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…

I would not that ye should do with chantry priests, as ye did with the Abbots, when Abbeys were put down. For when their enormities were first red in the parliament house, ⟨image 28⟩they were so great and abominable, that there was nothing but down with them. But within a while after,¹ the same Abbots were made bishops as there be some of them yet a live to save and redeem their pensions. O Lord, think ye, that God is a fool, & seeth it not, and if he see it, will he not punish it. And so now for safety of money, I would not that ye should put in chantry priests, I speak not now against such chantry priests as are able to preach, but those that are not able, I will not have them put in. For if ye do this, ye shall answer for it.

I woulde not that ye should do wyth chauntrye pryestes, as ye dyd with the Abbottes, when Abbeyes were put downe. For when their enormities were fyrst red in the parliamēt house, ⟨image 28⟩they were so greate and abhominable, that there was nothynge but downe with them. But within a whyle after,¹ the same Abbottes were made byshops as there be some of them yet a lyue to saue and redeme theyr pentiōs. O Lorde, thinke ye, that God is a fole, & seeth it not, and if he se it, wyl he not punyshe it. And so nowe for salfety of money, I wolde not yt ye should put in chauntrey priestes, I speake not now against suche chauntrey priestes as are able to preache, but those that are not able, I wyll not haue them put in. For if ye do thys, ye shall answere for it.

1. 1New bishops of old Abbots.New byshoppes of olde Abbottes.