fied, could not be iustlye canonized.

For as the Lord speaker declared, if he tooke hys othe at his coronation both to alienate nothyng, and also to call in that which was before alienated, whiche is inseparable from the crowne: it should folow þ^t he was forsworn, and consequently committed deadly sinne, and so could neuer be canonised, whiche is to to absurde to be talked of. And if replie bee made, that he mighte haue repented: It is soone to be aunswered. That his sinne is read of, but of his repentaunce it is not found, as is sayd of Salomon. But put case it be true that the Lord Peter sayd, then it must nedes folow, that your grace could bestowe nothyng, neither countrey, towne, nor tower. And yet there be few, whiche willingly would not receiue them, notwithstandyng their allegiaunce and homage, which they pretende to your highnes: Keepe therefore and confirme (most renowned Prince) that whiche was graunted by your noble progenitors: otherwise, your royall honor shall decrease, that it may be verified in you which is read of, in the xi. to the Rom. I will honor my ministerie.MarginaliaRom. 11.

MarginaliaWho honoreth the kyng.Thirdly I do affirme, that he rightfully honoreth the kyng, which persuadeth him that, wherby his honor and renowne is preserued. For in matters of weight, and of great importaunce, next after conscience we muste haue regard to name and fame, as is written in the xxii. of Prou. It is better to haue a good name, then riches. A good name farre passeth all things, & is aboue siluer and gold. MarginaliaProuerb. 22And S. Augustine saith, ij. thinges are necessary for thee, consciēce and name: MarginaliaConsciēce and good name.Conscience for God, and name for thy neighbour. And therfore is it writtē in 4. chap. of Eccles. Labour to gette a good name, for that will continewe surer by thee, then a thousand great treasures of gold. MarginaliaEcclesi. 4.A good lyfe hath a number of dayes. Whiche renowne and name, the Lord (who annoynted your grace with the oyle of gladnes) hath in so litle time more aboūdauntly blessed you withall, then any other prince: wherfore, you ought to be more vigilant and careful, how to kepe and enioye the same still: For it is no lesse vertue, to seeke and get, then to kepe that whiche is gotten: wherby not onely whyle you lyue, but also when you are dead, your glorious renowne may lyue for euer: yea and further, that by you nothyng be done, wherby any blotte or foyle shoulde creepe into that your so greate renowne: alludyng that to your grace, whiche is sayd in the x. of the Proub. &c. The memorial of the iust shall haue good report. &c. MarginaliaProuerb. 10.Beware therfore most noble prince, and take hede, that in your dayes & tyme, the liberties of þ^e church be not taken away (which God forbyd) or diminished in any iote. For if your glorious name should be blotted therwith, their be thousandes, whiche would chronicle the same to perpetuall memory. Wherfore most christiā prince, if such (as trusted after their death for no other life, but onely for fame & renown) lyued a life most godly and vertuous: how much more ought we Christians, whiche looke after another lyfe, by oure well doynges here, to winne vs a perpetuall name and memorie after our deathe. And you besides, if you shoulde dishonour your name and fame: what a matter were it, consideryng how the kyngs of Fraunce, were euer counted the most Christian princes, & most bountyful towardes the church, giuyng examples to other princes, how to enrich their churches and liberties therof. And now especially, if your grace, the churche in some places beyng in great persecution (which God forbyd) should shewe light to other to pull and take awaye that which was geuen, by your forefathers to the church? what myght the worlde say. For than by the lyke reason, myght the Emperour depriue the church of all which was geuen to it by Constantyne the Emperour. Also other kinges would do the lyke in their realmes. God forbid þ^t your highnes should geue such an example. And for my parte, I woulde rather wishe my selfe to be dead, than geue you such councell,that in so pernitious and naughtie a matter, you should be example to other: Especially, whē þ^e kings of Fraūce your predecessors, were defēders alwaies agaīst such, that went aboute to take awaye the liberties from the church: which is the office of a king, Ieronimus saith vpon Ieremye, which is founde also in the 24. quest. 5. cap. Regum. et. C. Princeps. After this maner let the princes of the world know and vnderstand, how they are bound to make an accompt to God, for þ^t church which they take vpon them to kepe. Marginalia24. q. 5 cap. Regum.Note you also and rede some examples out of stories and commentaries, what regard the kinges of Fraunce had in obseruing those things, and see you by their example, to follow and do the lyke: And than shall it be verifyed in your grace, which is written in the 37. chap. of Ecclesi. A wyse man shall obtayne honour amongst hys people: MarginaliaEccl. 37.As also in the iij. of the same. He that honoureth hys mother, is lyke one that gathereth treasure together.MarginaliaEccle. 3.

MarginaliaThe fourth honouryng of the kingFourthly I say, that he in deede doth honour þ^e king, which perswadeth hym to doe that wherby hys conscience is not hurt. For aboue all thyngs, a christian man ought to beware how to do that thyng, which should be a grudge vnto hys conscience, because the lyfe is more worth then meate Math. the 6. chapter. MarginaliaMath. 6.And assuredlye I beleue, that your grace would not commit that thing willinglye, wherwith your conscience should be burdened, for all the whole worldes good: and that iustlye. For the more miraculouslye God hath called your highnes to the state of a kyng, and hath indued you w^t his grace: So much the more you ought to haue and take heede, that you offend hym not. For it is to be doubted, whether in doing the contrarie, he will not be the more greuouslye displeased with you, as he was with Saule 1. Reg. chap. 15. Marginalia1. Reg. 15.Consider therfore most soueraigne lord, that at what time you were crowned, you sware onely these thynges following and no other. MarginaliaThe othe of Frenche kyngs.Fyrst that you would defend and maintayne the canonicall law, priuiledge, and iustice, graunted to the byshops & the church: and as much as in you dyd lye, to enlarge and amplifie the same. Also that by your abitrement, all Christian people at all tymes shoulde keepe the true peace of God and hys churche. Also that you shoulde forbyd to all nations, all kynde of sacrilegs, spoylings, and iniquities. Also that in all kinde of iudgementes, you shoulde will and commaunde equitie and mercie. Also þ^t throughout your whole territorye and iurisdiction, you should sincerely with all your indeuour studie, to exterminate & cut of frō the church, the noted heretikes: whiche all and no other your maiestie sware to fulfil, at þ^e time of your coronation: vnder the leaue and correction of the Lorde Peter which affyrmed, you were sworne to none other thyng besides. Now therfore, seyng it is a canonical priuiledge of the church, and in the hart of the whole Cano. (6. qu. 1. Quicunq; litem habens, incorporate: when also by custom which is canonical, it came in: þ^t the church, and spiritualtie, may haue cognition in a number of cases, agaynst which diuers articles haue been here laid in: If this amōgs þ^e Laitie should not be obserued in þ^e church, your graces consciēce therby might somewhat be burdened. In like maner, if you be bound withal your whole might and power to procure, that all whole christēdome should kepe the true peace of God and his church: much more haue you to procure the same amongest your own barons and people, who euer more were all one with the church. And alwayes where any church was in honor & estimation, their were belōgyng to it xx. stout Barons & knightes: whose office, as it was to defende the church, so was it the part of the churche to pray for them, and to offer sacrifice for thē vnto God. And to this end, the blessed S Lewes so much laboured in his tyme: who when the greatest Barones of his realme had confederate to suppresse these liberties of the church, and had consulted