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A09000	The life off the 70. Archbishopp off Canterbury presentlye sittinge Englished, and to be added to the 69. lately sett forth in Latin. This numbre off seuenty is so compleat a number as it is great pitie ther shold be one more: but that as Augustin was the first, so Mathew might be the last	Stubbes, John, 1543-1591, attributed name.; Joscelyn, John, 1529-1603, attributed name.	1574 (1574)	STC 19292A; ESTC S114022	30,512	96

off lordes as gentilmen with an infinite troup of others to celebrate and honor that feast with ther presēce At which feast in his predecessors times certeine dukes and earles were high stewardes by custome receivinge an yeerly pension and a reward ●it for so great personages as off late the duke off Bukinghā in the inthronization off william warham Archbishopp in the yeere off our lord 1504. The which solemnitie though the foresaid Mathew vsed not at his entraunce to the Archbishoprik as also did not Reginald Pole Cardinall his next predecessor and some other off thos that were before him partly because they were not able partly for that the reuenues off the Archbishoprick were muche diminished yf comparison be made with the former tymes yet remembring that his forefathers in buildinge a place so large and stately had no other respect or consideration but feastinge and hospitalitie he deuiseth by him selfe by what meanes he might best enterteine with this kind off curtesie in sumptuous feasting a multitude sufficient for that place both of the communalty and off the great estates off Kent For this purpose therfore he taketh the oportunity off time in this sort In the yeere off Christ 1565. which was the next yeere after the restoringe off the hall he prepared a feast very magnifically and sumptuoussly wher vnto when they flocked from euery place in great companies he placed them al at diuerse tables through out the hall which was garnished with tapistery and other thinges very comely and beautifull brought out off flaunders and Holland and because he wold want no guestes he prouided that the iudges wich by an vsual terme are called in that place Iorneyinge and then only at Canterbury and no wher els kept ther iudiciall sessions sshould repaire thither At the which time also he badd al them to this feast which were gathered togither out off the whole prouince for the triall of the law aswell gentilmen as meane persones At that tyme ther sate as iudges mayster Iohn Southcotes one off thos iudges whose authoritie is to heare mens pleas and controuersies in the common place and Gilbert Gerard esquier generall attorney off the Queenes highnes which togither with Tho Kemp Knight that yeere Sheriffe and with all ther traine were present at the feast off the Archbishop which feast howe boūtifull it was in daintiekates how well and orderly all thīges were serued by the Archbishops howshold how well this his curtesie was accepted how oftētymes the tables in the hall were freshly furnished with new guestes the sāe day I coue●ing to be short will not here declare but I leaue it to the memorie off thos which then were presēt out off the whole cōntrye And this curtesie in feasting was not at that time only shewed by that occasiō but before also he vsed in the same hall the like solemnitye at other tymes partly at whitsontide the Archbishopp him selfe both preaching and celebratinge the holy communion first in the cathedrall church at which time the prebendaries off the church and the Maior off the citye with his brethren and others inferior citizens togither with many gentilmen off that contrie bringing him home dined in the same hall the places being so ordered that the Archbishopp sate in the middest off the high table on his left hand the maior and all the other men as euery man excelled in dignitie and countenaunce and so on one side off the hall a continuall rowe of mē followed to other tables sett in order and seuered by a litle space betwene through out the lenght off the hall On his right hand sate onely some noble women and the honorable wiues off other men leading frō euery side off his table a course and right line of woomen through owt the length off the hall altogither like and correspondent to that rowe off men wheroff we spake before The which order off placing was obserued in honor of the Queēes highnes for that vnder hir being gouernor of the realme the said Mathew obteined his place And this first furnishing off tables thus ended ther were others partly off the Arschhishops familie partly off the coūtry ther about which strait way satte downe in their places which rose in the same order as before And this manner off feasting cōtinued by the space of two daies nāely mōday ād tewesdai Besides this the daye off the bolye and inseparable Trinitye folowīg for ●e thougt that that daye ougt especally to be solēnlye cebrated for the famous memorye off king Henrye theyght who was the laste restorer off the churche and an excellent reformer off euill ceremones and customes he spent in the like curtesye off entertayning off guests the accustomed praiers in the cathedrall church being firste finished At which tyme one off the chiefe ministers off the church made a sermon and Mathew tharchbishoppe himselfe was minister off the blessed communion and supper off our Lorde vnto the people standing in the vpper ende or corner off the churche The administration off which comfortable banquett after he had ended he went home accompanied with the whole number and congregation off the cathedrall churche which sate downe to the festiuall dinner the said hall and in the same manner as before with other chiefe menne both off the citye and countrye Againe the three and twentith day off Iuly folowinge was the day off assize and publik meetinges off the Iudges and other off the prouince ether to vnderstande mens causes or to punishe manifeste offenders as wee haue before declared the said hall was likewise replenished only excepted that the guests weare only gentlemen and off the beste off the woomen being placed at very exquisite fare within the inner parlors But amongest thinges whiche happened vnto him in his life worthi off memorye I reioyce especially for this his felicitie that wheras after Augustine the fyrste Archbishoppe he was the seuentith yet he was both the firste and only man that attayned vnto tharchbishoplike dignitie with out any blemishe or spott off olde wiues superstitions and vnprofytable cerimonies off the Romishe Pope for as euery one off them entred firste herunto by buils off approbation sent from the Pope so he was consecrated nether with these nor any other olde and idell ceremonies off Aarons ornamētes nether with gloues nor sandales nor sslippers nor miter nor pall but more chastely and religioussly according to the puritie off the gospelie fowre bishoppes beinge appointed accordinge to a lawe made in that behalfe whyche placed him in his chaire with so godly promisses protested by him as it is meete shoulde of a gospellike pastor And yet this his that I may so tearme it ioyfull and solempne daye he spent not negligentlye but with garments cōly for a bishoppe with godly praiers off thecclesiasticall ministers and peopell vnto whome a sermō was made by a learned religious and a professed bishoppe in diuinitie chiefly to admonishe the pastor of his dewtie and

secreatlye for those yeeres wherin Queene Marie raigned within the house off one off his frendes leading a poore life whithout any mans aide or succour and yet so well contented with his lotte that in that pleasant rest and laisure off his studye he wold neuer in respect off him selfe haue desired any other kinde off life the extreame feare off danger onelye excepted wherin he liued with all good men and tha● not without som cause ▪ for from the beginning off the raigne off Queene mary vntill the end ther off very many Good men were burned not for murther ● theft whoredome or any other cryme But onely for ther manifest constancie in the Religion off Christe and ther open professing off the name off Christ against the Pope and all his confederates Whose deathe very gloriouslye to ther praise wil be remembred togither with the crueltye off that tyme off all posteritie for euer But that saynig off the Prophet is full off cōfort that God chideth not allwaies nether kepeth his wrath for euer and that off the Philosophers also is true that nothing violent is perpetuall For at this tyme queene mary died when she had reigned allmost sixe yeeres at which tyme God shewed his iustice to all that were afflicted and his iudgementes to those which had suffred wronge for Elizabeth the sister off Marie a ladie off singulare wisdome and mildnes expelled out off her realme the bondage off Rome restored the pure doctrine off the gospell licensing the people to reade the scriptures and calleth them all home into ther countrye which had willinglye banished themselues before At wich tyme she preferre● hī for whose praise this historie is compiled to the dignitie off tharchbishoprick off Canterbury wh●● he a litell before had crept out off his lurking hole into the open sight off the world with his wife whom he wold not dismisse all the tyme off Queene Marye a womā very chast and well manered and that did greatly reuerence hir husband off whom he begatt three children wheroff those two which are onely aliue his care is to haue them instructed in all liberall lerning partlye in thuniuersitye and sōetymes at home in his house But how vnwillinglye ●e tooke vppon him this whither yow call yt burthen or dignitie off the Archbishoprick refusing yt often times whē yt was profered ther conscience can witnes which haue not least to doo in the gouernment off the common wealth and suche as are in especiall fauor with the Queenes highnes But when he had once taken vpon him this chiefe cure and charge off the Christian flocke how wisely he behaued him therin for thos yeeres that are past with generall allowance consent and fauour off all Good men how discretly also in so great diuersitie and dissention off iudgementes how vprighly and sincerely in other mens matters and controuersies with how great gentilnes and patience in other mens wrath and displeasure with what forbearing and sufferaunce towardes the euill that he might winne them with what godlines in reconciling the stomakes off gentilmen and determining ther controuersies how lothe he was that contumeliously they should drawe eche other into the law lastly how often his voice was hard to sound owt off the holy pulpittes as well off his cathedrall church as the churches off other meane townes and villages especially in this his old age in his weake and crazed state off bodie in the middest off so great busines and in thes contagious and pestilent times ▪ all thes thinges I will leaue as matters vntouched because ther are verie many which without me by the vew off his manners and tried trade off his life are able to report thes and many thinges moo But yt ys impossible that I an howshold witnes occupyinge my selfe in the setting forth off so great praises should obteine credit what soeuer I am notwithstanding that I speake the truth in differently and wold not applie my selfe to gaine the fauour off men by flattery Therfore I will passe to the declaration off thos thinges wherin I may easely auoid the infamous blemishe off flatterie for that ther are many which can witnes with me that he deserued no smale commendation because that after he had visited his diocese through owt by him selfe and not by any substitute and which was more of his owne charges for that he freely remitted to all the parishes the sum̄es off ther procurations which they should haue pa●d him for visitinge the diocese that noble and famous palace off his sea off Cāterbury by long cōtinuance off time decaied rotten consumed with fire and almost laid euen with the ground in all the buildinges theroff he reūed builded ● fully restored and beautified yt with this faire and glorious shew wherin yt now florisheth not feared from this enterprise either by the infinite labour and trauaile neither dissuaded by the want off necessarie thinges which should haue bene left him off his predecessors nor by the dearth off the tyme nor by the wages off the laborers which were merueiloussly increased nor by any other lettes or hinderan̄ces But ●at he fully finished yt in the yeere off the incarnatiō off our lord 1564. the sixt yeere off the reigne off Queene Elizabeth and in the 6● yeere off his age and the fifte off his consecration In the which yeere he also endeuored to repaire the quires off thos churches which were lately come into his possession off which sort he had very many in his diocese partly by the exchaunge off auncient possessions off the Archbishoprick made betwene kinge Henry the eight and Tho. Archbishopp off Canterbury his predesessor partly for an other exchange off the possessions off the Archbishoprick by a statute established for the same purpose in the first yeere off Queene Elizabeth before he obteined the Sea. The charges off which building besides the yerely reparations off other howses grew to the summe off a thousand foure ●ūdreth powndes and somewhat more The which he did the rather for that he had heard that hall off the palaice within his remembrance singular and famous for the largenes theroff to haue bene honored in the yeere off our saluatiō 1519. by the presence as well off Charles the fifft emperour as off Henry the eight king off that name with his wife Katherine whom the Emperor came then to see being his aunt This hall thos princes then occupied with all the troupe off ther garde and retinue so that for all the princes affaires for triumphes and feastes the vpper part theroff was appointed for the Emperor Charles and the nether part for Henry the king But the chefest cause that he coueted to preserue the magnificence off that hall was for the memory off the coronation off kinges and Queenes very offten times celebrated in that place and the installinge off Archbishopps his predecessors which they commonly call inthronization to whose sumptuous feastes ther hath bene very great resort as well