The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled

And when king Edward had put down king Henry•, a marriage was made and concluded between him & the king of Spain this queens mother y• now is. But ere the Ambassadors were come home, our Prelates had be witched king Edward by their apostle Fryer Bungay / and married him unto a widow that was a knights wife / lest if spain and England had been wined together / king Edward should have recovered france again. But what followed after the breaking of that marriage, between king Edward & the earl of warwick and what came of his children? yea and what came on king Henry of Windsor's children ⟨image 55⟩also? But what care our prelates what v• geaunce or mischief fa••e on princes or on their realms / so their kingdom prosper?

And when kyng Edward had put doune kyng Henry•, a mariage was made and cōcluded betwene hym & the kynge of spaiue this quenes mother y• nowe is. But yer the Ambassadours were come home, oure Prelates had be witched kynge Edwarde by theyr apostle Fryer bongay / and maried him vnto a wyddowe that was a knyghts wyfe / lest yf spayne and Ingland had bene wyned together / kynge Edward shuld haue recouured fraunce agayn. But what followed after ye breakīg of yt mariage, betwene kynge Edward & the earle of warwick ād what came of his chyldren? ye ād what came on king Hēry of windsores children ⟨image 55⟩also? But what care our prelates what v• geaunce or mischefe fa••e on princes or on theyr royalmes / so theyr kyngdome prospere?

In King Henrys days the .vij. the cardinal Morton & bishop ox of winchester, delivered unto the kings grace the confessions of as many lords as his grace lusted. Who soever was mistrusted, it he shrove him self at the chartrhouses syn Greenwich / at saint Ihos,