A14151:195
The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled
The practise of prelates. Compiled by the faithful and godly learned man, William TyndaleThe practyse of prelates. Compyled by the faythfull and godly learned man, Wyllyam Tyndale
London: printed by Anthony Scoloker and William Seres. Dwelling without Temple bar, 1548London: printed by Anthony Scoloker and Willyam Seres. Dwellynge wythout Temple barre, 1548
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¶How the Emperor cam through England.¶How the Emperour cam thorow Englond.
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When the French king was taken, we sang Te deum. But for all that singing we made peace with frenchmen. And the Pope,1 the Venetians, France and England were knit together, lest the Emperors ⟨image 66⟩army should do any hurt in france Whereby ye may conjecture of what mind the pope & the cardinal were to ward the emperor▪ and with what hart our spiritualty with their invisible secretes, sang Te deū. And from the time hitherto / the emperor and our cardinal have been twain.
When the frenchkyng was taken, we sang Te deum. But for all that singynge we made peace with frenchmen. And the Pope,1 the Uenecians, Fraunce and England were knyt to gether, lest the Emperours ⟨image 66⟩army shuld do any hurte in fraunce Wherby ye may cōiecture of what mind ye pope & ye cardinal were to ward ye ēperour▪ and wt what hart our spiritualty wt theyr inuisible secretes, sang Te deū. And frō ye time hitherto / ye emperour ād our cardinall haue bene twayne.
- 1Te deum.
After that, when the king of fraun•• was delivered home again / and his sons left in pledge, many ways were sought to bring home the sons also: But in vain / except the frenchking would make good ye which he had promised the Emperor. For the bringing home of those Children no Man more busied his wits / then the Cardinal. He would in any wise the emperor should have sent them home / & it had been but for our kings pleasure, for the great kindness that he showed him in times past. He would have married the kings daughter our princess unto the Dolphin again, or as the voice went among many, unto the second Brother, and he should have been prince in England and king in time to come, so that he sought always to pluck us from the Emperor and to join us unto France, to make france strong enough to match the Emperor / and to keep