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CHAP, would be required of him : that as for the benevolence of 

 . the Clergy, it would be two years before that would be re 

 ceived: that the Bishop of London had as much woods 

 left in his diocese : and if he, the Archbishop, might sell his 

 woods at once, as Aylmer seemed to insinuate, he might do 

 the same with his. He urged also, that he had served in 

 London until the beginning of February, as Bishop, and 

 received the rents of the see, according to equity and law : 

 that the sum of what he received was small, and in that 

 time he spent 1000Z. and upward; the present Bishop of 

 London having been at no cost, neither serving the bishop 

 ric : and that he received of the Queen s gift 397?. enjoying 

 likewise the revenues of his other livings to that time. He 

 added, that there was no example that he should make any 

 restitution of what he had received to his successor ; neither 

 Bishop Yong, nor the late Bishop Grindal his predecessor, 

 having been so dealt withal, but enjoyed all that they had 

 received. And therefore he proceeded to charge his succes 

 sor with ingratitude ; that so soon as he [the Archbishop] 

 had holpen him on with his rochet, he was transformed, and 

 shewed himself void of that temper he pretended before: 

 and with envy, in that by the note beforementioned of the 

 Archbishop s revenues, he laboured to hinder the Queen 

 from shewing him further favour; and setting forth the 

 commodities of the see of York for a melius inquirendum. 

 And in fine concluded pretty severely upon the Bishop, 

 charging him with &quot;coloured covetousness, and an envious 

 &quot;heart covered with the coat of dissimulation;&quot;&quot; words 

 perhaps wherein the Archbishop was too much led by his 

 passion. How this business was compromised I cannot tell : 

 but it may be observed what disagreements meum and tuum 

 will create even among good men and brethren. But a 

 greater and a longer difference (such is the frailty of men) 

 happened between them upon the account of dilapidations, 

 as we shall see afterwards. 



The kind- The truth is, his predecessor Sandys was instrumental in 



predecessor *&quot; s advancement to the see, recommending him to the 



Queen, as a very fit person to succeed him. When Aylmer 



