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which he, with his present letter, had sent to the archbishop, for the special trust and confidence he had of his godly mind, and the earnest desire that was in him for the setting forth of God's glory, and the true worshipping of his name. And that these prayers should not be observed for a month or two, as his other injunctions had been, but that they, together with the injunctions, should be earnestly set forth by preaching, good exhortation, and otherwise; in such sort as they might feel the godly taste thereof, and godly and joyously with thanks receive, embrace, and frequent the same. Commanding the archbishop, that he should not only cause the same suffrages to be used in his own diocese, but signify the king's pleasure in this regard to all other bishops of his province. And that he should have a special respect hereunto, and make report, if any did not with good dexterity accomplish the same. It was given under the king's signet, at his manor of St. James', June 11, in the 36th of his reignf." I have not met with these suffrages; which if I 129 had, I should have been inclined to publish them here; and the rather, because I believe they were of Cranmer's own composing.

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According to this letter, the archbishop dispersed his letters to Edmund bishop of London, and the other bishops, with a copy of the suffrages to be used; urging withal the observation of all the king's injunctions heretofore promulgated for the confirming and establishing of sacred religion h.

h [The following is the form of the letters sent in this case, as in the former, (see p. 280. above), to the bishop of London, and the other bishops:

"Literæ Regiæ Archiepiscopo Cantuar. pro Publicatione Regiarum Injunctionum. Thomas, permissione divina, &c. illustrissimi in Christo principis

sua

et domini nostri Henrici Octavi, Dei gratia, Angliæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ regis, fidei defensoris, ac in terra ecclesiæ Anglicanæ et Hiberniæ supremi capitis, auctoritate legitime fulcitus, venerabili confratri nostro domino Edmundo, eadem permissione Londinensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino charitatem. Literas supradicti invictissimi domini nostri regis, manu signatas, et signeto suo obsignatas, nobis inscriptas, et ad nos datas, nuper debitis cum honore et reverentia accepimus, tenorem subsequentem complectentes :" here follows the letter given above, after which the document thus continues: "Nos vero pro nostra erga suam celsitudinem observantia, toto pectore affectantes literis et mandatis suis regiis, uti decet, obtemperare, volentesque pro debito nostri officii omnem curam et soler

tem nostram in commissis et demandatis, a sua majestate adhibere diligentiam, vobis pro parte regiæ suæ majestatis, tenore præsentium mandamus et præcipiendo injungimus, quatenus, receptis præsentibus, non solum injunctiones omnes regias ad sacrosanctam religionem firmandam et stabiliendam antehac per auctoritatem regiam promulgatas, cum omni reverentia observandas edicatis et mandetis; verum etiam omni sedulitate et celeritate accomodis sancta hæc suffragia, et salubres orationes, quarum unum exemplar præsentibus annexum vobis per latorem præsentium mittimus, tum quidem in omnibus et singulis ecclesiis cathedralibus, collegiatis, et parochialibus per dioecesim et jurisdictionem vestras Londoniensis ubilibet sitis et existentibus, tum etiam ab omnibus et singulis aliis episcopis, et confratribus nostris, nostræ Cantuarien' provinciæ suffraganeis, ubilibet locorum per diœceses et jurisdictiones suas juxta et secundum literarum regiarum suprascriptarum tenorem et continentiam, in omnibus et per omnia exponi, declarari, denunciari, cantari, dici, publicari, et observari facias et faciant, et fieri

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About August this year, the king was upon going sion for the himself in person to invade France, against which nation pedition. he was now in hostility; and had prepared a mighty army by land and sea for that purpose. Now the archbishop was again called upon by the privy counsellors to appoint processions in the English tongue through the realm, for the king's good success in this great expedition. The council's letter ran in this tenori:

The coun

"After our right hearty commendations to your good to the arch- lordship: these shall be to signify unto the same, that the

cil's letter

bishop.

Regist.
Cranm.

[fol. 26. b.]

king's highness having so provided for the safety of his grace's realm, as the great malice of his enemies shall, by the grace of God, take small effectk: for the repulsing of which, his highness hath in a readiness to set abroad, at the furthest on Wednesday next', such a puissant navy

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sedulo procures et procurent. In
cujus rei testimonium sigillum
nostrum præsentibus est impen-
sum. Dat' [decimo] octavo die
mensis Junii, anno Domini
MDXLIV. et nostræ consecratio-
nis anno XII." Wilkins' Concilia,
vol. iii. pp. 869, 70. ex Reg. Cran.
f. 48. b. and abp. Cranmer's works,
vol. ii. Appendix, pp. 494, 5. Park.
Soc. ed.]

i [The date of this letter in
Cranmer's Register is A. D. 1545.
Strype places it under A. D. 1544,
which is evidently an error.]

k ["The 21. July [A. D. 1545.] the French galleys and navy came afore Portsmouth haven, and landed certain of their army in the Isle of Wight, at St. Helen's point, and there burned and encamped about 2000 men ;

but they were soon driven away with loss of their captain, and many soldiers. Within few days after, the whole fleet removed from the Wight to a place in Sussex, called Newhaven, four miles from Lewes, and there landed many captains and soldiers, who, by the valiantness of the gentlemen, and yeomen of Sussex, were slain and drowned in the haven a great number of them and the rest hardly recovered their ships and galleys." Stow's Annals, p. 589. ed. Lond. 1615.]

["I trust in God that we shall depart hence (Portsmouth) upon Tuesday (August 11th), if the wind will serve us." State Papers, letter ccxxv. John Dudley, lord Lisle, to Paget, dated Au

as hath not been seen assembled in the remembrance of manm: considering nevertheless that all victories and good successes come [th] only at the direction and appointment of God, following herein that traden of such a Christian prince, as he is, hath devised to have processions throughout the realm in such sort as in like cases hath heretofore laudably been accustomed. Requiring your lordship therefore to take order incontinently, that from henceforth, through your province, the said processions be kept continually upon the accustomed days, and none otherwise; and sung or said, as the number of the quire shall serve for the same, in the English tongue; to the intent that there may be an uniformity in every place.

gust 9. p. 808.
"At this pre-
sent it may like your majesty
that the enemies and we have
sight one of the other, striving
who shall get the advantage of
the wind." Id. letter ccxxvii.
Lisle to Henry VIII. dated Aug.
15, p. 815. No " engagement,
however, took place; for they say
it is not possible for their army
to return any more to the sea this
year, both for scarcity of victuals,
and for lack of men. For the
most part of these that have been
out had rather be hanged than
go forth again. There is no
manner of courage, nor gladness,
nor appearance of comfort among
them. The common people, (talk-
ing as they dare), grudgeth, say-
ing, their king hath been at great
charges, and nothing done." Id.
letter ccxxxii. Lisle to Henry
VIII. dated August 21, p. 823.
"In September the English fleet
in their turn made a descent on

the coast of Normandy." "My lord of Canterbury, having required certain pieces of artillery to be drawn to and from sundry places upon the cliffs, with horses at the charge of the country, for the repelling of the enemies, shall be furnished of the same, if Mr. Seymour, upon view of the places, shall think it expedient." Id. Report of the "State of Things," &c. p. 786.]

m ["This puissant navy' consisted of 104 sail, carrying 12,738

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Whereby it may please God at all times to prosper his majesty in all his affairs: and the rather, to have regard at this time unto the uprightness of his grace's quarrel, and to send his highness victorious success of the same. And thus we bid your lordship most heartily well to fare. From Petworth, the 10th day of August.

"Your lordship's assured loving friends,

"W. Essex, St. Winton, Ant. Brown, Will. Paget."

The copy of this letter the archbishop dispatched to the bishop of LondonP; and in a letter of his own, he

P [The following is the "Mandate by the archbishop of Canterbury to the bishop of London for keeping processions in English: Thomas, permissione divina, &c. venerabili confratri nostro domino Edinundo permissione eadem London' episcopo, &c. vestrove vicario in spiritualibus generali et officiali principali, salutem, et fraternam in Domino charitatem. Literas missivas clarissimorum et prudentissimorum dominorum de privatis consiliis suæ regiæ majestatis manibus subscriptas, nobis inscriptas et per equos dispositos [advectas,] nuper recepimus, tenorem sequentem complectentes:"-here follows the letter given above; after which the mandate thus proceeds: "Quibus pro nostro officio obtemperare, uti decet, summopere cupientes, vestræ fraternitati tenore præsentium committimus, et regiæ majestatis vice et nomine, quibus fungimur, mandamus, quatenus attentis diligenter literarum hu

juscemodi tenore et bellorum tam terrestrium quam maritimorum tumultibus, quibus hoc inclitum regnum Angliæ undique per mare et terram tum in Gallia et Scotia, tum in partibus Boloniæ assidue infestatur et gravatur, omnibus et singulis confratribus, coepiscopis nostris et ecclesiæ nostræ Christi Cant' suffraganeis, cum ea qua poteritis celeritate accommoda præcipiatis, ut ipsorum singuli, in suis cathedralibus et civitatum ac diœc' suarum parochialibus ecclesiis, exposito publice literarum hujuscemodi pio et sancto tenore, clericos et laicos infra suas dioec' degentes sedulo et accurate moveant et inducant, aut moveri et induci sanctis monitionibus et salubribus præceptis faciant, (atque sic a vobis in civitate et dioec' London' fieri volumus), qualibet quarta et sexta feria publicis supplicationibus et suffragiis dudum Angliæ [sermone] conceptis et publicatis, concinna modulatione et una

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