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A01507	A newyeares gifte dedicated to the Popes Holinesse, and all Catholikes addicted to the Sea of Rome: preferred the first day of Ianuarie, in the yeare of our Lorde God, after the course and computation of the Romanistes, one thousand, fiue hundreth, seauentie and nine, by B.G. citizen of London: in recompence of diuers singular and inestimable reliques, of late sent by the said Popes Holinesse into England, the true figures and representations whereof, are heereafter in their places dilated.	B. G. (Bernard Garter); Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559. Letter written by Cutbert Tunstall late Byshop of Duresme, and Iohn Stokesley somtime Byshop of London.; Stokesley, John, 1475?-1539.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.	1579 (1579)	STC 11629; ESTC S102867	65,066	113

auntiente house of Westmerlande and the deathe of the Earle of Northumberlande and manye other as Norton Markamvielde and others whyche haue steyned themselues with Treason and vndone their houses for euer There were also at that time many Bayliffes and Constables to the number of thrée hundred or vpwarde hanged whiche well deserued it in that they commaunded menne in the Quéenes name to goe to that Campe the Camp where the Rebels lay But Northerne men may say that euill is that camping where the Gallowes winnes the Goale These thyngs will not be forgotten in the North partes these hundreth yeares And therefore take héede Papistes and thinke that Northerne men will not Rebell for they haue payde for their learning You maye not vaunt as you were wont to doe saying you were sure that all the North would take your partes for if you make your reckning so you recken without your hoste for neyther Lordes nor Lurdeynes can rayse them withoute commaundemente from the Prince Therefore good Subiectes vouchsafe to reade this little Booke whereby you may learne to obey the Quéenes Highnesse truely and to detest the Popes fayned holynesse vtterly Thys little Booke or Letter was written in Anno 1537. and in the thirtith yeare of the Raigne of our late Soueraigne Lorde of famous memorie Kyng HENRYE the eyght at what time Reginalde Poole was made Cardinall for Cosma and Damian by Paule the third Bishop of Rome so as the Papistes can not mislike it for the noueltie for it carieth some antiquitie and was written aboue fortie yeares sithence Thus for my part I fare like hym whiche hathe founde a Purse or Capcace of another mans and then like a playne true dealing man maketh enquirie who is the owner of it Euen so doe I cause thys little Booke to bée newe Printed that the right owners may be knowen And sithence they be dead long agoe that the Quéenes good Subiectes maye haue it amongst them as the authoures meante it in their lyfe time And thus I ende praying God to endue hir Maiestie with perfecte health and all felicitie long and triumphantly to raigne and rule ouer vs and to turne the heartes of Papistes and to make them all good Subiects to the glorie of God and strength of the Realme Amen w. w. The Argument of the foresayde Booke or Letter commended vnto thee TH' aspiring mind causd Reynold Poole to swarue And to become a Traytor to the King Troth tryes it out and law and iustice bring Vnto his mates such death as they deserue He quakes for feare and through the Seas doth carue To Rome and there is by the holy Pope Made Cardnall and obteynes a larger scope With might and mayne Poole then the Pope doth serue And sayth the King may not be supreme head Two learned men which do lament his fall Send him this Booke that follie to forbid Yet he God wot regards it not at all But like an Asse doth for a Scarlet hatte Forsake his God his King and Countrey flatte B.G. B. G. To the Reader THou séest right gentle Reader in the fourtéene short lines last before written the argumente of the Booke or Letter whiche was written to Cardinall Poole which my right Worshipfull and approued good friend when he had perused and ioyed to sée and reade desired greately to perticipate his benefite vnto thée chiefly bycause the wéede whiche at that time choked the minds of the subiects of the triumphant King of immortal memorie Henry the eyght our late Soueraigne Lorde touching the Supremacie now eftsoones breaketh forth to the intollerable annoy of the déere and louing subiects of our most dread naturall and soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Quéene of Englande France and Irelande defendor of the faith and in earthe of the Church of England and Ireland next and immediately vnder Christ the sole and alonely supreme head the daughter and vndoubted heire of hir saide late father King Henry the eyght But what haue I said Supreme head in earth of the Church of England and Ireland next vnder Christ Yea forsooth what make you then of the Popes holynesse may be your demaund I aunswere that I make of the Bishop of Rome so farre forthe as he be a Christian and the seruaunt of God the like and as large accompt for his circuit though not with so great dutie bycause I am an Englishman and not of his Dioces as I make of any Bishop in Englande within his iurisdictiō vnder oure sayde Soueraigne Lady so long as the same Bishop of Rome kéepeth him within his compasse and acknowledgeth himselfe subiect to the King of that Territorie but so farre forth as he standeth harlot like vpon the type of hys worldly pompe I take him to be that Antechrist whiche Paule calleth the man of Sinne and child of perditiō You may further aske me howe if the Pope himselfe be King there I answere that how if with how if not for if Christ whose Uicar on earth the Pope claymeth to be sayth Iohn 18. My Kingdome is not of this world the Pope if he be not Antechrist can not haue kingdome in this world Me thinkes I sée the Papist smile in his sléeue for in déede he is a smooth faced fellowe at this my simple conuersion saying that I haue framed a goodly argument that is bycause the Kingdome of Christ is not of the world therefore the Popes holynesse may not be a King in Christendome as if it should be said bycause the Kingdome of HENRYE the eyght reached not ouer Europe therfore ELIZABETH his right heire may not be Quéene of England and Ireland Let me smile wyth him againe I pray you for I will yéelde him that Kingdome in Christendome which Christ did weare the earthlie Crowne of let him likewise yéelde to euery King royaltie in his owne Kingdome That I will yéelde it the Papist laugheth agayne and so must I to for in déede for me to yéeld to the Pope a terrestiall Crowne in earth and for the Pope to yéeld vnto me a celestiall Crowne in Heauen haue both like warrant and like follie and may be equally laughed at if damnable things include iest for I without treason to my Prince can not thinke the one nor he without Treason to Christ grant the other for Christ hathe reserued the Spirituall Supremacie of his vniuersall Churche vnto himselfe and the terrestiall gouernement of his people to earthly Princes vnder whome they are gouerned and tryed as golde in the furnace and happie is that lande and people whyche haue a godly Prince on earthe to beare the sway and haue Supremacie héere nexte vnder God and amongst the happyest we Englishmen most happie in our gracious Quéene ELIZABETH whose lyfe and Supreme gouernemente I beséeche the almighty Lorde long to continue ouer vs And the same God for hys Chrystes sake hathe bestowed that supremacie on oure Quéene within hyr owne Realmes whiche the Pope falsely chalengeth through all Christian Regions For there is no

toppe of one of the Towers a mightye stone vpon him But yet for all this the vnspeakeable malice of that sauage Tirant could not be restreyned for hée yet raysed against the said most godly Emperour the third Traytor whose name was Egbart a Marquesse and Cousin to the sayd Henry which Egbart was apprehended in a certayne Mill and by the Cesarians themselues miserably murthered Thus still the liuing Lord defended his seruant against the Pope that enuious Uicar of Sathan vnto whose pleasure his irremoueable mate Mathilda the Countesse called the Daughter of S. Peter all this while was whollie addicted and cléerely did forsake the Marquesse of Estensis hir husband whereby it came to passe as Lambertus Hirswaldensis writeth that al men mistrusted incest betwixt thē and the common fame was that Mathilda was the Popes aulter by stealth had vnlawful cōpany with him and yet notwithstanding this Pope did forbid honest wedlocke ●n Priests The Abbot of Vspergensis called Conradus de Bichtenaua in his Chronicle writeth thus muche more of the Pope It is manifest sayeth he that Heldebrand was not chosen Pope by God but by guile and golde intruded hymselfe into the Papacie for he ouerthrew all Ecclesiasticall Prelates disturbed the Kingdome of a Christian Emperour pretended the deathe of a peaceable Prince defended periured persons maynteyned malice raysed discord stirred vp contentions made diuorcements and vtterly abolished whatsoeuer séemed good amongst godly people This Pope oh notable hypocrite was the first Sathanical father whiche by excommunication depriued Ministers of theyr wiues and filled the world with all kinde of vicious loue in so much as that famous Citie whiche is spiritually called Apoc. 11. the Romane Church became afterwardes by his meane very Sodome and Aegipt by disordred Venus and wicked Idolatrie And maruellous Tragedies were made through Italy France Germany and England touching the sayd Pope whiche in this place were ouertedious to rehearse for this his ordinance was greatly misliked of by many learned men of that time in that there was in Germanie and France besides those which were in Englande and Italy aboue foure and twenty Bishops maried and so for the most part were all the Cleargie of their Dioces and they all stoutely defended their wedded estate These were the Popish actes of that diuelish monster He commaunded the Cleargie vnder payne of excommunication to take the vow of chastitie he forbad the Monkes to eate fleshe charged the Christiās to fast the Sabaoth he decréed offerings to be made in solemnization of Masses Liberius Arrianus as one Heretike loueth to preferre another was canonised and his feast as Benno sayth kept Holyday By hym were Priestes wedlocks alwayes renounced by his commandement tythes were payde to his sacrifices and vppon his controlment the King of Polonia lost his Crowne This Heldebrand condemned the opinion of that godly man Berengarius cōcerning the sacrament as it is said first practised the transubstantiation By his iudgement if a lay man possessed Tithes he committed sacriledge if he toke vpon him to giue benefices he was an Heretike and he that so receiued them of a lay man was giltie of Idolatrie And at length he made his leaden sworde so strong that by force therof he from thenceforth kept down the stéeled sceptre of the Empire These things and manye more like to them the Papistes at this day put in vre After long forbearance Henry the Emperour armed himselfe against the wicked practises of Heldebrand and in the yeare of our Lord God .1083 in the Synode at Brixis layd his lewde dealings to his charge worthyly put him from his Papacie and substituted another Bishoppe in his place whom he called Clement the third and sent his power to Rome whereby he expelled Heldebrande out of the Citie which done he led Clement into Sainte Peters Churche arrayed in his Bishops roabes there created him Pope and broughte the Citie to such penurie that they were constrayned to entreate for peace But Heldebrande whyche was foresaken and reiected of the Romaines fled to Salerna bycause he woulde not come in Caesars sighte whiche was done in the yeare of our Lorde 1086. where he ended in banishment miserably his tirāous life wherin he had slaine by sword famyne poyson and other kinds of death so great a number of men Howbeit the Papists make their boast that this minister of Sathan did many notable miracles after his death and after that as Sigebert witnesseth a certayne Prieste which died in Saxon had séene him tormented in Hel. Antonius and Vincentius doe both say that this Heldebrande in the houre of his death called vnto him a certaine Cardinal and did confesse that he had grieuously offended for that he by the Diuels enticemente hadde raysed vproares discorde hatred and open wars amongst men and he commāded this Cardinal to go vnto Henry to aske pardon of him for the offences whiche the sayde Heldebrande hadde committed against him A Comparison betwixt Christ and the Pope Those that wright against this Monster are Hugo Candidus Cardinall of Prenestyne Walramus Bishop of Niemburgh Venericus Bishop of Vercella Rolandus Priest of Permensis Sigebertus Gemblacensis and diuers other And Benno numbreth thirtene Cardinals which sharply did reproue him And I my selfe dare expresse against the saide Pope the fifth Chapter of Esay the Prophete who in the figure of Christe and his Uineyarde séeth and foretelleth the abhominations of Rome the sincke and puddle of all wickednesse of the which Chapter I will expresse thée some part the whole Chapter thou mayest reade when thou wilt for God be praysed the Quéenes Maiestie hathe layde that Booke of saluation open to all men to reade And these that follow are part of the sentences of that Chapter Viz. Therefore commeth my folke into captiuitie bycause they haue no vnderstanding Their glory is famished with hunger and their pryde is marred for thirst Therefore gapeth Hell and openeth hir mouth maruellous wide that their pride boasting and wealth with suche as reioyce therein may descend into it Thus hathe man a fall and is broughte lowe and the high looke of the proude shal be layde downe But the Lord of hostes shall be exalted in iudgemēt and God that is holy is praysed in righteousnesse Then shal the sheepe eate in order and the rich mans landes whiche were layde waste shal the straungers deuour Woe bee vnto them that drawe wickednesse vnto them with cordes of vanitie and sinne as it were with a Carterope ▪ Woe be vnto them that call euil good and good euill which make darkenesse light and light darkenesse that make sowre sweete and sweete sowre Wo vnto them that are wise in their owne conceite and thinke themselues to haue vnderstanding Woe bee vnto them that are strong to sup vp wine and expert men to set vp drunkennesse These giue sentence with the vngodlye for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the righteous Therefore like as fire licketh vp

to obey his Prince by the doctrine of Saint Peter in hys first Epistle saying Subiecti estote omni humanae creaturae propter Deum siue regi quasi praecellenti siue ducibus tanquam ab eo missis ad vindictam malefactorum laudem vero bonorum Be ye subiect to euery mans ordinaunce for the Lords sake whether to the king as to the chiefe whether to the dukes as sent of him to the punishment of the euill doers to the prayse of the good Againe Saint Paul. Omnis omnia potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit with other things before alleaged So that this his pretended vsurpation to be aboue all kings is directly againste the Scriptures giuen to the Churche by the Apostles whose doctrine whosoeuer ouerturneth can be neyther Caput nor Infimum membrum Ecclesiae Wherefore albeit ye haue héeretofore sticked to the said wrongfully vsurped power moued therto as ye write by your conscience yet sithens now ye sée further if ye list regard the méere truth and such auncient authours as you haue bene written to off in times past we would exhort you for the wealth of your soule to surrender into the Bishop of Romes handes your red hat by which he seduced you trusting to haue of you béeing come of a noble bloode an instrument to aduaunce his vayne glory wherof by the sayd hat he made you participant to allure you thereby the more to his purpose In which doing yée shall retourne to the truthe from which you haue erred doe your duetie to your souereigne Lord from whom ye haue declined and please thereby almightie God whose lawes ye haue transgressed And in not so doing ye shall remaine in errour offending both almightie God and your naturall souereigne Lorde whome chiefely ye ought to search to please Which thing for the good minde that we héeretofore haue borne you we pray almightie God of his infinite mercy that you do not Amen AT LONDON Imprinted by H. B. ¶ The maner and meanes of the Popes beginning Like as THe Iuie budde which from the beake of Iay Falles to the ground a thing of moment small By some kinde meanes at first is clad in clay Then taketh roote and after ginnes to scrall In groueling wise vpon the slipprie grounde And smoothly so with leaues and tenders softe Holdes on the course till some strong tree bee founde Through whose stoute helpe it may climbe vppe alofte Thereto it commes and at the lowest foote Takes holde of barke and body doth embrace And feeling then increase of sappe and root Doth still climbe vppe and windeth to the face Of that same tree and girds it in so faste As Iuie lyues but tree is killde at laste Euen so the Pope By warrant small or none at all to find In sacred writte in humble flattring wise At firste did seeke to please the hawtie minde Of Christian Kings by whome he sought t'arise And cleauing so vnto that mightie stay Lifte vppe himselfe into his stately throne And by degrees hath got the rule and sway Of al the world and subiect is to none Not so content doth counterchecke the Lord Whose Vicar sole on earth he claymes to be To Christian Kings no rule he will afforde For all is his and none must rule but he And so the prop whereby he got his strength He would confound and ouerthrow at length Euen like a Pope How proue you that Thus COnstantinus which the Monarchie did holde Of Christendome an Emperoure full good Gaue to the Pope who then might be controlde A sorte of lands which did exalt his bloude But warely yet preuenting Prelates pride Did call his gifte the patrimon of Church Till afterwardes the Papistes do decide That title and to giue the troth a lurche They by that sparke do kindle first their fire Whereby they claime dominion of the Weast And then likewise to place the Pope the higher They seeke which way to breed the Prince vnrest And Iuie like would wrap in homage bande The mightie Prince which gaue him first that lande In subtile wise For Steuchus writes in flattry of the Pope Gainst Valla that th'Emperour did giue To Rome the landes of all the Westerne scope And he himselfe euen whiles that Pope did liue Did graunt the Pope to be the greater state And therevpon is ordred by decree Rome to be chiefe and haue no earthly mate And that the Pope must rule and none but hee In matters of Religion forsooth Nor other King hee will not there vouchsafe Bicause his sacred sword eache wrong must smooth And thus both swordes you see the Pope will haue And Iuie like paste shame doth pull adowne Th' empire great that gaue to him renowne In wonted guise Once is no custome Then another touching the Charitie of the Pope ALexander the thirde of that same name Succeeded Adrian that was callde the fourth Whome Fredrike erst that Emperour of fame Lovde well and gaue him gifts of greatest worth But Wealth made Pride and Pride did cause the beast To swell in minde and beare himselfe so high As of the reste hee made the Emprour leaste And thought himselfe an ace aboue the skie Good Fredrike then repenting of his deede Thought good t' abase a beast that so coulde rage And thrust him out of Germany with speede The Prelates pride and peoples wrath t' asswage The Priest doth storme and sweares he will requite Th'Emprours acte with sword and cruell spight If he were Pope And Pope hee was and then immediatly The smothring heat thrust forth a frantike fire His cursed Buls against this Prince doe fly With roughest rage to quenche the Popes desire The Pope doth cause th' Italians to rebell And for to builde the Citie of great fame Of Alexandrîa bycause he would expell The Prince himselfe and tooke the Cities name Not so content at Venice afterwarde Th'Emprour is where Pope through passing pride Alonely not vilependes the Prince nor sparde In worde and deede from modestie to slide But caused him full humblie to kneele downe And with his foote stroke off the Royall Crowne VVhen he was Pope The vvorst is saide ¶ The liues of .ij. Popes vz. Alexander the second and Gregorie the seauenth THen hearken to the best which I wil wright plainely bycause the fewer exceptions shall be taken and also bycause in one Glasse thou maiste sée the liues of many Popes or at least the mischiefes which abound in manye of them And yet I wil but briefly touch the blacke vertues of one Pope to witte Gregorie the seauenth which before was called Hildebrandus by his nation an Hetruscan by his Countrey of Senensis by his sect a Monk of Cluniacensis But to shew him the playner I muste begin with his Predecessor Alexander the second whom the same Hildebrand did both electe and ouerthrow thereby to make himselfe Pope THis Alexander the seconde Pope of that name by his countrey a Millionese and Bishop of Lucensis was named before he came

to the Papacie Anselmus who by the wylie subtiltie of the saide Heldebrand the rather thereby to get the Papacie to hymselfe was in his absence from Rome chosē Pope there without eyther good wil or knowledge of the Emperour By reson whereof the Lumbards by consente of the Emperour being present himself at the assēblie at Basil did coūtremaūd the said Pope Alexāder with a new Pope whose name was Cadol Bishop of Pamensi● who with a gret army goeth to Rome and after he had fought a battel or two was with his army put to flight againe Then Henricus the Emperour to take away that Scisme sent thither with his aucthoritie Otho the Archbishop of Colyn who at his cōming to Rome did greatly trauell to auouch the right of the Emperour in the election of the Pope and greatly blamed Alexander for that without the Emperours consent he would be elected Then Heldebrand a man borne to the distruction of many the more puffed vp with pride through the late obtayned victorie interrupteth the Archbishops Oratiō sharply defendeth the Bishops déed alleaging that the election appertayned to the cleargie Otho peraduēture in that matter regarding more the Bishops than the Emperour easily yéeldeth requireth that a Synode might be assēbled at Mantua for the appeasing of this Scisme in the which Synode it was constituted by Alexander that no Masse ought to be hearde whiche was saide by any Priest that had a Concubyne which thing séemed very straunge for that thereby no man almost through the whole iurisdiction of the Pope was like to heare a Masse Then he willed that all Bishops Priests Decons which were maried should be depriued of their benefices Neuerthelesse he permitted that priests sons by the consent of the Bishops authoritie might take orders He decréed that the Pope should be elected alonely by the Cardinals did many other things in the behalfe of the Clergie and Monks He commaunded also that Alleluya should be omitted frō Septuagesima till Easter In these dayes Bishops were made more mightie than Princes and endeuored to commaunde and prescribe lawes vnto kings They wrung out Tythes with gret rigor And the Christian religion of their Uicars was this they made no scruple to set all nations togither by the eares so they themselues were thereby preferred to Bacchus and Venus Well vppon the sodaine as Cardinal Benno reuealeth this reporte of Alexāder brake forth that where Alexander sayeth he nowe at the laste doth vnderstande that he by the guyle and subtiltie of Heldebrande and of the Emperours enemies was elected and enthronized he hath euen nowe betwéene the times of the solemnization of the Masses vttered this spéeche vnto the people viz that he would not sit in the Apostolyke Seate without the licence of the Emperour and openlye vttered that he would write to the Emperour to that effect Which when the Brande of Hel Heldebrande I woulde saye vnderstoode he coulde scarcely withhold his handes till Masse was done but so soone as Masse was ended he raged with violent hands vpon Alexander and carried him to the Aulter to a by corner where before his Pontificalibus or Bishops roabes were fully from his backe he did bobbe and buffet him cruelly and taunted and checked the silly Pope bicause he had respect to the Emperour and sought his fauour And therfore the said Heldebrande presently decréed that frō the day forwarde the Pope should haue no better allowaunce than fiue shillings of the coyne of Lucensis And frō thenceforth Heldebrande himselfe receiued to his owne vse the whole reuenue of the Church of Rome poore Pope Alexander stil in prison and thereby gathered togither a masse of money innumerable And afterwardes in the yeare of our Lorde one thousand thréescore and fourtéene the silly miserable Pope Alexander yet remayning vnder the seruile yoke of Heldebrande in a certaine euening peraduenture not vnpoysoned gaue vp the ghoste The selfe same houre Heldebrand by the force of his souldiers without consent of Cleargie or people is enthronized in doubt least throughe delay some other might be elected To the election of which Pope not any one Cardinall subscribed To which election when the Abbot of Cassimensis came Heldebrande sayde vnto him ▪ my brother thou hast hastned to slowlye And the Abbot aunswered again And thou oh Heldebrande haste h●●d thée ouer hastily in that thou against the Canons hast vsurped the seate Apostolike before thy maister the Pope is buried But Heldebrande thus enthronized howe he liued in what sort he remoued the modest Cardinals whych should haue bin both stay and testimonie of his life and doctrine how miserably he perplexed them with how manye Heresies he infected the world with how muche periurie intollerable treasons he enriched himself a number of men coulde scarcely write But the innocent bloud of the christned lambes of Christe whiche by his bloudie meanes and tyrannous aucthoritie was shed crieth yet reuenge against him Thus much sayth Benno Nowe sir this courteous Gentleman is nowe Pope and called Gregorie the seauenth howbeit a Sorcerer Inchaunter and diuelish Iuggler stil by which meanes and by his wonderful tiranny he obtayned his Apostolike seat The maner of his créeping vp to that dignitie was thus He at first left his Monasterie came to Rome and there crept into the speciall fauor of Laurentius the wicked Cardinall of whome he diligently learned Witchcaft and Necromancie whiche Sorceries the same Laurence in hys youth sucked amongst others out of that Sathanical monster Pope Siluester the seconde of that name There was singular friendshipppe betwéene this Laurentius Theophilactus Iohannes Gratianus and Heldebrande and they were chiefe Prelates or Cardinalles of the Romishe Sinagog throughe whose helpe Heldebrand being very subtile brought euery thing to passe euen as pleased hym and specially when the same Theophilactus was Pope who was called Benedictus the ninth in whose time the saide Heldebrand renued againe euery mischiefe which in anye former Popes time had bin practised He had one especiall Sathanicall elusion for when he li●ted as Benno doeth witnesse to shake his gowne sléeue he woulde make sparcles of fire to flye out thereat by whiche diuelishe miracle he so blinded the eyes of the simple people as they déemed it a speciall token of singular holinesse And bycause sayth he the Diuell coulde not persecute Christ openly amongst the Pagans he craftily subuerted his name in a false Monk vnder colour of Religion Good Authours write that this Heldebrand by the helpe of Gerardus Brazantus poysoned sixe or eight Bishops therby to haue the more plain passage to the Papacie yet amiddes all these mischiefes thys well-disposed Prelate carryeth hys craft so cunningly as it was not once suspected that Heldebrande desired to be Pope For before he had the name of a Pope he only for the most part was y Popes instrument by wicked inuentiōs to deuise by little and little those mischiefes which in his owne Papacie

iudgement to suche Regicides The matter misfortune at first was strāge to the beholders but whē the Romanes vnderstode this enterprise the wickednes therof they fastned a cord to one of the legs of the brused dismēbred trayterous body caused the same carcasse to be drawen through the high stréetes of the Citie thrée dayes togither to the terrible example of all others Yet neuerthelesse the Emperour of his accustomed clemēcy cōmanded that the dead body should be buried Againe the same Benno thus writeth that one Iohn Bishop of Portua a man to whome Heldebrand was accustomed aboue all other to reueale the secrete cogitations of his hearte béeyng in the Pulpitte in Saincte Peters Churche in disburthening of his conscience as it were reuealed diuers horrible things before a great audience and amongst the rest this for one There was sayd he so detestable a thing by vs and Heldebrand committed as for the doing thereof we were all worthy to be buryed quicke And thus it was Heldebrand thirsting the death of the Emperour Paganlike sought diuine answere in forme of Oracle at the Sacrament of the body of our Lorde Iesus touching the death of the Emperour as the Pagans were wont to do of their Idols and bycause the Sacrament answered not he fell in a rage and in the same this rage dyd throwe it into the fire notwithstanding that the Cardinals whiche were present resisted to their vttermost in forbidding him the fact and therevpon immediately without lawfull accusation canonicall assemblie or order in iudgement he excommunicated the Emperoure notwythstanding that he was ouerobedient to that Pope and seuered the Princes of his Kingdome from him and by priuie conspiracies wroughte by sundrie secrete Traytours sought the death of the good Emperoure but God maugre the Pope alwayes defended him Oh monstrous strange Treason procéeding from the Sanctuarie yea and from him that will haue the name of high Prieste and séeme to gouerne the Church and direct the elder Iudges whatsoeuer And further the same Heldebrād by terrour threatnings commanded that none should be so hardy to defende the Emperoures cause nor in any wise to beare fauour or good will towards him wresting the Scriptures violently to corrobrate his falsehoode But so soone as this Deuill incarnate did arise out of his Iudiciall seate wherein he had excommunicated the Emperoure the same his throne which lately before was new built of most stoute strong timber suddaynely by the Prouidence of God was terribly shiuered in many places by the which each man conceyued and euidently did sée howe that wicked decrée of lawes had by the same his presumptuous excommunication sowed most terrible Scismes in the Church of Christe But when he sawe that his deceytefull deuise toke no successe he beganne to vse open violence and hostilitie against Caesar and the Emperour being thus excommunicated the Pope absolueth all men from their oth of fidelitie as they tearme it and sente the Crowne of the Empire to Ralph Duke of Swethland with this barbarous verse engrauen in the same Petra dedit Petro Petrus Diadema Radulpho whyche may be thus Englished Christ gaue to Peter the Diademe and Peter giues it Ralph By reason whereof Henry was sore troubled in his minde and layde aside his royall ornamentes then he accompanyed wyth his wife his yong sonne in a cruel sharp Winter trauelled woolward by dangerous passages towards Rome humbly to craue pardon at the Popes hand where he stoode at the Citie gate withoute meate or drinke from morning to night a pitifull spectacle both to Angels and men bearing the opprobrious scoffes of Heldebrand his Harlots and his Monkes with most lamentable affliction thrée dayes togither and yet his sute was no greater thā to be brought to the spéech of the Pope but he mighte not be suffered once to enter into the gates At the third dayes end the Emperour making his petition somewhat more earnestly obteyned a spightefull answere which was that the Pope that detestable Antechrist had not yet any leysure to talke with him Henry yet taking all things paciently gaue his diligent attendance without the gates suffering in the suburbes many discommodities for the Winter was sharper than accustomably it is want to be and euery thing almost frosen entreating for pardon and at length that is to say vpon the fourth day at the earnest request of Mathilda a Countesse whiche as the story sayth the Pope loued very wel and of the Abbot Monkes of Cluniacensis and of Adellaus the Earle of Sabaudia the Emperour had accesse to the Popes holynesse of whome he humblie desired pardon and into whose handes he offered his Crowne howbeit the Pope would neither pardon him nor absolue him from excommunication vnlesse he woulde first auow to make satisfaction in the Synod for his offence which was none at all according to the Popes decrée and performe other vnlawfull and vnreasonable conditions To all whiche vnreasonable requestes of the Pope Henry yéelded and promised to performe and yet coulde not be restored to his Kingdome But héerein somewhat differeth Sleydan for he in the third Boke of Monarchies sayeth that Caesar Henry was again in fauor with Heldebrād but the Péeres of Italy were mightily offended that the Emperoure with so great dishonor shame had yéelded himself to him which inuaded the Papacie by diuelish coniurations defiled all things with bloudshead adulterie The Pope and Cardinals did not a little swell in pride in this respect that they had brought Henry the Emperor vnder their yoke thervpon toke encouragemēt to attempt greater matters But Henry assuring himself in the strength spirit of God reuenged these things presently by force of Armes after lōg conflict subdued Rodulphus in the field whose right hand was cut off in that battell wherevpon Rodulphus cōmanded that all the Bishops authors of this conspiracy shuld be brought before him in whose presence he caused the same his dismembred right hand to be layd before him thervpō vttered these words I confesse saith he that I am wel and rightly dealt withall for this is the hand with the which I gaue my faith troth and loyaltie to my soueraigne Lorde Henry but by youre instigation I haue oftentimes vnluckilie waged warre against him and violated my faith therefore haue receyued this iust reward of my periurie I appeale therefore to youre consciences whether you haue ledde me the right way or no let me therefore be example vnto you returne you againe to your King perfourme your former faith and I my selfe will goe to my fathers and at that instante Rodulphus departed this life after whose death they by the Popes cōmandement created another Emperoure whose name was Hermannus Saxo Earle of Lacelburge whiche seconde Emperour also by the ordinance of God no doubte was in beséeging a certayne Castell in Germany slayne by the hand of a woman whych tumbled from the

but such as were commaunded by the generall counsell For aye the more precepts sayde he be giuen the more transgressors be founde Anno. 1271. Thus in what estimation the Scottes this long agoe held the Pope and his Legates this short Oration sufficiently sheweth And nowe of Englande IN the .xxix. yeare of the raigne of King Edwarde the first in a certaine declaration made against Pope Boniface the eyght by a singular learned man these words amōgst other were vttered I propounde also saith he that the said Boniface is wrapt in infinite manifest heynous sinnes his mouth is full of cursing his féete and steppes are swifte to shedde bloud he vtterly teareth in péeces the Churches which he ought to cherish wasting wickedlie the goodes of the poore and making much of wicked men that giue hym rewards persecuting the righteous and among the people not gathering but scattering bringing in new sectes of destruction that haue not bin heard of blaspheming the way of truth and by robberie thinking himselfe equall to the Lorde Iesus Christe which is blessed for euer And beyng most couetous thirsteth for golde coueteth golde and by some deuise getteth golde of euery people and vtterly not regarding the worshipping of God with feyned wordes sometime by flattering sometimes by threatning sometimes by false teaching and all to get money withall hée maketh merchandise of vs all enuying all things but hys owne louing no man nourishing warre persecuting and hating the peace of his Subiectes He is rooted in all vnspeakeable sinnes a contrarie and strife againste all the wayes and doctrines of the lord He is truly the abhomination of the people whiche Daniell the Lords Prophete described Therefore I answere that lawes weapons and all the Elements ought to arise againste him whiche thus ouerthroweth the state of the Churche for whose sinnes God plagueth the whole worlde And finallye nothing remayneth to him being so vnsatiable to satisfie him withall but onely the vnsatiable mouth of Hell and the fire whiche cannot be quenched continuing for euer And thus gentle Reader saying as Pasquillus sayd Roma vale vidi satis est vidisse reuertar Quum leno aut meretrix scurra cinoedus ero Which may be thus Englished Oh Rome farewell the sights I see suffize I le backe again But whē I wil be baud or whore or scolde thine am I then I take my leaue of thée and of all these auntient matters and pray thée to holde the same opinion of Rome whiche Fryer Mantuan a Poet of later time helde and properly vttered in these two verses following viz. Si quid Roma dabit nugas dabit accipit aurum Verba dat Heu Romae nunc sola pecunia regnat In English thus If Rome yeeld aught they are but toyes she taketh glistring golde For words alas Rome nowe by coyne hir royall raigne doth hold And amongst those gifts of Rome I will for thy farewell yéeld thée one more of the Popes benefits which perchance may pleasure thée if thou neuer vse it It is forsooth a medicine to staunch bloud by words And I wil tell thée howe thou shalt come best cheap by it but first to the wordes whiche are these L●ngius miles perforauit Lancea ✚ latus Christi continuo ✚ exiuit sanguu redemptionis ✚ et aqua baptismatis ✚ In nomine Domini cessat sanguu iste ✚ In nomine spiritus sancti amen ✚ and after say S. Ihons Gospell In principis erat verbum verbum erat apud Deum Deus erat verbum c and this wil suffize so thou do it in order wherein I wil tel thée thy readiest beste cheape waye bycause I sée thou arte affected Turne backe againe to the place in this booke where the Popes wares are desciphered and vnder the number of 10. thou shalte finde an Agnus Dei which is hollow that must be bought get it as good cheape as thou canst for I wil haue nothing for my counsell then muste thou gette written in fine parchment or paper by the hande of some deuout religious man the Gospell of S. Iohn and the charme aforesaide but take héede that he be well contented for his labour or else it auaileth not This writing muste he put into the Agnus Dei and close it vp againe and weare it about thy ne●ke by a string of purple or crymson silke and so soone as thy nose bléedeth clap it to the Gospell and then if it bléede trust me no more Vale. Conclusio We see the bird ful braue abroad and free from euery ill Is brought to baine through Fowlers fraude by sweete ●●co●ding quill The hony harlots sugred speach so snares the minde of man As wisest wits in wantons webbe is tangled nowe and than Bur beaten fishe can safely swimme and by a piercing looke Foresee the fraud of fishers ●rie and shunne both bayte hooke So he that stirs his beaten ba●ke by compasse carde and skill At laste obtaines his wished porte holds himself harmlesse stil. No fish nor fowle by craft nor skill nor youth by female fraudes Haue bin deceivde as al the world hath bin by Romish gaudes An apple or an egge may call a child to Butchers boule The Pope by baggage beads and buls hath bittē many a soule His blyssyngs e●st haue made vs blyth who hath not feard his curse His buzzing bees haue bleard our eies whiles falshod fild their purse What Diuel bewitched worldly wits that none estate could scape But gaue their goodes as if it were for mowing of an Ape Nay worse for happy had we bin if none but coine were lost We left our God and folowed Baal bought the Diuel with cost Shake off therefore this costly course and bea●en nowe beware Of fisher fouler foxe or Diuell the Pope hath craftiest snare Foresee therefore in time his Cha●ibdes and his Scill The compasse of the worde of God auoydes the daungers still And brings thy beaten barke from storms to port in perf●●e test Where through the bloud of Iesus Christ his saincts for aye arc blest To which when that our noble Q. hath livde the age of No● And beaten quite conquered Baal God sēd hi● soule with ioy And graunt eche subiect still to see that vnder Chris●i● earth For England is no supreame head but Queene Elizab●th ●end loyaltie and loue in al confound hir foes and ●●en ●hall Babilon be ouerthrowen which● gra●●● oh god Amen FINIS B.G. Alia Conclusio THe wādring wight that succour seekes in dāgers deep distresse As Hecuba when greedy Greekes did ransackt Troy possesse Is fayne to try such foraigne friends as league of former loue Yeeldes cause to trust but fortune lends to glad spoiles to proue For in the end yong Polidore King Priams sonne was slayne By fathers friende wo worth therefore the loue that lokes for gayne Then England seeke thy Prince t' obey and aske no foraigne ayde Shake off in time the shauelings sway whome truth hath nowe bewrayd The Qu. by