¶ A proclamation against the unreverend disputers and talkers, of the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ commonly called the Sacrament of the altar, set forth by this king's a●●●●●● ie with the 〈◊〉 and consent of his most dear ●ncle, Edward Duke of 〈◊〉 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 most royal person and of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and subjects 〈…〉 of his highness most honourable privy counsel▪. x●vii. day of D 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 year of his majesties most gracious reign.  
Where as the Kings highness hath of late with th'assent and consent of the lords Spiritual and Temporal, and thecommons in the Parliament, held the four day of November, in the first year of his most gracious reign, made a good and Godly act and statute against those, who doth comtempne, despise, or with unseemly and ungodly words deprave and devil the holy Sacrament of the body and blood of our Lord, commonly called the Sacrament of the Altar, and in the same statute, hath most prudently declared by all the words & terms, which scripture speaketh of it what is undoubtedly to be accepted, believed, taken and spoken, by and of the said Sacrament: Yet this notwithstanding, his Majesty is advertised, that some of his subjects not contented with such words and terms, as scripture doth declare thereof, nor with that doctrine, which the holy Ghost by the Evangelists, and saint Paul hath taught us, do not cease to move contentious and superfluous questions of the said holy Sacrament and supper of the Lord, entering rashly into the discussing of the high mystery thereof, and go about in their sermons or talks arrogantly to define the manner, nature, fashion, ways, possibility or impossibility of those matters, which neither make to edification, nor God hath not by his holy word opened: Which persons not contented, reverently and with obedient faith, to accept that in the said Sacrament, according to the saying of saint Paul, the bread is the communion or partaking of the body of our Lord, The wine likewise the partaking of the blood of Christ, by the words instituted and taught of Christ and that the body and blood of jesus Christ is there, which is our comfort thanks giving, lovetoken of Christ's love towards us & of ours, as his membres within ourself, searcheth & striveth unreverently whether the body and blood aforesaid is there, really, or figuratly, locally, or circum scriptly, and having quantity and greatness, or but substantially, and by substance only, or else but in a figure and manner of speaking, whether his blessed body be there head, legs, arms, toes & nails, or any other ways, shape & manner, naked or clothed, whether he is broken & showed, or he is always whole, whether the bread there remaineth as we see, or how it departeth, whether the flesh be there alone and the blood, or part, or each in other, or in the one both, in the other but only blood and what blood, that only, which did flow out of the side, or that, which remained, with other such irreverent superfluous and curious questions which (how, and what, and by what means, & in what form) may bring into them which of humane and corrupt curiosity, hath desire to search out such mysteries, as lieth did in the infinite and bottomless depth of the wisdom and glory of God, and to the which our humane imbecility cannot attain and therefore oftentimes turneth the same to their own and others destruction, by contention and arrogant rashness: which simple and Christian affection, reverently receiving, and obediently believing, without further search, taketh and useth to most great comfort and profit: for reformation whereof and to the intent, that further contention, tumult & question might not rise among the kings subjects, the kings highness, by the advise of the lord Protector and other his Maiestics counsel, straightly willeth and commandeth, that no manes person, from henceforth do in any wise contenciously and openly argue, dispute, reason, preach or teach, affirming any more terms of the said blessed Sacrament, then be expressly taught in the holy scrip●●●● 〈…〉