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It appeareth, that beinge not vnwittinge, howe good proufes we haue for the Masse it self, he thinketh to blanke vs by puttinge vs to the proufe of his number of .xxx.xx.xv.x. or .v.
Verily this kinde of men fareth with the Churche muche like vnto stronge Theeues, who ha∣uinge
robbed an honest wealthy man of al his money, saie afterwardes vnto him vncourtuously, ah Carle, howe camest thou by so muche Olde Golde? Or if it like not them to be compared with Theeues, in regarde of the roume they haue shuffled them selues, into, they may not vnfittely be li∣kened to a Iudge of the Stemerie at L••dforde in Deuonshire, who (as I haue hearde it commonly re∣ported) hanged a felone amonge the tinners in the forenoone, and sate vpon him in iudgement at afternoone. And thereof to this daie, suche wrongeful dealinge in a common Prouerbe is in that Countrie called Lydforde Lawe. Sithe that you, M. Iuel, and your felowes, that nowe sitte on the benche, require of vs the proufe of moe Masses in one Churche in one day, as it were a verdite of twelue men: of equitie and right, ye shoulde haue hearde our verdite, er ye had geuen sentence, and condemned the Masse.