[1] The cause wherefore I haue made this assemblie,The king she|weth the first cause of this assemblie of honorable per|sonages. is, for that the emperour elect hath sent to me an he|rald of armes, who (as I coniecture, and as the same herald hath said, and as his safe conduct importeth) hath brought me letters patents and autentike, con|cerning the suertie of the field for the combat that should be betwixt the said elected emperour and me. And forasmuch as the said herald, vnder colour to bring the suertie of the field, may vse certeine ficti|ons, dissimulations, or hypocrisies, to shift off the matter, whereas I desire expedition, and to haue it dispatched out of hand; so that by the same an end of the warres, which haue so long continued, may be had, to the ease and comfort of all christendome, to a|uoid the effusion of bloud, and other mischéefes which come thereof: I haue wished it knowne to all chri|stendome, to the end that euerie one may vnder|stand the truth, from whence procéedeth the mischéefe and the long continuance thereof.