A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to…A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to…

In the. 4. council of Carthage it is decreed / that the bishops should have ¹a little house near unto the church: what is this compared with so many fair large houses / and with the princely palace of a bishop? And in the same council it is decreed that he should have the furniture and stuff of his house after the common sort / and that his table and diet should be pore / and that he should get him estimation by faithfulness and good conversation.

In the. 4. councell of Carthage it is decreed / that the byshops should haue ¹a little house neare vnto the church: what is thys compared wyth so many faire large houses / and wyth the princely palace of a byshop? And in the same councel it is decreed that he shoulde haue the furniture and stuffe of hys house after the commen sorte / and that hys table and diet should be pore / and that he should get him estimation by faithfulnes and good conuersation.

1. 114. canon. It calleth it hospitiolum. 15. canon.

And in an other council / that the bishops should not give them selves to ¹feasts / but be content with a little meat. Let these bishops be compared with ours / whose chambers shine with gilt / whose walls are hanged with clothes of Auris / whose cupboards are laden with plate / whose tables and diets are furnished with multitude and diversity of dishes / whose daily dinners are feasts: Let them I say be compared together / and they shall be found so unlike / that if those old bishops were alive / they would not know each other. For they would think that ours were princes / and ours would think that they were some hedge priests / not worthy of their acquaintance or fellowship.