The Apologie, Cap. 10. Diuision. 1.
Surely, to haue the principal staie, and effecte of al maters com∣mitted wholy to these mennes handes, who neither knowe, nor wil knowe these thinges, nor yet set a iote by any poincte of Religion, saue that, whiche concerneth their belly, and riot, and to haue them alone sitte as Iudges, and to be set vp as ouerseers in the Watche tower, being no better then Blinde Spies: of the other side, to haue a christian Prince of good vnderstandinge, & of a right iudgemente, to stande stil like a blocke, or a stake, not to be suffred, neither to geeue his voice, nor to shewe his iudgemente, but onely to waite, what these menne shal wil, and commaunde, as one, whiche had neither eares, nor eies, nor witte, nor harte, and, whatsoeuer they geeue in charge, to allowe it without exception, blindely fulfilling their Com∣maundementes, be they neuer so blasphemous, and wicked, yea, al∣though they commaunde him quite to destroie al Religion, and to Crucifie againe Christe him selfe, This surely, bisides that it is proude, and spiteful, is also beyonde al right, and reason, and not to be endured of Christian, & wise Princes. For why, I praie you, maie Caiphas, & Annas vnderstande these maters, and maie not Dauid, and Ezechias doo the same? Is it lauful for a Cardinal, beinge a man of warre, and delitinge in Bloude, to haue place in a Councel: and is it not lauful for a Christian Emperoure, or a Kinge?
The B. of Sarisburie.
Hereto M. Hardinge saithe nothinge, but that he hath oftentimes saide before.