Passion

'Mr Dr King' is likely to be Bishop John King.

Based on the similar handwriting, these folios, which follow a line break on f. 64v, seem to be connected. However, it is uncertain whether there is one sermon here or multiple sermons. This section begins with a Latin heading (illegible) on f. 64v, but another heading appears partway down f. 65r, which begins "De Passioni Domi [sic]" and refers to Matthew 26. (No verse in this chapter appears to be specified.)

The sermon begins as follows: ‘Ryght honorable and devoute Christian audience I must and doo most hartely desyr you to taak pacience wyth me att thys tyme althoo I shall nott ^fully^ satisfy yo[u]r expectation[s].’ For more information about the historical circumstances surrounding the sermon, see Richard Rex's edition. Richard Rex, 'Simon Matthew, 'Christus passus est pro nobis': A Good Friday Sermon (1537?)', in Torrance Kirby et al (eds), Sermons at Paul's Cross, 1521-1642 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 50-79.

The sermon begins as follows: 'What euer can be desired in ye subj[ec]t matt[e]r of any Discourse, To engage ye attention, of an Auditory, to raise their Minds or enflame their affecions [...]'.