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A05076	An epitome of chronicles Conteyninge the whole discourse of the histories as well of this realme of England, as al other cou[n]treys, with the succession of their kinges, the time of their reigne, and what notable actes they did ... gathered out of most probable auctours. Firste by Thomas Lanquet, from the beginning of the worlde to the incarnacion of Christe, secondely to the reigne of our soueraigne lord king Edward the sixt by Thomas Cooper, and thirdly to the reigne of our soueraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth, by Robert Crowley. Anno. 1559.	Lanquet, Thomas, 1521-1545.; Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594. aut; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588. aut	1559 (1559)	STC 15217.5; ESTC S108255	485,101	678

in the churche many bishoppes of excellent learning and Sanctimonie as Serapion of Antioch Demetrius of Alexandria Theophilus at Cesaria Bacchilus of Corinth and Policrates amonge the Ephesians LUcius king of Britaine decessed after whose death for so muche as of him remained no heire Anni regum britannie 1 the Britones betwene them selues fel in great distance and warre The yere of the worlde 4153 The yere of Christ 192 which continued to the greate disturbance of the realme about .xv. yeres The temple of peace with manye other gorgyous places in Rome were desta●yed with fire Sterres appered in the daye time of the whiche some being drawen in engthe semed to hange in the ayer Anni regum britannie 2 Commodus the emperour was strangled to death by Laetus Electus and his owne concubine Martia The yere of the worlde 4454 The yere of Christ 193 Anni regum britannie 3 Partinax was constreigned by the Senate to take on him the gouernance of the empire The yere of the worlde 4155 The yere of Christ 194 who endeuouringe to reduce the commō weale to a good ordre was cruelly slaine of the souldiours whan he had reigned onely two monthes and .xxv. dayes Whan Partinax was slaine the souldiours published that they would aduance him to the imperiall auctoritee whiche would most liberally rewarde them Of whome Iulian a lawier bought the empire promisinge theym great giftes for which dede he was abhorred of the hole citee and not longe after hated also of the souldiours be cause he was stacke in fulfilling his promises This disfauour of the people towarde Iulian was occasion that Pescennins Niger was named emperour of the souldiours in Surie But he lingered at Antioche made not towarde Rome against Iulian. Wherfore in the mean time Seuerus was pronounced emperour of his souldiours in Illiria This man with all spede possible The yere of the worlde 4156 The yere of Christ 195 went with an army into Italy caused Iulian to be slayne Anni regum britannie 4 Whan he came to Rome and had the imperiall auctoritee stablished by the senate incontinent he augmented his army went against Niger but fearinge that Albius beinge as then of great power in Britaine wold in his absence conspire againste him vnder faire pretence caused him to be proclaymed partaker of the empire At Cizinum a citee of Asia The yere of the worlde 4157 Seuerus discomfited Aemilius the capitain of Nigers host Anni regum britannie 5 The yere of Christ 196 Againe in Bithinia the souldiours of Niger were ouerthrowen and lastly in Cilicia Niger him selfe was vanquished and slaine The Moores spoyled Laodicea and brent Tyrus Satrahel the brother of Ethodius because his sonnes were not of sufficiente age to guide the realme was ordeyned king of Scottes he was of false and subtill wit and geuen to such cruelte that for feigned causes he su● all the frendes of Ethiodus to the entent to defraud his heires of the crowne wherfore he was murdered of his familiers when he had reigned .4 yeres The yere of the worlde 4159 The yere of Christ 198 Seuerus after his retourne from Surie Anni regum britannie 7 fearinge that Albinus whom before he had made partaker of the empire woulde endeuour by some priuye meane to defeate him and his posteritee of the imperial succession caused him to be proclaimed his enemie and went against him with al his power into Fraunce where he vanquished and slue him and in despite of the senate sent his heade to Rome A great controuersie rose in the churche betwene the bishoppes of Asia and Europe concerninge the feaste of Easter Uictor beinge than pope by his sentence woulde haue excōmunicated all the churches of Asia because they kepte their easter the .14 daye of the firste moneth according to the vse of the apostles for whiche cause he was sharpely rebuked bothe of Irenius bishop of Liōs and many other as not sufficiently consideringe the vnitee of the churche Seuerus retourning to Rome Anni regum britannie 8 outlawed and put to death many of the Senatours and noble men of Spaine Fraunce The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 199 and Italy Donalde an humile and gentile prince was chosē kinge of Scottes and reigned .21 yeres He was the first kinge that coyned any money of gold or siluer for the Scottes vsed before interchanging of Mercimonies and had no money of their owne but the Britons and Romaines and other external nations About the yere of our lorde 203. this Donald procured certaine wise and lerned men to instructe him and his wife children and subiectes in the faith of Christ which hapned .33 yeres after the beginning of the royalme of Scotlande Ze●●erinus the .14 pope .20 yeres The emperour Seuerus passinge into the easte partes spoyled Arabia The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 202 Anni regum britannie 10 made leage with the kinges of Armonie put to flighte A●tabanus kinge of the Partheans and toke the citee Ctesiphon and vanquished als● the Adhiab●eno Abaga●us king of Perses Laetus proconsull of Egipte in his time was a greuous persecution of the Christiās in Alexandria in whiche Leonides Origines father was beheaded and Origene him selfe being than but a childe Anni regum britannie 12 The yere of the worlde 4164 The yere of Christ 203 desyred martyrdome with his father Anni regum britannie 14 Aquila prouoste of Aegipte The yere of the worlde 4166 The yere of Christ 205 vnder whom the persecucion continued Narcissus bishop of Hierusalem fled into the deserte for feare of persecutiō in his place was ordeyned Dius Anni regum britannie 1 TO this time continued the foresaid discord amōge the Britōs The yere of the worlde 4169 The yere of Christ 208 which thing meued Seuerus to make hast into that countrey as wel to quiet the realme as to kepe back the Pictes Scottes which vexed them with warre He caused a wal of turues and great stakes to be made of the lengthe of .112 myles or after some repaired the wall of Adrion It began at Tyne and reched to the Scottishe sea This Seuerus gouerned Britaine fiue yeres Germanus succeded Dius in the bishoprike of Hierusalem and after him Bordis the .29 bishop Narcissus came abrode againe out of the deserte The yere of the worlde 4170 The yere of Christ 209 and was desired of the people of Hierusalem to take againe the bishoprike Anni regum britannie 2 Tertulian a great learned man of Carthage was in this time veray excellent in diuine scriptures Anni regum britannie 3 The yere of the worlde 4171 The yere of Christ 210 He wrate many noble workes in defence of christendome But beyng in his middle age made a prieste he was vexed with sundry wronges and displeasures by the enuy of the clergie of Rome and therfore at the last fel into the heresye of Montanus whiche he enterlaced with his bokes that he wrate Origene after Clement and Pantenus was admitted to

Englande and Fraunce at the intercession of the Genowaies The yere of the worlde 5351 The yere of Christ 1300 Anni regum Angli 14 made a vage into Afrike against the Sarisons where they besyeged the cytie of Tunes and spoyled the countrey there about in the end a league was agreed and the siege geuen vp on this condicion that the sarasens should holde them within theyr boundes and absteine frō the sea costes of Italy Fraunce and the ylādes lying betwene Afrike and Europe But Frosard maketh mencion of no such thinge but sayeth that the Christians departed sodenlye from the citye of Tunes without any league or truce making fering dyuers perilles and incidentes that might els haue chaunsed to theim He therto P. Aemilius continued his his historye In Englande it was decreed that the auctoritie of the byshop of Rome shoulde be ended with the Occean sea and that it shulde be lawfull hensforth to no man to appeale to the byshop of Rome or make suite that any Englysheman shulde be cursed by his auctory neyther that any man shulde execute such commaundemēt though it were obteined of the byshop on peine to lese all his gooddes and his bodye to perpetuall prison ¶ After the death of kynge Robert of Scotlande Iohn Erle of Carreke his eldest sonne succeded reigned .16 yeres whom the Scotes called Robert after hys father because thei thought Iohn an vnluckie name in a kinge he was maymed with the stroke of an horse in his youth therfore was vnhable for the gouernance of the realm Wherfore duke Robert of Albanie continued as gouernour all the tyme of his reigne Cruell warre in Lumbardy betwene Galyatius lorde of Myllaine and the people of Florence and Bonony The Erle of Armynack comyng with a great army to ayde the Florentines nere to the citie of Alexandrya receiued a wounde wherof he dyed Anni regum Angli 15 Peace betwene Galiatius and the Florentines After the death of Clement the Antipape The yere of the worlde 5352 The yere of Christ Bennet the xiii was chosē of the cardinalles in France ▪ the schisme still continued betwene the .ii. byshops This Clement graunted to the Frenche kynge the tenthes of the clergy Kyng Charles of Fraunce gaue the Dukedome of Orliaunce to his brother Lewys The king of fraunce making war into Britaine was sodeinely taken with a phrenesy Anni regum Angli 16 Peter Gambacurta lorde of Pise and his sones were slayne by one Appian a cōmon scribe which Appian toke on hym the gouernaunce and lordshib of that citie The yere of the worlde 5353 The yere of Christ Sigismunde king of Hungarie ledde an army against the people called Walachi whyche desyred ayde of the Turkes whom notwithstandyng Sigismund vanquished ▪ and by force toke the towne Niko● Gersō Gorrā diuines Ancoranus a famous lawier Nicolaus Florentinus and Marsilius de S. Sophia phisicions Iohannes de sacro Busto an astronomer flourished Kyng Rycharde of England conceiued a great displeasure towarde the citie of London for a certaine outrage or riotte commited by the citisyns For whiche cause he depriued them of their liberties but the citye was shortly after restored to the kinges fauour by the ernest suyte and labour of Doctour Grauisend byshop of London in memory wherof the maior with his brethern resort yerely .ix principall dayes to S. Paules church The yere of the worlde 5354 The yere of Christ 1393 A truce prolonged betwene Fraunce and England for iii. yeres This yere died queene Anne Anni regum Angli 17 wife to king Rycharde Iohn and Albriche lordes of Cume Anni regum Angli 18 reduced all Italie into one felowship or companie of S George The yere of the worlde 5355 The yere of Christ 1394 and teachinge theim to beare armes in defence of theim selfe expelled from them all foreine souldiers and straunger as Germaines Englishemen Bretaines and other whose ayde and helpe they had vsed before tyme in defendynge their countrey Kynge Rycharde made a viage into Irelande whiche was more to his charge than honour A great tempest of wynde in Englande Galias lorde of Myllayne was made a Duke by the emperour The yere of the worlde 5356 The yere of Christ 1395 Anni regum Angli 19 this Galeas fauoured the Turkes was a lied with their kinge A truce for .30 yeares betwene England and France and kyng Rycharde toke to wife Isabell the daughter of Charles the Frenche kinge The kinge of Hungarie with ayde of the Frenchmen passed the riuer of Dunaw The yere of the worlde 5357 The yere of Christ 1396 Anni regum Angli and ledde a great army into Bulgarye and Turky wher by force they conquered dyuers townes and besieged Nicopolis but than Basaach or Pazaitos kynge of Turkes encountred theim wyth great puisaunce the by pryde of the Frenchemen vanquished and slewe manye Christians and toke prisoner Iohn the sonne of the Duke of Burgoyne wyth dyuers lordes of of Fraunce the kyng of Hungary escaped hardly in the chase The duke of Gloucester king Richardes vncle wyth the erle of Arundell and other was put to cruell deathe for so much as they rebuked the king in certaine 〈◊〉 ouer liberally Anni regum Angli 21 The yere of the worlde The yere of Christ 1397 and endeuoured to excyte the commōs to breake the peace made with the frenchemen and to depose the king whom they accused of slouthfulnesse negligence and misgouernynge of the common weale Anni regum Angli 22 Henrye Bolinbroke Duke of Hereforde and the duke of Northfolke were banyshed out of the realme The yere of the worlde 5359 The yere of Christ 1398 Kinge Richarde let the realme of Englande to serme to sir William Scrope erle of Wilshire and certayne other knyghtes Emanuel Chrisoloras brought agayne the knowlage of the Greke tongue in Italy whiche hadde bene as it were banyshed out of that countrey the space of .v. ages King Richarde went with an army into Irelande At this time reygned in Scythya a cruell fierce and blouddye tyrann● named Tanberlanis which subdued to him well nere all the east part of the worlde and lastly with an vnnumerable multitude of men inuaded the Turkes landes with whom Pazailes theyr kinge met and in the confines or marches of Gala●ia Bithinia nere the mountaine St●lla g aue to him a sore bataile in the whiche fell on the Turkes partye 2●000 and Pazai●es the kynge him selfe was taken prisoner After whiche tyme this Tartarian Tāberlanis conquered al the landes betwene Tanais and Nilus and vanquished in battaile the great souldaine of Egipte chased hym beyonde Nilus and toke also the citee Damascus ▪ Mahomet kinge of Turkes after Pazai●es reigned xvii yeres and wrought muche scathe to the Christiās Henrye Bolinbroke duke of H●rforde whyche was banished into Fraunce being sent for of the Londoners came into Englande with a small power to whom the cōmons gathered ī so great multitude and forsoke their prince that not longe

was condempned and put to death with certayn of her counsaile in Aprile Woulffe and his wyfe for a shamefull murde● by them committed in sleayng of two marchant strangers were arreigned and hang●d at the place where they hadde done the murder The Anabaptistes caused great trouble and ruffling in the north partes of Germany and at the citie Monstere chusyng to theyr kyng one Iohn a Leyde exercised much crueltie expellynge other out of the citie that would not con●escende to their beleefe This Iohn a Leyde in token that he had bothe heauenly and earthly power gaue to his garde greene and blewe and had for his armes the figure of the worlde rounde with a sword t●ru●● through it He maried hymselfe .xv. wyues and ordeyned that othe● should haue as many as they listed and all other thinges to be common amongest theym The byshop of Monstere by the ayde of other princes besieged the citie against the rebellious Anabaptistes fiftene or sixtene monethes In whiche tyme the stubburne and frowarde people susteyned so great scarcitee and hunger that they beyng alyue were lyke dead corses and did eate commonly dogges cattes myce with other vile beastes and seathyng hydes leather and olde showes dyd poune the same and made breade therof After long siege the citie was wonne spoyled and destroyed with great● crueltie and slaughter of that w●cked people Paule the thirde was ordeined byshop of Rome Charles the emperour sailed with a great nauie into Afrike restored Altrachenus to the kyngdom of Tunes The lorde Dacres of the North was arreigned of high treason who so wittilye and directlye confuted his accusers that to theyr great shame he was founde giltlesse Frith a yong man of excellent witte and lernyng was brent in Smithfield for his opinion concernyng the sacrament The bishop of Romes vnlawfull tyrannie was vtterly abolisshed out of this realme and commaundement geuē that he should no more be called pope but onelye bishoppe of Rome and that the kynge shoulde be deputed and taken as a supreme head of the church of Englande haue full auctoritie to refourme and redr●sse all errours heresies and abu●es in the same The first fruites and tenthes of all spirituall dignitees and promocions were graunted to king Henrie by act of parliament The erle of Kildare died inthe tower of London and his sonne Thomas Fitzgararde rebellynge in Irelande slew the bishop of Diuelinge and toke the kynges ordinaunce Wherfore kynge Henrie sent thither sir Wylliam Sk●uington with a companye of souldiours Anni regum Angli 27 Sir Thomas Moore not longe before chauncellour of Englande Iohn bishop of Roche●ter The yere of the worlde 5496 The yere of Christ 1535 and three monkes of the charter house were putte to death for denyinge the king to be sup●eme head of the churche and mainteinyng the bishop of Romes auctoritee An order was appoincted for sanctuaries and sanctuarie men because dyuers naughty persons trusting to the liberties that before tyme had been vsed committed many detestable murders robberies and other abhominable actes Lorde Cromwel was in this tyme in high fauour with the kynge and bare great rule in this realme Ladie Katherine princesse Dowagier ended her lyfein the monethe of Ianuarie and is buried at Peterborowe Willyam Tindale whiche translated the newe Testament into the Englishe tonge by the crueltee of the clergie of Louene was burnte beside Bruxelles in Brabant Badurius kyng of Cambaia in Indie bey●ge ouerset in warre of Aymanus kyng of Carmania willyngly became tributary to the kyng of Portugall that he myghte obteyne ayde of hym agaynst his enemy At this tyme were geuen to the Kyng by consent of the abbottes all religious houses that were of .300 marke and vnder The yere of the worlde 5497 The yere of Christ 1536 Kyng Henry was agayn diuorsed from the mariage of Lady Anne Bulleyne as vnlaufull and vngodly Anni regum Angli 28 and the sayd lady Anne with her brother George Bulleyne lorde Rocheforde and Henry Norreis Frauncis Weston William Brereton Marke Smeton gentilmen of the kynges priuie chamber shortely after was beheaded for dyuers treasons and naughty actes intended and cōmitted with the sayde gentylmen The kyng toke to wife the right excellent and most vertuous lady Iane Seimour daughter to syr Iohn Seimor knyght After many thynges wer published here in this realme by kyng Henry and his coun●aile with consent of the bishops and his clergie concerning the alteration of diuers poyntes of religio● and that certayne holy● daies were forb dden and many abbaies suppressed the rude people of ●incolnes●ire fearynge the vtter subuersion of theyr ol● supers●ition whiche they had lyued in so many yeres raised a great cōmocion and gathered togyther welnere 20000. men agaynst whom the kyng w●nt with a strong power Wherof when the rebelles had knowlage they desyred pardon brake vp their army and departed euery man to his home theyr capytaynes were apprehended and worthily punished Immediately after began a newe commotion in Yorkshire for the same causes but the people wer more incensed through vayne tales and lyes that were spred by certaine naughtie and sedicious persones as that all theyr syluer chalices crosses iewelles and other ornamentes shoulde bee taken oute of theyr churches That no man shulde bee maried or eate any deintie meate in his house but he shoulde paye a tribute for the same to the kynge These people were gathered to the noumbre of .40000 hauyng for theyr badges the .v woundes with the figure of the sacrament and Iesus written in the middes and called their diuelishe rebellion a holye pylgremage in token that they intended to fighte for the mayntenaunce of Christen religion Agaynst these rebelles the kyng sent the Duke of Suffolke the duke of Northfolke the M●rques of Excester and other with a great army by whom after the day and place was appoynted to fyght sodeynly the nyght before the battayle shuld haue ben the water that was betweene them ros● in suche wyse that the two armies coul●e not com togither By the occasiō wherof the captains of both partes had communication of peace and promyse was made to the rebelles that such thynge● as they were greued with shoulde bee redressed by the kynges auctor●tie Wherewith they beeyng appeased by the prouidence and healpe of god departed without bloudsheadyng The ryuer of Thames was ouerfrosen Thomas Fitz Garet late Erle of Kildare and fyue of his vncles were hanged drawen and quartered at London in February Nicol Musgraue Thomas Gylby and other stered a newe rebellion and besieged the citee of Carlile frome whens they were driuen and many of theym taken and put to deathe The yere of the worlde 5498 The yere of Christ 1537 Anni regum Angli 29 Sir Frances Bygot syr Robert Constable and other beganne an other conspiracie and for the same were a●teinted and executed in the moneth of Iune On S. Edwardes euen the noble prince Edward was born at Hampton court who is now our soueraigne lord and kyng

quene pardoned .iiii. hundreth of the common people The .xv. daye of Marche was committed to the toure Courtney the Erle of Deuonshire and the .xviii. of the same the lady Elizabeth syster to the quene both vppon suspition of wyats conspiracie Shortely after was apprehended in Northwales the lorde Thomas Graye brother to the duke sir Iames Crofte whiche lorde Thomas was after executed Immediatly there was a parliament summoned to be holden at Oxforde where was made great preparation to the great hindrance of many of the inhabitantes For it was afterward appointed to be at Westmynster and was there holden the second of April wherin the quene requested .ii. things her mariage restoring of the pope the one she obtained vpon certaine conditions the other wolde not be granted as than In this meane while not onely the straungers that were in kyng Edwardes time receiued into the realme for religion emong whom one Iohn a Lasco vncle to the king of Poland was one but many englishmē also fled some to Friseland some to Cleueland som to high Germanie where they ●ound great fauour but especially at Frankfort vpon Mea●e And somme wente to Geneua wher they found great fauour also About the same time there were hanged at Chard in Somersetshire .iii. yong men for breakyng and burnyng of churche ornaments The .x. daye of Aprill Archebishoppe Cranmer Byshop Rydley and Hugh Latimer went out of the towre towardes Oxforde where they had disputacions wyth the deuynes of both vniuersities and because they wold not recant they wer reserued in prisone till they might be condemned by the popes autoritie not withstanding that they answered most substantially and trulye At this tyme was sir Thomas Wyat beheaded at the towre hill and afterwarde quartered and his quarters set vp in sundry places and his head vpon the gallowes at haye hyll ouer the thre that were there hanged in chaines And shortly after it was stolen awaye thence Before he came forth to his deth he did plainly declare that the ladye Elizabeth and Courtney were nothyng giltye of his faction Notwithstanding that coulde not set the ladie Elizabeth at libertye Duryng this tyme many mad parts wer playd about the citie of London but chiefely these A cat dressed lyke a prieste at masse with the cake ouer her heade betwene her handes was hanged vpon the gallowse at the cros in Chepe And a ma●tie dog shauen in the crowne with a tippet about his necke was found in the quenes closet and a letter was fastned to his tippet wherin were these words I am a pore priest that com to sue for a benefice About this tyme Cardinal Pole went from the Emperour to the French king to intreat a peace but in vain The xviii of May was hāged drawen quartered at tiburn Williā Thomas for cōspiring the quenes d●th The .xx. of Iuly Philip prince of Spaine son to Charles .v. Emperor ariued at Southampton and was ther honorably receiued cam the fourth day after to winchester where the quene had lōg loked for him wher matrimonie was betwene thē honorably solēnised the kingdome of Naples for the mariage sake to him by his father graunted Which thinges done they rode royallye to London whither thei cam and were ●umptuously receyued the xviii day of August About the ende of October themperour sent messēgers to the king his sonne to geue him possession of the dukedom of Millayn The .xii. daye of Nouember there was holden at westmynster a parliament to whiche Cardinall Pole was brought out of Brabant beynge accompanied with the English ambassadours sent for the same purpose among whome the Lorde Paget was one He came to London the xxiii of Nouember And the first daye after he came into the parliament house beyng restored to his olde estate f●om which kyng Henry had cast hym doune and in the presence of th● kyng and queene he dyd after he had declared the cause of his lega●ie exhort them al that there represent●d the hole body of the 〈◊〉 to retourne to the communion of the churche and ●o restore to the moste holy father his due authoritie Signifyenge vnto them that his holynes was in purpose to shewe great clemencie and gentlenesse vnto them And further he exhorted them to geue thankes to god that hadde geuen them suche a kyng and quene And laste of all he dyd them to vnderstande that he toke it for a great benefite at theyr handes that they had restored hym to hys former estate and therfore he accompted him selfe the more bounde a great deale to restore them to the heauenly court which thinge he most desyred of all thynges And when he had thus spoken he went out of the parliment house Then stode vp the lorde chauncellor byshop of Winchester and repeted the Cardinalles oration with many wordes of exhortation to concorde and vnitie affirmyng that we oughte to geue moste harty thankes to god that of his vnmeasurable mercy had styred vs vp a prophete of oure owne nation whiche geueth hymselfe wholly to doo vs good The day folowyng when the parliament had graunted the Cardinalles request they deuised a forme of supplication to the kyng and queene wherein they myghte moste humbly beseche them to be meanes to the Cardinall for theim The effect whereof was this That they dyd earnestly repent them of theyr scisme in refusynge to obey the apostolike sea of Rome and in consentynge to lawes made against the same promysyng that thence foorth they would be at theyr cōmandement to do what soeuer they shulde be able to do● in that parliament for the abolyshyng of all suche lawes and statutes The next day so sone as the kyng the quene Pool● were againe present the Chauncellour stode vp and declared what the parliament had decreed concerning the popes legates request ▪ And then he deliuered to the king and Quene the supplication of the parli●ment sealed humbly besechyng them to receyue it which whan they had receyued and opened it they deliuered it to the chancellour agayne to be redde whiche he dyd and asked of the w●ole house whether they consented to it or no. And when they had aunswered yea then the kyng queene rose vp ▪ and delyuered it to the Cardinall who wh●n he had redd● it delyuered the bull of his legacy to theym whyche was forthewith redde that all men myghte vnderstande that the pope hadde geuen hym power to absolue theym Afterwarde he declared howe acceptable in the sight of god the repentance of a synner is and howe greatly the angels reioyce ouer one sinner that repēteth And in conclusion he gaue thanks to God that had geuen them a mynde so desyrous of emendement when this was done he arose and so dyd the kyng and quene also and then fell the kyng and quene doune on theyr knees Thā dyd the Cardinall lyfte vp his fyngers and blesse them desyryng god to loke mercyfully vpon the people and to forgeue the offence and so he absolued the