1. Declaration: explanation, clarification
1. Waying: weighing
2. sore: intensely
2. vnquiet: restless
3. mislike of: begrudge, disapprove of
3. estate: status, situation
3. calling: vocation
4. go about: undertake
4. enter into: take up
5. lyuings: vocations, positions in life
5. the fewest numbre of: very few
8. for all that: despite the fact that
9. inconueniences: misfortunes
10. wold be: wish to be
11. trauaile: strive
16. yet: still
16. studieth: exerts himself in planning
20. carnall: worldly
22. careful: anxious
22. moyle: drudge
27. gapeth for: longs for
28. graunted of: granted by
34. proceede of: derive from
35. for this . . . vs: that is given to us for this purpose
35. vnquietnesse: discontent
45. addicted: devoted
48. put case: propose by way of example
53. deceipte: deceit
57. the rather: the more easily
58. couete after: long for
63. more a greate deale: a great deal more
70. thorough: through, by means of
76. in it is no suche default: in the right use of worldly goods there is no moral defect
76. onely I meane: I only mean
80. propre: legitimate
87. possessed of: possessed by
93. confidence: impudence
93. chasyng: chasing away, expulsion
97. very: true
98. thraldome: captivity
101. set by: esteem
109. wel: convincingly
111. vnsaciable: i.e., insatiable
113. contentation: contentment
114. accompte: reckoning, account
119. aduouched: attested
121. inconueniences: improprieties
122. come to great estate: come into great wealth (or achieve eminent status)
122. endued: endowed
123. wil not be: wish not to be
124. them: referring to thedivers and sundry kindes of
wantonnesse and other inconveniences
125. of other: for others
133. flyttereth: flutters
134. faster: more tightly bound
136. estimations: repute
137. happy: fortunate, blessed
140. erre: stray, wander
144. occupieth: possesses
145. bee happie by: be made happy by
150. that, . . . onely: that alone which is
153. quietnesse: peace of mind
159. carefulnesse: anxiety
168. in bankettyng: feasting
168. more lyker: more like
169. gall: bile
169. dayntinesse: deliciousness
179. amorous of: enamored of, desired
182. noteth: indicates, denotes
193. Sophistries of goodes: material enticements
193. Sophister: one adept in specious persuasion, a Sophist
194. silly: innocent
195. science: learning, craft
196. semblant: appearance, semblance
198. rentes: sources of income
199. onely their: only during their
202. Plagaria: injury, misfortune
209. commoditie: profit, benefit
216. fructifie: produce fruit
220. meete: suitable
222. his: its (proper)
226. auoide: be gone
226. least: lest
230. copwebs: cobwebs
231. dyuers: diverse
232. tentations: temptations
233. noysome: noxious, injurious
234. dispraiseth: deprecates
243. frantike: insane, delirious
243. which supposed: who imagined himself
244. trim: excellent
247. delyuered: cured
248. phrenesie: frenzy
248. frustrate: deprived
252. haste: i.e. hast
255. conceits: minds, thoughts
256. it: i.e., their true estate
258. common weales: commonwealths
265. publyke and pryuie: public and private
265. Sclaunders: slanders
269. diuersitie: difference
271. a gayne perpetuall: an eternal gain, advance
272. Gyauntes: giants
278. S. Austine: St. Augustine
290. make the goodes forfaite: confiscate their goods
292. alleaged: alleged, adduced
292. ensamples: examples
294. daintie: delicious, choice
298. wracke: ruin, wreck
301. murthers: murders
301. pilling and pollyng: plundering and stripping bare by robbery
302. myschieues: harms
303. of: because of
303. estimation: esteem
304. of: by
304. puissant: powerful
312. curiousnesse: strangeness
314. vncomlynesse: unseemliness, impropriety
319. cleane: entirely wickedness
322. plucketh: draws, pulls
330. waxeth wyse: proceeds with wise caution
339. rehearse: recount
352. crosses: misfortunes, impediments
354. commodities: useful things, goods
357. the liuelier: more vividly
359. to the ende: so that
368. honestly: honourably, chastely
383. vnderstode: meant
386. to wete: to wit
399. are . . . one: share a single approach
401. stay hym selfe: rely
402. fansie: fantasy
403. passed ouer: spent
405. what with . . . what in: in consequence of . . . and in consequence of
407. considering with him self: reconsidering, reflecting
409. to Godwarde: toward God
411. described of: described by
417. Arke triumphant: triumphal arch
426. wherout . . . flushing: out from which a bird abruptly flying upwards
426. hundreth: hundred
428. draue: drove
430. goeth about: endeavours
435. had to: had for
436. following: deriving from
441. cast . . . teeth: reproached them
453. Figures: images
455. Pourphere: porphyry
455. Emplaster: plaster of Paris
456. grauen: carved
456. other some: some others
458. priuie: secret
459. particular: narrowly self-interested
462. from time to time: from age to age
463. president: appointed governor, viceroy
467. they: the Christians
470. enorme: egregious
475. Eastgothes . . . Westgothes: Ostrogoths and Visigoths
478. rased: razed
485. like estimation since: comparable prestige
486. in his floure: at its height, in its flower
503. quietnesse: ease
505. mind to: interest in
513. the roum of it: its place
514. where as: where
520. other like: others similarly, i.e., other heretical sects believed similarly
522. mutations: upheavals
529. sclandred: slandered
532. left behind: untried
546. lieuetenant: The term is used here in its technical sense, i.e. place-holder, or vice-regent.
551. Talmuith: Talmud
557. Whervnto: to which end
557. the rather: the sooner
558. brought in: introduced
558. as: such as
561. diriges, obsequies: funeral or commemorative rites
568. foreseing: establishing
570. trumperie: ostentatious fraud
571. hie: high
602. odible: odious
616. blowe . . . eares: whisper to them concerning, secretly propose
621. found out: invented
630. Hereout . . . like: from these and similar instances
631. ghostly: spiritual
642. wher with: by means of which
642. suborne: adorn
643. estimation: reputation
646. patriarks: the highest-ranking of Catholic bishops
646. protonotaries: high-ranking Monsignors of the Catholic church
647. officialls: bishops’ representatives to diocesan ecclesiastical courts
647. commissaries: papal appointees with special commissions
647. prebendaries: cathedral administrators
647. vicars: representatives
666. honest: chaste
668. tokens: signs
670. il fauored of fashion: ugly in shape
671. stoutnesse: stubbornness
681. Paralipomenon: I.e., Chronicles.
693. Sodometrie: sodomy
701. in the comparison of: i.e., compared to
706. to the ordinaunces: in comparison to the ordinaunces
709. After this sort: accordingly
717. sheade: shed
719. obseruings: observances
727. perfect: fully trained
728. silly: innocent
729. stablysh: establish
734. the rather: instead
735. On this maner: in this way
737. roume: domain
747. ignomie: ignominy
753. tasted: experienced
757. aucthority: authority
759. amongs: amongst
764. Botches: sores
767. necessitie: necessities
769. good: goods
770. shriuing: hearing confession
786. set by: esteemed
795. fashion: pretense
798. narowely: strictly
800. deceiuable: deceitful
801. throughly: thoroughly
802. very Antechrist: truly the Antichrist
809. Other some wyll not bee: some others wish not to be
810. well halfe: at least half
819. after thys sorte: in this way
821. Chirurgians: surgeons
823. ioylye: lovely
827. grossenesse: extremity
831. Gaudeamus: ‘Let us rejoice’
857. consistories: ecclesiastical councils
858. straight: strait, strict
859. beggerly: destitute of value
866. wyll . . . be: would have it that Christ not be
866. alone: sole
893. pollitike: political
899. Helias: Elijah
905. whereout: from whence
920. stocke: log
923. forthcomming: within easy reach of prosecution
924. placcate: Placard, edict
925. fortifie: confirm
926. otherwyse: neither vanquished nor condemned
935. shrift: auricular confession
946. comfort: solace
955. be participant of: share
955. ordeined: readied, put in order
969. of the Lamb: by the Lamb
973. giue place: defer, accede
975. certifie: assure, make certain
976. wrytten to: written for
979. wil: wishes, wills
982. the rather: rather, instead
983. sense: state of mind
986. must: [the killer or killers] must
996. imaginations: imaginings
1002. thrusteth them in: pierces them
1016. wherout: from which
1024. haue . . . be: effectively counterfeit
1026. vnderstanding: meaning
1026. Wherout: from which
1028. discearning: indicating
1030. neither hath: nor has it
1038. stockes: tree trunks without branches, stumps
1047. chopped and chaunged: altered
1051. belly God byshops: bishops who make their bellies their God
1061. generation: offspring
1064. routes: roots
1075. chayre: throne
1087. aduenture: risk
1098. vernyshed: varnished
1103. sette by: esteemed
1112. greene bowes: newly budded or blossoming boughs
1118. pike: pick
1118. stewes: brothels
1119. vittaylers: innkeepers
1120. haunted: frequented
1130. gibets: gallows
1133. diners: dinners
1136. intreated: treated
1140. woode: frenzied, insane
1148. cloutes: cloths
1165. straightly: straitly
1176. stand to: stand by
1200. graffed: fixed, grafted
1203. pledge: guarantee
1206. shrifts: acts of confession to a priest
1219. occupie: take possession of
1221. peuish: foolish, spiteful
1227. serch of: search for, inquiry into
1227. to the entent that: so
1235. incontinent: immediately
1247. cast ouer: reckon
1249. hold for: esteem as
1259. Latinists: Latin speakers
1259. of a truthe: in truth
1261. behalf: respect
1276. sonne: sun
1317. that this: that neither this
1329. whole: entirely
1348. coapes: copes
1349. crimosin: crimson
1375. naughty: wicked
1388. the towne of the Chaldees: Babylon
1395. of murther: by [the] murder
1400. called of: called by
1421. fetches: tricks
1422. plackets: placards, decrees
1424. without: outside, in neglect of
1425. prescript: prescribed
1431. fonde: foolish
1443. light: unchaste
1445. mislike: dislike
1445. frameth . . . to: undertakes to provide for
1447. vnlawfull: improper, disorderly
1448. meaning: seeking to protect
1451. fainednesse: deceitfulness
1457. by the meanes: by means
1462. passe vpon: concern themselves with
1463. vsages: customary behavior
1465. obeisaunce: obedience
1467. Metropolitanes: officers of the Church who preside over an entire ecclesiastical province
1468. Of which, many ensamples: ‘Of which, many examples [of secular and ecclesiastical magistrates who have turned against the Whore]’
1471. albeit . . . withal: ‘notwithstanding that they were the horns of the Beast, by means of which it defends the Whore’
1474. cleare trumpe: brilliant trumpet
1474. that: so that
1486. cry out vpon: inveigh against
1488. temporal: secular
1488. confound: confute, defeat
1489. iudgement: interpretation
1491. all to burne hir: burn her up
1504. proues: proofs
1517. Reuel. 18. [marginal glosses]: Rev 18:1
1521. enuironed: surrounded, enveloped
1522. published: proclaimed
1526. to: on behalf of, in the interest of
1529. light of: shining with
1534. hie minded: haughty
1540. seruice: religious obligation
1547. haling: tearing apart
1549. make your accompts: expect
1570. folish: foolish
1572. stewes: brothels
1573. ioyne and declare: append an exposé of
1577. corners: out-of-the-way places
1578. riggish: promiscuous
1579. kinreds: families, races
1580. seely: innocent
1586. narowly searched: meticulously sought
1606. factors: commercial agents
1619. Warrennes: game preserves
1631. liuings: benefices
1632. Couents: convents
1633. passe: surpass
1643. hir: the Whore
1644. Caldee: Chaldea
1645. Lothe: Lot
1653. loden: laden
1661. the same: the church
1691. letted them of: hindered them in
. Apoc. 18. . . . . 1. Corin. 4. [marginal gloss]: Rev 18:5, Gen 19:12-13, Matt 5:39-41 and 10:17-18, John 16:2, 1 Cor 4:10-19.
1713. narowly: closely
1713. Crie vpon: Cry out against
1721. the double: twofold
1736. crauings: humble petitions
1744. wherewithall: by means of which
1762. After thys sorte: In this fashion
1769. stick: stand opposed
1772. once: at one particular future time
1799. frame: dispose
1803. of: for
1804. of: for
1809. Chanons: canons; resident clergy of a cathedral
1810. rude: simple, inelegant
1812. principall . . . dayes: The Principal Feasts of the liturgical calendar
1814. prick song: formally composed (‘written’) music
1828. Mahometistes: Mohammedans, Muslims
1833. nothing set by: held in no esteem
1845. Massing: occupied with saying mass
1851. attendance giuen vpon: attended upon, assiduously served
1857. vnderstanding: intellect
1872. haue to do: have anything to do
1874. where as: whereas
1886. men plesers: sycophants
1887. Canonists: specialists in canon law
1887. Sorbonists: scholars at the Sorbonne
1901. heauinesse: sorrow
1902. remember of: remember
1. .14.: fourteenth
1920. a right . . . a trouth: rightly . . . truthfully
1921. indued: imbued
1930. sendeth: conveys, communicates
1935. vnderstanded: understood, meant
1939. lighten: illumine
. Psal. 119. . . . Eccle. 49. [marginal gloss]: Ps 119:105, Ezra Ecclus 49:12.
1958. Sabaoth: Hosts (Heb.)
1971. rayed: smeared (as with fæces), defiled
1976. stripes: whip-marks
1981. guid: guide
2001. after the flesh: in a fleshly manner, carnally
2002. mighty . . . to: sufficiently mighty to
2002. holds: strongholds
2007. cut of: cut off
2014. comfortable: consoling
2023. cleare: lustrous, shining
2035. conuersation: behaviour, manner of being
2060. loftie stomacks: ambitions
2064. Regard: esteem
2067. checke: oppose, strike
2082. vnaduisedly: incautiously
2086. commens: common people
2095. friendable: amiable
2100. Weathers: wethers, rams
2105. catchpols: tax-collectors, petty officers
2126. leude: base, ignorant
2157. astonied: astonished
2158. haunted: visited
2160. wist: knew
2164. inuocated: invoked
2165. securitie: complacent overconfidence
2171. springing: vigorous
2186. othe: oath
2190. declared at large of: recounted at length by
2192. laugheth them to scorne: scoffs at them
2198. inexpugnable: impregnable
2202. predestinated: predestined
2224. graffed: grafted, implanted
2236. prescript: prescribed
2245. heart: affection
2249. none: no wife
2254. the rather: all the more
2254. passing: caring
2256. after theyr owne minde: according to their own taste
2258. here hence: as a result
2259. vse: are accustomed
2261. queanes: prostitutes
2332. in theyr floures: flourishing
2333. consume away: waste away, dissipate
2349. of: from
2354. veritie: actuality
2355. complection: constitution
2373. trimmed: adorned, prepared
2376. perfect: perfectly
2382. for so much as: insofar as
2382. laide off: removed from herself
2382. put away: renounce, repel
2398. wel fauoredly: handsomely
2402. vesture: garment
2408. commoditie: benefit
2423. nether: neither
2426. shrinke: cause [them] to withdraw
2434. drink dronke: drink to the point of intoxication
2445. ashamed: put to shame
2448. boule or speare: bowl or sphere
2451. figure: metaphor
2452. preferment: superior status
2492. draw . . . out of: detach from
2500. for so much that: in as much as
2504. although . . . after him: No matter how long before or after him they lived
2511. agreeable: pleasing
2531. onely: alone
2531. they: those
2538. perfecte: complete
. notifieth, noteth: indicates
2565. throughe: by virtue of
2569. vertuous: endowed with useful properties
2571. straightly: straitly
2592. Sardius: a type of cornelian
2607. therewithall: therewith
2620. Topace: topaz
2637. noddies: simpletons
2644. small: minor
2646. Ametist: amethyst
2646. purpure: purple
2651. Iames the greater: the apostle James
2656. On this maner: Thus, In this manner
2666. stomacher: breastplate
2695. springyng: gushing
2768. a few yeres hitherwards: the last few years
2. desolatour: one who makes desolate
2778. Satisfaction: the compensatory component of penance
2804. Dispensation: relaxation of an (ecclesiastical) law
2815. pardition: perdition
2833. vnspeakable: indescribable, ineffable
2860. confesse: avow allegiance to
2901. chambering: fornication
2908. workers: practitioners
2911. long suffering: forbearance
2916. deceiuable: deceitful
2917. after: in imitation of
2934. it: cf. 2758-9
2950. plentuously: plenteously, abundantly
2983. indifferent: without distinction
2985. shew . . . ensample: make of yourself an example
2987. irreprehensible: irreproachable
2989. to speake . . . with the truthe: justly to speak
2996. affectioned: warmly disposed
2999. vnto the necessitie: in response to the neediness
3000. giuing . . . to: giving yourself over to
3005. other: others
3024. to send . . . house: ‘First to chastise [those who dwell in] his own house’
3027. to exercise: for exercising
3046. ouerrunne: review
3049. contempned: disdained, treated with contempt
3056. vntempered: unstable
3058. haue muche rather: much prefer
3098. assaultes: attacks by spiritual adversaries
3098. necessities: enemies
3101. watche: be vigilant
3110. Take ye heede . . . to: Be careful not to
3117. proued: tested
3123. bringeth: invents
3124. particularities . . . vnto: particular qualities especially associated with
3125. be ye sure: you may be confident
3135. floure: flower
3137. where ouer: over which
3155. the which: who
3160. studie: studies
3161. receue: accept
3162. charge: office
3170. reade . . . Philosophie: lecture on Philosophy
3173. Samnites: people of Samnium, an ancient location in south-central Italy
3176. Varales: Bareales
3176. aduertised: informed
3178. bicause they: so that their neighbors
3180. moued: posed
3190. they: the heathens
3204. A wittie man . . . wisely: cf Prov 13:20
3214. bellygods: Gluttons; those who care only for indulging their appetites
3215. are of no continuaunce: will not remain
3216. consume: dissipate
3226. ylfauored: ugly, offensive
3247. purpose: plan
3260. neyther yet: and also not
3268. regenerate of: spiritually reborn by means of
3270. vppon the little foote: in small measure
3273. your owne: your selves