Item, that the said B. and al other persons aforsaid, do vse more lenitie & clemēcy with such as haue maried, whose wiues be dead, then with other, whose wemē do yet remaine in life. And likewyse such priests, as with the consents of their wiues, or wemen opēly in the presence of the B. doo professe to abstaine, to be vsed the more fauourably, in the which case after penance effectually done, the B. according to his discretiō & wisdom may vpon iust consideration receiue, and admit thē again to their former administration, so it be not in the same place, appointing them such a portion to liue vpon, to be paid out of their benefice, wherof they be depriued, by discretion of the said B. or his officer shall thinke may be spared of the said benefice.

Item, that euery B. and all other persons aforesaid, do forsee, that they suffer not any religious mā hauing solemly professed chastitie, to cōtinue with his woman or wife, but that all such persons, after depriuation of their benefice or ecclesiastical promotiō, be also diuorsed euery one from his saide woman, and due punishement otherwise taken for the offence therin.

Item, that euery B. and all other persons aforesaid, do take order & direction with the parishioners of euery benefice, where priestes do want, to repaire to the next parish for diuine seruice, or to appoint for a conuenient time, till other better prouision may be made, one curat to serue, alternis vicibus  

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Mary ordered that, where necessary, one curate should serve 'alternis vicibus' (1563, p. 925; 1570, p. 1586); in the 1576 edition this was misprinted as 'alienis vicibus' (1576, p. 1354), a mistake which was repeated in the 1583 edition (p. 1414). Once again, careless typography in the 1576 edition was uncorrected in that of 1583.

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Item, that all & al maner of processions of the church be vsed, frequēted, & continued after the old order of the church in the Latin tongue.

Item, that al such holy days & fasting days be obserued and kept, as were obserued & kept in the latter tyme of king Henry the eyght.

Item, that the laudable & honest ceremonies which were wont to be vsed, frequēted, & obserued in the church, be also hereafter frequented, vsed, & obserued. ¶ Itē, that children be christened by the priest, & confirmed by the B. as heretofore hath bene accustomed and vsed.

Item, touching such persons, as were heretofore promoted to any orders after the new sort and fashion of orders, cōsidering they were not ordered in very deede, the B. of the dioces finding otherwise sufficiēcie and habilitie in those men, may supply that thing, whiche wanted in them before. And then according to his discretion admitte them to minister.

Item, that by the B. of the dioces a vniforme doctrine be set forth by Homelies, or otherwise for the good instructiō & teaching of al people. And that the said B. and other persones aforesaide, do compell the parishioners to come to their seuerall churches, and there deuoutlye to heare diuine seruice, as of reason they ought.

Item, that they examine all scholemaisters & teachers of childrē, and finding them suspect, in any wyse to remoue them, and place catholike men in their roumes, with a special cōmaundement to instruct their children, so as they may be able to answer the priest at the masse, and so help the priest to masse, as hath ben accustomed

Item, that the said B. & all other the persons aforesaid, haue such regard, respect, and consideration, of, & for the setting forth of the premisses with all kind of vertue, godly liuing, and good example, with repressing also, & keping vnder of vice & vnthriftines, as they, & eueriche of thē may be sene to fauour the restitution of true religion, and also to make an honest accompt and reckening of their office and cure to the honor of God, our good contentation, and the profite of this our Realme, and dominiōs of the same.

¶ A monition of Bonner Byshop of London, to all and singuler his parishioners, for repairing of all suche furnitures as belongeth to the setting forth of the Romish seruice, as chalices, vestiments. &c.  

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Block 13: The Lord Mayor's Prescript

In the 1563 edition, Foxe printed an order which Bonner had issued for the repairing of churches; this was another document printed from Bonner's register (Guildhall MS 9531/12, fol. 345r). Curiously, Foxe never reprinted this order (textual variant 28); if this was deliberate, it is difficult to see the reason for it.

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EDmundus etc. Vniuersis etc. Quia iure id exigente, ac æquitate etiam suadente, parochiani ecclesiarum singularum Cantuariensis Prouinciæ, quæ necessaria aut oportuna sunt, ad cultum diuinum sacramentorum, et sacramentalium administrationem prouidere debite et congruenter tenētur, ac inter cætera, calicem, libros, vestimenta, vasa, ac alia ornamenta pro diuinis obsequijs & seruitijs qualitercun apta, et requisita comparare: et insuper quia parochiani ipsi pro animarū salute ad ecclesias suas accedere, missam officia diuina audire, confeßionem auricularem facere, ac venerandum eucharistiæ sacramētum religiose, et deuote, (præsertim temporibus ad id statutis et consuetis) suscipere simili modo, ex ordinatione ecclesiæ catholicæ, et laudabili eiusdē consuetudine astringuntur: deinde quia ex fide dignorum multorum relatione fida, facti notorietate, et fama publica referente intelleximus, quod nonnulli parochiani nostræ Londinensis diocesis, Cantuariensis prouinciæ, præmissa, aut eorum aliqua sic prouidere, comparare, accedere, audire, facere, et suscipere, vel omnino contemnunt, aut saltem plus æquo, et iusto differunt: Nos volentes, (prout ex officio debito tenemur) conguam in eisdem reformationem, ac debitam prouisionem adhibere, vobis coniunctim et diuisim, tenore præsentium committimus, ac mandamus, quatenus receptis præsentibus, vna cum schedula eisdem adnexa, parochianos cuiuscunque parochiæ infra diocesim nostram London. vbilibet, in exemptis et non exemptis locis, quibuscun in præmißis, aut eorum aliquibus cessatores, aut negligentes, vel culpabiles qualitercun existentes, moneatis, quos etiam nos tenore præsentium, primo, secundo, et tertio, ac peremptorie monemus, quod parochiani omnes et singuli ad præmssa omnia, et singula facienda, et expedienda, quatenus eos quouismodo tangunt, aut concernunt, cum adnexis, connexis, dependentibus ac debitis circumstantijs, diligenter se præparent, ea faciant, ac fieri debit procurent, ante festum paschæ proxime futurum, mora & culpa quibuscunque cessantibus. Porro, si cessatores ipsi, ac negligentes, vel culpabiles, aut remißi, sic per vos moniti, illa, aut eorum aliqua sic facere, aut perimplere non curauerint, aut distulerint, tunc, & in eum euentum, eos omnes, & singulos, sic cessantes, negligentes, culpabiles, vel remissos, in hac parte, autoritate nostra citetis, seu citari faciatis peremptorie, quod illi, ac eorum quilibet, coram nobis, seu nostro in spiritualibus vicario generali, aut Commissario nostro quocun, in ecclesia nostra cathedrali Diui Pauli London, loco consistorij ibidem, die veneris: (videlicet sexto die mensis Aprilis proxime futuro post datam præsentium) hora causarum consueta, personaliter compareant, & compareat, causam rationabilem & legitimam (si quam pro se habeant) aut habeat, quare ob eorum culpam, & negligentiam huiusmodi excommunicari, aut aliter debite, iuxta iuris exigentiam corrigi, & puniri non debeant, & debeat, in iuris forma dicturi, allegaturi, & pro-