schuld apere : thatt ther was matter a bove. ffor as myche as doctor wyllyby browghte downe lettres off abusys (as he sayde worthy off refformatyon) wich lettres were the grette occasyon : thatt the boke a yenst my lordes grace was presentyd :

I thynk thatt doctor wyllybywich dyd bere upp the boke : knew noo thyng off the matters In the boke : butt by herdsay : butt he whoys byllys he browghte downe unto Canterbury thatt was : mr Serles knew the matters In the boke welenowghe : butt whether he dyd see the boke or noo. I know nott : And yff he dyd see the boke : whether he gave Instructyons unto suche as doctor wyllyby delyveryd the boke unto : In good ffaythe I know nott : And ffurther doo I say : thatt mr serles was nott a knowlegde off the boke makyng.

I thynke thatt they a bove knew noo thyng culpable In my lordes grace butt all onely by the boke : exceptt thatt doctor wyllyby gave unto them any Instructyons by mowgthe : as whether he dyd or noo (I know nott) ffor with whom he was conversantt att london I cannott say : Butt he sayde thatt he was conversantt with grette men : he that drew the grettyst partt off the boke : had most off hys knowlege by here say : And summe partt by hys owne proper knowlegde : he was so conversantt and so ffamylyar with most men In owr howsse : thatt almost he knew any thyng thatt was ther don.