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
other heresyes called Donastytes whiche baptysed y â— cristeÌ„ agayne as our late Anna baptystes vsed and as the enmonyans heretykê y e sayd that Iesu Cryste in his Godhede was not equall w t God the Father by dyuyne nature but onely by grace the massedonyas heretykes denyed the holy Ghost to be equall with the Father and the Sone thus these heresyes arose y â— .xii. persecucyoÌ„ through the coÌ„maundement of Iulian y â— appostata emperour that was fyrst a cristeÌ„ man and after fell to Ydolatry whiche persecucyon arose by euyll example sismes that he sawe in Chrystes church ¶ Here foloweth y e .iii. sisme of y e church of Rome in whiche tyme Rome was destroyed by y e gootes SHortly after the seconde sysme y e thyrde folowed bytweÌ„ Bysshop Damascus borne in Spayne and Ursysinus cardynall deacon his ennemy whiche was his open chalenger to batayll in armes within the church wherthrough were many men slayne one both partes so inconclusyon Damascus ouercame and vaynqueshed vrsysyne y â— antipape whiche was afterward content with the bysshoprycke of naples ¶ Thus is apparant to all the worlde what desolacyon and myschefe ensued vpon the possessions that was gyuen to the bysshops ofâ—Rome by CoÌ„stantyne his successours what w t violence of war persecucyon of tyranny vpon crysten people alas what pety was this to se y e see of Rome so pyteously brought iÌ„ such a name by Damascus bysshop this man was y â— fyrst bysshop of Rome that enterpressed dedes of armes warre for his dignyte yet notwithstandyng he is at this day acepted and taken for a holy glorious confessouâ— yet was he accused for adultrye and this man was the fyrst that auctorysed saynt Ieromes werkes and in his tyme Rome was taken and destroyed by Alarych Kynge of gootes the whiche ingendred great slaunder in the crysten church in somoch that y â— paynymes greatly reproched the chrysten relygyon for suche shamfull enormytes in somoche that many cristen Kynges and Prynces withdrewe theÌ„ frome seruinge of God and so fell frome y â— fayth where vpon saynt Austen compiled and wrote the boke called De ciuitate dei thus through this sysme the deuyll redy to al myschefe engendred another sorte of heretykes called Pelagyans whose opynyons was that maÌ„ myght meryt without the grace and gyft of God and that no maÌ„ shuld passe vpoÌ„ baptyme for the whiche errour was assembled a couÌ„ceyl generall in the cetye of Carâ—age there were asseÌ„ble .cc.xviii. prelates where as saynt Austen was one of them sheued wel his scyence vertue and learnynge ¶ Of the .iiii. sisme tribulacions befel in christê church of y â— great counceylles agaynst y â— great heresyes that then raygned whiche coÌ„tynewed fyfte yeres THus bytwene the thyrde sysme y â— fourthe was but foure pesyble bysshoppes of Rome whiche were Syryake Anastase fyrst InnoceÌ„t y â— fyrst zosynus after whose death began the .iiii. sysme deuisyon in the churche that is to wet bytwene Bonyface the fyrste and eulalyus cardynall preest The cause of theyr dyuysyon was that y â— clarge ware departed in to two partes and sortes in the which tyme the Emperour Theodosius beyng at Mallan w t his wyfe were banyshed shortly after Boniface was reuoked agayne and so made bisshop of Rome onely after that vnto y â— fyfte sysme began the heryses of PredestynacyoÌ„ y â— whiche affyrmed y â— no ê‘son aueyled to do any good werkes but euery ê‘soÌ„ to do his pleasure for god had predestynated euery maÌ„ to be saued daÌ„pned at his plesure in this seasoÌ„ was asseÌ„bled a couÌ„cel at CoÌ„stantynople in the tyme of gratiaÌ„ Emperour theodose damascus bysshop of Rome agaynst the errour of the macedonyans ¶ So folowyng not loÌ„ge after was asseÌ„bled y â— thyrde great counceyll at Ephese by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of Theodose afore wryteÌ„ bysshop Telestyn against y â— heresyes of the Nestoryans which held opynyon that the virgyn marye was not mother to the sone of God in this opynyon was many countres sore infected with as Fraunce Spayne Affrique with many other small domynyons in whiche tyme Ursula her coÌ„pany suffered deth and martyrdome at Colone ¶ And in this season was assembled the iiii generall counceyll in Calsydonye in Asia the lesse end the which was asseÌ„ble ccccc xxx bysshops by y â— auctoryte of bysshop Leo the fyrste of y t name MarsuÌ„ then emperour This assemble was to coÌ„uicte the heryses of Eutycyanes abbot of Constantynople who held opynyon that Chryst had takeÌ„ humanyte vpoÌ„ hymself y t he had iÌ„ hym but one nature that was pure dyuynyte the whiche heryses was fordone by y â— sayd counceyll and shortly after began another sysme called Archefallyke y t is to wyte without a hed which denyed all Canons of the sayd counseyll ¶ And this tyme befel a great mischyfe in Rome that Anastasius then seconde bysshop of that name borne in Rome became an herityke was named the seconde bysshop abhomynable in Rome for he fauoured the opynyons of y t nestoryans as Lyberius bysshop dyd afore wryten toke the opinyons of the Arians and this Anastasius was the fyrst that gaue out cursse vpon any Emperour or Kynge in synne this cursed Bysshop dyed full of misery in somoch y t his bowelles fell from hym syttyng at the sâ—ole of eysment as stores make meÌ„cyon he raygned one yere and .xxiiii. dayes ¶ Of the .v. sysme and counceylles gadred for the vnyte of the churche and destruccyon of dyuers herysyes THe .v. sysme of the churche of Rome beganne the yere .494 this sysme beganne bytwene Symachus and Laurence the cause of this dyuisyoÌ„ was that the clargye could not agree in theyr voyces whiche of these two shuld holde the see of Rome for the which rose great dyuysyon and dyssencyon in two pertes amonge the Romayns and in fine agreed to assemble a counceyll at Rauenna in y â— presens of Theodore Kynge of Gotes In the whiche counceyll they agreed that Symachus shulde be bysshop through Theodore y â— Kynge which bysshop was at Sardyne Laureus was made bysshop of Nucerre thus was fynyshed the .v. sysme ¶ Of the .vi. sysme of the Churches THrough the forsayd bysshops was the .vi. sysme fyrste w t in foure yers some of y â— clargy of Rome sediciuos persons and louers of newe tydynges with help of two senatours conspyred to depose Simacus bisshop and wolde haue put in LaureÌ„s afore wryten here vpon the Kynge Theodoryke beynge sore agreued he set one Peter Altyne to kepe the see of Rome for hym selfe and chased the forsayd two bysshops in exyle and so in coÌ„clusyon the sayd Symacus assembled a couÌ„ceyl of .vi. score bisshops and they purged hymselfe cleane of all thynges there layd agaynst hym for the whiche he abode styll bysshop of Rome and yet notwithstoÌ„dynge there was suche dyscorde
¶ 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
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
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„
of Alberyke to stoppe his mowthe with a cusshon so smodred hym to deth this trewely was a pytefull case to se y â— see appostolyke so repleat with bysshops of iniquite as stoâ—yes of y â— tyme doth wryt more at large of theyr ambysyon pryde and iniquyte in the whiche season the Hongaryons wrought great vengeauncys and dyspleasurs agaynst the church of Rome the patrymonye of the Church whiche was onely the iust punyssyon of God ¶ What befel in the tyme of the .x. and the .xi. sisme by y â— power of the emperour Otton y â— fyrst of y â— name IOhnÌ„ the twelfth of y â— name bysshop of Rome also borne there the whiche afore was called Octauyan thorow the puyssaunce tyrannye of his father Alberyk he vsed his papalyte very euyl for he was a man of euyll lyfe without chastyte he companyd w t women openly without shame for y â— which abhomynacyon two cardynalles dyscret wyse persons complayned vnto Otton emperour of germany who rained Anno .962 ye shall vnderstande that the meane season or Otton the Emperour came this foresayde Ingnomynyous Bysshoppe Iohan was aduertised of this coÌ„playnte by the Cardynalles to the Emperouâ— of hym and caused theÌ„ to be taken and of the one he caused to cutte of his nose and the other his brestys And so shortly after kynge â–ª Otton came to Rome and there helde a counceyll agaynst the sayd bysshop of Rome In the whiche counceyll he was condempned and deposed for his wycked and cruell lyfe yet after this iust iudgement he was taken agayne in the acte of adulterye with a maÌ„nes wyfe whose husbande slewe hym with the dede doynge ¶ After the deposytyon of this sayd Iohan the xii kynge Otton caused a bysshop to be chosen called Leo the eyght And shortly after the absence of Otton the emperour The wycked Romayns sedytions inconstaunt chased this Leo bysshop out of Rome and set vp an antypape who was named Benedictus the .v. for the whiche cause themperoure Otton shortly after beseged Rome and so what for the warre famyne the Romayns were constrayned to yeld and set the forsayd Leo in his see and auctorite and so put to exyle theyr antipape Benedict which fled in to Almayn thus were these two sismes fynysshed afore wryteÌ„ ¶ Of the .xii. sisme abolyshed by Otton the thyrde Emperour BY the auctoryte of y â— emperour Otton y â— thirde Anno dnÌ„i .993 was created bysshop of rome gregorie y â— v. borne in saxonia iÌ„ Almayn and so after the departynge of the emperour Otton from Rome a certayne senatoure ryche repleat with couetous named CresseÌ„sius set vp y â— bysshop of pleasauÌ„ce of the nacyon of Grece for money and so this Gregorye seyng dredynge the fury of the Romayns and theyr vyolence w t all fled into Almayne towarde the emperour OttoÌ„ who brought hym agayne by stronge hande though this senatour w t the greke bisshop antypape with Cressencyus by force and strenght kept theym within the Castell aungell yet that notwithstandyng they were taken and Cressencyus was byhedyd for his couetous enterpryse the antypape had both his eyen put out and wel worthy for his ambycyous preesthode ¶ Thus was the bysshop Gregorye restored to his dignyte in Rome agayne and he was y â— fyrst that decreed made ordinauÌ„ces for y â— elexcion of the Empyre Anno dnÌ„i .1002 to y â— entent y â— the elexcioÌ„ imperyall shulde alway remayne contynew amonge the Prynces of Germany whiche contynueth to this day onely but of suffraunce and so after Gregorye held the see appostolyke Syluester the seconde the which was expert in the art Magyque and NygromnÌ„cy whiche is a deuyllysh a daÌ„pnable scyence y â— whiche Gregorie dyed shamfully as storyes maketh mension as in the seconde parte of this boke it doth partly appere ¶ Of the .xiii. .xiiii. sysmes in the tyme of two bysshops of Rome the one the vncle the other y â— Nephew in whose tyme Ierusalem was takeÌ„ by the sarasyns of y â— horyble operacyons of these two bysshops THe knowledge of these dyuysyons and sysmes be so confuse odyous that I wold they were passed vnder scylence notwithstandynge he that seketh for the swete breers must oftymes passe thorow sharp thornes crowked breers or we come to the swet carnel we must pas thorowe the harde shell thus after these thyngê afore resyted I must shew vnto you the residewe as myne auctour wryteth sucsentyfly as I may can vnderstaÌ„de Thus haue ye sene y â— through euyll auarycyous bysshops of Rome was the cause and occasyon of al sismes discordes euylles that befell throughe the world in lyke maner y â— good meke and crystyan bysshops was y â— occasyon of peace vnyte concorde ouerall crystendome â–ª as we haue wryten in the seconde part of this boke ¶ Thus after y â— this forsayd Siluester the seconde dyed whiche gaue hymselfe to the Deuyll to come vnto his sayd dignyte papall whome God may saue by his merry and grace and in so succeded in the space of .xii. yeres but thre peasyble bysshops of Rome after this succeded Benedictus the fyfth borne in Tuskay which began to entre in moch trouble for when the emperour henry y â— fyrst of that name was deed whiche was in the yere of our Lorde .404 which stode in great fauour with the sayd emperour bycause he dyd crowne hym in his see which benedictus was cast out by force from his dignite by the Romayns so they set in another in his place yet notwithstandynge Benedictus made his agrement with his ennemies and afterward chasid his ennemies out of his place and so he was restored to his dignyte agayne thus fynysshed the xiiâ— sysme ¶ And as storyes doth specefy which remayneth that after the deth of the sayd Benedictus it was fantasyed that the spryte of the sayd bysshop Benedictus the viiâ— appered vnto a bysshop in asolytarye place vpoÌ„ a great horrible blake horse this Bysshop demaunded hym why wherfore he rode on such a blacke horse he answered bycause he was in great tormeÌ„tes prayed the Bysshop to take certayne treasours that he had hyd in dyuerse places where as he shewed hym where they lay y â— he shuld destry buit theÌ„ to the pore people for all the almes I gaue iÌ„ my lyfe tyme lytle profytê me bycause I gat my treasour w t extorâ—yon rapyne whiche dyd as y â— vysyon sayd afâ— he forsoke y â— glorie of thê worlde be came a relygyous man soletary ¶ After this benedictê° the .viii. succeded Benedictus y â— .ix. bytwene whoÌ„ was the bysshop IohnÌ„ the .xx. this Benedictê° the .ix. was worse then his vncle as appereth for he was y â— occasion of the .xiiii. sisme diuision in y â— church of Rome for the Romayns sawe y â— he was of smal reputacyoÌ„ of lytle
Almayne ¶ Uery longe tedyous it were to this abbreuyacyoÌ„ to excyte and set forth the wonderfull feates of warre with dyfferences alteracyoÌ„s appoyntementê y â— were happened bytwene this gregory the seueÌ„th henry y â— thyrde emperour of almaine gregori gaue out a great curse agaynst themperour his biâ—shops and themperour created another bysshop named Clement afore called gylbâ—rt archbysshop of Raueâ—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 coÌ„uyeâ— and slayne by the sayd emperoure Henry the fourth And after these vyctorys cruâ—l bataylles this sayd emê‘our seÌ„t fyrst his soÌ„ne Henry y â— fourth to Rome to subdue the pryde of this arrogauÌ„t bysshop gregorye the .vii. and of his adhereÌ„ces and in this tyme was there dame mehault couÌ„tesse of Mantua which was an Appostasa an ypocryte sturdy and haâ—dy more then became any woman whiche resysted themperour in y â— 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 coÌ„secrated hym was intronysed or crowned so the bysshop Gregory y â— .7 whiche was the very occasion of al this mischefe euyll was beseged afterwarde escaped by the handes of Guyschard y â— normande prynce of poylle whiche conuayed hym yet notwithstandynge he lyued not loÌ„ge after for dolour sorowe and this gregorye was he y â— made many new strauÌ„ge coÌ„stitucions he ordayned that prestê shulde haue no wyues that they theyr wyues shuld not dwel together y â— no man shuld here y â— masse of hâ— y â— held or kepe a coÌ„cubine he ordayned y â— no ê‘sone shuld ete flessh on ymber dayes also y â— none shuld ere flesshe on y â— saterdayes trouth to say this Gregorie was to arrogaÌ„t rigorus as storys wryteth thus by y â— death of gregory y â— .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 â— emperour but he was soone coÌ„strayned to y â— coÌ„trary 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 chrysteÌ„dome to haue warre agaynst the infydelys and to recouer Ierusalem with the holy laÌ„de by whose mocyoÌ„ was gadred vnyuersally throughe all chrystendome the greatest army that euer went iÌ„ to the holy land and godfray de bullyon was the chefe captayne therof as apperethiÌ„ the second parte of this boke ¶ Of the .17 sysme whiche arose by certayn quarelles y â— the bysshops of Rome moued agaynst y â— emperours PAscal the secoÌ„de 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 â— emperour supportyng the papall dygnyte so this mater hangyng Godfroy de bullioÌ„ w t al other crysteÌ„ princes helde strong warre batayls agaynst y â— sarasyns in surrey in y â— which tyme they conquered Antioch and Ierusalem Anno dâ—i .1099 whiche was .492 yeres after the sarasyns wan it fyrste in the tyme of Heracle emperoure ¶ After this y â— forsaid pascal some what hye mynded holdynge hye countenauÌ„ce agaynst Henry the fourth of that name emperour he sent his armie agaynst gilbert called ClemeÌ„t antipape elect in Almayne by themperour henry the thyrde and this armye was wel enforsayd and strengthed by Roger le NormaÌ„de 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 â— he lay in flede to saue himselfe into the handes of Rycharde de ChaÌ„payne of Naplâ—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 ClemeÌ„t he set vp an other antypape named alâ—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 RaueÌ„na 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 â— 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 wheÌ„ 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 â— emperours departynge they reuoked all that they graunted thus was busynesse new to begyn agayne ¶ Of the .xviii. sysme THe .xviii. sisme began bytweÌ„ 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 calixtê° y â— seconde archbysshop of Uyenne in Dolphyne thus Benedictê° 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 senâ— Grisigone so set this Benedictê° vpon a camel trussed his vysage towardes the camylles tayle and so was led to rome in dispyt tryumphauÌ„tly with shame thus fynyshed the .18 sysme ¶ Of
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
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