l 680. The Clergie of England murmureth and complaineth that they were constrained to finde and paie souldiers to serue at the Popes pleasure which opportunitie the Emperour tooke to draw them to concurrence with him and m 682. by his letters aliened many Princes hearts from the Pope because they feared the pride of the court of Rome if the Emperour were brought vnder The sonne of perdition Wherfore the Pope endeauoureth by setting vp the Landgraue to tread in peeces the Emperour irrecouerably For now the beast doth destroy breake in peeces and stampe the residue vnder foote But the Emperour intercepted the money he sent to the Landgraue Conradus the sonne of Fridericus comming with an armie against the Landgraue by the Popes meanes his souldiers ranne to his enemie and so he was constrained to flie n Paral. Vrsp For much distraction of mindes and many troubles were in Germanie by this occasion And o Mat. Paris p. 684. now there was a new fashion in the court of Rome For when any great persons were at warres they would by absolution or excommunication strengthen or weaken them as might best serue for the profit of the court The Pope raketh money and gathereth aide against the Emperour And contrarily the Emperour sendeth victuals to the holy land See the difference between the monstrous beast and the Lambe a Mat. Paris p. 688. The French king leuieth money for his voyage the Pope for the Landgraue against the Emperour The Emperour by his humilitie getteth much fauour and the Pope for his insolent reiections of his submission exasperateth many There b 690. 691. followed such lightenings and thūders as haue not bin seene the like after which the Pope sent certaine traitors to murther Fridericus but missing their purpose they were stricken with feare as with lightening from heauen c 695. After which it is thought the Pope to crie quittance with the Emperour falsely reported that two ruffians sent by Fridericke should haue killed the Pope Now d 697. grew the Pope detested for rapine who raked money insatiably to maintaine the Landgraue against Fridericus e 703. 704. But when the Landgraue was ready to be crowned Conradus the Emperours sonne came vpon them with a mightie armie and by wisdom and valour after much Christian bloodshed ouerthrewe the Landgraues forces who for sorrow died ignominiously The f Trith p. 241. Landgraue liued fiue yeares with the title of a king but did nothing worth the marking For as long as Fridericus liued neither the Pope nor any prince preuailed against him He contemned the Popes deposition as friuolous and found so strong a faction of the Gibellines that he plagued Italie in such sort that he made the Pope wearie of his life and wish he had neuer deposed him g Mat. Paris p. 704. Vpon this successe the Pope sendeth foure Cardinals into the foure quarters of the world and pettie Legates to speciall places to defame Fridericke and his sonne and to preach pardons to all that would inuade persecute and teare them in peeces if they could and to that purpose by couetous craft and craftie couetousnesse to rake what money could be got But while the beast thus rageth Fridericke inforceth the Apulians c. to sweare homage to his sonne and causeth Hensius his sonne to plague the Popes kinsmen and hang them vp whom the Pope loued best In h Paral. Vrsp p. 330. Sueuia many preachers are countenanced by Conradus the sonne of Fridericus who preached against the vices authoritie and pardons of the Popes and preached pardon by Christ i Mat. Paris p. 704. whereupon the Pope heaped anger vpon anger and hate vpon hate and excommunicated him so terribly that all quaked that heard him l Gesner lib. 5. for k cap. 13.11 he speaketh like the Dragon whose voice did affright the whole armie of Alexander the Great After m Mat. Paris p. 781. the Landgraue was elected the Count of Geldre hee refusing followed in election the Duke of Braband after his refusall was chosen Richard brother to the king of England who also refusing the Pope procureth William Count of Holland to be chosen Emperour who vnaduisedly consented The n Mat. Paris p. 768. Pope thinking to deale more warily sent treasure to William by secret messengers but both his money and prouision were intercepted The Popes a Mat. Paris p. 711. 171. Legate assisted with the Archbishop of Colen make barbarous waste where Fredericke was fauoured raked money by excommunications c. and chased Conrade The Emperour comming to besiege the Pope at Lugdunum was hindered by those of Parma c. and so b Trith p. 244 is William crowned with great solemnitie But c Mat. Paris p. 712. because all the Princes agreed not to the election there sprung vp new contentions Fridericke is enraged against his Italian rebels and straiteth them by siege d 721. 722. But while Fridericke was absent the Parmenses sally out take the Emperors treasure and kil or disperse his forces which made the Pope incredibly ioyfull But Fridericke reunited his forces and there was neuer anger betweene any so great as was betweene the Pope and the Emperour The Emperour vexed the Pope the more and afflicted the Parmenses as before e 724. The French king taking his voyage importuneth the Pope for the peace of Fridericke but in vaine though hee shewed the Pope that els the impediment of the businesses of the holy land would be imputed to the Pope So the king taketh shippe leauing behinde him many choise souldiers which f 725. presently began to mutine but the Pope so charmed them that he got from them their money and armes and victuals and sent them pennilesse away g 736. By the Cardinals inuectiues the reputation of Frediricke did stinke and he was accounted worse than Herod Iudas or Nero and they had preuailed against him had it not beene h 738. for the couetousnesse vsuries simonies and other filthie vices of the Court of Rome i 739. By the Popes meanes it is said the Emperours Physitian should haue poysoned him but it was discouered and k 741. his aides to the Emperours rebels were intercepted l 742. Fridericke now toyled with sicknesse and losse of his sonnes offereth an honest forme of peace The Pope reioycing in his calamities beeing such a one as will neuer be appeased would not accept it Rom. 1. wherefore the Pope was hated by many and they comforted Fridericke and claue to him detesting the pride of the seruant of the seruants of God Hereby m 748. Fridericus so preuailed that in abhomination of the Court of Rome many thrust out William and the Popes Legate and bound themselues by oath to bee faithfull to Fridericus The rebels of Italie were so vexed that the Marchants longing for peace detested the Pope for his rebellion and because hee would not accept
of God Lethâ—rius l Trith p. 164. was againe called into Italie by the Pope against Rogerius the Prince of Apulia m Peucerus c. 35â— who had entred vpon the Church goods him Lotharius subdued and confiscated and increased the riches and dignitie of the Pope Lotharius n Vrsp p. 279. 280. beeing dead in his returne Conradus the third succeeded who was troubled with rebels by meanes of the king of Sicilia and other Princes Ann. 1144. Calestinus o Geneb p. 9â—â— Ann. 1149. the second was the first that was chosen without the voices of the people by a law made by Innocentius the second by which the people were excluded from the election Lucius the second * Geneb p. 919 920. a warriour against the Saraceus for Ierusalem and held a Councel against Abellardus * Trith p. 170. In these times was so great famine pestilence and mortalitie as was incredible to all posterities a cap. 11.6.7 For these witnesses haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the daies of their prophecie c. to smite the earth with all manner of plagues as oft as they will Stella said he was Christ p Geneb p. 920. Mass 16.230 Eugenius the third the scholler of Bernard Ann. 1145. hee was driuen out of Rome by the Consuls c. Hee q Frisin g. Fri. â—6 caused Bernard to preach the crosse to mooue the Christians to send aide against the Saracens * Geneb who had taken Edessa and Ierusalem â—illed the Bishops and many thousands of Christians and committed many vnspeakable cruelties Whereupon r Vrsp p. 280. Conrade the Emperour and Ludouicus the French king went to the holy land with a great armie but t Massaeus 16. p. 230. did little good for their u Geneb p. 922 armies came to miserable destruction by reason of the deceipt of the Legate of the Emperour of Constantinople a Gobel ae 6.59 who mixed lime with their meale of which they should make their bread a Trith p. 170. The greater part of the armie perished by famine pestilence and sword filling the Pagans countrie with the spoiles and armie of the Romane expedition feeling the smart of the second wee from Euphrates In his time b Frisin gest Fri. 1. 46. 50. c. was very much contentioÌ„ among the diuines about the opinions of Gilbertus Poretanus a Bishop against whom was opposed S. Bernard This c Geneb p. 920 Bernard wrot a booke to this Pope De consideratione containing many imputations of Antichristianitie to the Bishops c. of his time proouing the Pope in his pompe to bee rather the successor of Constantine than Peter Though d Peuc 4 p. 357. his writings doe containe many superstitious opinions yet hee taught e Bernard de annuntiat ser 1. men to be iustified by the onely mercie of God through faith in Christ and so interpreteth S. Paul And that good works doe not merit eternall life but that it is freely giuen c. He also prooueth that where S. Paul did speake of the doctrine f 1. Tim. 4.3 of diuels in forbidding marriage and meates to be eaten that g In Cant. ser 63. prophecie was fulfilled in the votarie Priests of his time and their hypocriticall fasts Til h Peuc 4. p. 356. this time Monasteries were schooles of learning but now they became places of idlenesse and superstition and of maintaining the pride of Rome i Geneb p. 923 One in the South did preach that he was the forerunner or messenger of Christ presently to come Ann. 1153. Anastasius the fourth k Geneb p. 925 926. the politicians of France spoiled both Churches and Monasteries At this time were certaine which taught against the Church of Rome which were called or blasphemed as hereticks Publicani who some called Cathari l Trith p. 193. 194. some Patrini As also the heresie called Cardensis of the body and blood of the Lord l Trith p. 193. 194. of this opinion were disputors terrible to the learnedst They were of the opinion of Tauchelinus It seemeth at this time that the Waldenses sprung vp The person whose name they were called by was one m Fox Marty p. 233. c. Trith Hirs p. 188. Waldus a rich Citisen of Lyons who vpon a fearefull sight of the iudgement of God gaue all to the poore and professed euangelicall pouertie stirred vp himselfe and others to translate bookes of the Scripture into their mother tongue They taught that nothing is to be preached but Scripture That God onely is to be feared and no idols There is but one mediator The Temple of God is the whole world c. That n Geneb p. 938. prayer for the dead and the fire of purgatory is the inuention of couetous Priests Against images confirmation auricular confession c. o Fasc Temp. f. 77. b. These being admonished to leaue preaching answered it is more meete to obey God then man and despised the Prelats and Clergie They were spread abroade vpon a suddaine into Lombardy Boemia France and England c. p Fox Marty p. 204. Gerardus and Dulciuus with thirtie others as it seemeth of those Waldenses came into England and preached against the Church of Rome declaring it to be Babylon spoken of in the ReuelatioÌ„ Thus q cap. 14.6 an Angel flyeth through the middest of heauen hauing an euerlasting Gospel to preach saying c. Feare God and worship him that made heauen and earth c. Vnto r Trith p. 177. 178. this Pope Anastasius Hildegrade a Nonne sent answere to his letters instructing him in his life prophecying of the schisme which followed and thus foreshewed of Rome And thou O Rome saith she lying as it were in the extreamest point shalt be troubled so that the strength of thy feete vpon which thou hast stoode shall languish because thou louest the Kings daughter iustice not with feruent loue but as it were in the slouth of sleepe so that thou dost expell her from thee wherefore she will also flie from thee c. In his time was Fridericus made Emperor Adrianus a Rob. Barnes the fourth would not be consecrated Anno 1154. till Arnoldus the Bishop of Brixia whom he held for an heretike were expelled Rome c. In b Trith p. 184. his time the followers of the Church of Rome moued by the example of the ciuill law and learning of such as they called heretikes contriued the popish learning Wherefore c Geneb p. 932. 933. 934. three bastard brethren wrote three great bookes Petrus Lombardus brought in schoole diuinitie the better to confute the Grecians Aballardus Petro-bussians Gilbertus Porretanus c. This Petera Lombard affirmeth d Lib. 3. d. 19. that one way of iustification is by faith in the death of Christ as they that looked on the brasen serpent were healed
in his warres which were many because of the Popes excommunication And m Vrsp p. 308. the Princes and Barones taught by the diuell cared not to breake their oath nor violate their faith but confounded all iustice taking part sometimes with Philip sometimes with Otho By n 307. the meanes of this contention the Pope made all Ecclesiasticall dignities litigious and brought them to Rome Whereupon Vrspergensis exclaimeth Reioyce our mother Rome because the sluces of all treasures are opened that whole riuers of money may runne to thee Reioyce for the wickednes of men because for the recompence of so great euils some price is paide to thee Insult for discord thy helper which came from hell to helpe thee to money by great heapes Thou hast that which thou hast thirsted for Sing this song that by wickednesse and not by religion thou hast ouercome the world Men come not to thee for deuotion and conscience but for the committing of villanies and for decision of contentions bought out with money of thee The begging Friers beganne the wicked order of which Ioachim prophecied before The first thing that the Friers did labour for was to magnifie their faction a Ex Mat. Paris p. 910. Gobelaet 6. cap. 63. Fox Mart. p. 326. To which purpose they wrote a very detestable and blasphemous booke containing the most abhominable heresies of these new sprung vp friers Nowe because the Gospel which the scripture calleth b cap. 14.6 Eternall was commonly preached to the hazzard of the papacie these called their booke The eternall Gospell and the Gospell of the holy Ghost This they said excelled that written by the foure Euangelists so much as the kernell passeth the shell and as light excelleth darkenes And therefore taught N.B. that within threescore yeares vz. 1260. the Gospel written by the foure Euangelists should cense and bee abolished and theirs should steppe vp instead thereof and continue for euer c Sibrandus Lâ—b d. Christ â—og 2. cap. 7. This booke the Friers commended to the Pope to bee canonized who esteemed it much For from hence the Popes doe continue many wicked prankes to weaken if not to abolish the authority of the Scriptures This deuice of forging a newe Gospel the Friers borrowed of their fathers the d Epiph. haeres 26. p. 27. Gnosticks It seemeth hitherto that the cup in the supper was not taken quite from the laitie * Trith p. 215. For Innocentius the third enioyning certaine knights and their seruants penance for killing the Bishop of Herbipolis saith thus They shall not presume to take the bodie and blood of the Lord but at the point of death e 215. 216. Philip putting Otho stil to the worst the Princes grew wearie of warre and sought for peace and notwithstanding the Popes excommunications are reconciled to Philip crown him againe and f 219. with the Popes Legates treate of peace and compounding the state of the Empire g Vrsp p. 310. The Pope to whom all is referred consenteth to peace vpon promise that his nephew should marry the Emperor Philips daughter And Otho likewise vpon the like condition h Pag. 309. At the same time one Fulco preached in France and moued many to take the crosse and fight in the holy land Whereupon two Earles came with their armies to the Pope who sent one of them against his owne enemies in Campania the other went as towards Ierusalem in the way the Venetians spoyle a certaine citie called Satira After the armie went to Constantinople beat a part of the citie entred and tooke many spoyles and reliques of Saints He that readeth iudge if it were not theft and if the Pope can excuse that rapine by the Isralites robbing the Egyptians i Trith p. 219. After the capitulations were made for the quiet of the Empire Philip went to pursue some rebels in Saxony and as he rested in his chamber hauing opened a veyne he was murthered by Otho Palatinus because he did not worship the beast And so was ended this fourth Thunder The fifth Thunder Anno 1208. VPon a Trith p. 219. 220. the death of Philip the Emperor was Otho chosen with one consent of all the Princes The Pope hearing thereof and that he had maried his neere kinswoman liked it and by Legates confirmed it Wherefore Otho going into Italy is honorably receiued by the Princes and Pope and is crowned At this time the Franciscan Friers began There were also great heates fearefull thundrings and lightnings And b Crant 7. 35. now while the Pope did chalenge Apulia c. to belong to the Church of Rome and the Emperor thought not there arise dissentions betweene them c Vrsp p. 313. so that the Pope pronounceth him contumacious excommunicated him and so hee was euery where denounced Whereupon the Princes elect Fridericus the sonne of Henricus the sixt Emperor as an euill diuell in Israel which election the Pope confirmeth and Fridericke is garded through Italy by the Princes of Italy In d Mass 17. p. 235. Narbâ—na 140. and at Paris 24. would rather be burned as heretikes then recant their opinions e Amicon d. 5. Sarma c. 1. 2. In 1211. appeared a great comet the yeere following the nation of the Tartarians The fourth Angel about Euphrates came out of their seates into our world f Haiton c. 16. through the Caspian sea which gaue them way miraculously as an Angel had directed them g Trith p. 221. Otho the Emperor succeeded prosperously in his warres of Apulia Calabria Wherefore h Vrsp p. 314. the Pope sent fiue times to him in short space for peace but the Emperor despising the Popes commaundements could not be stirred but that he would roote out Fridericus and be reuenged of the French King for the wrongs he had done to England Hereupon the Pope tooke courage i Pag. 317. and resolued vpon two things to recouer the holy land from the Saracens and to reforme the Church against heretikes and such as impugned the liberties thereof And so required k Trith p. 221. the Archbishop of Mogunce to declare the Emperor excommunicate and deposed The Princes that fauored Otho spoyled the cities religious houses and Churches of the diocesse of Mogunce and Otho returning into Germany subdued many rebels l Geneb pag. 957. 958. The Albingenses in the parts of Tholosa in France maintained many doctrines against the Church of Rome as against prayers to the virgine Mary c. Against whom the French both Clergie and Laytie did contend and fight with doubtfull successe almost for the space of twelue yeeres m Trith p. 221. But now the Pope preacheth the crosse and absolution from all sinnes in Austria Saxony Westphalia Phrisia and all Germany to assist his Captaine against them For the King of Arragon and diuers Earles c. tooke their parts Hereby the Albingenses were put to the worst n
to Ierusalem against the Turkes but at the shore they were either drowned or sold to the Saracens A huge company of heardesmen came from Spaine and likewise tooke the crosse and spoyled the Clergie about Paris Honorius the third i Vrsp p. 320. made such preachers as grew cold in perswading and such people as were slacke in obeying Anno 1216. to be more zealous to recouer the holy land prophecying but falsely that in his time Ierusalem should be recouered from the Saracens He k Geneb p. 961. Trith p. 225. confirmed the order of the Dominicans and Franciscans whom l Vrsp p. 318. 319. Innocentius the third approued because their vow was in all things to be obedient to the Apostolike seate and to stand for the defence of the mother Church They say m Pet. de Nat. Clictouens hom de Francisco the Pope was vnwilling to confirme their order till in a lying vision by night he saw Dominicke or as other say Francis with his onely shoulders bearing vp the Laterane Church that by mine was readie to fall They also fable that when Christ came armed with three darts to destroy the world at the instance of his Mother he was content to respite the world till she had made experience of her two champions sufficient to conuert the whole world viz. Dominicke and Francis and iudicially pronounced that if the world were not conuerted by them he would presently make an end of it Howbeit as a Prog. finis mundi parte 1. 2. Vincentius writeth Anno 1416. more then a hundred yeeres after the prefixed time that the world was worse these religious persons were abhominable rather snares and wolues then pastors And hereby the vision proueth a fable as is fitting in false Prophets b Trith 224. 225. Fridericus followeth his warres vpon Othe who being forsaken of all dieth for sorrow of a dysemerie and Fridericus alone enioyeth the Empire c Crant 7. 35. Gob. 6.63 and so was ended the fifth Thunder The sixth Thunder Anno 1217. FRidericus the second a Vrsp p. 321. 322. being elected Emperor disposeth his affaires and is crowned at Rome bestoweth many of the Imperiall lands vpon Saint Peter and taketh the crosse to fight for Ierusalem against the infidels committed his sonne to the uition of certaine Princes by whom he was crowned King of Romanes But whereas certaine Earles had taken some of his castles in Apulia he fighteth with them and doth ouercome them who flie to the Pope that protecteth them whereof the Emperor complaineth The crosse is preached in Almany whereupon the people commit many murthers and horrible facts vpon assurance of pardon for taking the crosse b Pag. 323. The Emperor subdueth the Saracens and also certaine rebels in Apulia The Christians who had taken the crosse and were come to Nilus by the great and continual confluence of new aydes tooke the impregnable citie of Damiata where they make a most miserable spectacle by the slaughter of the Paganes By the meanes of the Popes Legate c VVestmonast p. 278. who came rather to the desolation of the armie then for the consolation thereof and by meanes of Ludouicus Banarus they proudly refused a most honorable and profitable composition which the Soldan offered namely to haue restored Ierusalem and the countries about it for the citie Damiata But after by the stratagems of the Soldan they were driuen to accept of their owne liues d Trith p. 228. 230. Many Nunnes were thrust out of their cloysters for their naughtie and extreme filthie life There were at this time horrible earthquakes pestilence among cattell and such famine as hath not been heard of e Pag. 229. Then was the crosse preached againe and all appointed to follow the Emperor into the holyland f Vrsp p. 324. The Emperor calling an assembly of the Princes before his voyage is thought to be hindered by the court of Rome g Trith p. 230. And by the suggestion of the Pope the Lombards rebell against the Emperor and enterd into a league to the detriment of the Empire and hinderance of the recouery of the holy land h 3. Dec. tit 41. 10. This Pope ordaines that the Eucharist i Her Renech in Psal 1. p. 454. which as a cake made vp with dogges grease ought to be kept very cleanly and that at the eleuation and when it is caryed to the sicke the people should bow themselues and kneele It must be carried to the sicke in a decent mannerâ— with a light burning before it the people that meete it must kneele downe and say Salue lux mundi or Pater noster a Morsen 18. ex Alex. ab Alex. 5. 27. Almost in the same manner was Iupiter wont to be carried among the Gentiles b Geneb p. 963. Vpon this idolatry the dominion of the Christians was abolished in India and the Tartars there began their great kingdome of Cataia c Dec. tit 33. c. 28. Pantale This Pope did strictly forbid the reading of the ciuill law in Paris and the places adioyning He warred with the Emperor in Apulia Iohn the Emperor of Constantinople obtained of him to absolue the Emperor Fridericus the second that he might make an expedition against the Turkes who daily preuailed in Asia Gregorius the ninth d Vrsp p. 324. as a proud man in his first yeere Anno 1227. contrary to iustice began to excommunicate the Emperor Fridericus vpon friuolous and false occasions obiecting that hee went not into the holy land as he promised e Trith p. 231. which excommunication also the Pope sendeth abroad to Archbishops c. f Mat. Paris 332. 333. by his bulles in which he complaineth that the Church was indangered by the Pagans the Angels about Euphrates the Emperour the Angell that setteth his right foote on the sea and left vpon the earth heretikes the two witnesses of Christ and by false brethren godly men hid from the presence of the Serpent g Vrsp p. 324. The Emperour publisheth his Apologie and h Mat. Paris p. 335. writeth to Princes complaineth of the false imputations laid against him by the Pope shewing that the Church of Rome is so enflamed with the burning affection of couetousnesse that the goods of the Church are not sufficient to satisfie her thirst and that shee blusheth not to disinherit Emperours Kings and Princes and make them tributaries c. i Vrsp p. 325. Besides the Emperour maketh sure vnto him diuerse of the noblest Romans who while the Pope pursueth his excommunications by the assistance of the people expell the Pope out of Rome with shame and doe vexe his territories with warre The Pope stirreth vp the King of Ierusalem Mathew and Thomas Earles of Tuscia against the Emperor The Emperor resolueth to goe his voyage for the holy land and the Pope was a meanes to hinder the assemblie of the Princes with whom the
in the manner now they be and d Geneb p. 96 Par. Vrs p. 3 appointed that certaine times in a day a bell should be tolled when the people should say certaine deuotions in the praise of the virgin Mary e Geffre d. truc morib 1. p. 31. as the Turkes at certaine times when their priests doe stand in the towers of their Churches and cry out that the people may heare them f Par. Vrs â— Mat. Paris p. 538. doe fall downe and doe say certaine deuotions vpon this idolatry of the Christians the Tartares doe wast the countries of the Christians Innocentius the fourth g Par. Vrsp p. 329. was chosen after long delaie Ann. 1241. because the Emperour held some of the Cardinals in prison because of discord among the Electors h Mat. Paris p. 585. He presently confirmed the excommunication of Fridericus who therefore stopped the waies of the Popes postes and hanged vp two Minorites that by stealth did carry letters to mooue sedition amongst the Nobles The Templars for hatred of the Emperour besieged and vexed the Teutonici in the holy land not suffering them to burie their dead i 588. Many Princes are alienated from the Emperour and elect the Landgraue of Thuring against him k 589. But the Emperour presently made peace with the Landgraue VVise men laboured to make peace betweene the Pope and the Emperour but the Emperour refused to submit himselfe absolutely to the Popes censure desiring to haue the causes and conditions first known neither would hee resigne the rites of the Empire l 592. The lamentable newes of the Tartars had stirred all Christendome against them had not the grieuous distraction betweene the Pope and Emperour beene the let The friers Preachers and Minorites fall out bitterly betweene themselues m 594. The Pope sendeth an Extortor into England c. with power to suspend excommunicate and punish many waies all such as would not suffer him to leauie what money he pleased For the beast is footed like a Beare a Mat. Paris p. 617. 618. VVhen the Emperour laboured for peace with the Pope in vaine the Pope as it seemed of purpose to bring the Emperour into causelesse hatred fled into Ianua where he had Gallies ready to entertaine him The Emperour smelling the Popes drift said with griefe The wicked flie when none followeth The Popes faction perswadeth the Landgraue to take the dignity of the Empire in hand make warre vpon Fridericus whom they called tyrant persecutor a confederate with Saracens For the beast doth open his mouth to blaspheme them that are called Gods c. But the Landgraues friends aduiseth him not to trust the promises of the Popes partie and the Emperour comming on a suddaine the Landgraue was alienated from that purpose and gaue gifts to the Emperour and so they parted friends b 622. The Pope sendeth abroad as to England by strange and incredible authoritie to rake money for aide against the Emperour c 623. 624. who writeth to England to staie their contribution and rather to exempt themselues from former impositions protesting his innocencie and that the Pope had reiected his submission the manner whereof hee was willing to referre to the censure of the Kings of England and France and their Barones See a Lambe in the throne d 632. The French king vpon recouerie of a desperate sickenesse voweth a voyage into the holy land e 633. After the presages of heauie things as thunders and lightenings f 635. the Pope through France causeth the Emperour to be preached excommunicate which when a Priest should denounce he said to the people I know the Pope and Emperour to be at controuersie the cause I know not but I pronounce the partie excommunicated that doth the wrong and absolue the innocent g 636. The Pope calleth a Councel at Lugdunum where his chamber was burned h 638. as it was thought of purpose to get occasion to extort money of the Prelates comming to the Councell i 642. And partly by moning his wants and partly by large promises of preferments many of the prelates bestowed incredible wealth vpoÌ„ the Pope k VVestmonâ—st whom againe he honoured with titles and dignities l Mat. Paris p. 643. 644. 645. In the Councell the Emperours proctor answered diligently for his Lord made large offers to subiect the Romane Empire to the Church of Rome to fight against the Tartars and for the holy land All which the Pope insolently reiected and refused the kings of France and England to bee sureties for the Emperours promise herein m 658. And n 6. Decr. 66. 2. tit 14. cap. 1. notwithstanding the Proctor confuted all obiections made by the Pope or others yet he proceedeth with the assistance of the prelates with candles put out to excommunicate and n 6. Decr. 66. 2. tit 14. cap. 1. depriue the Emperour forbidding him any more to be named Emperour by any which the Proctor said was the beginning of many euill daies The Pope to further his purposes a Volat. 22. f. 255. Geneb 970.971 aduanced the Cardinals For whereas before they had not that brauerie of retinue and ornaments he granted them for honour to ride on white horses and to weare red hats in token they should spend their liues for the Church of Rome like b Curio 1. p. 28. the Princes that followed Mahomet who drewe their swords and promised by solemne oath to allow of none other law but that which Mahomet should make in defence and setting forth whereof they then and there protested at all times when neede should require to spend their blood and liues c Mat. Paris 655. The Pope with large promises and bribes and supplications requesteth the Electors to choose another But Fridericus preuented him with disswasions d Pag. 658. and putteth a crowne on his own head reuiling the Pope and threatning bloodie warres before he would loose it e Gob. ae 6. c. 64 There passed sharp letters betweene the Pope and the Emperour f 235. the Emperour aduising the Pope to absolue him lest saith he our lyon which faineth himselfe to sleepe doe wake and with his terrible roaring doe driue all fatte bulls out of all lands and planting righteousnesse doe gouerne the Church rooting out the hornes of the proud g Mat. Paris p. 659. 660. And of that argument sent letters abroad which was the meanes hee had lesse regard h 662. The French king commandeth the Pope to conference about the Emperours peace and his owne voyage to the holy land i 664. and the kings brother and diuers Nobles take the crosse k 675. 676. The French king againe importuneth the Pope for the Emperours peace but still in vaine Wherefore he departeth from the Pope angrie because he found not that humilitie which he hoped for in the seruant of the seruants of God
the Emperours humiliation but desired to tread him vnder foote whom hee called the great Dragon that when hee had him vnder hee might with more ease stampe also vpon the Kings of England and France and other princes whom he called Basilisks or little kings and little serpents and might at his pleasure spoile their prelates of their treasure n p. 760. The French king taketh Damiata For o 762. which the Soldan offereth the kingdom of Ierusalem much treasure and peace so that there was hope that he purposed to become a Christian But as the pope formerly commanded all was refused by the popes Legate It seemeth that he that writeth a Annot. in Sonn 107. annotations vpon Petrarchs Sonets speaketh of this storie when he saith that the king of Spaines brother I thinke he should say the king of France his brother proclaimed the pope Soldan of Babylon which he calleth Baladac When they had refused the Soldans offer they could not afterwards intreate but found bloodie warre But b Mat. Paris 762. 763. Fridericke subdued happily many of his rebels The popes souldiers robbed them that were signed with the crosse for the holy land taking their money from them And the armie in the holy land was deuided In c 767. 768. fight the French king is taken who though at first he refused yet at last is constrained to surrender Damiata vpon hard conditions and d 772. 773. sendeth by his two brethren to the pope to relieue his shame and difficulties by the absolution of Fridericke His brethren said to the pope that it were best to absolue him els all would thinke the pope of an obstinate hatred they would remooue him from Lyons and raise all France against him Because they vrged the Pope to make peace with Fridericke as he loued the honour of the vniuersall Church and would auoid to be charged to be the cause of the losse of the holy land by his couetousnesse and marchandise of such souldiers that tooke the crosse for the aide of such souldiers that tooke the crosse for the aide of the holy land the e 777. pope craueth to be at Burdeux and groweth inexorable Then also died Fridericus the wonder of the world and so ended the sixth Thunder The seuenth Thunder COnradus a Caron the sonne of Fridericus the second Anno 1250. b Trith p. 239. who had before been chosen King of Romanes did reigne c Mat. Paris 780. In signe of the wrath of God there were exceeding horrible thunders a heauie prognostication d 781. Conrade maketh sure his prisoners that rebelled against his father and with his brethren and friends doth rise against the Pope who for the insatiable couetousnes of his whole race was hatefull to the Imperials e 783. and feared such ginnes and snares of the Romanes to recouer an inestimable summe of money from him which he caused them to lay out in his warres against Fridericke that he durst not returne to his seate in Rome f 791. Yea the hearts of many departed from the father the Pope who raged as a fierce stepfather and from the mother the Church of Rome who was cruell in persecution as a stepmother The g 792. pope departing from Lugdunum calleth the people together to bid them farwell By his Orator after other speeches concludeth that the city had receiued this benefit and almes by the Popes presence that where at his comming there were onely found three or foure whorehouses in the city he left but one and that reached from the East gate to the west Thus is the Popes courte the mother of fornications and abhominations of the earth a Mat. Prris p. 795. many heardsmen foolishly take the crosse to fight against the Turkes in the holy land The Pope setteth forth new decretals and minding peace b 798. 799. absolueth some nobles from their excommunication Whom he marrieth to his neeces by which holy marriage they which were the children of wrath become forsooth the sonnes of grace and chosen vessels But hee excommunicateth Conrade Whereupon the enemies of the Church are multiplied c Pag. 800. Conrade hauing got the fauour of many of the Princes of the Empire the Pope preacheth the crosse against him with farre larger pardons then were graunted to them that fought against the Turkes in the holy land For the fathers and mothers of such were to be pardoned that sought against Conrade When the Queene and Nobles of France saw the Pope to minde onely his ambition and to neglect their distressed King in the holy laud they tooke into their hands the goods and lands of those that were signed against Conrade bidding them liue of the Pope that fought for him The like was don in other places Hence the Pope through shame began to treate of peace with Conradus d Pag 801. There were more fearefull thunders The Pope to make peace desireth to marry a neece of his e Pag. 805. to the brother of Conradus and strengtheneth himselfe by making of new Cardinals But the Princes of the Empire conceiued much indignation against the presumption of the Pope for seeking to ignoble Princes by the marriage of his neeces William Earle of Holland being sorrowfull for his presumption in accepting the Empire resigned f Pag. 781. and hauing lost his owne Earledome and all detested the mousetrappes and promises of the Pope being constrained to begge g 808. Conrade hauing gained the fauour of all the Italians in a manner had poyson giuen him as was thought by the Popes faction but hee recouered stangely and grew into more fauour Yet would not the Pope be perswaded to crowe him least he should proue like his father h 813. but seeing the daunger of Christendome by the contention the Pope sought to make peace with his foes by giuing them his neeces in marriage Howbeit the poyson which Conrade escaped and imputed to the Pope and the contradiction of the Princes of the Empire to such presumptuous marriages gained Conrade much fauour hindred this kinde of peace and lost the Pope many friends and much credit Whereupon Conradus persecuted the Pope with fire and sworde and spoyled such as went to the court of Rome i 814. And so our father the Pope who rather followed the steps of Constantine then Peter stirred vp many calamities in the world The a Mat. Paris p. 829. Pope considering that Richard the King of Englands brother was very rich baited a hooke sweetely to catch his seruice and wealth For trusting vpon his sophistry and deceit that said All b Mat. 4.9 these things will I giue thee if thou wilt fall downe and worship me caused him to be elected and called King of Apulia Sicilia and Calabria c Mat. Paris p. 832. At this time such was the couetousnes and rapine of the Pope in England that vpon a computation which the Bishop of Lincolne caused to
be made it appeared that this Pope impouerished the vniuersall Church more then all his predecessors and that in England his gaine was more then the Kings reuenue d 838. The Romanes threaten them of Perusium with sieg and desolation if they held the Pope any longer Wherefore the Pope with feare and trembling goeth to Rome fearing least the mony should be exacted of him which was dispended in the warres against Fridericke But he paliated his sorrow as well as he could and went to Rome For the beast hath a face like a Lyon that taketh scorne to looke vpon the nettes he is intangled with e 843. The Pope wrote to Grosthead Bishop of Lincolne to make a boy a Prehend at Lincolne which the Bishop refused to doe shewing that the sinne of the diuell and Antichrist was to kill the soules of men by defrauding them of ministers able to teach With f 844. which answere the Pope was enraged and sware by Saint Peter and Saint Paul were it not for the gentlenes of his owne nature his slaue the King of England should make the Bishop a fable c. The Cardinals labored much to pacifie the Popes fury partly by preferring the goodnes of the Bishop before the Pope and his Cardinals partly by aduising the Pope to winke at all least there should arise some tumult especially because it is knowen that there must come a departing from the Church of Rome g 846. 847. 848. This Grosthead on his death-bead reproued the preaching Friers and Minorites as heretikes for their negligence and the Pope of heresie for offering to place a boy ouer the soules of men and proueth that the Pope is Antichrist Of the court of Rome he deliuered this censure Eius auaritiae totus non sufficit orbis Aegypte Sodom Eius luxuriae meretrix non sufficit omnis Aegypte Sodom He also prophecied that the Church should not be deliuered from the Aegyptian seruitude in which it was but by a bloudy sword Here is the policy of Rome h cap. 11.8 called Egypt Conrade prospereth in Italy in despite of the Pope i Mat. Paris p. 850. 855. At this time ignorant persons and boyes were aduanced to Church dignities fit builders for Babel The Pope in a most furious rage purposing to auenge himselfe of Grosthead as of an infidel and rebel c. in k Ibid. Et Poly. Chr. lib. 7. cap. 36. the night Grost bead in his Bishops ornaments appeared vnto him and with a sterne countenance and angry speech said arise wretch and come to thy doome c. and smote him on the left side right to the heart with his crosse staffe so that the Pope awaked with feare and paine horribly frighted Neither did the vengance of the indignation of God so rest towards him for in his warres against Conrade he lost 4000. of his army neither had the Pope euer any good night or day afterwards The a Mat. Paris p. 861. dissention grew great betweene the pope and Conrade and the pope sorged falsely many blasphemous accusations against him as of heresie murther c. thereby to stirre vp the King of England against him b 863. 864. There was in England a miraculous thunder-clap When the pope saw that Richard the King of Englands brother would not be taken in his nettes but held his gift of Apulia c. as if he had giuen him the mone for the fetching he solicited the King of Emgland to accept it promising to turne the souldier that were signed with the crosse for the aide of the holy land to assist him This made all the princes and prelates of the holy land deteste the Romane falsehoodes c Fox Marty pag. 3. Arnoldus de noua villa taught that Sathan by popery had deceiued the world Gulielmus de sancto amore applieth all the textes of Scripture that spake against Antichrist to the pope and his Clergie d Mat. Paris p. 864. 865. The King of England with ioy accepted the popes offer of the kingdome of Sicilia c. and fed the pope with mony But vpon the resistance of Conradus the popes army failed Conrade also died e Gobel 6.65 as is reported of poyson f Mat. Paris p. 865. The pope exceedingly reioyced and laughed for the death of his two great enemies Grosthead and Conradus g 868. Shortly after the pope himselfe dying comforted his weeping friends thus do not I leaue you rich enough what would you more when he was dead he was seene by a Cardinall condemned to hell for the hurt he did to the Church Thus h cap. 10.3 c. when the Angel Christ the King by princes had reared for their possessions seuen thunders of the popes execrations vtter their voyces which the writers of the time doe seale vp by a darke kinde of deliuerie i Carian f. 203. Par. Vrs p. 332 After which time the Empire stoode without any certaine Caesar for seauenteene yeeres for feare of the danger that might befall by the popes meanes And the affaires of Asia came into great danger by the popes proceedings Thus also he maketh warre against the Saints and doth ouercome them So here is fulfilled that which is written k cap. 13. 7. 8. And power was giuen him ouer euery kindred and tongue and nation Those thunders lasted 150. yeeres For from the time of Hildebrand which was 1074. to Alexander the fourth which was 1254. is 180. yeeres From whence if we take the time of peace from Honorius the second to Adrian the fourth which was 30. yeeres the remainder will be 150. yeere CHAP. IX The beast doth principally dispose himselfe to make warre with the Saints that worship in the Tabernacle and sheweth Lyons pride and Beares feete for couetousnes tearing the earth by raking mony THus the princely Angel a cap. 10.3 who had roared as a Lyon is cryed downe by the beast whose execrations were fearefull and violent as Thunder Now the beast doth principally set himselfe against the Saints b cap. 13.7 For it is giuen to him to make warre with the Saints and to ouercome them And now he hath authoritie to make lawes as it is said c 15. it is permitted to him to speake His speciall law is now turned vpon the Saints namely d 15. to cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed For now he rageth with the bloudy lawes of the inquisition which henceforth are much increased Anno 1254. Alexander the fourth e Trith p. 246. when the seat had been almost two yeeres voyde to the perill of many soules was elected Pope and at first f Mat. Paris p. 869 seemed a holy man But yet g Pag. 875. though he were frighted by a fearefull vision he h P. 877. continued the warres begun by his predecessors against Manfred in Apulia c. i P. 881. 885. in which he
p. 3â—3 wrote to the French king that himselfe was Lord of all spirituall and temporall estates through the world Thus he exalteth himselfe aboue all that is called God And said that because the French king would not take his kingdom of him hee deserued to bee depriued The French king burned his letters and despised his Legates In a Councell at Paris calleth the Pope a schismaticke hereticke and inuader of the state by the pragmatical sanctier diminisheth the Popes authoritie in France c Par. Vrsp 344. The Pope confirmeth the election of Albert vnder condition that he would take vpon him the kingdomes of Romanes and France d Fox Flores hist The king of England also couragiously withstood the Pope in the title of Scotland e Bergo 13. Trith p. 268. The French king caused him to be apprehended in his bedde and carried prisoner to Rome where hee died with sorrow c. In f Geneb p. 1004 1007. 1008. his time Ottoman the first Emperour of the Turkes arose a great plague to the professors of Christ Now the Church of Rome leaueth to reckon from the passion of Christ as before and accounteth from his Natiuitie The Mariners compasse is found out A fit instrument to spread the name of Christ where it was vnknown Clement the fifth g Mass 17. p. 244. was consecrated in France at Lugdunum going to the pallace the people thronged a wall fell Ann. 1305. and hurt many the Popes crowne fell from his head and out of it a Carbuncle esteemed worth 6000. florens An euill presage For h Trith 269. Geneb 1009. he translated the Popes seate from Rome to Auinion to the great damage of Italie Rome and all Christians i Trith 271. The Princes elected Henrie the seauenth Emperour a good man and valiant worthy the imperiall seate He k Par. Vrsp 349. sent his Orators to the Pope for his imperiall crowne And l Bergo 13. in Henr. the Pope confirmed his election vnder condition he would go into Italie to receiue his crowne according to the manner of the Emperors passing through a Par. Vrsp 349. 350. Italie he found and subdued many rebels came to Rome and is crowned and gaue out lawes concerning traitors and rebels which Rome as the head of the world and saieth in her head I sit as Queene adorned and confirmed in these words I the crown of crowns confirme vnto my Prince his power c. doe subiect vnto him cities nations of countries Eagles defend my glorie behold the Gentiles Departing from Rome he had more rebels that opposed themselues against him ouer most of whom he triumphed Then came newes to him to come into Apulia where he should finde Rupertus king of Apulia depriued and deliuered to him The Emperour went towards Apulia The b Clemen 2. tit 9. de iureiurando Pope sendeth to him to make peace with Rupertus vpon his oath of fidelitie and obedience which hee made to the Pope But the Emperour by publike instruments declareth he made no such oath Then c Par. Vrsp 350 came there a d Geneb p. 1011 Dominican Frier vnto the Emperour promising to reconcile vnto him certaine cities that stood out against him desiring to minister the Eucharist to him with which he poysoned the Emperour as e Berg. 13. in Henr. he was hired by the Florentines For that which was execrable in the Saracens f Mat. Paris p. 769. namely to poyson their prisoners is now practised by Friers against Emperours and that like the children of the mother of abhominations euen in the sacrament His death was the safetie of Rupertus and the Florentines For this murther at the place and time of the worship of God according to his word there was euery where a famine after which followed a very great pestilence The Pope in a Councell openly declareth the oath of the Emperour now murthered to bee an oath of fidelitie and obedience and requireth it alwaies so to be vnderstood g Clem. 2 tit 9. in gloss verb. futur Out of which decree is gathered that the Emperour is not Emperour before he be crowned by the Pope He h Clem. 5 tit 3. de haeres c. 1. also prouided that the walles and lockes might bee sure and that the Keepers should bee sworne where heretickes were imprisoned Hee i Clem. 3 tit 16 de vener sanct confirmed Corpus Christi day and gaue large indulgences to them that were present at the solemnitie There were at this time diuers that held many things against the church of Rome as the followers k Mass 17. p. 244. Berg. 13. f. 207. a. of Dulcinus of whom were 6000. and of them were apprehended more than 400. who were of the reliques of those whom Bernard writeth of in the Canticles vz. Petrus Abailardus c. There l Clem. 5. tit 3. c. 3. were also certaine called Begnardes that held against adoration of the Eucharist at the eleuation Moreouer very m Trith 274. 275. many euen to the number of 80,000 were of the opinion of Lolliardus who held against Transubstantiation extreame vnction c. that the Church of Rome was not the Church of Christ but of the infidel Gentiles and despised the prelates authoritie they held also against distinction of meates Of them many were burned by the inquisition The same time was a most extreame famine Buchel Anâ— 1315. Trith p. 273. that the parents restrained not themselues from the most filthie carkasses of their children and after that followed a great pestilence euery where so that in a manner the third part of mankinde was consumed Thus Michael fighteth for the word of God Many wicked things are obiected to these of Dulcinus the Begnardes and Lolliards opinion But because in the time of the heathen Emperours the diuell did accuse the brethren and in this time of Antichrist the beast doth blaspheme them that dwell in heauen their accusation may iustly be suspected to be slanderous Especially seeing they confesse that the Boemians in the time of Hus were of their sect who are very well known to maintaine none of these impieties a Paral. Vrsp 351. Arnoldus de noua villa attempted to prooue by Daniel and Sibyllaes prophecies that Antichrist and the persecution of the Church should bee betweene the yeares 1300. and 1400. b 345. 346. This Pope also put downe the Templars for their horrible wickednesse contempt of Christ and abhominable idolatrie and that they betraied Ludouicus king of France into the hands of the Soldan when he was in the holy land Hee c Berg. 13. f. 207. interdicted Venice for taking Ferrara Wherefore d Sab. En. 9. l. 7 Franciscus Dandalus a Noble man of Venice laie bound in a chaine at the Popes feete to batter his anger against Venice and to procure him to free it from interdiction The Knights of the Rhodes began Anno 1315. Iohn the twentith two
was confirmed by the Exarch of Rauenna e Fasc Temp. Anno 637. who robbed the Lateran treasure Hee was bountifull to the Clergie diligent in the regiment of the Church which he maruelously beautified with ornaments and monuments The Almaignes f Geneb are conuerted to the Church of Rome g Geneb Iohn the fourth redeemed many captiues with the Church treasure Anno 638. Ierusalem is taken and wasted by the h VVolphgan Saracent as was Antiochia and the rest of Syria i Platina Theodorus a Bishops sonne Anno 640. he was very circumspect for the dignitie of religion The Emperor groweth vile and hatefull both for heresie and sacriledge and also because in his time the Empire of the East declined through the Saracens He easily absolued Pyrrhus the k Sab. E. 8. l. 6. fol. 178. a. Patriarke of Constantinople from his heresie gaue him a forme of profession and sent him home when Pyrrhus had platted the death of the Emperor Constantine which vpon his returne he executed with the assistance of Marina the Empresse The l Genffr de Tur. orig 3. p. 122. 123. Saracens take away from the Grecians Cilicia and became Lordes of all the countries thereabout excepting the kingdome of m Haiton Abcas which is Georgia and the countrie of Armenia which two countries are not in the catalogue of those that condemned Athanasius at Tyrus whereof see before This Pope by his a Sabellicus sentence depriued Paul of Constantinople for heresie but he kept his place by the Emperors fauour He beautified and built Churches In his time fasting in b Pantalion Geneb lent was thrust vpon the English-men Martinus the first sent c Anno 646. Geneb Legates to withdraw the Emperor and Paulus the Patriarke of Constantinople from heresie The Emperour banished his Legates sent his Exarch into Italie to peruert or take or kill Martine and spreade the heresie But the Pope d Massaeus Platina Sabellicus Bergom was so fauoured by the people and a Councell then held that he could not be hurte by the Exarch and the murtherer sent to kill the Pope as they say was stroken blind The Pope was after apprehended by fraude and banished where he died glorious for miracles He reproued e Pantaleon the heathen customes of his time which yet continued as trimming vp of houses at Newyeeres tide with greene boughes c. He f Dist 27. Diaconus would not haue Deacons ordeined except they would vow chastitie that is abstinence from mariage and required the Clergie to g Bergom bee shorne The Priests h Poly. Inuent 4. 5. shauen crownes seeme to bee taken from the Egyptians whose Priests were customably shauen in token of sorrow for the death of their god Apis. I thinke it forbidden in the i Leuit. 19.27 law The k Wolphgan Saracens subiect the greatest part of Affrica to their Empire They l Geneb much diminish the Romane Empire and encreased the Saracenical Empire Rhodes with the Iles about it is taken Sicilia wasted they inuade Europe waste Cyprus and Aradus c. Anno 651. m Pantalcon Eugenius the first decreed that no Bishop might conuert the Church goods to his priuate vse and that n Volater Geneb Bishops should haue prisons to punish the faults of the Clergie Vitalianus brought o Geneb p. 685. Songes and Organes into the Church and now God p Moris pap p. 168. is serued with like musicke Anno 6â—7 as was the image which Nabuchadnezzer set vp How it standeth with Gregories decree q Ex Regist l. 12. f. 235. against the modulation of the voice I doe not see Constans r Frising 5. 11. the Emperour forsaketh his heresie and dedicateth to Saint Peter the Gospell richly decked with precious stones He purposed to haue Å¿ Geneb p. 6â—â— translated the seate of the Empire to Rome but he could not but t Sab. En. â— l. â— f. 179. b. he spoiled Rome I could u Fasc Temp. f. 60. not hitherto finde that at any time the Church of Rome had fullie the dominion of the Citie and other things which Constantine is said to haue giuen vnto it except in the time of some few and these the most naughtie Princes Yea this Vitalianus had a greater fauour that this bad Emperour did confirme the priuiledges of the Church which notwithstanding he presentlie brake againe Then the * Geneb p. 687. Mahumetanes wasted Sicilia Cyprus threatned Italie thrust the law of Christ out of Affrica constituted their impietie through Affrica and Asia and attempted to bring it into Europe and trod vnder foote the holy land Anno 671. Adeo-datus a Geneb cured a leper with a kisse He b Platina and his successor Donus laboured to encrease the honor and magnificence of the Church and Clergie The c Geneb p. 690. Saraceus spoyle Syracuse Thracia besiege Constantinople and cary away many prisoners from Africa Doâ—â—s reconciled d Bergâ—ensis the Church Rauenna to Rome In his time it is reported that the e Plati f. 94. b. soule of Dagâ—bertus King of France was seene taken out of the hands of diuels who were carying him to hell by Dionysius Mauritius and Martine whose temples he honored while he liued newes out of the bottomlesse pit to helpe the beast to rise from thence vpon this sorcery and lying miracle 270. ships f Geneb p. 691. of the Arabians filthily waste the sea-coasts of Spaine Anno 680. Agatho clensed g Volat. a leper with a kisse He h Geneb instituted a new office for the Romane Church treasurie for this beast hath Beares feete Rauenna i Fasc Temp. gaue obedience to the Church of Rome being taught that it is not good to kicke against the pricke There k Frisin 5. 12. was held a Councell at Constantinople The Pope l Massae 14. p. 153. craued of the Emperour to stand fast in the catholike faith The Emperor requesteth the Pope that laying aside all cauils the Churches might be vnited by the vnitie of faith and commaunded the m Abb. Vrsp p. 153. Bishops that laying aside philosophicall disputations they should enquire of the faith with peaceable conference and deliuered them bookes of the Fathers out of the librarie of Constantinople In this Councell the Latine and Greeke Churches were n Geneb p. 692. reconciled The Bishop of Rome was to be called vniuersall Bishop and the Bishop of Constantinople should write himselfe vniuersal patriarke It was o Caranza Con Const 6. ca. 82 Poly. inuen 6.16 also decreed that images should be receiued into Churches and worshipped with great reuerence as a thing wherby the laity might be p Isa 44.20 Hab. 2.18 Ierem 10.15 instructed with lyes as insteede of Scripture and that incense might be burned and tapers light before them This q Polyd.
who k Trith Hirs p. 108. fighteth with Hermanus whom the rebels had set vp by the Popes commaundement where very much blood was shed and the Emperour continueth his opposition against the Pope by his Antipope Basilius a Monke l Geneb p. 889. reneweth the doctrine of Berengarius m Platina This Pope was poysoned by his Deacon in his chalice and dyed of a flixe Vrbanus n Geneb p. 891. the second in a Councell at Rome Anno 1088. altogether tooke the inuestitute of Churches from the Layitie and o Trith Hirs p. 119. denounced the Emperour an heretike Simoniake Nicholaitane disobedient and rebellious to his holy mother the Church by p 118. his letters perswaded Conradus the Emperors sonne to rebell against his Father and to take vnto himselfe the Empire Wherefore the Pope consecrated him as King and caused him to raigne in Italie and Lombardie against his Father In q Frising 7.2 Vrsp p. 229. Luk. 21.10.11 Matth. 24.7 those dayes according to the prophecie in the gospell euery where Nation did rise against nation and kingdome against kingdome There were great earthquakes in diuers places and famine and pestilence and fearefull things and great signes in heauen c. While these fearefull and prodigious signes appeared Alexius the Emperor of Constantinople by his letters importuned the Pope for aide against the Saracens There r Trith Hirs p. 120. was also one Petrus Eremita who moued in a manner all the world carrying with him a little paper which he said fell from heauen in which was contained that all Christendome should goe to Ierusalem and possesse it with the confines thereof for euer Å¿ Abb. Vrsp p. 230. The Pope calleth a Councell and most eloquently perswadeth the people of many nations and tongues blasphemously promising forgiuenesse of sinnes to all that would leaue all and goe into the holy land against the Saracens and decreed that euery one that went should receiue a character of the crosse and weare it vpon his hat or garment By the meanes of the Pope and the Eremite an incredible armie of all sortes of people and languages were assembled t Frisin Chr. 7.6 Vrs p. 231. The Pope taketh no small troupes of this expedition into Italy with him where by their helpe and by bribes he expelled the Antipope u Trith Hirs p. 120. The rest vnder the leading of Godfredus c. went through Panonia A * Vrsp p. 231. huge multitude and these Babel-like whereof one vnderstoode not anothers speech among whom were many women virgins and Nunnes in mans apparel and armor with whom the men priests and Monkes committed filthie fornication so prouoking the wrath of the iust iudge Iesus Christ that a great part of them were slaine in Panonia notwithstanding the Popes pardons a Geneb p. 892. This Pope cursed the King of Galicia and in France excommunicated such which were preferred to Ecclesiasticall dignities by lay men This Peter the Eremite a false prophet first taught b Pag. 885. the manner to pray with beades For now c Poly. Jn. 5. 7. men began to count and reckon their prayers as if God were in our debt for often begging of him At this time d Volat. 21. p. 244. â— began the Knights of the number or order of Saint Iohn of Ierusalem who repeated by the helpe of their beades the Lords prayer a certaine number of times for their canonicall houres They grew to be of most filthy and prodigious conuersation Paschalis the second e Trith p. 128. couragiously deliuered the Church of Rome from supposed tyrannie To finish f Mass 16. p. 226. this schisme Anno 1100. as a martiall and legionarie King he brought forth an army against Guibertus the antipope a decrepit man who not long after died of a feuer when he had in opposition suruiued three Popes and g Vrsp p. 237. is reported to haue been a man wise eloquent noble and a very reuerend personage h Trith Hirs p. 128. And because his fauorites did testifie that certaine diuine lights were seene at his graue the Pope like a beast that suffereth them not to be put in graues whom he hath slaine commaunded him to be digged vp and cast into Tybur After i Geneb 904. his death was elected another Antipope c. whom k Vrsp p. 241. the Emperor thought in his intended voyage to Rome to place But Paschalis in a great Synod at Rome condemned as heretikes the present disturbers of the Pope and such as despised his curse The Clergie promiseth obedience to the Pope and his successors and to affirme or deny that which the vniuersall Church meaning the Pope doth affirme or deny And the Emperor is deliuered vp to a perpetuall curse The l Fris 7. 8. Emperor appointeth his sonne Henry his successor who was consecrated by the Pope in Rome He also inuaded Saxony that held with the Pope against him But in m Trith p. 131. this expedition his sonne stole out of his campe was absolued by the Popes Legate and by the counsell of certaine Princes and all the Bishops and Abbots of Saxony began to dispose of the Empire and rebelleth against his father In a n Crant M. 5. 36. 31. 33. Synode vnder a pretence of religion condemneth his fathers doings and so pursueth his father o Frism 7.9 When the armies were in the field there was amongst many great lamentation for the vnnaturall warres Now was fulfilled that of Saint Paul p 2. Tim. 2.3 In the last dayes shall be perrilous times For men seeking their owne and not that which is Christs shall be louers of themselues c. disobedient to parents without naturall affection c. Others tooke the crosse left the field and went to Ierusalem At this time were horrible signes earthquakes and mortalities q Vrsp p. 246. 247. Geneb p. 898. At Mogunce the Emperor and his sonne deliberate of peace where the Popes Legate reuiued the denunciation of the Popes excommunication against the Emperor r Gobel ae 6. 55. p 218. and the Emperor while he suspected nothing was imprisoned by his sonne The Bishops of Mogunce Colen and Wormacia for the image of the beast haue life put into them by the Pope take from the Emperor his ornaments and gaue them to his sonne The Å¿ Trith p. 135. 136. Emperor in vaine offered all subiection but was referred ouer to the Pope and t Frisin 7.12 in vaine bemoned himselfe to Princes but in this disgrace did finish his dayes being a mercifull Prince and giuing much almes Against whom nothing is truely obiected but his standing for the right of the Empire and mariage of the Clergie other things seeme to be blasphemies u Trith Hirs p. 143. Sigebertus a Monke wrote vnto him against those that reproched the masses of married priests * Trith p. 136. Frisin 7.11 See Frism Chr. 7.
Albegenses c. for heriticks And as g Câ—riâ— 1. p. â—â— Mahâ—met did of such as followed him he h Crant 7.3 tooke an oath of the Bishops of obedience to the Church of Rome and to the Pope there against all schismes with promise not for the losse of limmes to reueale any of his counsels c. Hee i 3. Dec. f. 46. de reliqutis first decreed that none should be counted a Saint but whom the Popes canonized The k Poly. Inu 6. 6. canonizing of Saints did the Pope learne by the example of the Gentiles who vsed with great pompe and circumstance to deifie such as had beene beneficiall to the common wealth l Gâ—bel 6. 60. So did the Pope canonize Carolâ—â— Magâ—â—â— He m Peuc 4 p. 183 184. instituted the vse of vnleauened bread and tooke one part of the sacrament from the laitie n Geneb p. 936 937. 938. He censured the king of England for the death of Tho. Becket The order of the knights of Saint Iames began in Spaine as also the order of Galatraue o Vâ—lat 2â— f. 244. whose vowe was to defend Spaine from the incursions of the Saracens p Gobel a. 6. c. 60. Ioachim an Abbot prophecied that the Church should loose the temporalties and that there should arise certaine wicked orders of religious persons which came to passe when the begging Friers were known in the world which was not long after q Trith p. 199 S. Elizabeth hath reuelations shewed her by an Angel that requireth to be worshipped more r Mat. 4.10 like the diuell than the Å¿ Reu. 19.10 22.8 holy Angel of God Presbyter Iohn king of Christians in a Westmon p. 253. India would haue vnited himselfe to the Church of Rome if the fame or rather the infamie of the Romane couetousnesse had not defiled the whole world in all the parts thereof Lucius the third b Volat. 22. f. 254. was driuen out of Rome because hee sought to extinguish the name of the Consuls c Trith p. 204. Friderike the Emperour came into Italie with a great armie and with fire and sword did many things against the Pope and Church of Rome This Pope gaue himselfe wholy to d cap. 13.7 make warre with the Saints as did also his successors For hee proceeded very bloodily c Theod. 4 21. like Lucius the bloodie Arian Bishop yea like the Dragon the heathen Empire and by as cruell lawes as euer Mahomet made to f 5. Dec. 5. f. 7. 2. haret Ad abolendum abolish all that the Church of Rome called heretickes and remitted them that did relapse into heresie or the suspition thereof to the secular power without any audience And required a corporal oath of all Earles Barones Gouernours and Consuls c. of cities and of other places to assist the Church to the vttermost of their power against such as the Church of Rome called heretiks Thus Princes bee vsed like beasts hornes to gore and kill the Saints g Geneb p. 941 942. By his Legate were many burned in Flanders which affirmed that Priests said Masse onely for couetousnesse c. Many blasphemies are obiected to them as vnto others h p. 940. Saladine with his Saracens sawed the Templars asunder and killed the Priests and preuailed much in the holy land Ann. 1185. Vrbanus the third i Geneb p. 944. excommunicated the Danes for suffering married Priests k 943. When he heard that Ierusalem was taken as he was labouring for aide hee died for sorrow l Trith 205. Ann. 1187. The Emperour preuaileth in Italie against his rebels Gregorie the eight m Geneb p. 944 wholy minded the warres for Ierusalem There was continuall discord for about fiftie yeares betweene the Romanes and Popes about the gouernment of the citie from Innocent the second to this Pope By this contention Innocent the second Calestine the second died for sorrow Lucius the second was almost killed Eugenius the third Alexander the third Lucius the third were driuen out of the citie Vrbanus the third and this Gregorie were banished till at length things were compounded by ClemenÌ„s the third By which we see that the state of Rome n cap. 13.1 is a monster compounded of diuers wilde beasts that cannot be tamed and doth not maintaine that vnitie and estimation of the Pope that they bragge of The remainder of the Christians in the East are ouerthrowne Clement the third o Geneb 946. preuailed to send aide to the holy land The Emperour and diuers Princes went signed with the crosse but the Emperour was drowned and nothing was done p Vrsp p. 299. This Emperour was most Christian triumphing in all his warres couragious gentle and forgetting wrongs euen a Lamb in the throne And thus ended the third Thunder Caelestinus 3. q Geneb p. 947 interdicted France Ann. 1191. sent aide into the holy land a Geneb p. 946 and confirmed the order or nuÌ„ber of the Teutonici whose colours were white a crosse blacke In a day night they say 200. times the Lords praier the Creed and Aue Marie He dispensed with Henricus the sixth the Emperour to marrie Constantia a Nunne of whom when shee seemed past childe-bearing was borne Fridericus the second The number or order of b p. 949. Trith p. 207. crosse-bearers beganne in Italie and the order of the Teutonici Marie these were to helpe pilgrimes and sicke persons In Denmarke the people are perswaded to allow of Priests marriage which is repressed very hardly In Asia all things are worse This c Fox Mart p. 247. Pope crowned Henricus the sixt and Constantia his wife with his feete and againe spurned off the crowne declaring thereby that hee had power to depose him againe d Trith p. 208. This Emperour recouered Sicilia and e 210. sent forces into Syria f Gob. 6.61 but returning into Italie against his enemies is poysoned g Peucer 4. p. 456. Linonia is conuerted The Fourth Thunder Ann. 1198. WHen h Beuchol the Princes of Germanie which were gone into Asia against the Turkes heard of the death of the Emperour they could by no meanes be made to stay but left the warres and came home to the election of a new Emperour By their departure all in a manner was lost in the holy land i Trith p. 210. 211. 213. When they returned some chose Philip the Emperours brother others Otho Whereupon were multiplied many euills warres fires destruction of cities and murthers of the poore Saint Dominicke instituteth the order of preaching Friers Ann. 1198. Innocentius the third k Vrsp p. 305. c. vpon the death of Caelestinus tooke part against Philip obiecting against him the cruelties which his parents and brother had done against the Church of Rome in which the Pope iudged not equally l Carion But Philip was strong and fortunate
Missae 17. p. 235. foure hundred of them were burned fourescore beheaded their chiefe Prince Aimericus was hanged and his Lady was cast in a pit and stones vpon her The o Trith p. 222. Pope bringeth forth Fridericus and opposeth him openly to Otho the Emperor because he labored not for absolution and peace commaunded the Princes to chuse Fridericus and to cleaue vnto him which they did The Pope also sent his a Abb. Vrsp p. 314. 315. letters to the Clergie and Princes for ayde against the Saracens in the holy land His chiefe argument to perswade by was this The Saracens from the time of Gregorius the first when they began haue continued 666. yeeres almost which time according to the b cap. 13. vlt. ReuelatioÌ„ they should certainly be rooted out So foolishly did this false Prophet vnderstand that place c Vrsp p. 319. Betweene Otho and Fridericus were warres and Otho because his friends forsooke him was constrained to giue ground awhile Fridericus pursued him and vexed his fauorites yet did Otho gather vp himselfe to fight both with Fridericus and the French King But by the French King he was put to the worse Anno 1214. d Trith Hirs p. 223. Conradus de Marpurge was by the Apostolike sea made Generall inquisitor for heresies This Dominican Frier continued nineteene yeeres and caused many to be burned as heretikes no man forbidding him For the beast hath power giuen vnto him to do what he list Aâ—no 1215. The e Geneb p. 955. Pope also held the Lateran Councell at Rome maketh the fiue bookes of Decretals consisting for the most part of the decrees of this Councell and epistles of this Pope In this volume are diuers things for the aduancement of the Church of Rome in authoritie and doctrine For the woman sitteth on the scarlet coloured beast As f 5. Decret tit 33. cap. 23. the Church of Rome hath the principalitie of ordinarie power aboue all other Churches as the Mother and Mistris of all faithfull people for she saith in her heart I sit a Queene and am no Widow g 1. Decr. tit 7. cap. 23. That the authoritie of the Pope is as the authoritie of God For he exalteth himselfe c. shewing himselfe that he is God h 3. Decr. tit 41. cap. 6. He brought transubstantiation into the Sacrament and decreed that the words in the Canon of the Masse are to bee beleeued as the holy euangelists Thus he blasphemeth the tabernacle of God i 1. Decr. tit 6. cap. 34. He decreeth that it is in the Popes power to approue that Emperour which he thinketh worthie and to reiect him whom he thinketh vnworthie They are there also made heretikes k 5. Decr. tit 7. de haresibus that teach or thinke any other thing then the Church of Rome doth teach and obserue and so maketh the Church of Rome a right Cataphrygian And generally whom so euer the Church of Rome or popish Clergie shall so iudge Such may not be suffered to haue house substance fauour reliefe counsell credit nor may buy or sell nor liue And when they be dead they deale with them l Eus 5. 1. Theod. 4. 22. 2. 14. Soc. 2. 23. as the heathen Emperors and bloody Arians did with the Christians and Catholikes for they will not suffer them to be put in graues or Monuments So that his tyrannie is worse then that of m Eus 10. Licinius Yea he also decreed n 3. Decr. tit 28. cap. 12. that the bones of excommunicated persons if they may be discerned should be cast out of their graues from Christian communion He also giueth the lands and goods of such as he calleth heretikes their fauorers or complices c. to such papists as can get them And that this beast might appeare to be the image of the Dragon the heathen Empire of whom it is said o cap. 12. 4. He stoode before the woman c. to deuoure her childe when she had brought it forth p 5. Decr. tit 7. it was decreed that the beleeuers receiuers defenders and fauorers of such whom they called heretikes should likewise be excommunicated This kinde of excommunication was taken from the q Caesar bell Gallico lib. 6. Druides For such as stoode not to their decree were interdicted from sacrifices and hereupon accounted amongst the wicked All flie their company and speech they receiue no benefit of law nor are admitted to honors r 5. Decr. tit 6. cap. 7. 8. But Saracens and Iewes may haue houses and synagogs and exercise marchandise by the Popes warrant In this Councell a 1. D.T. 31. c. 14. See N. D. Warneword was decreed that where were people of diuers rites and languages the Bishops should prouide them fit men which should celebrate diuine seruice and minister the Sacraments and preach vnto them according to the diuersitie of their rites tongues So that yet it was not concluded that the seruice of God should be in a strange tongue as the papists would perswade This Councell ended the Pope preacheth the crosse b Mat. Paris p. 263. Vrs 315. and pardon of all sinnes for aide of the holy land and c 5. D.T. 7. de haeresib against heretikes promising to those catholikes that take the crosse to roote out heretikes as large priuiledges as were graunted to them that fight against the infidels and now doe the Popes teach as d Curio 1. p. 28. Mahomet did that who died for his religion should goe to paradise Hereupon many tooke the crosse to goe against the Saracens And many orders of souldiers arose the crosse-bearing souldiers were aduanced In e Volat. 21. f. 244. Arragon were two orders of souldiers the first Saint Mary for the redemption of captiues whose colours were white a crosse blacke The other Monlesiae with a red crosse these were to defend the countrie from the irruptions of the Saracens There were also the Dominicans or preaching Friers aduanced In f Trith p. 224. those dayes were many called heretikes men and women which spread their opinions in Almania France and Italy In the citie of Argentine were more then fourescore apprehended whom Conrade the inquisitor thus examined He caused an iron to to be made red hot and whom the hot iron did hurt hee condemned for heretikes and deliuered them to be burned for the beast hath teeth of yron and nailes of brasse many beleeued he condemned many innocents In g Geneb p. 958. Alsatia many held against the Pope and the Grecians against transubstantiation So did Almericus a very learned man his bones and the bones of diuers that followed him were digged vp againe and burned at Paris for the beast suffereth not their carcasses to be put in graues h Fasc Temp. l. 80. As the Pope preached the crosse so did the diuell 20 000 boyes c. in Almania tooke the signe of the crosse to goe
Emperor should take order for the affaires of the Empire in his absence When the Emperor was gone the Pope notwithstanding caused k Trith p. 231. him to be proclaimed excommunicate throughout all Germany which was done especially by the begging Friers l Vrsp Ibid. Besides his souldiers that tooke the crosse were spoyled by the Popes meanes In m Fox Marty Italy the Pope raised vp many rebellions against the Emperor and attempted the like against him in Asia writing to the Patriarch of Ierusalem the soldiers and the Saracens to destroy him n Vrsp p. 325. Wherefore the Emperor endured much danger by the treason of the Templars abroade and the Pope at home inhibited all ayde that would haue gone ouer to him but warred vpon and subdued many of his possessions Who is it that well considereth these things and doth not bewaile and detest them which seeme an euidence and prodigious portent of the ruine of the Church a Westmo p. 288. The Pope taking it ill that Fridericus as despising his excommunications did embrace the businesses of the Church in the holy land despayring that he would not returne to vnitie decreed to depriue him of his Empire and substitute another namely the General of his warres whom he ayded with all that the Church of Rome could doe with treasure armies pardons and solicitations of all Prelates abundantly Which when the Emperor vnderstoode he b Vrsp p. 325. Mat. Paris 344. 345. compoundeth the affaires of the holy land with the Seldan and thinking to make glad all Christendome with his good newes reporteth to them by letters what honorable composition he had made c Vrsp 325. The Pope reiecteth his letters and spreadeth rumours that he was dead by which rumor many Imperiall cities enclined to the Pope and resolue to kill the Germane souldiers which were in Italy or should returne that way from the holy land But when the returne of the Emperor was once knowen the furie slacked both Christians and Saracens cleaue vnto him and by d Trith p. 23. the valour of his Germane souldiers recouereth many of his cities againe From which time grew much enmitie betweene the Pope and Emperor e Vrsp p. 326. Yet the Emperor doth still craue absolution and by the mediation of Princes laboreth to be reconciled vnto the Pope f Trith p. 232. At last by the meanes of Lupoldus Duke of Austria c. he was receiued into communion g Paral. Vrsp p. 327. Platina when he had paid 120,000 ounces of gold to the Pope for his punishment and by his armie put the Pope in his possessions against the Romanes who labored to recouer their ancient manner of gouernment and liberties h Carion and was content to hold Sicilia of the Pope in fee. i Trith p. 232. About this time were a very great many discouered in Almany Italy especially in Lombardy and in France which held against the authoritie of the popish Church and prelates and against distinction of meates for the mariage of Priests then called the heresie of the Nicolaitanes c. against them are obiected many blasphemous things as the manner of the Church of Rome is Of these very many were burned k Pantaleon At Wormes also were many good men adiudged to the fire Now l Paral. Vrsp 327. when againe the Emperor sought to recouer Millaine and to subdue his rebels there m Trith p. 234. the Lombards did hinder Henry the Emperors sonne that he could not ioyne his armie with his father and the Pope by his bull depriueth him of his Empire The a Trith p. 235. yeere was extreame hot and dry The Emperor would pacifie seditions which were risen in his strong cities of Italy which he did with violence and burned his rebels At which time in Germany many nobles and meane persons Clerkes Monkes and Nunnes Citizens and countrie people by the giddie sentence of Conrade the Popes inquisitor were burned in the name of heretikes The same day that any one was accused whether iustly or vniustly no appeale nor defence did auaile but he was burned The b Paral. Vrsp p. 327. 328. Pope also the third time excommunicated the Emperor and did also proclaime him an heretike and stirred vp the Venetians against him The Emperour purgeth himselfe from the imputation of heresie by his letters publikely sent abroade to Princes c. and in Italy found aide of the faction of the Gibellines The c Trith p. 236. crosse is preached against the Stadingenses who stoode excommunicate for contemning the Popes authoritie many had fought against them a long time hitherto but all in vaine Now by the army of the crosse 2000. of them were slaine and so ceased the faction and confederacy against the Church of Rome d Paral. p. 328. The Pope also preacheth the crosse with pardons to all those that would fight against the Emperor Of which army as many as the Emperor tooke he crossed them with crosse woundes vpon the heads faces or bodies Then e Trith p. 236. 237. also did Henry King of Romanes rebell against the Emperor his father happily by the Popes instigation But he was subdued and taken and imprisoned by his father f Mat. Paris p. 401. who when he was somewhat enlarged seeketh meanes to poyson his father and therefore is restrained vnder the keeping of a Prince that hated him most g Trith p. 238. 239. The Emperor went into Lombardy and Italy with a puissant army subdued his rebels and caused his sonne Conrade to be elected King of Romans The Pope excommunicateth him againe and caused him so to be denounced euery where by the Minorites The h Mat. Paris p. 535. same time by the permission or procurement of Pope Gregory the insatiable couetousnes of the Church of Rome grew so mighty confounding right and wrong that all shame set apart as a common whore set on sale and lying open to all she esteemed vsury for a small inconuenience and Simonie for none at all c. i Fox Marty p. 285. About this time the East Church is deuided from the West k Mat. Paris p. 778. and from the subiection of the Church of Rome for diuers enormities of that Church especially in vsuries simonies sellings of iustice and other intolerable iniuries a Fox Marty p. 285. 286. and by name because the Pope would not admit an Archbishop there without a great summe of money The Pope sent forth his preaching Friers to moue all Christians to fight against the Grecians as it were against the Turkes and Saracens insomuch that in the Isle of Cyprus many martyres and good men were slaine for that onely cause b 5. Dec. tit 7. cap. 14. 15. This Pope forbad laie men to preach and excommunicated the Albingenses about Thelossa and the Waldenses c. c Geneb p. 964 Fasc Temp. p. 8. b. digested the fiue bookes of the decretals
exhausted the King of Englands treasure k P. 882. 891. 895. 904. He also continued strange exactions of mony in England binding Monasteries c. to pay his creditors vpon paine of interdiction c. l P. 897. This exaction cooled mens affections towards the Pope m P. 910. In his time the preaching Friers had much dammaged the Christian saith by preaching Reade more hereof before Anno 1200. reading teaching certaine doctrines new dotings taken out of the book of Abbas Ioachim condēned by Gregorius the ninth They also had composed a booke which it pleased them to intitle The euerlasting or eternall Gospel which now they inforced to roote out the Gospell of Christ written by the foure Euangelists They also vrged many other things not to be spoken Hereupon grew so many and great scandales one preaching against the other that the vniuersitie of Paris with great counsaile and deliberation sent sixe men very excellent for learning and of noble blood to the Pope in commission for the repaire of the decay in faith The Friers sent speedy messengers to resist these great men to their faces before the Pope At length after much a doe their new Gospell is commaunded to be burned secretly without any scandall to the Friers And so was that Gospel abolished that by a false Prophecy threatned the cessation of the Gospell written by the foure Euangelists The n Geneb p. 978. Mass 17. pag. 238. Fo◠Marty 326. Speculum minorum tract 1. f. 10. b. Pope also commaunded that the booke which Gulielmus de sancto amore had written of pouertie against the Friers going vnder the name of the masters of Paris intituled a treatise of the perils of the latter times should be abolished publikely and banished him France For this Pope much fauored the Friers and o Spec. min. tract f. 7. b. wrote his bull requiring all that had disputed or preached against them to recant teach and preach the contrary vnder paine of suspension and excommunication For he esteemed the Friers as the a cap. 11.4 two golden candelstickes and two great lights that shined in the Church of God b Fox Marty 326. Yet did Laurentius a master of Paris strongly and stoutly teach preach and write in the defence of the said Gulielmus against the Popes and their Friers This Pope exceedingly encreased the bloudie lawes made against them which the Church of Rome calleth heretikes c Dec. 5. tit 2. cap. 2. He decreed that whosoeuer wittingly should bury heretikes or their beleeuers receiuers defenders or fauorers should bee excommunicate till with his owne hands openly he cast those dead bodies out of their graues againe Hee forbad lay men priuately or publikely to dispute of the Catholike faith vnder paine of excommunication as d Carion Mahomet did of his law vnder paine of death He also furnished the inquisition with many bloudy and vnmercifull lawes e 6. Dec. 5. tit 2. c. 4. denying mercy to the penitent and confiscating the goods of such as died before sentence f Par. Vrsp p. 332. One beyond the seas called himselfe Iesus by magicke he wrote prodigious miracles and many armies being vnited to him he subdued many kingdomes vnder him g Geneb p. 979 Ludouicus King of France instituted many things to the profit of the kingdome He would not haue offices and dignities sold and branded them in the forehead with a hot yron that blasphemed or sware by God in vaine he forbad stewes he thrust stage players out of his court Anno 1261. Vrbanus the fourth h Trith p. 249. Clemen 3. tit 16. de reliquijs ven instituted the feast of Corpus Christi day and to encourage the people to keepe it he gaue pardons to such as were present at the seruice a cup of abhominations i Geneb p. 982. c. The host was caryed about in a box as the arke in the time of the law and the booke of the law is among the Iewes or rather k Moris pap p. 58. as Iupiter and Isis were caryed among the Gentiles and it was worshipped l Geneb p. 982. Thomas Aquinas composed the office of this feast This m Part. 3. q. 25. an 31. Thomas wrote that images must be worshipped with the same worship as is due to them whose images they be n Trith p. 249. The Pope conferred the kingdome of Sicilia which Monfred held vpon Charles the French Kings brother and by Legates called him into Italy who draue out Monfred and possessed Sicilia not without much bloodshed The Pope also o 6. Dec. 5. tit 2. cap 9. decreed that the lawes of no place should hinder the proceedings of the inquisition In his time the p Curio Saracens draue the Christians cleane out of Syria yet q Geneb p. 985 granted the free preaching of Christ in Aphryca Anno 1265. Clemens the fourth r Trith 250. p. 251. in his time the monasteries of the order of Benedict in Germanie were filthily corrupted the Monkes and Abbots rushed violently into the very sinke of all vices Carolus the French kings brother whom Vrbane the fourth had made king and a Geneb 986. Clement annointed at Rome vnder condition to paie to the Pope yearely 42,000 crownes in name of a tribute cruelly killed Monfrede And when after him b Par. Vrsp p. 243. Conradine the next heire a very gallant gentleman went to take his inheritance in Apulia by Clement and Charles he was iniuriously repulsed taken by treason derided and by the commandement of the Pope was put to death miserably by c Carion a common executioner That as many as would not worship the beast should be killed Hee d Decr. 5. Tit. 2 c. 10. c. informeth the inquisitors to feare no man but to proceede rigorously to censure with the aide of the secular arme any preachers religious persons vniuersities or other priuiledged places that are impediment to their inquisitiō To cause all ciuill and militarie magistrates to sweare and cause all them that were vnder them to sweare to obserue the lawes made against heretickes their fauourers hearers defenders their sonnes and their nephewes Thus the beast with his hornes maketh warre with the Saints f Geneb p. 986. In his time Antioche was sacked by the Sultan And Ludouicus king of France signed with the crosse in the siege of Tunetum and one of his sonnes died of the pestilence and so the siege was raised Gregorius the tenth g Trith p. 252 worthy the honour Ann. 1271. if a mortal man can be worthy to be Christs vicar in earth who raigneth in heauen Hee h Westmon p. 403. held a Councell at Lugdunum for the holy land to which purpose he decreed that all Ecclesiasticall liuings for seauen yeares space should paie a tenth There i Geneb p. 989. was also handled the reconciliation of the Greeke Churches which was