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A05310 The abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia, Germania, Italia, and Gallia, compyled by Joh[a]n le maire de belges, most excellent hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the. xii. of late french kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng Lowys. Ann d[omi]ni. 1519. Translated by Joh[an] gowgh the prynter herof, by the kynges gracyous priuilege, for. vii. yeres ensewynge, dwellynge in Lumbarstrete agaynst the stockys market.; Traicté intitulé de la difference des schismes et des concilles de l'eglise. English Lemaire de Belges, Jean, b. 1473.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556. 1539 (1539) STC 15453; ESTC S104745 44,904 146

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insomoch that after hym folowed his wyffe with gret nōbre of people And w t them conradus kynge of romaynes Alfonce kyng of Spayne Rycharde the fyrste of England with great nombre of knyghtes and barons whiche was the seconde passage vnyuersall y ● crystendome made to the holy Lande of Ierusalem ¶ And as Platyne sayth this Eugenius and saynt Bernarde was the cheyf setters forth in this counceyl for this armye And so returned to rome quyetly ¶ Of the thyrd councell holdē in Ouernya of two other councelles one at Towers another at Dygyon THus the .xx. sysme of y ● churche was agaynst bisshop Alysaunder the thyrde of that name borne at Senys the yere of our Lorde M.lxxx and this sysme dyuysion endured in the churche .xvii. yeres agaynst .iiii. Antypapes that then rayned were suffered by y ● emperoure frederyke called Barbarouse and so this Alyxsaūder fled out of Rome for socoure vnto kynge Phillype augustus who then assembled a coūceyll in Cleremonde in Ouernya agaynst the forsayd Frederyke for mayntenynge of victor Antypape by the which varyaunce and dyuysyon in crystendome in this meane season Ierusalem was wonne by y e soul dan Saladyne which was neuer yet recouered to this day this was the yere of Chryste .1184 and so this emperour Frederyk wolde fayne a brought to passe a vnyte concorde wold haue had this co●●ceyl at Dygyon ī Burgony where they shulde amet with kynge Phyllype and the kynge of Boheme and kynge of Scottes and shuld haue had the said antypape Uictor whiche he brought all to passe byforce of armes or els not ¶ But yet this Alexsaunder bysshup of Rome wolde not consent to come there for he had that place in susspecke and so gadered a nother counceyll at Towers and thus y ● emperour Frederyk in spyte and displeasur returned in to Almayne and sent Uictor his antypape in to ●talye thus was al thyngꝭ in more pertur bacyon vnquyetnesse thē it was afore thus al cristen people may se what myschefe vengeaunce hath ben through y ● obstynacy of wycked bisshops of Rome ouer all crystendome euer wyll be vntyll the hande of God put remedy ¶ Of two coūceylles in fraunce holden in Parys in Phyllyps tyme and of the disi●e of Salandyne IN the tyme of this phyllip august came Enbassatoures quene Isabel from the kynge of Ierusalem which came for socour for the cristen prysoners y ● Saladyne soldā had in captyuite wherupon was gadered a coūseyll at Parys to no purpose but for the socour of crysten mē for the kyng Phillyp had as then great warre agaynst Hew duke of Burgone and other ¶ And thus this sayd Phillyp sent enbassatours to kynge Rycharde curedelyon desyring hym of ayed in this cause to the whiche he graunted w t good wyll so shortly after he assembled a great armye on both partys of Fraunce and England and went on a croose agaynst the ennemys of cristendome but the forsayd kīg Richard could not obtayne his purpose for he was slaine afore a Castel or he came to Ierusalem and notwithstandynge his sone toke that Iourney on hym for the mayntenaunce of this was payed al the hole rentes of the churches and monestaryes in Fraunce whiche was called y ● subsedy of Salandyne and after this forsayd company folowed Frederyke emperour w t a great puyssaūce which was called y ● thyrde generall viage in to the holy lande ¶ Of another coūceyl holden in Fraūce by a Legat of the bysshop of Rome agaynst kyng phillype augustus THus another coūceyll was holden agaynste Pyyllype after his retorne by y ● legat of Innocēt y ● thyrde of that name there was y ● kynge Pyllype enterdyted and all the Realme for forsakyng of the Quene which was the bysshops kynswoman and herupon the Kynge armyd hym raysed a great armye he exyled all the bysshops that consented to the curse and put them in Pryson and frome theyr benefyces c. ¶ Of the counceyll holden at Parys agaynst the albygens IN y ● tyme of Lowys father to saynt Lowys then Gregory the .ix. rayned Anno. Dn̄i .1226 then came in to Fraūce a legat from the Bysshop whiche legat was named Romanus there was gadred a coūceyll they concluded to warre vpon the herytykes Albygoys whiche was in y ● coū●re of Auynion in Prouaūce Languedock whiche were repleat with great vyllany and herysyes and so the Kynge went vpon these countryes subdued them and in retournyng home he dyed ¶ Of the fyrst coūceyl holden at Lyons in the tyme of saynt Lowys kynge and of Innocent bysshop of Rome the .4 of y t name borne in Genys THe which bisshop came into Fraūce for soco●r for case that the Emperour Frederyk persecuted hym Anno Dn̄i .1246 and y ● Emperour was syted to appere at this counceyll and came w t a great company and at turayne he retourned home agayne for his ennemies were entred into his countrye ¶ This debat contynued long tyme the space and tyme of thre bysshops of Rome successyuely y ● was Honorius the .3 the other Gregorye Innocent afore wryten and thus thorow y ● cruell obstynacy of these bysshops there arose great mischeffe dissencion through al cristendome so therby was engendred great war in al crystendom in the which tyme of warres was lost Constantinople so at this coūceyl was nothyng concluded through the great ruyne that fell in crystendome by these forsayd bysshops of Rome one after a nother ¶ Of the seconde counceyl of Lions in the tyme of Gregory the tenth and in y ● tyme of kynge Phyllyp sone to saynt Lowys THe yere of grace .1232 rained kyng Phillip sone to saint Lowys who assembled a nother counceyll at Lyons wherunto came Gregorye bysshop the tenth borne in Plesaunce this Kynge Phyllyp was the fyrst y ● gaue y ● bisshop a garde of men of armys also he gaue hym .3 stronge Places for his sauegard about Lyon and to this counceyll came themperour Michel paleolog of Constantinople for the Reformacion of the greke church which had fallen the .xiii. tyme in to Ruyne and yet wolde not be reformed ¶ Of another coūcell holden at Parys in the tyme of kyng Phillyp the fayre agaynst y ● bysshop bonyface the eyght whiche vsed great tyranny agaynst y ● Clerge PHyllyp the fayre a prudent vertuous kyng began to raygne .1286 in his tyme possessed the see of Rome Boniface the .viii. successoure of Celestyne the .v. which was a wyse and a vertuous man the which Bonyface craftely deceyued this bonyface was of the nature facyon of the Italyans as arrogaunte and fyerse which nothynge considering the beneficial giftes y t his predecessours had receyued in Fraūce as ye shall here more at large ¶ This sayd Bonyface the .8 sent as strayte a cōmaundement vnto the kyng of Fraūce by an enbassade a fyerse bysshop howe that
assēbled aboue .300 prelates of dyuerse coūtres through all crystendom this coūceyl was partly gadered at kyng Phillips req̄st to reproue y e forsayd boniface an herytyke a sismatyke whiche was his cruell ennemy to disanul his actes and decrees howbeit it came not to pas though clement bysshop promysed hym the coūceyll wold not consent therunto yet notwithstādyng it was iudged sayd and declared that his actes and decrees against y ● Kynge were nowght vniust and of no valoure ¶ Also at this coūceyll was vtterly destroyed all the rules wrytynges of the Templers and brent them and all theyr possessyons gyuen vnto y ● order of saynt Iohn̄s in Ierusalem the which we call the knyghtes of the Rodes ¶ Also at this coūceyll the gray Fryers were at great dyuysyon within them selues for y ● which was decred many actes and decrees in y ● canon boke called Clementynys compyled by this sayd Clement bysshop of Rome also at this coūceyll was great counceyll for to recouer the holy Lande but it nothyng auayled also some hystoryans holde opynyon y t this bysshop Clement kepte two other coūceyls in Fraunce to destroye the herysyes that were in valdoyes and pyemont and sauoye this fynyshed y ● great counseyll of Uyenne ¶ Of a counceyll holden at Auynyon AT the tyme of the .xxi. sysme ye shal here more largly of in y ● later end of this boke and so this coūceyll of Auynyon began by Iohan bisshop of Rome the .xxii. of y ● name a graye Fryer in whose tyme arose an Antypape by y ● mayntenaunce of themperour Lowys of Bauaria the whiche antypape helde a counceyll in Italye where as he declared y ● sayd Iohn̄ .xxii. of that name to be an herityke and this sayd Antypape and his company helde opynyon y ● Chryst his discyples were pore and y t they had nothyng pryue nor comon the which was proued the countrary in this counceyll of Auynyon ¶ Of two coūceyllys holden in Fraūce at Parys in y ● tyme of kynge Charles the syxth forcause of a great dyssencyon that was in the church in the two and twenty sysme SOme men wyll thynke that kynge Phyllyp la bell dyd for a polecy cause Clement to moue the see appostolyke from Rome so to be kept at Auynyo● but al thynges pondered it tourned his country to moche trouble ruyne and grefe as longe as it was there-holden the space of .lxxiiii. yeres for as sone as the see appostolike was moued to Auynyo● by Clement then succedyd Iohn̄ the .22 of that name Anno .1327 of our Lorde in his tyme rayned Lowys de Bauaria Frederyk duke of oystryche which had great warre together by this meane also kynge Phyllyp de valoys father of kyng Iohn̄ y ● was prysoner in Englād through y ● cause y ● .xxi. sisme of y ● which ye shal here more of in y ● last part of this boke thrugh this forsaid cause arose also an Antipape ī Italye named Nycolas y ● thyrd which was supported by the emperoure Lowys de Bauarya ¶ Also yet further incōuenyenses arose by this meane y t this sayd Bisshop preached and supported dyuerse visions fātasyes and dremyes of contemplacyon whiche was of lytle fayth y e whiche dyuerse doctoures in dyuyne withstode proued the contrarye yet furthermore this sayd bysshop oppressyd y ● realme of Fraunce w t imposycyons donacyons and decimis subsides expectatyues with other inuencyons such as y ● court of Rome could well cōtryue in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice but they were polled and pylled by cardynalles curtysians vnder thē of auynyō through y ● whiche pyllage abhomynable liuynge it was generally called the whore of babylon for theyr great pyllage ryches pomp pryde in somoch they had the halfe of al the benefyces in Fraūce and this abhomynacyon was sore resysted by the vnyuersyte of Parys ¶ After this shamful ruyngne y ● sete appostolyke was remoued to rome agayn Anno Dn̄i .1376 in y ● tyme of Gregorye the eleuenth borne in Lymogys and he was not longe without great preiudyce and flaunder by the .xx. sisme moued by Urbane the .vi. Neopolitane borne whiche Urbane caused .v. Cardynallys of Fraunce to be drowned and in this season was two bysshops in crystendome the one in Rome and y ● other in Auynyon in somoch that people were so a mased troubled that they colde not iudge nor knowe which of them was in y ● iust and in ryght auctoryte and this sysme endured .40 yeres which was more troblous and daungerous then any y ● euer befel afortyme thus befel euyll vpon eyull so the Bohemis became as y ● tyme requyred farre from the faythe vtterly denyed and disspysed the Romayns ¶ Thus was all crystendome vexed troubled with these two bysshops whiche contynued many yeres successyuely from bysshop to bysshop after the dethe of Urban y ● which held his see at Rome after whome succeded Innocent the .7 and after hym succedyd Augelus a Uenecyan whom was named Bonefacius the .ix. and thus after Clement .vi. y ● dyed in Auygnyon succedyd Benedictus .xiii. whose errours were worse thē were afore for this Benedictus was very obstynat ¶ By this occasyon was Charles sore moued and vnquyeted through these sysmes sent noble enbassatours vnto Auynyon to y ● bysshop which was onely for the concorde vnyte of cristes Church but it lytel auayled for they retourned without aunswer ¶ That seynge the kynge assembled at Parys a great counceyll of all his prynces and barons w t the prelates the best learned mē of his realme where as they cōsulted togyder y t both bisshops shulde be deposed wherupon the duke of bauarye and y ● duke of Burgone went to the by●shop at Auynyon to discus this message with a noble power and when the bysshop vnderstode what was theyr comynge and wherfore for feare to consēt fled away secreatly out of Auynyon left them alone without farewel or leue taken retourned in to his natyue coūtrye wherof these dukes were abasshed and so retourned to Parys agayne pensiue where y ● Kyng lay after this they helde another coūceyl in the same Cytie in the tyme of charles y ● .vi. for this vnyon of the church to y ● which this bisshop y ● fled wold not cōsēt nor be cōfyrmable ¶ Of other two coūcellys in Fraūce the one at lyons y ● other at burges by the cōmaūdement of charles y ● .vii. al to abolyshe this sayd sysme AFter the great coūceyl of cōstaunce whiche was assembled in Almayne by the aduyse of sygisemundus with the assystaunce of .v. pryncypall crysten nacyons that is to wet germany Fraunce Englande Spayne Italye for to extyrpe these sismes in the church and to depose thre bysshops sysmatykes y t was Gregorye the .xii. Alexaūder the fyfth Iohn̄
was a venecyan borne as Platina historial wryteth of his lyfe which propryete is very straūge among meke good bisshops for in his warres he syted the Dolphyne of Fraunce whiche afterwarde was lowys the eleuenth kynge of Fraunce of that name that he shulde come w t a great company of men of armys to rayse and trouble the counceyl of Basyle agaynst Felix his aduersary y ● was chosen by the sayd counceyll whose name was Ame duke of Sauoy somtyme an holye heremyte and thus shortly to conclude this .xxiii. sysme that which was bytwene Felix eugenie whiche contynued .xvi. yeres tyll the deth of of eugenius whome succeded N●colas the .v. borne in the towne of sarasanne in y ● lordshyp of luke sone to a physytien who was chosē Anno .1447 and at this tyme the church was in diuysion in thre partyes for the one alowed Eugenius and the other Felix and some neyther of both and were not content with the one nor with the other and inconclusyon it was determyned by themperour Fredericus the .iii. that felix of sauoy shulde be constrayned to gyue his dignyte profyte to the sayd Nicolas and this felyx was content to be come Cardynall and Lega● appostolyke ouer al countryes to se peace and vnyte vnyuersall and thus endeth the .xxiii. sysme and yet notwithstandynge al decrees and actes whiche the sayd Felix dyd in his papalyte was confyrmed to be good so dyed in good estymacyon and holynesse c. ¶ Of the .xxiiii. sysme which contyneweth to this day as we haue had and haue experyence of ANd so brefly to procede and conclude the .xxiiii. sysme began in calixtus dayes wherof I make no mencyon bycause myne auctoure leueth there at the xxiii ●●sme as he then hauynge no delyte nor pleasure to wryte therof bycause the abuses and abhomynable vyces enormytes be to tedius to wryt specyally of the arrogaūt abhomynacyons sysm●s bataylles blode sheddes luxury symony buggerys treasons poysons with in numerable vyces to moch abhorryng all Cyuyll lyuynge and vrbanyte what shal I say there is so many now lyu●ng that which haue experyence of the ly●e actes of some of these antecristyans bisshops of Rome folowynge specyal●y Iulius the seconde that I can wryt no more of pope holy lyuynge ypocrytall deceyt and dissymylacyon and extorsi●n and so to procede ¶ After Nycolas rayned Calixtus the thyrde who rayned .iii. yeres Anno dn̄i .1455 then rayned in england Henry the syxth crowned in Fraunce ¶ After hym rayned Pius the seconde Anno dn̄i .1458 in Henry the .vi. tyme. ¶ After Pius rayned Paulus the seconde who rayned .vii. yeres Anno dn̄i .1464 in whose tyme rained in Fraunce Lowys the eleuenth afore wrytten and kyng Edward the fourth in Englande ¶ After Pius rayned sixtus the fourth thurtyne yeres then rayned Edward y ● fourth in Englande Anno dn̄i .1471 ¶ After Pius rayned Innocentius the eyght who rayned .viii. yeres Anno dn̄i 1435. then rayned Rychard the thyrde in Englande ī whose tyme was great waters in Rome great famyne through al out eutopa great pestelēce folowed ¶ After Innocentius Alexander the .vi who rayned .xii. yeres Anno dn̄i ●492 Then rayned kynge henry the .vii. of Englande ¶ After Alexander rayned Pius the iii.xxx dayes and Iulius the seconde succeded hym whiche was a great warryar and ī al his tyme was no peace through all crystendome but through his malycyous mynde was all Crystendome in warre batayl and stryffe w t shedynge of Crysten mennes blode to pytefull and lyued an excecrable lyfe both afore god man he rayned .x. yeres Anno dn̄i 1543. then rayned kyng Henry y ● seuēth ¶ After this Iulius rayned Leo the .x. he rayned .ix. yeres Anno dn̄i .1513 in the v. yere of kynge henry the .viii. in his tyme began Luter to wryt Anno 1517. ¶ After leo rayned Adrianꝰ de traiecto who rayned one yere and .1522 the .xiiii. yere of kynge Henry the eyght ¶ And after hym rayned Clemēt the .7 Anno M. ccccc.xxii who rayned .xiii. yeres in the tyme of kynge Henry the .viii. ¶ And after hym Paulus y ● thyrde Anno M. ccccc.xxxv this Paulus was the .cc.xxi. bysshop of Rome in whose tyme now largly appereth the .xxiiii. sysme which longe hath endured and yet more largely shall appere to the hye honor of God and to the great tranquilite of all crysten regyons for the which let vs all gyue laudes and prayer to god that antechryst may be knowen apparently in his owne nature and kynde in the ●yes hartes of all crysten people and that he may be vtterly confounded with all his assystence and adherentes tradycyons sectes thus fynysheth this lytell abbreuyatyon foloweth the conclusyon of the auctor ¶ Here foloweth the cōclusyon of this boke IT is to be vnderstonde that thynges concernynge prophesyes and thynges to come we haue no certayne determynatyons nor yet iust iudgementes of as cōcernynge the veryte and trewth yet it is wryten y ● the world accordynge to scryptures shall fynysshe by fyre elymentall Also it is wrytten in scripture as the appocalypsis wytnesseth that afore that tyme Antechryst shall apere afore al people and shall be knowen after the antechryst openly knowen shall the great and horryble sysme appere the twenty four y t which so lōge hath ben hyddyn afore the people for the whiche crystyen kynges and prynces shal be in enforsed and constrayned to set to theyr power to resyst to s●t reformacyon in the church catholyke vnyuersall as it hath ben reuelated by inspyracyons reuelacyons dyuyne as appereth by the appostles prophetes sybylles sayntes auncyent astronomyers metamatisians whose inspyracions hath set furth a great part of the cōmynge of such lyke thynges ¶ Yet notwithstandyng al such prophesyes and pronostycations as hath ben wryten yet remayneth storyes and wrytynges of dyuerse and of many other holy persons dyuyne which had reuelacyons as these auctours folowynge boccase saynt vincent de valentia abbat Ioachym of calabre raymundus lulliꝰ reuelacyons of saynt Brigit besyde certayne pagans which I make no mention of yet notwithstandynge I wolde y e no person shulde obstynatly stande fa●te in ony lyke proph●syes and sayenges as an ar●icle of scripture nor to gyue fayth there vnto none otherwyse then the catholyke churche wyll it admit and so a● all such sentēsyes wryten and set forthe in la●yne to the intent y ● all people may perceyue of whense they be of whome and so foloweth now the hole substaūce of all thynges that is afore wryten penned and declared by the most noble oratour mayster Alayn charter whiche wrytcth this sentensyes worde ●or worde in the end of his boke called L●xil wherof I do translate but a parte which is expedyent and serueth for this tyme. ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ❧ ❧ ¶ In olde tymes past was decreed in y e latyne church now called Rome as concernyng
through sprange .xxiii. great sysmes in contynuaunce ī crystes church through these possessyons temporall abused ¶ Of constancius father of constantyne COnstantyne was sone to the doughter of claude Emperour the seconde of his name and the said Constancius maryed Helene quene of Englande herefor to the Crowne of Englande by whom was conceyued and borne constantyne the great the yere of oure Lorde God .ccc.viii. whiche Constantyne was emperour of all the occident partes and after warde emperour of all the worlde ¶ And thus after his great warres Cyuyle he beynge yet a pagan a persecutor of crysten men as his predecessours were frome the whiche tyranny God of his wonderfull workes conuerted hym to y e faith by Siluester byshop of Rome which was fled hyd hym selfe for dred of deth in mountens and woodes ¶ Of Siluestre the fyrst which tryumphed ouer the churche mylyta●●t of Rome through great possessyon● treasours whiche the emp●rou● Constantyne enpoysoned 〈◊〉 churche fyrste withall SIluester the .xxxiiii. bysh●p borne ī Rome was estemed a mā of holy lyfe which had great grace gyuē to hym in cōuertyng many to the fayth as specylaly constantyne the great by whose dylygence and preachyng the sayd syluester caused hym to sease of his cruell tyrāny vpon cristen people cōmaunding 〈◊〉 destroy all ydoles temples and set vp Crystes churches so worshipped the crosse and passyon of cryst ouer all the worlde vnyuersall to the great ioy of all crystēdome and straytly he cōmaūded that no persecucion shulde be done ouer crysten men in no regyon which was to al crystendome a wonderful s●d ayne mutacyon and chaunge y ● in a lytle whyle afore y e no man so hardy y e durst be knowen to be a crysten man for feare of persecucyō of deth in somoch they were hated ouer all that no body wold suffre a crystē mā ones knowē abyd ī no place but lyued in great dred and in secret places ¶ Thus by the prouysyon of God syluestre was taken in lyke honour w t kynges whiche was as many haue opinion and say it was by the subtyl craft of the deuyll whiche is euer was the auncyaunt ennemy of mankynd which could fynde none other poyson to destroy the perfexion of holy byshops which were xxxii that dyed holy martyrs for crystes fayth afore Syluester thus y ● deuyll supposynge to haue a great parte of crystendome through riches power dignite pryd and heresy and sismes y e shulde sprynge dyd in dede afterward vnto this day experience leadeth vs to moche And some holdeth opynyon wryteth that at this tryumphe was herd a voyce horryble in the ayer sayenge Hodie venenum ī ecclesia semiau● yet I can not assure this for a trewth but as some writers haue wryten ¶ This noble Prynce Constantyne in loue zelus mynde to siluester through the wonderfull suffraunce of God and blynded with worldly vanytes caused Siluester the bisshop to be clothed with purple sylkes rayment imperyal most lyke a Kynge or a Prynce in somoch he toke his crowne imperiall set it on his hede yet notwithstādyng Siluester w t humble coūtenaunce wolde not take it but vtterly refused it wold not vse nor take vpon hym to were it but a symple myter of fustian the whiche is yet vsed among the bysshops and cardinalles of Rome to this daye notwithstandynge though Siluester wolde not take vpon hym the emperyall Crowne yet the bysshops of Rome of late dayes haue takē vpon them vsurpacyon hye auctoryte thre crownes of golde facyoned hye and sharpe copped ryche w t stones and perle as the boxe of a great lapydarye oryental for truely it is to be wōdered on such superfluyte to be worne on any such holy persones hede for Chryst our redemptour vsed no such vayne glory for ī this cause Platyne y ● great wryter of stores mayster of the roulles in Rome whcihe mocketh this abusyō in y ● tyme of Adriā y ● fyrst which was called paule y ● proude a venecyan which gloryfy●d ī hym selfe in suche lyke ryche apparel euē as a god in earth and wolde so be called among people in earth ī his arrogancy pryde and thus wolde y ● sayde Paule vse hym selfe gloryfyed euery yere of Iubely afore all y ● worlde afore y ● Pylgrymes dyd vse hym to were y ● maner facion rayment of women in those dayes lyke the customable weryng that Bysshops dyd vse and yet moreouer saynt Austyn sayeth de verbis domini in reproche of the arrogancy pryde of popes whiche wolde be called Goddes saynge thus Qui vult videre deus cum sit homo non imitatur illum qui cū deus esset pro illo factus est homo ¶ Thus to proced of Siluester though he with holy and symple countenaunce refused the ryche crowne emperyall of Constantyne yet he wolde not refuse of Constantyne y e great possessyon gyftes and rentes y ● he gaue with the hole cytie of rome which was no small possessyon as dyuers wryters maketh mencyon as doth Laurence valla the great orator ¶ This Syluester caused to assemble the fyrste great generall councell at Nycene and Bythena purposly agaynst the herysies of Aryen which greatly encreased whose errours was in the distynctions of the thre persons in Trinite And in this coūceyl was presēt .xxxviii. Bysshoppes assembled ✚ ¶ Of the seconde scisme and dyuysion that was in y ● church of rome shortly after the donacion of Cōstantyne And of the herysies that fell in this tyme by the fyrst pope heretykes shamefull sysmatykes ❧ ❧ AFter the donacyon of Constātine folowed two bisshoppes of Rome pesyble iuste men in theyr offyce without sysme or dyscorde amonge crystes flocke the one was named Marke the other Iuly In whose tyme y ● heresyes of the Aryans encreased more more whiche torned the hart and mynde of Constance the sone of Constantyne y ● then rayned And so he began the .xi. persecucyon vpon crysten people And put Iulius in exyle out of rome whose place succeded Liberius and Felyce togyther which enuyed ech other who shuld haue the see of Rome so in contynuaūce Liberius y ● heretyke throughe the fauor of Constans opteyned his purpose to be bysshop of Rome And enioyed the see of Rome the space of .xlii. yeres and .vii. monthes and thre dayes notwithstandyng he was noted to be the fyrste pope heretyke and sysmatyke And supporter of the Aryans artycles through his abhomynable gloryous dygnyte pleasyng the mynde of the Emperoure Constantyne the yonger infecte with the sayd heresyes whiche was the most abhomynablest and cruel heresyes y ● euer was worse then the seckte of Mahōmet for the Preestes Aryans persecuted other crysten bysshops catholyke people without pety or mercy in Affryque Spayne Thus was Felyxe y ● bysshop of Rome put to deth ī this persecuciō the .xiiii moneth of his reygne after this rose