This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...wolden no flesh 1555 Among the folk usen; But now the harlotes Han hyd thilke reule, And for the love of oure Lord Han leyd hire in water. Wenest thou ther wolde so fele Swich warlawes worthen? Ne were werliche wele And her welfare, Thei shulden delven and dyken, And dongen the erthe, 1566 And menemong corn breed To her mete fongen, And wortes fleshles wrought, And water to drynken, And werchen and wolward gon, As we wrecches usen. An aunter gif ther wolde on, Among an hol hundred, Lyven so for Godes love In tyme of a wyntere." " Leve Peres," quath I tho, 1577 " I pray that thou me telle Whou I may conne my Crede In Christen byleve." " Leve brother," quath he, " Hold that I segge, I wil techen the the trouthe, And tellen the the sothe.--THE CREDE. " Leve thou in oure Loverd God That al the werld wrought, K K Holy heven eke on hey 1587 Holliche he fourmede And is almyghti hymself Over alle his werkes. And wrought as his wil was The werld and the heven; And on gentil Jesu Christ, Engendred of himselven, His owen onlyche sone, Lord over all y-knowen, That was clenlich conceived Clerli in trewthe 159a Of the heye Holy Gost, This is the holy beleve. And of the maiden Marye Man was he born, Withouten synful seed, This is fully the byleve. With thorn y-crouned, crucified, And on the cros dyede, And sythen his blessed body Was in a stone byried, And descended a-doun 1609 To the derk helle, And fet out our formfaderes, And hy ful fayn weren. The thyrd day redeliche Hymself ros fram deeth, And, on a ston there he stod, He steigh up to hevene, And on his fader ryght hand Redelich he sitteth, That almyghti God, Over alle other whyghtes; 1620 And is herafter to commen, 1621 Christ all himselven, To demen the quyke and t...