The Obedience of a Christian Man

The king ought to count what he hath spent in the Popes quarrel since he was king. The first voyage cost upon .xiiij. hundred thousand pounds. Reckon since what hath be spent by see and land between us and french men and Scots and then in triumphs and in Embassies and what hath been sent out of the Realm secretly and all to maintain our holy father / and I doubt not but that will surmount the some of .xl. or .l. hundred thousand pounds. For we had no cause to spend one penny but for our holy father. The king therefore ought to make them pay this money every farthing / and feet it out of their mitres / crosses / shrines and all manner treasure of the church / and pay it to his commons again not that only which the Cardinal and his Bishops compelled the commons to lend and made them swear with such an ensample of tyranny as was never before thought on: but also all that he hath gathered of them. Or else by the consent of the commons to keep it in store for the defence of the Realm. Ye the king ought to look in the chronicles what the popes have done to kings in time past and make them restore it also / And ought to take away from them their lands which they have gotten with their false prayers and restore it unto the right heirs again or with consent and ⟨p. clv⟩advisement turn them unto the maintaining of the pore and bringing up of youth virtuously and to maintain necessary officers and ministers for to defend the common wealth.

The kynge oughte to count what he hath spent in the Popes quarell sens he was kynge. The fyrst viage cost apon .xiiij. hundred thousande poundes. Reken sens what hath be spent by see and londe betwene vs and french mē and scottes and then in tryhumphes and in Ambasiasies and what hath bene sent out of the Realme secretly and all to mayntene oure holy father / and I doute not but that will surmounte the some of .xl. or .l. hundred thousande poundes. For we had no cause to spende one peny but for oure holy father. The kynge therfore oughte to make them paye thys money every farthinge / and fette it out of their myters / croses / shrines and all maner treasure of the church / and paye it to his comens agayne not that only which the Cardinall and his Bysshopes compelled the comens to lende and made them swere with soch an ensample of tyranny as was never before thought on: but also all that he hath gadered of thē. Or else by the consente of the comens to kepe it in store for the defence of the Realme. Yee the kynge oughte to loke in the cronicles what the popes have done to kynges in tyme past and make them restore it also / And ought to take awaye from them their londes which they have goten with their false prayers and restore it vnto the ryght heyres agayne or with consente and