Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass, Part 2 · Chapter 45
Of the eleuenth part of the Canon, containing the laſt commemoration of the Sainctes. CHAPTER XLV.
Hic percutit pectus ſuum, aliquantulum altius, dicens.
NO bis quo que peccat oribus famulis tuis, de multitudine miſerationum tuarum ſperantibus, partē aliquā et ſocietatē donare digneris, cum tuis Sanctis Apoſtolis & martyribus, cū Iohāne, Stephano, Mathia Barnaba, Ignatio, Alexā dro, Marcellino, Petro, Fe ilcitate, Perpetua, Agatha Lucia, Agnete, Cecilia Anaſteſia, & omnibus Sanctis tuis. Intra quorum nos conſortium, non aeſtimator meriti, ſed veniae quaeſumus largitor admitie per Chriſtum Dominum noſtrum.
Hic, non dicitur,
Amen.
c Per quem haec omnia Domine ſemper bona creas † ſanctificas, † viuificas, † benedicis, & praeſtas nobis per † ipſum, cum † apſo, & in † ipſo, & tibi Deo Patriomnipotenti † in vnitate ſpiritus † ſancti, omnis honor & gloria.
Nota, tres primas cruces fieri ſuper hoſtiam & calicem communiter. Dicto,
Et praeſta nobis.
Diſcooperit Calicē, & accipiens corpus Domini, ſignat ter cū ipſo ſuper Calicem, à labio in labium, dicens.
Per ipſum &c.
Eleuatis autē digitis cū corpore Domini ſignat bis inter ſe & calicē, àlabio calicis incipiēdo, dicens.
Eſt tibi Deo Patri. &c.
Quo finito, tenet corpus Domini ſuper Calicem, & parum leuato Calice cum ambabus manibus, dicit.
Per omnia ſaecula ſaeculorum Amen.
a Here he ſtriketh him ſelfe on the breaſt ſaying ſomwhat lowder.
b VOuchſafe to graunt vntounto vsus alſo miſerable ſinners, thy ſeruauntes, which truſt in the multitude of thy mercies, ſome part & companie with thy holy Apoſtles and Martyrs, as with Iohn, Steuen Matthew, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcelline, Peter, Felicite, Perpetua, Agatha, Luce, Agnes, Cicely, Anaſtaſe, and all the reſt of thy Saincts: into whoſe companies, wee beſeeche that it would pleaſe thee to admit vsus, not making accompt of anie our merites, but to pardon vsus through thy deare Sonne Chriſt Ieſus our Lorde.
c To this is made no aunſwere of Amen
d For whoſe ſake, O Lord, thou alwayes createſt, † ſanctifieſt, † quickeneſt, bleſſeſt, and beſtoweſt vponupon vsus theſe benefits: by † whom with † whome, and in † whome, to thee, God the Father almighty in the vnite of the holy † Spirite, e be honour and glorie.
f Here is to be noted, that the three firſt croſſes are commonly to be made ouer the hoſt and Chalice, ouer the one and other. After he hath ſaid,
And giuegive vsus.
He vncouereth the Chalice, and taketh the Lordes bodie, and with it, thriſe croſſeth the Chalice from one ſide to another ſaying.
Through the ſame, &c.
And lifting vp his fingers with the bodie of the Lorde, maketh the ſigne of the croſſe twiſe betwene him & the Chalice, beginning at the ſide of the Chalice, ſaying.
To thee it is, God the Father, &c.
VVhen he hath ſo done, he houldeth the bodie of the Lorde ouer the Chalice, and after he hath a litle lifted vp the Chalice with both his hāds he ſaith.
For euer and euer. So be it.
a There is neuer a place in all this mask, wherin Sir Gurdegobreaſſe more mumpeth and moppeth, and maketh more pitifull faces, then he doth in this, without it be when he goeth about to eat his God. This poore Sir Iohn had here great need to be comforted: for he is left here poſt alone, and hath manie thinges to do. For, after he hath, all alone, played the partes of Iudas, the Iewes, Pilate, and the hangman,Alam. de offic. Miſſ. Cap. 25. Berno de offic. Miſſ. Cap. 17. Nicol. de Plo. de expoſ. Miſſ and crucified and Sacrificed Ieſus Chriſt: he muſt here yet once more play the part of the Iewes, who knocked vppon their breaſtes, after that Ieſus was dead, & of the thiefe that hong by him. Our yong Maiſters ſay, that this was an honeſt theefe, but they may paraduenture be deceaued. And beſides this he muſt alſo play the Centurions parte, who ſaide, Truely this was the verie Sonne of God. And therfore, he knocked vponupon his breaſt, lifted vp his voice, and confeſſed him ſelfe to be as great a ſinner as any of the reſt.
b This is the laſt cōmemoration of the ſaints that is in all the Canon. And here it might verie well be diſputed, wherefore the men and women Sainctes that are here named, are rather put in in this place, then a great manie of others that are farre more worthie. Howbeit we wil leaue the deciding hereof vntounto our yong Maiſters.
c They hauehave great reaſon, that no Amen, be here aunſwered, for the ratifying of that, that hath beene alreadie ſayed. For, what hope ought theſe Apoſtles hauehave to come into the company of the Saincts that are with God, who ſo villanouſly here renounce the verie Sonne of God, by whom and through whome the Sainctes are entred into that heauenly glorie, and who take a cleane contrary courſe, to walk in that way which the Saints went for the attaining thereto. There is no doubt, but that this prayer is as well heard, as was Balahams, who deſired to be in the companie of Iſraell,Dur. Rat. lib. 4. Nico. de Plo. de expoſ. Miſſ. and that his ſoule might die the death of the righteous. Howbeit, theſe Gallauntes our young Maiſters neuer alleadge anie ſuch cauſe, but ſay, That it is becauſe that the Angelles aunſwer him, and that this is the verie place wherein they doe this office.
d There is neuer a place in all this ioly maſke and moriſdaunce, wherein Sir Gurdegobreaſſe better, or more notablie beſtirreth his ſleight fingers, nor wherein he cauſeth his God more Iuſtelie leape ouer, about, and on euerie ſide his Chalice, or yet maketh him fetch more daungerous ſompleſauntes fore right, thwart, and euerie way, then in this. And beſides, after he hath made him friske and gambaulde his fill, then he ſheweth him on the one ſide of him, and not ouer his head as he did before: But all on the one ſide, as our Roging bearewardes are wonted to doe with their Apes, when they hauehave cauſed them ſkippe and daunce vntill they can no more: as if hee ſhould ſaye as they are wonted: Nowe Iacke, ſee thy keeper. Here Sir Gurdegobreaſſe maketh other manner of countenaunces, then earſt he did, when he was ſo penſiue and alone. For he right well ſheweth that the goute is not in his fingers. And beſides, there is neuer a place that he had neede take greater heede vntounto, that he make not roundelles in ſteade of croſſes, then this, according to the aduertiſement that we hauehave alreadie ſet downe in the Cautelles. For, he goeth about his woorke ſo nimblie, as that a man would thinke that he did but tourne and returne his hands, as though he would make nothing but roundels, or elſe Saint Andrewes croſſes, in ſtead of foreright croſſes.
e If all honour and glorie be due vntounto God, as it is in deede, why then do theſe blaſphemours ſo often ſpoile him thereof, and eſpecially in their Maſſes, giuing it to creatures.
f This aduertiſement is to teach Sir Gurdegobreas how to compas his turnes & halfe turnes which here he muſt make. But who woulde not tremble with feare, to heare the words which they here ſpeake? For, they alwayes call their rounde cake which they make here friske and gambauld, The Lordes bodie. Are they not afcarde, thus to blaſpheme him? For, if this be the bodie of Ieſus, muſt he be thus ledde and played withall? Was there euer Cat in takinge of a mouſe, that euer played with the mouſe, as they playe with him? What is he that can but maruel at the great goodneſſe of God, that is able ſo long to abide theſe ſo horible blaſphemies, as to call a rounde cake, the bodie of the Sonne of God, and beſides make it thus trippe and daunce?