+Health+ Sir ye be welcom, I besech you show vs your name 550
+remedi+ Good remedy forsouth I rm the same.
+liberti.+ yf I durst be so bolde I wolde pray you hartely
To shewe vs apart of your great aceoritie,
+R md+ My actoritie is geuen to me most speciall
To maintaine you three, in this realme to be
What mine intent is. I wyl tel, but not all
For that were to longe to reherse of a surety
And I desyre you all for to be louing to me
For your owne ease, come welth and profyt
+Wealth+ Good remedy, then we must desyre your aydyng 560
For by good remedy cometh all our prefercing.
+Remdi+ All that I doo intende, if ye wil therto agree
And to be reformable for your owne ease
It is not the thynge that lieth only in me
But my good wyl, therfore I wyl not cease
To haue your loue and fauour, and therby to please
Al the worlde ouer, and to promote ehis realme
That you thre may prosper, ye percelue what I mene
The chiefe parte of all welth lyeth in great estates
Theyr substance and landes. is right commendable 570
Prelates of the churche is welthy of ryches
Mercha[=u]tes hath marcha[=u]dise & goods incoperable
M[=e] of law & franklins is welthy which is laudable
Thus welth of riches is deuided diuerse wayes
And to these many charges, come now a dayes
+Health+ My hert reioyseth to here your good reporting
Much are we bound to god, which prouideth althing
+Remdi+ Forsoth here is not halfe that I could reherse
The benefits of god that be sheweth to you welth
Consider Englyshmen, how valiant they be & ferce 580
Of al nacions none such, when they haue their helth
No land can do vs harme, but wyth falsehod or stelth
rem[=e]bre what nobre of m[=e], or artilerie & good ordinace
Specially [the] grace of god, which is our chief forderace
If there be any that wyll grudge, surmyce or doo
Againe welth, helth & libertie, then must I for [the] same
Shew mine auctorite and power, for to remedy it so
That none of you shall diminishe, nor amisse be tane
I good remedy therfore may & will speake [with]out blae
For the comen welth, & helth both of the soule & body 590
[that] is mi office & power, & therfore I haue my actorite
+wealth+ Our lorde continue ye, & we thanke you hartly
Both for your good instruction, and for your kindnes
That you intende so wel for vs good remedy
when we haue nede we will desyre your goodnes
+Health+ When we be infect in the soule or body
Then will I seke good remedy for succour
As yet I thanke god I haue no nede greatly
yf I haue then wyll I seke to haue your fauour
+liberty+ Syr now we wyl departe hence with your licence 600
For other divers busines that we must haue tohether
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