By God's teeth, I will not grant them liberties which will make me a slave!

After two dayes folowed eſter⸝ and the dayes of ſwete breed. And the hye preſtꝭ [prestis] and ſcrybꝭ [scrybis] ſought meanes⸝ howe they myght take hym [Jesus] by crafte and putt hym to deeth.

an inoffensive joke

Is it me, or is that message total presumptuous twattishness?