¶ The pystell on the. iij. Sondaye after Easter daye The fyrste pystel of peter the. ij. chapyter. C.
MOst dere beloued brethren I beseche you as straungers & pylgrymes / abstayne frō flesshly lustes / which fyght agaynst the soule & se that ye ha¦ue honest cōuersacyon amōge the gētyles that they whiche backbyte you as euyl doars may se youre good workes & prayse god ī the daye of visytacyon / submyt your selues vnto al maner ordinaūce of mā for the lordes sake / whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the cheyfe heed / other vnto the rulers / as vnto thē that are sent of hym / for the punysshemēt of euyl doars / but for the laude of thē that do well / for so is the wyl of god / that ye put to silence the ignoraūcye of the folysshe mē / as free / & nat as hauyng the liber tye for a cloke of malycyousnes but euen as the ser∣uaūtes of god / honour al men / loue brotherly fely∣shyp feare god and honour the kynge / seruauntes obey your maysters with all feare / nat onely yf they be good and courteous / but also thoughe they be frowarde / for it commeth of grace in Chryst iesus our lorde.