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.

  • John Bale
Date:
1838
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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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    And craftes uncomely their myschiefes have excused : Both nature, manhode and grace they have abused, Defylynge the lawe and blyndynge Nobilyte; No Christen regyon from their abusyons free. C. Marke wele the dampnable bestowynge of their masses. With their foundacyons for poysenynge of their kynge; Their confessyon driftes all other traytery passes: A saynt the[y] can make of the moste knave thys daye lyvynge, Helpynge their market. And to promote the thynge He shall do myracles 5 but he that blemysh their glorye Shall be sent to helle without anye remedye. C. O, Here was to be seane what ryseth of Sedicyon, And howe he doth take hys mayntenaunce and grounde Of ydle persones, brought upp in supersticyon. Whose daylye practyse is alwayes to confounde Such as myndeth vertu and to them wyll not be bounde. Expedyent it is to knowe their pestylent wayes, Consyderynge they were so busye now of late dayes. N. Englande hath a quene, thankes to the Lorde above, Whych maye be a lyghte to other princes all For the godly wayes whome she doth dayly move To her liege people, through Gods wurde specyall. She is that Angell, as saynt Johan doth hym call. That with the Lordes scale doth marke out his true servauntes, Pryntynge in their hartes his holy wourdes and covenauntes. C, In Danyels sprete she hath subdued the papistes. With all the ofsprynge of Antichristes generacyon ; And now of late dayes the sect of Anabaptistes