Although we hide our sinnes from mortall men, Whose glasse of knowledge is the face of man, The eye of heaven beholdes our wickednesse, And will no doubt revenge the innocent, Rach.

enough for to redeeme our soules Even from the verie gates of gaping hell, Forgive our sinnes and wash away our faults In the sweete river of that precious blood Which thy deare sonne did shed in Galgotha, For the remission of all contrite soules.

A] and know the sinne she acts.

Moreouer, they say that when this stone fell from heauen, it was not blacke as now, but as white as the whitest snow, and by reason it hath bene so oft kissed by sinners, it is therewith become blacke: for all the pilgrimes are bound to kisse this stone, otherwise they cary their sinnes home with them again.

Too true yfaith; Thou mightst as well put out the eie of day, Or cover sinne from heaven, or to erect A towre of sand on the uncertain surge, Or any thing that were more inficient, Then to remoove one doting thought of mine From her disdain.

I doe confesse, even from my verie soule, My hainous sinne and grievous wickednesse Against my maker manie thousand waies:

we have no warres but in our selves; We fighting with our sinnes, our sinnes with us; Yet they still get the Victory.

They will kill nothing not so much as a louse; for they holde it a sinne to kill any thing.

But God will overpasse this greevous sinne, If you lament with true unfained teares And seeke to live the remnant of your yeares In Gods true feare with upright conscience.

And abiect thrall, in fleshes fraile attyre, That he for him might pay sinnes deadly hyre, And him restore unto that happie state In which he stood before his haplesse fate.

Beholde the mightie miracles of God, That sencelesse things should propagate their sinne That are more bestiall farre then beastlinesse Of any creature most insensible!

Such as are sequestred And vowed unto a strict monasticke lyfe, Ought to putt off these grosse and prophane sinnes Most frequent amongst laye-men.

" p. 274, l. 16, for "whore," read "whore's;" and in the next line, for "sunnes," read "sinnes.

are you come to sell sinne yet?

well it shewn he thoughten coste no sinne; The trammels of the palfrye pleasde his sighte, For the horse-millanare his head with roses dighte. 'An almes, sir prieste!'

D'ee thinke it fitt To punish his suspition yet perswade To act the sinne he feares? Sir Fr.

I feare thy soule will burne in flames of hell, Unless repentance wash wash away thy sinne With clensing teares of true contrition.

I am one, To expresse my selfe in my true character, Soe full of civill reason and iust truth That to denie my owne peculiar act I should esteeme as base and black a sinne As Scythians doe adultery:

Sinns of the flesh they are perfect in; they know well enough what belongs to Adultery and simple fornication, but you would much improve and oblige the practise of the Court, if you could bring this sinne of fish under the Commission.