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…

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 yonge kynges thoughe they be chyldren, yet are they kynges notwythstandyng, and thoughe it be wrytten in scrypture: Ve tibi O terra vbi puer est Rex. Wo to the, O Land, where the kīg is a chyld: it foloweth in an other place. Beata terra vbi rex nobilis. Blessed is the Lande, where there is a noble Kynge. Where Kynges be no banketers, no players, and they spend not the ⟨image 19⟩tyme in haukynge, and huntynge.

1. 1Kings though they be children yet they are kings.Kynges though they be chyldrē yet they are kynges.

And when had the Kings majesty a Council that toke more pain both night & day for the setting forth of Gods word,¹ and profit of the commune wealth? And yet there be some wicked people that will say.

And when had the Kynges mayestye a Councell that toke more payne boeth night & daye for the settynge forthe of Gods word,