The voyce of the laste trumpet blowen bi the seue[n]th Angel (as is me[n]tioned in the eleuenth of the Apocalips) callynge al the estates of menne to the right path of their vocation, wherin are contayned xii lessons to twelue seueral estates of menne, whych if they learne and folowe, al shal be well and nothynge amise [by Robert Crowley] |
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The lewde or vnlearnned priestes lesson. |
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The lewde or vnlearnned priestes lesson.
Thou
that arte lewde wythout learnyng
Whom communly men cal syr Iohn,
Geue eare for I wyl say somethynge
Concerning thy vocation.
Whom communly men cal syr Iohn,
Geue eare for I wyl say somethynge
Concerning thy vocation.
Thou art a man voyde of knowledge
And eke of all good qualities
Only mete for to diche and hedge
Or else to plant and grasse mens tres.
Only mete for to diche and hedge
Or else to plant and grasse mens tres.
Thou art not as yu wouldest be calde
And offerar of sacrifice
For though thy crowne were .iiii. times balde
Yet canst yu not so beare our eies.
And offerar of sacrifice
For though thy crowne were .iiii. times balde
Yet canst yu not so beare our eies.
For it is playne in holy write
That none can offer sacrifice
For synne, either in flesh or spirite
Though he be both learned and wyse.
That none can offer sacrifice
For synne, either in flesh or spirite
Though he be both learned and wyse.
For Christ was once offered for al
To satisfie for all our synne
And hath made fre that erst were thrall
The faythful floke of Iacobes kinne.
To satisfie for all our synne
And hath made fre that erst were thrall
The faythful floke of Iacobes kinne.
To offer sacrifice therfore
Thou arte not cald I tell the playne
For Christe lyueth for euer more
And can no more for vs be slayne.
Thou arte not cald I tell the playne
For Christe lyueth for euer more
And can no more for vs be slayne.
Thy state therfore and thy callinge
Is none other but for to wyrcke
And not to lyue by forstalling,
And name thy selfe one of the Kyrcke
Is none other but for to wyrcke
And not to lyue by forstalling,
And name thy selfe one of the Kyrcke
If thou therfore wylt liue for aye
And reigne wyth Christ for euer more
Desyre no moe masses to say
But get thy fode with laboure sore.
And reigne wyth Christ for euer more
Desyre no moe masses to say
But get thy fode with laboure sore.
Geue ouer all thy typpillinge
Thy tauerne gates, and table playe.
Thy cardes, thy dice and wine bibbling
And learne to walke a sober waye
Thy tauerne gates, and table playe.
Thy cardes, thy dice and wine bibbling
And if thou haue any liueing
So that thou nedest not to laboure
Se thou apply the to learninge
Wyth al diligent endeuour.
So that thou nedest not to laboure
Se thou apply the to learninge
Wyth al diligent endeuour.
But to this ende se thou studie
That when thou hast the trueth learned
Thou maiste profit other therby
Whom in time past thou hast harmed.
That when thou hast the trueth learned
Thou maiste profit other therby
Whom in time past thou hast harmed.
And se thou go not Idlely
From house to house to seke a place
To say men a Masse secretly
Their fauour therby to purchase.
From house to house to seke a place
To say men a Masse secretly
Their fauour therby to purchase.
Put not the ignorant in hope
That they shall se al vp againe
That hath bene brought in by the Pope
And al the preachers put to payne.
That they shall se al vp againe
That hath bene brought in by the Pope
And al the preachers put to payne.
But if thou canst do any good
In teaching of an A.B.C.
A primer or else Robinhode
Let that be good pastime for the
In teaching of an A.B.C.
A primer or else Robinhode
Let that be good pastime for the
Be euer doyng what thou can
Teaching or learnyng some good thing
And then lyke a good Christian.
Thou doest walke forth in thy callinge.
Teaching or learnyng some good thing
And then lyke a good Christian.
Thou doest walke forth in thy callinge.
But if thou wylt knoweledge reiecte
And al honest labours refuse
Then arte thou none of goddes elect
But art worsse then the cursed Iewes.
And al honest labours refuse
Then arte thou none of goddes elect
But art worsse then the cursed Iewes.
Repent therfore I the aduise
And take wholesome counsel by tyme
And take good hede in any wyse
That knowledge double not thy crime.
And take good hede in any wyse
That knowledge double not thy crime.
Thus leaue I the, makyng promise
To make for the peticion
That thou mayst leaue the popishnes
And walke in thy vocation.
To make for the peticion
That thou mayst leaue the popishnes
And walke in thy vocation.
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