The second [seventh] sermon of Master Hugh Latimer which he preached before the Kings…The seconde [seventh] sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges…

Better a little well kept, then a great deal forgotten, I would the Judges would take forth their lesson, that there might be no more iniquity used,¹ nor brybetakynge, for if there shall be bribing, they know the peril of it, they know what shall follow. I would also they should take an example of this Judge that did say, not that that he thought him self, but our saviour Christ puts him to say that thing, that was hid unto him self. Wherefore I would ye should keep in memory, how unsearchable a mans heart is. I would ye should remember the fall of the Angles, and ⟨image 109⟩beware thereby, the fall of the old world, and beware thereby The fall of Sodom & Gomorrah, and beware thereby.² The fall of Lot's wife, and beware thereby. The fall of the man that suffered of late, and beware thereby.

Better a little well kept, then a greate deale forgottē, I wold the Iudges woulde take forth theyr lesson, that there myghte be no more iniquitie vsed,¹ nor brybetakynge, for if there shall be brybynge, they knowe the peryl of it, they knowe what shal folowe. I woulde also they should take an example of this Iudge that dyd saye, not that that he thought hym selfe, but our sauioure Christ puttes him to saye that thynge, that was hid vnto him selfe. Wherfore I wold ye shold kepe in memory, how vnsearcheable a mās herte is. I woulde ye shoulde remembre the fall of the Angles, and ⟨image 109⟩beware therebye, the fall of the olde worlde, and beware therby The fal of Sodom & Gomorh, and beware therby.² The fal of Lothes wyfe, and beware thereby. The fall of the manne that suffered of late, and beware therbye.

1. 1Some can spell and spy out land and put together fast enough, but when they read or hear a good lesson, that cometh in at one ear and goeth out at the other.