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would make any expiation of his former faults : and 

 also shew himself sensible of those things in his &quot; Re 

 ports,&quot; which he could not but know were the likest 

 to be offensive to your majesty. 



The other, to perform &quot; de vero&quot; this right to 

 your crown and succession, and your people also ; 

 that those errors and novelties might not run on, 

 and authorize by time, but might be taken away, 

 whether he consented to it or no. 



But we did not conceive your majesty would 

 have had him charged with those faults of his book, 

 or those other novelties ; but only would have had 

 them represented to you for your better informa 

 tion. 



Now your majesty seeth what he hath done, you 

 can better judge of it than we can. If, upon this 

 probation added to former matters, your majesty 

 think him not fit for your service, we must in all 

 humbleness subscribe to your majesty, and acknow 

 ledge that neither his displacing, considering he 

 holdeth his place but during your will and pleasure, 

 nor the choice of a fit man to be put in his room, are 

 council-table matters, but are to proceed wholly 

 from your majesty s great wisdom and gracious 

 pleasure. So that in this course, it is but the signi 

 fication of your pleasure, and the business is at an 

 end as to him. Only there remaineth the actual 

 expurgation or animadversions of the books. 



But if your majesty understand it, that he shall be 

 charged, then, as your majesty best knoweth, justice 

 requireth, that he be heard and called to his answer, 



