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A21201 The copie of a letter sent in to Scotlande of the arivall and landynge, and most noble marryage of ... Philippe, prynce of Spaine to the ... Princes Marye quene of England solemnisated [sic] in the citie of Winchester : and howe he was receyved ... at Windsore, and of his ... entries in ... London : whereunto is added a brefe ouerture or openyng of the legacion of the most reuerend father in God Lord Cardinall Poole ... for the reconcilement of the realme of Englande to the vnitie of the Catholyke churche : with the very copye also of the supplycaciõ exhibited to their highnesses by the three estates assembled in the parlamente, wherin they representing the whole body of the realme ... haue submitted thes̃elues to the popes holynesse. Elder, John, fl. 1555. 1555 (1555) STC 7552; ESTC S105462 27,175 96

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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