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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69138	A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome [and] what truth is in the same grau[n] thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere.; De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio. English	Valla, Lorenzo, 1406-1457.; Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535.	1534 (1534)	STC 5641; ESTC S107251	117,474	146

¶ A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowmēt of possessyons gyuen and g●●unted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome by Constantyne emperour of Rome what truth is in the same graūt thou mayst se and rede y e iugement of certayne great lerned men whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere THe graunt and priuilege whiche is called the donation or gyfte of Constantyne translated out of greke in to laten by one Bartylmewe Picern of the mounte of Ardue vnto Iulyus y e seconde po●● of Rome ¶ A declamation of Laurence Valla beyng of noble blode and borne in the cyte of Rome agaynst the forsayd priuilege as beyng forged nothyng true but falsely admytted and beleued for true with a preface of one Vdalryk Hutten a knyght of Germayne vnto Leo the tenth pope of Rome ¶ The sentence and mynde of Nycolas of Cuse of the tytle of saynt Peter y e Aduyncle cardynall whiche he wrote vnto y e counsell holden at Basyle of the sayd donation and gyfte of Constantyne ¶ Antony archebysshoppe of Florence of the same donation and gyfte of Constantyne ¶ The preface or ꝓheme of Bartholome we Pycern of the hyghe mountayne vnto Pope Iulyus the seconde vpon the priuylege called the gyfte or graunt of the emperoure Constantyne whiche priuylege the sayd Bartholomewe affyrmeth with fast asseueratyon hymselfe to haue trāslated out of greke into laten WHan among other dyuers and sondrie workes whiche of late dayes I dyd rede most blessed father in this your moost famous goodly lybrary there came vnto my hādes a certayne lytell Greke boke whiche contayned the gyfte or graunt of Constantyne I thought it mete cōuenyent to translate it out of greke in to latyn and also y t I ought to dedycate or entytle it to your most holy fatherhed whiche are the deputie of Christ and of Peter and the successoure also of Syluester for because there be many men whiche haue sayde and wyll abyde by it that thys gyfte or graunte of Constantyne is false counterfeyted fayned amonge whom Laurēce Valla is one a man surely well lerned whiche presūtuousli hath taken in hāde to write a boke of the false forged gyfte of Cōstantyne But his opynyons very well resysteth and gaynsayth the moste reuerende Cardynall of Alexandrie excellently lerned and substācially sene in both lawes also very dilygently confuteth and dyssolueth the obiections made by the sayd Laurēce Parauenture that great clerke Valla supposed that y e thyng whiche he him selfe had nat redde coulde in no place haue ben founde among other men And no meruayle therof seīg that he was a man of so gret mordacite and all gyuen to checkīg that he hath nat ben afrayde to checke and rebuke Aristotle the chefe and pryncipall of all Philosophers ye and also so to fynde fautes with all y e authors of the laten tonge that he hath forborne no man But leste I be to tedyous lette vs nowe lysten and here what Constantyne hym selfe saythe ¶ The decree imperiall written gyuen to the worshypfull and holy Catholyke and apostolycall church of Rome by blessed Constantyne the fyrste amonge the emperours that became Christen IN the name of the holy and vnseperable Trinytie y t is to wytte the father the sonne and the holy ghost Caesar Flauius Constātyne in Christ Iesu of y e same Trinitye our only sauyour oure lorde and our god the faythfull mylde and benefycyall Emperour of Almayne of Gothia of Sarmatia of Germanie of Britayne and of the Hunnes godly prosperous or fortunate conquerour and triumpher alwayes honorable and full of maiestye to the moste holy and blessed father of fathers Syluester byshoppe and Pope of the auncient and noble cyte of Rome And to all bisshoppes the successours of hym syttynge in the chayre of blessed Peter euyn vntyll the ende of the worlde Also to all most reuerende and deuout catholyke bysshoppes subiectes by this our emperyall cōstytution to this worshipfull and holy church of Rome Grace peace loue ioye constaunt mynde and mercy from almighty god bothe the father and Iesu Christ his sonne and also the holyghost be with vs all Suche thinges as hath ben wonderfully wrought about our owne persone by our redemer and sauyour the lorde Iesu Christ whiche is the sonne of the most high father in heuyn through his mercies by his holy apostels Peter and Paule and throughe the meane and intercessyon of our father Syluester the highest bisshoppe and catholyke or vnyuersall pope We haue purposed and desyred to shewe in order with manyfest narration by this oure emperiall writte that it may come herafter to the knowlege of all people and nations whiche are in the worlde that the confessyon ●wlegīg of y e reuelation shewed vnto vs most 〈…〉 within from the very hert 〈…〉 declareth outwardely our fayth and belefe whiche we haue learned of the aforsayd most blessed father and our intercessour Syluester Catholyke pope chefe and highest preest to the document and instruction of vs all Secondarily it sheweth also to all men the large mercy of god whiche he hath plētuously poured and shedde forth vpon vs. For we wyll y t all you do knowe euyn so as we haue declared vnto you by our pragmatycall constytution aforesaid that we haue renounced and vtterly forsaken the worshyppīg of ydols whiche are dombe and deafe and made with mannes hande and that we are lepte away from the deuillysshe fayninges false ymaginatyons and from all the pompe of Sathan and are humbly descended to the hole and parfyte pure faythe of christen men whiche is the trewe lyght and lyfe eternall as oure hyghe and most reuerende father and maister Syluester him selfe hath taught vs cōmaundynge vs to beleue on god the father almyghty maker of heuyn and of earthe of all creatures visyble vnuisyble and on Iesu Christ the onely begoten sōne of him our lorde by whome all thīges haue ben created made and on the holy ghost that quickeneth and gyueth lyfe to euery creature we do so and in suche wyse confesse and knoledge the father the sonne and the holy ghost as that in the perfyte Trinyte is bothe the perfeccyon of the godhed and vnyte of power and myght The father is god the sonne is god the holyghost is god and these thre persones are all one substance Thre formes than ar ther and but onely one power Than after that he hadde fynysshed the creatyon of the heuenly powers of all erthely materiall substāces by y e mercifull power and wyll of his wysedome he fyrst formed man of the slyme of the earth resemblaunt to the ymage and symilytude of his owne selfe And after he had so formed him he set him in paradyse a place of pleasure at whom and whos● felycite the serpent olde enemy the deuyll hauyng enuy thrugh the most bytter myserable tastyng of the frute of a tre forbydden caused hī to be outlawed banysshed from that