Dward by the grace of God kyng of Englão Fraúce and Irelande, defendoz of the faithe, of the churche of Ene gland and Ireland in erthe Tupzeme hed:to all and fingu= ler our louing fubiectes, Gre tyng:foz so muche as in our high Court of Par liament lately holden at Westminster it was by bs with the concent of the lozdes (pirituall and temporall,and Commons there affembled moste godly and agreably to Chistes holy inftitucion enacted, that the molie vlilled Sacrament of the body a bloud of our labioz Christ should from thenffurth be commōly deliuered and ministerd bnto al persones with in our realme of England and Irelande, and other our dominions vnder bothe kyndes, that is to say,of bread and wyne, (except neceffitie otherwaies require)leaft euery man phantafyng and deuilyug a londzy way by hym felfe in the vle of this molte bliffed Sacra ment of vnitie,there might thereby arise any vi femely and vngodly diuerfitie: Dur pleasure is by thaduile of our mofte dere vncle the duke of Somerlet gouernour of our perfone, and P20tector of al our Realmes, dominions & fubiectes and other of our p2iuey counfayle, that the fayd blessed Sacramêt be mimftred vnto our people only after fuch fourme and maner as hereafter, by our aucthozitie, with thaduice befoze mencio3.ii.

ned is set furthe and declared: Willyng euery man with due reucrence and chirstian behaucoz to come to this holye Sacramente and moste blelled Communion, left that by the unworthy receiuing of fo high mysteries, they becoine giltie of the body and bloude of the Lozde,and so eate & dzinke ther awne dampnación:but rather diltgently triyng themselfes that they may so come to this holy table of Chuste.and so be partakers of thys holy Communion, that they maye dwell in Chulte, and haue Christe dwellyng in theim: And also with suche obedience and conformitie to receaue thys oure ozdinaunce. and most godly Direction,that we may be encouraged from time to tyme, further to trauell for the reformation a fetting furthe of luche godly ozders, as maye bee mofte to godes glozy, the edifiyng of our subiectes, and for thaduauncemente, of true religion. Whiche thing, wee(by the healpe, of God)mooste earnestly entend to bung to cffecte: Willyng all out louing fubiectes in the meane tyme,to flaye and quiet theim sealfes with this oure direction, as men content to folowe aucthoritie(according to the bounden duty of fubiectes, not enterpziLyng to ronne afoze, and so by their rashenes, become the greatest hynderers of suche thynges,as they moze arrogantly then godly, wolde feme by their awne priuate aucthozitie)molte hotly to set forwarde. Wee woulde not haue oure fubiectes so muchc to mislike oure Judgement, so much to mistruste our scale, as though we cyther coulde not discerne what were to be done,02 woulde not

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