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 366 Schultz Barclay had already made a veiled attack on Wolsey in the Eclogues 22 written many years before, where in his tribute to Bishop Alcock he tells of the harm done by " butchers dogges wood," a term that must refer to Wolsey. The next reference to Barclay appears in a letter of Robert Ward to Cromwell, Oct. 9, 1538. 23 " In Barking Parish Suffolk, " says Ward, " where Mr. Richard Redman is parson the word of God is not preached unless a stranger comes by chance, and those that have come have not set forth the king's title nor defaced the usurped power of the Bp. of Rome; no, not Alex. Barkley who preached in Wytson Holidays. Spoke to him of his negligence after the sermon before the Parson and Mr. Walter Watlond, one of the Justices." Three days later in a letter to Cromwell 24 William Dynham tells of a visit to the Priory of St. Germayne in Cornwall where he " sat at supper with the prior, accompanied by Alex. Barclay, who the day before preached in honor of the Blessed Virgin." Here Barclay is spoken of as "a frere in a somewhat honester weed." Dynham describes the conversation in which Barclay is quoted as saying "I would to God that at the least the laws of God might have as much authority as the Laws of the Realm, " and that he thought men were " too busy pulling down images without special commandment of the Prince. " Dynham takes exception to these remarks, and in the heat of the argu- ment finally tells Barclay that his "cankered heart is disclosed, " and calls him a " false knave and a dissembling frere." Some one, perhaps one of the writers quoted above, has also written to Latimer about the same matter. Latimer sends word to Cromwell 25 that he has been informed "that Frere Bartlow does much hurt in Cornwale and in Daynshire, both with open preaching and private communication." The final reference in this connection is given by Foxe. 26 "Hereunto also pertaineth the example of Friar Bartley, who wearing still his Friar's cowl after the suppression of the reli- gious houses, Cromwell, coming through Paul's Churchyard and 22 Eclogue 1. 349. 23 Letters and Papers, 13. 2. 571. 24 Ibid., 13. 2. 596. 26 Ibid., 13. 2. 709, dated 28 Oct. 1538. 26 Acts and Monuments (Townsend's Ed.), 5. 396.