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
bora est iam nos de somno surgere caet WHyche parcell of Scripture was so Godlye and so clearkelye handeled by him as no manne alyue all flattery doutles set aparte was able to meande it And there as saincte Paule exhorted the Romaines to caste awaye the workes of darkenes and to put on the Armoure of lyght c. Euenso his Lordshippe exhorted wished and willed yea and with all his hart desyered and praied all Englysh men and others which hadde slepte in Englande these one and twenty yeares in detestable Here◅yes and erronious Doctrines to forsake the deuel the fleshe and the worlde which was the occa◅yon of all euill and to embrace God and hys holye Catholyke fayth whyche fayth was tau◅hte by him preached by hys Apostles and receued of thē by the auncient olde fathers in the primitiue churche Whyche faith also hath cōtinued through al Christendom from age to age and also in Englande vntil kīg Henry the Eight toke on hym to be Supreme head of the church Frō which tyme vnto the reygne of the Quenes magestie y ◠now is his lordshippe declared what miseries what calamities what sorowes and griefes Englande had susteaned What malice what enuie and ha tred what falshed what crafte subtiltie had reygned emongest all degrees in Englande What abhominable Herisyes what synistrat and erronious opinions were ill Englande withoute anye restreynt taught and receaued what tumultes and insurrections to the castinge awaye of manye and to the empoueryshynge of all were in dyuers quarters of the same And finallye vnto what ruyne and decaie the realme of England was like to come yf almyghtye god of hys goodnes had not blest the same in tyme with hys moste holye handes These wyth manye other notable yea and lamentable lessons to longe here to bee rehersed hys Lordeshyppe there declared whyche moued a greate numbre of the audience with sorowfull syghes and wepynge teares to chaunge theyr cheere In thys same selfe sermon he declared also how xix yeares agoe at that tyme when the insurreccion was in the north of England in defence of religion that king Henry the eyght was minded to haue geuen ouer the Supremacy to the Popes Holines but the leat therof was then because he thoughte it woulde be sayed it shoulde haue been done for feare He declared also how the said king sente him and Syr Henry Kneuet Knyghte to the Emperoure exhorting his Imperial maiesty to be intercessour for him to the Poope to receyue the supremacye but it tooke none effect because the time was not He declared further howe in kinge Edwardes dayes the counsell were once mynded to haue the Pope restored to y e Supremacy but the let therof was in those daies because as it was supposed it would haue ben sayd that the Realme could not be defended durynge the kynges minoritie without the Popes adsistaunce And finally he declared how the Quenes magestie at her coronacyō thoughte for to haue restored the Popes holynes to his Supremacy but the tyme he sayed was not then But now sayd he the tyme is cum that the kinges and Quenes magesties haue restored our holy father the Pope to his Supremacy And the thre Estates assembled in the parliament representing y e whole body of thys noble Empire of Englād and dominions of the same haue submitted them selues to his holynes and his successours foreuer He declared also howe that the moste Reuerende Father in God Lorde Cardinall Poole beinge there put by the kinge was sent in England as deputed Legat and Ambassadoure from the Sea Apostolyke of Rome hauinge full and ample commission from the Popes holynes to blesse the realme of Englande And here also he declared howe muche bounde Englande is to thanke God who of his deuine prou◅dence hath appointed suche a godlye and vertuous Prynce as the kynge that nowe is he beinge sonne to loo victorious and moste riche an Emperour and he beinge also so riche a Prince him selfe to ioyne in mariage with the Quenes Maiestie Who for the moste hartye loue that he had to hir hyghenes lefte his owne countreys realmes and regions to strengthē hir most noble grace to enriche her Empyre of England And so to conclude his lord shippe declared that all the premisses being well remembred consydered of all the audience And also the kyng and Quenes maiesties Godly procedinges beinge of them and all other theyr true subiectes hartely embraced and faithfully followed They al then mighte synge with the Angell whiche appered to the shepherde at the natyuytie and birth of oure sauioure Iesus Christe Gloria in excelsis deo et in terra pax hominibus c. And finally to say with the Prophet and Psalmist Dauid Haec es◅ dies quam fecit dominus exultemus etletemur in ea Whiche sermon beeyng done the kynges magestie departed to wardes Westminster with his highnes my lord Cardinall with the crosse only borne before him Syns the day of whiche sermō all suche thynges as were amis and out of order here begin now to cum in rule and square and occupye their auncyente and accustomed places And the moste holy Catholike fayth and true relygion of Christ whyche in Englande hath been thys long tyme behynde the post and in Captiuitie is now being delyuered and cummyng home agayne of all bothe younge and olde embraced worshipped honoured And all erronious doctrine heretical bokes with the teachers setters fourth of the same are cōuicted abolished yea explosed and dryuen out of Englande for euer And finallye all they whiche were herers and fauorers of them nowe layinge theyr handes to theyr heartes and perceauinge theym selues seduced and deceaued by suche meanes are sory and do hartlye repent mynding faithfully from hensforth their fautes to amend Amongest whome I can no les do ◅y very good lorde thenne numbre my selfe as one For althoughe I was neuer praysed by god associated with any which wer erronious or suspected to be fautours and defendours of hereticall and sinistrate opinions but liuinge vnder silence during the two late kinges procedinges haue kept my selfe clere on euery side Yet neuertheles as oftē as I haue do remēber w e my selfe how lasciuiously I liued in Eng lād these xx yeres y e most part thereof haue followed the same trade of liberty voluptuous liuing as a great nūbre haue done where I myghte haue had endeuoured myselfe in the meane season to vertuous learning and studye I can no les doe then lament ▪ and be sory yea and with all my hart to repente as others doe Purposinge by Gods grace with them to mend my most miserable and synfull lyfe and so to continew to my lyues ende In whiche doing I with those whiche haue thus offēded they with me may be assured that our Sauiour Christ according vnto his owne infallible wordes spoken of one in the name of al sinners wil haue mercy pity compassion on vs saying
they c◅m thither whiche verses as I am aduertised were made by my lorde the Bishop of winchester nowe lorde chaunceller of Englande whose excellēt learnyng is well knowē euery where yea and he to bee of moste exacte Iudgemente in all kinde of good letters These be the two verses O domus es felix minium miniumque be◅ Hospitio tales nunc habitura tuo That is to saye Thou art happy house righte bli◅ bli◅ again That shortly shalt suche noble geastes retayn ANd after that their maiesties had thus remayned in the Citie of winchestre ten daies vnto the which Citie and to Southhampton in token and perpetuall memorye of thys their most noble mariage solem nizated in the one of the kiges first lāding in the other they did geue great priuilegis and la◅des for euer they remoued frō thens on tuesdaye the last of Iuli and riding through the Citie in a very princelye order they wente to Basing xv mile frō winchestre Where at my lord Treasurer of Englandes house they lay that night and the next day folowīg where was suche noble Chere prouided for them and both their nobilities as I haue not sene the like for the tyme in my dayes The next thursday being the seconde of August they departed from thens and rode to Reding wher after they had lyne but that nyghte they came to Windesore the next friday at vi of y ◠clocke at nyghte And cumming in at the west end of the town they came with two swerdes borne before thē streight way towardes the churche weste dore wher with procession they were receaued by my lord Chaun celler where also the lord Stewarde of Englande reuested the king with the robe of the order of the garter and the Quenes magestie put the collar of the same order aboute hys necke whiche being done they bothe proceded vnder a Canapy towardes the quere y ◠lordes of the order going beefore them in their robes and collars also And after that the kyng was there installed and Te deum song and ended they came out at the same dore of the quere where they entred and wente to a place of the north side of y ◠same where the kinges highnes the lordes put of their robes Which being done the kinges magestie and the Quene departed on horse backe to their lodging in Windsor Castel And to make an ende here of their progres your Lordship shall vnderstande that after they had remayned at wind sor certain daies after the kīges installacion they came to Richemont Where being aduertysed that all suche triumphes and pageants as wer deuised in Londō agaynst their cumming thyther were finished ended they came frō thens by water on friday the xvii of August lāded at S. Ma rie Oueres staires on Southwarke side Where euery corner keing so straight kept as no man could passe come or go but those which were appointed to attende their lāding they passed through my Lorde chauncellers house at Suffolke place which was prepared for their lying that night This Suffolke place and your Lordshyp bee remembred is of the left hande as we enter into Southwarke cummyng from Hampton Courte whiche place was made by the olde Duke of Suffolke immediatly after that he maried the godly vertuous Princes Marye quene Dowager of Fraunce and the seconde doughter of king Henry the. vii Nowe to begyn and declare their cumming to London and so make an ende your reuerend Lordship shall vnderstande that bothe their moste excellent Maiesties made their moste noble and Triumphinge entres into the noble Citie of London furth of Southwarke place the next satterdaye whiche was the. xviii of August at ii of the clocke at after none Where after all the lordes of their moste honorable priuie counsel and the ambassadours of all nacyons with the nobilitie of Englande and Spayne and diuers other noble and ◅entle mē as wel Eng lish as straunge wer al on horse backe two and two in a rāke the lord Maior of Londō as the two Prīces came out at the gate kne led and deliuered a mace whiche signified his ◅ower and authoritie within the citie of London to the Quenes grace Whose magestie deliuering the said mace to the lord Maior again the kinges highnes and she ascended their horses so marchyng towardes London bridge the quene of the righte hande and the king of the lefte with two swerdes of honoure before theym and before the swerdes the Lord Maior of London bearing the Mace the Toure of London begynneth to shoote And when they came to the drawe bridge there they made the fyrst staye where there was in the higth thereof a fayre table holden vp with two greate Giauntes the one named Corineus Britannus and the other Gogmagog Albionus In which table in a fielde siluer with faire Romaine letters of sable these xii verses following were wrytten Vnica caesareae stirpis ◅pes Inclite princeps ◅ui deus imperium totius destinat orbis ◅ratus et optatus nostras accedis adoras Ecce sagittipotens tibi tota Britania dextr◅ porrigit et gremiū tibi nobilis anglia p◅dit Te tamē in primis urbs Londoniēsis honor at Incolumemque suū gaudet venisse Philippū Ipsa suis sentit charum te ciuibus esse Et f◅re foelicem tali se principe credit Teque putant omnes missum diuinitus urbi C◅ius mens studiū uox uirtus atque uolūtas ◅det et in clari cōsentit amore philippi That is to say O noble Prince sole hope of Cesars side By god apointed all the world to gyde Rig◅t ha◅tely welcome art thou to our land The archer Brit◅yne yeldeth the hir hand And noble England openeth her bosome Of ◅actie affection for to bid the welcome But chiefly London doth her loue vouchsafe Reioysing that hir Philip is come safe She seith hir Citisens loue the on eche side And trustes they shal be happy of such a gide ▪ And al do thinke thou art sent to their citie By thonly meane of Gods paternall pitie So that their minde voice study power and will ◅s onlie set to loue the Philippe still HEre also the Toure of London the signe geuen that the kinge and the Quene were in syghte thereof shotte suche peales of ordinaunce in about euery quarter therof and specially out of the toppe of the whyte foure of the wharffe as neuer was heard the lyke in Englande here to fore Which being done they proceded forwarde vntil they came in gracious strete where in their waye the conduit therof was finely trīmed wheron was painted verye ingeniouslye the nine worthies with many notable prouerbes and adages written with fayre Romā letters on euery side ther of And at the signe of the splaied Egle they made the second staie where the first pagēt was deuysed and made by the marchaunt straungers of the Stilliarde Where emōgest diuers notable stories there
was in the top therof the picture of the king sitting on horsse backe all armed verye gorgeously and richly set out to the quicke Under which picture were written in field siluer with fayre Romaine letters of sable these wordes folowinge after this maner Diuo Phi. Aug. Max. Hispaniarum principi exoptatissimo That is to saye In honour of worthy Philip the fortunate most mighty Prince of Spaine most earnestly wyshed for And vnder that were wrytten in a field blue whiche Heroldes call azure with faire Romaine letters of siluer these two verses folowinge Constantem fortemque animum ter magâ—…e Philippe Nec spes a recto nec meâ—…us acer agit That is to saye Most mighty Philip nether hope nor feare â—…ay fright Thy stronge and valiaunt haâ—…t away from â—…ghte WHiche picture al other notable stories wrytinges in the saide Pagent pleasing their magesties very wel they marched forward vntill they came to Cornewall where the coÌ„duite also there beiÌ„g very excellentlye painted at the west end of the sirete was the seconde pagent which was ryghte excellently handled and set out where their magesties made the thirde staye In whiche pagente were foure liuely persons which represented the foure moste noble Philips of whose most noble actes and doinges we read in auncient stories â–ª That is to saye Philip kyng of Macedonia Philip the Romayn Emperour Philip Duke of Burgundy surnamed Bonus and Philip Duke of Burgundy surnamed Audax betwixt which foure princes two beyng of the right side of the pagent and two of the least there was a fayre table wherin were written in a fielde azure wyth Roman letters of siluer these viii verses folowyng Quatuor apriscis accepimus esse philippos QuoruÌ„ per totum celebratur gloria muÌ„duÌ„ Nobilitas primum summo decorauit â—…onore prosperitate facit claruÌ„ fortuna secundum Tertius aeterna bonitatis laude refulget Quartus bellator fortis memoratur etaudax Sed tua nobilitas fortuna audatia uirtus OiÌ„bus hispreâ—…tat uiÌ„cisque Philippe Philippos That is to saye We reade in time paâ—… Philips haue bene foure Whose glory throughout al the worlde is blowâ—… The first through noble bloud past all before The secondes matche in good succes vnknowen The third for goodnes gâ—…t eternall fame The forthe for boldues vsed agaynste hys fone In birth in fortune boldnes vertuous name Thou Philip passest these Philips fower alone THis page ante with the stories therein contayned liking the kinges highnes and the quene wonderous well they passed towardes Chepeside at the Easte ende therof the conduite there also being finely paynted and trimed they made the fourth staye where the thirde pagente was made In y â— heigth wherof was one playing on a harpe who signified the most Excellente musician Orpheus of whom and of AmphioÌ„ we reade in the fables of old Poetis Where also were nyne faire ladyes playing and singing on diuers swete instrumentes signifying the nine muses And not farre from them were men and children decked vp like wilde beastes as Lions wolfes foxes and beares So that the moste swete strokes noyse and soundes of Orpheus with the nyne Musis playing and singinge in the sayd Pageant and also the counterfeated beastes daunsing and leapinge with Orpheus harpe and the Musis melodye exhilarated and reioysed their maiesties very much Under Orpheus in a field siluer with faire romaine letters of sable were written in a very faire table these viii verses followinge Eloquii claro ditatus munere princeps Voce sua ciues flectet quocunque lubebit Hoc ueteres olim docuere ê‘ Orphea â—…uates Qui mouisse feras câ—…tus dulcedine fertur Sic tua sola tuos dicendi copia ciues Excitat et moestoe prebet solatio menti Ergo tibi merito magnas agit anglia grates Anglia que solo gaudet dicente philippo That is to saye The prince that hath the gift of eloquencâ—… May bend his subiectes to his most be houe Which in old time was shewed by conert sence In Orpheus whose song did wilde beastes moue In like case now thy grace of spech so franke Doth comfort vs whose mindes afore 〈◊〉 And therfore Eugland geueth the harty thanke Whose chiefest ioy is to heare thee Philip speke THeir maiesties beig satisfyed with the sighte of that pageant they marched from thence and passinge through Chepeside where they perceuing the crosse therof which was with fine gold richely gilded they staied a litle lokinge thereon whiche was no doute it is vnto them a right excellent view where also the kinges highnes perceauing the crucifix in the top thereof very hum blie put of hys cap. Thys sene they marched forwarde and at the west end of Chepe they made the fyft stay where was y e fourth and most excellent pageant of al. Wherein was contained declared and shewed their moste noble Geneology from kinge Edwarde the third which Geneologie was most exellently moste ingeniously set out with a great Arboure or tree vnder the roote whereof was an olde man liinge on his left side with a long white beard a close croune on his head and a sceptour in his ryght hand and a ball Imperial in his lefte Which olde man signified kinge Edward the third of whom both their maiesties are linially desceÌ„ded which grene Arboure or tree grewe vp of bothe the sides with braunches wheron did sit young faire childreÌ„ which represeÌ„ted the persones of such kinges quenes Princis dukes Earles lordes ladies as desceÌ„ded froÌ„ y â— said king Edward the. iii. vnto their daies whose names were writteÌ„ aboue their heades in fieldes azure in faire tables with Roman letters of â—…iluer Where also in the saied top of the said arbour or tre was a Quene of the right hande a king of y e left which preseÌ„ted their magesties Aboue whose heades was written their new stile and title with fayre Roman letters of sable in a feilde golde And aboue that in the heigth of al wer both their armes Ioined in one vnder one Crown emperial And finally vnder the old maÌ„ whiche lay vnder the rote of the Arbour signified as I haue said king Edward the third were written these vi verses folowinge in a feild siluer with letters of gold Site bellipotens ueteruÌ„ iuuat Anglia ReguÌ„ Gloria que summis quondâ—…te laudibus auxit IlloruÌ„ sobolem Mariâ—… magnumque PhilippuÌ„ Dâ—…ligere et toto complecti pectore debes Quos deus ex uno communi fonte profectos Connubio ueterem uoluit coniungere stirpeÌ„ That is to saye Englande if thou delite in auncient men Whose glorious actes thâ—… fame a brod dâ—…d blase Both Mary Philip their ofspring ought thou then With al thy hert to loue to embrace Which both descendeo of one auncient lyue It hath pleased God by mariage to combyne â—…Uhich pageant beynge throughlye vewed and much commâ—…ded of their maiesties they wente hence towardes s. Paules Church And in
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
Nolo mortem peccatoris sed magis ut coÌ„uertatur et uiuat And thus England and al we that dwel therein accoumpt our selues not onely happy yea and most happy which from so many outragious stormes of errours cares and calamities are thus called home agayne to the sure hauen and porte of the most holy Catholyke faythe But also we do beleue with our very hartes and do confesse with al our mouthes that almighty God of hys deuine prouideÌ„ce hath preserued and kept iii. persons as lode â–ª star res and chiefe guydes for the defending inbringinge and restoring of Englande thus to the vnitie of Christes churche The first is the Quenes maiestie who being from her infaÌ„cye a Uirgin and immaculate from all spottes of heresies it hath pleased God to defende hir ayde hir and saue her froÌ„ the haÌ„des power and might of her enemies And geuing heâ—… y â— victorye ouer them in twinkelinge of an iye whiche as roaryng Lions would haue deuoured her The second is my lord Cardinal who beyng an exile out of hys natiue countreth Englande these xxi yeares for the two causes before mencioned and in the meane season so abhorred so hated and so detested as no man durst scars ones name him whoÌ„ the quenes magestie nowe hath restored to his bloud and to the honor of his house And the thirde is my lorde the Bishop of wynchester Lordâ—… Chaunceller of England against whom from tyme to tyme suche sharpe snares haue been layed and suche ordinaunce leueled for that he fauored and wold haue had to his power defended y â— most holy Catholicke fayth that it is a wounder howe he hathescaped and speciallye at hys late being in London Toure But suche are the woorkes of GOD the author of all goodnesse who alwayes when it pleaseth him plucketh downe and deposeth the proude and hyghe minded and defendeth and exalteth the humble lowe of Spirite So that now all Christe ndoÌ„ as well as Englande doth con fesse that these forenamed iii. per sons haue been thus throughe the prouidence of god moste hap ply defended preserued and kept froÌ„ their enemies haÌ„des aboue the expectacion and iudgement of all menne for the restoring of Englande agayne to the vnitie of Christes religion Whiche no dout it is shalbe to the glorye of God the wealth of Englande to the perpetuall peace loue and quietnes of this most noble and hole yle of Britayn Other newes I haue none but those newes which most Ioifully reioyseth all Englande That the Quenes magestie is conceaued with Childe whom our Lord long preserue and send hir highnes a gracyous delyueraunce And also that in Christmasse holydayes the Prynce of Piemont arryued in Englande and shortly after hym the prynce of OreÌ„ge whiche are very pryncely intreated with the king and Quenes Magesties And beecause I thought youre lordeship woulde be somwhat desirous to knowe the stature and shape of this noble prince the kynges magestie of Englande that nowe is whoÌ„ you haue not yet sene I thought it not muche amysse to descrybe hys person by wryting that your mynde may conceaue that which your iye hath not seen As for the quenes most excellent magesties person whose person you haue so often tymes sene I shall not greatly nede to depaiÌ„te vnto you Understande therfore that touchyng hys highth I can wel compare hym to Iohn Hume my lord of Iedwardes kinsman Of visage he is well fauored with a brod forhead gray iyes streight nosed and manly countenauÌ„ce From the forhead to the point of hys chynne hys face groweth smal his pace is priÌ„cely and gate so straight and vpright as he leseth no inche of his higthe with a yeallowe head and a yeallowe berde And thus to conclude he is so wel proporcioned of bodi arme legge and euery other Limme to the same as nature cannot work a more parfite paterne And as I haue learned of the age of xxviii yeares Whose maiesty I iudge to bee of a stoute stomake pregnaunt witted and of most ientel nature I haue also sent your lordship certaine verses and adages writ ten with the hande of the Lorde Henry Stuarde lorde Dernley your nephew which he wrot this tyme twelue moneth I beinge with him then at Temple Newsome in Yorkshire And what praise your Lordship may thinke him worthie for this his towardnes in wrighting beinge yet not fully ix yeares of age The like praise is he worthye suerlye in his towardnes in the latin touÌ„ge and the frenche and in sundrye other vertuous qualities whom also God and nature hath endued with a good wit ientilnes beutie and fauour So yf it may please God to lend him long life he shall proue a witty vertuous and an actiue well learned gentle man Whose noble parentes are my singuler good patrons And thustrusting that your good Lordship of your accustomed humanitie and ientilnes wil accept thys my symple letter in good part sent vnto you for this newe yeares gyfte although it be rude and destitute of wit lerning and eloquence I most humbly besech the kyng of kynges and lorde of lordes long to preserue and kepe youre Reuerende Lordeship in health wealth and fortunate felicitie with a meri and mani new yeares From the Citie of London this new yeares day and the first of y e kalenders of Ianuary 1555. By youre Reuerende Lordeships humble oratour Iohn Elder ¶ The copy of the Quenes Magesties letters Patentes MArye by the grace of God quene of Eng land Fraunce Ireland c. To al printers of bookes bokesellers and to al other our Officers ministers subiectes these oure letters patentes hearyng or seing gretyng Know ye that we of our especial grace and meare mocion haue geuen and graunted and by these presentes doe geue and graunt ful power licence auctoritie and priuilege vnto our welbeloued Subiecte Iohn Waylande Citizen and Scriuenous of London that he and his Assignes only and none other person or persons shal froÌ„hensforth haue auctoritie and libertie to printe al and euery such vsuall Primers or Manuel of praiers by whatsoeuer other title the same shall or maye be called whiche by vs our heires successours or by our clergy by our assent shalbe auctorised set forth and deuised for to be vsed of all our louing Subiectes throughout all our Realmes and domini ons duryng the ful tyme terme of seuen yeares next ensuing the date of these our letters PateÌ„tes And farther that it shall not bee lawfull for any maner of other person or persons of oure sayed Subiectes to print or to procure to be imprinted any Primers or Manuell of prayers by whatsoeuer title the same shall or maye be called or set forth duryng the sayed tearme nor any booke or bokes which the said Iohn Waâ—…lande or his Assignes at his or their costes and charges shal first Prynte or set forth duryng the said terme of seuen yeares next ensuing the printing of the same boke or bokes vpon payn of forfature
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
as his highnes was the munday following her maiestie ascended the fore said steps and came towardes the quere dore where a little without the same dore was made a round mount of bordes ascendyng also fiue steps aboue the skafholde On which mount immediatlye after her magestie and the king were shreuen they were maried by my lord the bishop of winchester lord chauncellour of Inglande her magestye standing on the right side of the said moâ—…t and the king of the left side And this y â— mariage being ended soleÌ„nizated which with y â— biddiges and banes therof was declared done by y â— said lord Chauncelor both in latin in english his lord ship declared also there Howe that the Emperours magestie re signed vnder his Emperial seale the kingdomes of Naples and Hierusalem to his sonne Philip PriÌ„ce of Spain wherby it might well appeare to all men that the Quenes highnes was theÌ„ maried not only to a PriÌ„ce but also vn to a king The Quenes mariage riÌ„g was a plaiÌ„ hoope of gold with out any stone in it For that was as it is said her pleasure because maydens were so maried in olde tymes Thys as I haue saide beyng ended and done The erle of Darbey beefore the quenes magestie and the Erle of Penbroke before the kinges highnes did bere ech of theÌ„ aswerd of honour And so both their maiestes entred the Quere hande in hand vnder a canapye borne by iiii knightes towardes the hie altar where after they had kneled a while with ech of them a Taper they arose and the Quene went to a seate or Traues of the right hande of the altar and the kinge to an other seate of the left hand where they continued thus seue cal in their meditacioÌ„s praiers vntill the gospell was saied and then they came out and kneled all the hie masse tyme openly before the hie aultar the care clothe beeyng holden as the maner is Where duryng hie masse tyme the Quenes Chapell matched with the quire and the organs vsed suche swete proporcyon of musicke and harmonye as the like I suppose was neuer beefore inuented or harde The hie masse beeing done whiche was celebrated and sayd by my lorde the Bishop of winchestre hauing to his coadiutors y â— fiue bisshops afore said y â— is to say the bisshops of Duresm Ely LoÌ„doÌ„ â–ª Lâ—…ncolne and Chichestre Wherin both the Princes offering rich Iewels deliueriÌ„g their Tapers yea the kinges highnes at the Agnusdei kis syng y â— celebrator accordig to the ceremonies of mariages vsed in holy catholicke churches The king of heroldes opeÌ„ly in preseÌ„ce of both their magesties y â— whole audience solempnly proclaymed this their new stile and Title in Latin frenche in englishe The stile in Latin Philippus et Marie dei gratia Rex et Regina Anglie â—…rancie Neapolis HierusaleÌ„ et Hiberniâ—… fidei defensores Principes His paniarum et Secilie Archiduces Austrie Duces Mediolani Bur gundie et Brabantie comites Haspurgi Flandrie et Tyrolis And wheras this letter maye come perhaps from your Lordships handes in the handes of of those which vnderstaÌ„d not the latin toÌ„ge I wil therfore by your lordships leue to satisfie coÌ„tent their miÌ„des beig vnlearned not only declare y â— same stile title in English but also all suche other thinges as shal folowe in Latin The stile in Englishe Philip and Marie by the grace of god king and Quene of England FrauÌ„ce Naples HierusaleÌ„ Ireland defeÌ„ders of the faith Princes of Spain and Secyll Archidukes of Austria Dukes of MillaÌ„ BurguÌ„dy and BrabaÌ„t Counties of Haspurge FlauÌ„ders and Tirol ¶ This stile and title beeing thus proclamed the kyng the Quene departed hand in hande vnder the forsaid Canapie to my lord ChauÌ„cellers place where the quenes grace was lodged whose two most priÌ„cely most rich Abilimentes was of betin gold vpoÌ„ golde and so riche set with preci ous stones as no man coulde esteme the value therof At which place during diner time as none could be in the world more sump tuous where their magestyes dined opeÌ„ly in the hal both together at one table vnder the cloth of estate there was such souÌ„des and noise of al maner of Iustru mentes as hath been seldome hearde where also at the thirde course I perceiued all the heraldes of armes entre the hall two and two in their heraldicall gar mentes and crying three times with an hye voyce Largesse The king of them commonlye called Garter proclamed there againe the kynges highnes the Quenes new stile title in maner fourme and effect as he did in the Cathedrall churche when hie masse was done And so crying three tymes Larges agayne they departed And thus shortly to conclude there was for certain daies after this moste Noble mariage suche triumphing bankating singing masking and daunsing as was neuer in Englande here tofore by the reporte of all men Wherfore to see the kinges magestie and the Quene sitting vnder the cloth of estate in the hall where they dyned and also in the ChaÌ„bre of presence at dansing tyme where both their magesties dansed and also to behold the dukes and noble men of Spain dauÌ„se with the faire ladyes and moste beutifull nimphes of England it should seme to him that neuer see suche to be an other worlde Nowe to trouble youre Lordshyp any further with the hole perfite declaration of the riche and sundrie apparelles whiche the nobilitie of Englande and Spayne vsed and ware at and after the mariage of these two most excellent Princes it were but a phantasie and losse of paper and ynke for no mortall Princes Emperoures and kinges only except were able surely to excell them And such braue liueries as their seruauÌ„tes had I neuer sawe the lyke in all the Countreys that euer I trauayled And finally with what ryche hanginges y â— Cathedral Church of Winchester and the Quyer was hanged and the two seates where bothe the Princes sat it was a wonder to se. And againe to vew marke what Eligaunt verses in Latin of all kynde of sortes were affixed and set vp on the Cathedrall Churche dores and the portes of my Lorde Chauncellers place where the king and the Quene laye by the Skollers of Winchester Colledge in prayse and commendacion of this most noble and rare mariage of Philip of Spayne and MARI of Englande it shoulde quicken the spirites of al dull doltes to embrace good letters and of the best learned to fauour the good will of al painefull studentes I purpose for to sende the Copy of some of theym to your lordship God willing hereafter And i the meane season I will not omit two verses whiche were wrytten in a whyte fielde whych Heroldes call siluer with faire Romayne letters of blacke which they call sable aboue the inner port of the place wher the two Princes lay a month before
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