[1] He declared vnto him by many w [...]ightie rea|ſons, that it was not only neceſſarie for him and his Realme, that he ſhould take a wife by whom he might rayſe vp ſeede to ſucceede him in the poſſeſſion of the Crowne) but alſo that he might not chooſe a more perfect ſtate of lyfe (conſidering the office wherein hee was placed) than matri|monie, beeing inſtituted not by this lawmaker or that,Matrimonie inſtituted by God. but by God himſelfe, who in no one of all his ordinaunces myght erre or bee de|ceyued.