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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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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 debatꝭ arose by y e possessiō giftꝭ that Constantine gaue to y ● 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 xp̄i .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 ● 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 excōmunycat his Emperour Leon y ● .iii. of his name y ● whiche cause was y ● 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 cōpanyes 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 ●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 ● 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 contynuaūce 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 ī 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 partꝭ oryentall And so mynysshed sore chrystendome And this heresyes dyd encrease more more where through they were enforsed to assemble the .vii. counceyll at Constātynople 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 cōmaunded 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 coūcel ī Orliaūce Anno. dn̄i .486 Raynyng y t tyme at Cōstātinople y ● emꝑour zeneme And at y ● tyme sat in y ● apostolyk see 〈◊〉 y ● .iii. of y ● name And about 〈◊〉 tyme rayned kīg Artur of Englande and he sent a presydent to that coūcell at orliaūce 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 o●er Almayne Fraūce 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 ● which coūceyll 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 ● thyrd of y ● name came into Fraunce to Charle mayne complaynynge of thre Preestes which had done hym great vltrage and dyspleasure y ● one named Pasculis the other Pri●isserius y ● thyrde called Cāpulus 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 coūceyll holden at Aquis Granū in y ● tyme of Emꝑour Lowys de bōnere sone to Charlemayn whiche lyeth buryed in Aquis granū OF this coūceyll wryteth Platyne historyograffer y t there were assembled al the Prynces and counceylles vnder y ● power and domynyon of Lowys de bōnere 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 ● Infydelles and Sarasyns laboured for Peace whiche was graūted and at the whiche coūceyll was compyled a great Boke of Lawes and cōstytucyons 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 ● 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 Gēmys perle stone lyke Kynges and Prynces on theyr Fyngers ryche Rynges and so this good Kynge cōmaūded 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 cōtented and agreed also as Platyne wryteth the bisshop of Rome Steuen y ● fourth of that name borne in Rome and successour of Leo the thyrde beynge at the sayd counceyll fled
frome the Romayns came into Fraunce to kynge Lowys the good Kynge at Orlyaunce was there honorably receyued and at his retorne gaue hym ayed and strength to retorne to Rome and he gaue hym a crosse of so great valoure that was inestymable to iudge whiche was sent as an offrynge to seynt Peter ¶ Of the coursed and wycked coūceyll that was holdē at Campyne by the prelates of Fraūce agaynst the sayd good kynge Lowys ✚ THere was about this tyme a detestable and wycked counceyll a permysyous which was gadered by euyll auctoryte ***** of the wycked prelates of Fraunce whiche conspyred agaynst theyr good Kynge Lowys bycause he set a dyreccyon and good order agaynst theyr dishonest lyuynge pompe pryde abhomynacyon and superfluytes as afore was wryten and thus this wycked counceyll of prelates conspyred a great insurreccyon and army of moch people as the sone against the father and frend agaynst frend so toke the good Kyng Lowys put hym captyue at seysons in a stronge hold And to this conspyrese was agreed pope Gregory y ● .iiii. of his name bycause he was not benefyciall to the Churche of Rome at that tyme and for redressyng many enormytꝭ And not so benefycyall as he was to other Bysshops afore And as the orator Raphael of voluntary testyfyeth of this wycked counceyll companye assembled without auctoryte And so there these traytours cōdempned this good kyng without auctoryte deposed hym frome all armes and out of his dignyte emperyal and dyspoyled hym of his Kynges rayment and put on hym a monkes kole in derysyon ¶ O cursed wycked Pharysyans repleat with treason and ypocresy sacerdotall howe can ye conspyre so great abhomynacyon and cruelty agaynst so good a kynge for redressynge your Antecristian lyuynge pompe pryde suerly this is not your fyrst cruelty for ye began w t the hede y t was our sauyour Iesu Christ whome ye shamfully crucyfyed and put to deth ¶ And thus contynued the good kynge Lowys captyue indesolacyon amonge his ennemyes tyll God prouyded for hym through good coūceylles iustyce diuyne of Kynges and Prelates that he was restored to his originall tytle emperour and Kynge of Fraunce agayne ¶ Of the coūceyll of Troyes in Champane holden by the kynge Lowys that stutted in his speakynge IN the tyme of this Lowys sone of Charles came in to Fraunce Iohn̄ bysshop of Rome the .viii. of that name borne in Rome And escaped out of the prysons and captyuyte of the Romayns which hated hym bycause he wold haue crowned this sayd Lowys y ● s●utter Emperour of Rome for the Romayns wolde rather haue had Charles his brother kynge of Germanye and not onely for this cause he fled but bycause of two erles which wolde haue taken frome hym the patrymonye of the Churche and in this cause he dyd curse thē and so came for socour in to fraunce and there abode a .xii. monethes desyred the help of the Kynge which could not come bycause he lay secke at Towers notwithstādynge within short tyme after he recouered his sykenesse then he the bysshop met togyther in Troyes in Champane and there assembled a counceyll of the churche Gallycane ¶ And thus at this sayd counceyll were determyned many holy decrees there they confyrmed a bysshop to be Pastore ouer the countre of Flaunders whiche was a wylde Forest for to make Colys and full of maryse as Platyne wryteth which afterwarde was replet with people and townes wherthrough it is to be coniectured they be vnder the dioses of Tornay as yet remayneth ¶ Yet furthermore at this sayd coūceyll this said Iohn̄ bysshop gaue the crown empyre to kyng Lowys the stut●er alled him august yet wold not he graūt to crowne his wyfe Quene so after this counceyll fynyshed Iohn̄ bysshop the .viii. of that name retorned to Rome to warre on the Sarasyns whiche were entred in to the partys of Italye ¶ Of two coūceylles holden at Raynys one agaynst another one by the kynges the other by the bysshop of Rome AGaynst these counceylles the bysshop Benedict the .vii. of that name caused to assēble another counceyll at Raynes in the which Arnulphus was restored to the byshoprych of Rayns and the vsurped bysshop deposed which was after Archbysshop of Reuenna and syns bysshop of Rome by crafte and meanes of Diabolyke scyence wherin he was expert yet notwithstandynge he ended his dayes myserably ¶ Of a great coūceyll generall assēbled at Cleremōde in Auernea ī the tyme of Phyllyp the fyrste of that name Emperour kynge of Fraūce there present Urbanus y ● secōde bysshop of that name in Rome in the which coūceyl was y ● great vyage of Godfroy debullyon set forth vpō the sarasyns where by the fayth of Chryste was largely encreased in Turkey ✚ THis holy bysshop of Rome Urban the .xii. of that name Abbot of Clunye a blacke monke and Cardynall of Hostyensis was moued w t pyte and compassyon thorow the lamētable complayntes of the worthy pylgr●me Peter the heremyte borne at Mens the whiche came lately from the holy lāde And so informed Urban of the mys●ry and po●erte seruytude that crysten people were in there with the patryarke Symon in Ierusalem So this complaynt herynge Urban moued with cōpassyon prepayred with all dylygence for succour delyueraūce of them there beyng in the thraldom daūger of Sarasyns turkys Infidels which crystē people laye in this thraldom from the tyme of Hiracle whiche was the yere of our Lorde god cccc.lxxx or there aboute as platyne wryteth ¶ And shortlye after Urban was in so greate trouble and veracyon amonge the Romayns that they were fayne to flye out of Rome and came in to Fraunce And there was assembled throughe his commynge a great counceyll of all the Prelates of the Churche catholyke whiche was holden in the cytie of Cleremount in Ouernia And some storyes sayth that Phillyp y e fyrste of that name assembled another counceyll agaynst y e Hollandes And so whan the great coūcell of Urban the bysshop of rome was assembled in the holy Ghost this sayde Urban made an excellent and elygant Oration to that assēble And there therof breyfly sentenciously I gadred as foloweth concernynge the vyage to Ierusalem for the delyueraunce and captyuyte of the crysten people ¶ All ye honourable audyence here assembled ye shall vnderstande y t I whiche haue taken on me vnworthy this entendeth to set good ordre and reformacyon in all thynge accordynge to the catholyke Relygyon of Chryste ¶ It is not vnknowen to you what ingerys and losse hathe ben of late dayes in crystendome by Sarasyns and Infydellys without mercy or pytie with great warres and battayllys for the whiche remedy is there none but by force of armys wherfore to redresse it as we and you be very C●tristyans stonde faste in the fayeth and lette vs seke remedy for this pyteous tyranny that chrysten people do susteyne
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
insomoch that after hym folowed his wyffe with gret nōbre of people And w t them conradus kynge of romaynes Alfonce kyng of Spayne Rycharde the fyrste of England with great nombre of knyghtes and barons whiche was the seconde passage vnyuersall y ● crystendome made to the holy Lande of Ierusalem ¶ And as Platyne sayth this Eugenius and saynt Bernarde was the cheyf setters forth in this counceyl for this armye And so returned to rome quyetly ¶ Of the thyrd councell holdē in Ouernya of two other councelles one at Towers another at Dygyon THus the .xx. sysme of y ● churche was agaynst bisshop Alysaunder the thyrde of that name borne at Senys the yere of our Lorde M.lxxx and this sysme dyuysion endured in the churche .xvii. yeres agaynst .iiii. Antypapes that then rayned were suffered by y ● emperoure frederyke called Barbarouse and so this Alyxsaūder fled out of Rome for socoure vnto kynge Phillype augustus who then assembled a coūceyll in Cleremonde in Ouernya agaynst the forsayd Frederyke for mayntenynge of victor Antypape by the which varyaunce and dyuysyon in crystendome in this meane season Ierusalem was wonne by y e soul dan Saladyne which was neuer yet recouered to this day this was the yere of Chryste .1184 and so this emperour Frederyk wolde fayne a brought to passe a vnyte concorde wold haue had this co●●ceyl at Dygyon ī Burgony where they shulde amet with kynge Phyllype and the kynge of Boheme and kynge of Scottes and shuld haue had the said antypape Uictor whiche he brought all to passe byforce of armes or els not ¶ But yet this Alexsaunder bysshup of Rome wolde not consent to come there for he had that place in susspecke and so gadered a nother counceyll at Towers and thus y ● emperour Frederyk in spyte and displeasur returned in to Almayne and sent Uictor his antypape in to ●talye thus was al thyngꝭ in more pertur bacyon vnquyetnesse thē it was afore thus al cristen people may se what myschefe vengeaunce hath ben through y ● obstynacy of wycked bisshops of Rome ouer all crystendome euer wyll be vntyll the hande of God put remedy ¶ Of two coūceylles in fraunce holden in Parys in Phyllyps tyme and of the disi●e of Salandyne IN the tyme of this phyllip august came Enbassatoures quene Isabel from the kynge of Ierusalem which came for socour for the cristen prysoners y ● Saladyne soldā had in captyuite wherupon was gadered a coūseyll at Parys to no purpose but for the socour of crysten mē for the kyng Phillyp had as then great warre agaynst Hew duke of Burgone and other ¶ And thus this sayd Phillyp sent enbassatours to kynge Rycharde curedelyon desyring hym of ayed in this cause to the whiche he graunted w t good wyll so shortly after he assembled a great armye on both partys of Fraunce and England and went on a croose agaynst the ennemys of cristendome but the forsayd kīg Richard could not obtayne his purpose for he was slaine afore a Castel or he came to Ierusalem and notwithstandynge his sone toke that Iourney on hym for the mayntenaunce of this was payed al the hole rentes of the churches and monestaryes in Fraunce whiche was called y ● subsedy of Salandyne and after this forsayd company folowed Frederyke emperour w t a great puyssaūce which was called y ● thyrde generall viage in to the holy lande ¶ Of another coūceyl holden in Fraūce by a Legat of the bysshop of Rome agaynst kyng phillype augustus THus another coūceyll was holden agaynste Pyyllype after his retorne by y ● legat of Innocēt y ● thyrde of that name there was y ● kynge Pyllype enterdyted and all the Realme for forsakyng of the Quene which was the bysshops kynswoman and herupon the Kynge armyd hym raysed a great armye he exyled all the bysshops that consented to the curse and put them in Pryson and frome theyr benefyces c. ¶ Of the counceyll holden at Parys agaynst the albygens IN y ● tyme of Lowys father to saynt Lowys then Gregory the .ix. rayned Anno. Dn̄i .1226 then came in to Fraūce a legat from the Bysshop whiche legat was named Romanus there was gadred a coūceyll they concluded to warre vpon the herytykes Albygoys whiche was in y ● coū●re of Auynion in Prouaūce Languedock whiche were repleat with great vyllany and herysyes and so the Kynge went vpon these countryes subdued them and in retournyng home he dyed ¶ Of the fyrst coūceyl holden at Lyons in the tyme of saynt Lowys kynge and of Innocent bysshop of Rome the .4 of y t name borne in Genys THe which bisshop came into Fraūce for soco●r for case that the Emperour Frederyk persecuted hym Anno Dn̄i .1246 and y ● Emperour was syted to appere at this counceyll and came w t a great company and at turayne he retourned home agayne for his ennemies were entred into his countrye ¶ This debat contynued long tyme the space and tyme of thre bysshops of Rome successyuely y ● was Honorius the .3 the other Gregorye Innocent afore wryten and thus thorow y ● cruell obstynacy of these bysshops there arose great mischeffe dissencion through al cristendome so therby was engendred great war in al crystendom in the which tyme of warres was lost Constantinople so at this coūceyl was nothyng concluded through the great ruyne that fell in crystendome by these forsayd bysshops of Rome one after a nother ¶ Of the seconde counceyl of Lions in the tyme of Gregory the tenth and in y ● tyme of kynge Phyllyp sone to saynt Lowys THe yere of grace .1232 rained kyng Phillip sone to saint Lowys who assembled a nother counceyll at Lyons wherunto came Gregorye bysshop the tenth borne in Plesaunce this Kynge Phyllyp was the fyrst y ● gaue y ● bisshop a garde of men of armys also he gaue hym .3 stronge Places for his sauegard about Lyon and to this counceyll came themperour Michel paleolog of Constantinople for the Reformacion of the greke church which had fallen the .xiii. tyme in to Ruyne and yet wolde not be reformed ¶ Of another coūcell holden at Parys in the tyme of kyng Phillyp the fayre agaynst y ● bysshop bonyface the eyght whiche vsed great tyranny agaynst y ● Clerge PHyllyp the fayre a prudent vertuous kyng began to raygne .1286 in his tyme possessed the see of Rome Boniface the .viii. successoure of Celestyne the .v. which was a wyse and a vertuous man the which Bonyface craftely deceyued this bonyface was of the nature facyon of the Italyans as arrogaunte and fyerse which nothynge considering the beneficial giftes y t his predecessours had receyued in Fraūce as ye shall here more at large ¶ This sayd Bonyface the .8 sent as strayte a cōmaundement vnto the kyng of Fraūce by an enbassade a fyerse bysshop howe that
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