A speech of VVilliam Thomas, esqvire in Parliament in May 1641 being a short view and examination of the actions of bishops in Parliament from Anno Dom. 1116 to this present of 1641 in the severall reignes of 23 kings and queens of this kingdome of England, &c. : in all and each of their times it is made to appeare they have been most obnoxious to prince and people and therefore that it is not fit or convenient that they should continue members of that honourable House in which they have beene so disloyally and traiterously affected to regality and no lesse mischievous and pernicious to church and commonwealth.
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             A speech of VVilliam Thomas, esqvire in Parliament in May 1641 being a short view and examination of the actions of bishops in Parliament from Anno Dom. 1116 to this present of 1641 in the severall reignes of 23 kings and queens of this kingdome of England, &c. : in all and each of their times it is made to appeare they have been most obnoxious to prince and people and therefore that it is not fit or convenient that they should continue members of that honourable House in which they have beene so disloyally and traiterously affected to regality and no lesse mischievous and pernicious to church and commonwealth.
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           A
           SPEECH
           OF
           VVilliam
           Thomas
           ESQVIRE
           ,
           IN
           PARLIAMENT
           In
           May
           ,
           1641.
           
           Being
           a
           short
           View
           and
           Examination
           of
           the
           Actions
           of
           Bishops
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           from
           
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1116.
           to
           this
           present
           of
           1641.
           in
           the
           severall
           Reignes
           of
           23.
           
           Kings
           and
           Queens
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             In
             all
             and
             each
             of
             their
             times
             it
             is
             made
             to
             appeare
             they
             have
             been
             most
             obnoxious
             to
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             and
             therefore
             that
             it
             is
             not
             fit
             or
             convenient
             that
             they
             should
             continue
             members
             of
             that
             Honourable
             House
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             have
             beene
             so
             disloyally
             and
             traiterously
             affected
             to
             Regality
             ,
             And
             no
             lesse
             mischievous
             and
             pernicious
             to
             Church
             and
             Commonwealth
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           SPEECH
           OF
           
             WILLIAM
             THOMAS
          
           ESQVIRE
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           formerly
           spoken
           of
           the
           present
           Church
           government
           ,
           by
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           &c.
           
           Declaring
           the
           corruption
           and
           unsoundnesse
           thereof
           ,
           and
           how
           farre
           degenerate
           ,
           if
           not
           contrary
           to
           the
           pure
           Primitive
           ▪
           Apostolicall
           institution
           :
           Also
           I
           have
           touched
           a
           little
           of
           the
           other
           parts
           ,
           as
           how
           unlawfull
           it
           was
           for
           them
           to
           intermeddle
           in
           temporall
           affaires
           ,
           to
           use
           civill
           power
           ,
           or
           to
           sit
           as
           Iudges
           in
           any
           Court
           ,
           much
           lesse
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           where
           they
           passe
           censure
           and
           judgement
           not
           onely
           of
           our
           lives
           and
           liberties
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Estates
           and
           inheritance
           and
           blood
           ,
           as
           of
           us
           ,
           so
           of
           our
           posterity
           :
           And
           as
           this
           is
           unlawfull
           by
           the
           Divine
           Law
           ,
           so
           by
           the
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           yea
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           of
           this
           Realme
           ,
           (
           whereof
           I
           shall
           further
           enlarge
           myselfe
           in
           my
           ●●●●ing
           discourse
           :
           )
           So
           hath
           their
           sitting
           there
           beene
           prejudiciall
           and
           obnoxious
           to
           Kings
           and
           Subjects
           .
           Now
           I
           desire
           briefly
           to
           declare
           when
           and
           how
           the
           Bishops
           came
           to
           be
           members
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           in
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           meanes
           they
           continued
           their
           sitting
           there
           ;
           because
           prescription
           is
           much
           insisted
           upon
           ;
           although
           long
           usage
           (
           as
           King
           
             Iames
          
           truly
           delivereth
           )
           confirmeth
           no
           right
           ,
           (
           if
           unlawfull
           originally
           ,
           or
           at
           convenient
           times
           interrupted
           .
           )
           And
           whereas
           it
           hath
           beene
           demanded
           why
           the
           first
           of
           our
           reasons
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           it
           hindreth
           Ecclesiasticall
           vocation
           
           was
           not
           urged
           600.
           yeares
           agoe
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           There
           was
           then
           no
           cause
           ;
           for
           the
           first
           beginning
           of
           Parliaments
           was
           not
           74.
           yeares
           after
           .
           But
           if
           this
           had
           beene
           delivered
           of
           the
           lawfulnesse
           and
           conveniency
           of
           their
           intermedling
           in
           temporall
           affaires
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           replyed
           that
           it
           hath
           beene
           declared
           not
           onely
           600.
           but
           1600.
           yeares
           agoe
           ,
           and
           in
           each
           century
           since
           .
           But
           supposing
           and
           granting
           that
           it
           was
           meant
           of
           such
           Parliaments
           as
           were
           before
           the
           Conquest
           ,
           you
           shall
           finde
           that
           above
           600.
           yeares
           agoe
           the
           Prelates
           are
           charged
           (
           by
           their
           intermedling
           in
           secular
           affaires
           )
           to
           neglect
           the
           office
           of
           Episcopall
           function
           .
           For
           this
           we
           read
           :
           The
           Clergy
           
           altogether
           were
           unlearned
           ,
           wanton
           ,
           and
           vicious
           ,
           for
           the
           Prelates
           altogether
           neglected
           the
           office
           of
           Episcopall
           function
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           tender
           the
           affaires
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           feed
           the
           slocke
           of
           Christ
           ,
           lived
           themselves
           idle
           and
           coveto●s
           ,
           addicted
           wholly
           to
           the
           pompe
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           voluptuous
           life
           ,
           little
           caring
           for
           the
           Churches
           and
           soules
           committed
           to
           their
           charge
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           (
           saith
           
             Higden
          
           )
           told
           them
           that
           their
           lives
           ought
           
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           and
           their
           conversation
           without
           covetousnesse
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sacred
           prescript
           ,
           and
           vertuous
           example
           of
           their
           Elders
           ,
           they
           would
           scoffingly
           put
           them
           off
           with
           a
        
         
           Nunc
           aliuá
           tempus
           alii
           pro
           tempore
           mores
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           they
           plained
           the
           roughnesse
           of
           their
           doings
           with
           the
           smoothnesse
           of
           their
           answers
           .
           Briefly
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           loose
           and
           riotous
           (
           saith
           
             Gervasius
          
           of
           Canterbury
           )
           that
           
           they
           fell
           so
           fast
           to
           commit
           wickednesse
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           ignorant
           of
           sinfull
           crimes
           ,
           was
           then
           held
           to
           be
           a
           great
           crime
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Clergy
           (
           saith
           
             Malmsbury
          
           )
           contenting
           themselves
           
           with
           triviall
           literature
           ,
           could
           scarcely
           hack
           ▪
           and
           hew
           out
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           
             Robert
          
           was
           then
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           who
           instigated
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Confessor
           against
           his
           mother
           queene
           
             Emma
             ,
          
           charging
           her
           with
           incontinency
           with
           
             Alwyn
          
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           (
           observe
           how
           one
           Locust
           stings
           another
           )
           which
           she
           washt
           away
           ,
           
           and
           cleared
           her selfe
           of
           by
           a
           sharpe
           tryall
           of
           fire
           ,
           
             Candentes
          
           
           
             ferri
             ,
          
           being
           put
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           
             Ordalium
          
           )
           to
           cleare
           her selfe
           ,
           by
           passing
           nine
           Plough-shares
           ,
           glowing
           red
           hot
           ,
           bare-footed
           and
           blind-folded
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           without
           hurt
           .
           And
           as
           this
           Bishop
           had
           charged
           the
           queene
           his
           mother
           with
           incontinence
           ,
           so
           did
           he
           likewise
           the
           queene
           his
           wife
           
             Edith
          
           or
           
             Egith
          
           with
           adultery
           ;
           but
           no
           lesse
           untruly
           and
           unjustly
           ,
           then
           maliciously
           and
           enviously
           ,
           as
           saith
           
             Malmesbury
             ,
          
           shee
           being
           a
           Lady
           incomparable
           ,
           as
           for
           beauty
           ,
           so
           for
           vertue
           ,
           in
           whose
           breast
           there
           was
           a
           Schoole
           of
           all
           liberall
           Sciences
           .
           And
           the
           like
           testifies
           
             Ingulphus
             ,
          
           that
           had
           often
           conference
           with
           her
           ,
           that
           as
           she
           was
           beautifull
           ,
           and
           excellent
           well
           learned
           ,
           so
           in
           her
           demeanour
           and
           whole
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           a
           virgin
           most
           chaste
           ,
           humble
           ,
           and
           unfainedly
           holy
           ,
           milde
           ,
           modest
           ,
           faithfull
           ,
           and
           innocent
           ,
           not
           ever
           hurtfull
           to
           any
           .
           And
           doe
           we
           not
           reade
           that
           about
           the
           yeare
           1040.
           that
           Bishop
           
             Alfred
          
           had
           his
           hand
           deepe
           in
           the
           murder
           of
           Prince
           
             Alfred
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           having
           his
           eyes
           inhumanely
           put
           out
           ,
           lived
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           in
           torment
           and
           griefe
           :
           Some
           say
           he
           died
           by
           a
           more
           horrible
           kinde
           of
           cruelty
           ,
           as
           his
           belly
           was
           opened
           ,
           and
           one
           end
           of
           his
           bowels
           fastned
           to
           a
           stake
           ,
           his
           body
           pricked
           with
           sharp
           
           poniards
           ,
           till
           all
           his
           entrailes
           were
           extracted
           ,
           in
           which
           most
           savage
           torture
           he
           ended
           his
           innocent
           life
           .
           These
           Bishops
           little
           regarded
           Ecclesiasticall
           vocation
           or
           function
           ,
           but
           worldly
           pompe
           and
           courtly
           rule
           .
           They
           cannot
           bee
           at
           assemblies
           of
           States
           and
           Parliaments
           ,
           but
           their
           neglected
           flock
           must
           be
           starved
           ;
           these
           feed
           not
           their
           hungry
           sheepe
           ,
           but
           hunger
           to
           feed
           on
           them
           ;
           and
           this
           care
           of
           the
           world
           volves
           them
           in
           a
           world
           of
           cares
           .
           What
           hath
           beene
           spoken
           of
           those
           Bishops
           ,
           I
           wish
           had
           not
           been
           delivered
           of
           other
           latter
           Prelates
           ,
           wherein
           I
           crave
           leave
           to
           speake
           what
           others
           write
           .
           That
           they
           are
           growne
           to
           that
           height
           of
           idlenesse
           (
           the
           mother
           of
           ignorance
           and
           luxury
           within
           themselves
           )
           and
           by
           reason
           thereof
           ,
           in
           contempt
           and
           base
           estimation
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           thought
           high
           time
           that
           blood
           should
           bee
           drawn
           from
           their
           swelling
           veines
           :
           I
           will
           not
           (
           though
           perhaps
           I
           might
           )
           say
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Commonwealth
           hath
           little
           use
           of
           such
           (
           I
           mean
           of
           over
           Lordly
           Bishops
           )
           out
           for
           that
           they
           are
           so
           far
           degenerated
           from
           the
           Primitive
           institution
           ,
           I
           
           wish
           there
           were
           reformation
           ,
           I
           speake
           not
           of
           demolishing
           ▪
           but
           of
           amendment
           and
           restitution
           ,
           and
           untill
           it
           appeare
           that
           the
           whole
           is
           unsound
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           assent
           to
           utter
           extirpation
           or
           eradication
           .
           Thus
           much
           I
           have
           made
           bold
           to
           deliver
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           due
           place
           ,
           nor
           in
           any
           purpose
           to
           plead
           against
           those
           or
           any
           of
           them
           that
           have
           declared
           themselves
           to
           bee
           of
           contrary
           opinion
           :
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           of
           my
           disability
           to
           enter
           the
           lists
           with
           any
           ,
           or
           to
           contend
           with
           such
           Worthies
           in
           this
           or
           other
           argument
           :
           but
           I
           hope
           there
           will
           not
           be
           denied
           to
           me
           leave
           and
           liberty
           to
           declare
           the
           cause
           and
           reason
           of
           my
           vote
           in
           this
           house
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           sit
           as
           a
           member
           :
           and
           if
           I
           have
           erred
           ,
           I
           have
           beene
           mis-led
           not
           onely
           by
           learned
           Fathers
           and
           Divines
           ,
           by
           Synods
           and
           generall
           Councels
           ,
           but
           by
           great
           Lords
           and
           Barons
           ,
           yea
           by
           the
           whole
           Peerage
           of
           these
           Kingdomes
           of
           England
           and
           France
           :
           
             Peter
          
           Lord
           Primandy
           and
           Barree
           ,
           who
           writ
           the
           French
           Academy
           ,
           and
           dedicated
           the
           same
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           3.
           
           King
           of
           France
           and
           Poland
           ,
           in
           that
           booke
           and
           chapter
           of
           the
           causes
           that
           bred
           change
           ,
           saith
           ,
           that
           Bishops
           and
           Prelates
           neglecting
           their
           charge
           to
           bestow
           their
           times
           in
           worldly
           affaires
           ,
           grew
           to
           misliking
           and
           contempt
           ,
           have
           procured
           great
           offences
           ,
           and
           marvellous
           trouble
           ,
           which
           may
           more
           easily
           be
           lamented
           then
           taken
           away
           ,
           or
           reformed
           ,
           being
           such
           abuses
           as
           have
           taken
           deepe
           root
           .
           And
           what
           he
           affirmeth
           did
           the
           Peeres
           of
           France
           unitely
           deliver
           ,
           That
           Bishops
           should
           follow
           Saint
           
             Peters
          
           steps
           ,
           to
           winne
           soules
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           meddle
           with
           wars
           ,
           and
           murder
           of
           mens
           bodies
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           come
           neere
           and
           to
           speake
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           England
           ,
           let
           us
           heare
           what
           the
           English
           Lords
           did
           declare
           ;
           we
           read
           that
           they
           did
           decree
           in
           the
           time
           and
           reigne
           of
           King
           
             John
             ,
          
           that
           Bishops
           should
           not
           intermeddle
           in
           civill
           affaires
           ,
           or
           rule
           as
           Princes
           over
           their
           Vas●alls
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           ●enderd
           ;
           for
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           received
           no
           power
           but
           onely
           in
           matters
           pertaining
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           and
           further
           enlarging
           themselves
           ,
           use
           these
           words
           :
           It
           appertaines
           not
           to
           Bishops
           to
           deale
           in
           secular
           affaires
           ,
           since
           
             Peter
          
           onely
           received
           of
           our
           Saviour
           a
           power
           in
           matters
           Ecclesiastic
           all
           :
           what
           (
           say
           they
           )
           hath
           the
           Prelats
           to
           entermeddle
           with
           wars
           ,
           
           such
           are
           
             Constantines
          
           successors
           ,
           not
           
             Peters
             ,
          
           whom
           as
           they
           represent
           not
           in
           good
           actions
           ,
           so
           neither
           doe
           they
           in
           authority
           :
           Fie
           on
           such
           Rascal
           Ribaulds
           ,
           the
           words
           in
           
             Paris
          
           are
           
             Marcidi
             Ribaldi
             ,
          
           how
           unlike
           are
           they
           to
           
             Peter
          
           that
           usurpe
           
             Peters
          
           place
           ?
           But
           this
           point
           of
           intermedling
           in
           secular
           affaires
           (
           though
           I
           have
           often
           digressed
           )
           and
           intermingled
           with
           the
           former
           parts
           ,
           is
           proved
           in
           its
           proper
           place
           to
           bee
           unlawfull
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           in
           that
           part
           that
           treateth
           therof
           ,
           craving
           pardon
           for
           this
           deviation
           ,
           I
           will
           pursue
           the
           present
           argument
           (
           the
           obnoxiousnesse
           of
           their
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           )
           and
           come
           to
           the
           points
           I
           intended
           to
           insist
           on
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           the
           entrance
           of
           Bishops
           into
           the
           Parliament
           house
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           meanes
           they
           came
           there
           and
           continued
           :
           That
           they
           have
           sate
           there
           from
           the
           first
           Parliament
           to
           this
           is
           not
           denied
           :
           But
           as
           we
           are
           not
           now
           to
           consider
           
             an
             suerunt
             ,
          
           but
           
             an
             profuerunt
             ,
          
           so
           are
           we
           not
           to
           debate
           and
           discusse
           
             an
             factum
             ,
          
           but
           
             an
             sieri
             debuit
             ,
          
           for
           it
           was
           the
           argument
           of
           a
           Pagan
           (
           
             viz.
             )
             Symmachus
          
           to
           the
           Emperor
           
             Theodosius
          
           recorded
           by
           Saint
           
             Amb.
             servanda
             est
             tot
             saeculis
             fides
             nostra
             ,
             &
             sequendi
             sunt
             majores
             nostri
             qui
             secuti
             sunt
             faelicitur
             suos
             .
          
           Our
           religion
           which
           hath
           continued
           so
           many
           yeares
           is
           still
           to
           be
           retained
           ,
           and
           our
           ancestors
           are
           to
           bee
           followed
           by
           us
           who
           happily
           traced
           the
           steps
           of
           their
           forefathers
           ,
           but
           (
           with
           
             Tertullian
             )
             nullam
             v●lo
             con●uetudinem
             defendas
             ,
          
           if
           good
           ,
           no
           matter
           how
           short
           ,
           since
           ,
           if
           bad
           ,
           the
           longer
           the
           worse
           ;
           Antiquity
           without
           truth
           (
           as
           saith
           
             Cyprian
          
           )
           is
           but
           ancient
           error
           .
           The
           first
           Parliament
           (
           as
           I
           reade
           )
           began
           1116.
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           sixteeneth
           or
           seventeenth
           yeare
           of
           King
           
             Henry
          
           the
           first
           ,
           who
           being
           an
           usurper
           ,
           brought
           in
           by
           the
           Bishops
           to
           the
           disherison
           of
           
             Robert
          
           his
           elder
           brother
           ,
           admitted
           the
           said
           Bishops
           to
           be
           members
           of
           the
           said
           high
           Court
           ,
           partly
           ingratefulnesse
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           doe
           otherwise
           :
           for
           was
           not
           
             Ralfe
          
           the
           then
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           so
           proud
           and
           insolent
           a
           Prelate
           ,
           that
           was
           read
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           when
           
             Roger
          
           Bishop
           of
           Salsbury
           was
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Kings
           Coronation
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           palsie
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           this
           ●holerick
           outdaring
           Prelate
           could
           hardly
           be
           intreated
           by
           the
           Lords
           ,
           to
           withhold
           his
           hands
           from
           striking
           the
           Crowne
           
           from
           the
           Kings
           head
           :
           Of
           such
           spirits
           were
           these
           spirirituall
           
           Prelates
           ,
           and
           the
           jealousie
           to
           lose
           their
           pompous
           preheminence
           of
           honors
           ,
           yet
           had
           he
           no
           other
           reason
           
           for
           this
           his
           sau●ines
           and
           bold
           attempt
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           
             Roger
          
           did
           not
           this
           by
           his
           appointment
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           
             T●ursto●
          
           was
           Archbishop
           of
           Yorke
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           a
           disloyall
           and
           perjured
           man
           by
           breach
           of
           his
           oath
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           yet
           was
           hee
           highly
           
           favoured
           and
           countenanced
           by
           the
           Pope
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           that
           See
           by
           him
           ,
           in
           dispite
           of
           the
           said
           King
           .
           And
           as
           hee
           ,
           so
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Bishops
           (
           not
           lesse
           guilty
           ,
           nor
           much
           lesse
           potent
           )
           were
           likewise
           admitted
           members
           of
           that
           high
           Court
           ;
           and
           to
           speake
           plainly
           ,
           how
           could
           he
           spare
           their
           being
           in
           that
           house
           who
           were
           to
           justifie
           his
           title
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ?
        
         
           ▪
           Now
           passe
           we
           to
           King
           
             Stephen
             ,
          
           another
           usurper
           ,
           nephew
           
           to
           the
           former
           King
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           him
           (
           though
           he
           had
           an
           elder
           brother
           ,
           and
           before
           them
           both
           the
           title
           of
           Anjou
           by
           his
           wife
           
             Maud
          
           the
           Empresse
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           his
           son
           
             Henry
          
           to
           precede
           )
           the
           Bishops
           did
           advance
           to
           the
           Royal
           Throne
           ,
           no
           lesse
           persidiously
           
           then
           traiterously
           ,
           having
           formerly
           sworne
           to
           
             Maud
          
           the
           Empresse
           .
           We
           are
           also
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           was
           his
           brother
           ,
           a
           very
           potent
           man
           in
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           worthy
           our
           noting
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           did
           endeavour
           to
           salve
           their
           disloyalty
           and
           perjury
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           the
           Salicke
           
           Law
           to
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           traiterously
           avowing
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           basenes
           for
           so
           many
           and
           so
           great
           Peers
           to
           be
           subject
           to
           a
           woman
           :
           Nay
           ,
           it
           seemeth
           the
           Bishops
           did
           not
           intend
           to
           be
           true
           subjects
           to
           him
           ,
           though
           a
           brave
           and
           worthy
           Prince
           ,
           (
           had
           his
           title
           to
           the
           Crowne
           been
           as
           good
           as
           the
           Prelates
           at
           his
           election
           did
           declare
           :
           )
           for
           read
           we
           not
           that
           the
           Bishops
           of
           
           Salisbury
           ,
           Lincolne
           ,
           Ely
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           did
           fortifie
           Castles
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           advanced
           to
           him
           in
           armed
           and
           warlicke
           manner
           :
           nay
           ,
           did
           not
           his
           brother
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           forsake
           him
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Synod
           of
           Clergie
           accursed
           all
           those
           
           that
           withstood
           the
           Empresse
           
             Maud
             ,
          
           blessing
           all
           that
           assisted
           her
           .
           Surely
           this
           curse
           ought
           to
           have
           fallen
           on
           himself
           and
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           who
           did
           trouble
           the
           Realm
           ,
           with
           fire
           and
           sword
           .
           Sure
           as
           these
           were
           too
           great
           to
           bee
           put
           out
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           so
           were
           they
           very
           dangerous
           therein
           .
           Vnto
           
           
             Stephen
          
           succeed
           
             Henry
          
           2.
           
           In
           this
           time
           
             Thomas
             Becket
          
           was
           
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ▪
           what
           his
           demeanour
           toward
           his
           Soveraigne
           was
           ,
           and
           what
           mischiefe
           was
           by
           him
           occasioned
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           would
           take
           too
           much
           time
           to
           declare
           ;
           and
           though
           some
           Papists
           that
           adore
           him
           for
           a
           Saint
           ,
           
           will
           say
           ,
           he
           resisted
           on
           just
           cause
           ,
           yet
           I
           will
           deliver
           what
           I
           read
           ,
           and
           render
           him
           with
           the
           Chronicles
           ,
           an
           Arch-traytor
           ,
           and
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           Doctors
           in
           Paris
           did
           debate
           whether
           
           he
           were
           damned
           for
           his
           disloyalty
           ,
           
             Rogerus
          
           the
           Norman
           avowing
           ,
           that
           he
           deserved
           death
           and
           damnation
           for
           his
           contumacie
           toward
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Minister
           of
           God
           .
           From
           him
           I
           passe
           to
           his
           sonne
           
             Richard
          
           the
           first
           ,
           who
           had
           two
           brothers
           
           that
           were
           Bishops
           ,
           the
           one
           of
           Duresme
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           Lincolne
           ,
           and
           after
           Archbishop
           of
           Yorke
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           the
           holy
           Land
           ,
           appointed
           for
           Governour
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           
           
             William
             Longchampe
          
           chiefe
           Iusticiar
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Chancellour
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Papall
           Legat.
           
        
         
           This
           Viceroy
           ,
           or
           rather
           King
           ▪
           (
           for
           so
           
             Paris
          
           calles
           him
           )
           
           
             Rex
             &
             Sacerdos
             ,
          
           had
           joyned
           with
           him
           
             Hugh
          
           Bishop
           of
           Duresme
           for
           the
           parts
           beyond
           Humber
           .
           This
           Kingly
           ▪
           Bishop
           (
           as
           Authors
           deliver
           )
           did
           use
           incredible
           insolence
           and
           intollerable
           tyranny
           ,
           and
           commit
           a
           most
           sacrilegious
           and
           barbarous
           out-rage
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           
             Ieffery
             ,
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Yorke
           ,
           and
           naturall
           brother
           to
           K.
           R.
           the
           first
           ;
           for
           which
           afterwards
           (
           being
           taken
           in
           a
           Curtesans
           apparrell
           and
           attire
           ,
           
             velut
             delicata
             muliercula
          
           )
           hee
           was
           banished
           the
           Realme
           .
           Now
           as
           it
           was
           very
           difficult
           to
           turne
           such
           Papall
           Bishops
           and
           
             Regulos
          
           out
           of
           Parliament
           :
           so
           certainly
           such
           Lord
           Bishops
           did
           there
           worke
           no
           little
           mischiefe
           to
           Regall
           power
           ,
           the
           subjects
           liberties
           ,
           and
           the
           weale
           publick
           ▪
           Certainly
           this
           was
           not
           the
           duty
           and
           office
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ;
           surely
           the
           Silke
           and
           
           Scarlet
           Robes
           of
           Princes
           and
           Iusticiars
           ,
           were
           as
           undecent
           for
           these
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           coat
           of
           Iron
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Beavois
           ,
           taken
           prisoner
           by
           this
           King
           ,
           which
           hee
           sent
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           with
           a
           
             vide
             an
             tunica
             silii
             tui
             sit
             ,
             an
             non
             :
          
           to
           which
           hee
           made
           answer
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           his
           sonne
           ,
           nor
           the
           sonne
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           For
           hee
           had
           put
           off
           the
           peaceable
           Prelate
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           the
           warlicke
           Souldier
           ,
           tooke
           a
           Shield
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           
           Cope
           ,
           a
           Sword
           for
           a
           stole
           ,
           a
           Curac●
           for
           an
           Albe
           ,
           a
           Helm●●
           for
           a
           Miter
           ,
           a
           Lance
           for
           a
           Bishops
           staffe
           ,
           perverting
           the
           order
           and
           course
           of
           things
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           that
           a
           Bishop
           must
           destroy
           mens
           lives
           either
           as
           a
           Iusticiar
           in
           Court
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Souldier
           in
           Camp
           .
           
             Qui
             si
             non
             aliqua
             nocuisset
             mortuus
             est
             ,
          
           they
           will
           doe
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           they
           ought
           to
           doe
           (
           
             Feed
             the
             Flocke
             ;
          
           )
           they
           desire
           rather
           to
           sit
           in
           Parliament
           then
           stand
           in
           a
           pulpit
           ,
           accounting
           preaching
           (
           according
           to
           B.
           
             Iuel
          
           )
           so
           far
           below
           their
           greatnesse
           ,
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           above
           their
           goodnesse
           .
           We
           neither
           deny
           or
           reject
           Episcopacy
           or
           Church
           government
           it selfe
           ,
           but
           the
           corruptions
           thereof
           :
           and
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           who
           stiffely
           maintained
           those
           corruptions
           ,
           have
           inforced
           this
           our
           distaste
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Iacob
          
           was
           forced
           to
           depart
           from
           
             Laban
          
           for
           ill
           usage
           ,
           I
           conceive
           that
           the
           breach
           was
           in
           
             Laban
             ,
          
           not
           in
           
             Iacob
             .
          
        
         
           So
           also
           those
           that
           did
           forsake
           Babylon
           (
           God
           commanding
           to
           depart
           from
           it
           )
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           partakers
           of
           their
           punishment
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           guilty
           of
           their
           crimes
           ,
           did
           not
           occasion
           the
           schisme
           or
           breach
           ,
           but
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Babylon
           :
           And
           we
           confesse
           ,
           that
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           refuse
           and
           forsake
           the
           present
           Church
           government
           ,
           but
           no
           further
           then
           it
           hath
           forsaken
           pure
           and
           primitive
           institution
           ,
           therefore
           let
           none
           say
           that
           wee
           are
           desirous
           of
           innovation
           :
           for
           I
           thinke
           we
           may
           boldly
           with
           the
           forenamed
           reverend
           Bishop
           
             Iewel
             ,
          
           affirme
           ,
           
             Nos
             non
             sumus
             novatores
             .
          
        
         
           From
           K.
           R.
           I
           come
           to
           K.
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           an
           usurper
           likewise
           ,
           who
           
           was
           advanced
           to
           the
           Regall
           Throne
           by
           Archbishop
           
             Hubert
          
           and
           the
           Prelates
           .
           This
           lewd
           Bishop
           unjustly
           declaring
           this
           and
           all
           other
           Kingdomes
           to
           bee
           elective
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           man
           hath
           right
           or
           fore-title
           to
           succeed
           another
           in
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           
           but
           must
           be
           by
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           thereunto
           chosen
           ,
           with
           invocation
           of
           grace
           and
           guidance
           of
           Gods
           holy
           Spirit
           ;
           alledging
           further
           ,
           and
           that
           (
           most
           plainly
           )
           by
           example
           of
           
             David
          
           and
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           that
           whosoever
           in
           a
           Kingdome
           excelled
           all
           in
           valour
           and
           vertue
           ,
           ought
           to
           surmount
           all
           in
           rule
           and
           authority
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           had
           all
           u●an●●●●usly
           elected
           
             Iohn
          
           (
           first
           imploring
           the
           Holy
           Ghosts
           assistance
           )
           
           as
           well
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           merits
           ,
           as
           royall
           bloud
           .
           And
           thus
           the
           Bishops
           blanch
           their
           disloyall
           assertion
           with
           sacred
           Writ
           ,
           and
           their
           lewd
           devised
           plot
           with
           the
           holy
           Ghosts
           assistance
           .
           Hereby
           they
           rejected
           the
           just
           Title
           and
           hereditary
           succession
           of
           
             Arthur
          
           his
           elder
           brothers
           sonne
           .
           And
           as
           he
           did
           this
           disherision
           unjustly
           and
           disloyally
           ,
           so
           did
           hee
           this
           election
           lewdly
           and
           fraudulently
           ,
           as
           himselfe
           after
           confessed
           ,
           when
           being
           demanded
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           so
           doing
           ,
           he
           replied
           ,
           That
           as
           
             Iohn
          
           by
           election
           got
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           so
           by
           ejection
           upon
           demerit
           ▪
           he
           might
           lose
           the
           same
           ;
           which
           after
           he
           did
           endeavour
           to
           his
           utmost
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           effected
           by
           depriving
           him
           of
           life
           and
           kingdome
           .
           Let
           me
           not
           be
           misconceived
           ,
           I
           know
           
             Hubert
          
           died
           eight
           or
           ten
           yeares
           before
           him
           ,
           
           but
           what
           he
           did
           begin
           and
           forward
           ,
           was
           furthered
           and
           pursued
           by
           
             Stephen
             Langton
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Bishops
           and
           Prelates
           ,
           too
           long
           to
           rehearse
           .
           His
           other
           brother
           being
           Archb.
           of
           York
           ,
           a
           strange
           example
           ,
           saith
           
             Malm.
          
           to
           have
           a
           King
           ruled
           by
           two
           brethren
           of
           so
           turbulent
           humours
           .
           Many
           of
           their
           treasonable
           acts
           and
           disloyalties
           ,
           I
           will
           omit
           ,
           and
           passing
           by
           as
           well
           particular
           Bishops
           and
           Prelates
           ,
           as
           
             Stephen
          
           Archdeacon
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           them
           in
           the
           generall
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           relate
           one
           villanous
           passage
           of
           traiterous
           disloyalty
           ;
           whereof
           (
           as
           good
           Authours
           deliver
           )
           the
           Archbishops
           and
           Prelats
           were
           principall
           Abetters
           and
           Conspirers
           .
           The
           King
           being
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Barons
           came
           
           thither
           with
           armed
           multitudes
           without
           number
           ,
           and
           forced
           him
           to
           yeeld
           ,
           that
           the
           government
           should
           bee
           swayed
           by
           twenty
           five
           selected
           Peeres
           .
           Thus
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Soveraigns
           was
           but
           the
           six
           &
           twentieth
           petty
           King
           in
           his
           owne
           dominions
           ,
           &c.
           
           To
           him
           succeeded
           his
           sonne
           ,
           K.
           H.
           3
           ,
           who
           
           being
           at
           Clarkenwell
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           Prior
           of
           S.
           
             Iohns
             ,
          
           was
           told
           by
           him
           no
           lesse
           sawcily
           then
           disloyally
           (
           if
           I
           may
           not
           say
           trayterously
           )
           that
           he
           should
           be
           no
           longer
           King
           then
           hee
           did
           right
           to
           the
           Prelates
           .
           Whereto
           hee
           answered
           :
           What
           ?
           doe
           you
           meane
           to
           deprive
           me
           of
           my
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           afterward
           murder
           me
           ,
           as
           you
           did
           my
           Father
           ?
           And
           indeed
           they
           performed
           little
           lesse
           ,
           as
           shall
           hereafter
           appear
           .
           But
           now
           to
           take
           the
           particular
           passages
           in
           order
           .
           In
           this
           
           Kings
           reigne
           
             Stephen
          
           then
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           as
           we
           read
           ,
           was
           the
           Ring-leader
           of
           disorders
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           no
           better
           was
           
             Peter
          
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           .
           But
           not
           to
           speake
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           ,
           but
           of
           them
           all
           in
           generall
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           Parliament
           at
           Oxford
           thus
           wee
           read
           ,
           To
           the
           Parliament
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           saith
           
             Matth.
             Paris
             ,
          
           and
           
             Matth.
             
             Westm.
          
           came
           the
           seditious
           Earles
           and
           Barons
           with
           
           whom
           the
           Bishops
           Pontisice's
           (
           
             ne
             dicam
             Pharisei
             ,
          
           those
           were
           his
           words
           )
           had
           taken
           counsell
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Lords
           annointed
           ,
           who
           sternly
           propounded
           to
           the
           King
           sundry
           traiterous
           Articles
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           required
           his
           assent
           ;
           but
           not
           to
           reckon
           all
           the
           points
           ,
           you
           shall
           heare
           what
           the
           same
           Authours
           deliver
           of
           their
           intent
           ,
           I
           will
           repeat
           the
           words
           as
           I
           finde
           them
           .
           These
           turbulent
           Nobles
           ,
           saith
           
             M.
             West
             .
          
           had
           yet
           a
           further
           plot
           then
           all
           this
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           hatched
           by
           the
           disloyall
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           that
           foure
           and
           twenty
           persons
           should
           there
           bee
           chosen
           to
           have
           the
           whole
           administration
           of
           the
           K.
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           yearly
           appointment
           of
           all
           great
           Officers
           ,
           reserving
           onely
           to
           the
           King
           the
           highest
           place
           at
           meetings
           .
           
             Primus
             accubitus
             in
             caenis
             ,
          
           and
           salutations
           of
           honour
           in
           publicke
           places
           .
           To
           which
           they
           forced
           him
           and
           his
           sonne
           Prince
           
             Edward
          
           to
           sweare
           for
           feare
           (
           as
           mine
           Authour
           saith
           )
           of
           perpetuall
           imprisonment
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           :
           for
           the
           traiterous
           Lords
           had
           by
           an
           edict
           threatned
           death
           to
           all
           that
           resisted
           .
           And
           the
           perfidious
           and
           wicked
           Archbishop
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           cursing
           all
           that
           should
           rebell
           against
           it
           :
           which
           impudent
           and
           traiterous
           disloyalty
           (
           saith
           
             Matth.
             Paris
             ,
          
           and
           
             Matth.
             
             Westm.
          
           )
           the
           Monks
           did
           detest
           ,
           asking
           with
           what
           fore-heads
           the
           Priests
           durst
           thus
           impaire
           the
           Kingly
           Majesty
           ,
           expressely
           against
           their
           sworne
           fidelity
           to
           him
           .
           Here
           we
           see
           the
           Monks
           more
           loyall
           and
           honest
           then
           the
           Lord
           Bishops
           :
           wee
           have
           cashiered
           the
           poore
           Monkes
           ,
           and
           are
           we
           afraid
           of
           the
           Bishops
           Lordlinesse
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           continue
           and
           sit
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           the
           King
           and
           people
           ?
           And
           so
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           this
           traiterous
           Bishop
           did
           make
           this
           King
           as
           the
           former
           had
           done
           his
           father
           ,
           meerely
           titular
           .
        
         
           From
           him
           I
           passe
           to
           his
           son
           
             Edward
          
           the
           first
           :
           In
           his
           reigne
           
             Boniface
          
           was
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           and
           Brother
           to
           the
           
           Queene
           ,
           what
           he
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Prelats
           did
           in
           prejudice
           to
           the
           regall
           authority
           and
           weale
           publique
           I
           will
           passe
           over
           ,
           the
           rather
           for
           that
           they
           declare
           themselves
           in
           his
           sons
           reigne
           so
           wicked
           and
           disloyall
           that
           no
           age
           can
           parallell
           ,
           of
           which
           thus
           in
           briefe
           ;
           doth
           not
           
             Thomas
             De
             la
             More
          
           call
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           Arch
           plotter
           of
           treason
           ,
           
             Omnis
             mali
             Architectum
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           speake
           of
           his
           contriving
           the
           death
           of
           the
           late
           Chancellour
           ,
           and
           other
           particular
           villanies
           ,
           he
           is
           branded
           together
           with
           Winchester
           then
           Chancellour
           ,
           and
           Norwich
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           to
           occasion
           the
           Dethroning
           of
           this
           Prince
           :
           nay
           ,
           after
           long
           imprisonment
           ,
           his
           very
           life
           taken
           away
           by
           Bishop
           
             Thorltons
          
           aenigmaticall
           verse
           (
           though
           he
           after
           denied
           it
           )
           
             Edwardum
             occidere
             nolite
             timere
             bonum
             est
             .
          
           But
           this
           ,
           
             Adam
             de
             Orleton
             ,
             alias
             To●leton
             ,
          
           and
           his
           fellow
           Bishops
           in
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           slightly
           passe
           over
           :
           Therefore
           I
           desire
           wee
           may
           take
           a
           further
           view
           of
           them
           .
           First
           of
           this
           
             Adam
          
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           we
           finde
           that
           he
           was
           stript
           of
           all
           his
           temporalties
           ,
           for
           supporting
           the
           
             Mortimers
          
           in
           the
           Barons
           quarrell
           .
           Hee
           being
           (
           saith
           
             Thomas
             de
             la
             More
          
           )
           a
           man
           of
           most
           subtile
           wit
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           worldly
           policies
           profound
           ,
           daring
           to
           doe
           great
           things
           ,
           and
           factious
           withall
           ,
           who
           made
           against
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           second
           a
           great
           secret
           party
           .
           To
           which
           
             H●nry
             Burwash
          
           Bishop
           of
           Lincolne
           (
           for
           like
           causes
           deprived
           of
           his
           temporalties
           )
           joyned
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           also
           
             Ely
          
           and
           others
           ,
           
             Walter
             Stapleton
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           a
           turne-coat
           ,
           left
           the
           Queen
           and
           came
           to
           England
           to
           in●orme
           the
           King
           of
           his
           Queenes
           too
           great
           familiarity
           with
           
             Mortimer
             ,
          
           which
           after
           cost
           him
           his
           head
           .
           Perhaps
           some
           now
           (
           as
           
             Thomas
             de
             la
             More
          
           )
           will
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           therein
           a
           good
           man
           ;
           yet
           I
           will
           take
           leave
           to
           thinke
           ▪
           nor
           doe
           I
           feare
           to
           speake
           it
           ,
           This
           was
           no
           part
           of
           Episcopall
           function
           .
           But
           I
           will
           passe
           him
           by
           ,
           not
           concluding
           him
           either
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           every
           man
           may
           thinke
           as
           hee
           pleaseth
           ,
           I
           will
           declare
           the
           traiterous
           and
           disloyall
           actions
           of
           the
           other
           Bishop
           formerly
           mentioned
           .
           This
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           whom
           I
           finde
           called
           the
           Queens
           bosome
           Councellour
           ,
           preaching
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           tooke
           for
           text
           ,
           
             My
             head
             ,
             my
             head
             aketh
             ,
          
           2
           
             Kings
          
           4.
           19.
           concluding
           more
           like
           a
           Butcher
           
           then
           a
           Divine
           ,
           that
           an
           a
           king
           and
           sick
           head
           of
           a
           kingdome
           ,
           was
           of
           necessity
           to
           be
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           bee
           tampered
           with
           by
           any
           other
           physicke
           ,
           whereby
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           authour
           of
           that
           aenigmaticall
           verse
           formerly
           recited
           ,
           
             Edwardum
             occidere
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           well
           may
           wee
           beleeve
           it
           ▪
           for
           we
           finde
           that
           he
           caused
           
             Roger
             Baldock
          
           Bishop
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           the
           late
           Lord
           Chancellour
           ,
           to
           die
           miserably
           in
           Newgate
           .
           Not
           much
           better
           were
           Ely
           ,
           Lincolne
           ,
           Winchester
           ,
           and
           other
           Bishops
           that
           adhered
           to
           the
           Queene
           ,
           
             Mortimer
          
           and
           others
           of
           her
           part
           .
           Nor
           can
           I
           commend
           those
           Bishops
           that
           were
           for
           the
           King
           and
           the
           
             Spencers
             .
          
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           and
           his
           Suffragans
           ,
           decreeing
           the
           revocation
           of
           those
           pestilent
           Peers
           ,
           the
           judgemen
           given
           against
           them
           judged
           a●
           erroneous
           .
           Thus
           these
           Lord
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           all
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           both
           before
           and
           after
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           feeding
           the
           flock
           o●
           Christ
           only
           ,
           plotted
           dismall
           warres
           ,
           death
           and
           destruction
           of
           Christians
           .
           I
           might
           tell
           you
           how
           in
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           as
           in
           others
           ,
           they
           perswaded
           the
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Peeres
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           power
           and
           right
           not
           onely
           to
           reform
           the
           Kings
           House
           and
           Councell
           ,
           and
           to
           place
           and
           displace
           all
           great
           Officers
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           even
           a
           joynt
           interest
           in
           the
           regiment
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           King
           .
           And
           now
           will
           any
           say
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             no
             King
             :
          
           yet
           one
           word
           more
           before
           I
           part
           with
           these
           Bishops
           :
           What
           ground-worke
           they
           layd
           ,
           and
           what
           meanes
           they
           used
           for
           the
           ruine
           of
           King
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           their
           working
           upon
           the
           impotence
           of
           a
           womans
           will
           ,
           insinuating
           what
           indignity
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           a
           she
           daughter
           of
           France
           ,
           being
           promised
           to
           be
           a
           Queene
           ,
           was
           become
           no
           better
           then
           a
           waiting
           woman
           ,
           living
           upon
           a
           pension
           ;
           and
           so
           nourishing
           in
           her
           great
           discontents
           ,
           perswaded
           her
           going
           to
           France
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           matter
           and
           Embrion
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           the
           chiefe
           cause
           of
           common
           destruction
           ,
           which
           after
           ensued
           .
           God
           keep
           all
           good
           Princes
           from
           hearkning
           or
           consenting
           to
           the
           pernitious
           counsels
           of
           such
           pestilent
           Priests
           ,
           and
           prating
           Parasites
           .
           To
           declare
           all
           their
           disloyalties
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           out
           ,
           would
           fill
           a
           large
           volume
           .
           But
           now
           
             Brevis
             esse
             laboro
             ,
          
           therefore
           I
           onely
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           was
           not
           for
           their
           goodnesse
           ,
           but
           greatnesse
           ,
           that
           they
           sat●
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           
           so
           their
           sitting
           there
           did
           (
           I
           thinke
           I
           may
           say
           )
           almost
           evert
           Monarchy
           ,
           yea
           Regality
           :
           with
           what
           face
           can
           they
           inculcate
           that
           aspersion
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             ,
             no
             King
             ?
          
           Certainly
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           have
           already
           delivered
           ,
           and
           shall
           now
           declare
           in
           the
           reignes
           of
           succeeding
           Princes
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           that
           where
           Lordly
           Bishops
           dominsere
           and
           beare
           rule
           and
           sway
           ,
           neither
           Kings
           nor
           Kingdoms
           ,
           themselves
           or
           subjects
           are
           secure
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           reigne
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           did
           not
           
             John
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           perswade
           and
           incite
           this
           King
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           a
           most
           dangerous
           warre
           with
           France
           ,
           whereby
           the
           death
           of
           millions
           hath
           been
           occasioned
           .
           To
           such
           mischiefe
           d●e
           they
           use
           their
           learning
           and
           eloquent
           Orations
           in
           Parliament
           .
           What
           
             Epiphanius
          
           delivered
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           
             In
             re
             stulta
             sapientes
             ,
          
           so
           may
           we
           say
           of
           such
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           
             In
             malo
             publico
             facundi
             .
          
           But
           to
           passe
           by
           particular
           men
           and
           actions
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           deliver
           unto
           you
           some
           notable
           passages
           in
           Parliament
           
             Anno
          
           1371.
           
           The
           Parliament
           did
           petition
           the
           King
           to
           have
           them
           deprived
           of
           all
           Lay
           Offices
           and
           government
           ,
           they
           being
           commonly
           the
           plotters
           and
           contrivers
           of
           all
           treasons
           ,
           conspiracies
           and
           rebellions
           ,
           the
           very
           incendi●ries
           ,
           pests
           and
           grievances
           both
           of
           tho
           Church
           &
           State
           ,
           the
           chiefest
           instruments
           to
           advance
           the
           peoples
           usurped
           authority
           ,
           though
           with
           prejudice
           of
           the
           kings
           (
           which
           they
           never
           cordially
           affected
           )
           and
           the
           Arch-enemies
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           through
           their
           private
           oppression
           ,
           covetousnesse
           ,
           rebellion
           and
           tyranny
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           in
           office
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           by
           
             Antiquitates
             Ecclesiae
             Britannicae
             ,
          
           in
           the
           lives
           of
           
             Anselme
             ,
             Becket
             ,
             Arundel
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Here
           we
           see
           ,
           that
           they
           never
           affected
           the
           authority
           of
           Kings
           ,
           but
           rather
           were
           scourges
           to
           their
           sides
           ,
           and
           thornes
           in
           their
           eyes
           .
        
         
           Now
           wee
           come
           to
           
             Richard
          
           the
           second
           ,
           his
           grandchilde
           
           who
           succeeded
           him
           :
           we
           read
           that
           when
           in
           Parliament
           in
           London
           the
           Laity
           had
           granted
           a
           fifteenth
           ,
           on
           condition
           that
           the
           Clergie
           would
           likewise
           give
           a●tenth
           and
           a
           halfe
           ;
           
             William
             le
             Courtney
          
           then
           Archbishop
           ,
           did
           stifly
           oppose
           it
           ,
           alleaging
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           free
           ,
           nor
           in
           any
           wise
           to
           be
           taxed
           
           by
           the
           laity
           ,
           which
           answer
           so
           offended
           the
           Lords
           and
           
           Commons
           ,
           that
           with
           extreame
           fury
           they
           befought
           the
           King
           to
           deprive
           them
           of
           their
           temporalties
           ,
           alleadging
           that
           it
           was
           an
           almesdeed
           and
           an
           act
           of
           charity
           ,
           thereby
           to
           humble
           them
           ;
           that
           was
           then
           deliverd
           for
           an
           almesdeed
           and
           an
           act
           of
           charity
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           accounted
           sacriledge
           and
           cruelty
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           that
           succeeded
           him
           ,
           was
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           but
           
           an
           usurper
           also
           ,
           for
           at
           that
           time
           there
           were
           living
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Yorke
           others
           whose
           right
           by
           the
           title
           of
           
             Clarence
          
           was
           before
           his
           as
           
             Mortimer
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           In
           opposition
           to
           his
           claime
           and
           right
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Carlile
           made
           a
           most
           eloquent
           oration
           ;
           
           but
           to
           what
           purpose
           ?
           to
           perswade
           his
           dethroning
           now
           vested
           in
           the
           regall
           government
           ;
           and
           therby
           to
           engage
           the
           Kingdome
           in
           a
           civill
           warre
           ,
           (
           which
           when
           his
           oratory
           could
           not
           effect
           )
           he
           laboured
           and
           so
           farre
           prevailed
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           subtile
           insinuations
           ,
           and
           perswasions
           many
           Princes
           of
           the
           bloud
           royall
           and
           other
           great
           Lords
           were
           drawne
           to
           a
           conspiracy
           ,
           himselfe
           laying
           the
           plot
           ,
           (
           and
           together
           
           with
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           the
           chiefe
           wheeles
           of
           all
           the
           practice
           ,
           as
           moving
           the
           rest
           )
           for
           the
           Kings
           death
           whereby
           he
           brought
           to
           the
           block
           those
           noble
           Peeres
           ,
           and
           as
           his
           pestilent
           counsell
           had
           infected
           their
           minds
           ,
           so
           was
           the
           bloud
           of
           them
           and
           theirs
           ,
           tainted
           by
           this
           foule
           treason
           ;
           
           but
           as
           I
           discommend
           his
           disloyall
           actions
           ,
           so
           I
           no
           better
           approve
           the
           other
           flattering
           and
           timeserving
           Bishops
           ,
           who
           did
           pleade
           the
           right
           of
           the
           title
           of
           the
           said
           King
           more
           eloquently
           then
           honestly
           ,
           more
           rhetorically
           then
           divinely
           ;
           for
           which
           their
           expressions
           they
           were
           imployed
           as
           Embassadours
           to
           forraigne
           parts
           to
           declare
           and
           justifie
           his
           title
           and
           right
           to
           the
           Scepter
           ;
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           to
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Duresme
           to
           France
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Bangor
           to
           Germany
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Asaph
           to
           Spaine
           ;
           which
           Bishop
           of
           Asaph
           sate
           as
           Iudge
           in
           that
           Parliament
           and
           pronounced
           the
           sentence
           of
           deposition
           against
           King
           
             Rich.
             
          
           The
           forme
           (
           as
           neare
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           was
           :
           We
           
             John
          
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Asaph
           ,
           
             John
             Abbot
          
           of
           Glastenbury
           ,
           Commissioners
           ,
           named
           by
           the
           house
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           sitting
           
           in
           place
           of
           judgement
           ,
           &c.
           
           Here
           you
           may
           note
           that
           the
           Bishop
           did
           passe
           judgement
           of
           a
           great
           inheritance
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           two
           or
           three
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           though
           not
           betweene
           two
           brothers
           ,
           but
           cosins
           ,
           yet
           did
           adjudge
           most
           wrongfully
           ,
           as
           was
           most
           apparant
           .
           I
           note
           withall
           ,
           that
           the
           title
           of
           Lord
           is
           not
           assumed
           by
           this
           King-deposing
           Bishop
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           that
           I
           reade
           of
           .
           Now
           what
           hee
           had
           judged
           in
           Parliament
           his
           holy
           brother
           of
           Canterbury
           must
           make
           good
           in
           Pulpit
           ,
           delivering
           ,
           What
           unhappinesse
           it
           was
           to
           have
           a
           childe
           either
           
           of
           age
           or
           discretion
           to
           be
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           what
           felicity
           it
           was
           to
           a
           Kingdome
           to
           have
           it
           governed
           by
           a
           man
           .
           Certainly
           a
           most
           dangerous
           position
           to
           an
           hereditary
           Monarchy
           .
           I
           also
           note
           that
           this
           Archbishop
           was
           brother
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           Arundell
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Yorke
           a
           neare
           kinsman
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           Wiltshire
           ;
           and
           who
           durst
           then
           plead
           against
           the
           right
           of
           the
           Bishops
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ?
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           Kings
           reigne
           
             Richard
             le
             Scroope
          
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Yorke
           ,
           did
           in
           Parliament
           enter
           into
           conspiracy
           with
           
             Thomas
             Mowbray
          
           Earle
           Marshall
           ,
           against
           the
           said
           King
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           were
           both
           beheaded
           ;
           I
           say
           the
           Archbishop
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Earle
           Marshall
           had
           his
           head
           cut
           off
           ,
           iterate
           it
           ,
           because
           some
           have
           doubted
           whether
           an
           Archbishop
           may
           be
           beheaded
           .
           And
           now
           in
           the
           said
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Coventry
           ,
           let
           me
           also
           tell
           you
           that
           in
           the
           said
           Parliament
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           both
           before
           and
           after
           ,
           a
           Bill
           was
           exhibited
           against
           the
           Temporalties
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           who
           called
           that
           Parliament
           
             Parliamentum
             indoctorum
             ,
          
           saying
           that
           the
           Commons
           were
           fit
           to
           enter
           Common
           with
           their
           cattle
           ,
           having
           no
           more
           reason
           then
           bruit
           beasts
           .
           This
           is
           
             Speeds
          
           delivery
           ;
           but
           I
           take
           it
           that
           he
           repeateth
           it
           as
           the
           Prelates
           censure
           of
           the
           house
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           him
           succeeded
           
             Henry
          
           the
           5.
           in
           his
           time
           did
           not
           
           
             Henry
             Chichley
          
           in
           an
           eloquent
           oration
           in
           Parliament
           revive
           the
           warres
           with
           France
           ,
           by
           declaring
           the
           Kings
           right
           thereunto
           ;
           to
           the
           effusion
           of
           much
           Christian
           blood
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           losse
           of
           all
           we
           had
           there
           ?
           To
           expiate
           which
           ,
           he
           built
           a
           Colledge
           in
           Oxenford
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           soules
           slaine
           in
           France
           .
           
           Though
           what
           hee
           did
           then
           deliver
           was
           true
           of
           the
           Kings
           right
           to
           the
           Crowne
           of
           France
           (
           as
           was
           also
           the
           other
           of
           
             Iohn
          
           Archbishop
           of
           the
           same
           See
           in
           
             Ed.
          
           3.
           time
           ,
           and
           no
           lesse
           true
           was
           that
           of
           Carlile
           against
           
             Hen.
          
           4.
           title
           :
           )
           Yet
           I
           may
           say
           it
           was
           not
           the
           office
           or
           function
           of
           a
           Bishop
           to
           incense
           warres
           domesticke
           or
           forraigne
           .
           Nay
           this
           Bishop
           did
           set
           this
           warre
           on
           foot
           to
           divert
           the
           King
           from
           reformation
           of
           the
           Clergy
           .
           For
           in
           that
           Parliament
           held
           at
           Leicester
           there
           was
           a
           petition
           declaring
           that
           the
           temporall
           lands
           which
           were
           bestowed
           on
           the
           Church
           were
           super●●uously
           and
           disorderly
           spent
           upon
           hounds
           and
           hawkes
           ,
           horses
           and
           whores
           ,
           which
           better
           imployed
           would
           suffice
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           15.
           
           Earles
           ,
           1500.
           
           Knights
           ,
           6200.
           
           Esquires
           ,
           an
           hundred
           Almeshouses
           ,
           and
           besides
           of
           yearly
           rent
           to
           the
           Crowne
           20000.
           pounds
           .
        
         
           From
           him
           I
           come
           to
           his
           sonne
           
             H.
          
           6.
           
           I
           reade
           many
           accusations
           
           that
           Gloucester
           the
           good
           protector
           did
           lay
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           
             Beaufort
          
           the
           Cardinall
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Chancellor
           ,
           great
           uncle
           to
           the
           King
           living
           ,
           sonne
           to
           
             Iohn
          
           of
           Gaunt
           ,
           alledging
           him
           a
           person
           very
           dangerous
           both
           to
           the
           King
           and
           State
           ;
           his
           brother
           of
           Yorke
           a
           Cardinall
           also
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           other
           Bishops
           no
           better
           .
           For
           wee
           reade
           of
           Archbishop
           
             Bourchier
          
           and
           other
           Bishops
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           shamefully
           countenance
           the
           distraction
           of
           the
           time
           .
           These
           as
           I
           delivered
           before
           ,
           though
           bad
           in
           Parliaments
           ,
           yet
           too
           great
           to
           put
           out
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           now
           speake
           of
           many
           other
           particulars
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           either
           in
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           or
           his
           successors
           to
           King
           
             H.
          
           8.
           for
           that
           I
           desire
           to
           declare
           what
           they
           did
           since
           the
           reformation
           ,
           yet
           therein
           will
           be
           as
           briefe
           as
           I
           may
           ,
           having
           already
           too
           much
           provoked
           your
           patience
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           crave
           humble
           pardon
           .
        
         
           To
           
             Henry
          
           the
           sixt
           succeeded
           
             Edward
          
           the
           fourth
           who
           indeed
           had
           the
           better
           title
           to
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           notwithstanding
           Archbishop
           
             Nevill
          
           Brother
           to
           the
           King-make-Warwick
           with
           others
           ,
           did
           conspire
           and
           attempt
           his
           dethroning
           ,
           and
           after
           tooke
           him
           prisoner
           ,
           and
           kept
           him
           in
           his
           Castle
           of
           Midleham
           ;
           and
           after
           in
           Parliament
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           did
           they
           not
           declare
           him
           a
           traitor
           and
           usurper
           ,
           confiscate
           his
           
           goods
           ,
           revoke
           ,
           abrogate
           ,
           and
           make
           frustrate
           all
           Satutes
           made
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           intaile
           the
           Crowne
           of
           England
           and
           France
           upon
           
             Henry
          
           and
           his
           issue
           male
           ,
           in
           default
           thereof
           to
           
             Clarence
             ,
          
           and
           so
           disabling
           King
           
             Edward
          
           his
           elder
           Brother
           ?
        
         
           But
           to
           hasten
           ,
           I
           will
           passe
           over
           
             Edward
          
           the
           fift
           ,
           whose
           
           Crowne
           by
           meanes
           of
           the
           Prelates
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           was
           placed
           on
           the
           head
           of
           his
           murtherous
           Vnkle
           that
           cruell
           Tyrant
           ;
           for
           had
           not
           the
           Cardinall
           Archbishop
           by
           his
           perswasion
           with
           his
           mother
           ,
           taken
           the
           Brother
           
             Richard
          
           Duke
           of
           Yorke
           out
           of
           Sanctuary
           ,
           the
           Crowne
           had
           not
           beene
           placed
           on
           his
           Vnkes
           head
           ,
           nor
           they
           lost
           their
           lives
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           speake
           of
           Doctor
           
             Pinker
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Shaws
          
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           other
           foul
           passages
           of
           Prelates
           (
           as
           
             Morton
          
           &
           others
           )
           who
           sought
           also
           the
           destruction
           of
           K.
           
             Richard
             ,
          
           
           and
           that
           when
           his
           Nephewes
           were
           dead
           ,
           and
           none
           had
           right
           before
           him
           to
           the
           Crowne
           which
           he
           then
           wore
           ;
           what
           disloyall
           long
           speeches
           made
           he
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           to
           perswade
           the
           said
           Duke
           to
           take
           the
           Crowne
           to
           himselfe
           ?
        
         
           From
           
             Richard
          
           I
           passe
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           seventh
           :
           I
           told
           you
           before
           
           that
           
             Morton
          
           would
           have
           perswaded
           Buckingham
           to
           dethrone
           King
           
             Richard
          
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           Kingdome
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           had
           no
           right
           ;
           and
           failing
           therein
           he
           adressed
           himselfe
           to
           
             Henry
          
           then
           Earle
           of
           Richmond
           ,
           and
           as
           by
           his
           counsell
           he
           prevailed
           with
           him
           ,
           so
           he
           prevailed
           against
           and
           wonne
           from
           
             Richard
          
           the
           garland
           ;
           this
           perswader
           and
           furtherer
           of
           bad
           Titles
           was
           advanced
           to
           the
           See
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           his
           desire
           whereof
           perhaps
           caused
           his
           disloyalty
           ,
           and
           being
           in
           high
           favour
           with
           this
           Prince
           by
           his
           speciall
           recommendations
           ,
           procured
           one
           
             Hadrian
             de
             Castello
          
           an
           Italian
           to
           be
           be
           made
           first
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           after
           of
           Bath
           &
           Wells
           ,
           who
           also
           was
           made
           Cardinall
           ,
           by
           that
           Antichristian
           and
           divelish
           Pope
           
             Albert
          
           the
           sixt
           ;
           and
           as
           
             Morton
          
           had
           endeavoured
           
           the
           dethroning
           of
           his
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           so
           did
           the
           other
           conspire
           the
           murther
           of
           Pope
           
             Leo
          
           the
           tenth
           ,
           when
           hee
           was
           told
           by
           a
           Witch
           that
           one
           named
           
             Hadrian
          
           should
           succeed
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           speake
           much
           of
           his
           
           opinion
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           who
           he
           saith
           were
           but
           halfe
           subjects
           ,
           if
           subjects
           at
           all
           to
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           caused
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Audley
             ,
          
           Speaker
           ,
           to
           read
           the
           oath
           of
           Bishops
           in
           Parliament
           .
           And
           that
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           appeared
           when
           
             Wolsey
          
           and
           
             Campeius
          
           refused
           
           to
           give
           judgement
           for
           the
           unlawfulnesse
           of
           the
           marriage
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           a
           divorce
           :
           Whereupon
           the
           Duke
           of
           Suffolke
           said
           ,
           and
           that
           truly
           ,
           It
           was
           never
           merry
           in
           England
           since
           Cardinall
           Bishops
           came
           amongst
           us
           .
           It
           were
           too
           large
           to
           repeate
           all
           the
           petitions
           ,
           and
           supplications
           ,
           and
           complaints
           of
           Divines
           against
           them
           ,
           in
           this
           Kings
           Reigne
           ,
           as
           of
           Doctor
           ,
           
             Barnes
             ,
             Latimer
             ,
             Tindal
             ,
             Beane
          
           and
           others
           .
           
           This
           last
           named
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           alone
           have
           the
           keyes
           of
           the
           English
           kingdome
           hanging
           at
           their
           girdles
           ▪
           and
           what
           they
           traiterously
           conspire
           among
           themselves
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           bound
           and
           loosed
           in
           Star-chamber
           ,
           Westminster
           Hall
           ,
           privie
           Councell
           and
           Parliament
           .
           This
           and
           much
           more
           hee
           .
           But
           as
           their
           sitting
           there
           hath
           been
           obnoxious
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           useles
           ,
           as
           may
           appear
           by
           the
           Statute
           31.
           
           
             Hen.
          
           8.
           yet
           in
           force
           ,
           
           where
           it
           is
           enācted
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           then
           Lord
           
             Cromwell
             ,
          
           so
           all
           other
           that
           should
           thereafter
           bee
           made
           Vicegerents
           ,
           should
           sit
           above
           the
           Archbishop
           in
           Parliament
           ;
           nay
           ,
           hold
           generall
           visitations
           in
           all
           the
           Diocesses
           of
           the
           Realme
           ,
           as
           well
           over
           the
           Archbishops
           ,
           Bishops
           ,
           Archdeacons
           ,
           as
           Laity
           ,
           to
           enquire
           &
           correct
           their
           abuses
           ,
           to
           prescribe
           Injunctions
           ,
           Rules
           and
           Orders
           for
           reforming
           of
           religion
           ,
           for
           abolishing
           of
           superstition
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           correction
           of
           their
           lives
           and
           manners
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           read
           wee
           not
           that
           in
           the
           37.
           of
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           letters
           patents
           were
           granted
           to
           Laymen
           ,
           to
           exercise
           all
           manner
           of
           Ecclesiasticall
           jurisdiction
           ,
           as
           the
           Kings
           officers
           ,
           
           not
           the
           Bishops
           .
           Thus
           wee
           see
           the
           government
           of
           Bishops
           as
           well
           as
           their
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           may
           bee
           spared
           .
           And
           that
           they
           neither
           have
           ,
           nor
           heretofore
           had
           any
           Ecclesiastical
           jurisdiction
           in
           making
           of
           Canons
           or
           Constitutions
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Kings
           Writ
           ,
           nor
           promulge
           or
           execute
           any
           such
           ,
           without
           the
           Kings
           Royall
           assent
           and
           licence
           ,
           under
           paine
           ,
           appeares
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           25.
           of
           the
           same
           King
           ,
           upon
           
           the
           Clergies
           owne
           submissive
           petition
           .
           And
           the
           Bishops
           themselves
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           this
           Act
           1603.
           in
           the
           beginning
           
           of
           King
           
             Iames
          
           his
           reigne
           ,
           did
           decree
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           pronounce
           excommunication
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           upon
           all
           or
           any
           that
           should
           ordain
           or
           execute
           the
           same
           without
           Royall
           assent
           .
           Now
           you
           have
           seen
           their
           demeanor
           in
           Parliament
           for
           three
           or
           four
           hundred
           years
           ,
           or
           there
           abouts
           .
           The
           delivery
           hereof
           hath
           taken
           up
           much
           time
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           thereby
           most
           are
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           been
           hurtfull
           ,
           and
           therefore
           that
           it
           is
           not
           convenient
           they
           should
           longer
           continue
           members
           of
           that
           honourable
           House
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           done
           such
           mischiefe
           to
           King
           and
           Common-wealth
           :
           yet
           in
           regard
           of
           my
           promise
           ,
           and
           undertaking
           to
           declare
           them
           prejudiciall
           from
           the
           first
           Parliament
           to
           this
           present
           ,
           by
           testimony
           of
           credible
           authours
           in
           each
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           meet
           with
           an
           objection
           which
           I
           conceive
           will
           be
           offered
           to
           make
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           proved
           ,
           as
           extravagant
           ,
           so
           invalid
           ,
           That
           those
           actions
           ,
           practises
           ,
           plots
           ,
           conspiracies
           ,
           or
           treasons
           ,
           were
           done
           and
           perpetrated
           in
           time
           of
           Popery
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           Papall
           command
           ,
           I
           will
           deliver
           their
           actions
           no
           lesse
           detestable
           ,
           nay
           rather
           more
           heynous
           after
           the
           reformation
           then
           before
           .
           In
           the
           severall
           reignes
           of
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixth
           ,
           Queen
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           and
           our
           present
           Soveraigne
           ,
           whom
           God
           long
           preserve
           .
           But
           I
           desire
           I
           may
           bee
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           charge
           these
           reverend
           Bishops
           that
           were
           very
           good
           men
           ,
           chiefe
           pillars
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           great
           lights
           of
           learning
           ,
           and
           charge
           them
           to
           have
           done
           those
           things
           as
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           I
           beleeve
           they
           would
           not
           have
           done
           as
           private
           Ministers
           ;
           if
           (
           I
           say
           )
           I
           declare
           that
           they
           ,
           to
           hold
           their
           Bishoprickes
           ,
           and
           in
           expectance
           of
           great
           preferment
           ,
           and
           to
           please
           great
           Lords
           and
           Princes
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Emperours
           ,
           have
           not
           only
           yeelded
           to
           ,
           but
           perswaded
           to
           introduce
           Idolatry
           ,
           to
           dis-inherit
           the
           right
           heirs
           of
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           force
           good
           Princes
           to
           doe
           acts
           unnaturalll
           and
           unjust
           :
           Let
           me
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           speake
           in
           depravation
           or
           detraction
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           intend
           their
           infamy
           (
           and
           so
           desire
           to
           be
           understood
           )
           their
           memory
           ought
           to
           be
           dear
           to
           us
           all
           ,
           and
           it
           ever
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           pretious
           in
           my
           esteeme
           ;
           but
           I
           thereby
           insinuate
           ,
           that
           corrupt
           Lordly
           Episcopacie
           hath
           an
           infection
           
           in
           it
           ,
           tainting
           the
           purest
           Divines
           and
           godliest
           ▪
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           I
           pray
           you
           misconceive
           me
           not
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           against
           Episcopacy
           ,
           truly
           understood
           ,
           or
           a
           Church-government
           rightly
           used
           ,
           but
           I
           conceive
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           under
           correction
           )
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           (
           with
           
             Theseus
          
           ship
           )
           received
           so
           many
           new
           pieces
           and
           additions
           to
           the
           first
           building
           ,
           that
           it
           doth
           justly
           occasion
           a
           dispute
           whether
           it
           be
           the
           same
           ,
           little
           or
           nothing
           of
           the
           first
           substance
           and
           materialls
           remaining
           .
           So
           that
           wee
           have
           Episcopall
           government
           in
           name
           ,
           but
           want
           the
           substance
           ;
           
             Vox
             &
             praeterea
             nihil
             :
          
           With
           
             I●ion
          
           we
           imbrace
           but
           a
           cloud
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           
             Iuno
             ,
          
           or
           (
           at
           best
           )
           but
           a
           bleare-eyed
           
             Leah
          
           in
           stead
           of
           a
           beautifull
           
             Rachel
             .
          
           This
           tree
           (
           I
           say
           )
           is
           almost
           rotten
           ,
           this
           salt
           somewhat
           unsavoury
           ,
           this
           light
           very
           dimme
           ,
           this
           building
           scarce
           sound
           or
           sure
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           propping
           will
           helpe
           )
           I
           would
           not
           have
           demolished
           ,
           till
           a
           modell
           of
           a
           better
           be
           agreed
           upon
           .
        
         
           In
           King
           
             Edwards
          
           reigne
           did
           not
           the
           reverend
           Bishop
           (
           O
           
           griefe
           to
           heare
           !
           saith
           mine
           Authour
           )
           perswade
           and
           subscribe
           to
           the
           dis-inheriting
           of
           the
           two
           daughters
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           the
           sisters
           of
           his
           King
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           35.
           of
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           as
           also
           in
           prejudice
           of
           the
           right
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           
             Margaret
          
           being
           eldest
           sister
           to
           
             Mary
             ,
          
           grandmother
           to
           
             Iane
             ,
          
           on
           whose
           head
           they
           would
           settle
           the
           Crowne
           ;
           which
           plot
           I
           thinke
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           wicked
           and
           disloyall
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           taken
           effect
           ,
           in
           all
           likelihood
           ,
           the
           blessed
           union
           of
           both
           Kingdomes
           had
           not
           ensued
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           was
           hindred
           by
           
             Betton
          
           Bishop
           of
           Saint
           Andrewes
           in
           
             Henry
          
           the
           8.
           time
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           not
           yet
           spoke
           any
           thing
           as
           to
           the
           point
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           the
           most
           wicked
           &
           highest
           degree
           of
           treasons
           being
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Kings
           ;
           did
           not
           the
           Archb.
           
             Cranmer
          
           and
           Bish.
           
             Ridley
             ,
          
           perswade
           ,
           nay
           earnestly
           presse
           K.
           
             Edward
          
           the
           sixth
           ,
           that
           the
           Lady
           ▪
           
             Mary
          
           might
           have
           Masse
           said
           in
           her
           
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           be
           done
           without
           all
           prejudice
           of
           Law
           ,
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           her
           person
           being
           the
           immediate
           successor
           ,
           and
           the
           might
           of
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Emperor
           moved
           those
           Bishops
           too
           forword
           ,
           and
           so
           farre
           urged
           this
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           from
           Divines
           becomming
           Politicians
           ,
           alleadged
           the
           danger
           
           in
           breach
           of
           amity
           with
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           when
           hee
           convincing
           them
           by
           scripture
           ,
           and
           tould
           them
           he
           would
           rather
           hazard
           his
           life
           then
           grant
           that
           which
           was
           not
           agreeable
           to
           truth
           ,
           they
           alledge
           the
           bonds
           of
           nature
           ,
           at
           last
           tell
           him
           they
           would
           not
           be
           said
           nay
           ;
           this
           they
           offered
           ,
           and
           thus
           farre
           they
           pressed
           ,
           although
           they
           could
           not
           prevaile
           with
           this
           pious
           Prince
           .
        
         
           These
           were
           not
           the
           baits
           that
           
             Peter
          
           angled
           with
           to
           catch
           soules
           ,
           or
           the
           weapons
           that
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           fought
           with
           when
           he
           professed
           they
           were
           not
           carnall
           ,
           but
           mighty
           through
           God
           to
           cast
           downe
           holds
           ,
           they
           propose
           not
           honour
           and
           security
           to
           Christs
           disciples
           ,
           but
           hazard
           and
           basenesse
           .
           A
           most
           godly
           speech
           of
           a
           good
           Christian
           Prince
           ,
           the
           like
           whereto
           I
           reade
           that
           King
           
             Iames
          
           uttered
           in
           his
           protestation
           made
           to
           
             Watson
             ,
          
           as
           he
           after
           confessed
           to
           the
           ▪
           Earle
           of
           Northampton
           upon
           some
           occasion
           offered
           :
           All
           the
           Crownes
           and
           Kingdomes
           in
           this
           world
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           shall
           not
           induce
           me
           to
           change
           one
           jot
           of
           my
           profession
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           pasture
           of
           my
           soule
           ,
           and
           earnest
           of
           my
           eternall
           inheritance
           .
           A
           pious
           speech
           of
           a
           magnanimous
           King
           ,
           whose
           memory
           shall
           ever
           bee
           justly
           blessed
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           our
           gracious
           Soveraigne
           ,
           as
           he
           holdeth
           his
           Kingdomes
           ,
           so
           possesseth
           the
           like
           religious
           courage
           and
           constancy
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           returne
           to
           our
           former
           Bishops
           ,
           
             viz.
             Cranmer
             ,
             Ridley
             ,
          
           &c.
           did
           they
           repent
           them
           of
           this
           upon
           better
           consideration
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           death
           of
           this
           good
           King
           advance
           the
           title
           of
           the
           right
           heyre
           ?
           Nothing
           so
           ;
           for
           when
           queen
           
             Mary
          
           
           hearing
           that
           
             Iane
          
           her
           cosin
           was
           to
           be
           proclaimed
           queene
           ,
           writ
           her
           letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           declaring
           her
           owne
           right
           ,
           and
           marvelling
           that
           they
           so
           unjustly
           attempted
           to
           put
           her
           from
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           loyalty
           ,
           allegiance
           ,
           and
           the
           Statute
           which
           had
           formerly
           settled
           the
           Crowne
           upon
           her
           ;
           they
           (
           I
           meane
           the
           Bishops
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Lords
           ,
           for
           I
           finde
           Canterbury
           and
           ●ly
           to
           have
           subscribed
           )
           told
           her
           that
           she
           had
           no
           right
           thereto
           ,
           but
           
             ●●n●
          
           must
           be
           queene
           ,
           and
           she
           must
           submit
           her selfe
           to
           her
           as
           her
           Soveraigne
           .
           And
           what
           they
           w●it
           did
           
             Ridley
          
           Bishop
           of
           London
           preach
           .
           And
           though
           this
           was
           not
           done
           or
           spoken
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           yet
           no
           men
           doubteth
           but
           
           if
           it
           had
           been
           effected
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           pleaded
           in
           justification
           thereof
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           it
           as
           rightfull
           in
           the
           next
           Parliament
           that
           should
           have
           been
           called
           .
           Now
           I
           have
           declared
           them
           disloyall
           traytors
           ,
           and
           most
           unjust
           and
           ungodly
           in
           these
           passages
           .
        
         
           To
           passe
           from
           this
           Queen
           to
           the
           next
           ,
           I
           finde
           that
           in
           the
           first
           yeare
           of
           good
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
          
           there
           was
           a
           further
           reformation
           desired
           ;
           and
           what
           was
           then
           earnestly
           pressed
           by
           good
           Divines
           ,
           as
           Doctor
           
             Scorie
             ,
             Cox
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Iewel
             ,
             Elmer
             ,
             Grindal
             ,
          
           
           
             Whitehead
             ,
             Horne
             ,
             Gest
             ,
          
           was
           thus
           farre
           granted
           by
           that
           godly
           Princesse
           that
           there
           should
           bee
           a
           conference
           at
           Westminster
           ;
           where
           being
           come
           ,
           they
           were
           opposed
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Winchester
           ,
           Lincolne
           ,
           Lichfield
           ,
           Carlile
           ,
           and
           Chester
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           others
           .
           These
           Bishops
           (
           saith
           mine
           Author
           
             Stow
             ,
          
           abruptly
           broke
           off
           this
           conference
           ,
           pleading
           a
           mistaking
           of
           their
           directions
           :
           and
           in
           the
           next
           sitting
           utterly
           refused
           either
           to
           write
           their
           owne
           ,
           or
           to
           read
           the
           others
           reasons
           ,
           whereby
           all
           was
           undone
           that
           was
           intended
           ,
           whereof
           part
           was
           imprinted
           by
           
             Richard
             Iugge
          
           and
           
             Iohn
             Cawood
             ,
          
           as
           is
           to
           be
           seene
           :
           and
           this
           was
           in
           time
           of
           Parliament
           .
           Much
           more
           I
           might
           declare
           of
           Bishops
           actions
           in
           this
           queenes
           time
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           Bishops
           at
           queene
           
             Elizabeths
          
           inauguration
           ,
           did
           refuse
           to
           anoint
           or
           consecrate
           her
           (
           
             viz.
          
           )
           Yorke
           ,
           (
           Canterbury
           dying
           a
           little
           before
           ;
           )
           also
           these
           chiefe
           Bishops
           denied
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           London
           ,
           Duresme
           ,
           Winchester
           ,
           Ely
           ,
           Lincolne
           ,
           Exeter
           ,
           Bath
           and
           Wells
           ,
           Coventry
           and
           Lichfield
           ,
           Chichester
           and
           Peterborough
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           hasten
           to
           conclusion
           .
           And
           as
           this
           vertuous
           Queene
           did
           yeeld
           that
           a
           disputate
           should
           bee
           had
           for
           reformation
           ;
           so
           did
           the
           gracious
           Prince
           King
           
             Iames
          
           grant
           the
           like
           at
           Hampton
           Court
           ,
           where
           were
           Doctor
           
             Reynolds
          
           and
           Doctor
           
           
             Sparkes
          
           of
           Oxford
           ;
           and
           
             Knewstubs
             ,
          
           and
           
             Chaderton
          
           of
           Cambridge
           .
           Now
           who
           resisted
           the
           reformation
           ?
           Sure
           none
           other
           but
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           Duresme
           ,
           London
           ,
           Winchester
           ,
           Chichester
           ,
           Worcester
           ,
           Carlile
           and
           Saint
           Davids
           ;
           and
           the
           Deanes
           of
           Westminster
           ,
           Windsor
           ,
           Paules
           ,
           Chester
           ,
           Worcester
           and
           Christchurch
           ,
           alledging
           that
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           reformation
           :
           But
           God
           and
           good
           men
           did
           know
           the
           
           contrary
           ▪
           but
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           their
           actions
           〈◊〉
           this
           Kings
           reigne
           ,
           their
           introduction
           of
           〈◊〉
           ,
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           idolatry
           ,
           of
           ●opery
           and
           〈◊〉
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           of
           irreligion
           to
           the
           Deity
           ,
           mischiefe
           and
           danger
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           to
           the
           people
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           few
           or
           none
           within
           these
           walles
           but
           know
           them
           ,
           and
           felt
           the
           harmfull
           fruits
           thereof
           .
           As
           for
           their
           actions
           in
           his
           Majesties
           reigne
           ,
           which
           I
           thinke
           doe
           poy●e
           downe
           and
           over-ballance
           all
           formerly
           done
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           Parliaments
           ,
           put
           together
           in
           the
           other
           Scale
           ,
           I
           will
           referre
           them
           to
           the
           reports
           of
           the
           Committees
           for
           the
           ●ope
           of
           Lambeth
           ,
           and
           his
           Cardinalls
           
             Wren
          
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           briefly
           conclude
           ,
           That
           whereas
           from
           their
           first
           sitting
           in
           Parliament
           to
           this
           time
           ,
           they
           have
           as
           well
           in
           Parliament
           as
           ou●
           ,
           beene
           so
           prejudiciall
           ,
           and
           appeared
           to
           have
           during
           their
           sitting
           there
           ,
           plotted
           and
           contrived
           treasons
           and
           conspiracles
           ,
           rebellion
           and
           war
           ,
           domestick
           and
           forraigne
           ,
           beene
           incendiaries
           and
           grievances
           to
           State
           and
           Church
           ,
           and
           Arch-enemies
           to
           King
           and
           Common-weale
           ,
           introducing
           Salique
           Law
           ,
           making
           this
           Kingdome
           elective
           ,
           and
           our
           Princes
           onely
           Kings
           
             durant●
             bene
             g●rend
             ▪
          
           or
           rather
           
             bene
             placi●
             .
          
           in
           worse
           case
           and
           lesse
           hold
           then
           a
           Duke
           of
           Venice
           ,
           I
           hope
           his
           Majestie
           will
           
             ●ege
             talionis
          
           make
           their
           Episcopacie
           to
           bee
           onely
           titular
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           is
           due
           to
           them
           ,
           whether
           Archbishops
           or
           Bishops
           :
           for
           they
           are
           to
           have
           priority
           or
           precedencie
           ,
           
             quoad
             ordinem
             ,
          
           not
           
             quoad
             ministerium
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           poorest
           Curate
           is
           his
           equall
           and
           his
           fellow
           Minister
           .
           And
           as
           I
           am
           not
           for
           equality
           and
           parity
           ,
           so
           I
           would
           not
           have
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           ,
           the
           danger
           whereof
           to
           any
           Estate
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           heare
           ,
           as
           I
           receive
           it
           from
           an
           Authour
           formerly
           mentioned
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           rendred
           :
        
         
           Too
           much
           increase
           and
           unproportionable
           growth
           ,
           is
           a
           cause
           that
           procureth
           the
           change
           and
           ruine
           of
           Common-we●les
           .
           For
           a●
           the
           body
           is
           made
           and
           compounded
           of
           parts
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           〈◊〉
           by
           propo●●●on
           ,
           that
           〈◊〉
           may
           sleep
           a
           ●ust
           treasure
           ;
           so
           e●●ry
           Common-weale
           bei●g
           compounded
           of
           
           orders
           and
           estates
           as
           it
           were
           of
           parts
           ,
           they
           must
           bee
           maintained
           in
           concord
           ▪
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           with
           equall
           and
           due
           proportion
           observed
           betweene
           each
           of
           them
           .
           For
           if
           one
           estate
           be
           advanced
           too
           much
           above
           another
           ,
           dissention
           ariseth
           ,
           equality
           being
           the
           nursing
           mother
           of
           peace
           ,
           and
           contrariwise
           ,
           inequality
           the
           beginning
           of
           all
           enmity
           ,
           factions
           ,
           hatred
           ,
           and
           part-taking
           .
           But
           seeing
           it
           is
           meet
           that
           in
           every
           well
           establisht
           policy
           there
           should
           be
           a
           difference
           of
           rights
           and
           priviledges
           betwixt
           every
           estate
           ,
           equality
           may
           continue
           ,
           if
           provision
           be
           made
           that
           one
           estate
           grow
           not
           too
           much
           before
           the
           other
           :
           but
           more
           of
           this
           elsewhere
           in
           its
           more
           proper
           place
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           these
           reasons
           ,
           I
           yeelded
           my
           vote
           for
           the
           unlawfulnesse
           and
           inconvenience
           of
           their
           sitting
           there
           :
           therefore
           I
           wish
           they
           may
           be
           no
           longer
           members
           of
           that
           most
           Honourable
           House
           .
        
         
           I
           humbly
           crave
           leave
           to
           adde
           a
           word
           or
           two
           to
           what
           I
           formerly
           spake
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           the
           foresaid
           assertion
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             no
             King
             ,
          
           is
           received
           as
           the
           delivery
           of
           King
           
             James
             ▪
          
           but
           though
           it
           might
           be
           admitted
           in
           the
           sense
           he
           meant
           and
           intended
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           dislike
           a
           Church-government
           will
           hardly
           admit
           Regall
           rule
           ;
           yet
           we
           can
           no
           way
           allow
           thereof
           as
           it
           is
           commonly
           offered
           and
           pressed
           ▪
           that
           the
           Regall
           power
           cannot
           subsist
           without
           the
           present
           Episcopacy
           .
           Now
           ,
           what
           that
           wise
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           religious
           King
           did
           conceive
           of
           the
           rules
           and
           tenents
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Prelates
           ,
           how
           consonant
           to
           the
           majesty
           ▪
           of
           temporall
           Princes
           ,
           or
           whether
           he
           thought
           them
           rather
           to
           tend
           to
           the
           trampling
           thereof
           under
           foot
           ,
           and
           laying
           their
           honour
           in
           the
           dust
           ,
           may
           appeare
           by
           his
           quotations
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           his
           Apology
           for
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           fitter
           to
           annex
           hereunto
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           delivered
           then
           in
           the
           proper
           place
           ,
           when
           I
           spake
           of
           Bishops
           in
           the
           reigne
           of
           
             E.
          
           2.
           being
           then
           desirous
           to
           continue
           the
           Historicall
           narration
           of
           their
           sitting
           and
           
           actions
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           having
           too
           much
           transgressed
           by
           my
           so
           often
           enterweaving
           other
           passages
           therewith
           ,
           I
           overpassed
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           King
           
             Iames
          
           Collection
           out
           of
           Cardinall
           Bishop
           
             Bellarmine
          
           are
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           
             1
             That
             Kings
             are
             rather
             slaves
             then
             Lords
             .
             
          
           
             2
             That
             they
             are
             not
             onely
             subjects
             to
             Popes
             ,
             to
             Bishops
             ,
             to
             
             Priests
             ,
             but
             even
             to
             Deacons
             .
          
           
             3
             That
             an
             Emperour
             must
             content
             himselfe
             to
             drinke
             ,
             not
             onely
             
             after
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             but
             after
             a
             Bishops
             Chaplaine
             .
          
           
             4
             That
             Kings
             have
             not
             their
             authority
             nor
             office
             immediately
             
             from
             God
             ,
             nor
             his
             Law
             ,
             but
             onely
             from
             the
             law
             of
             Nations
             .
          
           
             5
             That
             Popes
             have
             degraded
             Emperours
             ,
             but
             never
             Emperour
             
             degraded
             the
             Pope
             :
             nay
             ,
             even
             
               *
            
             Bishops
             that
             are
             but
             the
             Popes
             vassals
             ,
             may
             depose
             Kings
             ,
             and
             abrogate
             their
             Lawes
             .
          
           
             6
             That
             Church-men
             are
             as
             farre
             above
             Kings
             ,
             as
             the
             soule
             is
             
             above
             the
             body
             .
          
           
             7
             That
             Kings
             may
             be
             deposed
             by
             their
             perple
             for
             divers
             respects
             .
             
          
           
             8
             But
             Popes
             can
             be
             deposed
             by
             no
             meanes
             :
             for
             no
             flesh
             hath
             power
             
             to
             judge
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             9
             That
             obedience
             due
             to
             the
             Pope
             is
             for
             conscience
             sake
             .
             
          
           
             10
             But
             obedience
             due
             to
             Kings
             is
             onely
             for
             certaine
             respects
             of
             
             order
             and
             policy
             .
          
           
             11
             That
             those
             very
             Churchmen
             that
             are
             borne
             and
             inhabit
             in
             
             Soveraigne
             Princes
             countries
             ,
             are
             notwithstanding
             not
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             cannot
             be
             judged
             by
             them
             ,
             although
             they
             may
             judge
             them
             .
          
           
             12
             And
             that
             the
             obedience
             that
             Churchmen
             give
             to
             Princes
             
             even
             in
             the
             meanest
             and
             meere
             temporall
             things
             ,
             is
             not
             by
             way
             of
             any
             necessary
             subjection
             ,
             but
             onely
             out
             of
             discretion
             ,
             and
             for
             observation
             of
             good
             order
             and
             custome
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           we
           find
           what
           base
           estimation
           Prelates
           had
           of
           Princes
           ,
           may
           we
           not
           then
           justly
           except
           against
           their
           delivery
           (
           as
           it
           is
           by
           them
           urged
           ,
           
             No
             Bishop
             ,
             no
             King
             ?
          
        
      
    
     
       
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             .
             ●●●l
             ex
             Tho.
             Walsingh
             .
          
           
             Fabian
             1.
             concor
             .
             Hall
             ex
             Fab.
             
          
           
             H.
             5.
             
             Hall
             in
             8.
             R.
             a.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             in
             
          
           
             E.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rich.
             3.
             
          
           
             H.
             7.
             
          
           
             Goodw
             .
             Ca●●l
             .
             of
             BB
             in
             Bath
             ▪
             &c.
             pag.
             309.
             
             Paulus
             Jovius
             .
          
           
             ●ede
             .
          
           
             ●s
             supplic
             .
             ●i
             .
          
           
             ry
             8.
             31.
             ●
          
           
             ●ry
             8.
             37.
             
          
           
             ●ry
             8.
             25.
             
          
           
             ●
             .
             6.
             ●x
             acts
             and
             ●n
             .
          
           
             Speed
             .
          
           
             Q
             Maries
             L●tter
             to
             the
             BB.
             and
             LL.
             from
             Kening●ll
             9.
             
             July
             1553.
             
             Their
             answer
             from
             the
             Tower
             ,
             die
             &
             anno
             praedict.
             B.
             Ridley
             his
             Sermon
             at
             Pauls
             crosse
             ,
             defending
             Ianes
             title
             .
          
           
             Jo.
             Stow
             pag.
             1034.
             
          
           
             Conference
             at
             Hampton
             court
             upon
             Thursd.
             January
             12.
             
          
           
             1
             De
             laic●●
             c●
             7.
             
          
           
             2
             De
             Pont
             ▪
             Rom.
             l.
             1
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             3
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             4
             Ibid.
             &
             .
             de
             cl●r
             cap.
             20.
             
          
           
             5
             De
             Pontif
             lib.
             3
             cap
             16
             
          
           
             *
             Lib.
             5.
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             6
             De
             Laic●s
             ,
             ●
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             7
             De
             Pontif
             l.
             b.
             5
             cap.
             8.
             
          
           
             8
             De
             Pontif.
             lib.
             2.
             cap.
             26.
             
          
           
             9
             De
             Pontif.
             lib.
             4
             cap
             15.
             
          
           
             10
             De
             Clericis
             cap
             28.
             
          
           
             11
             Ibidem
             .
          
           
             12
             Ibidem
             .