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
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 couÌ„ceyll that was holdeÌ„ at Campyne by the prelates of FrauÌ„ce 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 â— .iiii. of his name bycause he was not benefyciall to the Churche of Rome at that tyme and for redressyng many enormytê 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 coÌ„dempned 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 couÌ„ceylles iustyce diuyne of Kynges and Prelates that he was restored to his originall tytle emperour and Kynge of Fraunce agayne ¶ Of the couÌ„ceyll 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 IohnÌ„ 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 â— sâ—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 theÌ„ 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 notwithstaÌ„dynge 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 couÌ„ceyll this said IohnÌ„ bysshop gaue the crown empyre to kyng Lowys the stutâ—er alled him august yet wold not he grauÌ„t to crowne his wyfe Quene so after this counceyll fynyshed IohnÌ„ 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 couÌ„ceylles 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 asseÌ„ble 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 couÌ„ceyll generall asseÌ„bled at CleremoÌ„de in Auernea iÌ„ the tyme of Phyllyp the fyrste of that name Emperour kynge of FrauÌ„ce there present Urbanus y â— secoÌ„de bysshop of that name in Rome in the which couÌ„ceyl was y â— great vyage of Godfroy debullyon set forth vpoÌ„ 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 lameÌ„table complayntes of the worthy pylgrâ—me Peter the heremyte borne at Mens the whiche came lately from the holy laÌ„de And so informed Urban of the mysâ—ry and poâ—erte seruytude that crysten people were in there with the patryarke Symon in Ierusalem So this complaynt herynge Urban moued with coÌ„passyon prepayred with all dylygence for succour delyuerauÌ„ce of them there beyng in the thraldom dauÌ„ger of Sarasyns turkys Infidels which crysteÌ„ 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 couÌ„cell of Urban the bysshop of rome was assembled in the holy Ghost this sayde Urban made an excellent and elygant Oration to that asseÌ„ble 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 Câ—tristyans stonde faste in the fayeth and lette vs seke remedy for this pyteous tyranny that chrysten people do susteyne
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
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„
valoure deposed hym from his dignite and set vp in his place IohnÌ„ y â— archbysshop of Sabyn whiche was called Syluester y â— thyrde about 49. daies after they chased hym out also bycause he was lesse then and an ydeot yngnoraunt vnprofytable but yet ye shall vnderstande he perceyuynge this solde his papasy to IohnÌ„ for redy money who was then aâ—chedeacoÌ„ of saint IohnÌ„ porte latyne whiche afterwarde was called Gregorye the .vi. for y â— which sclauÌ„ders rumour among y â— Romains then Henry y â— seconde of y â— name soÌ„ne to Conradê° y â— rained Anno .1039 who cam into Italy w t a great army puisauÌ„t where he assembled a great couÌ„ceyl general and so deposed these .iii. sysmatykes bysshops y â— is to wete Benedictê° the .ix. syluester the thyrde Gregorye the .vi. he created bysshop of Rome y â— bysshop of Baynbergh in Almayne who was named clement the second who was poysoned by his successour Damascus the secoÌ„de of y â— name also And thus to com to our purpose of the forsayd Benedictus the .ix. which was the cause of moch euil in the .xiiii. sysme solde his papalytye some storyes holde this fantasy or opynyon of hym after his deth was that he appered in facyon of a straunge wonderfull lykenes monstruous and horryble of whome was demaunded the occasyon of this wonderful forme and state myght signefye he made answere that thorowe the iuste iudgement of God he was thus condempned to be eternally for bycause he liued so bestially in y â— sege appoholyke thus through y â— ê‘turbacions of the wicked bisshops the turkes sarasyns oppressed so cristendome lost the holy laÌ„d w t ierusaleÌ„ An .1012 y â— tyme. ¶ Of the .xv. sysme appesed by the emperour Henry the thyrde THis tyme rayned emperoure Henry the thirde in almayne the whiche was Anno .1057 began the .xv. sisme and dyscorde in the Churche y â— cause herof was that after the deth of besshop Nycolas the seconde borne in Sauoy was elect the bysshop of Luke borne in Myllane this man was chosen by y â— Cardynalles of Rome they named hym AlexauÌ„der the seconde this bysshop had a good vertuous name where as he was resydent after his elexcyon y â— cardynalles came to hym to accompanye his person to Rome ¶ And so anone after his coÌ„mynge to Rome certayne bysshops Lumbardye coulde nor agre w t hym because he wolde not of theyr band and affynyte wherupon began the .xv. sysme bycause some held opinyon and sayd that he entred by symony this preâ—â—ted they thought to haue one of theyr affinyte mete for theyr purpose through the inuestigacion and counceyll of gylbert bysshop of parme in lombaâ—dye so these companyons cardynalles helde fast togyther as burres in a cluster and obtaynâ—d agaynst henry the .iii. emperour to chose an other bisshop of rome in his place to theyr owne purpose and mynde And herupon the Emperour they accorded and so these cardynals entred in to luÌ„bardye where they gâ—dred a counceyll amonge them selues whom was coÌ„sulted to chose one named Cadollus borne in parme marueylous ryche puyssaunt and peryllous to the whiche all Italy were agreed ¶ This is cadâ—llus chosen in the place of the papall see as an antypape and so in short tyme drewe hymselfe towardes rome with a myghtye power a great armye of luÌ„bardys agaynst alexander bysshop of Rome who was accoÌ„panyed with a great armye of romayns in lykewyse to withstande hym and inconclusyon this batailles encouÌ„tred the which was sturdy stronge sharpe vnder the mountayne golde where as was slayne pytefully moche people but in fyne the victory tourned on Alexaunders syde so retourned Cadollus vaynqueshed yet notwithstaÌ„dynge he lost not his courage but or it was a yere passed throughe secret conspyresyes of some of his affynyte the which secrete companye he obtayned by many within Rome whiche ran sodaynely vnto armyes so by Cincius saneofo the prouest of Rome conuayed Cadollus in to the castel aungell and so fynally byforce of his ennemyes he was fayne to yeld and pryuely bought his lyfe of certayne souldyers for vi.c markes and was â—orssed flede so to please the emperour Henry the .3 which fauored y â— sayd Cadollus he caused a couÌ„ceyl to be assembled at mantua to the which came the sayd emperoure Alexaunder bisshop of Rome and there Alexaunder pourged hym afore all that noble presence to be clene of y â— cryme of symony of ambysyon and so the one forgaue the other of all grudgâ—s thus fynyshed the .xv. sisme ¶ Of the .xvi. sisme which arose by a bisshop of Rome a blacke moncke whiche bâ—gan to lyfte vp his hornes agaynst the power of y â— emperoure wherof arose great euil rumur WIâ—hin a lytle and short tyme after the .xvi. sisme folowed moch lyke the other for after the death of Alexaunder the second succedyd Gregory the 〈◊〉 borne in senys in touskayne by the pâ—ocurement of y â— sayd blacke monke legal in fraunce which in contynent after the elexcyoÌ„ began a great discorde bytwene the bysshops of Rome and y â— emperour which engendred great debates myscheuous euylles innumerable ouer all crystendome as it shall appere herafter ¶ For in the tyme that this forsayd emperour was busyed and had great to do with his warres agaynst the Saxons his ennemyes this forsayd gregory bysshop of Rome whiche was coÌ„fyrmed by the Emperour for at that tyme no bysshop coulde be in Rome without the ful consent confyrmacyon of themperour and thus began this Gregorye the .7 to sporne with an arrogaunt mynde inhybytynge themperour to medle with any ecclesiastique auctoryte vpon payne of the hye sensuris and curse of the church of Rome nether that he shulde gyue nor admyt bysshoprych nor benefyce within his Empyre for they made pretens that the Emperoure dyd sell the dignytes of the prelacy in his Empyre the whiche this arrogauÌ„t Bysshop wolde haue the sale of y â— marchandise hymselfe as other of his predycessours had done in tymes past of auncyaunt institucyons and of ryght and olde customes ¶ These thynges were straunge newes to themperour Henry but that tyme he fayned with a fayre couÌ„tenauÌ„ce bicause of y â— great busynesse y â— he had that tyme iÌ„ the warres of y â— saxons yet notwithstaÌ„dynge this arrogaunt bysshop left not his purpose but procedyd agaynst hym sent forth curses and excoÌ„munycatyons agaynst certayne bysshops that helde with the emperoure thus in shorte conclusyon themperour had vyctory of the saxons and assembled in contynente a generall counceyll in the cytie of wormys vpon the ryne and there was concluded that thorowe all his Empyre that none so hardy shulde supporte any Cardynall nor mayteyne courte nor coÌ„systory that partayned to the see of Rome nor to any of his assystens and thus they shulde forsake them and obeye his commaundemente and iniunceyons in
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
chosen Boniface the .ix borne in Naples y â— whiche was not aboue .30 yeres of â—ege and this bisshop boniface was he that vsurped and toke the auctoryte from y â— Romayns so transported it brought it to the set of the bysshops of Rome and so fortefyed the castel aungel agaynst the Romayns also this boniface began to rayse y â— exactions vpon the 〈◊〉 for al benefycys thorowe all chrystendome onely except y â— realme of Englande and in his tyme was the gerat Iubelee vnyuersall ¶ So on the other part after the death of â—lement the .vii. was chosen another bysshop Antypape at Auynyon by the consent of the Cardynallys of Fraunce called the bysshop of the mone after named benedictus the .xiii. against whome was holden a counceyl in Fraunce as it is wryten in the seconde part of this the which enforsed and enlarged this sysme the which perceuered and contynued vnto the counceyl of Constaunce duryng the whiche tyme this sayd benedictus of the mone supported his obstynat pleasure and so coÌ„tynued in his wylfulnesse vnto the ende of his lyfe ¶ Thus wheÌ„ Boniface the .ix. was deed in Rome afore wryten the cardynallys of Italy chose another bssshop of Rome called Cosmian of Perouse who was named in the see of Rome Innocent the vii and after hym succedyd gregory the xii a venecian somtyme called Angelus be corario thus worse and worse was the sisme for yet al this whyle rayned in auynyon Benedictus of the mone whiche held his ful auctorite as an antipape vnto whome came as enbassatoure the duke of burgonye and of berry and orlyâ—unce from kynge Charles the .vi. the which kynge desyred this bysshop of the mone to be perswaded from certayne poyntes the which he vsurped and that he myght be set in his ryght iust auctorite also y â— the bisshop Gregory the .xii. his felowe shulde do in lykewyse vnto the whiche this bysshop of y â— mone wold make no auswere but fled secretly into spayne for fere of losynge of his dignite and so y â— barons retourned with displeasure without answere there this Bysshop held a counceyl at perpignan and there held hym sure in a stronge castell called Paniscolle ¶ Thus when the crysten prynces and cardynallys sawe that none accorde nor appoyntement coulde come to passe bytwene these two papystes bysshops of the see of Rome but contention stryfe and that none wolde come to the ryght thoughe they had promysed it afore so then was there gathered and assembled another generall counceyll at Pysa in Italy y â— yere of grace of our lorde .1408 ¶ In the which couÌ„ceyl was a syted personally to appere both the papystes bisshops solemply according to theyr estate yet for all this they lytle regarded this apperaunce but held it as a scorne indyrysion the one as wel as y â— other for the whiche they were both depriued and deposed in theyr places chosen Alexsander the .vi. borne in the yle of Candye a frere minor the whiche lyued not after full .v. monethes and dyed in bollone le grasse and after his tyme gregorye the xii whiche held hym in Austrych yet notwithstandinge he thought not hymselfe there not in suretye but he retourned agayne into Italye there helde hym in the cytie of Armyne vnder y â— proteccion of a baron named charles y â— euyl hedyd ¶ In this tyme all y â— possessours of the church of Rome were redy in an vprore and in armyes towards batayl for this Alexsaunder the .v. whiche had frendys as y â— kynge of Naples w t dyuerse other so this alexsaunder lyued not longe but after hym was choseÌ„ bysshop a cardinal of naples named Balthasar â—ossa whiche was afterward intytuled IohnÌ„ the xxiii and so in this tyme was in crystendome .iii. antipapes the one at Bollonâ—â— grasse the other in Armyne the .iii. in the castell of Panyscole in Spayne yet notwithstandynge for the deposition of these two bysshops at the counceyl that is to say of Gregorye the .xii. y â— forsayd Beneâ—ict of y â— mone all crysten nacions consented vnto except some of Spayne and the â—ynge of Skottes the which faâ—oured the sayd Benedictus of y â— mone ¶ And thus after this forsayd counceyl whiche was gathered agaynst Gregory the .xii. whiche came not personally to this counceyl but sent his debytes duke les euyll heddyd lorde of Armyne with other procuratours and so contented to resygne the ryght and iust tytle that he helde from themperour yelded vp his dignyte papall in Rome and put it into the handes of the counceyl and so fynably he was there created legat and marquys de Ancona where he dyed not loÌ„ge after for sorowe ¶ Thus was these two stoborne antypapes consumed so yet resteth the thyrd ydoll and antypape that is to wyte Benedictus the .xiii. surnamed the bysshop of the Mone the whiche put this sayde good emperour Sigismundus to moch vnquyetnes and payne for after the forsayd ydolles antypapes were deposed and y â— this of the mone wold not come to no appoyntement nor concorde by no perswasyon then this sayd Sigismundus themperour went personally to the Kynge of Englande and so retourned by the kynge of Fraunce all this was to set vnite in the crysten churche concorde wherof he had good answeres from thens went to Narbone to Fardinandus kynge of Aragon for the same cause al this was to perswade the styffe obstynacye of the bysshop antypape of the moone the which fury coulde not be ouercome by no maner of wayes thus this sayd emperoure retourned agayne to the counceyl of constance wher as he depryued and deposed the sayd euyl bisshop of the mone and so was there chosen by the consent of all Chrystendome bysshop Martyne the fyfth of the noble house of collonyois a man estemed of synguler vertue and prudent moderat iuste Anno domini M. cccc and .xvi and thus came peace in to the churche and so ended this .xxii. cursed sysme ¶ This bysshoppe of the mone incontynente after he was deposed by a hole generall counceyâ—â— and depryued of his papalyte And so seynge that all his frendes were constrayned to forsake hym thus in conclusyon he dyed in his obstynacye in the castell of panyscoll And in his restament charged his Cardynalles to chose an other ydoll antypape in that place to succede hym named clemeÌ„t the .viii. borne in barfylonne and as the storye sayth he lyted reioysed of his dygnyte for the forsayd bysshop Martyne the fyfth helde and kept the see auctoryte papall honorably for al crysten prâ—nces and dukes held w t hym as they had chosen hym at Constauâ—ce and so fynably this Clement the eyght gaue vp his dignyte and became bisshop of Maior◠¶ Of the thre and twenty sysme Bytwene Felix the fyth and Eugenius the fourth folowed the thre and twenty sysme and this sayd Eugeniê had great pleasures in warres he
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