their way a skoller of Paules skoole decked vp in cloth of gold delyuered vnto the kinges highnes a fayre boke which he receaued verye ientlie Where also a fellow came slipping vpō a corde as an arrow out of a bow from Paules steple to the grounde lighted with his heade forwarde on a greate sorte of fether beds And after he clame vp the corde again and done certaine feates their magesties lighted being in Paules church receaued with procession by the Bishop of London and Te deum songe ended they departed and marched towardes fletestrete at the condit whereof they made the sixt last staye where was the fift and hin dermost pagent of all Wherein was a Quene a king representing their highnes hauing of their right side Iusticia with a swerd in her hande and Equitas wyth a payre of ballaunce And of theyr left side Veritas wyth a boke in her hande wheron was written Verbum Dei Misericordia with a hearte of golde Where also from the heigth of the pageant descended one which signified Sapientia with a crowne in eche of her handes wherof the one she put on y e head of her that presented the quene and the other on the head of him that presented the king vnder which two wer written in a field azure with fayre Roman letters of siluer these vi verses folowig Qui uer ax clemēsque simul ac iustus et equus Virtutisque suam compleuit lumine mentem Si diadema uiro tali sapientia donet Ille gubernabit totum foeliciter orbem Et quia te talem cognouimus esse Philippe Nos fortunatos fore te regnante putamus That is to saye When that a man is ◅entle iust and true With vertuous giftes fulfilled plenteously If wisdome then him with hir crowne endue He gouerne shal the whole world prosperously And sith we know thee Philip to be such While thou shalt reigne w◅ thinke vs happy much ANd after y e their magesties had seen the effecte of thys pageant they proceded forward towardes tēple bar where they stayed a litle in viewinge a certayn Oracion in Latin which was in a long table wrytten with Romayne Letters aboue the parte therof as they passed and departed furth of y ◠Citie Which oraciō declared that such triumphes and pagiantes as were deuised and made in the noble citie of london by the Lord Maior therof his brethren and the citisens for theyr entries whose most happy cumming they most hertly so long tyme desired and wished for and agayne the running and reioysing of the greate number of people as were there calling and crying euery where God saue your graces was an euident token testimonie and witnes of their faithful and vnfained hertes to the Quenes highnes the king For whose moste excellente Maiesties they prayed vnto almightye God longe to lyue rule and reygne ouer their moste noble Empyre of Englande ANd now makyng an end here of this theyr most triumphyng entries into y ◠noble citye of Lōdon they de parted from Temple Barre towardes Yorke place otherwyse called the whyte hal Wher after they had lighted they came hand in hand into y e great chamber of presens Where also after they had talked a litle space they toke theyr leaue eache of other And so the Quenes magestie en tring that part of the courte comenly called the kinges side and the kynges highnes entryng the other parte called the Quenes there they rested and remayned for certayne dayes Wher in the meane season two princely presentes came to their Magesties The one from the Emperour which is xii pieces of Arras worke so richelie wrought with Golde Siluer and silke as none in the worlde maye excell them In which peces be so excellentlye wroughte and sette out all the Emperoures maiesties procedinges victories againste the Turkes as Apelles were not able if he were aliue to mende any parcell thereof with his pensell And the other present from the Quene of Polonia which is a paire of Regalles so curiouslye made of golde and siluer and so set with precious stones as lyke or none suche haue bene seldome sene And after they had thus remained at the white hall certaine daies as I haue said and hadde bene in Westminster colledge where their maiesties were receyued with Procession by the Deane therof had heard masse perused al the monumētes and tōbes of such kinges as be enterred they their departed to Hāptō Courte where they continued vntill thys Parliment At which tyme they came from thens to white hall agayne Whyche Par limente did begin the. xii day of Nou◅ber last on which day both their magesties and al the lords spirituall and temporall as vse custum hath euer been rode to westmister Abbey with all Princely ensignes of honor and so lempnities appertayning to the Roiall estate Further youre Lordeshippe shall vndrestande that the. xviii daye of the sayed moneth The Righte Reuerende Father in GOD LORDE Cardinall Poole accompanyed wyth my Lorde Paget my lord Clynton syr Anthony Browne knight late created Lorde Montague and dyuers other noble menne came from Grauesende to the white hall in one of the kynges barges Where the kinges maiestie beinge aduertysed that he hadde shot London brydge his highnes with the swerde of honoure borne before hym came downe and receaued him verye amiably as he landed at the com mon landynge brydge of the Courte And from thence they bothe passed vp to the Chambre of presence where the Quenes maiestie was sittinge vnder the clothe of estate whose highnes also receaued him very ioyfully And after that both theyr maiesties and he had communed an houre very Louinglye my lorde Cardinal toke his leaue of their highnes And thē my lord Chaūceler of his right hande and the Erle of Shrewsbery of his left they went by water to Lambeth which is a place perteyninge to the Archebishop of Canterbury where his lordeship lyeth as yet This Cardinall is an Englyshe mā borne of whome I am sure your lordshyp hath hearde discended of the bloude Roiall of Englande For his mother was doughter to George Duke of Clarence which was brother to Edward y e fourth of that name kinge of Englande Whyche Cardinall hathe bene an exile out of England these xxi yeres The cause whereof was that he woulde not assente to kynge king Henry the eight in the matter of diuorse from his most lawfull wife Quene Katherin mother to the quene that nowe is And that he would not admitte the sayd king to beare the title of Supreme head of the Churche of Englande whiche by a newe example he hadde lately as it is now sayd vsurped This opinion did not onely purchase exile to thys Cardinal himselfe but also was the death of the vertuouse lady the Countes of Salysbery his mother y e lord Montegle hys brother and the Marques of Exester his cousin
confiâ—…cacioÌ„ of the same Primers Manuall of praiers and bokes to thuse of vs and our successous Whâ—…rfore we wyl commaunde al you our Printers and other our subiectes that ye nor any of you doe presume procure or attempt to prynt or setteforth any maner Primers Manuall of prayers booke or bokes which the said Iohn Waylande or his assignes shall first printe duryng the tyme of this oure priuiledge and licence vpon payne of forfature and confiscacion of thesame Primers Manuall of prayers and bokes as aforsayd And as ye tender our pleasure wil auoide the contrarye In witnes whereof we haue caused these our letters to be made Patentes Wytnes oure selfe at Westminster the foure and twentith daye of October in the fyrste yeare of oure reigne Per breue depriuato sigillo et de data predicta Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the signe of the Sunne ouer agaynst the Conduit by Iohn Waylande Cum priuilegio per septenium The kynge landed at southamptoÌ„ the. xx of Iu ly â–ª M Diiiii How loÌ„g he remayned at Southhamp ton His cumming to the Citie of 〈◊〉 chester â—…owe he was receyued wyth procession bâ—… my lord Chaunceller in the 〈◊〉 be all churche of winchestre His humilitie and re uerence in syght of the most blessed â—…ment of the aulter Howe he was brought by the Lordes of the counsell to the Quenes maiestie a priuy â—…ay â—…ow he weÌ„t to the Quene oâ—…enly wher al mâ—… mighe see â–ª hym How ioyful ly the Quenes mage stie receaued hym in presence of all the peo ple. â—… The day of their moste Noble ma riage The quenes magestie and the king were shreuen before they were maried Howe the Emperour resigned the kyng dome of Naples and HierusaleÌ„ to the kiges highnes his sonne The sweard â—…earers the day of their maâ—… How â—…od ly they vsed themselues duryng hâ—… masse time to giue example to al others The hyâ—… masse was song by the Lord chaun celer The kinges highnes and the quenes â–ª magesties new Stile and title Their 〈◊〉 most riche abilimeÌ„tes the daye of their mariage Mirth ioy pastime at and after their maryage The riche apparels of then obi litie of England and Spai All kynd of verses set vp by the scollers of winchester colledge in commeÌ„ dacyon of their most noble mariage Laudes and priui legis geueÌ„ to the Citie of win chester SouthhaÌ„p ton The day of their depaâ—… tyng from winchester Their cuÌ„ming to windsor how they were there receaued with procession the kyng installed Their cuÌ„ming to RichemoÌ„d Their cuÌ„myng to London Their most triumphing entries into London The lordâ—… Maior of London de liuered his maâ—…e The firste staye These ver ses were set vp aboue the drawe bridge of London The secoÌ„d Staye The firste pagiant in Gracious â—…ete The third Staye The secoÌ„d pagent at the west ende oâ—… Cornwel The forth Staye The thirde pageant at the east ende of Chepe Their fift Stay The fourth pagiant on the west enâ—…e of Chepe They wer receaued at poules with procession by the Bisshop of London The laâ—…te Staye The fifte and laste pagent The effecte of an oracion set vp aboue the porte of â—…eÌ„ ple barre Two prin cely and most excel lent presentes The begynnyng of the ParlameÌ„t The cummyng of my Lorde Cardinal â—…owe he was first re ceued of the â—…yng â—…ow he was afterwarde receyued by the quene My Lorde Cardinal was an exile out of hys country xxi yeares The causes wherfore he was exiled Diuers noble men haue suffred in Englande for hys sake The quenes magestie hath restored the Lorde Cardinal to the honour of hys house My Lorde Carduâ—…ls prayse emongest learned mâ—…â—…n straunge countryes The three Estates of Englanâ—…e assembled before the kyng the Quene â—… my Lorde Cardinal My Lorde Chauncellers wordes My Lord 〈◊〉 oracyon y â— kyng and Quenes 〈◊〉 beâ—…ng present and y â— three Estates Englande of al Ilan des receyued fyrâ—…te the faith of Chryste Two powers in earth the Ecclesiasticall power and y e Imperial The three Estates assembled agayne be fore the kynge and Quenes magesties and my lord Cardynall How they dyd exhibit a supplicacyon to theyr magesties The 〈◊〉 of the submission How the kynges magesty and the Lord 〈◊〉 dynall came to Poles the fyrst Sun day in 〈◊〉 uente My Lord Chauncel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 moÌ„ at Poles crosse that daye What miseries eng lande hath sustayned sins it swar ued from the vnitie of the Ca 〈◊〉 â—…ayth How king Henry the Light xix yeares agon thoughte to haue ge uen ouer the supremacye How he seÌ„t to the Em perour for the same eâ—… fecte The kiges forme and stature
wyth manye other noble menne being suspect as adherentes to him in the same opinion Surely thys cruelty was great but that whyche exceded all the rest thys olde lady being at least lx and .x. yeares of age cosin to the king and beyng as it is saied most innocent and giltles was without iudgement or processe of the lawe drawen by the hore heres to y e blocke not knowyng any cause why to dye Many lyke examples of crueltie folowed in Englande by that alteracion whiche are oute of my purpose but this I haue touched by occasion of this Cardinall who nowe by the quenes goodnes is restored to the honour of his house And now of late is arriued in Englande as Ambassadour and legate from the Popes holynes with moste ample commission to receiue the e Ralme of Englande vnto the vnitie of the church wherof your lordship shal ê‘ceue more hereafter He is se meth to be of nature sad graue whose good lyfe maye be an example to the reste of his profession and hys excellent learning is well knowen through all Europe For I assure your lordship that at my beinge in Rome xvi yeares agon I haue hearde out of the mouthes aswel of my couÌ„try men then being in Rome as of the Romaines them selfes no les yea and more then I haue saide For it is commonly sayde of him by lerned men in Rome and in other places where I haue trauayled Polus Cardinalis natione Anglus pietatis et literarum testimonio dignus non qui Polus Anglus sed qui polus Angelus uocetur But nowe passinge ouer the praysinges of thys noble vertuous prelate whome no manne dispraiseth I will procede where I lefte Within fewe daies after hys cumminge to Lambeth a daye was prefixed by appoyntment of the king and Quenes maiesties that the three estates of England being called vnto the parliament shoulde be brought vnto the presence of the Cardinal for the better vnderstanding of his legation This assemble was appointed in the greate Chambre of the court at Westminster where as the king and Quenes maiesties sitting vnder the cloth of estate and al the three estates placed in theyr degrees the Cardinall sytting in a Chaire on y e right haÌ„d out of the cloth of estate my lord Chaunceller of England began in this maner MY lordes of y e vpper house you my masters of the nether house here is present y â— righte reuerend father in god my lord Cardinal Pole come froÌ„ the Apostolike Sea of Rome as ambassadour to the king and Quenes magesties vpon one of the moste weightiest causes that euer happened in thys Realme And whiche perteineth to the glo ry of god and your vniuersall benefit The which ambassage their magesties pleasure is to be signâ—… fied to you all by hys own mouth Trustyng that you will receyue and accepte it in as beneuolent and thankefull wyse as theyr highnesses haue done and that you will geue attente and inclynable eare to hym When hys Lordship had thus made an ende my Lorde Cardinall taking the occasion offred without any studye as it semed spake in effecte as foloweth My lordes all you that are y e coÌ„mons of this preseÌ„t Par liment assembled which 〈◊〉 effect is nothing els but the statâ—… body of the whole Realme As y e cause of my repaire hither hath been both wisely grauely declared by my lord Chaunceller So before y e I entre to y e particularities of my coÌ„missioÌ„ I haue somwhat to say touching my selfe to geue most huÌ„ble harti thaÌ„kes to the king Quenes magesties after theÌ„ to you all whiche of a maÌ„ exiled and banisht froÌ„ this coÌ„ mon wealth haue restored me to a member of the same and of a man hauyng no place nether here or els where within this realme haue admitted me in place where to speake and to be heard Thys I protest vnto you al that though I was exiled my natyue country w tout iust cause as god knoweth yet y â— ingratitude could not pull from me the affeccion and desire that I had to proffit and doe you good Yf the offer of my seruice might haue ben receaued it was neuer to seke where that could not be taken you neuer failed of my prayer nor neuer shall But leauing the rehersall therof and cumming more nere to the matter of my commission I signifie vnto you all that my principall trauayl is for the restitucion of thys noble Realme to the auncient nobilitie and to declare vnto you that the Sea Apostolike froÌ„ whens I come hath a special respect to this Realme aboue al other and not without cause seiÌ„g that god himselfe as it were by prouideÌ„ce hath geueÌ„ this Realme prerogatiue of nobilitie aboue other which to make more playne vnto you it is to be considered that this Iland first of al IlaÌ„des receiued the light of Christes religion For as stories testifie it was prima prouinciarum quae amplexaest fidem Christi For the BrittoÌ„s beiÌ„g first inhabitauÌ„tes of this realme not withstandyng the subieccion of the Emperours heathen Princes dyd receyue Christes fayth from the Apostolike Sea vniuersally not in partes as other countryes nor by one one as clockes encrease their houres by distinction of tymes but al together at ones as it were in a moment But after that their ill merites or forgeatfulnes of god had deserued expulsioÌ„ and that Straungers being infidels had possessed this land yet god of his goodnes not leauing where he ones loued so illumined y â— hartes of the Saxons being heatheÌ„ mâ—… that they forsoke the darknes of heathen errours enbraced the light of Christes religioÌ„ So that within small space Idolatry and heatheÌ„ supersticion was vtterlye abaÌ„doned iÌ„ this IlaÌ„d This was a greate prerogatiue of nobilitie wherof though the benefite be to be ascribed to god yet the meane occasion of the same came from the Church of Rome In y e faithe of whiche churche we haue euer since continued and consented with the rest of the worlde in vnitye of religion And to shew further the feruent deuocion of the inhabitauntes of this Iland towardes the Churche of Rome We rede y â— diuers Princes in the Saxons time with great trauell and expenses went personally to Rome as Offa Adulpbus whiche thought it not inough to shew theÌ„ selfes obedient to the said see vn les y â— in their owne persones they had gon to that same place from whence thei had receued so great a grace benefite In the time of Carolus magnus who first fouÌ„ded the vniuersity of Parys he sent into England for Alcuinus a great learned maÌ„ which first brought learning to that vniuersity Wherby it semeth that the greatest part of y â— world fet the light of religioÌ„ froÌ„ EnglaÌ„d AdriaÌ„ y â— fourth being an English maÌ„ coÌ„uerted norway froÌ„ infidelity which AdriaÌ„ afterwardes vpoÌ„ great
whyche is the power of the keies and order in the Ecclesiastical state which is by the authoritie of gods word and examples of the Apostles and of all olde holy fathers from Christ hitherto attributed and geuen to the Apostolike Sea of Rome by speciall prerogatiue From which Sea I am here deputed Legate Ambassadour hauing full and ample commission froÌ„ thence and haue the keyes committed to my handes I confes to you that I haue the keyes not as mine owne keyes but as y e keies of him that sent me and yet cannot open not for wante of power in me to gyue but for certayne impedimentes in you to receaue whiche must be taken awaye before my commission can take effect This I protest vnto you my commyssion is not of preiudice to anye persone I cum not to destroy but to build I cum to reconcyle not to condemne I cum not to compel but to call againe I am not cum to call anything in question alredy done But my commission is of grace and clemencye to suche as will receaue it For touchinge al matters that be past they shal bee as thinges cast into the Sea of forgetfulnes But the meane wherby you shal receaue this benefit is to reuoke and repeale those lawes and statutes whiche be impedymentes blockes and barres to the execution of my coÌ„mission For like as I my self had neyther place nor voice to speake here amonge you but was to all respectes a banished maÌ„ til such time as ye hadde repealed those lawes that laie in my way euenso can not you receaue the benifite and grace offered from the Apostolike Sea vntyll the abrogacion of suche lawes whereby you haue disioyned and disseue red your selues from the vnity of Christes Church it remaineth therfore that you lyke true Christians and prouydente men for the weale of youre soules and bodies ponder what is to be don in this so weightye a cause And so to frame youre actes and procedinges as they may tend first to the glorye of GOD and next to the conseruacion of youre coÌ„mon wealthe suertye and quietnes This was the substaunce of my Lorde Cardinalles oration or rather his tale whiche he pronounsed in such sort as no man coulde iudge it any studyed matter but a thinge spoken Ex tempore Wherof a frende of myne beeinge a Burges of the Parliamente and presente at the same tyme toke the notes and gaue me the same in writing so as I beleue nothinge that he spake in effect is omitted And after that the assemble was broken my lord Cardinal taking leaue of the king and Quenes magesties went to hys house at Lambeth Then shortly after the foresayd thre Estates assembled agayne in the great Chamber of the Court at Westmister where the kyng and quenes magestyes and also my Lorde Cardynal being present they did exhibit syttyng al on their knees a supplicacion to their highnesses Whiche supplicacion beyng read their ma gesties exhibited the same vnto my Lorde Cardinall Whose reuerence perceyuing the effecte therof to be correspoÌ„dyng to his expectacion did not only receiue the same most humbly from their magesties but also after he had in few woordes geuen thankes to GOD and hadde declared what greate cause he had to reioyse aboue al others that his cuÌ„myng from Rome into EnglaÌ„de hadde taken moste happye successe he representyng there the Popes holynes and hauyng the keys and hys full power for the tyme dyd geue them hys Benediccion Whyche beeyng done they all departed The Copie of whyche supplycacion I haue sent here also to your Lordeship in maner fourme and effecte as foloweth woorde by worde We the Lordes Spirituall and temporall and the Commons of thys presente Parlyment assâ—…bled representing the whole body of the Realme of Englande and dominions of the same in oure owne names particulerly and also of the sayde bodye vniuersallye in this supplycacion dyrected to youre Magestyes wyth moste humble suite That it maye by youre gracious intercession and meane bee exhybyted to the moste reuerende father in God the Lorde Cardinall Poole Legate sente speciallye hyther from oure moste holye Father Pope Iulio the thirde and the SEA Apostolyke of Rome dooe declare our selues verye sorye and repenrante of the Scisme and disobedyence commytted in thys Realme and the dominions of the same agaynste the sayd Sea Apostolyke eyther by makynge agreing or executynge any lawes ordynaunces or commaundementes agaynste the Supremacye of the sayed SEA or otherwyse dooynge or speakynge that myghte impugne the same Offeryng our selues and promising by thys oure Supplicacyon that for a token and knowledge of our sayed repentaunce we be and shal be alway readye vnder and with the authorities of youre magesties to the vttermoste of oure power to dooe that shal be in vs for the abrogacyon and repealynge of the sayed lawes and ordinaunces in thys presente Parlyment as well for oure selues as for the whole bodye whom we represente Wherupon we most humblye beseche your maiesties as persons vndetiled in the offence of thys bodye towardes the saide Sea which neuertheles God by hys prouidence hath made subiect to your maiesties so to set fourthe this oure moste humble suit that we maye obtaine from the Sea Apostolike by the saide moste reuerend father aswell particularlye as vniuersallye Absolution Release and discharge from all daunger of suche censures and sentences as by the lawes of the Churche we be fallen in And that we maye as Childeren repentaunte be receaued in to the bosome and vnitye of Christes Churche So as thys noble realme wyth all the membres thereof maye in vnitie and perfecte obedience to the Sea Apostolike and 〈◊〉 for the tyme beinge serue God and your maiesties to the furderance and aduanÌ„cement of hys honoure and glory Amen THen the fyrste Sundaye in Aduent followinge my Lorde Cardinall came at tenne of the clocke from Lambeth by water and landed at Poles wharfe And cuÌ„mynge from thence to Poles Churche with a crosse ii pyllers two pollaxes of Syluer borne before hym he was there receaued by my Lorde Chaunceller wyth Procession Where he taryed vntill the kinges cummynge whose hyghnes came from westmynster by lande and all hys nobles before him to Poles also at a leuen of the clocke And so the kynges maiesty and my lord Cardinall wyth all the lordes of the priuy counsell beinge present with suche an audience of people as was neuer sene in that place before my Lorde Chaunceller entered Poles crosse And after that the people ceased that so much as a whispering could not be hearde emongest them more then emongest those of whome the Poet Virgil speaketh Conticuere omnes intentique or a tenebant But euery manne bente hartelye wyth eares to here eyes to perceaue and handes to wryte hys Lordshyp proceded and tooke to hys theam these wordes of the Epystle of that daye wrytten by Sayncte Paule the holye Apostle in the. xiii Chapter to the Romaynes Fratres scientes quia