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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14341	An abridgement of the notable woorke of Polidore Vergile conteignyng the deuisers and firste finders out as well of artes, ministeries, feactes & ciuill ordinaunces, as of rites, and ceremonies, commo[n]ly vsed in the churche: and the originall beginnyng of the same. Co[m]pendiously gathered by Thomas Langley; De rerum inventoribus. English. Abridgments	Vergil, Polydore, 1470?-1555.; Langley, Thomas, d. 1581. aut	1546 (1546)	STC 24656; ESTC S107600	129,908	356

calendes of Ianuary a presēt to Augustus Caesar although he were absent Whiche custome remayneth in England for the subiectes send to their superiours and the noble personages geue to the kynges some great gyftes and he to gratifye their kyndenesse doeth liberally rewarde them with some thyng again But I commende more the maner of the Italians for there the richest and most noble geue to the poore inferiours it is a significacion of good prosperous fortune of al the whole yere then folowyng THE vse of daūsyng Liuie saieth came from the Hetruscanes to Rome whiche we exercise muche on holye daies as they did not without slaunder of our religion and hurte and damage of chastitee as for maskes they be so deuilishe that none honesty can be pretended to coloure them Zacharias bishoppe of Rome made a decree against it but that auaileth nothyng At the calendes of Maie the youthe aswell menne as women are wonte to go a maiyng into the feldes and bryng home boughes floures to garnishe their houses and gates and in some places the churches whiche fashion is deriued of the Romaynes that vse the same to honor their godesse Flora with suche ceremonies whom thei named godesse of fruites THE christenmas lordes that be cōmonly made at the natiuitee of our lorde to whom all the housholde and familie with the master him self must be obedient began of the equabilitie that the seruauntes had with their masters in Saturnus feastes that wer called Saturnalia wherin the seruaūtes haue like autorite with their masters duryng the tyme of the sayde feastes And this furnishyng of our bellies with delicates that we vse on fastingham tuiesday what tyme some eate tyl they be enforsed to forbeare all again sprong of Bacchus feastes that were celebrated in Rome with great ioy and deliciouse fare AND oure Midsomer bonefyres may seme to haue comne of the sacrifices of Ceres goddese of corne that menne did solemnise with fyres trusting therby to haue more plenty and aboundance of corne And the disguisyng and mummyng that is vsed in christenmas tyme in the Northe partes came out of the feastes of Pallas that were done with visars and painted visages named Quinquatria of the Romaynes The .iii. Chapiter ¶ The maner of annoyntyng priestes kynges them that be christened confirmed or sore sicke WHAT TYME Moses had buylded the tabernable he was cōmaunded to make a confection of holy oyntmēt wherwith bothe y e worke the vessels priestes and also kynges whiche be called to that office or dignitie ought to be enoyled So that it came to passe that the annoyntyng was the very token difference wherby kynges were knowen among the Hebrues as y e Emperours in Rome were knowen by their purple robes Aaron and his sonnes were the fyrst annoynted priestes and Samuel enoyled Saul fyrst kyng ouer Israel and so consequentely it grewe into a custome that priestes kynges were annoynted By whiche thyng is signified that they be specially fauored of God and like as oyle lyeth a lofte on the water or other liquore so the offyce of a Priest and dignitie of a Prince surmoūteth all other degrees of ministers both y ● in actiue and also contemplatiue lyfe Siluester bishoppe of Rome ordayned fyrst that al that were christened churches and chalices should be annoynted with oyle Our oyle that is nowe vsed is made of oyle Oliue and natural Balme Fabianus commaunded that it should be renewed euery Maundy thurseday Clemente the fyrste ordayned that all children and other that were christened should be annoynted agayne with Crisme and he instituted also the sacrament of Confirmacion supposyng that no manne were a perfect christen manne yf that rite and ceremonye were by negligence omitted For this cause that the holy Ghost might more plentyfully be geuen to them by the handes of the bishop This thyng beganne of the example of the Apostles whiche sent Peter Iohn into Samarie to lay their handes on them that they might receyue the holy Ghost It is onely ministered by a byshoppe in this wyse fyrst he asketh the name of the child then maketh the signe of the crosse in his forehed with the C●isme saiyng I signe the with the token of y e crosse and confirme the with the crisme of saluacion In the name of the father the sonne and the holye ghost y t thou maye be replenished with the holye spirite and haue euerlastyng life sobeit And then he smiteth the cheke of the child softely but if it be of a great age he geueh a sharpe stroke that he may remembre that misterie saiyng peace be with the. Felix the fourth did institute that suche aswere in extremes should be enoyled folowyng the example of the Apostles whiche as Marke witnesseth cured manye diseases by annoyntyng them and saint Iames speaketh of a like thing in his Epistle The .iiii. Chapiter ¶ The beginnyng of mariage of priestes when it was forboden with other lawes touchyng mariage MOSES the minister of God amonst the Israelites whiche were desirouse to augmente and amplifie their issue ordayned that all menne indifferently as well priestes as laie people should take wifes least the debarryng theim from Matrimonie might bee occasion of greater enormitie and inconueniencie emong thē Albeeit bycause of the dignitie of the order of priesthode he made restraint that thei should mari none that was taken prisoner bonde woman or deuorsed from their former housebandes and the bishoppes might not bee maried but too maydes As concernyng our priesthod Siluester the first after the texte of sainct Paule commaunded that a prieste should mary but one wife and after to liue sole alone As Paule had a wife as maie appeare in his Epistles too the Philippians and Corinthians And Clement bishoppe of Alexandria and Ignatius whiche was in Paules time witnesse thesame PETER and Philip had wifues and doughters whom thei bestowed honestly in mariage to housebandes And sainct Peter seyng his wife led to death for the profession of Christe with greate reioyce of her constancie saied wife remembre the lorde This ordre the Grekes and all the Easte partes of Christendome vse whiche would not consent to the counsail of Nice wherein it was propounded that the priestes should forsake their wifes And namely Panutius the holy and chaste bishoppe that came out of the borders of Egipte withstoode that decre very earnesty Siricius the first forbade the priestes of the West parties and deacōs to mary the yere of our Lorde thre hundred thirty and seuen He instituted also that he that either wedded a widdowe or tooke a second wife could not be made priest Pelagius the second enforsed the subdeacons to forsake their wifes And Gregorius bicause he thought it violent to deuorce theim ordained that from his tyme none should bee subdeacon on lesse he vowed chastitee before Notwithstandyng the lawes afore made toke no