[1] The cleargie by reason of a constitution ordeined and constituted the same yeare by pope Boniface, prohibiting vpon paine of excommunication,The preten|ded excuse of the cleargie. that no talages nor other exactions should be leuied or ex|acted of the cleargie in any manner of wise by secu|lar princes, or to be paid to them of things that per|teined to the church, vtterlie refused to grant any manner of aid to the king, towards the maintenance of his wars. Wherevpon the king, to the intent they should haue time to studie for a better answer, de|ferred the matter to an other parlement to be holden on the morrow after the feast of saint Hilarie.