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         Ware, Robert, d. 1696.
      
       
         
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             Historical collections of the church in Ireland during the reigns of K. Henry VIII, Edward VI and Q. Mary wherein are several material passages omitted by other historians concerning the manner how that kingdom was first converted to the Protestant religion and how by the special providence of God, Dr. Cole, a bloody agent of Q. Mary was prevented in his designs against the Protestants there : set forth in the life and death of George Browne, sometime Archbishop of Dublin, who was the first of the Romish clergy in Ireland that threw off the Popes supremacy and forsook the idolatrous worship of of [sic] Rome : with a sermon of his on that subject.
             Ware, Robert, d. 1696.
             Browne, George, d. 1556.
          
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           Cole, Henry, 1500?-1580.
           Browne, George, d. 1556.
           Church of Ireland -- History -- Sources.
           Clergy -- Ireland -- Biography.
        
      
    
     
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           Historical
           Collections
           OF
           THE
           CHURCH
           IN
           IRELAND
           ,
           DURING
           The
           Reigns
           of
           K.
           Henry
           ,
           VIII
           .
        
         
           Edward
           ,
           VI.
           and
           Q.
           Mary
           :
        
         
           WHEREIN
           Are
           several
           material
           Passages
           (
           omitted
           by
           other
           Historians
           )
           concerning
           the
           Manner
           how
           that
           Kingdom
           was
           first
           converted
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           and
           how
           by
           the
           special
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           Dr.
           Cole
           ,
           a
           bloody
           Agent
           of
           Q.
           Mary
           ,
           was
           prevented
           in
           his
           Designs
           against
           the
           Protestants
           there
           :
        
         
           Set
           forth
           in
           the
           Life
           and
           Death
           of
           GEORGE
           BROWNE
           ,
           sometime
           Arcbishop
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           first
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           in
           Ireland
           that
           threw
           off
           the
           Popes
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           forsook
           the
           Idolatrous
           Worship
           of
           of
           Rome
           ;
           with
           a
           Sermon
           of
           his
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           sold
           by
           
             Randal
             Tayler
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           the
           Life
           and
           Death
           of
           
             GEORGE
             BROWNE
          
           ,
           sometime
           Archbishop
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             GEORGE
             BROWNE
          
           ,
           by
           Birth
           an
           Englishman
           ,
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           St.
           Augustine
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Fryars
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           in
           England
           ,
           being
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           meek
           and
           peaceable
           Spirit
           ,
           was
           preferr'd
           to
           the
           Archiepiscopal
           See
           of
           Dublin
           by
           King
           Henry
           the
           Eighth
           ,
           and
           consecrated
           before
           his
           Arrival
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           by
           Thomas
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           two
           other
           Bishops
           assisting
           him
           ,
           viz.
           John
           then
           Bishop
           of
           Rochester
           and
           Nicholas
           then
           Bishop
           of
           Sarubury
           ,
           on
           the
           19th
           of
           
             March
             ,
             Anno
          
           1535.
           
        
         
           The
           Reverend
           
             James
             Vsher
          
           late
           Primate
           of
           Armagh
           ,
           amongst
           his
           Memorials
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           gives
           this
           holy
           Father
           this
           Description
           ;
           
             George
             Browne
          
           was
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           cheerful
           Countenance
           ,
           in
           his
           Acts
           and
           Deeds
           plain
           down
           right
           ,
           to
           the
           poor
           merciful
           and
           compassionate
           ,
           pitying
           the
           state
           and
           condition
           of
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           advising
           them
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Augustine
           Order
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           applications
           soly
           to
           Christ
           ,
           which
           Advice
           coming
           to
           the
           Ears
           of
           Henry
           the
           8th
           he
           became
           a
           Favourite
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           decease
           of
           
             John
             Allen
          
           late
           Archbishop
           of
           Dublin
           became
           his
           Successor
           ;
           within
           five
           years
           after
           that
           he
           had
           enjoyed
           that
           See
           ,
           he
           (
           much
           about
           the
           time
           that
           King
           Henry
           the
           8th
           began
           to
           demolish
           the
           Priories
           ,
           Abbeys
           and
           Monasteries
           formerly
           Built
           by
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           within
           these
           His
           Majesties
           Dominions
           of
           England
           and
           Ireland
           )
           caused
           all
           Superstitious
           Reliques
           and
           Images
           to
           be
           removed
           out
           of
           the
           two
           Cathedrals
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Churches
           within
           his
           Diocess
           ;
           he
           caused
           the
           Ten
           Commandements
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           and
           the
           Creed
           to
           be
           placed
           ,
           being
           gilded
           and
           in
           Frames
           ,
           about
           the
           Altar
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           of
           Christ-Church
           in
           Dublin
           ;
           he
           was
           the
           first
           that
           turned
           from
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           of
           the
           Clergy
           here
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           embrace
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           for
           which
           Fact
           he
           was
           by
           Queen
           Mary
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           his
           Temporality
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           patiently
           endured
           Affliction
           for
           the
           Truth
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Reformation
           of
           King
           Henry
           8th
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Renouncing
           the
           Papal
           Power
           or
           Supremacy
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Thomas
             Cromwell
          
           then
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           wrote
           unto
           
             George
             Browne
          
           then
           Archbishop
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           signifying
           from
           his
           Highness
           (
           then
           terming
           the
           King
           by
           that
           Title
           )
           that
           he
           was
           fallen
           absolutely
           from
           Rome
           in
           Spiritual
           matters
           within
           his
           Dominion
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           was
           his
           Royal
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           to
           have
           his
           Subjects
           there
           in
           Ireland
           to
           obey
           his
           Commands
           as
           in
           England
           ,
           nominating
           the
           said
           
             George
             Browne
          
           Archbishop
           one
           of
           his
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           Execution
           thereof
           ,
           who
           in
           a
           short
           space
           of
           time
           wrote
           to
           the
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           ,
           as
           followes
           :
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 My
                 mos●
                 Honoured
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               YOur
               humble
               Servant
               receiving
               your
               Mandate
               ,
               as
               one
               of
               His
               Highness's
               Commissioners
               ,
               hath
               endeavoured
               almost
               to
               the
               danger
               
               and
               hazard
               of
               this
               temporal
               life
               ,
               to
               procure
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               of
               this
               Nation
               to
               due
               obedience
               ,
               in
               owning
               of
               his
               Highness
               their
               supream
               Head
               as
               well
               Spiritual
               as
               Temporal
               ,
               and
               do
               find
               much
               oppugning
               therein
               ,
               especially
               by
               my
               Brother
               Armagh
               ,
               who
               hath
               been
               the
               main
               oppugner
               ;
               and
               so
               hath
               withdrawn
               most
               of
               his
               Suffragans
               and
               Clergy
               within
               his
               See
               and
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               he
               made
               a
               Speech
               to
               them
               ,
               laying
               a
               Curse
               on
               the
               people
               whosoever
               should
               own
               his
               Highness
               Supremacy
               ;
               saying
               ,
               that
               Isle
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               their
               Irish
               Chronicles
               ,
               
                 Insula
                 sacra
              
               ,
               belongs
               to
               none
               but
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Romes
               Predecessors
               gave
               it
               to
               the
               Kings
               Ancestors
               .
               There
               be
               two
               Messengers
               by
               the
               Priests
               of
               Armagh
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               Archbishop
               ,
               now
               lately
               sent
               to
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               .
               Your
               Lordship
               may
               inform
               his
               Highness
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               convenient
               to
               call
               a
               Parliament
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               to
               pass
               the
               Supremacy
               by
               Act
               ;
               for
               they
               do
               not
               much
               matter
               his
               Highness's
               Commission
               which
               your
               Lordship
               sent
               us
               over
               .
               This
               Island
               hath
               been
               for
               a
               long
               time
               held
               in
               Ignorance
               by
               the
               Romish
               Orders
               ;
               and
               as
               for
               their
               Secular
               Orders
               ,
               they
               be
               in
               a
               manner
               as
               ignorant
               as
               the
               people
               ,
               being
               not
               able
               to
               say
               mass
               ,
               or
               pronounce
               the
               Words
               ,
               they
               not
               knowing
               what
               they
               themselves
               say
               in
               the
               Roman
               Tongue
               :
               the
               Common
               people
               of
               this
               Isle
               are
               more
               zealous
               in
               their
               Blindness
               than
               the
               Saints
               and
               Martyrs
               were
               in
               Truth
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               I
               send
               to
               you
               my
               very
               good
               Lord
               these
               things
               ,
               that
               your
               Lordship
               and
               his
               Highness
               may
               consult
               what
               is
               to
               be
               done
               .
               It
               is
               feared
               
                 O
                 Neal
              
               will
               be
               ordered
               by
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               to
               oppose
               your
               Lordships
               Order
               from
               the
               Kings
               Highness
               ;
               for
               the
               Natives
               are
               much
               in
               Numbers
               within
               his
               Powers
               .
               I
               do
               pray
               the
               Lord
               Christ
               to
               defend
               your
               Lordship
               from
               your
               Enemies
               .
            
             
               
                 Dublin
                 
                   4.
                   
                   Kalend.
                   Decembris
                   ,
                   1535.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Year
           following
           a
           Parliament
           was
           called
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           Lord
           
             Leonard
             Grey
          
           being
           then
           King
           
           Henry's
           Vice-Roy
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           in
           which
           
             George
             Browne
          
           ,
           then
           being
           not
           many
           Months
           above
           a
           Year
           in
           his
           Archipiscopal
           Chair
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           stood
           up
           and
           made
           this
           short
           Speech
           following
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   My
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentry
                   of
                   this
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Realm
                   of
                   Ireland
                   .
                
                 
                   BEhold
                   ,
                   your
                   Obedience
                   to
                   your
                   King
                   is
                   the
                   Observing
                   of
                   your
                   God
                   and
                   Saviour
                   Christ
                   ;
                   for
                   He
                   ,
                   that
                   High
                   Priest
                   of
                   our
                   Souls
                   ,
                   paid
                   Tribute
                   to
                   Cesar
                   (
                   though
                   no
                   Christian
                   )
                   greater
                   Honour
                   then
                   surely
                   is
                   due
                   to
                   your
                   Prince
                   His
                   Highness
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Christian
                   one
                   ;
                   Rome
                   and
                   her
                   Bishops
                   in
                   the
                   Fathers
                   days
                   acknowledged
                   Emperors
                   ,
                   Kings
                   and
                   Princes
                   to
                   be
                   Supream
                   over
                   their
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   nay
                   Christs
                   own
                   Vi●ans
                   ;
                   And
                   it
                   is
                   as
                   much
                   to
                   the
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Romes
                   shame
                   ,
                   te
                   deny
                   what
                   their
                   precedent
                   Bishops
                   owned
                   ;
                   therefore
                   his
                   Highness
                   claims
                   but
                   what
                   he
                   can
                   justifie
                   the
                   Bishop
                   Elutherius
                   gave
                   to
                   St.
                   Lucius
                   the
                   first
                   Christian
                   King
                   of
                   the
                   Britains
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   I
                   shall
                   without
                   scrupling
                   vote
                   his
                   Highness
                   King
                   Henry
                   my
                   Supream
                   over
                   Ecclesiastick
                   matters
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   Temporal
                   ,
                   and
                   Head
                   thereof
                   ,
                   even
                   of
                   both
                   Isles
                   England
                   and
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   without
                   Guilt
                   of
                   Conscience
                   or
                   sin
                   to
                   God
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   who
                   will
                   not
                   pass
                   this
                   Act
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   do
                   ,
                   is
                   no
                   true
                   Subject
                   to
                   His
                   Highness
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           This
           Speech
           of
           
             George
             Browne
          
           startled
           the
           other
           Bishops
           and
           Lords
           so
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           through
           great
           difficulty
           it
           passed
           ,
           upon
           which
           Speech
           Justice
           Brabazon
           seconded
           him
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           Letter
           to
           the
           Lord
           
             Thomas
             Cromwell
          
           then
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           original
           is
           in
           that
           famous
           Library
           of
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Cotton
          
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           Sir
           
             James
             Ware
          
           ,
           that
           learned
           Antiquary
           ,
           tanscribed
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Within
           few
           years
           after
           that
           the
           Act
           of
           Supremacy
           had
           past
           in
           Ireland
           we
           do
           find
           a
           Letter
           written
           by
           
             George
             Browne
          
           to
           the
           Lord
           Cromwell
           ,
           complaining
           of
           the
           Clergy
           how
           they
           fell
           off
           from
           what
           had
           past
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           had
           contrived
           matters
           against
           the
           then
           Reformation
           :
           Collected
           by
           Sir
           
             James
             Ware
          
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           old
           Registry
           some
           time
           in
           the
           custody
           of
           
             Adam
             Loftus
             ,
             Hugh
             Corwins
          
           Successor
           ,
           and
           also
           Archbishop
           of
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           
             
               Right
               Honourable
               and
               my
               singular
               good
               Lord.
               
            
             
               I
               Acknowledge
               my
               bounden
               Duty
               to
               your
               Lordships
               Good
               will
               to
               me
               ,
               next
               to
               my
               Saviour
               Christs
               ,
               for
               the
               Place
               I
               now
               possess
               ;
               I
               pray
               God
               give
               me
               his
               Grace
               to
               execute
               the
               same
               to
               his
               G
               lory
               and
               his
               Highness's
               Honour
               ,
               with
               your
               Lordships
               Instructions
               The
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               be
               zealous
               ,
               yet
               blind
               and
               unknowing
               ;
               most
               of
               the
               (
               lergy
               ,
               as
               your
               Lordship
               hath
               had
               from
               me
               before
               ,
               being
               ignorant
               ,
               and
               not
               able
               to
               speak
               right
               Words
               in
               the
               Mass
               or
               Liturgy
               ,
               as
               being
               
               not
               skilled
               in
               the
               
                 Latin
                 Grammar
              
               ;
               so
               that
               a
               Bird
               may
               be
               taught
               to
               speak
               with
               as
               much
               sense
               as
               several
               of
               them
               do
               in
               this
               Country
               .
               These
               sorts
               ,
               though
               not
               Scholars
               ,
               yet
               are
               crafty
               to
               cozen
               the
               poor
               Common
               People
               ,
               and
               to
               dissuade
               them
               from
               following
               his
               Highness's
               Orders
               :
               George
               my
               Brother
               of
               Armagh
               doth
               underhand
               occasion
               Quarrels
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               active
               to
               execute
               his
               Highness's
               Orders
               in
               his
               Diocess
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               observed
               your
               Lordships
               Letter
               of
               Commission
               ,
               and
               do
               find
               several
               of
               my
               Pupils
               leave
               me
               for
               so
               doing
               .
               I
               will
               not
               put
               others
               in
               their
               Livings
               till
               I
               do
               know
               your
               Lordships
               Pleasure
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               meet
               I
               acquaint
               you
               first
               ,
               the
               Romish
               Reliques
               and
               Images
               of
               both
               my
               Cathedrals
               in
               Dublin
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Trinity
              
               and
               of
               St.
               Patricks
               ,
               took
               off
               the
               Common
               People
               from
               the
               true
               Worship
               ,
               but
               the
               Prior
               and
               the
               Dean
               find
               them
               so
               sweet
               for
               their
               Gain
               ,
               that
               they
               heed
               not
               my
               Words
               :
               Therefore
               send
               in
               your
               Lordships
               next
               to
               me
               an
               Order
               more
               full
               ,
               and
               a
               Chide
               to
               them
               and
               their
               Canons
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               removed
               .
               Let
               the
               Order
               be
               ,
               that
               the
               Chief
               Governours
               may
               assist
               me
               in
               it
               .
               The
               Prior
               and
               Dean
               have
               written
               to
               Rome
               ,
               to
               be
               encouraged
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               be
               not
               hindred
               before
               they
               have
               a
               Mandate
               from
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               the
               People
               will
               be
               bold
               ,
               and
               then
               tugg
               long
               before
               his
               Highness
               can
               submit
               them
               to
               his
               Graces
               Orders
               .
               The
               Country
               Folk
               here
               much
               hate
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               despitefully
               call
               you
               in
               their
               Irish
               Tongue
               the
               
                 Blacksmiths
                 Son.
              
               
            
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Norfolk
               is
               by
               Armagh
               ,
               and
               that
               Clergy
               ,
               desired
               to
               assist
               them
               ,
               not
               to
               suffer
               his
               Highness
               to
               alter
               Church
               Rules
               here
               in
               Ireland
               :
               As
               a
               Friend
               I
               desire
               your
               Lordship
               to
               look
               to
               your
               Noble
               Person
               ;
               for
               Rome
               hath
               a
               great
               kindness
               for
               that
               Duke
               (
               for
               it
               is
               so
               talked
               here
               )
               and
               will
               reward
               him
               and
               his
               Children
               .
               Rome
               hath
               great
               Favours
               for
               this
               Nation
               ,
               purposely
               to
               oppose
               His
               Highness
               ;
               and
               so
               having
               got
               ,
               since
               the
               Act
               passed
               ,
               great
               Indulgences
               for
               Rebellion
               ,
               therefore
               my
               hope
               is
               lost
               ,
               yet
               my
               Zeal
               is
               to
               do
               according
               to
               your
               Lordships
               Orders
               .
               God
               keep
               your
               Lordship
               from
               your
               Enemies
               here
               and
               in
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 Dublin
                 
                   the
                   
                   3d.
                   Kalends
                   April
                   .
                   1538.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Lordships
                 at
                 Commandement
                 ,
                 George
                 Browne
              
               To
               the
               Lord
               Privy
               Seal
               his
               Honourable
               good
               Loraships
               
                 Ex
                 Autographo
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           Soon
           after
           this
           Letter
           had
           been
           written
           ,
           News
           came
           to
           the
           Castle
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           had
           sent
           over
           a
           Bull
           of
           Excomunication
           of
           all
           those
           who
           had
           or
           shall
           own
           the
           Kings
           Supremacy
           within
           the
           Irish
           Nations
           ;
           whichcaused
           the
           Archbishop
           to
           write
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
              
            
             
               MY
               Duty
               premised
               ,
               it
               may
               please
               your
               Lordship
               to
               be
               advertised
               ,
               sithence
               my
               last
               there
               has
               come
               to
               Armagh
               and
               his
               Clergy
               a
               private
               Commission
               from
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               prohibiting
               His
               Gratious
               Highness's
               people
               here
               in
               this
               Nation
               to
               own
               his
               Royal
               Supremacy
               ,
               and
               joyning
               a
               Curse
               to
               all
               them
               and
               theirs
               who
               shall
               not
               within
               forty
               days
               ,
               confess
               to
               their
               Confessors
               ,
               (
               after
               the
               publishing
               of
               it
               to
               them
               )
               that
               they
               have
               done
               amiss
               in
               so
               doing
               :
               the
               substance
               ,
               as
               our
               Secretary
               hath
               translated
               the
               same
               into
               English
               ,
               is
               thus
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 
                   A
                   B.
                
                 from
                 this
                 present
                 hour
                 forward
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 the
                 holy
                 Trinity
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Blessed
                 Virgin
                 Mother
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 of
                 St.
                 Peter
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 holy
                 Apostles
                 ,
                 Archangels
                 ,
                 Angels
                 ,
                 Saints
                 and
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 holy
                 Host
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 shall
                 and
                 will
                 be
                 
                 always
                 obedient
                 to
                 the
                 holy
                 See
                 of
                 St.
                 Peter
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 my
                 holy
                 Lord
                 the
                 Pope
                 of
                 Rome
                 and
                 his
                 Successors
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 as
                 well
                 spiritual
                 as
                 temporal
                 ,
                 not
                 consenting
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 that
                 his
                 holiness
                 shall
                 lose
                 the
                 least
                 Title
                 or
                 Dignity
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Papacy
                 of
                 our
                 Mother
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 the
                 Regality
                 of
                 St.
                 Peter
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 vow
                 and
                 swear
                 to
                 maintain
                 ,
                 help
                 and
                 assist
                 the
                 just
                 Laws
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 and
                 Rights
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 likewise
                 promise
                 to
                 confer
                 ,
                 to
                 defend
                 and
                 promote
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 personally
                 ,
                 yet
                 willingly
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 ability
                 able
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 Advice
                 ,
                 Skill
                 ,
                 Estate
                 ,
                 Mony
                 or
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 and
                 her
                 Laws
                 against
                 all
                 whatsoever
                 resisting
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 further
                 how
                 to
                 oppugn
                 all
                 Hereticks
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 making
                 or
                 setting
                 forth
                 Edicts
                 or
                 Commands
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Mother
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 case
                 any
                 such
                 to
                 be
                 moved
                 or
                 composed
                 ,
                 to
                 resist
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 uttermost
                 of
                 my
                 power
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 first
                 convenience
                 and
                 opportunity
                 I
                 can
                 possible
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 count
                 and
                 value
                 all
                 Acts
                 made
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 by
                 Heretical
                 Powers
                 of
                 no
                 force
                 or
                 worth
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 practised
                 or
                 obeyed
                 by
                 my self
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 Son
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 further
                 declare
                 him
                 or
                 her
                 ,
                 Father
                 or
                 Mother
                 ,
                 Brother
                 or
                 Sister
                 ,
                 Son
                 or
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 Husband
                 or
                 Wife
                 ,
                 Vncle
                 or
                 Aunt
                 ,
                 Nephew
                 or
                 Neece
                 ,
                 Kinsman
                 or
                 Kinswoman
                 Master
                 or
                 Mistress
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 others
                 ,
                 nearest
                 or
                 dearest
                 Relations
                 ,
                 Friend
                 or
                 Acquaintance
                 whatsoever
                 ,
                 accursed
                 ,
                 that
                 either
                 do
                 or
                 shall
                 hold
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 any
                 Ecclessastical
                 or
                 Civil
                 ,
                 power
                 above
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Mother
                 Church
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 do
                 or
                 shall
                 obey
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 any
                 of
                 her
                 the
                 Mother
                 of
                 Churches
                 Opposers
                 or
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 or
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 here
                 sworn
                 unto
                 :
                 so
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Blessed
                 Virgin
                 ,
                 St.
                 Peter
                 ,
                 St.
                 Paul
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 holy
                 Evangelists
                 help
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
             
               His
               Highness
               Vice
               Roy
               of
               this
               Nation
               is
               of
               little
               or
               no
               power
               with
               the
               old
               Natives
               ,
               therefore
               your
               Lordship
               will
               expect
               of
               me
               no
               more
               than
               I
               am
               able
               :
               This
               Nation
               is
               poor
               in
               Wealth
               ,
               and
               not
               sufficient
               now
               at
               present
               to
               oppose
               them
               :
               It
               is
               observed
               ,
               that
               ever
               since
               His
               Highness's
               Ancestors
               had
               this
               Nation
               in
               possession
               ,
               the
               old
               Natives
               have
               been
               craving
               Foreign
               Powers
               to
               Assist
               and
               Rule
               them
               ;
               and
               now
               both
               English
               Race
               and
               Irish
               begin
               to
               oppose
               your
               Lordships
               Orders
               ,
               and
               do
               lay
               aside
               their
               National
               old
               Quarrels
               ,
               which
               I
               fear
               will
               ,
               if
               any
               thing
               will
               ,
               cause
               a
               Foreigner
               to
               invade
               this
               Nation
               :
               I
               pray
               God
               I
               may
               be
               a
               false
               Prophet
               ,
               yet
               your
               good
               Lordship
               must
               pardon
               my
               opinion
               ,
               for
               I
               write
               it
               to
               your
               Lordship
               as
               a
               Warning
               .
            
             
               
                 Dublin
                 
                   May
                   1538
                
              
               
                 Your
                 humble
                 and
                 true
                 Servant
                 ,
                 George
                 Browne
                 ,
              
               To
               the
               Lord
               Privy
               Seal
               with
               speed
               .
            
          
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Feast
           of
           St.
           
             John
             Baptist
          
           following
           the
           said
           
             Geo●ge
             Browne
          
           seized
           on
           one
           
             Thady
             ô
             Brine
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           ●t
           .
           
             Francis
             ▪
          
           who
           had
           Papers
           from
           Rome
           ,
           as
           follows
           ,
           being
           sent
           to
           the
           Lord
           Privy
           Seal
           by
           a
           Special
           Messenger
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Son
                 
                   ô
                   Neal
                
                 ,
              
            
             
               THou
               and
               thy
               Fathers
               were
               all
               along
               faithful
               to
               the
               Mother
               Church
               of
               Rome
               :
               His
               Holiness
               Pau●
               〈◊〉
               P●●e
               ,
               and
               the
               Council
               of
               the
               holy
               Fathers
               there
               ,
               have
               la●ely
               found
               out
               a
               Prophecy
               ,
               there
               remaining
               ,
               of
               one
               St.
               Lac●rianus
               an
               〈◊〉
               Bishop
               of
               Cashell
               ;
               wherein
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Mother
                 Church
                 of
              
               Rome
               
                 falleth
                 when
                 in
              
               Ireland
               
                 the
                 Catholic
                 faith
                 is
                 ov●●●●me
              
               :
               Therefore
               for
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Mother
               Church
               ,
               the
               Honour
               of
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               Secureness
               ,
               suppress
               Heresie
               and
               his
               Holiness's
               Enemies
               ;
               for
               when
               the
               Roman
               Faith
               there
               perisheth
               ,
               the
               See
               of
               Rome
               falleth
               also
               :
               therefore
               the
               Council
               of
               Cardinals
               have
               thought
               fit
               to
               encourage
               your
               Country
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               (
               as
               a
               sacred
               Island
               )
               being
               certified
               ,
               whilst
               the
               Mother
               Church
               hath
               a
               Son
               of
               worth
               as
               your self
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               that
               shall
               succour
               you
               ,
               and
               joyn
               therein
               ,
               that
               she
               will
               never
               fall
               ,
               but
               have
               more
               or
               less
               a
               holding
               in
               Britain
               ,
               in
               spite
               of
               fate
               .
               Thus
               having
               obeyed
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               most
               sacred
               Council
               ,
               we
               recommend
               your
               Princely
               Person
               to
               the
               holy
               Trinity
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Virgin
               ,
               of
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               the
               heavenly
               Host
               of
               Heaven
               .
               Amen
               .
            
             
               
                 Romae
                 
                   4
                   Kalend.
                   May
                   1538.
                   
                
              
               
                 Episcopus
                 Metensis
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Upon
           further
           Examinations
           and
           searches
           made
           ,
           this
           
             Thade
             ô
             Birue
          
           was
           pillor'd
           ,
           and
           confined
           a
           prisoner
           until
           His
           Highness's
           further
           Order
           for
           his
           Tryal
           ;
           but
           News
           coming
           over
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           be
           Hanged
           ,
           he
           made
           himself
           away
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           on
           the
           Eve
           of
           the
           Feast
           of
           St.
           James
           ;
           yet
           his
           dead
           Corps
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           
             Gallows
             Green
          
           and
           hanged
           up
           ,
           and
           after
           there
           buried
           :
           but
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           by
           the
           Register
           of
           St.
           Francis
           Monastry
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           that
           they
           brought
           him
           from
           thence
           and
           buried
           him
           in
           that
           Monastry
           .
        
         
           
             George
             Brown
          
           having
           enjoyed
           the
           See
           of
           Dublin
           seven
           years
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           King
           Henry
           the
           8
           th
           ,
           upon
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Abbeys
           ,
           Priorys
           and
           Monastrys
           here
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           changed
           the
           Priory
           of
           the
           
             Blessed
             Trinity
          
           of
           Dublin
           into
           a
           Deanery
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           since
           which
           Mutation
           ,
           it
           hath
           generally
           bore
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Christ
             Church
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           Alteration
           ,
           as
           it
           appears
           upon
           Record
           ,
           this
           Cathedral
           consisted
           of
           a
           Dean
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           a
           Chanter
           ,
           a
           Treasurer
           ,
           six
           Vicars
           .
           Chorals
           and
           two
           Singing
           Boys
           ,
           allowing
           to
           them
           two
           45
           l.
           6
           
             s
             English
             .
             (
             durame
             bene
             placito
             )
          
           which
           Sum
           his
           Daughter
           Queen
           Mary
           confirmed
           for
           ever
           ,
           having
           confirmed
           the
           Deanery
           ,
           yet
           with
           Alterations
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           a
           Romanist
           .
        
         
           This
           Catheral
           continued
           after
           this
           said
           form
           (
           though
           not
           in
           Popery
           )
           even
           until
           King
           James
           his
           days
           ,
           who
           then
           altered
           all
           what
           King
           Henry
           and
           his
           Daughter
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           second
           Alteration
           he
           constituted
           a
           Dean
           ,
           a
           Chanter
           ,
           a
           Chancellor
           ,
           a
           Treasurer
           ,
           three
           Prebends
           ,
           six
           Vicars
           ,
           Chorals
           and
           four
           Singing
           Boys
           ,
           ordering
           likewise
           that
           the
           Archdeacon
           of
           Dublin
           should
           have
           a
           Place
           in
           the
           Quire
           and
           a
           Vote
           in
           the
           Chapters
           .
           As
           for
           a
           further
           Description
           of
           this
           Cathedral
           ,
           we
           shall
           omit
           it
           ;
           having
           reserved
           the
           same
           for
           a
           large
           Narrative
           of
           the
           sald
           Cathedral
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           which
           is
           ready
           for
           the
           Press
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Amiquities
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           King
           Henry
           the
           8
           th
           deceasing
           ,
           and
           his
           hopeful
           Offspring
           King
           Edward
           the
           6
           th
           succeeding
           within
           a
           short
           space
           after
           his
           Royal
           Fathers
           Death
           ,
           that
           hopeful
           Prince
           (
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           his
           Privy
           Council
           )
           began
           to
           consider
           what
           good
           Effects
           the
           Translation
           of
           the
           holy
           Bible
           had
           done
           ,
           also
           how
           much
           it
           had
           enlightened
           the
           Understanding
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           they
           altered
           the
           Liturgy
           Book
           from
           what
           King
           Henry
           had
           formerly
           printed
           and
           established
           ,
           causing
           the
           same
           to
           be
           printed
           in
           English
           ,
           commanding
           the
           same
           to
           be
           read
           and
           sung
           in
           the
           several
           Cathedrals
           and
           Parish
           Churches
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           common
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           and
           Commonalty
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Subjects
           of
           Ireland
           might
           likewise
           participate
           of
           the
           same
           Sweetness
           ,
           he
           sent
           over
           Orders
           to
           his
           Vice
           Roy
           Sir
           Anthony
           St.
           Leger
           then
           being
           Lord
           Deputy
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           be
           forthwith
           there
           in
           Ireland
           observed
           within
           their
           several
           Bishopricks
           ,
           Cathedrals
           and
           Parish
           Churches
           ;
           which
           was
           first
           observed
           in
           
             Christ
             Church
          
           at
           Dublin
           ,
           on
           the
           Feast
           of
           Easter
           1551.
           before
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Antbony
             ,
             George
             Browne
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Mayor
           and
           Bayliffs
           of
           
             Dublin
             ,
             John
             Lockwood
          
           being
           then
           Dean
           of
           the
           said
           Cathedral
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Translation
                   of
                   the
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Order
                   for
                   the
                   Liturgy
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   be
                   read
                   in
                   Ireland
                   runs
                   as
                   follows
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     EDWARD
                     by
                     the
                     Grace
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Whereas
                   our
                   Gratious
                   Father
                   ,
                   King
                   Henry
                   the
                   8th
                   of
                   happy
                   memory
                   ,
                   taking
                   into
                   consideration
                   the
                   Bondage
                   and
                   heavy
                   Yoak
                   that
                   his
                   true
                   and
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   sustained
                   under
                   the
                   Iurisdiction
                   of
                   the
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   Ignorance
                   the
                   Commonalty
                   were
                   in
                   ,
                   how
                   several
                   fabulous
                   Stories
                   and
                   lying
                   Wonders
                   missed
                   our
                   Subjects
                   in
                   both
                   our
                   Realms
                   of
                   England
                   and
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   grasping
                   thereby
                   the
                   means
                   thereof
                   into
                   their
                   hands
                   ,
                   also
                   dispensing
                   with
                   the
                   Sins
                   of
                   our
                   Nations
                   by
                   their
                   Indulgenses
                   and
                   Pardons
                   for
                   Gain
                   ,
                   purposely
                   to
                   cherish
                   all
                   evil
                   Vices
                   ,
                   as
                   Robberies
                   ,
                   Rebellions
                   ,
                   Thefts
                   ,
                   Whoredoms
                   ,
                   Blasphemy
                   ,
                   Idolatry
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   He
                   ,
                   our
                   Grations
                   Father
                   King
                   Henry
                   of
                   happy
                   memory
                   ,
                   hereupon
                   dissolbed
                   all
                   Priors
                   ,
                   Monastrys
                   ,
                   Abbeys
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   pretended
                   Religious
                   Houses
                   ,
                   as
                   being
                   but
                   Nurseries
                   for
                   Vice
                   or
                   Luxury
                   ,
                   more
                   than
                   for
                   sacred
                   Learning
                   ;
                   He
                   therefore
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   might
                   more
                   plainly
                   appear
                   to
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   that
                   those
                   Orders
                   had
                   kept
                   the
                   light
                   of
                   the
                   Gospel
                   from
                   his
                   People
                   ,
                   he
                   thought
                   it
                   most
                   fit
                   and
                   convenient
                   for
                   the
                   Preservation
                   of
                   their
                   Souls
                   and
                   Bodies
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   holy
                   Scriptures
                   should
                   be
                   Translated
                   ,
                   Printed
                   and
                   placed
                   in
                   all
                   Parish
                   Churches
                   within
                   his
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   for
                   his
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   to
                   encrease
                   their
                   knowledg
                   of
                   God
                   and
                   of
                   our
                   Saviour
                   Iesus
                   Christ
                   .
                   We
                   therefore
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   general
                   Benefit
                   of
                   our
                   well-beloved
                   Subjects
                   Vnderstandings
                   ,
                   when
                   ever
                   assembled
                   or
                   met
                   together
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   several
                   Parish
                   Churches
                   ,
                   either
                   to
                   pray
                   or
                   to
                   hear
                   Prayers
                   read
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   the
                   better
                   joyn
                   therein
                   ,
                   in
                   Vnity
                   ,
                   Hearts
                   and
                   Voice
                   ,
                   have
                   caused
                   the
                   Liturgy
                   and
                   Prayers
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   to
                   be
                   translated
                   into
                   our
                   Mother
                   Tongue
                   of
                   this
                   Realm
                   of
                   England
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Assembly
                   of
                   Divines
                   lately
                   met
                   within
                   the
                   same
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   .
                   We
                   therefore
                   Will
                   and
                   Command
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   Authorize
                   you
                   Sir
                   Anthony
                   S.
                   Leger
                   knight
                   ,
                   our
                   Vice-Roy
                   of
                   that
                   our
                   kingdom
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   special
                   notice
                   to
                   all
                   our
                   Clergy
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   Archbishops
                   ,
                   Bishops
                   ,
                   Deans
                   ,
                   Archdeacons
                   ,
                   as
                   others
                   our
                   Secular
                   Parish
                   Priests
                   within
                   that
                   our
                   said
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   to
                   perfect
                   ,
                   execute
                   and
                   obey
                   this
                   our
                   Royal
                   Will
                   and
                   Pleasure
                   accordingly
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Given
                     at
                     our
                     Mannor
                     of
                     Greenwich
                     ,
                     
                       Febr.
                       6.
                       in
                       the
                       Fifth
                       year
                       of
                       our
                       Reign
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     E.
                     R.
                     
                  
                   To
                   our
                   trusty
                   and
                   well-beloved
                   Sir.
                   
                     Anth.
                     St.
                     Leger
                  
                   Knight
                   our
                   Chief
                   Governour
                   of
                   our
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   Ireland
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Several
             Collections
             from
             
               Anthony
               Martin
            
             ,
             formerly
             Bishop
             of
             Meath
          
           
             BEfore
             Proclamations
             were
             issued
             out
             ,
             Sir
             
               Anthony
               St.
               Leger
            
             ,
             upon
             this
             Order
             ,
             called
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             ,
             together
             with
             other
             of
             the
             then
             Clergy
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             in
             which
             Assembly
             he
             signified
             unto
             them
             as
             well
             His
             Majesties
             Order
             aforesaid
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             Opinions
             of
             those
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             had
             adhered
             unto
             the
             Order
             ,
             saying
             that
             it
             was
             his
             Majesties
             Will
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             confenting
             unto
             their
             serious
             Considerations
             and
             Opinions
             ,
             then
             acted
             and
             agreed
             on
             in
             England
             as
             to
             Ecclesiastical
             matters
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             be
             in
             Ireland
             so
             likewise
             celebrated
             and
             performed
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Anthony
               St.
               Leger
            
             having
             spoken
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             
               George
               dowdall
            
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             
               George
               Cromer
            
             in
             the
             Primacy
             of
             Armagh
             ,
             stood
             up
             ,
             who
             (
             through
             his
             Romish
             Zeal
             to
             the
             Pope
             )
             laboured
             with
             all
             his
             power
             and
             force
             to
             oppose
             the
             Liturgyof
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             not
             be
             read
             or
             sung
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             saying
             ,
             then
             shall
             every
             illiterate
             fellow
             read
             Service
             (
             or
             Mass
             )
             as
             he
             in
             those
             days
             termed
             the
             word
             Service
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Saying
             of
             the
             Archbishops
             ,
             Sir
             Anthony
             replyed
             ,
             No
             ,
             your
             Grace
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             too
             many
             illiterate
             Priests
             amongst
             us
             already
             ,
             who
             neither
             can
             pronounce
             the
             Latine
             ,
             nor
             know
             what
             it
             means
             ,
             no
             more
             than
             the
             Common
             people
             that
             hear
             them
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             people
             hear
             the
             Liturgy
             in
             English
             ,
             they
             and
             the
             Priest
             will
             then
             understand
             what
             they
             pray
             for
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Reply
             ,
             
               George
               dowdall
            
             bade
             Sir
             Anthony
             beware
             of
             the
             Clergles
             Curse
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             made
             answer
             ,
             I
             fear
             no
             strange
             Curse
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             I
             have
             the
             Blessing
             of
             that
             Church
             which
             I
             believe
             to
             be
             the
             true
             one
             .
          
           
             The
             Archbishop
             again
             said
             ,
             can
             there
             be
             a
             truer
             Church
             than
             the
             Church
             of
             Saint
             Peter
             ,
             the
             Mother
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             returned
             this
             answer
             ,
             I
             thought
             we
             had
             bin
             all
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ;
             for
             he
             calls
             all
             true
             believers
             in
             him
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             himself
             the
             Head
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             Archbishop
             replied
             ▪
             and
             is
             not
             St.
             Peter
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             returned
             this
             Answer
             ,
             St.
             Peter
             was
             a
             Member
             of
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             but
             the
             Church
             was
             not
             St.
             Peters
             ,
             neither
             was
             St.
             Peter
             but
             Chrise
             the
             Head
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               George
               Dowdall
            
             the
             Primate
             of
             Armagh
             rose
             up
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             the
             Suftragan
             Bishops
             under
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             saving
             only
             
               Edward
               Staples
            
             then
             Bishop
             of
             Meath
             ,
             who
             tarried
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Clergy
             then
             assembled
             ,
             on
             the
             Kalends
             of
             March
             according
             to
             the
             old
             stile
             ,
             1551.
             but
             if
             we
             reason
             as
             from
             the
             Annunication
             of
             our
             Lady
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             25
             th
             of
             March
             ,
             it
             was
             1550.
             
          
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             then
             took
             up
             the
             Order
             ,
             and
             held
             it
             forth
             to
             
               George
               Browns
            
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             who
             (
             standing
             up
             )
             received
             it
             ,
             saying
             ;
             this
             Order
             ,
             good
             Brethren
             ,
             is
             from
             our
             Gracious
             King
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             our
             Brethren
             ,
             the
             Fathers
             and
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             have
             consulted
             herein
             ,
             and
             
             compared
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             with
             what
             they
             have
             done
             ;
             unto
             whom
             I
             submit
             ,
             as
             Jesus
             did
             to
             Caesar
             ,
             in
             all
             things
             just
             and
             lawful
             ,
             making
             no
             question
             why
             or
             wherefore
             ,
             as
             We
             own
             Him
             our
             true
             and
             lawfull
             King.
             
          
           
             After
             this
             several
             of
             the
             meeker
             or
             most
             moderate
             of
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             of
             Ireland
             cohered
             with
             
               George
               Browne
            
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             
               Edward
               Staples
            
             Bishop
             of
             Meath
             ,
             who
             was
             put
             out
             from
             his
             Bishoprick
             ,
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             in
             Queen
             
             Mary's
             days
             on
             the
             29
             th
             of
             June
             1554.
             
             
               John
               Bale
            
             ,
             who
             on
             the
             second
             of
             February
             1552.
             was
             Consecrated
             Bishop
             of
             Ossory
             for
             his
             fidelity
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             by
             Queen
             Mary
             expulsed
             .
             Also
             
               Thomas
               Lancaster
            
             Bishop
             of
             Kildare
             ,
             who
             was
             at
             the
             same
             tim●
             put
             from
             his
             Bishoprick
             ,
             with
             several
             others
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             being
             all
             expulsed
             upon
             Queen
             Maries
             coming
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             When
             these
             passages
             had
             passed
             :
             Sir
             Anthony
             was
             in
             a
             short
             time
             after
             recalled
             for
             England
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               James
               Crofts
            
             of
             Herefordshire
             Knight
             ,
             placed
             Chief
             in
             his
             stead
             ;
             who
             began
             his
             Government
             from
             the
             29
             th
             of
             April
             ,
             1551.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               James
               Crofts
            
             upon
             his
             coming
             over
             endeavoured
             much
             for
             the
             perswading
             of
             
               George
               Dowdall
            
             to
             adhere
             to
             the
             Order
             asoresaid
             ;
             but
             Dowdall
             being
             obstinate
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Learned
             Privy
             Council
             then
             of
             England
             ,
             (
             for
             his
             perversness
             )
             upon
             the
             20
             th
             .
             of
             October
             following
             took
             away
             the
             Title
             of
             Primate
             of
             all
             Ireland
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             conferred
             the
             same
             on
             
               George
               Browne
            
             then
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Successors
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             he
             was
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Irish
             Bishops
             who
             embraced
             the
             Order
             for
             Establishing
             of
             the
             English
             Liturgy
             and
             Reformation
             in
             Ireland
             ;
             which
             place
             he
             enjoyed
             during
             the
             remainder
             of
             King
             
             Edwards's
             Reign
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             certain
             time
             after
             ;
             as
             you
             shall
             know
             further
             in
             its
             due
             course
             and
             place
             .
          
           
             Alterations
             following
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             (
             even
             upon
             this
             Reformation
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             )
             and
             the
             Title
             of
             Primacy
             being
             disposed
             of
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             already
             mentioned
             ▪
             unto
             
               George
               Brown
            
             aforesaid
             ;
             some
             Writers
             saying
             that
             
               George
               dowdall
            
             was
             banished
             ,
             others
             that
             he
             was
             not
             ,
             but
             went
             voluntary
             of
             his
             own
             will
             ;
             yet
             ,
             not
             to
             dispute
             the
             case
             ,
             another
             Archbishop
             was
             consecrated
             in
             lieu
             of
             him
             ,
             though
             then
             living
             ;
             by
             which
             it
             was
             then
             held
             lawful
             ;
             as
             also
             that
             constituting
             of
             Archbishops
             and
             Bishops
             was
             in
             the
             power
             of
             Kings
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             Popes
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             much
             to
             the
             Abasement
             of
             the
             Powers
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ever
             to
             resign
             ,
             or
             to
             acknowledge
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             
               Hugh
               Goodacre
            
             Bachelour
             of
             Divinity
             was
             consecrated
             Archbishop
             of
             Armagh
             by
             the
             said
             
               George
               Browne
            
             ,
             together
             with
             
               John
               Bale
            
             Bishop
             of
             Ossory
             ,
             (
             already
             mentioned
             )
             in
             
               Christ
               Church
            
             in
             Dublin
             ,
             on
             the
             second
             of
             
               February
               ,
               Anno
            
             1552.
             
             Thomas
             Bishop
             of
             Kildare
             and
             Tugenius
             Bishop
             of
             Down
             -
             and
             Connon
             assisting
             him
             ;
             yet
             notwithstanding
             Hugh
             Goodacre's
             Consecration
             ▪
             
               George
               Browne
            
             then
             held
             the
             Title
             of
             Primacy
             of
             all
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             This
             Reformation
             and
             Alteration
             having
             not
             time
             to
             settle
             ,
             or
             to
             take
             root
             ,
             it
             was
             soon
             quashed
             and
             pulled
             down
             ,
             by
             that
             lamentable
             loss
             of
             that
             hopeful
             Prince
             King
             Edward
             the
             Sixth
             ,
             who
             died
             at
             Greenwich
             the
             6
             th
             of
             
               June
               ▪
            
             1553.
             
          
           
           
             Upon
             King
             
             Edward's
             Decease
             ,
             the
             Council
             having
             met
             to
             consult
             together
             upon
             the
             Affairs
             of
             these
             Dominions
             ,
             as
             also
             how
             they
             might
             confirm
             and
             establish
             what
             they
             had
             already
             ordered
             and
             enacted
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             Ecclsieastical
             matters
             as
             Temporal
             ,
             a
             Division
             soon
             sprung
             up
             ,
             some
             being
             for
             the
             Choice
             of
             the
             Lady
             
               Jane
               Gray
            
             ,
             others
             for
             Queen
             Mary
             ,
             at
             last
             upon
             conclusion
             Mary
             the
             Kings
             Sister
             was
             voted
             Queen
             ,
             upon
             the
             Proposals
             and
             Promises
             which
             she
             made
             to
             the
             Council
             ,
             to
             confirm
             all
             that
             had
             been
             perfected
             by
             her
             Father
             King
             Henry
             the
             8
             th
             .
             and
             her
             Brother
             King
             Edward
             and
             his
             Honoured
             Council
             .
          
           
             After
             she
             had
             been
             crowned
             and
             enthroned
             ,
             she
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             three
             or
             four
             months
             ,
             seemed
             moderate
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Reformers
             ,
             yet
             all
             that
             while
             combining
             with
             Rome
             and
             her
             Emissaries
             ;
             but
             having
             accomplished
             her
             Designs
             ,
             she
             revoked
             her
             fair
             Promises
             ,
             (
             which
             with
             Papists
             is
             a
             Rule
             )
             esteeming
             it
             no
             sin
             to
             break
             Contracts
             or
             Covenants
             with
             Hereticks
             and
             Protestants
             ,
             numbred
             with
             such
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             especially
             with
             Papists
             ,
             these
             promises
             vanished
             ;
             and
             then
             began
             the
             Romish
             Church
             not
             only
             to
             undo
             what
             King
             Henry
             and
             his
             Son
             King
             Edward
             had
             reformed
             ,
             but
             to
             prosecute
             the
             Reformers
             and
             Reformed
             with
             Fire
             and
             Faggot
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             our
             purpose
             ,
             upon
             the
             11
             th
             of
             
               November
               Anno
            
             1553.
             she
             recalled
             Sir
             
               James
               Crofts
            
             ,
             and
             sent
             over
             Sir
             
               Anthony
               St.
               Leger
            
             Lord
             Deputy
             into
             Ireland
             .
             This
             Sir
             Anthony
             had
             not
             been
             half
             a
             year
             Chief
             Governour
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             before
             Queen
             Mary
             revoked
             the
             Title
             of
             Primacy
             from
             
               George
               Browne
            
             ,
             expulsing
             
               Hugh
               Goodacre
            
             out
             of
             the
             Archbishopric
             of
             Armagh
             ,
             and
             recalling
             
               George
               Dowdall
            
             to
             his
             See
             ,
             and
             restoring
             him
             to
             the
             Primacy
             of
             all
             Ireland
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ,
             which
             Title
             hath
             ever
             since
             stood
             firm
             in
             Armagh
             ,
             without
             any
             Revocation
             ,
             either
             by
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             of
             her
             Successors
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Browne
            
             ,
             upon
             this
             Revocation
             ,
             was
             by
             
               George
               Dowdall
            
             expulsed
             ,
             and
             not
             thought
             fit
             to
             continue
             in
             his
             See
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             married
             man
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             thought
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             been
             married
             he
             had
             been
             expulsed
             ,
             having
             appeared
             so
             much
             for
             the
             Reformation
             ▪
             in
             both
             these
             former
             Kings
             days
             ,
             upon
             the
             expulsing
             of
             this
             
               George
               Browne
            
             ,
             all
             the
             Temporalities
             belonging
             to
             the
             Archbishoprick
             were
             disposed
             of
             unto
             
               Thomas
               Lockwood
            
             then
             Dean
             of
             
               Christ
               Church
            
             in
             Dublin
             .
             It
             having
             been
             an
             antient
             Custom
             ever
             upon
             the
             Translation
             or
             Death
             of
             any
             of
             those
             Archbishops
             ,
             to
             deposite
             the
             Temporalities
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Priors
             formerly
             of
             that
             Cathedral
             when
             it
             was
             a
             Priory
             ,
             and
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Cathedral
             of
             the
             
               Blessed
               Trinity
            
             And
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             the
             last
             Prior
             became
             the
             first
             Dean
             upon
             the
             alteration
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             The
             See
             of
             Dublin
             after
             this
             Expulsion
             lay
             vacant
             for
             two
             years
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             until
             
               Hugh
               Corrin
            
             alias
             Corwine
             was
             placed
             therein
             :
             This
             Hugh
             was
             borne
             in
             Westmoreland
             ,
             a
             Doctor
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             being
             formerly
             Archdeacon
             of
             Oxford
             and
             Dean
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             he
             was
             consecrated
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             of
             St.
             Pauls
             in
             London
             on
             the
             8
             th
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Anno
            
             1555.
             
             He
             after
             ,
             upon
             the
             13
             th
             of
             the
             same
             Month
             ,
             was
             by
             Queen
             Mary
             made
             Chancellor
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             25
             th
             of
             the
             said
             September
             ,
             he
             received
             this
             Letter
             from
             the
             Queen
             ,
             directed
             to
             
               Thomas
               Lockwood
            
             the
             Dean
             of
             Christ-Church
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             antient
             custome
             formerly
             to
             recommend
             the
             Archbishop
             ,
             whensoever
             constituted
             for
             that
             See
             ,
             to
             the
             Prior
             of
             that
             said
             Cathedral
             .
          
           
             
               
               
                 Queen
                 Maries
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Dean
                 and
                 Chapter
                 of
                 
                   Christ
                   Church
                
                 in
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 Archbishop
                 of
                 Dublin
                 honourably
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 due
                 respect
                 .
                 
                   Copia
                   vera
                   ,
                   ex
                   Libro
                   nigro
                   Sanctae
                   Trinitatis
                   Dublinii
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   MARY
                   the
                   Queen
                   .
                
              
               
                 TRusty
                 and
                 wellbeloved
                 ,
                 We
                 greet
                 you
                 well
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 asmuch
                 as
                 the
                 Right
                 Reverend
                 Father
                 in
                 God
                 ,
                 our
                 Right
                 trusty
                 and
                 wellbeloved
                 Counsellor
                 the
                 Archbishop
                 of
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 being
                 lately
                 chosen
                 for
                 that
                 See
                 ,
                 reparieth
                 speedily
                 to
                 that
                 our
                 Realm
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 to
                 reside
                 upon
                 the
                 Cure
                 of
                 his
                 Bishoprick
                 ,
                 which
                 now
                 of
                 long
                 time
                 hath
                 been
                 destitute
                 of
                 a
                 Catholick
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 occupy
                 the
                 Office
                 of
                 our
                 high
                 Chancellor
                 of
                 that
                 our
                 Realm
                 ;
                 albeit
                 we
                 have
                 good
                 hopes
                 ye
                 will
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 of
                 your selves
                 carry
                 your selves
                 towards
                 him
                 as
                 becometh
                 you
                 ,
                 yet
                 to
                 the
                 intent
                 he
                 might
                 the
                 better
                 govern
                 the
                 Charge
                 committed
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 Almighty
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 remain
                 of
                 our
                 Service
                 We
                 have
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 require
                 and
                 charge
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 your
                 part
                 ye
                 do
                 reverently
                 receive
                 him
                 ,
                 honour
                 and
                 humbly
                 obey
                 him
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 as
                 appertaineth
                 to
                 your
                 Duties
                 tending
                 to
                 Gods
                 glory
                 ,
                 our
                 Honour
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Common-weal
                 of
                 that
                 our
                 Realm
                 ;
                 whereby
                 ye
                 shall
                 please
                 God
                 and
                 do
                 us
                 acceptable
                 Service
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Given
                   under
                   our
                   Signet
                   at
                   our
                   Mannor
                   of
                   Greenwich
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     25
                     th
                     of
                     September
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     second
                     and
                     third
                     years
                     of
                     our
                     Reign
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 To
                 our
                 trusty
                 and
                 well
                 beloved
                 the
                 Dean
                 and
                 Chapter
                 of
                 the
                 Cathedral
                 of
                 
                   Christ
                   Church
                
                 within
                 our
                 Realm
                 of
                 Ireland
                 .
              
            
          
           
             I
             have
             here
             inserted
             this
             Letter
             ,
             upon
             two
             accounts
             ,
             first
             as
             being
             a
             Record
             remaining
             in
             the
             Cathedral
             ;
             secondly
             ,
             because
             there
             hath
             been
             some
             discourse
             of
             late
             ,
             whether
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             had
             power
             herein
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             was
             upon
             King
             Henrys
             Mutation
             made
             a
             Deanery
             as
             Whitehall
             Chappel
             is
             ,
             and
             no
             Cathedral
             ;
             but
             by
             this
             Letter
             it
             shews
             it
             is
             both
             still
             a
             Cathedral
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             Dublin
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Browne
            
             lived
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Consecration
             of
             this
             
               Hugh
               Corwine
            
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             among
             my
             Manuscripts
             a
             Writting
             of
             a
             Papist
             ,
             who
             would
             fain
             have
             perswaded
             the
             world
             that
             this
             
               George
               Browne
            
             dyed
             through
             Joy
             ,
             having
             had
             a
             Bull
             from
             the
             Pope
             to
             be
             restored
             to
             his
             See
             of
             Dublin
             ,
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             false
             ,
             upon
             this
             account
             of
             Sir
             
               James
               Wares
            
             ,
             who
             writeth
             these
             very
             words
             of
             him
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             entituled
             
               De
               Praesulibus
               Hiberniae
               ▪
            
             pag.
             120.
             1554.
             
             
               Circa
               tempus
               Georgius
               Browneys
               (
               quod
               conjugatus
               esset
               )
               per
               Dowdallu●●
               Archiepiscopum
               Armachanum
               &
               alios
               Delegatos
               ex
               Authoritatus
               est
            
             ;
             otherwise
             the
             Pope
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             granted
             such
             a
             Bull
             ,
             must
             likewise
             have
             dispensed
             with
             his
             Marriage
             ,
             it
             being
             contrary
             to
             the
             Romish
             Tenents
             for
             Bishops
             to
             marry
             .
             
             Having
             related
             thus
             much
             of
             
               George
               Browne
            
             ,
             and
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             matters
             during
             his
             life
             ,
             we
             shall
             proceed
             a
             little
             further
             concerning
             a
             short
             Sermon
             of
             his
             ,
             preached
             unto
             the
             people
             in
             
               Christ
               Church
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             Sunday
             after
             
               Easter
               ,
               anno
            
             1551.
             being
             a
             Copy
             of
             the
             same
             given
             to
             Sir
             
               James
               Ware
            
             Knight
             ,
             by
             
               Anthony
               Martin
            
             late
             Bishop
             of
             Meath
             ,
             who
             formerly
             was
             Tutor
             to
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               James
               Ware
            
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             a
             Student
             in
             
               Trinity
               Colledge
               Dublin
            
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       TEXT
                       ,
                       Psal
                       .
                       119.
                       
                       Ver.
                       18.
                       
                    
                     
                       Open
                       mine
                       eyes
                       ,
                       that
                       I
                       may
                       see
                       the
                       wonders
                       of
                       thy
                       Law.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     THe
                     wonders
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     God
                     have
                     for
                     a
                     long
                     time
                     been
                     hid
                     from
                     the
                     children
                     of
                     Men
                     ,
                     which
                     hath
                     hapned
                     by
                     
                     Rome's
                     not
                     permitting
                     the
                     common
                     people
                     to
                     read
                     the
                     holy
                     Scriptures
                     ;
                     for
                     to
                     prevent
                     you
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     might
                     not
                     know
                     the
                     comfort
                     of
                     your
                     Salvation
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     depend
                     wholly
                     on
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                     Rome
                     ,
                     they
                     will
                     not
                     permit
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     in
                     any
                     tongue
                     but
                     in
                     the
                     Latin
                     ,
                     saying
                     that
                     Latin
                     was
                     the
                     Roman
                     Tongue
                     :
                     But
                     the
                     wonderful
                     God
                     inspired
                     the
                     holy
                     Apostles
                     with
                     the
                     knowledge
                     of
                     all
                     Languages
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     might
                     teach
                     all
                     people
                     in
                     their
                     proper
                     Tongue
                     and
                     Language
                     ,
                     which
                     caused
                     our
                     wise
                     King
                     Henry
                     ,
                     before
                     his
                     death
                     ,
                     to
                     have
                     the
                     holy
                     Scriptures
                     transcribed
                     into
                     the
                     English
                     Tongue
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     good
                     of
                     his
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     that
                     their
                     
                       eyes
                       may
                       be
                       opened
                       to
                       behold
                       the
                       wondrous
                       things
                       out
                       of
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       the
                       Lord.
                    
                     But
                     there
                     are
                     false
                     Prophets
                     at
                     this
                     instant
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     be
                     to
                     the
                     end
                     of
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     that
                     shall
                     deceive
                     you
                     with
                     false
                     Doctrines
                     ,
                     expounding
                     this
                     Text
                     ,
                     or
                     that
                     ,
                     purposely
                     to
                     confound
                     your
                     understandings
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     lead
                     you
                     captive
                     into
                     a
                     wilderness
                     of
                     Confusion
                     ,
                     whom
                     you
                     shall
                     take
                     as
                     your
                     friends
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     shall
                     be
                     your
                     greatest
                     enemies
                     ,
                     speaking
                     against
                     the
                     Tenents
                     of
                     Rome
                     and
                     yet
                     be
                     set
                     on
                     by
                     Rome
                     ;
                     these
                     shall
                     be
                     a
                     rigid
                     people
                     full
                     of
                     fury
                     and
                     envy
                     .
                  
                   
                     But
                     to
                     prevent
                     these
                     things
                     that
                     are
                     to
                     come
                     ,
                     observe
                     Christ
                     and
                     his
                     Apostles
                     ;
                     
                       Let
                       all
                       things
                       be
                       done
                       with
                       with
                       decency
                       ,
                       with
                       mildness
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       order
                       ,
                    
                     servently
                     crying
                     
                     unto
                     God
                     ,
                     
                       Open
                       thou
                       mine
                       eyes
                       ,
                       that
                       I
                       may
                       behold
                       the
                       wondrous
                       things
                       out
                       of
                       thy
                       Law
                       ,
                    
                     then
                     should
                     you
                     rightly
                     keep
                     the
                     Law
                     and
                     the
                     Prophets
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     the
                     part
                     of
                     a
                     Prince
                     to
                     be
                     wise
                     ,
                     for
                     he
                     hath
                     a
                     great
                     Charge
                     to
                     Rule
                     and
                     govern
                     a
                     Nation
                     :
                     Your
                     late
                     King
                     foreseeing
                     Rome
                     and
                     her
                     Pope's
                     intentions
                     ,
                     how
                     that
                     he
                     intended
                     to
                     inslave
                     his
                     Subjects
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     keep
                     them
                     in
                     the
                     state
                     of
                     ignorance
                     ,
                     consulted
                     with
                     the
                     Learned
                     of
                     his
                     Realm
                     ,
                     knowing
                     that
                     Youth
                     might
                     quickly
                     be
                     wrought
                     on
                     ,
                     therefore
                     he
                     prepared
                     before
                     his
                     death
                     a
                     wise
                     and
                     Learned
                     sort
                     of
                     Counsellors
                     for
                     his
                     Sons
                     Overseers
                     ,
                     not
                     trusting
                     to
                     one
                     or
                     two
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     several
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     might
                     the
                     better
                     Rule
                     his
                     people
                     ,
                     whose
                     eyes
                     the
                     Lord
                     God
                     Almighty
                     hath
                     opened
                     betimes
                     ,
                     to
                     behold
                     his
                     
                       wondrous
                       works
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     Though
                     the
                     words
                     of
                     my
                     Text
                     be
                     plainly
                     thus
                     
                       (
                       Open
                       thou
                       mine
                       eyes
                    
                     )
                     the
                     meanest
                     of
                     you
                     that
                     hear
                     me
                     have
                     eyes
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     true
                     meaning
                     of
                     the
                     words
                     is
                     ,
                     Endue
                     us
                     with
                     understanding
                     ;
                     for
                     a
                     Fool
                     hath
                     eyes
                     ,
                     and
                     sees
                     men
                     ,
                     women
                     ,
                     beasts
                     ,
                     birds
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     things
                     ,
                     but
                     yet
                     wants
                     understanding
                     :
                     So
                     when
                     we
                     say
                     ,
                     
                       Open
                       thou
                       our
                       eyes
                    
                     ,
                     we
                     desire
                     the
                     Lord
                     God
                     to
                     instruct
                     and
                     teach
                     us
                     the
                     knowledge
                     of
                     his
                     Laws
                     .
                  
                   
                     When
                     you
                     were
                     lately
                     led
                     in
                     blindness
                     ,
                     your
                     eyes
                     beheld
                     the
                     Images
                     that
                     then
                     stood
                     in
                     several
                     of
                     the
                     Monasteries
                     and
                     Churches
                     until
                     they
                     were
                     removed
                     ;
                     yet
                     all
                     this
                     while
                     were
                     your
                     understandings
                     blinded
                     ,
                     because
                     ye
                     believed
                     in
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     placed
                     your
                     trust
                     in
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     Suppose
                     an
                     Artist
                     or
                     Workman
                     make
                     an
                     Image
                     either
                     of
                     Man
                     or
                     Woman
                     ,
                     and
                     at
                     last
                     a
                     Clergy
                     man
                     of
                     Rome
                     give
                     it
                     such
                     a
                     name
                     ,
                     calling
                     it
                     St.
                     Peter
                     ,
                     or
                     St.
                     Paul
                     ,
                     or
                     St.
                     Mary
                     ,
                     or
                     St.
                     Anne
                     ;
                     must
                     not
                     that
                     man
                     ,
                     though
                     he
                     behold
                     his
                     own
                     handy
                     work
                     ,
                     and
                     knows
                     in
                     his
                     heart
                     that
                     it
                     was
                     his
                     own
                     work
                     ,
                     blind
                     ,
                     and
                     void
                     of
                     
                     and
                     understanding
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     
                       wondrous
                       things
                       that
                       are
                       contained
                       in
                       the
                       Law
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                    
                     ;
                     Yes
                     surely
                     ,
                     he
                     must
                     be
                     blind
                     ,
                     and
                     void
                     of
                     Reason
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     true
                     Faith
                     ,
                     that
                     would
                     worship
                     the
                     same
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Workman
                     carved
                     the
                     Eyes
                     ,
                     but
                     these
                     Eyes
                     see
                     not
                     ;
                     he
                     likewise
                     carved
                     the
                     Ears
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     hear
                     not
                     ;
                     the
                     Nose
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     smells
                     not
                     ;
                     the
                     Mouth
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     neither
                     breaths
                     nor
                     speaks
                     ;
                     the
                     Hands
                     ,
                     they
                     feel
                     not
                     ;
                     the
                     Feet
                     ,
                     but
                     they
                     stand
                     st●●k
                     still
                     .
                  
                   
                     How
                     therefore
                     can
                     your
                     prayers
                     be
                     acceptable
                     unto
                     this
                     Image
                     ,
                     that
                     sees
                     you
                     not
                     approaching
                     towards
                     it
                     ,
                     that
                     hears
                     you
                     not
                     when
                     you
                     pray
                     to
                     it
                     ,
                     that
                     smells
                     not
                     the
                     sweet
                     smells
                     ,
                     be
                     they
                     of
                     Myrrhe
                     or
                     Frankincense
                     burning
                     before
                     it
                     ?
                     How
                     can
                     it
                     absolve
                     you
                     ,
                     when
                     the
                     mouth
                     is
                     not
                     able
                     to
                     say
                     ,
                     
                       Thy
                       sins
                       are
                       forgiven
                       thee
                       ▪
                    
                     And
                     if
                     you
                     place
                     a
                     certain
                     sum
                     of
                     Money
                     in
                     the
                     palm
                     of
                     the
                     hand
                     of
                     that
                     Image
                     ;
                     come
                     you
                     again
                     to
                     morrow
                     ,
                     the
                     Money
                     ,
                     it
                     is
                     true
                     shall
                     find
                     a
                     customer
                     ,
                     but
                     the
                     Image
                     never
                     the
                     wiser
                     who
                     took
                     it
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     you
                     desire
                     to
                     have
                     it
                     come
                     unto
                     you
                     it
                     cannot
                     without
                     help
                     ;
                     therefore
                     the
                     Workman
                     that
                     made
                     this
                     Image
                     ,
                     is
                     as
                     blind
                     ,
                     as
                     deaf
                     ,
                     as
                     dumb
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     void
                     of
                     sense
                     as
                     the
                     Image
                     it self
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     be
                     ye
                     all
                     that
                     put
                     your
                     trust
                     in
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     Therefore
                     of
                     late
                     new
                     Artificers
                     ,
                     by
                     springs
                     have
                     made
                     artificial
                     ones
                     ,
                     which
                     for
                     a
                     certain
                     time
                     shall
                     move
                     ,
                     and
                     ye
                     shall
                     believe
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     real
                     and
                     certain
                     :
                     But
                     beware
                     good
                     people
                     ,
                     for
                     they
                     be
                     but
                     lying
                     wonders
                     ,
                     purposely
                     that
                     ye
                     may
                     break
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God.
                     And
                     thus
                     hath
                     the
                     Devil
                     devised
                     a
                     lying
                     wonder
                     ,
                     that
                     ye
                     may
                     be
                     deluded
                     to
                     break
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     ,
                     
                       Thou
                       shalt
                       not
                       make
                       unto
                       thy self
                       any
                       Graven
                       Image
                       .
                    
                     O
                     Lord
                     ,
                     
                       open
                       thou
                       our
                       Eyes
                       ,
                       our
                       Ears
                       ,
                       and
                       our
                       Understanding
                       ,
                       that
                       we
                       may
                       behold
                       the
                       wondrous
                       things
                       that
                       are
                       in
                       thy
                       Law.
                       The
                       Law
                       of
                       God
                       is
                       an
                       undefiled
                       Law.
                    
                     Oh!
                     why
                     should
                     we
                     be
                     so
                     wicked
                     then
                     as
                     to
                     defile
                     that
                     Law
                     ,
                     which
                     the
                     
                     Almighty
                     God
                     hath
                     made
                     so
                     pure
                     without
                     blemish
                     .
                     
                       Jesus
                       came
                       to
                       fulfil
                       the
                       Law
                       ,
                       and
                       not
                       to
                       abolish
                       the
                       Law.
                    
                     But
                     there
                     are
                     a
                     new
                     fraternity
                     of
                     late
                     sprung
                     up
                     ,
                     who
                     call
                     themselves
                     Jesuits
                     ,
                     which
                     will
                     deceive
                     many
                     ,
                     who
                     are
                     much
                     after
                     the
                     Scribes
                     and
                     Pharisees
                     manner
                     :
                     Amongst
                     the
                     Jews
                     they
                     shall
                     strive
                     to
                     abolish
                     the
                     truth
                     ,
                     and
                     shall
                     come
                     very
                     near
                     to
                     do
                     it
                     ;
                     for
                     these
                     sorts
                     will
                     turn
                     themselves
                     into
                     several
                     forms
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Heathen
                     ,
                     an
                     Heathenist
                     ;
                     with
                     Atheists
                     ,
                     an
                     Atheist
                     ;
                     with
                     the
                     Jews
                     ,
                     a
                     Jew
                     ;
                     and
                     with
                     the
                     Reformers
                     ,
                     a
                     Refomade
                     ,
                     purposely
                     to
                     know
                     your
                     intenations
                     ,
                     your
                     minds
                     ,
                     your
                     hearts
                     ,
                     and
                     your
                     inclintions
                     ,
                     and
                     thereby
                     bring
                     you
                     at
                     last
                     to
                     be
                     like
                     the
                     fool
                     that
                     
                       said
                       in
                       his
                       heart
                       there
                       was
                       no
                       God.
                    
                     These
                     shall
                     spread
                     over
                     the
                     whole
                     World
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     admitted
                     into
                     the
                     Council
                     of
                     Princes
                     ,
                     and
                     they
                     never
                     the
                     wiser
                     ;
                     Charming
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     yea
                     ,
                     making
                     your
                     Princes
                     reveal
                     their
                     hearts
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     secrets
                     therein
                     unto
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     yet
                     they
                     not
                     perceive
                     it
                     ;
                     which
                     will
                     happen
                     from
                     falling
                     from
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     by
                     neglect
                     of
                     fulfilling
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     winking
                     at
                     their
                     sins
                     ;
                     yet
                     in
                     the
                     end
                     ,
                     God
                     to
                     justifie
                     his
                     Law
                     ,
                     shall
                     suddenly
                     cut
                     off
                     this
                     Society
                     even
                     by
                     the
                     hands
                     of
                     those
                     who
                     have
                     most
                     succour'd
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     made
                     use
                     of
                     them
                     ;
                     so
                     that
                     at
                     the
                     end
                     they
                     shall
                     become
                     odious
                     to
                     all
                     Nations
                     :
                     They
                     shall
                     be
                     worse
                     than
                     Jews
                     ,
                     having
                     no
                     resting
                     place
                     upon
                     the
                     Earth
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     shall
                     a
                     Jew
                     have
                     more
                     favour
                     than
                     a
                     Jesuite
                     .
                     Now
                     ,
                     to
                     arm
                     you
                     all
                     good
                     Christians
                     against
                     these
                     things
                     that
                     are
                     to
                     come
                     ,
                     lest
                     ye
                     be
                     led
                     into
                     temptation
                     ;
                     Cry
                     unto
                     the
                     Lord
                     your
                     God
                     ,
                     and
                     heartily
                     pray
                     that
                     he
                     would
                     be
                     so
                     merciful
                     unto
                     you
                     as
                     to
                     
                       open
                       the
                       eyes
                       of
                       your
                       understanding
                       ,
                       that
                       you
                       may
                       behold
                       the
                       wonders
                       and
                       pleasantness
                       that
                       is
                       in
                       his
                       Law.
                    
                     Which
                     God
                     of
                     his
                     mercy
                     grant
                     that
                     you
                     may
                     all
                     do
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             Thus
             concluding
             with
             the
             Acts
             and
             Deeds
             of
             this
             Reverend
             Father
             ,
             we
             shall
             end
             with
             Queen
             Maries
             Designs
             ,
             how
             she
             intended
             to
             have
             persecuted
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             ;
             but
             by
             Providence
             prevented
             ;
             as
             you
             shall
             further
             know
             by
             this
             following
             Relation
             being
             averred
             by
             several
             sufficient
             persons
             ,
             as
             well
             Ecclesiastical
             as
             Civil
             .
          
           
             Qu.
             Mary
             having
             dealt
             severely
             with
             the
             Protestants
             in
             England
             ,
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             her
             Reign
             ,
             signed
             a
             Commission
             fo●
             to
             take
             the
             same
             course
             with
             them
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             to
             execut●
             the
             same
             with
             greater
             force
             ,
             she
             nominates
             Doctor
             Cole
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             ,
             sending
             the
             Commission
             by
             this
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             Journey
             coming
             to
             Chester
             ,
             the
             Mayor
             of
             that
             City
             hearing
             that
             Her
             Majesty
             was
             sending
             a
             Messenger
             into
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             he
             being
             a
             Churchman
             waited
             on
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             in
             discourse
             with
             the
             Mayor
             taketh
             out
             of
             a
             Cloak-bag
             a
             Leather
             Box
             ,
             saying
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               Here
               is
               a
               Commission
               that
               shall
               lash
               the
               Hereticks
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             calling
             the
             Protestants
             by
             that
             title
             ;
             The
             good
             Woman
             of
             the
             House
             being
             well
             affected
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             also
             having
             a
             Brother
             named
             
               John
               Edmonds
            
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             then
             a
             Citizen
             in
             Dublin
             ,
             was
             much
             troubled
             at
             the
             Doctors
             words
             ;
             but
             watching
             her
             convenient
             time
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Mayor
             took
             his
             leave
             ,
             and
             the
             Doctor
             complementing
             him
             down
             the
             stairs
             ,
             she
             opens
             the
             Box
             and
             takes
             the
             Commission
             out
             ,
             placing
             in
             lieu
             thereof
             a
             Sheet
             of
             paper
             with
             a
             Pack
             of
             Cards
             ,
             the
             Knave
             of
             Clubs
             faced
             uppermost
             ,
             wrapt
             up
             .
             The
             Doctor
             coming
             up
             to
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             suspecting
             nothing
             of
             what
             had
             been
             done
             ,
             put
             up
             the
             Box
             as
             formerly
             .
             The
             next
             day
             ,
             going
             to
             the
             Waterside
             ,
             wind
             and
             Weather
             serving
             him
             ,
             he
             sails
             towards
             Ireland
             ,
             and
             landed
             on
             the
             Seventh
             of
             October
             ,
             1558.
             at
             Dublin
             ;
             then
             coming
             to
             the
             Castle
             ,
             the
             Lord
             
               Fitz
               Walters
            
             being
             Lord
             Deputy
             sent
             for
             him
             to
             come
             before
             him
             and
             the
             Privy
             Council
             ,
             who
             coming
             in
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             made
             a
             Speech
             relating
             upon
             what
             account
             he
             came
             over
             ,
             he
             presents
             the
             Box
             unto
             the
             Lord
             Deputv
             ,
             who
             causing
             it
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             that
             the
             Secretary
             might
             read
             the
             Commission
             ,
             there
             was
             nothing
             save
             a
             pack
             of
             Cards
             with
             the
             Knave
             of
             Clubs
             uppermost
             ,
             which
             not
             only
             startled
             the
             Lord
             Deputy
             and
             Council
             ,
             but
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             who
             assured
             them
             he
             had
             a
             Commission
             ,
             but
             knew
             not
             how
             it
             was
             gone
             ;
             then
             the
             Lord
             Deputy
             made
             answer
             ,
             
               Let
               us
               have
               another
               Commission
               ,
               and
               we
               will
               shuffle
               the
               Cards
               in
               the
               mean
            
             
             while
             :
             The
             Doctor
             being
             troubled
             in
             his
             mind
             went
             away
             ▪
             and
             returned
             into
             England
             ;
             and
             coming
             to
             the
             Court
             obtained
             another
             Commission
             ;
             but
             staying
             for
             a
             wind
             at
             the
             waterside
             ,
             news
             came
             unto
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             thus
             God
             preserved
             the
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             a
             Copy
             of
             Richard
             Earl
             of
             Cork
             his
             Memorials
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             
               Henry
               Vsher
            
             sometime
             Lord
             Primate
             of
             Armagh
             ,
             being
             also
             entred
             amongst
             Sir
             
               James
               Wares
            
             Manuscripts
             ▪
             who
             hath
             often
             heard
             the
             late
             
               James
               Vsher
            
             ,
             Nephew
             to
             the
             said
             Henry
             ,
             and
             also
             Primate
             of
             Armagh
             ,
             avert
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             wondred
             that
             Mr.
             Fox
             had
             not
             inserted
             it
             in
             his
             Acts
             and
             Monuments
             ;
             there
             is
             yet
             living
             a
             reverend
             Father
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             Henry
             now
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Meath
             ,
             who
             can
             affirm
             this
             Relation
             from
             the
             said
             
               James
               Vsher
            
             late
             Lord
             Primate
             of
             all
             Ireland
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             recalling
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Fitz
               Walters
            
             into
             England
             ,
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             who
             succeeded
             her
             Sister
             ,
             dscoursing
             with
             the
             said
             Lord
             concerning
             several
             passages
             in
             
               Ireland
               ▪
            
             amongst
             other
             discourses
             he
             related
             the
             aforesaid
             passage
             that
             had
             hapned
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             which
             so
             delighted
             the
             Queen
             ,
             that
             Her
             Majesty
             sent
             for
             the
             good
             Woman
             ,
             named
             
               Elizabeth
               Edmonds
            
             ,
             but
             by
             her
             Husband
             named
             〈…〉
             gave
             her
             a
             Pension
             of
             Forty
             pound
             
               durant●
               vitae
            
             ,
             for
             saving
             〈◊〉
             Protestant
             Subjects
             of
             Ireland
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67593-e180
           
             
               George
               Cromer
            
             then
             Arch
             bishop
             of
             Armagh
             .
          
           
             The
             form
             of
             their
             Confession
             to
             their
             Popish
             Priest
             .
          
        
      
    
  

