The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2, Part 2 · Chapter 6 (2 of 2)

The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints Part 2 · Part 2 · Chapter 6 (2 of 2)

p. 44Conſimiles literae diriguntur Abbatibus ſubſcriptis, videlicet,

Clauſ. 27 E. 1. m. 7 dorf. Rex religioſo viro in Chriſto ſibi dilecto. Priori principiali ordinis fratrum Praedicatorum De orando pio Rege.in Angl. ſalutem. Qualiter pro tranquillitate & pace regni noſtri, ad proterviam & maliciam Scotorum reprimendam qui regnū noſtrum hoſtiliter invaſerunt, hactenus ſumus Nos ipſi in periculis expoſiti, & jam ad partes p. 45praedictas cum comitiva Nobilium dicti regni noſtri, ad praeſens proponimus Deo d…te, dirigere greſſus noſtros, non credimus vos latere. Et quia in homine non eſt auxilium ſine Deo, ac propter hoc oportet impotentiam noſtram divinae manus praeſidiis ſuſtentari, vos affectuosè requirimus & rogamus, quatenus conſratribus veſtris ſingularum domorum vobis ſubditarum dare velitis in mandatis, ut Deum & Dominum nostrum Protectorem pro Nobis ſuppliciter exorent. Ita quod per ipſorum orationum devotarum ſuffragia, gratiam Nobis adaugeat, Noſque ac Liberos noſtros & Regnum nostrum ſua pietate ab omnibus adverfitatibus tueatur. Dat. apud Langele xxx die Octobr.

Confimiles literae diriguntur pro Rege Generali Miniſtro fratrum Minorum in Angl. T. ut ſupra.

Clauſ. 32 E. 1. dorſo. m. 7. Rex religioſis viris in De orando pro Rege & Regina ac eorum liberis.Chriſto ſibi dilectis fratribus de ordine Minorum ad generale Capitulum apud Notingham proximo conventuris ſalutem, & ſpiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Attendentes beneficia ſacra orationumque devotarum ſuff…agia ad divinam miſericordiam impetrandam multum humanae conditionis fragilitati prodeſſe inter alia opera pietatis; conſideranteſque Nos pro curis & rebus mundialibus quibus circa Regni noſtri regimen involuti ſumus, ſaluti noſtrae ſpirituali prout Nobis expediret intendere non valere; devotionem veſtram requirimus & rogamus quatenus Nos, Margaretam Reginam Angl. conſortem noſtram cariſfimam, Edwardum Principem Walliae, primog…nitum noſtrum, caeteroſque Liberos noſtros, ac populum Nobis commiſſum beneficiorum & ſuff…agiorum veſtrorum fore participes concedentes, pro Nobis, & ipſis, ac ſtatu regni, expeditioneque negotiorum Nobis incumbencium ſupplicationes aſſiduas & orationes devotas altiſſimo offeratis, ut hic ſua pietate Nos & ipſos dirigat per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, & poſt diem extremum ſalvationis locum Nobis & ipſis dignetur miſericorditer indulgere, ſtatum que regni noſtri conſervare proſperum & tranquillum. T. Rege apud Strivelyn xxxi. die Julii. Per breve de privato ſigillo.

p. 46Ibid. m. 16. Rex religioſis viris & in Chriſto ſibi De orando pro Rege & Regina ac eorum libe…is.dilectis, Magiſtro ordinis fratrum Praedicatorum, ac diffinitoribus & fratribus univerſis in generali Capitulo ſuo apud Toloſam proximo congregandis ſalutem & ſpiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Dum conditionem humanae fragilitatis attendimus, & qualiter omni Creaturae tam ſublimi quàm humili, pratereuntibus ſuo curſu diebus, praeſentis vitae finis apropriat, attenta conſideratione penſamus, ſic praevenire cupimus quantum Nobis ex alto permittitur diem mortis, ut aeterni clemencia Judicis dignetur noſtri de ſuae gratiae plentitudine miſereri. Verum cum devotorum orationum ſuffragia, inter alia pietatis opera multum profint ad divinam miſeri…ordiam impet…andam, de vobis quorum ordinem benevolentiae ſpecialis favore proſequimur, ut ſalutem noſtram zelemini, & pro Nobis, Margareta Regina Angl. conſorte noſtra cariſſima, Edwardo Principe Wall. primogenito noſtro, & caeteris liberis noſtris, ac ſtatu proſpero regni noſt…i, preces devotas Domino offeratis, plenam fiduciam optinentes, devotionem veſtram requirimus & rogamus quatenus nunc & in futurum dignam ſollicitudinem impendatis & inſiſtatis aſſiduis ſupplicationibus & interceſſionibus apud Deum, ut hîc ſua pietate Nos dirigat per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, & poſt diem extremum ſalvationis locum Nobis dignetur miſericorditer indulgere, ſtatumque praedicti regni noſtri conſervare proſperum & tranquillam univerſitatem veſtram religioſam diu conſervet altiſſimus in caritate continua & perfecta. Dat. apud Dumfermelyn primo die Januarii.

Eadem m. 16. Rex religioſis viris & ſibi in Chriſto De ora…d… pro Rege & Regina & liberis ſuis.cariſſimis Magiſtro ordinis fratrum Minorum, & diffinitoribus ac fratribus univerſis in generali capitulo ſuo apud Aſsiſium prox. conventuris, ſalutem & bravium pro labore perenniter duraturum. Nos qui curis ſumus & rebus mundialibus involuti, & circa regimen regni noſtri inceſſantibus actibus & continuis medita…ionibus occupati, pro animae noſtrae ſalute contemplationi p. 47prout habe…emus neceſſe intendere nequeuntes, ac advertentes quod beneficia veſtra ſacra, orationumque veſtrarum ſuffragia Nobis in praeſenti & etiam in futuro eſſe poterunt plurimum fructuoſa, Religioſum cetum veſtrum & ſingulos frarres adunatos in co requirimus & rogamus, quatenus Nos, Margaretam Rrginam Angliae, conſortem noſtram kariſſimam, Edwardum Nota.Principem Walliae primogenitum noſtrum, caeteroſque liberos noſtros, ac populum nobis commiſſum ſu…ragiorum & beneficiorum veſtrorum fore participes concedentes, pro Nobis, ſtatu regni noſtri, & expeditione negotiorum Nobis incumbencium hiis diebus pia precamina apud altiſſimum effundatis, ut ſic regnum temporale regere valeamus quod in regno coeleſti partem haereditariam conſequamur. Conſervet vos altiſſimus in caritate continua & perfecta. Dat apud Dumfermelyn xi. die Decembr.

Clauſ. 34 E. 1. m. 16. Rex Religioſis viris & fibi in Chriſto dilectis magiſtro ordinis fratrum praedicatorum ac De orando pro Rege.diffinitoribus fratribus univerſis in generali Capitulo ſuo Paris proximo conventur. ſalutem & ſpiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Dum conditionem humanae fragilitatis attendimu, & qualiter omni creaturae quam ſublimi qu…m humili, praetereuntibus ſuo …urſu diebus praeſentis vitae finis appropriat, attenta conſideratione penſamus, ſic praevenire cupimus quantum Nobis ex alto permittitur, diem mortis, ut aeterni clemencia Judicis dignetur noſtri de ſuae gratiae plenitudine miſereri. Verum cum devotarum orationum ſuffragia inter alia pietatis opera multum proſint ad divinam miſericordiam impetrandam, de vobis quorum ordinem benevolentiae ſpecialis favore proſequimur, ut ſalutem noſtram zelemini, & pr… Nobis, conſorte ….noſtra, et liberis noſtris, ac statu proſpero regni noſtri preces devotas offeratis, plenam fiduciam optinentes, devotion…m veſtram requirimus & rogamus quatenus nunc & in futurum dignam ſollicitudinem impendatis, et inſiſtatis aſsiduis ſupplicationibus et interceſsionibus apud Deum, ut hîc ſua pietate no… dirigat per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, et poſt diem extremum, ſalvationis locum Nobis dignetur miſericorditer indu… gere, p. 48ſtatumque regni noſtri conſervare proſperum et tranquillum. Vniverſitatem veſtram religioſam diu conſervet altiſsimus in caritate continua et perfecta. Dat. apud Wolneſeyae viii. die Aprilis.

Clauſ. 35 E. 1. m. 9. dorſo. Rex religioſis viris & in De orando pro Rege & Regina …c eorum liberis.Chriſto ſibi dilectis Priori Provinciali ac fratribus univerſis ordinis ſancti Augustini in generali Capitulo ſuo apud Lincoln proximo conventuris, ſalutem, & ſpiritu ſacro dirigi in agendis. Fidelium devotio ad Religioſorum ſ…ffragia impl…randa eo f…rventius excitatur, quo ſperatur preces e…rundem religioſorum apud altiſsimum gratioſius exaudiri, et exinde fidelibus ſic implorantibus de ſupernis majora commoda provenire. Conſiderantes itaque Nos rebus mundialibus quorum diſpoſitioni vacare Nos oportet u…dique involutos, quominus ſaluti animae nostrae prout nobis expediret intendere valeamus, firmaque credulitate tenentes, per preces et orationes veſtras ſummum bonum gratiae coeleſtis poſſe facilius impretrari, devotionem veſtram attentis precibus requirimus et rogamus, quatenus Nos, Reginam conſortem noſtram & liberos noſtros, Nota.ac ſtatum Regni noſtri ei qui menſurae termino non arctatur ſedulis interceſsionibus commendetis, ipſius clemenciam ſuppliciter implorantes, ut Nobis concedat ſic regnum temporale regere, negociaque Nos et ſtatum regni et aliarum terrarum noſtro dominio ſubjectarum ſua mediante ineffabili gratia ordinare, quod in regno coeleſti partem haereditariam conſequamur, quodque actus noſtri ad laudem ſui nominis, et ad nostrum, regnique noſtri et terrarum praedictarum cedere valeant commodum et honorem. T. R. apud Carliolum xx. die Maij. Per breve de privato ſigillo.

Clauſ. 35 E. 1. m. 15. dorſo. Rex religioſis viris in De orando pro Rege.Chriſto ſibi dilectis fratribus de ordine Minorum ad generale Capitulum ſuum apud Toles conventur. ſalutem, & ſpiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Attendentes beneficia ſancta, orationumque devotarum ſuffragia, ad divinam miſericordiam impetrandam multum humanae conditionis fragilitati prodeſſe inter alia opera pietatis, Conſideranteſque Nos pro curis et rebus mundialibus quibus circa regni noſtri regimen involuti ſumus, ſaluti noſtrae ſpirituali prout nobis expediret intendere p. 41non valere, devotionem veſtram requirimus et rogamus quatinus Nos, Margaretam Reginam Angliae conſortem noſtram cariſſimam, Edwardum P…incipem Walliae primogeuitum noſtrum, caeteroſque liberos noſtros, ac populum Nobis commiſſum beneficiorum et ſuffragiorum veſtrorū fore participes concedentes, pro Nobis & ipſis, ac ſtatu regni noſtri, expeditioneque negociorum Nobis incumbentium ſupplicationes aſſiduas et orationes devotas Altiſſim… …ff…ratis, ut hîc ſua pietate Nos et ipſos dirigat per ſuorum ſ…mitam mandatorum, et poſt diem extremum ſalvationis locum Nobis et ipſis dignetur miſericordites indulgere, ſtatumque regni noſtri conſervare proſperum et tranquillum. T. R. apud Lauretoſt. 4 to die Febr.

Clauſ. 35 E. 1. m. 17. dorſo. Rex dilectis ſibi in Chriſto Magiſtro ordinis fratrum praedicatorum, ac diffinitoribus De orando pro Rege & Regina ac eorum liberis.& fratribus univerſis in generali Capitulo ſuo apud Argentem in Aleman. in feſto Pentecoſtes proximo futur. conventuris ſalutem, & ſpiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Inter caetera quae fructum ſalutis repromittere credimus, hoc praecipuè in ſpei nostrae fulcimentum accedit, quod Nos aſſiduarum deprecationum juſtorum fulti praeſidio divinam propitiationem facilius conſequemur. De vobis itaque ut Noſtram ac Reginae Conſortis noſtrae liberorumque noſtrorum ſalutem, necnon ſtatum proſperum Regni noſtri & expeditionem felicem negotiorum nobis incumbentium hiis diebus zelemini, plenam in Domino fiduciam optinentes, devotionem veſtram affectuo…è requirimus & rogamus, quatinus apud illum qui eſt ve…a ſalus et qui temporalitatis e… perpetuae felicitatis tribuit largitatem, Nos, Reginum, Conſ…tem noſtram, et liberos noſtros, ac statum regni nostri devotè ſupplicationis ſtudio commendetis, ipſius Nota.clemenciam qui menſurae termino non artatur ſuppliciter exorantes ut ſic regnum temporale regere, negociaque noſtra p…aedicta expeditioni felici pro ſuae ſubventionis dexteram mancipare poſſimus, quod hoc ad laudem ſui nominis, et ad noſtrum regnique noſtri commodum cedere valeat & honorem: quodque Nos poſt ſupremum vitae noſtrae exitum in regno coeleſti partem haereditariam p. 42conſequamur. Dat. apud Lauretoſt. primo die Decembris.

To pretermit the Charter of King Edward the firſt to the Abby of Aberconewey, pro ſalute animae nostrae & animaru… Ch. 12 E. 1. n. 3. ch. 21 F. 1. n. 27. Monaſt Angl. p. 921, 930.omnium Anteceſſorum & Haeredum, ſeu aliorum noſtrorum Succeſſorum. And his Charter of Tranſlation of Demhall to the Abby of Ʋalle-royal, pro ſalute animae noſtrae, & pro ſalute animae celebris memoriae Domini Henrici Patris noſtri, & animarum Haeredum & Succeſſorum nostrorum. Which the Monks in theſe Houſes were conſtantly to pray for.

Clauſ. 1. Edw. 2. m. 17. dorſo. Rex Venerabili in Chriſto De orando proſtatu Regis & Regni.Patri W. eadem gratia Eborum Archiepiſcopo, Angliae Primati ſalutem. Quanto in magnis et arduis peragendis neg…tiis divinum praeſidium inſtanciùs & devotiùs imploratur, tanto exinde ſperatur ſucceſſus proſperior & felicior pr…venire. Hinc est, quod eum inclytae memoriae Domino Edwardo nuper Rege Angl patre nostro viam univerſae carnis ingreſſo, de quo mentis amaritudine intimè premimur et turbamur, onus regiminis Regni Angl. Nobis incumbat ‖‖Nota.Jure haereditario, ſicut ſcitis, vires noſtras ad on…s hujuſmodi portand. abſque devotarum orationum ſuffragiis cernimus penitus impotentes: Veſtramigitur paternitatem aff…ctuoſis precibus requirimus et rogamus, quatinus apud eum per quem Reges regnant, & Principes dominantur preces devotas ſuppliciter effundatis, & illud idem à Religioſis et aliis veſtris Subditis univerſis fieri injungatis, ut regnum noſtrum et alias terras Nobis ſubditas, ſemper in ſtatu proſpero & pacifico conſervare; Noſque ea ſub ipſo ſic regere & tueri per ſuorum ſemitas mandatorum ad noſtri et ipſius regni dictarum que terrarum honorem, commodum et quietem concedere dignetur, quod pro temporali regno in regn… caeleſti partem haereditariam conſequamur, &c. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. xxviij. die Octobr.

Eodem modo ſcribitur ſubſcriptis, viz.

J. Karl. Epiſcopo.

A. Dunel… ▪ Epiſcopo & Patriarch. Je…lm.

J. Lincoln. Epiſcopo.

R. Elien. Epiſcopo.

J. Norwych. Epiſcopo.

R. London. Epiſcopo.

T. Roff. Epiſcopo.

J. Cistercien. Epiſcopo.

H. Winton. Epiſcopo.

W. Bath. & Well. Epiſcopo.

R. Hereford. Epiſcopo.

W. Coventr. & Lych. Epiſcopo.

p. 43Cuſtodi ſpiritualitatis Epiſcopatus Wigorn. ſede vac.

Cuſtodi ſpiritualitatis Epiſcopatus Exon. ſede vac.

Miniſtro generali ordinisfratrum Minorum in Angl. quod, &c. & à gardianis fratribus & ſubditis ſuis, &c.

Priori Provinciali ordinis fratrum praedicatorum in Angl. &c. & à ſingulis Prioribus fratribus et ſubitis, &c.

Ibid. Rex venerabili in Chriſto patri W. eadem gratia Ebor. Archiepiſcopo Angliae Primati ſalutem. Deus redemptor De exequiis pro anima R. E. fac. & orando pro anima ejus.omnium et creator, qui hominem ad imaginem et ſimilitudinem ſuam fecit, cla…ae memoriae Dominum Edwardum dudum Regem Angliae progenitorem noſtrum pacis et juſticiae fervidum zelatorem, quem aliàs conſtat magnis fuiſſe virtutum inſigniis et meritorum praeconiis decoratum, nuper ab hac luce prout ſibi pla…it evocavit, de quo co…dis amaritudinem, anguſtias et dolores intrinſecus non immeritò ſuſtinemus. Cum itaque opus ſanctum et ſalubre apud Altiſſimum cenſeatur pro defunctis ut a ſuorum mole peccaminum liberentur, devotè et ſuppliciter exorare; Paternitatem veſtram affectuoſè requirimus et rogamus, quatinus ipſius Patris noſtri exequias ſollempniter celebrantes, animam ejus cum Miſſarum decantatione et aliis Eccleſiasticis ſuffragiis Deo vivo et vero qui aufert Spiritum Principum ſpecialiter p. 44commendetis, ac ab omnibus Religioſis et aliis ſubditis veſtris in Dioc. veſtra per Miſſarum decantationes et alia hujuſmodi ſuffragia faciatis ſimiliter commendari, ut veſtris et ipſorum patrociniis et precibus adjuta, coeleſtis Regni ſolium ingredi et in aeterna beatitudine citius valeat collocari. T. Rege apud Westm. xxx. die Octobr. anno, &c. primo.

Eodem modo ſcribitur Epiſcopis, Abbatibus, Magiſtro de ordinis Sempryngham, Miniſtro generali ordinis fratrum Minorum in Angl. Priori Provinciali Ordinis fratrum Praedicatorum in Angl. ſuperius nominatis.

Clauſ. 9 E. 2. m. 15. dorſo. Rex Religioſis viris et in De orando pro Rege & Regina.Chriſto ſibi dilecti… Magiſtro Ordinis fratrum praedicatorum ac diffinitoribus et fratribus univerſis in Capitulo ſuo generali ad Tholoſam in proximo celebrand. ſalutem et ſpiritus ſancti gratia in favore caritatis dirigi in agendis. Quanto in…ffabilis divinae miſerationis praeſidium in urgentibus neceſsitatibus ſeu agendis quibuſlibet humilius et devotius imploratur, tanto ut noſtra tenet fiducia, ſucceſſus proſperior et eventus felicior ſubſequuntur. Quamobrem de veſtra devotione et ſincera in Domino caritate ſpecialiter confidentes, ac ſpera… tes quod eo Noſtram ac Iſabellae Reginae Angliae conſortis noſtrae, necnon et Edwardi primogeniti noſtri ſalutem, ſtatumque proſperum et tranquillum Regni noſtri Angliae, aliorumque terrarum nobis ſubditarum, ac felicem expeditionem negotiorum nobis incumbentium hiis diebus tenerius diligatis, quo Nos ad veſtram praecipue ordinem noſtros affectus hactenus direximus, & devotione fratrum ejuſdem ordinis fiduciam geſſimus ampliorem, firma etiam creduli…ate tenentes per orationum veſtrarum ſuffragia Nobis ineſtimabile bonum coel…ſtis munific…ntiae in noſtris dirigendis et peragendis negotiis uberius affuturu…; caritatem veſtram ſinceris affectibus requirimus et …ogamus, quatinus Domino noſtro Ieſu Chriſto qui eſt omnium vera ſalus, et per quem Reges regnant et Principes dominantur, Nos, Reginam conſortom noſtram, et Dominum Primogenirum neſtrum ſedulis precibus et devotis Orationibus commendetis; ipſius …ementiam ſuppliciter exorantes, ut ſic p. 45Regni temporalis regimen, quod ipſo diſponente ſuſcepimus, dictaque negotia noſtra proſperè exp…dire per ſuae ſuventionis potentiam valeamus, quod ad laudem ſui nominis, noſtrique ac Regni, et aliarum terrarum noſtrarum utilitatem cedere valeant et honorem. Dat. apud Weſtminst. xxiiii. die Aprilis.

Clauſ. Anno 20 E. 2. m. 10. dorſ. Rex dilectis ſibi in De orando p…o Rege & ſtatu Regni.Chriſto Cancellario, magiſtris & ſcholaribus Ʋniverſitatis Oxon ſalutem. Benè novit, ut credimus, veſtra diſcretio, qualiter pro bono pacis & reformatione concordiae inter nos & Regem Franc. de conſilio & aſſenſu Praelatorum & Aliorum Magnatum regni noſtri, Uxorem noſtram ſub magna amoris confidentia ad ipſum Regem nuper tranſmiſimus, ſperantes ſicut Nobis certitudinaliter per nuncios domini ſummi Pontificis, qui tam ad ipſum Regem quam ad Nos pro tractatu concordiae fuerant deſtinati, & etiam per noſtros nuncios tunc in partibus Franciae exiſtentes promiſſum extitit, quod ipſa à praefato Rege fratre ſuo poſſet quaecumque peteret impetrare, & quod ejus interventu firma pax & amoris integritas inter Nos & ipſum Regem, abſque amiſſione juris ſeu patrimonii noſtri, ſeu alicujus perſonae de noſtris reformari debuiſſent, Et poſt haec dicto negocio non ſecundum promiſſa, ſet alium totaliter exitum, ſicut noſtis, fortiente, cum parati eſſemus in portu Dover. ad transfretandum verſus partes Franc. de conſilio Praelatorum & Magnatum praedictorum ac dictorum nunciorum, prae…ato etiam Rege ad hoc aſſenſum praebente, dictum Ducatum noſtrum & omnes terras noſtras quas habuimus in regno Franc. Edwardo filio noſtro primogenito donavimus, ſub certa forma habendum, ipſumque ad dictum Regem Franc. tranſmiſimus pro homagio ſuo pro Ducatu & terris praedictis faciendo. Et ecce quae amoris dulce dine pro pace egimus u… guerrarū diſcrimina vitarentur, Nobis in felle converſa ſunt amaritudinis & guerrae materias habundantius adminiſtrant. Detinuit ſiquidem idem Rex & adhuc detinet dictos noſt…os uxorem & filium, ac magnam partem Ducatus praedicti, quanquā homagiū ipſias filii noſtri pro integro receperit, p. 46& jam reſiduum miſſis exercitibus ſatagit occupare. Receptat inſuper inimicos & rebelles noſtros & eos fovet, & quaſdam naves quorundam mercatorum noſtrorum nuper per gentes ſuas ſupra mare cepit hoſtiliter, & interfectis mercatoribus & marinariis in eis inventis infra Regnum Franc. abduci fecit, aliaſque nos de guerra multipliciter perſequitur tam per terram quàm per mare. Propter quod Nos pro defenſione Regni noſtri navigium noſtrum mifimus ſupra mare, ad refraenand. maliciam gentium ipſius Regis ſi qui fortè ingredi vellent Regnum noſtrum. Verùm quia Nobis relatum eſt, quod aliqui fautores, ut credimus, dictorum inimicorum veritatem noſtram in praemiſſis falſis relationibus ſatagentes depravare, ſiniſtra de Nobis & aliquibus fidelibus noſtris praedicare non verentur, ut avertant à Nobis corda ſubditorum noſtrorum, qui ex ſimplicitate frequenter falſis narratoribus fidem praebent. Nos ipſorum maliciis obviare & veritatem reigeſtae cunctis patefieri cupientes, vobis in fide & dilectione quibus Nobis tenemini firmiter injungen do mandamus, quod ad confutandam hujuſmodi malevolorum audaciam, praemiſſa omnia & ſingula in publicis ſermonibus & aliis congregationibus veſtris recitari, & palam exponi faciatis, ut ſeries gestarum rerum univerſis & ſingulis nota fiat. R…gamus etiam vos quatinus vos et quilibet veſtrum pro Nobis et proſpero ſtatu regni noſtri miſſarum ſolempniis, eleemoſynarum largitionibus, et aliis operibus pie…atis ac jugis et devotis precibus jugiter inſtatis apud Altiſſimum creatorem, quatinus ipſe ſua pietate Nos regat et dirigat in mundi hujus turbinibus per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, ſt…tu… regni noſtri conſervet incolumem, et ſua ineffabili potentia a malignorum incurſibus tueatur. Teſte Rege apud Porceſter. v. die Septemb.

Eodem modo mandatum eſt Cancellar. magiſtris & ſcolaribus Univerſitatis Cantebrig.

Ibid. eadem m. 11. dorſ. Rex venerabili in Chriſto patri De exortationibus pro Rege & ſtatu regni faciend.W. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo Cantur. totius Angliae Primati ſalutem. Benè novit veſtra diſcretio, nec poteſt vobis ut credimus in memoriam non veni…e, qualiter pro p. 47bono pacis & reformatione concordiae inter Nos & Regem Franc. de veſtro & aliorum Praelatorum ac Magnatum conſilio & aſſenſu, uxorem noſtram ſub magna amoris confidentia ad ipſum Regem nuper tranſmiſimus, ſperantes ſ…cut nobis certitudinaliter per nuncios Domini ſummi Pontificis, qui tam ad ipſum Regem quàm ad Nos pro tractatu concordiae fuerant deſtinati, ac etiam per noſtros nuncios tunc in partibus Franc. exiſtentes promiſſum extitit quod ipſa à praefato Rege fratre ſuo poſſet quaecumque peteret impetrare, & quod ejus interventu firma pax & amoris integritas inter Nos et ipſum Regem abſque amiſſione juris ſeu Patrimonii noſtri, ſeu alicujus perſonae de Noſtris reformari debuiſſent: & poſt haec dicto negotio non ſecundum promiſſa, ſed alium totaliter exitum ſicut noſtis ſortiente, cum parati eſſemus in portu Dovor. ad transfretandum verſus partes Franciae, de conſilio veſtro ac aliorum Praelatorum & Magnatum praedictorum ac dictorum nunciorum, praefato etiam Rege ad hoc aſſenſum praebente, dictum Ducatum noſtrum & omnes terras noſtras quas habuimus in Regno Franciae Edwardo filio noſtro primogenito donavimus ſub certa forma habendum, ipſumque ad dictum Regem Franciae tranſmiſimus pro Homagio ſuo pro Ducatu & terris praedictis faciendo. Et ecce quae amoris dulcedine pro pace egimus, ut guerrarum diſcrimina vitarentur, Nobis in felle converſa ſunt amaritudinis, et guerris materias habundantius adminiſtrant. Detinuit ſiquidem idem Rex et adhuc detinet dictos noſtros Uxorem et Filium, ac magnam partem Ducatus praedicti, quamquam homagium ipſius filii noſtri pro integro reciperit, & jam reſiduum miſſis exercitibus ſatagit occupare. Receptat inſuper inimicos et rebelles noſtros et eos fovet, et quaſdam naves quorundam mercatorum noſtrorum nuper per gentes ſuas ſupra mare cepit hoſtiliter, et interfectis mercatoribus et marinariis in eis inventis, infra Regnum Franc. abduci fecit, aliaſque Nos de guerra multipliciter proſequitur tam per terram quàm per mare. Propter quod Nos pro defenſione Regni noſtri, navagium p. 48noſtrum miſimus ſupra mare ad refraenandam maliciam gentium ipſius Regis, ſi quae fortè ingredi vellent Regnum noſtrum. Verum quia Nobis relatum eſt, quod aliqui fauto…es, ut credimus, dictorum inimicorum, veritatem noſtram in praemiſſis falſis relationibus ſatagentes depravare, finiſtra de Nobis et aliquibus fidelibus noſtris praedicare non verentur, ut avertent à Nobis corda ſubditorum noſtrorum, qui ex ſimplicitate frequenter falſis narratoribus fidem praebent. Nos ipſorum maliciis obviare, et ve…itatem …ei geſtae cunctis patefieri cupientes, vobis in fide et dilectione quibus Nobis tenemini firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod ad confutandam hujuſmodi malevolorum audaciam, praemiſſa omnia prout geſta fuerunt in publicis ſermonibus et aliis congregationibus per totam Dioc. veſtram recitari et palam exponi faciatis, ut ſeries geſtarum rerum univerſis et ſingulis nota fiat, et contra hujuſmodi falſa et finiſtra de Nobis et fidelibus noſtris praedicantes tales et tam rigidas cenſuras promulgare ſtudeatis, ut hujuſmodi ſaltim timor… à ſuis temeritatibus compeſcantur. Rogamus inſuper vos quatinus clerum et populum veſtrae diocaeſis ſalubribus exhortationibus commoneatis, ipſoſque Praelatos inferiores, Religioſos et alios, ac Rectores Eccleſiarum in ſingulis Eccleſiis per totam Dioceſ. veſtram commoneri et exhortari faciatis, ut ipſi pro Nobis et proſpero ſtatu Regni noſtri miſſarum ſolempniis, eleemoſynarum largitionibus et aliis operibus pietatis, ac jugis et devotis preribus jugiter inſiſtant apud altiſſimum creatorem, quatinus ipſe ſua pietate Nos regar et dirigat in mundi hujus turbinibus per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, ſtatum Regni noſtri conſervet incolumem, et ſua ineffabili potentia a malignorum incurſibus tueatur. Et univerſis et ſingulis veſtris ſuffraganeis injungatis, quod ipſi et eorum quilibet praemiſſa omnia et ſingula per ſingulas Eccleſias ſuorum Dioceſ. praedicari et exponi faciant, et clerum et populum ut orationibus et aliis pietatis operibus ut praemittitur, jugiter inſiſtant, ſtudeant ſalubriter exhortari. Et Nos de eo quod inde duxeritis faciendum p. 57per veſtras literas diſtincte et aperte cum celeritate qua poteritis certificare curetis. T. R. apud Claryndon xii. die Auguſti.

Conſimiles literae diriguntur Archiepiſcopo Eborum Angliae Primati.

Clauſ. 20 E. 2. m. 11. dorſo. Rex religioſis viris et ſibi De ſupplicatione pro Rege & ſtatu Regni facienda.in Chriſto dilectis Priori et fratribus ordinis fratrum praedicatorum ad Capitulum generale apud Oxon celebrandum conventuris, ſalutem et Spiritu ſancto dirigi in agendis. Dum conditionem humanae fragilitatis atrendimus, et qualiter omni creaturae tam ſublimi quàm humili praetereuntibus ſuo curſu diebus praeſentis vitae finis apropriat, attenta conſideratione penſamus, ſic praevenire cupimus quantū Nobis ex alto permittitur, diem mortis, ut aeterni clementia Judicis dignetur noſtri de ſuae gratiae plenitudine miſereri. Verum cum devotarum orationum ſuffragia inter alia pietatis opera multum proſint ad divinam miſericordiam impetrandam, de vobis, quorum ordinem benevolentiae ſpecialis favore proſequimur, ut ſalutem Noſtram zelemini, et pro Nobis ac ſtatu proſpero Regni noſtri preces devotas Domino offeratis, plenam fiduciam optinentes, devo…ionem veſtram requirimus et r…gamus, quatinus nunc et in futurum dignam ſollicitudinem impendatis, et inſiſtatis aſſiduis ſupplicationibus et interceſſionibus apud D…um, ut hic ſua pietate Nos dirigat per ſuorum ſemitam mandatorum, et poſt diem extremum ſalvationis locum Nobis dignetur miſericorditer elargiri, ſtatumque praedicti Regni noſtri conſervare proſperum et tranquillum. Vniverſitatem veſtram religioſam diu conſervet Altiſſimus in caritate continus et perfecta. T. R. apud Porceſtr. vi. die Septembr.

King **Monaſt. Ang. p. 493, 516, 579, 927, 961, 962. Pat. 16 E. 3. part 1. m. 35. Pat. 19 E. 3. pa…t 1. m. 5. Pat. 35 E. 3. pa…t 2. m. 39. Pat. 45 E. 3. pa…t 1. 3. m. 3.Edward the 3d. granted and confirmed by his Charters to the reſpective Abbyes and Monaſteries of St. Denny, Lyllye, Gratia Dei, St. Julian, Charter-Houſe London, ſundry Lands and Revenues, ad miſſas, orationes, & alia divina ſervicia facienda pro anima noſtra, et matris nostrae et pro animal us Anteceſſorum & Succ…ſſorum noſtrorum, Primogenito p. 58nostro & Haeredum ſuorum, &c. which the Ab…ots and Monks were daily and conſtantly to perform in theſe Abbyes and Monaſteries without intermi… ſion. And Cl. 7 E. 3. part 1. m. 4. dorſ. he iſſued his Writs for a publick Thankſgiving and victory over the Scots.

Rex venerabili in Chriſto Patri S. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo De devotis laudibus clemenc. ſummi Salvaroris attollend. pro victoria Scotorum prope Berewicum nuper corceſſa.Cantuarienſi, totius Angliae Primati ſalutem. Sedens in trono gloriae qui ſui diſpoſitione non fallitur, dilectos ſuos in oportunitatibus viſitat uberius quàm creatae rationis intentio ſciat aut valeat invenire: ipſe quidem dominantium Dominus miſericordiam ſuam nobiſcum licet inmeritis magnificè mirificans hiis diebus, funeſtam Scotorum inimicorum noſtrorum rabiem et ipſorum perfidam feritatem qui partes Regni noſtri boreales nuper coadunatis viribus hoſtiliter invadentes, depraedationes, ſtrages et incendia, necnon & alia mala quae poterant crudeliter perpetrarunt, ordini, aetati vel ſexui non parcentes, & demum contra Nos et Noſtrum exercitum propè Berewycum die Lunae prox. ante feſtum ſanctae Margaretae Virginis proximo praeterit. videlicet decimo nono die Julii, in induratae ſpiritu ſuperbiae & antiquatae ſuae maliciae ad. Praeliū ſe parantes virtutis ſuae potentia mirabiliter diſſipavit, ipſos in manu noſtra victorioſo praeſidio concludendo; quos in eo qui dat ſalutem Regibus, ac de noſtra juſticia confidentes in timore Domini, licet in perdicione hominum non laetemur, in campo certaminis devicimus abſque laeſione magna, laudetur altiſſimus, gentis noſtrae, et Caſtrum ac Villam Berewici Nobis reddi…a favente Domino jam ha…emus, de quibus gratiarum omnium largitori laudes exſolvimus, ut poſſimus humiles et devotas, ineffabilem ipſius clemenciam implorantes, ut ſignum quod nobiſcum fecit in bonum incrementis faciat felicibus faecundare, pacis firmandae miſericorditer ſpem conceptam, quae vobis ad veſtri recreationem et publicam Regni noſtri ſaet…iam divina contemplando magnalia nunciamus. Et quia inter caetera humanae reparationis remedia humilem apud Deum o…a…ionis inſtantiam d…vinae gratiae credimus multipliciter p. 59inductivam, Paternitatem veſtram affectuoſe requirimus et rogamus, quatinus Salvatoris noſtri clementiam pro conceſſa Nobis cae…itus victoria, devotis laudibus attollatis, et a veſtris ſubditis faciatis ut convenit, devotione celebri venerari; ipſos ſalutaribus monitis inducentes, ut intentis Orationum ſuffragiis Nos miſerationi divinae ſedulo recommendent, recommendareque velitis voſmetipſi, quod commiſſum Nobis Regimen ad Dei beneplacitum, defenſionem Eccleſiae, Regni noſtri honorem, commodum et quietem, conſervationem, augmentum ac redintegrationem jurium noſtrorum Regalium, ac Noſtri et ſubdi…orum noſtrorum ſalutem animarum agere, et in juſticia roborari noſtris temporibus feliciter valeamus. T. R. apud Berewicum ſuper Twedam xxii. die Julii.

Conſimiles literae diriguntur Archiepiſcopo Eborum & ſingulis Epiſcopis Angliae & Walliae, ac Epiſcopis ſubſcriptis, videlicet

Archiepiſcopo Burdegal.

Epiſcopo Aquen.

Epiſcopo Agenen.

Epiſcopo Brion.

Epiſcopo Baſaten.

Epiſcopo Adduren.

Rot. Parl. An. 37 Ed. 3. n. 9. Entre les peticions des Comones & les reſpons ſur les ainſi enſint.

Premerement priant les dites Comones, que pleze a lour dite Seigneur lige prier as Erceveſqes Eueſqes, et a toute la Clergie pur prier pur ſon eſtat, et la pees et bon government de la terre, et pur la continuance de ſa bone volente diverſeſes dites Comones.

R. Il pleſt au Roi de les prier.

Clauſe 8. R. 2. m. 33. dorſo. Rex venerabili in Christo De orando pro pace.Patri W. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. totius Angliae Primati, ſalutem. Ʋt praeviſa jacula minus laedant, et graviſſimis noſtri & noſtrorum periculis ſalubrius obvietur, inimicorum fallaces inſidias, & malicias mortiferas ſatis expedit eſſe not…s. Super quo vos ſcire volumus, quod ab annis teneris quibus Deo volente Regni gubernacula ſuſcepimus, ſemper in p. 60votis geſſimus praecipuis ut ſubditi noſtri in quorum uti que quiet… quieſcimus, in pace firma ſub noſtro regimins ponerentur; et propterea tractatus per inclitae memoriae Dominum E. nuper Regem Angliae avum noſtrum, cum tunc adverſario ſuo Franciae inchoatos, continuare fecimus, facientes adverſario noſtro Franciae jam praeſenti diverſas vias pacis multociens offerri, cum detrimento non modico juris nostri, ad finem evitandi ſubditorum noſtrorum gravamina, ac juſtificandi coram Rege Regum cui nihil eſt abſconditum, cauſam noſtram, et finaliter ut nihil in nobis deeſſet, quin praedicta pace habenda poneremus ultimum poſſe nostrum, Johannem Regem Caſtellae et …egionis, Ducem Lancastr. primo per ſe, et deinde ipſum et Thomam Comitem Buk. Patruos noſtros cariſſimos ad diverſos tractatus pacis cum nonnullis aliis Praelatis, Proceribus et Conſiliariis noſtris, cum poteſtate plenaria fecimus destinari. Set pars Adverſarii praedicti videns praefatos patruos noſtros ad omnem pacem rationabilem prout eis injunximus inclinatos, dictum tractatum pacis et quamplures ipſius articulos quibus antea conſenſerant, per cavillationes et ſubterfugia declinarunt, et tanquam aſpides ſurdae obturantes aures ſuas nolentes intelligere ut benè agerent, ea quae pacis erant audire adeò contempſerunt, quod patrui dicti adverſarii, Du… ces viz. Butricen. et Burgundiae qui ſoli poteſtatem tractandi ab eodem receperant, cum praefatis patruis noſtris in loco medio inter Cales et Boloniam ubi partes extiterant primitus conventuri **Exet promiſſo, pro praedicto tractatu, licet multociens requiſiti, convenire penitus recuſabant; jactantes ſe, ut dicitur, nedum haereditatem noſtram ultramarinam, ſet R…gnum noſtrum Angliae ſe vello hoſtiliter invadere, et Nobis locum et gentem auferre, ac totam linguam Anglicanam abſque conſideratione status, aetatis, ſexus, aut perſonae deſtruere, ipſumque Regnum (quod abſit) imbuere nova lingua: ſet non placeat pietati divinae quod ea Nobis accidant quae minantur, undè meritè dicere poſsumus, quod quaeſivimus pacem, et ecce turbacio, et pro tanto dilectionem eſtram atttentè requirimus et rogamus, quatinus praefatas inimicorum malicias induratas clero …t populo veſtrae Dioc. exemptis et non exemptis, clarè intimari et inter eos publicari debitè fa…iatis, p. 61ipſos vobis quantum ex alto permittitur inducentes, ut ad propulſandam tantam inimicorum proterviam in cauſa Regni communi et juſtiſſima ſpiri…um forti…udinis aſſumant, et pro noſtri noſtrorumque fidelium, totiuſque Regni ſalvatione et tutela, piis apud Doum orationum ſuffragiis intercedant. T. Rege apud Weſtm. xxi. die Octobr.

Conſimilia Brevia diriguntur Epiſcopis ſubſcriptis ſub eadem dat. videlicet,

A. Archipiſcopo Eborum Angliae Primati.

R. Epiſcopo London.

W. Epiſcopo Wynton.

Tho. Epiſcopo Elien.

H. Epiſcopo Norwycen.

W. Epiſcopo Ciceſir.

J. Epiſcopo Bathon & Wellen.

R. Epiſcopo Coventr. & Lich.

Joh. Epiſcopo Dunolm.

Tho. Epiſcopo Karliol.

R. Epiſcopo Sarum.

Tho. Epiſcopo Exon.

J. Epiſcopo Hereford.

Tho. Epiſcopo Reffen.

H. Epiſcopo Wygorn.

J. Epiſcopo Lincoln.

A. Epiſcopo Meneven.

J. Epiſcopo Bang…ren.

Tho. Epiſcopo Landaven.

L Epiſcopo Aſſaven.

Clauſ. 10. R. 2. m. 11. dorſ. Rex venerabili in Chriſto De orando pro Rege.patri W. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo Cantur. totius Angliae Primati, ſalutem. Cum nuper conſiderantes qualiter inimici nostri Franc. & alii quamplures ſibi adhaerentes, regnum noſtrum Angliae pluribus locis ſaepius invaſerunt, mala intolerabilia tam per terram quàm per mare perpetrantes, & inſuper de hoc minimè contenti Eccleſiam ſanctam populumque, & ligeos noſtros ſubvertere, & penitus deſtruere de die in diem totis viribus ſuis ſe parant, & conantur; de aſſenſu Conſilii nostri ordinaverimus dilectum Conſanguineum & fidelem noſtrum Ricardum Comitem Arundel Admiralum noſtrum Angliae, ad proficiſcendum in obſequi…m noſtrū ſuper mare, una cum nonnullis Magnatibus & aliis fidelibus noſtris in Comitiva ſua, ad maliciam & proterviam praedictorum hoſtium noſtrorum (gratia mediante divina) propulſandam, ac Eccleſiam & Regnum praedicta p. 62protegenda & ſalvanda. Verum quia ad praemiſſa peragenda & complenda abſque devotarum orationum ſuffragiis vires noſtras cernimus penitus impotente…; Ac ſperantes indubiè quod quantò in magnis & peragendis negociis divinum praeſidium inſtantius & devotius imploratur, tantò exinde ſucceſſus proſperior & felicior proveniat & ſequatur; Veſtram Paternitatem & devotionem affectuoſis precibus requirimus & rogamus, quatinus tam grandibus periculis quae Eccleſiae & Regno praedictis oculata fide indies ſuo ju…e conſpicitis debite conſideratis, ſuff…aganeos veſtros ac Religioſos & alios ſubditos veſtros univerſos veſtrae provinciae, ad devotionem ſuam e…ga ſummum Regem elevandam, eò ſpecialius quò magis ſciveritis vel poteritis juxta poſſibilitatem tanta neceſſitate cauſante indicatis cum effectu, ut ipſi apud …ltiſſimum de quo omnis gratia procedit, tota mentis ſolicitudine preces & orationes devotiſſimas effundant & devotis precibus & interceſſionibus ac proceſſionibus & miſſarum celebrationibus ad gratiam Dei impetrandam pro Nobis ſtatuque Eccleſiae & Regni praedictorum, & ſpecialiter praedicto conſang…ineo noſtro ac aliis Magnatibus & fidelibus noſtris praedictis qui corpora ſua propter ſalvationem Eccleſiae ſanctae ac Regni & totius populi praedictorum periculis exponere non evitant aſſiduè infiſtant apud Deum ut ipſe Deus ſtatum noſtri Eccleſiaeque & regni praedictorum conſervare dignetur proſperum & tranquillum dictoque Conſanguineo noſtro ac aliis Magnatibus & fidelibus noſtris praedictis in actibus ſuis expeditionem felicem pro ſua magna mi…ericordia gratioſius tribuat & concedat. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm xx. die Martii.

Conſimilis breve dirigitur A. Archiepiſcopo Ebor. Angliae Primati ſub eadem data.

R…x venerabili in Christo patri R. eadem gratia Epiſcopo London ſalutem. Cum nuper, &c. ut ſemper uſque ibi debitè conſiderantes; Et tunc ſic univerſos & ſingulos clericos & ſubditos veſtros tam regulares quam ſeculares veſtra dioc. ad devotionem, &c. ut ſupra T. ut ſupra.

Conſimilia brevia diriguntur Epiſcopis ſubſcriptis ſub eadem data, viz.

p. 63W. Epiſcopo Wynton.

Th. Epiſcopo Elien.

H. Epiſcopo Norwicen.

Th. Epiſcopo Ciceſtr.

I. Epiſcopo Dunolm.

Th. Epiſcopo Karliol.

R Epiſcopo Sarum.

Th. Epiſcopo Exon.

I. Epiſcopo Hereford.

Th. Epiſcopo Roffen.

H. Epiſcopo Wigorn.

I. Epiſcopo Lincoln.

A. Epiſcopo Meneven.

I. Epiſcopo Bangoren.

W. Epiſcopo Landaven.

L. Epiſcopo Aſſaven.

W. Epiſcopo Bathon & Well.

R. Epiſcopo Covent. & Lich.

Clauſ. 15. R. 2. m. 36. dorſ. Rex venerabili in Chriſto De orando pro Pace.patri W. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. totius Angliae Primati ſalutem. Cum Eccleſia Catholica ſeu populus Regni noſtri cujus regimen nobis à Domino praeſtatur, in pace & proſperitate abſque devotarum orationum ſuffragiis altiſſimo reddendis, aliquandi… perſiſtere non valeat. Et quia ſperamus indubiè quod quantò divinum praeſidium inſtantius et devocius imploretur, tantò exinde ſucceſſus proſperior & felicior proveniet & ſuccedet. Veſtram paternitatem & devotionem affectuoſis precibus requirimus & rogamus, quatinus praemiſſis devotè & condignè conſideratis, univerſos & ſingulos clericos & ſubditos veſtros tam regulares quàm ſeculares veſtrae dioc. ad devotionem ſuam erga ſummum Regem elevandam eò ſpecialius quò magis ſciveritis vel poteritis juxta poſſibilitatem inducatis cum effectu, ut ipſi apud Altiſſimum de quo omnis gratia procedit, tota mentis ſolicitudine preces & orationes devotiſſim▪ eff…ndant, & devotis precibus & inte…ceſſionibus ac proceſſionibus & Miſſarum celebrationibus ad gratiam Dei impetrandam pro Nobis, ac ſtatu Eccleſiae ſanctae, paceque & tranquillitate Regni praedicti aſſid…è inſiſtant apud Deum: U… ipſe Deus, ſtatum Eccleſiae noſtrique & Regni praedicti conſervare dignetur proſperum & tranquillum, & Nobis ac populo noſtro regni praedicti actibus noſtris gratiam & expeditionem felicem pro ſua magna miſericordia gratioſius tribuat & concedat. Teſte Rege apud Weſtm. xxvii. die Aug. Per Ipſum Regem.

Conſimilia brevia diriguntur ſubſcriptis ſub eadem data, viz.

p. 64Th. Archiepiſcopo Ebor. Angliae Prim.

R. Epiſcopo London.

W. Epiſcopo Wynton.

I. Epiſcopo Elien.

H. Epiſcopo Norwicen.

R. Epiſcopo Ciceſtr.

W. Epiſcopo Dunolm.

Th. Epiſcopo Karliol.

I. Epiſcopo Sarum.

Th. Epiſcopo Exon.

I. Epiſcopo Hereford.

W. Epiſcopo Roffeu.

H. Epiſcopo Wygorn.

I. Epiſcopo Lincoln.

I. Epiſcopo Meneven.

I. Epiſcopo Bangoren.

E. Epiſcopo Landaven.

A. Epiſcopo Aſſaven.

R. Epiſcopo Bath. & W…llen.

R. Epiſcopo Covent. & Lich.

Clauſ. Anno 18. R. 2. m. 35. dorſ. Rex venerabili in De oraudo pro Rege.Chriſto patri W. eadem gratia Archiepiſcopo Cantuar. totius Angliae Primati, ſalutem. Cum propter bonum regimen ac proſperam & felicem gubernationem terrae nostrae Hiberniae ac fidelium ligeorum nostrorum ibidem, necnon propter caſtigationem & juſtificationem inobedientium & rebellium contra ligeanciam fuam in terra noſtra praedicta, ſi qui fuerint, ſimus ad partes illas perſonaliter jam profecti. Et quia ad onus regiminis regni noſtri Angliae & terrae noſtrae praedictae quod Nobis ab alto committitur ſupportandum, & ad Eccleſiam ſanctam ac Regnum & terram noſtra praedicta, nec non legeos noſtros eorundem protegendos, & debite gubernandos abſque ſummo Dei praeſidio ac devotarum orationum, ſuffragiis pro Nobis efflu entius Altiſſimo reddendis, vires noſtras cernimus penitus impotentes; ac ſperantes indubiè, quod quantò in magnis & peragendis negotiis noſtris divinum adminiculum inſtantius & devotius imploratur, tantò exinde ſucceſſus proſperior & felicior proveniat & fequatur. Veſtram paternitatem & devotionem affectuoſis precibus requirimus & rogamus, quatinus praemiſſis condignè & devotè conſideratis, ſuffraganeos veſtros ac religioſos, & ali…s…ibditos veſtros univerſos veſtrae provinciae ad devotionem ſuam erga ſummum Regem elevandam, eò ſpecia lius quò magis ſciveritis vel poteritis juxta poſſibilitatem tanta neceſſitate cauſante inducatis cum effectu, ut ipſi apud Altiſſimum de quo omnis gratia procedit, tota p. 57mentis ſolicitudine preces & orationes devotiſſimè infundant, & devotis precibus & interceſſionibus ac Proceſſionibus & Miſſarum celebrationibus ad ſpecialem gratiam Dei impetrandam pro expeditione Noſtra ac aliorum Magnatum & fidelium nobiſeum in excercitu noſtro in partibus praedictis exiſtentium, qui corpora noſtra propter ſalvation… terrae illius pericuſis **Exponere.ponere non evitamus, aſſiduè infiſtant apud Deum, ut ipſe Deus ſtatum noſtrum Eccleſiaeque & Regni, ac terrae praedictorum conſervare dignetur proſperum & tranquillum, Nobiſque & fidelibus noſtris in actibus noſtris in terra noſtra praedicta & alibi expeditionem felicem pro ſua magna pietate miſericorditer tribuat & concedat. Teſte Edmundo Duce Eborum Cuſtode Angliae apud Weſtm. xv. die Octob.

Conſimile breve dirigitur Th. Epiſcopo Eborum Angliae Primati ſub eadem Data.

Rex venerabili in Chriſto patri R. eadem gratia Epiſcopo London ſalutem. Cum propter bonum regimen, &c. ut ſuprae uſque ibi conſideratis, et tunc ſic; univerſos & ſingulos clericos & ſubditos veſtros tam regulares quam ſeculares veſtrae dioc. ad devotionem ſuam erga ſummum Regem, &c. ut ſuper, Teſte ut ſupra.

Conſimilia brevia diriguntur ſubſcriptis ſub eadem data, viz.

W. Epiſcopo Wynton.

I. Epiſcopo Lincoln.

I. Epiſcopo Sarum.

R. Epiſcopo Bath. & Well.

R. Epiſcopo Covent. & Lich.

I. Epiſcopo Elien.

W. Epiſcopo Dunolm.

Th. Epiſcopo Karliol.

R. Epiſcopo Cicest.

W. Epiſcopo Roffen.

I. Epiſcopo Hereford.

H. Epiſcopo Wygorn.

Th. Epiſcopo Exon.

I. Epiſcopo Meneven.

H. Epiſcopo Norwicen.

I. Epiſcopo Bangoren.

T. Epiſcopo Landaven.

Cuſtodi ſpiritual. Epiſcopatus Aſſaven.Pat. 22. R. …. part 1. m. 26. Monoſt. Angl. p. 943, 945. 966, 967. Cl 2. R. 2. m. 18. dorſo.

King Richard the 2d. in the 22. year of his reign, conſirmed by his Charter to the Abby of Graces near the p. 58Tower of London, founded by King Edward his Grand-Father, ſundry Lands and Tenements, in reſpect of the various dangers to which he and the Kingdom were in humane reaſon expoſed to, by Land and Sea, beyond recovery. Ad Miſſas et alia divina officia ſingulis diebus celebrandas et faciendas in Abbatia praedicta pro ſalubri ſtatu et proſperitate Noſtra dum vixerimus, Et pro anima noſtra dum ab hac luce migraverimus, & pro anima ejuſdem A…i nostri ſpecialiter, & animabus omnium aliorum Progenitorum Haeredum & Succeſſorum noſtrorum & omnium fidelium defunctorum in perpetuum. And Michael de la Poole, founded the Monaſtery at Kingſton upon Hull, confirmed by King Richard the 2d. granting ſundry Lands to the Prior, Monks and their ſucceſſors upon this condition; Volumus itaque & ordinamus, quod praefati Prior & Monachi & eorum ſucceſsores habeant ſpecialiter in Miſſis, orationibus, & aliis divinis ſerviciis recommendatum, ſtatum nobiliſſimi Domini Regis Ricardi praedicti, & noſtrum, (and of ſeveral others particularly mentioned) dum vixerimus, & cum ab hac luce migraverimus, orent, celebrent & celebrari facient pro animabus noſtris, ac ſpecialiter et continuè pro anima dicti Domini noſtri Regis Edwardi defuncti, and of ſeveral others particularly mentioned, & pro quibus orare tenemur, et omnium fidelium defunctorum.

I could adde many more Writs and Mandates, of the former nature, upon extraordinary Occaſions, out of the Clauſe Rolls of King John, Hen. the 3d. Edw. the 3d. Henry the 4, 5, & 6. Edward 4. H. 7, 8. Edward 6. Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles; which becauſe they would rather ſurfit than delight or inſtruct the Readers, I ſhall wholy pretermit.

King Henry the 5th. founded a Monaſterie at S…ene, the grounds and ends whereof he thus expreſſed in his Pat. 3. & 4▪ H. 5. m. 8. Pat. 2 H. 6. part 4. m. 27. Monaſt. Angl p. 974. 975.Charter. C…m excelſae Majeſtatis exennia quae gloriam noſtri regiminis de die in diem ubertim, ut ipſi videmus, extollant, ritè à Nobis gratiarum vendicant actiones, justiſſimum credimus ut eo …dio in a…ctor…m tendant quo nobis ab auctore fl…runt, nomine Salvatoris; ut ſicut per M…diatorem Deiet hominum p. 59Dominum Jeſum ad Nos indignos, depatre luminum, bon… cuncta procedunt, ità noſtrae laudes quamvis inutiles per eundem Jeſum Chriſtum et datorem gratiarum, & omnis boni principium revertantur. Whereupon he granted and confirmed for him and his Heirs ſundry Lands to this Monaſtery free from all ſecular exaction and ſervice, Pro orationibus et aliis divinis Officiis inivi faciendis pro ſalubri ſtatu noſtro dum vixerimus, ac anima noſtra cum ab h…c luce migraverimus, & animabus parentum & progenitorum noſtrorum & omnium fidelium defunctorum: Necnon pro pace, tranquillitate et quiete populi et Regni noſtri: ac inſuper pro aliis pietatis operibus ibidem ſuſtinendis, ministrandis, et ſupportandis juxta ordinationem nostram, haereredum et executorum nostrorum in hac parte plenius faciendam; which was accordingly executed.

King Edward the 4th. by his Charter of 17 Febr. in the ‖‖Monaſtico… Angl. p. 179.firſt year of his Reign, granted the Priory of Shirburn to the Hoſpital of St. Julian called Domus Dei in the Town of Southampton, In augmentationem divinae cultus infra hoſpitale noſtrum ſancti Juliani, &c Necno… ut dilect… Nobis in Chriſto Magiſter Jahannes P…reſon, nunc Cuſtos Hoſpitalis praedicti, ac nunc Capellani et Fratres ejuſdem Hoſpitalis, ac ſucceſſores ſui, pro ſalubri ſtatu noſtri et Haeredum et Succeſſorum noſtrorum dum agimus in humanis, Necnon pro animabus noſtris cum univerſae carnis viam ing…eſſi fuerimus, necnon pro animabus recolendae memoriae Principis Ricardi nuper Ducis Eb… rici Patris noſtri, &c. Et omnium aliorum Primogenitorum noſtrorum Imperpetuum ſpecialiter exorare teneantur.

King Henry the 7th. appropriated the Churches of Pat. 10 H. …. m. 3. Monaſt. Angl. p. 966.Potterſpiry and Eggemond to the Priory and Covent of St. Anne by Coventre founded by his Anceſtors, Ut iidem Prior & Conventus, Pro bono ſtatu noſtro, ac Conſortis noſtrae, liberorumque noſtrorum, ac cariſſimae matris noſtrae, Deum altiſſimum deprecentur indies et exorent; ac miſſam de Spiritu ſancto pro Nobis ſemel in ebdomade durante vita noſtra faciant celebrari, et quendam ſolempnem p. 60annualem obitum pro anima noſtra cum ab hac luce migraverimus, cuſtodiant et obſervent.

Anno 1519 Anno 10 H. 8. In the Book entituled Horae beatiſſimae Mariae, ad ligituum. Eccleſiae Salisburienſis ritum, printed Pariſiis, 1519. (the 10. year of King Henry the 8th. but generally uſed throughout England ſome hundreds of years before) f. 12. there is this ſet form of Prayer for the King of England for the time being.

Deus regnorum et Chriſtiani maximè Protector Imperii, Da Servo tuo H. Regi noſtro de Hoſte triumphum, ut qui tua providentia extitit Coronatus, tuo ſemper munimine tutus ſit et ſecurus, per Chriſtum Dominum noſtrum.

Anno 1545 And in Proceſſ…ale ad uſus inſignis Eccleſiae Sarum, P…riſiis 1545. f. 6. 124, 208. I meet with theſe ſhort Prayers & ejaculations then and formerly publickly uſed in all Proceſſions for our ſucceſſive Kings. Domine ſalvum ſac Regem. Regem noſtrum ac Principes, &c. in omni ſanctitate cuſtodi. Salvum fac Regem n…ſtrum Famulum tuum: Et exaudi nos in die quo invocav…rimus te. All our antient Miſſals, Offices, Howers, Primers, in times of Popery, containing the like Prayers, and ſuch as I have formerly recited out of **Here p. 40.Caſſander his Preces Eccleſiasticae, together with Prayers for their Souls after their deaths: which according to the modern uſe of the Church of Rome are popiſh, vain, ſinfull, ſuperſtitious, implying and preſuppoſing a Purgatory: but according to their primitive uſe and inſtitution, pious and religious, importing no purgatory at all, as learned Biſhop Ʋſher proves at large in his Anſwer to the Jeſuites Challenge, of Prayers for the Dead, p. 194. to 264. to which I refer the Reader for fuller ſatisfaction herein, and concerning the forementioned Prayers for, and Charters of our Kings to Monaſteries to pray for their own, their Anceſtors, Succeſſors, Heirs, and others Souls when departed out of this World.

I'could adde many Prayers made for King Henry the 8th. in ſundry Epiſtles and Dedications of Books unto p. 61him, but for brevity I ſhall omit all but 3. The 1. is Pope Leo the 10th. his Bull to him in the 22. year of his Reign, ſubſcribed with all the Cardinals Hands; wherein he conferred on him the Title of Defender of the Faith, for writing a Book againſt Luther, in defence of Pardous, the Papacy, and 7. Sacraments, which Bull begins thus.

**Laertius Cherubinus de Nurſia. Bullarium, Tom. 1. p 545. Pet…i Mat…h. …i. Sum. Conſtit. Pontif. in Leone, 10. p. 227.Leo Epiſcopus, Servus ſervorum Dei. Chariſſimo in Christo filio, Henrico Angliae Regi, Fidei defenſori, ſalutem et Apoſtolicam benedictionem; And is cloſed with this Benediction and Prayer for him and his Poſterity. Perpetuum hoc & immortale gloriae tuae monumentum Poſteris tuis relinquere, illiſque viam oſtendere, ut ſi tali titulo ipſi quoque inſigniri optabunt, talia etiam opera efficere, praeclaraque Majeſtatis tuae veſtigia ſequi ſtudeant, quam prout de Nobis & dicta ſede optimè merita est, unâ cum uxore & filiis, ac omnibus qui à te & ab illis naſcentur Noſtra Benedictione Speeds Hiſtory. An. 15…1. Seldens Titles of Honour, p. 55, 56.in nomine illius à quo illam concedendi potesta… ▪ Nobis data eſt, larga & liberali manu benedicentes, Altiſſimum illum qui dixit; Per me Reges regnant, & Principes imperant, & in manu ſua corda ſunt Regum, rogamus et obſecramus, ut eam in ſuo ſancto propoſito confirmet, ejuſque devotionem multiplicet, ac praeclaris pro ſancta fide geſtis ita illuſtret, ac toti Orbi terrarum conſpicuam reddat, ut judicium quod de ipſa fecimus eam tàm inſigni titulo decorantes, à nemine falſum aut vanum judicari poſſit. Demum mortatis …ujus vitae finito curriculo ſempiternae illius gloriae conſortem atque participem reddat.

The 2 is William Wraghton (an acute Proteſtant Writer) who in his Epiſtles to King Henry the 8th. before his two Books, intituled, The Hunting of the Romiſh Fox, printed at Baſyl, 1543. And his Reſcuing of the Romiſh Fox, againſt Stephen Gardner, printed 1545. Wiſheth him proſperity both of Body and Soul, cloſing his laſt Epiſtle to him with this Prayer. God grant you health both of Body and Soul, victory over your Enemies, and Grace to do in this our matter of Religion as ſhall be most to the Glory of God, and the profit of the Common-wealth, Amen; And he cloſeth his laſt Treatiſe with this Prayer, God ſave the King.

p. 62The third is our learned Proteſtant Divine, Thomas Beacon, who in his **In his works in Folio, London 1564. vol. 1. p. 96.Path-way unto Prayer (dedicated to the Lady Anne Grey) ch. 55. hath this Godly exhortation to all private Chriſtians. …et us flee to God at all times with humble O…ſecrations and hearty Requests. Let our Prayers be continual. Let us in all our Prayers ſeek the glory of God, the advancement of his moſt bleſſed word, and the health of our own Souls. Let us pray for the prefervation of the Kings moſt excellent Majeſty (H. 8.) and for the proſperous ſucceſſe of his intirely-beloved Son, Edward, our Prince, that moſt Angel-like Impe. Let us pray for all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal: ſpecially for thoſe that have the regiment of the Publick-weal under the Kings Graces Highneſs. Let us pray for the Miniſters of Gods Word, that they may freely ſpeak the truth of Chriſts Goſpel, as it becommeth them. Let us pray for all men univerſally, chiefly for the Inhabitants of this Realm of England, That they may all bear a faithfull heart both towards God and our King.

Anno 1557 Upon the Reformation of Religion, and aboliſhing of Popiſh Miſſals, Pſalters, Howers, Proceſſionals, and Portuaſſes by King Edward the ſixth in his Parliament, 2. & 3 Edw. 6. ch. 10. the King by advice of his Convocation and Parliament, commanded A Book of Common-prayer and Adminiſtration of the Sacraments in the Engliſh Tongue, to be uſed in all Churches and Chapels throughout the Realm, by the Statutes of 2 E. 6 c. 1. & 5, & 6 E. 6. c. 1. Wherein there was not only a Prayer for the King in the Letany, but in a ſpecial Collect, agreeing in ſubſtance with thoſe in our later Books of Common-Prayer, hereafter cited. In this pious Kings reign, the Biſhops and Miniſters in their Epiſtles and Dedications to him, and in their Prayers before & after their Sermons, uſually prayed moſt heartily and particularly for his long life, religious and proſperous reign, and ſpiritual, temporal, and eternal felicity. And John Bale Biſhop of Oſſery, in his Image of both Churches, or Paraphraſe upon St. Johns Revelation, printed 1550. in the laſt page thereof, exhorts all Gods meek-ſpirited Servants p. 63in their daily Prayer, afore all other to remember that moſt worthy Miniſter of God, King Edward the ſixth, which hath ſo ſore wounded the Beaſt, that he may throw all his Superſtition into the bottomleſſ… lake again, (from whence they have comen) to the comfort of his People.

Our learned aaIn his works vol 2. f. 63, 67.Thomas Beacon in his Preface to The Flower of Godly Prayers, dedicated to Anne Dutcheſſe of Somerſet, as he doth exceedingly bl…ſſe God for the extraordinary zeal and piety of King Edward the 6th. in delivering his Realm from Antichriſtian Tyranny and Popery, reforming the Church, propagating true religion, and in giving us this moſt worthy Prince to be our King: So he hath this particular bbIbid. fol. 173.Prayer for the King, to be uſed by all private Chriſtians daily in their reſpective Families and Cloſets with zeal and devotion.

Almighty God, (e) King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, which by thy divine ordinance haſt appointed Temporal c 1 Tim. 6. Apoc. 18. 19. Deut. 17. Joſh. 1. Rom. 13 1 Tim. 2. Tit. 3. 1 Pet. 2. cap. 6, & 9.1 Tim 6Rev 18:19Deut 17Josh 1Rom 131 Tim 2Titus 31 Pet 2Rulers to govern thy People, according to equity and juſtice, and to live among them as a loving Father among his natural Children, unto the advancement of the good, and puniſhment of the evil, we moſt humbly beſeech thee favourably to behold Edward thy Servant, our King and Governour, and to breath into his heart, through thy holy Spirit, that Wiſdom, that is ever about the Throne of thy Majeſty, whereby he may be provoked, moved, and ſtirred to love, fear and ſerve thee, to ſeek thy glory, to baniſh Idolatry, Superſtition, and Hypocriſy out of this his Realm, and unfeignedly to avance thy holy and pure Religion among us his Subjects, unto the example of other forein Nations. O Lord defend him from his enemies, ſend him long and proſperous life among us, and give him grace not only in his own Perſon, godly and juſtly to rule, but alſo to appoint ſuch Magiſtrates under him, as may be likewiſe affected both toward thy holy Word, and toward the Common-weal; that his Subjects living under p. 64his Dominion in all godlineſſe, peace and wealth, may paſſe the time of this our ſhort pilgrimage in thy fear and ſervice, unto the glory of thy bleſſed name, which alone is worthy all honour for ever and ever. Amen.

Next after this, follows one Prayer for the Kings Council. And after that, ddIbid. f. 188, 189.a Prayer for the common peace and quietneſſe of all Realms: very ſeaſonable for our times. And in his eeIbid. f. 211.Pomaunder of Prayer, he hath this Prayer of Subjects or Commons.

As it is thy godly appointment, O Lord God, ffS…p. 6. Rom. 13. 1 Tim. 6 Tit. 2. 1 Pet. 2. Acts 10. Rom, 11.Rom 131 Tim 6Titus 21 Pet 2Acts 10That ſome ſhould bear rule in the world to ſee thy Glory ſet forth, and the common peace kept, ſo is it thy pleaſure again, that ſome ſhould be Subjects and Inferiours to others in their vocation, although before thee there is no reſpect of Perſons. And for as much as it is thy good will, to appoint me in the number of Subjects, I beſeech thee to give me a faithfull and an obedient heart unto the High Powers, that there may be found in me no Diſobedience, no Vnfaithfullneſſe, no Treaſon, no Falſehood, no Diſſimulation, no Inſurrection, no Commotion, no Conſpiracy, nor any kind of Rebellion in Word or Deed againſt the Civil Magiſtrates: But all Faithfulneſſe, Quietneſſe, Subjection, Humility, and whatſoever elſe becommeth a Subject; That I living her… ggMat. 24. Luc. 18. Mat. 10.Matt 24Luke 18Matt 10in all lowlyneſſe of mind, may at the laſt day, through thy favour be lifted up into everlaſting Glory, where thou, with the Father and the Holy Ghost liv…ſt and reignest very God for ever. Amen.

Theſe were the Godly, Loyal, fervent, daily publick and private Prayers of Proteſtant Miniſters and Subjects for King Edward the 6th. in that Age.

Anno 1554 Queen Mary, a Popiſh Prince, ſucceeding King Edward, ſet aſide the Book of Common-prayer, and introduced Popiſh M…ſſals, Proceſſi…nals, Howers, Prim…rs, and Popery again, wherein they publickly prayed for her in the forecited manner under our Popiſh King…; her zealous Proteſtant Biſhops, Miniſters, and Subjects likewiſe making …ervent conſtant Prayers for her: But ſome over-zealous, Anabaptiſtical Fanaticks uſing ſome unchriſtian expreſſions p. 65in their Prayers againſt her, hhFox Acts and Monuments, vol. 3. p. 114.That God would cut her off, and ſhorten her daies, of which there was complaint made in Parliament; Whereupon there was this ſpecial Act made against ſuch Prayers, Anno 1555. 1, & 2 Phil. & Mar. ch 9.

Anno 1555 Foraſmuch as now of late diverſe noughty, ſeditious, malicious, and heretical perſons, not having the fear of God before their eyes; who in a divelliſh ſort, contrary to the duty of their Allegiance, congregated themſelves together in Conventicles, in divers and ſundry prophane places within the City of London, eſteeming themſelves to be in the true Faith, where indeed they are in Errors and Hereſies, and out of the true trade of Chriſts Catholick Religion, and in the ſame places at ſeveral times uſing their phantaſtical and ſchiſmatical ſervices, have of their moſt malicious and wicked Stomachs prayed againſt the Queens Majeſty, That God would turn her Heart from Idolatry to the true Faith (which was good and Chriſtian) or elſe to ſhorten her daies, or take her quickly out of the way. Which Prayer was never heard or read to have been uſed by any good Chriſtian man, againſt any Prince, though he were a Pagan and Infidel, and much leſſe againſt any Chriſtian Prince, and eſpecially ſo virtuous a Princeſs as our Soveraign Lady that now is, is known to be, &c. For reformation whereof it is enacted, That every ſuch perſon and perſons which ſince the beginning of this Parliament have by expreſſe words and ſayings, prayed, required or deſired, or hereafter ſhall pray by expreſs words or ſayings, That God would ſhorten her daies, or take her out of the way (whoſe life Almighty God long preſerve) or any ſuch like malicious Prayer▪ amounting to the ſame effect, their Promoters & Abetters therein, ſhall be taken, reputed and judged Traytors, and every ſuch praying, requiring and deſiring, ſhall be judged, taken and reputed High Treaſon. And the Offendors therein, their Procurours and Abetters being thereof lawfully convict, according to the Laws of p. 66this Realm, ſhall have, ſuffer and forfeit as in Caſes of High Treaſon.

Provided alwaies, and be it enacted, that if any Perſon or Perſons ſhall be indicted for any the offences aforeſaid, done and perpetrated during this Seſſion of this preſent Parliament, and upon his or their arraignment, ſhall ſhew him or themſelves penitent for their offence, and ſubmit him or themſelves to the Kings and Queens mercy, and humbly deſire the ſame, before ſuch Juſtices or Commiſſioners before whom he or they ſhall be arraigned, that then no judgement of conviction, or attaindour of Treaſon, ſhall be given againſt any ſuch Perſon or Perſons, ſo being penitent and ſubmitting themſelves. And in every ſuch caſe, the Juſtices or Commiſſioners before whom ſuch Perſon or Perſons ſhall be arraigned, ſhall have authority by virtue of this Act, to preſcribe, adjudge and appoint ſuch corporal puniſhment, other than death, to ſuch offender and offenders, as to them by their diſcretion ſhall ſeem convenient; and upon that penance preſcribed and done, to be diſcharged of the ſaid Treaſon, compriſed in that Judgement.

Theſe prayers were much againſt and directly contrary to the Judgement of iiSee Arch-biſhop Cranme…s life, in Antiq. Eccleſ. Brit. Godwin, and before his Anſwer to Stephen Ga…dener, Fox Acts and Monuments vol. 3. p. 101, 102.Archbiſhop Cranmer, Biſhop Farrer, Biſhop Hooper, Rowland Taylor, John Philpot, John Bradford, Edward Crome, John Rogers, Laurence Saunders, Edward Laurence, Miles Coverdale Biſhop of Fxon, and other of our godly Proteſtant Biſhops and Miniſters, who ſoon after ſuffered as Martyrs; they in their Letter the 8. of May Anno Dom. 1554. profeſſing, That as obedient Subjects we ſhall behave our ſelves towards Queen Mary, and all that be in Authority, and not ceaſe to pray to God for them, that he would govern them all, generally and particularly, with the ſpirit of wiſdom and grace, and ſo we heartily deſire, and humbly pray all men to do, in no point conſenting to any kind of rebellion or ſedition againſt our Soveraign Lady the Queens Highneſſe: but where they cannot obey, but they muſt diſobey God, there to ſubmit themſelves with all patience and p. 67humility, to ſuffer as the will and pleaſure of the higher powers ſhall adjudge: as we are ready through the goodneſs of the Lord, to ſuffer whatſoever they ſhall …djudge us unto. And Biſhop Hooper writ an Apology againſt the ſlanderous Report made of him, that he ſhould encourage and maintain ſuch as curſed Qu. Mary, printed 1552. wherein his innocency and loyalty to the Queen, in praying for her, are vindicated at large.

In this Parliament kkFox Acts & Monuments. vol. 3 p. 114, 115, 116.there being a general opinion that Queen Mary was with child by King Philip her husband, there was a ſpecial Act made, that in caſe Queen Mary ſhould die, during her childs Minority, that King Philip ſhould have the education and protection of him: In which Act, The Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons aſſembled in Parliament, have firm hopes and confidence by the goodneſſe of Almighty God, that he will of his infinite goodneſſe give the Queens Majesty and Highneſſe strength, the rather by our continual prayers, ſo paſſe well the danger of deliverance of Child, &c. Upon this occaſion, the Popiſh Biſhops, Clergy, and Churchmen, made many Proceſſions, Maſſes, Collects and Prayers, to be daily ſaid in all Churches for Qu. Maryes ſafe deliverance and her iſſue, recorded at large by Mr. Fox, where you may peruſe them: in one of which prayers there were theſe expreſſions. Give unto our Queen thy ſervant, a little infant in faſhion and body, comely and beautifull, in pregnant wit, notable and excellent. Grant the ſame to be in obedience like Abraham, in chaſtity and Brotherly love like Joſeph, in meekneſſe and mildneſſe like Moſes, in ſtrength and valour like Sampſon: let him be found faithfull as David, after thy heart; let him be wiſe among Kings, as the moſt wiſe Solomon; let him be like Job, a ſimple and an upright man, fearing God and eſchewing evil; let him finally be garniſhed with the comlineſſe of all virtuous conditions, and in the ſame let him wax old and live, that he may ſee his Childrens Children to the third and fourth generation. And give unto our Soveraign Lord and Lady King Philip, and Queen Mary, thy bleſſings, and long-life upon earth, and grant that of them may come kings and Queens, which may ſtedfaſtly continue in faith, love and holineſſe. And bleſſed p. 68be their ſeed of our God, that all Nations may know, thou art only God in all the earth, which art bl…ſſed for ever and ever. Amen.

Anno 1550 After Queen Maries deceaſe, Anno 1558. Maſſes and Popiſh Prayers being again aboliſhed, and the Book of Common Prayer reſtored by the Parliament of 1 Eliz. ch. 2. there were the ſame prayers publickly uſed for the Queen, both in the Letany and Collects, as were formerly uſed for King Edward; and in ſundry Books dedicated to her Majeſty, and Prayers publiſhed during Her reign, there were many loyal and zealous Prayers, Supplications and Interceſſions, made to God for her long life and Proſperous reign, over-tedious to recite at large, and vulgarly known; and in all or moſt Prayers, Morning and Evening, for Private Families and Chriſtians, there were ſpecial Petitions to God for her Majeſty, ſome of them being Printed with the Bibles themſelves, then in uſe; and likewiſe at the end of moſt Quarto Bibles under King James, and King Charles. I ſhall touch only upon ſome few preſidents of many.

Anno 1564 In the 2. year of her reign, John Veron, (Divinity Lecturer at Pauls) in the cloſe of his Dedicatory Epiſtle to Her Majeſtie, before his Fruitfull Treatiſe of Predeſtination, prayes thus. Chriſt Jeſus of his tender mercy and goodneſſe, vouchſafe to defend and preſerve your moſt Gracious Highneſſe, from all your Enemies, and with his holy Spirit, ſo to fill, ſtrengthen and comfort your Princely heart, that ye may at all times boldly ſet forth his glory, and maintain it to your lives end. Which the Lord long continue to his Honor.

Anno 1569 In the 7th. year of Queen Elizabeth, there was a Collection of Prayers in Latin, intituled Preces privatae, printed by William Seres, and publiſhed by the Queens ſpecial Privilege and Authority; wherein not only the Duty of Subjects is ſet down, out of Mat. 22. 17. Rom. 13. 1 Tim. 2. 1, 2, 3. Tit. 3. 1. & 1 Pet. 2. but theſe ſpecial Prayers, Pſalms and Hymnes made to God, to be uſed daily in private Cloſets and Families for the Queen.

Domine Pater coeleſtis, Rex Regum & Dominus Dominantium, p. 69omnium Principum gubernator & rector, intimis votis te ſuppliciter quaeſumus Reginam noſtram Elizabetham, benigno vultu reſpicias, eique ſingulari gratia & ſpiritu ſancto ità ſemper aſſistere digneris, ut voluntatem tu…m ubique exequatur, & ſecundum ſaluberimam normam mandatorum tuorum, omnem vitam tranſigat. Accumul… in illam coel…stia tua dona, ut diu feliciter Nobis imperet, Hoſtes ſortiter devincat, tandemque in Coeleſti gloria vivat in aeternum, qui vivis & regnas Deus, per omnia ſaecula ſaeculorum. Amen. After which follow the ſame Prayers for her in Latin in the Letany, as in the Engliſh Letany in the Book of Common-prayer: And the ſame Collects for her in Latin, as for her and the King in Engliſh. Then there enſue, Pſalmi ſelecti & peculiares pro Rege vel Regina, to wit, Pſalm 20, & 21, & 72. applyed to the King and Queen litterally, with Domine ſalvum fac Regem, & exaudi nos in die in qua invocaverimus. After that Precatio ad exemplum orationis Salomonis, pro Regina.

Domine Deus qui ſereniſſimam noſtram Reginam ſuper nos regnare feciſti, eamque in medio populi tui, ut in aequitate Nos regat & in cordis integritate ſubditos ſuos judicet conſtituiſti: Mitte illi quaeſo de coelis ſanctis tuis, & à ſede majeſtatis tuae aſſiſtricem tuam ſapientiam, ut ei ſemper adfit, & apud eam perpetuò refideat, ut ſciat quod tibi acceptum ſit. Dies praetereà ſuper Dies ejus adjicito, eique tàm benignè Principali tua gratia adeſto, ut & in hac vita grata ſint tibi opera ejus, & in futuro tecum regnet in omnem aeternitatem, per Chriſtum Dominum et Servatorem noſtrum. Amen.

Salvam fac Domine Reginam, nec unquam avertas faciem tuam ab ea. Vitam longaevam tribus illi: et ſub umbra tuarum alarum protege eam. Amen.

After theſe follow this Prayer, Pro Chriſtianis Magistratibus.

Miſericors Deus ac Coeleſtis pater, in cujus manu eſt omnis terrena poteſtas & Magiſtratus, per te conſtitutos, ad ſupplicium malorum, & defenſionem bonorum; in cujus potenti dextera fita ſunt omnia jura & leges imperatorum, p. 70Te ſupplices oramus pro Principe noſtro, proque eis qui ſunt ei à conſiliis, & qui rempublicam adminiſtrant, ut gladium ipſis per te commiſſum, in ſide vera & timore Dei rectè gerant, eoque pro tua voluntate & juſſu utantur. Obumbret eos virtus & ſapientia Altiſſimi. Illuminet & conſervet eos in amore Dei divina tua gratia. Da illis ô Domine ſapientiam & intellectum. Concede quietam gubernationem, ut omnes ſubditos in veritate ſidei, dilectione & juſtitia, quae tibi cordi ſit, regant, & dicto audientes conſervent. Proroga ipſis Dies vitae ſuae, et annos multos largire, ut proſpera & laudata ipſorum functione, nomen tuum & ſanctificetur & laudetur in omne aevum. Amen.

Towards the end of the Book follow certain Latin Prayers and Graces to be uſed before and after meals, to which there is this Concluſion added. Gratiarum actiones à Cibo, ſemper concludantur hac precatiuncula: Deus ſervet Eccleſiam, Regem vel Reginam cuſtodiat, Conſiliarios ejus regat, populum univerſum tueatur, & pacem Nobis donet perpetuam. Amen. In imitation whereof this Prayer was commonly uſed in all Colleges, Schools, Hoſpitals, Families throughout the Realm, in their Graces after every Meal. GOD SAVE his Church, our King, Queen, (Prince, the reſt of the Royal Iſſue, when there were ſuch living) and Realms. God ſend us Peace in Jeſus Christ our Lord. Am…n.

The like Prayers in Engliſh for the Queen to be uſed in i… Chriſtian Families, were publiſhed by John Field, in his Prayers and Meditations for the uſe of private Families, 1581. The Kings Pſalms, and Queens Prayers, 1590. in Chriſtian private prayers by Edw. Deering 1590. in the Manuel of Prayers, ſet out by Iohn Rogers, Anno 1591. in …hristian Prayers ſet out by Henry Bull, Anno 1592. in Tho. Sampſons Prayers 1592. with ſundry others. But I ſhall cloſe up all with Biſhop Iewels Prayer for the Queens Majeſty, in his Epiſtle to her prefixed to his p. 71Apology of the Church of England, printed 1570. and after re-printed. God evermore enflame and direct your Majeſty with his holy Spirit, that the zeal of his Houſe may ſincerely devour your Gracious heart, that you may ſafely walk in the wayes of your Father David, that you may utterly abandon all Groves and Hill-Altars, That you may live an old Mother in Iſrael, that you may ſee an end of all Diſtractions, and ſtabliſht Peace and Unity in the Church of God. Amen. And with the Prayer of Doctor Thomas Bilſon, in the cloſe of his Epiſtle to her Majeſty before his Books of, The true difference between Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion, (A very learned and ſeaſonable Treatiſe, wherein he produceth **Page 378.ſome Teſtimonies of Fathers praying for Heretical and perſecuting Emperors.) The King of Kings and Lord of Lords bleſs and preſerve your Majeſty; and as he hath begun a good and glorious work in you, and in the Realm by you, ſo continue the ſame by lightening you with his holy Spirit, and defending you with his mighty Arm, as he hath done from the day that he choſe you to be the Leader and Guider of his People, that you may long keep them in truth and peace by the aſſiſtance of his Grace, to the prayſe of his glory, increaſe of the Godly, and grief of his and your Subjects. Even ſo Lord Ieſus.

The Clergy of England aſſembled in Convocation, Anno 1603. the firſt year of King Iames his Reign, in their Conſtitations and Canons Eccleſiaſtical then agreed upon by them, ratified and publiſhed by the Kings Authority under his Great Seal, did thus evidence to the world their loyalty to the King and his Royal poſterity. Can. 1.

As our Duty to the Kings Moſt excellent Majeſty requireth, we firſt decree and ordain, That the Arc… biſhop of Canterbury, (from time to time) all Biſhops of this Province, or Deans, Archdeacons, Vicars, and all other Eccleſiaſtical perſons, ſhall faithfully keep p. 72and obſerve, and (as much as in them lyeth) ſhall cauſe to be obſerved and kept of others, all and ſingular Laws and Statutes made for the reſtoring to the Crown of this Kingdom, the antient Juriſdiction over the State Eccleſiaſtical, and aboliſhing of all forein power repugant to the ſame. Furthermore, all Eccleſiaſtical perſons having cure of Souls, and all other Preachers, and Readers of Divinity Lectures, ſhall to the uttermoſt of their wit, knowledge and learning, purely and ſincerely (without any colour or diſſimulation) teach, manifeſt, open, and declare four times every year (at the leaſt) in their Sermons and other Collations and Lectures, That all uſurped and forein power, (foraſmuch as the ſame hath no eſtabliſhment nor ground by the Law of God) is for moſt juſt cauſes taken away and aboliſhed: and that therefore no manner of obedience and ſubjection within his Majeſties Realms and Dominions, is due unto any ſuch forein power: but that the Kings power within his Realms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and other his Dominions and Countries, IS THE HIGHEST POWER ƲNDER GOD, to whom all men as well Inhabitants as born within the ſame, do by Gods Laws owe moſt loyalty and obedience, afore and above all other Powers and Potentates in the earth.

Canon II. Impugners of the Kings Supremacy cenſured.

Whoſoever ſhall hereafter affirm, that the Kings Majeſty hath not the …ame authority in cauſes Eccleſiaſtical, that the godly Kings had among the Jews, and Chriſtian Emperours in the primitive Church, or impeach in any part his Regal Supremacy in the ſaid cauſes reſtored to the Crown, and by the Laws of this Realm therein eſtabliſhed, let him be excommunicated ipſo facto, and not reſtored but only by the Archbiſhop after his repentance and publick revocation of thoſe his wicked errors.

p. 73Canon XXXVI. Subſcription required of all ſuch who are to be made Miniſters.

No perſon ſhall hereafter be received into the Miniſtry, nor either by Inſtitution or Collation admitted to any Eccleſiaſtical living, nor ſuffered to preach, to Chatechize, or to be a Lecturer, or Reader of Divinity in either Univerſities, or in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, City, or Market-Town, Pariſh-Church, Chapel, or in any other place within this Realm, except he be licenced by the Archbiſhop, or by the Biſhop of the Dioceſſe, (where he is to be placed) under their Hands and Seal, or by one of the two Univerſities under their Seal likewiſe, and except he ſhall firſt ſubſcribe to theſe three Articles following, in ſuch manner and ſort as we have here appointed.

1. That the Kings Majeſty under GOD, is the only ſupreme Governour of this Realm, and of all other his Highneſſe Dominions and Countries, aſwell in all Spiritual or Eccleſiaſtical things or cauſes, as Temporal: and that no forein Prince, Perſon, Prelate, State, or Potentate, have or ought to have Juriſdiction, Power, Superiority, Preeminence, or Authority Eccleſiaſtical or Spiritual, within his Majeſties ſaid Realms, Dominions and Countreys, &c.

And Can. 55. They preſcribed this form of prayer to be uſed by them in their prayers before all their Ser-Lectures, and Homilies.

And herein I require you, moſt eſpecially to pray for the Kings moſt excellent Majeſty our Soveraign Lord CHARLES, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Deſendor of the Faith, and Supreme Governour in theſe his Realms, and all other his Dominions and Countries, over all perſons, in all cauſes, aſwell Eccleſiaſtical as Temporal. Ye ſhall alſo pray for the Kings moſt honourable Councel, and for all the Nobility and Magiſtrates of this Realm, that all and every of theſe in their ſeveral callings, may ſerve truly and p. 74painfully to the glory of GOD, and the edifying and well governing of his people, remembring the account that they muſt make. Alſo ye ſhall pray for the whole Commons of this Realm, that they may live in true Faith and Fear of God, in humble obedience to the King, and brotherly charity one to another. Which all Miniſters and Preachers duly obſerved; uſually adding this clauſe thereunto; That God out of his infinite mercy, would grant ſo to bl…ſſe the Kings Majeſtie, and his Royal iſsue with a perpetual Poſterity, that there might never want a Man of that Royal race to ſway the Scepter of theſe Realms, ſo long as the Sun and Moon ſhould endure, and till all Scepters and Kingdoms ſhould be reſigned at the laſt day into the hands of Jeſus Chriſt, the King of Kings.

Anno 1603 The Lords Spiritual, Temporal and Commons of the Realm of England, aſſembled in Parliament, in the firſt year of King James, do thus expreſſe and declare their own and the whole Kingdoms unſpeakeable joys, acclamations and thankſgivings unto God, and their own and their poſterities Signal Loyalty, affection, and Devotion to King James, his Heirs and Royal progeny for ever, in the Statute of 1 Jacobi ch. 1. intituled, A moſt joyfull and juſt Recognition, of the immediate, lawfull, and undoubted ſucceſſion, deſcent and Right of the Crown.

Great and manifold were the benefits (moſt dread and moſt gracious Soveraign) wherewith almighty God bleſſed this Kingdom and Nation, by the happy union and conjunction of the two Nobles houſes of York and Lancaſter, thereby preſerving this noble Realm, formerly …orn and almoſt waſted with long and miſerable diſſention and bloodie Civil War. But more ineſtimable and unſpeakable bleſſings are thereby powred upon us, becauſe there i… derived and grown from and out of that union of thoſe two Princely families, a more famous and greater union, (or rather a re-uniting) of two Mighty, Famous, and antient Kingdoms, (yet antiently but one) of England and Scotland, under one Imperial Crown, in your moſt Royal Perſ…n, who is lineally, rightfully, and lawfully p. 75deſcended of the body of the moſt excellent Lady Margaret, eldeſt daughter of the moſt renowned King Henry the 7th. and the high and noble Princeſſe Queen Elizabeth his wife, eldeſt daughter of King Edward the 4th. The ſaid Lady Margaret being eldeſt ſiſter of King Henry the 8th. father of the high and mightie Princeſſe of famous memorie, Elizabeth late Queen of England.

In conſideration whereof, albeit we your Majeſties loyal and faithfull Subjects of all Eſtates and Degrees, with all poſſible publike Ioy and Acclamation, by open Proclamations within few houres after the deceaſe of our late Soveraign Queen, acknowledging thereby, with one full voice of tongue and heart, that your Majeſty was our only, lawfull and rightfull Leige Lord and Soveraign, and by our unſpeakable and general rejoycing, and applauſe at your Majeſties moſt happy inauguration, and Coronation: by the affectionate deſire of infinite numbers of us of all degrees, to ſee your Royal Perſon, and by all poſſible outward means have indeavoured to make demonſtration of our inward love, zeal, and devotion to your moſt excellent Majeſtie, our undaubted rightfull Leige Soveraign Lord and King: yet, as we cannot do it too often or enough, ſo can there be no means or way, ſo fit both to ſacrifice our unfeined and heartie thanks to Almighty God, for bleſſing us with a Soveraign, adorned with the rareſt gifts of mind and body, in ſuch admirable peace and quietneſſe, and upon the knees of our hearts to agnize our moſt conſtant faith, obedience, and loyalty to your Majeſtie, and your Royal Progenie, as in this high Court of Parliament, where all the whole body of the Realm, and every particular Member thereof, either in Perſon or Repreſentation (upon their own free Elections) are by the Laws of this Realm, deemed to be perſonally preſent.

To the preſent acknowledgment whereof to your Majeſtie, we are the more deeply bounden and obliged, as well in regard of the extraordinarie care and pains, which with ſo great wiſdom, knowledge, experience, and p. 76dexteritie, your Majeſtie (ſince the Imperial Crown of this Realm deſcended to you) have taken for the continuance and eſtabliſhment of the bleſſed peace both of the Church of England in the true and ſincere Religion, and of the Common-wealth, by due and ſpeedy adminiſtration of juſtice, as in reſpect of the gracious care and inward aff…ction, which it pleaſed you on the firſt day of this Parliament ſo lively to expreſſe by your own words, ſo full of high wiſdom, learning, and virtue, and ſo repleate with Royal and thankfull acceptation of all our faithfull and conſtant endeavours, which is▪ and ever will be to our ineſtimable conſolation and comfort.

We therefore your moſt humble and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this preſent Parliament aſſembled, do from the bottom of our hearts, yield to the divine Majeſtie, all humble thanks and prayſes, not only for the ſaid unſpeakable, and ineſtimable benefits, and bleſſings above mentioned, but alſo that he hath further enriched your Highneſſe with a moſt Royal Progenie, of Moſt rare, and excellent gifts and forwardneſſe, and in his goodneſſe is like to increaſe the happy number of them. And in moſt humble and lowly manner, do beſeech your moſt Excellent Majeſtie, that (as a memorial to all poſterities, amongſt the Records of your high Court of Parliament Nota.for ever to endure, of our Loyalty, Obedience, and harty and humble Affection) it may be publiſhed and declared in this high Court of Parliament, and enacted by authority of the ſame, That we (being bounden thereunto, both by the Laws of God and Man) do recognize and acknowledge, (and thereby expreſſe our unſpeakable Ioyes) That immediately upon the diſſolution and deceaſe of Elizabeth late Queen of England, the Imperial Crown of the Realm of England, and of all the Kingdoms, Dominions, and Rights belonging to the ſame, did by inherent Birthright, and lawfull and undoubted Succeſſien, deſcend and come to your moſt Excellent Majeſtie, as being Lineally, Iuſtly and Lawfully, next p. 77and ſole Heir of the Blood Royal of this Realm, as is aforeſaid. And that by the goodneſſe of God Almighty, and lawfull Right of deſcent, under one Imperial Crown, your Majeſtie is of the Realms and Kingdoms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, the moſt Potent and migh…y King, and by Gods goodneſſe, more able to protect, and govern us your loving Subjects, in all Peace and Plentie, than any of your noble Progenitors. And thereunto we moſt humbly, and faithfully do ſubmit, and oblige our ſelves, our heirs and poſterities for ever, until Nota.the laſt drop of our Bloods be ſpent, And do beſeech your Majeſtie to accept the ſame, as the firſt fruits in this high Court of Parliament, of our Loyalty and faith to your Majeſtie and your Royal Progenie, and poſterity for ever. Which if your Majeſtie ſhall be pleaſed (as an argument of your gracious acceptation) to adorn with your Majeſties Royal Aſſent, (without which, it can neither be complete and perfect, nor remain to all poſteritie according to our moſt humble deſire, as a memorial of your Princely and tender affection towards us) we ſhall adde this alſo to the reſt of your Majeſties unſpeakable and ineſtimable benefits.

In which Act there are theſe particulars, very ſeaſonable and obſervable, in reſpect of the preſent poſture of our publike affairs.

1. That the happy union and conjunction of our divided Kingdoms, formenly torn and waſted, with long and miſerable diſſentions and bloody civil wars, between Competitors for the Crown, and the King and Subjects, is a great and unſpeakable benefit and bleſſing to the Kingdom and Nation, beſtowed on them by God himſelf.

2. That the re-uniting not only of the two, but three mighty, famous and antient Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, under one Imperial Crown, and Heredirary King, is a far more ineſtimable and unſpeakable bleſſing to all 3. Kingdoms and Nations.

3. That there is no Interregnum in Law in the Realm and Crown of England, but that immediately upon the p. 78deceaſe of the King thereof; the Imperial Crown of the Realm of England, and of all the Kingdoms, Dominions, and Rights belonging to the ſame, do by inherent birth-right, and lawfull and undoubted Succeſſion, Lineally, Juſtly, and lawfully deſcend to the next heir of the blood Royal, before he be publikely crowned King. A… this Act in direct Terms declares, and aaCooks 7. Rep. Calvins Caſe f. 10, 11. 3 Inſtit. p. 7. Brook Treaſon 29. Graftons Cronicle p. 1326, &c. Fox Acts and Monuments, vol. 3. Holinſhed, and Speed, 1. Mariae. My Plea for the Lords, p. 494, …o 499.all the Judges of England, unanimouſly adjudged in the caſe of Watſon, and Cleark, 2. Popiſh Prieſts, (who held King James no lawfull King, before he was Crowned, and thereupon conſpired to impriſon him in the Tower, &c. for which they were both condemned and executed as Traytors) Hill. 1. Jacobi; as had been oft adjudged before in the firſt 7. years of King H. 6. and in the caſes of Queen Jane, the Dukes of Northumberland and Suffolk, the Lord Rochford, Sir John Gates, Sir, Thomas Palmer and others, condemned, in levying War againſt her, and executed 1 Mariae, for Treaſon againſt Qu. Mary, before ſhe was Crowned, to deprive her of the Crown; which both the Peers and Judges of the Realm, and the Parliament of 1 Mariae, ch. 16. adjudged Treaſon within 25 E. 3. againſt the miſtaken Doctrine of Mr. Thomas Scot, and ſome temporizing Lawyers of late years.

4. That it is the duty and practice of all loyal and faithfull Subjects, of all eſtates and degrees, with all poſſible publike joyes, unſpeakable general rejoycings, acclamations, applauſes, affectionate deſires, & by other means to proclaim, acknowledge and Crown their lawfull hereditary Kings, after the deceaſe of their Anceſtors, and to make all poſſible demonſtrations of their cordial loyalty, love, zeal and affection to them both in and out of Parliment, being obliged thereunto both by the Laws of God and Man.

5. That this Act of Parliament, and the Oathes of Supremacy and Allegiance, do both in point of Law, Loyalty, Juſtice, Conſcience, oblige the whole Engliſh Nation, their heirs and poſterities for ever, to be true, faithfull, loyal and obedient to King James, his heirs and poſte…itie for ever, (and ſo to our preſent King) till the laſt p. 79drop of their blood be ſpent, as to their undoubted, lawfull, and hereditary Kings and Soveraigns.

6. That a numerous hopefull royal Progeny, likely to continue and perpetuate the hereditarie ſucceſſion of the Crown in the true Regal line, is an extraordinarie bleſſing and happineſſe to the Kingdom, for which they are all bound both in and out of Parliament, to render all humble thanks and praiſes unto God.

To this I ſhall ſubjoyn the Statute of 3 Iacoli, ch. 1. entituled,