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„
insomoch that after hym folowed his wyffe with gret noÌ„bre 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 â— 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 holdeÌ„ in Ouernya of two other councelles one at Towers another at Dygyon THus the .xx. sysme of y â— 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 â— emperoure frederyke called Barbarouse and so this AlyxsauÌ„der fled out of Rome for socoure vnto kynge Phillype augustus who then assembled a couÌ„ceyll 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 coâ—â—ceyl at Dygyon iÌ„ 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 â— emperour Frederyk in spyte and displeasur returned in to Almayne and sent Uictor his antypape in to â—talye thus was al thyngê in more pertur bacyon vnquyetnesse theÌ„ it was afore thus al cristen people may se what myschefe vengeaunce hath ben through y â— obstynacy of wycked bisshops of Rome ouer all crystendome euer wyll be vntyll the hande of God put remedy ¶ Of two couÌ„ceylles in fraunce holden in Parys in Phyllyps tyme and of the disiâ—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 â— Saladyne soldaÌ„ had in captyuite wherupon was gadered a couÌ„seyll at Parys to no purpose but for the socour of crysten meÌ„ 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 kiÌ„g 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 â— subsedy of Salandyne and after this forsayd company folowed Frederyke emperour w t a great puyssauÌ„ce which was called y â— thyrde generall viage in to the holy lande ¶ Of another couÌ„ceyl holden in FrauÌ„ce by a Legat of the bysshop of Rome agaynst kyng phillype augustus THus another couÌ„ceyll was holden agaynste Pyyllype after his retorne by y â— legat of InnoceÌ„t y â— thyrde of that name there was y â— 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 â— tyme of Lowys father to saynt Lowys then Gregory the .ix. rayned Anno. DnÌ„i .1226 then came in to FrauÌ„ce a legat from the Bysshop whiche legat was named Romanus there was gadred a couÌ„ceyll they concluded to warre vpon the herytykes Albygoys whiche was in y â— couÌ„â—re of Auynion in ProuauÌ„ce 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 couÌ„ceyl 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 FrauÌ„ce for socoâ—r for case that the Emperour Frederyk persecuted hym Anno DnÌ„i .1246 and y â— 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 â— was Honorius the .3 the other Gregorye Innocent afore wryten and thus thorow y â— 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 couÌ„ceyl 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 â— 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 â— gaue y â— 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 couÌ„cell holden at Parys in the tyme of kyng Phillyp the fayre agaynst y â— bysshop bonyface the eyght whiche vsed great tyranny agaynst y â— 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 FrauÌ„ce as ye shall here more at large ¶ This sayd Bonyface the .8 sent as strayte a coÌ„maundement vnto the kyng of FrauÌ„ce by an enbassade a fyerse bysshop howe that
through sprange .xxiii. great sysmes in contynuaunce iÌ„ 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 mylytaâ—â—t of Rome through great possessyonâ— treasours whiche the empâ—rouâ— Constantyne enpoysoned 〈◊〉 churche fyrste withall SIluester the .xxxiiii. byshâ—p borne iÌ„ Rome was estemed a maÌ„ of holy lyfe which had great grace gyueÌ„ to hym in coÌ„uertyng many to the fayth as specylaly constantyne the great by whose dylygence and preachyng the sayd syluester caused hym to sease of his cruell tyraÌ„ny vpon cristen people coÌ„maunding 〈◊〉 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 crysteÌ„dome and straytly he coÌ„mauÌ„ded that no persecucion shulde be done ouer crysten men in no regyon which was to al crystendome a wonderful sâ—d ayne mutacyon and chaunge y â— in a lytle whyle afore y e no man so hardy y e durst be knowen to be a crysten man for feare of persecucyoÌ„ of deth in somoch they were hated ouer all that no body wold suffre a crysteÌ„ maÌ„ ones knoweÌ„ abyd iÌ„ 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 â— 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 iÌ„ ecclesia semiauâ— 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 notwithstaÌ„dyng Siluester w t humble couÌ„tenaunce 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 takeÌ„ 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 woÌ„dered on such superfluyte to be worne on any such holy persones hede for Chryst our redemptour vsed no such vayne glory for iÌ„ this cause Platyne y â— great wryter of stores mayster of the roulles in Rome whcihe mocketh this abusyoÌ„ in y â— tyme of AdriaÌ„ y â— fyrst which was called paule y â— proude a venecyan which gloryfyâ—d iÌ„ hym selfe in suche lyke ryche apparel eueÌ„ as a god in earth and wolde so be called among people in earth iÌ„ his arrogancy pryde and thus wolde y â— sayde Paule vse hym selfe gloryfyed euery yere of Iubely afore all y â— worlde afore y â— Pylgrymes dyd vse hym to were y â— 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 cuÌ„ 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 â— 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 couÌ„ceyl was preseÌ„t .xxxviii. Bysshoppes assembled ✚ ¶ Of the seconde scisme and dyuysion that was in y â— church of rome shortly after the donacion of CoÌ„stantyne And of the herysies that fell in this tyme by the fyrst pope heretykes shamefull sysmatykes ⧠⧠AFter the donacyon of ConstaÌ„tine 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 â— heresyes of the Aryans encreased more more whiche torned the hart and mynde of Constance the sone of Constantyne y â— 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 contynuauÌ„ce Liberius y â— 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 â— euer was worse then the seckte of MahoÌ„met for the Preestes Aryans persecuted other crysten bysshops catholyke people without pety or mercy in Affryque Spayne Thus was Felyxe y â— bysshop of Rome put to deth iÌ„ this persecucioÌ„ the .xiiii moneth of his reygne after this rose
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
and RemeÌ„bre the great dylygence that your predysessours hath had in this behalfe in tymes paste And spetyally ye nobles of Fraunce whiche hath alwaye susteyned agaynst the Infydelys also you Germayns Saxons Polax Bohemys and hungaryon and Englysshe nacyon ye shulde not suffer this tyranny vpon Chrysten people so pyteously also ye Italyons shulde remembre what paynes and tyranny your predycessoures frendes of late dayes hath suffred by them also ye venecyans ye of Dalmase and of Hystrye and al ye bourderars of the Ardryatyque sees whiche haue alwaye valyantly defended the malyse power of the Sarasyns now apply your selfe withal other princes to withstande this cruell Infydellys or els ye shall se your chyldren your wyfes your goods and lyues vtterly destroyed by cruelty wherfore awake all ye valyaunt personage and we humbly desyre you in y â— mercy of God put on your armyes sprede forth your standardes and Baners set forth your coÌ„paynyes w t great courage and God y t is most puysauÌ„t shal be with you send his omnypotent powre to ayed strength you in all your wayes to confounde all that shall withstande you ¶ Howe by the means of this oracyon made by Urbanus bysshop of Rome through it all Prynces on this syde CoÌ„stantinople toke great courage and enforsed theÌ„ to assemble great armyes on all partes to go vpon the sarasyns so to Ierusalem ANd thus as sone as Urbanus had fynysshed his oracyon all that were there preseÌ„t arose sayd with one voyce this is the wyll pleasure of God and therwith Urban blessyd theym all sayenge this blessyng I gyue you as loÌ„ge as ye shall endure this Iourney and ye shall vnderstand y â— in this assemble and couÌ„ceyll was many noble worthy Prynces and barons and noble men the whiche many of them solde theyr landes hopynge to prospere in this Iourney to y â— hye honour and seruyse of God wherof is made mencyon iÌ„ dyuerse crownacles more at large in the which iourney god fray of Bullyon was the chefe of that enterpryse and thus was fynyshed the counceyll of Cleremont ¶ Of the couÌ„ceyll of Troyes in Champayne by bysshop Pascall y â— twelfth for y â— reformacyons of y â— Churche AFter this great couÌ„ceyll arose the .17 sisme in the church in the tyme of Paschall bysshop of Rome the .12 of that name borne in Italye afore a moÌ„ke and so successour of Urbanus whiche came into Fraunce for to haue reformacyon of dyuerse abuses y â— was theÌ„ in the Church farre frome al good facyon and order wheron he caused a counceyl to be assembled generall wherin was reformed many thynges and specyally he deposed many prelates and benefysed meÌ„ which were necligent vnlearned from theyr pastoralyte curyous admytted such as were able for suche promocyons and to preache and gyue example of lyuynge in Chrystes churche ¶ Of the counceyll holden at Rayns by Calixte bysshop of Rome brother to y â— erle of Burgoyâ—gne in y â— which couÌ„ceyll Henry the fourth Emperour was accoursed and excoÌ„municat AFter this Pascal rayned gyles the seconde of y â— name borne in Italye in whose tyme fell the .18 sysme in y â— whiche suffred many trybulacyons persecucions as ye shall fynde in the tyme of Henry the fourth Emperour which created an antypape named Benedictus y â— whiche antypape pope Gyles droue out of Ytalye and so fled into Fraunce ¶ And so in the absent see of this sayde Gyles possessed the see bysshoppe of Uyâ—nne named Guy of Burgongne which was in y â— holy lande of Ierusalem when Godftay de Bullyon the whiche Guy was taken and accepted for a man of an acceptable lyfe whose name was afterwarde called Calixtus the .ii. but yet as storys saith y â— the forsayd Gylys was he y â— coursed Henry the emperour in y â— couÌ„ceyl and not this Calyxt for he was nye a kyne to y â— emperour Henry whiche maryed Maâ—de doughter to the kynge of Englande and this sayd curse was gyuen by Gyles Bysshop bycause of the reformacyon of the pryde pompe that then was vsurped among prelates and preestes as well in dignytes theyr auctorytes as in excesse of gorgyous apparell a rayment also partly as Platyne wryteth it was for y â— supportynge of an Antypape named Burdyn a spanyard as here after in the thyrde parte here of shal make mensyon and so was Calyxt made bisshop stauled in Rome byforse caused y â— emê‘our Henry to be beseged the â—yte of rayns where he was acursed ¶ Of the seconde couÌ„ceyl holden at Cleremond and of a nother holden at Rayns in Champayne almoost in one tyme. INnocent y â— secoÌ„de bysshop of Rome and borne in y â— same Cytie helde warre batayle agaynst Roger normunde Kynge of Naples ***** and y â— sone of Roger vaynquyshed this bisshop Innocent iÌ„ playne Batyle and toke hym his cardinalles prysoners yet notwithstandynge this prynce Wyllyam eâ—treated hym his cardynalles gently and honorably and in contynuaunce he set theym at lyberty lyke a noble man ¶ And this tyme indurynge was a nother bysshop of Rome named Anacletus by whom y â— forsayd Innocent was chased out of Rome this was y â— .xviii. sysme as ye shall playnly se in the laste parte of this boke ¶ And thus in that tyme by the aduysement of kynge Lowys y â— grosse was holden two counceylles in Fraunce in the whiche was the forsayd Innocent present these couÌ„ceylles were holden at cleremont iÌ„ Ouernya the other at rayns in Champayne in the which couÌ„ceylles were determyned dyuerse decrees and by the whiche Innocent ouercame his aduersary annacletus his antipape and so he retourned to Rome agayne possedyd his see ¶ Of the counceyll of Uezelay whiche was kepte in Burgonye and kepte in the tyme of kynge Lowys the yonger wherin was prouoked the seconde Iourney vpon the infydellys DUryng the tyme of the .19 sysme of the which ye shal perceyue more at large in the thyrde parte of this boke so this tyme Engenius the .3 of that name bysshop of Rome borne in Pisa in â—â—alye who was disciple of saynt Bernard the whyte monke this man also fled in to Fraunce aparte for socoure for the great murmure furye y â— he had of the Romayns and part for to couÌ„ceyll and to mocion cristeÌ„ Princes to warre vpon the infydellys the whiche had taken a great cytie called Edessa Mesopotania in grecya ¶ For the which cause kynge Lowys y â— yonger sone to grosse Lowys y â— whiche endeueryd hymselfe with great dilygeÌ„ce toward this iourney asseÌ„bled a great couÌ„ceyl of prelates pryncis in the cytie of vezelay in Burgone and through the couÌ„ceyll and aduyse of saynt Barnarde with other this yong Lowys vowed to go on this iourney and he requyred to helpe the crysten people that were there so sore oppressed of the infydellys
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