The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled

¹THEN cam pope Zechariah the first, in whose time hulderichus was king of france / a man y• governed his realm (as it oft chanceth) by a deputy (as parsons preach) one Pippin a lord of his o•ne & his sworn subject.² This pippin sent an holy bishop to pope Zechariah that he should help to make him king of France, and he would be hi• ⟨image 18⟩defender in Italy (as the manner of ••aul• horses is, the one to claw the other) & Zechariah answered that he was more worthy to be king that ruled the Realm and •oke the labours, than an idle shadow that went up and down and did nought. And so upon that / the lords of France by the persuasions of the prelates, consented unto Pippin, and thrust down their right king, unto whom they were sworn, and made a monk of him. And both the lords & also Pippin toke dispensations for their oaths of our holy father, and were forsworn. Thus was our holy father the Pope crept up in to the consciences of men with his false interpretation of binding and lo• sing, good .viij. hundred years agone.

¹THē cam pope Zacharias ye first, in whose time hulderichus was kynge of fraunce / a mā y• gouerned his royalme (as it ofte chaū ceth) by a debitie (as parsones preache) one Pipine a lord of his o•ne & his sworn subiect.² This pipine sēt an holy bisshop to pope Zacharias that he shuld helpe to make hym kynge of Fraunce, and he wold be hi• ⟨image 18⟩