A brefe apologye or answere to a certen craftye cloynar, or popyshe parasyte, called Thomas smȳthe.
¶ Beholde the disceytfull penne of the scrybe, hath set forthe lyes.
Hieremie. 8.
SEr, though ye be a smythe
Esaie. 9.
And beate vppon the stythe
ye cum nat to the pythe
Nor haue not yet wher wythe
your spyryt is verye drye
The scripturs to applye
Ezec. 13.
ye rather them denye
Than ther trewthe fortyfye
Vvbat measur ye obserue
In poesye proterue
Eccl. 19.
Axe of ladye mynerue
And she wyll saye ye swerue
Full flatterynglye ye foyne
ye clatter and ye cloyne
prou. 10
ye mangye matters ioyne
And all to catche the coyne
ye cobble and ye clowght
To vpholde the romyshe rowght
But ye maye haue the gowght
Hie. 50.
Ere ye brynge that abowght
ye maynteyne sodomytes
with other hypocrytes
And playe the parasytes
Abac. 2
To slee trewe israelytes
Agaynst aftrawe ye stumble
And at a blocke ye fumble
Ye fare lyke hym that tumble
For nought ye do but bumble.
Math. 7
Soche one ye are ywys
As popyshe prestes maye blys
For wher all treason ys
Ye fynde nothynge amys.
Esal. 56,
Your hate ye can not hyde
Nor yet your popyshe pryde
Luc. 21.
God wyll for hysprouyde
Whan ye shall stande asyde
Whyls you suppresse the ryght
Here wanderynge in the nyght
Ioh. 12.
Ye thynke God hath no syght
Which is the very lyght
The lorde wyll once out spewe
Soche hypocrytes vntrewe
As byddethhys worde adewe
Pylde poperye to renewe.
Apoc. 3
For cursed is that hart
And worthye to haue smart
Hie. 48.
Whych wyll with them take part
That scripture doth peruart
Thomas smythe.
To trolle awaye or trolle in / let not trolle spare
Yf trolle trewlye trolle / trolle nedeth not to care
An answere.
Trolle in hath trolled trewlye, wher trolle awaye trolled amys
Yf ye wyll trolle with trollars,
Osee. 5.
trolle trewlyar after thysFull lyke a troblous trollar, ye trolle a tryfelynge trace
Trolle nomore with the scripturs, except ye haue better grace
Thomas smythe. ☞ A lyttle treatyse agaynst sedicions persones.
OF late I perused / two purposes seuerall
In thee kyndes craftlye handled / the treuthe for to tell
Trolle awaye / and trolle in, menne do them call
Treatynge vpon matter / concernynge the late Cromwell
The one vtterlye myndynge / the other to repell
Trolle awaye (the treuthe is) moche touched the quycke
And trolle in (som what galled) be ganne for to kycke
¶ An answere to the bolsterar of sedicion.
In your perusinge, ye seme very parciall
Trolle awaye iugynge,
Gene. 8.
of treuth to haue the tryckeConcernynge Cromwell, trolle in nothyng at all
But for hystrollynge, to be an heretycke
Trollynge betwixt them,
Rom. 7.
ye are a iuge to quyckeThe worse to allowe, the better to condempne
Soche vntrewe trollars, all veryte contempne.
Whan Crist was alyue,
Iohā. 5.
soche tr yfelinge trollars trolledCallynge hym traytour, and herety cke also
Whome for ther trollynge, the phary sees extolled
As yet to thys daye, ther trewe successours do
Dyd notsoche trollars, agaynst the apostles go?
Act. 4.
What ther rewarde is, we nede not for to tell
Trollynges trouthe troblynge, trolleth euermore to hell.
Thomas smythe.
Yet trolle awaye tolde trouthe / yt can not be denyed
Declarynge the offences / wherin Cromwell offended
Trolle in beynge trobled / whan he yt espyed
With trollynges to couer it, subtyllye contended
Some trollats ther be / I wolde were amended
For who that craftelye coloureth / any others offence
Of lykely hode in hys owne hart / hath the same pretence.
An answere.
Trolle awaye ded lye,
Pro. 12.
in manye thynges he toldeThough the lorde Cromwell, hath dyed for hys offence
So sone as trolle in, soche trollynges ded beholde
He shewed hym of it,
Gala. 6.
with moche more grace and scyenceBetwyne them yetrolle,
Gala. 6.
without indifferenceyour verdyt is nought, your iugement is wurse
Soche vntrewe trollars, are vnderneth goddes curse
No wreche so wycked,
Ro. 10.
but some wyll take hys partNone so vnlerned, but some shall hym vpholde
As menne se profyght, so trolle they in ther hart
Some that hath knowlege, are neyther hote norcolde
And verye asse heades,
Apoc. 3
auctoryte maketh boldeHe that with the fote, so cruell partes wyll playe
The head wyll not spare, he once out of the waye.
Thomas smythe.
Trewlye to trolle, it is no maner of shame
And trollynge vntrewe / is nat to be mayntayned
As euerye thynge is / so to geue it proppre name
Amonges all trewe honest men / shuld nat be dysdayned
The scripture so teacheth vs / it can not be fayned
Agaynst scripture who stryueth / he is non other lyke
Than a traytour to hys prynce / and to God an heretyke
An answere.
If trewlye to trolle, stande with moche honeste
And trollynge vntrewe, requyreth rebuke and shame
I gretlye maruele, whyls you a trollar be
That in your trollynge, ye wyll trewe trollars blame
And for your purpose,
Eccl. 3.
trolle scripturs out offrameSoche trecherous trollars, I thynke to be no lesse
Than those lewde persons, whome ye do here expresse
your scripture ye trolle,
Esai. 5.
from Esaye the fyftTher spoken for them, that doth goddes worde blaspheme
But ye can make it, to serue an other dryft
Than God that tyme shewed,
Mat. 16.
or Esaye coude estemeSoche trollynge of trouthe, cause yet some men to deme
The byss hop of Rome, the chefe head of the churche
Scripturs so trolled, lyke myster yes canne wurche.
Thomas smythe.
I intende not to trolle, to rake anye part
Diuision to mcreace, it nedeth nothynge
But sorowfullye syghynge / I trolle in my hart
With my self in mynde / manye tymes reuoluynge
How God to vs hath ordayned / the most noble kynge
Who [...] connyt vs / hath trauayled full fore
yet manye teyfelynge trollars / care lyttele therfore.
An answere.
A blacke more wyll change,
Hier. 13.
the colour of hys skynneAs sone as hys craft, an hypocryte shall hyde
ye trolle with no part, dyuysion to begynne
And yet the people, from Crist ye wold dyuyde
Some trollars lament,
Ioan. 11.
the fallynge of ther prydeChristen kynges hauynge, soche trollars at ther hande
Are in worse takynge, than they do vnderstande
Vvho maketh dyuision?
Ioan. 7.
who is the peace breakar?Nat Iudas but Christ, yet Iudas doth betraye!
Paule worketh sedicion, and is no treason speakar
ye do the myschefe,
Act. 14.
and yet ye make no frayeThe same foxe that lurketh, the same foxe take the praye
Oh trollynge gnato,
Pro. 11.
ye thynke ye be not seaueyet by your trollynges, perceyue men what ye meane.
Thomas smythe.
But as trollars troblous / and full of enuye
At the lawes of God, and of our good kynge
In ther trollynges do trust, that ther olde heresye
All good orders set a part / shall flory she and sprynge
Ther prechars no lesse comfort / in ther sermons do brynge
Euen latelye exhortinge them, auoydinge all drede
And, persecucion not regardynge / throughlye to procede.
An answere.
Here is a pretence,
Math. 4
to turne stones into breadeAnd a suggestion, to cast our selues downe bacwarde
Vpon the mountayne, for golde ye trolle vs leade
Lawes with good order, ye wolde vs to regarde
And yet trewe prechars,
Nu. 4.
ye mynde nat to be hardeFalse fables ye forge, to darken with ther name
Trollynge in soche trashe, as wyll be to your shame
The scrybe on hys skyrtes,
Mat. 23
doth goddes commaundementes setThe dcuyll resembleth, the massenger of lyght
Who destroyeth lawes? who doth good order let?
But those pharysees, that chrysten peple spyght
Sendynge soche prophetes,
Hie. 23.
as the daye change to the nyghtAll them that abhorre, ther olde pylde popetrye
For the worde of God, they accuse of heresye.
Thomas smythe.
Wyth manye wordes more troblous / than now I wyl reherce
Not doubtynge at all / but at length they shall be knowne
Soche trollynge trecherous, my hart doth sore perce
Consyderynge how sedycyouslye / amonge vs they be sowne
Of late I well trusted, they hath bene ouerblowne
But now I wyll perceyue / that neyther fauer nor smart,
From the bodye can expell / that is roted in the hart
An answere.
More woldeye trolle out,
Ioan. 7.
yfye coude more reherceYe shall do nomore, than God shall you permyt
Whych trolleth forth tyrauntes, both terryble and ferce
Hys flocke to correct,
Iob. 23.
whan they trolle out of wytAmonge soche trollars, ye are a trollar fyt
And I can ye thanke, ye do full well your kynde
Trollynge now soche hate, as laye longe in your mynde.
All ys sedicyon,
Ioan. 21.
that please not popyshe hartesAll insurreccyon, whan menne from you declyne
Of your sort manye, hath trolled trayterous partes
And yet agaynst them, no trollynges ye dyffyne
One relygyous zele,
Act. 23.
doth you and them combyneAll heretyckes frelye, ye maye touche in your spyght
But none soche as dyed, for holye churches rycht.
Thomas smythe.
A trewe trollynge hart / wold be lothe to pretende
Anye purpose to mayntayne / agaynst God or hye kynge
The confessyon of an heretyck / that latelye ded offende
And amonges others / suffred for hys deseruynge
Sesecrettelye they embrace / as most precyous thynge
And yet playnelye wyll I proue / by good lawe and reason
Contayned therin / bothe he resye and treason.
Esai. 23
An answere.
A trewe trollynge hart, dwelleth not wythin your bosome
For all the colours that you shewe outwardelye
In the confessyon, whych came an heretycke frome
Ys moche lefle treason,
1. Tim. 4
and moche lesse heresyeThan in the trollynges, of your hypocresye
Whyls you shall contende, wyth reason and with lawe
Your trolled scripturs, proue you a dottynge dawe.
The heretycke that dyed, as all the peple harde
In the fayth of Christ,
Sapi. 5.
mekelye departed hencePraynge for our kynge, and our worthye prince Edwarde
Longe dayes to endure, inther prehemynence
In hys confession, I fynde none other offence.
1. Tim. 2
But as Christ doth saye, soch slayghtes are in the sectes
As wolde in maner, deceyue the verye electes.
Thomas smythe.
In anye wyfe imprynted / they wyll nat yt shall be
The dauugers therof / in themselues mystrustynge
Wherfor euer ye manne / maye well pexceyue and se
What hartes they do beare / to God and our good kynge
Euerye of them secretlye / must haue yt in wrytynge
But Christ fayth verelye / ther is nothynge conceled
But at length shall be knowen / and openlye reueled.
Nihil opertū ꝙ non reuele tur. Mat. 10
An answere.
It is imprynted, wherfore by lawe and reason
Proue I can ryght well,
Eccl. 7.
that ye alyar beVerye hote ye are, in iu gynge menne of treason
The hydden secretes, of all mennes hartes ye se
As ye iuge ye are, by holy saint Paules decre
Soche tauntynge trollars,
Rom. 2.
are tetrici thrasonesAnd in ther trollynges, full nought ye nebulones
A scripture ye trolle, as dyd the deuyllin desert
To serue your purpofe,
Math. 4
trollynge the pythe asydeHydde secretes sayth Crist, shall now be clere and apert
Meanynge soche scripturs,
Luc. 12.
as the pharysees ded hydeWith ther tradicions, hypocresye and pryde
Thus Christ declareth it, in the. xij. chapter of Luke
False trollynge of textes, wyll turne ye to rebuke.
Thomas smythe.
Who agaynst them trolleth / a papyst they hym name
They haue none other thynge, them selues for to defren de
I wolde that all papystes / had an open shame
And that all heretyckes / themselues wolde a mende
Than shuld we haue no cause / further to contende
But vniformelye to lyue / to one with the other
And ioy fullye to in habite / as brother wyth brother.
Ecce (que) bo num & (que) 10 cundū, Psa. 132
An answere.
We call them papistes,
Iudae. i.
that maintayne papistryeBoth hauynge ther frutes; and scripture for vs to laye
If all soche papystes, schuld haue shame openlye
I thynke ye coude not, befarre out of the waye
As Iudas wyth Christ,
Ps. 27.
with heretyckes here ye playeNo brother is he, that goddes wurde doth nat furder
Except he be Cain, whych doth pore Abel murder.
Styll ye trolle scripturs,
2. cor. 6
but nothynge in ther kyndeCouetinge full sore, to haue a fles helye concorde
Beliall and Christ, wer neuer of one mynde
Dauid commended,
Ps. 132.
a vnite in the LordeWhich with your peltrye wylleth vs not to accorde
For lyght with darkenes, schall neuer well agre
Nor popyshe falsehede, with Christis veryte.
Thomas smythe.
Soche schuld be our trollynges / Christ vs so tracheth
Deꝰ charitas est qui manet in charitate. 1. Ioā. 4.
Commandinge euer peace / amonge vs for to be
Hntrewlye he trolleth / that otherwyse preacheth
Sturrynge to anye sedicyon, malyce or enmyte
Where bannyshed vs dyscorde / and raygneth all charyte
That realme in God resteth / and God ys in yt
Beinge charyte him self / as sayth the holye wryt
An answere.
Christ neuer trolled,
Esa. 57.
soche peace as ye wolde haueNeyther in Mathew, in Luke, nor yet in Iohan
Thowgh in your trollynges, ye falsel ye them depraue
Of olde cankred scribes, the armoure ye do on
Nat Barrabas but Christ,
Ioā. 18,
accusynge of sedicyonTo the worlde sayth Christ, I sende no peace but the sworde
By the which ys ment, the rygour of goddes worde.
ye trolle forth your textes,
Mat. 7.
commixtynge perles with draffeFor Christ sayd in dede, they shuld be troden of swyne
Non est pax impijs, your charyte ys but chaffe
Though ye crye pax pax, as Esaye doth dyffyne
ye speke of charyte,
Ioan. 16.
and drawe by an other lyneChrist sayd, that with you, we shuld haue trybulacyon
And in him alone, our peace and consolacyon.
Thomas smythe.
Than towardes that charyte / trolle we on apace
Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis &. Math. 15
Auauncynge our selues / with all conuenyent spede
A more accept able pilgrymage / surelye neuer was
For whych God gaue to man, anye meryte or mede
Our labour or great burden / let vs nothynge drede
Nor regarde the wylfulnes / of our bodye or fleshe
For at the iournayes ende / Christ wyll vs refreshe
An answere.
If ye trolle to Christ, as ye mynde nothynge lesse
With the pharise,
Luc. 18
ye maye not your self auaunceFor mede or meryte, as ye do here expresse
For non can deserue,
Rom. 11
the heuyns in herytaunceBut here men maye se, your trollynge ignoraunce
The frutes of our flesche, ye myll vs not to regarde
So trollynge vs Christ, full lyke a wanton stewarde.
Than trolle ye scripture,
Math. 11
that Christ wyll you refresbeAt your iournayes ende, for your gret labour, and peyne
Christ ther taketh the lawe, for the burden of ourfleshe
Easynge our conscyence, of mennys tradicyons pleyne
But in your trollyn ge, ye haue an other veyne
In your cottacyon,
Deu. 13.
for the aleuynt of Matheweye trolle the fystent, to be knowne a trollar trewe.
Thomas smythe.
[...]nd than as trewe trollars / togyther let vs remayne
omnis anima potesta tibussublimioribꝰ sub. Ro. 13.
Perfyghtlye fast knyt / in one peace / vnyte and loue
Wyth glorie vnto God / euerm ore gladde and fayne
Our noble prynce trewlye / to serue as doth vs behoue
And all others to tendre / as dewtye doth vs moue
Bsynge styll amonge vs the self same loue and concorde
Whych ys to vs commaunded / by Christ the eternall lorde
An answere.
Thys trollynge wer good,
1. Pe. 2.
yfye coude folowe ytAnd nomore couete, to haue them ouerblowne
That fauer godde strewthe, as they suppose most fyt
Of Christen peple, in thys lyfe to beknowne
Reportynge by soche,
Hier. 9.
sedycyon to be sowneye neyther trolle peace, nor a christen amyte
But declare your self, an ympe of inyquyte.
We must loue in Christ,
Ioh. 15.
yf we loue christenlyeFor loue out of Christ, is but a paganes loue
In goddes worde therfore, let vs loue to hys glorye
And obeye our kynge,
Rom. 13
as christen menne behoueWith mekenes of hart and no sedicion moue
And than shall we trolle, in peaceable vnyte
As God vs wylleth, by hys heuenlye veryte.
Thomas smythe.
And now in that loue / let vs all with one voyce praye
For the preseruacyon / of henry our moste noble kynge
And Kateryne our quene / that they togyther maye
Prosperouslye contynew / to ther hartes desyrynge
And Edwarde our prynce, that moste angelykt thynge
That they all togyther / maye longe lyue and rest
And after with hym raygne, qui in celis est. Amen.
An answere.
Nat onely with voyce,
Math. 6
as dyd the hypocrytesBut whan ye shall praye, praye from the very hart
Expressynge the fayth, of christen Israelytes
And trolle with your prynce, no syckle flatterynge part
Least after thys lyfe,
Pro. 27
ye trolle to eternall smartBetter is a strype, of hym which is a frynde
Than a kysse of hym, that beareth a wycked mynde.
In fayth and in spyryt,
Iohā. 4.
let vs of God requyreOur Kynge, Quene, and Prynce, to lyue here prosperouslye
Not as you do trolle, vnto ther hartes desyre
But vnto goddes mynde,
1. Tim. 2
and of hys name the gloryeThus trolleth saynt Paule, with Abacuch and Hieremye
Lorde graunt them longe lyfe, to thy swete wyll and pleasure
Thy flocke rewlynge here, which is thy most deare treasure
AMEN.
God saue the kynge. And hys ofsprynge, Amen.
Thomas smythe.
To trolle awaye or trolle in / let not trolle spare
Yf trolle trewlye trolle / trolle nedeth not to care
An answere.
Betwixt hys trolle and trolle, yf trolle no better trolle
Trolle maye trolle with trollars, that trolle the gossyppes bolle
Yf trolle wyll trolle with trollars, let trolle trolle veryte
Or elstrolle with yll trollars,
Iohā. 9.
wyll trolle dyshonesteWhere trolle hath trolled vntrewly, let trolle trolle back agayn
For trollinge with yll trollars, trolleth many one to payne
Thomas smythe.
Composed by Thomas smy the / seruaunt to the kynges
Royall mageste / And clarke of the Quenes graces, ounsell (though most vnworthye.)
An answere.
The Pharyse in dede
Hys phylacterye sprede.
Hys skyrtes he doth dylate
To fourny she hys estate
Mat. 23.
The scrybe set forth hys hemme
With perle and with gemme
With many tytles proude
The pore trouthe to out croude
[...]e paynteth hym selfe with penne
[...] or to be seane of menne
Luc. 11.
Here mayster smythe must be
To the kynges hygh mageste
A seruaunt scant so symple
As reynarde vnder a wymple
A clerke,
Hier. 8.
a lerned manneWhich worldlye cauteles canne
Yea, clerke of the Quenes counsell
And persecuteth the Gospell
Yet is he moste vnworthye
And that he speketh trewlye
1. Ioh. 4.
Thys worke he hath composed
Wherin he hath not glosed
By colours of hypocresye
By falsehede nor by vayne glorye
Nomore than reynarde foxe
Or fryre with hys boxe
It is good by saint Ione
Mat. 7.
That prestes haue soche a wone
As canne so clerkelye wryte
and poetelye indyte
Whych wyll not from them wauer
and is in so great fauer
Beynge the kynges seruaunt
So wyttye and so pregnaunt
He that shall with hym scole
Wyll fynde hym no small fole.
Hest. 3.
None heretycke now shall rowte
Nor dare put forth hys snowte
But wyll plucke in hys hornes
Actu. 4.
as doth new ale in cornes
The gospellarsnow wyll shrynke
and not be able to wynke
The knaues shall nomore checke
Nor agaynst vs popystes becke
Gen. 39
With hym they dare not dallye
For feare of Putiphars vallye
or els for Daniels deane
But now synge in a meane.
Dani. 6.
Nowe maye we tythes home trolle
and care but for the bolle
We maye let the gospell goo
For he is our mortall foo
We are fortunate thys tyde
To haue smythe on our syde.
Ioan. 7.
Our kyngdome wolde els fall