without cure,
And yet no man maketh lamentation.
To hear God and his creatures each one
So wickedly blasphemed without cure,
And yet no man maketh lamentation.
Lament, O ye swearers, lament, lament,
And look ye cease from this great abusion;
For if to do thus ye be not now bent,
In hell shall ye make full sore lamentation.
And look ye cease from this great abusion;
For if to do thus ye be not now bent,
In hell shall ye make full sore lamentation.
Lament your sins, and take me to you,
For to leave your great abomination
I will teach you, yea, and all thing true,
That ye may be free from lamentation.
For to leave your great abomination
I will teach you, yea, and all thing true,
That ye may be free from lamentation.
Lament, if ye will not in hell fire,
But enjoy the divine fruition;
Look that ye accomplish my desire,
So shall ye be free from lamentation.
But enjoy the divine fruition;
Look that ye accomplish my desire,
So shall ye be free from lamentation.
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