there is double offence of the weakelings, & of the Pharises: for as concerninge the offence of the weakelinges, which commeth of ignoraunce and not of malice, some things are to be omitted for a time, while they be better instructed: as the Apostle sayeth to the Romaines in the. xiiij. chap. But for the offence of the Pharises, which cōmit and offende of a pretensed malice: MarginaliaRom. 14.there is nothinge to be omitted, as Christ saith in Math. the. xvi. Wher, to his disciples saying: Do you not know how þ^t the Pharisies hearinge this woorde are offended? aunsweared. Behold suffer them, they are blind, & leders of the blind: MarginaliaMath. 16.For that in the tyme of Christ, the offence then was of litle ones. But now is the offēce of the Pharisies: Wherfore, thē it was not to be payed for auoiding of offence: but now not so. Now therfore it is apparant þ^t the thred token of the fear of God cōsisteth in the whole true restoryng of goodes: And of him, which hath such feare, wherby he restored to God his owne, it is spokē of in Eccl. xv. chap. The seede of mā that feareth God shalbe brought to honour: but the seede whiche transgresseth the commaundement of the Lord shalbe shamed. MarginaliaEccl. 15.And thus it fully appeareth, how louing feare and obedience is due vnto GOD, for the excellency of his maiestie: Because the wordes be: feare God.

MarginaliaHonour of the kyng.Secondly I do saye, that especiall honour and reuerence is due vnto the kyng, for his dignitie sake: whiche foloweth in the theame. Now it is said, honour the king: I wil alledge the. x. of Ecclesiast. wher it is specified: In the middes of the brethren, the ruler is holden in honour amonge them. MarginaliaEccl. 10.Wherefore it seemeth to me, that there are ii. kynde of honours: MarginaliaTwo kynd of honors.one whiche procedeth from the lippes, and that is named flattery, wherof it is spoken in Math. the xvii. chap: This people doth honor me w^t their lippes, but their hartes are farre from me. MarginaliaMah. 16.
Double honour with lippes and with heart.There is an other kynde of honor, which is reall, and commeth from the hart. And this is the very true honour in dede, wherwith the kyng ought to bee honored. But me thinketh that he doth really & de facto in very dede honor þ^e kyng: whiche wisheth and counsayleth him, to keepe and doo those thynges, whereby his dominion is beloued, hys royaltie not diminished, hys honor & fame preserued, & his cōscience not burdened: And he þ^t persuadeth him cōtrary to these, I thincke doth not honor the king. To procede therfore further. I say first, þ^t he doth de facto honor the kyng, who persuadeth hym those things, wherby he may be beloued of hys subiectes. MarginaliaA prince rather to be beloued thē feared.For a prince ought to study rather to be beloued, then feared. And what more greater treasure cā a prince wishe: then to haue þ^e harts of his subiectes. Accordyng to the saying of Seneca. The loue of the citizens, is a fortress inuincible: and a Bulwarke not saultable. MarginaliaSeneca de clementia ad verone
A Sentence.What thyng is more to be wished for? what better then to lyue and raigne, euery man willing and reioysing therof. And in my opinion, ther is no thyng whiche causeth more a prince to bee beloued, then if he kepe and maintayne his auncient liberties, & bryng in no alterations: Wherfore it is sayd in the 22. chap. of the Prou. Thou shalt not remoue the land markes, whiche thy fore elders haue set.MarginaliaProu. 22. This place the Lord Peter alledged to make for hym selfe: whiche I will proue to make agaynst him, and that by this reason, ye ought not to transgresse the old limites and boundes whiche the fathers haue set: for nouitie and alteration doth engender discorde. MarginaliaAn alteration on what is to be considered.And for this cause in making of new alterations, there ought to be both euident vtilitie, and vrgent necessitie. Yf therfore, the prince will abrogate and take away the liberties graūted by his forefathers and predecessors: he shal not be of his realme beloued, as it apeareth by Roboā in þ^e xi. cap. of the 3. Reg. Marginalia3. Reg. 11.Al which like wise is to be seene in the Chronicles, how that by these meanes, many kingdomes and dominions were translated from nation to nation, & from their own natiue regiment to the rule of straunge people. And now for thistyme certain it is, that your graund predecessors Charles the great S. Ludowicke, Philip þ^e fayre, Ludowicke and Phillip his sonnes, with many others, haue sealed & confirmed this libertie of the churche. Wherfore, for a man to councel and persuade your highnes, to spoyle the churche of any thing: it is euen þ^e next way, to spoile and vndoe your self, and to bereft you of that, by which your dominion is beloued. And for this cause I though good to put your grace in remembraunce of the 20. of Mach. where it is written: Remember the workes of your forefathers, which they haue done in theyr generatiōs: and you shall receyue great glory and renowne for euer. MarginaliaMach. 20.Note here your highnes by the way, howe þ^e king Philip graundfather to S. Lewys: fostered and kept in his realme saynt Thomas archbishop of Canterburye: who for that hee stoutlye defended the liberties of hys churrh, was banished out of England. How much more therefore are you bounde to defende and mayntayne your owne prelates, in their liberties ratified and confirmed by your graces predecessours, according to the saying of Gregory in xxv. quest. 2. cap. Si. If I shoulde destroy and pull downe those thinges whiche my predecessours haue buylt and ordayned: I shoulde not be called a buylder and maker, but iustly accompted a stroye good and puller downe, as the voyce of the Lord sayth: Euery kingdome deuided within it selfe shalbe confoūded: All knowledge and learning deuided one agaynste the other, shalbe destroyed. Marginalia25. Quest. 2. ca. si.In an other place hee sayth: It is ouer sharpe, and agaynste all good maner and ciuilitie (vpon what reason and excuse so euer) to breake and subuert those thinges which are well ordayned: or by hys example, to teache other at their pleasures to dissolue old constitutions. MarginaliaMarke here a fable.Marke here a story about a castell which was geuen to Saint Remige, to þ^e churches vse, by Clodoui the king, which afterwarde kyng Pipine desired to haue by exchaunge & recouery. To whō the sayd saynt Remige appeared in his dreame, MarginaliaA dreamyng fable.& highly blamed hym therefore, saying: a better man thē thou gaue it me, and yet wylt thou take it awaye from me? And wyth that he smote hym, who the nexte daye was found all blacke. Synce which tyme, no king of Fraūce durst euer lye in þ^t Castel. Verely therfore, he doth not honor þ^e kyng, which geueth hym councell to passe the olde limites that his old fathers did set. Yea rather, the kings maiesty ought to say vnto them, which is written in S. Iohn 8. cap. I do honour and glorify my father: MarginaliaIohn. 8.that is, in keeping the liberties of the church, as they did which graunted them: but you haue dishonoured me, in counselling me that, which semeth best to please your selues, as is written in Ecclesi. 4. The woorship of a mans father is his own worship, and where the father is wythout honour, it is the dishonour of the sonne.MarginaliaEcclesi. 4.

Secondarilye I saye, that he truly doth honour the kyng, who counsayleth hym: whereby hys power and and dignitie is not diminished. For as it is great honor to the kynges highnes to encrease and augment his power: so is it as much dishonour for him to diminish any iote thereof. And therfore, the emperours were wont to call them selues victorious, of augmenting and encreasing their commō wealth. And to say that you and your predecessours coulde not graunt these thinges to the church, it were to to absurde, and to the to much derogation of your maiesties most honourable estate. And therefore you (moste soueraigne Lorde) who holdeth and possesseth so ample right and tytle in the realme of Fraunce, both by election & inheritaunce: not to graūt and leaue this to your posterity, it were to the great debasing of your maiesties honour, crowne and dignitye. Yea if it were (as God forbid) it would folow, that your predecessours lyued continually in synne: yea and further, it were as muche to saye (whych were to vyle) that blessed Saynt Lewys, by whom all Fraūce is beauti-