[1] [2] The cardinall vnderstanding that he was euill spo|ken of, Polydor. for vsing his power legantine to such aduan|tage as he did, in selling graces & dispensations,The cardi|nals liberali|tie by vertue of his spirit [...]all power [...] sooth. he thought to bestow some part therof amongst the peo|ple fréelie, without taking anie thing for the same. Wherevpon, when Lent drew neere, he appointed the preachers at Paules crosse, to declare, that it should be lawfull to all persons for that Lent, to eat milke, butter, chéese, & egs. And to the end that none should haue anie scrupulousnesse of conscience in so dooing, he by his authoritie granted remission of sins to all those that did [...]at white meats: knowing as it were afore hand, that the people giuen to the obseruance of their religious fast, would not easilie be brought to breake the same, contrarie to the ancient custome v|sed in their countrie. Neither was he deceiued there|in, for so farre were the people from receiuing or ac|counting this as a benefit, that they tooke it rather for a wicked & cursed déed in those that receiued it, & few or almost none could he induce to breake their old or|der and scrupulous trade in that behalfe.