WHereas Roger Manwaring , Doctor in Diuinity , hath lately preached two Sermons , the one vpon the fourth , the other on the nine and twentieth of Iuly last , and after caused them to bee printed , and bound vp into one Volume , & intituled by him , Religion and Allegiance , in which Sermons , although the grounds thereof were rightly laid , to perswade obedience from the Subjects to their Souereigne , and that for conscience sake ; Yet in diuers passages , inferences , & applications thereof , trenching vpon the Lawes of this Land , & proceedings of Parliaments , whereof hee was ignorant , hee so farre erred , that hee hath drawen vpon himselfe the iust Censure and Sentence of the high Court of Parliament , by whose iudgement also that Booke stands condemned : Wee , taking this into Our serious consideration , and beeing desirous to take away all occasions of scandall or offence , haue thought fit , that those Sermons , in respect of those inferences and applications which hee made thereon , bee totally suppressed .

And , to that purpose , Wee doe hereby straitly charge and command all and euery person and persons whatsoeuer , in whose hands any of those Bookes now are , or hereafter shall be , that they foorthwith deliuer , or cause the same to bee deliuered , to the Bishop , or other Ordinary of that Diocesse or place where hee or they at any time are , if it be not within either of Our Vniuersities ; and if it bee in either of the Vniuersities , that then he or they deliuer the same to the Vicechancellour of that Vniuersitie , to whom Wee doe heereby giue speciall charge and command to cause them all to bee vtterly suppressed .

And Wee doe further charge and command , that no man hereafter presume to print the sayd Sermons , or either of them againe , vpon paine of Our high displeasure , and of such further punishment , as for their presumption , in that behalfe , may any way bee inflicted vpon them .