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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1">
<HEAD>&para; Iohn Bon and Ma&s;t per&s;on<FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>Eucharistic procession</FIGDESC>
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<L>&rindx; Ala&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e poore fooles, &s;o &s;ore ye be lade</L>
<L>No maruel it is, thoughe your &s;houlders ake</L>
<L>For ye beare a great God, which ye your &s;elfes made</L>
<L>Make of it what ye wyl, it is a wafar cake</L>
<L>And betwen two Irons printed it is and bake</L>
<L>And loke where Idolatrye is, Chri&s;te wyl not be there</L>
<L>Wherfore ley downe your burden, and Idoleye do beare</L>
<L>&rindx; Ala&s;&s;e poore</L>
<L>Fooles.</L>
</DIV1>
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<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="poem">
<SP>
<PB REF="2">
<SPEAKER>&rindx; The par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>_WHat Iohn Bon good morowe to the</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn Bon.</SPEAKER>
<L>Nowe good morowe ma&s;t par&s;on &s;o mut I thee</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>What meane&s;t y^u Iohn to be at worke &s;o &s;one</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>The zoner I begyne the zoner &s;hall I haue done</L>
<L>For I tende to warke no longer then none</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on.</SPEAKER>
<L>Mary Iohn for that gods ble&s;&s;inge on thy herte</L>
<L>For &s;urely &s;ome therbe wyl go to ploughe an carte</L>
<L>And &s;et not by thys holy, corpus chri&s;ti euen</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>They aer the more to blame I &s;were by &s;aynt Steuen</L>
<L>But tell me ma&s;t par&s;on one thinge and you can</L>
<L>What &s;aynt is cop&s;i cur&s;ty a man or a woman?</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Why Iohn knowe&s;te not that? I tel the it was a man,</L>
<L>It is Chri&s;te his owne &s;elfe and to morowe is hys daye</L>
<L>We beare hym in profe&s;&s;ion and thereby knowe it ye maye</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>I knowe ma&s;t par&s;on? and na by my faye</L>
<L>But me thinke it is a mad thinge that ye &s;aye</L>
<L>That it &s;houlde be a man howe can it come to pa&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Becau&s;e ye maye hym beare with in &s;o &s;mal a gla&s;&s;e</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Why neybor Iohn and art thou nowe there?</L>
<L>Nowe I maye perceyue ye loue thys newe geare</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Gods forbod ma&s;ter, I &s;hould be of that facion</L>
<L>I que&s;tion wy your ma&s;hippe in waye of cumlication</L>
<L>A playne man ye may &s;e wil &s;peake as cometh to mind</L>
<L>Ye mu&s;te holde vs a&s;cu&s;ed for plowe men be but biynd</L>
<PB REF="2">
<L>I am an elde felowe of fifty wynter and more</L>
<L>And yet in all my lyfe I knewe not this before</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>No dyd, why &s;aye&s;t thou &s;o, vpon thy &s;elfe thou lye&s;t</L>
<L>Thou ha&s;te euer knowen the &s;acramente to be the body of Chri&s;t</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Ye &s;yr ye &s;ay true, all that I know in dede</L>
<L>And yet as I remember it is not in my crede</L>
<L>But as for crop&s;y cur&s;ty to be a man or no</L>
<L>I knewe not tyll thys day by the waye my &s;oule &s;hal to</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Why foli&s;he felowe, I tel the it is &s;o</L>
<L>For it was &s;o determined by the churche longe ago</L>
<L>It is both the &s;acramente and very Chri&s;t him &s;elfe</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>No &s;plea&s;er ma&s;t par&s;on then make ye Chri&s;te an elfe</L>
<L>And the madde&s;t made man that euerbody &s;awe</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>What? peace mad man thou &s;peake&s;te lyke a dawe</L>
<L>It is not po&s;&s;ible hys manhode for to &s;e</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Why &s;ir ye tell me it is euen verye he</L>
<L>And if it be not his manhode, his godhed it mu&s;t be</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>I tell the none of both, what meane&s;te thou, art y^u mad?</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>No nother mad nor druncke, but to learne I am glade</L>
<L>But to di&s;plea&s;e your ma&s;hippe I woulde be very loth</L>
<L>Ye graunt me here playnly that it is none of boeth</L>
<L>Then is it but a cake, but I pray ye be not wroth.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Wroth quod ha, by the ma&s;&s;e y^u make&s;t me &s;were an othe</L>
<L>I hade leuer wyth a docter of diuinitie to rea&s;on</L>
<L>Then wyth a &s;tubble cur that eateth beanes and pea&s;on</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB REF="3">
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>I crie ye mercye ma&s;t per&s;on pacience for a &s;ea&s;on</L>
<L>In all thys cumlicacion is nother felony nor trea&s;on</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>No by the ma&s;&s;e but here&s;t thou, it is playne here&s;ye</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>I am glade it chaunced &s;o, theyr was no witnes by</L>
<L>And if ther had I cared not, for ye &s;pake as yl as I</L>
<L>I &s;peake but as I harde you &s;aye I wot not what ye thought</L>
<L>Ye &s;ayd it was not God nor man &amp; made it wor&s;&s;e then nought</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>I ment not &s;o, thou toke&s;te me wronge</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>A &s;ir ye &s;inge another &s;onge</L>
<L>I dare not rea&s;on wyth you longe</L>
<L>I &s;e well nowe ye haue a knacke</L>
<L>To &s;aye a thynge and then go backe</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>No Iohn I was but a littyll ouer &s;ene</L>
<L>But thou mente&s;t not good fayeth I wene</L>
<L>In all thys talke that was vs betwene</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>I? no trowe it &s;hannot &s;o beene</L>
<L>That Iohn Bon &s;hall an heretike be calde</L>
<L>Then myght he &s;aye him &s;o fowle befalde.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on.</SPEAKER>
<L>But nowe if thou wylt marke me well</L>
<L>From begynninge to endynge I wyl the tell</L>
<L>Of the godly &s;eruice that &s;halbe to morowe</L>
<L>That or I haue done no doubte thou wylt &s;orowe</L>
<L>To here that &s;uche thynges &s;houlde be fordone</L>
<L>And yet in many places they haue be gun</L>
<L>To take a waye the olde and &s;et vp newe</L>
<PB REF="3">
<L>Beleue me Iohn thys tale is true</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Go to ma&s;t par&s;on &s;aye on and well to thryne</L>
<L>Ye be the Iole&s;t ge~man that euer &s;awe in my lyue</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>We &s;hal fir&s;te haue matins, is it not a godly hereynge&punc;</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Fie? Yes, me thinke tis a &s;hamefull gay chearynge</L>
<L>For often times on my prayers, when I take no greate kepe</L>
<L>Ye &s;ing &s;o arantly well, ye make me fal a &s;lepe</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Then haue we profe&s;&s;ion and Chri&s;te aboute we beare</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>That is apoy&s;one holy thinge, for God him &s;elfe is ther</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Than comme we in and redy vs dre&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Full &s;olempnely to goo to Me&s;&s;e</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Is not here a mi&s;cheuous thynge?</L>
<L>The Me&s;&s;e is vengaunce holye for all ther &s;ayeinge</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Then &s;aye we Confiteor and mi&s;eriatur</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Ieze Lorde tis abbominable matter</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>And then we &s;tande vp to the auter</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Thys geere is as good as oure ladies &s;awter</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>And &s;o go&s;e fourth wyth the other dele</L>
<L>Tyll we haue rede the Pi&s;tell and Go&s;pell</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>That is good ma&s;t per&s;on I knowe ryght well</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<PB REF="4">
<L>Is that good? why what &s;ay&s;te thou to the other</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Mary horrible good I &s;aye none other</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>So is all the me&s;&s;e I dare auow this</L>
<L>As good in euery poynte as Pi&s;tell or Go&s;pel is</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>The fowle euyll it is, whoe woulde thynke &s;o muche</L>
<L>In fayeth I euer thought that it had bene no &s;uche</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Then haue we the canon that is holye&s;t</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>A &s;pightfull gay thynge of all that euer I wy&s;t</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Then haue we the memento euen before the &s;acringe</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Ye are morenly well learned I &s;e by your recknynge</L>
<L>That ye wyll not forget &s;uche an eluy&s;he thynge</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>And after that we con&s;ecrate very God and man</L>
<L>And turne the breade to fle&s;he wyth fyue wordes we ca~</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>The deuell ye do I trowe. Ther is pe&s;tilence bu&s;ines</L>
<L>Ye are much bou~de to god, for &s;uche a &s;pittell holines</L>
<L>A galows gay gifte wyth fyue wordes alone</L>
<L>To make boeth God and man and yet we&s;e none</L>
<L>Ye talke &s;o vnrea&s;onably well, it maketh my herte yerne</L>
<L>As elde a felow as yche am I &s;e well I maye learne</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Yea Iohn and then wyth wordes holy and good</L>
<L>Euen by and by we tourne the wyne to bloude</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Lo wyll ye &s;e lo? who woulde haue thought it</L>
<PB REF="4">
<L>That ye could &s;o &s;one, from wine to bloud ha brought it</L>
<L>And yet except your mouth, be better ta&s;ted than myne</L>
<L>I can not fele it other but that it &s;houlde be wyne</L>
<L>And yet I wote nere a cau&s;e ther maye be whye</L>
<L>Perchaunce ye ha dronke bloude ofter then euer dyd I</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Truely Iohn it is bloud though it be wine in ta&s;te</L>
<L>As &s;oone as the worde is &s;poke the wyne is gone &amp; pa&s;t</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>A &s;e&s;&s;ions on it for me my wyttes are me benumme</L>
<L>For I can not &s;tudy where the wyne &s;houlde become</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on.</SPEAKER>
<L>Study quod ha, beware and let &s;uche matter go</L>
<L>To meddle muche wyth thys may brynge ye &s;one to wo</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>Yea but ma&s;t par&s;on thynk ye it were ryght</L>
<L>That if I de&s;ired you to make my blake oxe whight</L>
<L>And you &s;aye it is done, and &s;tyl is <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters">acke in &s;yght</L>
<L>Ye myght me deme a foole for to beleue &s;o lyght</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>I maruell muche ye wyll rea&s;on &s;o farre</L>
<L>I feare if ye v&s;e it, it wyll ye mar</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>No no &s;ir I tru&s;te of that I wylbe ware</L>
<L>I praye you wyth your matter agayne fourth to fare</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>And the~ we go forth and Chri&s;tes body receyue</L>
<L>Euyn the very &s;ame that mary dyd conceyue</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>The deuill it is, ye haue a greate grace</L>
<L>To eate God and man in &s;o &s;hort, a &s;pace</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>And &s;o we make an ende as it lieth in an order,</L>
<PB REF="5">
<L>But now the ble&s;&s;ed mene is hated in euery border</L>
<L>And railed on &amp; reuiled, w^t wordes mo&s;t bla&s;phemous</L>
<L>But I tru&s;t it wylbe better w^t the help of Catechi&s;mus</L>
<L>For thoughe it came forth but euen that other day</L>
<L>Yet hath it tourned many to ther olde waye</L>
<L>And where they hated me&s;te and had it in di&s;dayne</L>
<L>There haue they me&s;&s;e and matins in latyne tonge againe</L>
<L>Ye euen in Londo~ &s;elfe (Iohn) I tel the troeth</L>
<L>They be ful glade &amp; mery to here of thys God knoweth</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>By my trueth ma&s;t par&s;on I lyke full wel your talke</L>
<L>But ma&s;&s;e me no more me&s;&s;inges. The right way wil I walke</L>
<L>For thoughe I haue no learning yet I know che&s;e fro~ chalke</L>
<L>And yche can perceiue your iuggling as crafty as ye walke</L>
<L>But leue your deuili&s;h ma&s;&s;e &amp; y^e co~munio~ to you take</L>
<L>And the~ will Chri&s;t be w^t you eue~ for his promi&s;&s;e &s;ake</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Par&s;on</SPEAKER>
<L>Why art thou &s;uche a one and kept it &s;o clo&s;&s;e</L>
<L>Wel al is not golde that hath a fayre glo&s;&s;e</L>
<L>But farewel Iohn Bon god bringe the in better mind</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Iohn</SPEAKER>
<L>I thanke you &s;ir for that you &s;eme verie kynde</L>
<L>But praye not &s;o for me for I am well In oughe</L>
<L>Whi&s;till boy, driue furth God &s;pede vs and the plough</L>
<L>Ha browne done, forth that hor&s;on crabbe</L>
<L>Ree comomyne, garlde, wyth haight blake ha</L>
<L>Haue a gayne bald before, hayght ree who,</L>
<L>Cherly boy cum of that whomwarde we maye goo</L>
</SP>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>&rindx; Imprinted at London by Iohn Daye, and Willya~ Seres, dwellinge in Sepulchres Pari&s;he at the &s;igne of the re&s;urrection a littel aboue Holbourne conduite.</P>
<P><HI>&leaf; Cum gratia &amp; priuilegio ad imprimendum &s;olum.</HI></P>
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