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…

Say your conscience, or else ⟨image 210⟩what a worm shall ye feel gnawing, what a remorse of conscience shall ye have, when ye remember how ye have slacked your duty. It is as a good wise verse. Gutta cavat lapidē, non ui sed sepe cadendo. The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. Like wise a Prince must be turned not violently,¹ but he must be won by a little & a little. He must have his duty told him, but it must be done with humbleness, with request of pardon, or else it were a dangerous thing.

Say youre conscience, or elce ⟨image 210⟩what a worme shal ye fele gnawynge, what a remorse of conscience shall ye haue, when ye remembre howe ye haue slacked your duty. It is as a good wise verse. Gutta cauat lapidē, non ui sed sepe cadendo. The drop of raine maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by ofte fallynge. Lyke wyse a Prynce muste be turned not violentelye,¹ but he must be wonne by a lytel & a lytle. He muste haue hys dutye tolde hym, but it muste be done wyth humblenes, wyth requeste of pardon, or els it were a daungerous thyng.

1. 1A princes mind must be persuaded but not violently forced.A princes mind must be perswaded but not violētly forced.

Unpreaching Prelates have been the cause, that the blood of Hales did so long blind the King. Woe worth that such an abominable thing, ⟨image 210⟩should be in a Christen realm, but thanks be to God it was partly redressed in the Kings days that dead is, and much more now. God grant good will, and power to go forward, if there be any such abomination behind,