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A02895	The pageant of popes contayninge the lyues of all the bishops of Rome, from the beginninge of them to the yeare of Grace 1555. Deuided into iii. sortes bishops, archbishops, and popes, vvhereof the two first are contayned in two bookes, and the third sort in fiue. In the vvhich is manifestlye shevved the beginning of Antichriste and increasing to his fulnesse, and also the vvayning of his povver againe, accordinge to the prophecye of Iohn in the Apocalips. ... Written in Latin by Maister Bale, and now Englished with sondrye additions by I.S.; Acta Romanorum pontificum. English	Bale, John, 1495-1563.; Studley, John, 1545?-1590?	1574 (1574)	STC 1304; ESTC S100602	276,183	440

THE PAGEANT OF POPES Contayninge the lyues of all the Bishops of Rome from the beginninge of them to the yeare of Grace 1555. Deuided into iii. sortes bishops Archbishops and Popes vvhereof the two first are contayned in two bookes and the third sort in fiue In the vvhich is manifestlye shevved the beginning of Antichriste and increasing to his fulnesse and also the vvayning of his povver againe accordinge to the Prophecye of Iohn in the Apocalips Shewing manye straunge notorious outragious and tragicall partes played by them the like vvhereof hath not els bin hearde both pleasant and profitable for this age Written in Latin by Maister Bale and now Englished with sondrye additions by I.S. * Behold I come vpon thee sayth the Lorde of hostes and vvill discouer thy skirts vppon thy face and vvill shevv to the Nations thy filthynes and to the kingdomes thy shame I vvill cast filth vpon thee and make the loathsome and vvill fet thee as a gazing stocke Nahum 3 ¶ Come away from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receiue not of her plagues c. Reward her as she hath rewarded you and giue her doubte according to her workes Apoca. 18. Anno 1574. TO THE RIGHT HOnourable Lorde Thomas Earle of Sussex Uicount Fitzwalter Lorde of Egremont and of Burnel one of the Queenes Maiestyes honourable priuye Counsaile Lord highe Chamberlaine of her house Of the noble order of the Garter knighte Iustice of Oyer of the Forests Parkes VVarraines and chases from Trent Southward and Captaine of the Gentlemen Pentioners Encrease of honour and godlye wysedome in Christe Iesus AMonge many worthie sayings of the most eloquent Lactantius right Honourable this one is especially worthye to be noted which is so oftē repeated by him that No wisedome is to be allowed without true Religion And againe that where Religion is not there is no wysedome VVherby we are instructed that frō those in whō wysedome is requisite religiō must in no case be seperate And againe that they in whō greater fruites of wisedome ought to flourishe as it should be in them whose handes GOD hath framed to guid the sterne of the cōmon wealth must also beare a more feruent zeale towards the true seruice and Honour of GOD. So that these twaine VVysedome and Religion are linked and placed together in the minde of mā as the eyes thereof to giue light to his whole vnderstanding And therefore to staye a while in this similitude as the one eye of our bodye is so assisting to the other for the making perfite of our sight together that hauing the vse of both we attaine thereunto and otherwise the one being blinded the light of the other is somwhat dimmed and shadowed and perhaps in the ende fadeth away and leaueth vs altogether in darcknes Euen so standeth the case betweene Religion and wisedome the lightes of the minde And therfore grosse hath bin the errour of manye great estates who because they being lifted hie in the vew of all mēs eyes and therfore desirous to be accompted wyse haue yet in their wisedome made no accompt of Religiō at all but set it bie as a thinge nothing pertayning to ther estate who though for a time they haue seemed to groape out the channell well and so by dilligence to sayle in safetye and with one dim eye to see their waye perfectly yet lacking the light of Religion they haue euer bin blind on the one side and wāted the right and better eye wherby in the ende the eye of their pollicye euer poaring downeward to things on the left band and not able stedfastly to loke vp to heauen nor to abide the glorye thereof hath drawne them into such deepe darcknes that vnware they haue strayed farre from the drift of their deuices and beinge not able to walke vprightlye in their owne wayes without stackering and stūbling haue in the ende fallen so desperatlye that they neuer were able to ryse againe wherby to late they finde true that There is no wisedome where Religion is not And that whereas they thought themselues to be wyse without it they neuer came to the first step thereof it being as Salomō sayth that The feare of the Lord which such haue neglected is the beginning of wysedome The commaundementes of the Lord are pure and giue light to the eyes Againe Thy worde O Lord is a lanterne vnto my feete and a light vnto my pathes And therefore when soeuer we leaue this light though the lampe of mās braine burne neuer so bright we fall perforce in the end For neither the wyse head of Achitophell nor the fayre and flattering face of Absolon that stale from Dauid the peoples hartes coulde preuaile in their purposes so pollitickly attempted against the rule of Religion but that it turned to their owne confusion For euerye plant that the Heauenlye father hath not planted shal be rooted out ▪ Yea most miserable and desperat is their case and cursed of Gods owne mouth that thincke the care of Religion belongeth not to them Another sort of mē there is which being of better iudgemente proceede a step farther then these and yet not so farre as they oughte in deede For some hauing an inward regard of Religion do yet thincke it pollicye that it should be hidden and secrete to themselues and not apparent vnto other and in this point especially they would be esteemed wyse But greatly are these likewyse deceiued for wysedome is no wysedome and not to be accompted of in anye so longe as it is dissembled and not employed that other men maye see good proofe thereof And Religion is no Religion that sheweth not it selfe by his plētifull fruites And what choyse so euer they that seeme wysest or holiest make of religiō doing it so as other men shal not be able to discerne it in them nor to he witnesses therof they are to be esteemed neither wyse nor Religious For who wil not accōpt him rather blind or blincking thē other wyse that shall say he hath his eyes sound pure perfit and yet in the open daye will neuer shew vse of them in the presence of men but continuallye be wimpled and weare a veale so that no man cā perceaue whether he do see or no Eyther such are blinde in deede whē as they say that they see or els their meaning is very deceitfull And so may we iudge of these wilye winkers in Religion that either they be blindstockes in deede and lacke the light of that Heauenlye wysedome which they pretende to haue or els their wicked wysedome is but a cloake of wickednes ▪ then indeede they doate in their worldly pollicye not knowinge that the wysest of all hath sayd Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good workes glorify your father which is in Heauē And that Euery tree that doth not beare good fruite shal be cut downe cast into euerlastīg

and maintayned by some other And therefore I thoughte it good in no wyse to turne it out rashlye naked vnarmed and vnprouided of rescue neither into the handes of freinde nor foe For such a meete Patrone was to be sought for who by his wit doctrine and learning should be able to maintaine a desperate cause and receiue into his tuition as it were an Orphane counted giltye and condemned by the preiudicate opinion of all men least it being desolate and berefte of all good mens ayde hauing no tutour left vnto it should together with his father haue his dying daye After I had longe debated this with with my selfe and had vewed all men rounde about with an especial and diligent care you iiii most excellent prelates of the Church came first to my remēbrance in whose ayde I might safely repose my selfe that haue oftētimes traueiled in this matter by longe experience haue found out and beaten downe the assaultes and strokes of oure aduersaryes So that the former booke ioyned with our historye sufficiētly fortifyed by the might of the most valiaunt Prince this booke beinge perused with my latter diligence trustinge vppon the learning and iudgemente of such men maye freelye wyth cheerefull countenaunce not be afrayde to shewe it selfe amonge the middest of his ennemyes Uerelye I am not ignoraunt that anye one of you is man good enoughe to encounter any in this deuine combate And I freelye confesse that this my litle worke is vnworthy to be dedicated euen vnto anye one of you yet notwithstanding I do not consider what you are able to do but what I ought to do Nether do I esteeme the price of the gift but I regard the most feruent zeale towards you all And though I imbrace you one after another yet I desire to pleasure you all w t this onelye gift because I haue no other and to declare the good will that I beare vnto you by this onely worke Last of all whom one Religion one Fayth one Lord one Baptisme do ioyne what hindreth vs that one Epistle maye not couple vs together wherefore I trust that you wil accept as you oughte and as you were accustomed my boldnes and presumption if there be anye which is sprong through an opinion of your curtesye not rysen of any euill will But that you maye vnderstande the matter which I request desire to be defended and cherished if you seperate your minds for a certaine season frō your graue studyes sacred busines and giue diligēt eare to heare that which I haue here purposed to declare the gift which I bestow vpon you is Papall and Pontificall And I haue declared the historye from the beginning to the endinge shewed their beginnings the race and the whole Tragedye of their gouernment deuiding the state of ther liues into three bookes The first contayneth the auncient and holy fathers not decked w t a crogier or a tripled Miter but such as were dilligent workers in adorninge the Lords Uyneyarde euen vnto Siluester from the holye Apostles which w t the great daunger of their life did faithfully labour in planting and setting forth the worde of God These maye worthelye be called the starres remayning on the right hand of Christe Apocal. 1. The second contayneth the Mitred Archbishops Patriarckes from Siluester the first vnto Boniface the third who althoughe they were not the wickedst and corruptest yet with their traditions and humaine constitutions haue made a plaine waye to Antichriste These be the starres that fell to the earth Apocal. 6. The third mentioneth the whole rablement of the Popes from Boniface the third to Paule the fourth the which being the Uicar of Sathā is said to haue auctoritye as yet at Rome These were Antichristes not departinge from the steps of their fathers in all kinde of pryde tyrannye lying and filthines these are the starres trulye as it is described in the 9. Chapter of the Apocalips which fell to the earth This thirde part is deuided into fiue neither haue we applyed them vnaptlye to the Reuelation of S. Iohn Boniface before mentioned shal possesse the first place as he deserued to Ioane the eight an harlot in the which part there are cōtayned 40. Popes called them the kingdome of the great beast sometime named Sodoma sometime Aegiptus Apo. 11. From Ioane vnto Siluester the deuilish Magician that vowed gaue himselfe vnto Sathan that hee might obtaine the Popedome the kingdome of the greate harlot which sitteth on the beast doth comprehend 40. Popes Apocal. 17. From Siluester which is in the 3. place vnto Innocentius the fourth the most wicked ennemye of our Sauiour Christe who did establishe fasten the foure orders of the begging monkes which were newlye made to the intent that they might stoutlye and manfullye fight for the maintayning of the kingdome of Antichrist signifyeth the kingdome of the Dragon which is the diuill and Sathā Apocal. 20. And in this part were 40. Popes placed From this Innocentius the second that dreadfull warriour and the moste cruell destroyer of Christian men are nombred 40 Popes And this is the kingdome of the Locustes wh●ch were vnder the gouernmente of Abadon the wh●ch signifyeth a destroyer Apocal. 9. Then Iulius in the ende of his raigne throwinge the keyes of S. Peter into the riuer of Tiber being girded with a rusty sworde of Paule did fight against the French kinge and other Christians And the fift parte contayneth from this Iulius vnto the ende of the raigne of Paule the fourth 8. Popes and al the times of their successours vnto the iudgement of Christe And the fall of the kingdome of the Pope shal be withoute power or handes with the onely word of God and breath of the deuine sp●rite 2. Thessal 2. To conclude I haue disposed the whole historye in such sort that I haue compared all the Romaine bishops to the 4. horses in the Reuelation of S. Iohn The godlye and auncient fathers to the white horse The archbishops and the Patriarckes to the red The Popes the Antichristes vnto Siluester the seconde to the blacke and from him to Iulius the seconde and all his companye of monkes fryers and massemongers that which with al their power strength did defend the Popes kingdome I haue cōpared to the pale horse I haue propoūded this marke and methode in my booke in the which I haue chalenged nothing to my selfe but my labour in gathering describing destributīg For I knowe that a great part of this worke hath bin set forth by others as by Damasus Carsulanus Platina Stella Vuicelius and others but oftētimes dissemblingly and obscurelye somtimes falsly to please mens eares To conclude verye manye most dilligent faithfull wryters of our time whom when I had perused with continuall reading I gathered togither the dispersed and disagreeing members to one body that those thinges which were scattered abroade in many places and were therefore the harder to be founde out of

doth vvo●ke these broyles vvith many a monstrous feate He neither prayeth for his flocke nor lyuing yet in peace He seeketh not as Peter did their knovvledge to encrease But kindleth vvarres and iets in armes and doth delight in goare Yea Peter backe he puts and needes vvill set S. Paule before S. Paule yet smites not vvith his svvord but therevvithall vvas slaine But Iulie doth his handes vvith bloud of many Christians staine ¶ The description of Pope Iulie by the sayde Auctour VVhy goeth Iulius in steele and in his coate of plate VVith griselye beard and ouglye lookes vpon his bussshye pate VVhose frounced forhead hideth deepe his loathly steaming eyes Frō vvhence vvith helhoūdes threatning loke the sparkling fier flyes ▪ This terrour vnto VVesterne men by sea and eke by land VVith bitter bovves and bloudie billes and shaking svvord in hand That vnto all the kings on earth hath vvrought such vvarlick harmes And is a scourge toth vvorld vvhich he hath raysed vp in armes The author of such māglinges made such slaughter and such spoyle That did both Prince and people all in daunger put of foyle ▪ VVho both vvith hand and head doth put all vilanye in vre A creature borne the ruine of mankinde for to procure VVhose vvorke is death vvhose leasure is fulfilling filthye lust And plucking peace from euerye man hath broached vvarre vniust VVhat is there in him vvhye that anye man dare giue his dome VVhye such a caytiffe maye deserue the name of Pope of Rome The French kinge vnderstandinge that the Pope with the helpe of the Venetians wente aboute to disturbe those whom he set in garrison did summon a coūcell at Turney in September where he propounded these questions to be discussed Whether it were lawful for the Pope to warre vpon anye Prince without any cause Whether a Prince defen●inge his owne in that case may set vpon the Pope withdraw himselfe from obeing him And aūsweare was made that the Pope oughte not to do so and that a Prince might do according to the questiō that vniust thondring boultes of excommunication are not to be feared Herevpon the king sent his Embassadour to Pope Iulius to declare the determination of the councell and to desire him eyther to be cōtent with peace or els to call a general coūcell to bulte oute these matters the better But the Pope would graunte to neither request but did excommunicate Lewis and gaue his kingdome for a praye to those that would make hauock of it Of this Iulius it is written in a certaine Commentarye of the maisters of Paris againste the Lutherians that he did most villanouslye commit that which is not to be spoken of with two noble yonge gentlemē who were put to a certaine Cardinall called Roba●t Nauetensis to be broughte vp by Ladye An Queene of Fraunce The like thing is reported of him by another writer wher vpon Conradus Gabriel wrote these two Uerses Venit in Italiam spectabilis indole rara Germanus redijt de puero mulier It were not tollerable to set out all the treachery wherwith this monstrous Pope defiled himselfe In his time amonge the religious men began diuers grosse and vnreuerent opinions touching the incarnation of Christe the conceptiō of the blessed virgin mouing many vnnecessarye vnprofitable and vnhonest questions and medling impudentlye with matters belonging to midwiues and not to scholedoctours and therefore rather to be suppressed then heare reuealed onelye this maye suffice to the wiser sort to consider what sectes were amonge those holye siers and what diuinitye they studied One of these busye brayned sophisters was called Ptolomeus Lucensis a monke who preached his filthye fantasyes touchinge the maner of Christes conception in a Church at Mantua This Pope Iulius being a lustye warriour and goinge forth on a time with his armye out of the Cittye did hurle Peters keyes into Tiber with these words Because that Peters keye is able to do no more let the sworde of Paule helpe to do it By which deede sayth Bibliander Pope Iulius hath resigned all his power vnto the riuer Tiber if that the Pope haue receiued any power of Peter in that Christ said vnto him Behould I wil giue to thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen For he that casteth awaye the keyes being the testimonye of auctoritye doth depriue spoile himselfe and his successours of S. Peters inheritaunce Of this madde prancke of Iulie hurling his keyes into Tiber diuers men wrote verses as Melācthon Brusichius one Ducherius the Englishe whereof doth followe VVhile Iulius to mischiefe framde did bloudy vvarre prepare He marched foorth in armed hand his vveapon thus he bare A svvord hong by his side vvhich out couragiously he drevve And Peters keys into the deepe of Tiber floud he threvv VVith blustring thus if Peters keys in vvarre cannot preuaile Then vvith the svvord of Paule vve vvyll our ennemies assaile ¶ Huldericus Huttenus made this Epigram of Pope Iulius pardons By craft Pope Iuly all the vvorld thou merchant dost intvvine Thou sellest heauen and yet no part therof by right is thine Sell me the thing thou hast great shame vvill els therof proceede VVhen thou dost sell the thinge vvhich thou thy selfe dost vvant and nede O saluage soyle vvhy bidst thou not an hundred giants fel To helpe Iuly to beate out Ioue that he the heauens may sell Fortill an other God get heauen and thunder from the skies Friend Iuly I le not bye of you such vveightie marchandise But after he had made many great slaughters he died Anno. 1513. 163. Leo the tenth LEo the tenth was a Florentine borne of the noble house of Medicea and called ere he were Pope Iohn Medices He being Deacon and Cardinal of saint Maries contrarie to all hope was chosen to succede Iulius He beinge diligētly from his youth trained vp in learning vnder learned schoolemaisters and especially one Angelus Politianus did afterward greatly fauour learned men When he was but .xiij. yeres olde he was made cardinall by Innocentius the .viii. and at the yeres of xxxviii he obtained the papacie This Leo was of his owne nature a gentil and quiet person but often times ruled by those that were cruell and contencious men whom he suffered to do in many matters according to their insolent will He addicting him selfe to nicenesse and takinge ease did pamper his fleshe in diuerse vanities and carnal pleasures At banqueting he delighted greatly in wine and musike but had no care of preaching the Gospell nay was rather a cruell persecutour of those that began then as Luther and other to reueale the light thereof for on a time when cardinall Bembus did moue a question out of the Gospell the Pope gaue him a very contemptuouse aunswere saiyng All ages can testifie enough howe profitable that fable of Christe hath ben to vs and our companie Sleidan saith he sente letters and hulles of pardons into all nations for suche as woulde giue money for them the