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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08196	Iohn Niccols pilgrimage whrein [sic] is displaied the liues of the proude popes, ambitious cardinals, lecherous bishops, fat bellied monkes, and hypocriticall Iesuites.	Nicholls, John, 1555-1584?	1581 (1581)	STC 18534; ESTC S113251	106,007	296

thy selfe the Pope is here on earth in Christes steade he is Peters successour and may binde and loose whom he list hée may saue whom be loueth destroy whom he hateth hee hath the same authoritie here in earth in heauen in purgatory and in hel that Christ himselfe hath in al these places Oh take heede my sonne these woordes are venemous and as bitter as gall beware and neuer condescende to the opinion of these stifenecked Papistes The Pope hath no vertue in him but all vice and hypocrisie Let them bragge of the Pope vntyll they bee wearie yea neuerthelesse thou shalt finde my sonne that the Pope is verye Antichriste as by his life and religion most manifestly shall appeare I will tell thee my sonne of the parentes of this Pope gregorie the thirtéenth otherwise named and that properly hugo that is to say hugh and by his surname boncompagnion good fellowe His father at the beginning was suche a one as solde olde wares which the Italians termed vechio as olde yron olde showes olde apparell and suche like thinges This man at laste became somewhat riche and vsed the trade of marchandize Nowe this Pope Hugh was borne at Bolognia and brought vp in learning there where hée studied the Ciuil and Canon lawes and became publique professour of both those lawes in that Citie where hee was borne At Rome and else where before hée was made Cardinall hée bare manie offices as it was reported vnto mée Some in Bolognia tolde certayne of my acquaintance that this Pope was maried and by that wife begate those children who are as yet aliue Some say otherwise that hée was neuer married but say that those whome hée calleth his sonnes are in deede his Bastardes but whatsoeuer they bée they are Gentlemen whether they bée so in condition or no I can not tell but I am sure they are noble men in wealth and in worldelye pompe The Popes syr name is boncompagnion good fellowe for that one of his Graundsyers accompanied him selfe with another Italian to kill a Serpent who did much hurte in the Countrey of Italie in slaying both man and beast and for this cause the Serpent being stayne by one of this Popes Graundsyres and by another Italian from that day forwardes hée was called boncompagnion and so was his father surnamed and this Pope likewise This Pope hath a brother in Bolognia who hath the charge of manye affayres and also the Popes bastarde though some call him his Nephewe hee hath the rule of all thinges at Bolognia This Pope hath his protrature liuely set foorth in manye places of that Citie and gaue commaundement to the Bolognians that his statute shoulde bee erected there In deede his stature is erected at Rome is erected in the Capitoll The Pope is liberall to those by whome he hopes that the ruines of his kingdome shal be repaired hée is beneficiall to Englishe men and to Germans For hee hopeth that by their witte and pollicie by their industrie and labour hee shall recouer to hymselfe those countreys againe and haue them in subiection What the lyfe of this Pope is thou maist reade my sonne in diuerse bookes as thou trauaylest to other countreys but this I will say as I was infourmed by credible persons that had beene traueylers to Rome that Omnia in curia Romana sunt vaenalia All thinges are to bee solde for money in the Court of Rome If any man hath committed murther if any man hath liued in adulterie if any man hath offended in gluttonie or drunkennesse or what so euer cryme hée hath committed come to this Pope with your purse full of money and for your syluer you shall bée absolued and forgiuen of all your sinnes But if you come with an emptie purse you shall departe as you come without anye indulgence and pardon of your sinnes no penye no pater noster If any will release his brother from purgatorie let him prouide money and an owle will flye with his brother to heauen wil you haue Agnos dei graua benedicta medalla crosses beades c. Then goe to this Pope and bring him a satchell of money and you shall haue all these thinges Oh my sonne I tell thée the trueth before these my neyghbours For a brother of mine hath dwelt with the Popes chiefe Chamberlayne and hath seene the practises of this Pope Gregorye the thirteenth and knoweth the fashions of his Courte Let not his hypocriste delude thée neyther lef his magnificent giftes deceiue thee thou shalt peceiue by his supermaiesticall statelinesse that hee is the sonne of perdicion hée can not take the paynes béeing lustie of age to goe on foote from his chamber to his chappell vppon feastiuall dayes but must bée carried on eyght scarlette mens shouldiers Oh pride Lucifer like When hée goeth in procession in the Citie hée is honoured as Christe ouer his heade must carpettes bee layde the walles must bee couered with the same and the streetes strowed with flowers and rushes The swishers are placed as it were in battaile arraye the meaner forte with their torches goe before the richer Citizens followe after the Nouices of moffe monasteries followe them then come the fatte belled Monkes Fryars Abbotes pryours and suche lyke after them the Byshoppes them the Popes Chamberlaynes with his Miters and after them followe the Cardinalles then appeareth the Pope not goyng on foote but caryed on mens shoulders verye pontyfically the trumpettes sounding the double Cannons are charged Which pontificallitye Christe hym selfe neuer vsed and therefore this excessiue pride seuereth the the Pope from the Immitation of Christes steppes Thou shalt see my soone that the Pope is not vertuous in deede though hée bée so accoumpted but full of hypocrysie Hée is as the brute goeth at Rome the cause of dissentions in diuers Countreys and hée onely was the cause of the late rebellion in Ireland For commaundement was giuen vnto them of the seminary by the Pope that they shoulde praye daylye for the prosperous successe of Doctour Saunders his affayres in Irelande This Pope succoureth rebelles and traytours that in the tyme of the laste commotion fledde out of the North. Trisander I vnderstande nowe father that you are verye well acquainted with one or other that lately hath béene at Rome Panteleon Haue I not tolde thée my sonne that my brother dwelt with the Popes chiefe chamberlaine it was hee that knewe all these thinges and reported them vnto mee Trisander Truely this reporte shall bee a caueat vnto mee to beware of the Popes engine readie prepared to entrape imprudent and vndiscreete persons All the perswasiue woordes in the worlde shall not make mée brooke him Panteleon In so dooing happie shall I bee that haue suche a godly and obedient sonne Trisander But father by your pacience I will aske one question were all Popes wicked in their liuing as they are Heathenish in their religion Panteleon Sonne thou askest mée a doubtfull question If thou askest whether all Popes wanted moral