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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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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
assēbled aboue .300 prelates of dyuerse coūtres through all crystendom this coūceyl was partly gadered at kyng Phillips req̄st to reproue y e forsayd boniface an herytyke a sismatyke whiche was his cruell ennemy to disanul his actes and decrees howbeit it came not to pas though clement bysshop promysed hym the coūceyll wold not consent therunto yet notwithstādyng it was iudged sayd and declared that his actes and decrees against y ● Kynge were nowght vniust and of no valoure ¶ Also at this coūceyll was vtterly destroyed all the rules wrytynges of the Templers and brent them and all theyr possessyons gyuen vnto y ● order of saynt Iohn̄s in Ierusalem the which we call the knyghtes of the Rodes ¶ Also at this coūceyll the gray Fryers were at great dyuysyon within them selues for y ● which was decred many actes and decrees in y ● canon boke called Clementynys compyled by this sayd Clement bysshop of Rome also at this coūceyll was great counceyll for to recouer the holy Lande but it nothyng auayled also some hystoryans holde opynyon y t this bysshop Clement kepte two other coūceyls in Fraunce to destroye the herysyes that were in valdoyes and pyemont and sauoye this fynyshed y ● great counseyll of Uyenne ¶ Of a counceyll holden at Auynyon AT the tyme of the .xxi. sysme ye shal here more largly of in y ● later end of this boke and so this coūceyll of Auynyon began by Iohan bisshop of Rome the .xxii. of y ● name a graye Fryer in whose tyme arose an Antypape by y ● mayntenaunce of themperour Lowys of Bauaria the whiche antypape helde a counceyll in Italye where as he declared y ● sayd Iohn̄ .xxii. of that name to be an herityke and this sayd Antypape and his company helde opynyon y ● Chryst his discyples were pore and y t they had nothyng pryue nor comon the which was proued the countrary in this counceyll of Auynyon ¶ Of two coūceyllys holden in Fraūce at Parys in y ● tyme of kynge Charles the syxth forcause of a great dyssencyon that was in the church in the two and twenty sysme SOme men wyll thynke that kynge Phyllyp la bell dyd for a polecy cause Clement to moue the see appostolyke from Rome so to be kept at Auynyo● but al thynges pondered it tourned his country to moche trouble ruyne and grefe as longe as it was there-holden the space of .lxxiiii. yeres for as sone as the see appostolike was moued to Auynyo● by Clement then succedyd Iohn̄ the .22 of that name Anno .1327 of our Lorde in his tyme rayned Lowys de Bauaria Frederyk duke of oystryche which had great warre together by this meane also kynge Phyllyp de valoys father of kyng Iohn̄ y ● was prysoner in Englād through y ● cause y ● .xxi. sisme of y ● which ye shal here more of in y ● last part of this boke thrugh this forsaid cause arose also an Antipape ī Italye named Nycolas y ● thyrd which was supported by the emperoure Lowys de Bauarya ¶ Also yet further incōuenyenses arose by this meane y t this sayd Bisshop preached and supported dyuerse visions fātasyes and dremyes of contemplacyon whiche was of lytle fayth y e whiche dyuerse doctoures in dyuyne withstode proued the contrarye yet furthermore this sayd bysshop oppressyd y ● realme of Fraunce w t imposycyons donacyons and decimis subsides expectatyues with other inuencyons such as y ● court of Rome could well cōtryue in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice but they were polled and pylled by cardynalles curtysians vnder thē of auynyō through y ● whiche pyllage abhomynable liuynge it was generally called the whore of babylon for theyr great pyllage ryches pomp pryde in somoch they had the halfe of al the benefyces in Fraūce and this abhomynacyon was sore resysted by the vnyuersyte of Parys ¶ After this shamful ruyngne y ● sete appostolyke was remoued to rome agayn Anno Dn̄i .1376 in y ● tyme of Gregorye the eleuenth borne in Lymogys and he was not longe without great preiudyce and flaunder by the .xx. sisme moued by Urbane the .vi. Neopolitane borne whiche Urbane caused .v. Cardynallys of Fraunce to be drowned and in this season was two bysshops in crystendome the one in Rome and y ● other in Auynyon in somoch that people were so a mased troubled that they colde not iudge nor knowe which of them was in y ● iust and in ryght auctoryte and this sysme endured .40 yeres which was more troblous and daungerous then any y ● euer befel afortyme thus befel euyll vpon eyull so the Bohemis became as y ● tyme requyred farre from the faythe vtterly denyed and disspysed the Romayns ¶ Thus was all crystendome vexed troubled with these two bysshops whiche contynued many yeres successyuely from bysshop to bysshop after the dethe of Urban y ● which held his see at Rome after whome succeded Innocent the .7 and after hym succedyd Augelus a Uenecyan whom was named Bonefacius the .ix. and thus after Clement .vi. y ● dyed in Auygnyon succedyd Benedictus .xiii. whose errours were worse thē were afore for this Benedictus was very obstynat ¶ By this occasyon was Charles sore moued and vnquyeted through these sysmes sent noble enbassatours vnto Auynyon to y ● bysshop which was onely for the concorde vnyte of cristes Church but it lytel auayled for they retourned without aunswer ¶ That seynge the kynge assembled at Parys a great counceyll of all his prynces and barons w t the prelates the best learned mē of his realme where as they cōsulted togyder y t both bisshops shulde be deposed wherupon the duke of bauarye and y ● duke of Burgone went to the by●shop at Auynyon to discus this message with a noble power and when the bysshop vnderstode what was theyr comynge and wherfore for feare to consēt fled away secreatly out of Auynyon left them alone without farewel or leue taken retourned in to his natyue coūtrye wherof these dukes were abasshed and so retourned to Parys agayne pensiue where y ● Kyng lay after this they helde another coūceyl in the same Cytie in the tyme of charles y ● .vi. for this vnyon of the church to y ● which this bisshop y ● fled wold not cōsēt nor be cōfyrmable ¶ Of other two coūcellys in Fraūce the one at lyons y ● other at burges by the cōmaūdement of charles y ● .vii. al to abolyshe this sayd sysme AFter the great coūceyl of cōstaunce whiche was assembled in Almayne by the aduyse of sygisemundus with the assystaunce of .v. pryncypall crysten nacyons that is to wet germany Fraunce Englande Spayne Italye for to extyrpe these sismes in the church and to depose thre bysshops sysmatykes y t was Gregorye the .xii. Alexaūder the fyfth Iohn̄
through sprange .xxiii. great sysmes in contynuaunce ī crystes church through these possessyons temporall abused ¶ Of constancius father of constantyne COnstantyne was sone to the doughter of claude Emperour the seconde of his name and the said Constancius maryed Helene quene of Englande herefor to the Crowne of Englande by whom was conceyued and borne constantyne the great the yere of oure Lorde God .ccc.viii. whiche Constantyne was emperour of all the occident partes and after warde emperour of all the worlde ¶ And thus after his great warres Cyuyle he beynge yet a pagan a persecutor of crysten men as his predecessours were frome the whiche tyranny God of his wonderfull workes conuerted hym to y e faith by Siluester byshop of Rome which was fled hyd hym selfe for dred of deth in mountens and woodes ¶ Of Siluestre the fyrst which tryumphed ouer the churche mylyta●●t of Rome through great possessyon● treasours whiche the emp●rou● Constantyne enpoysoned 〈◊〉 churche fyrste withall SIluester the .xxxiiii. bysh●p borne ī Rome was estemed a mā of holy lyfe which had great grace gyuē to hym in cōuertyng many to the fayth as specylaly constantyne the great by whose dylygence and preachyng the sayd syluester caused hym to sease of his cruell tyrāny vpon cristen people cōmaunding 〈◊〉 destroy all ydoles temples and set vp Crystes churches so worshipped the crosse and passyon of cryst ouer all the worlde vnyuersall to the great ioy of all crystēdome and straytly he cōmaūded that no persecucion shulde be done ouer crysten men in no regyon which was to al crystendome a wonderful s●d ayne mutacyon and chaunge y ● in a lytle whyle afore y e no man so hardy y e durst be knowen to be a crysten man for feare of persecucyō of deth in somoch they were hated ouer all that no body wold suffre a crystē mā ones knowē abyd ī no place but lyued in great dred and in secret places ¶ Thus by the prouysyon of God syluestre was taken in lyke honour w t kynges whiche was as many haue opinion and say it was by the subtyl craft of the deuyll whiche is euer was the auncyaunt ennemy of mankynd which could fynde none other poyson to destroy the perfexion of holy byshops which were xxxii that dyed holy martyrs for crystes fayth afore Syluester thus y ● deuyll supposynge to haue a great parte of crystendome through riches power dignite pryd and heresy and sismes y e shulde sprynge dyd in dede afterward vnto this day experience leadeth vs to moche And some holdeth opynyon wryteth that at this tryumphe was herd a voyce horryble in the ayer sayenge Hodie venenum ī ecclesia semiau● yet I can not assure this for a trewth but as some writers haue wryten ¶ This noble Prynce Constantyne in loue zelus mynde to siluester through the wonderfull suffraunce of God and blynded with worldly vanytes caused Siluester the bisshop to be clothed with purple sylkes rayment imperyal most lyke a Kynge or a Prynce in somoch he toke his crowne imperiall set it on his hede yet notwithstādyng Siluester w t humble coūtenaunce wolde not take it but vtterly refused it wold not vse nor take vpon hym to were it but a symple myter of fustian the whiche is yet vsed among the bysshops and cardinalles of Rome to this daye notwithstandynge though Siluester wolde not take vpon hym the emperyall Crowne yet the bysshops of Rome of late dayes haue takē vpon them vsurpacyon hye auctoryte thre crownes of golde facyoned hye and sharpe copped ryche w t stones and perle as the boxe of a great lapydarye oryental for truely it is to be wōdered on such superfluyte to be worne on any such holy persones hede for Chryst our redemptour vsed no such vayne glory for ī this cause Platyne y ● great wryter of stores mayster of the roulles in Rome whcihe mocketh this abusyō in y ● tyme of Adriā y ● fyrst which was called paule y ● proude a venecyan which gloryfy●d ī hym selfe in suche lyke ryche apparel euē as a god in earth and wolde so be called among people in earth ī his arrogancy pryde and thus wolde y ● sayde Paule vse hym selfe gloryfyed euery yere of Iubely afore all y ● worlde afore y ● Pylgrymes dyd vse hym to were y ● maner facion rayment of women in those dayes lyke the customable weryng that Bysshops dyd vse and yet moreouer saynt Austyn sayeth de verbis domini in reproche of the arrogancy pryde of popes whiche wolde be called Goddes saynge thus Qui vult videre deus cum sit homo non imitatur illum qui cū deus esset pro illo factus est homo ¶ Thus to proced of Siluester though he with holy and symple countenaunce refused the ryche crowne emperyall of Constantyne yet he wolde not refuse of Constantyne y e great possessyon gyftes and rentes y ● he gaue with the hole cytie of rome which was no small possessyon as dyuers wryters maketh mencyon as doth Laurence valla the great orator ¶ This Syluester caused to assemble the fyrste great generall councell at Nycene and Bythena purposly agaynst the herysies of Aryen which greatly encreased whose errours was in the distynctions of the thre persons in Trinite And in this coūceyl was presēt .xxxviii. Bysshoppes assembled ✚ ¶ Of the seconde scisme and dyuysion that was in y ● church of rome shortly after the donacion of Cōstantyne And of the herysies that fell in this tyme by the fyrst pope heretykes shamefull sysmatykes ❧ ❧ AFter the donacyon of Constātine folowed two bisshoppes of Rome pesyble iuste men in theyr offyce without sysme or dyscorde amonge crystes flocke the one was named Marke the other Iuly In whose tyme y ● heresyes of the Aryans encreased more more whiche torned the hart and mynde of Constance the sone of Constantyne y ● then rayned And so he began the .xi. persecucyon vpon crysten people And put Iulius in exyle out of rome whose place succeded Liberius and Felyce togyther which enuyed ech other who shuld haue the see of Rome so in contynuaūce Liberius y ● heretyke throughe the fauor of Constans opteyned his purpose to be bysshop of Rome And enioyed the see of Rome the space of .xlii. yeres and .vii. monthes and thre dayes notwithstandyng he was noted to be the fyrste pope heretyke and sysmatyke And supporter of the Aryans artycles through his abhomynable gloryous dygnyte pleasyng the mynde of the Emperoure Constantyne the yonger infecte with the sayd heresyes whiche was the most abhomynablest and cruel heresyes y ● euer was worse then the seckte of Mahōmet for the Preestes Aryans persecuted other crysten bysshops catholyke people without pety or mercy in Affryque Spayne Thus was Felyxe y ● bysshop of Rome put to deth ī this persecuciō the .xiiii moneth of his reygne after this rose
y ● sacreed ordinaūce of maryege with y ● dignite of preest hode which ▪ was pretended vnder y ● coloure of clennesse chastite without spot yet notwithstādīg now is alowed y ● statute of cōcubynage which is clene cō●rary against al statutꝭ decreed by goddes lawes or of clene lyuyng but rather folowynge al sensualy●e bodely lustes pleasurꝭ it is to be iudged y ● the makers of such statutes or decrees were more apt vnto au●●ice and couetousnesse through the procuracyon of symony with dyuerse other vn●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 dishordinaūces 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 ● they haue gyuen occasyon to be disdayned of all crysten p●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 desti●ute of theyr dyewty of cle●e holy mynistracyon lyuynge haue set fur●h vsed all vnlawfull tradycyons vayne lu●uryous werkꝭ of ba●dry and for● cac●on I may not wryt so large w t my 〈◊〉 as I culde onely for to vtter to moche theyr abhomynacyon for mānes eres to here or iyes to rede ¶ And yf I shulde say al that I thynke I shulde say playnly the ex●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 ● determinaciōs 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 s●smes which antechryst hath deceyued vs by whiche we may auoyd to y ● 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 Fraūce 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 Iohn̄ gowgh cytesyn● and stacyoner of London that he onely to prynte vnder our pryuelege all maner of bokes new begon translated or compyled by the sayd Iohn̄ gowgh ▪ all suche as he doth cause to be translated and prynted by his procurement cost or charge we graunt lycence auctoryse to the sayd Iohn̄ gowgh his assigne●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 coūceyl or by such as we shal admyt we graunt to the sayd Iohn̄ gowgh the makyng pryntyng and vtteraunce of al such bokes newe set forth to his owne aduantage for y ● 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 Iohn̄ gowgh haue the onely auantage accordynge to 〈◊〉 of this our forsayd lycense and pleas●t to hym onely graunted vpon payne of forf●●●ture of all such bokes contrary imprynted to the effect of this our lycense cōmaundyng therfore all subiectes ▪ offycers and mynysters to ayde and fauourably assyst the sayd Iohn̄ gowgh in the executyng of this our lycense and auctorite yf nede requyre ¶ God saue the kynge ¶ Cum priuilegio regali ad solū imprimendum ꝑ septiennium ¶ Inprynted by me Iohn̄ gowgh dwellynge in Lumbard strete agaynst the st●ckes market at y ● sygne of the mermayd Anno dn̄i M. ccccc.xxxix