VVhether ther be two kynd of tresones, one to the kynges parsone, & a nother to the body of the relme or not, & whe­ther the boddy of the rellme, may par­done the committed treasone vnto the parsone of the prince, and a gayne whether the Prynce may pardō treason done to y^e body of the relme?

¶ Itē whether a Prince can betray hys own realme, or not? and whether as the subiectes of a realme without the consent of the Prince may not deliuer vp the right & title of y^e same realme (belonging vnto the Prince) vnto a straunger, whom it belongeth nothing vnto: So likewyse the Prince cānot deliuer vp vnto another farrē Prince, the right title, tuition, & defence, of his realme, without the consent of his lawfull eyre or eyres apparent and faythful subiectes, vnto any straunger, without theyr lawfull & expres­sed consent of them both.

¶ Itē whether the cheff Captayn & sodiars of any towne, Castelle or holde, owght to obay his princes letters of cōmaundement wher by the same towne or hold shuld ether be forsaken or surrendred frō the realme to the enemy or to a stranger, or els left desolate to the destruction of the realme, for the princes pleasure alone?

[Page] ¶ Itē, whether the Princes be worthy to be hyr fathers eyre (who onely by his last wil cal­led hyr vnto) wyll not obserue hyr fathers wil, and whether of right her fathers wyl ought to preuayle agaynst all hyr practyses, contrary to the same wyll, or not? and what iudgemēt shall folowe that Princes which doth the contrary?

¶ Itē whether one being a bastarde in dede and so declared by the testimonye of .xiij. of the greatest & best scoles or vniuersities in al Chri­stēdom, & by the whole body of the Canō law, can be made no bastard, otherwaies then by le­gittimaciō frō the Pope only, whose power the same realme had renounced, by the auctorite of Gods word, & whether they were worthy pu­nishment that called suche a one bastarde.

¶ Itē whether the expres word of god in the xxij. Chap. of Deut. forbyd a woman to beare a sworde, or weare spurs, as kyngs do in theyr creacion, or to weare any other weapon, or ap­parell of man, saying: A womā shal not we are the weapons of a man, neyther shall a man put on womans rayment, for who so doeth it, is abhominacion vnto the Lord God.

¶ Itē, whether a Kyng becometh a tyraunt, in folowing his wyll, and forsaking his law?

¶ Itē, whether it be tyranny for a Prince, to kepe his brother or sister in pryson, & cā charge them with nothinge, as all the Realme well knoweth.

¶ Item, whether the Kynge thursteth the bloud of his subiectes, when he seketh meanes to put his subiectes to death, after he is lawfully quyte by the lawes of his Realme, and pu­nished those men, who haue passed vpon hys [Page] lyfe, forcing them as much as may be to kyl his sayd subiecte.

¶ Item, whether that Prince doeth commyt oppression & extorcion, which taketh away hys subiectes goodes, whē he is out of hys realme, before he be condemned, or called home to hys aunswere: And whether god wyl reuenge such extorcion or not?

¶ Item, whether it be a poynte of tyrannye for a Prince, when he knoweth a dosyne of hys counsayl giltie of hye treason, to condemne one of the most innocente to death for the same, be­cause he would not assent to them in religion, & to pardon the rest: yea, and to cause some of thē to syt vpon him in iudgement, who were more giltie then the partie condemned?

¶ Item, whether it be a poynt of tyranny, to kyll one of his own bloud for a faulte deuysed, and done by others. So that none other cause can appeare, why he should kyll his sayd Cou­syn, but onely that he shoulde not raygne after him?

¶ Item, whether a Kyng promysing before his entrey to the imperial crown of his realme, to suffre some of his subiectes to folowe theyr owne religion, or afterward in the tyme of cō ­mocion promyse them pardon, yf they wil laye downe theyr weapons and departe. Be bound to preserue his promyse: and yf he do not, whe­ther such a Prince ought euer after to be bele­ued or credited, when he offereth pardonne to serue his turne.

¶ Item whether they that haue takē an othe neuer to receyue the Bishop of Rome agayne, & haue not withstanding in open parliament suf­fred [Page] billes to be preponed, and with their voy­ces consented to the receyuing of him agayne, be periured or not.

¶ Item, whether a King beyng betroughted to another Kynges doughter, with wordes of the present tyme, may marry another womē or not, she beynge a lyue? And yf suche a Prince should marry with y^e Quene of Englāde, whe­ther should she lyue in aduoutry, and the childe childe so begotten, then be a bastarde or not?

¶ Item, whether it be treason to declare a ti­tle of a Realme by a petegree to a spanish straū ge bloude, by dyuers other meanes remoued, but specially by acte of Parliament declaringe the same to be treason?

¶ Item, whether subiectes oughte to loke to theyr own safetye, & to the safetie of the realme and to ioyne them selfes wholy together, to put downe such a Prince as seketh all meanes pos­sible to deliuer thē, theyr landes, theyr goodes, theyr wyues, theyr childrē, & the whole realme into the handes of Spanyardes, who be moste iustly hated lyke dogges all the worlde ouer:

¶ Item, whether these men be mete to sytte in the Parliament house, that wil not speake as readely and as earnestly for the profyte of the poore man, and wealth of the realme, as for the pleasure and flattering of his Prince, or not?

Item, whether actes made by a parcial Parliament, chosen by craft and pollicy, for the cō ­passing of the Princes wilfull purpose, oughte to be obeyed or not?

¶ Item, whether the determinacion of suche a parliamente, as be all together ignoraunte in matters of religion, ought to be obeyed, though [Page] all the soules of the poore people in the realme should be damned thereby, or not?

¶ Item, whether that man that maryeth the Quene of a realme (yf she decease before hym) shall haue all her goodes, mouable within the realme, or elles where, as all her gold, & siluer, and Iewels of plate and other, al the treasures of the townes and castles, all ordenaunce and gonnes, horsses, shippes, bowes, harnas, and all such other thinges as were hers, at the tyme of her death, & whether by the law he may cary away out of y^e realme the same treasure Whim?

¶ Item, whether all suche as in religion fo­lowe the commaundement of man shalbe dam­ned with the man that commaundeth yf he cō ­maunde it, that is contrary to the law of God:

¶ Item, whether children be better brought to the vnderstanding of God, by learninge the x. Commaundementes, and the processiō in en­glishe, and the Catechisme, or els by learninge the latyne seruyces, whereof the vnlearned vn­derstandeth not one worde?

¶ Itē, whether he speaketh & doeth agaynst the holy ghost, that speaketh agaynst the holye Byble and knowen trueth therein, & sayeth y^t it is the fountayne of heresies, and vyly and con­temptuously poulleth down the same Byble, & treadeth it vnder his feete.

¶ Itē, whether the Cytezens of Andwerpe in requyring that no spanyardes shoulde entre theyr cytie, geue example to al men or not, to do the lyke. And whether the smart of other coun­treyes vnder the bondage and tyrann [...]e of the spanyardes, where they haue bene suffered to entre, dyd moue the wyse sorte of Andwerpe to [Page] forsee theyr mischief.

¶ Itē, whether it be lykelye, that yf the spa­nyardes obtayne the better hād of the English nacion, that the poore Englishe men shalbe for­ced to paye such importable taxes, as all coun­treyes & cyties paye, where the Prince or they haue all ready had the ouer hand?

¶ Itē, for asmuch as the safete of the realme toucheth the Lordes & cōmons of the same, and al theyr landes, goodes, & possessions, whether may a Quene marrye to such a one, though she promyse neuer so fayre: as may by any meanes in daunger the realme, or proper possessions.

¶ Itē, whether the King of Spaynes subie­ctes (beyng made free of Englād) the commo­dities of the Realme shall come into the hādes of straungers, and the Englishe men vndone thereby, or not?

¶ Itē, whether it be a commō maxime, or ge­nerall rule, practysed amōgest Princes, yf they maye at anye tyme breake theyr fayth, and for­sweare themselues, for the purchasing or obtayning of a Kingdom. And because Englande is one of the beste Kingdoms in al Europa, whe­ther it be lykely now at this present that Eng­land wyl prouoke a Prince rather to forsweare him selfe, not withstanding any article or othe made to the contrary?

¶ Itē, whether the Realme of England be­long to the Quene, or to her subiectes?

¶ Itē, whether the Quene of England may sell away the realme or not, to a straunger, with out the consent of her commons?

☞ Itē, yf she cannot sell it awaye, whether may she geue it away or not, to a straunger, and [Page] marry the same straunger, without the consent of her commons, or not?

☞ Itē, whether the cōmons may not lawe­fully by the lawes of God, and of nature, stand against such a Prince, to depose her which hath and doeth seeke all meanes possyble to geue a­way the Realme for euer, by Parliament, or o­therwise from her right eyres and natural sub­iectes, to a straunger?

☞ Itē, whether a Quene beyng desyred by the whole lower house of Parliament to marry within the realme, and to no straunger, oughte to be obeyed, yf she doe to the contrarye to her poore commons?

☞ Itē, whether William Conquerour de­stroyed all the nobilite of Englād for his own sauegarde, by the counsell of Robart Archebi­shop of Canterbury, whom Kyng Lerolde ba­nished his Realme for treason. And whether it be lykely that in processe of tyme, the Prince of Spayne yf he be suffred, wyll doe the lyke by the counsail of Steuen Gardiner, now Bishop of Winchester, or not?

☞ Itē, whether the poore commōs of Eng­land shal not be shamefully impouerished with repayinge to the Emperour .xx. C.M. franche crownes, which y^e Prince of Spayne borowed of him before he entred the Realme, y^t he might appeare ryche, vntil he had compassed his pur­pose, or not?

☞ Itē, whether the Bishop of Romes au­ctoritie be lawfully receyued or not agayn into England, for asmuch as the laste Parliamente wherein he was restored, was no Parliament, because it is euydente by the olde lawes of the [Page] Realme, that the Kynges of England may not kepe two Parliamentes in one yeare. Wherfore the last must be vnlawfull & no Parliament?

☞ Itē, whether such as haue any free holde coppe holdes, or indenture holdes of Abby lā ­des, shall be forced to yelde them vp agayne or not, by the Bishop of Romes lawes, notwith­standing any promyse made to the contrary, se­ynge that the next Pope may vndoe al graūtes made to the contrary by his prodecessour. And seynge also that there is aplayne lawe that all suche be excommunicate and excluded from the church by the Popes doctryne, who kepe anye suche landes as haue bene putte at any tyme in mortmane, and appoynted by the consente of Princes to fynde the Clargie.

☞ Itē, whether it be lykely that the Quene helpe the Pope to bring this thinge to passe by all meanes possible or not, seynge she her selfe fyrst hath restored some Abbey landes to geue example?

☞ Itē, whether it be likely, that, that Prince which promysed vpō his fayth to kepe certaine articles, & amongest them not to demaunde the crowne, and afterwardes contrary to the same fayth & articles, attempted to be crowned king of the realme, wyll not seke all meanes possible aswel to be periured as yf nede shal requyre by open warre to obtayne his purpose?

☞ Itē, whether such a Prince missing of his purpose by intreaty and fayre meanes, oughte not to be feared hauing forreyne power within the Realme at his commaundement, which in­creaseth dayly, and the fauoure of the Quene, least he wyll attempte to obtayne that thing by [Page] conquest which otherwyse by intreatye he cannot obtayne, from which miserye I beseche al­mightie God saue England.

☞ Itē, whether the Pope be God, or God the Pope?

¶ Itē, Herry the fowrth Emperour maried with Cōstancia, the eyre & Quene of Napels, and by her entituled Kinge of Napels, yf be­cause of her yeares beyng before a Nunne vir­gine dispayring of lawful issue, practysed with his Phisicion, hauing a wife, which lately con­ceaued to brute according to the tyme of her cō ­cepcion, a lyke concepcion of the Quene: & so in thend brought forth the Phisiciōs child, as the Quenes: wherby the inheritaunce of y^e realme was transported to a villayn, whether it is im­possible, there might be agayne any suche lyke practyse?

¶ Itē, whether the testimonie of a Bishop at large out of prison, enioying all his dignities, openly in printe set forth to the whole worlde, be stronger agaynst the Kinges chyld, thē whē he beyng depriued from all, and in prison, vpō delyuerye and restitucion by the same chylde, affyrmeth the contrary?

¶ Itē, yf this word noble, be asmuch to saye as notable: whether the notable wyse, or y^e no­table fooles of a realme are to be called nobles, and whether of theyr consentes, is to be taken for the consent of the nobilitie?

☞ Item, whether after this lyfe be ended & men dye out of this lyfe, there be to be loked for a resurrection and eternal lyfe, or no? and whe­ther the Bishops lyues confyrme this article, or dest [...]ye it?

[Page] ☞ Item, whether it be Treason to aske a question?

☞ Item, whether it be treason to saye God saue the noble Realme of Englande from the captiuitie, bondage, and conqueste of the vyle Spanyardes?