and blessyd faynt Augustyn gaue his rule vnto his Monachi felowes and brederen that they sholde in all calamyte and myserye and debonayrte and humylyte be in this Augustinus vii q. i. noÌ„ auÌ„t Moyses deutro xviii xxi q. iii. 〈◊〉 qui et c. sacer dotum ê“uer xxi u. petri iii. glo ii q. vii non omnis xl dis c. fi worlde lyuynge solytaryly but at this presente tyme ye inaye se how well it is kepte and how straytely it is full rudely obserued god wote O blessyd saynt Augustyn thou wrote thy lawes and thy statutes so worthely at this presente tyme none obserueth nor kepeth them but premytteth and adnychylleth theym The preestes bereth not within theyr corporal bodyes so excellent vertues as they that reygned in the tyme of Moyses All euyll conuersacyon remayneth in them of this presente tyme they go on vyages and pylgrymages accompanyed with men and women and vnder the vmbre of gode fayth polluteth the chirche and the fayth of god For theyr abhomynacyons theyr soules shall be greuouslye tormented in the fyre of helle inestymable where as they shall knowe the paynes that they haue had to gouerue theyr cures and benefyces of the whiche I holde my pease for this presente tyme. And more ouer saynt Jerome dresseth his wordes vnto the preestes saynge in this wyse O preestes euery daye whan ye celebre your bodyes is made the sepulcre of our lorde Ihesu cryste How maye falsenes yssue out of thy mouthe whan all trouthe and veryte entreth in to it How may your eyen beholde doublenes and vycyousnes the whiche beholdeth the soule of helthe How dare ye be so bolde for to kysse a harlot the whiche kysseth the sone of the vyrgyn marye you be Judas in kyssynge our lorde Ihesu cryste doynge suche vycyousnes How maye ye stratche forthe your handes vnto vyllaynous thynges the whiche of tentymes holdeth the body of our lorde the whiche the blessyd auÌ„gelles may not do Alas thou puttest the body of our sauyour the whiche is so pure and clene in to thy mouthe foule and abhomynable Thynke and rethynke whan thou doost that thynge whan thou takest the ordre of preest hode for thou ought not to receyue the ordre withoute consyderynge of dyuers thynges ¶ Of folysshe proude iactaunce lxxii ¶ Some saye they be good medecynes Experte in physyke and moche thynge Puttynge the people in ruynes And the poore men sore oppressynge By excessyue money takynge And all is by theyr proude iactaunce And by theyr symple cognyssaunce APproche you nere my doctrynes fooles replete with iactaunce and come and here my xii q. ii gloriâ— episcopâ— xii q. 1 〈◊〉 ê“uer xxviii lesson where as ye may here and lerne some thynge to the helthe and saluacyon of your soules I medecyne physycyen wolde haue taken awaye the here from a poore mannes chekes and had none aspecte vnto myne owne the whiche were gretter swollen were more replete with hete than the poore mannes Now come we vnto the congregacy on of the fooles full of iactaunce the whiche ben bounden with a threde the whiche breketh often as is sene the dede of hym the whiche recyteth his hyghe faytes and cheualrous dedes and also of valyaun 〈…〉 and one hathe sene the cyte of Rome and the ryghtes to gouerne The one vaunteth hymselfe that he hathe done manye notable actes in warre And the other sayeth that he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ptes pscripti ryght happy to be yssued out of the lyguage of Tullyus that was so florysshynge in his tyme the whiche conquered dyuers regyons One the whiche hathe redde the cronycles wyll chese out a valyaunt kynge duke or erle wyll saye that he is descended from hym As of Romulus or of Jason As some wyll saye that the duke of Burgoyne is descended bycause that he bereth for his ordre the pÌ„s lxi ê“uer xxviii golden fleese and the fuze to smyte fyre with And as the kynge of fraunce bereth in his ordre saynt Myghell the shelles There is some that sayeth that they be of a noble progenye and parauenture they be not of soo noble Juuenalis Seneca a parente as they speke of For oftentymes they ben vsurers sones or detractours or blasphemers ful of rychesses i. Corin. iiii de pÌ„beÌ„ venerabilis the whiche by extorcyon wynneth noblesse Dyuers haue well this symplenes to make themselfe noble and fyerse that of noblenesse hadde neuer the meryte nor of vertues that gyueth noblesse preemynence and haue yet aboue in the realme of heuen Neuerthelesse it Bart. in l. i. C. de incol libro primo was not of them that waÌ„ne it by goodes there came neuer yet honeste alonely by rychesse Thou the whiche useth folysshely the fayre tytle full of noblesse tell me who gyueth the hardynes yf that thou haue it not by vertue how hast thou had vesture What hast thou done that thou ought to haue this hye pryce or telle me who hathe gyuen Ihrlm meÌ„phitico it the thou mayst saye I haue hardyed myselfe in grete faytes of armes My wyfe also is renowmed vertuous so that my name is eleuate and coÌ„mended in solyme and refulgente in menphetyque and in fraunce and in the londe of maiticole and dyuers other regyons and countrees where as I haue had domynacyon and seygnourye by my faytes of armes by the whiche thou hast conquered noblenesse The doctour that neuer had Doctores xlix di sacer dotes glo in l. i. C. de a the lib. x. scyence wyll saye in the same wyse There is noo degree but that it is wonne by moneye And alonely bereth the name of a doctoure and knoweth neyther lawe nor chapytre He shall auaunce hymselfe to speke vayne and folysshe wordes thynkynge to domyne ouer euery body He is one of the moost soueraynst how well that he can nothynge he hathe lerned the name of the boke And by his desyres he holdeth many fooles by the handes in iactaunce and vaynglorye excellence rychesses the whiche is but vanyte and wynde Some wyll haue bruyte and noyse to be good syngers the whiche be erraunt in the greate crede dyscordynge with dame musyke and whan they be in a vyllage thynkynge to synge oute of mesure to wynne laude they marre all and be mocked ê“uer xxvi Suche men be as beestes ¶ Of players ca. lxxiii ¶ The players take all theyr solace To playe by an ardaunt courage Nyght and daye without ony grace Doynge eche other grete outrage By takynge cotes and gownes to gage Hauynge to god no garde at all The whiche is aboue eternall AWaken your spyrytes folysshe players that applyeth yourselfe in dyssolate playes where as ye wynne none honoure Playe you in In anteÌ„ de sanc epi. intdicimus bal. in l. i. C. de â—di oâ— caâ— virgi 〈◊〉 this boke and ye may wynne a thynge that shall be better than golde or syluer to the profyte
Eccle. xii his chambre he robbeth and destroyeth the crysten men To speke bryuely these cursed turkes ben neuer sacyate to se the crysten blode shedde O Rome of true fayth I am ryght sorowfull in my herte for the. O the holy syege appostolyke so excellente I haue grete fere that they take the not and bynde the as a bere vnto a stake He ha the the men of acheront the whiche is full of rage she entendeth for to destroye our fayth Alas these wulues wyll destroye all the lambes of the creatour they thynke to separe men women and chyldren bothe yonge olde Slouthe holdeth vs myghtely in her bandes for we be enbraced with slepe By the meane wherof and by the faute of makynge resystence they fere not the crysten men and our fayth and our lawe is almoost perysshed and loste The dukes erles and knyghtes bereth no more sygnes of lordes The auncyent predecessours for xliii dis si rector c. ephe sius theyr goodnes and vertues be regystred in the booke of fame by good renowne and perseueraunce But nowe a dayes it is all otherwyse for couÌ„sayll faylleth in them and reygneth in synne and crudelyte And to speke well they loue not the comune welfare by the whiche meane our fayth and lawe decayeth Our kynges dukes erles and barons slepeth and letteth all be loste taken prostrate and destroyed O chefe somtyme of all the worlde the whiche was emperour resplendysshynge in vertues as a precyous stone At this present tyme thou slepeth Thou arte no more emperoure as I byleue for there is no more mencyon of the than yf thou were deed I byleue that thou lyest amonge the sharpe thornes or in thwater or myre as a thynge that is of lytell valour pryse O saynt peter o thy hygh syege noble and holy thy he 〈…〉 pe c. quamuis detÌ„ gu iu. i auteÌ„ psal lxxv slepeth that in tyme paste was full of vertue 〈…〉 Presently we se well that the fayth is corrupted by the Tutkes and none chaseth them awaye Euery body endureth theyr tormente and letteth themselfe be dystroyed by them None wyll conquere the londe of Europe These turkes domyneth ouer them and be imperyatours of our countrees and hathe marred our lawe But not wcstondynge I thynke that it is for our vyle abhomynable synnes And that god permytteth that we sholde haue these dyscordes For in our townes we honour rychesses and worshyp them as sayntes and be full of abhomynacyons we chase vertues awaye the holy fayth the coÌ„maundementes of the lawe And take pryde auaryce lecherye many other synnes ye serue the deuyll wherfore god the creatour hathe put dyuers countrees in ruyne Somtyme Rome was so puyssaunt that it dyde chese Naum. iii. Esaie li. as ryght wyse foure noble cytees for to be her systers replete with grete fortytude the whiche were the pyllers of the empyre that is for to knowe Iherusalem the holy Alexandrye the ryght synguler berynge the name of a kynge Antyoche And Constantynoble These folkes nowe is depryued from the empyre and holdeth them in his handes These cursed turkes doo nothynge but ymagyne how they may dymynysshe our holy fayth our vyces and synnes is the cause therof bycause we be deuoyde of vertues For we be lyke blynde folkes ful of trybulacyons and myseryes all procedeth from oure abhomynable synnes For our hertes is so roted in synn 〈…〉 Ouidius in prophe and so obstynate that we can not race it awaye At thi 〈…〉 tyme we se that they honour soner the grete turke and obeye soner his coÌ„maundementes than we do to the 〈…〉 of our creatour We haue neyther loue vnto fader nor modeâ— broder syster nor cosyne But by auaryce wolde dyspoyle the one the other The men of the chirche haue symonye in theyr handes The kynges and dukes cor rumpeth the holy scryptures ryght canon and cyuyle yf some be well fortuned we wyll make them fall yf that ê“â—er xvii Hiere xv we may So dothe the crysten men nowe The dyscorde of the prynces maketh the poore subgectes to haue grete tormentes Our mansyons is nowe depryued frome vtylyte haue neyther fayth nor hope This notwithstondynge I meruayll me moche how that the turkes haue taken so many cytees townes and castelles realmes and countrees as I haue specyfyed of before and that they haue not ben resysted For there remayneth no more vnconquered saue this same lytel quarter that we bem Wherfore I fere me sore yf that we make not a grete hoost and make good watche that they shal come vpon vs and put our londe in theyr subgeccyon put our fayth in ruyne for the abhominable synnes that we commyt and do O Rome rome I am aferde that thou Roma Hiere zi shalte se the fortune of Constantynoble I se the gates open and the manyfest waye I doubte gretely that these hethen houndes ymagyne not some trechery agaynst the. Alas thou was named so soueraynly at the fyrste tyme and created thy prynce and souerayne kynge After thou raysed vp a noble senate And bycause that thou surmounted Ad he viii Exortatio the in pryde god hathe punysshed the. Thou was lyberall vnto thy frendes hauynge the imperyall sceptre of the worlde domynynge in Justyce by all vny uersall people Thou hast the sceptre the whiche dymynyssheth strongely thy fayth is gretely vnlosed bycau 〈…〉 e that none defendeth it Eche of vs is culpable therof by our synnes O prynces and barons Romayns O noble fraunce O Almayne the stronge O excellenâ—e Englonde Concordia 〈◊〉 â—e res cres uÌ„t discordia maxime dilabuÌ„â— Salustius imperyall so endued with fortytude O thou holy fader the pope defende all the fayth of Ihesu cryste the whiche dothe gyue it vs by wrytynge Defende his precyous name Haue not your courages faynt Haue a moÌ„gest you amyte concorde pease Holde you in vnyoÌ„ and be stedfaste in the fayth Echone of you take your armes and with the helpe of god smyte togyder vpon the cursed turkes sarasyns Syth that we haue our handes fortefyed and valyaunt men smyte we vpon them O noble Emperoure Maxymilien where is thy force where is thy strengthe Wherat holdeth it that thou employeth it not vpon these vyllayne turkes Thou arte puyssaunte and holdeth the empyre of the Romaynes so stronge Thynke and rethynke vpon thy predecessours that hathe employed all theyr strength vpon them Thou slepest awaken the. Alas thou purpenseth not but for to make warre vpon the crysten men and leueth the infydeles that dystroyeth thyn empyre It were better for the to be a symple erle than for to take suche a charge vpon the and not to do thy deuour O thou ryght puyssaunt kynge of Englonde the whiche hathe more rychesse De nobilissimo ac potentissimo regis â—ngliâ— than euer kynge of Englonde hadde enploye nowe thy puyssaunce vpon the turkes and mescreauntes Thou arte florys shynge in honour amonge the crysten kynges
there is none that maye compare with the. Thou alone arte suffycyent to conquere the holy londe Alcydes Achyles Hercules Jason Parys Hector nor AgamenoÌ„ had neuer the myght that thou hast ryght puyssaunt kynge It is he that shall regne domyne aboue his enemyes by the grace of god And shall be vyndycatour of the chirche mylytante And by his ineffable strengthe shall subdue the turkes and go vnto Iherusalem to vysyte the sepulcre of our lorde Ihesu cryste and shall reduce all vnto our crysten fayth O dukes erles barons and knyghtes of this redouted realme of Englonde whiche is the floure of crystendome and tryumphaunte treasoure of bounte that is more worthe than precyous stones I be seche you awaken your hertes and go all and make an ende of these cursed turkes You se that the kynges slepe and haue theyr hertes endurced the whiche sholde be the pyllers of crystendome And it is they that setteth nought by the chirche They ought to haue grete shame O noble Apostrophâ— ad germanos lordes domynatours of Almayne awaken you for you be stronge and myghty and sheweth it not you lyue in peas and suffreth that our fayth is separed Shewe you in polysshed armes And go with the Englysshemen and frensshe men on the turkes with a grete hoost And let them slepe that wyll slepe Put men and shyppes on the see And you shall see that god the creatour shall helpe Apo. xvii you He shall breke the stronge castelles Consyder how god dyde helpe kynge Henry the fyfte agaynste the crysten men the whiche by reason sholde helpe you soner agaynst the infydeles O puyssaunt kynge of Romaynes wyse and prudent whiche holdeth the sceptre ryall of the empyre Romayne what someuer enuye that hathe ben had on the thou arte myghtye and worthy to gouerne suche a crowne I knowe no prynce more Juster vertues domyneth in the thou louest peas and thyn honour encreaseth Now then souerayne prynce awaken thyne hoost whiche is so valyaunt for to go and smyte vpon the grete turke and the myscreauntes And helpe for to redresse our fayth the whiche enclyneth from daye to day You other kynges what dreme you what auaylleth the kepynge and lourynge in your countrees nothynge habandone them and leue ladyes and gentylwomen sadle your horses take your harneys and make sowne your trompettes in to Turkye O you enuyous cursed hertes dysloyall folkes flee your waye that ye be neuer sene you empesshe our good kynge of Englonde for to make warre for the sustentacyon of the fayth Cursed be your flaterynge your hertes is more bytterer thaÌ„ galle and at all assayes you be nought worthe you shall haue an euyll ende And the grete deuyll shall take you for the dyuysyons that you haue made in your dayes I can not tell yf that you haue redde in the auncyent hystoryes of them that wolde make these consystoryes vnto theyr lordes as I fynde of Charles Chauues that reygned â—â—rolo caluo in fraunce after Charlemayne was the fourth of that name to whome god shewed the paynes of helle Beholde there what he sayeth vnto them that were as you be you enryche your frendes the whiche ben yssued out of a poore lygnage in gyuynge them the offyces of prudent gentylmen and so by flaterynge the chorles is promoted and the gentylmen remayneth in extremyte you desyre warre but you kepe you euer ferre from the strokes In cytees townes where as ye passe the wyues and maydens ben vyoled the poore men beten and robbed Who hathe done it my lorde and his men And then they dare not speke Justyce slepeth from whens cometh that bycause that trouthe slombreth The poore shall be punysshed and the ryche and the noble shall escape by supplyenge For to wyte yf that it be wryten in the byble in the ryght canon or cyuyll is it polyce for the comyn welfare no O Ihesu cryst how thou arte pacyent for to endure suche thynges Notwithstandynge I suppose that they the whiche ben fered so in this worlde shall obeye and fere after theyr dethes the women infernals that is prepared for them O noble kynge aboue al other redoubted and reclaymed for your benygnyte thynke for to resyste agaynste this affayre expulle theyr grete bytternes exyle them from your affayres and dedes your besynesses shall spede the better And to the ende that you lyue in pease byleue neuer these false tongues serpeÌ„ tynes and detractours the whiche loueth better to se you in trybulacyon than in prosperyte Reygne peasybly whan all Englonde is in tranquylyte then go vpon the sarasyns and myscreauntes And recouer that the whiche they haue conquered And after your dethe you and yours shall be lyuynge in the realme of paradyse But ye do ony thynge agaynst your god and agaynst the comyn welfare god shall hate you your people also For whan a lorde is not belouyd of his subgectes it is an euyl sygne and token ¶ Of blandysshers flaterers c. lxxxxvi ¶ Who blandyssheth a cruell stede Lyckynge the platters of ryche men And faylleth his mayster at his nede Is worthy punysshed for to ben In greuous tormentes nyne or ten Bycause of his grete trechery Blandysshynge and flatery AUoyde where someuer you be flaterers and scuÌ„mers of the courte renne sone and beware ê“uer xxix bea tho ii iâ— q. cxv gl xxv dis c. vnum of the horse that stryketh and come and here this chapytre the shyp that you be in is apparaylled with theym that folowe the kechyn I coude not abstayne me from puttynge these folkes alone and haue gyuen them a shyp for to gouerne You ought to vnderstonde that these folkes wyll gouerne the halles of lordes and prynces This turbe desyreth fraudes ymagynacyons for they wyll flater all aboutes And by suche meanes the lordes holdeth them for the moost truest and wyll gyue them the charge of all We xlvi di c. ecce quare Hora. i epi. Leuiti xix Eccle. vii xl di c. vltiÌ„o ê“uer xxvi 〈◊〉 thessalo ii Eccl. xxviii haue ordeyned for them a grete shyp vpon the see All these flaterers and extorcyoners is the fyrst and moost ne reste the kynge in courte or of a lorde or of a mayster They go gladly in to the courte of a kynge of a prynce of a duke of an erle or of a baron They recyte many wordes of none effecte and is alwayes nexte the kynges persone And yf that there is ony that is wyse and dyscrete Juuenalis ff de her isti l. captatorias 23. dis nihil xi q. iii. nemo perit they wyll conspyre fraudes agaynst them wyll reporte many false tales to put them out of grace And to the contrary they wyll say that a foole is replete with wysedome and sapyence They saye dyuers wordes ful of vanytees of them that theyr maysters hateth The other bycause they wolde be called good seruauÌ„tes gadereth the feders other
reygne The benefyces be they not solde I byleue yes the whiche is a greate plage In the tyme passed the vylagyens were wonte but for to paye vnto the emperoure xxvi pens for theyr heedes but nowe they are soo sore pylled that it is pyte for to here theyr clamoure Axtaxerxers imposed fyrste the trybutes the assyryens payed theym fyrste and then the perses the Macedonyens and then ceasar constreyned the romayns to paye it There is not nowe neyther frenshmen nor ytalyens calabryens nor the men of the pope but that they be constrayned for to paye that trybute and yet wors than trybute you suffre yet that your men of armes ete vp the poore folkes of the vyllages whan you be in ony towne it is horrour to here the lyues of your men they be so moche abandoned to do euyll and are supported by you in all theyr vyces they be habandoned vno lecherye whether they be may dens or wyues they dystroye all and then who hath done it my lorde or an archer of the garde and so they escape without punysshynge by your supportacion They fyght and kyll and do innumerable euylles and bycause they be not punysshed they be wors and wors theyr lorde hathe none honoure Thynke you not vpon yâ— kynge Dauyd that for the louynge that he loued Bersabee Dauid Bersabe Urias wyfe vnto Urye was called a blodye man his people was punysshed for his synne you care not you be so replete with pryde and mondanytees you be armed with grete pompes and habytes large and superfluous â—â—u haue not grete payne for to wynne that the whiche you dyspende alas you thynke not The ryght by you is nothynge susteyned Whan you make Justes and torneymentes to the vttraunce knowe you not well that he the c. felicis me morie 〈◊〉 torneamentis ff 〈◊〉 alea. l. solens vt l. ff ad l. acâ— qÌ„ actioÌ„e v. si â—s whiche is slayne there ought not for to be buryed in holy grounde And that he the whiche gyueth the stroke ought for to do penaunce We fynde well in the ryght cyuyll that one may proue his strengthe otherwyse not and in suche maner he is not bounden to the lawe aquylye They do the contrary whiche is a wouÌ„de made in ryght Alas Emperours kynges dukes erles and barons vulnere hym no more suffre not that ryghte be vsurped within your realmes and countrees yf that you wyll that your domynacyons prospere in goodnes and tranquylyte ¶ O ryght crysten kynge of Englonde I beseche the also humbly as I may that thou suffre not within thy noble realme that ryght be vsurped by thy subgectes and offycers Thou arte the moost noble kynge the moost myghtyest that is vpon the erthe for thou arte the relucent sterre of all the terryens endewed with al vertues the odeferous floure descended frome paradyse moost marcyall in batayll amyable as a lady fayre as absolon wyse as Salomon dyscrete as Agamenon all good meurs remayneth in the wherfore yllustred kynge excercyse egall iugement and in so doynge ye shall be exalted in the sempyternall courte with the rose fyrst stocke of your generacyon The good kynge Henry loued noo blasshemynge but punysshed the swerers but who that can now moost blassheme god is moost made of in courte you gyue euyll example vnto them that cometh after you and the thynges of euyll examples oughte to be eschewed but you vpholde them you make dyuers fayre statutes but they endure but a whyle Shewe thyselfe valyaunt in vertues loue the prouffyte and vtylyte of the thynge publyke Thynke vpon the auÌ„cyent Romaynes the whiche loued better for to deye poore than the welthe publyke sholde haue ben enpayred After that is some comen that loueth better to enryche themselfe than the good publyke wherby they are comen vnto grete ruyne The consules and senatours of this presente tyme haue not the fame that the auncyent romaynes were wonte to haue for they loue better theyr owne prouffyte than the comyn prouffyte and corrumpe the ryght for to do pleasure vnto theyr frendes The cause is bycause they are not replete with vertues for they are rauysshynge wulues without supportynge or defendynge of the ryghte thou ought for to knowe what ryght is to the ende that whan they demaunde the some countree londe or rente Uide bal. in repentioÌ„e l. 〈◊〉 i. xiii col◠〈◊〉 de suÌ„ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bal. i dicta l. fi that thou mayst answere them after ryght and reason and examyne well and iustely the cause or that you gyue ony sentence vpon ony thynge and in soo doynge ye shall acquyre grete meryte of the Juge eternal the whiche Jugeth euery thynge and after theyr deserte remunereth them in the sempyternall mansyon Wherfore loke that ye put men the whiche are vertuous and Juste for to gouerne ryght and Justyce for suche folkes are Baldus in l. i. ff de sena ff de ori iur bal. de ori 〈◊〉 Pilatus l. is apud 〈◊〉 de edendo worthy for to rule or gouerne ony crysten regyon or hethen for there as ryght wysmen is domynatours there is egall iugement also well to the poore and nedy as vnto the ryche but at this present tyme it is grete pyte for to here the exclamacyon of the poore people for they can not haue no ryght without gyuynge of large moneye thus auaryce hathe banysshed ryght out of this countre Put no rauysshynge wulues to gyue iugement nor no marchauntes the whiche haue no desyre but for to wyn in lettynge the welthe publyke fall in to ruyne Juges rede you neuer of the Jugement of Alpius the whiche was amerous of a mayden that was brought vnto him for to be out of seruytude but her fader Uyrginyus wyllynge for to saue her from dyshonour tupracyon slewe her before the Romayns and bare the heed vnto that Alpius Nor in lyke wyse of the doughter of Lauyon that was slayne Myrre you herm and of the Jugement that Pylate made on Ihesu cryste It is wryten that the loue of maydens subuerteth the Juges that doo not true Justyce Juge iustely the sone of man Suche Juges is hated of euery body A good Juge ought to enquere the 〈◊〉 de aduo l. aduocatri laudabili in trouthe and then to gyue sentence on the thinge proued and none otherwyse Aduocates you ought to desyre the principio 〈◊〉 de aduoca di uerâ—udi comune welthe and defende the ryght for you are equypared to the knyghtes for by you as knyghtes is the lyâ— and the patrymony defended your offyce is necessary louable Wherfore leue all decepcyons and false lagacyons and maynteyne the ryght Put sergeauntes of gode lyues in offyces for to kepe the people the better with out puttynge in a grete sorte of rascalles and rybaudes that pylleth the poore people and renneth nyght daye to the bordell in vsurpynge euery body bycause that they bere the names of sergeauntes yf there