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A05310 The abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia, Germania, Italia, and Gallia, compyled by Joh[a]n le maire de belges, most excellent hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the. xii. of late french kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng Lowys. Ann d[omi]ni. 1519. Translated by Joh[an] gowgh the prynter herof, by the kynges gracyous priuilege, for. vii. yeres ensewynge, dwellynge in Lumbarstrete agaynst the stockys market.; Traicté intitulé de la difference des schismes et des concilles de l'eglise. English Lemaire de Belges, Jean, b. 1473.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556. 1539 (1539) STC 15453; ESTC S104745 44,904 146

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assēbled aboue .300 prelates of dyuerse coūtres through all crystendom this coūceyl was partly gadered at kyng Phillips req̄st 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 coūceyll wold not consent therunto yet notwithstādyng it was iudged sayd and declared that his actes and decrees against y ● Kynge were nowght vniust and of no valoure ¶ Also at this coūceyll was vtterly destroyed all the rules wrytynges of the Templers and brent them and all theyr possessyons gyuen vnto y ● order of saynt Iohn̄s in Ierusalem the which we call the knyghtes of the Rodes ¶ Also at this coūceyll the gray Fryers were at great dyuysyon within them selues for y ● which was decred many actes and decrees in y ● canon boke called Clementynys compyled by this sayd Clement bysshop of Rome also at this coūceyll 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 coūceyls in Fraunce to destroye the herysyes that were in valdoyes and pyemont and sauoye this fynyshed y ● 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 ● later end of this boke and so this coūceyll of Auynyon began by Iohan bisshop of Rome the .xxii. of y ● name a graye Fryer in whose tyme arose an Antypape by y ● mayntenaunce of themperour Lowys of Bauaria the whiche antypape helde a counceyll in Italye where as he declared y ● sayd Iohn̄ .xxii. of that name to be an herityke and this sayd Antypape and his company helde opynyon y ● 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 coūceyllys holden in Fraūce at Parys in y ● 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 Auynyo● 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 Auynyo● by Clement then succedyd Iohn̄ 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 Iohn̄ y ● was prysoner in Englād through y ● cause y ● .xxi. sisme of y ● which ye shal here more of in y ● last part of this boke thrugh this forsaid cause arose also an Antipape ī Italye named Nycolas y ● thyrd which was supported by the emperoure Lowys de Bauarya ¶ Also yet further incōuenyenses arose by this meane y t this sayd Bisshop preached and supported dyuerse visions fātasyes 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 ● realme of Fraunce w t imposycyons donacyons and decimis subsides expectatyues with other inuencyons such as y ● court of Rome could well cōtryue in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice but they were polled and pylled by cardynalles curtysians vnder thē of auynyō through y ● 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 Fraūce and this abhomynacyon was sore resysted by the vnyuersyte of Parys ¶ After this shamful ruyngne y ● sete appostolyke was remoued to rome agayn Anno Dn̄i .1376 in y ● 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 ● 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 ● iust and in ryght auctoryte and this sysme endured .40 yeres which was more troblous and daungerous then any y ● euer befel afortyme thus befel euyll vpon eyull so the Bohemis became as y ● 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 ● 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 ● dyed in Auygnyon succedyd Benedictus .xiii. whose errours were worse thē 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 ● 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 mē of his realme where as they cōsulted togyder y t both bisshops shulde be deposed wherupon the duke of bauarye and y ● duke of Burgone went to the by●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 consēt fled away secreatly out of Auynyon left them alone without farewel or leue taken retourned in to his natyue coūtrye wherof these dukes were abasshed and so retourned to Parys agayne pensiue where y ● Kyng lay after this they helde another coūceyl in the same Cytie in the tyme of charles y ● .vi. for this vnyon of the church to y ● which this bisshop y ● fled wold not cōsēt nor be cōfyrmable ¶ Of other two coūcellys in Fraūce the one at lyons y ● other at burges by the cōmaūdement of charles y ● .vii. al to abolyshe this sayd sysme AFter the great coūceyl of cōstaunce 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. Alexaūder the fyfth Iohn̄
¶ The Abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia Germania Italia and Gallia compyled by Iohn̄ le maire de belges most excellent Hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the .xij. of late frenche kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng lowys Anno dn̄i .1519 ¶ Translated by Iohn̄ 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 Iohn̄ 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 ly●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 cōfydence 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 abhomynacyōs 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 Iohn̄ 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 wa●re made by the pope Iulius whiche with great crueltye oppressed kynge Lowes domynyons coūtres whiche orator dedycated this frenche boke vnto y ● forsaid kyng Lowes y e 〈…〉 yet in our dayes perceyued theyr abhomynable vsurpaciōs the which bysshops of Rome arrogātly withhelde agaynst al kyng● 〈…〉 whom he withstode with all his power for the which he was accursed in dyuers regiō● 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 eye●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 gen●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 adherētes 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 ● church of Rome and what peruerse workꝭ 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 o●e accorde vnder ou● 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 ● 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 gyuē to hym from god afore all other princꝭ 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 ● great comforte and vnyte of all vs his subiectes ●edressyng the occasyons of all pestelent enormytes sysmes which many yeres hath ben groūded 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 ▪ so shall we●se and haue agayn al thynges in his d●ew order●kynd nature as holy auncyat dyuyne doctou●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 rotty● 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 ●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 ingend●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 ● whiche thynges there folowed great abusyons and debates in coūceylles 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 incōuenyences persecutyons through all chrystēdom And thus through
and Remēbre 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 ● mercy of God put on your armyes sprede forth your standardes and Baners set forth your cōpaynyes w t great courage and God y t is most puysaūt 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 Cōstantinople toke great courage and enforsed thē 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 presēt 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 lōge as ye shall endure this Iourney and ye shall vnderstand y ● in this assemble and coūceyll 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 ● hye honour and seruyse of God wherof is made mencyon ī 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 coūceyll of Troyes in Champayne by bysshop Pascall y ● twelfth for y ● reformacyons of y ● Churche AFter this great coūceyll 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 mōke and so successour of Urbanus whiche came into Fraunce for to haue reformacyon of dyuerse abuses y ● was thē 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 mē 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 ● erle of Burgoy●gne in y ● which coūceyll Henry the fourth Emperour was accoursed and excōmunicat AFter this Pascal rayned gyles the seconde of y ● name borne in Italye in whose tyme fell the .18 sysme in y ● whiche suffred many trybulacyons persecucions as ye shall fynde in the tyme of Henry the fourth Emperour which created an antypape named Benedictus y ● 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 Uy●nne named Guy of Burgongne which was in y ● 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 ● the forsayd Gylys was he y ● coursed Henry the emperour in y ● coūceyl and not this Calyxt for he was nye a kyne to y ● emperour Henry whiche maryed Ma●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 ● 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 ● emꝑour Henry to be beseged the ●yte of rayns where he was acursed ¶ Of the seconde coūceyl holden at Cleremond and of a nother holden at Rayns in Champayne almoost in one tyme. INnocent y ● secōde bysshop of Rome and borne in y ● same Cytie helde warre batayle agaynst Roger normunde Kynge of Naples ***** and y ● sone of Roger vaynquyshed this bisshop Innocent ī playne Batyle and toke hym his cardinalles prysoners yet notwithstandynge this prynce Wyllyam e●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 ● forsayd Innocent was chased out of Rome this was y ● .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 ● grosse was holden two counceylles in Fraunce in the whiche was the forsayd Innocent present these coūceylles were holden at cleremont ī Ouernya the other at rayns in Champayne in the which coūceylles 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 ●●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 ● he had of the Romayns and part for to coūceyll and to mocion cristē 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 ● yonger sone to grosse Lowys y ● whiche endeueryd hymselfe with great dilygēce toward this iourney assēbled a great coūceyl of prelates pryncis in the cytie of vezelay in Burgone and through the coūceyll 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 .xix. sisme THus after the death of Calixtus of Burgony Honorius the secōde 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 secōde of y ● name borne in Rome ī whose tyme began the .xix. sisme the occasyon ther ●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 innocēt was vaynquyshed in batayle raygned ▪ 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 seasō that this Innocent the secōde 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 ī Champayne in the tyme of kynge Lowys le grosse and from thense he came to Lyege where as he foūde y ● kynge of romayns Lothayre the seconde of that name who promysed hym assystēce with all his power thus what by the helpe of thēperour Lothayr and the french men he retourned the seconde tyme into Italy w t great power whiche was Anno dn̄i 113● thus was Innocēt 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 ● bysshop eugeny the thyrde of y ● 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 coūceyll at vezelay after y ● which tyme he returned to rome agayne peasible w t the help of y ● kynge Lowys ¶ Of the .xx. sisme whiche was in y ● tym● of themperour Frederyke the fyrst of his name called Barbarousse this sisme endured .xvii. yeres EUen of the same roote presydēce y ● afore tyme hath growen y ● is to say for couetyse which alway rayned in y ● 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 perc●yueraunce knowledge what ingeris and displeasures his pre●●ss●ssours had in tyme passed with the bysshops of Rome by vyolence and vniust cause he conceyued so greatyre and displeasurs agaynst thē for it that he scourged them in suche wyse that there was neuer sen● so great dyuysion bytwene the Empyre and the bysshops of Rome in somoch y ● 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 soueraūce of .xxiii. cardynallys an other named Octauyan a romayne whiche was chosen by .3 cardynallys specyall and named hym victor ¶ So this Alexaūder thynking to haue good ryght made a frend by an enbassetou● vnto the emperour Frederyke barbarous whiche as y ● tyme lay sege afore the cytie of Cremona in lumbardy and that he shuld set adirexion amonge these a●●ypapes the whiche Emperour to set a v●yte and concorde cōmaunded them both to mete with hym at pay●ie there he wolde mete with them vnto the whiche Alexsander wold not consent for the which cause he absēted hym selfe th●s so incontynēt frederyke without auctoryte assembled a coūceyl at pauye where the sayd Octauyan was present there was decreed y ● he shulde posesse y ● see appostolyke was confyrmed ma●g●e the wyl of alexāder y ● thyrde And ī these causes the sayd Alexsaūder excōmunycated thēperour frederyk barbarous so frederike toke vp y ● patrymonie profytes of saynt Peter otherwyse called the profytes of y ● church for y ● which cause this alexander fled from rome into fraūce in the tyme of phylip augustus there assēbled the thyrde counceyll at cleremound in auernia as we haue expressed in the seconde parte of this boke in the which● coūceyll Alexander the thyrde named by vyctor antypape excomunycated octauian emperour in this tyme y ● emperour discomfited millan dertome bycause they were rebellyōs after sēt an enbassade● to kynge Phyllyp to fynde the meane to destroye this sysme then in the churche ¶ The place of this apoyntmēt was cōsēted to be at dygyō in burgoyne which was Indyfferēt for both prynces for y ● emperour frederyk lay on y ● borders of burgoyne which came thyther w t a noble cōpany w t his quene the kynge of boheme with y ● kyng of scottes theyr Antypape w t theym named vyctor w t a great nōbre of mē of warre with thē yet wold not Alexāder come there sayēg y ● y ● place was not indyfferēt for his persō nor yet cōuenyēt to kepe such a coūceyll which only pertayned to his auctoryte wherfore this vnworthy Emperoure w t his antypape ful of yre thretnyngꝭ 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 Alexsaūder was fayne to flye out of rome to Uenyse in a straūge habyt ī al this tyme was war thorow al chrystēdome al by y ● occasyon of these sysmes and errors y ● 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 mo●ed the see of Rome to Auinion as I haue wryt●● playne in the second part of this boke and after the death of hym the see of Rome
Almayne ¶ Uery longe tedyous it were to this abbreuyacyō to excyte and set forth the wonderfull feates of warre with dyfferences alteracyōs appoyntementꝭ y ● were happened bytwene this gregory the seuēth henry y ● thyrde emperour of almaine gregori gaue out a great curse agaynst themperour his bi●shops and themperour created another bysshop named Clement afore called gylb●rt archbysshop of Raue●na he was created and elected by a counceyl in Germany and this bysshop Gregory gaue his tytyle to the duke of saxon named Radulphus but thus in conclusyon after .iiii. bataylles faughten he was cōuye● and slayne by the sayd emperoure Henry the fourth And after these vyctorys cru●l bataylles this sayd emꝑour sēt fyrst his sōne Henry y ● fourth to Rome to subdue the pryde of this arrogaūt bysshop gregorye the .vii. and of his adherēces and in this tyme was there dame mehault coūtesse of Mantua which was an Appostasa an ypocryte sturdy and ha●dy more then became any woman whiche resysted themperour in y ● bisshop of Romes cause whiche was also ouercome 〈◊〉 slayne and thus this forsayd emperour came to Rome byforce he brought w t hym clement his antypape there cōsecrated hym was intronysed or crowned so the bysshop Gregory y ● .7 whiche was the very occasion of al this mischefe euyll was beseged afterwarde escaped by the handes of Guyschard y ● normande prynce of poylle whiche conuayed hym yet notwithstandynge he lyued not lōge after for dolour sorowe and this gregorye was he y ● made many new straūge cōstitucions he ordayned that prestꝭ shulde haue no wyues that they theyr wyues shuld not dwel together y ● no man shuld here y ● masse of h● y ● held or kepe a cōcubine he ordayned y ● no ꝑsone shuld ete flessh on ymber dayes also y ● none shuld ere flesshe on y ● saterdayes trouth to say this Gregorie was to arrogāt rigorus as storys wryteth thus by y ● death of gregory y ● .7 the 16. sisme was almost abolysshed but not all hole for his successour named vyctor the .iii. abbote of the mounte cassyn wolde gladly haue susteyned the same opynyons whiche his predycessour helde agaynst y ● emperour but he was soone cōstrayned to y ● cōtrary whiche dyed other by preuy sycknes or by poyson after hym succeded vrbanus the seconde whiche medled nor enterprysed lytle of these forsayd matters and so this man came in to fraunce where was holden a great counceyll generall at cleremount in auernia wherin he moued al chrystēdome to haue warre agaynst the infydelys and to recouer Ierusalem with the holy lāde by whose mocyō was gadred vnyuersally throughe all chrystendome the greatest army that euer went ī to the holy land and godfray de bullyon was the chefe captayne therof as apperethī the second parte of this boke ¶ Of the .17 sysme whiche arose by certayn quarelles y ● the bysshops of Rome moued agaynst y ● emperours PAscal the secōde of his name borne in tuskane was no les then a dyscyple of Gregorye the .7 which succeded vrban the .2 yet he dyd no lesse then his predycessours dyd for he began his quarell against y ● emperour supportyng the papall dygnyte so this mater hangyng Godfroy de bulliō w t al other crystē princes helde strong warre batayls agaynst y ● sarasyns in surrey in y ● which tyme they conquered Antioch and Ierusalem Anno d●i .1099 whiche was .492 yeres after the sarasyns wan it fyrste in the tyme of Heracle emperoure ¶ After this y ● forsaid pascal some what hye mynded holdynge hye countenaūce agaynst Henry the fourth of that name emperour he sent his armie agaynst gilbert called Clemēt antipape elect in Almayne by themperour henry the thyrde and this armye was wel enforsayd and strengthed by Roger le Normāde Prynce of Sycyl which sent hym many men of armyes also a thousande ouncys of golde to mayntayne his souldyers w t al thus was this antipape for lack of help constrayned to fle the cytie y ● he lay in flede to saue himselfe into the handes of Rycharde de Chāpayne of Napl●s and so after in short tyme he dyed for sorowe and dyspleasure This Rychard Erle of Champayne in Naples which fauored this sayd antypape gylbert called Clemēt he set vp an other antypape named al●ertus borne besyde Naples whiche within short tyme was deposed and the inhabitantes of Rome chose another whose name was Theodorus the whiche within a houndred and .v. dayes reuoked his auctorite became an hermit and so the thyrde was chosen called maginus a cytazyne of Rome whiche toke the tytle and auctoryte of the bysshop of rome at Rauēna which was afterward ouer throwen by the romayns ¶ And after al these thynges yet the forsayd Pascal bysshop the seconde of that name recouered sertayne landes of the church of Rome byforce of armyes and so he came into Fraunce to reforme the churche ❧ ❧ ☞ ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ Into Fraunce came this sayd Pascal the seconde in y ● tyme of kynge phyllyp the fyrst and gathered a counceyl attroy in champayne it appereth in the seconde part of this boke for the reformacyon of the church and so after this sayd counceyll he retourned towardes Rome whereas Henry the fourth was come afore hym to be crowned emperoure where as this emperour toke prysoner this sayd bysshop Pascal and all his cardynallys prelates curtasans and so set them at lybertie agayne whē he hadde recouered his ryght and tytle that was taken from his predycessours for admyttyng the fre Elexcyon of bysshops of Rome the fyrst fruytes vnyuersal of the bysshops and prelates and benefysed men to be at the Emperours pleasure as his ryght title was and after y ● emperours departynge they reuoked all that they graunted thus was busynesse new to begyn agayne ¶ Of the .xviii. sysme THe .xviii. sisme began bytwē Gelasius the second bysshop of Rome borne in Gaiectan successour of the said Pascal the seconde another antypape called Benedictus a spanyard elected by Henry the fourth bycause of his tytle of elexcyons inuestures of the spyrytualtye so this sayd Gelasius came in to fraunce and dyed at Clugny in his place was chosen bisshop of rome calixtꝰ y ● seconde archbysshop of Uyenne in Dolphyne thus Benedictꝰ afore named antypape which held hymselfe stronge in Italy in the spyte of the sayd Gelasius bysshop and Calixtus his successour dyd in lykwise withstande Gelasius to his power but shortly in conclusyon he was vaynquyshed in playne batayl and taken by the ayed of the french men and the captayne of theym as the cardynall of sen● Grisigone so set this Benedictꝰ vpon a camel trussed his vysage towardes the camylles tayle and so was led to rome in dispyt tryumphaūtly with shame thus fynyshed the .18 sysme ¶ Of