In this
or
stant and the Catholique:
whose chiefe talke
standeth in reasoning, whether
the life of the
one must be like the
other.
is daungerous to
mainteine
any
feyned
goodwill, he telleth him a tale of the foxe, that by such
a
counterpoynt of craftines
IS
Is
such follies fitte,Palinode
.
1.
.
bene not thy teeth on edge, to thinke,Piers ,
Pan
giueth good
thou art aPalinodie ,
.
2
himselfe was their inheritaunce
.
.
.
.
ofPiers ,
3.
T
T
.
.
.
.
.
4.
.
thou art beside thy wit,Piers ,
.
.
.
.
.
GLOSSE.
Thilke) this same moneth. It is applyed to the season of the
moneth, when all
menne de-
light them
selues
selves
vvith
with
pleasaunce of fieldes, and gardens, and
garments.
Bloncket
liueries
liveries
) gray coates.
Yclad) arrayed, Y, redoundeth, as before .
In
euery
every
where) a straunge, yet proper kind of speaking.
Buskets) a
Diminutiue
Diminutive
.s. little bushes of hauthorne.
Kirke) church.
Queme) please.
A
shole) a multitude; taken of fishe, whereof some going in great
companies,
are sayde
to swimme in a shole.
Yode)
vvent
went
.
Iouyssance
Jouyssance
)
ioye
joye
.
Svvinck
Swinck
) labour.
Inly)
entirely.
entirely
entyrley.
Faytours) vagabonds.
Great
pan) is Christ, the very God of all shepheards, which calleth
himselfe the greate
andgood
shepherd . The name is most rightly
(me thinkes) applyed to him, for
Pan signifieth all or omnipotent,
vvhich
which
is onely the Lord
Iesus
Jesus
. And by that
name (as I remember)
he is called ofEusebius in his fifte booke de
Preparat.
E-
uang;
E-
vang;
vvho
who
thereof telleth a proper storye to that purpose.
VVhich
Which
story
is first
recorded ofPlutarch , in his booke of the ceasing
oracles,
Ita-|cles,
Oracles,
Itacles,
miracles:
&
and
of
Lauatere Lavatere
Lauetere Lauetere Lauatere tran-
slated, in his booke of
vvalking
walking
sprightes.
vvho
VVho
who
Who
sayth, that about the same time,
that our Lord suffered his
most bitter passion for the redemtion of man, certein
passengers
sayling from Italy to Cyprus and passing by certain Iles called
Paxæ,
heard a voyce calling
alovvde
alowde
Thamus, Thamus, (now Thamus
vvas
was
the name
of an Ægyptian,
vvhich
which
was Pilote of the
ship,)
ship),
who
giuing
giving
eare to the cry, was
bidden,
vvhen
when
he came to Palodes, to
tel, that the great Pan
vvas
was
dead: which
he doubting to doe, yet
for that
vvhen
when
he came to Palodes, there sodeinly
vvas
was
such a calme
of winde, that the shippe stoode still in the sea
vnmoued
unmoved
, he
vvas
was
forced to cry
alovvd
alowd
, that Pan was dead:
vvherevvithall
wherewithall
there
was heard suche
piteous outcryes and dreadfull shriking, as hath
not bene the like. By
vvhych
whych
Pan, though of some be
vnderstoode
understoode
the great Satanas, whose kingdome at that
time
vvas
was
by Christ conquered,
the gates of hell broken
vp
up
, and death by death
deliuered
delivered
to eternall
death, (for at that time, as he sayth, all Oracles surceased,
and
enchaunted spirits, that
vvere
were
wont to delude the people, thenceforth
held
theyr peace)
&
and
also at the demaund of the Emperoure Tiberius,
who that
whothat
Pan
should be,
ansvvere
answere
vvas
was
made him by the
vvisest
wisest
and
best learned, that it
vvas
was
the sonne of Mercurie and Penelope,
yet I think it more properly meant of the
death of Christ, the
onely and very Pan, then suffering for his flock.
I as I
am) seemeth to imitate the commen
prouerb
proverb
,
Nas) is a syncope , for ne
has, or has not: as nould, for
vvould
would
not.
Tho
vvith
with
them]
them)
doth imitate the Epitaphe of the ryotous king Sardanapalus,
vvhych
whych
May.
This caused to
be
vvritten
written
on his tombe in Greeke:
vvhich
which
verses
be thus translated
byTullie .
vvhich
which
may thus be turned into English.
Erle of
Deuonshire Devonshire ,
vvhich
which
though much
more
vvisedome
wisedome
bewraieth, 58. then :
than
then
than
Sardanapalus , yet
hath a smacke of his sensuall
delights and beastlinesse.
the
The
rymes
be these.
Algrind)
Algrim)
Algrim,
Algrind,
the name of a shepheard.
Men of the Lay) Lay men.
Enaunter) least that.
Souenaunce
Sovenaunce
) remembraunce.
Miscreaunce) despeire or misbeliefe.
Cheuisaunce
Chevisaunce
) sometime of Chaucer
vsed
used
for gaine: sometime of other
for spoyle, or
bootie, or enterprise, and sometime for chiefdome.
Pan
himselfe)
God,
God.
God:
according as is sayd in Deuteronomie ,
that
That
in
diuision
division
of the lande
of Canaan, to the tribe of
Leuie
Levie
no portion of heritage
should bee allotted, for
GOD himselfe
vvas
was
their
inheritaunce.
inheritaunce
inheritance.
Some
gan) meant of the Pope, and his Antichristian prelates, which
vsurpe
usurpe
a tyrannical
dominion in the Churche, and with Peters counterfet
keyes, open a
vvide
wide
gate
to al wickednesse and insolent
gouernment
government
.
Nought here spoken, as of purpose
to deny fatherly rule and godly
gouernaunce
governaunce
(as some malitiously of late
haue
have
done to the great
vnreste
unreste
and hinderaunce of the Churche) but to displaye the
pride
and disorder of such, as in steede of feeding their sheepe, indeede
feede of
theyr sheepe.
Sourse)
vvelspring
welspring
and originall.
Borrovve
Borrowe
) pledge or suertie.
The Geaunte ) is the greate
Atlas,
vvhom
whom
the poetes feign to be a huge
geaunt, that bea
reth
Heauen
Heaven
on his shoulders: being in deede a
merueilous
merveilous
highe mountaine in
Mauritania, that
novv
now
is Barbarie ,
vvhich
which
to mans seeming perceth the cloudes,
and seemeth to touch
the
heauens heavens . Other thinke, and they not amisse, that this
fable
was meant of one Atlas king of the same
countrye (of countrye. (of countrey, (of countrey, (who countrey, who
vvhome whome may
bee,
that that hil had his
denomination),
brother denomination) brother
to Prometheus
who (as (who
as
the Grekes
say) did first fynd out the
hidden courses
of
the starres, by an excellent
imagination imagi -
nation imagination, imagination;
vvherefore wherefore the poetes
feigned, that he susteyned the firmament on hys
shoulders. Many
other
coniectures
conjectures
needelesse be told hereof.
VVarke
Warke
)
worke.
vvorke:
vvorke.
Worke.
Encheason) cause, occasion.
Deare
borovv
borow
) that is our
sauiour
saviour
, the commen pledge of all mens debts
to death.
VVyten
Wyten
) blame.
Nought
seemeth) is
vnseemely
unseemely
.
Conteck)
strife,
[ſt]rife
[ſt]rife,
contention.
Her) theyr, as
vseth
useth
Chaucer .
Han) for
haue
have
.
Sam) together.
Maye.
fol.22.
F.2.
Catholique
This tale is much like to that in Æsops
fables ,
but the Catastrophe and end is farre diffe-
rent. By the Kidde may
be
vnderstoode
understoode
the simple sorte of the faythfull and
true Christians.
By hys dame Christe, that hath alreadie
vvith
with
carefull
vvatche-
words
watche-
words
(as heere doth the gote)
vvarned
warned
his little ones, to beware of
such doub-
ling deceit. By the Foxe, the false and faithlesse Papistes,
to
vvhom
whom
is no credit
to be
giuen
given
, nor felowshippe to be
vsed
used
.
The
gate) the Gote: Northernely spoken to turne O into A.
Yode)
went, afforesayd.
went.
afforeſayd
vvent, afforeſayd.
went, aforeſayd.
went, aforeſaid.
She
set) A figure called
Fictio,
Fi[ct]io.
Fi[ct]io,
which
vseth
useth
to attribute reasonable
actions and speaches
to
vnreasonable
unreasonable
creatures.
The
bloosmes of lust) be the young and mossie heares,
vvhich
which
then beginne
to sproute
and shoote foorth, when lustfull heate beginneth to
kindle.
And
with) A very Poeticall
πάθος παθός .
Orphane) A youngling or pupill, that needeth a Tutour and
gouernour
governour
.
That
vvord
word
) A patheticall parenthesis, to encrease a carefull Hyperbaton .
The
braunch) of the fathers body, is the child.
For
euen
even
so) Alluded to the saying of Andromache to Ascanius in Virgile.
A
thrilling throb) a percing sighe.
Liggen) lye.
Maister
of collusion) .s. coloured guile, because the Foxe of al beasts
is most wily
&
and
crafty.
Sperre
the yate) shut the dore.
For
such) The gotes stombling is here noted as an
euill
evill
signe. The
like to be marked in
all histories: and that not the leaste of
the LordeHastingues in king Rycharde
the third his dayes. For
beside his daungerous dreame (
vvhiche
whiche
vvas
was
a
shrevvde
shrewde
prophecie of
his mishap, that folowed) it is sayd that in the morning ryding
to-
ward the tower of London, there to sitte
vppon
uppon
matters of counsell,
his horse
stombled
tvvise
twise
or thrise by the
vvay
way
:
vvhich
which
of some, that
ryding
vvith
with
hym
in his company, were
priuie
privie
to his neere destenie,
vvas
was
secretly marked, and
af-
tervvard
af-
terward
noted for memorie of his great
mishap, that
ensevved
ensewed
. For being then
as merye, as man might be,
and least doubting any mortall daunger, he was
with
in
within
tvvo
two
hovvres
howres
after, of the Tyranne put to a shamefull deathe.
As
belles) by such trifles are noted, the reliques and ragges of
popish
superstition, which
put no smal religion in Belles: and Babies
.s. Idoles: and glasses .s.Paxes , and
such
lyke trumperies.
Great
cold.)
cold)
For they boast much of their
outvvard
outward
patience, and voluntarye
sufferaunce
as a
vvorke
worke
of merite and holy humblenesse.
Svveete
Sweete
151. S. :
Saint
S.
St
Charitie.
Charitie)
The Catholiques comen othe, and onely speache,
to
haue
have
charitye
alvvayes
alwayes
in their mouth, and sometime in
their
outward
Actions, but
neuer never
in -
vvardly in -
wardly in fayth and godly zeale.
Clincke.)
Clincke)
a key hole.
VVhose
Whose
diminutiue
diminutive
is clicket,
vsed
used
of Chaucer
for a Key.
Stoundes) fittes: aforesayde.
His
lere) his lesson.
Medled) mingled.
Bestlihead.)
Bestlihead)
agreeing to the person of a beast.
Sibbe.)
Sibbe)
of kynne.
Nevvell
Newell
) a
nevve
newe
thing.
To
forestall) to
præuent
prævent
.
Glee]
Glee)
chere, afforesayde.
Deare a
price.)
price)
his lyfe,
vvhich
which
he lost for those toyes.
Such
ende) is an Epiphonèma , or
rather the morall of the whole tale,
vvhose
whose
purpose is
to
vvarne
warne
the protestaunt
bevvare
beware
,
hovve
howe
he
geueth
geveth
credit
to
vnfaythfull
unfaythfull
May.
Hobbinoll
Catholique:
vvhereof
whereof
vve
we
haue
have
dayly proofes
sufficient,but one moste famous
of all, practised of Late yeares
in Fraunce by
Charles the nynth .
Fayne) gladde or desyrous.
Our sir
Iohn
John
) a Popishe
priest.
prie[ſt],
Prie[ſt],
prie[ſt].
prie[ſt],
A saying fit for the grosenesse of
a shepheard, but spo-
ken to taunte
vnlearned
unlearned
Priestes.
Dismount) descende or set.
Nye)
dravveth
draweth
nere.
Embleme.
Both these Emblemes make one
vvhole
whole
Hexametre. The first spoken
ofPalinodie , as in
reproche of them, that be distrustfull, is
a peece ofTheognis verse,
intending,
that
vvho
who
doth most mistrust
is most false. For such experience in falsehod bree-
deth mistrust
in the mynd, thinking nolesse guile to lurke in others,180. then :
than
then
than
in
hym-
selfe. ButPiers thereto strongly replyeth
vvith
with
another peece
of the same verse,
saying as in his former fable,
vvhat
what
fayth then
is there in the faythlesse. For if
fayth be the ground of religion,
vvhich
which
fayth they dayly false, what hold
then is
there of theyr
religion . And thys is all
that they saye.
menne de
light them
garments.
are sayde
to swimme in a shole.
himselfe the greate
and
(me thinkes) applyed to him, for
Pan signifieth all or omnipotent,
name (as I remember)
he is called of
uang;
vang;
is first
recorded of
slated, in his booke of
that our Lord suffered his
most bitter passion for the redemtion of man, certein
passengers
sayling from Italy to Cyprus and passing by certain Iles called
Paxæ,
heard a voyce calling
of an Ægyptian,
bidden,
tel, that the great Pan
he doubting to doe, yet
for that
such a calme
of winde, that the shippe stoode still in the sea
forced to cry
was heard suche
piteous outcryes and dreadfull shriking, as hath
not bene the like. By
Pan, though of some be
the great Satanas, whose kingdome at that
time
the gates of hell broken
death, (for at that time, as he sayth, all Oracles surceased,
and
enchaunted spirits, that
held
theyr peace)
should be,
best learned, that it
the sonne of Mercurie and Penelope,
yet I think it more properly meant of the
death of Christ, the
onely and very Pan, then suffering for his flock.
Malim Inuidere Invidere mihi omnes quam miserescere .
be thus translated
by
,, Hæc habui quæ edi, quæque exaturata libido ,, Hausit, at illa manent multa ac præclara relicta.
Much like the Epitaph of a good oldeAll that I eate did I ,, , and all that I greedily gorged: ioye joye As for those many goodly matters left I for others. ,,
more
hath a smacke of his sensuall
delights and beastlinesse.
be these.
Ho, Ho, who lies here? ,, I the good Erle of ,, , Deuonshere Devonshere And Maulde my wife, that ,, ful deare, vvas was ,, VVe We together lv. yeare. liued lived ,, That spent, vve we had: vve we ,, That vve we , gaue gave vve we : haue have ,, That lefte, vve we lost. vve we
for spoyle, or
bootie, or enterprise, and sometime for chiefdome.
of the lande
of Canaan, to the tribe of
should bee allotted, for
GOD himselfe
dominion in the Churche, and with Peters counterfet
keyes, open a
to al wickednesse and insolent
Nought here spoken, as of purpose
to deny fatherly rule and godly
done to the great
pride
and disorder of such, as in steede of feeding their sheepe, indeede
feede of
theyr sheepe.
geaunt, that bea
reth
Mauritania, that
and seemeth to touch
other
to death.
but the Catastrophe and end is farre diffe
rent. By the Kidde may
be
true Christians.
By hys dame Christe, that hath alreadie
words
words
(as heere doth the gote)
such doub
ling deceit. By the Foxe, the false and faithlesse Papistes,
to
to be
actions and speaches
to
to sproute
and shoote foorth, when lustfull heate beginneth to
kindle.
Sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat.
is most wily
like to be marked in
all histories: and that not the leaste of
the Lorde
the third his dayes. For
beside his daungerous dreame (
prophecie of
his mishap, that folowed) it is sayd that in the morning ryding
to
ward the tower of London, there to sitte
his horse
stombled
ryding
in his company, were
tervvard
terward
mishap, that
as merye, as man might be,
and least doubting any mortall daunger, he was
in
after, of the Tyranne put to a shamefull deathe.
superstition, which
put no smal religion in Belles: and Babies
.s. Idoles: and glasses .s.
lyke trumperies.
sufferaunce
as a
to
for a Key.
to
to
sufficient,
a shepheard, but spo
ken to taunte
of
reproche of them, that be distrustfull, is
a peece of
that
is most false. For such experience in falsehod bree
deth mistrust
in the mynd, thinking nolesse guile to lurke in others,
hym
selfe. But
of the same verse,
saying as in his former fable,
is there in the faythlesse. For if
fayth be the ground of religion,