A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament, and so abrogated by the conuocation in their sinode by their subscriptions. Herewith is expressed, what moderations and dispensations haue ben vsed heretofore in the same cause, [and] other like, the canons of the churche standyng in full force. Whereby is proued, these constitutions to be but positiue lawes of man temporall