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Thus should it also have happened long sense (right worshipful audience) at Mersburg, and in other minsters, at Magdeburg, Halberstadt, and Würzburg, the Pope would have trimmed you after the new guise, by his cooks, chamberlains, & boarders which notwithstanding are none of his Cooks, nor Boarders in deed, if the holy Gospel had not prevented ⟨image 52⟩him. For the Pope doeth only for this cause (as hath ben said) keep so many persons about him, that through them he may draw and pluck unto him, the goods and incomes of all Churches, all Canonries and Prelatures, as it is to be seen and is manifest even at Rome, where so many glorious great Minsters and Cloisters are spoiled & wasted by the Pope, as of S. Peter and Paul. Item, of S. Agnete, wherein were well. Cl. virgins or Nuns, but now there is not one left. In like manner also other cloisters wherein have ben many Monks, are all spoiled, and driven out, and no more but one left remaining therein, and so stand also yet the same great gorgeous Churches & Minsters, as empty Barnes, which of a surety are well so great & wide, or rather greater then this fair cathedral church is, wherein before many men were fed, relieved entertained, and had their living, now is there no man entertained. Thus were it also happened unto your church and minster and other Bishoprics, ⟨image 52⟩if the Gospel had not come, and stopped it. Therefore need not the fault to be put in the Gospel, that Bishoprics, Canonicales, & cloisters are dissolved, but in the Pope.

Thus should it also haue happened long sence (right worshipful audience) at Mersburg, and in other mynsters, at Magdeburge, Halberstadt, and Vvirtzburge, the Pope woulde haue trimmed you after the newe guyse, by his cookes, chāberlaynes, & booderers whiche notwithstandyng are none of hys Cookes, nor Boorderers in dede, yf the holy Gospell had not preuented ⟨image 52⟩hym. For the Pope doeth onelye for thys cause (as hath ben sayd) kepe so many persons about hym, that throughe them he maye drawe and plucke vnto hym, the goodes and incomes of al Churches, all Cauonisyes and Prelatures, as it is to be sene and is manifest euen at Rome, where so many glorious great Mynsters and Cloysters are spoiled & wasted by the Pope, as of S. Peter and Paule. Item, of S. Agnete, wherin were wel. Cl. virgins or Nonnes, but nowe there is not one left. In lyke maner also other cloysters wherin haue ben many Monkes, are allspoyled, and dryuē out, and no more but one left remayninge therin, and so stande also yet thesame great gorgious Churches & Mynsters, as emptye Barnes, which of a suretie are wel so great & wyd, or rather greater then thys fayre cathedral church is, wherein before many men were fed, relieued entretayned, and had theyr lyuing, nowe is there no mā entretayned. Thus were it also happened vnto your churche and mynster and other Bysshoprykes,