Lorde gaue a prescript precept and lawe to man , through the pronouncyng wherof , our maiesty was first ordeined , euen at that present moment , when he spake to Adam these wordes : Eatyng , thou shalt eate of euery free in the garden , but as touchyng the tree of knowlege of good & euyll , thou shalt not eate of it : els in what daye thou eatest thereof , thou shalt surely dye the death . &c. And thus beyng conceiued , our maiestie remained , not long vnborne , and brought foorth , for the serpent oure mother ( hauyng once deceued the woman , and the woman her husbande was foorthwith deliuered to vs , leauynge to vs , as of inheritance , a perpetuall styng , to exanimate and deuoure the naturall lyfe of all earthly thynges , and so we continued , but as yet vnperfect the space of two hundreth & twenty yeares , vntyll wicked Kaym , compelled vs to exercise and ratify our first force , and vertue vpon his iust and innocente brother , Abell , who through the violence of our deadely stroke , eftsoones , retourned to a clodde of earthe , frome whyche he descended not long before . And thus haue we declared brefly the summe of our hignesse petegrie .

Now concernyng our ineuitable myghte , and indignation , exercysed sythens , vppon eche bodye lyuyng , it would require hundrethes of yeres , to be by vs particularly recited . But that you mortall menne oure subiectes , myghte the better knowe , howe feeble your predecessors haue ben to resist our strength wee thynke it good , for oure more honour , to remembre a fewe examples , in the stede of a numbre . And least , ye might auaunt your selues to be so muche the nobler , bycause your fyrst parent , Adam , was created before vs , we beginning at him lette you to witte , that euen he also felte the intollerable poynt of this oure thunderbolte . And sence his dayes , neyther the iuste , nor the vniuste , the good nor the badde , the rightous nor the vnrightous , the faithfull nor the vnfaithefull , the humble nor the prowde , the meeke nor the stubborne , the myghty nor the weake : the stowt nor the timorous : the wyse nor the foolyshe : the wyll● nor the symple : the hygh nor the sowe , the greate nor the small , the fayre nor the fowle : the swyfte nor the slowe , the healthy nor the sycke . Th emperour , nor his peere , the king nor his counselour : the prince nor his subiect : the byshop nor his chaplain : the lord nor his yeomen : the nobilitie nor the commons : The queene nor her maydes : The lady nor her handmaydes : the riche nor the poore , are , or euer were able to plucke their heddes out of our vniuersall yoake and collar . Neyther man nor beast , fyshe nor fowle , serpent or woorme , or any thyng els , possessynge the breathe of lyfe , in this our worldely kyngedome , but they haue or shall tast the deadly & ineuitable shot of this our myghty dart , two only excepted , we meane Enoch and Elyas , who thorough the Omnipotents protection , haue escaped our hands , to our no small heauynesse . Hercules for all his myghte , nor Sampson , for all his strength , coulde make agaynst vs no resistence . Hector the woorthy , Cresus the ryche , Cyrus the politike , Annibal the laborous , nor ambicious Alexander the great , whom the whole earth coulde not satisfie , were vnable by anye meanes to auoyde from our dint . Sara the sobre , Lucrece the chaste , Penelope the vertuous , Helene the bewtiful , nor pleasaunte Lais , coulde moue , perswade , or entice our seueritie , to spare them any one howre longar , then we had determined . Our maiestye passeth not on pleasures , we regarde not rychesse , wee set not by iewels : we esteeme nothyng preciouse : we feare not any thretnyngs , wee moue not for manaces , wee spare not for pytye : wee relente not wyth mercye , we yelde to no ouerthrow : no dolour troubleth vs nor facte repenteth vs : but as kynge ouer all , wee vse oure prerogatiue withoute controllment : althoughe we confesse the same oure prerogatiue was vppon Ezechias for .xv. yeares by gods mercye restrayned , and his life prolonged . We are that dreadefull deathe , a prince of suche maiestye and notable power , that at oure pleasure wee doo reape and cutte downe euery creature , wythoute any exception . We obserue no tyme , no manners , nor yeares , no lawes , nor no rightes can wyth vs beare sway : No region no ylande , no nation , no people , neither Indes nor Arabies , nor yet th antipodies , are free from our subiection . When it is our wyll and pleasure , our power spareth not the pope for his holynes , the Emperour for his maiestie , the Kyng for his highnes , the Prince for his auctority , the bishop for his cleargy , the maiestrates for their offices : the monkes for theyr cloyster : the priestes , for their Orders : the Iudge for his iustice : the lawyer for his pleadyng : the catchpoll for his mace : the landlorde for his rentes , the merchaunte for his rychesse : the farmor for his goods : the grasier for his cattal : the poore for their pouertie : the mayster for his preeminence : the seruaunt for his diligence : the freeman for his libertie : nor the prisoner or captiue for his bondes anguishe or distres . Whosoeuer ouercommeth , who so euer vanquissheth : who so euer ouerrunnethe : who so euer breaketh down : whosoeuer destroyeth , who so euer by fortune or manhod atchieueth to the hyghe chayre of honour , yet doo what he can , in the spite of his beard , we wil haue the last victorye . The yonge lusty gallant flourishyng in the beste prime of his yeares healthy or wealthy , substanciall and ryche , beautyfull & amorous , flowyng in pleasures , araied with natures lineamentes , and swymmynge in all earthly benedictions , we can intumulate and incloase in a moment , within a filthy sepulchre , where his deade carcas shall remayne , to be deuoured by woormes , and his sowle transported to an vnknowen place . No walle , no tower , no bullwarke , no dyche , no doore , no locke , no force , or fortresse , no dungeon , deapth or defence , canne kepe vs out , but our maiestye wyll vse our inestymable power ouer al men , in euery place . Neither haue we respect of nobility or ignobilitie , of youth , or of age : but as soone take we the chylde , as the aged , the babe vnborne , as the ancient horehead : the strong as the impotent : for we doo accompt oure highnes , and so in dede we are lord wholly of the temporall world , deuouryng all lyuyng creatures , like as our brother Tyme wasteth and consumeth in processe of yeares , all other earthly thyngs . Our maiesty smileth in our conceite many tymes when we call to remembrance , what innumerable people , the tyrannye of kynges , the crueltye of prynces , the extremitye of maiestrates , the parcialitie of officers , wyth the rygour of the lawes haue sente here before , & dayly do send to our mansion , and dwellyng place , yea euery one that either warres or the sworde dooth confound , fyre consume , waters drowne or ouerflowe , famyne deuoure , sycknes exhaust , age take away , or time doth bury : they al we saye , lande at our hauen , to vs they come , one tyme or an other . We ar that onely porte , wherat , wyl they , or nyll they , they muste ones make their arriuall . And of thys thynge , aboue al other our highnes is most able to boste , that our maiestie sendeth al men thither , whens thei neuer or seldom , make their return , to tell any tales agayne . And that you oure subiectes maye the better vnderstand , that we are no lesse , but a myghty & terrible prynce , the same doth and may euidently appere by our seruants & ministers , whyche ar almost inexpugnable , as peryls and daungers , quarels , malicious conspiracies , battayles , murders , poysons , ruines sycknesses , edge-tooles , gunnes , gynnes , snares , deceytes , and innumerable other suche lyke , of all sortes , by the whiche men do suffre eyther hurt perdition or other damage . What man is there liuyng vnder the sterres , that would not hartyly laugh if he were but a while in our place or throne , to see bothe kynges and maiestrates vpon lyght displeasures , or for small offences , violently to force our cruell styng , to take away the liues of their seruantes or subiectes , whan as they them selues cannot obteyne at oure handes , for their owne lyues , any sure patente for so lyttle tyme , as halfe an howers space : Yea and oure maiestie ofte tymes for oure pleasure , dooth not suffre them to lyue many minutes , after the bitter & heauy deathe of their said sely vnderlynges . And in this one point also , our highnes hygh preminence muche surmounteth all the rest : that although oure fatall vigour is common ouer all men , yet the daye and tyme of our comming and approch is so vncertayn , that euery one except a fewe in numbre ) as Moses , Aaron , Ezechias , Symeon . &c. or euer they bee aware of vs , or yet do loke for our commyng , are dayly with our mace sodeynly arested and entrapped . It is a wonder to see howe all people leade their lyfe without any remembrance of our maiesty : & more meruayl to behold their greedy desire of worldly thynges : From the fruition wherof , we take theim vtterly away or euer thei can or haue throughly enioyed any smal part or portion of the same . Where the ambitious dothe continually gape so for honor & promotion , as though they were immortall , our maiestie vntwineth the threde of his life in lesse than the twinalyng of an eie by reason wherof , foorthwith his honour fleeth away , & nothyng there remaineth but a vile clod of donge and clay . Who seeth not the proude man , so despisyng al men , as though he shuld shortly be exalted into the third heauens , where we , in a moment , ouerthrowe his great glory , sende hym to Lucyfer , his greate graund master , in the depth of the helles ? Who noteth not , the lecherons and glutton , so pamperynge his bealye , and seekyng to satisfye his lustes , as though he wer a cormorant insatiable : where we many tymes sende hym sodaynely on message to our brother Pluto , to suffre woorthyly with hym moste terrible paynes . Ye see manyfestlye the ryche and the couetous , so scrapynge , and hoordynge , the worldes wicked mucke , as though they wente aboute , here to stablishe their dwellyng endlesse : Where we in a sodeyne , leaue their dead carkases to wormes : & yelde ouer their sowles to be perpetually tourmented with horrible deuyls . And for the most parte , we do steale vpon al men , at such vnset steuens or vnware times , as we do apprehend som slepynge , some drynkynge , some eatyng , some dancyng , some singyng , some wepyng , some sorowyng , som laughyng , some wowyng , som maryeng , some bargaynyng , some byeng , some selling , some trauailyng , some restynge , some rydyng , some saylyng , some huntyng , some learnynge , somme teachynge , somme defrawdynge , some pollynge , some buyldynge , some ouerthrowynge , somme catchynge , some spendyng , some at noone days , some at night , some in the mornyng , and some in the euenyng , and som at mydnyght It is a worlde to beholde , how ingrate our commynge is to all people , except it be to a very fewe : we meane such , as ar either ouerwhelmed with great cares , sorowes , greuous tormentes and extreme paynes , or els to suche as remayne in execrable captiuitie , seruitude , or bondage : To all other sortes , we are as welcome as water into the shyppe . Lord what a reuell and disturbance we make , where as wee come once in place . If our maiestie take our progresse to the noble man maiestrate , or welthy rich man , than maye ye see verified the sayenge of Syrake , whyche sayth : Oh Death howe bitter is the remembrance of thee , to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substance and riches ? for he is so vnprouided for our commynge , what wyth the loue of the worlde , the loue of hys rychesse , offices , & possessions , the loue or affection to hys deare wyfe , chyldren , howses , gardens , and pleasures : & what with the heauye trouble and woorme of conscience : the bitter remembrance of hys former lyfe euilly spent : the recompence and restoryng of euyl gotten goodes : besides that his extreme feare , painfull sicknes , and anguysshe : that yf the mooste mercyfulle grace of the Father almyghtye , bee not presente , hee taketh Dispayre for hys chiefeste refuge : and in the tyme of thys hys passyng , ( through oure arrest ) hys wyfe crieth out , hys children wepe , his seruantes bewayle , & hys frendes lamente : that there appeareth nothynge but sorowe and heuynes on euerye syde . Further , his eyes by vs once shut and cloased , there is by and by no smalle adooe and ruffle in his house , his children wil to law for their patrimonie , his executours for his goodes , his wife for her porcion and dowry : the seruantes for their parte , wyth suche thunderynge threatnynges , cruell wordes and countenaunces one to an other eche bodye pylferyng and patching , scambling and snatching stealynge and catchynge , as oure hyghnes beleueth that in our sayd Brother Plutos kyngdome , there is not the like tragedies . After like manner , when our maiestie repayreth to the cotage of the poore man or needye , foorthwith he is no lesse vexed , callyng to mynde his manifolde and moste heynous offences , the doubtful place and vnknowen Iudge , whether and before whom he must presently go , to make answere for al his crimes , curses , sinnes , and vnpaciencie , with other euyll deedes by him committed , in the tyme of his lyfe . Besydes this , to leaue his poore wyfe , and children fatherlesse , in penury and comfortlesse , is no small corsey to his poore harte in that laste hower : they lamentyng , cryeng , and moste bitterly cursyng our hyghnes for so bereauynge theim of their chiefe and onely defence of poore lyuynge .

Thus where soeuer our maiesty is , or abydeth , there is nothing els hearde nor seene but deepe syghes , loude scrikyngs , wofull wringyng of handes , and heauy salte teares : For we are named to bee Lorde of lamentation , kyng of all sorowes , gouerner of miseries , & the ground of all kynd of greuous calamities , yea , what infelicitye is there wyth tongue , to be spoken or harte to bee thought , but oure maiestie sometymes put them in vre and exercise ?

If our highnes come ones to a conflict or battaile , as we are neuer absent , we do warant you , from any suche , though there were a hundreth of theym , in sundrye places , at one moment of time , them forthwith there maye men see of all sortes of miseries and mischiefes heapes and aboundaunce . Some are sente to vs fightyng , some fleeyng , some assailynge , some yeldyng : some come to vs headlesse somme ouerthrowne , some clouen to the teeth , som thrust through the hart , som riuen in pieces by gunshot , som striken down , some troden vnder foote , some gaspyng for breath : some moste profoundly yellyng and gronyng . So that by theyr moste hydeous clamours , dolorous syghynges , and dredefull showtes , it is ryghte wel knowen , sene , and perceyued , and they throughly feele , that our sayd highnes is amongest theim , as a bloude thirstye god , to receaue the bloudy sacrifices of their woful lyues . And thus from tyme to tyme , hath th inexplicable power & might of our maiestie flourished sens the fyrst killyng of iuste Abell , hitherto , and shall so continue , vntyll the vtter consummation of heuen and erth by fyre . For these therfore and sundry other considerations , it becommeth all you oure subiectes , of force and necessitie , to feare our inestimable indignation & displesure .

Nowe also we wyl let you partlie to vnderstande with what sinceritie we doo minister our iustice : for seeyng that true equitie and iustice consisteth in equall indifferency to be distributed to al men alike without any fauor or respect , then dare and may our maiestie boldely challenge , that there is none iuster thenne wee . For who can , or euer could reproue vs of parcialitie , seyng we execute our force as wel agaynst the prince as the abiect , vppon the ryche , as the poore , extinguishynge the lyfe of eche lyuynge creature , vnder one our law , order or decree & first constitution . If giftes coulde haue bribed vs , possessions haue satisfied vs , requestes ouercome vs , or plesures haue wo● vs , then are we assured , we should shortely haue proued the welthiest the rycheste and the happyest vnder the sonne . But oure hyghnesse neuer spared any that euer remayned within the compasse of our domynion or iurisdiction , sence the worldes fyrste creation , hethervnto , No not that Innocente and myghty prince , IESVS , the deere beeloued sonne and heyre of oure omnipotente Father : but euen hee also felte and susteyned the myght of our violence , through the faithfull dyligence of Satans trustye mynisters , the wicked Iewes .

Thus haue we partely aduertised all you mortall creatures , our subiects , of the terrour of our inuincible puissance , and the righteous seueritie of oure Iustyce . And nowe shall wee brefely signifie vnto you what innumerable benefyttes all personnes , of eche estate condition and degree , doo dayly receaue by oure auctoritie . And fyrste , for th obseruyng of order , we wyll begin with you Emperors and Empresses , you Kyngs and Quenes , you princes and princesses , and all suche , superiour maiestrates , beeynge our chiefe and principall subiectes : If our power were not , wee saie , ye , of all other shoulde lyue in moste cares and fearefulnes . For we of our clemency , take away your traitours , prostrate your enemies , ridde you of your rebelles , and extinguishe your aduersaries , restoryng your bodies to suertie , youre realmes to tranquillitie , your people to peace , and abundance of all thynges : where as if the vigour of our maiestie were not , they would abandon you from your sceptures and diademes , bereaue you of your estates : cast you into most greuous thraldom and miseries . Also what gracious good tournes doo all common welthes , and al sortes of people sustein by our fauorable frendshyp and magnificence ? Which way coulde the landlorde enioy his landes , rents and possessions : the merchant his goodes and his merchandise : the husbandeman his corne & his cattall : the craftesman the profite of his facultie and science : the labourer his hyre or his wages , if our power were not ? What matrones vnrauished , what wyues vndefiled , what maides & virgins vndefloured should there be throughout the whole erth , if we were not a rightous reward to th offenders : What wealthy men spoyled , what good men wronged , what pooremen oppressed , what wicked men exalted , what honest men abiected , what trauaylours murthered : what iust men betraied , what officers kylled and resysted should there be , yf we were not a terrible scourge to the wicked ? What religion , what lawe what equitie , what fayth , what iustice , what truth , what innocency , what Chastytie , what wedlocke , what honestie , what Obedyence , shoulde bee founde or seene in any place , if we were not the goulf that swallowe all transgressours ? Nay , what wronge , what iniurye , what disobedience , what manslaughter , what theft , what treason , what conspyracyes , what lyinge in wayte , what bloudshede , what oppression , what extorcion , what rape , what inceste , what fornication , what adulterie , what witchecraft , what sorceries , what heresies , blasphemies and mooste detestable Iniquityes woulde abounde and ouerflowe in euery place , if our grace were not the rooter out of malefactours .

No countrey , no realm , no citie , no towne , no village , no hamlet , nor any mans habitation coulde stand or continue any tyme vncorrupted defaced , or vtterlye destroyed , yf it were not oure pleasure to shorten the lyues of euill and wycked men , and to cutte of the pernicious , vnfruitefull , and rotten membres of all inhabited regyons . Throughe the bountyfulle and beneuolente goodnes of our maiestie , Religion is establyshed in his due honoure and reuerence : the Gouernours obeyed in the mynistration of theyr lawes : the godly are cheryshed : the meke are supported : those that are vertuous are estemed : the iuste are preferred : the honest commended : and al publike good ordres and statutes conserued . Who can then deny , the premisses duely wayed , but that our highnes inuincible power is to all mortall men , a thyng most necessary : as without the whiche , the whole earth wold in short tyme hee so replenished with iniquitie , that euen hel it self ( as we thinke ) would be the better of the twayne . Moreouer , this inconuenience we coniect would haue ben , and come to passe , yf wee had suffred all nations and people to haue remained styl on line , frome the beginnyng of the worlde , vntill this present day : that tenne suche earthes as this is : would not haue suffised to haue fed and preserued theym with necessary sustenaunce . And nowe for the declaration of our sundry other benefits , who seeth not , how the nearer our maiestie dooth approche to the faithefull , the hartlier they doe reioyce : and when wee come , they imbrace vs cherefully : to the poore & oppressed our presence is ioyous : to the captiue confortable : to the tormented , happy : to the pacient in his extremitie of sycknesse , wyshed for : and to innumerable others very acceptable . And that our subiect Iob ryght well knewe , whenne he cried : Wherfore is the lyght gyuen to hym that is in miserye , and lyfe vnto them that haue heuy hartes , which longe for death : and though it come not , woulde digge it out of high places , which also woulde be excedynge glad and reioyce , if they could fynd theyr graue any where . Yea and our subiect Syrak reporteth no lesse of our maiestie , saying Oh Deathe , howe acceptable and good is your iudgemente vnto the nedefull , & to hym whose strength fayleth , or that is nowe in his laste age , or that is full of care or fearefulnes , vnto him also that is in despaire , or that hath no hope or pacience ? Thus you see well howe the commynge of our hyghnes is gratefull to an infinite multitude . Furthermore , sens that now it euidently appereth , the whole worlde to be almost drowned in filthines , and shamlesse maners , flowyng in deceates , and surmountyng in oppression : where neither faithe , pietie , peace , iustice , rest , or quietnesse remaineth . Where mooste horrible crimes rule ouer al : where the brother intendeth the bane of his brother : where the sonne oft thirsteth tyll we fetche his father : where the woman ofte longeth tyll we strike her husbande : where the man as muche hungreth tyl we catche his wyfe : wheremoste men scrapeth , coueteth and hourdeth : where eche man speaketh fayre , and woorketh the contrary : where chastitie is contemned , and matrimonie polluted : where hunger , thyrste , sicknes , impotencie , nedynes , nakednesse , pouertie , imprisonment , and so many daungers and continuall labours doo assayle men on al sydes : where all kynde of miseries doo so compasse all maner of creatures , that none or veraie fewe in numbre , in all their lyues , can lyue one whole daie out of some vexation or trouble . Nowe what wyse manne is there then that settyng apart al affections , and ryghtely ponderynge the manifolde cares , perils , grefes , and sorowes wherwith mans lyfe is enuironned on euery syde , dothe not worthelye iudge our maiestyes commynge , to be daily wisshed for : yea , and those creatures to be three tymes blessed , that soonest aryueth at our sure landing place . Such is the beneuolence of oure hyghnesse , that we fynyshe al paines , we loose all bondes , we dryue awaye feare , and exclude all doubtes . Yea , and lyke as men before ( their concepti-and natiuitie ) knew no lack , no heuines , no penurie , no oppression , no distresse , vnquietnes or trouble : no more shal the good fele any the like beyng once passed our narowe and strayte passage . And as our maiestie supposeth in our conceite , who so hath once escaped the terrour of our violence , he standeth by and by safe on the shoare , and derydynge lawghyng at the foly of others his successours , whyche had rather be styll tombled and tossed with the stormy tempest is and horrible surges , in the cruel & troublesom seas of worldly miseries , than to prepare themselues redily to passe through vs into quietnes . Thus haue we sufficientely opened & proued to all you our louyng subiectes , the force of our highnesse , the iustice of our maiestie , & the beneuolent clemencie of our gracious goodnesse , that ( regardynge youre moste bounden dueties of allegeance ) ye might the rather in consideration therof , feare and obey vs , worthily esteeme vs , and humblye thanke vs .

FINALLY forasmuche as oure maiestie doth wel ponder and perceaue our owne highnesse ( in this latter age of the worlde ) which draweth faste to his appoynted ende and consummation , to be wel nere growne to the latter tyme of oure yeares : and consyderyng also that our myght , force , and violence ( by reason of our shorte continuaunce hereafter , is nowe farre more extreme to all people , then it was at the begynnyng , when Adam , as ye reade , lyued .viii. hundreth yeares . Noe .ix. hundreth and .xv. yeares , and Abraham Clxxv. yeres , where as we doo not suffre you oure subiectes nowe adaies ye se , and most of this tyme , to lyue passyng fiftye or .lx. yeres , or at the vttermost respityng very fewe tyl they may attain to the numbre of .lxx. or ful .lxxx.

Further , for that we throughely perceiue , that sens our fyrst creation at the fall of man , when he was banished out of that pleasant garden of Edom , there was neuer age of all the sixe ages past , that euer did flowe or abounde in ail kynde of iniquitye and abhomination , as this laste age dooth , whiche waloweth all togither in sinne and wickednes , and is growen to such mischief , that if it should long endure , men wold scant beleue , there were either God , heauen , or helle , after this mortall lyfe : but that by oure separation of the lyfe from the carkas , both body & soule wer vtterly extincte : yea and all hope of resurrection frustrat . We therfore of our maiesties mere motion , special grace and beneuolence , wishyng the safegarde of all , and the distruction of none , if it might be , do presently publish and declare vnto you , & euery of you , our louing subiects , throughout our hole earthly dominions this our general pleasure , precept , and laste commaundement ( beyng the only ground , waightiest cause , and pithyest matter , ment , intended and expressed in this our Proclamation ) that we in the name of our owne Supreme maiestie and hyghnesse , doo generally wyll and requyre you , and neuerthelesse in the behalfe of the father omnypotente , oure eternall soueraigne doo straightly charge , and commaunde you , and euery of you , of what sexe , age , state , degree , or condition soeuer ye be , or herafter shal be , immediatlye vpon the recept , syght , hearyng , notice or publication of these presentes all delayes and excuses sette aparte , wyth asmuche conuenyente speede and dylygence as is possyble , euery one of you , prepare youre selues wyllyngely to leaue thys vayne worlde , and to forgoe the vanities , inticementes , and deceaptefull pleasures of thys frayle and transytorye lyte , makynge you redye and meete , to attende and wayte on our maiestyes personne , where and whenne so euer ye shall by our auctorytye be sodeinly summoned , cyted , or called : that at our vnknowen commyng : ye may be thoroughe oure hyghenesse areste founde gladde , and preste to passe into an other muche better lyfe , replenyshed wyth al stable ioyes and tranquyllytye . Further , exhortynge all you oure louynge subiectes in the meane tyme , to fall to repentaunce for youre former euyll lyues , to crye hartelye to the almyghtye , to graunte you hys mercye , to Sacryfyce to hym youre humble prayers , euen frome the bottome of your sorye and contrite heartes : to obeye his commaundementes : to seeke onely his prayse and honour in all your deedes : to relieue your poore brethren with parte of your goodes : And to conclude , to lyue christianly , to deale iustly , and to passe youre tyme vertuousely , that beeynge once passed vs , ye may enter into the glorious kyngedome of God the Fathers dere sonne , and our halfe brother , Iesus .

Fayle ye not this to dooe , as ye entende , not onely to auoyde ours but also his terrible indignation for dooynge the contrarye , and also incurre in the latter dreadefulle daye , the heauye bitter , and mooste wofull domynyon of oure cruelle Successoure , Deathe eternall .

Where , we assure you , remayneth nothynge , but moste horrible paynes , inexplicable tormentes , myserable sorowes , endlesse displeasure , ineffable terrour , and gnasshyng of teeth , with fyre and brymstone perpetually bournynge , and durable for euer .

¶ Geuen at our maiesties inuisible honour and pallaice imperiall , Situate in the Ayrie Region , the laste day of Iune , in the yeare since our highnes first creation , accordyng to the writyng of the Hebrues , fyue thousande .v. hundred , and eyghtene .