Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

since the nobility had been weakened by the wars,
and the Commons were dispersed and without
union. This most unwanted freedom with sacred
men and things on the part of the laity exceedingly
displeased Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. The prelate
rebuked them in an angry speech in the Lords,
saying "that the Commons would nothing now but
down with the Church," and that all this "came of
want of faith."[5]
His brethren, however, deemed it wiser policy
to allay the storm that was rising in Parliament
against the Church, at the cost of some
concessions. On the 12th of November it was
decreed by Convocation that priests should no
longer keep shops or taverns, play at dice or other
forbidden games, pass the night in suspected
places, be present at disreputable shows, go about
with sporting dogs, or with hawks, falcons, or other
birds of prey on their fists. These and other acts of
a yet grosser sort were subjected to heavy fines;
and laws were also enacted against unnatural
vices.[6]
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