“Yes,” quoth the Cat, “thy rayling words be treason,
And treason is far worse then heresy:”
Then must it follow by this awkewarde[1737] reason,
That kings be more then God in maiesty,
And soules be lesse then bodyes in degree:
For heretikes both soules and God offend,
Traytors but seeke to bring man’s life to end.
34.
I speake not this t’abace[1738] the haynous fault,
Of trayterous actes abhorde by God[1739] and man,