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A07116	A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ...	Parker, Matthew, 1504-1575.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556, attributed name.; Ponet, John, 1516?-1556, attributed name.	1567 (1567)	STC 17519; ESTC S112350	311,635	404

wealthe to the consideration of equitie and moderation in this cause if I feared not that the reste of the Clergie as yet vnspoken to would be greeued to be passed ouer in silēce as either neglected or contempned by whose importunitie as the common opinion goeth or for whose gratification as the deuision of the common spoile declareth at the eye This sharpe seueritie is exercised and rigorous extremitie executed in the maner of the late depriuations although for my parte I can not nor will not comprehende all the whole Clergie vnder one note in this matter beyng perswaded with my self that thei maie bee considered in triplici differentia that is to bee of three sortes Some for the brotherly pitie that is espied in theim to bee onely spoken to but with interpellation with many for want of indifferente affection to bee expostulated with but the moste parte so spitefully extreme and cruell in their tragicall doynges deseruyng neither gentle interpellation nor frendly expostulation but plaine accusation and manifest condempnation And though I maie be moued in myne owne persone with the vnworthines of suche doynges consideryng the case as a cause of trueth and a cause publike touchyng all men in the Common wealthe I truste to expende the matter yet truly in it self as well to winne the more credite of them to whom I shall speake as also to moue the parties in heuinesse to quiete and to reduce theim to a more reasonable temperaunce in them selues not to be greeued with the whole for the vnreasonablenes of a parte of the whole And as I must in this my writyng desire them whiche be aduaunced or maie bee by the depression of their brethren to take indifferently that whiche I shall speake confusedly either here in this my appellation vnto them or in the bodie of the booke folowyng distributyng the waight and charge of my wordes vppon the saied three sortes of the Clergie as of congruence thei maie bee seen worthie so muste I also entreate hos fratres meos lugentes that is these my mournyng brethren thus bereued from their spirituall children daiely hearyng paruulos suos petentes panem non sit qui frangeret eis that is their little ones crauyng for breade where no man is founde to breake it vnto them I saie I must request of them not to be offended with me though that I doe not entreate their cause more sharpely and egarlie then I doe For as I doe knowe that to these persones musica in luctu sit importuna narratio mirthe in mournyng is pastyme out of tyme so the other maie chaunce to iudge more lightly of the weight of the cause beyng so easely without galle examined whereby peraduenture it shall leane obtusiores aculeos more blunte prickes in your myndes whom it doeth concerne But lette them bothe yet remember ꝙ aliquando etiam holitor valde oportuna loquutus est that sometyme the poore herbe seller hath spoke well to the purpose How soeuer it shal be reputed my minde was to doe good in the cause whiche I take to be gods and the common wealthes without exasperating either parties the one with to muche anger the other with to muche heauinesse My desire is that thei who bee greeued in deede and feele the smarte maie retourne home into their hartes and saie humbly to almightie God Omnia quecunque fecisti nobis o domine in vero iudicio fecisti quia peccauimus recessimus a te Whatsoeuer thou hast doen vnto vs O lorde accordyng to thy right iudgemente haste thou doen all vnto vs because we haue synned and departed from thee Not yet so muche for conscience in the facte it self as for some euill circumstaunce precedyng or folowyng the facte partly knowen to God in the secrete of their hartes partly perceiued to the eyes of the worlde in their offendyng And yet notwithstandyng vpon their meeke repentaunce to accompt them selues inter secundum deum lugentes quibus tandem retribuetur consolatio Emōgest those who in the feare of God doe mourne who at the length shall receiue comforte So againe would I wishe ii Cor. vii that suche as for the successe that is growen to them by this alteration where others be cutte of and thei graffed in and so might be inter secundum mundum ridentes qui iam gaudent exultent emongest them that after the worlde doe laugh who now reioyce and triumphe that yet ne efferantur animo sed timeant potest enim deus denuo inserere illos that thei be not pufte vp but feare rather for God can plāte them in againe Luke xxi that thei take heede Ne corda eorum grauentur crapula ebrietate curis huius mundi that their hartes bee not ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennes and the cares of this worlde And againe euen so to confesse to God in their hartes ꝙ non propter mundiciem manuum suarum propter aequitatem cordium suorum haec contigerunt illis sed expendant ꝙ iudicium domini inscrutabile sit Imo timeant potius ne verum in illis aliquando possit videri Psal. ixxii propter dolos posuisti eis deiecisti eos dum alleuarentur That these thynges happened vnto them for the clearnesse of their owne handes or the vprightnes of their owne hartes but rather let thē consider diligently that the iudgement of the lorde is vnsearcheable yea let them rather feare leaste that maie truely bee verified vpon them For their craftie dealynges hast thou made an ende of thē and whilest thei were in the waie to prosperitie and honor thou didst cleane ouerthrowe them And if thei will for their further contemplation thei maie reade out the whole Psalme And yet againe not so to beholde their chaunce as it is by aucthoritie fallen vnto them to be proude of their possession but rather to turne their meditation to expende their consciences by what meanes mediations thei be crepte into their roumes to make Christe a good answere Amice quomodò huc intrasti Math. xxii Frende how camest thou in hither And againe let them consider what purposes and intendementes bee in their heartes to doe their offices to walke in what faieth in what charitie that at the laste thei make their finall answere good Luke xvi when God shall call them to an accompt with redde rationem villicationis tuae render an accompte of thy Stewardship yea let bothe the parties as we all ought haue this depely in remembraunce ꝙ mundus transit concupiscentia eius that the worlde passeth awaie and the luste thereof Vt qui gaudent sint tanquā qui non gaudeant i. Ihon. ii i. Cor. vii qui plorant sint tanquā qui non plorant preterit enī figura huius mūdi That thei which reioyce be as though thei reioyced not and thei that lamente as though thei lamented not for the fashion of this worlde fleeteth awaie And here I proteste before God to all the

munckes coate for they sayde they dyd not lyke nor loue the gouernement of the munckyshe archbyshoppes Which thyng the kyng graunted and they therevppon presented one Wyllyam Curboyl Chro. saxo Petriburgē in anno 1123 Canon of the minster of Chichester And though the Prior of Canterbury and other munckes there with the helpe of Henry an Abbot of Amely legate of Rome tolde the kyng that it was agaynst ryght to set a clarke ouer the munckes yet these munckes at this tyme preuayled not though before they dyd immediatly after Anselmes death yea after by their trauayle to Rome the munckes laboured to the pope to denie the sayde Wyllyam his pall the aduersaries hoped well to haue their purpose Yet saith the storie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That which ouercame Rome that ouercame the whole worlde that is golde and syluer and so the pope alowed hym and sent hym home with his pall and with his blessyng It is a wonder to see howe the order of munckes in those dayes were sterne and stoute yea checkmate with the kyng and nobles of the Realme and howe they laboured to deface all others to the settyng vp of their owne estimation howe holy they aduaunced their owne order their religion and the estimation of their holy vowes which to blase out to the simple credite of the people they cared not what lyes they made of the greatest personages no what lyes they made openlye in stories wherof they were for the moste part the greatest wryters their wealth so abled them If ye aske an example ye shal reade in the storie of the muncke of saint Albons and out of Thomas Rudborne muncke of Winchester of no lesse personage then of king Henry the first his wyfe Mawd daughter to Malcolyne kyng of Scottes and to that moste holy woman margaret sister to Edgare Adelyng and maried to the same Henrie by the sayde Anselme Archbyshop who after due processe for that she was once for her safegard kepte in an Abbey at Winchester to put by vnworthy woers hauing on the vayle only without professing or vowyng and so proued to be free to consent to kyng Henries request in spousage as she her selfe dyd much stande in allegation to proue her selfe free and desirous to accept the kynges beneuolence Whiche storie and processe is tolde fullye by Edmere Anno. 1101. sometyme muncke of Canterburie who was a continuall associate to Anselme in all his doynges and iourneyes and auoucheth vpon his credence this to be true Yet commeth in the sayde muncke in magnifiyng the vertue of their monasticall vowes and wryteth that she vtterlye abhorred to be maryed to a mortall kyng seyng she had alredy Christe for her husbande insomuch that she was fayne to be long laboured of her father and all her frendes she hadde to geue her assent and with pure force and compulsion was compelled to geue her assent agaynst her wyll to marry with kyng Henry But with these wordes as is falsely fayned of her spoken in great bytternesse of heart Forasmuch as thus it must be after a fashion as I may I geue my consent but as for the fruite of my wombe that shall folowe this matrimonie I commende it to the deuyll for I haue vowed my selfe to God as to my spouse whose spouses ye haue attempted thus wickedly to defyle Thus farre that storie with more sclaunderous matter both to the kyng and his lawfull wyfe in respect of settyng out the vertue of their monastical vowes And leste ye shoulde thynke that he wryteth thus alone nowe foloweth the sayd Thomas Rudborne muncke of Winchester and telleth the same sclaunder of her and wryteth that she dyd curse the fruite that shoulde spryng of her body Wherevpon he saith further that Christe her spouse toke such vengeaunce in his ielousie for his spouses thus temporally maryed to a mortall kyng that so it folowed that the chylder of them both Wylliam his eldest sonne duke of Normandie and heyre apparaunt to whom the Realme was sworne and dyd their homage and Richarde his other sonne and his daughter with his neece and many other noble personages of the cleargie and laitie were drowned in the sea to the number of an hundred and fourtie persons and this miserable fortune dyd they ascribe to the mothers cursyng anno 1201. where Henry Huntyngton and others do ascribe it to the iust wrath of God for the sinne of Sodomie wherwith all or almost all were infected Whiche extreme plague of God so was sent for that vice of whiche Anselme gaue the occasion by his Sodomitical decree But thus was their estimation in munckery laboured for by them As it is also wonder to consider howe Munckes were conspired togethers to aduaunce them selues their houses and landes their vowes dignities insomuch that they had obteyned of Iohn 13. pope of Rome his letters to Edgare then kyng so councelled by Duustane archbyshop and other his sworne companions Ethelwolde byshop of Winchester and Oswolde byshop of Worcester to wryte to him requiryng him to see in his cathedrall Churches none to be chosen byshops but suche as shoulde be of the monasticall religion and wylled hym to exclude the seculer prebendaries at Winchester and in their place to put in munckes In whiche his letters the same pope Iohn wylled that neuer any of the seculer clarkes shoulde be promoted to the dignitie of the byshoppe there but first to be chosen out of the very same Churche or els of any other abbay whatsoeuer so he be a muncke or els he doth accurse both the geuer and the receauer iudgeeth him to be perpetually dampned at the day of iudgement Yea so superstitious they were in their phansies concernyng this monasticall vowe that archbyshop Oddo whose surname was Seuerus called to the Archbyshop sea anno 934. woulde not take vpon hym after his election to be consecrated before he had taken vpon hym for the more holynes of his dignitie the habite of a muncke at the abbay of Florence in Fraunce because saith he whiche yet he saith vntruely all the Archbyshoppes of Canterburie before hym were munckes And Baldwine Archbyshop anno 1184. after he had taken his pall and intronizated by and by he toke vppon hym the habite of profession at Mereton and declared saith Nubergensis the purpose of his religious mynde in outwarde habite Lib. 4. ca. 33. and so dyd his next successour Reginalde before his consecration dying by the way to Canterburie yet first takyng vpon hym the habite of a priuate muncke Wherevpon saith Treuisa of Oddo that he was lewdelye moued therefore to make him a muncke for Christe ne none of his apostles was neuer muncke ne fryer Loe after this sort dyd diuers of them magnifie the vertue of their vowes and habites to blynde the worlde with pretendyng holynesse outwardly but inwardly I feare were euen such as Wylliam Malmesburie before doth testifie of them Pag. 215. and recited agayne by Wylliam Thorne a muncke hym selfe

feceris quod postulo ab hac te fidei sponsione absoluam I am in the apostles sea and yf thou wylt do that which I request I wyl absolue thee from this promise of thy fidelitie Well sayth the kyng I wyll entreate of this hereafter and shortly sent vnto hym his messengers to signifie that it is not for the kynges honour to consent to such absolutions agaynst a mans fayth And farther sayde that except Thurstone woulde make his profession to the sea of Canterburie he shoulde neuer sit in the Churche at Yorke whyles he was kyng of Englande by compulsion of any edict from the pope whatsoeuer this haue I promised and this sayth he wyll I obserue But it may be thought peraduenture vnlike to be true that the pope would come so farre as to Gisors aforesaid his owne person to speake with the kyng it may so be obiected by some Romanistes who labour so hye to aduaunce his deitie but to such as be indifferently read in storie it is not incredible For Matthewe Paris reporteth howe that pope Innocent vsed his craftie deuice by his Cardinals towardes kyng Henrie the third in the .xxix. yere of his raigne Which Cardinals only louers of money craftyly sent to the kyng vnder the colour of great frendshyp their counsell which they auouched to be both holsome honorable glorious to the Realme and very profitable that was that he shoulde sue by his messengers to the popes holynes to come personally into his Realme which say they shoulde be honor most excellent to Englande and immortall glorie that in your dayes the lorde pope whiche is knowen to be the father of all fathers shoulde appeare personallye within the coast of the Englyshe nation For say they we remember well that hym selfe hath sayde whereof we reioyce that he would very gladly see the daintie sightes of Westmonasterie and the riches of London When this was knowen to the kyng he was very glad and woulde easelye haue bowed to this subtyll councell except he hadde ben holden vp by the contrary counsayles of his subiectes learned to gaynesay it or dissent to satisfie this his desire Qui dicebant quòd satis imo nimiū iam suorum caursinorum vsuris Romanorum ac Italicorum rapinis simoniis Angliae puritas maculatur quamuis non presentialiter bona ecclesiae regni dissipet predetur Which sayde that the puritie of the Realme of Englande was alredy enough yea to much defyled by the vsuries of his cormorantes and by the extortions and simonies of the Romanistes and Italians though that he do not by his presence waste and robbe the goodes of the Churche and of the Realme And farther they sayde for that the sayde pope was denyed any entrie into the Realme of Fraunce though that he required the same by his solempne ambassadours so his entrie was denyed to enter into the realme of Aragon For saith the writer Infamia enim curiae papalis id promeruerat cuius fetor vsque ad nubes fumā teterrimā exhalabat The infamie of the papall court had deserued this repulse the stinche whereof dyd breathe out euen vp to the cloudes a most detestable fume Edm. lib. 6. And as concernyng any commyng of any legate into the Realme he woulde neuer admit one as long as he lyued And though that pope Calixt sent into the Realme afterwarde his moste solempne legate Petrus Romanus monachus Cluniacensis commyng in a more portly glorie then euer any dyd before the kyng so disposed the matter that after he was come into Englande wylled that he shoulde neither visite churche nor monasterie commaunded that he shoulde be brought to be at hoast with him for he sayde his Realme of Englande was free from the iurisdiction of any legate and so shoulde be duryng his lyfe for so had Calixtus promised hym Wherevpon after some liberalitie bestowed vpō him on the kynges behalfe the king sēt him ouer againe the way he came out of England though his cōmyng was to haue exercised his office of legatship thorough the hole Realme If the reader wyl know the cause why that Thurstone fell into the kinges displeasure was for that he askyng licence of the kyng to go to this councell of the bishop of Rome and coulde not possiblie obteyne the same before he made his promise vpon his allegiance that hè would do nothyng with the pope in preiudice of Canterb. churche nor woulde by any mans perswasion receaue his episcopall consecration at his handes which so faythfull a promise to the kyng he contemptuously brake notwithstandyng wherat both the kyng and the nobilitie dyd much maruell for such infidelitie But suche was the obedience in those dayes to their princes for the more fauour they bare to this forrayne vsurper that is in playner tearmes falsely forsworne to the kyng their liege lorde and enemie to the Realme so farre as it myght stande to the aduauncement of the popes iurisdiction whose creatures they were and so reioyced in common speache to call them selues and as it myght with the satisfiyng of their owne gaynes dignities and pleasures Thus farre out of the common written stories haue ben alleaged the rather by the occasion of entreatyng of byshop Anselmes tumultuous doynges who was the firste that euer in England toke vpon hym to diuorce lawfull matrimonies in all priestes so many hundred yeres vsed in quiet possession in the Realme and many of them stablyshed by Lanfranckes constitution and as he the first so the most extreme agaynst all ryght and conscience vntyll the raigne of Quene Marie in whose dayes Hildibrandes spirite was raysed vp agayne and Anselmes whot Munckyshe zeale in lyke sorte prosecuted as it was in his tyme. If any man be offended with so much in particularitie vttered let hym vnderstande these matters to be fetcht out of the bokes of such stories most written by munckes who both in wordes deede and wrytyng professed the state of perfection expressyng all charitie therfore can not be thought to rayle in the writing of their stories which saith both Matth. Paris and Henrie huntyngton muste be perfourmed in all trueth without any parcialitie eyther of personages for honour and holynes nor maye not be transgressed for loue of kyn or frendes whatsoeuer After Anselme archbyshop folowed Rodulph a seuere muncke in profession also Rodulph first an Abbot in Normandie after that byshop of Rochester and in conclusion archbyshop of Canterburie of whose dayes no great recorde is extant of makyng or forcyng any decrees or constitutions agaynst maryed priestes although it is reported of Edmer that he was very seuere agaynst the said Henrie the first Ioannes Hagustaldensis beyng a prince of such godlynes that one Cronicle writeth so much to his cōmendation that he saith Post quem princeps non surrexit alius qui sic iniustas regni exactiones interdiceret subditos in pacae modestia sapientius disponeret c. After whose death there folowed no