WHo then ! And boyes will now be a Pistle-making , either without their fathers leaue , or their elder brothers aduise , we shall haue our fathers Art brought to a prettie passe within a while , I could a told t is long agoe , that my father would get him so many sons , as Iohn Canturbury woulde haue no cause to sitte quiet at dinner or supper , for looking to his young nephewes . I thought boyes would be a doing . But , foolish stripling , canst thou tell what thou hast done ? I weene not , if my father should be hurt , either at the Groine , or at the suburbes of Lisbone , is this the way either to cure him , or to comforte him , to publishe his scrabled and weather-beaten papers in this forte ? What if hee hadde in purpose to write no more , seeing the daunger and trouble that comes of it ? Will this be any meanes to worke the olde mans quietnes , for a foolish and a headie springal , to go set abroad his papers ? Thou sawest wel enough , that Martins doings were now almost forgot & huisht . And the a a Beare witnes , Reader , that I giue my Lordes their right titles . men of sinne themselues , I meane the Canturburie Caiphas , with the rest of his Antichristian beasts , who beare his abominable marke , were content in a maner to turne his purposes from a serious matter , to a point of jesting , wherewith they would haue onely rimers and stage-players ( that is , plaine rogues , as thou hast well noted ) to deale . So that had not thy vntimely folly bewrayed it selfe , it may be , that the syllogismes whereby our father hath crackt the crowne of Canturbury , should haue had no other answere , or he himselfe none other punishment but this . I faith lette him go , Martin is a madde knaue . Whereas now vppon this scrabbling and paltring of thine , marke whether Iohn Canturburie will not sende for all the knaue pursuvants that belongs vnto his popedome , and set them a worke with the confutation of Martin , vsing some such speach as this is , in the direction of them , for the choice of their Arguments against him .

An Oration of Iohn Can turburie to the pursuvants , when he directeth his warrants vnto them to post after Martin . Now sirs , is not her Majesties high commission , and my selfe also being the chiefe thereof , and one of her Majesties priuie counsell wel set vp , with a company of messengers , as long as we haue you to goe of our busines ? What thinke you ? Haue you beene carefull of vs and our places , to finde vs out the presse and letters , wherewith these seditious Martins are printed ? Or , haue you diligently soght mee out Walde-graue the Printer , Newman the Cobler , Sharpe the booke binder of Northampton , and that seditious Welch man Penry , who you shall see will prooue the Author of all these libelles ? I thanke you Maister Munday , you are a good Gentleman of your worde . Ah thou Iudar , thou that hast alreadie betrayed the Papistes , I thinke meanest to betray vs also , Diddest thou not assure me , without all doubt , that thou wouldest bring mee in , Penry , Newman , Walde-graue , presse , letters , and all , before Saint Andrewes day last . And nowe thou seest we are as farre to seeke for them , as euer we were . Nay , vnlesse we haue them now , they are like to trouble a a But not the church of Christ good vncle : you doe not so greatly eare though they did . our Churche more then euer they did . For here is a yong Martin hatched out of some poysoned egge of that seditious libeller , Old Martin . Why truly it grieues me , at the heart , that I , by her Maiesties fauor , hauing more authoritie in mine hande to represse these Puritanes , then any bishop else hath had in England these thirtie yeeres , yet shoulde be more troubled and molested by them these sixe yeeres , then all my predecessors haue beene these six and twentie yeeres . And all this commeth by reason of your vnfaithfulnes and negligence , whome wee send for them . Well , I giue you warning , looke better vnto your offices , or else let mee be damned body and soule , b b Neuer condition for the matter man , for except thou repent , thou arte sure of that alreadie . if I turne you not all out of your places . Therefore looke to it : for nowe euery one of you shal haue warrants , both for himselfe , and as many as you will substitute vnder you besides . Bring vs whomesoeuer you suspect , your warrants shall serue you to doe it . And if you can finde vs eyther young or olde Martin , Penry , or Walde-graue , so that you bring the presse and letters , hee shall haue fortie poundes for his labour , who so euer will bring them , his charges and all bonie cleare . But if you bring vs neither Martin , the presse , nor those aforenamed , neuer looke vs in the face more . And me thinkes for your owne good , you shoulde be carefull to get in these seditious men : for if we that are Lordes of the Cleargie go downe once , then shall you be sure to fall : for , poore men , you haue nothing but what you get in c c And you haue nothing neither your selues , but what you get in the seruice of your Lorde and Master the diuel . our seruice that are your Lordes and Maisters . And me thinkes , if these wayward men had anie conscience in them , they woulde not seeke our ouerthrowe with tooth and naile , as they doe , seoing so many honest poore men , yea , and manie a good Gentleman too by my troth , liue onely by vs and our places .

Well , if euer you meane to do anie good in this matter , take mee this course , which wee here in commission haue thought meetest ; let a six or seuen of you , or your substitutes that stay heere in London , watch mee Paules Churchyard , especially haue an eie to Boyles shop at the Rose . And let some one or two of you that are vnknowen goe in thither , and if there be any strangers in the shop , fall in talke with them of Martin , commend him , and especially his sonnes last libell , ( and heere , hee that will take that course , take me this , that if need be you may shew it ) shewing , that by great friendshippe you gote one of them , saying also , that you vnderstoode a man might there helpe his friend to some , if he were acquainted with Master Boyle , and offer largely for it . Now sir , if any shall either enter with you vnto any speches against the state , and in defence of these libelles : or else , if any can procure you to the sight of the bookes , be sure to bring them before vs . Though you learne not their names , yet your warrants shall serue your turnes , in as much as you doe suspect them . And thus I would haue some of you bestowed .

Let three or foure more of you or your substitutes be euery day at the Blacke Friers , Lincolnes inne , White-chappell , Paules chaine , as often as Charke , Gardiner , Egerton , or Cooper do preach . And truely , my Lorde of London , I marueile a a Surelie nuncle I dare sweare for him he is not in the fault : for they stand against his will . you suffer these men all this while , to trouble the state by their preachings : by the masse I had not thoght they should haue stoode halfe this time ) and there see if you can drawe by speach anie thing from any Martinist , and let vs talke with them . Especially marke if you see any before the sermon beginnes , setting their heads together , and whispering vnder their cloakes , if you doe , be sure they are reading Martin , and haue them foorthwith to the prison vntill we send for them , or cause them to putte in sufficient sureties , to appeare the next court day .

You that stay here in London , must also be sure , if possibly you can , to haue a watch at al common innes , to see what carriage of paper , and other stuffe , either goes from , or commes to London . Thereby you may happely learne something . And marke if any Puritane receiueth any thing , open his packe , that you may be sure hee hath no Martins sent him . We will direct our warrants so , that you may search all packes a a I hope the pursuvants in time shall be able to make a good liuing , in taking toll of those packes which they do not open at your discretion . We will take order also , that the Court may be watched who disperse , or reade these libelles there . And in faith I thinke they doe my Lord of Essex greate wrong , that say , he fauours Martin : I do not think he will be so vnwise , as to fauour these , who are enemies vnto the state . For if hee doe , her Majestie , I can tell him , will withdraw her gratious fauour from him ; but take you no care for the court . Watch you London , and learne mee where New-man and Walde-graues haunt is , and there be sure to watch earely and late . Haue an eie also vnto all the Puritanes houses in London , especially my L. Maiors , Alderman Martins , and the Preachers houses . Let none that you suspect be vncited .

As for you that goe into the countrey , I woulde haue ye especialy go into Northampton and Warwicke shires , and command the Maior , and Constables of Northampton to keepe watch and warde for Sharpe and Penry , and if they can take them , let them bring them vp , and we wil be sure to content them well for their paines . Others must goe into Essex , Suffolke , and Norffolke . And if you can bring vs no Martinists from thence ( at the least , that by that meanes your charges may be borne , I would ye might starue for me . ) There is Moore , there is Aline , there is Knewstub , there is Wright , with many others , all very seditious men , that is pitty by my troth , that so many worshipfull and good nurtured knights and gentlemen , are carried away with them , and their way wardnes , as in those partes are seduced . But I hope her Majestie will haue an vniformitie . To be briefe , I haue saide enough vnto you alreadie , but my meaning is , that you should 〈…〉 her Majestie hath , or finde out Martin . Goe me to Deuonshire , and to the North partes , where my Lords grace of Yorke also will direct his warrants by you , to seeke this traitour Martin . For I will haue him , or else I wil no longer be archbishop of Canturbutie . He die at the Groine , as they saie ? Naie , hee le be hanged ere hee le die there . He is in some corner of England , lurking and doing mischiefe . I tel you true , I a a He beleeue you o your word doe thinke him and his brood to be worse then the Iesuits . These Martinists are all of b b Sauing your reuerence vncle Cantur . you lie in your throate . them traitors and enemies vnto her Majestie , they will ouerthrowe the state , they are most rebellious and disobedient vnto all good proceedings . No warning will serue them , they growe worse and worse . I perswaded my selfe , that none euer durst attempt to write besides this desperate wretch Martin himselfe , if he still enjoy his libertie , his broode wil become as desperate as himselfe , his impunitie will make them presume to speake against the state . And therefore , either get him , or wee shall neuer staie their course . And I thinke I shall grow starke ᵃ madde with you , vnlesse you bring him . Amen , good Iohn , if thou doest not be long to the Lord , ka M. Martin Senior . Therefore , my maisters , as you haue anie care for the pacifieng of the state , and your owne preferrement , some waie or other compasse mee to finde the first Martin himselfe wheresoeuer hee bee . Spare no charges . Get him , and see what wee le do for you . For if we were not in hope to come by him throgh your meanes , we woulde cast about another waie , to suppresse his libelling . For wee woulde make friendes to haue him proclamed traitour , and haue it fellonie , if wee coulde , for anie manne to reade his writings . And heere an ende with you .

Loe , sir boy , haue you not spunne a faire threed , for our fathers ease and quietnesse , and for the quietnesse of your brethren ? If our vncle Canturburie should take this course , where shall the old man staie then ? You see England wil be made too hore for him , if hee be liuing . Whie thou simple and vnexperienced ladde , thou , my father , my father , I tell thee had beene better , it maie bee , that thou haddest neuer , I tell thee trueth , learned a worde of Irish in thy life , then to haue in this heate of the yeare published his vnperfite questions . Doest thou not see , thy vncle Canturburie abroad in his visitation ? Doest thou not see with how manie men Esau rides , that if hee meete with his poore brother Iacob , he maie be sure to sucke his blood . Is seuen score horse nothing , thinkest thou , to bee in the traine of an English Priest ? whereof also there are thirtie Golde chaines ? Doest thou thinke , that the kingdome of Christ which thy father seeketh to builde shall be able to stand , seeing Iohn Canturburie , with so manie menne rideth about the countrie , to proclame nothing else but fire and sworde , vnto as manie as professe themselues to be the true subjects thereof ? Whie thou seest he goes a visiting purposlie for no other end , but to make it knowen , what an enmitie and hatred hee beareth to the Gospell and kingdome of Christ Iesus , and to shew howe carefull he is , that that heresie of preaching maie not preuaile . Doest thou then perswade thy selfe , seelie stripling , that there is anie good to be done , in sending a Pistle vnto him , seeing he hath so man e men in his traine who will sweare for him , that he loues none of these hote preachers . Mee thinkes my father himselfe shoulde be afraide of him , beeing so well horsed as he is . And therefore follie for one of his young sonnes , to thinke his strength sufficient to beare the encounter .

It may be thou wilt say , that thy father is euerie day in the weeke able to make as many men of his owne charges ; I woulde he were else : if hee be , it is more then I knowe , I promise thee , and I thinke more then thou canst prooue . But howsoeuer it goes , thou seest what a credite it is for an English Priest ▪ to haue so many men following of him , as in the day of judgement there may be enough , of those that ware his liuerie , to witnes against him , that in this life he was a monstrous Antichristian pope , and a most bloody oppressor of Gods Saints .

Be it , my father were dead , as you seeme to giue out , and for mine owne parte , I will not gainesay you , because I for my parte maie truelie saie , that his eldest childe neuer knewe him , and therefore is ignorant whether he be liuing or dead : yet brother Martin , I doe see in the publishing of these things by you , two great slippes committed ; the one of inconsideracie , the other of vnduetifulnes . Your rashnes , and want of wisedome other men , I see are like to feele , your vnduetifulnes is onelie towardes my selfe , which I cannot well put vp , and because of thy rashnes .

Marke whether those poore men beforenamed , to wit , Penry , Sharpe , Walde graue , Newman , &c. with many other good men , who I dare sware for them , did neuer medle nor make at anie time , with the metropoliticall writings of our renowmed father , shal not be now as hotlie pursued after , as euer they were . And al this comes of thy foolish and paltrie meddling in matters too high for thy capacitie . And thus other men are like to smart by thy follie .

As for my selfe , to omitte the honourable mention that my father ( my father , I saie , Quem honoris causa nomino , quoties nomino , nomino autem saepissime ) made of me in his writings , whereas hee did not once vouchsafe to speake a worde of such a dilling as thou art , I should haue thought , that the verie name of an elder brother shold haue taught thee , that there had beene one in the world , to whome by right of inheritance , the Pistling of bishops had belonged , after the decease of reuerend Martin himselfe . Whie who should sette out my fathers writings but I , Martin Senior , his sonne ? At the least , who should publish them without my leaue ? So that herein thy vndutifulnes is no lesse than thy headie and rash inconsideracie .

To retourne againe vnto our reuerend father . Of all other things I would wish thee not to come within his reach , if hee be liuing , for an thou doest , I can tell thee hee le giue thee such a lesson for thy saweinesse , as I thinke thou shalt neuer be Lord bishop while thou liuest . For it may bee , that the expectation which menne haue conceiued of the proofe of such points , My father , I tell you , sauing his worship , standes vpon the credit o his children . as thou hast laid downe , will force him to alter his purpose in , More worke for the Cooper , and fall a proouing of these thinges , least men should hold themselues deluded by thee . And will this be no paine thinke you , sir boy ? Will it be no labour for a man , hauing finished a booke , to alter his course , and make it wholie newe ? And this thou knowest he must do , vnlesse his wisedom hath before hand preuented the inconuenience . I deny not in deede , but it is easier for him to alter his course , then for any one writer that I knowe of , because hee hath chosen him such a methode as no man else besides hath done . Nay , his syllogismes , exiomes , method , and all are of his owne making , hee will borrowe none of these common schoole rules , no not so much as the common grammar , as it apeareth by that excellent point of poetrie , written in Latin by him against Doctor Wingken de Werd . D. Prime . There thou shalt see such grammar , such Arte , such wit and conueiance of matter , as for the varietie of the learning , and the pleasauntnesse of the stile , the like is not else-where to bee found .

But least I should vtterly discourage thee poore knaue , I will before I touch the rest of thine ouer sights , attribute vnto thee thy deserued commondations . I confesse then , that thou canst doe prentily well ; thou canst enter reasonablie into the synows of thine vncle Canturburies popedome , and make a tollerable Anatomie thereof . I must needs also say for thee , Iacke , that thou fearest none of these popes . And I promise thee , I thinke thou hast a pretie mother wit of thine owne ; but , poore boy , thou wantest wisedome , withall to gouerne thy witte . Thou wantest that which thine vncka Bridges hath not , that is , wisdome to direct thee in the carriage of those pretie crochets that thou hast in thy head . And the poore old Drone o Sarum lacks that altogether , wherewith thou arte prettily furnished , viz. a naturall wit . Neither doe I deny , boy , but that thou art Tom tell-troth , euen like thy father , and that thou canst not abide , to speake vnto thine vnckle Cantur . by circumloquutions and paraphrases , but simply and plainely thou breakest thy minde vnto him , and tellest him vnto his face , without al these friuolous circumstances of , What is your name ? and , Who gaue you that name ? of , An t please your worshippe , &c. Thou tellest him plainelie to his face , I say , that he is a very Antichristian beast , and an intollerable oppressour of Gods Church . And mee thought , when I read that point in thy Epilogue : then thought I , it will prooue a vengeable boy in time . For mee thinks that already , patrizat sat bene certe . And trust mee Iacke , I commend thee for thy plainenesse . And doe so still , boy , for trueth neuer shames the Maister I warrant thee , and take it o my word . For indeed thine vncle Cantur . is no lesse than a most vile and curssed tyrant in the Church . And a plain Antichrist he is euen by the doctrine of the Church of England , and so by the doctrine of our Church are the rest of our curssed bishops , in the proofe of which point by and by I will a little insist . And because manie take snuffe , that my father shoulde account them , yea , and prooue them petrie Antichrists , I will manifestlie prooue them to be so , euen by the doctrine of the Church of Englande , maintained by statute and her Majesties roiall priuiledge . For my father now hath taught vs suche a waie to reason against these Caiphases , in the Theses set downe by thee , as wil anger al the vains in Iohn Canturburies heart . And that is , to shew , that they are ennemies vnto the doctrine of our church . Vnto the point I will come anone . But , first , brother Martin , I will schoole you in a pointe or two for your learning , in these things wherein I finde your Epilogue to be vnperfite . First then , I trow , I woulde haue had some other manner of accusations against our Puritans for their slackenes , then wherwith you haue charged them , as presently I will declare . Secondlie , I would haue propounded some things of mine own against our bishops , or else it shoulde haue cost mee a fall . And that should haue beene after this , or the like sort :

I Martin Senior Gentleman , sonne and heire to the reuerende and woorthie Metropolitane Martin Mar-prelate the Great , doe protest , affirme , say , propound , and object against Iohn Canturburie and his brethren , in maner and forme following ;

First I protest and affirme , that the foresaide Iohn Whitgift , alias Canturburie , which nameth himselfe archbishop of Canturburie , is no Minister at all in the church of God , but hath , and doeth wrongfully vsurp , and inuade the name and seate of the ministerie , vnto the great detriment of the Church of God , the vtter spoyle of the soules of men , & the likelie ruine of this common-wealth , together with the great dishonour of her Majestie and the state . And in this case do I affirme al the Lord bishops in England to be .

2 Item I do protest , that the entering in of this curssed man Iohn Whitgift , and of all others our bishoppes in Englande , is not an entring into the church of God by the doore Christ Iesus . Wherefore I affirme all of them to be theeues , robbers , wolues , and worriers of the flocke , and therefore no true shepeheards .

3 Item I do proclame the saide Iohn Canturburie , with the rest of our Prelates , to bee common simoniarkes , such as make merchandize of church liuings and benefices , by faculties , dispensations , &c. and make as common a gaine of Church censures , by absolutions & commutations of penance , &c. as anie men in the lande doe of their lawefull trades and occupations .

4 Item I do propound and affirme , that the said Iohn Canturburie and his brethren , do hinder and lette with all their might , the true knowledge of God amongest her Majesties louing subjectes , the inhabitants of this kingdome , and thereby , besides their owne fore-prouided damnation , are guiltie of the blood of infinite thousands .

5 Item I doe proclaime , that the saide Iohn Whitgift with the rest of his brethren , doth spend and waste the patrimonie of the Church ( which ought to be employed , in the maintenance of true faithfull Ministers , and other church vses ) in the persecuting the true members of Christ , her Majesties most trustie and louing subjects , and also vpon their owne pompe and ambitious pride , in maintening a rude vngodlie traine of vile men , & a companie of lewde and gracelesse children .

6 Item I doe propound , that the said Ioh. Whitgift and his brethren , do , as much as in them lieth , sowe sedition and discontentednes , betweene her Majestie , and her true loyall subjectes , by pretending that their pracrises in auoiding subscription , and in depriuing men contrarie to lawe , as for the surplise , denieng to subscribe , &c. is at her Majesties commandement . As though her Highnesse would commaund that which were contrarie vnto the true doctrine of our church , and contrarie vnto her lawfull statutes and priuiledges : Or , as though shee woulde so delude her louing subjects , as publikelie to maintaine that true doctrine , and these godlie statutes , which priuately shee woulde haue violate and troden vnder feete .

7 Item I the saide Martin Senior , do protest and affirme the saide Iohn Whitgift , with the rest of his brethren , to haue incurred the statute of premunire facies , for depriuing of Ministers , for not subscribing , not wearing the surplise , and for other their manifolde proceedings against law and equitie .

8 Item I doe propound all our bishops for their saide practises to be , ipso facto depriueable , and that her Majestie , if she will doe them but right , may by lawe depriue them al to night before to morrowe .

9 I do also propound and auouch the said Iohn Whitgift , and the rest of his wicked fraternitie , though by outwarde profession they are in the church , yet to be none of the church , but to haue , vntill they repent and desire to bee receiued into the church , cut themselues ( by the persecuting of the trueth , and other their hamous sinnes ) from the church , and so without their repentance from the interest and inheritance of the kingdom of heauen .

Item I do protest & affirme that the true churche of God ought to haue no more to do with Io. Canturburie his brother , and their synagogue , namely , with their Antichristian Courts of faculties , &c. with their officers of commissaries , archedeacons , chancellors , officialles , dumbe ministers , &c. then with the synagogue of Sathan . And that hee their head and pope , together with his foresaide rabble , are not to bee accounted for that church , whose censures we are to reuerence and obey , and in the vnitie whereof we are to remaine .

Item particularly , concerning Iohn Canturburie himselfe , I doe affirme , but yet no further then quatenus probabile , that is , by great likelihoodes , that he is so finally hardened in his hainous sinnes against God and his church , that as hee cannot be reclaimed , for his mouth is full of cursing against God and his Saintes , his feete are swift to shed the blood of the holie ones , hee teareth in peeces the churches which hee ought to foster , wilfully pulling the shepheards from their sheepe , and so scattering them in a most lamentable sorte , making much of wicked men that mainteine his popedome , and smiting the righteous for gainesaying his wayes , bringing in daily into the church , either by himselfe or his hang Ions newe errors not heard of before . Blaspheming the way of trueth . And being rooted in mallice against that truth of Christ Iesus ( who is blessed for euer ) which he may see , if he did not hood-winke himselfe , hee with all his power contrarieth and striueth against the going forwarde of the Gospell , least by the light thereof his sinnes shoulde be reprooued . Finally , hee hath in him too too many likelie testimonies of an heire of the kingdome of darkenesse , where , without his true turning vnto the Lorde , hee shall liue in hell for euer .

And wicked man ! if thou meanest to bee elsewhere receiued , that is , into Christes kingdome , turne thee from thy wickednes , and let men and Angelles be witnesses of thy conuersion . Thy high place can not saue thee from his wrath whose truth thou suppressest , and whose members thou doest persecute and imprison . And I woulde not wishe thee to deferre thy repentance , least thou callest with the foolish virgins when there is no opening . Thou seest euen heere vpon earth manifest tokens of Gods anger towards thee . For thou seekest for honour ; but alas , I know none more contemptible then thy selfe , the poorest faithfull minister in the Lord , hath more true reuerence in one day , then thou hast had since the first time of thy popedome . There are almost none of Gods children , but had as lieue see a serpent , as meete thee , not because they feare thy face , but in as much as it greeueth them , that their eyes are forced to looke vpon so wicked an enemie of God and his church . Thine owne creatures them selues honour thee , but as tyrants are commonlie honoured of their parasites and sycophants . Thy brother the pope hath the like honor vnto thine , that is , an honor whose end will be shame and confusion of face for euer . The fearefull and contemptible ende , that haue beene brought vppon many of them , ought to terrifie thee . Nay , the message of death which the Lord sent lately euen into thine owne house , ought to mooue thee , and force thee to confesse , that thy yeares also , yea , and dayes are nombred . Doctor Perne , thou knowest was thy joy , and thou his darling . Hee was the dragon from whose serpentine breasts , thou diddest first drawe this poyson , wherewith nowe thou infectest the church of God , and feedest thy selfe vnto damnation . Hee liued a persecutour , an atheist , an hypocrite , and a dissembler , whome the worlde poynted at , and he died , thou knowest , the death due vnto such a life as he ledde ; thou knowest hee died suddenly euen at thine owne palace of Lambehith , when , in thine owne judgement he was likelie , in regarde of bodilie strength , though not of age to out-liue thee . And take thou his death for a forewarning of thy destruction , except thou repent .

And these , brother Martin , with such like points , or some of those positions , wherwith I could haue thwacked my vncles about the shoulders I weene , an I had beene in thy place . There is one question more which I woulde haue propounded for mine vncka Bridges his sake ; O I loue him , thou knowest . And therefore thus woulde I haue sette downe my proper-sition on his behalfe :

I Martin Senior , Gentleman , doe heere protest , affirme , propound , and defend , that if Iohn Canturburie will needs haue a foole in his house , wearing a wooden dagger , and a cockes-combe , that none is so fitte for that place as his brother Iohn a Bridges Deane of Sarum . And that he viz. Iohn Bridges is by right to displace the other , with whom Lambeth now playes the asse , and is him selfe to be after a solemne maner , according to the booke of ordayning bishoppes and priestes inuested vnto that roome . Hauing for his officers and daily attendants these gentlemen following . First and formost D. Robert Some for his confessor , who also , when his maister Iohn Sarum hath no vse of his seruice , may be at my Lordes graces commandement , to reade the starue-vs booke in his Chappell at Lambeth . Secondly , if he were not something touched with the coinquination of the flesh , I would appoint none but D. Vnderhill to be his Almoner . Thirdly , Bancroft , and drunken Grauate should be the yeomen of his Cellar . Anderson a a This chaplein robbed the poore mens box at Northampton played the Potters part in the morrice daunce , and begotte his maide with child in Leicestershire : and these things hee did since he was firste Priest . parson of Stepney , should make roome before him with his two hand staffe , as he did once before the morrice daunce , at a market towne in the edge of Buckingham or Bedford shires , where he bare the Potters part . His two supporters alwayes to leade him by the armes , must be sir Lenard Wright , and sir Tom Blan o Bedford , the one whereof also must carrie his bable , and the other a looking glasse for their Maister , to see whether his catercappe doth euety way reach ouer his eares , and so stand according to his calling . As for Mar-Martin , and Iohn Fregneuile , they alterius vicibus , shall be the groomes of his stoole . The rest of his officers I referre to the discretion of my father , vnto whose censure also I doe humbly submit this conceit of mine . And it may be , I am bolde , to appoint these men their offices , who happily are at my fathers direction , to giue their attendance , where hee hath appointed them their places . But this Ile bide by , though my father shoulde say nay , that Iohn Bridges deserues to haue his place that weares the wooden dagger , the cockescombe , and the copper chaine at Lawbehith . I se abide by it , come what wil of the matter .

The next thing that we are to consider , brother Martin , is , a more just reprehension of the Puritanes , then that wherewith thou blamest them . For thou findest fault with the Preachers onely , and that justly , I confesse , because they are no more forward in casting off these our popes . But I say , that with more equitie thou mightest haue blamed both the gentlemen and people together , with the Ministers , then the Ministers alone . For the Ministers , although they be faultie , yet notwithstanding thou canst not denie , but the Gentlemen and people are as deepe in faulte as they are . And I woulde wish them both the one & the other , to take this , or some such course , as I heere set downe , which also for a great parte of it , though not all , I sawe in a Puritans hand , and so came by a coppie of it , thinking if I coulde haue heard of my father , to let him haue the vse of my copy : but now you see I publish it my selfe . I would then haue al the Puritans in the land , both lordes , knights , gentlemen , ministers , and people , to become joint suiters in one supplication vnto her Majestie , and the Lords of her honorable priuie counsell in these petitions ;

1 First , that there may be a redresse of the great ignorance wherewith our whole land is ouergrowen by placing , able , and faithfull teachers ouer euery congregation as neere as may be .