The.xxxiiii. chapiter

NOw where this pacyfyer here surmyseth, y• the spyrytualtye dothe moste cōmunely nothynge ellis, but malycyousely mysconstre the myndes, and therfore malycyousely persecute and pursew the bodyes of all them y• fynd defaure at theyr dysorder and abusyons: y• vntrewth of this surmyse well and playne appereth by this that euery man dayly hereth, that there is not in all the clergye any man that vseth to preache the wo[…]de of god, but that as he toucheth the […]autes of the temporalty, suche as he seeth in that audyēce metely to be spoken of / so toucheth he in lyke w[…]se the f[…]utes of the spyry […]alty / & is for his so doynge not ha[…]ed o[…] the spyrytaulty, no more then of the temporaltye, but well commended of both. But of trouth, he y• wold ey[…]er vppon the spyrytualty alone, or vppon the temporaltye alone, or vppon any one parte of eyther the tone or the tother, as of onely kynges, or onely dukes, or onely lordes, or onely ge[…]tylmen, or onely men of law, or onely marcha[…] ̄tes, make h[…]s whole sermon, whē that one part onely were not his whole audyence / and wolde by that parte amonge all folke saye many shrewed thynges by maner of exhortacyon to thamēdynge: though euyl[…] folke and malycyouse wolde haue a pleasure to here y[…] ▪ yet wolde no good folke & indyfferēt thynke that he dyd well / and specyally yf he wold vse that maner, where hym selfe pretended that all the remanaunte of hys audyenc[…] were in grudge and diuysyon al redy agaynst that one part / whose fautes and vyces all his whole sermon holyly putteth in all the peoples earys to mytygate theyre hatered wyth / and wyth suche prea […]hynge so to make the peace in lyke maner wyse, as y[…] he fownde a corner of hys neyghbours house burnyng, he wolde of great loue & polycye lay on fagottes and gunpowder to put out the […]yre.