An Almond for a Parrot: Being a reply to Martin Mar-Prelate.
Religion
An Almond for a Parrot: Being a reply to Martin Mar-Prelate.
Marprelate controversy
God, that beeing knowen to bee a most heauenly whooremaister, a passing
zealous worldling, and a most mortified schismatique, was fitter iwis to
teache men then boyes. Bee ruled by _Martine_, and send him home into
Deuonsheere, or else hee will wrappe all your Cleargie once agayne in
Lazarus winding sheete. Which fauour if hee obtayne contrarie to desert,
I woulde wishe him as a friend, neare more to vrge Fathers to sweare at
the Funt, that the children that are brought thether to be christned,
are of none but their owne begetting, lest olde _Ragdale_ plie him as
he did in times past, about the shoulders with his plowe staffe. Haue
with you _Giles Wig._ to Sidborough, and let us haue you make another
Sermon of _Sedgwickes_ pack-prickes: or such another Prayer as you did
of three hours long, when as a friend of yours (that best knew your
armes) cast in the Rammes homes at your windowe. If you be remembred,
it was the same time, when you cride, Come wife, come seruants, let vs
fall on our knees, and praie to the Lorde God to deliuer vs from all
euill temptation, for the deuill is euen new gone by, and looke where he
hath throwne in his hornes at the windowe. _Giles_, _Giles_, I haue to
talke with you for your saucinesse with the right Honorable the Earle of
Huntington, in whose presence you (though of all other vnworthie) then
beeing, when conuersant with other Gentlemen, hee calde for a boule of
Beere, which brought, and set downe by him, and he yet busie in talke,
you tooke verie orderlie from before him, and trilled it off without
anie more bones, bidding his man if he would, goe fill him another.
And what of all this I praie you, was that such a wonderous matter,
doth _Giles_ care for anie of your Lordes, Earles, Barons or Bishops.
No, no, no barrell better herring with him: we are all made of one
and the selfe same molde, and _Adam_ signifieth but red earth. I could
tell you a tale worth the hearing, that would counteruaile _Glib._ of
Haustead, were it not that it woulde make M. _Wig._ as cholerike, as
when he burst in the Church maugre excōmunication, and knockt the keies
about yᵉ Sextens head, for not opening vnto him. Come on it what wil,
in spite of midsūmer moone, you shal haue it as it is, therefore attend
good people to the vnfortunate sequele. G. W. of Wig. house, in the
land of little Wittam, chosen to the place and function of a pastor, by
those reuerend elders of the Church, Hicke, Hob and John, Cutbert C. the
Cobler, and New. the broomseller _cum multis aliis que nunc prescribere
longum est_, at length seased (after many yeeres stragling) on the
superintendentship of Sidborough, wher hauing worn out three or four
pulpits with the vnreasonable bounsing of his fistes, it was his chance
on a time to haue one quarrell more to another of them: so that no sooner
mounted on her backe, but he began to spurre her with his heeles, to
boxe her about the eares with his elbowes, and so pittiously misuse her
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