[1] The knights said little, but yet they procéeded in their sute to haue their purpose forward, which the archbishop perceiuing (as an other Argus, hauing his eie on each side, to marke what was doone) labou|red so to disappoint their dooings, that he wan the fa|uour of certeine of the temporall lords to assist him, who constantlie auouched by their consents, that the church should neuer be spoiled of the temporalties, and herein they acquited the archbishop and prelats, one pleasure for an other, which they had doone for them before, when the commons in this parlement required, that all such lands and reuenues as some|time belonged to the crowne, and had béene giuen a|waie, either by the king, or by his predecessors king Edward, and king Richard, should be againe resto|red to the kings vse; vnto which request, the archbi|shop and other the prelats would in no wise consent: thus by the stout diligence of the archbishop Arunde [...] that petition of the commons, touching the spirituall temporalties, came to none effect. [Yea the knights themselues, Abr. Fl. o [...]t of Thom. Walfi. Hypod. pag. 167. who verie instantlie had stood in this er|ror, acknowledging their maliciousnes & guiltinesse herein, besought the archbishop of Canturburie to pardon them; and gaue thanks that by his coura|giousnesse the church in this so troublesome a time re|uiued, calling to mind the saieng of an ethnike, by way of application, to the said archbishops hie praise:

—sub principe duro

Temporibús malis a [...]sus es esse bonus.]