22.1. A praier made by doctor Weston deane of Westminster, dailie to be said for the queenes deliuerance.

A praier made by doctor Weston deane of Westminster, dailie to be said for the queenes deliuerance.

_O Most righteous Lord God, which for the offense of the first woman,A praier for quéene Marie and hir child, turned out of Latine into English. hast threatned vnto all women a common, sharpe, and ineuitable malediction, and hast inioined them that they should conceiue in sinne; and being conceiued, should be subiect to manie and gréeuous torments, and finallie be deliuered with the danger and ieopardie of their life: we beséech thée for thine exceeding great goodnesse and botomlesse mercie, to mitigate the strictnes of that law. Asswage thine an|ger for a while, and cherish in the bosome of thy fauor and mercie our most gratious quéene Marie, being now at the point of hir deliuerance. So helpe hir, that without danger of hir life, she maie ouercome the sorow, and in due season bring foorth a child, in bodie beautifull and comelie, in mind noble and va|liant. So that afterward she forgetting the trouble, maie with ioie, laud and praise the bountifulnesse of thy mercie; and togither with vs, praise and blesse both thée and thy holie name world without end. This (O Lord) we desire thee, we beseech thee, and most hartilie craue of thée. Heare vs (O Lord) and grant vs our petition. Let not the enimies of thy faith and of thy church saie; Where is their God?

22.2. A solemne praier made for king Philip and queene Maries child, that it maie be a male child, welfauored and wittie, &c.

A solemne praier made for king Philip and queene Maries child, that it maie be a male child, welfauored and wittie, &c.

A deuout prai|er made by the catholikes for quéene Marie being great and quicke with child._O Most mightie Lord God, which regardest the praier of the humble, and despisest not their request, bow downe from thine high habitation of the heauens, the eies of thy mercie vnto vs wretched sinners, bowing the knees of our harts, and with manie and déepe sighs bewailing our sinnes and offenses humblie with eies intent, and hands displaied, praieng and beseech|ing thee, with the shield of thy protection, to defend Marie thy seruant and our quéene, who hath none o|ther helper but thee, and whome through thy grace thou hast willed to be conceiued with child; and at the time of hir trauell gratiouslie with the helpe of thy right hand deliuer hir, and from all danger with the child in hir conceiued, mercifullie preserue. It hath seemed good in thy sight (mercifull father) by thy seruant Marie to worke these woonders, that is to saie; in hir hands to vanquish and ouerthrow the stout enimie, and to deliuer vs thy people out of the hands of The papists call the pro|testants here|tikes and eni|mies to the crosse of Christ, euen as Achab cal|led Elias the disturber of Israell, when he was onelie the disturber himself [...] heretikes, infidels, enimies to thée, and to the crosse of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christ, that of thy seruant thou mightest speake in farre coun|tries. Therefore for these woonderfull workes which thou dooest to thy seruants, thou art magnified Lord God for euer, & we thy people blesse thée the God of heauen, which hast wrought vpon vs this great mer|cie, and hast excluded from vs the heretike, the eni|mie of truth, and the persecutor of thy church. We know, we know that we haue grieuouslie (Lord) sinned, that we haue beene deceiued by vanitie, and that we haue forsaken thée our God. Our iniqui|ties be multiplied on our head, and our sinnes be in|creased vp to heauen, and we our selues haue offen|ded, and our princes and our priests: for these our sinnes haue deserued an hypocrit to our prince, our sinnes haue deserued a tyrant to our gouernor that should bring our life vnto bitternesse. We be not worthie to haue so gentle and mercifull a queene, so godlie a ruler, and finallie so vertuous a prince. At the verie beginning of whose reigne, a new light, as it were of Gods religion, séemed to vs for to spring and arise.Quéene Ma|rie compared of the papists to quéene Iu|dith. The Iews did blesse the widow Iudith with one voice; saieng: Thou art the glorie of Ieru|salem, thou art the ioie of Israell, thou art the honor of our people, for that thou hast loued chastitie, and thou shalt be blessed for euer.

And we the English people with one agréeable consent doo crie:Marke how forgetting his praier he fa [...]|leth to the praising of quéen Marie. Thou Marie art the glorie of Eng|land, our ioie, the honour of thy people, for that thou hast imbraced chastitie: thine hart is strengthened, for the hand of our Lord hath comforted thée, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for euer. But bow downe, O most mercifull father thine eare, and open thine eies, and behold our affliction, and our humble confession. Thou knowest Lord, that against Phi|lip, not by humane, but by thy ordinance our king, and against thy seruant Marie by thy prouidence our quéene, the restorers and mainteiners of thy tes|tament, and of the faith and most constant defenders of thy church; thou knowest (I saie) that against these our two gouernors (the enimies of thy holie testament,The testa|ment setteth vp onelie the glorie of Christ. and of the church thy spouse) be most ranke rebels, and spitefull murmurers, walking af|ter their lusts, whose mouth speaketh words of pride, to the end they maie set vp the kingdome of here|tikes and schismatikes. By the power of their hands they would change thy promises,If the chan|ging of Gods promises, de|stroieng his inheritance, stopping the mouths of Gods people if contentiõs, warres, and schismes be tokens of he|retikes, who so great here|tikes as the papists [...]e? and destroie thine inheritance, and stop and shut vp the mouths of them that praise thée, and extinguish the glorie of thy catho|like church and altar.

It is manifest and plaine, how manie contenti|ons, how manie conspiracies & seditions, how great warres, what tumults, how manie and how great troublesome vexations, how manie heresies and schismes (for these be the most readie deuises and eui|dent tokens of heretikes) for our sinnes doo hang o|uer vs, if thy seruant be taken from this life: for we acknowledge that our Lord is omnipotent, who hath pitched his dwelling place in the middest of his peo|ple, to the intent to deliuer vs out of the hands of our enimies. Turne therefore thy countenance vnto vs, shew vnto vs, O Lord, thy face. Punish vs for our sinnes according to thy will and pleasure, onelie now deliuer vs. We bowing the knées of our heart, be|seech thée that thou wilt not reserue vnto vs punish|ment for euer, and we shall praise thée, all the daies of our life. Heare our crie, and the praier of thy peo|ple, and open to them the treasure of thy mercie, thy gratious fauour, the spring of liuelie water. Thou that hast begun, make in the hand of thy seruant a perfect worke. Suffer not, we praie thee,Crie vp lowd|der you priests per [...]d|uenture your god is a sléepe. the faithlesse rebels to saie of thy seruant and hir councellors, that they haue deuised matters which they can not per|forme. And grant vnto thy seruant an happie and an easie trauell. For it is not impossible to thy power, nor indecent to thy iustice, nor vnwoonted vnto thy mercie.

It is well knowne vnto vs,The Lord gaue a pro|mise to Sara [...]nd Elisa|beth: so did [...] not to queene Ma|rie. how maruellouslie EEBO page image 1126 thou diddest worke in Sara of the age of fourescore and ten yeares, and in Elisabeth the barren, and also farre striken in age: for thy counsell is not in the power of men. Thou Lord that art the searcher of hearts and thoughts, thou knowest that thy seruant neuer lusted after man, neuer gaue hir selfe to wan|ton companie, nor made hir selfe partaker with them that walke in lightnesse: but she consented to take an husband with thy feare, and not with hir lust. Thou knowest that thy seruant tooke an husband, not for carnall pleasure, but onelie for the desire and loue of posteritie, wherein thy name might be blessed for e|uer and euer. Giue therefore vnto thy seruants Phi|lip our king, & Marie our quéene, a male issue, which maie sit in the seat of thy kingdome. Giue vnto our quéene thy seruant, a little infant in fashion and bo|die comelie and beautifull, in pregnant wit notable and excellent.

It is not best such one to be granted vnto [...]ou, for being like Abraham Ioseph, Mo|ses, and Sa|lomon, he maie chance smell out your cor|rupt doctrine, and to detest your bloudie tyrannie, &c.Grant the same to be in obedience like Abraham, in hospitalitie like Lot, in chastitie and brotherlie loue like Ioseph, in meekenesse and mildnesse like Moses, in strength and valiantnesse like Samson. Let him be found faithfull as Dauid after thy heart. Let him be wise among kings as the most wise Sa|lomon. Let him be like Iob, a simple and an vpright man, fearing God and eschewing euill. Let him fi|nallie be garnished with the comelinesse of all ver|tuous conditions, and in the same let him wax old and liue, that he maie sée his childrens children to the third and fourth generation. And giue to our soue|reigne lord and ladie, king Philip and quéene Marie, thy blessing and long life vpon earth. And grant that of them maie come kings and quéenes which maie stedfastlie continue in faith, loue, and holinesse. And blessed be their séed of our God, that all nations maie know thou art onelie God in all the earth, which art blessed for euer and euer, Amen.

22.3. An other praier for queene Marie, and hir conceiued child.

An other praier for queene Marie, and hir conceiued child.

An other praier for the same._O Almightie father, which diddest sanctifie the blessed virgine and mother of Marie in hir conception, & in the birth of Christ our sauiour, thy onelie sonne; also by thy omnipotent power diddest safeli [...] deliuer the prophet Ionas out of the whales bellie [...]efend O Lord we beséech thée, thy seruant Marie our quéene, with child. conceiued, and so visit hir in and with thy godlie gift of health, that not onelie the child thy creature with|in hir conteined, maie ioifullie come from hir into this world, and receiue the blessed sacraments of baptisme and confirmation, inioieng therewith dai|lie increase of all princelie and gratious gifts both of bodie and soule; but that also she, the mother, through thy speciall grace and mercie, maie in time of hir trauell auoid all excessiue dolour and paine, and a|bide perfect and sure from all perill and danger of death, with long and prosperous life, thorough Christ our Lord, Amen. ¶And thus much shall suffice tou|ching this great adoo about quéene Marie and hir babe.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 Cardinall Poole com|deth to Pauls crosse with great pompe.The second daie of December being sundaie, car|dinall Poole came to Pauls church in London with great pompe, hauing before him a crosse, two pillers and two pollaxes of siluer, and was there solemnlie receiued by the bishop of Winchester, chancellor of England, who met him with procession. And short|lie after, king Philip came from Westminster by land, being accompanied with a great number of his nobles.Cer [...]eine [...] of Stephã Gar|diners ser|mon. And the same daie, the bishop of Win|chester preached at Pauls crosse, in the which sermon he declared, that the king and quéene had restored the pope to his right of primasie; & that the thrée estates assembled in parlement, representing the whole bo|die of the realme, had submitted themselues to his holinesse, and to his successors for euer. And in the same also, he greatlie praised the cardinall, and set foorth the passing high authoritie that he had from the [...] of Rome, with much other glorious matter, in the commendation of the church of Rome, which he called the see apostolike. This sermon being ended, the king and the cardinall riding togither,The king and the cardinall ride togither. returned to White hall, and the king had his sword borne be|fore him, and the cardinall had onelie his crosse, and no more.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The seauen and twentith daie of the said moneth, Emanuell Philibert earle of Sauoie and prince of Piemount came into England,Prince of Piemount commeth into England. accompanied with diuerse other lords and gentlemen strangers, who were receiued at Grauesend by the earle of Bed|ford lord priuie seale, and conueied by water through London bridge to White hall, where the king and queene then laie. ¶On the ninth of Ianuarie next fol|lowing, the prince of Orange was in like maner receiued at Grauesend, and from thence conueied to the court, being at White hall. I. Stow. 1053. Prince of O|range. The twelfth of Ia|nuarie, the said prince of Orange, with other lords, was conducted by the lord chamberlein to the tower of London, where was shewed vnto him the ordi|nance, artillerie, munitions, and armorie, with the mint, &c: and so was brought into the white tower, from whence, as he returned through the long galle|rie, all the prisoners saluted him: vnto whome the prince said, he was sorie for their captiuitie, and tru|sted the king and quéene would be good vnto them. At his departing from the tower, he gaue the gun|ners ten péeces of Flemmish gold at fiue shillings the péece, and the warders other ten péeces, as a reward.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Upon wednesdaie the 12 of December, fiue of the eight men which laie in the Fléet,Fiue of Throckmor|tons iurie re|leased. that had pas|sed vpon sir Nicholas Throckmortons triall, were discharged and set at libertie vpon their fines paid, which was two hundred and twentie pounds a péece. The other thrée put vp a supplication, therein decla|ring their goods did not amount to the summe of that which they were appointed to paie: and so vpon that declaration, paieng thrée score pounds a péece, they were deliuered out of prison on saint Thomas daie before Christmas, being the one & twentith of December. The two and twentith of the same mo|neth,Parlement dissolued. the parlement (which began the two and twen|tith of Nouember before) was dissolued, wherein among other acts passed there, the statute Ex officio, and other lawes made for punishment of heresies were reuiued. But chiefelie, the popes most liberall bull of dispensation of abbeie land was there confir|med, much to the contentation of manie, who not without cause suspected by this new vnion, to lose some peece of their late purchase. Abr. Fl. ex Ioh. Foxi mar|tyrologio. A sturre be|twéene the Spaniards and English|men at West|minster. ¶ On new yeares daie at night was a great tumult betweene Spa|niards and Englishmen at Westminster, whereof was like to haue insued great mischiefe, through a Spanish frier which got into the church and roong alarum. The occasion was about two whores which were in the cloister of Westminster with a sort of Spaniards, wherof whilest some plaied the knaues with them, other some did kéepe the entrie of the cloi|ster with dags and harnesse. In the meane time cer|teine of the deanes men came into the cloister, and the Spaniards discharged their dags at them, and hurt some of them. By and by the noise of this dooing came into the streets, so that the whole towne was vp almost, but neuer a stroke was stricken. Not|withstanding, the noise of this dooing with the deans men, and also the ringing of the alarum made much EEBO page image 1127 adoo, and a great number also to be sore afraid.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Upon fridaie the eighteenth of Ianuarie, all the councell, I S. pag. 1095. by name, the lord chancellor, the bishop of Elie, the lord treasuror, the earle of Shrewesburie, the comptrollor of the quéenes house, secretarie Bourne, and sir Richard Southwell master of the ordinance and armorie, went to the tower, and there the same daie discharged and set at libertie all the pri|soners of the tower,Prisoners de|liuered out of the tower. or the more part of them, name|lie the archbishop of Yorke, the late duke of Nor|thumberlands sonnes, the lords Ambrose, Robert, and Henrie; also, sir Andrew Dudleie, sir Iames Croftes, sir Nicholas Throckmorton, sir Iohn Ro|gers, sir Nicholas Arnold, sir George Harper, sir Edward Warner, sir William Sentlow, sir Gaw|en Carew, William Gibbes esquier, Cutbert Uaughan, and diuerse others.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Trouble and persecution for religion.Moreouer, about this season diuerse learned men being apprehended, and in prison for matters of reli|gion, were brought before the bishops of Winche|ster and London, and other the bishops and commis|sioners appointed therefore: who vpon the constant standing of the said learned men in their opinions, which they had taken vpon them to mainteine, as grounded vpon the true word of God, as they pro|tested, procéeded in iudgement against them, and so diuerse of them were burned at London in Smith|field, and in diuerse other places. Naie not onelie by fire but by other torments were the good christians persecuted, whose zeale was hot in religion and defi|ance of the pope: insomuch that then he was coun|ted Gods enimie, which tooke not the pope for the friend of Christ (whome he hateth with hostilitie) as C.O. noteth verie trulie in his Elisabetha, saieng:

—nam creditur hostis

Esse Dei, papa [...] si quis pius asserit hostem

Esse Dei, veros Christi qui tollit honores.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In Februarie next following, doctor Thirlebie bishop of Elie,Ambassadors out of Eng|land to Rome. and Anthonie lord Montacute, with a verie honorable traine of gentlemen and others, rode foorth of the citie of London towards Rome as ambassadors sent from the king and quéene, to con|firme this new reconciliation to the pope.William Fe|therstone, aliàs Constable a boie, nameth himselfe king Edward the sixt. A yoong stripling, whose name was William Fetherstone, a millers sonne, about the age of eightéene yeares, na|med and bruted himselfe to be king Edward the sixt, whereof when the quéene and the councell heard, they caused with all diligence inquirie to be made for him, so that he was apprehended in Southworke, or (as other haue) at Eltham in Kent the tenth of Maie, and brought before the councell at Hampton court, and there examined. And it was demanded of him why he so named himselfe? To which he counterfet|ting a maner of simplicitie, or rather frensie, would make no direct answer, but praid pardon; for he wist not what he said: affirming further, that he was counselled so to saie, and to take vpon him the name, whereof he accused certeine persons: but his talke was not found true, wherefore he was committed to the Marshalseie, as a lunatike foole.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On the eight and twentith daie of Maie next fol|lowing, the aforesaid counterfet prince was brought in a cart from the Marshalseie thorough the citie of London, with a paper ouer his head, wherein was written, that he named himselfe king Edward. And from thense was conueied to Westminster, being led round about the hall, and shewed to all the peo|ple there: and afterward he was taken out of the cart and stripped, Iohn Stow. and then whipped round about the palace at the same carts taile, and then thorough Westminster into Smithfield, and then banished into the north, in which countrie he was borne, and had béene sometime lackie to sir Peter Mewtas, and without more punishment was discharged, and set at libertie. But the next yeare following,The counter|fet king exe|cuted. for that he had spred abroad that king Edward was aliue, and that he had spoken with him, he was againe appre|hended, and arreigned of high treason, whereof be|ing condemned, he shortlie after was drawne vnto Tiburne, and there hanged and quartered the thir|téenth of March. ¶ Here, as in a fit and conuenient place, Abr. Fl. ex Ioh. Foxi martyrologio the obseruation of the daie and moneth offe|ring no lesse, it is not amisse to set downe the speech of quéene Marie vttered to sundrie of hir lords, tou|ching a motion which no doubt certeine popish pre|lats had put into hir mind; the effect whereof follow|eth as I find it in master Fox.

Before I passe this moneth of March (saith he) I cannot but leaue a little memorandum of the words or consultation of quéene Marie, vsed to certeine of the councell, the eight & twentith daie of the said mo|neth of March, touching the restoring againe of the abbeie lands. Who after she had called vnto hir pre|sence foure of hir priuie councell, the daie and mo|neth aforesaid: the names of which councellors were these;The names of the coun|cellors called before quéene Marie. William lord marquesse of Winchester high treasuror of England, sir Robert Rochester knight, the queenes comptrollor, sir William Peter knight, secretarie, sir Francis Inglefield knight, master of wards; the said queene Marie inferred these words: the principall effect & summe whereof here followeth.The effect of quéene Ma|ries words touching ab|beie lands to be restored. You are here of our councell, and we haue willed you to be called to vs, to the intent yee might heare of me my conscience, and the resolution of my mind, concerning the lands and possessions as well of mo|nasteries, as other churches whatsoeuer being now presentlie in my possession. First, I doo consider, that the said lands were taken awaie from the chur|ches aforesaid, in time of schisme, and that by vnlaw|full means, such as are contrarie both to the law of God and of the church.The quéene taketh a con|science to kée|ping abbeie lands. For the which cause my consci|ence dooth not suffer me to deteine them: and there|fore I here expresselie refuse either to claime or to re|teine the said lands for mine: but with all my heart fréelie and willinglie without all paction or conditi|on, here and before God I doo surrender and relin|quish the said lands and possessions or inheritances whatsoeuer, & doo renounce the same with this mind and purpose,The quéene surrendreth from hir selfe the possessiõ of abbeie lands. that order and disposition thereof may be taken as shall séeme best liking to our most holie lord the pope, or else his legat the lord cardinall, to the honour of God and wealth of this our realme.

And albeit you may obiect to me againe, that considering the state of my kingdome, the dignitie thereof, and my crowne imperiall cannot be honora|blie mainteined and furnished without the possessi|ons aforesaid: yet notwithstanding I set more by the saluation of my soule, than by ten kingdoms: and therefore the said possessions I vtterlie refuse here to hold after that sort and title, and giue most hartie thanks to almightie God, which hath giuen me an husband likewise minded, with no lesse good affection in this behalfe, than I am my selfe.Promise for restitution of abbeie lands. Wherefore I charge and command, that my chancellor (with whom I haue conferred my mind in this matter before) and you foure, to morrow together doo resort to the most reuerend lord legat, and doo signifie to him the premisses in my name, & giue your attendance vp|on him for the more full declaration of the state of my kingdome, and of the foresaid possessions accor|dinglie, as you your selues doo vnderstand the mat|ter, and can informe him in the same. This charge (as the sequele gaue proofe) was followed with no lesse diligence of the lords, than it was imposed with willingnes vpon them by the quéene: insomuch that shortlie after (as anon you shall heare) the performed hir promise to [...]he pith.

But to le [...] this matter passe, till due time & place EEBO page image 1128 require a declaration of the conclusion thereof; I am héere (saith master Fox, as occasion serueth) to in|treat of pope Iulius death, for so much as he made his end about the latter end of this foresaid moneth of March.R [...]ad more of [...] in a booke [...]lled a war|ning to Eng|land. Concerning the déeds and acts of which pope, to make a full declaration, it were not so much tedious to the reader, as horrible to all good eares. Under this Iulius florished the archbishop of Bene|uentanus, a Florentine, named Iohannes a Casa, deane of the popes chamber,The death of [...] Iulius the third. and chéefe legat to the Uenetians: who well declaring the fruit of that fil|thie see, so farre forgat both honestie and nature, that he shamed not onelie to plaie the filthie Sodomite himselfe, [...] and to boast openlie of the same: but also tooke vpon him most impudentlie in Italian metre, to all mens eares, to set foorth the praise and com|mendation of that beastlie iniquitie,N [...]te here what an holie catholike church this is saieng that he himselfe neuer vsed other: and this booke was prin|ted at Uenice, by one Troianus Nauus. And yet the pope could suffer this so great iniquitie and shame|lesse beastlinesse; euen vnder his nose in his owne chamber, which could not abide the true doctrine of Christ in christian bookes.

Amongst other pranks and déeds of this foresaid pope, in his Iubilée, and in the synod of Trent, and in confirming of the idoll of Lauretane, this is also re|ported of him in his life, that he delighted greatlie in porke flesh and peacocks. Upon a time when he was admonished of his physician to absteine from all swines flesh, for that it was noisome for his g [...]ut, and yet would not follow his counsell: the physician afterward gaue warning to his steward or orderer of his diet, that he should set no more porke flesh be|fore him. Wherevpon when the pope perceiued the said porke flesh to be lacking in his accustomed ser|uice; [...] [...]o [...]kish pope. Where (said he) is my porke? And when his stew|ard had answered that his physician had forbidden anie porke to be serued: then the pope bursting out in great rage,Monstrous blasphemie in the pope. said in these words; Bring me, said he, my porke flesh Al dispetto di Dio: that is to saie in English, In the despight of God.

At an other time, he sitting at dinner, pointing to a peacocke vpon his table, which he had not touched; Kéepe (said he) this cold peacocke for me against sup|per, and let me sup in the garden, for I shall haue ghests. So when supper came, and amongst other hot peacocks, he saw not his cold peacocke brought to his table: the pope after his woonted manner, most horriblie blaspheming God, fell into an extreame rage, &c. Wherevpon one of his cardinals sitting by, desired him saieng:Pope Iulius blasphemeth God for a peacocke. Let not your holinesse, I praie you, be so mooued with a matter of so small weight. Then this Iulius the pope answering againe; What (said he) if God was so angrie for one apple, that he cast our first parents out of paradise for the same, [...] dignam. whie maie not I being his vicar, be angrie then for a peacocke, sithens a peacocke is a greater matter than an apple? Behold here good reader, by this pope, the holinesse of that blasphemous sée: and yet thou shalt sée here, what affection was borne vnto this pope here in England, by the di [...]iges, hearses, and funerals commanded to be had and celebrated in all churches by the quéene and hir councell, as may ap|peare by the copie of their letters here following.

A letter from the bishop of Winchester (being lord chancellour) vnto Boner bishop of London, touching the celebrating of the popes funerals.

[...] 10. [...]inchesters [...] to [...] for the [...] funerall_AFter my hartie commendations to your good lordship. The king and queenes maiesties hauing certeine knowledge of the death of the popes holi|nesse, thought good there should be as well solemne obsequies said for him throughout the realme, as also these praiers (which I send you herein inclosed) vsed at masse times in all places at this time of vacati|on; and therefore willed me to signifie their pleasures vnto you in this behalfe, that therevpon ye might proceed to the full ac|complishment therof, by putting the same in due execution within your owne dio|cesse, and sending word to the rest of the bi|shops to doo the like in theirs. Thus doubt|ing not but that your lordship will vse such diligence in this matter at this time, as shall be necessarie, I bid your lordship har|tilie well to fare. From my house at Asher, the tenth of Aprill. 1555.

Your assured freend and brother, Stephanus Winton. Cancel.

22.5. Praiers commanded to be vsed in the funerall masses for the pope, Apostolica sede vacante.

Praiers commanded to be vsed in the funerall masses for the pope, Apostolica sede vacante.

Supplicite Domine humilitate deposcimus, vt tua immen|sa pietas sacrosanctae Romanae ecclesiae concedat pontificem illum, qui & pro in nos studio semper tibi gratus, A collect for the pope. & tuo popu|lo pro salubri regimine sit assiduè ad gloriam tui nominis ve|nerandus, per Dominum nostrum.

Secreta.

Tuae nobis Domine pietatis abundantia indulgeat, Another prai|er for chusing of the pope. vt gra|tum maiestati tuae pontificem sanctae matris ecclesiae regimini praeess [...] studeamus per Dominum nostrum.

Post communionen.

Pretiosi corporis & sanguinis tui Domine sacramento re|fectos, mi [...]ifica tuae maiestatis gratia de illius summi pontificis assumptione laetificet, qui & plebem tuam virtutibus instru|at, & fidelium mentes spiritualium aromatum odore perfun|dat, per Dominum nostrum.