¶ The Abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia Germania Italia and Gallia compyled by IohnÌ„ le maire de belges most excellent Hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the .xij. of late frenche kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng lowys Anno dnÌ„i .1519 ¶ Translated by IohnÌ„ gowgh the prynter herof by the kynges gracyous Priuilege for .vii. yeres ensewynge dwellynge in Lumbarstrete agaynst the stockys market ¶ The prologue of the translator IohnÌ„ gowgh vnto all chrysten Reders WHere as it is dyew and expedyent for all Chrysten people to haue the perfyte knowledge and puryte of chrysten lyâ—yng whiche oughte to be in the catholyke Churche mylytant here in erthe In the whiche Churche hath ben great abuses by the mynisters hedes therof to whom we haue gyuen great coÌ„fydence and specyally to theyr prophane Cerymonyes decres tradycyons fantasyes and dremes engendred and spionge vp by the vsurped hed therof very Antecrystes bysshoppes of Rome whiche many yeres hath ben called popes as in this present lytell boke is euydently to be red sene vsurpynge the dygnyte of Emperours kynges takynge on them to be hedes and gouernoures ouer all kynges Regyons and nacyons Resystynge all auctorytes temporall ordayned of God and by his dyuyne lawes The whiche abhomynacyoÌ„s I of a very zele and loue and for the honoure of God and that all englysshe men may the more perfyter se what other noble prynces hath don of late dayes haue of my symple capacyte translated this lytell worke out of Frenche in to our maternall tonge and language whiche was compyled of an noble and worthy Historiograffer named IohnÌ„ le maire 〈◊〉 yere paste at the request of kynge 〈◊〉 frenche kynge the last of that name whiche maryed the moste worthy Lady mary fuster to our most redouted Kynge Henry the .viii. whiche had as then great warres to defende the Armye waâ—re made by the pope Iulius whiche with great crueltye oppressed kynge Lowes domynyons couÌ„tres whiche orator dedycated this frenche boke vnto y â— forsaid kyng Lowes y e 〈…〉 yet in our dayes perceyued theyr abhomynable vsurpacioÌ„s the which bysshops of Rome arrogaÌ„tly withhelde agaynst al kyng◠〈…〉 whom he withstode with all his power for the which he was accursed in dyuers regioÌ„â— by the auctorite of this wycked antecryst Iulius can synge dyuers Kynges and countres to inuade his Realme moch lyke to his predecessours in tymes passed puttyng all cristendome to great conflyct and in shedyng of blood and all this was onely to support his eyeâ—rable lyfe vsurped power dygnyte emperyall regall which nothing lesse pertayned to the church of Rome as playnly apperyth in this lytle boke abbreyated out of dyuers autentyke cronacles storys with generall councelles and so most genâ—yll reader bycause there be yet a great nombre of secret popysh stomakes full loth to forsake y e dedly pryson that they theyr forfathers haue ben nourysshed with by these auncyaunt wypers popyssh adhereÌ„tes caused me to set forth this lytle boke by the whiche all men maye se what holy fathers hath ben in tymes past in y â— church of Rome and what peruerse workê they haue gone about in theyr generall counceylles wherfor let vs most crysten people with our hole mynd hart affexion draw in one lyue in one fayth and lawe with one God whiche is only in heuen ¶ And fyx our hartes with oâ—e accorde vnder ouâ— onely Kynge Henry the .viii. whose actes sheweth hym that he hath ben is shalbe euen preserued of God and sent to vs as an Angelycall Kynge to gouern the people of God frome all Babylonytys Ydolaters Murderers Destroyers of the Israelytys also ye shall not fynde yf ye ponder well in your myndes y â— God of his infynyt power hath not wrought in one Kynge so hye and wonderfull actys cyuyll and dyuyne worthy of memorye both farre and nere by yonde the sees and on this syde the sees as he hathe wroughte in this our moste right and worthy Kynge nowe raynynge ouer vs passynge all kynges wrytten of in the olde Testamente as Iosue Gehew Iosyas Ezechias kynges sent from God to gouerne greater Regyons then this is and yet to stable and confyrme vs the Lord god hath sent this out most noble kynge a prynce to gouerne vs when so euer it please hym to cal wherfore let euery man woman lyft vp theyr hartes and open theyr eyes behold the most gloryous and confortable lyght which is no more hyden in close but only to them that shall peryssh the which lyght shyneth onely in our most worthy kynge gyueÌ„ to hym from god afore all other princê reygnyng the which pure lyght his grace doth set forth dayly with his moost noble assystence and worthy councelles vnyuersally ouer al this his realme to y â— great comforte and vnyte of all vs his subiectes â—edressyng the occasyons of all pestelent enormytes sysmes which many yeres hath ben grouÌ„ded and roted in this realme agaynst Goddes honour his pryncely auctoryte wherfor humble I pray you all not to runne to fast afore nor to fare behynd but gladly go with our kynge and obedyently receyue al statutes Iniunccyons and ordynaunces the which be and shall be made by hym and his counceyll to our saluacyon preseruacyon and comforte and â–ª so shall weâ—se and haue agayn al thynges in his dâ—ew orderâ—kynd nature as holy auncyat dyuyne doctouâ—s of the prymatyue church maketh mensyon of in theyr catholyke workes accordynge to holy scryptur as they left it thus wyl god drawe vp by the rottyâ— through his mynysters all suche olde pestylent infexions growen and spronge out of that whore of babylon and of her adherentes for the whiche set vs all with our faythfull hart mynd gyue god thankes â—aude and prayse that through his omnypotent power wyll preserue the honoure helth and prosperyte of our moost noble kynge Henry the .viii. with our prynce Edwarde and his moste prudent counceyl may longe contynewe and endure to his hye honoure and glory and the hole comforte of this Realme nowe and euer AMEN ¶ The fyrste parte and dyfference of this boke FFyrst ye shall vnderstande howe the churche of Rome was fyrst infecte with treasure and possessyons As fyrst by the Emperour Constantyne the great and his successours Pepyne Charlemayn lowys de bonere And by dyuers other prynces Howe be it it was ingendred gadred vnder the shadowe of polecy throughe fayned holynesse Wherof sprang great infexions and therby was ingendâ—ed many wycked chyldren as Pryde Pompe Arrogansy Herisy Auctoryte of Kynges and Prynces suppressynge subiectes with great tyranny w tout mercy shame or pety after y â— whiche thynges there folowed great abusyons and debates in couÌ„ceylles generalles And thus of all these foresayd iniquites engendred great sysmes and diuysions seperacyons impedymentes w t percyalytes amonge chrysten Regyons wherof sprange great euylles trybulacyons incoÌ„uenyences persecutyons through all chrysteÌ„dom And thus through
asseÌ„bled aboue .300 prelates of dyuerse couÌ„tres through all crystendom this couÌ„ceyl was partly gadered at kyng Phillips reqÌ„st to reproue y e forsayd boniface an herytyke a sismatyke whiche was his cruell ennemy to disanul his actes and decrees howbeit it came not to pas though clement bysshop promysed hym the couÌ„ceyll wold not consent therunto yet notwithstaÌ„dyng it was iudged sayd and declared that his actes and decrees against y â— Kynge were nowght vniust and of no valoure ¶ Also at this couÌ„ceyll was vtterly destroyed all the rules wrytynges of the Templers and brent them and all theyr possessyons gyuen vnto y â— order of saynt IohnÌ„s in Ierusalem the which we call the knyghtes of the Rodes ¶ Also at this couÌ„ceyll the gray Fryers were at great dyuysyon within them selues for y â— which was decred many actes and decrees in y â— canon boke called Clementynys compyled by this sayd Clement bysshop of Rome also at this couÌ„ceyll was great counceyll for to recouer the holy Lande but it nothyng auayled also some hystoryans holde opynyon y t this bysshop Clement kepte two other couÌ„ceyls in Fraunce to destroye the herysyes that were in valdoyes and pyemont and sauoye this fynyshed y â— great counseyll of Uyenne ¶ Of a counceyll holden at Auynyon AT the tyme of the .xxi. sysme ye shal here more largly of in y â— later end of this boke and so this couÌ„ceyll of Auynyon began by Iohan bisshop of Rome the .xxii. of y â— name a graye Fryer in whose tyme arose an Antypape by y â— mayntenaunce of themperour Lowys of Bauaria the whiche antypape helde a counceyll in Italye where as he declared y â— sayd IohnÌ„ .xxii. of that name to be an herityke and this sayd Antypape and his company helde opynyon y â— Chryst his discyples were pore and y t they had nothyng pryue nor comon the which was proued the countrary in this counceyll of Auynyon ¶ Of two couÌ„ceyllys holden in FrauÌ„ce at Parys in y â— tyme of kynge Charles the syxth forcause of a great dyssencyon that was in the church in the two and twenty sysme SOme men wyll thynke that kynge Phyllyp la bell dyd for a polecy cause Clement to moue the see appostolyke from Rome so to be kept at Auynyoâ— but al thynges pondered it tourned his country to moche trouble ruyne and grefe as longe as it was there-holden the space of .lxxiiii. yeres for as sone as the see appostolike was moued to Auynyoâ— by Clement then succedyd IohnÌ„ the .22 of that name Anno .1327 of our Lorde in his tyme rayned Lowys de Bauaria Frederyk duke of oystryche which had great warre together by this meane also kynge Phyllyp de valoys father of kyng IohnÌ„ y â— was prysoner in EnglaÌ„d through y â— cause y â— .xxi. sisme of y â— which ye shal here more of in y â— last part of this boke thrugh this forsaid cause arose also an Antipape iÌ„ Italye named Nycolas y â— thyrd which was supported by the emperoure Lowys de Bauarya ¶ Also yet further incoÌ„uenyenses arose by this meane y t this sayd Bisshop preached and supported dyuerse visions faÌ„tasyes and dremyes of contemplacyon whiche was of lytle fayth y e whiche dyuerse doctoures in dyuyne withstode proued the contrarye yet furthermore this sayd bysshop oppressyd y â— realme of Fraunce w t imposycyons donacyons and decimis subsides expectatyues with other inuencyons such as y â— court of Rome could well coÌ„tryue in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice but they were polled and pylled by cardynalles curtysians vnder theÌ„ of auynyoÌ„ through y â— whiche pyllage abhomynable liuynge it was generally called the whore of babylon for theyr great pyllage ryches pomp pryde in somoch they had the halfe of al the benefyces in FrauÌ„ce and this abhomynacyon was sore resysted by the vnyuersyte of Parys ¶ After this shamful ruyngne y â— sete appostolyke was remoued to rome agayn Anno DnÌ„i .1376 in y â— tyme of Gregorye the eleuenth borne in Lymogys and he was not longe without great preiudyce and flaunder by the .xx. sisme moued by Urbane the .vi. Neopolitane borne whiche Urbane caused .v. Cardynallys of Fraunce to be drowned and in this season was two bysshops in crystendome the one in Rome and y â— other in Auynyon in somoch that people were so a mased troubled that they colde not iudge nor knowe which of them was in y â— iust and in ryght auctoryte and this sysme endured .40 yeres which was more troblous and daungerous then any y â— euer befel afortyme thus befel euyll vpon eyull so the Bohemis became as y â— tyme requyred farre from the faythe vtterly denyed and disspysed the Romayns ¶ Thus was all crystendome vexed troubled with these two bysshops whiche contynued many yeres successyuely from bysshop to bysshop after the dethe of Urban y â— which held his see at Rome after whome succeded Innocent the .7 and after hym succedyd Augelus a Uenecyan whom was named Bonefacius the .ix. and thus after Clement .vi. y â— dyed in Auygnyon succedyd Benedictus .xiii. whose errours were worse theÌ„ were afore for this Benedictus was very obstynat ¶ By this occasyon was Charles sore moued and vnquyeted through these sysmes sent noble enbassatours vnto Auynyon to y â— bysshop which was onely for the concorde vnyte of cristes Church but it lytel auayled for they retourned without aunswer ¶ That seynge the kynge assembled at Parys a great counceyll of all his prynces and barons w t the prelates the best learned meÌ„ of his realme where as they coÌ„sulted togyder y t both bisshops shulde be deposed wherupon the duke of bauarye and y â— duke of Burgone went to the byâ—shop at Auynyon to discus this message with a noble power and when the bysshop vnderstode what was theyr comynge and wherfore for feare to conseÌ„t fled away secreatly out of Auynyon left them alone without farewel or leue taken retourned in to his natyue couÌ„trye wherof these dukes were abasshed and so retourned to Parys agayne pensiue where y â— Kyng lay after this they helde another couÌ„ceyl in the same Cytie in the tyme of charles y â— .vi. for this vnyon of the church to y â— which this bisshop y â— fled wold not coÌ„seÌ„t nor be coÌ„fyrmable ¶ Of other two couÌ„cellys in FrauÌ„ce the one at lyons y â— other at burges by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of charles y â— .vii. al to abolyshe this sayd sysme AFter the great couÌ„ceyl of coÌ„staunce whiche was assembled in Almayne by the aduyse of sygisemundus with the assystaunce of .v. pryncypall crysten nacyons that is to wet germany Fraunce Englande Spayne Italye for to extyrpe these sismes in the church and to depose thre bysshops sysmatykes y t was Gregorye the .xii. AlexauÌ„der the fyfth IohnÌ„
the .xix. sisme THus after the death of Calixtus of Burgony Honorius the secoÌ„de of that name borne in Ymola in Italy succeded the papasy the which kept it peasybly the terme of .v. yeres and died and after hym succedyd Innocent the secoÌ„de of y â— name borne in Rome iÌ„ whose tyme began the .xix. sisme the occasyon ther â—f was for raysyng warres agaynst Roger le Normande whiche was called kynge of naples whiche withstode hym with all his power so bytwene them both was moche murther blode shede on both partyes but in conclusyon this sayd bisshop innoceÌ„t was vaynquyshed in batayle raygned â–ª taken prysoner by Wyllyam duke of Calaber sone to the sayd roger kynge of Naples yet was he honestly entreated afterwarde delyuered ¶ And so in the meane seasoÌ„ that this Innocent the secoÌ„de the forsayd bisshop was prysoner the romayns chose another called Peter of Lyon sonne of a myghty rych cetezyn of Rome and he was called Anacletus for the whiche elexcyon Innocent was inforsed to go into Fraunce for socours and at Cleremonde assembled the seconde counceyll and another at Rayns iÌ„ Champayne in the tyme of kynge Lowys le grosse and from thense he came to Lyege where as he fouÌ„de y â— kynge of romayns Lothayre the seconde of that name who promysed hym assysteÌ„ce with all his power thus what by the helpe of theÌ„perour Lothayr and the french men he retourned the seconde tyme into Italy w t great power whiche was Anno dnÌ„i 113â— thus was InnoceÌ„t restored to his papacy agayne and Anacletus the antipape was deposed and spoyled of all his treasure and reliqus of the Churche to paye the souldiers withal wherfore he died for sorow and dyspyte ¶ In certayne tyme after y â— bysshop eugeny the thyrde of y â— name borne in pysa and afore a monke of saynt Barnardes one of his discyples whiche came in to Fraunce for two purposys the one was for the Ingerys and dyspleasurs of the Romayns the other was to monysh the kynge Lowys to moue warre vpon the turkys in the holy Lande as it is more playne in the seconde party of this boke gathered a couÌ„ceyll at vezelay after y â— which tyme he returned to rome agayne peasible w t the help of y â— kynge Lowys ¶ Of the .xx. sisme whiche was in y â— tymâ— of themperour Frederyke the fyrst of his name called Barbarousse this sisme endured .xvii. yeres EUen of the same roote presydeÌ„ce y â— afore tyme hath growen y â— is to say for couetyse which alway rayned in y â— see appostolyk such lyke causes engendred this .xx. sisme that is to wyt onelye for admyttynge the clergye in to benefyces and possessyons who shulde haue the fyrst fruytes whiche began in the tyme of Frederyke barbarousse Emperoure whiche was a maruelous man prynce of slaueny who maryed in the countesse of Bourgonye and bycause he had percâ—yueraunce knowledge what ingeris and displeasures his preâ—â—ssâ—ssours had in tyme passed with the bysshops of Rome by vyolence and vniust cause he conceyued so greatyre and displeasurs agaynst theÌ„ for it that he scourged them in suche wyse that there was neuer senâ— so great dyuysion bytwene the Empyre and the bysshops of Rome in somoch y â— the consequence was yet wel worse that folowed for in the begynnynge of the raygne of this sayd Emperour whiche began to raygne Anno .1154 this sisme was begon bytwene Alexaunder the .3 borne in senis chosen and elect by the souerauÌ„ce of .xxiii. cardynallys an other named Octauyan a romayne whiche was chosen by .3 cardynallys specyall and named hym victor ¶ So this AlexauÌ„der thynking to haue good ryght made a frend by an enbassetouâ— vnto the emperour Frederyke barbarous whiche as y â— tyme lay sege afore the cytie of Cremona in lumbardy and that he shuld set adirexion amonge these aâ—â—ypapes the whiche Emperour to set a vâ—yte and concorde coÌ„maunded them both to mete with hym at payâ—ie there he wolde mete with them vnto the whiche Alexsander wold not consent for the which cause he abseÌ„ted hym selfe thâ—s so incontyneÌ„t frederyke without auctoryte assembled a couÌ„ceyl at pauye where the sayd Octauyan was present there was decreed y â— he shulde posesse y â— see appostolyke was confyrmed maâ—gâ—e the wyl of alexaÌ„der y â— thyrde And iÌ„ these causes the sayd AlexsauÌ„der excoÌ„munycated theÌ„perour frederyk barbarous so frederike toke vp y â— patrymonie profytes of saynt Peter otherwyse called the profytes of y â— church for y â— which cause this alexander fled from rome into frauÌ„ce in the tyme of phylip augustus there asseÌ„bled the thyrde counceyll at cleremound in auernia as we haue expressed in the seconde parte of this boke in the whichâ— couÌ„ceyll Alexander the thyrde named by vyctor antypape excomunycated octauian emperour in this tyme y â— emperour discomfited millan dertome bycause they were rebellyoÌ„s after seÌ„t an enbassadeâ— to kynge Phyllyp to fynde the meane to destroye this sysme then in the churche ¶ The place of this apoyntmeÌ„t was coÌ„seÌ„ted to be at dygyoÌ„ in burgoyne which was IndyffereÌ„t for both prynces for y â— emperour frederyk lay on y â— borders of burgoyne which came thyther w t a noble coÌ„pany w t his quene the kynge of boheme with y â— kyng of scottes theyr Antypape w t theym named vyctor w t a great noÌ„bre of meÌ„ of warre with theÌ„ yet wold not AlexaÌ„der come there sayeÌ„g y â— y â— place was not indyffereÌ„t for his persoÌ„ nor yet coÌ„uenyeÌ„t to kepe such a couÌ„ceyll which only pertayned to his auctoryte wherfore this vnworthy Emperoure w t his antypape ful of yre thretnyngê returned into Almayne w t great displeasure so when the forsayde antipape was deed there was created thre antipapes successiuely one after the other by this meane AlexsauÌ„der was fayne to flye out of rome to Uenyse in a strauÌ„ge habyt iÌ„ al this tyme was war thorow al chrysteÌ„dome al by y â— occasyon of these sysmes and errors y â— arose by these antipapes stoborne bysshops of Rome fynably the cytie of Ierusalem was lost agayne in this season wone by the turkes and sarasyns also the sayd Emperour made that tyme a great vyage in to Turkey a prosperous victorious vnto his death the whiche was great pyte for he was drowned in bathtynge hymselfe in a ryuer whiche was a great desolacyon to al his armye and a dyscomforte to al crystendome so soudayne a chaunce ¶ Of the .xxi. sysme whiche was in the tyme that the court and see of Rome was holden at Auynyon CLement bisshop the .v. of that name borne in burgony was the fyrst that moâ—ed the see of Rome to Auinion as I haue wrytâ—â— playne in the second part of this boke and after the death of hym the see of Rome
vprorers among the Romayns y e oftentymes many were slayne in the stretes both Preestes and men of lawe in somoch y e one Faustus a great man of power set a dyreccion amonge the senatours or els had folowed greater ruyne thus maye ye se what vertue or debatê arose by y e possessioÌ„ giftê that Constantine gaue to y â— church of Rome ¶ The .vii. sysme of the churche of Rome IN this tyme raygned Emperour of Constantynople Iustyniane the seconde of that name in whose tyme was Seresinus borne in Surrey Anno xpÌ„i .706 Agaynst the whiche arose an Antypape whiche helde byforse the dygnyte of Rome whose name was Diascorus thus began the .vii. sisme in the churche of Rome with great persecucyon trybulacyon in Rome whiche continewed a great season vnto the tyme of Gregory the seconde of that name borne in Rome w t another named Sygysmond thorowe whose enormytes the fayth of Chryst began sore to decay in the oryent partes and through this horlay burlay the bysshops of Rome toke corage and lyfted vp theyr hornes y â— is theyr power agaynst the Emperours more then euer was sene for this Gregorye Anastase were the second abhominable bisshops that raygned in Rome after Anastase whiche was so bold to excoÌ„munycat his Emperour Leon y â— .iii. of his name y â— whiche cause was y â— he wolde a put downe the worshippyng of ymages through al crystendome sayeng it was ydolatry hated of god the pope w tstonde it beforse wherthrough arose great bandes of coÌ„panyes of persyalytes bytwene Emperours bisshops wherthrough oftimes sysmes hath ben renewed thus during this sysme discorde arose out of Afrique a great army of Sarazyns entred into spayne wone the Realme of Granado and so kept it by force â—yl w t great polecy and forse of Prynces Kynges wane it agayne also in this tyme was a great armye of Sarazyns in Fraunce which were reculed byforse of armes by Charles Prynce and Martyre in this tyme of Gregory began the Lent of forty dayes to be fasted y â— which Lent Melchiades predecessour of saynt Siluester strongly withstode defended bycause therby myght engender great corrupcion and infexion vnyuersally among crysten people As wytnessed then the counceyll of Physycions expert ¶ And in this tyme of contynuauÌ„ce of malyce in the Churche one Constantyne bysshop of Rome vsurped the see of the papasy by force by money whose eyes were perforce put out so put iÌ„ pryson in a monasterye by the whiche he is named the .v. abhomynable bysshop of Rome And in this tyme began the nacyon of Turkys that came out of Tartary who enuayed sore the partê oryentall And so mynysshed sore chrystendome And this heresyes dyd encrease more more where through they were enforsed to assemble the .vii. counceyll at ConstaÌ„tynople for the 〈…〉 and worshyppynge of Images in the Churche whiche many sayd it was Idolatrye and for certayne other Articles that the Greke churche had agaynst the holy ghost ⧠⧠¶ Here foloweth the seconde parte of this boke whiche treateth of the .v. fyrste counceylles holden by the churche Gallicane at Orlyaunce And the thyrde was coÌ„maunded by kyng Clowys the fyrste crysten kyng in Fraunce THe noble 〈◊〉 maketh mension that Clowys the fyrste crysten kyng of Fraunce whiche was bytwene the .iiii. y e .v. sysme then reygned And this kyng was y e fyrst crysten that assembled a general couÌ„cel iÌ„ OrliauÌ„ce Anno. dnÌ„i .486 Raynyng y t tyme at CoÌ„staÌ„tinople y â— emê‘our zeneme And at y â— tyme sat in y â— apostolyk see 〈◊〉 y â— .iii. of y â— name And about 〈◊〉 tyme rayned kiÌ„g Artur of Englande and he sent a presydent to that couÌ„cell at orliauÌ„ce one named Mellanius which he sent for a good purpose for the welth of the churche ¶ Of the councell Germanik holden in the tyme of Charlemayn the great This Charlemain rayned emperour oâ—er Almayne FrauÌ„ce and Ytaly which assembled this counceyll in a cyte in Germanya called Herbypolys in the tyme of Adryan the fyrst bisshop of that name as Platyne wryteth y â— which couÌ„ceyll the Grekes called the great Sinoda and there was condempned the opynyon of the Felycyans the whiche sayd that no Ymages ought to be in the churche and shortly after Pope Leo y â— thyrd of y â— name came into Fraunce to Charle mayne complaynynge of thre Preestes which had done hym great vltrage and dyspleasure y â— one named Pasculis the other Priâ—isserius y â— thyrde called CaÌ„pulus y e which with many of theyr opynyon droue out of Rome the sayd Adryan w t all his affynyte for goyng on precessyon and syngyng the Lateny which Gregory instytuted and ordayned afore for the which Charlemayn was sore displeased and so at the sayd Adryans request Charlemayn raysed a great army and went to Rome to set Adryan bysshop in his see agayne wherthrough he had the name of the Empyre of Rome which he gaue to the see of rome great possessyons rychesse as his father Pepyn dyd afore hym as dyuerse such successours hath syas contynued and augmented ¶ Of a great couÌ„ceyll holden at Aquis GranuÌ„ in y â— tyme of Emê‘our Lowys de boÌ„nere sone to Charlemayn whiche lyeth buryed in Aquis granuÌ„ OF this couÌ„ceyll wryteth Platyne historyograffer y t there were assembled al the Prynces and counceylles vnder y â— power and domynyon of Lowys de boÌ„nere the which Lowys at this connceyll gaue Lotere his sone parte of his Empyre and crowned hym kyng of Ytaly and Pepyn his seconde sone he named hym kynge of Acquitayne and Lowys his thyrde sone he named kynge of Bauarye and at this counceyll y â— Infydelles and Sarasyns laboured for Peace whiche was grauÌ„ted and at the whiche couÌ„ceyll was compyled a great Boke of Lawes and coÌ„stytucyons for ecclesiasticall ceremonies and orders which were straytly kept which boke was made and compyled by Amalarius a man florysshynge in Learnynge in that tyme at this tyme of Lowys y â— good Kynge and Emperour he perceyuynge the abhominable pryde that exceded in bysshops of Rome and other prelates of y e Churche as amonge Preestes and other meane sorte such Pompe and Rayment so presyous rych and superfluous withall and to moch gasynge and glysterynge set with GeÌ„mys perle stone lyke Kynges and Prynces on theyr Fyngers ryche Rynges and so this good Kynge coÌ„mauÌ„ded this pryde glory to be fordone and caused a more sadder and a sympler facyon and maner of rayment vsed and worne and thrusted downe al theyr pryde pompe and caused y t no bisshop nor prelate shuld were but one Ryng of Golde which shuld serue for his singne and seal and so they were coÌ„tented and agreed also as Platyne wryteth the bisshop of Rome Steuen y â— fourth of that name borne in Rome and successour of Leo the thyrde beynge at the sayd counceyll fled
and RemeÌ„bre the great dylygence that your predysessours hath had in this behalfe in tymes paste And spetyally ye nobles of Fraunce whiche hath alwaye susteyned agaynst the Infydelys also you Germayns Saxons Polax Bohemys and hungaryon and Englysshe nacyon ye shulde not suffer this tyranny vpon Chrysten people so pyteously also ye Italyons shulde remembre what paynes and tyranny your predycessoures frendes of late dayes hath suffred by them also ye venecyans ye of Dalmase and of Hystrye and al ye bourderars of the Ardryatyque sees whiche haue alwaye valyantly defended the malyse power of the Sarasyns now apply your selfe withal other princes to withstande this cruell Infydellys or els ye shall se your chyldren your wyfes your goods and lyues vtterly destroyed by cruelty wherfore awake all ye valyaunt personage and we humbly desyre you in y â— mercy of God put on your armyes sprede forth your standardes and Baners set forth your coÌ„paynyes w t great courage and God y t is most puysauÌ„t shal be with you send his omnypotent powre to ayed strength you in all your wayes to confounde all that shall withstande you ¶ Howe by the means of this oracyon made by Urbanus bysshop of Rome through it all Prynces on this syde CoÌ„stantinople toke great courage and enforsed theÌ„ to assemble great armyes on all partes to go vpon the sarasyns so to Ierusalem ANd thus as sone as Urbanus had fynysshed his oracyon all that were there preseÌ„t arose sayd with one voyce this is the wyll pleasure of God and therwith Urban blessyd theym all sayenge this blessyng I gyue you as loÌ„ge as ye shall endure this Iourney and ye shall vnderstand y â— in this assemble and couÌ„ceyll was many noble worthy Prynces and barons and noble men the whiche many of them solde theyr landes hopynge to prospere in this Iourney to y â— hye honour and seruyse of God wherof is made mencyon iÌ„ dyuerse crownacles more at large in the which iourney god fray of Bullyon was the chefe of that enterpryse and thus was fynyshed the counceyll of Cleremont ¶ Of the couÌ„ceyll of Troyes in Champayne by bysshop Pascall y â— twelfth for y â— reformacyons of y â— Churche AFter this great couÌ„ceyll arose the .17 sisme in the church in the tyme of Paschall bysshop of Rome the .12 of that name borne in Italye afore a moÌ„ke and so successour of Urbanus whiche came into Fraunce for to haue reformacyon of dyuerse abuses y â— was theÌ„ in the Church farre frome al good facyon and order wheron he caused a counceyl to be assembled generall wherin was reformed many thynges and specyally he deposed many prelates and benefysed meÌ„ which were necligent vnlearned from theyr pastoralyte curyous admytted such as were able for suche promocyons and to preache and gyue example of lyuynge in Chrystes churche ¶ Of the counceyll holden at Rayns by Calixte bysshop of Rome brother to y â— erle of Burgoyâ—gne in y â— which couÌ„ceyll Henry the fourth Emperour was accoursed and excoÌ„municat AFter this Pascal rayned gyles the seconde of y â— name borne in Italye in whose tyme fell the .18 sysme in y â— whiche suffred many trybulacyons persecucions as ye shall fynde in the tyme of Henry the fourth Emperour which created an antypape named Benedictus y â— whiche antypape pope Gyles droue out of Ytalye and so fled into Fraunce ¶ And so in the absent see of this sayde Gyles possessed the see bysshoppe of Uyâ—nne named Guy of Burgongne which was in y â— holy lande of Ierusalem when Godftay de Bullyon the whiche Guy was taken and accepted for a man of an acceptable lyfe whose name was afterwarde called Calixtus the .ii. but yet as storys saith y â— the forsayd Gylys was he y â— coursed Henry the emperour in y â— couÌ„ceyl and not this Calyxt for he was nye a kyne to y â— emperour Henry whiche maryed Maâ—de doughter to the kynge of Englande and this sayd curse was gyuen by Gyles Bysshop bycause of the reformacyon of the pryde pompe that then was vsurped among prelates and preestes as well in dignytes theyr auctorytes as in excesse of gorgyous apparell a rayment also partly as Platyne wryteth it was for y â— supportynge of an Antypape named Burdyn a spanyard as here after in the thyrde parte here of shal make mensyon and so was Calyxt made bisshop stauled in Rome byforse caused y â— emê‘our Henry to be beseged the â—yte of rayns where he was acursed ¶ Of the seconde couÌ„ceyl holden at Cleremond and of a nother holden at Rayns in Champayne almoost in one tyme. INnocent y â— secoÌ„de bysshop of Rome and borne in y â— same Cytie helde warre batayle agaynst Roger normunde Kynge of Naples ***** and y â— sone of Roger vaynquyshed this bisshop Innocent iÌ„ playne Batyle and toke hym his cardinalles prysoners yet notwithstandynge this prynce Wyllyam eâ—treated hym his cardynalles gently and honorably and in contynuaunce he set theym at lyberty lyke a noble man ¶ And this tyme indurynge was a nother bysshop of Rome named Anacletus by whom y â— forsayd Innocent was chased out of Rome this was y â— .xviii. sysme as ye shall playnly se in the laste parte of this boke ¶ And thus in that tyme by the aduysement of kynge Lowys y â— grosse was holden two counceylles in Fraunce in the whiche was the forsayd Innocent present these couÌ„ceylles were holden at cleremont iÌ„ Ouernya the other at rayns in Champayne in the which couÌ„ceylles were determyned dyuerse decrees and by the whiche Innocent ouercame his aduersary annacletus his antipape and so he retourned to Rome agayne possedyd his see ¶ Of the counceyll of Uezelay whiche was kepte in Burgonye and kepte in the tyme of kynge Lowys the yonger wherin was prouoked the seconde Iourney vpon the infydellys DUryng the tyme of the .19 sysme of the which ye shal perceyue more at large in the thyrde parte of this boke so this tyme Engenius the .3 of that name bysshop of Rome borne in Pisa in â—â—alye who was disciple of saynt Bernard the whyte monke this man also fled in to Fraunce aparte for socoure for the great murmure furye y â— he had of the Romayns and part for to couÌ„ceyll and to mocion cristeÌ„ Princes to warre vpon the infydellys the whiche had taken a great cytie called Edessa Mesopotania in grecya ¶ For the which cause kynge Lowys y â— yonger sone to grosse Lowys y â— whiche endeueryd hymselfe with great dilygeÌ„ce toward this iourney asseÌ„bled a great couÌ„ceyl of prelates pryncis in the cytie of vezelay in Burgone and through the couÌ„ceyll and aduyse of saynt Barnarde with other this yong Lowys vowed to go on this iourney and he requyred to helpe the crysten people that were there so sore oppressed of the infydellys
the sayd Kynge shulde in contynent without delay goâ— and prepayre in al hast a great nauey and an armye also to go into the holy Lande the which y â— sayd Kynge coulde not brynge to passe forcause of great warres y t he had at y t time against y â— FlauÌ„ders nacioÌ„ ¶ And thus this sayd ArrogauÌ„t bishop seynge y t he coulde not obtayne his purpose began to threten rebuke y â— kynge rygoryously sayeng that in case that he wolde not fulfyll his message he wolde cause hym to fle out of his Realme and for bycause y â— this bysshop enbassatour vsed hymselfe so rygorously agaynst y â— Kynge the Kynge toke hye displeasure and straytly coÌ„maunded hym to pryson ¶ After this tydinges came to this foresayd Boniface the .viii. Coloryk proud and arrogant aboue mesure And sente strayght an Archedeacon Embasadour coÌ„maundyng the kyng phyllyp the fayre that he shulde not enterpryse to take nor rayse no money Subsidie vpon the churche the whiche subsydie he was enforced to do for the great warres that he was charged with at that tyme for his defence And the sayd archedeacon dyscharged the sayd kyng for the InprysonemeÌ„t of the sayd bysshop that he shuld be exyled all y â— iurisdixion of Rome And that it shuld be auctorysed in Rome for euer his disobedyence and so taken nomynated as an Herytyke and a sysmatyke also y â— sayd Archdyacon syted hym with dyuers other Bysshops prelats of the Cleargy to come vnto Rome parsonally by a certeyn day and disanulled all the Preuylages of grauntes pardons gyuen by his predycessours of the see of Rome ¶ This was an extreme rygoure in the presens of all his barons and counceyll whiche was so dysdaynous proudly spoke by the sayd enbassatour without any seueryte or of good order and yf the Kynge were moued or abasshed it was no marueyle so coÌ„mauÌ„dynge with sober aduysement y t the fyrst Enbassatour the bysshop shuld be set at lybertye and that in all the hast with further deliberacyon he shulde depart his Realme and so in short tyme after he asseÌ„bled a great counceyll of Bysshops barons in the whiche the Kynge openyd all the vltrages and abhomynacyons y t the forsayd Innocent the eyght vsed agaynst hym and openly there expressed howe shamfully craftely this Boniface came by the see of Rome and tourned hym to the Clargy to y â— Lordes temporal sayeng of whome holde ye your Landes possessyons but of me wherfore I wyll ye ye henseforth not so hardy to send or pay any money or treasour to y â— court of Rome and hereupon caused all brydges portys and passages to be stopped and kept thus Boniface y â— bysshop of Rome cursed hym coÌ„spyred great malyce and ingeris agaynst y â— Kyng procured great enuyte agaynst hym by certayne Prynces and shortly this was the fyne and coÌ„clusion of this debate was thus ¶ The Kynge seynge y â— importunat malyce of this Antecryst bysshop y â— Kynge caused .200 men of armys conduted by two subtyle and wyse persons and they which went to y t towne of agnane wher the Bysshop lay in Naplys and toke hym ther in brought hym prysoner to Rome where he dyed myserably for doloure cursed mynde within .24 dayes after and his epytaphe was suche lyke as he deserued as foloweth Intrauit vt Uulpes regnauit vt Leo mortuus est vt cauis y t is in Englysshe he entred as a Foxe rained lyke a Lyon and dyed as a Doge ¶ Of a nother couÌ„ceyll holden in fraunce at Uyenne Anno DnÌ„i .892 THe auctour founde in olde auncyaunt Lybrary a Boke at Lyons wherin was wryten that from the tyme of Formosus bysshop of Rome began the .ix. sisme which shalbe more leargely treated of in y â— thyrd parte of this boke and so by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of Lowys Kynge otherwyse called Lowys le balbe throughe the counceyll of his wyfe assembled a counceyll in the churche of saynt Saluatour where were gadered two legatê of Rome the one named pascal the other IohnÌ„ the archebysshop of Uyenne and Aurelyan archebysshop of Ualencie with many other prelates and learned men of the Clergye and yet at this tyme the preestes were maryed and at this counceyll was decreed this acte worde for worde ¶ Ut presbiteri non in villis sicut quibusdam consuetudinis est morentur et feminas suas secum in domibus suis habitare non permittant exceptis quas canonicas permittit auctoritas that is in englyshe That preestes which dwelt in Cyties in Townes of custume hauyng theyr wyfes with them dwellyng shulde no more so be suffered but onely those as shulde be permytted suffered by the auctoryte of the holy Canons ¶ Of a nother general couÌ„ceyl holden at Uyenne in Dolphyne .1312 AFter y â— Ignomynyous and shamfull deth of Bonyface afore wryten y â— .8 of that name bysshop of Rome succeded Benedictê° y â— eleuenth borne at Taruyse in Italye a blake Frere which was amoderat parsone nothynge lyke his predycessour for he assoyled Phillip kynge of Fraunce of y t sensurys of the churche whiche bisshop Bonyface surmysed agaynst hym so this good bysshop rayned but eyght monethes and .17 dayes after whom rayned Clement y â— .v. a gasken borne archbysshop of Burdux whiche was chosen by the Cardynallys resydent for the tym ethe yere of our Lorde at the instaunce of kynge Phyllyp la bel .1305 ¶ Thus shortly after this sayd ClemeÌ„t assembled a great companye of Cardynalles Bysshops to no lytell cost and charge to all y â— churche of Fraunce and so came to Lyons with great pompe wordly glory where met with hym many cardynalles of Italye where as he was corwned with great pompe Royalty at the which coronacion was kyng Phyllyp la bel w t his brother Charles all the prynces of Fraunce in all this pompe royalty befell a great sodayne myschauÌ„ce where as a great nombre of people were slayne in the fall of a great olde wall where as moche people were asseÌ„bled for to beholde this great pomp and ryalty in the which fall was â—layne the duke IohnÌ„ of Brytanye the kyng sore hurte and the new bysshop smyten from his Horse in so moch y â— his crowne fell from his hed lost the rychest stone there one called a Carbuncle estemed worth .vi. M. duccatê thus after this mysfortunat aduentour this sayd bysshop Clement departed from Lyons came to Auygnyon wher as he abode there remoued the See appostolyque from Rome vnto Auignyon the whiche see appostolike remoued abode there the space .lxxiii. yeres after afore it was remoued to Rome agayne ¶ The syxt yere after the forsayd Clementis coronacyon which was the yere .1311 in the moneth of NoueÌ„bre was asseÌ„bled a great generall couÌ„ceyl vnyuersal through all crystendome in the Cytie of Uyenna iÌ„ Dolphyne wher as was
the .23 and after these was Martyne the fyfth of y t name created Bysshop at this sayd counceyl with the hole consent of all crystendome which counceyl contynued foure yeres and at this counceyl was condampned the bohemys herysyes confounded in this tyme rayned the puissaunt kyng Charles of FrauÌ„ce which held another counceyll for the susteynynge of Pragmatica sanxio this was so Anno 1438. ¶ Shortly folowynge Anno .1447 began a new discord called the .xxiii. sisme for y â— dignyte bytweÌ„ Eugeniê° a veneciaÌ„ and Felyx somtyme duke of Sauoy y â— whiche dyuysyon endured the space of xvi yeres vntyl Nycolas the .vi. agenâ—uoy and for this purpose kynge Charles the seuenth assembled a great counceyll at Lyons where at was concluded and fynyshed this sysme and this was the comon voyce Lux fuit in mundocessit Felix Nicolaio In this artycle y â— kyng Charles the seuenth prefered his decrees and actes of Pracmatica saÌ„xio and after hym rayned Lowys kyng the leuenth of that name in whose tyme rayned in Rome bysshop Pius the twelfth and this Lowys helde a nother great counceyll at Orlyaunce for the mayntenaunce of y â— Pracmatica sanxio wherin Pius bysshop was agreued ¶ Of two counceyllys holden in frauÌ„ce the one at towers the other at lyons Anno DnÌ„i .1510 that lasted two yeres ⧠⧠⧠⧠IT is to be vnderstand that at the last couÌ„ceyl holden at Basyll whiche was Anno .448 that then was the cytie of Lyon named by the sayd couÌ„ceyll most profitable and necessary be kepte there froÌ„ tenne yere to .x. yeres a generall couÌ„ceyl and so succedyd kynge of Fraunce after Lowys the .xi. Lowys the .xii. a noble a wyse prynce which held two couÌ„ceyls in his tyme in whose time rayned in Rome Iulius bysshop the seconde whose artes of ruyne nedeth not my pen to write for his holy liuing is manyfestly knowen of a great many now yet lyuynge y â— hath experyence of his cruell actes thus is fynysshed y â— seconde part of this boke and thus to this the thyrde part I wyll begyn at the later end of this fyrst boke which mensioneth of the .vii. sisme and I wyll begyn this third boke with the eyght sysme so end finish this lytle boke as foloweth ¶ Here begynneth y â— thyrde boke of this processe and fyrst of the .viii. sisme so procedeth to y â— last shewynge what iniâ—te mysery befel iÌ„ the churche of rome iÌ„ other places THe emperour Lowys y â— gentle kynge of FrauÌ„ce sone of charlemayne arose the .viii. sisme in y â— church bytwene Eugenius bysshop of Rome the .ii. of y â— name borne in Rome zozinus antipape whiche wrought through dyuerse cardinals great displeasures yet was this Eugeniê° a good maÌ„ a wyse so anone after the takynge of Rome by the Sarasyns ther folowed great euyllys throghe al the worlde and specyally in frauÌ„ce wherin the Normans the frysyaÌ„s entred fyrste exersysed their cruelty shortly after Ione the woman bysshop of rome borne in englonde possessed the see of Rome with great sclaunder to the Romayns and to the see appostolyke ¶ Of the .ix. sysme what befell in that tyme. SHamefull cruell sclaunderous out of measure was this .ix. iysme **** endured loÌ„ge tyme whiche began in the tyme of lowys the emperour the stutter the which occasion was this ¶ The bysshop IohnÌ„ the viii in Rome borne whiche fled in to fraunce for refuge socour the which was a man cruel nothynge pyteous but malyciously entreated formosus bysshop so this formosus for fere and daunger of the forsayd IohnÌ„ the .viii. bysshop he fled in to frauÌ„ce But afterwarde by constraynte of excomunycacyoÌ„s he was enforsed to retourne agayne to his bysshopryche at rome called port romayne afterward was he degraded deposyd made a seculer preest agayn to his formal state sworne y â— he shuld not iÌ„ nowyse retourne to his bysshoprych ¶ yet not w tstoÌ„dyng afterward he was absolued by Martyn bysshop of Rome the xii of y â— name in short tyme afâ— y â— sayd formosus bought 〈◊〉 papalyte y â— whiche another preteÌ„ded to 〈…〉 a romayne which coulde not as at that tyme obtayne it yet notwithstandynge afterwarde he obtayned his purpose through a conspyrasy mortall agaynst y â— sayd Formosus and so came in to FrauÌ„ce to kynge Lothayr and thus this sayd Formosus kept y â— poÌ„tifycalite of Rome fyue yeres a halfe in the whiche tyme he dyd nothyng worthy to be in memory but ingendred enemyes the whiche was reuenged of hym after his deth ¶ After this Formosus bysshop succeded Steuen the .vi. of that name there was but one bysshop bytwen them both which was named Boniface the .vi. borne in Tuskayne whiche rayned but .36 dayes And so this foresayd Steuen the vi with all his power abolyshshed and condempned all the Decrees and actes of Formosus And y â— next bysshop that succedyd dyd clene contrary and stablysshed and confyrmed them in theyr owne formal estate agayne whose name was Romanus And in lykwyse dyd Theodorus and IohnÌ„ the .ix. bysshop wherby arose great perturbaunce and busynes amoÌ„ge the people of Rome for cause some helde of one partye and some of the other And so all this hurly burlye was in faulte none but for lacke of good vertuous bysshops of Rome but they were all poysoned And yet after this succedyd Sergyus afore named y â— came agayne out of Fraunce whiche was worse theÌ„ any of y â— other afore hym ¶ This Sergyus the thyrde bysshop of that name retourned agayne in to Italy by the ayde and socoure of kinge Lowys the thyrde the whiche lowys deposed Chrystofer bysshop the viii that after formosus vsurped the papalyte the whiche Chrystofer was infected w t sysmes that was bytwene leo the .v. of that name and hym and so this forsayd Sergius to be auenged of the forsayde formosus In his furye agaynst all humanyte caused the body of formosus to be dygged out of his graue and clothed hym agayâ—e in his pontyfycalibus so caused the hangman to smyte of his hed and so threwe his body into the Ryuer of Tyber yet some storyes wryt that his body was takeÌ„ vp agayne pryuely and buryed by fyssher men ¶ This said sergius had a sone named Iohan the .x. of that name bysshop of rome whiche succedyd hym but not dyrectly for there were two that possessed the dygnyte afore hym whose names were Anastas the .iii. and landolphus This sayd Iohan the .x. was lytel better then his forefather sergyus Not withstandyng he was a great warriour a good man of armes for he droue the sarasyns out of Calabre by the ayde and helpe of Alberyke marques of Tuskan So in conclusyon this wycked IohnÌ„ bysshop onely to haue the name and renowme of this sayd vyctory agaynst y â— sarazyns caused the men of warre
stode vacant the space of two yeres thre monethes .xvii. dayes For bycause y â— cardynalles coulde not agree at that elexcion and counceyl of carpentras in so moche that they fell togyther and fought in the whiche arroure was slayne two of the chefyste Cardynalles and this hurle burley in shorte tyme after they gathered a couÌ„ceyll at lyon and they held theyr coÌ„claue within the black freres called our lady of conforte where as they coÌ„cluded to haue IohnÌ„ the .xxii. of y â— name borne in Cauors Anno dnÌ„i 131â— and some wryters say that he was chosen by kynge Lowys and Phyllyp his brother kynges of Fraunce and his brother countye of poyeters ¶ After the coronacyon of y â— sayd IohnÌ„ the .xxii. of y â— name he kept his resydence in Auynyon and for his fyrst acte he exercysed a marueylous iustyce agaynst Hewe bysshop of caours the which bisshop was taken w t a coÌ„spyrasy agaynst the bysshop of Rome IohnÌ„ .xxii. for the which he was degraded and delyuered to the hangman and cruelly put to deth so in this meane season Lowys de bauaria kynge of romayns ouer came in batayl duke Frederyke of Ostrich whiche toke vpon hym bycause he had y â— corone of myllan he wolde vsurpe thempyre of Rome without auctoryte agaynst the whiche IohnÌ„ bysshop aforesayd withstode with great indignation with dyuerse censurys curses agaynst y â— sayd kynge of bauaria which was called nycolas the .v. which caused the .xxi. sysme which seassed not vnto y â— boniface counte de Pisa toke prysoner this sayde antipape the which raysed a great decyme thorowe al the church of Fraunce vnder colour to goo agaynst the sarasyns w t a hole crosse for the which was money gathered he dyd pretend nothyng lesse in this .xxi. sysme amonge the valdays and y â— comons of Lyon arose and engendred many great heresyes ¶ Of the two and twenty sisme longest incontynuaunce and most sclaunderous amonge all other for throughe it the lande of Boheme became full of heresyes ⧠⧠☞ ☞ ⧠⧠THis .xxii. sisme contynued forty yeres in the which season was many bisshops of rome one agaynst another whiche was so obscure and crafty that al y â— clargy in crystendome were troubled therwith to iudge to whome partayned the ryght and iust tytle who shuld possesse the iust patrimony of saynt peter called these appostolyke some sayd the one some opynyon of the other by the which dyuysion the bohemes fel in great decay and heresyes as then it was taken and called bicause partly it preteÌ„did agaynst y â— vsurped maiesti of y â— bisshops of rome and agaynst theyr fylthy deceytfull câ—uyâ—ousnesse inuented for theyr owne lucre for money and pylled and robbed al the worlde many yeres clene agaynst all goddes lawe and holy scrypture as nowe it is euydently perceyued that the lyght is at his lybertye and not darkened as it was then and these be the here syes y â— the Bohemes helde as then was that y â— bysshop of Rome was a bisshope of no hyer preeminence then other bysshops be eche for his perticuler dyoses also they held that there was no purgatory to be remitted by theyr power also that it was vayne and vnprofytable to pray for soules ons passed this lyfe but helde opynyon that it was a profyte inuented by the couetousnesse of Preestes onely for lucre also y â— ymages of Chryst and of sayntes were not to be worshypped nor to stande in syght for it was Ydolatry and also that all the orders of Fâ—eres beggers was not of God but inuented by the deuyllys crafte also that no preest nor bysshop shulde possesse no temporalytes nother in auctoryte nor in iurisdiccion these were great heresyes as y â— tyme required as nowe many may haue experyence ¶ And so to procede come to our purpose of the .xxii. sysme it began the yere of our Lorde a .1378 y â— was anone after the court of Rome was remoued from auynion to Rome agayne by the meane of bysshop Gregorye y â— eleuenth of that name borne in Limogis as I haue wryten more playnly in the seconde parte of this boke where as I wrote of two couÌ„cellys holden at Parys in the tyme of kynge Charles the syxt ¶ Thus that I may come directly and folowe the courses of these sysmes Ye shall vnderstand that in the yere aboue wryten the .xxii. sisme began in the tyme of Gregorie the .xi. the which remoued y â— â—ee appostolyke from Auynion vnto rome then at y â— tyme the cardynallys were deuyded in two bandys or partys so the cardynallys of Italy set vp Urban the .vi. borne in naples and the French cardynalles set vp Robert of Geneua who was called Clement the .vii. and he kept his see in auignion bycause of this sysme thus al cristendome was deuided in two partys by the wilfulnesse of these two monstruous Antypapes beynge a strauÌ„g syght as it were a man to haue two heddes and so this sysme infected the oryent partes of Italy Almayne Hungory which gaue obedyeÌ„ce to UrbaÌ„ the .vi. on the other part FrauÌ„ce spayne Englande helde with Clement the .vii. whiche was the occydent parte ¶ In the tyme of this great dyuysyon Lowys duke de aungeoy which fauoured bisshop Clement the .vii. which held his aucâ—orite in auynyon and so entred into Italy w t .xxxi. thousande horse men of armys party for the Realme of Naples and also to socoure quene Ione agaynst kynge Charles of Hungry as well as for the dyfference that was bytwene the two bysshops aforesayd antypapes to thend to gyue clemeÌ„t the hole auctoryte but in conclusyon this sayd duke of aungeoy soÌ„ne of kynge IohnÌ„ y â— was prysoner in England fel sycke and died within the space of two yeres in the land of polonya afore he had fynysshed his sayd warres for the which this sayd french men departed thense into frauÌ„ce agayne this forsayd bysshop Urban yet coulde not lyue in peace with Charles kyng of Hungry and of naples but was constraynt to flee out of Rome to Gennes by see where as in y â— passage he caused to be drowned .v. Cardynallys whiche were great frendes of this sayd clement in auynyon dyd fauoure hym greatly thus this forsayd quene Ione sold auinion the couÌ„ty of venyse vnto Clement the .vii. but some stories wryt y â— they chauÌ„ged for y â— tribuit which y â— realme of naples ought to y â— church of rome ¶ For to retorne wryte yet further of bysshop Urban the .vi. of the .xxii. sysme ye shall vnderstande that this sayde bysshop as storyes do wryt was a very peruerse man the which toke great pleasure to sowe disceâ—tions and debatys amonge crysten prynces soner raither then to set peace vnite and concorde the which dyscordys and debaytes were not apeased longe after his death and thus longe endured this sysme and so in his place was
y â— sacreed ordinauÌ„ce of maryege with y â— dignite of preest hode which â–ª was pretended vnder y â— coloure of clennesse chastite without spot yet notwithstaÌ„diÌ„g now is alowed y â— statute of coÌ„cubynage which is clene coÌ„â—rary against al statutê decreed by goddes lawes or of clene lyuyng but rather folowynge al sensualyâ—e bodely lustes pleasurê it is to be iudged y â— the makers of such statutes or decrees were more apt vnto auâ—â—ice and couetousnesse through the procuracyon of symony with dyuerse other vnâ—efull wayes stryfull with processe corrupt as by benefyces prelacions spyrytual whiche ar defyled spotted w t wordly cures busynes temporall thus largely wryteth storyes of the greke churche and the latyne also as concernynge the ambylyon and dishordinauÌ„ces of preestes relygyous persons and men of the clargy which was onely the cause of the seperacion of the people of boheme and also of other nacions of the churches of Rome what shall I meane of Boheme none other then al crysten regyons for the prelates of the church w t theyr adherentes hath so abhominably fylthily enfected not only them selues or theyr estate but al crystendome y â— they haue gyuen occasyon to be disdayned of all crysten pâ—ople both great and small and to be holden as straungers dishobedyent to the holy catholyke church of christ through the baroynesse who were clene destiâ—ute of theyr dyewty of cleâ—e holy mynistracyon lyuynge haue set furâ—h vsed all vnlawfull tradycyons vayne luâ—uryous werkê of baâ—dry and forâ— cacâ—on I may not wryt so large w t my 〈◊〉 as I culde onely for to vtter to moche theyr abhomynacyon for maÌ„nes eres to here or iyes to rede ¶ And yf I shulde say al that I thynke I shulde say playnly the exâ—esse and fatnesse of the goodes temporall medled w t the hote sulfure of enuy with the hete of ambycyon and lechery hath made them redy to put the fyre into the Church but this matter is of to depe inuestigacyon and y â— determinacioÌ„s doubtfull though there be experyence and proffe therof ynowgh so w t this I holde my peace but yet I pray vnto hym which consecrated our mother the holy church w t his blode that which I do thynke folow not pyte hath caused me to wryt this wherfore pray we all to god that al chrysten prynces may perceyue theyr dyewty regall to set forth goddes worde prosperiously vnyuersall accordynge to goddes wyll and to reforme all such enormytes sâ—smes which antechryst hath deceyued vs by whiche we may auoyd to y â— hye honor of God and tranquyl lyte of all chrysten regyons Amen ⧠⧠☞ ☞ ⧠⧠¶ The tenour of the Kynges preuylege HEnry by the Grace of God Kynge of Englande and of FrauÌ„ce defensor of the fayth lorde of Irland supreme hede vnder crist ouer the catholyke church of Englande To all maner of people exercysing the art of pryntyng we gyue gretynge and to vnderstande that we haue onely graunted and lycencyd vnto IohnÌ„ gowgh cytesynâ— and stacyoner of London that he onely to prynte vnder our pryuelege all maner of bokes new begon translated or compyled by the sayd IohnÌ„ gowgh â–ª all suche as he doth cause to be translated and prynted by his procurement cost or charge we graunt lycence auctoryse to the sayd IohnÌ„ gowgh his assigneâ—s factors to prynte all such storyes newe begonne lawful and not prohybyted so that all such storyes or bokes be perused ouersene by our couÌ„ceyl or by such as we shal admyt we graunt to the sayd IohnÌ„ gowgh the makyng pryntyng and vtteraunce of al such bokes newe set forth to his owne aduantage for y â— space of .vii. yeres Imedyatly ensewynge the pryntynge and settynge forth of all such bokes or processe new begonne and not afore prynted and thus duryng the tyme afore lymyted that in onywyse no person vsyng the scyence of printing or not vsyng do by any maner of crafte or delay prynte with in this ont Realme or cause to be prynted elswhere no such bokes but that the forfayd IohnÌ„ gowgh haue the onely auantage accordynge to 〈◊〉 of this our forsayd lycense and pleasâ—t to hym onely graunted vpon payne of forfâ—â—â—ture of all such bokes contrary imprynted to the effect of this our lycense coÌ„maundyng therfore all subiectes â–ª offycers and mynysters to ayde and fauourably assyst the sayd IohnÌ„ gowgh in the executyng of this our lycense and auctorite yf nede requyre ¶ God saue the kynge ¶ Cum priuilegio regali ad soluÌ„ imprimendum ê‘ septiennium ¶ Inprynted by me IohnÌ„ gowgh dwellynge in Lumbard strete agaynst the stâ—ckes market at y â— sygne of the mermayd Anno dnÌ„i M. ccccc.xxxix