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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17182	A commentary vpon the seconde epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the which besydes the summe of oure faythe, ther is syncerelye handled [and] set forth at large, not onely fyrst co[m]myng vp [and] rysyng with the full properyte [and] dominion, but also the fall and vtter confusion of the kyngdome of Antichriste: that is to say of Machomet [and] the byshop of Rome.	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; R. H., fl. 1538.	1538 (1538)	STC 4054; ESTC S108939	53,970	140

was the laste kynge of the stocke of Merouea out of hys kyngdom and to make hym selfe kynge Nowe whē he had troubled greatly both the nobylite and the laytie yee and also the clergye aboute thys matter at the laste he sente Burghardus the byshope of Herbipolis wyth Folradus hys preste vnto zacharye the Byshop of Rome for to aske whether that he were more worthye to be kynge whyche was but the kynge onely in name and could do nothynge wyth hys counsell and helpe or elles he whiche bare all the burthen of the kyngdome alone yet in the meane season lacked the dygnite of a kynge Thys Byshope of Rome remembrynge what had bene done for hym gaue an expresse sentence I wryte the wordes of Frysingens a wrytter of hystoryes a Byshop that it was meter that he which toke the charge of all thynges shuld be called kynge then he whiche had but onely the name of a kynge For of an olde costume the kynges of Fraunce dyd leaue the gouernaūce of theyr kyngdom vnto the moost auncienteste of theyr stocke for it was the hygheste power nexste the kynges Nowe whē these embabassadoures had broughte thys answere vnto the kynge Pipyne bearynge hymselfe bolde of the verdyte of these great learned men and chefe of relygyon also of the ayde of certayne prynces noble men dyd thruste Chylpericus hys Lorde and kynge oute of hys regall dygnite and when he was oute of hys authoryte dyd shutte him in to a monastery and he hymselfe by the consente of hys mē toke vpon hym all the kynges power And when thys good kynge called vpon the cōmune fydelite that mē had promysed him and that ther were many in the realme whyche greatly improued suche tyrannye and breakynge of theyr othes Zachary the Byshope of Rome assoyled Pipyne wyth all hys of theyr othe whyche they had made vnto Chylpericus theyr kyng And that thys matter was thus handeled I wyll brynge for the two wytnesses The fyrste oute of the hystorye of Platina and thys it is Pipine beynge desyrous to beare rule sente hys embassadoures vnto the Byshoppe of Rome and desyred hym that he wolde confyrme the kyngedome of Fraunce vnto hym by hys authoryte The Byshop graunted vnto his requeste after he had remēbred what good turne he had receaued and also the olde kyndnes that had ben betwene the Byshoppes of Rome and the kings of the familie And so by hys authoryte the kyngdō of Fraūce was iudged vnto Pipyne in the yeare of oure LORDE .vii. hundreth .liii. Thys is Platinas sayenge Nowe followeth the latter testymonye of Gelasius wrytten vnto Anastasius the Emperoure whyche is conteyned in the .xv. questyon the .vi. Canon in these wordes Another byshop of Rome called zacharye deposed the kynge of Fraunce from hys kyngdome not so muche for hys iniquyties as because he was vnmete for so greate a dygnite The shepe troubleth the wa ter that the wolfe shulde drynke in that is an occasion is lyghtely founde dyd sette in hys place Pipyne the sonne of Charles the Emperoure and assoyled all the people of Fraūce of theyr othe of alegiaūce Hetherto go the wordes And kynge Pipyne for to recompence the Byshopes of Rome helped Steuen the seconde Byshop of Rome beynge oppressed of Aistulphus kyng of Lombardye and fledde into Fraunce after that Pipine had passed the mounteynes twyse with an armye of men he baysted into Italye and at the laste cōpelled Aistulphus to restore agayne those thynges whiche he had taken awaye goynge aboute by thys meanes for to quyte the Byshope of Rome for confyrmyng of hym in hys kyngedom Pipine geueth vnto the Byshoppes of Rome that whyche belōged to the Emperour Then was the offyce of the Debyte geuen vnto the Byshop of Rome and all that lyeth betwene Padus and Apenninus frō the Placentyns vnto the pooles or stondynge waters of Venyce and all that is cōteyned wythin Isaurus a floude of Apenninus and Adriaticus and what so euer the Aistulphus had gottē of the men of Hetruria and of the Sabyns All these thynges I saye dyd Pipine of hys lyberalyte geue vnto the Byshope of Rome the Emperoures Legates nothynge regarded For as Pipine was remouynge into Italye agaynst Lombardye Gregorye the chefe Secretary of the Emperoure Cōstantyne the fourthe met hym and in the name of the Emperoure warned the kynge that yf he happened to haue the vyctorye of the Lombardes that he shulde not geue vnto the Byshope of Rome nor to the Romaynes the Debyteshyppe ouer Rauenna whyche was oppressed of the Lombardes and belonged vnto the Emperoure But Pipine droue hym awaye from hym with a metely sharpe answere because he thoughte to do as he dyd a lytle whyle after for the whyche cause he was the fyrste of the kynges of Fraunce that was called the moost Christen kynge Hys sonne that was called Charles the greate followed the ensample of hys Charles the greate wyth a lowde voyce he ordeyned thys Charles to be Emperoure gaue him a kynges ornamenete the people of Rome cryeng thryse together Longe lyfe victorye be vnto Charles Augustus crowned of God the greate peaceable Emperoure These thynges were done the yeare of our LORDE .viii. hundreth and .iii. nor it is not lyke that these thinges were done without the consente and counsell of Irenes the Empresse of Constantinople specially because that the Cronicles of the Grekes do shewe that ther were messaūgers dyrected from Charles and Leo vnto Irenes to requyre her that she wolde be maryed vnto hym the whyche wolde soone haue graūted vnto theyr requestes yf that the prynces of Constantinople knowyng of the matter had not banyshed her strayght way and that before the face of Charles Embassadoures vnto Lesbus into an Abbey that she had buylded But Egynhartus in the lyfe of Charles dothe laye all the faute of the translacion of the Empyre to the Byshope of Rome For Charles at the fyrste sayeth he dyd so greatly refuse the name of the Emperoure and augustus that he sayde that he wolde not haue entred into the churche that daye although that ther were greate solempnyte yf he myght haue knowen the Byshopes mynde before He addeth more yet he suffered wyth greate pacience the euell wyll that he had for takynge that name vpon hym for the Emperours of Constātynople were greatly dyspleased wyth it and he ouercame theyr grudynge wyth hys myghtinesse in the whiche he passed them farre Moreouer theyr forayne warres helde them backe that they coulde not set vpon the Byshope of Rome and kynge Charles And therfore dyd Nycephorus the fyrste Emperoure of Constantynople after the diuidynge of the Empyre make alyaunce wyth kynge Charles Hetherto haue we shewed at large with what begynnynges in what ordre The conclusion that lytle horne crepte vp and gatte so greate power Nether was ther then truely ony power so great in all the Weste partye as the Byshoppes of Rome was For at theyr sentēce were ther