MarginaliaK Henry charged wyth vntruth. the Clergy, fiftenes of the people, sealyng vp of cloth, diminution of woolle, import of wyne, nor other extortions or exacions whatsoeuer, should hereafter be required or exacted: hopyng by this meanes to purchase vnto him the voyce and fauour of the Prelates spirituall, the Lordes temporall, the Marchauntes, and comminaltie of the whole Realme. After this, he tooke by force the kyngs Castels and fortresses, spoyled and deuoured his goodes wheresoeuer he found it, crying hauocke, hauocke. The kyngs maiestie subiectes aswell spirituall as temporall he spoyled and robbed, some he tooke captiue and imprisoned them, and some he slew & put to miserable death: wherof many were Bishops, Prelates, Priestes, and religious men. Wherby it is manifest, that the sayd Lord Henry is not onely periured, in promising and swearytng that there should be hereafter no more exactions, 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 him as afore, aswell periured as excommunicate.

MarginaliaK Henry charged with treason agaynst hys soueraine. 4. Fourthly we depose &c. agaynst the sayd Lord Henry, that he hearyng of the Kynges returne from Ireland into Wales, rose vp agaynst his soueraigne Lord the kyng with many thousandes of armed men, marchyng forward with all his power towards the Castell of Flynt in Wales, where he tooke the kyng and held him prisoner, and so led him captiue as a traytor vnto Leycester: from whence he tooke his iourney towardes Londō, misusyng the kyng by the way both he and his, with many iniuries and opprobrious contumelies and scoffes. And in the end committed him to the Tower of London, and held a Parliament, the kyng beyng absent and in prison, wherein for feare of death he compelled the kyng to yeld and resigne vnto him all his right and title of the kyngdome and crowne of England. After which resignation beyng made, the sayd Lord Henry standyng vp in the Parliament house, stoutly and proudly before them all, sayd & affirmed: that the kyngdome of Englād and crowne of the same with all thereunto belongyng, did pertaine vnto him at that present as of very right, and to none other: for that the sayd kyng Richard by his own deede was depriued for euer of all the right, title, & interest that euer he had, hath, or may haue in the same. And thus at length by right and wrong, he exalted himselfe vnto the throne of the kyngdome: since which time, our common weale neuer florished nor prospered, but altogether hath bene voyde of vertue, for that the spiritualtie was so oppressed, exercise and warlyke practises hath not bene maintained, charitie is waxed cold, and couetousnes and miserie hath taken place, & finally mercy is taken away & vengeaunce supplieth the rowme. Wherby it doth appeare (as before is sayd) that the sayd Lord Hēry is not onely periured and false by vsurping the kingdome and dominion belonging to an other, but also excommunicate for the apprehendyng, vniust imprisoning, and depriuing his soueraigne Lord the kyng of his royall crowne and dignitie. Wherfore, as in the articles before, we pronounce the sayd Lord Henry to be excommunicate.

5. Fiftly we depose, &c. against the sayd Lord Henry, that he the same Lord Henry with the rest of his fauourers and complices, heapyng mischief vpon mischief, haue committed and brought to passe a most wicked and mischeuous fact, yea, such as hath not bene heard of at any tyme before. For after that they had taken and imprisoned the kyng, and deposed him by open iniurie against all humane nature, yet not content with this: they brought him to Pomfret Castle, and there imprisoned him, MarginaliaK. Henry charged wyth murder of hys prince. where xv. dayes and nightes they vexed him with continuall hunger, thirst, and cold, and finally bereft him of life, with such a kynde of death as neuer befor that tyme was knowen in England, but by Gods prouidence it is come to light. Who euer heard of such a deed, or who euer saw the like of him? Wherfore O England arise, stand vp, auenge the cause, the death, and iniurie of thy kyng and prince: which if thou do not, take this for certaintie, that the righteous God will destroy thee by straūge inuasions and foreine power, and auenge himselfe on thee for this so horrible an act. Whereby doth appeare, not onely his periurie, but also his excommunicatiō most execrable: so that as before we pronounce, the sayd Henry not onely periured, but also excommunicate.

MarginaliaK. Henry charged wyth the orders of the church. 6. Sixtly we depose, &c. agaynst the sayd Lord Henry, that after he had attayned to the crowne and scepter of the kyngdome: he caused forthwith to be apprehended 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 sparyng the Byshops whose bodies were annoynted with sacred oyle, nor Priestes, nor religious men, but commaunded them to be condemned, han ged, and beheaded by the temporall law and iudgement, notwithstādyng the priuiledge of the Church, and holy orders, which he ought to haue reuerēced and worshipped if he had bene a true and lawfull kyng: for the first and chiefest othe in the coronation of a lawfull kyng is, to defend and keepe inuiolate the liberties and rightes of the Church, and not to deliuer any Priest or religious man into the handes of the seculare power, except for heresie onely, and that after his degradation accordyng to the order of þ^e church. Contrary vnto all this hath he done, so that it is manifest by this article as afore in the rest, that he is both periured and excommunicate.

MarginaliaK. Hernry charged with tyranny. 7. Seuenthly we depose, &c agaynst the sayd Lord Henry that not onely he caused to be put to death the Lordes spirituall and other Religious men, but also diuers of the Lordes temporall and nobilitie of the Realme, and chiefly those that studyed for the preseruatiō of the common weale, not ceasing as yet, to continue his mischeuous enterprise, if by Gods prouidēce it be not preuented and that with spede. Amongest all other of the Nobilitie, these first he put to death: the Earle of Salisbury, the Earle of Huntyngdon, the Earle of Gloucester, the Lord Roger Clarendon the kynges brother, wyth diuers other knights and Esquiers: and afterwardes, the lord Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester, and the Lord Henry Percy sonne and heyre to the Earle of Northumberland, the which Lord Henry he not onely slewe, but to the vttermost of hys power agayne and agayn he caused hym to be slayne. For after that he was once put to death, and deliuered to the Lord of Furnyuale to be buryed (who committed hys bodye to holy sepulture, wyth as much honour as myght be, commendyng his soule to almightie God, wyth the suffrages of the blessed masse & other prayers) the sayd Lord Henry most lyke a cruel beast still thirsting hys bloud, caused hys body to be exhumate & brought forth agayne, and to be reposed betwene two mylstones in the towne of Shreusbury, there to be kept with armed men: And afterwardes to be beheaded & quartered, commaunding hys head and quarters to be caryed vnto diuers cities of the kingdome. Wherfore, for so detestable a fact neuer heard of in any age before, we pronounce him as in the former articles excommunicate.

MarginaliaThe K. charged with euill gouernment. 8. Eightly, we depose, &c. against the sayd Lord Henry, for that after hys attayning to the crowne, he willingly ratified, allowed, and approued a most wicked statute set forth & renued in the Parliament holden at Winchester. The which statute is directly agaynst the Church of Rome, the power, and principallitie therof geuē by our Lorde Iesus Christ & vnto blessed S. Peter & hys successours byshops of Rome: vnto whom belongeth by full authoritie the free disposing of all spirituall promotions aswell superiour as inferiour: which wicked statute, is the cause of many mischiefes vid. of simonie, periury, adultery, incest, misorder, and disobedience, for that many byshops, Abbots, priors, and prelates (we will not say by vertue, but rather by errour of thys statute) haue bestowed the benefices vacant vpon yong mē, rude and vnworthy persons, which haue compacted wyth them for the same, so that scarce no one prelate is found that hath not couenanted wyth the partie promoted for the halfe yearely, or at the least the third part of the sayd benefice so bestowed. And by thys meanes, the sayd statute is the destruction of the right of S. Peter, the Church of Rome, and England, the clergie and vniuersities, the maintenaunce of wars, and the whole common wealth. &c.

MarginaliaK. Henry charged wyth oppression & periury. 9. Ninthly, we say and depose. &c. agaynst the sayd Lorde Henry, that after he had tyrannously taken vpon hym the gouernement of the Realme: England neuer florished since, nor prospered, by reason of his continuall exactions of money and oppressions, yearely of the clergie and comminaltie: neither is it knowen how thys money so extorted is bestowed, when as neither his souldiours, nor hys gentlemen are payed as yet their wages and fees for their charges & wonderfull toyle and labour, neither yet the poore countrey people are satisfied for the victuall taken of them: And neuertheles, the myserable clergie, and more miserable comminaltie, are forced stil to pay, by menaces & sharpe threatnings. Notwithstanding he sware whē he first vsurped þ^e crowne, that hereafter there should be no such exactions nor vexations, neither of the clergie nor laytie. Wherfore, as afore, we pronounce hym periured. &c.

10. In the x. and last article, we depose, say, and opēly protest by these presentes, for our selues and all our assistentes in the cause of the Church of Rome & England, and in the cause of kyng Richard, hys heires, the clergie, and communaltie of the whole Realme: that neyther our entention is, was, nor shalbe, in word nor deede to offend any state, either of the prelates spirituall, Lordes temporall, nor commons