that euer I could receiue. For I shoulde so fall from my deare sauior Christ, to Antichrist.

For I dooe beleue that the Religion sette foorth in Kinge Edwardes dayes,MarginaliaThe religion set forth in king Edwards daies. was accordinge to the veine of the holy scripture, whiche conteineth fullye all the Rules of oure Christian Religion, from the whiche I do not intend to decline, so long as I liue, by Goddes grace. Then maister Secretary Bourne saide: which of the Religions meane ye of in kinge Edwardes daies? for ye knowe there were dyuers bokes of Religion set foorth in his daies. There was a Religion set foorth in a Cathechisme by my Lorde of Caunterbury Do you meane, that you will sticke to that? I aunswered: My Lorde of Caunterbury made a Cathechisme to be translated into Englishe, whiche booke was not of his owne makinge. Yet he set it foorth in his owne name. And truely that booke for the tyme did muche good: MarginaliaA testimonye of the boke of seruice set out in king Edwardes dayes.But there was after that set foorth, by the most innocent king Edwarde (for whom God be praysed euer lastinglye) the whole Churche Seruice, sette foorth with greate deliberation, and the aduise of the beste learned menne of the Realme, and authorised by the whole Parliament, and receiued, and published gladlye by the whole Realme, whiche booke was neuer refourmed but once: and yet by that one reformation, it was so fully perfited, accordyng to the rules of oure Christian Religion, in euerye behalfe, that no Christian conscyence coulde bee offended with any thing therin conteined: I meane of that booke refourmed.

Then my Lord Chauncellour said: Diddest thou neuer read the booke that I set foorth of the sacrament?

I aunswered that I had red it.

Then he sayde. Howe lykest thou that Boke? With that one of the Councel (whose name I knowe notMarginaliaHys ryght name might be Syr Ih? Clawback) sayde: My Lorde, that is a good Question: for I am sure, that boke stoppeth all theyr mouthes. Then sayde I: My Lorde I thinke manye thynges bee farre wide from the truthe of Goddes worde in that booke. Then my Lorde saide: Thou art a verye verlet. To that I aunswered: That is as yll as Racha, or (Fatue.) Then my Lord saide: Thou art an ignoraunt betil Browe.

To that I aunswered: I haue redde ouer and ouer agayne the holye Scryptures,MarginaliaD. Taylor learned in diuinitie. and Saincte Augustines woorkes throughe: and Sayncte Cyprian, Eusebius, Origene, Gregorye Nazianzen, with diuers other Bookes throughe once: Therefore I thanke GOD I am not vtterlye ignoraunte. Besides these, my Lorde, I professed the Ciuill Lawes, as youre Lordshippe dyd, and I haue redde ouer the Canon lawe also. Then my Lorde saide: with a corrupt iudgement thou readest al thinges. Touchinge my profession it is Diuini-

tie, in whiche I haue written diuerse Bookes. Then I saide: My Lorde ye did write one boke MarginaliaGardiners Booke De vera obedientiaDe vera obedientia: I woulde you hadde beene constaunt in that. For in deede you neuer did declare a good conscyence, that I heard of, but in that one Booke.

Then my Lorde saide: toot, toot, toot. I wrote againste Bucer in Priestes maryages: but suche Bookes please not suche wretches as thou arte, whiche haste beene maryed manye yeares. MarginaliaPriest mariage confirmed by D. TaylorTo that I aunswered: I am maried in deede, and I haue hadde nine chyldren, in holye matrimonye, I thanke GOD: and this I am sure of: that youre proceadynges nowe at this presente in this Realme, against Priestes maryages, is the mayntenaunce of the Doctrine of Deuilles: againste naturall Lawe, Ciuill Lawe, Canon Lawe, generall Councelles, Canons of the Apostles, auncient Doctours, and Goddes lawes. Then spake my Lorde of Duresme, saying: You haue professed the Ciuill lawe, as you saye. Then you knowe that Iustinian writeth, that Priestes shoulde at theyr takynge of Orders sweare, that they wer neuer maried: and he bringeth in to proue that, Canones Apostolorum. To that I answered: that I did not remember any suche lawe of Iustinian. MarginaliaIustinians law approueth maryage and c?demneth othes made agaynst it.But I am sure that Iustinian wryteth in Titulo de indicta viduitate, in cod. that if one woulde bequeathe to his wyfe in his testamente a Legacie, vnder a condition that she shoulde neuer marye againe, and take an othe of her for the accomplishinge of the same, yet she shall marye agayne if he dye, notwithstandynge the aforesaid condition, and othe taken, and made against maryage. And an othe is an other maner of obligation to God, then is a papisticall vowe. Moreouer in the Pandectes it is conteyned, that if a manne dooeth manumitte his handemayde vnder a condition, that shee shall neuer marye: yet she maye marye, and her Patrone shall loose ius patronatus, for hys addynge of the vnnaturall, and vnlawful condition against matrimony.

Then my Lorde Chauncellour said. Thou sayest that Priestes maye bee maried by gods lawe. Howe prouest thou that? I aunswered. By the playne woordes and sentences of saint Paule, bothe to Timothye, and to Titus,MarginaliaScrypture approueth Priestes maryage. where Saincte Paule dooeth speake most euidentelye of the maryage of Priestes, Deacons, and Bishoppes. And Saincte Chrisostome, wrytinge vppon the Epistle to Timothy, sayeth. It is an heresye to saye, that a Bishoppe maye not bee maryed. Then my Lorde Chauncelloure sayde: thou lyest of Chrysosstome. But thou dooest as all thy companions dooe, belye euer without all shame, bothe the Scriptures and the Doctours.

Diddest thou not also saye, that by the Canon lawe Priestes may be maried? whiche is