❧ A Ballet  
declaring the fall of the whore of babylone entituled Tie thy mare tom boy with other and there unto anexid a prologue to the readers  Apocalyps xviii Alas alas that great syty babylon which was clothed in Rays purpel and scarlet and decked with gold precious stones and perells for at one hour is her judgement come and her great riches brought to nought  

W. K. To the Reader.  
WHen that I had (dear reader) of the great over throes which the hour of babylon had taken, and pattlt persevid how manfullye she was be set or campton every side with most valiant and christian waryors me thought I cold not for the love which I bore unto the truth stand still & Idly to behold thee, considering also with how much joy and gladness of heart the captains of this army hath received the commandment of the lord sent unto them by john his embasator which commandeth them that they should no longer tryffell nor dally with thes citezeus, 
power in dow bell into that cup that she hath filled unto you apocalypse x.  but boldlt to skal their walls and manfully to subdue them, Rewarding them, As they have deserved, etc.  
It made me so much the bolder to set myself forward in this battle, trusting that all though I be but an unworthy sowdyer of jesus christ, they will yet beat with my rude weakness or at the least accept my good will and mind for although (for lack of knoleg) I can not handle my weapons so handsomely as those which have been daily practised in them yet to declare myself a true hearted soudiet to my power will (in this battle) take no scorn, nether it be ashamed together together some of the pelets & weapons that this cite hath of so long time beaten & killed us with all, & lay them upon heaps that they mai be so mich the readier at their hands with can tell (better than I) how to bestow them in the beting down of our enemies & for so mich as the greatest multitude hath been of so long time blinded in love with the laws & constitutions of thes false & ungodly citizens, that they can not now perceive the bright morning star which hath appeared & doth yet dayli apere unto them I would exhort all such as have received there pressed money of christ our head captain which is a constant faith in his blood to lay now hold on that armour & weapons of god (which is the gospel) that we mai all together come into this filled, & their every man as he shallbe appointed & called to fight, a against satan (the captain of our enymyes & all his power persevinge now his kingdom to be in danger beginneth to set out his streamers & blowith out his trumpets thinking by the policy to far the oft of the lord but now in our mercheng forward let us beware & take good hide that above all things break not our arai but keep our selves in good order against all the assaults or onsets that they shall hap to give us (that is) to lead agodly life & conversation for there be a certain which hath craftli crept into our host & have professed the selves true & faithful souders when indeed the have proved to the contrary & do it daily for the leave this arai & good order which I before spoke of▪ 
The possess the truth with moths but in the deeds the utterly deny it.  & runneth abroad some arowing & awhore hunting, some a fighting brawling swearing dising carding & unresonabael rioting some given to insatiable covetousness with a great many of other mischiefs by the means whereof the have brought so ill a report upon the hol host of the lord that our enemies which where before easy to be reform are by your evil exampels in amaner hardened against the truth & therefore are all such solders worthy to be excomunycated out of this armi until there be sum in them evident tokens of amendment for we have no need of any such sowdiers as long as the lord is on our side for if the gospel we i'll not back but stand by our weapons, & keep the a ray which christ our head captain hath set us in then have we no need to fere if men so many whings hap to break in on every side upon us for he is a bell with turning of his hand to put them all to flight & utterly to consume them having therefore so sure a protector & 
If god be on our side how then can▪ prevail against us.  defendor at all times to trust unto what should them fere us to prosyde in our warfare against thes unfaithful babylonians who although the lie lurking in their holds castles & dens (that being like faint hearted cowards afraid to skirmish or to trither manhed with good weapons it are they not in this mean time free from working of mischeu your hearts dayli aeꝑth for vow that tbey setheican not make your ꝑty good to con face ●rye their cause they have invented another praity police, and that is this to bring the captains of the lords host in an evil name or as it were in a mortal hatred with their soldiers and shuche as are under thee, 
A pretty policy.  satan hath now being there grawne captain sent a broad his crafty spies in to every corner which doth parswade the ingnorant & rude soldiers that their captains doth seek all that they can to faymyshe the and to take from them all things that are necessary for them that they may there die like brent beasts that is to say our stiff necked pharisees I mean to bring our King and his counsel in an evil name among your subjects and commons. Runneth a broad in to every town & taveren beating in to the innorante peoples hedes that the hire powers with your statutes ing nations And other of this new learning with their books balatts & songs goeth about no thing else but to destroy & take away all godly laws & ordinances as baptism matrimony & such like which wicked persuasions often times causeth many to rise a 'gainst there rulers whom they owste to obey in all things & not to resist upon pain of damnation as paul plainly afirmeth to the Romans where he saith let every soul submit himself unto the octorite of the higher powers for there is no power but of god who so therefore resisteth them resisteth the ordinance of god & reseveth to them selves damnation this be the very words of. 
Exampelles are to evident Roma, xiii.  S. paul written in the xiii chapter to the Roma. 
Obai the rulers not only for fere but by cause of conciens.  by the with place & many other mai all men perceive how far the wicked papist have in all rages swerved fro the truth & special they in our time for never were the pharysies in the time of christ by the tenth part so wicked who sought like wise by all ways & means that they told to fere the people from christ & his doctin whose hard and stony hearts he will perseving ceased not to call them scribes pharysis hypocrites painted sepulkres aders a generation of vepers & blind guds with locked up the kingdom of heaven before men but now to my purpose considering the wrong interpretations the this wicked & ungodly papists do gather as well of the most godly statutes & laws set forth by the kings majesty, 
Matthew. x. xxiii.  as of other books balates songs I take ocation gentel reder according unto this small talon which I have received of the lord to set forth this simpel preface in the defence of this rude & raged time following withal other that are consonant & agreeing to the scriptures to put my week brethren that are not as yet dom to that knoleg of the truth in remembrance that we do not therein condenne any godly law but would gladly wish the that were extoled & mangnyfyed as to have the supper of the lord that worthy memori of his death & passion oft and reverently used, baptism to be ordered as the apostles did leave it, marrying to be had according to paul's consel & 
As well priests as other for them shall the not have so much of other men's.  in honour among all men & that the Gospel may be sinseerly taught & preached for that was the commandment which christ gave unto his Apostles before he ascended unto his father saying all power is now given me in heaven & in earth go therefore saith he into all parts of the world and preach the gospel and as many as do believe and are babtysed shall be saved but we find not in all the whole Scriptures but we find not in all the whole scriptures that ever he commanded any of them to say mass or to set up stocks & stones & to make the people believe in the filthy traditions of men's inventions, as water, salt, beads bows, bells, with such other bagag and therefore ought all true Christian men without ceasing to pray unto the lord that he would vouchsafe of his great mercy to help and strengthen our noble king with all his godly counsellors in taking away of all such popisshe constitutions which hath been the destruction of many souls and to the great hindrance of his most blessed word for the increase now whereof let us all with one mind pray unto god the father of our lord jesus christ. whose pease I heartily wish unto all them that unfeignedly love his testimonies  
Amen Finis.   

The ballet of ty the mare tom boy.  

TIE the mare, tom boy  
Tie the mare tom?  
Less she stray  
from the away  
Tie the mare tom.   

Now good tom bestir the  
This mare look thou wake her  
And do nothing fear the  
But boldly go take her.  
For some will outwere the  
Do not now forsake her  
A rope for her bear the  
That come thou mayst take her.  
And tie her good tom boy   

Thou must therefore fetch her  
That she may provide her  
Some else where to manche her  
Perchance she will hide her  
But see thou well watch her  
We can not abide her  
a halter upstratche her  
Therefore tie her tom boy  
This tom boy to name him  
I will now proclaim him  
Although some disdain him  
And also disfame him  
But what though they blame him  
and seek for to pain him  
Tom troth must we frame him  
a fool some men fain him  
ty the mare tomboye   

This mare now open  
I must needs declare her  
Her name to unloken  
To set her and stare her  
She doth sure betoken  
a whore now beware her  
for johan hath this spoken  
Which doth nothing spare her  
Therefore tie her tom boy   

In his revelations  
there may all men spy her  
that have speculations  
and list for to try her  
Her ill frequentations  
will make men defy her  
for with exclamations  
john doth so descry her  
Therefore tie her good tom boy   

Full sore doth he treat her  
Let she now defend her  
Or else somwher get her  
That she may amend her  
For we will so fret her  
she shall all to rend her  
To hearken now let her  
And to us attend her  
Tie the mare tom boy   

O unshamefast harlot  
so proudly arrayed  
In purple and scarlet  
thou art now dismayed  
Of every varlet  
thou madest us afraid  
God's word our true marlot  
Hath the now bewrayed  
Tie the mare tom boy  
In castles and towers  
thou were ever walled  
great kings to thy worse  
thou hast ever called  
thy fields with their flowers  
And parks that were paled  
With all thy strong dowers  
From the are now fauled  
tie the mare tomboy   

Thy coffers were filled  
With riches and treasure  
thy chambers were delled  
With silks of great valyor  
thy red deer were killed  
and slain out of measure  
thus poor men were pilled  
to maintain thy pleasure  
tie the mare tom boy   

The fall of the market  
Thy merchants bewaileth  
Their wares no man lack it  
Their fine flower faileth  
In sacks may they seek it  
From ingland it saileth  
Here longer to dark it.  
It no thing a vialeth.  
Tie the mare tom boy.   

The ship men that spied,  
the shall of the city.  
A far of they cried.  
Lamenting with pity.  
And say now is fired.  
great babble so fittye.  
alas than the cried.  
consumed now is she  
Tie the mare tom boy.   

When priest es saw the crazed.  
There crowns then they skratched  
And were so adased,  
their seat down they dashed  
And as they still gazed,  
for fere ther tethe gnashed.  
the lord is no we raised.  
that hath them thus lashed  
tie the mare tom boy,   

for he sent them preachers  
and they were disdayneh  
to death the true teachers  
Were alway constrained.  
and this like horse lechenrs  
the lord was blasphemed  
but mark now ye mechers  
how well ye have gained  
ty the mare tom boy.   

His laws when he sent you.  
Both joys jolly,  
Like mad men ye rend you  
Blaspheming his body  
ye should now repent you  
And therefore be sorry.  
neds must ye content you  
It is but a folly  
Tie the mare tom boy.   

Both pistells and gospels,  
ye always obskured  
to maintain fat mossels  
ye have us allured  
as satons apostles  
this are we assured  
your meulls trymd with tossels▪  
May not now be used  
Tie the mare tom boy   

Like human vices  
ye were still green dowers  
of popish pastimes  
ye were great alowers  
for your devilish crimes.  
ye must be now plowers  
or in these rhymes  
with oars to be rovers  
tie the mare tom boy.   

ye have us detected  
With your false commytion  
So subtle infected  
were ye with ambition  
As men not elected  
In Christ's tuition,  
But justly regected:  
As sons of perdition  
ty the mare tom boy   

ye served with knives  
At other men's tables  
and had by their vices  
young children in credels'  
your great sinful lives  
For all your fine sables  
I fear with rich dives  
In hell be your stables  
tie thy mare tom boy   

With dishes full denty  
So costly ye fared  
the pots went so plenty  
No hot wines ye spared  
till go could ye scanty  
your eyes so then stared  
yet poor men full empty  
to speak not once dared  
Tie the mare tom boy   

By other men's fierce  
your children were warmed  
With cruel desires  
the christenye armed  
Like roarars and criers  
In churches ye charmed  
like sellers and buyers  
the whole earth ye fermed  
Tie the mare tom boy   

Your devilish dissentinos  
and loud exclamations  
with your false inventions  
would ask long narrations  
your subtle suspentions  
And wrong accusations  
with spitful pretensions  
they need no probations  
tie thy mare tom boy   

ther was never treason  
But ye did invent it  
in ears this to reason  
ye do yet frequent it  
With some lie or leson  
abroad ye forth sent it  
But come is the season  
that ye must repent it  
tie the mare tom boy   

Like jolly mass singers  
ye have us deluded  
your little bell ringers  
at them we much mused  
for all your clean fingers,  
ye must be a cused,  
In that ye were bringers  
Of such wares abused,  
Tie the mare tom boy   

with laws so profane,  
that were full unruly  
your ashes and palm.  
maintained so duly,  
your dark latin salme,  
this will I assurer ye▪  
come wind or comm calm  
It must a way truly  
tie thy mare tom boy   

with bocke bell and candle  
ye gave us your curses  
and would us so handle  
that walk should our purses  
some time for to strangell,  
with ropes ye would truss us  
no longer now dandell,  
for we are past nurse's  
tie the mare tom boy   

It were great dispensers  
and there with relevers  
as sheeps with sencers,  
Good basins and ewwers  
In vessmentes at ventures  
ye sang many prayers  
for them that were lenters  
and to your such levers,  
Tie the mare tom boy,   

your velvets and satin  
By such tricks ye winned  
Between masser and matins  
salt water ye sprenged  
a sparges in latten  
forth with them ye singed,  
to call jacke and wat in  
the bells out ye ringed  
tie the mare tom boy   

your fine waxed tapers  
Besides your long torches,  
with there fumminge vapers,  
Carried before corpses  
away with clappers▪  
And puddles in porches,  
With all such like matters  
Tie are of no forces  
Tie the mare tom boy   

Your beads and your bedroles  
It was but abusion  
Your trendels and trentals  
Went all to confusion  
your oyells and your yemnolls,  
It was plain delusion  
So was your mementoes  
To tell the conclusion▪  
Tie the mare tom boy   

Your deryge so netye,  
For souls hens disaesed  
your portas so pretty  
Wherein ye still preached  
With feats that were fety  
ye have us defeted  
From god's word so mety,  
For us to be teached  
Tie the mare tom boy   

Gon is your nasty  
And latin procession  
And so must your casty  
That false dear confession  
Which was always apty  
To raise insurrertion  
Persuading with surety  
To give us remission  
Tie the mare tom boy   

At midnight to matins  
ye came from dormyra  
With lights in your lantarnes  
To see your latins,  
Away must your antems  
Of Gaude maria  
In latin your seven psalms  
With salve regina  
Tie the mare tom boy   

ye priests with your presents  
ye must be now learned  
your lies and your legends  
Are like to be burned  
your picktures with presents  
May not be adorned  
For all rheims & regentes  
will shortly be turned,  
Tie thy mare tom boy   

your god ye long keep it  
it waxeth now rusty,  
And except ye strike it  
ye will be all dusty  
In no wise now slype it  
But show yourself lusty  
for if the mouse mite it  
He will eat it: trust me  
Tie thy mare tom boy   

your cursing and blessing,  
your brethinge and blowing  
your lycking and kissige  
your mocking and mowing  
your tossinge and tissinge,  
Stroud mischief in soinge,  
therefore your false missing,  
Is now a down throsting,  
Tie thy mare tom boy   

A nende of my balet,  
Anon I will make you  
With pole-axe nor salad  
In no wise now crack you  
for thence by the pallet  
all good men will take you  
Lock up bag and wallet  
and ingland forsake you  
Now hearken good tom boy   

this mare with her baggage  
away look thou have her  
and make here no tariage  
Less hypocrites scrave her  
Strong carts for her carriage  
She shall have to save her  
Let sees make her marriage  
for lands will deprave her  
away with her tom boy   

And clean to despache her  
that none may gainsay her  
With some good poorte mach her  
as no doubt ye may her  
which will so straight watch her  
that if men would stay her  
At see they should fetch her,  
Ye may so convaye her.  
and there leave her tom boy   

For as she doth sealle he  
between france and dover:  
and there doth bewail her.  
that she is a rover,  
the cart wheels may fail her  
before she come over.  
then can she not bayell her,  
But be a sea drover.  
therefore leave her tom boy   

and in england stay the  
where none shall once crack the  
nor never more fray the  
Ne it ones for sake thee,  
But newly to ray thee,  
And ever obey thee,  
this promise we make thee,  
ther fore tari tom boy.   

my song some will mock it  
I am not ashamed  
the kine to unlock it  
I have not yet framed  
the truth yet nock it  
I was myth inflamed  
now forth have I shot it  
let me not be blamed   

for now myth I care not  
although I do end it  
to tell all I dare not  
and then to come send it,  
But stamp not nor stare not  
for it can not mend it   
Finis quod william kythe   

An exhortation to the papists  

O A papysts repent you  
& for mercy cry you  
the last day prevent you  
for it is full nigh you  
with gods word content you  
the pops laws defy you  
No longer absent you  
But unto Christ high you   

For he is a saviour  
that will never fail you  
if ye will not waver  
But meekly bewail you  
of your misbeaviour  
and forth with apele you  
to his grace and favour  
He will surely heal you   

for so hath he told you  
By Mathewe his his writer  
And also to bold you  
by luke his inditer  
the stories behold you  
Of Paul johan and Peter  
Men doth it unfold you  
Both in prose and mitre   

for all this his kindness  
Which he doth yet bear you  
As men that were mindles  
ye rend you and tear you  
Therefore of pain endless  
ye had need to fear you  
for it is not blindness  
At last day shall were you   

The prophets this telleth  
Who so list to read them  
Which saith all that swelleth  
Oor blindly proceed them  
He that above dwelleth  
Shall surely outwyde them  
Let they that rebelleth  
beware and take hide them   

For though god forgeved  
Many that offended  
and also relieved  
Such as were sore spended  
Yet some he sore grieved  
and also condemned  
as judas which fided  
with Christ that asscended  
Therefore now amend you  
And shortly confess you,  
To god who may send you,  
His spret to possess you  
And also defend you,  
That none shall oppress you  
We will reprehend you  
Until ye addrssesse you   

Now meekly down sit you,  
and this I exhort you  
The gospel to get you  
and therein to sport you,  
if that do ones fit you,  
we would report you,  
And this I commit you  
to christ who comfort you   
FINIS quod. William Kith