[1] A parlement holden at the Blackefriers in London. Edw. Hall. in H. 8 fol. Cvj. On the fiftéenth daie of Aprill began the parle|ment, which was holden as then at the Blackefriers, and that daie the masse of the Holie-ghost was soong, all the lords being present in their parlement robes. ¶Now when masse was finished, the K. came to the parlement chamber, and there sat downe in the seat roiall or throne, and at his féet on the right side sat the cardinall of Yorke and the archbishop of Can|turburie, and at the raile behind stood doctor Tunstall bishop of London, which made to the whole parle|ment an eloquent oration, declaring to the people the office of a king. First he must be a man of iudge|ment, according to the saieng of the prophet Dauid, Deus iudicium tuum regi da, &c. Also he must be a man of great learning, according to the saieng of the pro|phet,The oration of doctor Tunstall bi|shop of Lon|don. Erudimini qui tudicatis terram. According to which saiengs he said, that God had sent vs a prince of great iudgement, of great learning, and great ex|perience: which according to his princelie dutie, for|gat not to studie to set forward all things which might be profitable to his people and realme, least might be laid to his charge the saieng of Seneca; Es rex & non habes tempus esse rex? Art thou a king and hast no time to be a king? Which is as much to saie, as; Art thou a king, and dooest nothing profitable to thy people? Art thou a king, and séest the people haue an insufficient law? Art thou a king, and wilt not pro|uide remedie for the mischéefe of thy people?