¶
Of
the
sumarye
and
generall
intencyon
of
the
thynges
whiche
shal
be
treated
and
spoken
of
in
this
worke
,
and
of
the
cause
of
the
intencyon
,
and
purpose
,
and
of
the
dyuysyon
of
the
boke
,
¶
The
fyrste
Chapytre
,
TRanquyllyte
is
the
thyng
doubtles
whiche
is
to
be
desyred
of
euery
¶
Of
the
pryncypall
questyons
to
be
determyned
in
this
boke
/
and
the
distynccy
on
and
assygnacyon
of
the
dyuerse
sygnyfycacions
of
this
worde
Regnum
.
¶
The
seconde
Chapytre
.
ANd
nowe
at
the
begynnynge
or
fyrste
settynge
vpon
the
thynges
purposed
&
intented
of
vs
,
we
wyll
shewe
&
declare
,
what
is
the
tranquyllytie
or
intranquyllytie
of
a
Realme
or
communyte
/
&
fyrst
of
the.
ii
.
what
is
the
tranquyllitie
/
for
this
beyng
not
knowen
:
it
can
not
be
chosen
,
but
that
we
must
nedes
be
ignoraunt
,
what
is
intranquyllytie
.
And
for
as
moche
as
bothe
thyse
,
that
is
to
wytte
tranquyllyte
,
and
intranquyllyte
,
semeth
to
be
dysposycyons
of
a
cytie
or
Realme
,
(
whiche
thynge
lette
it
be
supposed
of
Cassiodorus
,
and
it
shall
also
by
and
by
be
declared
of
vs
)
we
woll
consequently
shewe
and
declare
,
what
is
a
cytie
or
Realme
or
communyte
,
and
for
what
ende
it
is
ordeyned
.
Wherof
also
the
descrypcyons
of
tranquyllytie
,
and
of
his
contrarye
intranquyllyte
,
shall
the
more
largely
appere
/
we
therfore
wyllyng
accordynge
to
the
ordre
premysed
&
afore
wryten
,
to
descrybe
the
tranquyllyte
of
a
cytie
or
Realme
:
lest
by
the
reason
of
the
equyuocacyon
&
manyfolde
sygnyfycacyons
of
the
nownes
in
our
purpose
,
any
ambygnyte
or
doubtfulnes
myght
happen
:
we
ought
fyrst
to
knowe
,
that
this
worde
Regnum
in
one
of
his
sygnyfycacions
,
betokeneth
a
pluralytie
or
multytude
of
¶
The
thyrde
Chapytre
.
HOwe
for
as
moche
as
we
haue
sayd
,
that
tranquyllyte
is
the
good
dysposycyon
of
a
communytie
to
the
workynge
of
the
partes
therof
consequently
we
muste
consydre
what
is
a
cytie
or
communytie
/
and
for
what
ende
it
is
ordeyned
pryncypally
/
and
whiche
,
and
howe
many
be
the
pryncypall
partes
therof
/
moreouer
what
is
the
conuenyent
operacyon
of
eche
one
of
those
partes
.
Furthermore
of
the
causes
,
and
ordre
of
the
sayd
partes
amonge
them selues
/
for
thyse
thynges
are
veray
necessary
to
the
profyte
determynacyon
of
tranquyllytie
/
and
of
his
contrary
intranquyllyte
.
But
yet
for
al
that
afore
we
do
treate
of
a
cytie
,
whiche
is
a
perfyte
communytie
/
and
of
the
dyuerse
kyndes
or
maners
therof
:
we
ought
fyrste
to
brynge
in
and
declare
the
orygynall
begynnynge
of
cyuyle
communyties
,
and
theyr
regymentꝭ
&
maners
of
lyuynge
/
from
whiche
as
beynge
lesse
perfyte
,
men
dyd
procede
to
perfyte
communyties
/
and
to
the
regymentes
&
maners
of
lyuynge
vsed
in
theym
/
for
both
nature
,
&
also
arte
or
crafte
,
whiche
counterfayteth
&
foloweth
nature
do
alwayes
¶
Of
the
fynall
cause
or
ende
of
a
cytie
or
cyuyle
communytie
/
and
of
the
distinccyon
in
generall
of
the
partes
therof
.
¶
The
fourth
Chapytre
,
A
Cytie
,
after
the
mynde
of
Arystotle
in
the
fyrst
boke
of
his
polytykes
,
¶
Of
the
dystynccyon
and
assygnacion
of
the
partes
of
a
Cytie
or
cyuyle
communytie
/
and
of
the
necessytie
that
suche
partes
shulde
be
,
and
also
that
they
shulde
be
dystyncte
and
separated
one
from
an
other
for
an
ende
possyble
to
be
assygned
by
mannes
inuencyon
.
¶
The
,
v
,
Chapytre
,
AFter
that
we
haue
nowe
spoken
generally
of
the
partes
of
a
Cytie
,
in
the
perfyte
operacyon
of
whiche
partes
,
and
common
conuersacyon
of
them selfes
eche
with
other
,
beynge
not
letted
of
any
extrynsecall
thynge
,
we
haue
sayde
the
tranquyllytie
of
a
cytie
or
cyuyle
communyte
to
stande
consyste
and
reste
:
to
the
entente
that
by
the
more
large
determynacion
made
of
them
,
as
well
of
the
workes
and
endes
of
them
,
as
of
the
appropryate
causes
of
them
,
the
causes
of
tranquyllytie
and
of
his
contrarie
intranquyllytie
maye
the
more
largely
be
shewed
,
declared
,
and
opened
,
nowe
begynnynge
agayne
to
speake
of
the
sayd
partes
,
let
vs
saye
/
that
the
partes
and
offyces
of
a
cytie
or
cyuyle
communytie
are
of
syxe
kyndes
or
sortes
/
as
ANd
to
measure
and
tempre
the
excesses
of
the
actes
or
operacyons
,
whiche
ardon̄
or
caused
of
the
motyue
powers
locall
by
knowledge
or
vnderstandynge
,
¶
Of
the
fynall
cause
of
a
certayne
parte
of
a
cytie
or
cyuyle
communytie
,
that
is
to
wytte
the
offyce
of
preestes
/
whiche
cause
maye
be
proued
by
the
tradycyon
or
imdyate
relacyon
and
scrypture
of
god
:
but
it
is
impossyble
to
be
proued
by
mannes
reason
.
¶
The
,
vi
,
Chapytre
,
HOwe
it
remayneth
,
to
speake
of
the
fynall
cause
,
wherfore
the
veray
and
true
offyce
of
preestes
hathe
ben
instytude
in
the
communyties
of
chrysten
men
/
This
fynall
cause
was
to
moderate
and
gouerne
mannes
actes
and
appetytes
as
well
inwarde
as
outwarde
by
knowledge
,
to
the
ende
that
they
so
moderated
and
temperated
by
knowledge
,
mankynde
is
ordeyned
to
the
best
lyfe
of
the
worlde
to
come
.
And
therfore
we
muste
attende
and
consydre
well
,
that
albeit
the
fyrste
man
Adam
was
created
pryncypally
for
the
glorye
of
god
as
other
creatures
were
:
yet
for
all
that
he
was
created
after
an
other
synguler
maner
&
a
specyall
dyuers
fascyon
from
all
other
kyndes
of
corruptyble
and
mortall
creatures
/
for
he
was
created
and
made
to
the
Image
&
symytude
of
god
,
to
the
ende
that
he
shulde
be
apte
to
receyue
&
be
parte
¶
Of
the
other
kyndes
of
causes
both
of
the
beynge
,
and
also
of
the
seperacyon
and
dystynccyon
of
the
offyces
&
partes
of
a
cytie
/
and
of
the
dyuysyon
of
euery
kynde
by
two
maners
apperteynynge
to
the
present
purpose
.
¶
The.
vii
.
chapitre
.
HOwe
after
the
premysses
:
it
foloweth
consequently
to
speke
of
the
other
causes
of
the
offices
or
partes
of
a
cytie
/
and
fyrste
we
shall
speake
of
the
causes
materyall
and
formall
/
and
than
afterwardes
we
shall
make
inquysycyon
&
serche
of
the
effectuell
cause
of
them
.
But
for
as
moche
as
in
thyngꝭ
whiche
receyue
perfeccyon
,
the
matier
is
existent
or
hath
his
beynge
afore
the
forme
:
Lette
vs
fyrste
speake
of
the
materyall
cause
/
And
here
we
doo
saye
,
that
the
proper
matyer
or
materyall
cause
of
dyuerse
offyces
,
in
that
the
sayde
offyces
doo
name
or
sygnyfye
to
vs
the
qualyties
of
the
soule
:
are
men
by
theyr
natyuytie
or
generacyon
inclyned
to
dyuerse
craftes
or
dysyplynes
.
For
in
as
moche
as
nature
dothe
not
fayle
in
necessary
thynges
,
as
beynge
alwayes
moste
carefull
and
dylygent
aboute
the
moste
noble
creatures
,
whiche
veryly
is
mankynde
aboue
all
other
corruptyble
thynges
,
of
whiche
sayd
kynde
of
man
(
beynge
made
perfyte
by
dyuers
Artes
or
dysyplynes
)
as
of
the
matier
or
substaunce
,
It
is
necessary
to
constytute
a
cytie
,
and
to
dystyncte
&
dyseuer
partes
in
it
whiche
are
necessary
to
the
gettynge
or
obteynynge
of
the
suffycyencie
of
this
lyfe
:
(
as
it
hath
ben
shewed
in
the.
iiii
.
&
.
v.
chapytres
of
this
dyccyoy
)
nature
her selfe
began
this
dystynccyon
of
the
sayd
partes
,
euen
about
the
generacyon
of
men
/
bryngynge
forth
some
men
in
theyr
naturall
dyspocysyons
apte
and
inclyned
to
husbandry
/
and
other
some
to
Chyualrie
/
&
other
men
to
the
kyndes
of
other
Artes
and
dysyplynes
/
but
yet
dyuerse
men
to
dyuerse
dysyplynes
/
And
she
hath
not
inclyned
onely
one
man
to
one
kynde
of
Arte
or
dysyplyne
:
but
she
hath
inclyned
many
men
to
one
and
the
same
kynde
of
crafte
or
dysyplyne
/
¶
Of
the.
ii
.
generall
kyndes
of
Regymentes
/
that
is
to
wyt
de
Regimine
temperato
et
viciato
of
the
temperat
gouernaunce
&
the
corrupte
gouernaunce
/
and
of
the
dyuysyon
of
them
in
to
the
more
specyall
kyndes
conteyned
vnder
them
.
The
,
viii
,
Chapytre
,
NOwe
for
as
moche
as
in
the
premyssꝭ
we
haue
somwhat
shewed
,
but
yet
muste
shewe
more
certaynly
and
euydentlye
,
that
the
instytucyon
&
dystynccion
of
the
partes
of
a
cyuyse
communytie
is
made
or
done
by
some
cause
motyue
or
effectyue
,
whiche
in
the
last
chapytre
afore
gone
,
we
haue
called
the
lawe
maker
,
&
because
the
the
same
lawe
maker
doth
ordeyne
,
seperate
,
&
dysseuer
thyse
partes
,
one
of
them
from
an
other
,
workyng
in
lyke
maner
to
the
nature
of
a
beaste
or
sensyble
creature
,
that
is
to
wyt
fyrste
formynge
instytutyng
one
parte
in
a
cyuyle
communytie
,
whiche
in
the.
v.
chapitre
of
this
diccyon
we
haue
called
partem
principantē
siue
iudicialem
:
the
parte
or
offyce
of
gouernours
or
iudges
/
and
by
this
parte
dothe
instytute
the
other
partes
,
as
it
shall
be
declared
more
largely
in
the.
xv
.
chapitre
of
this
diccyon
it
is
conuenyent
therfore
for
vs
,
fyrste
of
all
to
speke
somwhat
of
the
nature
of
the
sayd
parte
/
for
in
as
moche
as
it
is
the
fyrste
and
pryncypall
or
cheyfe
of
all
other
as
it
shall
appere
of
those
thynges
whiche
hereafter
foloweth
/
the
declaracyon
fyrste
had
of
the
cause
effectyue
of
this
parte
:
we
shall
conuenyently
from
it
entre
to
the
declaracyon
of
the
instytucyon
and
actyue
distynccion
of
the
other
partes
of
a
cytie
or
ciuyle
communytie
.
And
of
the
parte
principatyue
,
Regymentꝭ
or
gouernaunces
there
are
two
sortes
/
the
one
is
a
regyment
well
tempered
/
the
other
is
a
corrupte
or
intemperate
regyment
/
I
call
that
kynde
of
Regyment
,
a
ryght
and
well
ordred
commen
weale
after
the
mynde
of
Arystotle
in
the
thyrde
boke
of
his
Polytykes
/
and
the.
iiii
.
chapytre
,
in
the
whiche
the
hedde
gouernours
gouerneth
to
the
commune
profyte
,
that
is
to
saye
not
ryght
or
euyll
ordred
by
the
consent
and
wyll
¶
Of
the
maners
of
instytutynge
regall
monarchie
/
and
of
the
assygnacyon
of
the
perfeccyon
therof
/
&
of
the
maners
also
of
Instytutynge
other
Regymentes
,
polities
or
gouernaunces
bothe
temperate
and
vitiate
.
The
,
ix
,
Chapytre
.
THyse
thynges
thus
determyned
:
it
resteth
consequently
to
speke
of
the
maners
of
makynge
and
instytutynge
the
parte
or
offyce
of
prynces
,
gouernours
and
rulers
/
Exipsorum
namque
natura
meliori
veldeteriori
prouenientibus
hinc
ciuili
regimini
tamque
actionibus
arguere
oportet
causam
agentem
,
a
quam
tam
ipsi
quam
pars
principans
peripsos
ad
politiam
vtilins
debeant
peruenire
.
But
because
we
do
intende
in
this
boke
to
speake
of
the
causes
and
actions
,
by
whiche
the
parte
or
offyce
of
Prynces
or
gouernours
ought
to
be
created
,
we
woll
afore
speake
of
the
maner
and
cause
by
whiche
this
parte
hath
ben
allredy
created
,
thoughe
seldome
/
to
the
entent
that
we
maye
dyscerne
this
maner
or
accyon
and
the
cause
immedyate
of
it
/
from
the
maners
or
accyons
and
the
immedyate
causes
of
them
,
by
which
such
maner
parte
regularly
and
for
the
most
parte
ought
to
be
created
/
which
accyons
with
theyr
immedyate
causes
we
maye
also
conuynce
or
proue
by
humayne
demonstracyon
or
sillogisme
/
for
comprehensyon
or
perceyuynge
of
the
maner
wherof
we
speake
formaste
:
can
not
be
had
by
sure
or
vndoubted
demonstracyon
.
And
this
maner
or
accyon
and
the
immedyate
cause
of
the
sayd
accyon
,
by
whiche
the
parte
of
prynces
and
gouernours
,
&
the
other
partes
of
a
cyuyle
communytie
,
hath
ben
allredye
formed
or
created
and
instytuted
,
and
namely
preesthode
:
was
the
wyll
of
god
immedyatelye
commaundynge
hit
by
the
termynate
oracle
or
speche
¶
Of
the
dystynctyon
or
dyuersyte
,
and
the
assygnacyon
of
the
sygnyfycacyons
of
this
nowne
lex
/
and
of
the
moste
propre
sygnyfycacyon
of
this
worde
,
&
whiche
is
intended
&
ment
in
this
boke
.
The
,
x
,
Chapytre
,
FOr
as
moche
as
we
haue
sayde
,
that
election
is
the
most
perfecte
and
the
beste
forme
or
maner
of
instytutynge
gouernoures
and
rulers
:
it
shall
doo
very
well
to
serache
forthe
the
effectyue
cause
of
it
/
that
is
to
saye
who
oughte
to
be
the
electoures
,
or
doers
of
this
election
/
or
of
whom
it
ought
to
be
made
,
as
touchynge
the
complement
of
the
goodnes
therof
/
that
is
to
saye
,
yf
it
shulde
be
a
perfecte
good
election
/
for
of
this
,
it
shall
also
appere
,
whiche
is
the
factyue
or
effectyue
cause
of
the
elected
gouernoure
,
and
lykewyse
of
the
other
partes
or
offyces
of
the
Lyuyle
Commynalte
.
But
for
as
moche
as
the
Prynce
or
gouernoure
ought
to
measure
and
rule
the
Lyuyle
actes
of
men
,
(
as
we
haue
shewed
in
the.
v.
chapytre
of
this
dictyon
)
and
that
by
or
accordynge
to
a
rule
,
whiche
is
and
oughte
to
be
the
forme
or
formall
cause
of
the
Prynce
of
Gouernoure
in
that
he
is
gouernoure
:
it
is
necessarye
fyrste
to
serache
out
,
whether
there
be
any
suche
maner
rule
/
then
afterwardes
what
it
is
,
and
wherfore
,
or
to
what
ende
it
is
ordeyned
/
for
peraduenture
the
same
is
the
effectyue
cause
of
this
sayde
rule
/
whiche
is
the
effectyue
cause
of
the
Prynce
or
gouernoure
.
¶
we
therfore
supposynge
this
a
thynge
euydent
lye
knowen
by
experience
in
all
perfecte
Cōmynaltes
,
that
there
is
suche
a
rule
,
whiche
men
do
call
an
ordynaunce
or
custome
,
&
by
the
commen
name
a
lawe
.
Fyrste
we
shall
shewe
,
what
this
rule
is
/
&
afterwarde
we
shall
shewe
the
fynall
cause
/
wherfore
it
is
necessarye
to
be
hadde
/
and
laste
of
all
we
shall
determyne
by
demonstratyue
sillogisme
,
to
what
persone
or
persones
,
and
by
what
maner
actyon
,
it
belongeth
/
to
ordeyned
and
make
this
sayde
rule
/
whiche
thynge
shall
be
nothynge
elles
,
but
to
serache
out
the
lawe
gyuer
,
or
the
cause
effectyue
of
the
lawe
vnto
whiche
cause
,
we
suppose
,
that
the
electyon
of
Prynces
and
gouernoures
also
dothe
belonge
/
and
we
wyll
proue
that
it
is
so
,
hereafter
by
sure
and
substancyall
reasons
or
demonstracyons
.
Of
whiche
thynges
it
shall
also
appere
,
and
be
open
or
euydent
,
what
is
the
mater
or
subiecte
of
the
aforesayde
rule
,
whiche
we
haue
called
the
lawe
/
for
the
mater
or
subiecte
of
it
(
to
vse
the
scole
tearmes
)
is
the
Prynces
or
gouernoure
/
to
whom
it
belongeth
for
to
measure
and
streyghten
or
rule
the
Polytyke
or
Lyuyle
actes
of
men
.
Nowe
therfore
procedyng
to
the
determynacyon
of
these
sayde
thynges
,
leaste
peraduenture
by
the
reason
of
the
manyfolde
sygnyfycacyons
of
this
worde
lex
,
any
Ambignite
or
erroure
myghte
happen
to
any
man
:
it
shal
be
conuenyent
&
accordyng
,
fyrste
to
shewe
the
dyuerse
intencyons
or
sygnyfycacyons
of
this
nowne
lex
.
For
this
worde
beynge
of
the
nombre
or
sorte
of
hym
.
Whiche
be
called
equinoce
dictiones
/
that
is
to
saye
,
wordes
¶
Of
the
necessyte
of
makynge
lawes
takynge
this
worde
in
his
moste
proper
sygnyfycacyon
/
and
that
it
is
expedyent
,
no
Prynce
or
gouernour
be
he
neuer
so
moche
vertuous
&
ryghtuous
:
to
gouerne
without
lawes
.
The
,
xi
,
Chapytre
,
HOwe
that
we
haue
thus
dyuyded
this
worde
Lawe
in
to
his
accepcions
or
sygnyfycacions
:
we
wyll
shewe
the
fynall
cause
wher
¶
Of
the
effectyue
cause
of
the
lawes
of
man
/
both
of
that
cause
,
whiche
maye
be
proued
by
demonstratyue
sillogysme
:
and
also
that
cause
,
whiche
can
not
be
proued
by
demonstracyon
/
whiche
thyng
is
nought
elles
,
but
to
serche
out
the
lawe
maker
.
The
,
xii
,
chapytre
,
HOwe
it
foloweth
consequentlye
,
to
speke
of
the
effectyue
cause
of
lawes
/
whiche
cause
may
be
shewed
by
demonstracyon
/
for
of
that
instytucyon
of
lawes
,
whiche
is
possyble
to
be
made
or
hathe
ben
made
imedyatly
by
the
worke
or
reuelacyon
&
oracle
of
god
,
without
mannes
arbytrement
or
wyll
(
after
whiche
maner
we
sayde
a
fore
the
lawe
of
Moyses
to
haue
ben
instytuted
,
euen
also
as
touchynge
to
those
preceptes
of
cyuyse
actes
whiche
are
in
it
for
the
state
of
this
presente
worlde
)
I
entende
not
here
to
make
assygnacyon
/
but
onely
of
that
instytucyon
of
lawes
,
and
of
prynces
or
gouernours
:
which
is
made
,
or
brought
forthe
and
caused
immedyatly
of
the
wyll
and
arbytrement
of
the
mynde
of
man
/
vnto
whiche
assygnacyon
we
no
we
begynnynge
to
entre
in
/
let
Hus
saye
,
that
to
fynde
out
the
lawe
taken
as
it
were
materyallie
and
accordynge
to
this
thyrde
sygnyfycacyon
(
that
is
to
wytte
,
the
knowledge
of
the
thynges
ryghtuouse
,
and
the
thynges
profytable
in
a
commune
weale
or
cyuyle
communyte
)
may
belonge
and
appertayne
to
any
¶
Of
certayne
obieccyons
that
maye
be
made
agaynst
the
contentes
of
the
chapytre
last
afore
gone
,
and
of
the
solucyon
of
the
sayd
obieccyons
and
more
large
manyfestacyon
or
declaracyon
of
the
present
purpose
.
The
,
xiii
,
chapytre
,
BVt
peraduenture
some
man
shall
doubte
of
these
thyngꝭ
whiche
we
haue
sayde
,
dysputynge
and
reasonynge
that
the
auctoryte
of
makynge
of
the
instytucyon
of
lawes
,
dothe
not
appertayne
or
belonge
to
the
hole
mustytude
in
a
cyuyle
communyte
.
Fyrst
because
that
thynge
whiche
is
euyll
or
croked
,
&
without
wysdom
or
dyscrecyon
,
for
the
most
parte
ought
not
to
instytute
or
make
a
lawe
/
for
these
.
ii
.
fawtes
ought
to
be
excluded
from
the
lawe
maker
/
that
is
to
wytmalyce
and
ignoraunce
/
For
the
auoydynge
of
whiche
.
ii
.
fawtes
in
cyuyle
iudgmentes
,
we
proued
the
lawe
to
be
necessarie
in
the.
xi
.
chapitre
of
this
dyccyon
/
but
suche
maner
one
is
the
people
or
hole
multytude
of
cytezens
.
For
the
most
parte
of
those
men
are
euyll
and
folysshe
,
as
it
is
wrytten
in
the
fyrste
chapytre
of
Ecclestastes
.
The
nombre
of
fooles
is
infynyte
/
agayne
because
hit
is
very
harde
or
impossyble
that
many
lewde
&
vnwyse
men
shal
agre
togyther
in
theyr
sentences
and
iudgementes
,
whiche
thynge
is
nothynge
so
of
a
fewe
,
and
those
vertuous
men
/
wherfore
hit
appereth
to
be
more
profytable
that
the
lawe
be
made
orgyuen
by
a
fewe
men
,
than
by
the
hole
congregacyon
and
the
superfluous
multytude
of
cytezens
or
persons
in
the
cyuyle
communyte
.
Agayne
there
are
in
euery
cyuyle
communyte
but
fewe
wyse
and
connynge
and
well
lerned
men
in
comparyson
to
the
other
vnlerned
multytude
.
For
as
moche
than
as
the
lawe
is
more
profytable
made
by
wyse
and
well
lerned
men
,
than
by
ignoraunt
and
vnlerned
men
/
it
appereth
that
the
auctoryte
of
makynge
lawes
appertayneth
to
a
fewe
&
not
to
many
or
to
all
.
Agayne
that
thynge
is
in
vayne
done
by
many
,
whiche
maye
be
done
by
a
fewe
/
sayenge
than
that
the
lawe
may
be
made
by
wyse
men
whiche
are
but
a
fewe
in
nombre
as
it
hath
be
sayde
of
vs
/
the
hole
multytude
or
the
greater
pte
of
it
shuld
in
vayne
be
occupyed
about
the
makyng
of
it
/
wherfore
to
conclude
as
it
appereth
the
auctoryte
of
makynge
lawes
doth
not
appertayne
to
the
hole
multytude
or
to
the
bygger
pte
of
them
.
¶
Of
that
whiche
we
haue
supposed
heretofore
as
a
prynciple
of
thyngꝭ
to
be
proued
in
this
boke
/
that
is
to
wyt
,
that
all
men
done
desyre
the
suffycyencie
of
lyfe
,
or
a
suffycyent
lyfe
&
dothe
eschewe
or
auoyde
the
contrarie
,
that
is
to
saye
insuffycyencie
of
lyfe
,
we
haue
proued
by
demonstracyon
and
concluded
the
cyuyle
communytie
of
them
to
be
necessarie
in
the.
iiii
.
chapitre
of
this
dyccyon
/
for
that
that
by
suche
cyuyle
socyetie
they
may
get
and
obtayne
this
suffycyencie
a
foresayde
and
without
they
can
not
/
For
whiche
cause
Arystotle
also
in
the
fyrst
boke
of
his
politykes
and
the
seconde
chapytre
saythe
/
There
is
in
all
men
by
nature
an
appetyte
and
desyre
to
suche
maner
communyte
that
is
to
wyt
cyuyle
/
of
whiche
veryte
there
foloweth
an
other
necessarelie
,
and
it
is
had
in
the.
iiii
.
boke
of
the
politykes
and
the.
xii
.
chapytre
/
that
is
to
wyt
that
the
parte
of
the
communyte
whiche
wylleth
and
desyreth
the
commune
weale
to
stande
/
contynue
/
and
to
be
preserued
ought
to
be
taken
and
had
of
more
myght
and
strength
,
than
that
parte
which
wylleth
not
the
commune
weale
to
stande
and
to
be
preserued
.
For
nature
be
kynde
and
of
herselfe
desyreth
or
wylleth
no
thynge
for
the
most
parte
that
maye
be
to
her
corrupcyon
or
destruccyon
/
for
than
suche
desyre
shuld
be
voyde
or
in
vayne
/
ye
moreouer
who
soeuer
are
not
wyllynge
that
the
commune
weale
shulde
contynue
,
are
counted
amonge
bonde
men
,
not
amonge
cytezens
or
fre
men
of
the
cyuyle
communytye
as
are
certayne
straungers
/
wherfore
in
the.
vii
.
boke
of
the
polytykes
and
the.
xiiii
.
chapytre
it
is
sayde
thus
/
All
they
ben
to
be
nombred
amongest
bondmen
and
no
good
cytezens
whiche
wyll
lyue
insolentlie
,
wantonly
,
or
lawles
and
it
foloweth
imedyatlie
after
.
And
that
there
shulde
be
so
many
or
so
great
a
multytude
of
them
in
the
gouernaunce
of
a
commune
weale
/
that
is
to
wyt
of
those
that
are
insolent
or
care
not
to
lyue
cyuylie
:
that
they
shulde
be
bygger
or
stronger
than
all
these
/
that
is
to
wyt
whiche
are
wyllynge
to
lyue
cyuylie
,
it
is
one
of
the
thynges
that
are
vnpossyble
/
and
why
it
is
vnpossyble
it
appereth
and
is
euydent
for
yf
it
were
so
than
shulde
nature
do
amysse
or
fayle
for
the
moste
parte
/
yf
than
the
bygger
multytude
of
men
dothe
desyre
the
preseruacyon
of
the
commune
weale
and
wylleth
it
to
stande
,
as
it
appereth
before
to
be
well
proued
,
then
must
it
therto
of
necessytie
wyll
and
desyre
that
thynge
also
without
the
whiche
the
commune
weale
can
not
be
preserued
or
contynued
/
and
that
is
nothynge
els
saue
a
rule
of
ryghtuous
and
profytable
thynges
gyuen
with
a
precepte
or
commaundement
called
the
lawe
/
and
that
because
it
is
vnpossyble
that
a
cytie
gouerned
of
the
best
men
accordynge
to
vertue
shulde
not
be
ordered
by
good
lawes
/
as
it
is
wryten
in
the.
iiii
.
of
the
polytykes
and
the.
viii
.
chapytre
,
and
we
haue
proued
it
by
demonstracyon
in
the.
xi
.
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
.
The
bygger
multytude
therfore
of
a
cyuyle
communyte
desyreth
and
are
wyllynge
to
haue
a
lawe
or
els
there
shuld
happen
to
be
defaute
and
wante
or
imperfeccyon
in
nature
/
for
the
moste
parte
and
moste
communelye
/
whiche
thynge
to
be
vnpossyble
let
it
be
supposed
of
naturall
phylosophye
/
This
thynge
also
whiche
is
as
they
call
it
a
commen
pryncyple
,
I
take
besyde
the
aforesayde
euydent
and
manyfest
veryties
that
euery
hole
thynge
is
more
or
greater
than
the
parte
of
it
and
this
is
true
,
bothe
as
touchynge
quantyte
or
bygnes
,
and
also
as
touchynge
actyue
power
or
vertue
and
accyon
/
wherfore
it
is
euydentlie
inferred
or
concluded
by
necessyte
,
that
the
hole
multytude
of
cytezens
or
the
bygger
parte
of
it
,
whiche
are
to
be
taken
bothe
for
one
,
may
better
dyscerne
&
iudge
what
is
to
be
chosen
or
taken
,
and
what
is
to
be
despysed
or
refused
/
than
maye
any
parte
of
it
by
it selfe
what
soeuer
it
be
/
these
thynges
than
supposed
as
open
and
euydent
veryties
it
is
easye
to
make
answere
and
put
by
the
obieccyons
,
by
whiche
some
man
wolde
go
aboute
to
proue
and
conclude
that
the
auctoryte
of
makynge
lawes
apperteyneth
not
to
the
hole
multytude
or
to
the
bygger
part
of
it
in
a
cyuyle
communyte
but
to
a
certayne
fewe
persons
.
To
the
fyrste
obieccyon
therfore
,
where
it
is
sayde
that
to
that
thynge
whiche
is
leude
or
euyll
belongeth
not
the
auctoryte
of
makynge
lawes
:
this
proposycyon
I
graunte
/
and
whan
it
is
added
that
suche
is
the
hole
multytude
of
cytezens
:
this
is
to
be
denyed
/
for
the
pluralite
or
multytude
of
cytezens
is
neyther
euyll
or
lewde
neyther
vndyscrete
,
in
that
respecte
,
that
they
ben
many
,
or
a
multytude
,
for
all
or
the
moste
parte
of
them
are
of
ryght
mynde
and
reason
and
of
ryght
affeccyon
or
apetyte
to
the
gouernaunce
of
the
commune
weale
/
and
to
those
thynges
which
are
necessarie
to
the
preseruacyon
and
contynuaunce
of
the
commune
weale
,
as
to
the
preseruacyon
of
good
lawes
/
statutes
,
and
costomes
,
as
it
hath
ben
shewed
heretofore
/
for
though
not
euery
man
or
the
greatter
multytude
of
cytezens
is
a
fynder
out
or
the
deuyser
of
lawes
:
yet
for
all
that
euery
maner
man
may
iuge
of
the
thynges
inuented
and
purposed
to
hym
by
an
other
man
&
dyscerne
what
is
to
be
added
or
mynysshed
or
els
to
be
chaunged
/
wherfore
yf
in
the
maior
or
fyrste
proposycyon
by
that
whiche
he
calleth
vndyscrete
be
vnderstanded
or
meaned
that
whiche
by
it
owne
selfe
can
not
inuent
or
deuyse
a
lawe
and
ought
not
therfore
as
touchynge
to
the
mo
partes
or
particuler
and
synguler
persons
in
it
ought
not
to
instytute
a
lawe
than
that
proposycyon
were
to
be
denyed
as
which
is
euydentlie
false
as
wytnesseth
both
sensyble
experyence
and
also
Arystotle
in
the
thyrde
boke
of
his
politykes
and
the.
vii
.
chapytre
.
Fyrst
I
saye
induccyon
or
sensyble
experyence
beareth
wytnesse
for
many
men
do
iuge
well
of
the
qualyte
of
a
pycture
or
house
or
of
a
shyppe
and
of
other
thynges
made
by
crafte
,
which
yet
of
them selues
for
all
that
coulde
not
inuent
or
fynde
out
&
deuyse
suche
thynges
/
And
Arystotle
also
beareth
wytnesse
to
the
same
in
the
place
afore
alleged
makynge
answere
to
this
present
obieccyon
by
these
wordes
folowynge
.
For
in
certayne
thynges
(
sayth
Aristotle
)
not
onely
he
shall
iuge
neyther
yet
iuge
best
which
hathe
made
or
wrought
them
:
but
also
other
men
,
and
he
declareth
this
by
example
in
many
kyndes
of
handycraftes
,
doynge
to
vnderstande
the
same
also
of
other
thynges
/
Neyther
it
maketh
any
thynge
agaynst
vs
where
it
is
sayd
that
wyse
men
whiche
are
but
¶
Of
the
qualytes
and
dysposycyons
or
properties
belongynge
to
a
perfyte
gouernour
to
the
ende
that
it
maye
be
knowen
,
what
maner
of
persone
a
prynce
or
gouernour
ought
to
be
,
and
of
what
qualyte
/
wherof
also
it
appereth
,
what
is
the
conuenyent
mater
or
subiecte
(
as
they
call
it
)
of
the
lawes
of
man
.
The
,
xiiii
,
chapytre
,
HOw
after
the
premysses
we
entende
breyfelie
to
declare
what
maner
of
persone
he
ought
to
be
,
whiche
shulde
beare
the
offyce
of
a
gouernour
.
There
are
.
ii
.
intrinsecall
habytes
or
qualytes
and
,
propertyes
belongynge
to
hym
that
shall
be
a
perfyte
gouernoure
/
whiche
.
¶
How
that
prynce
in
a
communyte
&
kyngdome
is
as
the
herte
in
a
sensyble
creature
/
&
the
without
a
kynge
or
prynce
no
communytie
or
kyngdome
can
stande
/
&
partly
of
a
prynces
duetye
.
The
,
xv
,
chapytre
,
THe
herte
of
a
sensyble
creature
which
is
fyrst
fourmed
:
is
more
noble
&
more
perfyte
in
his
qualytes
&
dysposycions
,
than
al
the
other
partes
of
the
sensyble
creature
:
for
in
it
natura
generans
hath
set
&
ordayned
a
powre
and
an
instrument
,
by
which
the
resydue
of
the
partes
of
a
sensyble
creature
are
fourmed
of
conuenyent
matere
or
substaunce
&
are
also
seperated
and
dysseuered
&
ordred
eche
in
comparyson
to
other
&
are
kepte
in
theyr
dysposycyons
&
qualytes
/
and
are
also
by
it
preserued
from
noyaunce
or
hurte
,
as
moch
as
nature
doth
suffre
hym
to
be
preserued
.
And
whan
they
are
fallen
from
theyr
owne
nature
/
by
the
reason
of
sycknes
,
or
any
other
impedyment
/
they
are
repayred
&
restored
to
theyr
owne
nature
agayne
by
the
vertue
&
powre
of
this
parte
.
¶
Proporcyonatly
&
moche
lyke
vnto
these
thynges
we
must
consydre
in
a
cyuyle
communyte
beynge
instituted
conuenyently
accordynge
to
reason
/
for
all
the
soule
or
mynde
of
the
hole
multytude
of
cytezens
or
communes
,
or
els
of
the
bygger
parte
therof
:
is
fourmed
or
ought
to
be
fourmed
in
a
cyuyle
communyte
one
parte
fyrst
beynge
proporcynated
or
lyke
vnto
the
herte
in
a
sensyble
creature
.
In
which
parte
it
setteth
or
ordayneth
a
certayne
vertue
&
powre
,
or
a
certayne
fourme
with
actyue
powre
&
auctoryte
,
to
instytute
the
other
partes
of
the
cyuyle
communyte
.
And
this
parte
wherof
we
do
meane
is
the
prince
or
hed
gouernour
/
whose
vnyuersall
vertue
or
powre
in
causalite
,
is
the
lawe
/
and
whose
actyue
powre
/
is
the
auctoryte
of
iudgynge
/
of
commaundynge
/
&
of
executynge
the
sentences
concernynge
the
cyuyle
ryghtes
and
vtylytes
/
wherfore
Arystotle
in
the.
vii
.
boke
of
his
polytykes
&
the.
viii
.
chapytre
,
sayd
this
parte
to
be
moste
necessary
of
al
other
partes
in
a
cyuyle
communyte
/
&
the
cause
hereof
is
,
for
that
the
suffycyencie
which
is
had
by
the
other
partes
or
offyces
of
a
cyuyle
communyte
,
all
thoughe
the
sayde
partes
or
offyces
were
not
at
all
:
myght
be
suffycyently
had
by
other
meanes
,
and
¶
That
is
most
expedyent
to
the
commune
weale
,
to
haue
onely
one
certayne
man
to
be
prynce
or
gouernour
,
hym selfe
with
all
his
posteryte
/
whiche
they
call
communelye
the
successyon
of
kynred
or
blode
,
The
,
xvi
,
chapytre
,
THat
it
is
most
conuenyent
&
profytable
for
the
commen
weale
to
haue
a
prynce
&
gouernour
whiche
shall
enioye
the
crowne
by
successyon
of
blode
with
all
his
posteryte
&
ofsprynge
,
&
not
by
eleccyon
as
th
emperour
is
chosen
by
electours
in
Germany
is
proued
by
.
xi
.
stronge
&
inuincyble
reasons
.
¶
The
fyrst
is
,
because
it
appereth
,
that
he
which
¶
An
other
reason
is
this
to
the
pryncypall
purpose
/
for
the
multytude
of
subiectes
dothe
more
obeye
the
Prynces
or
gouernours
,
that
come
to
the
crowne
by
inherytaunce
or
successyon
of
blode
:
by
the
reason
that
they
are
wonte
and
accustomed
to
obaye
the
predecessours
of
the
sayde
prynces
or
gouernours
/
wherfore
in
the
laste
chapytre
of
the
seconde
boke
philosophie
prima
it
is
wryten
thus
/
as
we
be
customed
so
we
be
affectionate
/
And
in
the
seconde
of
the
polytykes
and
the.
vi
.
chapitre
nere
vnto
the
ende
,
it
is
wryten
in
this
wyse
/
he
that
shall
go
aboute
to
amende
and
to
chaunge
euery
faughtes
of
the
lawmakers
and
of
the
hede
offycers
,
shall
not
do
so
moch
good
to
the
commune
weale
/
as
the
accustomynge
or
wontynge
of
men
to
rebelle
and
to
be
dysobedyent
agaynst
theyr
prynces
and
superyours
shall
do
hurte
/
with
other
thynges
whiche
shal
be
sayde
concernynge
customes
and
vsage
in
the.
xviii
.
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
and
the
syxte
parte
therof
.
¶
An
other
reason
maye
be
put
to
the
same
purpose
is
this
/
for
that
it
happeneth
otherwhyles
some
kynred
or
stocke
to
haue
gyuen
or
done
some
maner
or
so
great
a
benefyte
to
the
other
multytude
or
so
greatly
to
excelle
and
surmounte
the
other
communes
in
vertue
that
for
the
one
of
these
.
ii
.
causes
,
or
elles
for
bothe
to
gyther
,
they
that
be
of
that
kynred
or
stocke
,
are
worthy
alwayes
to
be
gouernours
or
rulets
,
and
neuer
to
be
subiectes
/
wherfore
in
the
thyrde
boke
of
polytykes
and
the.
x.
chapytre
Arystotle
saythe
in
this
wyse
.
The.
iiii
.
kynde
of
monarchie
,
or
regall
powre
is
suche
,
as
those
was
in
the
heroycall
tymes
/
that
is
to
wyt
,
voluntarie
and
accordynge
to
the
maner
and
custome
of
the
countre
,
&
accordynge
to
the
lawe
/
for
because
of
the
benefytes
done
by
the
fyrste
of
that
kynred
to
the
people
,
outher
by
artes
/
or
by
batayle
/
or
for
the
congregatynge
of
the
people
togyther
in
to
a
cyuyle
socyete
/
or
for
bycause
they
purchased
or
gate
the
regyon
:
the
regall
powre
and
the
auctoryte
of
rulynge
and
gouernynge
was
offred
or
gyuen
to
them
,
by
the
people
of
theyr
owne
fre
wyll
and
accorde
,
and
to
theyr
successours
/
whiche
thynge
also
the
sayde
Arystotle
more
expressely
dothe
saye
,
in
the.
xii
.
chapytre
of
the
tame
boke
in
this
wyse
.
Therfore
whan
it
chaunceth
or
commeth
so
to
passe
,
that
he
be
one
kynred
or
stocke
,
or
els
some
one
persone
dothe
so
excelle
and
surmounte
the
other
in
vertue
,
that
the
vertue
of
that
one
kynred
or
persone
alone
is
greatter
than
the
vertue
of
all
the
other
:
than
it
is
ryght
,
that
this
kynred
by
the
regallor
stocke
,
and
do
gouerne
/
and
that
this
one
persone
be
kynge
and
all
the
successours
of
this
sayd
kynred
or
persone
/
whiche
same
thynge
he
repetynge
also
in
y●
v.
of
the
polytykes
and
the.
x.
chapytre
he
saythe
in
this
wyse
.
The
regall
powre
,
or
auctoryte
of
a
kynge
was
made
/
instytuted
/
and
begonne
,
for
the
defence
and
ayde
of
excellent
and
good
men
,
and
the
persone
that
is
instytuted
or
made
kyng
is
one
of
the
excellent
ryghtuouse
&
good
men
/
by
or
for
the
excellencye
of
his
vertue
,
or
of
his
actes
procedynge
of
vertue
/
or
for
the
excellencye
of
the
kynred
or
stocke
that
he
commeth
of
.
¶
Agayne
the
prynce
or
gouernour
that
commeth
to
the
crowne
by
inherytaunce
¶
Agayne
it
appereth
that
the
best
prynce
is
had
by
successyon
of
blode
/
because
¶
An
other
reason
to
the
pryncypall
purpose
is
this
/
because
it
is
more
easye
for
¶
Agayne
to
take
a
prynce
or
gouernour
by
successyon
of
kynred
or
blode
,
it
semeth
¶
More
ouer
also
commenly
the
prynce
elected
/
whiche
shall
not
leaue
the
crowne
¶
Agayne
that
maner
after
whiche
most
gouernours
are
instytuted
,
&
in
moste
¶
And
last
of
all
,
because
the
gouernaunce
of
the
kynge
or
gouernoure
that
commeth
¶
Howe
it
is
necessary
that
there
ben
but
one
prynce
,
kynge
,
or
heed
gouernoure
in
a
cyuyle
communytie
,
vnto
whome
all
other
heddes
and
offycers
must
be
obedyent
and
subiectes
.
The
,
xvii
,
chapytre
,
IT
foloweth
nowe
consequently
after
the
premysses
,
to
speake
of
the
vnyte
of
the
prynce
,
or
of
the
offyce
and
powre
of
the
prynce
/
wherunto
nowe
entrynge
,
let
vs
saye
/
that
in
onely
one
cytie
or
onely
one
realme
there
ought
to
be
but
onely
one
gouernoure
or
ruler
/
or
yf
there
be
many
in
nombre
or
kynde
,
as
it
semeth
to
be
expedyent
in
great
cyuyle
communytes
,
and
namely
in
a
realme
,
as
this
worde
Regnum
is
taken
in
the
fyrste
sygnyfycacyon
/
there
ought
to
be
amonge
them
one
in
nombre
,
which
shall
be
hyghest
or
heed
of
all
them
,
to
whome
all
the
other
maye
be
reduced
/
and
by
whome
all
the
other
maye
be
dyrected
and
ruled
,
and
theyr
errours
or
faultes
yf
any
chaunce
,
also
may
be
corrected
&
amended
.
And
this
most
soueraygne
and
hyghest
auctoryte
or
offyce
aboue
all
,
I
say
of
necessyte
ought
to
be
but
one
in
nombre
and
not
many
:
yf
the
realme
or
cyuyle
¶
Agayne
by
the
reason
of
suche
pluralyte
of
prynces
or
heed
gouernours
,
there
myght
insue
and
folowe
dyuysyon
/
or
stryfe
/
fyghtynge
/
and
seperacyon
of
the
cytezens
/
and
fynallye
corrupcyon
of
the
cyuyle
communyte
/
whyles
certayne
of
them
shall
be
wyllynge
to
obeye
one
of
the
sayde
prynces
/
and
other
certayne
of
them
,
wyllynge
to
obey
an
other
.
Agayne
there
maye
folowe
dyscorde
and
stryfe
betwene
the
gouernours
and
prynces
selues
/
whyles
eche
one
of
them
shall
go
aboute
to
be
aboue
and
ouergo
the
other
.
And
also
betwene
the
gouernours
and
the
subiectes
refusynge
to
be
obedyent
vnto
them
/
and
moreouer
the
gouernours
beynge
at
debate
or
stryuynge
one
of
them
with
another
,
and
lackynge
a
iudge
,
superyoure
to
ordre
all
thynges
betwene
them
accordynge
to
iustyce
/
the
aforesayd
euylles
or
hurtes
shulde
ryse
and
growe
therof
.
Agayne
this
pluralyte
of
heed
gouernours
supposed
,
one
of
the
greattest
thynges
accordynge
to
reason
and
crafte
shall
be
ydle
or
superfluous
/
for
by
onely
one
prynce
or
one
heed
gouernour
all
cyuyle
vtylytes
may
perfytelye
be
had
/
what
soeuer
may
be
had
by
many
prynces
or
heed
gouernours
/
without
any
such
commodytes
or
hurtes
,
as
do
folowe
the
pluralyte
of
the
sayd
rulers
or
gouernours
.
Agayne
suche
pluralite
supposed
of
prynces
or
heed
gouernours
/
in
cytie
,
or
realme
,
shall
be
but
one
/
for
it
is
called
one
cytie
or
one
realme
/
because
of
the
vnyte
of
the
prynce
or
heed
gouernour
,
to
which
,
¶
The.
xviii
.
chapytre
we
haue
lefte
out
all
togyther
as
nothynge
appertaynynge
to
this
realme
of
Englande
,
¶
Of
the
causes
whiche
maketh
tranquyllyte
,
or
vnquyetnes
in
a
cytie
or
realme
/
&
of
the
cause
whiche
troubleth
realmes
/
&
of
the
contynuacyon
or
ioynynge
togyther
of
the
fyrst
dyccion
or
pte
of
this
worke
,
vnto
the
seconde
parte
of
the
same
,
The
,
xix
,
chapytre
,
HOwe
remayneth
&
is
behynde
,
the
last
chapytre
of
this
fyrste
dyccyon
or
parte
,
of
the
afore
wryten
determynacyons
to
inferre
&
conclude
the
causes
bothe
of
tranquyllyte
,
&
also
of
intrāquyllytie
the
contrarie
in
a
cytie
or
realme
.
For
this
was
the
pryncypal
questyon
accordynge
to
the
intencyon
purposed
of
vs
,
from
the
begynnynge
.
And
fyrst
of
all
,
we
shal
shewe
these
causes
ingenerall
:
presupposynge
the
syngulare
&
specyall
determynacyon
of
them
,
whiche
spryngeth
or
ryseth
after
the
commune
or
wonte
maner
whiche
Arystotle
maketh
in
the.
v.
boke
of
his
polytykes
,
consequentlye
after
these
,
we
shall
treate
&
determynatlye
speke
in
especyall
&
pertyculerlye
,
of
the
strange
&
vnwonte
cause
of
dyscorde
or
intrāquyllyte
,
of
all
cyuyll
gouernauncs
or
communaltes
,
whiche
in
our
prohemye
or
preface
/
we
sayd
to
haue
a
great
whyle
dystroubled
&
yet
contynuallye
to
vexe
&
trouble
dayly
more
and
more
the
good
ordre
of
the
communalte
of
Italye
,
but
here
it
is
nedefull
to
our
purpose
for
to
resume
&
reherse
agayne
the
dyscrypcions
of
tranquyllyte
,
&
his
contrarye
intranquyllyte
,
which
are
afore
wryten
in
the
seconde
chapytre
of
this
parte
.
¶
Thus
than
,
the
orygynall
begynnynge
of
the
ecclesyastycall
mynystres
&
the
powre
and
cause
effectyue
of
theyr
offyce
,
beynge
rehersed
and
somwhat
declared
,
we
must
attende
&
gyue
hede
more
ouer
,
that
amonge
the
apostles
of
chryste
aforesayd
there
was
one
,
whose
name
was
Symon
Peter
whiche
was
the
fyrst
that
receyued
of
chryste
the
promyse
of
the
keyes
/
as
saythe
the
glose
after
saynt
Austens
mynde
in
the.
xvi
.
chapytre
of
Mathewe
,
vpon
this
oracle
or
answere
of
chryste
.
And
to
the
I
shall
gyue
the
keyes
of
the
kyngdome
of
heuens
.
Upon
this
texte
sayth
the
glose
,
he
that
confessed
that
Iesus
chryst
was
the
very
sone
of
god
hathe
the
keyes
gyuen
to
hym
afore
other
,
for
this
sayd
apostle
,
after
the
passyon
the
resurreccyon
,
&
the
assencyon
of
chryste
in
to
heuen
,
came
to
Anteoche
/
&
there
¶
An
euydent
token
that
the
bysshoppes
of
Rome
intende
this
to
be
the
meanyngꝭ
A
good
artycle
of
our
fayth
,
&
worthye
for
sucha
bysshop
The
abuse
of
excommunycacyon
.
of
the
necessyte
of
euerlastynge
helth
and
saluacyon
,
that
all
maner
men
be
subiectes
by
coactyue
iurysdyccion
to
the
bysshop
of
Rome
.
Than
by
this
meane
the
bysshops
of
Rome
enterynge
in
to
these
thynges
,
fyrste
vnder
the
coloure
and
aperaunce
of
sechynge
peace
amonge
the
faythfull
chrysten
people
,
certayne
they
dyd
excommunycat
,
whiche
wolde
not
obaye
theyr
sentence
,
&
iudgement
and
afterwardes
geuynge
sentence
and
iudgement
agaynst
them
,
bothe
reall
and
personall
,
that
is
to
saye
/
bothe
in
theyr
goodes
and
in
theyr
personage
,
agaynst
some
more
expressely
,
as
such
which
were
lesse
able
to
resyste
or
withstande
theyr
powre
as
for
example
agaynst
the
synguler
persons
&
communytes
of
the
Italyons
whose
kyngdome
beynge
deuyded
&
torne
a sonder
in
all
his
ꝑtes
,
may
the
more
easely
&
soner
be
oppressed
/
&
agaynst
other
some
more
slackely
,
as
kiges
,
whose
coactyue
powre
they
do
fere
and
drede
.
Howbeit
they
do
crepe
by
lytle
and
lytle
,
and
contynuallye
assaye
and
enterpryse
to
crepe
euen
vnto
these
heades
also
,
in
the
vsurpacyon
of
iurysdyccyons
,
beynge
very
hardy
and
bolde
to
inuade
all
togyther
.
For
the
which
cause
the
preuarycacyon
of
these
bysshoppes
craftely
&
preuely
commynge
in
,
hath
hetherto
ben
vnknowen
and
hyd
from
the
prynces
and
rulers
of
the
Romaynes
,
and
from
the
peoples
,
subiectes
to
them
.
For
the
bysshoppes
of
Rome
by
lytle
and
lytle
haue
caughte
vnto
them selues
one
Iurysdyccyon
after
an
other
,
namely
whan
the
imperyall
see
hath
ben
vacante
,
but
yet
se
that
nowe
they
saye
that
theyr selues
haue
all
the
imperyall
iurysdyccyon
coactyue
,
aboue
the
same
prynce
and
emperour
,
amonge
all
whiche
sayd
bysshoppes
of
Rome
,
the
bysshop
that
nowe
is
,
hath
wryten
most
large
and
most
manyfestlye
,
to
the
emperour
of
Romaynes
/
as
wel
in
the
prouynces
of
Italye
as
of
Germanye
,
&
to
al
the
inferyour
prynces
and
rulers
of
the
sayd
prouynces
,
to
the
communytes
,
companyes
or
felysshyppes
,
and
synguler
persones
of
the
same
of
what
soeuer
dygnyte
,
condycyon
,
¶
And
because
this
pernycyous
pestylence
or
myschefe
vtterly
contrary
to
the
quyetnes
and
rest
of
men
,
and
also
to
al
theyr
welthe
&
felycytye
,
throughe
the
faulte
of
the
sayde
corrupte
rote
of
ambycyons
,
affeccyon
to
reygne
ouer
all
,
myght
infecte
and
poysone
the
other
kyngdomes
or
realmes
of
the
worlde
,
cheyfely
of
chrystendome
:
I
thynke
it
moste
necessarye
and
nedefull
of
all
,
to
repell
and
dryue
it
backe
/
as
we
sayd
in
our
prohemye
/
fyrste
by
openynge
the
couerynge
or
closer
of
¶
Thus
endeth
the
fyrste
boke
,
¶
The
seconde
dyccyon
or
parte
of
Marsilius
of
Padwaye
,
of
the
powre
and
auctoryte
of
the
Emperoure
and
the
Pope
.
¶
Of
thre
Impedymentes
,
maners
and
wayes
,
to
contrarye
&
saye
agaynst
the
veryties
,
contayned
in
this
dyccyon
/
of
the
intencyon
of
the
thynges
whiche
here
shall
be
treated
of
,
and
of
the
maner
and
forme
of
procedynge
.
The
fyrste
chapytre
.
HOwe
therfore
beynge
aboute
to
take
in
hande
,
and
to
sette
vpon
so
harde
&
hyghe
a
thynge
,
albeit
I
do
not
doubte
,
that
no
thynge
can
be
obiected
agaynst
vs
,
whiche
maye
be
grounded
vpon
the
trouthe
,
yet
that
natwithstandynge
,
I
do
se
warres
and
bataylles
to
be
prepared
/
and
made
redy
agaynst
this
worke
,
by
.
iii.
hate
¶
The
seconde
aduersary
,
which
no
lesse
prepareth
batayle
agaynst
this
worke
,
¶
The
thyrde
&
last
hatefull
and
noysome
enemye
of
the
trouthe
,
shall
be
a
great
¶
But
I
wyll
leue
or
cease
from
my
purpose
,
neyther
for
feare
or
drede
of
the
vyolente
powre
of
preestes
,
which
otherwyse
then
they
ought
to
do
,
feruently
desyre
domynyon
and
lordshyp
,
whome
I
speake
to
in
these
wrytynges
/
for
as
moche
as
the
maker
of
the
psalmes
saythe
.
The
lorde
is
my
helper
,
and
I
wyl
not
feare
what
man
can
do
vnto
me
.
Neyther
I
wyll
leue
of
,
for
the
obloquyes
of
enuyouse
detractours
,
to
expresse
that
thynge
whiche
beynge
declared
,
&
opened
,
may
as
moche
profyte
and
do
good
to
all
men
:
as
it
myght
do
hurte
to
all
men
,
yf
it
were
neglected
,
and
not
regarded
and
taken
heade
of
/
And
as
for
these
foresayde
enuyoue
persons
shall
also
with
theyr
enuye
,
freatynge
and
vexynge
or
tourmentynge
theyr
myndes
:
do
most
harme
vnto
them selues
.
For
enuye
,
as
saythe
Vgutio
,
¶
And
this
shall
be
the
maner
of
my
processe
in
the
seconde
dyccyon
or
parte
of
¶
Of
the
dyuerse
sygnyfycacyons
,
of
the
nownes
or
dyccyons
and
wordes
,
of
the
whiche
,
the
questyons
here
be
determyned
,
or
made
.
The
seconde
chapytre
,
VEt
afore
we
do
dispute
and
reason
of
these
thynges
purposed
lest
by
the
reason
of
the
manyfolde
sygnyfycacyons
of
the
names
whiche
we
shall
vse
in
our
pryncypall
questyons
,
any
ambygnyte
maye
chaunce
,
&
inplycacyon
,
or
entangelynge
,
or
combrousnes
of
the
sentence
,
whiche
we
are
wyllynge
to
declare
and
open
:
we
shal
fyrst
of
all
,
shewe
the
dyuerse
sygnyfycacyons
of
the
sayd
wordes
/
for
as
Arystotle
sayth
in
the
fyrst
boke
of
Eleuches
who
soeuer
are
ygnorant
of
the
sygnyfycacyon
and
strength
of
nownes
or
wordes
:
are
deceyued
&
begyled
,
bothe
when
theyr selues
dysputeth
,
&
also
whan
they
here
other
dysputynge
&
the
names
or
wordis
,
whose
many
and
sondry
sygnyfycacyons
we
purpose
to
shewe
:
are
these
.
Churche
.
Iudge
¶
Nowe
there
remayneth
,
and
is
behynde
to
deuyde
this
worde
/
Iudge
/
and
this
worde
Iudgement
(
whiche
betokeneth
the
accyon
&
worke
of
a
iudge
)
in
to
theyr
dyuerse
sygnyfycacyons
/
for
these
wordes
are
of
the
nombre
of
them
,
which
hath
manyfolde
sygnyfycacyons
/
&
which
by
reason
therof
,
myght
cause
great
ambygnyte
or
doubtefulnes
,
&
also
do
great
lettynge
,
in
the
determynynge
of
our
pryncypall
questyons
.
This
worde
Iudge
,
in
one
sygnyfycacyon
,
is
sayde
of
euery
¶
Of
the
oracles
and
auctorytes
of
the
holy
scrypture
,
and
certayne
other
argumentacyons
,
by
whiche
it
semeth
that
it
may
be
proued
that
bysshoppes
or
preestes
,
in
that
they
be
such
maner
persons
:
ought
of
dewtye
to
haue
powre
&
iurysdyccyon
coactyue
,
yea
without
the
graunte
of
any
temporall
prynce
or
maker
of
lawes
/
&
that
the
hyghest
of
all
such
iurysdiccions
,
is
dewe
to
the
bysshop
of
Rome
called
the
pope
.
The
,
iii
,
chapytre
,
NOwe
than
,
the
dyuerse
intencyons
or
sygnysycaciōs
of
those
nownes
or
wordes
(
aboute
which
the
most
parte
of
our
inquysycyon
shall
be
occupyed
)
thus
suffycyently
declared
&
shewed
:
we
comminge
nere
more
boldely
to
our
purpose
pryncypally
intended
,
shal
fyrst
of
al
brynge
forthe
the
auctorytes
of
holy
scrypture
,
by
the
whiche
it
myght
appere
to
some
men
,
that
the
bysshop
of
Rome
called
the
pope
,
is
the
hyghest
iudge
(
accordynge
to
the
thyrde
sygnyfycacyon
of
this
worde
iudge
or
iudgement
)
ouer
and
vpon
all
the
bysshoppes
,
or
preestes
,
&
other
ecclesyastical
mynystres
of
the
worlde
/
&
also
ouer
all
princes
,
&
gouernours
of
this
wolde
,
all
communyties
/
companyes
/
or
¶
The
thyrde
texte
or
auctoryte
to
the
mayntenaunce
of
the
same
,
is
taken
of
the
¶
Moreouer
the
same
thynge
is
reasoned
of
the.
xxii
.
of
Luke
,
where
it
is
red
in
¶
Agayne
the
same
thynge
semeth
to
be
beleued
,
by
that
whiche
is
had
in
the.
¶
Yea
and
moreouer
,
this
appereth
openlye
to
be
the
sentence
and
mynde
of
saynt
¶
Furthermore
the
same
thynge
is
shewed
,
of
the
fyrste
epystle
to
Tymothe
the.
¶
Agayne
to
argue
,
euen
as
it
were
from
the
same
grounde
.
Lykewyse
as
bodelye
¶
Moreouer
loke
what
comparyson
is
betwene
one
fynall
ende
,
and
an
other
,
betwene
¶
Agayne
whose
accyon
or
worke
of
it selfe
,
is
the
more
honourable
:
he
of
hym selfe
¶
The
same
thynge
maye
be
shewed
and
proued
more
apparently
,
of
the
prynce
and
gouernoure
of
the
Romaynes
,
called
the
emperoure
/
by
this
reasan
.
He
is
superycure
¶
Moreouer
agayne
,
for
the
same
purpose
/
it
semeth
a
great
inconuenyence
,
that
chrystes
vp
care
,
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
and
other
successours
of
the
apostles
,
that
¶
Of
the
canonycall
scryptures
,
of
the
commaundementes
,
counsayles
,
and
examples
of
chryste
,
and
of
the
holy
and
approued
exposycyons
of
the
lawe
of
the
gospell
:
by
the
whiche
it
is
shewed
euydently
,
that
neyther
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
or
any
other
bysshop
or
preest
,
neyther
any
persone
of
the
clargye
,
maye
by
the
vertue
of
the
wordes
of
scrypture
,
chalenge
,
or
ascrybe
any
maner
coactyue
domynyon
or
contentyouse
iurysdyccyon
at
all
,
to
them selues
,
ouer
any
clarke
,
or
laye
man
/
moche
lesse
then
they
can
not
chalenge
the
hyghest
domynyon
or
iurysdyccyon
of
al
/
and
howe
by
the
example
and
counsayle
of
chryste
,
they
ought
to
refuse
suche
maner
domynyon
or
iurysdyccyon
,
namely
in
the
cōmunytyes
of
chrysten
men
,
yf
it
were
offered
or
gyuen
to
them
,
by
hym
that
had
auctoryte
so
to
do
.
And
agayne
,
that
all
bysshoppes
,
&
indyfferently
all
that
are
nowe
called
clarkes
,
ought
to
be
vnderneth
the
coactyue
iudgement
,
gouernaunce
&
rule
of
the
temporall
prynce
,
namely
beynge
chrystened
prynce
or
gonernoure
The
,
iiij
,
chapytre
,
NOwe
consequentlye
,
we
shall
brynge
in
of
the
contrarye
parte
,
the
verytes
of
holy
scrypture
,
commaundynge
orcounsaylynge
expresly
bothe
by
theyr
lytterall
,
and
also
mystycall
sence
,
accordynge
to
the
interpretacyon
of
sayntes
,
and
the
exposycyon
of
other
approued
doctours
of
the
chrysten
faythe
,
that
the
bysshop
of
Rome
called
the
¶
we
therfore
prosecutynge
these
thynges
purposed
,
wyl
shewe
that
from
the
offyce
¶
Of
the
canonycall
oracles
,
or
textes
of
the
apostles
,
and
the
exposycyons
of
sayntes
,
and
holy
doctours
:
by
whiche
the
same
thynge
is
openly
proued
whiche
was
proued
by
the
chapytre
laste
afore
gone
.
The
,
v
,
chapytre
,
HOwe
there
resteth
&
remayneth
behynde
,
to
shewe
that
this
same
was
also
the
sentence
and
doctryne
of
the
cheyfe
apostles
of
chryst
And
fyrst
of
Paule
,
whiche
in
the
seconde
chapytre
of
the
seconde
epystle
to
Tymothe
admonyssheth
and
aduertyseth
the
same
Timothe
whome
he
had
ordayned
and
made
bysshop
or
preeste
that
he
shulde
not
wrappe
hym selfe
in
worldly
busynes
/
for
these
are
his
wordes
/
let
no
man
that
warreth
to
god
:
entangle
hym selfe
with
worldly
busynes
/
where
the
glose
after
Ambrose
mynde
saythe
/
that
no
man
,
that
warreth
to
god
in
spyrytuall
thynges
(
whiche
god
can
not
be
parted
or
deuyded
to
two
contrarye
seruauntes
,
¶
For
there
is
no
power
but
of
god
/
he
proueth
,
that
they
oughte
to
be
subiectes
&
obeyssaunte
,
this
maner
waye
,
because
all
power
is
of
god
/
but
those
thynges
,
whiche
be
of
god
/
are
ordeyned
of
god
/
than
it
foloweth
,
that
power
and
auctorytie
is
ordeyned
of
god
/
that
is
to
saye
,
who
soeuer
hathe
power
or
auctorytie
,
hath
the
ordynaunce
of
god
.
Therfore
who
soeuer
resysteth
the
power
resysteth
the
ordynaunce
of
god
.
And
this
is
it
that
he
saythe
,
as
yf
he
oughte
therfore
to
be
subiecte
because
there
is
neyther
any
good
man
,
neyther
euyll
,
that
hathe
any
power
excepte
it
be
gyuen
vnto
hym
of
god
/
wherfore
oure
Lorde
sayde
to
Pylate
/
Thou
shuldest
not
haue
power
ouer
me
/
yf
it
were
not
gyuen
to
the
from
aboue
/
whiche
Agayne
,
yf
his
mynde
and
wyll
was
that
certayne
men
shulde
be
admonysshed
,
to
be
subiectes
to
seculer
prynces
,
or
gouernours
,
and
certayne
not
,
than
shulde
he
haue
spoken
insuffycyentlye
,
in
that
he
dyd
make
no
suche
dyfference
in
his
speakynge
/
whiche
dyfference
without
doubte
,
no
man
shall
fynde
made
any
where
in
all
Paules
epystles
/
but
rather
alwayes
the
contrarye
for
he
sayde
/
lette
euery
soule
be
subiecte
.
&c.
in
whiche
sayeng
,
the
apostle
shulde
haue
spoken
vnaccordyngely
and
also
falsely
(
whiche
god
forbyd
that
any
man
shulde
saye
)
yf
any
maner
persons
had
ben
exempted
from
subiectyon
,
to
suche
seculer
prynces
.
This
also
conformably
was
the
sentence
and
doctryne
of
blyssed
Peter
in
the
seconde
chapytre
of
his
fyrste
Canonycall
epystle
,
whan
he
sayde
.
Be
you
subiectes
to
euery
humayne
creatures
,
for
god
.
By
euery
humayne
creature
,
vnderstande
thou
,
euery
man
beynge
constytute
&
sette
in
hyghe
power
or
gouernaunce
.
For
that
he
meaned
of
suche
men
/
it
appereth
by
the
examples
,
whiche
he
brought
in
,
immedyatly
folowynge
,
whan
he
sayde
/
whether
it
be
to
kynge
,
as
beynge
the
moste
excellent
,
or
to
dukes
beynge
sent
by
the
kynge
,
to
the
punysshement
of
malefactours
,
but
to
the
prayse
of
good
men
/
for
so
it
is
the
wyll
of
god
/
I
haue
not
brought
in
here
,
the
gloses
of
sayntes
vpon
this
place
.
For
what
soeuer
they
do
saye
here
it
is
conteyned
in
the
glose
,
whiche
we
haue
broughte
in
heretofore
,
vpon
the
wordes
of
the
apostle
in
the.
xiii
.
chapytre
to
the
Romaynes
/
Beholde
than
,
that
bothe
saynt
Peter
,
and
also
saynt
Paule
,
conformablye
and
agreably
the
one
to
the
other
/
do
saye
,
that
kynges
and
dukes
are
sent
by
god
,
to
the
punysshynge
of
malefactours
,
that
is
to
wytte
to
take
vengeaunce
vpon
them
,
by
coactyue
power
in
this
worlde
/
but
neyther
they
them selfes
,
neyther
the
holy
exposytoures
of
theyr
sayenges
/
euer
sayde
in
any
place
,
that
bysshops
or
preestis
are
sent
to
do
the
same
But
rather
alwayes
the
contrarye
,
as
it
hathe
euydently
appered
cheyfly
by
the
worde
of
Chrysostome
afore
alleged
/
for
as
moche
than
,
as
preestes
may
be
malefactours
,
euen
aswell
as
they
whiche
are
not
preestes
,
concernynge
all
kyndes
&
sortes
of
transgressyons
,
or
trespasses
,
named
and
rekened
vp
in
the
seconde
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
,
It
foloweth
necessaryly
,
that
they
also
ought
to
be
vnderneth
the
coactyue
iudgemente
of
kynges
,
dukes
,
or
other
seculer
gouernoures
.
And
Peter
sayth
,
that
you
do
obey
them
(
sayth
he
)
is
the
wyll
of
god
.
This
same
thynge
,
agayne
is
confyrmed
by
the
sayenge
,
and
also
by
the
manyfest
example
of
saynt
Paule
the
apostle
,
for
it
is
red
of
hym
,
in
the.
xxv
.
chapytre
of
the
Actes
¶
Of
the
auctorytye
and
powre
of
the
keyes
,
gyuen
to
preestes
/
and
what
maner
of
powre
,
the
preeste
or
bysshoppe
hathe
,
in
excommunycatynge
of
any
persone
.
The
,
vj
,
chapytre
,
HOwe
it
remayneth
consequentlye
to
shewe
,
what
maner
of
powre
,
or
auctoryte
,
and
what
maner
of
iudgement
ouer
chrysten
men
:
chryste
was
wyllynge
or
mynded
to
gyue
,
or
els
dyd
gyue
in
very
dede
:
to
the
same
apostles
,
and
to
the
successours
of
them
,
by
the
vertue
and
strength
of
the
wordes
of
holy
scrypture
/
and
amonge
all
other
wordis
:
those
wordes
semeth
to
gyue
moste
expresse
sygnyfycacyon
&
knowlege
hereof
:
whiche
chryste
spake
to
Peter
in
the.
xvi
.
chapytre
of
Mathewe
/
To
the
I
wyll
gyue
the
keyes
of
the
kyngdome
of
heuens
/
and
also
the
wordes
semblably
spoken
by
the
same
chryst
,
to
all
the
apostles
/
in
the
xviii
.
chapytre
of
Mathewe
/
and
in
the.
xx
.
of
Iohn
/
whan
he
sayde
/
what
soeuer
thynges
you
shall
bynde
vpon
the
earthe
:
they
shall
be
bounde
also
in
heuen
/
and
whose
synnes
you
shal
forgyue
:
they
are
forgyuen
them
&c.
For
of
these
wordis
pryncipally
&
cheyfely
,
the
opynyon
and
tytle
of
the
fulnes
of
powre
,
whiche
tytle
the
bysshoppe
of
Rome
ascrybeth
to
hym selfe
,
to
haue
taken
theyr
begynnynge
.
¶
Of
the
whiche
wordes
,
that
we
maye
haue
more
certaynlye
the
sence
and
knowlege
:
we
muste
call
to
rememberaunce
certayne
thynges
,
whiche
we
sayde
in
the
laste
chapytre
of
the
fyrste
dyccyon
/
whiche
thynges
are
these
/
That
chryste
very
god
,
and
very
man
,
came
in
to
this
worlde
,
to
beare
testymony
and
wytnesse
to
the
truthe
(
as
he
sayd
hym selfe
in
the
xviii
.
of
Iohn
)
I
saye
to
the
truthe
,
of
thynges
to
be
beleued
,
of
thyngꝭ
to
be
done
,
and
of
thynges
to
be
despysed
of
mankynde
,
for
the
obtaynynge
of
euerlastynge
lyfe
/
whiche
truthe
,
verely
he
taughte
by
his
preachynge
and
shewed
by
his
example
/
and
laste
of
all
gaue
in
wrytynge
,
by
the
sayenges
of
the
euangelystes
,
and
of
his
apostles
/
that
by
the
scrypture
or
wrytynge
:
we
myght
be
dyrected
and
guyded
,
in
the
absence
of
hym
,
and
of
his
apostles
,
in
those
thynges
:
whiche
appertayne
to
euerlastynge
helth
/
And
this
was
the
offyce
,
whiche
he
commytted
to
his
successours
the
apstles
,
to
be
exercysed
of
them
/
when
he
sayd
to
them
after
his
resurreccyon
,
&
in
a
maner
last
of
all
/
that
texte
in
the
xxviii
.
and
the
laste
chapytre
of
Mathewe
/
Go
you
therfore
That
god
only
forgyueth
synnes
.
Ambrose
.
whiche
saythe
/
The
worde
of
god
forgyueth
synnes
,
and
the
preest
is
iudge
/
The
preeste
verely
dothe
his
offyce
:
but
he
exercyseth
the
ryght
of
no
powre
/
yet
more
ouer
the
same
Ambrose
saythe
/
He
onely
forgyueth
synnes
whiche
onely
dyed
for
our
synnes
/
Furthermore
he
proueth
it
by
Augustyne
whiche
sayth
/
No
man
taketh
awaye
synnes
,
but
onely
chryste
whiche
is
the
lambe
that
taketh
awaye
the
And
the
execucyon
of
suche
sentence
:
ought
to
be
done
by
the
mouthe
&
voyce
of
the
preest
/
and
that
because
suche
sentence
of
the
preeste
toucheth
the
persone
so
accused
or
gyltie
/
for
the
state
also
of
the
worlde
to
come
.
And
this
to
be
trewe
,
which
we
haue
sayd
/
it
is
euydently
shewed
by
that
scrypture
,
wherof
this
kynde
of
correccyon
semeth
to
haue
taken
his
beginnyne
:
&
that
is
in
the.
xviii
.
chapitre
of
Mathewe
,
whan
chryst
sayd
.
yf
thy
brother
shal
haue
trespassed
agaynst
the
:
go
&
rebuke
hym
betwene
hym
&
the
alone
/
yf
he
shal
harken
to
the
/
than
haste
thou
haue
wonne
thy
brother
/
but
yf
he
shall
not
harken
to
the
:
take
one
or
two
wytnesses
with
the
/
y●
〈◊〉
the
mouth
of
two
or
thre
wytnesses
euery
worde
or
sayeng
may
stande
/
but
yf
he
wyll
not
regarde
or
obeye
them
,
than
tell
it
to
the
church
,
but
yf
he
wyl
not
here
the
church
:
let
hym
be
to
the
,
as
a
gentyle
or
a
publycane
Chryste
than
sayd
,
tell
it
to
the
churche
/
&
not
tel
it
to
the
apostle
or
to
the
bysshop
/
or
to
the
preest
/
or
to
the
colledge
or
company
of
them
onely
/
&
chryste
vnderstode
therby
the
church
the
hole
multytude
of
chrysten
people
/
or
els
the
iudge
ordayned
for
suche
purpose
,
by
the
auctorytie
of
the
hygher
powre
/
for
in
this
sygnyfycacion
,
the
apostles
&
the
prymytiue
church
,
vsed
this
worde
church
(
as
it
was
¶
But
for
the
further
euydence
hereof
to
be
had
/
I
shall
brynge
the
example
or
comparyson
made
by
the
sayd
mayster
,
whiche
is
famyi
yare
or
playne
ynoughe
and
semeth
to
be
very
moche
agreynge
to
the
wordes
and
mynde
of
Chryste
,
and
of
sayntes
,
whose
auctoryties
we
haue
heretofore
alleged
,
and
namely
of
Ambrose
/
for
he
saythe
that
the
worde
of
god
forgyueth
synnes
.
And
the
preeste
¶
Of
the
dyuysyon
of
the
dedes
of
men
and
howe
they
are
referred
to
the
lawe
of
man
,
and
to
the
iudge
seculare
.
The
,
viij
,
chapytre
,
ANd
for
asmoche
as
all
maner
coactyue
iudgement
,
concerne
and
apperteyne
to
the
voluntarye
actes
of
men
,
accordynge
to
some
lawe
or
costume
,
and
that
to
suche
voluntary
actes
,
as
outher
ben
dyrected
to
a
fynall
ende
and
purpose
of
this
worlde
,
that
is
,
to
the
suffycyencie
of
the
worldly
lyf
/
or
elles
as
ben
dyrected
to
fynall
ende
of
the
worlde
to
come
,
which
we
do
cal
eternall
lyfe
,
or
euerlastynge
glorye
/
to
the
intente
therfore
that
the
dystynccyon
and
dyfference
of
the
iudges
,
or
of
them
whiche
ought
to
iudge
maye
the
more
largely
appere
and
be
open
/
and
also
accordynge
to
what
lawes
,
and
by
what
iudgement
,
or
howe
and
in
what
maner
they
ought
to
iudge
:
let
vs
somwhat
treate
&
speake
of
the
dyfferences
and
dyuersyties
of
the
sayd
actes
,
operacyons
,
or
dedes
.
For
the
determynacyon
of
them
shall
be
not
lytle
auayleable
and
helpefull
to
the
solucyons
of
the
doubtes
here
tofore
moued
.
Let
vs
therfore
say
that
of
suche
workes
of
¶
Therfore
euery
preeste
and
bysshoppe
is
vndre
,
and
ought
to
be
vndre
the
iurysdyccyon
of
prynces
&
secular
gouernours
in
those
thynges
,
whiche
at
commaunded
to
be
obserued
by
the
lawe
of
man
:
aswell
as
other
seculare
&
laye
men
.
Neyther
is
the
bysshoppe
or
preeste
exempted
from
the
coactyue
Iudgement
of
suche
prynces
:
neyther
he
maye
exempte
any
other
man
by
his
owne
auctoryte
whiche
thynge
I
proue
,
by
an
addycyon
to
those
thynges
/
whiche
hath
ben
sayd
in
the.
xvii
.
chapytre
of
the
fyrste
dyccyon
/
dedusynge
and
bryngynge
hym
whiche
doth
saye
the
contrary
:
to
ameruaylous
great
inconuenyent
.
For
yf
the
Bysshop
of
Rome
¶
Of
the
relacyon
and
respecte
of
mannes
dedes
or
workes
vnto
the
lawe
of
god
,
&
to
the
iudge
of
the
other
worlde
/
that
is
to
wytte
to
chryste
/
and
also
howe
the
same
dedes
ar
compared
to
the
teacher
of
the
same
lawe
/
that
is
to
wytte
,
the
bysshoppe
or
preeste
in
this
worlde
.
The
,
ix
,
chapytre
,
ACcordynge
therfore
to
this
maner
,
there
is
also
a
certayne
iudge
hauynge
coactyue
iurysdyccyon
or
auctoryte
vpon
transgressours
after
the
lawe
of
god
,
whiche
lawe
,
also
we
haue
sayde
to
be
a
coactyue
rule
of
some
dedes
or
workes
of
men
/
as
well
those
whiche
are
called
Actus
īmanentes
,
as
of
those
whiche
are
called
Actus
transeuntes
.
And
this
iudge
is
but
one
/
that
is
to
wytte
,
Chryste
,
and
none
other
/
wherfore
it
is
wryten
in
the.
iiii
.
chapytre
of
Iames.
There
is
but
one
lawe
maker
/
whiche
maye
dystroye
and
delyuer
.
But
the
coactyue
THis
may
be
proued
also
after
this
maner
.
For
yf
chryst
had
wylled
,
the
preestes
¶
Moreouer
of
these
aforesayd
thynges
it
is
euydent
:
that
chrysten
men
are
not
¶
Of
the
coactyue
iudge
of
heretykes
,
that
is
to
wytte
,
to
whome
it
appertayneth
to
iudge
them
in
this
world
,
to
punysshe
them
by
personall
or
reall
punysshementes
,
&
to
whome
or
whose
vse
or
behole
these
ought
to
be
applyed
or
put
vnto
.
The
,
x
,
chapytre
,
BVt
of
these
thynges
which
we
haue
sayd
,
it
is
doubted
not
with
out
a
cause
/
for
yf
the
inflyccyon
or
exaccyon
of
real
or
personal
paynes
,
by
coactyue
iudgement
of
all
persons
,
that
are
to
be
coarted
or
punysshed
in
this
present
lyfe
,
apperyth
onely
to
hym
that
is
heed
gouernoure
and
prynce
,
as
it
hathe
ben
shewed
here
tofore
/
than
it
foloweth
,
that
the
coactyue
iudgement
of
heretykes
,
or
otherwyse
infydels
/
or
scysmatykes
,
and
the
inflyccyon
,
exaccyon
,
or
applycacyon
,
of
reall
and
personall
punysshement
:
shall
appertayne
to
suche
prynce
and
gouernour
/
whiche
semeth
and
appereth
to
be
a
great
inconuenyent
.
For
in
asmoche
as
it
appereth
to
belonge
al
vnto
one
,
&
to
the
same
auctoryte
,
to
knowe
¶
Therfore
the
iudgement
of
coartynge
or
exactynge
of
temporall
payne
or
punysshement
vpon
heretykes
,
scysmatykes
,
or
any
other
mysbeleuers
who
soeuer
they
be
/
and
the
powre
therof
belongeth
onely
to
hym
that
is
gouernour
,
and
not
to
any
preeste
or
bysshop
for
that
they
offende
or
trespasse
agaynst
goddes
lawe
/
whiche
compared
vnto
men
in
the
state
and
for
the
state
of
this
present
lyfe
:
is
a
lawe
/
but
not
after
the
last
sygnyfycacion
of
this
worde
hauynge
coactyue
powre
¶
Of
certayne
sygnes
,
testymonyes
,
and
examples
,
aswell
of
the
canonycall
as
of
the
seculare
scrypture
:
by
whiche
it
is
shewed
that
to
be
true
which
hath
ben
determyned
in
the
.iiii
.
the.
v.
the.
viii
.
the
.ix
.
&
the
.x.
chapytres
,
of
this
dyccyon
concernynge
the
state
of
bysshoppes
&
generally
of
preestes
,
and
why
,
&
wherfore
chryste
hath
seperated
the
state
of
them
/
that
is
to
wyt
,
the
state
of
pouertie
/
from
the
state
of
prynces
or
gouernours
.
The
,
xj
,
chapytre
,
FOr
asmoch
as
it
hathe
ben
shewed
of
vs
in
the
chapytres
afore
gone
,
aswell
by
the
auctorytes
of
the
holy
scrypture
,
as
by
other
certayne
euydent
polytycall
or
cyuyle
argumentes
,
that
to
no
bysshop
,
or
preest
or
any
other
clarke
,
belongeth
any
iurysdyccyon
coactyue
of
any
persone
in
this
worlde
.
Nowe
we
wyll
declare
the
same
by
manyfest
sygnes
&
also
testymonyes
of
whiche
sygnes
this
is
one
&
that
euydent
,
for
that
we
do
not
rede
,
neyther
that
chryste
,
nor
any
of
his
apostles
,
dyd
euer
,
or
in
any
place
,
instytute
any
iudge
or
deputye
in
theyr
stede
,
for
to
vse
such
maner
domynion
or
to
execute
such
maner
iudgement
:
albeit
that
it
semeth
lyke
to
be
true
,
that
both
he
&
his
apostles
neyther
were
ignoraunte
,
neyther
dyd
lytle
regarde
this
whiche
is
so
necessary
,
a
thynge
in
the
societie
&
companyeng
of
men
one
with
an
other
in
this
worldly
lyfe
yf
they
had
knowen
this
thynge
to
haue
ben
appertaynynge
to
theyr
offyce
,
&
yf
they
had
ben
wyllynge
,
that
it
shulde
belonge
to
theyr
successours
,
that
is
to
wyt
bysshoppes
or
preestis
:
they
wold
haue
gyuen
some
precepte
or
els
at
the
leaste
some
counsayle
,
concernynge
the
same
/
but
as
touchinge
the
instytutynge
or
makynge
of
spirituall
mynystres
,
bysshops
preestis
&
deacons
:
they
shewed
&
taught
the
forme
&
maner
,
howe
it
shuld
be
done
.
And
this
thynge
is
knowen
suffycyently
,
to
apper
tayne
vnto
theyr
offyce
:
by
the
sayenge
of
saynt
Paule
,
in
the
thyrde
chapytre
of
the
fyrst
epystle
to
Timothe
&
in
the
fyrst
chapytre
to
Titus
&
it
appereth
also
euydently
in
very
many
other
places
of
the
scrypture
.
¶
And
chryst
hath
seperated
&
departed
the
offyce
of
preestis
or
bysshops
,
from
the
offyce
of
pryncis
&
gouernours
where
as
yf
he
had
lyft
,
he
myght
haue
exercysed
the
estate
of
a
prynce
,
&
the
offyce
of
a
preeste
both
togyther
/
&
haue
ordayned
his
apostles
lykewyse
to
haue
done
the
same
.
But
he
wolde
not
so
do
/
but
rather
as
a
thynge
more
conuenyent
,
he
(
as
he
hath
ordayned
al
thyngꝭ
in
the
best
wyse
that
myght
be
)
wolde
that
these
offyces
shuld
be
of
sondry
maners
&
facyons
/
&
also
to
be
executed
of
sondry
maner
persons
/
for
asmoch
as
he
was
come
to
teach
humblenes
&
despysynge
of
this
world
,
as
beynge
the
way
wherby
we
myght
obtayne
euerlastynge
helth
.
To
the
entent
therfore
that
¶
Of
the
dystynccion
,
of
certayne
wordes
,
very
necessarye
for
the
determynacyon
of
the
questyons
,
aboute
the
state
of
most
hyghe
and
perfyte
pouertie
.
The
,
xij
,
chapytre
,
HOwe
then
after
that
we
haue
thus
syngularely
and
specyally
shewed
,
that
chryst
&
his
apostles
whyles
they
were
conuersaunte
here
in
this
worlde
dyd
teache
and
kepe
the
state
of
pouertye
and
humylyte
,
&
that
this
also
is
to
be
holden
as
sure
&
vndoubted
of
chrysten
men
,
that
euery
doctryne
or
counsayle
of
chryste
and
his
apostles
,
is
somwhat
merytoryous
of
euerlastynge
lyfe
:
it
semeth
conuenyent
to
make
inquysycyon
of
theyr
pouertye
,
what
maner
one
,
and
howe
great
it
was
/
that
they
maye
haue
knowlege
therof
:
whiche
whyles
they
be
here
in
this
present
lyfe
,
are
mynded
and
wyllynge
to
folowe
them
in
the
same
pouertie
.
Takynge
therfore
this
inquysycyon
in
hande
,
we
shall
fyrste
tell
and
declare
,
what
pouerte
is
/
and
how
many
maner
wayes
one
maye
be
sayd
to
be
poore
/
and
also
how
many
maner
wayes
one
may
be
sayde
to
be
ryche
/
for
these
two
,
that
is
to
wyt
to
be
ryche
,
and
to
be
poore
,
seme
to
dyfferre
the
one
from
the
other
/
somtyme
as
Habitus
&
priuatio
/
that
is
to
say
as
a
qualyte
dyffereth
from
the
lacke
of
itselfe
(
as
lyght
dyffereth
from
darkenes
,
which
is
nothynge
els
but
lacke
or
wante
of
lyght
)
and
somtyme
they
seme
to
dyffre
as
contrary
qualyties
.
That
done
:
we
shall
deuyde
eyther
of
these
nownes
in
to
theyr
sygnyfycacions
/
and
shal
afterwardes
put
to
,
the
descrypcyons
of
the
same
/
that
it
maye
appere
to
vs
,
whether
there
be
any
pouertie
meritoryous
/
and
whether
amonge
the
dyuerse
maners
of
pouerte
,
there
be
any
ordre
of
perfeccion
of
the
one
to
the
other
/
and
whiche
is
the
cheyfe
&
hyghest
of
all
other
maners
of
pouertie
.
And
for
asmoche
as
all
men
calleth
them
ryche
,
¶
Here
it
is
conuenyent
consequently
to
shewe
the
dyuerse
sygnyfycacions
of
this
¶
Agayne
this
nowne
Domynion
is
sayd
more
generally
of
the
powre
afore
rehersed
,
¶
Nowe
consequently
the
sygnyfycacions
of
this
worde
,
possessio
,
are
to
be
shewed
&
declared
.
Whiche
worde
Possessyon
,
taken
largely
betokeneth
one
way
the
same
,
that
this
word
domynion
betokeneth
,
in
his
fyrst
,
seconde
,
or
thyrde
sygnyfycacion
,
Or
els
it
betokeneth
any
temporall
thynge
,
in
comparyson
to
hym
that
hath
it
,
or
els
is
wyllynge
to
haue
it
,
after
such
wyse
&
maner
,
as
hath
ben
sayde
in
the
two
fyrst
sygnyfycacions
of
this
worde
domynion
/
wherfore
it
is
red
in
the.
xiii
.
chapytre
of
Genesis
.
And
he
was
very
tyche
in
possessyon
of
golde
&
syluer
/
and
in
the.
xvii
.
of
the
same
boke
/
I
shall
gyue
to
the
and
to
thy
sede
or
ofsprynge
/
the
lande
of
Canaan
in
to
eternall
possessyon
.
¶
An
other
maner
waye
,
&
not
so
latgely
,
¶
This
worde
propre
or
property
,
in
one
sygnyfycacion
&
maner
:
is
sayd
of
Domynion
/
as
this
word
domynion
is
taken
in
his
fyrst
sygnyfycacion
/
&
after
this
maner
this
worde
propre
is
vsed
in
the
cyuyle
lawe
.
¶
Agayne
takynge
it
more
¶
And
this
nowne
Commune
as
touchynge
to
our
purpose
at
this
tyme
:
is
taken
¶
The.
xiii
.
and.
xiiii
.
chapytres
ben
omytted
as
contaynynge
no
matter
moche
necessarye
.
¶
Of
the
deuysyon
of
the
offyce
of
preestes
,
that
is
to
say
preesthode
by
essencyall
,
and
accydentall
auctoryte
/
by
seperable
&
in
seperable
auctoryte
,
And
that
,
in
the
essencyall
dygnyte
a
preeste
is
not
inferyor
to
a
bysshop
/
but
onely
in
auctoryte
accydentall
.
The
,
xv
,
chapytre
,
THe
pryncypall
and
immedyate
effectyue
cause
or
maker
of
preesthode
,
is
god
,
but
yet
certayne
mynysterye
of
man
goynge
before
.
The
begynnynge
¶
This
powre
of
preesthode
,
whether
it
be
one
alone
,
or
els
mo
than
one
,
whiche
¶
Howe
the
apostles
were
egall
,
in
what
soeuer
offyce
or
dygnyte
was
gyuen
to
them
by
chryste
imedyatlye
/
wherof
,
that
is
proued
:
whiche
was
sayd
in
the
last
chapytre
afore
gone
concernynge
the
egalyte
of
theyr
successours
/
and
howe
all
bysshoppes
,
are
indyfferentlye
the
successours
of
what
soeuer
apostle
.
The
,
xvi
,
chapytre
,
SO
than
begynnynge
at
the
thynges
afore
determyned
:
we
shall
in
this
chapytre
,
fyrst
shewe
that
none
of
the
apostles
had
prehemynence
aboue
other
in
the
essencyal
dygnyte
of
preesthode
/
that
is
to
wytte
gyuen
to
them
of
chryste
.
And
after
we
shall
shewe
,
that
in
none
other
instytucyon
,
whiche
we
haue
called
secondarie
/
and
by
so
moche
the
lesse
in
any
iurysdyccion
coactyue
/
howbeit
this
laste
thynge
hath
ben
suffycientlye
proued
in
the.
iiii
.
and
the.
v.
chapytours
of
this
dyccyon
.
Of
which
thyngꝭ
we
shall
also
of
necessyte
:
conclude
:
that
none
of
the
bysshops
,
successours
to
the
apostles
,
syngularlye
haue
any
of
the
auctorytes
or
powres
aforesayd
,
vpon
or
ouer
other
his
felowe
bysshoppes
,
or
felowe
preestes
.
And
that
the
contrarye
hereof
can
not
be
proued
by
the
vertue
of
the
wordes
of
holy
scrypture
:
but
rather
the
present
purpose
.
And
laste
of
all
,
hereof
(
whiche
thynge
also
we
dyd
fynallye
intende
in
the
chapytre
last
afore
gone
)
we
shall
inferre
and
conclude
of
necessyte
,
that
these
instytucyons
whiche
we
haue
often
tymes
called
secondarye
:
doth
appertayne
to
the
chrystened
prynce
,
as
to
the
pryncypall
cause
effectyue
of
them
,
euen
so
as
he
is
also
of
other
offyces
or
partes
of
the
communytie
.
The
fyrst
therfore
of
these
purposes
,
is
proued
by
the.
xxii
.
chapitre
of
Luke
.
For
chryst
gyuynge
to
the
apostles
powre
to
make
the
sacrament
of
the
aultare
:
sayd
vnto
them
.
This
is
my
bodye
/
whiche
is
gyuen
for
you
do
this
thynge
in
to
the
remembraunce
of
me
/
that
is
to
saye
,
haue
you
powre
to
do
this
thynge
,
but
yet
by
speakynge
lyke
wordes
,
when
you
ought
to
excercyse
this
acte
/
that
is
to
wyt
these
wordes
Hocest
enim
corpus
meum
.
And
he
dyd
not
speake
these
wordes
,
more
to
saynt
Peter
:
than
to
other
/
for
chryste
dyd
not
saye
,
do
thou
this
/
and
gyue
thou
powre
to
the
other
apostles
,
for
to
do
lykewyse
/
but
he
sayd
do
you
this
in
the
plurell
nombre
,
and
to
them
all
,
indyfferentlye
.
The
same
is
also
to
be
iudged
in
euery
poynte
,
of
the
powre
of
the
keyes
/
whether
it
was
gyuen
to
the
apostles
by
these
same
wordes
/
or
els
by
other
wordes
,
or
elles
at
an
other
tyme
/
as
by
the
wordes
whiche
are
had
in
the.
xx
.
of
Iohn
/
for
after
that
chryste
had
sayde
to
his
apostles
,
as
my
father
hathe
sent
me
so
also
I
sende
you
/
he
breathed
vpon
them
,
and
sayd
/
receyue
you
the
holy
ghost
/
whose
synnes
you
shal
forgyue
/
they
be
forgyuen
to
them
/
and
whose
synnes
you
shall
retayne
:
they
ar
retayned
.
Chryste
than
sayd
,
I
sende
you
:
as
my
father
hath
sent
me
/
and
he
sayde
not
to
Peter
,
or
to
any
other
apostle
,
syngularlye
/
I
sende
the
,
as
my
father
hath
sent
me
/
&
sende
thou
the
other
.
Neyther
it
is
agayne
sayde
there
/
chryste
breathed
vpon
hym
,
but
it
is
sayd
,
he
breathed
vpon
them
/
not
vpon
one
by
an
other
/
neyther
sayd
chryste
to
Peter
,
receyue
or
take
thou
the
holy
ghost
and
afterwardis
gyue
thou
it
to
other
/
but
he
sayde
,
receyue
or
take
you
,
in
the
plurellnombre
/
speakynge
indyfferently
to
them
all
/
and
this
is
it
also
which
is
had
in
the
last
chapytre
of
Mathewe
whan
chryst
sayd
to
them
.
Go
you
therfore
,
and
teache
all
nacyons
/
and
he
sayde
/
go
you
,
and
teache
you
,
speakynge
in
the
plurel
nombre
and
endyfferentlye
/
and
not
sayd
to
Peter
go
thou
therfore
,
&
sende
thou
the
other
/
whiche
thynge
the
apostle
expressynge
more
largely
,
to
determyne
this
questyon
(
that
is
to
wyt
that
no
man
shulde
beleue
or
suppose
,
that
any
of
the
apostles
had
this
prerogatyue
or
auctoryte
vpon
or
aboue
other
)
remouynge
or
takynge
awaye
expresselye
such
prerogatyue
from
Peter
,
of
whome
peraduenture
this
semed
to
be
trewe
,
that
he
was
aboue
the
other
,
because
of
certayne
wordes
spoken
to
hym
syngularly
of
chryste
,
and
also
because
he
was
elder
than
the
other
he
sayth
thus
in
the
seconde
chapytre
to
the
Galatianes
.
For
they
which
semed
to
be
somwhat
or
to
be
in
pryce
&
greatly
estemed
/
gaue
me
nothynge
or
helped
me
nothynge
/
but
contrarye
wyse
I
them
/
whan
they
had
sene
and
perceyued
,
that
the
preachynge
of
the
gospell
to
the
Gentyles
vncyrcumcysed
,
was
commytted
to
me
,
lykewyse
as
it
was
commytted
to
Peter
,
to
preache
the
gospell
to
the
people
of
the
Iewes
/
for
he
that
wrought
in
Peter
to
be
apostle
of
cyrcumcisyon
/
wrought
also
in
me
amonge
the
Gentyles
.
And
whan
they
had
knowen
the
grace
,
which
was
gyuen
to
me
/
Iames
/
Peter
/
&
Iohn
/
whiche
semed
to
be
the
pyllers
/
gaue
to
me
&
to
Barnabas
,
theyr
ryght
handes
of
felowshyp
.
&c.
he
therfore
that
wrought
in
Peter
to
the
apostleshyp
:
wrought
in
also
in
Paule
/
and
this
was
chryst
/
ergohe
toke
not
or
receyued
this
maner
offyce
of
Peter
:
and
lykewyse
no
more
dyd
the
other
apostles
/
where
also
the
glose
after
the
mynde
of
saynt
Agustyne
expressynge
¶
For
as
moche
than
,
as
it
is
open
euydentlye
by
the
scrypture
,
that
Paule
was
two
yeres
abydynge
in
Rome
,
&
that
there
he
dyd
receyue
al
the
Gentiles
,
which
were
wyllynge
to
be
conuerted
/
&
that
he
dyd
preache
the
gospel
there
:
it
is
playne
and
open
,
that
he
was
specyally
bysshop
of
Rome
/
because
he
dyd
exercyse
there
the
offyce
of
a
pastore
or
bysshop
/
hauynge
the
auctorite
therof
of
chryst
&
commaundement
,
by
reuelacion
/
&
the
consent
of
other
apostles
by
eleccion
.
But
as
touchyng
to
saynt
Peter
,
in
whome
the
seconde
of
the
purposes
sayde
shall
be
proued
,
&
appere
¶
Of
the
auctoryte
of
instytutynge
bysshoppes
,
to
whome
it
dothe
appertayne
and
belonge
,
and
also
of
instytutynge
other
curates
/
&
the
other
mynysters
of
the
churche
,
as
touchynge
to
both
dignytꝭ
or
offycis
,
seperable
&
vnseperable
.
The
,
xvij
,
chapytre
,
THus
than
we
haue
shewed
,
who
is
the
effectyue
cause
(
that
is
to
say
the
instituter
&
ordayner
)
of
the
fyrst
auctoryte
belongynge
to
preestis
,
which
we
haue
called
the
essencyall
auctoryte
/
&
nowe
it
resteth
and
remayneth
vnto
vs
for
to
determyne
&
speake
of
the
other
auctoryte
by
whiche
some
of
the
preestis
are
preferred
before
other
some
,
to
be
rulers
outher
to
certayne
preestis
,
or
to
certayne
people
,
or
to
bothe
/
in
a
certayne
prouynce
or
place
.
Moreouer
ho
we
or
wherby
it
belongeth
to
the
same
,
to
dyspence
&
ordre
or
dystrybute
certayne
temporall
thyngꝭ
,
called
the
benefyces
of
the
churche
.
Aagayne
also
,
howe
&
by
which
meane
coactyue
iurysdyccions
hath
come
to
them
or
to
certayne
of
them
.
To
what
persone
also
or
persones
&
after
what
maner
most
conuenyently
:
it
belongeth
to
determyne
the
doubtfull
sences
of
the
holy
scrypture
/
namely
&
cheyfly
in
those
thyngꝭ
which
are
appertaynynge
to
the
necessyte
of
soule
helthe
/
for
whan
these
thyngꝭ
shall
be
ones
suffycyently
opened
and
declared
:
that
thynge
shall
euydentlye
appere
whiche
was
pryncypally
intended
and
purposed
of
vs
euer
syns
the
begynnynge
of
this
worke
.
¶
But
yet
afore
that
we
do
prosecute
the
thynges
here
purposed
partyculerlye
,
it
is
expedyent
and
necessarye
,
to
shewe
fyrst
the
maner
of
the
instytucion
,
determynynge
,
or
assygnynge
of
bysshops
or
preestes
,
vsed
aboute
the
state
&
begynynge
of
the
prymatyue
churche
/
from
whiche
all
other
thynges
aboue
ben
afterwardes
deryued
.
And
the
begynnynge
of
all
these
thyngꝭ
are
to
be
taken
of
chryste
,
which
is
the
heed
and
stone
/
wherupon
the
catholyke
churche
is
grounded
/
accordynge
to
¶
The
same
also
as
I
sayde
is
agreable
to
reason
.
For
the
case
put
,
that
any
bysshop
or
other
curate
,
beynge
assygned
and
appoynted
to
a
certayne
prouynce
or
people
/
were
gone
forthe
of
the
prouynce
commytted
to
hym
(
as
we
se
it
chaunce
now
adayes
more
ofte
than
is
nedefull
or
conuenyent
)
&
dyd
mete
other
by
some
chaunce
,
or
elles
of
purpose
,
with
some
infydell
and
not
baptysed
,
but
yet
desyrynge
other
by
hymselfe
,
or
by
some
other
persone
,
of
the
sayde
curate
to
be
baptysed
and
made
chrystened
/
yf
the
sayde
curate
do
the
baptyse
hym
kepynge
the
forme
of
the
sacrament
,
this
is
vndoubted
,
that
this
man
is
verely
and
truely
baptysed
,
albeit
peraduenture
,
that
he
dothe
synne
deedly
,
whiche
doth
so
baptyse
any
man
in
the
prouynce
not
subiected
or
commytted
to
hym
/
wherfore
we
maye
conclude
,
that
no
man
is
determyned
or
assygned
,
by
the
episcopall
or
sacerdotale
powre
which
we
haue
called
the
essencial
powre
:
vnto
any
certayne
place
or
people
,
but
this
powre
indyfferentlye
concerneth
all
nacyons
and
people
.
But
yet
suche
determynacyons
and
assygnementes
haue
ben
made
somtyme
by
dyuyne
reuelacyon
/
as
in
the
prymatyue
churche
/
but
more
often
by
the
ordynacyon
of
man
,
namely
nowe
adayes
/
and
that
for
cause
of
auoydynge
sclaunder
,
&
occasyon
of
offence
amonge
the
bysshoppes
and
preestes
,
one
of
them
with
an
other
,
and
for
other
euydent
commodytes
and
profytes
whiche
I
shall
assygne
hereafter
.
¶
These
thynges
than
thus
premysed
and
put
before
/
nowe
commynge
pertycularely
and
specyally
to
the
thynges
purposed
in
the
begynnynge
of
this
chapytre
Fyrst
we
shall
shewe
,
that
of
suche
determynat
instytucyon
of
the
apostles
to
certayne
peoples
and
prouynces
,
the
moste
conuenyent
cause
effectyue
imediat
,
was
the
reuelacion
of
chryst
/
or
els
the
able
ordynacion
of
them
amonge
themselues
,
&
afterwardes
we
shall
shewe
,
that
the
imedyate
cause
effectyue
of
the
determynate
instytucyon
of
theyr
fyrst
successours
,
afore
the
conuercion
of
the
people
was
the
expresse
wyll
of
all
the
apostles
,
or
els
of
many
of
them
/
yf
other
all
,
or
els
many
of
them
,
were
present
togyther
in
one
place
or
prouynce
,
in
whiche
it
was
necessarye
to
ordayne
and
instytute
a
preest
or
bysshop
/
or
elles
onely
one
of
the
apostles
:
accordynge
to
the
dysposycion
of
the
place
and
people
and
tyme
.
Laste
of
all
we
shall
shewe
/
that
after
the
dethe
of
the
apostles
,
or
in
theyr
absence
,
the
secondarye
instytucion
of
bysshops
/
and
of
other
spyrytuall
mynysters
/
or
mynystres
of
the
churche
,
after
the
most
conuenyent
manere
possyble
to
the
conuersacyon
of
man
/
was
done
by
the
vnyuersyte
,
or
hole
congregacion
and
multytude
of
the
chrysten
people
,
in
the
place
or
prouynce
,
ouer
whiche
the
sayde
bysshoppes
or
mynystres
ought
to
be
instytuted
and
ordayned
/
rather
than
by
any
other
pertyculare
companye
or
persone
/
and
so
afterwarde
the
other
thynges
shall
be
shewed
consequently
.
¶
The
fyrste
therfore
of
these
maye
appere
,
that
is
to
wytte
,
that
there
can
be
no
more
conuenyent
cause
assygned
,
of
the
aforesayd
determynacion
of
the
apostles
to
a
certayue
place
.
&c.
than
the
deuyne
reuelacyon
,
or
the
conuenyent
delyberacion
of
them
amonge
themselues
,
for
as
moche
as
in
neyther
of
these
two
:
there
semeth
any
erroure
or
malyce
to
haue
chaunced
or
come
betwene
/
for
of
the
deuyne
reuelacyon
no
man
doubteth
.
And
as
for
the
eleccyon
made
by
the
apostles
:
it
semeth
probable
,
and
to
be
beleued
,
that
they
were
inspyred
with
the
holye
ghost
/
as
we
haue
alledged
here
tofore
of
the.
xx
.
chapytre
of
Iohn
.
¶
Furthermore
I
say
that
of
the
secondary
instytucyon
or
determynacyon
or
assygnement
of
theyr
fyrst
successours
,
namely
afore
the
conuersyon
of
peoples
/
the
imedyate
cause
effectyue
or
doer
,
was
and
ought
to
be
,
all
or
many
of
the
apostles
,
or
some
one
alone
of
them
after
the
maner
aforesayd
/
as
yf
all
togyther
,
or
many
,
or
elles
but
one
alone
of
them
:
were
founde
in
that
place
.
And
this
is
proued
fyrst
by
the
scrypture
/
for
we
rede
in
the.
vi
.
of
the
actes
that
the
apostles
dyd
after
this
maner
,
in
the
instytucyon
of
the
deacons
,
yea
and
that
touchynge
the
fyrste
and
essencyall
(
as
we
do
call
it
)
instytucion
of
them
.
For
it
is
sayde
in
the
same
chapytre
.
They
sette
these
men
(
vnderstande
thou
whiche
were
to
be
made
deacons
)
afore
the
syght
of
the
apostles
,
and
they
(
that
is
to
wyt
the
apostles
)
makynge
theyr
prayers
:
layde
theyr
handes
vpon
them
.
They
dyd
not
than
bryng
them
to
Peter
alone
,
but
they
brought
them
afore
the
syght
of
the
apostles
.
Neyther
Peter
alone
toke
vpon
hym
auctoryte
¶
But
yf
they
were
not
all
togyther
,
or
elles
many
of
them
,
in
the
place
,
where
it
was
nedefull
to
make
a
bysshop
or
ouerseer
,
and
gouernour
to
some
multytude
of
chrysten
men
,
for
the
kepynge
of
them
in
the
fayth
:
it
is
to
be
sayde
verely
,
that
¶
Nowe
consequentlye
after
the
premysses
I
wyll
shewe
,
that
after
the
tyme
of
the
apostles
,
and
of
the
holy
fathers
,
succedynge
nexte
after
the
apostles
in
office
and
namely
the
communytes
and
congregacions
of
chrysten
men
beynge
ones
perfyte
,
the
īmedyat
factyue
cause
or
doer
of
this
instytucion
and
assygnacion
of
the
gouernour
and
ouerseer
,
whether
he
were
greatter
,
whom
they
do
nowe
call
a
bysshop
,
or
whether
he
were
smaller
whome
they
do
nowe
call
a
curate
or
a
preest
hauynge
cure
,
&
also
of
the
other
inferyor
mynystres
:
is
&
ought
to
be
hym
to
whom
the
sayd
multytude
hathe
graunted
auctoryte
to
make
suche
instytucyons
,
or
eleccyons
.
And
to
the
same
auctoryte
it
belongeth
laufullye
to
put
out
and
depryue
euery
one
of
the
sayd
offycers
,
of
suche
maner
offyces
/
and
to
compell
eche
one
of
them
to
exercyse
&
execute
his
offyce
,
yf
it
be
thought
expedyent
&
necessary
.
But
yet
we
ought
to
marke
&
take
hede
,
that
althoughe
it
is
in
the
powre
of
any
preeste
who
euer
he
be
,
so
to
exhybyte
and
do
his
mynysterie
,
that
he
maye
put
his
handes
vpon
all
men
indyfferently
and
to
promote
hym
to
preesthode
,
hym selfe
beynge
¶
Of
these
premysses
I
wyll
forthermore
inferre
and
conclude
of
necessyte
,
that
in
the
communyties
of
chrysten
men
beynge
nowe
perfyte
:
it
belongeth
onely
to
the
kynge
or
his
deputies
to
haue
ouersyght
:
to
electe
,
to
determyne
,
or
assygne
,
and
to
presente
the
persones
,
whiche
are
to
be
promoted
to
the
ecclesiasticall
ordres
.
The
persones
therfore
which
are
to
be
promoted
vnto
ecclesiasticall
ordres
:
are
to
be
approued
or
to
be
dysalowed
by
the
sentence
or
iudgement
of
hym
,
whiche
is
cheyfe
hyghest
gouernour
.
And
by
the
same
auctoryte
:
the
sayd
persones
are
also
to
be
instytuted
,
or
remoued
from
the
cure
or
offyce
of
a
bysshop
or
preeste
/
and
to
be
prohibited
from
the
excercysynge
therof
.
Or
also
,
yf
of
malycyouse
purpose
they
dyd
cease
from
the
excercyse
of
theyr
offyce
:
to
be
compelled
to
the
excercisynge
and
doynge
of
theyr
dutye
/
lefte
throughe
theyr
lewdnes
any
man
myght
fall
in
to
ieopardy
of
eternall
death
,
as
for
lacke
of
baptisme
,
or
of
any
other
sacrament
:
and
this
verely
is
to
be
vnderstanded
,
in
the
communyties
of
chrysten
men
,
whiche
are
alredy
perfyte
.
For
in
such
a
place
,
where
the
prynce
or
gouernoure
an
hethen
prynce
,
as
the
moste
parte
of
communytes
,
and
well
nere
all
communytes
were
aboute
the
state
and
tyme
of
the
prymatyue
churche
,
there
the
approbacyon
or
reprobacyon
¶
But
as
concernynge
the
dystrybucyon
of
the
temporalles
,
whiche
are
wonte
to
be
called
the
benefyces
of
the
churche
:
you
ought
to
knowe
that
suche
thynges
can
not
here
so
well
be
dysputed
as
they
maye
be
ordred
by
kyngis
and
theyr
most
honourable
and
dyscrete
counsayles
.
¶
Prouyded
alway
that
the
mynystres
of
the
gospell
haue
suffycyent
fyndynge
and
sustentacion
in
meate
,
drynke
,
and
clothes
,
semely
and
suffycient
for
them
/
and
herewith
the
sayde
mynysters
ought
to
be
contented
,
as
it
was
shewed
by
the
last
chapytre
of
the
fyrste
epystle
to
Timothe
.
¶
Agayne
also
of
the
premysses
we
ought
to
vnderstande
&
know
,
that
the
heed
gouernour
or
prynce
may
lawfully
of
the
temporalles
of
the
churche
,
namely
the
puentes
&
rentes
of
vnmoueables
(
yf
any
shal
be
lefte
more
than
is
necessary
to
the
suffycyent
sustentacion
of
the
mynysters
of
the
gospell
)
tallyes
,
taxes
,
subsydes
,
bothe
accordynge
to
goddes
lawe
and
mans
lawe
,
for
the
defence
of
the
countree
or
redempcyon
&
raunsonynge
of
prysoners
,
in
to
the
obsequye
and
seruyce
of
the
fayth
/
or
for
the
supportacion
of
the
commune
charges
,
&
other
resonable
causes
.
For
¶
Of
the
begynnynge
,
&
fyrst
state
of
the
chrystyane
church
/
&
howe
and
by
what
meane
,
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
and
the
churche
of
Rome
,
hathe
taken
the
aforesayd
auctoryte
&
a
certayne
prymacye
or
superyoryte
vnto
them selues
,
aboue
and
vpon
other
bysshoppes
and
churches
.
The
,
xviij
,
chapytre
,
NOwe
this
resteth
or
remayneth
of
the
intentes
purposed
:
to
shewe
&
declare
the
rysynge
&
begynnynge
,
wherof
the
coactyue
iurysdyccyon
,
&
the
powre
&
auctoryte
of
al
the
secondarie
instytucions
of
preestis
called
afore
of
vs
the
accedentall
or
not
essencyall
instytucyons
,
and
also
the
powre
to
dystrybute
all
the
ecclesiastical
temporalles
or
benefyces
,
hath
come
vnto
certayne
bysshops
or
preestis
/
&
wherof
it
commeth
,
that
the
bysshop
of
Rome
doth
ascrybe
to
hym selfe
,
the
hyghest
of
all
suche
auctoryte
.
And
consequently
after
these
premysses
,
we
wyll
shewe
&
declare
to
what
persone
or
persones
,
the
ryghtfull
auctoryte
&
powre
belongeth
,
to
interprete
the
doubtfull
sences
of
the
scrypture
and
those
so
interpreted
:
to
gyue
and
commaunde
it
to
be
beleued
and
obserued
of
the
chrysten
people
.
¶
Supposynge
therfore
fyrste
of
all
,
of
the
determynacions
made
by
vs
in
the
.xv
.
&
.
xvii
.
of
the
fyrste
dyccion
,
and
in
the.
iiii
.
v.
viii
.
ix
.
&
.
x.
of
this
present
dyccion
,
that
vnto
no
bysshop
,
or
preeste
,
or
ecclesiasticall
mynystre
in
that
that
he
is
but
a
mynystre
belongeth
any
iurysdyccion
coactyue
of
any
man
in
this
worlde
.
And
agayne
that
no
bysshop
or
preest
by
the
immedyate
ordynacion
of
chryst
,
ought
to
be
vnder
any
other
bysshop
or
preeste
,
as
touchynge
to
any
of
the
powres
belongynge
to
preestis
outher
essencyall
or
not
essencyall
aforesayde
.
Begynnynge
therfore
at
the
holy
¶
From
these
two
apostles
Peter
and
Paule
,
the
vsage
&
custome
of
the
chrysten
churche
was
fyrst
deryued
/
albeit
,
yet
more
manyfestly
from
Paule
:
after
the
texte
or
processe
of
the
canon
or
scrypture
/
and
namely
to
the
Gentyles
/
as
saynt
Augustyne
sayth
in
the.
ix
.
chapytre
of
the
.xiiii
.
boke
De
ciuitate
dei
.
For
Paule
hymselfe
was
pryncypall
&
the
fyrst
apostle
vnto
the
Gentyles
or
vncyrcumcysed
people
,
lykewyse
as
Peter
was
the
pryncypall
apostle
sente
vnto
the
Iewes
or
cyrcumcysed
people
/
as
it
appereth
in
the
seconde
chapytre
to
the
Galatianes
,
&
in
the
x.
to
the
Romaynes
/
and
of
the
glose
also
of
holy
men
in
the
same
place
,
&
in
many
other
places
of
the
scrypture
.
And
these
two
apostles
,
with
al
the
resydue
of
them
,
folowynge
theyr
mayster
/
that
is
to
wyt
chryste
,
lyued
vnder
the
coactyue
iurysdyccyon
of
the
seculare
prynces
/
&
taught
other
to
lyue
lykewyse
/
as
it
hathe
ben
euydently
shewed
in
the.
iiii
.
&
the.
v.
of
this
dyccion
.
And
so
dyd
theyr
successours
,
preestes
&
bysshoppes
,
with
theyr
deacons
,
&
other
mynystres
of
the
gospell
,
from
tyme
to
tyme
contynually
euyn
vnto
the
tyme
of
Constantyne
the
fyrst
emperour
of
Rome
(
as
it
appereth
euydently
of
the
aforesayd
boke
of
Isodory
)
so
that
none
¶
But
of
this
sayde
superyoryte
commynge
in
a
maner
of
custome
,
by
the
fre
and
wylfull
consente
of
other
churches
,
the
bysshops
of
Rome
(
as
touchynge
to
theyr
further
goynge
forth
from
the
begynnynge
)
haue
taken
vnto
themselues
,
a
certayne
more
large
auctoryte
,
to
make
decrees
,
or
ordynacyons
,
vpon
and
ouer
the
vnyuersall
churche
/
concernynge
the
custome
and
ceremonyes
of
the
churche
,
and
¶
Of
a
certayne
preamble
,
necessary
to
be
had
,
that
is
to
wyt
that
fayth
and
credence
is
to
be
gyuen
onely
to
the
scryptures
of
god
,
&
not
to
the
pure
doctryne
of
any
auncyent
doctoure
.
The.
xix
.
chapytre
.
BVt
afore
that
we
do
procede
any
further
we
confesse
,
that
we
ar
not
bounde
,
of
the
necessyte
of
eternall
saluacyon
,
to
beleue
or
to
confesse
any
scrypture
,
to
be
vndoubtedlye
true
:
but
onely
these
scryptures
,
whiche
are
called
the
canonycall
scryptures
,
contayned
in
the
Byble
/
or
elles
those
:
which
necessarylye
folowe
of
the
sayd
canonycall
scryptures
.
¶
And
that
no
man
is
holden
or
bounde
¶
Therfore
this
sayenge
of
saynt
Augustyne
,
I
wolde
not
beleue
the
gospell
yf
¶
The.
xx
.
xxi
.
and.
xxii
.
chapytres
be
lefte
out
,
as
not
of
moche
value
,
and
to
auoyde
the
offence
of
some
spyrytuall
persons
,
that
beare
peper
in
theyr
noses
,
&
that
iudge
euery
truth
to
be
spoken
of
malyce
.
¶
Of
the
dyuerse
maners
or
sygnyfycacions
,
after
which
,
fulnes
of
powre
maye
be
taken
/
and
after
what
maner
and
ordre
/
the
bysshop
of
Rome
hath
taken
these
vnto
hym
/
and
breyfly
,
&
generallye
/
after
what
maner
and
fascyon
he
hathe
vsed
&
dothe
vse
them
.
The
,
xxiij
,
chapytre
,
THe
fulnes
of
powre
is
and
maye
one
waye
truely
be
vnderstanded
&
¶
The
seconde
waye
,
fulnes
of
powre
may
be
vnderstanded
more
to
the
purpose
for
that
powre
,
by
the
whiche
,
it
maye
be
lawfull
for
any
man
for
to
exercyse
any
maner
acte
any
maner
man
,
or
any
maner
outwarde
thynge
beynge
in
the
powre
of
men
,
ordynable
to
the
vse
of
men
.
Or
elles
agayne
that
powre
,
accordynge
to
whiche
,
a
man
maye
exercyse
any
maner
acte
,
albeit
,
not
vpon
euery
maner
man
,
or
vpon
all
maner
thynge
beynge
subiecte
to
the
powre
of
man
.
Or
elles
agayne
that
powre
accordynge
vnto
the
whiche
it
may
be
laufull
to
exercyse
not
all
maner
actes
:
but
onely
an
acte
or
operacyon
determyned
in
kynde
or
maner
,
but
yet
accordynge
to
all
maner
inclynacyon
or
appetyte
of
the
wyller
,
vpon
any
maner
man
,
&
euery
thynge
beynge
subiecte
vnder
the
powre
of
man
.
¶
The.
iiii
.
way
,
fulnes
of
powre
may
be
vnderstanded
the
last
aforesayd
powre
or
the
powre
accordynge
to
the
maner
aforesayde
,
vpon
all
clarkes
onely
/
and
the
powre
instytutynge
all
them
to
the
ecclesiasticall
offyces
,
&
of
depryuynge
them
or
deposynge
them
from
the
sayd
offyces
/
and
of
dystrybutynge
the
ecclesiasticall
temporalles
or
benefyces
,
or
accordynge
to
the
maner
laste
afore
rehersed
.
¶
The
v.
waye
fulnes
of
powre
may
be
vnderstanded
,
that
powre
,
whiche
belongeth
to
preestes
,
all
maner
wayes
to
bynde
and
lose
men
from
synnes
,
and
the
paynes
done
for
them
/
and
to
excommunycate
,
to
interdycte
,
and
to
reconcyle
/
of
whiche
powre
we
haue
spoken
before
.
¶
The.
vi
.
waye
,
the
fulnes
of
powre
maye
be
vnderstanded
,
that
powre
,
by
whiche
it
maye
be
laufull
to
put
on
handes
vpon
all
men
,
to
the
receyuynge
of
the
ecclesiasticall
ordres
,
and
to
gyue
or
prohybyte
and
with
holde
the
sacramentes
of
the
churche
/
of
whiche
powre
it
hath
ben
spoken
before
.
¶
The.
vii
.
waye
,
by
fulnes
of
powre
,
maye
be
vnderstanded
the
powre
of
interpretynge
the
scrypture
.
¶
The.
viii
.
&
the
last
way
,
as
touchynge
to
our
purpose
,
by
fulnes
of
powre
maye
be
vnderstanded
the
powre
of
the
pastorall
cure
of
soules
,
generall
in
comparyson
to
all
peoples
&
prouynces
of
the
world
/
of
which
it
hath
ben
spoken
before
.
Agayne
fulnes
of
powre
,
maye
be
vnderstanded
accordynge
to
eche
one
of
the
aforesayd
dyuysyons
,
that
powre
,
which
is
not
determyned
by
any
lawe
/
&
that
powre
may
be
vnderstanded
to
be
not
full
powre
:
which
is
determyned
by
the
lawes
of
man
,
or
of
god
/
vnder
whiche
ryght
reason
may
conuenyently
be
comprehended
.
There
be
peraduenture
certayne
other
maners
,
and
combinacions
of
the
fulnes
of
powre
:
but
I
thynke
that
we
haue
rehersed
and
rekened
vp
all
,
whiche
appertayneth
to
the
purpose
intended
of
vs
.
¶
These
dyuysyons
of
the
fulnes
of
powre
than
thus
premysed
and
declared
:
I
do
saye
,
that
fulnes
of
powre
accordynge
to
the
two
fyrste
maners
,
or
sygnyfycacyons
aforesayd
,
doth
in
no
wyse
agre
or
appertayne
to
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
or
to
any
other
bysshop
or
preest
,
saue
onely
chryst
or
god
/
of
the
which
two
I
passe
ouer
because
the
thynge
is
euydent
/
and
because
it
hath
ben
certyfyed
by
the
wysdome
of
god
,
and
man
,
and
by
all
morall
scyence
,
and
also
because
of
spede
and
breyfnes
.
And
as
touchynge
to
the
thyrde
&
.
iiii
.
way
or
maner
of
fulnes
of
powre
it
hathe
ben
proued
by
demonstracyon
and
stronge
reason
,
in
the.
xv
.
chapytre
of
the
fyrste
dyccyon
:
&
moreouer
confyrmed
by
the
holy
scrypture
,
in
the
.iiii
.
v.
&
.
viii
.
of
this
dyccion
.
Agayne
moste
stablysshed
&
coroberated
in
the.
xv
.
xvi
.
xvii
.
&
.
xxi
.
of
this
dyccyon
:
that
suche
maner
powre
,
not
onely
not
with
any
fulnes
:
but
also
dothe
not
at
all
,
by
the
lawe
of
god
,
agree
or
appertayne
to
any
preeste
or
bysshop
in
that
he
is
suche
one
,
vpon
any
man
beynge
other
clarke
or
no
clarke
.
But
an
concernynge
the
other
two
,
that
is
to
wyt
the
.v.
and.
vi
.
maners
of
fulnes
of
powre
:
it
hathe
ben
shewed
in
the.
vi
.
and.
vii
.
chapytours
of
this
dyccion
/
that
the
powre
of
byndynge
and
lousynge
from
synnes
,
and
from
the
paynes
dewe
for
them
,
&
lyke
wyse
the
powre
of
cursynge
or
excommunycatynge
any
man
openlye
is
not
graunted
to
the
preeste
absolutelye
or
with
fulnes
:
but
is
determyned
by
the
law
of
god
so
that
he
can
neyther
condempne
those
that
be
innocentes
afore
god
:
neyther
louse
them
,
that
are
gyltye
afore
god
.
Moreouer
that
the
same
powre
to
instytute
the
ecclesiasticall
mynysters
,
by
the
puttynge
on
of
handes
/
to
teache
and
preache
,
and
to
mynystre
the
sacramentes
of
the
churche
in
the
communyties
of
chrysten
men
,
dothe
not
so
fully
agree
or
belonge
to
bysshoppes
or
preestes
:
but
that
there
is
determyned
,
and
appoynted
vnto
them
by
the
lawe
of
god
and
of
man
/
a
conuenyent
maner
of
workynge
accordynge
to
it
.
And
as
touchynge
to
the
other
two
maners
of
fulnes
of
powre
remaynynge
,
that
is
to
wyt
the.
vii
.
and
the.
viii
.
it
hathe
ben
shewed
before
,
that
they
do
not
agree
or
appertayne
to
any
preeste
or
bysshop
with
fulnes
/
but
accordynge
to
the
determynacyon
bothe
of
the
lawe
of
god
,
and
of
the
lawe
of
man
.
¶
Therfore
to
conclude
fulnes
of
powre
doth
agree
or
appertayne
,
neyther
to
the
bysshop
of
Rome
/
neyther
to
any
other
bysshop
or
preeste
in
that
he
is
such
a
one
.
¶
Nowe
consequentlye
it
is
to
be
shewed
,
whense
and
of
whiche
sygnyfycacion
the
bysshop
of
Rome
toke
his
fyrst
begynnynge
of
ascribynge
this
tytle
of
fulnes
of
powre
vnto
hym selfe
/
albeit
that
in
very
dede
it
doth
not
agree
or
belonge
vnto
hym
after
any
at
all
of
the
foresayd
sygnyfycacions
/
and
it
appereth
that
the
bysshop
of
Rome
toke
fyrst
his
tytle
of
fulnes
of
powre
vnto
hym selfe
,
after
the.
viii
.
sygnyfycacion
.
And
that
the
begynnynge
of
the
apparente
appertaynynge
therof
vnto
hym
/
was
that
sayenge
of
chryste
,
whiche
is
had
in
the.
xxi
.
of
Iohn
where
he
speakynge
vnto
saynt
Peter
saythe
.
Fede
my
shepe
.
Agayne
because
he
sayd
syngulerly
to
the
same
Peter
in
the.
xvi
.
of
Mathewe
.
To
the
I
shall
gyue
the
keyes
of
the
kyngdom
of
heuens
.
&c.
Agayne
for
that
it
was
sayd
to
Peter
in
the.
xviii
.
of
Iohn
.
Turne
thy
sworde
in
to
thy
scaberde
.
Moreouer
of
the
answere
whiche
the
dyscyples
made
to
chryste
sayenge
.
Se
here
two
swerdes
/
of
the
which
textes
,
after
theyr
owne
interpretacyons
/
certayne
men
wyll
this
to
be
vnderstanded
,
that
the
vnyuersyte
or
the
hole
flocke
of
shepe
of
al
the
worlde
,
that
is
to
wyt
of
chrysten
men
/
was
commytted
to
Peter
onely
,
and
so
lykewyse
to
euery
bisshop
of
Rome
,
as
to
the
specyall
vycar
of
saynt
Peter
/
but
to
the
other
apostles
and
to
the
bysshops
successours
of
them
,
not
the
vnyuersyte
or
whole
flocke
of
shepe
of
the
whole
worlde
/
but
to
eche
one
of
them
,
one
determynate
and
pertyculare
flocke
,
and
prouynce
hath
ben
commytted
to
be
gouerned
.
¶
After
that
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
had
taken
vnto
hym selfe
the
tytle
of
fulnes
of
powre
,
albeit
not
accordynge
to
the
trewe
sence
of
the
scrypture
,
as
it
shall
be
suffycyentlye
shewed
in
the.
xxviii
.
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
.
Of
presumpcion
he
went
further
in
to
an
other
sygnyfycacyon
(
peraduenture
because
of
lucre
and
auauntage
,
or
elles
to
vsurpe
some
other
commodyte
profyte
or
excellencie
aboute
other
men
)
that
is
to
wyt
takynge
vpon
hym selfe
and
preachynge
openly
,
that
he
alone
seuerallye
maye
after
what
maner
soeuer
it
shall
please
hym
:
by
his
worde
vtterlye
exempte
or
delyuer
and
assoyle
synners
from
the
paynes
of
purgatorye
so
he
calleth
them
.
¶
And
after
these
sygnyfycacions
so
taken
vnder
a
certayne
coloure
and
appetaunce
of
pytie
and
mercye
,
to
the
ende
that
fyrste
they
myght
seme
of
charyte
to
take
thought
and
care
,
for
all
men
.
And
secondaryly
,
that
they
myght
be
supposed
to
haue
powre
,
and
to
be
wyllynge
to
haue
mercy
and
pytie
vpon
al
men
,
the
bysshops
of
Rome
beynge
strengthed
with
the
pryuyleges
and
grauntes
of
the
emperours
(
as
they
lowedely
lye
)
cheyfly
the
emperyal
seate
beynge
vacante
:
dyd
extende
and
stretche
forth
this
tytle
further
.
Fyrst
to
the
ordeynynge
and
makynge
certayne
lawes
vpon
the
clarkes
or
preestes
,
concernynge
the
ecclesiasticall
customes
and
ceremonyes
,
whiche
at
the
begynnynge
were
called
decrees
.
And
afterwardes
¶
Howe
and
after
what
maner
the
bysshop
of
Rome
hathe
vsed
the
prymacye
taken
vpon
hym
,
and
the
fulnes
of
powre
,
in
specyall
within
the
ecclesyastycall
lymytes
,
or
the
orderynge
of
preestes
.
The
,
xxiiij
,
chapytre
,
AFter
the
aforesayd
determynacyons
,
it
foloweth
consequentlye
to
shewe
,
after
what
fascyon
,
the
bysshops
of
Rome
hath
taken
the
sayd
full
powre
vnto
them
seues
:
and
hath
vsed
,
and
doth
vse
it
hetherto
,
and
of
lykelyhode
wyl
vse
it
hereafter
,
yf
they
be
not
stopped
or
letted
.
And
fyrst
of
all
howe
,
how
they
haue
vsed
it
in
the
instytucyon
of
the
ecclesyastycall
offycers
,
&
dystrybutynge
of
the
ecclesiastycall
temporalles
or
benefyces
,
as
well
vnto
the
ecclesyastical
mynystres
,
as
vnto
other
myserable
persones
,
for
whose
cause
also
the
ecclesyastycal
temporalles
hath
ben
gyuen
and
ordayned
so
to
be
dystributed
or
dysposed
by
the
mynystres
of
the
churche
.
And
afterwardis
it
is
to
be
shewed
how
they
haue
vsed
hetherto
,
&
doth
vse
,
and
hereafter
wyll
vse
these
powres
,
in
comparyson
vnto
them
which
do
lyue
cyuylie
,
as
well
prynces
as
theyr
subiectes
.
The
bysshops
of
Rome
beynge
permytted
and
suffered
hetherto
,
and
nowe
adayes
,
to
worke
accordyng
to
his
fulnes
of
powre
,
hathe
infected
,
and
corrupted
all
the
mystycall
bodye
of
chryste
,
for
they
haue
dymynysshed
,
corrupted
,
and
fynally
in
a
maner
haue
vtterly
destroyed
and
taken
awaye
eleccyon
,
whiche
is
the
beste
waye
,
ye
moreouer
in
whiche
way
onely
is
securyte
of
well
instytutynge
any
maner
offycer
/
notwithstandynge
that
by
eleccion
the
apostles
with
the
other
multitude
of
chrysten
men
made
the
instytucion
of
the
deacons
:
as
it
is
had
in
the.
vi
.
chapytre
of
the
actes
.
They
haue
dymynysshed
it
fyrste
,
by
tournynge
the
eleccyon
in
to
the
clargye
alone
,
which
was
ought
to
be
done
by
the
chrysten
prynces
.
They
haue
corrupted
it
also
by
dymynysshynge
it
:
as
by
translatynge
the
auctoryte
of
electynge
the
bysshop
,
vnto
certayne
yonge
men
,
vnlerned
,
&
vnskylled
in
the
lawe
of
god
,
whom
they
do
call
Canons
.
And
they
haue
also
in
a
maner
vtterly
destroyed
it
.
For
the
bysshops
of
Rome
reserue
immedyatlye
to
theyr
owne
powre
,
the
instytucion
of
al
the
ecclesiasticall
prelacyes
or
dygnytes
and
not
onely
of
these
:
but
also
of
the
meane
&
smaller
offyces
,
whiche
maye
agree
and
belonge
to
pure
laye
men
,
as
the
custody
of
the
temples
&
churches
,
the
colleccyon
,
and
the
dystrybucyon
of
the
temporalles
or
benefyces
ordayned
&
appoynted
for
the
sayd
offycers
.
By
whiche
reseruacyon
,
they
do
decree
and
determyne
all
maner
eleccions
of
suffycyent
&
approued
persones
,
to
be
voyde
&
of
no
strength
(
though
they
be
neuer
so
dewely
made
)
instytutynge
in
the
stede
of
these
suffycyent
persones
,
by
the
fulnes
of
theyr
powre
(
as
they
call
it
)
beynge
ignoraunte
,
or
corrupted
with
money
,
or
prayer
,
hatred
,
or
loue
,
feare
,
or
for
pleasure
&
seruyce
done
to
them
,
or
for
to
optayne
fauoure
,
or
¶
Nowe
to
speake
of
the
forme
or
fascyon
of
this
body
,
whiche
forme
ought
to
consyste
in
the
ordre
&
dewe
sytuacyon
of
his
membres
:
this
same
body
,
to
hym
that
luste
dylygently
to
beholde
it
,
&
to
aduyse
&
marke
it
well
:
shall
seme
as
an
euyll
fauored
and
mysshapen
monstre
/
for
what
man
wolde
not
iudge
the
bodye
of
that
beast
¶
Howe
and
after
what
maner
the
bysshop
of
Rome
hathe
vsed
the
aforesayd
maners
of
fulnes
of
powre
,
inespecyall
without
the
ecclesiastical
lymytes
/
towardes
laye
men
and
towardes
cyuyle
or
temporall
thynges
.
The
,
xxv
,
chapytre
,
NOwe
it
remayneth
vnto
vs
to
searche
out
,
after
what
maner
and
facyon
,
and
in
what
thynges
,
the
bysshops
of
Rome
haue
vsed
hytherto
,
and
do
vse
the
fulnes
of
powre
(
whiche
they
haue
taken
vnto
them selues
)
without
the
ecclesiasticall
lymytes
/
but
yet
we
wyl
fyrst
make
rehersall
and
call
to
remembraunce
the
vsage
and
customes
of
the
prymatyue
churche
,
and
the
procedynge
of
the
same
,
euen
from
the
begynner
and
heed
therof
,
whiche
is
chryste
/
and
from
the
fyrste
promoters
and
setters
forwarde
therof
the
holy
apostles
.
For
he
,
that
is
to
wytte
chryste
,
cam
in
to
¶
This
forme
and
maner
of
lyuynge
,
and
of
exercysynge
the
sayd
offyce
accordynge
to
the
aforesayd
powre
:
the
apostles
dyd
obserue
and
kepe
:
as
beynge
the
chyldren
of
obedyence
.
The
same
also
the
bysshops
of
Rome
,
and
other
successours
of
the
apostles
hathe
obserued
many
of
them
,
thoughe
not
all
:
well
neare
vntyll
the
tyme
of
Constantyne
the
fyrst
emperoure
of
the
Romaynes
.
For
certayne
of
them
dyd
possesse
landes
or
lordshyppes
/
amonge
whome
Orbane
the
fyrste
bysshop
of
¶
Moreouer
by
the
same
prynces
or
emperours
lawes
were
made
and
hath
ben
made
,
concernynge
the
certayne
nombre
that
shuld
be
of
preestes
,
accordynge
to
the
prouynces
/
and
concernynge
temporall
goodes
belongnnge
to
them
both
moueables
and
vnmoueables
,
whiche
hath
ben
gyuen
to
them
(
as
it
is
sayd
)
by
them
sayd
constantyne
and
by
the
other
emperours
of
Rome
,
or
other
prynces
or
gouernours
/
and
¶
But
(
as
Martyne
telleth
)
the
aforesayde
emperour
repentynge
(
to
vse
the
wordes
of
the
same
Martyne
)
&
waxynge
wyse
agayne
:
frelye
resygned
by
the
staffe
and
the
rynge
,
to
one
Calyxte
the
successoure
of
Pascall
,
the
inuestyture
of
bysshoppes
¶
And
they
not
beynge
contented
with
the
temporalles
graunted
vnto
them
by
¶
Moreouer
beleuynge
that
it
was
laufull
for
them
to
do
what
soeuer
they
luste
by
reason
of
the
fulnes
of
powre
,
whiche
they
do
chalenge
as
dewe
vnto
them selues
:
they
haue
made
,
and
do
make
certayne
Oligarchicall
ordynacyons
,
called
decretalles
/
by
whiche
they
do
decree
suche
thynges
to
be
obserued
and
kepte
/
as
they
suppose
to
be
agreynge
vnto
the
temporall
profyte
of
them selues
,
&
of
theyr
clarkes
,
&
other
laye
men
,
of
the
exempcion
wherof
we
haue
spoken
though
they
be
to
the
great
preiudyce
,
of
all
prynces
,
and
other
chrysten
men
.
And
who
soeuer
are
dysobedyent
vnto
these
decretalles
:
they
do
stryke
them
,
as
we
haue
sayde
before
,
with
theyr
sentence
of
curse
,
outher
by
mouthe
or
els
by
wrytynge
.
yea
more
¶
These
excesses
and
trespasses
than
,
whiche
we
haue
rehersed
to
haue
ben
done
by
the
bysshops
of
Rome
,
with
the
colledge
or
company
of
theyr
clarkes
,
agaynst
all
prynces
and
peoples
,
thoughe
most
largely
,
and
manyfestlye
agaynst
the
people
of
Italye
,
and
the
prynces
and
emperours
of
Rome
:
they
are
wyllynge
to
conserue
/
¶
Nowe
the
bysshop
of
Rome
hath
vsed
the
same
fulnes
of
powre
,
more
specyallye
,
agaynste
the
emperoure
,
and
the
empyre
of
Rome
.
The
,
xxvj
.
chapytre
,
THus
than
the
bysshops
of
Rome
haue
so
vsed
hytherto
the
aforesayd
fulnes
of
powre
,
contynuallye
,
euer
longer
worse
and
worse
,
and
so
do
styll
,
but
yet
most
of
all
agaynst
the
emperour
&
empyre
of
rome
.
For
agaynst
hym
they
may
moste
largelye
exercyse
thus
theyr
wyckednes
,
that
is
to
wyt
of
subduynge
the
empyre
vnto
them selues
:
by
reason
of
the
dyscorde
whiche
hathe
ben
hytherto
raysed
vp
,
and
contynuallye
is
raysed
vp
and
norysshed
by
those
men
whiche
ben
called
pastores
or
moste
holy
fathers
,
¶
But
in
this
the
bysshop
of
Rome
after
his
owne
wonte
and
maner
,
concludeth
false
of
trewe
thynges
,
and
euyl
of
good
thynges
/
for
it
doth
not
folowe
,
because
the
emperoure
throughe
deuocyon
of
his
owne
free
wyll
gaue
this
reuerence
to
the
bysshop
of
Rome
,
that
he
gaue
hym
knowledge
of
his
eleccyon
,
and
desyred
his
benedyccion
and
intercessyon
vnto
god
:
that
therfore
the
eleccion
of
the
emperour
of
Rome
hangeth
of
his
wyll
and
pleasure
.
For
this
shulde
be
none
other
thynge
than
to
lose
or
dystroye
the
empyre
of
Rome
,
&
perpetually
to
prohybyte
or
let
the
creacion
of
the
emperour
or
gouernour
.
For
yf
the
auctoryte
of
the
kynge
or
prynce
elected
,
shuld
hange
onely
of
the
wyll
and
pleasure
of
the
bysshop
of
Rome
:
than
is
the
offyce
of
the
electours
vtterly
voyde
and
of
no
strength
,
for
as
moche
as
he
that
is
elected
by
them
,
neyther
is
emperoure
,
neyther
may
be
called
kynge
or
emperoure
,
afore
that
he
be
confyrmed
by
his
wyll
or
auctoryte
,
who
is
sayde
to
syt
in
the
see
apostolyke
/
neyther
maye
he
that
is
so
elected
exercyse
any
regall
auctotytie
.
Yea
and
moreouer
(
which
is
a
very
paynfull
thynge
,
not
onely
to
suffre
but
also
to
heare
)
it
shall
not
be
lawfull
to
any
man
so
elected
,
to
take
vnto
hym selfe
so
moche
as
his
cotidiane
and
dayly
charges
of
the
prouentes
of
the
empyre
:
with
out
the
lycence
of
this
sayde
bysshop
/
what
other
auctoryte
than
doth
the
eleccyon
of
the
prynces
,
gyue
vnto
the
emperours
,
than
onely
the
name
:
sayenge
that
the
determynacyon
of
them
hangeth
vpon
the
wyll
and
pleasure
of
one
man
alone
,
that
is
to
wyt
the
bysshop
of
Rome
.
For
seuen
barbours
/
or
seuen
blere
iyed
men
myght
gyue
as
moche
auctoryte
vnto
the
kynge
or
emperoure
of
Rome
,
as
dothe
the.
vii
.
electours
/
but
yet
let
no
man
thynke
,
that
we
do
speke
thus
to
the
contempte
of
the
electours
/
but
to
the
mockynge
and
derysyon
of
hym
,
that
wolde
depryue
them
of
the
auctoryte
dewe
vnto
them
/
for
he
is
ignoraunte
,
what
is
the
vertue
&
nature
of
an
eleccyon
,
and
for
what
cause
the
powre
and
auctoryte
of
the
sayde
eleccyon
dothe
consyste
and
reste
in
the
bygger
parte
of
them
that
ought
to
electe
&
those
the
emperoure
,
and
that
the
effecte
therof
neyther
ought
,
neyther
maye
depende
or
hange
vpon
the
wyll
of
any
one
man
alone
,
yf
it
shall
be
reasonably
instytuted
/
but
onely
it
shall
hange
vpon
the
wyll
of
the
electours
.
So
than
the
bysshoppe
of
rome
euydentlye
is
wyllynge
to
destroye
the
offyce
of
the
electours
,
all
thoughe
he
gothe
aboute
by
meruaylouse
crafte
and
subteltye
,
to
blynde
,
circumuent
or
begyle
them
.
For
he
sayth
in
certayne
of
his
scryptures
,
that
no
man
beynge
elected
to
be
kynge
of
the
romaynes
is
kynge
or
ought
to
be
called
kynge
,
afore
his
conformacion
/
the
auctoryte
wherof
he
sayth
to
belonge
to
his
owne
fre
powre
.
And
he
meaneth
also
that
the
instytucyon
of
the
electours
,
also
dothe
belonge
to
the
same
auctoryte
.
For
the
same
bysshop
as
he
sayth
hath
translated
the
empyre
from
the
Grekes
,
in
to
the
persone
of
great
Charles
otherwyse
called
Charles
mayne
.
And
agayne
in
other
certayne
decrees
where
he
sayth
playnlye
that
a
certayne
emperoure
whiche
was
elected
by
them
,
was
by
chryste
and
his
apostolyke
see
depryued
of
all
the
auctoryte
,
which
the
electours
myght
gyue
vnto
hym
/
he
putteth
afterwardes
craftelye
and
gylefullye
these
wordes
.
And
yet
we
wyll
not
that
by
this
any
preiudyce
be
gendred
to
the
electours
,
or
to
theyr
offyce
.
And
yet
he
dothe
manyfestlye
preiudyce
vnto
them
/
naye
rather
to
speake
more
truely
:
he
dothe
anulle
theyr
offyce
vtterlye
,
in
that
he
sayde
before
,
that
by
theyr
auctoryte
:
the
regale
auctoryte
of
the
romaynes
is
gyuen
vnto
no
man
/
and
agayne
in
that
that
without
theyr
consente
and
determynacion
he
dothe
depryue
hym
,
that
was
elected
by
them
:
of
the
ryght
and
the
auctoryte
of
the
eleccyon
gyuen
to
hym
by
them
/
and
so
mockynge
and
begylynge
them
he
dothe
none
otherwyse
preiudyce
vnto
them
,
than
he
dothe
hurte
one
,
that
pulleth
out
hisiye
:
althoughe
he
do
saye
,
that
he
wyll
not
hurte
hym
,
whan
he
doth
so
.
¶
Agayne
to
ascrybe
this
confyrmacyon
of
the
emperour
elected
,
vnto
hym selfe
and
to
saye
that
without
the
sayd
confyrmacion
no
man
is
emperour
,
nor
ought
to
be
called
kynge
or
emperoure
,
nor
ought
to
mynystre
the
thynges
appertaynynge
to
the
emperoure
,
that
is
none
other
thynge
,
than
to
prohybyte
perpetually
the
creacyon
and
promocyon
of
the
sayd
prynce
or
emperoure
/
or
elles
to
bryng
the
sayd
empyre
holly
in
to
the
seruytude
and
bondage
of
the
bysshop
of
Rome
/
for
the
bysshop
of
Rome
yf
he
lyste
not
:
wyl
neuer
approue
or
confyrme
any
man
that
is
elected
kynge
or
emperour
of
the
Romaynes
,
for
asmoch
,
as
he
affyrmeth
hym selfe
to
be
superyoure
vnto
all
men
/
and
in
this
thynge
to
be
vnder
no
colledge
or
syngulare
persone
/
nowe
shall
he
neuer
lyste
or
be
wyllynge
to
approue
or
confyrme
any
man
elected
/
because
that
afore
he
doth
approue
hym
,
whiche
is
elected
kynge
or
emperoure
,
he
wyll
requyre
of
hym
promyses
and
othes
.
And
amonge
other
he
wyll
requyre
the
othe
,
wherby
the
emperour
shall
saye
and
expresse
hym selfe
to
be
subiecte
vnto
the
sayd
bysshop
,
in
fealtye
,
or
temporall
and
coactyue
iurysdyccyon
.
And
he
wyll
requyre
also
the
vnlawfull
and
vniuste
occupacyons
of
certayne
prouynces
,
to
be
kepte
and
mayntayned
vnto
hym selfe
by
the
sayd
elected
emperoure
/
and
this
thynge
he
wyll
requyre
to
be
promysed
and
confyrmed
by
the
othe
of
the
sayd
elected
emperoure
/
which
vnlawfull
promyses
and
othes
,
beynge
not
possyble
to
be
made
,
neyther
to
be
holden
,
and
kepte
after
they
¶
That
this
worke
is
not
an
apostolyke
but
a
diabolycall
dede
,
it
is
euydent
.
For
accordynge
to
this
,
and
by
this
,
the
sayde
bysshoppe
with
all
his
complyces
,
ordynatours
,
consenters
,
and
executers
,
in
worde
,
wrytynge
,
or
dede
/
beynge
blynde
with
couytousnes
/
with
pryde
and
ambicyon
,
and
fylled
with
moste
great
iniquyte
(
as
it
is
euydent
to
all
men
)
be
guydes
and
leaders
of
all
them
,
that
do
gyue
credence
vnto
them
,
or
that
folowe
them
,
by
worke
or
dede
,
in
all
the
aforesayde
sayenges
or
wrytynges
:
vnto
fallynge
and
goynge
downe
heedlynge
in
to
the
dyche
or
pytte
of
deadly
synnes
.
Fyrste
in
to
manyfest
&
open
periurye
/
afterwardes
in
to
treason
and
iniurye
open
and
playne
to
all
men
/
consequentlye
he
causeth
them
to
fall
in
to
rauyne
or
robbrye
,
manslaughter
/
and
in
a
maner
in
to
all
kyndes
of
myscheuous
synnes
/
in
whiche
they
dyenge
without
repentaunce
,
and
beynge
begyled
by
this
moste
holy
father
and
his
mynysters
,
and
yet
not
be
excused
before
god
for
theyr
grosse
ignoraunce
:
are
caste
downe
heedlonge
and
drowned
in
hell
/
that
is
to
wytte
in
the
pytte
of
perpetuall
dampned
persones
.
For
this
is
and
ought
to
be
vndoubted
to
euery
man
that
hathe
reason
,
and
that
is
able
to
vse
it
,
that
neyther
the
bysshoppe
of
Rome
,
neyther
any
other
preeste
may
assoyle
any
man
from
suche
maner
or
any
other
lawfull
othe
,
outher
gyuen
or
made
,
or
els
promysed
.
Nowe
it
is
euydent
to
euery
man
,
which
wyll
stande
to
his
owne
conscyence
,
and
whiche
is
not
troubled
with
any
synystre
or
croked
affeccyon
:
that
the
cause
whiche
the
bysshoppe
of
Rome
pretendeth
,
agaynst
the
deuoute
prynce
Lewes
&
agaynst
any
other
prynce
in
lyke
case
:
is
not
resonable
,
but
vnresonable
,
vndyscrete
,
and
vniust
/
wherfore
the
gydynge
,
doctryne
,
and
exhortacyon
of
this
bysshoppe
and
of
his
mynysters
,
in
such
thynges
,
is
to
be
eschewed
and
auoyded
/
and
vtterlye
to
be
despysed
/
as
the
thynge
whiche
leadeth
and
bryngeth
in
conclusyon
vnto
the
eternall
deathe
of
soules
.
For
it
is
playnly
and
openly
contrary
to
the
holsome
doctryne
,
wordes
,
and
sentence
of
the
apostle
Paule
in
the
,
xiii
.
to
the
Romaynes
/
in
the.
vi
.
to
the
Ephesyanes
/
in
the.
vi
.
of
the
fyrste
epystle
to
Tymothe
/
and
in
the
seconde
and
thyrde
chapytres
of
the
seconde
epystle
to
Tite
.
For
there
the
apostle
teacheth
openly
,
that
subiectis
¶
So
than
after
this
maner
this
sayd
bysshop
by
lytle
and
lytle
crepeth
successyuely
throughe
the
kyngdoms
of
the
worlde
,
that
he
may
at
the
last
be
able
to
subdue
&
make
subiecte
vnto
hym selfe
,
all
the
empyres
&
domynions
of
the
worlde
/
whiche
thynge
incessauntly
he
desyreth
.
He
dareth
not
attempte
suche
maner
processes
in
all
or
many
of
them
togyther
at
one
tyme
/
but
he
abydeth
vntyll
suche
¶
But
the
moste
myscheuous
thynge
of
all
,
and
the
thynge
whiche
dothe
greattest
noyaunce
or
hurte
generally
:
is
this
(
wherof
we
haue
spoken
somwhat
heretofore
,
and
whiche
maye
not
be
passed
ouer
with
scylence
of
hym
that
wylleth
not
to
falle
from
the
lawe
of
Chryste
and
of
his
gospell
)
that
the
bysshoppe
of
¶
what
so
carlysshe
or
vnmanerlye
sone
of
this
countree
or
mother
of
Italye
,
(
whiche
in
olde
tyme
was
so
fayre
and
beutefull
,
and
is
no
we
so
euyll
fauored
&
torne
)
seynge
these
thyngꝭ
,
and
hauynge
knowledge
and
powre
:
can
fynde
in
his
herte
to
kepe
scylence
,
and
not
to
crye
out
vnto
the
lorde
,
agaynst
them
that
do
so
vniustly
hale
or
drawe
her
here
and
there
or
plucke
her
in
peces
/
for
to
suche
a
sone
it
shall
be
sayd
very
truely
,
as
the
apostle
saythe
,
that
he
tenounced
the
fayth
,
and
is
worse
than
any
infydell
or
heathen
person
.
As
touchynge
to
the
fulnes
of
powre
and
the
maners
or
sygnyfycacyons
of
it
/
also
concernynge
the
begynnynge
,
and
increase
or
goynge
forwarde
therof
,
and
agayne
after
whiche
sygnyfycacions
,
and
in
what
wyse
the
bysshop
of
Rome
hathe
taken
the
sayde
fulnes
vnto
hym selfe
,
and
howe
he
hathe
vsed
the
same
bothe
as
touchynge
to
the
ecclesyastycall
customes
and
ceremonyes
,
and
also
aboute
the
seculer
cyuyle
actes
of
men
:
let
it
haue
ben
determyned
in
this
wyse
as
is
afore
gone
.
¶
Of
certayne
obieccyons
or
reasons
,
that
maye
be
made
agaynst
the
thynges
determyned
in
the.
xv
.
chapytre
,
and
the
other
chapytres
consequentlye
folowynge
,
of
this
present
dyccyon
.
The
,
xxvij
,
chapytre
,
BVt
peraduenture
some
man
doubtynge
,
and
not
without
cause
,
of
the
thynges
,
whiche
we
haue
sayd
heretofore
in
the.
xv
.
chapytre
,
¶
Of
that
answers
to
be
made
vnto
the
aforesayd
obieccions
or
reasons
.
The
,
xxviij
,
chapytre
,
THe
resyde
we
of
the
seconde
parte
of
this
boke
,
is
to
expounde
conuenyently
&
accordyngly
the
auctorytes
of
the
scrypture
,
&
to
dissolue
the
humayne
reasons
&
obieccions
,
which
haue
ben
brought
in
,
in
the.
iii.
chapytre
,
&
also
in
the
chapytre
immedyatly
afore
gone
,
of
this
dyccyon
/
whiche
appere
&
seme
to
proue
the
contrarie
,
of
our
determynacyons
/
but
fyrste
it
shall
be
very
expedyent
&
welldone
,
to
call
to
remembraunce
that
,
whiche
we
haue
sayd
in
the.
xiv
.
chapytre
of
this
dyccion
,
accordynge
to
the
mynde
¶
But
vnto
the
sayenge
of
the
apostle
in
the
seconde
chapytre
to
the
Galatians
¶
Of
the
solucyon
of
the
obieccyons
,
brought
in
of
the
scryptures
in
the
thyrde
chapytre
of
this
seconde
parte
to
shewe
or
proue
,
that
coactyue
iurysdyccion
doth
belonge
to
bysshoppes
,
in
that
they
are
bysshops
,
and
that
the
hyghest
coactyue
iurysdyccyon
dothe
belonge
to
the
bysshoppe
of
Rome
.
The
,
xxix
,
chapytre
,
ANd
to
the
other
obieccyons
broughte
in
of
the
scrypture
in
the
thyrde
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
,
by
reason
of
whiche
,
it
myghte
seme
peraduenture
to
some
man
,
that
it
myghte
be
proued
,
that
the
bysshoppe
of
Rome
or
any
other
bysshoppe
is
iudge
(
after
the
thyrde
sygnyfycacyon
of
this
worde
iudge
)
vpon
all
clarkes
,
or
indyfferentlye
vpon
all
men
,
of
euery
realme
or
communytie
,
without
the
instytucyon
of
the
prynce
,
or
prynces
,
but
by
the
immedyate
ordynacyon
of
god
/
it
is
to
be
sayde
or
answered
,
and
fyrste
to
that
obieccyon
whiche
was
taken
of
the.
xvi
.
chapytre
of
Mathewe
,
whan
Chryste
sayde
to
saynt
Peter
,
I
shall
gyue
to
the
the
keyes
of
the
kyngdome
of
heuens
.
&c.
That
by
these
sayde
wordes
Chryste
gaue
none
other
powre
or
auctoryte
to
saynt
Peter
or
to
¶
Of
the
solucyon
of
the
reasons
or
argumentes
,
brought
in
,
in
the
same
thyrde
chapytre
also
,
for
the
same
purpose
/
and
of
the
translacyon
of
the
romayne
empyre
,
&
of
any
other
empyre
or
domynyon
,
as
moch
as
may
be
and
ought
to
be
done
accordynge
to
ryght
reason
.
The
,
xxx
,
chapytre
,
THe
resydewe
and
the
last
chapytre
of
this
dyccyon
is
,
to
solue
the
reasons
or
argumentes
,
which
also
we
brought
in
,
in
the
thyrde
of
this
¶
Thus
endeth
the
seconde
dyccyon
or
boke
,