[1] To this the king (by the mouth of the lord chancel|lor) answered; that where he disabled himselfe in wit and learning, his owne ornate oration there made testified the contrarie. And as touching his discreti|on and other qualities, the king himselfe had well knowne him and his doings since he was in his ser|uice, to be both wise and discreet: and so for an able man he accepted him, and for the speaker he him ad|mitted. When the commons were assembled in the nether house,The commõs of the lower house com|plaine against the clergie. they began to commune of their griefes, wherewith the spiritualtie had before time greeuouslie oppressed them, both contrarie to the law of the realme, and contrarie to all right: and in spe|ciallie they were sore mooued with six great causes.