Kyng and all the Lordes spirituall and temporall, haue and enioy his lawfull inheritaunce descendyng vnto him of ryght after the death of his father: whiche thing as it pleased all men, so cried they: Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord: But how this blessyng afterwardes turned into cursyng, shall appeare in that which foloweth: MarginaliaK. Henry periuredand also ye shall vnderstand his horrible and wicked conspiracy agaynst his soueraigne Lord kyng Richard, and diuers other Lordes aswell spirituall as temporall, besydes that his manifest periury shall well bee knowen, and that he remaineth not onely forsworne and periured, but also excommunicate, for that hee conspired agaynst his soueraigne Lord our kyng. Wherefore wee pronounce him by these presentes, aswell periured as excommunicate.

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K Henry charged with vntruth.Thirdly wee depose &c. agaynst the sayd Lord Henry, that he the sayd Lord Henry, immediatly after his entry into England, by crafty and subtile policye: caused to be proclaimed opēly throughout the realme, that no tenthes of the clergy, fiftenes of the people, sealyng vp of cloth, diminution of woolle, impost of wine, nor other extortiōs or exacions what soeuer, should hereafter be required or exacted: hoping by this meanes to purchace vnto him the voyce and fauour of the prelates spiritual, the Lordes tēporall, the marchauntes, and comminaltie of the whole realme. After this, he tooke by force the kynges castelles and fortresses, spoyled and deuoured his goodes wheresoeuer he found it, cryeng hauocke, hauocke. The kynges maiestie subiectes aswell spirituall as temporall he spoyled and robbed, some he toke captiue and imprisoned thē, and some he slew and put to miserable death: wherof many were Byshops, prelates, priestes, and religious men. Wherby it is manifest, that the sayd lord Hēry is not onely periured, in promising and swearing that there should be hereafter no more exations, paymentes, or extortions within the realme, but also excommunicate for the violence and iniurie done to prelates and priestes. Wherfore by these presentes we pronounce hym as afore, aswel periured as excommunicate.

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K Hen. charged with treason against his soueraine.Fourthly we depose &c. agaynst the sayd Lord Henry, that hee hearyng of the kynges retourne from Irelande into Wales, rose vp agaynste hys soueraygne Lord the kyng with many thousandes of armed men, marchyng forwarde with all hys power towardes the Castell of flynt in Wales, where he tooke the kyng and helde hym prisoner, and so led hym captiue as a traytour vnto Leycester: from whence he tooke his iourney towardes London, misusing the kyng by the way both he and his, with many iniuries and opprobrious cōtumelies and scoffes. And in the end cōmitted him to the Tower of London, and held a Parliament, the king being absent and in prison, wherin for feare of death he compelled the king to yeld and resigne vnto hym all his ryght and title of the kingdome and crowne of England. After which resignation being made, the sayd Lord Henry standing vp in the Parliament house, stoutly and proudly before them all, sayde and affyrmed: that the kingdome of England and crown of the same with all therunto belonging, did pertaine vnto him at that present as of very right, and to none other: for that the said K. Richard by his own dede was depriued for euer of all the ryght, title, and enterest that euer he had, hath, or may haue in the same. And thus at length by right and wrong, he exalted himself vnto the throne of the kingdome: since which time, our common weale neuer florished nor prospered, but altogether hath been voyde of vertue, for that the spiritualtie was so oppressed, exercise & warlike practises hath not been maintayned, charitie is waxed colde, and couetousnes & miserie hath taken place, and finallie mercy is taken awaye and vengeance supplieth the roume. Wherby it doth appeare (as before is sayd) that the said Lord Henry is not onely periured and false by vsurping the kingdome and dominion belonging to an other, but also excōmunicate for the apprehending, vniust imprisoning, and depriuing hys soueraigne Lord the king of his royall crowne and dignitie. Wherfore, as in the articles before, we pronoūce the sayd Lord Henry to be excommunicate.

Marginalia5Fiftly we depose, &c. against the sayd Lord Henry, that he the same Lord Henry with the reast of his fauourers and complices, heaping mischiefe vpon mischiefe, haue cōmitted and brought to passe a most wicked and mischeuous fact, yea, such as hath not been heard of at any time before. For after that they had taken and imprisoned the kyng, & deposed him by open iniurie against all humane nature, yet not content with thys: they brought hym toPomfret Castell, and there imprisoned him, MarginaliaK. Henry charged with murder of his Prince.where xv. dayes and nightes they vexed hym with continuall hunger, thirst, and colde, and finally bereft him of lyfe, with such a kinde of death as neuer befor þ^t tyme was knowē in England, but by Gods prouidence it is come to light. Who euer heard of such a dede, or who euer sawe the like of him? Wherfore O England aryse, stand vp, auenge the cause, the death, and iniurie of thy king & prince: which if thou do not, take this for certaintie, that the righteous God will destroy thee by straunge inuasions and forein power, and auenge hymselfe on thee for thys so horrible an acte. Wherby doth appeare, not only his periurie, but also his excommunication most execrable: so that as before we pronounce, the sayd Henry not onely periured, but also excommunicate.

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K. Henry charged with the orders of the church.Sixtly we depose, &c. agaynst the said lord Henry, that after he had attayned to the crowne and scepter of the kingdome: he caused forthwith to be apprehēded diuers Lordes spirituall, Bishops, Abbats, Priors, and religious men of all orders, whom he arested, imprisoned, and bound, and agaynst all order brought them before the seculare iudges to be examined: not sparing the bishops whose bodyes were annoynted with sacred oyle, nor priestes, nor religious men, but cōmaunded them to be condemned, hanged, and beheaded by the temporall law and iudgement, notwithstanding the priuiledge of the church, and holy orders, which he ought to haue reuerenced and worshipped if he had been a true and lawfull king: for the fyrst and chiefest othe in the coronation of a lawfull king is, to defend and keepe inuiolate the liberties and rightes of the church, & not to deliuer any priest or religious man into the handes of the seculare power, except for heresye onely, and that after hys degradation according to the order of the church. Contrary vnto all thys hath he done, so that it is manifest by thys article as afore in the reast, that he is both periured and excommunicate.

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K. Hernry charged with tyranny.Seuenthly we depose, &c agaynst the sayd lord Henry that not only he caused to be put to death the Lords spirituall & other religious mē, but also diuers of the lords temporall and nobilitie of the realme, & chiefly those that studied for þ^e preseruatiō of the cōmon weale, not ceasing as yet, to cōtinue hys mischeuous enterpryse, if by Gods prouidence it be not preuented and that with speede. Amōges all other of the nobilitie, these first he put to death: the Earle of Salisburye, the Earle of Huntingdon, the Earle of Gloucester, the Lorde Roger Clarendon the kinges brother, with diuers other knightes & Esquiers: and afterwards, the lord Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester, and the Lorde Henry Percye sonne and heyre to the Earle of Northumberland, the which Lorde Henry he not onely slewe, but to the vttermost of hys power againe and again he caused him to be slaine. For after that he was once put to death, and deliuered to the Lorde of Furnyuale to be buried (who committed his body to holy sepulture with as much honour as myght be, cōmending hys soule to almightie God with the suffrages of the blessed masse and other praiers) the said Lord Henry most like a cruel beast still thirsting his bloud, caused his body to be exhumate and brought forth agayn, and to be reposed betwene two milstones in the town of Shrouesbury, there to be kept with armed men: And afterwards to be beheaded and quartred, cōmaunding his head and quarters to be caryed vnto diuers cities of the kyngdome. Wherfore, for so detestable a facte neuer heard of in any age before, we pronounce him as in the former articles excommunicate.

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The K. charged with euil gouernment.Eightly we depose, &c. agaynst the sayd Lord Henry, for that after hys attayning to the crowne, he willingly ratifyed, allowed, and approued a moste wicked statute set forth and renued in the Parliament holden at Winchester. The which statute is directly against the church of Rome, the power, and principallitie therof geuen by our Lorde Iesus Christ vnto blessed Sainct Peter and hys successours byshops of Rome: vnto whom belongeth by full authoritie the free disposing of all spirituall promotions aswell superior as inferiour: which wicked statute, is the cause of many mischiefes vid of simonie, periurie, adultry, incest, misorder, & disobediēce, for that many bishops, abbots, priors, & prelates (we will not say by vertue, but rather by errour of this statute) haue bestowed the benefices vacant vpō yong mē, rude & vnworthy persons, which haue cōpacted w^t thē for the same, so that scarce no one prelate is foūd þ^t hath not couenanted with the partie promoted for þ^e halfe yerely, or at the least the