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At the daie appointed (saie they) there came before the catholike prince his presence, the Nobles of his realme: and amongst other, the archbishop the dis|quieter both of the kingdome & church, who (as one not well assured of the qualitie of his owne deser|uings) blessed himselfe with the signe of the crosse at his comming into the court, as though he should haue come before some tyrant or schismaticall per|son. Notwithstanding all which contemptuous and ambitious behauiour, the kings maiestie was no|thing offended, but committed the iudgement of his cause to the faithfull order of the bishops, meaning so to deliuer himselfe of all suspicion of wrong dea|ling. Then it rested in the bishops hands to make an end of the controuersie, and to set a small vnion and agréement betwixt them. But the archbishop would none of that, alleging how it should be a de|rogation to the sée apostolike and his metropoliticall dignitie, to stand before the king in iudgement, or a|nie other temporall magistrate. And albeit (saie they) some diminution or eclipse might haue chanced to the dignitie of the church by that iudgement, yet it had beene his part to haue dissembled the matter for the time, to the end that peace might haue béene re|stored to the church. He further obiected (ascribing to himselfe the name of father, which seemed to sauour somewhat of arrogancie) that the children ought not to come togither to iudge the fathers cause, but it had béene far more necessarie that the humblenesse of the sons should mitigate the pride and temper the ambition of the father.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 To conclude, the kings ambassadors made ear|nest suit, that two legats might be sent from the pope,The kings tale could not be heard. to haue the hearing & discussing of all the mat|ter betwixt the king and the archbishop without any other appealing. But the kings tale could not be heard in that court, the archbishop hauing alreadie persuaded the pope to the contrarie. For comming to the pope, he vttered his complaint as followeth:The archbi|shop Bec [...]ct. Matt. Paris.

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Most holie father, I doo here come for succour to your audience, lamenting that the state of the church, and the liberties [...]hereof are brought to ruine by the couetous dealing of kings and princes. Wher|fore when I thought to resist the disease approching, I was suddenlie called before the king, to render ac|compts as a laie man about certeine wards, for whom (while I was the kings chancellor) I had not|withstanding giuen accounts; and also, when I was made bishop, and entred into the dignitie of ruling the archbishops sée, I was released and discharged of all reckonings and bonds by the kings eldest sonne, and by the cheefe iusticer of the realme: so that now, where I looked to haue found aid, I was destitute thereof, to my great hinderance and vexation. Con|sider furthermore (I praie you) how my lords and brethren the bishops are readie at the pleasure of the Noble men of the court to giue sentence against me, so that all men being about to run vpon me, I was almost oppressed: and therfore am now come as it were to take breath in the audience of your clemen|cie, which dooth not forsake your children in their ex|treme necessitie, before whom I here stand, readie to declare and testifie that I am not to be iudged there, EEBO page image 73 nor yet at all by them. For what other thing should that be, but to plucke awaie the right of the church What else then to submit spirituall things to tempo|rall? This example therefore once sproong vp, might giue an occasion to manie enormities to follow. The bishops doo say, Those things that are Cesars, ought to be restored to Cesar. But admit that in manie things the king is to be obeied, is he therefore to be obeied in things wherein he is no king? For those belong not to Cesar, but to a tyrant Wherein if for my sake they would not, yet ought the bishops for their owne sakes to haue resisted him. For what should be the cause of such deadlie and vnnaturall ha|tred, that to destroie me, they should destroie them|selues? Therefore whilest for temporall things they neglect spirituall, they faile in both. Weigh then most holie father, my fleeing awaie, and my persecu|tion, and how for your sake I haue beene prouoked with iniuries, vse your rigour, constraine them to amendement, through whose motion this hath chan|ced; let them not be borne out by the king, who is ra|ther the obstinate minister, than the finder out of this practise.