The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled

And he made a constitution that no lay man should meddle with their matters, nor be in their counsels or wit what they did, & that the Pope only should call the council / and the Emperor should but defend the Pope: provided alway that the council should be in one of the Popes towns, and where the popes power was greater then the Emperors: then under a pretence of condemning some heresy / he called a general council / where he made one a patriarch, an other Cardinal / an other Legate, an other Primate▪ an other Archbishop / an other Bishop, an other Dean, an other Archdeacon and so forth, as we now see.

And he made a constitucion that no lay man shuld meddle wc theyr maters, nor be in theyr counsels or witte what they did, & that the Pope only shuld call the counsell / and the Emperour shuld but defende the Pope: prouyded alwaye that the counsell shuld be in one of the Popes townes, and where the popes power was greater then the Emperours: then vnder a pretence of cōdempnyng some heresye / he called a generall counsell / where he made one a patriarcke, an other Cardinal / an other Legate, an other Primate▪ an other Archbysshop / an other Bysshoppe, an other Deane, an other Archdeacon and so forth, as we now see.

And as the Pope played with the Emperor / so did his branches and his men bres the bishops play in every kingdom dukedom and lordship, in so much that the ⟨image 28⟩very heirs of them,¹ by whom they came up / hold now their lands of them and take them for their chief lords. And as the Emperor is sworn to the pope, even so every king is sworn to the bishops and prelates of the realm: and they are the chefest in all parliaments: yea they and their money and they that be sworn to them and come up by them / rule all together.

And as the Pope played with the Emperour / so did his braunches and hys mē bres the bisshops play in euery kingdome duckedom and lordshyp, in so much that ye