the Emperour for chosing the byshop of Millain. MarginaliaTheodore. eccl. hist. l. 4. cap. 5.Set him (saith he) in the bishops seate, to whom if wee (as man) do offend at any time, we maye submit our selues. MarginaliaEuseb. ecc. hist. lib. 4. cap. 4. Niceph. l. 3. cap. 35.Policarpus the most constant Martyr, when he stoode before the chefe Ruler, & was commaunded to blaspheme Christ, and to sweare by the fortune of Cesar. &c. he answered with a mylde spirite: we are taught (sayth he) to geue honour vnto princes, & those powers which be of God: but such honor as is not contrary to gods religiō.

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Hither vnto ye se good father, how I haue in wordes onely made as it were a florish before the fight, which I shortely looke after, & how I haue begon to prepare certaine kindes of weapons, to fighte against the aduresaries of Christ, and to muse with my selfe, how the dartes of the old enemy may be borne of, and after what sorte I maye smite hym agayne with the sword of the spirit. MarginaliaEphe. 6. I learne also here by to be in vre with armure, and to assaile how I can go armed. In Tindal wher I was borne, not farre from the Scottish borders, I haue knowen my coūtrimen watch night and day in their harnes, such as they had, that is in their Iackes,  

& their speares in their hands (you cal them northern gads) specially when they had any priuy warning of the comming of the Scottes. And so doing, althoughe at euery such bickeringes some of thē spent their lyues, yet by such meanes lyke prety mē they defended their countrye. And those that so died, I thynke that before God they dyed in a good quarel, and their ofspryng and progeny al the country loued them the better for their fathers sakes. And in the quarel of Christ our sauiour, in the defense of his owne diuine ordinaunces, by the whiche he geueth vnto vs lyfe and immortalitye, yea, in the quarell of fayth, and Christian religion, wherin resteth our euerlasting saluatiō, shal we not watch? shal we not go alwayes armed? euer looking when our aduersarie (which like a roarynge Lion seketh whom he may deuour Marginalia1. Pet. 5.) shal come vpon vs by reason of our slouthfulnes? yea, and wo be vnto vs, if he cā oppresse vs at vnwares, which vndoubtedly he wyll doo, if he fynde vs sleeping. Let vs awake therefore. For if the good man of the house knew what houre the theefe would come, MarginaliaMath. 24.he would surely watch, and not suffer hys house to be broken vp. Let vs awake therefore I say, and let vs not suffer our house to be broken vp. Resyst the deuil, saith Saint Iames, MarginaliaIacob. 4. and he wyl flee from you. Let vs therefore resist him manfully, & taking the crosse vpon our shoulders, let vs folow our captain Christ, who by his own bloud hath dedicated & halowed þ^e way which leadeth vnto þ^e father, þ^t is, to the light whych no man can attaine, the fountayne of euerlasting ioyes. Marginaliai. Timo. 6: Let vs folow I say, whether he calleth & allureth vs, that after these afflictiōs which last but for a momēt, wherby he trieth our faith as gold by the fire, we may euerlastingly raigne & triumph with him in the glory of the father, & that through the same our

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Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ, to whom with the father and the holye ghost bee all honour and glory now and for euer. Amen. Amen.

Good father, forasmuch as I haue determined wyth my selfe, to power forth these my cogitations into your bosome, here me thinketh I se you sodenly lifting vp you head towards heauen, after your maner, and then looking vpon me with your propheticall countenaunce, and speaking vnto me, with these or like wordes. Trust not my sonne (I besech you vouchsafe me the honour of this name: for in so doing I shall thinke my selfe both honoured, and loued of you.) Trust not I saye my sonne to these word weapons: Marginalia1. Corin. 4.for the kingdome of God is not in words, but in power. And remember alwayes the wordes of the Lord: do not imagine afore hand, what and how you wil speake. MarginaliaMath. 10. Mark. 11.For it shall be geuen you, euen in that same hower what ye shal speke. For it is not ye that speake, but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you. I pray you therfore father, praye for mee, that I may cast my whole care vpon hym, and trust vpon hym in all perilles. For I knowe, and am surely perswaded, that what so euer I can imagine or thinke afore hand, it is nothing, excepte he assist me with his spirit when the tyme is. MarginaliaEphes. 6. I besech you therfore Father, pray for me, that such a complet harnes of the spirit, such boldnes of mynde may be geuen vnto me, that I may out of a true fayth saye with Dauid. I wyl not trust in my bowe, and it is not my sword that shal saue me. MarginaliaPsalme. 44.For he hath no plesure in the strēgth of an horse. &c. But the lords delight is in them that feare hym and put their trust in his mercy. Marginaliapsalm. 147. I besech you pray, pray, that I mai enter this fight only in the name of god, and that when al is past, I being not ouercome through his gracious ayde, may remayne, and stand fast in hym, till that daye of the Lord, in the which to them that obtaine the victory, shal be geuen the lyuely Manna to eate, MarginaliaApoc. 2. and a trimphant crowne for euermore.

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Now Father, I pray you helpe mee to buckle on this geare a littel better. For you know the depenes of Sathan, MarginaliaApoca. 2. being an old souldiar, and you haue collered with him or now: blessed be God, that hath euer aided you so wel. I suppose he maye wel hold you at the bay. But truly he wyll not be so willing (I thinke) to ioyne with you, as with vs yongelinges.

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Syr I besech you, let your seruaunt 

reade this my babling vnto you, and nowe and then as it shal seme vnto you best, let your pen run on my booke: spare not to blotte my paper. I geue you good leaue.  

MarginaliaH Latimer.Syr I haue caused my man not only to read your armour vnto me, but also to write it out. For it is not only no bare armure, but also wel buckled armure. I see not how it could be better. I thanke you euen from the bottom of my harte for it, and my prayer you shall not lacke trusting that you do the lyke for me. For in dede there is the healpe. &c. Many thinges make cōfusiō in memory. And if I wer as wel learned as was s. Paule, I would not bestow much amongst them, further thē to gaule 

thē, & spurgal   to, whē & wher as occasion wer geuen, & matter came to mind: for the law shalbe their shote anchor,   stay, & refuge. Therfore   there is no remedy, namely nowe when they haue the maister bowle   in their hand, and rule the roste.

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