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A45326	The life & death of that renowned John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester comprising the highest and hidden transactions of church and state, in the reign of King Henry the 8th, with divers morall, historicall and political animadversions upon Cardinall Wolsey, Sir Thomas Moor, Martin Luther : with a full relation of Qu. Katharines divorce / carefully selected from severall ancient records by Tho. Baily ...	Hall, Richard, 1535 or 6-1604.; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. Testamentum.; Bayly, Thomas, d. 1657?	1655 (1655)	Wing H424; ESTC R230	97,933	254

rising though as different as the two Poles between themselves both against him the one discovering the other aggravating his offences yet though sometime he had a better friend for he proved such a constant enemy to the last that he became a Martyr for the former and such a b●tter adversary sometimes to the first as he became afterwards the second 's footstoole to her Throne yet neither of them gave him thanks which rendred his venome guilty of the nature of the Spiders thus to be intangled within his own web Cardinall Campe●●●s perceiving the King disposed to discontentment takes his leave of his Maje●●y and suddenly departs the Realme after that he had made his abode here in this kingdome neere upon the space of one yeare who was no sooner gone but a sodaine rumour 〈◊〉 how that he had carried with him vast ●ummes of money of the other Cardinalls ●ut of the Realme for at that time Cardinall Wolsey wa● suspected to 〈◊〉 the Land by ●eason of the Kings displeasure insomuch that 〈…〉 after and overtaken at Callis where when they had searched 〈…〉 they scarce found so much money about him as would serve to defray his ordinary charges to Rome This the Cardinall Campeius took heavily and thereat was m●rvailously discontented which search for treas●●e was but a colour for the thing which the King aimed at was the instrument which contained the sentence of Divorce which Campeius had shewed unto the King in case he had seen cause to put the same in ex●cution which if the King had sound out it is supposed he would have made good play therewith but he was deceive● of his purpose Howsoever in the 22. yeare of the Kings reigne a Parliament was summoned to begin at London the 3. day of November and in the year of our Lord 1529. and accordingly Writs were directed to all the Counties c. but withall private Letters were sent to the most potent men directing them whom they should choose which Letters there were few or none durst disobey so that there was a Parliament filled to the Kings hearts desire And The regulations of all abuses of the Clergy were referred to the house of Commons where s●vere complaints against the whole Clergy as well as against particular Clergie-men were daily presented whereof some the house of Lord● 〈◊〉 into consideration and some they 〈◊〉 wh●ch when the Bishop of Rochester perceived he spake as followeth My Lords here are certaine Bills exhibited against the Cl●●gy wherein there are complaints made against the 〈◊〉 id●●nesse rap●ciry and cruelty of Bishops Abbots Priests and their Officialls But my Lords Are all vitious all idle all ravenous and ●ruell Priests or Bishops And for such as are such are there not laws provided alrea●y against such Is there any abuse that we do● not seek to rectifi● or can there be such a 〈◊〉 as that there shall be no 〈…〉 their owne and 〈◊〉 where they have no a●●hority to correc● If w● be not 〈◊〉 in our Lawes let each man suffer for his d●linquency or if we have not power did 〈◊〉 with your assistance and we shall 〈…〉 much the Good as the Goods of the Church that is look●d after Truly my Lords how this may sound in your 〈◊〉 I cannot tell but to me it appeares no otherwise than as if our holy Mother the Church were to become a bondmaid and new brought into servility and 〈◊〉 and by little little to be quite banished out of those dwelling places which the piety and liberality o● our forefathers as most 〈◊〉 Benefacto●s have conferred upon ●er otherwise to what tendeth these 〈◊〉 and curious Petitions of the Commons To no other intent or purpose but to bring the Clergie into contempt with the Laity that they may s●ize their Patrimony But my Lords beware of your selves and your 〈…〉 now on fire teach us to beware our own disasters where●ore my Lords I will tell you plainly what I think that except ye resist manfully by your authorit●●● this violent heap of mischiefs offered by the Commons you shall see all obedience first drawn f●om the Cle●gie and secondly from your selves 〈◊〉 if you 〈◊〉 into the true causes of all these mischiefs which reign among them you shall finde that they all arise through want of Faith This Speech p●eased and displeased divers of the house of Peeres 〈…〉 were severally inclined or adicted to ●orward or 〈◊〉 the K●ngs design●s among the which none 〈…〉 thereto but onely the 〈…〉 B●t when the Commons heard of this Speech they conceived so great displeasure against the Bishop that they forthwith sent their Speaker Mr. Audeley to complaine on him to the King and to let his Highnesse understand how grievously they thou ●h● themselves injured ther●by so as to be so highly charged for lack of Faith as if they had been Infidells or Hereticks c. The King therefore to satisfie the Commons sent for my Lord of Rochester to come before him being come the King demanded of him why he spake in such sort the Bishop answered that being in counsel he spake his minde in defence of the Church whom he saw daily injured and oppressed by the common people whose office it was not to judge of her manners much lesse to reform them and therefore he said he thought himself in conscience bound to defend her in all that lay within his power neverthelesse the King wished him to use his words more temperately and that was all which gave the Commons littl● satisfaction CHAP. XIV 1. The demand of all the small Abbies within the Land for the Kings use 2. The Bishop of Rochester opposeth the demand in the Convocation house 3. The mindes of the Clergie before ready to condescend to the proposition● altered thereupon 4. The Bishop of 〈◊〉 escaped very narrowly from being poysoned at his dinner 5. How he escaped another danger from the shot of a cannon 6. His departure from the place to Rochester IMmediately hereupon the foresaid demand for all the small Abbeys and Monasteries within the Land of the value of two hundred pound land and under to be given to the King was revived and the pretence for such demands of the Clergie was in recompence of the great charges and expences which the King was 〈◊〉 concerning the Divorce which he was put upon by the false and double dealing of the Cardinall and his Clergie and therefore it was said to be all the reason in the world that the Clergie should satisfie the King againe for the great expences he had been at and this was urged with such ●impor●unity as if the businesse had been called upon by sound of Drummes and T●umpets In conclusion they all agreed that cert●ine of the Kings Counsell should make demands hereof to the Co●vocation of the Cl●rgy which was performed with such a terrible shew of the Kings displeasure 〈◊〉 them if they y●ilded not to his 〈◊〉 that divers of the Convocation sea●●ing the Ki●gs indign●tion and