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Show The defeription of England. fo With‘ thety gad till ad pleafure » Ie twzote tn like araqueente Matwd about the fame matter, making bit Samfonscalfe (the better to tring bis purpofe to paffe) as appeareth bpthefameletterbere infuing. stante,didicimus quod mulierfa» j aieoeaaa iappicns hon construc. et m siibee. Gaudemus protec deto- tionts fiudium in Domino collaudamus', quoniam say Thedefcription of England. Gr» eoacmeodem praprafente; 'poterint réformari.Dat.che. Hereby pou fee polo King Steyhan twas dealt -twithall. Ano albett the archbithop of Canturbutte ts not opentte to be touched berewith, pet ft ts not to be Doubted , but he nas a Deer tn tt , fo far as night tendto the maintenance of the right and prerogative Of boliechureh. And ener no lele bnquietnete had another of our princes tuith Jobnof Arundel, ho fled to omefo fearcof bis head, mod caufed the and contumeltonsletter , : 5s 7 , timorem LO Pope fo: iwrite an ambitious accepimus relatione cut rcllicioforum reffitution, Sut ayer habens,opertbus pietatis intedis, & bi Sate yofiattocas diligrs 3b bonorae. 1 fi per, ONAS CC : Pe s a ‘a. is onto bis foneretgne about bis (bp the kings letters pet ertant) € beginning thus; Thomas proditionss nonexpers noftra regia mascktatt infidias ergo de bonoinmelists (infpirante Domino)proffcere valeas,nobilitate tuamin Dominorogamus, fabricaust, the pope bnderftmd the botome of the mat. ‘tor he was contented that Tomas (ould be depih Co rogando monemuUs-€xhor'tamur in Domino, yen and another archbithop chotenin bts feo. quatenus bones initys exitus meliores imiungds > Neither didthis pride aie at archbi hops arto bie venerabilem fratremnostrum Robertum London hops, but de{cended lower, evien to the rake-belles epifcopi, proillius rewerentia, gui cum olins dines of ‘fhe clergte and paddels of all brgodlinete. Jo3 effet, pro nobispauper fieri-volust , attentins dili- 2 befivethe inturie recetued of thetr fupertors , boto eabco honores . Apnd virum tuum & dileum filium nostrum Stephanum ,infignemregem Anglorumefficerefiudeas,ut monttes, hortatu,e> co. filio tuo ,tp[um in benignitatem & dilectionemfuam[iufcipiat <>pro beati Petri,c> nostrareucren- tiap ropenfius habeat commendatum.Et quia/icut ‘wasking John dealt twitball by the bile Ciftertians ®t Lincolne tr the fecond of bis reigne » Certes, hen'be bap (dpon tuftoccaffor) grunge again them for oe ambitious benteano? ; and Upolt euuenete Ricaeite > aieteas wa . on . ei ni ye had canted ice fo be ma 2 tie Wide ie } ied om ad aera (veritateteste) attendimus eum fine falute , & ": fui ordinis periculo , prefatofilio noitro aitringi Denounced bir as fate newest tpeintetoes tot non poffe3 volumus, orpaternofidi crtibiaff6-30 bell,bmke and candle, tobe accurfled and ercomminte tuconjulimus, dt vobisifficiat, veract &fim, plici verbo promifsioné ab: eofufcipere, quod é 04 lafionemveldetrimentumet, velterrefuendinferar.. Dat. vtfupra. Jsit not frange, that apeutlh oerof religion (denifenby man) fhould beeake the erprefe lam of God,hho commandeth all men to honour and obcie their kings andprinces, intbometome pact ofthe potoer of God is maniiett and latyopen nto bs 2 icaten. Cherebnito they fo panblen the matter Sot) the pope end ther ivtends , that the king wes faine topela tothetr God graces:infomud that a mevtiing" fox pacification twas appointed betipcene them at Lincolite, bp meanes of the prefent archbithop of Cantucburic, aho went off betwene hint and the Ciftertian icommifioners before the matter coula -_be finf(yed. An the end, the bing bimfelfe cameallo -_-bnIto the fatdcommiMoners as they fat in their char Andeuen drito this endthecarvinall of Wotkia alfo 4° piteroufe, av there with teares fell Downeat thet irote to thecanonsof Paules,after this maner;cos uertlic incoraging them toffand to theiv election of ihe fatd Robert, Khotwas no morewillingto gine ouer bis neto bifjoprike,thanthep tarefulltooffeny foe hing; butrathectmagined Ghidstwaietobepe it Mill maugre bis difpleature:and pet notte fweare obediertce bnto him , foail thatheoulobeableta boo? perforne onto thecontrarie, . -_feet, craving pardon for bis tre {paffes againthem, amd..heartilie tequiting that thep' would (front thenceforth) commend bim and bis reatine tr thet -praters bnte the protedton of thealmigbtie 5 env iee ceiue bimittte theiv fraternitie ¢ promifing moze0 _nerfull fatiffacttonor thetr Dainages {uffeined; aid to bulla an Yotteoftheir oer in fhatfoener place OF England thoulopleatethein to alligne. andthis Humilis Deigratia Hoittenfis epifcopus,LondiYeconfirmed by charterbearing date the feanen and nenfisecclefie canonicss(piritu concily in Domi- 5° twentith of Noueinber,atter the Scotith king was %0. Sicutrationi contrariaprorfus oftabyciend, Petutnedinto Scotland , ¢neparten from the bing. petits, itain hys,queeiuite defyderantur , effec Thereby (andhy other the like, as betwane Joows tum negare omnino non conuenit . Sane nuper ace ‘ cepimmusquod Londinenfis ecclefiasdinproprio de fitutapaitore,communi vote,<rpari alfenfucleri aie nai. seeks venerabilemfiliumnojtrumRobertum eiufaemmecclefit archidiaconum, inp = hp epi[copu Hf m a. fuarum fisfe fecpertt eles Stratford and Cdivaro the thirs¢:) aman may ee Hlie' concettie Holy pond: the eleargie-menbave bettein fomtertintes:, as tiholie prefuming bpdr the primatlie: of theit pope: Mare matter coule Fab ledge of thefe amb the likebzot tes EE Lean hotobettrelets MONG our-commton hittoroyrahers: ving the fame wnto'pl Gerit. Nouimus quidem eumelfeperfonam ‘will 6 seeaeabooneoenti fapientian de[uper ci attribute > honest Tee y Bessas ieee< . niaiatenonae et ea. other things. as im to {peabeot ie- 7o e plurtomum commen at the fir thevotasethere apiecoinslater autho oo 2 wiinius, quodfiaternitat Cf utpropofite i ve,. fijemanda ueftrobo ndo confils ‘but'as hoof Cant our arcybith _vitietab ops+ buriehathoth torigttri ceabteiti cd the picrogatiue abous guna vicredinusex Deo eft) Greve ex liters Parke (although Z {aie not Without great trouble, mini pape cocnefcelis, non tepidesnon lent? de. Ste (orneblouvthed x contexition) fo the avejbULOp eccafione huinfieodi, (piritualiven quod abjit, Ge t eemporal M0,a8 onecontenting bimfelfemnith a peece of atl Lrmadif citine nciserauites habitussim ecclefa weitrare pararin eftqufuerint ipfiuescontentis RUEvatD Hedete the quéene ,abote perpetual Wapleine hetehath ‘Peranie; eeeritnatton:of this contvonertie; xs tales dor report-A be firtt alta hath bnder pis tartioiatort> ‘tum finemimponatis: netamnchilis ecclefiafuy ivm detrimentumPattaturs Ipfius a. que induitria credimus , quod antigus religion on ONES, CX Castorisabfentia, Dei enstiacoopergnse! s % Brbetanencetheleme written pumate ofEn! tle'at the leaftAben(all)conto not be gotten. And a8 bo-of Canturbuvie crotorieth the king, Ott beene from fimetotime , Mee Do Cwentie one the number of one and tiventie inferfour bithops, the other hath onlie foure,by reatonthat thecharches Canturburie. of Scotlandare now remoued from his obedience Mrcliefoure Onto anardybithop of their otone,aberebpthegreati,bee 7 neffe mid circuit of the iurifvicion of Poykeis nota Grchbilhog o little ointinithen, In like fot each of thefetcauenad Yorke. tiventiefes bane their cathedzall churches, tbhercin the deanes (a calling not knowwne in'GEngland bee 35 gie of his time twere fomethat narrbivlic lobe ta to,Suprador/ixm ecclefiefabrocant peceatorenscxe?)) they apple thefe mins to the fetting faxttyof the worm, Che bithops that there are beris feof them; tbich Dm not end -_-rie {uvate o2 oftener refort to fone place 03 other, within their farifoidions, there thep crpound the 928° dU- gentlte,whole predeceflors heretofore (criptures tofth much grauitie amd till; and petnot base bene oc -_twithont the great mifliking aid contemptof {uch as Sue fore theconqueft)om beare the heferule,being men hate the two2v. Df their manifold tranflations from we efpeciallie cyofer to that bocation,both for their lears to one fé& to another J twill fate nothing, which is not ning ard godlinefle fo né&re as can be polltble, ahele hots Done fox the benefit of the flocke, as the prefers cathedzall churches baue in like manerotherdigni: -mentof the partie fauoured,amdaduantage bnito the ties and canonties fill remaining bute them, as yince,a matter infime paft muthaoubtedofto wit, heretofore onder the popith regiment. ipotwbeit fibetber abfitop o2 pafto2 might be tranfated from thofe that ave chofen'to the fame are no idle and. on: one fee to another ; 4 left bnocctoen, till prefcription profitable perfons(as intimes pat thep baue bene bp ofall authozitte made it gad:Fo2amongprinces fet mofk of thefe uings were either furntthed athing ance Done 5ts well Done, and to be done With frangers,clpeciallic out of Ftalie, boies,o2 fuch ee no warrant be to be found theres 032. {dfots as had leaf (hill ofall tix Difcharging of thofe fundions,aberetnte thep were called by bertue of o Thep haue bnvder them allo their'archoeacons, + , thefe Hfpends)but {uch as bp preaching and teading iF fome one, dfuerfe tivo ,and manie fonre o2 mo, as eee, car amd do learncolie fet forth the glozte of God,and their circuits are in quantitte,ofc) archveacons'are farther the ouerthzow of anticheift to the bttermok termed in latw the bifveps etes : and thefe(beffoe their odinarie courts, tbtch are holden within fo of thefrpoiwers. hele churches ave called cathedzall, bicaufe miantie 02 moze.of: their feuerall beanvies by then fhe bithops dtvell o2 lie neere untothe fame,as bound felues o2 thetr offictals once ina moneth at the leaft) to kepe continuall refioence totthin their tnrifoict bo keepe pearelie tivo bifitations o:fpnods (asthe ons, for the better overfight and goucrnance of fhe bifhop vaithin cuerte third peare, therein pe confire faine + the tyord being deriued 2 cathedra, that is to meth fonte childzen, though moft cave buta litle fox fate achatre 02 feat bere be refteth,and fox the mot that ceremonie) tn Gbteh they make diligent inquts fitton and fearch,as twell for the Dostrine and behatis part abideth. At the firthere was bat one chard in eueriefurifoidton,tiberinto no manentred to pzate, ourof the miniffers, as the o2dcrlie dealing of the but {with fonre oblatfon 02 other totward the mainte: parithfoners tiv refozting to thetr partth churches and naitce of the patto2 , 3fo2 as it was reputed an tnfas conformitie bnto religion . Thep punith alfo with gteat feueritie all {ach trefpallers:, etther in pere mie fo pate by anie of them tofthout bifttation ; fo it was anoleffe repzoch to appeare emptic before the fon o2 by the parfle (tehere permutation of penance ts thought moze greeuous tothe offendo2) as are pres L020. And fothis sccaffonalfo thep tuere builded be. rie buge and great, for othertwife thep tere not ca fented brito then: o2 if the canfe: be of the moe tueight,as in cafes of hereffe, pertinacte, contempt, pable of fuch multitudes as came dailie bnte thent, to beare the two2d,and receine the facraments. 40 and furh ithe thep referre them etther to the bitop of 4But as the numberof chrifFfans increaled,fofick the Dieceffe,o2 bis chancelloz,o2 elle to fundzie graue monafteries,then Anallie parith churches twere builperfons [ct in anthovitte, by bertucsf an bigh:coms aigh coms Deditt enerie {urifdicion ; from hhence J take our mifton directed tuto them from the prince to that miMioners, end,{tho fn berie courteous maner dw fee the offers deanerte churches to haue thelr orfginallnotw called mother churches, amid thetr incumbents archpretts ; bozs gentlp refoznied,o;elfe feuerlic puntthen,ifres the reft being added fince the conqueft, either bp celittie fo inforce, the loads of eucrie totone, 0} sealons men,lott to Welle this 5 in manie of our ardyeaconvics Z vrovbetie og trauellfatre , and willing to bane fome cafe bp but Wwe bang anerercite latelic begun,abich for the more COMETS bing them neere had, Tinto thele deanerte churches partis called proybeffe o2 conference, amderected allo the cleargte in old time of the fame deanrie toere 50 Onelie fo; the eramitnation o2 trfall of the diligence appointed torepatre at fundzte feafons, there to res of the cleargic in their fudte of bolie (criptures, cetue ttholefome odinances,md to confult bpon the Hotwbeit, (uch is the thiriie defire of the people tr neceflarié affaires of the thole turifoicion; if neceb thefe daies to heare the 102d of God, that thep alfa fitie fo required : and fome image hereof is pet tobe baue as it were with sealous biolence intruded feene in the nozth parts.But as the namber of churs themfelues antong them (but as hearers onelic) to thes increafcn,fo the repatre of the faithfull bnto the come by moze knolwlenge thzough ther prefence at cathedrals div Dintinith + &herebv they now become the faine. therein alfo(for the moft part)ttwo of the efpeciallie in tyetrnether parts rather markets ano vonger fort of minifters bw erpoundech after other fhops for inercy wise, than folemn places ofpzaier, fomepeeceofthe {eriptures orbinarilieappointen bné teherebnto thep tuere firkereaed. Dozeouer in the 6 ‘o tothem in thefr courfes ( tberein they ozderlie go fain cathedzall churches bpon fundaies and feffinall thzough twith fome one of the enangelifts, 02 of the ev batts ,the canons Dw make certeine oidinarie fers mongbptourfe, aberebnto great numbersofall e- piftles,as it pleafeth the thole affemblie to chute at the firft in euerie of thefeconferences)and then thep ftates'de opderlic tefo2zt : and bpom the working Dales thitle in the weeke, oneof the faio canons, 02 forne other itt bis fad, both read and erpound foie baue fpent an boureo2 a little moze betiveene them, péete of bolic feripture , therebnto the people dw ber tie reucrentlie repatre . Zhe bifhops themfelues in like fort are not (ple tn thefrcallings, for being note erempt from court amd conncell , bic ts one ( anda no final) pce of their felicitie (although Richard atebbithop of Canturburie thought otberwife,as pet aypeateth by bis lefterste pope Aleranber, Ep:/ule 44. Petri Blefenfis, there be faith; Bicanle the clears then commeth one of the better learned fort , fro bes ing a graduat for the molt part , o2 knotwne to be a preacher fuffictentlie antho2tfen, ¢ of afoundiodges ment, fopplieth the rome of a moperate2 , making firfka breefe rebearfall of thefc Difcourfes , and then adding that btm thinketh gwd of bis one knot, lenge,herby tivo houres are thus commonliec (pent at this moft profitable meting . Gbhen allisvone,if the firft fpeakers bhaue fhetwed ante peece of dil gence, thepare commended fo} their traucli,and trv RI couras |