¶ A treatyse declarynge the despyte of a secrete sedycyous person / that dareth not shewe hym selfe.
Qui male agit odit lucē. Io. 3.
¶ His doyngs amōge trewe men / shuld not be had in place
That feareth to tell his name / & shameth to shewe his face.
WHy I thus do wryte / is greatlye to be mused
But before I departe / It shall appere more playne
Besechynge all honest men / to haue me excused
Thoughe (as no lasse bounden) I do seme very fayne
By veryte to vaynquysshe malyuole dysdayne
Force me so forceth / and wylleth me to wryte
Truely for the truths sake and nothynge for despyte
¶ And nowe briefly to my purpose / the effecte is thys
Of late I wrote two lybelles / not thynkynge to offende
But perceyuynge amonge vs thynges to be amys
Styll styrrynge and procurynge vs lewdly to contende
Of suche indecent ordre / I desyred the ende
For the whych cause onely / I toke on me to wryte
Truely for the trueths sake / and nothynge for despyte
¶ But nowe I well perceaue / I rubbed some on the gall
Obsequiū amicos v (er)itas odiū parit. Tirentius
Whiche causeth them to grunte / and ernestly to grone
Wel, (be as be maye) I can not do with all
It wyll not from the flesshe / that is rooted in the bone
For my true maenynge / some shewe theym selfe full prone
By sclaunder to deface me / withall theyr power & myght
Nothynge for the trueths sake / but all for mad despyte
¶ They name me a papyste / and saye / I do not loue
None other but Papystes / and men of popysshe mynde
The trewe tryall wherof / I referre to God aboue
(Hoies)homines v (er)itatē dicētes a malis odio habētur. Ad gal. 4
And consequently to others / what they can proue & fynde
O man malycyous / that woldest so fayne blynde
The good intentes of others / which truely do and wryte
Labourynge theyr destruccion / through serpētyne despyte
¶ If iustely you can proue / as you declare in wrytynge
Qui loquit (ur) īiqua nō potest latere, nec preteriet illū corripiēs iudiciū. Sap. i.
That I loue none, but papistes, thā may you wel maȳtain
Me to be a traytour / both to God / and our good Kynge
To the iuste tryall of the whiche / I woll dryue you playne
For you it is to late / to call in your wordes agayne
Though as a lurkȳg lorrel / your name you woll not write
Bothe you shalbe knowen / and your deuelysshe despyte
☞ If you haue knowen / any such treason to be in me
[...]orte digni sū [...] nō solū q̄ ea faciūt sed etiā q̄ cōsētiūt faciētibꝰ, Ad Roma. i.
Then you in your dewtye / haue bene very neglygent
The parte of euery true hert / towardes his Kynge shuld be
what he knoweth agaist his grace / furthwt to make euydēt
Who conceleth others treason / as a traytour doth consent
Wherfore this your doyng / may appere / to ech mās syght
Nothynge for the truethes sake / but all for lewde despyte
¶ You declare furthermore / that lately I rebelled
Agaynst the Kynges maiestye / and his councell all
For the whiche sclaunder / I am greatly compelled
Before the hygher powers / this matter for to call
As surely I woll do / doubte you it not at all
(Ois)omnis qui facit iusticiā ex deo natꝰ ē. i. Io. ij
At whose handes I woll aske / but iustyce and ryght
Specyally for the truethes sake / & nothynge for despyte.
Yet Cathō ye wyse / doth teach me / & byddeth me not to care
Cū recte viuas ne cures v (er)ba malo (rum) Arbytrij (n [...]i)nostri nō ē quod q•s (que) loquatur. Cato.
So as my lyfe be honest / let the wycked saye theyr mynde
We can not forbyd mēs speche / wherfore let thē not spare
Nature in euery thynge / woll shewe her proper kynde
Whiche to be proued true / is easy ynough to fynde
In that / that you haue done / sparynge not to wryte
Nothyng for the truthes sake / but all for mad despyte
¶ That / wherewt you be greued / is alwayes forth cōmyng
My name playnely therunto / I woll it not denye
And I redy to be punysshed / for suche my doynge
If I haue so deserued / and can be founde cause why
Quare nō timuistis detrahere seruo meo. Nu. x.
Wherfore you be moche to blame / so to rayle and crye
Openly detractynge me / agaynst all lawe and ryght
As I am / I woll be knowen / so shalbe your despyte
¶ I could say some what more, but I mynde not to cōtēde
Ex fructibꝰ eorū cognostis eos. Math. vij. In insidiis suis capiūt (ur) īiqui. Prou. x.
As the tree by her fruytes / is alwayes chyefely knowen
So I doubte not / by your workes / before this mater ende
you shalbe well perceaued / & what blastes you haue blowē
And what kyndes of sede / euery other man hath sowen
Wherfore I do aduyse you / be sure you stande vpryght
I doubte not to ouerthrowe you / in your owne despyte.
☞ your boke doth opē mater / not mete I shold here touche
Tēꝑi seruiē dū est. ad Romanos. xij.
But within shorte tyme / it shall shewe it selfe more playne
Your doynges well declare / how in herte you styll grouche
And agaynst whō, because you can not youre wyll obtayne
your malice doth so blynd you / & byddeth you not refrayne
Malicia eo (rum) excecauit eos Sapien. ii,
But throughly to procede / blusteryng with force & myght
Forgettynge cleane your dewtye / and all for mad despyte
☞ And now to conclude / O Dauyd holy prophet & kynge
iudica me deus & discerne causā meā de gente nō sct ā abhoie [...]iquo & doloso erue me. Psal. xlii
Vnto god omnipotente / moste hyghe and eternall
In Psalmyst here with the / wyll I crye and synge
Iudge thou me (o Lorde) that arte iudge ouer all
Discerne thou my cause / and let me to the call
To be rydde frō the wycked / which labour day & nyght
Thy veryte to vanquysshe by deceytfull despyte
¶ And as thou arte Lorde of lordes & kynge of kynges
Preserue our noble kynge / our moost precyous treasure
With Katherine our Quene, & graūt yt theyr procedynges
In longe lyfe maye prospere / vnto thy wyll and pleasure
And to Edwarde our Prynce / that moste redolent floure
Infuse in theym thy grace / and helpe we maye be quyte
Of these sectes sedycyous / so swellynge in despyte
¶ God saue the Kynge.
Qui male agit odit lucē. Ioh. iii
His doynges among trew men / shuld not be had in place
That feareth to tell his name & shameth to shewe his face