And all those Tempests quietly had layde,
That not a cloud did to this Prince appeare,
No former King had seene a skye so cleere.
Wickliffe a learned Diuine, and the greatest Protestant of those times.
Yet the rich Clergy felt a fearefull Rent,
In the full Bosome of their Church (whilst she
A [Monarchesse], immeasurably spent,
Lesse then she was, and thought she might not be:)
By Wickclif and his followers; to preuent
The growth of whose opinions, and to free