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so to doo. And y‘ ye neither resiste, no int’rupte them in 
y! p’tie; as ye woll aduoide o" greuoux despleısur, and 
ye p'ill which of ye contrarie may ensue. Youen, &c., at 
London, the ij day of Decembre, A® p’mo.” * 
The next, besides its other points of interest connected 
with our subject, is a remarkable example of the inveterate 
and ever-growing dislike to the removal from England of 
money for the maintenance of foreign Houses:— 
(C.) “To Thabbottes of Fountayns, Stratford, and Wo- 
burn, Refo'mato's of that Religion win this oure Roy"®, 
& to eu’y of yem. 
“Right trusty and welbeloued in God, We grete you 
wele. Albeit now in late daies past, not oonely by yo" as- 
sentes & oy’ Faders of yo" Religion win this oure Roy"®, 
but also at ye desire & pleasur of ye famous prince of 
blissed memorie, our brother, ft whome God assoill, it was 
condescended & agreed y! all suche annuell contribucions 
as h’tofore hath ben by you & yem g’unted to ye hede 
house of Cisteux, which by a statut unto ye contrarie 
y’of made be vtt/ly forboden, shuld be besett & bestowed, 
by thow’sisht of oure right trusty & welbeloued in God, 
Thabbot of oure Monast’y of Stratford, towardes & aboutes 
ye buylding of ye Collage called Bernardes College, be- 
sides oure Vniu’site of Oxonford, founded for Scolers of yo’ 
said Religion, thing full expedient & necessarie : Yet, 
nathelesse, it is shewed vnto vs, and to ye lordes of oure 
Counsell, y* c’tain Faders of yo’ said Religion, not Re- 
membring ye good entent and meritorious Werk, nor 
feering ye pynalte of ye said statut, as it semeth, priuatly 
& by colour, meoue and exhorte, asmoche as in yem is, as 
* Harl. MS. 433, f. 1266, 
+ “brother ” is a correction for “fader,” which appears beneath. 
