¶ The Sum of the actes decrees made by dyuers Byshopes of Rome IN this lyttell Treatyle here folowyng thou mayste beholde moste Christen reaâ—r as in a glas most clere and bryght the very vysnomy Image Figure Shape and fassioÌ„ of our Popyshe popettes whiche hathe named them selue Popes whiche the truthe to saye are Byshoppes of Rome how in what thyng theyr great labors and paynes coÌ„systeth Only in makynge of lawes to stabilyshe theyr owne auctoryties And in settynge vp longe Matyns and Masses with Diriges other patrynges That at no tyme ther shulde be any place gyueÌ„ that Goddes worde shulde be preached to the comfort of them that are derelye bought with the bloude of our mercifull sauiour Christ These are the mysty aungelles of Satan that Paule warneth vs of whiche transfygureth them selues in to the symilitude Image of the aungelles of lyght ¶ Here in mayste thou also beholde nowe that all Ceremonies that at this day is vsed in the church Are the Institucions and ordinaunces of Men and therfore not to be estemed of no such valour that Godes worde shulde gyue place to let these dom paterynges be ministred But that all these ought to gyue place and clerely to be put awaye when godes worde coÌ„meth to be lyuely and clerely preached which the Lorde of Glory graunt to be Amen ¶ In the yere of our lorde god C.x EVaristus Byshop of Rome ordeyâ—â—d that if a Byshop were accused by the comen people it shulde not be receaued ¶ Item that a Byshop whan he preacheth shulde haue .viii. Deacons to wayght vpon hym ¶ In the yere of oure Lorde god C.xix ¶ Alexander bysshop of Rome ordeyned that they shulde be accursed that dyd let any that were sent from the See apostolicall ¶ And that a lay man shuld not sewe none of the Clergye at the teÌ„porall lawe vpoÌ„ payne of excommunication ☞ Item that ones a day the Preste shulde sacrifyce the bodye of Christ c. ¶ Item he added to the Sacrifyce and memory of the passion of Christ Qui pridie ê™ paterecur c. to be sayd vnto these wordes Thys is my bodye c. ¶ Item he ordeyned that water shuld be myngled with the wyne that it shuld be vnleuioned brede that was occupyed in the oblation not leuende bred as was afore Also he ordeyned holy water to be made to fere dyuels a way with al. ¶ In the yere of our lorde C.xxix ¶ Syxtus bysshop of Rome ordeyned that no prophane creature or lay man shulde lay hondes on holy thynges ¶ Also that the corporas clothe shuld be of fyne lynyn ¶ And that the Masse shuld be celebrate vpon the auter that in it shuld be sayd thryse Sanctus ☞ In the yere of our lorde C.xxxix ☞ Tellesphorus bysshop of Rome ordeyned the .xl. Dayes afore Ester called lent to be fasted Also that a Preest vpoÌ„ Cristmas daye might coÌ„secrate thryse or thry masses Also that Gloria in exelsis shuld be songe in the masse ¶ In the yere of our lorde C.xl. ¶ Higinius Byshop of Rome ordeyned that Solempne churches shulde be halowed wtout sacrifice or without a masse And that the materiall thynges of the churche sholde not be turned in Prophayne vses And that a infant shule be presented at Baptyme or confirmacion or Bishopynge be one man or one woman ☞ In the yere of our lorde C.xliiii ☞ Pius Byshop of Rome Ordeyned Easter daye to be celebrate vpon the sonday Also the payne that prestes shuld haue if they neglected or let passe any parte of the Celebration Also that none shuld swere nether by the here nor hed of god Also maydens before xxv yere of age after the .xii. daye shulde not be consecrated into religion ¶ And that is sacrilege rashely to cause the profettes of the churche to be minished nor the religious meÌ„ to be put out of fauor ¶ In the Iere of our lorde C.lxvi ¶ Sater Bysshop of Rome ordeyned the a preeste shuld not say masse or sacrifyce except ii Folkes at the leaste were present And that nuÌ„nes shuld not coche the corporas clothe the Chalyce nor the kyuerynge of the chalys And that NuÌ„nes shall not Sacrifice in the tyme of seruice Item that a blessynge Preste be present at the tyme of matrymony Item that a mayde be gyuen to her husbande solempni of her father or mother or other frendes Item that a vnlawful othe is to be broken Item the vpon Mawndy thuesday men shuld receaue the sacrament ¶ In the yere of our lorde C. lxivii ¶ Eleuterius byshop of Rome ordened that no meate shuld be forsaken thorown a supersticious name That no maÌ„ shuld be purdowne from theyr dygnyte But if they be fyrst accused and then conuicted He that is gyltye absent shall not be condempned though hys acccusor cal vpon hym Vnder this byshop the Brytaynes receyued the fayth of Christ ¶ In the yere of our lorde C. lxxxxii ¶ Victor byshop of Rome ordeyned that Ester day shuld be Celebrate on the sonday after the .xiiii daye of the mone of the .i. Moneth Also that euery maÌ„ of necessite requyred myght be baptysed wheÌ„ he please And that those that wolde not be recoÌ„syled from theyr olde malyce they shuld be excoÌ„municate from the seruyce of god ¶ In the yere of our lorde CC.iii ¶ Seuerinus ordeyned that the sacrament shuld be coÌ„secrate in a chalyce of Glasse not of tre as a fore ☞ Also that ChristeÌ„ people shuld rescyue the sacrameÌ„t on Ester day at the laest And that prestes shuld be with the Byshop when he saythe masse ☞ In the yere of our lorde CC.xii. ☞ Calixtus ordeyned that the ymbryng dayes shulde be fasted that whete wyne oyle myght be encrease ☞ And that those whiche shuld take orders shuld abstayne from wyues for euer Item that a byshop shuld not be coÌ„secrated but yf he were lawfully chose That prestes shold not be accused by defamed ê‘sons That accusars of clarckes yf they be suspecte enemies they shal not be admitted in the courte or lawe ☞ Also that the hurters of pylgryms shulde be accursed ☞ In the yere of our lorde CC.lii. ☞ Fabian ordeyned the holy oyle shulde be reuyued euery yere And that the olde shulde be breÌ„t on mauÌ„dy thursday That crysten people shulde receyue the sacrament thryse a yere Also that no man shulde loke to the prestes lyuing but shuld herken to his doctryne those thynges that he mynystrythe In that clarkes that are gylte shulde be punyshed by the lawe of the chyrche Item that those that reproueth wroÌ„gfully and clark shulde be a cursed That no man shulde take a wyfe within .v. degre of bloude ☞ In the yere of our lorde CC.lv. ☞ Cornelius ordeyned that no man shuld constrayne a preste to swere but in a matter Of the fayth That those which are put vnto theyr others by the order of the lawe shuld be fastynge ☞ In the yere of our lorde
CC.lxi ☞ Stephanus ordeyned the clarkes shuld not were the vestamentes of the churche but in the ministracion of holy thynges Item those that take away the goodes of the church shal be coÌ„dempned as meÌ„slayers Those that haue lefte the fayth and are penyteÌ„t shal not be baptysed agayne ☞ In the yere of our lord CC.lxiiii ☞ Sixtus ordeyned that a preest shulde sacrifyse vpon a halowed altare he gaue vnto saynt Laurence the treasure of the churche to dystrybute In the yere of our lord CC.lxxiii Helix ordeyned holy dayes yerely in remeÌ„braunce of martyrs He renewed consecracioÌ„s halowynges of chyrches that prestes shulde not saye masse but in holy place onely In the yere of our lord CC.lxxvii EVticianus ordeyned that those that geld theÌ„selues those that are buggerers abbates that presume to defyle virgyns shuld be excoÌ„municat That newe frutes shuld be blessed vpon the auter IteÌ„ that a marter shuld be beryed in a cope In the yere of our lorde CC.lxxxv Catus ordeyned that they shuld assend by vii distynet orders to be a byshop IteÌ„ that no lay man nether heretycke nor vnbaptysed maÌ„ shal cal a clarck to the lawe In the yere of our lorde CC. lxxxxvii Marcellinus for feare of payne coÌ„mitted Idolatrye afterwarde dyd penauÌ„ce and the time ther was xvii M. i.xxx dais marterd by Dyoclesyan the Emperour ☞ In the yere of our lorde CCC.vi. Marcellus was the fyrst that gaue tytles to paryshes and dyoces in Rome In the yere of our lord CCC.xi Eusebius ardeyned that those that takyth away any thynge praynyng to the church shall restore .x. tymes asmoche agayne IteÌ„ that prestes shuld not be accused but of men of gret grauyte The workers of witchcraft defamed persons shall not be receaued as witnesses Also a woman that is spoused to her husband may departe from hym go into Religion In the yere of our lorde CCC.xiii Melacides the last marter from Peter ordeyned that no man shuld fast on sonday or thursdaye That no man shuld be condempned of suspicion before the dede be proued That a clarck shuld abstayne froÌ„ seculer busines In the yere of our lorde CCC.xvii Syluester Ordeyned that the holy oyle shuld be consecrated by a byshop And the chyldren beyng baptysed shuld be confyrmed by a byshop Item that prestes shulde a noynt syk folkê Item that wensday fryday and saterday shuld be fasted Item that prestes may not be called of a lay man into no law Item that a prest shuld not be aturne in the temporall lawe IteÌ„ that prestes shuld were no sylk in clothê IteÌ„ that he shall haue no dyed corporas cloth Also he was the fyrst that caused a deacon to put a cope on hym in tyme of masse and a fanon on hys left hande ¶ In the yere of our lord CCC.xxxviii ☞ Marcus ordeyned that the crede shuld be long a loft after the gospel That a clark shuld not be brought to the teÌ„poral law ¶ In the yere of our lorde CCC.lxxiii ¶ Damasus ordeyned that the confite or shuld be sayd at the beginnyng of the masse Also he caused fyrst the deuision of the quere the one shuld syng on verse on the one syde and the other on the other syde And that gloria patti shuld be songe at the ende of euery psalme Also that those the brek his canon lawe shulde be counted as blasphemers of the spirit He gaue autorite to s Ieromê wrytyngê He ordeyned the gospel pistle to be red in the masse He wryt the lyues of his pÌ„decessors many lawes In hys tyme the counsel of Constantinople was ☞ In the yere of our lorde CCC.xC ¶ Siricius ordeyned that orders shuld be gyuen dyuerse tymes of the yere And that Prystes shuld be made by the bysshoppê only And that prystes shuld not dwell with no womeÌ„ But they were nye kynne to them Also that no man Maryinge a wydowe shulde not be preste ¶ In the yere of our lorde CCCC v. ¶ Anastasius ordeyned that men shuld staÌ„de vp at the readyng of the gospel here it in remembraunce Item that those that lacked any of theyr members or partê of theyr bodyes shuld not be made prystê Also he ordeyned fyrste the Order of saynct Hierome ¶ In the yere of our lord iiii C.viii. Innocentius ordeyned the Saterdayes shuld be fasted A church ons halowed shuld not be halowed agayn Item that a statute made of the clargy without the coÌ„sent of the byshop shulde be as voyde Item that it shal be counted Simonye to them that solde Prebendes dignityes or of holy Oyle IteÌ„ on Solempne feastes those that are Christen people shuld afore that they receyue the sacrameÌ„t gyue eche other a kysse of peace In the yere of our lorde .iiii. C.xxiiii Sozinus ordeyned that the paschall taper shulde be halowed in euery paryshe on Ester euen Item that clarkes shulde not drynke in tauernes Item that preÌ„tyses shuld not take orders In the yere of our lord .iiii. C.xxxiii Bonefacius ordeined that no man shuld be made a preste before .xxx. yere that the seruaunte that ranne awaye from hys master shuld not be receyued to a pryste In the yere of our lorde .iiii. C.xliii Leo ordeyned that in baptyme and coÌ„fyrmacyon we shuld haue one god father Item that in septuagesime quadragesyme and aduente Alleluya shuld not be song nor gloria in excelsis He ordeyned hanc igitur to be sayd in the canoÌ„ of the masse Item that a Byshop of ViaÌ„ called Mamarcus instituted the Latony to be songe In the yere of our lord .iiii. C.lxiii Hilarius ordeyned that byshopes shuld not chose theÌ„ successors This byshop gathered al the decrees of his pÌ„decessors into one boke publyshed theÌ„ to all the world In the yere of our lord .v. C.xxv Iohn the .i. ordeyned that the Emperours shuld be subiectê vnto the byshopes not to bere rule ouer theÌ„ In that tyme the holynes of BnÌ„dâ—e was iÌ„ the exstemacioÌ„ which ordeined the Relion of monkes Whiche thenseforth was deuyded in many housholdes In the yere of our lorde .v. C.xxxii Bonyface the .ii. ordeyned that the lay people shuld here theyr diuine seruice in a seuerall place from the clergye ¶ In the yere of our lorde .v. C.lvi. ☞ Pelagius .i. ordeyned that prestes shuld say theyr canonicall houres dayly And that iÌ„ the tyme of lent they shulde not celebrate before they had sayd the last hour And that ther shal not be admitted iÌ„ the spirituall courte no lybell of accusation on lesse the party accused be present Also that seismatykes heretikes shuld be oppressed with the seculer power ¶ In the yere of our lord .v. C.xCii ¶ Gregory the great wrote fyrst himselfe in his letter iÌ„ these wordes seruus seruerum that is the seruauÌ„t of al seruauÌ„tes In the sinode of the .xxiiii. fathers he confyrmed opeÌ„ly .iiii. general couÌ„cellê He brought into the church ornamentes syngyng He ordeyned that the masse shuld begin with a verse of
the Images of saynctes to be worshypped And them to be ExcoÌ„municated that dyd violate theym This man with a counsell of a. M Byshopes with thassent of the clargye also of the people dyd depryue Leo bothe of his Impery and also of the company of good meÌ„ Because Leo had rased out of the chuches the forsayde Images and broke theÌ„ downe He decked the churches restored monasteries And he added to the Canon of the masse these wordes QuoruÌ„ hodie solemnitas c. But they do not vse those wordes now in the Secretes of the masse ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.xlii. Sacharias ordeyned the men of the clarge shuld were no seculer habytes ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.lxviii Steuen the .iii. ordeyned that no man shuld be made a bishop excepte he were wtin orders before And that ymages which were taken away by the couÌ„sell of CoÌ„stantyne shulde be restored to the church agayne ¶ In the yere of our Lorde .viii. C.xvii Pascalis the .i. ordeyned that no seculer man shulde presume to take a benefice ¶ In the yere of our lorde .viii. C.xxvii Gregory the forth ordeyned the feeste of all Halowes ¶ In the yere of our lorde .viii. C.xliii Sergius the .ii. whiche was called the mouth of a Swyne for the vnclene souÌ„de of his voyce He toke to hym this name Sergius And of this maÌ„ al other byshopes of Rome hath taken occasion to chauÌ„ge their name Thys man ordeyned that all sayntes and holy meÌ„ shuld be buryed SouÌ„teously with Tombes and shrines ¶ In the yere of our lorde .viii. C.xlvi Leo the .iiii. ordeyned that a byshop shuld not be accused with lesse thaÌ„ .lxxii. witnessê ¶ In the yere of our Lorde .viii. C.liiii IohnÌ„ the .viii. a woman as they say very well lerned She shewed herselfe outwardly to be a man And she being great with chylde was delyuered in profession in the rogation dayes and strayght way she dyed and her chylde with her ¶ In the yere of our lord .viii. C.lvi. Benedicte the .iii. ordeyned that the clarge shuld synge Dirige for theyr superiours and agayne the superiours to synge diriÌ„ge for the clargye ☞ In the yere of our lorde .ix. C.xiiii Anastasius the thyrde affyrmed the order of the Rule of Benet ☞ In the yere of our lorde .ix. C.xCv Gregory the fyfte ordeyned that only the Germaynes shulde chose the Emperour for he was a Saxon borne ¶ In the yere of our lord .ix. C. lxxxxviii Syluester the second was made byshop of Rome by Dyuelyshe congeringe and He asked the deuyll how longe he shuld lyue and he shewed hym so longe as he came not to Hierusalem And Syluester saying masse in a chapell of the holy crosse called Hierusalem dyd perseaue his laste day was come and than he shewed how he was made byshop by congeracion ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.ii. IohnÌ„ the .xix. ordeyned all Sollen day to be next after all halon daye ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.xlviii Damasius the second poysond ClemeÌ„t the seconde strayght wtout any electioÌ„ toke vpon hym to be in the Se of Rome ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.lxiii Gregorye the seuenthe Ordeyned that Monkes shulde eate no flesh ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.lxxxviii Vrban the second ordeyned that Clarkes shuld saye our Lady matyns euerye daye and that her seruice shuld be on the Saterday and that no prestes sonne shuld haue no offyce in the churche ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.c.xcix Innocentius the thyrde ordeyned that they that take theyr rightes shuld be coÌ„fessed euery yere ons at the lest at Ester ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.CC.xvi. Honorius the thyrde dyd confyrme the orders of Dominike and Fransis ¶ In the yere of our Lorde M.cc.xxvii Gregory the .ix. made Dominike FraÌ„cis one of his kynsmeÌ„ Antony Elizabeth sayntes He set fourthe also the Decritalles coÌ„pyled by one Raimundê° Â¶ In the yere of our lord M. iiC.xliii Innocencius the fourthe ordeyned that the Natyuite of our lady shuld be kepte viii dayes and that Cardynalles whan they ryde on horsbacke sholde were a red hat He gaue religeous men priuileges and wrote the rule of saynt Clare ¶ In the yere of our lorde M. iiC.lvi Alexander the fourthe Ordeyned that seculer power to requyre of no Chyrche nether of man of the churche any taskes or deme and that lay men shulde not dyspute of fayth He made Clare a Saynte gaue lycens to the Hermytes to dwell in the Cytyes ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.cc.lxii Vrbanus the fourthe ordeyned the reste of corpus Christ the whâ—che Tomas of Aquyne dyd make and compyle ¶ In the yere of our lorde M cc.lxxxvi Honorius the forthe approued the order of whyte freers the whiche at that tyme was not approued by any couÌ„sayle and chaunged ther vttermost blacke cope into whyte ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.cc.xcv Bonifacius the Eyght ordeyned permutacions of Benefytes And the maner of dysgrading of clarkes And that clarkes shulde haue wyues and they to kepte theyr gownes and heddes to be shauen as was before and they to haue al priuileges as they hath before and he made all the clargy free from all maner of Exactyons of the Temporalte And he ordeyned the disgradynge of clarkes and perpetuall prisonment ¶ In the yere of our Lorde M.ccc.xvii IohnÌ„ the .xxiii. Dyd declare the Order of the Graye freers and made Thomas Aquyne and Thomas the byshop of Herten Saynctes ¶ In the yere of our lorde M.ccc.lxxx Vrbanus the .vi. Made on one daye xxix Cardinalles ☞ And he made Visitacion of our lady holy daye ¶ In the yere of our lord M. iiii.xlviii Nycholas the fyfte made amonge diuerse other Bernardyne a Saynt ¶ In the yere of our lorde M. iiii.c.lvi Calixtus dyd ordeyne the feaste the transfiguracion of our lord And he made Vincent a Saynt ☞ In the yere of our lorde cccc C.lix ☞ Pius the seconde made Katherine a saynt ¶ In the yere of our lorde M. cccc.lxv Paule the seconde ordeyned that they that dyd allyenat or withdrawe any thynge from the church shuld be excoÌ„municated ☞ In the yere of our lord M. cccc.lxxii Sixtus the fourthe ordeyned the feestes of the Conception and presentation of our lady and the feastes of Anne Fransis Iosephe And brought backe the yere of Iubilee to the yere of xxv And he dyd make Bonauenture a Saynt ☞ In the yere of our lord M. cccc.lxxxvi Innocentius the .viii. made Heliopolde a Saynt ☞ FINIS ☞ The lorde of glory hath sent his ministers to plage the best with her adhereÌ„tes whiche hath her marke and vpon al them which worshypped her ymage that she nor her chyldreÌ„ shuld no more shedde the bloude of the chyldreÌ„ of saluacion with her gret burdyns of tradicioÌ„s Apo. xvi ¶ Translated out of latyn into Englyshe And Imprynted in the house of Thomas gybson
the spalter And that kyrieleyson shuld be repeted .ix. tymes He ordeyned Alleluya to be sayd also the offertorye he ordeyned in the canon of the masse to be sayd Deê° q nrÌ„os c. after the canoÌ„ of the dâ—…ical oracioÌ„ to be sayed ouer the hoste at the houres he ordeyned Deê° iÌ„ adiutoriuÌ„ to be sayd with gloria prÌ„i And that the last wyll of theÌ„ that died shuld be kept ratified And that the .iiii. dayes before the fyrst sonday intent shuld be fasted Also that meÌ„ maryed to ii wiues vserers shuld not be admitted to be prestê IteÌ„ that meÌ„ leuing theyr wiuê with coÌ„sent that their wiues ought theÌ„ to enter iÌ„to religioÌ„ And also wemeÌ„ leuiÌ„g their husbaÌ„de with coÌ„sent their husbaÌ„dê ought also to enter iÌ„to religioÌ„ Also that their shal not be ii metropolitaÌ„s iÌ„ one ê“ueÌ„ce This maÌ„ coÌ„mauÌ„deth to prechers that they shuld vse descressioÌ„ both iÌ„ speking in keping of sileÌ„s ¶ And he belded .vi. monasteries our of the grouÌ„de of his owne cost And he mayd his owne house a Religious house And like him shal ye skanâ— fynde any ✚ ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.v. Sabinus ordeined that the houres of the day shuld be made knoweÌ„ vnto the church bi the distinctioÌ„ of the ryngiÌ„g of bellê And that thee shuld laÌ„pes coÌ„tinually burne iÌ„ the church ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.vii. Boniface the .iii. ordeyned that the corporas cloth at the coÌ„secratioÌ„ shuld belayde abrode by the prest that none shuld be elected iÌ„ the place of the dede byshop But the .iii. day after hys deth And that nether for fauor nor for no mony And that the electioÌ„ shulde be made bothe of the clargy lay people and that it shuld be ratyfyed by chassent of the byshop This man by the coÌ„sent of Focas obtayned agaiÌ„st the patriarke of coÌ„staÌ„tinople That the see of Peter shulde be the hede of the churche ¶ In the yere of our Lorde .vi. C.viii. Boniface the .iiii. he dedicated the teÌ„pyl of Gybel of the gentyles vnto our lady al sayntes ¶ He made his fathers howse a monastery and the londes of his auncetry he gaue vnto the vse of the MoÌ„kes And than gaue vnto them auctorite to preache to baptyse and to absoyle ¶ In the yere of our Lorde .vi. C.xv. Theodatê° the .i. ordeyned that no maÌ„ shulde mary that Mayde that his father had beÌ„ god father to ¶ This man loued the clargye and pore people ardently ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.xviii Boniface the .v. ordeyned that those the came to the church for socor shuld not be taken from them with violeÌ„ce And that those the coÌ„mitted Sacrilege shuld in euery place be coÌ„uicted accursed And the testamentes made by the Princes shuld by all maner of wayes staÌ„de in ful strength ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.xxiii Honoriê° the .i. ordeyned that the names of the excomuÌ„icat shuld be opeÌ„ly denouÌ„sed this maÌ„ did restore many churchê church yerdes And he apointed lawes to the saraseÌ„s ¶ In the yere of our lord .vi. C.xxxviii IohnÌ„ the .iiii. ordeyned that any inuaded or toke away the godes of the church He shuld restore .iiii. folde ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.xl. Theodorus Ordeyned the halowynge of waxe as Sozinus writyth of hym bylded vp .ii. Celles in Rome ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.xlvi Martyne the .i. ordeyned that they shuld not haue no loÌ„g here And that the maÌ„ his wyfe shulde be blest before they laye together And that the byshop euery yere shuld make creme send it to euerâ— parishe of the diocê ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.liii. Egenius the .ii. ordeyned that the Byshop shuld haue prysons to ponyshe the of fenders of the Clarge Also that the prestê howses shulde be bylded nere the churche ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.lvi. Vitilianus made the order of the churches He ordeyned songe added to the organs ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.lxv. Theodarus the .ii. bylded churches He ordeined many suffrages to put away many wonders that hapened iÌ„ those dayes ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.lxxi Donus the .i. ordeyned the clergye into diuerse degrees He made the church of RaueÌ„na to be obedieÌ„t vnto the church of Rome ☞ In the yere of our lord .vi. C.lxxx Agatho in counsell of .ii. C.lxxxix byshopê vnied accorded the latyns the grekes in the Ecclesiasticall Ceremoniê maner of sacrifices He coÌ„dempned for an he reâ—ke Marcharius the byshop of Antioche This was the .vi. generall counsell ☞ In the yere of our lord .vi. C.lxxxiiii Leo the .ii. ordeyned Baptyme to be done in vrgent necessite He ordeyned the Pax to be borne about to the people beyng present a Masse Also that the eleccion of the clergy of RaueÌ„na which made hymselfe Equall with Rome shuld not be in streÌ„gth but yf the byshop of Rome dyd a proue in Thys man ordeyned the psalmody and he brought the hymmê iÌ„to aswere tewne ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.lxxxv Benedicte the .ii. a maÌ„ of moost hye holynes whose holines moued CoÌ„staÌ„tyne to make him to be the very vyear of Christ in erth whoÌ„ the clargy the people of Rome did make byshop by the autorite of the comoÌ„ hawse wtout any coÌ„fyrmacioÌ„ of the prince ☞ In the yere our Lorde vi C.lxxxvi IohnÌ„ the .v. was coÌ„secrated of .iii. byshopes so made a decre that the same maner of consecracion shuld be obserued of his successours ☞ In the yere of our lorde .vi. C.lxxxviii Sergius the .i. ordeyned Agnus dei to be sayd of the preste in the Masse before the breakyng of the hoste which peeê of the hoste He declared the significatioÌ„ iÌ„ a certayne canoÌ„ This maÌ„ brought the church of Aquila to his dutie which did lytel alowe the .v. couÌ„sell ☞ In the yere of our lord .vii. C.i. IohnÌ„ the .vi. redemed many that were in captiuite garnyshed the church And in tyme was Bede and Heymo ☞ In the yere of our Lorde .vii. C.iiii. IohnÌ„ the .vii. garnyshed many churches with pycrueres and Images of sayntes ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.vi Sizimus hauynge the gowte bothe in handes and feete dyed sodeynly ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.vii. Constantyne the .i. ordeyned that the Images of saynctes whiche we rased oute by Philyp in the tempyll of Sophye shulde agayne be paynted in the porche of saynt Peter And he ordyned that the name of thy Heretyke Emperour shuld not be receyued nother in open nor pryuate wrytinges nether in Brasse Syluer or lead ¶ In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.xiiii Gregory the .ii. coÌ„uerted the germaynes to the fayth by his diligeÌ„ce He excoÌ„muÌ„icated Leo the Emperour to be an heretike Here payred the churchê the wallê of the Citie In the yere of our lorde .vii. C.xxxi Gregory the .iii. ordeyned