King's  dictation  {quas  mihi  Regis  verbis  scrihit  CramuellHs\  and  others  of
Tunstall,  bishop  of  Durham,  '^  cui  nunc  in  Anglia  primas  in  literis  tribuunt,"
endeavouring  to  turn  me  from  the  opinion  I  defend  in  my  books,  and  in  the
end  conjuring  mo  for  the  love  of  my  family  and  country  not  to  bring  my
country  back  again  under  the  yoke,  as  they  call  obedience  to  the  Church  of
Home.  Replied  to  his  letters,  and  bade  the  messenger  return  as  swiftly  as
he  came.  Meanwhile  letters  arrived  from  the  Pope,  not  only  desiring  but
commanding  him  to  come  to  Rome.  The  Pope  apparently  wishes  to  prove
whether  he  is  ready  to  yield  such  obedience  as  he  lias  asserted  in  words  to
be  due  to  the  Holy  See.  Has  written  this  to  his  friends  in  England,  sending
them  a  copy  of  the  Pope's  letter  with  his  reply  to  the  bishop,  in  which  he
declares  he  will  obey  the  Pope  as  a  duty.  For  the  Pope  wishes  a  conference
of  learned  men  this  winter  to  prepare  for  the  General  Council.  What  else
could  I  do  but  obey  ?  I  am  glad  to  hear  you  also  are  called.  I  should  like
to  know  when  you  go,  that  if  late  enough  I  might  join  you.  The  abbot  of
St.  George  has  asked  me  to  go  thither  with  him,  but  he  goes  at  the  end  of
this  month,  intending  to  spend  some  days  with  the  archbishop  of  Salerno,  and
I  cannot  start  before  the  end  of  Sept.  From  my  paradise,  as  I  may  call  it,
not  only  for  the  sweetness  of  the  place,  and  its  pleasant  mountains,  but  still
more  for  the  companions,  whose  intercourse  I  enjoy.  Mark,  the  monk  who
brought  me  hither  with  him,-  has  been  with  me  20  dajs,  and  there  is  no  one
whom  I  more  readily  listen  to  discoursing  on  divinity.  <*  Rovelono*,  in
mcntibus  Euganeis,"  10  Aug.  1536.
