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…

Happy is he that can beware by an other mans jeopardy. For if we offend not as other do, it is not our own deserts. If we fall not, it is God's preservation. We are all offenders. For auther we may do, or have done, or shall do (except God preserve us) as evil as the worst of them. I pray God we ⟨image 19⟩may all amend and repent. But we will all amend now I trust. We must needs amend our lives every man. The holy communion is at hand, and we may not receive it unworthily.

Happye is he that can beware by an other mans ieoperdy. For yf we offende not as other do, it is not oure owne desertes. If we fal not, it is Goddes preseruation. We are al offenders. For auther we maye do, or haue done, or shall do (excepte God preserue vs) as euyll as the worste of them. I pray God we ⟨image 19⟩maye all amende and repente. But we wyll all amende nowe I truste. We muste neades amende oure lyues euerye man. The holy communiō is at hād, and we maye not receyue it vnworthelye.

Well, to return to my history. King David (I say) was a king in his second childhood And so,¹ young kings though they be children, yet are they kings notwithstanding, and though it be written in scrypture: Ve tibi O terra ubi puer est Rex. Woe to thee, O Land, where the king is a child: it followeth in an other place. Beata terra ubi rex nobilis. Blessed is the Land, where there is a noble King. Where Kings be no banqueters, no players, and they spend not the ⟨image 19⟩time in hawking, and hunting.

Wel, to returne to my hystory. Kynge Dauid (I say) was a kynge in hys second chyldhode And so,¹