Search York

marvellously satisfied. So that, as it is to be thought, they

wol not much stick to that point.

Melancthon furtlier writeth unto me his opinion of your

Graces Bishops by these words : Multi iibique hoc tempore

astute cogitatis interprctatiombus excusant ahusus, ant le-

niunt: ut arte stabiliant cos: sic ut Jit in libro, Colonia

edito, cm tituliis est Enchiridio7i. Hanc sopkisticam perni-

c'losam EcclesicB video imitari mitratos apud vos. Sed co-

vendum est, ne hac sophistica rursiis obruatur Veritas.

Nam ad tranquillitatem durahilem etiam simplex Veritas

utilior est. This is the effect of Melancthons letter to me.
The Duke of Saxon, concerning the mariage of your

Graces person, hath exhorted the Duke of Cleves to go

through without any difficulty. But as yet his Councel is

not returned from Frankford. And they trust sliortly to

meet together. At which time the matter shal be resolved

for their part.

The Duke and Landgrave do much desire the expedi-

tion of their orators, and that they may be not long de-

tained here. For they need to employ them also about

other affaires. Wherfore I would be glad to know your

Graces pleasure and determination about their audience or

acces to your Highnes.

I understand by your said servants, that the league cvan-

gelick is always stedfast and constantly set to byde in their

opinion ; yea, and rather to dy than relent : and that they

look that shortly the one part must have the upper hand,

or the other. For they think Antichrist and the Devil wol

not sleep, but ever practise to overcome the evangelick

sort, which is now strong. And the things be so far gone,

that either the evangelicks must destroy the Papists, or

else the Papists them. As we trust it shal no more be in

their power, than it is in the Devils power to overcome

Christ, the very protector of the Gospel. I am assured

these orators coming shal be very formidable to the Bishop

of Rome, and to others of his adherents also. For doubt-

D d ^

404 APPENDIX OF
les, if your Majesty shal happen to joyn with them, the Pa-

pists, in my judgment, shal be half in dispair. Christopher

hath confirmed the same that he wrot afore, that the Em-

peror above al things desired of them, that they should re-

ceive none other persons in that league ; and that therupon

hath been in their Diet the great striking at : as I am as-

sured your Graces said servants may declare unto your

Highnes. And also, how they have seen the fleet returned

to Zealand, and that al the ships shal be dismist, and his

artillery discharged and layd a land.

I am sory that I am not in the case, that I might attend

to do service to your Majesty, as my duty and desire is.

This night I have had ill rest. This is the day of the ac-

274 cess of my fit. If I can escape it, I hope to be soon reco-

vered. If it shal continue, then yet I wil do my best to

overcome it the soonest I can. For I think the time very

long, til I be better able to serve your Majesty. Whose

honor and prosperity to encrease, I beseech Almighty God,

with continuance of lieakh and long life. From London,

this xxiiii. April.

Your Majesties most humble and obedient

Subject and Servant,

Thomas Crumwell.

brar,

Number CV.

Erasmus Sarcerius ad Regem Henrkiim.

Cott.Li- GRATIAM et pacem a Domino nostro Jesu Christo.
Serenissime Rex, cum paucis abhinc diebus, jussu illustris

Principis Gulielmi Nassoviensis, Domini mei clementissimi,

Francofordia? venissem ; reperi ibidem apud Dominum Phi-

Uppum Melancthonem, tuae Serenitatis legatos, viros et doc-

trina et morum integritate spectabiles: qui cum inter castera

audirent nomen meum, quaesierunt num ego essem Erasmus

ille Sarcerius, qui Methodum in praecipuos Scripturae locos

edidisset. Respond! me ilium esse. Quare statim occoepe-

runt mihi significare, meam methodum, Serenitatis tuae man-

date, in linguam Anglicam esse versam, et jam Anglice lo-

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 405

qui. PrEcterea addiderunt, ut si velleni Serenitati tiune scri-

bere, se curaturos, quo literae meae ad tuam Serenitateni dc-

ferrentur. Ego quanquam diu annuere noluerim admoni-

tioni, quippe meo pede metiens me ; hoc est, considerans et

imperitiam meam, et imparis eruditionis vires, quibus pos-

sem tuag Serenitati satisfacere, quae tanto ingenio est prae-

dita, ut illo nihil neque acutius neque subUmius sit, cum in

sapiendo, turn in judicando : tamen audita tandem tuae Se-

renitatis dementia in omnes studiosos, et sincerae religionis

amatorcs, scribere ccepi indoctis meis scriptis, tua; Serenitati

humiHter me commendans: cui si videro mca placcrc, porro

curabo, ut T. S. brevi locos meos communes methodice con-

gcstos, auctiores accipiat, additis simul pluribus locis, et

maxime vitiorum vocabulis, quibus [quorum] scriptura men-

tionem facit. Et quia in S. T. regnis vera religio jam plan-

tatur, idcirco pro gloria Dei, et utilitate hominum, mittam

et postillam in evangelia dominicalia, et festivalia ; item in

epistolas dominicales, et festivales, tuae S. inscriptam. Deus

servet regiam T. M. ad evangelii gloriam et paccm Ecclesiae

salvam ac incolumem. Francofordiae, 10. Martii, anno 1539-

Erasmus Sarcerius,

T. S. A.

Dd

406

APPExNDIX OF

275 Number CVI.

Places appointed for the new intended Bishops' seats : being

all of King Henrys own hand writing.

Cleop. E. 4. Counties,

p. 304. b.
Essex
Hertford
Bedfordshire
Buckyngham-
shire

Oxford
and

Barkshire

Northampton

and

Huntyng.

Mydelsex

Lecestre

and

Rowtland

Glocestershire

Lancaster

Suffolk

Stafford

and

Salop

Nottinghan^
and

Darby
Cornwal

Bishopricks to

be made.
Waltham

Saynt Albonys

Dunstable
JNewenham

Elveststone

^Osnay

, and

J Tame
t Peterburrow

Westminster

. Leycester
Saynt Peters

Fontayne

and

Tharchdeaconry

of Rychemond

Bury
¦Shrewsbury

'\ Welbec

hWorsop and

} Turgarton

i Lanceston

•{ Bedraynne

V. with another,

Placys to be alteryd according to our

devise, which have sees in them.
Chryst Chyrche in Canter-

bury. Saynt Swytynnys [in

Winchester.]
Elye.
Durhame,
Rochester, with a part of

Lydes.
Worcester.

And al other having the same.

Placys to be alteryd in colleges and

scolles.

Worly.

Burton upon Trent.

So they stand in the King's

MS. according to the plac-

ing and spelling : not so

correct in the transcript

thereof, in the Hist, of the

Reformation, vol. i. p. 262.

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 407

Number CVII. 2j6
A table drawn up in order to the Jhundiitg nczo deaneries

and collcgxs in divers places : with the endowments of the

Bishops of the respective sees.
11 under this colnmc is

added by the Kinc(x Uiide pro- ubi supia.

hand: being peraons Dctauatus et collegia. Valor. portione
bt/ bim nominated. Episcopi.
HILBY [Thirlby per- Westminster 28o9I6 Oo6. 804
hapsj Winchester 1411 16 10
Worcester 126.') ID W oh.
Qiioiidain abbas Peterborough ciini por- 1181) '.* lOofi. XV.h 6 8
tione pro Episcopo
Quondam Tewokebury Gloucest. cum portioue 1074 5 bob. XV^t 6 8

Episcopi

Durham

ir;i9

5

4

Thorneton collegium

.561

15

5

Burton collegium

.')08

15

8

Crystcliurche

2582

3

Uob.

Doctor Heth

Rochester cum Ledcs

800

5

1

Carlchyll

6h¦^

4

\(\nb.

Quondam abl)as

Oscncy cum Tame

Ely

1158

101.=i

1

7

hob.

.•^33

6

R

Suffragan de GysI)orn,

Chester

1216

3

7 ob.

33.J

6

8

Robt. Purseglovc

Dr. Day

Dunstable

1140

17

3

335

6

8

Wylson

Colchester

1003
5

333

6

8

HenricoMaawell Paulo

Saynt Austyus iu Bri»-

1003
5

333

6

8

Bushe

tow

Jhon Bouchier of Ley-

Slirewsbery

1003
5

333

6

8

cester quondam ab-

bas

Dr. Tresham

Bodmyu cum Lances-

ton

Southwel [in Notting-

1003
5

;{;>3

6

«

Dr. Cocks

1003
5

336

6

8

hamshire] in loco

Fountavuc.

Dd4

408 APPENDIX OF

277 Number CVIII.

Dr. Heynes to a certain courtier; concerning the hill of the

Six Articles.

cienpHtia, I SHAL write to you as I am wont to speak unto you ;

E. 5

not doubting but that you wil semblably think I write this

my mind of good wil. At Eaton, within this sevenight, there

was a stout Priest, that blazed abroad triumphantly, that

transuhstantiation is determined to be believed as an article

of our faith, &e. and two other things. I wil not now dis-

pute the truth of such matters, as a Divine, but confess mine

ignorance in holy Scriptures, (if such three things be de-

termined to be established, and to be believed Jwr^? divino,)

and give place to my superiors. But certainly I cannot be-

lieve, that so learned a King, having such a great number

of learned Bishops in H. Scripture, wil determine such

three things as truths, confirmed by authority of H. Scrip-

ture, without any expres word of God written. For there

can nothing (I write as I believe) be decreed, nor made by

man, to be an article of our faith, except the same be mani-

festly grounded upon H. Scripture written, or at the least

wise manifestly and plainly deduced out of H. Scripture

written. As I think none of these three things, which are

bruted to be determined, can be proved to be instituted by

God, and ex Jure divino : except men should use Scrip-

ture for the setting forth these things, as the Bishop of

Rome used Scriptures for to prove his authority to be ex

Jure divino. Whether [wherfore] I cannot give any firm

credence to such vain brutes as goeth abroad.

Nevertheles, because there is such a constant fame ther-

of, which I sorrowfully hear, I pray you suffer me, and

hear my smal reason that I would make, if I were a Bur-

gess of the Kings Graces Parlament, for the Kings Graces

honor, and safty of his Graces former procedings. Whcrof,

although I can no skil, and they do pertain nothing to me,

yet my wil is as good, and my heart as faithful as any wise

mans is, if you should perceive, that I had^ cither wit or

learning to furnish my will. And the Kings Grace being

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 409

as lie is, my gracious good Lord and Soveraign, unto whom

I owe mine obedience, I tliink I should not do the office of

a true subject, if I should not shew unto some, that be neer

unto his Grace, my simple conceit, and warn him of such

dangers as I perceive be imminent, in case these matters

sliould on this maner be determined. His Grace hath not

used to jirocede suddenly in such great matters : and ther-

fore my trust is, that with great advisement his Majesty wil

end these controversies, according to the true meaning of

H. Scriptures.

But al disputes in matters of learning layd apart, me-

thinketh it were expedient for the Kings Gr. and his Coun-

cellors, to weigh first the truth and likliness of these mat-

ters, and therupon to deliver whether his Majesty may, with

a safe conscience before God, put unto his subjects any ar-

ticles to be believed as necessary for their salvation, that

cannot be proved by H. Scripture written. 2d. Whether

such articles of our faith, made without authority of holy 2/:

Scripture for a common quietnes and tranquillity in a com-

monwealth, wl cause tranquillity or disquietnes : that the

Kings Majesty being counted in al the world a Christian

Catholic Prince, and wel learned in H. Scriptures, and such

a Prince as hath set forward the Gospel within his realm ;

whether this shal be honorable unto his Grace and his

realm, to determine these matters in such wise as, the fame

goeth, they are now determined. 3dly. If the Kings Grace,

with his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, &c. should establish

these things to bee true jure div'mo, without authority of

holy Scripture; or else by authority wrong understanded,

it were good to remember, that the Emperor and the Fr.

King hath the same authority in their dominions that our

master hath here : and therfore may in their councils de-

cree other things to be true Jure divino, of Scriptures like-

wise wrong imderstond. And so hath the Bishop of Rome

in his dominions, and al the Princes of Italy and Germany.

And if every one of them severally hath within their own

dominions like power, much more when the Legates of al

these Princes and divers nations meeting together at a go-

410 APPENDIX OF

neral council, may determine things to be institute of God

in his H. Scripture, by Scriptures wrong understond. As

for example, these things following hath been so determined,

yet untrue :

I. Episcopus Romanus est jure divmo Caput universalis

EcclesicB^ juxta illud ; Tu es Petrus, &c. Quodcunque

solveritis super terram, &c. Pasce oves meas, &c. And

such things may in like maner be also now determined,

as is,
II. Episcopus Romanus est Rex Regum et Dominus uni-

versce terrcBJure divino, juxta illud; Regnum ipsius omni-

bus dominabitur, &c. Data est mihi omnis potestas in coelo

ct in terra. These men that write thus allege Scripture.

III. Vota monacliorum non sunt rescindenda, quia jure

divino unusquisque tenetur votum suum prcBstare, juxta

illud ; Vovete et reddite : ut item, Habentes damnationem,

quia primam fidem irritam fecerunt. If men believe Doc-

tors and wrong-taken Scriptures in al things found in writers,

these aforesaid Scriptures wrong understond : if Doctors

shal establish these three old abuses to be jure divino, as

wcl as tlie Parlament in this realm shal establish these three

things bruted abroad, now to be authorized jure divino,

[great may the danger hereof be.] And know not -what

the importunity of some men meaneth, to provoke the

Kings Majesty to decree these matters in this maner, ex-

cept it were to enforce his Grace to allow, by this sly and

craft, al things that shal be decreed by the Emperor, and

the Bishop of Rome, in their general council, as they cal

it ; and so compel himself unawares finally to undoe al that

his Grace hath done heretofore against the Bishop of Rome,

monks and friars, &c.

It is, in my simple opinion, the most perillous enterprize,

(al reasoning in learning of H. Scripture, and love of Christs

religion layd apart,) and most dangerous thing to the Kings

Grace and this realm, and the worst example that can be

imagined given to the Bishop of Rome, to determine any

thing in this realm to be Gods wil, and to ^establish any

thing thcrin, for ahy article of our faith, without the ex-

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 411

pres witnes of H. Scripture, as his Grace and his realm

standeth. For as his Grace wil have every man to con- 2/ 9

ceive a true good opinion of his procedings ; so the Bishop

of Rome, the Emperor, and other Princes, wil look for the

same at his Graces hand of their procedings. Therfore

what peril and danger there is further to be feared in such

decrees more than I have, or can here express, I leave to

wise men to consider.

I may peradventure fear, by lack of wit, that is not to

be feared ; and cast upon such things as are not like to

come to pas; and I am contented so to be reported, of you

that love me, for a fool : nevertheles the love towards niy

Prince and my country moveth me to write as I do, and to

fear that I fear. And your accustomed friendship causeth

me to utter my foolish fantasy widiout fear. Trusting, that

if this seem to you foolishnes, you wil not, of hatred, blow

my foolishnes abroad, but friendly bear it, as you have don

other my boldnes. From Windesor, this Wednesday.

Your own,
S. Heynes.

Number CIX.

A Book of Ceremonies.

The points touched in this book concerning ceremonies.

CHURCHES and church yards, the hallowing and rc-cicpafi,-..
•' E. 5. p. 209.
concilmg- them.
The ceremonies about the sacrament of Baptism.
Ordering of the Ministers of the Church in general.
Divine service to be said and sung in the church.
Mattins, prime, and hours.
Ceremonies used in the Mass.
Sundays with other feasts.
Bellys. [Bells.]
Vesture and tonsure of the Ministers of the Church, and

what service they be bound unto.

412 APPENDIX OF

Bearing candles upon Candlemas-day.
Feasting days.
The giving of ashes.
The covering of the cross and images in Lent.
Bearing of palmes.
The service of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, before

Easter.
The hallowing of oyl and chrism.

The washing of the altars.

280 The hallowing of the font upon Saturday in the Easter-

even.
The ceremonies of the resurrection in Easter-morning.
General and other particular processions.
Benedictions of Bishops or Priests.
Holy water and holy bread.
A general doctrin, to what intent ceremonies be ordained,

and of what value they be of.

Ceremonies to he used hi the Church of England.

Though it be very truth, that there is a great dif-

ference betwixt the commandments and works expressed by

Scripture necessary for a Christian mans life and salvation,

and rites and ceremonies devised by men : bycause the

works contained in Scripture are the expres comandments

of God ; which may not be infringed, taken away, or

changed by any men; and the other said rites and cere-

monies are appointed and ordained by men : which, upon

causes reasonable, may, from time to time, by governors

and men of authority, be altered and changed : yet soche

ordenances, rites, and ceremonies, devised by soche as are in

authority, for a decent order, quietnes, and tranquillity,

ought (al abuses and superstructions therby taken away) to

be with al reverend obedience observed by the people, not

as works and workers for their salvation, but as a godly

policy, and ordinances made and devised by Christian go-

veniors ; to the intent, as S. Paul saith, 1 Cor. xiv. that

things should be don and used among the Christian con-

gregation with an honest reverence and a decent order.

RECORDS AND ORIGINALS. 413

And therfore to the end that this Churcli of England may

be comely and quietly ordered, and wel instructed, it is

thought meet and convenient, that the orders, and cere-

monies, and rites following, should be in the Church ho-

nestly, obediently, and reverently kept and observed.

The Church.

And first of al, to have a common house for Christian

people, which we call the church, is very necessary, that

there they may come together ; wheras the word of God is

preached, the sacraments are ministred, and prayers, as wel

of the people as the Ministers, to Almighty God are made ;

both for them that be alive, and also for them that be de-

parted in the faith of Christ. Wherfore it is convenient

that place and the altars there to be sanctified, washed, and

prepared with prayers.
Sanctified ; that is to say, separated from al profane uses,

and dedicated to the end before reherscd. And therfore no

Christian person should abuse the same, either with eating,

drinking, buying, selling, playing, danceing, dicclng, or

with any other profane and worldly matter. For al sober-

nes, quietnes, and godlines, ought there to be vised.

Washed; To admonish al Christen people to wash in- 281

wardly their own hearts and consciences ; which be the liv-

ing temples of God, before they shal approch to the use of

any holy mystery there.

Prepared with prayers ; That the sacraments, there min-

istred, may be acceptable to Almighty God : and that it may

please him to hear the humble and devout prayers of the

people there; and that al things there don and heard by

them may be to commodity and wealth of their souls.

The Churchyard.

And albeit that a glorious sepulture is not profitable to

the wicked man ; and a vile sepulture hurteth not the good

man ; yet to put us in remembrance of death, that we may

leave sin and wickednes, and to testify our faith and hoj)e

of the resurrection of our bodies again : therfore it is conve-

nient, that the churchyard, for a place of common burial

for Christian people, should be sanctified and hallowed.

414 APPENDIX OF

And if it chance the same to be polluted, we think it meet

to be reconciled again. And the sepultures of Christian

men, with good and godly prayer now used, and other cere-

monies belonging unto the same, are very laudable and con-

venient.
The rites and ceremonies observed about the sacrament of

Baptism.

First, The Catechism which goeth before the baptism :

and it is as much to say as a teaching and an instruc-

tion. For in the primitive Church, when many came to