And how be it that they strive among them selves who shall be greatest, yet against the temporal pour they be always at one though they dissemble it and feign as though one held against the other to know their ⟨image 48⟩enemies secretes to betray them with all. They can inspire privily into the breasts of the people, what mischief they list, & no man shall know whence it cometh. Their letters go secretly from one to an other through out all kingdoms. Saint peters vicar, shall have word in .xv. or .xvi. days, from the uttermost part of christendom. The bishops of England at their need / can write unto the bishops of Ireland, scotland, Denmark, douchland / france and spain, promising them as good a turn an other time / putting them in remembrance that they be all one holy church / & that the cause of the one, is the cause of the other, saying: if our •ugglyng break out / yours can not be long hid. And the other shall serve their turn / and bring the game unto their hands, & no man shall know how it cometh about. As soon as king Richard was gone to Ireland to subdue these rebellious, the bishop cam in again, and prevented the king, and toke up his power against him and toke him prisoner / and put him down / and to death most cruelly, and crowned the earl of Derby king. O merciful Christ / what blood hath that coronation cost England? But what care they? Their causes must ⟨image 49⟩be avenged. He is not worthy to be king that will not avenge their quarrels· For do not the kings receive their kingdom of the beast, and swear to worship him and maintain his throne? And then when the earl of Darby which is king Henry the fourth / was crowned, the prelates toke his sword and his sons Henry the fifth after him, as all the kings swords since and abused them to shed christen blood at their pleasure. And they coupled their cause unto the kings cause (as now) & made it treason to believe in Christ as the scripture teacheth & to resist the bishops (as now) and thrust them in the kings prisons (as now) so that it is no new invention, that they now do but even an old practise, though they have done their busy cure to hide their science / that their conveyance should not be espied.
And howe be it that they stryue amonge them selues who shalbe greatest, yet agaīst the temporall powr they be always at one though they dissēble it and fayne as thogh one helde againste the other to know theyr ⟨image 48⟩enemies secretes to betray them with all. They cā inspyre priuelye into ye brestes of ye people, what myschefe they lyst, & no mā shal know whēce it cōmeth. Their letters go secretly frō one to an other thorow out all kyngdōs. Saīct peters vicar, shall haue worde in .xv. or .xvi. dayes, frō the vttermost part of christendom. The bysshops of England at their nede / cā wryte vnto ye bysshops of Ireland, scotland, denmarke, douchland / fraunce and spayne, promysīg them as good a turne an other tyme / puttyng them in remembraunce that they be all one holy churche / & yt the cause of the one, is the cause of the other, sayenge: if our •ugglyng breake out / yours can not be longe hyd. And the other shall serue their turne / ād bring the game vnto their handes, & no man shall know how it cometh about. As sone as king Richard was gone to Ireland to subdue these rebellyous, the bysshope cam in agayn, and preuented the kinge, and toke vp his power against him and toke him prisoner / and put him downe / ād to death most cruelly, and crouned the earle of darby kīg. O mercyfull Christ / what bloud hath that coronacion cost England? But what care they? Their causes muste ⟨image 49⟩be auenged. He is not worthy to be kynge that wyll not auenge their quarels· For do not the kynges receaue their kyngdome of the beast, and sweare to worshyp hym and maynteine hys throne? And then when the erle of Darbye whych is kyng Henry the fourth / was crouned, the prelates toke hys swerde and hys sonnes Henry the fifth after hym, as all ye kinges swerdes syns and abused them to shed christē bloude at their pleasur. And they coupled their cause vnto the kynges cause (as now) & made it treasō to beleue in Christ as ye scriptur teacheth & to resyst the bisshopes (as now) and thruste thē in the kynges prysons (as now) so that it is no new inuēcion, that they now do but euen an old practyse, though they haue done their busy cure to hyde theyr science / yt their conueyaunce shuld not be espyed.
