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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howbeeit ſundrie conſiderations there are,An oration of a Biſhop. which might ſtay me from vttering ſuch things as be moſte preindiciall to the common wealth, yet (moſt noble Prince) when I conſider thy hu|manitie, fayth, and conſtancie giuen to nothing more than to the defence and weale of thy true liege people, I cannot but (for the zeale I beare to common libertie) declare the truth, for ſithe all maner of tyrannie is intollerable, yea euen that,Tyrannie in|tollerable. which is exerciſed by Kings or Princes deſcen|ded by liniall ſucceſſion to theyr rightfull hery|tage: much more is that tyrannie to bee deteſted, whiche is exerciſed by men of vile and baſe ly|nage.Men of baſe linage. Therefore if the ſundrie and manifeſt EEBO page image 284 wrongs done to vs theſe many yeares now paſ|ſed, had come by the Popes themſelues, the ſame might ſomewhat more ſufferably haue beene borne,Men of baſe lynage. but ſithe naughtie vile perſons, of baſe byrth and obſcure lynage, promoted to benefices and eccleſiaſticall dignities onely for theyr wic|ked and horrible vices, haue not onely interdyted our Realme, without lawfull commiſſion, but haue alſo conſumed in maintenaunce of theyr wanton and inſolent vices, that money whiche they gathered in our Countrey by the Popes au|thoritie, vnder colour of rayſing and army to goe agaynſt the Turkes and Infidels, I am of this opinion, that theyr curſed auarice ought to haue no further place amongſt faythfull people, ſpeci|ally amongſt vs, whoſe ſimplicitie and humble|neſſe they haue in contempt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeares paſſed, ye complayned of the iniuries done by Gualo,The Scottes ſore offended againſt Gualo. when he had put your Realme vnder the cenſure of interdyting, and the moſt part of your prelates vnder the curſe, by|cauſe they would not anſwere him of money, ac|cording to his couetous demaundes, wherewith he might mainteyne his outragious luſtes: which Gualo alſo (as ſhould appeare) by moſt certaine coniectures, was of ſuche a diueliſh nature, that though he were ſent to treate a concorde betwixt the Engliſh men and Scottes,The practiſe of Gualo. yet to ſatiſfie his auaritious deſire, he miniſtred ſuche occaſion of warre betwixt them, that both the realmes (had not the matter beene the ſooner taken vp) were at a poynt to haue entered ſo farre into malicious hatred the one agaynſt the other, that it was not lyke, that any peace would haue taken place, tyll the one or both had bene vtterly deſtroyed. But ſith theſe haynous and terrible deedes are mani|feſt ynough, to what ende ſhould I here remem|ber them, ſith the ſame cannot bee done without your great griefe and diſpleaſure?

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, after we were deliuered of thys Gualo, ſhortly after commeth another, one ſhe|wing him ſelfe to come forth of the ſame ſhoppe: for in conuerſation of life, he was to be iudged no whit better, but rather worſe: for after he had got vp amongeſt vs of this realme large ſummes of money vnder pretence of redeeming the Chriſti|an priſoners out of the Saraſins hands, and wa|ging of new armies agaynſt them, he waſted the ſame money in ryotous luſt and inſolencie, fay|ning when it was gone, that it was bereft him by Brygants.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Therefore ſith we haue had experience, and are alreadie ſufficiently taught by the doings of the two foreremembred Legates, to our heauie griefes and no ſmall domages, we may be wor|thily reputed vnwiſe and very fooles in deede, if we now admit the thirde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For it is not to be thought, that this new Le|gate ſhall vſe the matter in any better ſort, than his fellowes haue done before him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And verily if any man ſhoulde demaunde of me, what I thinke ought to be done in this mat|ter, I do for my part proteſt,The Byſhope opinion. that neither this le|gate, nor any other in tymes to come, ought to be receyued within this realme, conſidering how the ſame hath beene waſted and robbed by their continuall exactions: if there be any amongeſt you that hath more money than hee knoweth which way wel to ſpend, he may (in the name of God) beſtow it vpon the poore, rather than to the vſe of ſuch vicious Legates, as order it in ſuche ſort, that all men haue cauſe to thinke, whatſo|euer commeth into their hands, is but caſt away and clearely loſt.