13. If it were a civil cause the right of reply
would be reserved for the opposing party; it is a religious cause, and
I the bishop make a claim. Let a copy of the memorial which has
been sent be given me, that I may answer more fully, and then let your
Clemency’s father be consulted on the whole subject, and
vouchsafe an answer. Certainly if anything else is decreed, we
bishops cannot contentedly suffer it and take no notice; you indeed may
come to the church, but will find either no priest there, or one who
will resist you.