this Institution and Confirmation many hundreds of yeares by all Antiquities The exception which some may make by finding Britaine diuided into fiue Prouinces I haue fully answeared before and our cheife Protestants namely Doctour George Abbots Archbishop of Canterbury and such others as directed and assisted Maister Francis Mason in the Booke intituled Crosses and Christian Images then certaine tokens of Christians Of the Consecration of the Bishops of the Church of England he their Scribe will thus secondemee therein The Romans before this time of King Lucius his receauing the faith had diuided Britaine into three Prouinces one of theÌ„ was called Maxima Caesariensis the Metropolis whereof was Yorke An other Britannia prima the Metropolis whereof was London the third Britannia secunda the Metropolis whereof was CaerlegioÌ„ And prouing besides so many Authorities before cited by Asserius Meneuensis Schoolmester to King Alfred Ptolomaeus LuceÌ„sis William Reade Ihon LelaÌ„d that the Archbishops of this IlaÌ„d were onely seated in those three MetropolitaÌ„ Cities LondoÌ„ Yorke Caerlogion according to that diuisioÌ„ of Prouinces heare to cleare the obiectioÌ„ thus they had further in this busines Although Britaine was after the Nicen Councell diuided into fiue Prouinces Valentia and Flauia CaesarieÌ„sis being added to the former yet there were no new Archbishops erected The reason whereof was because those two new Prouinces were taken out of the former and consequently could not haue Bishopriks without the diminishing of the Authoritie of the former in whose Iurisdiction originally they were which was not sufferable because it was against the Canon of the Nicen Councell decreeing that in Antioch and in other Prouinces the dignitie prerogatiues and Authorities of Churches should be mainetained Hitherto these Protestant writers 4. And to leaue it without question that this placing both of Archbishops and Bishops also at this time in Britaine was both warranted and confirmed by this highest spirituall Papall Power and Prerogatiue in Pope Eleutherius among so many hundreds of Archbishops and Bishops as haue bene in Britaine as it conprehendeth England Wales and Scotland no Historie mentioneth no Antiquarie can proue that from this time of King Lucius vntill the Reuolt of King Henry 8. from the Church of Rome any one Archbishoprik or Bishoprik was eyther founded translated vnited diminished or any wise changed but it was eyther first done or afterward confirmed or made frustrate by this greate Apostolike and Papall Power of the Roman See I neede not the Assistance of Catholike Antiquities herein our Protestant Bishops and Antiquaries which haue written of this subiect of Bishops and their Sees Gul. Malmesb l. de Ant. Caenob Glaston doe leaue and cleare it for an euident truth And because such an including proposition without confession in particular would cost my Readers some labour to examine it let them take for pregnant witnesses hereof the two greate Flatterers of King Henry 8 Matthew Parker the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury a man of all Religions with that King his sonne King Edward The Popes Legats con inue diuers at Glastenbury renew and setle reâ—igious meÌ„ there in place of the first of S. Ioseph his company and Queene Elizabeth and Polidor Virgill a time Pleaser and Seruant thereof The first speaking of King Henry 8. his Lawes against the Popes Authoritie and the time of the Saxons saith that by them then made the Popes Power which had euer vntill then continued in England and was thought vnsuperable was ouerthrowne his legibus potentia Papalis quae nongentis amplius annis in Anglia durauit insuperabilis visa est concidit The other writeth then a liuing witnes that the supreamacie taken from the Pope and giuen to the King was a thing neuer heard of in any time before Habetur Concilium Londini in quo Ecclesia Anglicana formam potestatis nullis ante temporibus visum induit Henricus enim Rex Caput ipsius Ecclesiae constituitur By which also as in a glasse by a truely representing species we may behold that it neyther was nor could be any other then the Pope of Rome onely clayming and exercising such spirituall Power heare in those times which did or could giue a full and finall confirmation to those Vniuersities or Schooles and Religeous houses of Britaine with the Rule and Order they followed and professed in these daies 5. Yet we are not alltogether destitute of Instances in particular of such Honorius Papa 1. in Bulla Vniuersitati Canta-Cantabr coÌ„cess ann 624. 20. die Februarij apud Io. Caium l. 1. de antiq Cantabr Academ p. 75. 76 77. confirmation For Schooles or Vniuersities the Antiquaries of Cambridge produce the auncient Bull of Pope Honorius the first 1000. yeares since coÌ„firming that Vniuersitie and priuiledges thereof and in the same affirming that his Predecessours Pope Eleutherius in whose time we are Fabianus Leo Simplicius Foelix and Bonifacius gaue the like confirmation and exemption vnto it Praedecessorum nostrorum Romanae Ecclesiae Pontificum Eleutherij Fabiani Leonis Simplicij Faelicis Bonifacij vestigijs debitè inhaerentes authoritate omnipotentis Dei districtiùs inhibemus sub paena excommunicationis ne quis Archiepiscopus aut eorum officiales c. Where it is said that these Popes gaue these priuiledges against all parsoÌ„s by the Authoritie of God For the Schoole of GlamorgaÌ„ we haue the like testimonie that the Pope gaue the cheife charge thereof to S. Iltutus renowned both for his learning and piety as also his most worthie Schollers and their greate number in which were both Gaules and Britans in whome S. Sampson S. Paulinus S. Dauid S. Gildas Magistralis Charta MerchiaÌ„ni Regis l. Sanct. Wall Caius sup p. 147. Capgr Catal. in S. Ilâ—uâ—o Abbate Confessore Io. Bal. l. de Script Britan. cent 1. in Elchuto Morgan Manuscr Antiq. Mona sterij S. Aug. Cantuariae tibi cura concessa est à Pontisice as King Merchiannus testifieth in his Charter of priuiledge vnto him and that his Schoole or Vniuersitie For our Monasteries and Religeous houses then that they were confirmed and priuiledged by this holy Pope I shall more fully shew when I come to these Legats returne and visiting Glastenbury bringing with them a confirmation Immunities and Indulgences from S. Eleutherius to that most auncient and Religious Monastery with an approbation of the holy Rule and Order which there and in all Britaine after many hundreds of yeares was kept and followed In the meane time he that will but behold if he may the old Manuscript of S. Augustins in Canterbury shall there see aboue 100. particular Bulls of Popes confirming the liberties and Immunities of that house He may reade in the first Protestantically made Archbishop there that as I haue proued and shall proue of our Britans how all their Archbishops had their ordination Power and Authoritie from the Popes of Rome so amoÌ„g the Saxons Matth. Parker Antiq. Brit. vntill he first
Histories then no further extending itselfe These Legats and Apostolike MissoÌ„ of Pope Eleutherius preached in the whole kingdome of Britaine then to Seuerus wall diuiding and separating Albania now commonly called Scotland from the other parts of Britaine now England So they or some of their Associats and holy company preached in the whole kingdome or I le of great Britaine and the cheife Ilands thereof for if Pope Eleutherius as before is proued subiected that part of Britaine now Scotland beyond the wall out of the temporall Iurisdiction of King Lucius at whose request and petition he sent Preachers hither vnto Yorke a Metropolitan See in his kingdome and Dominion he though highest iudge and Ruler in the Church of Christ and ouer such as beleeued in him yet ouer such as had not receaued the faith and Religion of Christ he would vse no such commande or Power to subiect them either to the Archbishop of Yorke London Cacrlegion or any other out of the temporall Dominion where they liued nor within the same if any such had bene there except they had bene Christians So the same holy learned Pope in his allowing all the Ilands betweene Britaine and Norwey with Denmarke vsque Noruegiam Daciam to belong to the Crowne of King Lucius in Britaine the ciuill Lawe and Ius gentium adiudging Ilands especially lesser Ilands to be parts of and belonging vnto the next Continent Norwey being a greate kingdome and in the mayne continent as a greate parte of Denmarke likewise was and is Britaine being proued to the Romans before to be an Iland separate from the greate Continent though the greatest knowne Iland it will bring many besides Protestants to defend this Donation of Pope Eleutherius and thereby the old right and Title of Britaine to the Ilands neare Norwey and Denmarke to be of opinion that diuers there were then conuerted to Christ and Pope Eleutherius laboured what he could for their Conuersion Otherwise the Pope though supreame Pastor and Ruler of the Church of Christ did not nor would claime such Power ouer Infidels neuer conuerted to the true faith or sheepe of the folde of Christ of which and not of Infidels he is cheifest Sheephard vnder Christ one earth 2. The old Antiquities of Glastenbury one of our best Records in such things assure vs that these our holy Legats and Apostles did heare preach Christ and baptized the Inhabitants throughout the whole Iland of Britaine and not onely in King Lucius and the Romans Dominion heare Phaganus Deruianus venerunt in Britanniam ad praedicandum Euangelium qui Antiq. Glast Guliel Malm. l. de Antiq. Caeno Glast Capgrau in S. Patricio baptisantes praedicantes vniuersam Insulam peragrantes Which Tertullian a learned witnesse and writer in this time within the first 200. yeares of Christ and writing in Afrike so farre from taking speedy and certaine notice or Intelligence of the affaires of this so remote kingdome proueth when he saith Britannorum Romanis inaccessa loca the places of the Brittans whether Tertull. l. cont Iudaeos c. 7. the Romans could not come had before his writing receaued the faith of Christ which must needs be performed at this time before Pope Victor his sending Preachers vnto the Scots at the request of their King and first Christian King of the Scots Donaldus And his Mission was vnto the Scots but this Conuersion of the Britans in the places vnaccessable to the Romans or to which the Romans had not made accesse must needs be of the Britans as they are so expressely named by that auncient writer of that time and these Britans were the same which then inhabited in the Country now and long since called Scotland of the Scots afterward entering and inhabiting there for all other places in Britaine had before suffered and knowne the Romans Accesse and Inuasion into them 3. No other part of Britaine is found in Histories into which they had not made accesse and there obtained Rule or thence receaued Tribute And in this our Protestant Antiquaries doe agree When thus they write It is certaine by Chemnitius citing Sabellicus that the Britans were with the first Conuerts and Protest Theater of great Brit. l. 6. §. 9. Chemnit in Exam. Concil Tridentin ex Sabellico Tertullian who liued within 200. yeares of Christs Natiuitie sheweth no lesse when the more to prouoke the Iewes against whome he wrote calleth to witnesse the fruitefull encrease of the Ghospell of Saluation through many Countryes and Nations and among them nameth the Britans to haue receaued the word of life the power whereof saith he hath pirced into those parts whether the Romaâ—s could not come Where they alledge Tertullian in the same sence for the Conuersion of the Britans euen in the places whether the Romans could not come vnto them yet they doe not plainely cite Tertullian as he wrote and I haue cited him before that the places heare conuerted to which the RomaÌ„s could not come The Britans the most auncient Christians in this part of the world or whole world for a kingdome to haue bene places of the Britans Britannorum Romanis inaccessâ— loca and of no other people or Nation Therefore I cannot allowe what they without controlle immediately thus write in that place whence Petrus Cluniacensis supposeth the Scottish men the more auncient Christians as not being in the like subiection to the Romans as other then were Which collection of Petrus Cluniacensis if these men or any other should allowe and not reproue they should thereby proue themselues much ignorant in the Antiquities honour and priuiledges of our Britaine in this respect contrary to all Historians and these men contrary to themselues often in this their Theater teaching Britaine and the Britans to haue bene the first Christian kingdome and Nation in the worlde No Scots or others especially in these parts of the knowne world the comming neare vnto them in that state or degree of glorie 4. And it is euident by our oldest British Historian S. Gildas and others Gildas l. de excid conquest Britanniae after him that the Scots were not seated or dwelling in the greate Iland of Britaine not in the most remote and Northren parts thereof vntill the departure of Maximus hence with the cheifest power of the Britans heare when and not before they inuaded the North parts vnto the wall of diuision omnem Aquilonarem extremamque terrae partem pro Indigenis murotenus capessunt The Britans Indigenae were the generall Inhabitants and Possessors there before And the picts did not vntill then inhabite any extreame parte of greate Britaine Picti in extrema parte Insulae tunc primum deinceps requîeuerunt and yet by all were heare planted before the Scots But they liued vntill then the Gild. Galfr. Monum Hist Brittan Matt. West Chron. Harding Chron. Scots in Ireland and the our-Ilands as the Picts also in those lesser Ilands did And the Britans
before must needs be from S. Peter And we reade in an Epistle of Pope Ihon the fift written in the yeare 686. to Ethelred King of the Marshes and to Alfride King of Northumberland on the behalf of Bishop Wilfrid for the restoring his Chuch vnto him with certaine Monasteries that this land of Britaine first receaued the faith of Christ by S. Peter Ioa. Pap. 5. epist ad Ethelred Alfrid Reges Guliel Malmes l. 3. de Pontific c. de Archiep. Ebor ex libr. Step. Cantuariens in vita S. Wilfrid Archiepis Ebor. Harr. hist tom 1. cheife of the Apostles the words are as followe Dominis eminentissimis Ethelredo Regi Merciorum Alfrido Regi Deirorum Bernitiorum Ioannes Papa de vestra Religionis accâ—ssibus gratia Dei cooperante gaudemus feruorem fidâ—i â—ernentes in vobis quam ex praedicatione principis ApostoloruÌ„ Deo vestros animos illuminante percepistis efficaciter tenetis Pope Ihon to the most â—â—inent Lords Ethelred King of the Mercians and Alfride King of the Deires and Bernitians we reioyce of the accesses of your Religion the grace of God cooperating perceauing the feruour of faith in you which you haue receaued â—y the preaching of the prince of the Apostles Where we playâ—ely see the first preaching of the faith of Christ in those parts ascribed to S. Peter the Apostle For testimony whereof we may also add the words of Pope Alexander the third in his epistle to King Henry the second of England where he playnely saith That England was vnder S. Peters protection euer since Christs name was glorified there Or why did Arnobius that renowned father 1200. yeares since speaking of S. Alexand. Pap. 3. epist ad Henric. 2. Reg. Angl. Eugubin de donatione Const Arnobiuâ— lib. 2. contra gentes Peters trauayles say that he preached in all the Ilands and prouinces of the west in Insulis prouincijs quas Sol occidens lustrat except he thought he was heare in Britaine the most renowned Iland of all the western world Where the lesser and more vnnoble are included as by such generall words they are the most noble and worthie cannot be thought to be excluded 4. And so certaine this seemeth that a late writer inclineth to think that Harris in Theatr l. 1. S. Peter gaue denomination to some places at his being heare There is saith this Authour in the North parts an old Citie called Aldclihit which in the Britans time many hundred yeares passed bore his S. Peters name For Aldclihit in the Brittish tonge is as much to say as Peters Clyhit or Peterclyhit for so Henricus Huntingtoniensis a learned Author of reuereÌ„d antiquitie telleth vs in his first booke of Histories where he saith Orientalis autem habet in medio sui vrbem Guidi Henric. Hunting l. 1. hist occidentalis supra se hoc est ad dextram sui habet vrbem Aldclyhit quod lingua BritonuÌ„ significat Petrum Clyhit est autem iuxta fluuium nominis illius Thus in This Authour wrote before the printing â—f Henry of Huntington by the Protestans so citeth the Manuscript For the printed booke hath Petram Clyhit and not Petâ—um English the east part of Northumberland hath in the midst of it a cytie called Guidi and in the west part on the right hand thereof there is a cytie called Aldclyhit which in the Britans languadge doth signifie Peters Clyhit or Peter Clyhit The which standeth vppon a Ryuer of the same name In which sence also the words of S. Prosper seeme to be vnderstoode who writing of S. Celestine Pope of Rome his care to purdge this Iland of the Pelagian Heresie and conuert Ireland to the faith of Christ speaketh in this manner dum Romanam Insulam studet seruare Catholicam fecit etiam Barbaram Christianam while â—e studieth to keepe the Roman Iland Catholike he also made the Barbarous Iland Christia Whereas Prosper l. contra collatorem c. 41. by the Barbarous Iland he vnderstandeth Ireland so by the Roman Iland he meaneth and describeth this Iland of Britaine Which can in no other sence especially at that time be called the Roman Iland but as it was vnder S. Peters spirituall Empire and Regiment and his Successours Popes of Rome For first in respect of temporall subiection this Iland was neuer at any time wholly Romana Insula a Romane Iland all those Countryes beyond Seuerus or Adrians wall were free from subiection to the Romans and in S. Prosper his time and S. Celestine of which he speaketh It was further from hauing any such denomination both Scots Picts and Saxons hauing inuaded and spoyled diuers prouinces of that part Which the Romans did formerly possesse and the Romans at that time had nothing at all to doe in this Iland but the Britans had Kings of their owne as Vortigern Vortimer Aurelius Ambrosius and others Which construction of S. Prosper is more warranted by the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury who citeth Cardinal Pole the Popes legate in these termes neuer improuing but allowing them haÌ„c Insulae nobilitatem atque gloriaÌ„ Dei prouidentiae atque beneficientiae soli acceptam ferendam sed tamen Matth. Parket l. antiquâ—t Brâ—t â—n Reginaâ—d Pol. Cardina p. 351. 1. cap. 69. viaÌ„ ipsam atque rationeÌ„ qua haec nobilitas atque gloria parta est a sede Romana nobis pâ—imo semperque monstratam patefactam fuisse we must ascribe tâ—is nobilitie and glory of this Iland to haue the first of all receaued the faith of Christ to the prouidence and Bounty of God but yett that the away and meanes how this Nobilitie and glory â—as gotten to this nation was first and alwayes shewed and made open from the See of Rome Which must needs be extended and ascend to S. Peter and the Apostles time as the words primo semperque first and alwayes doe demonstrate for it is the common opinion of our Protestant writers and amonge them three of their Bishops here cited that Britanniae Ecclesiae origo ab Apostolis ipsis Parker in Indice v. Britannia Bal. l. de Scriptor Cent. 1. in Ioseph Ara. Godwyn Conu of Brit. c. 2. p. 15. Theater of great Britaine l. 6. cap. 9. pag. 202. probatur that the begynning of the Church of Britaine was from the Apostles 5. How the first Apostle that preached heare could be no other then S. Peter I haue made manifest by our Protestants before and in their Theater of greate Britaine their best learned Antiquaries from diuers authors and approued Antiquities thus testifie sainct Peter the Apostle is supposed to haue preached in Britaine And agayne That S. Peter the Apostle preached the word of life in this Iland as to other Nations he did for whome God had chosen him that from his mouth they might heare the ghospell and beleeue as himself alledgeth and that he heare founded Churches and ordeyned Preists and Deacons which is reported Metaphrast Gul.
that Christians were farre moore dutifull and faithfull to God then their Persecutors were Longe illi sunt quam vos erga Deum liberiores atque fidentiores Vos cultum Dei non tenetis Quocirca illum colentibus aemulatione inuidetis ad mortem vsque persequimini De rebus eiusmodi alij quidam prouinciarum Rectores diuinissimo patri meo scripserunt Quibus ille rescripsit nihil molestiae faciendum esse talibus viris nisi quid aduersus Imporium Romanum moliti esse deprehenderentur Quin ad me multi de eis literas dederâ—â—t quibus de patris mei quem imitandum mihi esse duxi sententia respondi Si quis actionem aduersus quempiam eiusmodi habens deferat illum duntaxat vt huiusmodi hominem Delatus quidem à crimine absoluatur etiamsi talis esse appareat Ipse autem Delator Iudicio paenas pendat And allthough diuers yeares of this Emperour his Reigne had passed before he established such publike Order for the quiet of Christians and much Persecution was in the beginning of his time yet it cannot be thought to haue had warrant and Originall from him And it was allmost in the beginning of his Empire the third yeare thereof as some write that S. Iustine wrote Matth. Westm an gratiae 141. an Anton. Pij 3. and deliuered vnto him his Apologie for Christians and made him friendly vnto them Anno gratiae 141. Iustinus Philosophus librum de Christiana Religione compositum Antonino tradidit eumque benignum erga Christianos fecit And he was surnamed Pius Godly by some iudgments for his pietie towards Christians aswell as for other respects Antoninus Pius gener Adriani erat erga Mart. Polon in Antonino Pio. Christianos Pius And he himselfe before is witnes that he proposed his adopting or Father in lawe Adrian so friendly to Christians to be imitated by him herein Quem imitandum mihi esse duxi And he therefore being so fully Antoninus Pius Epist supr persuaded that Christians did worship God truely and better then any Pagans their Persecutours these must needs be motiues to our King of Britaine Motiues to the King of Britaine to be a Christian euer a fauourer of Christians now much more to defend and maintayne that Religion when in so doing he might also maintayne his honour with God with the Emperour and thereby obtayne rest and quietnes to his conscience on earth and eternall peace and happines to his soule in heauen 4. And both for the continuance and encrease of Christians heare in Britaine all this time from Pope Alexander of whom the King of Britaine procured Godwin Conu of Brit. pag. 18. Caius l. 1. ant q. Cantab. Will. Harris descr of Brit. Holinsh. Hist of England Preachers to be sent hither we are assured not onely by Catholiks but diuers Protestant writers And sure if there had not bene Christians heare to exhort our King to Christian Religion and by him to be fauoured therein he could neyther haue bene persuaded by them to Christianitie or bene a friend to them for their quiet and libertie in professing thereof And yet besides the Court and Residence of our King we see euen by that litle light of Many Britans receaued the faith of Christ in this time our Antiquities that in sondry and farre separate places there were many which both preached the faith to others and which at such mens preaching embraced it Among others we reade in peruetustis Annalibus Burtonensibus sic lego Anno Domini 141. hic baptizati sunt nouem ex Doctoribus scholaribus Io. Caius l. 1. ant CaÌ„tab Accad p. 95. Cantabrigiae I reade in the very old Annals of Burton thus in the yeare of our Lord an hundred fortie one heare were baptized nine of the Doctours or Teachers and Schollers of Cambridge What great distance and separation of space Many Schollers of Cambridge now conuerted and conuerting others there is betweene Burton in Stafford-shire where these Annals were written and kept which testifie so many Schollers of Cambridge the cheife Towne of that Shire were baptized there at Burton hic baptizati sunt and the Vniuersitie of Cambridge is not vnknowne to English Readers And yet we are sure if they came so farre to be baptized they had bene catechized and instructed in the faith of Christ there before and so the faith of Christ had then bene taught at Cambridge and not by vnlearned Preachers to conuince so many learned men to be so deuoute to trauaile so farre to receaue holy Baptisme Neyther can any man imagin but the Brittish inhabitaÌ„ts betweene these two so distant places were also preached vnto by those holy men which preached in them both and passed from the one to the other Many others there be Stowe Histor Theater of great Brit l. 6. Willam Harris descript of Britaine Harris Theatr. l. 2. Annalâ—â— Burton in Coâ—â—â— S. Benedict in Bibliot ib. vol. 38. tract 2. Catholiks and Protestants which Iustifie this Antiquitie and the Antiquitie itselfe is yet extant in the Colledge of S. Benet in Cambridge where the very same words be without any difference at all Anno 141. hic baptizati sunt nouem ex Doctoribus Scholaribus Cantabrigiae And there written that the Booke belonged to the Abbey of Burton Qui fuit de Communitate Burtoniae 5. The Protestant Authours of the Theater of greate Britaine with others doe sufficiently approue what I haue written eyther of the continuance of the faith of Christ in Britaine in this time in generall as also of this Antiquity in particular although they adde some exceptions which rather are their owne mistakings then worthie the name ef exceptions First they truely testifie in this manner As we haue searched the first foundation of our faith so neyther Theater of great Brit. l. 6. c. 9. want we testimonies concerning the continuance of the same in this Lande vnto following Posterities allthough the iniurie of time and warre haue consumed many Records For the Britans that were dayly strengthned in their receaued faith by the doctrine of many learned and Godly men left not their first loue with the Church of Apoc. 2. 4. Zachar. 8. 23. Radulph Niger Euseb l. 4. c. 9. c. 13. l. 5. c. 5. Bal. Vit. l. 1. Ephesus but rather tooke hold of the skirts As the Prophet speaketh vntill the Tortures of Martyrdome cutt them of by death and those Fathers euen from the Disciples themselues held a Succession in doctrine not withstanding some repugnance was made by the Pagans and preached the Ghospell with good successe euen till the same at lenght went forth with a bolder countenance by the fauourable Edicts of The English Protestant Theater writers much ouer seeme in diuers things in this time Adrian Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Emperours of Rome as Eusebius hath noted and in Britaine was established by the Authoritie of Lucius their King Of
truth of the preaching of Moyses that for a memory holy relike of him they brought with them as both continued tradition and diuers historians verie auncient testifie the stone whereon Moses preached very miraculous one writeth thus Which stone was holy as some men then did teach And did miracles so was the common speach In honour it was had both of great and small And holden for a relike most speciall This stone was called the Regall of Scotland On which the Scottish Kings were set At their coronoment as I can vnderstand For holinesse of it so did they of debt All their Kings vpon this stone was set Vnto the time of King Edward with long shanks Brought it away againe the Scots vnthanks At Westmonastery it offered to Saint Edward Which is confirmed by the Scottish histories teaching how they brought this Hector Boeth Scotor hist l. 1. fol. 2. l. 13. fol. 309. stone out of Egypt to Portugall from thence to Ireland and then into Scotland where it remained vntill King Robert his time their King being crowned sitting vpon it vntill King Edward the third of England brought it with many others cheifest Iuells into England and they say it was a propheticall stone to that wheresoeuer it was found it forshewed the Scots should reigne there and thereupon had of old this inscription Ni fallat fatum Scoti quocunque locatum Inuenient lapidem regnare tenentur ibidem Which is now fulfilled in King Iames reigning here as it was by the Scottish long since in Portugall Ireland and Scotland in all which places they say the Scots haue reigned 6. So we see that the inhabitants of this kingdome from the beginning in many persons had knowledge of the true God and foreknowledge of Christ and not the Scots onely but Britans also for what was the opinion and foresight of the Druides concerning the true God and Messias to be borne of a Virgin must needs be the doctrine and religion aswell of Britans as Scots the same Druides being teacheâ—â— Masters and Rulers to both those peoples in religious affaires Neither did this their beleife of the true God and Christ to come faint or diminish in the inhabitants of this Iland after the death of King Iosinas who commaunded and Fynnanus that allowed and permitted the worshippe of the true God no King in this Iland for any thing we finde in histories British or Scottish euer forbidding but at the least consequently permitting what was commaunded or allowed before in such things But the nearer the time of the natiuity of Christ approched the signes and motiues to embrace it rather encreased then diminished vntill this nation actually and generally receaued the true faith after the Ascension of Christ with the first conuerted Gentiles as will be manifest in this history And here I end the time Matth. Westm an gratiae 15. Marian Scot. l. 2. aetat 6. Florent Wigor an 16. Hector Boeth in Metel hist Scot. alij of Augustus the Emperour Kymbeline continuing still King in Britaine and Metellanus among the Scots as they write in the 15. or 16. yeare of Christs Natiuity THE IV. CHAPTER Of THE TIME OF THE EMPEROVR Tyberius 1. IN the dayes of Tyberius the next succeeding Emperour The true knowledge of Christ was more clearely manifested vnto the world and among others to some Britans of this nation especially such as then liued in Rome For as in the time of this Emperour our Sauiour began and ended his preaching and suffered his passion for our Redemption So these things in such order as they were accomplished in the land of Iury they were presently and truely delated and sent to the Emperour at Rome and others there as many Protestant both of England and other nations with other Antiquities agree They of Protest praef in Mat. West Bal. centur 3. in Ranulph Hygeden Matth. Flori. Matth. Westm an D. 37. Ranul Hygeden in Polych l. 4. c. 4. Marian. Scot. l. 2. aetat 6. in Tyberio Metho hist Et apud Marian. supr England much recommend vnto vs Matthew of Westminster and Ranulphus Higeden especially as they haue publication and allowance by them Yet these Authours both in their printed and manuscript histories consent in this with others that Tyberius was truely informed at Rome of the miraculous life and preaching of Christ long before his Passion And being afflicted with a leprosie was so confident in the heauenly power of Christ esteeming him then at the least for a great Prophet Saint and worker of miracles that he sent with greate solemnity Volusianus to Hierusalem to entreate Christ Iesus to come with him to Rome to cure him of his incurable malady But the Iewes had caused Pilate to put him to death before the Ambassadour came thither 2. The Magdeburgian Protestants with others haue published to the world an Epistle of Lentulus out of the Annals of the Roman Senators to this Magdebur cont 1. l. 1. cap. 10. col 354. epist Lentulâ— ad Tyber Imp. Emperour Tyberius before the death of Christ thus beginning apparuit his temporibus adhue est homo magnae virtutis nominatus Christus Iesus qui dicitur à gentibus Propheta quem eius discipuli vocant filium Dei suscitans mortuos sanans omnes languores There appeared in these times and still is a man of greate vertue named Christ Iesus who is called of the gentiles a Prophet whom his disciples call the sonne of God raysing the deade and curing all diseases And presently vpon Egesippus Anaceph de morte Christi Matth. Westm an 33. Florent Wigor an 38. Tertull. Apolon c. 5. 21. Eust hist l. 1. cap. 24. Oros l. 7. c. 4. the death of Christ as it is proued both by our owne and forreine Antiquaries auncient and later Greekes Latines Catholiks and Protestants Pontius Pilate wrote vnto Tiberius the Emperour at Rome of the Passion of Christ in this manner De Passione Dominica Pilatus Tyberio Caesari scripsit in hunc modum Nuper accidit quod ipse probaui Iudaeos per inuidiam se suosque posteros crudeli damnatione peremisse Nam cum promissum haberent patres eorum quòd Deus illis mitteret de caelo sanctum suum qui eorum merito Rex diceretur hunc se promiserit per virgineÌ„ ad terram missuruÌ„ Iste me praeside HebraeoruÌ„ Deus cum venisset vidissent euÌ„ caecos illuminasse leprosos muÌ„dasse paraliticos curasse daemones ab hominibus fugasse mortuos suscitasse ventis imperasse super mare siccis pedibâ—s ambulasse multa alia mirabilia fecisse cum omnis populus IudaeoruÌ„ hunc Dei filiuÌ„ dicerent inuidiaÌ„ contra eum passi sunt Principes SacerdotuÌ„ mihique traedideraÌ„t alia pro alijs mentientes dixerunt illuÌ„ Magum esse contra legem eorum agere Ego autem credidi ita esse flagellatuÌ„ tradidi arbitrio eoruÌ„ At illi crucifixeruÌ„t eum sepulto ei
heare the Ghospell and beleeue as himselfe alleadgeth And his owne words are these by Protestants translation God made choyse amonge vs that the Gentiles by my mouth should heare Io. Bal. l. 1. de vit Pontif. Rom. in Petr. ex Mant. l. 6. de fast Philip. Pantal. chron an 38. Petr. epist 1. cap. 1. v. 1. Iacob ep c. 1. v. 1. the word of the ghospell and beleeue Therefore S. Peter and not S. Iames was the first preacher to the Gentiles And our best learned Protestants doe proue that S. Peter did not preach formally to any nation of the Gentiles nor to the Gentiles in Bythinia Capadocia Pontus Gallatia or any other place vntill after this but to the Iewes onely dwelling there Quotquot erant illis Iudaea ab origine regnis Edocuit Christum veterique reduxit ab vsu Which both S. Peter himselfe and S. Iames testifie in the beginning of their Epistles And were it not for the authoritie of those which write that S. Peter did coÌ„secrate those seuen Disciples of S. Iames making them Bishops and sending them into Hiberia Spaine we might thinke the Hiberia where Sainct Iames preached was the Hiberia in or neare Armenia a place farre more neare and likely for him to preach in then this west Contry of Spaine is For there also is a Nation then named Hiberia or Iberia and the people thereof Cooper v. Iber. Abrah Orteâ—ius in Catal. nomin antiq in Iberia in descript Asiae Iberi or Hebres as the Spaniards also were called as both Protestants and others testifie the Georgians now are dwelling there being a Contry of Asia neare Pontus Euxinus 6. And to giue all contentmeÌ„t that may be in this matter it doth not seeme altogether vnprobable especially the auÌ„cient Scots now called Irish inhabiting of Irelande and the Scots of Scotland being aunciently one and the same people with the old inhabitants of some of the maritane parts of Spaine now Portugall as both Scottish Irish and English historians also informe vs That S. Iames the Apostle preaching in Spaine neare vnto or among the Hector Boeth Holinsh. hist of Irl. Mat. Westm aetat 5. c. 5. people of Spayne from whom diuers of our Scots and Irish are come some fame of his preaching though short and miracles there might come from them to the Scots their Contrimen mixed with our Britaines here and by that heauenly doctrine which seemed vnto them litle or nothing to differ from that which had longe before more darkely beene taught among them before the coming of Christ and hearing that S. Iames was returned vnto Iury and Hierusalem againe and the cheifest Apostles Doctours and Teachers of that holy Religion were there But diuers both Scots and Britans which then dwelled together and as before were of one and the same minde in spirituall things vndertooke that pilgrimage and sacred Iorney and there meeting with S. Peter the cheifest of that blessed company and first preacher Hect. Boeth in descr Scot. Reg. fol. 4. 5. Hieron l. 2. contr Iouin Abrah Oâ—tel in Cosmog Bâ—libaldâ—n Coâ—mog Munst in Cos Cooper v. Scotia Calepin v. Scot. Aâ—â—stâ—â— lib. de mund Thâ—odor Hâ—st â—ccâ—esâ—â—â—t Claud. Pâ—oâ—om Geogâ—â—p l. 2. c. 2. Claud. Panyger to the Gentiles were instructed by him in the faith of Christ And this S. Mansuetus being stiled both by Antiquities and later writers before to haue beene natione Scotus sufficiently conuinceth he was either a Britan or Scot of this Iland of Britaine for although all those three people before remembred were sometimes named Scoit as Hector Boethius and diuers others doe witnesse yet to haue beene constantly and ahsolutely named Scots was and is peculiar to those of this Iland Scoticum nomen ob eminentem prae caeteris virtutâ—m solum nobis etiam nunc superest quum in Hispania in Hibernia vetusiate interierit And it was so aunciently decayed both amoÌ„g those inhabitants of Spaine and Ireland that euen in the time of the Apostles and before it was almost proper to them of this Iland 7. That which we call now Ireland was in the time of Aristotle or the auncient Authour of the booke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the world among his workes called Iâ—rna So doth Theodoret name it Claudius Ptolomaeus calleth it Iuernia or Hibernia And Claudianus Hyberne Scotorum Tumulos fleuit glaciali Hiberne so that we see the name Scotia Scotland appropriate to our northren part of Britaine and this whole Iland by some was named Scotia For Commentar in Claud. Ptolom as Pirckeinerus or whosoeuer the Commentor vpon Claudius Ptolomaeus was all this Iland hath beene called by some Scotia Scotland Anglia nunc dicitur vulgo England prius Loegria Deinde Scotia vulgo Scothland Albania prius Caledonia Rufo Britannia secunda And among all historians Latine French Spannish Scottish English or what els The northren part of Britaine is absolutely called Scotland and so hath euer beene since the name Albania or Britannia ceased there And if Ireland hath bene at any time named Scotia Scotland it was onely among the Scottish or Irish writers and such as followed them therein those Irish historians willing to giue that denomination vnto it because many of the Scots with other people dwelled there when the true name and among straungers was not so but as I haue declared before from auncient histories and to speake in a Protestants words therein Authour of the Booke of Estates in Ireland Edw. Grymst estate of the King of great Britaine p. 22. following good authorities thus he discribeth it Ireland which some of the auncients called Hibernia others Iuernia Iuuernia and Ierne and Ogigia and by the Irish themselues Erim called by Ptolomee litle Britaine lyes betweene Britaine and Spaine Where we see the name Scoland is neuer attributed simply vnto it by these Authours Iudgments either by the Irish themselues or other writers late or auncient And as all men know The sentence of Hector Boetius is that the name of Scots and Scotland hath beene of late proper to them of this our Britaine and quite ceased and discontinued both in Spaine and Ireland Arnoldus Mirman Theatr. conuers gent. Gulielm Eiseng Centen 1. part 1. distinct 3. fol. 56. Petr. de natalib l. 11. cap. vit Ant. Monchiacen Demochar l. 2. de Miss contra Caluin cap. 33. Franc. Bellâ—for Cosmograph l. 2. col 2. col 263. Catalog Episc Tullers and yet they which terme S. Mansuetus natione Scotus a Scot by nation are late writers as Arnoldus Mirmannius Gulielmus Eisengrenius Antonius Democharez Francâ—s Belleforest and others speaking after the vulgar manner of nameing Scot and Scotland in their time of which onely they speake not entering into any controuersie what people haue beene called Scots but are such as call no other Scots or Scotland then of our Britaine 8. So that the truth which is affirmed in this matter is onely this that S. Mansuetus disciple of S. Peter the Apostle and
Preist sainct Trophimus sent from sainct Peter the Apostle and from thence by little and little the gift of faith was infused to the other Regions of Fraunce Where we see it proued by the publike letters and testimonie of all the Bishops of that Prouince That it was a certaine and confessed truth among all the Churches of Fraunce and knowne also at Rome that sainct Trophimus who was so renowned in Fraunce was sent thither by sainct Peter which yet doth not condemne their opinion which say sainct Paul in his Iorney from Rome to Spayne left him by the way at Arles whether he was formerly sent by sainct Peter and sainct Paul finding him at Arles went on his Iorney leauing sainct Trophimus where he found him Which confirmeth that I haue deliuered before of this matter and thus I haue compassed and circuited all CouÌ„tries round about vs find that they all first receaued the faith of Christ in these times by sainct Peter the Apostle and his disciples and no other meanes but this was left or to be fownde in histories to bring the first knowledge of saluation to this Kingdome And hauing this farre entreated of sainct Peters Disciples let vs now speake of that most glorious Apostle himselfe his preacing heare THE XIIII CHAPTER WHEREIN IS PROVED BY MANY ARGVments Authorities and Antiquaries both Catholiks and Protestants that sainct Peter the Apostle parsonally preached and founded Christian Religion in this kingdome 1. NOW I am come to giue that glory to this kingdome whereof a Protestant thus speaketh we should accompt it Godwyn Conu of Britâ—ine p. 6. a greate glory to our Nation to deriue the peti-degree of our spituall linadge from so noble and excellent a father as sainct Peter And diuers others of that profession will seeme to giue that Preeminencie vnto him To satisfie therefore these men and giue that due honour to this kingdome this is sufficieÌ„tly proued before by those that haue told vs he preached in all kingdomes and Ilands of the west therefore this Cuontry so greate and ample a portion of the westerne world and the most florishing Iland thereof cannot be excluded from this prerogatiue This moued our first Christian King Lucius and the S. Peter his personall preaching and founding our Church in Britain proued by all human authoritie cheifest of the cleargie heare in that time in the first publik and generall conuersion of this kingdome to dedicate the first and principall Churches of this Land to this glorious Apostle as our first father and founder in Christ as namely two in one cittie of London the one of them the Metropolitane cheife See diuers hundreds of yeares scituated in Cornhill and still keeping the name of sainct Peters Church The other at westminster also to this day Stowe hist in K. Lucius an D. 179 Holinsh. ib. hist of Engl. The Table of S. Peters Church there Ihon Norden Specul Britan. part 1. p. 42. Camden in Brit. Belgae Sommersetshâ—re Francis Mason Consecrat l. 2. c. cap. 2. pag. â—0 retayning the name sainct Peters Church and diuers others in this kingdome when except that of Glastenbury dedicated to our blessed lady sainct Mary we cannot finde the like of dedicating so auncient and many Churches to any other sainct sainct Paul sainct Ioseph or whom soeuer supposed to haue preached heare 2. The next argument shall be from the testimonie of our holy King Inas and the Clergie of England then Who in the place of the olde Church of Glastenbury building a very magnificent new Church dedicated it to Christ sainct Peter and sainct Paul and in the high forefront thereof engraued certaine verses in the honour of sainct Peter and sainct Paul among which these three are founde Surgit in his templum quod placet ara Deo Anglia plaude lubens mittit tilâ— Roma salutem Fulgor Apostolicus Glasconiam irradiat The first which our Protestants omitt to translate is thus in Thâ—se to wit sainct Peter and sainct Paul a Church and an Altar pleasing vnto God is raised The other two are thus tranâ—lated by our Protestants Be glad England Rome sâ—â—deth health to thee and Apostolicall Brightnes doth lighten Glastenbury And they say that this is ment either of doctrine or protection But the words mittit â—â—bi Roma salutem That Rome sâ—nt saluation vnto Britaine and the Apostolicall brightnes of sainct Peter and Paule did illuminate Glastenbury doe include onely doctrine and Saluation and no mention there at all is had of protection which is contrary to protestant Religion and in Catholik Religion for so worthie a King as sainct Inas was to ascribe the patronadge of Glasten burie to sainct Peter and sainct Paul if neither of them had giuen Influence to the first settling of Religion there and exclude sainct Ioseph who both liued and died in that place is an harsh vnworthie construction And to giue further testimonie that the words of that Inscription are altogether to be vnderstood of our first conuersion and receauing the faith from sainct Peter and Rome all those verses excepting the words Anglia and Glastonia England and Glastenbury are taken word by word from Venantius Fortunatus Bishop of Venant Fortun. l. 3. c. 7. Poyctires in Fraunce who testifieth in those verses as I haue by others proued before that Gallia Fraunce and the Allobroge people of Sanoye and the Dolphinists were conuerted by S. Peter and his disciples and S. Paul also preached there as I shall shew hereafter And therefore among the rest of the encomiasticall verses of those two glorious Apostles hath these Gallia plaude Lubens mittit tibi Roma salutem Fulgor Apostolicus visitat Allobrogas Which King Inas applyed to Britanie and Glastenbury in the same maÌ„ner onely changing Gallia into Anglia and Allobrogas into Glastoniam and to make a true verse visitat into Irradiat in the maner before related Anglia plaude lubens mittit tibi Roma salutem Fulgor Apostolicus Glastoniam irradiat Which he neither would nor truly could haue done except as venantius Fortunatus truely found by vndeniable Authorities that Fraunce and the people of Sauoy and Delphinate did first receaue the doctrine of Saluation from Rome S. Peter and S. Paul So King Inas had sufficient warrant to apply the very same and in the same sence to Britaine or England and Glastenbury to haue receaued the first light of faith from the same Rome and holy Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul 3. I may add to these the testimony of Kenulphus King of the Mercians with vs to Pope Leo the third where in his epistle vnto him thus he writeth vnde Tibi Apostolica dignitas inde nobis fidei veritas Innotuit from whence Apostolicall dignitie was deriued vnto thee which by all consent was from S. Peter Kenulphus Rex Mercior epist ad Leonem Pap. 3. the Apostle from thence the truthe of faith appeared or was made knowne vnto vs Which by the reason
Eisengr cent 1. 1. part 7. dist 8. by Simon Metaphrastes out of the greeke Antiquities and Gulielmus Eisengrenius in the first of his Centuries Where we see both Greekes and Latines to agree in this by our Protestants censure Which other Protestant Antiquaries namely amonge others Syr William Camden their absolutely best historian who maketh it a thing so certaine that S. Peter the Apostle both preached heare and performed such holy Apostolik offices for this kingdome as are partly remembred before that he maketh it a wonder that any man should oppose Camd. in Brit. against it and not beleeue it to be so Quid ni crederemus why should we not beleeue it and them that write it to be so And besides the Authors before alledged and to be cited hereafter both this Prince of Protestant Antiquaries and Andredu Chesne in his French generall history of England Scotland and Iland and diuers other English writers and allowed historians doe playnely André du Chesne histoire general d'Angleterre Escosse d'Irland l. 3. pag. 152. in Indice Harris in Theatro in S. Peter l. 1. c. 22. Nic. Fa. antiq Cath. p. 12. Camd. supr Edit an 1594. 1588. Andre Chesne supr affirme that Nicephorus is of the same opinion Camden confidently in diuers Editions telleth vs Nicephorus de Petro prodit Nicephorus doth declare of sainct Peter that he brought the faith of Christ to the Iles of Britaine The French historian saith Nicephorus teacheth in moste expresse terms that sainct Peter brought the doctrine of Christ to the occidentall Ocean and the Iles of Britaine 6. And if those men should ground vpon no other place then that of Nicephorus which some would expound for S. Simon Zelotes being heare which is in his second booke and 40. chapter It cannot be vnderstood of any other Apostle in any probable opinion but S. Simon Peter the cheife of the Apostles for none other of that most holy company being named Simon but Simon Peter and the other by some Zelotes and Chananaeus I haue made demonstration both by Catholikes and Protestants that S. Simon Zelotes was neuer heare in this Britaine Therefore Nicephorus to iustifie the coming of S. Simon an Apostle to preach the ghospell in this kingdome to make his assertion true must needs vnderstand it of S. Simon Peter And his very words will easely suffer that construction These they are as they be translated by our Protestant historians Nicephorus a Greeke Authour in his second booke 40. Stowe Howes hist in Agricola chapter hath as followeth Simon borne in Chana Galilei who for his feruent affection to his Master and greate zeale he tooke by all meanes to the Ghospell was surnamed Zelotes he hauing receaued the holy Ghost from aboue trauailed through Egypt and Afrike then through Mauritania and all Lybia preaching the Ghospell And the same doctrine he brought to the occidentall Sea and the Iles called Britannicae What is here in this narration but may truely and literally be applied to sainct Simon Peter who by name was Simon by Country of Galilie where he was first called by Christ to be an Apostle as first the scripture witnesseth Matth. c. 4. v. 15. March c. 1. v. 16. Ioan. c. 21. v. 15. 16. 1◠and for zeale and loue to his master the most zelous and louing among all the Apostles by his owne and Christs testimony recorded by the beloued Apostle of Christ That S. Peter the Apostle trauayled those Coūtries or taugth the faith in them is both proued before and Nicephorus himselfe shall further testifie Therefore to keepe Nicephorus or whosoeuer from whom he citeth that allegation from contradiction seeing it cannot truely be interpreted of S. Simon Zelotes we must for the credit of the Authour expound it of S. Simon Peter and this the rather because those Protestants themselues which cite these words of Nicephorus doe not affirme that they are true of Stowe Howes supr in Agricola Godwyn Conu of Britaine pa. 2. the other saint Simon or that he euer was in this Iland therefore to iustifie their truth in any respect we must by consent both of Catholiks and Protestants say they are onely verifiable of saint Peter Which the same Authour Nicephorus doth more plainely proue in other places First in the first chapter of his third booke he doth plainely distinguish that Apostle called by him before saint Simon that preached in Britaine from that Apostle called also commonly saint Simon Cananaeus or Zelotes which preached in Egypt Afrike and Mauritania making them two seuerall and diuers Apostles for speaking there of the sortition or diuision of the world betweene the 12. Apostles to preach the Ghospell in he vseth these words Aegyptū Lybiā alius alius item Nicephorus lib. 3. cap. 1. Stowe and Ed. Howe 's hist Romans p. 37. extremas Oceanū Regiones Insulas Britānicas sortitus est Which our Protestāts thus translate An other chose Egypt and Lybia an other the vttermost coosts of the Ocean with the Iles of Britaine Where we euidently See that whereas it is commōly taught that S. Simō Zelotes did preach in Egypt and Afrike which also Nicephorus alloweth yet euen by him it was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 alius an other Apostle yet by him before called Simō that preached in Britaine Therefore by him as the Protestant Antiquaries before haue truely deduced it must needs be S. Simon Camden supr Andre Chesne supr Nicephor l. 2. c. 35. Peter Prince of the Apostles which preached in this kingdome Which he further cōfirmeth of S. Peter in an other place speaking thus of him Petrus per orbem habitabilem passim vadens Ecclesias vbique constituit Romanam successoribus commisit Lino videlicet Anacleto Clementi Peter going euery where through the habitable world appointed Churches in euery place and left the Roman See to his Successours Linus Anacletus and Clement Therefore speaking of this voyadge of S. Peter after he came to Rome and leauing it to S. Linus and his Successours he must needs principally vnderstand his Iorney and labours into this west world through all which as he saith he trauayled and founded Churches in euery place For to that purpose by the common consent of Antiquaries he committed the chardge at Rome to S. Linus and Cletus vt ipse instaret praedicationi verbi orationi that he might intend to preach the word of God Niceph. l. 3. c. 1. in this westerne world and to pray And that he constituted Bishops in Ilands and cities in totius Europae oris in all the coasts of Europe Therefore except England the greatest of Ilands is not to be called an Iland and so renowned a Monarchie of Europe is no part thereof we must needs graunt by Nicephorus that S. Peter preached the faith of Christ consecrated Preists and Bishops and founded Churches in this Nation of great Britaine 7. And because our Theater Protestants
before haue a relation of this to be proued from the Greeke Antiquities I will asceÌ„d much higher then the dayes of Nicephorus euen to the time of our greate Emperour King and Cuontryman Constantine in whose age and Empire about thirteene hundred yeares since that greate glory of learned men in Greece Eusebius as an auncient learned sainct of that Nation testifieth hath written that S. Peter preached Euseb Pamphili apud S. Sim. Metaphrast die 29. Iunij and longe time as it appeareth by him in this our Britaine and the neare adioyning westerne Nations Eusebius Pamphili dicit Petrum duodecim annos esse versatum in Oriente vigint autem tres annos transegisse Romae in Britannia in ciuitatibus quae sunt in Occidente adeo vt sit totum tempus praedicationis Petri triginta quinque anni Eusebius Pamphylus saith that Peter conuersed in the East twelue yeares and spent three and twenty at Rome and in Britaine and in the cities which be in the west So that the whole time of the preaching of Peter is thirtie and fiue yeares Where he speaketh of the compleate yeares of S. Peters preaching in the west omitting the parts of yeares or taking S. Peters going to Hierusalem againe at the death of our blessed Lady out of the 25. yeares of his abode in the west Which accompt our English Protestants in their Fasti of the Kings and Bishops of England confirme Let no man obiect that his testimony is not sufficient he being an holy learned saint liuing in Constantinople the cheife Citie of Greece where Eusebius works were then most famous knowne to all men of learning and hauing so constantly auouched it when all Greece could argue him of vntruth if it had â—ene otherwise Who but extraordinarily wicked will once imagine that so worthy an Authour would to his owne eternall shame and confusion haue once inuented such a forgery what Grecian since that time or before by some numbers of yeares hath so much fauoured the Church of Rome as to honour it with vntruthes when they haue rather endeuoured the contrary as many haue written Neyther Fasti Regum Episcoporum Angliae vsque ad Gul. seniorem doe those workes of Eusebius which be now commonly extant contradict but rather confirme that which is cited from him before of S. Peter his spending much time in preaching in Britaine For although Eusebius both in his History and Cronicle saith with the generall opinion of historians that S. Peter was Bishop of Rome 24. or 25. yeares yet this is so farre from keeping him from Britaine that it maketh it a matter almost incredible but in some part of that time he was in Britaine And first all those renowned Authours Greeke and Latine which affirme that S. Peter preached heare in Britaine affirme also that he was so longe Bishop of Rome And seeing the world was euen by Christ and the Apostles themselues so diuided among them to preach the ghospell in and conuerte it to the faith what other Apostle did make any Residence so neare vnto vs by many huÌ„dreds of miles as Rome the See of S. Peter all histories of their liues and deaths be constant in this And I haue proued before that no other of the 12. Apostles amoÌ„g whom this diuision was made except S. Peter preached either in or neare to this kingdome 8. And all those Authors before haue proued that S. Peter preached in all these westerne Nations during that time when he is saide to haue had his cheife Residencie at Rome as the same Eusebius with the holy Scriptures and all historians affirmeth that during his first named Residency of Antioch in ponto Galatia Bithinia Cappadiocia Asia praedicauit he preached in Pontus Galatia Bithynia Cappadocia and Asia Some of those places fully Euseb in Chron. Euseb hist Eccl. l. 3. c. 1. Godwyn Conu of Brit. c. 1. pag. 5. Act. Apost c. 15. v. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. or allmoste as remote from Antioch as Britaine is from Rome And our Protestants themselues with the Scriptures and many historians testifie that after S. Peter his settling at Rome he went againe from thence to Hierusalem and Antioch also farre more distant from Rome then Britaine is And if S. Peter had not preached heare it is euident before that none of the twelue Apostles to whose preaching the world was first by Christ committed had performed it And so we should perhaps haue in that respect bene the most vnhappie kingdome in the knowne world at that time not any on of so greate extension greatnes and honour being to be reckoned but probably as appeareth by former Relations one Apostle or other preached the ghospell in it 9. An other also a GreciaÌ„ an holy Sainct as is set downe in the Menologe Menol. Graecor in S. Sim. Metaphr Sur. Et Lippom die 27. Nou. in festo eius Ioh. Molan in addit ad Vsuard 27. Nou. Conrad Gesner in Bibl. in Io. Psell of the Grecians and dyuers Latine Martyrologes as Surius Lippomannus and Molanus and his holy life written by Ioannes Psellus much commended by the Protestants CoÌ„radus Gesnerus Iosius Simlerus IoaÌ„nes Iacobus Frisius and others setteth downe all the circumstances of S. Peters coming hither by what contries the time of his staying heare what he performed in this kingdome how he was heare admonished by an Angell from heauen to returne againe to Rome to suffer Martyrdome and other matters of such consequence in so greate a busines that there is not more certaine and particular Relation left in any Antiquitie we haue for any historicall truth and veritie concerning this Nation which any Antiquarie Catholik or Protestant giueth the most vndoubted credit and assent vnto then for this preacing of S. Peter and his plaÌ„ting the Church of Christ in this Iland Thus this holy Saint liuing 800. yeares past setteth downe the holy Iorney of that blessed Apostle our first father in Christ S. Peter Cum non diu mansisset apud Romanos sancto Sim. Metaphrast die 29. Iunij baptismate multos regenerasset Ecclesiam constituisset Linum Episcopum ordinasset venit Tarracinam in qua cum Epaphroditum ordinasset Episcopum venit Sirmium ciuitateÌ„ Hispaniae Quo in loco cum Epinaetum coÌ„stituisset Episcopum venit in Aegiptum cum Thebis quae septem habet portas Rufum Alexandriae auteÌ„ Marcum Euangelistam eorum qui se in disciplinam tradiderunt Episcopatui praefecisset rursus venit Hierosolymam ex reuelatione propter Deiparae Mariae migrationem Deinde reuersus est in Aegiptum per Africam rursus Romam redijt Ex qua venit Mediolanum Photicen quae sunt ciuitates in continente in quibus cuÌ„ constituisset Episcopos presbyteros venit in Britanniam quo in loco cum longo tempore fuisset moratus multas gentes non nominatas attraxisset ad fidem Christi angelicam aspexit visionem quae
dicebat Petre instat tempus tuae resolutionis oportet teire Romam in qua cum mortem per crucem sustinueris accipies mercedem Iustitiae Cum ergo propterea deum glorificasset egisset gratias apud Britannos mansisset dies aliquot verbo gratiae multos illuminasset Ecclesias constituisset Episcoposque Presbyteros Diaconos ordinasset duodecimo anno Caesaris Neronis rursus Romam reuertitur when S. Peter had stayed but a short time with the Romans and had baptized many and fownded the Church and ordeyned Linus Bishop he came to Tarracina in which when he had ordeyned Epaphroditus Bishop he came to Sirmium a citie of Spaine in which place when he had constituted Epinaetus Bishop he came into Egipt whē he had made Rufus Bishop of Thebes which hath seuē gates and Marke the Euangelist Bishop of Alexandria he came againe to Hierusalē by reuelatiō for the migratiō or passing out of life of Mary the mother of God After this returning into Egipt through Africk the returned againe to Rome From which he came to Milane and Photice which are cities in the cōtinent in which after he had appointed Bishops and Preists he came into Britaine in which place whē he had stayed a longe time and had drawne many natiōs not named to the faith of Christ he had an Angelicall visiō which said O Peter the time of thy Resolution is at hand And thou must goe to Rome in which when thou hast suffered death by the crosse thou shalt receaue the reward of Iustice Therefore whē he had glorified God for it and giuen thākes stayed after with the Britans some dayes and illuminated many with the word of grace and constituted Churches and ordeined both Bishops and Preists and Deacons in the twelfth yeare of the Emperour Nero he returneth to Rome Hitherto the Relation of this holy learned and auncient Sainct writer Where the labours and trauailes of S. Peter are so orderly and punctually set downe after his first coming to Rome that except so worthie a man had sounde certaine and vndoubted Authoritie for such a Relation no man can be so malicious as to thinke he would so confidently and particularly haue written of that matter 10. And it appeareth plainely by that I haue written before that both by Catholiks Protestants all the rest of S. Alredus his narration of S. Peters Iorneyes are most true certaine except this last of his coming hither and so longe remayning in this our Britaine these parts which I matuaile that any man of this kingdome will call in question being deliuered by so many Authorities before and aboue all other parts of that his Relation fortified by so manie vndeniable circumstances and Arguments as the time when the way by which he came a longe continuance of his aboude heare his passage by this Iland to drawe many vnnamed nations to the faith of Christ what he did heare his making of Bishops Preists and Deacons founding of Churches his loue to this kingdome so greate that vntill he was admonished from Heaven by an Angell to returne againe to Rome to receaue his crowne of Martyrdome he had so happily placed his Apostolicall Cathedrall See in this Imperiall and commanding Iland of this Northren and westerne world and by his blessed presence and heauenly labours left it Illustrious to succeeding generations not onely to be stiled Romana Insula the Roman Iland as I haue written before but as the same Apostle himself did testifie to S. Brithworld S. Peters preaching in Britaine proued by infallibly diuine authoritie Bishop of Winton or Wilton as our Protestant Historians doe plainely testifie together prouing that S. Peter first preached in this kingdome of greate Britaine The Protestant Theater writers haue these words It is reported by Aluredus Riuallensis the writer of King Edward the Confessors life that a holy man Theater of great Britaine l. 6. c. 9. studious and carefull for a gouernour to succeede was in his sleepe told by S. Peter that the kingdome of England was his wherein himself had first preached and would also prouide him successors Which other Protestants thus further confirme Alredus Francis Mason of Consecrat of Bishop l. 2. c. 2. p. 47. Sutcliffe subuers Godwyn conu of Britaine p. 4. Riuallensis an English Abbot left written aboue 500. yeares agone a certaine Reuelation or apparition of S. Peter to an holy man in the time of King Edward the Confessor shewing how he had preached himself in England and consequently the particular care he had of that Church and Nation Thus farre these Protestants So that if this was a true Reuelation there needeth no more testimony in this matter for the wittnes of Angels glorified Saints cannot by any possibilitie be vntrue and the vision testifiing that S. Peter himself had first preached heare in this kingdome is an euident demonstration both that he preached heare and was the first either immediately by himself or mediately by his disciples and Substituts which preached the faith of Christ in this kingdome Therefore all the difficultie will be in the proposers of this holy Reuelation he to whome it was made and they which haue commended it to writing And because supernaturall things such as this was cannot be proued by naturall Argument a priore by their cause to giue some certaine and vndoubted proofe thereof a Posteriore by some effect necessarily conuincing some supernaturall power to haue had Influence thereto for the more credite of this sacred truthe proue by these Protestants themselues 11. And first concerning the writer and recorder of this holy history they haue told vs it was Alredus Riuallensis a man of that worth learning and Ioh. Balaeus de Scriptor Cētur 2. fol. 88. p. 1. in Alred Riual pietie that to speake in a Protestant Bishops words he was Cistertiensiū Monachorum Abbas natione Anglus gencre doctrina inculpatae vitae moribus praeclarus enituit Episcopatum ac alios honores mundanos omnino recusabat vt ad virtutum exercitia maximè ad Euangelij praedicationem expeditior haberetur Vir erat vt alter Bernardus ingenio pius consilio modestissimus Abbot of the Cistersian monkes by Country an English man he was eminently renowned by birth learning and holy life and conuersation he refused a Bishoprike and other worldly honors vtterly that he might be more ready to the exercises of vertues chefely for preaching the ghospell he was a man as an other S. Bernard Godly in wit and most modest in counsaile He that desireth more of this holy witnes may finde in our auncient M. S. antiq de vit Sanct. Ioh. Capgr in Cata. l. in S. Alred Abb. Manuscripts our learned Countriman Ihon Capgraue and others how he is registred among the most glorious and miraculous Saints of this Natiō to which our Protestant Bishop before hath giuen allowance where he giueth vs assured knowledge that this
was the same Registerer of this heauenly vision set downe by him in S. Edwards life for speaking of the memorable works writings of this renowned Saint he saith composuit inter caetera Bal. sup centur 2. in Alred Rieual vitam Edwardi Anglorum Regis among other things he wrote the life of King Edward of England conteining aboue 28. chapters which was presented to King Henry the second So that there cannot be the least exception taken eyther to the Authour so learned worthie a Saint neither to the keeping or preseruation of that worke being presented to the King of England that then reigned and preserued in the Librarie of our kings from whence other copies Exemplars were taken Therefore now to make all sure let vs come to that learned holy man to whome this reuelation was made and to the subsequent effects which demonstratiuely proue it to haue bene a most certaine and vndoubted diuine testimonie and vision Continuator histor S. Bedae in S. Edwardo l. 2. Guliel Malmesbur de gest Reg. Angliae l. 2. Alred Rieual in vit S. Edward Reg. Capgrau Catal. in eod M. S. Antiq de Sanct. in S. Edward Confess Harpesfeld sec-11 c. 3. Godwyn Catalog in wynchester 31. in Brithwold in Salisbury or Wilton 8. in Brithwold Protest Index in Guliel Malmes in Brithwold 10. Herold epist dedic ante Marian. Sâ—â—t Godwyn in Cat. in Winchester in Brithwold â—1 Godwyn supr Balaeus de Script Brit. cent 2. in Gulielmo Malm. 12. All Authors that write of this matter agree whether Catholiks or Protestants that it was S. Brithwold an holy Bishop of England a most deuoute religious and miraculous man to whome this vision and Relation was made Onely there is some question whether it was S. Brithwold Bishop of winchester wintoniensis or sainct Brithwold Bishop of wilton or Salisbury wiltonensis the likenes of names Wilton Winton perhaps causing that doubt But because they were both so holy and renowned men that they haue gotten their worthie praise and commendation with all writers euen Protestants themselues and sainct Alredus liued in both their times to receaue the certaintie and vndoubted truth of these things from them or eyther of them It is not the difference of Vuintonensis or vuiltonensis can make any materiall difference in this point all vniformerly agreeing it was S. Brithwold an holy English Bishop and sainct of that time who had this Illumination and apparition from heauen A Protestant Bishop thus speaketh of this holy Bishop It is written of him that one night being late at his prayers he chaunced to thinke of the lowe ebb of the blood royall of England which now was all most quite consumed and brought to nothing In the midest of this cogitation falling a sleepe It seemed vnto him he saw S. Peter crowning younge prince Edward that liued in exile at tâ—at time in Normandie and furthermore to shew how he should reigne foure and twenty yeares and die at last without Issue And he citeth William of Malmesbury in his second booke of the kings of England for Author who because he is cited and approued by this Protestant Bishop and by an other most highly recommended in these words suo seculo in omni genere bonarum literarum plane eruditissimus in erueÌ„dis antiquitatibus ingenio diligentia curaque singularis Anglicae nationiâ— studio sissimus illustrator absolutely the most learned in his age in all kind of Learning and in searching out Antiquities singular for witt diligence and care the most studious ennabler of the English Nation I will cite him also thus he writeth entreating of the happy times of this Nation vnder that our holy king sainct Edward the confessor viderat quondaÌ„ sommij Gulielm Malm. l. 2. de gest Reg. Anglorum c. 13. reuelatione seculi illius faelicitatem Brithwoldus Vuiltunensis alias Vuintoniensis Episcopus viderat annuntiauerat Nam dum tempore Cnutonis caelestibus apud Glastoniam lucubraret excubijs subijssetque illum cogitatio quae frequenter angebat de regia stirpe pene deleta haec meditanti sopor irrepsit ecce in superna raptus videt ApostoloruÌ„ principem Petrum ipsism Edwardum qui tuÌ„c in Normannia exulabat in Regem consecrare caelibe designata vita certo viginti quatuor annoruÌ„ numero râ—gni computato Brithwold Bishop of wilton or winton had some time by reuelation of a dreame seene the felicitie of that age and declared it For when in the time of King Knut he was in the night attending to heauenly watchings and had à cogition which often trobled him of the regall race all most blotted out while he meditated these things sleep fell vppon him and behold beeing rapt on high he saw the prince of the Apostles Peter to coÌ„secrate for King Edward himself who then was bannished in Normandy designeing vnto him the chaste life and accompting the yeares of his reigne twenty and foure This same history the same commended Author more plainely remembreth in another place as also the CoÌ„tinuator of the history of sainct Bede in these terms Brithwoldus ex monacho Glastoniensis qui multis annis Gulielm Malm. de gest Pontif. Angl. l. 2. Continuator hist S. Bedae l. 2. in S. Edwardo a tempore Regis Ethelredi vsque ad Edwardum vltimum administrauit Episcopatum Is tempore Regis Cnutonis quadam vice caelestibus apud Glastoniam vt saepe faciebat intentus excubijs diuinam visionem expertus est Cum enim subijsset eum cogitatio quae frequenter eum angebat de Anglorum regia stirpe pene deleta hoc mâ—ditanti sopor irrepsit ecce in supernaraptus vidit Apostolorum principem Petrum manu tenentem Edwardum filium Ethelredi qui tunc in Normannia exulabat in Regem consecrare caelebe designata vita certo 24. annoruÌ„ numero coÌ„putato quo regni metam terminaret Brithwold first a monke of Glastenbury and now many yeares from the time of King Ethelred vnto the last Edward hauing bene a Bishop he in the time of King Knut vppon a certaine time as he often did attending to heavenly watches at Glastenbury had à diuine vision For hauinge à cogitation which often troubled him of the race of the Kings almost extinguished while he thus meditated sleepe came vppon him and being in an Extasis he saw Peter prince of the Apostles holding Edward the sonne of Ethelred then an exile in Normandy by the hand and consecrating him King and Assining to him the chast life and accompting a certaine number of 24. yeares in which he should end the time of his Reigne Hitherto this so renowned Antiquarie so much commended by our Protestants and as he is published and allowed by them so manifestly approuing this vision and Reuelation of sainct Peter to sainct Brithwold as is declared and so conuincingly that our Protestant publishers of his workes haue thus noted vppon those places Brithwoldi Episcopi visio
had taken publike notice of this matter is or lately was extant for Ihon Leland writing of this History saith ipsa Henricianae donationis verba ex Archetypo subscribam I will set downe the words of King Henry his graunt Ioh. Leland assert Arthurij fol. 12. out of his originall writing it self Therefore he had seene it And Maister Stowe making relation from this Charter of King Henry the second how all those Kings before remembred and many other Christian Kings besides had publikly confirmed this truth he addeth all which so to be the foresaid King Henry Stowe history the Romans in Agricola Theater of great Brit. lib. 6. cap. 9. Godwin Conu of Brit. p. 10. Theater sup l. 6. Ihon Harding Chronicle fol. 60. c. 47. Act. SS Damia Fugat apud Capgr in Catal. Leland in Asser Arthur Theat of Brit. l. 6. Epist S. Patric apud Capgr sup alios Godwin Conu of Brit. p. 10. Gaufrid Abbas Burton M. S. hist de vit S. Moduenae Virg. c. 2. 4. c. Nenius apud Harding Chron. fol. 41. c. 48. Melkin apud Capg in S. Ioseph in Antiq. Glaston Baleus l. de Scri. cent 1. in Melkino Matth. Parker in antiq Brit. sup Godwin Conu p. 10. Io. Anglic. Foxe to 1. Mon. Theater of great Brit. l. 6. c. 9. §. 2. Dauid Powel in Annot. in hist Cambr. p. 12. 13. Godwin Conu of Brit. p. 11. Ioh. Capgrau in Catalog in S. Patri the Auncient inscriptioÌ„ in Brasse Apud Capgrau in S. Ioseph M. S. Vatican apud Baron to 1. Theat of Brit. l. 6. Godw. Conu of Brit. Philip. Pantal. Chron. ad an 70. 75. Andre Chesne hist d'Angletere Escosse Hiber Matth. Parker Antiq. Brit. Bal. cent 1. in Ioseph Godwin Conu Mont. Infra Camden in Belg. Stowe Howes Hist Powell annot in hist Brit. Drayton in Poly olb Seld. Illustr established by his Charter which Charter myself haue seene and read 3. The Protestant Theater writers write in like manner and a Protestant Bishop writing in the yeare 1615. of this matter plainely writeth The Charters are extant of King Henry the second And the same Protestants late Theater telleth vs the like of the Charter of King Edward the third to the same effect one exemplified vnder the seale of King Edward the third is to be seene at this day wherein Relation is made of all those Charters and Testimonyes I haue before remembred Ihon Harding writing of the coming of S. Ioseph hither and the extraordinary fauour which King Aruiragus publikly shewed vnto him and his Associats saith it was at the entreaty of Vespasian the Roman Lieutenant vnto Aruiragus and his Queene We haue further witnesses heare of the Acts of the Legats of Pope and Saint Eleutherius in the second hundred yeare alledged by S. Patricke whether the first sent by S. Celestine Pope then of Rome as his Epistle testifieth or the second as a Protestant Bishop rather supposeth I doe not heare contend for this second also was a glorious Saint as Gaufride Abbot of Burton in his Manuscript History writeth â— sent by Pope Leo into Ireland the tenth in number from the first S. Patrike we haue or had also Nenius in his History in the Brittish tongue testifing the same except Ihon Harding doth deceaue vs. We haue the Epistle of that S. Patrike which lyued long and died at Glastenburye where S. Ioseph also lyued and died and was buryed to the same purpose We haue Melkinus who wrote aboue a thowsand yeares since witnessing the same and that he was buried vnder a marble stone at Glastenbury In Aualonia Ioseph ab Aramathia dictus somnum sub marmore caepit diuturnum And except two Protestant Bishops Parker and Godwyne and as they say Ioannes Anglicus long since deceaue vs S. Augustine our Apostle in an Epistle which he wrote to S. Gregory giueth like testimony Ihon Foxe the Theater writers Dauid Powell with sume others alledge the same from Gildas in his booke of the victory of Aurelus Ambrosius There is as a Protestant Bishop writeth and Ihon Capgraue citeth the same History an auncient Inscription in Brasse formerly fixed vpon a piller in S. Iosephs Chappell at Glastenbury and now or lately in the custody of M. Thomas Hewes Esquier in Wells but three miles distant thence expressely prouing that S. Ioseph of Aramathia with eleuen other holy men he being the cheifest came hither in the thirtith yeare after the PassioÌ„ of Christ Anno post passionem domini 30. duodecim sancti ex quibus Ioseph ab Aramathia primus erat huc venerunt And it is contained in the same Antiquitâ—â— that Saint Dauid in his time offered a Saphire of inestimable value vpon the Altar there cuius altare inaestimabili Sapphiro insigniuit And set a piller for a during marke betweene the Chappell which S. Ioseph had builded and other later additions vnto it perpetually to knowe it by with the perfect bredth and length thereof 4. We haue the auncient Poet to assuer vs that S. Ioseph was the principall of the twelue holy men coming to Aualonia Intrat Aualoniam duodena caterua virorum Flos Aramathiae Ioseph est primus eorum We haue forreyne testimonies hereof both Catholiks and Protestants the Manuscript history in the Vaticane Library at Rome cited by Baronius our Theater writers and others Philip Pantaleon a German Protestant telling vs that Ioseph of Aramathia with his fellowes preached the Ghospell in Britayne Iosephus de Aramathia in Britannia cum socijs suis Euangelium praedicauit So for France hath Andrew Chesne in his French History of England Scotland and Irelend with others at home we haue a generall consent of Historians Catholiks or Protestants in this matter namely among Protestants their Protestant Bishops Parker their Archbishop Bale Godwine and Montague of others Camden Stowe Howes Powell Selden Drayton and others Among these Doctour Montague Protestant Bishop of Welles with in three miles of the place where S. Ioseph dyed and was buryed and so taking the best knowledge thereof he could to present a Queene withall in his Panegiricall entertainement of the late Queene Anne producing foure parsons to represent S. Peter S. Paul S. Andrew Apostles and S. Ioseph of Aramathia bringeth forth the Representor of S. Ioseph thus to speake vnto her I am the Herald of these Saincts Peter Paul and Andrew sent hyther by them full fifteene hundred and fortie yeares agoe to bring the waters of life into this Isle of Britayne In this Isle I made choise of an Isle the Island of Aualon neare adioyning to this place where after I had planted and watered and God had giuen an happy encrease I rested from my labours and my body lay buried in a graue of honour hoping verely that since I had that honour to intombe that blessed body no body would haue done themselues that dishonour as to haue violated my sepulchre But God wot ruinated it is and with it the goodlyest Monastery that euer
Glast M. S. tabulis ligneis affix in meÌ„branis Holy Reliks brought hither reuerenced by S. Ioseph M. S. antiq de vit S. Iosephi Capgrau in eodem Melkin in S. Ioseph Antiq. Glast tabul Fix Antiquit. quondaÌ„ in Monaster S. Edmundi in Suffolc S. Augustini Cantuar. Theater of great Brit. Cat. of Rerelig Houses Richard Gibbonus Catalog Religioas aedium in Comit. Somersetten L. vlt. de Pagan C. Theod. l. Decernimus C. de Episc Cler. nouel 117. c. 7. ex Iulian. Const 1. c. 1. Auth. coll 5 tit 17. Ord. Rom. de diuin offic c. deaedif Eccl. pag. 107. Prudent â—ym 5. de S. Vincent 12. de passionib Apost al. apud Bar. To. 2. Annal. die 26. Iulij Thorne as the Protestants themselues there name it had within the memory of diuers there lyuing so testifing vnto me two Trunkes or Bodyes the other of a greater bignesse and a prophane Protestant endeuouring to cut downe the greatest and likely both if God had not miraculously preuented his wicked designement was extraordinarily punished by cutting his legge and one of the chips which he hewed of flying vp to his head put out one of his eyes was enforced to desist yet hauing cut downe the greater Trunke onely except a litle of the barke on the one side this body of the tree so seperated from the roote and lying vpon the grounde 30. yeares together still continued the miraculous florishing as the other did and still doth and being after taken quite away and cast into a ditch farre of from the place it likewise florished and budded as it vsed before And after that yeare it was quite stollen away not knowne by whome or whether as the old people there affirmed There is also the remnant of a miraculous wallnut Tree neare S. Iosephs Chappell the stocke remayning still alyue with a few small bowes the rest cut away which neuer buddeth forth vntill the Feast of S. Barnabas the Apostle commonly esteemed the longest day and then it sodaynely florisheth as much as others of that kinde of which I haue spoaken before from the Protestant Bishop of that place Doctor Montague That which is left of this Tree keepeth the same miraculous course euery yeare in florishing and bringing forth of leaues but no other frute of nutts the braunches being when I sawe it of late yeares too small younge and tender to bring them forth or sustaine their weight 5. These holy men among other memoryes of their holy Christian profession made vsed and left there the Picture of the Crucifixe and other holy Images to testifie to posteritie they were Christians by Religion which there inhabited Figuram nostrae Redemptionis aliasque figuras manifestas repererunt quibus bene cognouerunt quod Christiani prius locum inhabitarunt which remained there vntill the coming of those Apostolike men which Saint Eleutherius Pope sent hither in King Lucius his time There they kept with greate reuerence which with like deuotion they brought so farre with them two small siluer vessels filled with the blood and sweate of our blessed Sauiour Duo vascula alba argentea cruore prophetae Iesu perimpleta There they left a Succession of the first and most holy Religeous men continuing except in one part of the second Age by some vntill S. Dunstan his time by all many hundreds of yeares after the Saxons coming hither and were renowned in all NatioÌ„s in the time of the Romans the Britans and diuers Ages of the Pagan Saxons as also after they were Christians in and after S. Augustine his dayes as I shall deliuer at large when I come to that Age. These two Religeous memories the vessels of sweaty blood of Christ and the signe of the Crosse found in that holy place gaue inuincible testimony it was the Residency and habitation of blessed S. Ioseph and his holy company none but good Christians reuerent preseruers of such Relicks and ensignes and as appeareth by the auncient lawes and monuments heare cited no Church founded by Christians but with a Crosse or Crosses erected there euen in those first happye times as a Title and memory THE XXIX CHAPTER WHEREIN IS SHEWED HOW OVR PROtestant Antiquaries and others of England vehemently contending to proue that S. Paule the Apostle preached heare in Britaine doe proue no such thing by any Authorities they alledge for his being heare 1. IT is a common opinion of our English Protestant Antiquaries and others of that Religion that S. Paule preached heare in Britaine but the testimonies and Authorities vpon which Protestants Arguments and authorities for S. Paules preaching in Britaine examined they ordinaly build doe not in my Iugment proue any such thing of him in particular more then of the other Apostles Their first Archbishop of Canterbury thus pleadeth for S. Paul Paulum ipsum gentium Doctorem cum alijs gentibus tum nominatim Britannis Euangelium nuntiasse post priorem suam Romae incarcerationem Theodoretus Sophronius Patriacha Matth. Parker Antiq. Brit. p. 2. Lib. de curandis GraecoruÌ„ affect Hierosolymitanus affirmant both Theodoret and Sophronius patriarke of Hierusalem doe affirme that Paule himself Doctor of the gentils did preach the Ghospell to other Nations and namely to the Britans after his first imprisonment at Rome The Protestant Authours of their greate Theater of greate Theat of greate Brit. l. 6. c. 9. Britaine thus write of S. Paules being heare who doubtlesse after his first releasement from Rome confirmed the doctrine to these westerne parts of the world and among them as may appeare to this Iland of Britaine as both Sophronius Patriarke of Hierusalem and Theodoret an anncient Doctor of the Church doe affirme and proue saying that Fishers Publicans and the Tentmaker meaning S. Paule which brough the Euangelicall light vnto all Nations reuealed the same vnto the Britans Sir william Camden a principall Antiquarie speaking of S. Peters preaching heare ioyneth also S. Peter with him in these words Petrus etiam Camden Brit. in Sommersetshire ipse huc penetrauit diuini verbi lumen diffudit vti etiam Paulus teste Sophronio Theodoreto post secundam Romae Incarcerationem Also Peter himself came hither and diffused the light of the diuine worde as also Paule as Sophronius and Theodoret testifie after his second Imprisonment at Rome Also Andre du Chesne in his Andre de Chesne hist d'Anglet Escosse Hiberne p. 152. Stowe hist Romans Holinsh. hist of Eng. Harris descript of Britaine Author of 3. CoÌ„uers part 1. p. 21. 22. §. 22. Engl. Martyrol die 25. Ianuar. French Historie of England Scotland and Ireland saith S. Paule came hither apres se second prison a Rome after his second Imprisonment at Rome And citeth for this his opinion Theodoret and Sophronius as the alledged English Protestants haue done before of which opinion and vpon the same Authoritie are other English Protestant Historians as Stowe Holinshed and Harrison 2. To
or giuen any other note or distinction to knowe what Timothie it was which vndertoocke so greate labours and had so happie successe in this kingdome we must needs expressing it with great Ioy conclude it was S. Timothie Sonne of our renowned Brittish Lady Claudia which shewed so greate loue and atcheiued so worthie things in his and our Country Britaine And to leaue it without question it could be no other 4. The other S. Timothie Bishop of Ephesus was martyred and buryed there in the time of Domitian and many yeares by all accompts before King Lucius was borne And S. Onesimus mentioned by S. Paul was his Successour Vi◠S. Timothei Ephes in Breu. die 24. Ianuar. Martyrol Rom. eod die Bed Ado Lipp Ignat Epist ad Ephes Epist ad Antioch Nicep l. 3. c. H. Magdeb. cent 2. Breuiar Rom. die 22. August Martyrol Rom. 23. Aug. Bed Vsuard alij Martyrol Rom. 3. Maij. Menol Martyrol Rom. Bed Vsuard 21. Maij. Petr. Catal. l. 5. c. 28. Martyr Ro. Bed Vsuard 23. Aug. Greg. Tur. l. de glor Mart. c. 54. Martyrol Rom. alij 19. Decembr Martyrol Rom. Menol. 10. Iunij 2. Tim. 4. S. Pius Pap. 1. Ep. ad Iustum Viēn Epist sup apud Baron To. 2. Annal. an 166. and Bishop there in S. Ignatius dayes as he himselfe witnesseth both which were also martyred 50. yeares before this time I now entreate of by all witnesses Catholiks and Protestants There haue bene diuers other holy Saints of that name but none of that time and Episcopall or Preistly Function to whome we can possibly ascribe this honour S. Timothie of Antioch preached at Rome but long after this in the time of Pope Melchiades martyred there There was an other martyred in Macedonia but no Preist nor about this time An other martyred at Thebais but a married man Husband to S. Maura martyred with him in the time of the Arrians An other of that name was martyred in Mauritania with Polius and Eutichius Deacons he himselfe also onely a Deacon An other in Rhemes in France with S. Apollinaris but not noted to haue bene any Clergie man An other a Deacon onely in Mauritania An other with Tecla and Agapius but no Preist and in the time of Diocletian now vnborne as also S. Timotheus Bishop of Prusiadis in the time of Iulian the Apostata in Bithinia I can finde no more of that name for holy Saints neyther any eyther probabilitie or possibilitie that any of them conuerted or euer perswaded King Lucius to be a Christian 5. Therefore I leaue it as due to our glorious Countryman S. Tymothie sonne of S. Claudia and brother to S. Nouatus S. Pudentiana and S. Praxedes sufficiently insinuated by S. Paul himselfe when he so honorably enrolled his Parents for such his most beloued in holy Scripturs when that holy Pope which ordinarily liued in his house dedicated it for a Church was present in Rome to see his happy death by Martyrdome and next succeeded S. Higinius of whose Papacie we now write doth expressely witnes that he was brought vp by two most glorious Apostles S. Peter and S. Paul and was their Disciple Sanctus Timotheus qui ab Apostolis educatis Presbiter vsque ad nos peruenit Greate honor it was for the first Christian King of Britaine the first Christian kingdome of the world to be instructed in the faith by so noble and renowned Apostle of his owne Nation with the assistance and concurrance of the Pope himselfe S. Pius as he testifieth when he saith concerning S. Timothie and S. Marke that was Martyred with him that he dispensed the word of faith with them cum quibus simul verbum fidei partiti sumus What were the Impediments in temporall respects which hindered King Lucius from publike Profession of Christian Religion wherein he was thus instructed vntill or neare the Papacie of S. Eleutherius I shall declare hereafter and speake more of S. Tymotheus our Countriman and Apostle as also of S. Nouatus his blessed brother and the holy virgins his Sisters S. Pudentiana and S. Praxedes Onely I say now of him that he was a most worthie man to be Legate to the Pope of Rome of whome Ethelwerdus hath told vs before which in the yeare of grace 156. sent a Legate hither with letters to King Lucius exhorting him to the Christian Religion Beatissimus Christi famulus per Nuntium literas Lucium adijt Insulae Regem ammonens eum de fide Baptismo Catholico which he so honorably performed Yet in giuing this so greate deserued honor to S. Tymothie I doe not exclude others frō their due praise glory for their labours in this busines but as I haue proued before so heare I acknowledg againe in our Protestant Historians words Euen from the dayes of Ioseph of Arimathia and his fellowes or what other godly men first taught the Holinshed Hist of Engl. l. 4. c. 19. Britans the Ghospell of our Sauiour there remayned among the same Britans some Christians which ceased not to teache and preache the worde of God most sincerely vnto them But yet no King amongst them openly professed that Religion till Lucius S. Marcellus a Brittan conuerted King Lucius 6. Among these was S. Marcellus or Marcellinus afterward Bishop of Tungers and then Archbishop of Treuers where he ended his dayes with Martyrdome for the truth of Christ about the yeare 180. as diuers write and Petr. Merssaeus Catal. Episcop Tungren Archiep Treuer in S. Marcell Engl. Martyr 4. Sept. Anton. Democh. l. 2. Missae contra Caluin Guliel Eisengr cent 2. Part. 4. yet was Bishop of Tungers 29. yeares before he was translated to Treuers where he was Archbishop some time Therefore seeing we reade that he preached heare in Britaine his Country and to King Lucius aswell before his going into those forreine parts as after he must needs haue preached heare in or before the 150. yeare and so might well be one of those Cambridge Doctors before remembred The Annals of the Arcbishops of Treuers say of this man that Lucius King of Britaine now England was Baptized by his preaching huius praedicatione Rex Angliae id est Lucius Baptizatus est The Historie of Tungers speaketh more plainely that this S. Marcellus did by his preaching conuert Lucius Prince of Britaine with all his Nation to Christ S. Catal. Archiep. Treu. in S. Marcello al. Marcel lino Marcellus Lucium Britanniae Principem cum tota gente sua praedicatione ad Christum conuertit And the same Catalogue of Treuers saith that King Lucius was made a Christian and Baptized by this our renowned Countryman S. Marcellus S. Lucius Britanniae Rex factus Christianus atque ab hoc Marcello Petr. Merssaeus Catal. Episcop Tungren in S. Marcello Treuirorum Doctore Baptizatus And to giue vs notice that S. Marcellus must needs performe these holy offices heare at or about this time the same Annals of Treuers in
truth but in such sort did it as thereby he hath purchased vnto the same the Title of Primogenita Ecclesiae the most auncient and first begotten of all the Churches in the world for that as Sabellicus hath well noted allthough Christ was preached elswhere priuately Britaine the first Kingdome in the world which publikely and generally receaued the saith of Christ in many other Nations long before yet omnium Prouinciarum prima publicitus Christi nomen recepit Of all Nations it was the first that with publike approbation of Prince and State receaued the Profession of Christian Religion Thus farre he commendeth King Lucius for the carriadge of this busines afterward insinuating first to his Readers that there were Christian Preists and Preachers heare in Britaine when King Lucius sent to Pope Eleutherius about the generall Conuersion of this kingdome and to vse his words there is no doubt to be made that at their hāds if he were not he might haue bene baptised that were the Instrumēts of his Conuersion And then he immediately thus addeth to dishonour this Noble King for this his most honorable Ambassadge But what shall I say humanitūs aliquid passus est he thought happily it would be some litle glory vnto him and a countenance also to the action to fetch them that might seeme to be the Authours of this designe from Rome the Seate of the Empire the Mistresse of the world yea and also happily the vpholders of his Crowne and Authoritie regall Thus farre this Protestant Bishop and Antiquarie all which I haue answeared before and now breifely repeate if King Lucius was or might haue bene baptised by any heare all they as I haue proued before of S. Timothie Marcellus Mansuetus and others sent hither or conuerted being cōsecrated Preists or Bishops heare by Authoritie from the Apostolike Roman See he must needs also be baptised by power from thence if he had not sent this solemne Ambassadge thither So likewise if he stayed the returne of his Ambassadours Eluan and Medwin if the Pope had sent no others hither seeing by all Antiquities these were but Cathecumens and not baptised when they were sent to Rome but there perfectly instructed baptised and cōsecrated the one a Priest the other a Preist and Bishop if these or eyther of them baptised him and his people if they alone had bene able to performe so generall and greate a worke it had bene done by the power of the Pope of Rome who consecrated them and by Authoritie sent them hither to that end 6. So if King Lucius had appealed in this busines to the Bishops of France or any Country betweene Rome and vs and if they had harkened vnto him herein without consulting with the Pope of Rome yet all they being consecrated and directed thither by his Authoritie as we haue seene before King Lucius and his subiects resolued to be Christians must become such by the labour power and warrant of the Pope of Rome And by that which is saide before by the warrant of our Protestants of the both claymed and practised supreame spirituall power of all Popes from S. Peter to this time of S. Eleutherius and of him also it is euident that this kingdome nor any other could be in such solemne and publike manner conuerted and all Ecclesiasticall matters with change of Temporall lawes be established without the warrant and approbation of the Apostolike See of Rome and Church thereof in which respect and noe other Sabellicus and others which truely call this our Britaine the eldest daughter of the Church primogemita Ecclesiae so terme it in respect of the Church of Rome our holy Mother which brought forth this Country generally and publikly to Christ before any other in the world by sending holy Preachers and Apostolike men hither which so brought it to passe to the greate honour of this Nation Eleutherius Graecia oriundus sed Neapoli Anton. Sabellicus l. 5. Ennead 7 in Italia ortus successit Soteri Cum hoc nuper dignitatem adepto Lucius Britanniae Rex per litteras egit vt se suos vellet Christianorum numero addicere Missi sunt eo Fugatius Damianus viri pietate insigni hi Regem cum tota domo populoque vniuerso Baptismi Sacramento insignauerunt sublatoque malorum daemonum cultu vera in gente pietas constituta est Sic Britannia omnium Prouinciarum prima publicitus Christi nomen recepit Where it is euident that Sabellicus this Protestant Bishops Authour giueth this dignitie to Britaine to be the eldest and first borne daughter of the Church because the Roman Church first and before all other Nations did bringe it wholy forth to Christ wholy conuerting it in which sence the King of France accompteth and stileth himselfe primogenitus Annal. Galliae in Claudio Ecclesiae the first begotten child of the Church among Kings because Stephen a King in France rather a Duke was in their opinion in the time of Claudius the Emperour conuerted to the faith of Christ by Apostolike men sent from the See of Rome And our King Iames whome our Protestants would haue to be the fourth such supreame heade of their Church in England after King Henry the eight the yoūge child King Edward the sixt and Elizabeth a woman and Queene plainely and publikly in open parlament hath thus confessed I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our Mother Church Therefore except Mother and Daughter be not correlatiues and vnseperable Britaine King Iames speach in his 1. Parlament was the Daughter hauing no elder Sister Daughter of that Church was the first borne Daughter of the Church by this prerogatiue primogenita Ecclesiae 7. And the Arguments which this Protestant Bishop would haue to accuse or condemne King Lucius of vaine glory for sending to Rome to establish Godwin Conu of Brit. supr p. 35. the Conuersion of Britaine because Rome was then the Seate of the Empire Mistresse of the world and happily vpholder of his crowne and regall Authoritie doe aduance the honour of King Lucius his zeale in Religion and Dutie to the Roman Church For if the Conuersion of Britaine in so vinuersall established order could haue bene compassed without allowance of the Pope of Rome it had bene more secure for him to haue abstayned from that Ambassadge sent vnto the Pope liuing in state of Persecution for his Christian Religion and cheife office therein by the temporall and Imperiall Rome temporall Seate of persecuting Emperours their times of conniuency onely excepted temporall Mistresse of the world temporall Vpholder or friend to the Regall crowne of Britaine so farre as it did nothing which tasted of alienation from the Roman Pagan Imperours will and dignitie with which King Lucius his professing a Religion persecuted by them and suing for establishing and confirmation thereof by the Authoritie of the Pope of Rome which aboue all other things was most distastfull to the Roman Empire and had for
hauing three sonnes Locrinus Albanact and Camber did at his death diuide the IlaÌ„d into three parts or Prouinces Loegria now England to Locrinus his eldest sonne Albania Scotland to Albanact the second and Cambria Wales to Camber the youngest Locrino primoginito dedit illam partem quae quondam Loegria nunc vero Anglia nominatur Albanacto filio natu secundo dedit Albaniam quae nunc Scotia vocitatur Cambro vero tertio filio dedit Cambriam quae modo wallia nominatur reseruata Locrino Regia dignitate This might suffice for this busines for being testified with so many domesticall and forreine priuate and publike witnesses that this Tripartited diuision was heare from the beginning and first name of Britaine we must needs for euery seuerall part and Prouince assigne a seuerall gouernment and order therein as their Rulers and Gouernours were diuers and distinct 2. But our Antiquities carry vs further and informe not onely that London Yorke and Caerlegion were the seuerall cheife Cities in this diuision but the Kings which founded them for such ordayned them likewise to be the Seats and Residences of three seuerall Archiflamens or Protoflamens For the glory and Noblenes of London therevpon named Augusta I haue spokeÌ„ before and as it is the common opinion in Antiquities that it is the most auncient Citie of this Iland builded by Brutus as not onely the Brittish Historie Galfridus Virunnius and our English Antiquaries after them but Gildas Sigebertus and others sufficiently witnes and except M. Stowe is deceaued in his Authours Aethicus an old Pagan Philosopher testifieth no lesse affirming that Brutus named this kingdome Brutannia And Ihon Harding in his plaine verse with others recordeth how he there from the very beginning instituted an Archflamens Seate And Troynouant he made full especially An Archflaume his Sâ—e Cathedrall certayne A temple thereof Apolyne to optaine By Troian Lawe This is commonly written to haue bene 1100. yeares before Christ And it is a coÌ„mon receaved opinion among our Antiquaries that EbraÌ„cus sonne to Mempricius about 100. yeares after builded the Citie of Yorke calling it after his name Kairbranke as both Brittans and Saxons Catholiks and Protestants consent Whereas Harding and Stowe with others affirme he seated an Archflamen Harding saith Hee made a Temple in Ebranke Citie Harding Chron. c. 21. f. 22. Stowe Hist in Ebranke Of Diane where an Archflamen he sett To rule Temples as that time was his dett In the tweÌ„tith yeare of his Reigne writeth Stowe he builded Kayrbranke since by the Saxons called Euorwike now corruptly Yorke wherein he builded a Temple to Diana and sett there an Archflamen and was there buryed when he had reigned 60. yeares Thus auncient these our Historians make Archflamens in Britaine and I haue related their very words not that I thinke the name and worde Archflamen but onely their office and calling among the Gentils to be so auncient as the time assigned to our Brutus but of youÌ„ger continuance and age by diuers hundreds of yeares the word Flamen not knowne vntill the time of Numa Pompilius and taken from a kinde of attyre worne vppon their heads on Festiuall dayes yet the office of Flamen Ranulp Higed l. 1. c. 24. and Pontifex and Archflamen and summus Pontifex was allwayes the same among the Pagans 3. The Institution of the third Archflamen at Caerlegion vppon vske was of later time as also the Foundation of that Citie first builded by Belinus as the Brittish Historie Galfridus Virunnius Matthew Westm Ranulph Higeden Caxton Harding Stowe Hollinshed and to write in his words most parte of Holinshed Hist Engl. lâ—b 3. cap. 4. Galfr. Mon. l. 3. Hâ—st c. 10. Vâ—run l. 3. Matth. West aetat 5. Ranulpâ— Higeden l. 1. c. 48 all our writers haue deliuered Galfridus calleth this Citie Kaerose Virunnius nameth it Caerusc the Monke of Westm Kaerusc Higeden termeth it Caerhuth And such nake it kept vntill the comming of the Romans hither when of their Legions wintring there it was named Caerlegion as also Chester was as the same Ranulphus which liued and wrote his Historie there with others witnesseth And this Caerusc was the Metropolis of those parts And as diuers of the Authours testifie Belinus seated an Archflamen there as he also confirmed the Archflamens of London and Yorke Thus among Harding Cron. f. 29. c. 33. others Harding relateth Three Archflamens he made through all Britaine As Archbishops now in our Lawes bene There Temples all to gouerne and domaine At Troynouant one Logres to ouersene Her fals Gods to serue and to queme At Ebranke an other for Albany And at Caerleon for Cambre one soueranly So hath Stowe with others And their generall agreement is that these Stowe Hist in Belâ—n were the cheife most renowned and Metropolitan Cities in Britaine which being so amply proued and so many consenting that there were Archflamens in them all so long before the coÌ„ming of Christ lesse Authoritie then we haue for this matter might serue vs to coÌ„fesse that seeing at the abolishing of these Pagan Rulers and Rites they ought to be and were changed into so many Archbishops or Metropolitans in Christian Religion And this is so euident a truth in Histories that the Protestant Bishop himselfe which before with one onely opposed against Archflamens freely confesseth that at this time Archbishops were placed in those three Cities in Britaine and in them onely where so many haue testified and shall testifie further hereafter these Archflamens were resident Thus he writeth At what time Christian Godwin Cat. of Bishops in London 1. p. 181. edit an 1615. Râ—â—â—gion 〈◊〉 first publiâ—ly receaued in this Island there were established in the same 28. Sees or Cathearâ—â—i Churches whereof three were Archbishopricks Yorke whose Prouince was Scotland and the North of England Caerlegion now called Carlcon vpon vsk to which the Churches of Wales where subiect and lastly London that had Iurisdiction ouer the rest of England 4. Therefore this which is the cheifest matter in this busines being thus granted by all and the other so sufficiently proued I will onely add to the former for the more euidency hereof the testimonie of some few others such as eyther were before the time of Geffery of MoÌ„mouth the Translatour of the Brittish History or tooke their notice from other Authours then that History Ranulphus Higeden in his Manuscript History citeh Alfridus Beuerlacensis who by a Protestant Bishop wrote an excellent History from the beginning of the Britans and coming of Brute hither to his owne time in the Reigne of King William the Bastard allmost 100. yeares before Geffery of Monmouth could write Ab origine Britannorum ad suam aetatem vsque contexuit Historiam Io. Bal. l. de Scrip. cent 2. in Alfrid Beueâ—lacen Alfâ—idus Beuerl apud Ranulph â—â—geden l. 1. c. 52 de Episcopâ—tâ—b in lâ—bro Manusc perpulchram And writeth as Ranulphus citeth him that in the time of Lucius the first Christian
Simenorum Venta Icenorum and Verolamium where S. Albons standeth was famous euen with the Pagan writer Cornelius Tacitus and Ptolomaeus So was Barwicke which Ptolomy nameth Tuesis of the Ryuer thereby passing diuiding England and Scotland Hector Boethius saith that Corinimum which now we call Shrewsbury was in auncient time a most famous Towne oppidum olim celebratissimum And at the comming of S. Augustine hither besides their Archbishop there were seuen other Bishops of seuerall Sees and Cities in that Iurisdiction of which scarcely any one in probable Iudgment is before recited 4. Therefore to trauaile no further in this enquiry we haue found more then a sufficient number of old Brittish Cities to setle 3. Archbishops and 28. Bishops in and yet not carry any of them into Scotland but onely where King Lucius and the Romans ruled Now I will endeuour particularly to The Episcopall Sees and Cities in particular in that Age. finde out the seuerall Cities and Sees of all many or most of them A late writer in a Manuscript Historie neuer yet printed thus recounteth them Winchester Glocester Cilicester Worcester Chechester Bangor Hereford Cardiffe Landaffe Morgan Alclud Canterbury Godmanchester in Huntington Haâ—â—is Manusc Tom. 2. in Lucius shiere where S. Machutus was Bishop about the yeare of our Lord 550. for the rest except the three Archbishop Sees London Yorke and Caerlegion he confesseth ignorance where they were A Protestant Historian William Harrison in his Description of England hath vsed some more diligence in this busines And thus proceedeth herein in old time we reade that there were eight William Harrison description of England c. 13. of Cities and Townes and twenty Flamins and Archflamins in the South part of this Isle and so many greate Cyties vnder their Iurisdiction Then to shew where they were and where Archbishops and Bishops succeeded them he addeth If any man be desirous to knowe the names of those auncient Cyties that stood in the time of the Romans he shall haue them heare at hand in such wise as I haue gathered them out of our writers obseruing euen their manner of writing of them so neare as to mee is possible without alteration of any corruption crept vp into the same Then he setteth downe the names of these auncient Cyties in this order Lundon Yorke Canterbury Colchester Lincoln warwicke aunciently called Cair Guttelin Cair Line or Cair Leon Cair Gwair Cair vmber Cair Gwaerton Chester or Cair Legion vpon Vsk Carleill S. Albons aunciently named Cair Maricipit Cair Municip verolamium Verlamcester and Cair watteling of the street whereon it stood Winchester Cisceter Silcester Bath Shastesbury worcester Chichester Bristow Rochester Portchester Cair Marden Glocester Leircester Cambridge formerly stiled Grantabric Cair Graunt After these 23. he addeth Cair vrnach peraduenture Burgh castle Cair Cucurat Cair Draiton now a slender villidge Cair Celemon Cair Megnaid pleading Ignorance of the fiue last places as likewise Cair Dorman of which I haue spoken before and Alcluid of which more hereafter But seeing both Britans and Saxons Catholiks and Protestants before haue agreed vpon these Cities and the diuision of this Iland into Loegria Albania and Cambria wales and that in England or Loegria alone there were so many Cities in the Britans time as are remembred onely two of them Cair Leon vpon vsc and Cair Merthen to be found in wales except we will place Cair Guorchigirn there we may not depriue the Archbishop there of his Suffragan Bishops nor that auncient Countrye of the old Cities but say these fiue not to be found in any part of Loegria by any Authour were Cities of wales howsoeuer their names vpon many accidents be changed since Nennius time and diuers of them were Episcopall Sees allthough Cair Draiton bewraieth itselfe to be no older then the Saxons Languadge heare and so could not be a Bishops See in the Reigne of King Lucius For most of the rest the onely Argument of this Protestant Authour finding them called by diuers old Brittish names if we had no other giueth them probable title to that Honour 5. But I shall help him with more both reasons and Authoritie herein Harding c. 25. 26. 27. Harding Cron. c. 23. 24. Stowe and Howes Hist in Bladud Leir Harris Hist Galfr. l. 2. Virun l 2. Annal. Wintomen Manuscr Godwin Catal. of Bishops Winchester 1. For the auncient Cities of Canterbury winchester Shastesbury Leircester Bathe Carlile and Alcliud We haue both Brittish and Saxon Catholike and Protestant Antiquaries affirming they were the auncient Residences of Flamens and so must by that is said before needs be Bishops Sees in this time And to exemplifie in some of them the old Manuscript Antiquitie of Winchester saith King Lucius builded there a Cathedrall Church Lucius Rex fundauit Ecclesiam Wintoniensem dedicating it to our Sauiour which a Protestant Bishop thus also writeth from the same or like Antiquitie The Cathedrall Church of Winchester according to a report that I finde in an old Manuscript was first build and erected by King Lucius Seeing then a Cathedrall Church and a Bishop are knit together we must needs acknowledg there was then a Bishop there And to speake in this mans and his Authours words This Church was hallowed and dedicated October 29. 189. by Faganus and Damianus Bishops And he proueth from the same Antiquitie that in the yeare 309. one Constans was Bishop there And in S. Dubricius time by the Brittish History Diuuanius was Hist Brit. l. 9. c. 15 l. 8. c. 17. Harding Chron. c. 76. f. 67. the Bishop of that place Episcopatus Guintoniae Diâ—uanio decernitur And concerning the Bishoprike of Alcliud it was then giuen to one named Eledanius Pontificalis Infula Alclud Eledanio decernitâ—r Elednore by Harding was Bishop there Which proueth it was a Bishiprock froÌ„ the beginning no change Harding Chro. c. 24. f. 21. Abbreuiatio Chron. inter an 170. 180. in Lucio of Sees being before this time For Canterbury it was first a Flamens seate And the old Manuscript History Abbreuiatio Chronicorum saith in this time and setling Bishops in King Lucius Reigne that the old Church of S. Martin which liued in the Apostles time was builded Tunc constructa est extra Cantuariam Ecclesia sancti Martini and to notifie that he ment thereby a Cathedral and Episcopall Church he addeth this when he speaketh of changing Historia RoffeÌ„n Manuscr Lambert PeraÌ„b of Kent p. 113. Flamens into Bishops And all Histories testifie that the holy Bishop Lethardus which came hither with Queene Bertha before S. Augustins time vsed it as his Episcopall See And Canterbury besides the Archbishop had an other Bishop in that Church of S. Martin diuers hundreds of yeares and Harding Chro. c. 23. Harding sup c. 30. f. 24. Stowe Hist Britan. in Morg. and Cunedag Lel. com Brit. antiq v. Manditi Castr Cap. in Catal. in S. Kebio Meloro Vrsula Gul. Malm. l. 1. de Regib c. 6.
l. 3. in Gul. 1. Contin Flor. Wigorn. in Praesul Cridiat Godwin Catal. in Exeter 1. Ann. Eccl. Meneuen apud eund supra in S. Dauids Galfr. Monum Hist Brit. l. 5. c. 1. Matth. Westm an gratiae 201. Hist Manuscr apud Harris Hist Tom. 2. c. 21. M. Lambert the Pâ—otestant Antiquarie of Kent saith from Antiquities S. Martins Church built by the Romans in Canterbury was a Bishops See vntill the Normans came in and so two in one Citie this substitute to the Archbishop Likewise we may so say of Shastesbury Bathe Leicester and Carleil by the same reason all of these as before hauing Flamens and being old auncient Brittish Cities the first named Cair Paladour Septonia The second Cair Badon Aquae Solis and Thermae by Ptolomaeus Leircester before by Henry of Huntington Cair Legion or Cair Lirion Leicestria Carlile Cair Lueill Cair Leill Lugubalia Cair Doill Which proue they were auncient Cities both to the Britans and Romans as Harding saith In Britaine tongue plainely Cair is to say a Citie in their language As yett in Wales is their common vsage As in the time of the Pagans there was a Flamen in Cornwaile So in exordio Christianae fidei in the beginning of Christianitie heare as Capgraue and others before him write there was a Bishop and a Synode of Bishops there Diuers of their names be preserued Kebius Manditus Columbanus Iwanus Dotharius with others in Succession and the See some time at S. Manus S. Petroks Crediton or S. Germans vppon diuers changes remembred by Antiquaries And a Protestant Bishop hath produced an old Manuscript belonging to S. Dauids that in these times of the Britans there was a Bishops See and Bishop at Exceter in Deuonshire And that an other of these our first Primatiue Bishops was seated at Glocester Cair Glowy or Glou we haue diuers Authorities for most of our Antiquities that entreate of the death of King Lucius say he was buried there in the Episcopall and Cathedrall Church In vrbe Claudiocestriae ab hac vita migrauit in Ecclesia primae Sedis honorificè sepultus est And M Harris in his Manuscript Historie saith he had an old written Chronicle which spake of this Church The Table of King Lucius hanging in S. Peters Church in Cornhill in London is witnes this Church stood where the Order of S. Francis was placed in Glocester And no Authour speaking either of change of Sees or new founding any there after in the Britans time our Histories are witnesses that one Theonus Bishop of Glocester was made Archbishop of London in the Britans time So was Eldad long before Bishop of Glocester in the Reigne of Aurelius Ambrosius That Caer Segent Segen or Silcester now onely there being a Farme house was a Bishops See in those Matth. Westm an gratiae 489. Galfr. Mon. Hist Brit. l. 8. c. 7. Manuscript Gallic antiq an 477. c. 47. Galfr. Mon. Hist Brit. l. 9. c. 15. Manuscr antiq apud Stowe Hist Britans and Sax. in Arthur Galfr. Monum l. 9. c. 1. Hist Brit. l. 6. c. 5. Harding Chron. c. 76. f. 67. dayes besides the name and place for a Flamen we are assured from the Brittish History that in the time of S. Dubritius Archbishop and King Arthur when diuers old Bishops Sees were voide this was one among the rest and that Bishoprick was giuen to one named Mauganius Episcopatus verò Silcestriae Mauganio decernitur This Citie was so renowned in the Britans time that as an old Manuscript witnesseth Constantius sonne of Constantine was honorably buried there and Constantine and Arthur there crowned with such Pompe and solemnitie as our Histories declare This place is 6. miles or there abouts from Reading in Barkshire the remnants of the wall with 4. places where the 4. gates were were two myles in compasse much Roman Money there was found in digging 6. Ihon Harding saith that Chichester was a Bishops See in the time of King Arthur and S. Dubritius and that Mangauero was Bishop there in those dayes And among these I would take Dunwich to haue also bene an Episcopall See about that Age the place in Suffolke no other Towne assigned for a Bishops See in that part of England giueth way vnto it our English Antiquaries confesse it was an auncient Citie and in probable coniecture that which our old Nennius expresseth among the most renowned Brittish Cities by the name of Caer Daun or Dunn after by the Saxons Danmocke or Dunwick no oâ—her auncient knowne Citie more answeareable to that Brittish Appellation And to giue more life to this opinion when the Saxons became Christians and had Bishops it was the care of the Popes and spirituall Rulers then to place both Arcbishops and Bishops where such had bene in the Britans time The two Archbishops Sees of London and Yorke which were voide were by S. Gregory appointed for such againe and by this Title diuers decayed Cities as I shall more expresse hereafter had also Bishops being Episcopall Sees when the Britans and Romans heare ruled And so S. Faelix by Stowe sup liber Elu Records Dun. this Title was first Bishop among the East Angles and of that Citie so renowned that it hath had as a Protestant Historian writeth from the Tradition and Records of that Citie two and fyftie diuine houses and very many of them Parish Churches Heare I haue rather sought to setle a Bishop then at Colchester as one doth where besides the old name Caer common to very Will. Harrison descr of Brit. c. 13 Nenn. Histor Henr. Hunt Hist l. 1. many that neuer were Episcopall Cities besides what I haue said before I finde no motiue at all to say it was at any time much lesse then a Bishops See it is in a corner of that Country an vnwalled thing vntill S. Helen her time much to late to make it a Bishops Citie in King Lucius dayes I can neither finde a Flamen there before nor any Bishop since either when the Britans Romans Saxons or any others ruled heare And yet to giue all to Colchester which the aduauncers thereof require that it was the Towne called Camulodunum as also Colonia of the Colonie planted by the Romans which is more then I dare to doe to giue two so seuerall and distinct names to one singular place by one people at one time yet allowing it so and a Municipium enioying the Romans priuiledges yet all this doth not sufficiently able it for being a Bishops See for we doe not finde that the Romans were then such friends to Christian Religion in those times as with publike allowance to place such spirituall Rulers in their priuiledged Townes as were contrary to the priuiledges Immunities of them so that of all Cities heare those which were Municipia to the Romans as Verolamium S. Albons others were they were the furthest from hauing Christian Bishops in them And we see by experience in Verolamium their Municipium that within one hundred
c. 30. Stowe Hist in Cunedagius Harding Chron. p. 24. c. 29. Stowe Histor supr Io. Caius Hist Cantabr accad p. 20. before Christ and much honored by King Lucius as more hereafter Of the glory and Antiquitie of Glamorgan taking the name of a King so called Morgan there slayne aboue 2000. yeares since and a Schoole among the PagaÌ„s of no lesse continuance as diuers writers teach there can be litle question in this case For the other two though perhaps there is not so greate testimony for their Antiquitie in this kinde yet these being ioyned with the rest in the same degree in generall by so many Authours we cannot be of other minde but Bishops were also there or not farre from them of the like continuance otherwise we shall hardly iustifie the common agreed vpon opinion of seuen Bishops placed in that Prouince in King Lucius time but wander vp and downe among meere coniecturs For allthough we reade in the life of S. Kentegern Predecessor to S. Asaph that in the time of S. Dauid Archbishop in Wales and by his consent he built a Monastary in this place of Elgn for 960. Monkes and there remayned Bishop yet this doth not improue but rather confirme there was Bishops See there or not farre from thence before For it is recorded in the same Authour supposed to be S. Asaph his scholler and Successor that this Bishoprick being voide the King and Cleargie of Wales desired him for their Bishop there Rex Clerus Regionis Cambrensis cum caeteris Christianis ipsum in Pastorem Episcopum eligerent To which S. Dauid their Archbishop his greate friend consented So his erecting that Colledge did honour and beutifie and not alter or disgrace that Bishoprick and it is euident before that with this Bishops See there were but 7. besids the Archbishoprike so many there were long before as the Antiquities of Glastenbury and others proue so many at the beginning as I haue shewed before therefore no addition of number by the foundation of S. Kentegern THE XX. CHAPTER HOW S. ELEVTHERIVS POPE DID NOT onely by his Papall Authoritie establish and setle Religion and Ecclesiasticall things heare but directed what temporall Lawes were to be vsed appointed the bounds and limits of this kingdome sending an hallowed Crowne to our King and such Lawes and Order continued heare inmany Ages after 1. WHEN these things had so farre and prosperously proceeded in Britaine King Lucius intending a perfect Reformation in this kingdome and knowing that Religion being thus happily changed there must also be a change or greate alteration in the old Pagan Lawes and as it seemeth obseruing that in the Municipall Townes and Places of Britaine which in some sort had receaued the Roman Lawes and among the Romans which conuersed heare there was much more ciuill behauiour and conuersation then in many Britans wrote vnto Pope Eleutherius among other things to haue the Roman Lawes sent hither vnto him to be receaued heare These letters of King Lucius are not extant neyther the answeare of Pope Eleutherius vnto him and his Nobilitie but in such a lame halting and deformed manner as it hath pleased our Protestants hauing possession of that old Antiquitie to publish it to the world without head foote or perfect body wanting both beginning end and midle in many things in such order as they thought it would any wise helpe and least hinder Matth. Parker Ant. Britan. p. 5. Bridges in K. Lucius Godwin Conu of Brit. p. 30. 31. 32. Willam Lamb. in Legib. S. Eduardi Foxe To. 1. Act. and Mon. Theater of great Brit. lib. 6. lewell against Hard. f. 119. Godw. sup p. 30. Roger. Houeden Annal. part Posterior in Henr. 2. Leg. S. Eduardi cap. 1. apud Gul. Lamb. Stowe Hist an 179. in King Lucius and blemish their new Religion when it came to vewe And according to the diuersitie of their owne humors they haue as diuersly put it in print some more some lesse some one way some an other as hath best fitted their phantasies as you may reade in there first Archbishop of Canterbury their Bishops Iewell Bridges Godwin M. Lambert the Antiquarie Foxe the Theater writers and others differing herein one from an other of which one of them a Protestant Bishop as mannerly as he might thus complayneth The Epistle is as heare ensueth allthough I must acknowledge that I finde greate varietye in the diuersitie of Copies some containing much more then others And yet he himselfe doth there further alter chopp and change it both in his relation and translation of it as euery Reader may there easily obserue if he vnderstandeth but a litle the Latine tongue 2. The Copies which beare most credit be those which Stowe publisheth in English and M. William Lambert in Latine the first out of a Booke of Constitutions belonging to the Guildhall of London the second as extant among and part of King Edward the Confessor his Lawes so called not because he made them as Houeden and others proue but being the old Lawes of this kingdome and euacuated where the Danes had ruled he reuiued them and were most Authentically proued in the tiâ—e of King William the first by the solemne Oathes of Twelue Iurors out of euery County in EnglaÌ„d and so not likely to deceaue vs in this point The first Protestant Authour thus writeth of them I onely finde the same entered in a Booke Intituled Constitutions pertaining to the Guildhall of London misdated in the Latine as the English following sheweth The yeare after Christs birth 169. Pope Eleutherius did write to Lucius King of Britaine for the amendement of the Kings and the Nobilitie of L. Const Lond. Britaine as followeth You required that we should send you the Roman and Imperiall Lawes that you might vse them in your kingdome of Britaine But those Lawes we may disproue and not the Lawes of God You haue receaued lately through Gods goodnes in your kingdome both Testaments out of them by Gods grace and the aduise of your Realme take a Lawe and thereby patiently gouerne the kingdome You are the Vicar of God in your kingdome according to the kingly Prophet The earth is the Psalm 45. Lords and his fullnes is the whole worlde and all that dwell therein And againe Thow hast loued Righteousnes and hated Iniquitie wherefore God euen thy God hath annointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes They are the Kings children Christian Nations and people of your kingdome that liue and consist vnder your protection peace and kingdome according to the Scripture as an Hen gathereth her Chikens vnder her wings the people and Nations of the kingdome of Britaine is yours such as are diuided you should gather them together to the Lawe of Christ his holy Church to peace and coneorde and cherishe maintaine protect gouern and defend them from the iniurious malitious and their enemyes Woe be to that kingdome the King whereof is a
vestri sume Legem he ment as an other Protestant Bridges defence l. 16. p. 1355. Bishop expoundeth him that this should be done principally by the Aduise of the clergie of his DominioÌ„ the Bishops and Preists which he had ordained heare best Learned and conuersant in the holy Scripturs and Lawe of God That the Lawes which they receaued and established heare were the old Britan Lawes ascribed for their greatest part to Mulmutius Dunwallo corrected and Galf. Mon. l. 2. c. 17. Brittsh Hist l. 3. c. 5. Pontic Virun l. 23. Hist Stowe Hist in Mulmut Dunwall Holinsh. Hist Matth. Westm aetat 5. c. 2. Galfr. Mon. l. 2. Hist c. vlt. Pontic Vir. l. 2. Hist in fine Stowe Hist in Mulm Dunwallo Holinsh Hist of Engl. 3. c. 1. Fortescue l. de laudib legum Angl. c. 13. made conformable to holy Christian Religion we haue all Kinde of Antiquities Brittish Saxon French Italians Catholiks and Protestants for witnesses These Lawes were translated out of Brittish into Latine long before this time by the auncient Gildas that liued about the time of the birth of Christ as many both auncient and late writers agree and continued heare vntill late time and in diuers respects at this present So the Authour of the Brittish History Virunnius and Matthew of Westminster write of their times Dunwallo Mulmutius Leges Mulmutinas statuit quae vsque â—odie inter Anglos celebrantur Thus he wrote within these 300. yeares that Mulmutius Lawes were those which were then vsed in England Galfridus and Ponticus write the same Quae vsque ad hoc teÌ„pus celebraÌ„tur inter Anglos The like haue our Protestants Stowe Hollinshed and others And the best witnesse we can vse in such a case of Lawes Iudge Fortescue most Learned in them and Antiquities concerning such affaires he speaking in commendation of Lawes and our auncient Lawes in particular first writeth how from the time of Brutus this kindome was Ruled by Lawes sic per leges Regnum Angliae quod ex Bruto comitiua Troianorum quam ex Italiae Graecorum finibus produxit in Dominium politicum Regale prorupit By Lawes the kingdome of England from the company of Troians which Brutus brought from the Costs of Italy and the Grecians came to be a Politicall and Regall Dominion And after thus proueth a continuance of these Lawes by all people which heare inhabited Regnum Angliae primo per Britannos inhabitatum est deinde per Romanos regulatum Fortescue supr cap. 17. iterumque per Britannos ac deinde per Saxones possessum tunc per Danos Iterum per Saxones sed finaliter per Normannos in omnibus Nationum harum Regum earum temporibus Regnum illud eisdem quibus iam regitur consuetudinibus continuè regulatum est quae si optimae non extitissent aliqui Regum illorum Iustitia ratione vel affectione concitati eas mutassent aut omnino deleuissent maximè Romani qui legibus suis quasi totum orbis reliquum iudicabant The kingdome of England was first inhabited by the Britans after that ruled by the Romans and againe by the Britans and after possessed by the Saxons and then by the Danes againe by the Saxons but finally by the Normans and in all the times of these Nations and their Kings that kingdome was ruled continually by the same Customes by which it is now gouerned which if they had not bene the best could be made some of those Kings incited by Iustice reason or affection would haue changed them or vtterly blotted them forth and especially the Romans who Iudged as it were all the rest of the worlde by their Lawes Ranulphus Higeden in his Manuscript History saith sancciuit primum Leges Dunwallo Mulmutius cuius Leges Mulmutnae dicebantur vsque ad tempora Willielmi Conquestoris satis celebres Inter quae statuit Ranulph Higeden in Manuscr Polychr l. 1. c. 50. de legib vt Ciuitates Templa Deorum viaeque ad villas ducentes ac Aratrum colonum immunitate confugij gauderent Deinde Marcia Regina Britonum vxor Guithelmi Regis à qua Prouincia Merciorum putatur denominata legem edidit discretione Iustitia plenam quae lex Martia vocabatur Has duas leges Gildas Historicus transtulit de Britannico in Latinum Rex Aluredus postmoduÌ„ de Latino is Saxonicum quae Marchenelaga dicebatur Dunwallo Mulmutius did first ordaine Lawes which from him were called Mulmutius his Lawes and renowned vntill the time of william the Conqueror Among which he decreed that Cyties and the Temples of their Gods and the wayes that ledd to Townes and the Plough of husbandimen should haue freedome Afterward Martia Queene of the Britans wife of King Gwitheline of whome the Prouince of the Martians is thought to be so named made a Lawe full of discretioÌ„ and Iustice which was called Martia Lawe These two Lawes Gildas the Historian did Translate out of Brittish language into Latine and King Alfred did translate them out of Latine into the Saxon tongue which was called Marchenlage 6. The like haue the Brittish History Virunnius Matthew of Westminster with others and diuers Protestant Historians among whome one for Holinsh. Hist of Engl. l. 3. c. 1. the rest thus writeth Mulmutius made many good Lawes which were longe after vsed called Mulmutius Lawes turned out of the Brittish speach into the Latine by Gildas Priscus and longe time after translated out of Latine into English by Alfred King of England and mingled in his statuts And this is sufficiently proued by the Lawes themselues of King Aluredus wherein after he had set downe the Iudiciall Lawes of the old Testament applyed for the gouernment of this kingdome as Pope Eleutherius had giuen directioÌ„ to King Lucius he maketh this mention thereof haec ea sunt Iura quae rerum omnium praepotens Deus ipse Moysi custodienda proposuit These be those Lawes which the Allmightie Leges Regis Aluredi in praefatioÌ„e apud Gul. Lambert l. de priscis legib God of all things himselfe did propose to Moyses to be kept Then he cometh to the New Testament and Lawes which after the preaching of the Ghospell the Assemblyes of Bishops and renowned wise men decreed heare in Britaine then England In Anglia Episcoporum aliorumque clarissimorum sapientum Conuentus agebantur atque hi diuina edocti miseratione cuique iam primum peccanti paenam imperabant And addeth that he hath gathered them all together Rex Aluredus supra in praef and approueth a greate part of those auncient Lawes to be still obserued and ioyneth vnto them some others which he enacted Has Ego Aluredus Rex sanctionesin vnum collegi atque easdem literis mandaui quarum bonâ—m câ—rtè partem Maiores nostri Religiose coluerunt multa etiam mihi digna videntur quae a nobis hac etiam aetate pari Religione obseruentur nonnulla tamen quae nobis minus commoda videbantur
dwelling beyonde the wall were as free from subiection to the Romans as any Scots now were or rather more when we finde that in Claudius the Roman Emperour his time he with his Romans brought the Orchades and after Anglesy to their subiection And the Scottish Historians Veremund Hist Hector Boeth Scotor Histor Georg. Buchan in Donald Raph. Holinsh. Hist of Scotland auncient and late Catholiks and Protestants freely and plainely confesse that they receaued not the faith of Christ vntill the time of Pope victor and their King Donaldus the generall conuersion of the Brittans being prefected before vnder S. Eleutherius and S. Lucius King of Britaine So they as generally confesse and acknowledge they had no Bishop or Episcopall See among them vntill in Dioclesian his Persecution S. Amphibalus was their first Bishop S. Amphibolus a Britan the first Bishop of the Scots in the time of Dioclesian his Persecution and his See the first among them in the I le of Man they then hauing no Episcopall See or Citie within the Brittish continent at that time to place him or any other in 5. And allthough some Scottish writers labour to proue that they were seated in the continent of greate Britaine sooner then the time I haue limited vnto them and were by Maximus vtterly bannished hence euen with their Bishops and Monks this so easy and sodaine bannishment of them all generally which they confesse to haue bene done by an Edict or Proclamation of Maximus proueth they were rather in some few companies entered a litle before then seated heare and after their bannishment hence that part where they then were and now are was left onely to the old Inhabitants thereof the Brittans and some Picts there continuing still by Maximus his permission This their owne Historians generally acknowledge and further that S. Palladius sent vnto the Scots in the fifth Age by Pope Caelestinus was the first Bishop they had sent vnto them by such power which doth litle agree with their conceipt of theire Bishops heare in the time of Maximus except they will yeeld that as their temporall people were heare then vniust Intruders vpon the Brittans Soe their pretended Bishops were without due spirituall and Papall allowance and so were from hence bannished and exiled But we are fully assured before that this part of Britaine beyonde The Britans then inhaâ—â—ting where it is now called Scotland had a Bishop or Bishops in this time and where the wall had euen in this time of Pope Eleutherius and King Lucius Episcopall Sees and Bishops at the least one Bishops See and Bishop with Preists and Clergie men for all our Antiquaries haue assured deliuered for an vndoubted truth vnto vs before that in this time all the Temples of the Flamens in Britaine without any LimitatioÌ„ more in Loegria Cambria then in Albania were changed into Episcopall Sees and Bishops with Preists and other Clergie men placed in them Soe we are assured by all Kinde of Histories auncient late Catholike and Protestant That in Albania now Scotland Edenburgh was an auncient Flamens Citie and Residence and so now conuerted to be a Bishops See And by Foundation being of the same Antiquitie with Ranulp Higede Polichron l. 1. Hector Boeth declarat Scotiae Regionum ante Hist Scotor Guliel Malm. l. 3. de Pontif. Ranulp Higed Polychron l. 1. c. 48. Stow Hist Britans Yorke both of them builded by one and the same Brittish King Ebrancus And the old Flamens Citie Alcluid or Alclutht was also founded by the same King of Britaine There is question where this Citie for certaine was but all agree neare that wall of Diuision and so the priuiledges and power thereof most probably extended on both sides of that Diuision The Citie Caerliel or Lugubalia was a place of this Prerogatiue builded by Leil the seuenth in number of the Brittish Kings and out of doubt had power and prerogatiue in both sides of the wall both in Loegria and Albania hauing as our Antiquaries deliuer and experience yet proueth in it part of that famous wall of seperation habet haec vrbs aliquam partem illius Muri famosi qui transcindit Northumbriam Ranulphus Higeden and others placeth an old Citie vrbs Beble vrbs regia a Regall Citie vpon the Ryuer Twyde super ripam Twidi which diuideth England and Scotland and if it was a Flamens and Bishops See as the auncient glory of it persuadeth to thinke the Iurisdiction of it must needs extend into Albania 6. Besides we finde both in Protestant and other Antiquaries to speake in their words that 800. yeares before the comming of Christ Cunedagius King of all Britaine builded a Temple of Mars at Perche that is now S. Ihons Towne in Scotland and placed there a Flamine Therefore we may not singularly deny vnto this olde Citie and Flamens Seate which Antiquaries generally grant vnto all such in this time to haue bene changed into a Bishops See And Seuerus who caused the wall of seperation to be made or finished and defended comming hither after the death of King Lucius when this change of Temples into Episcopall Sees was generally made and confirmed this Temporall seperation could not in any respect hinder the extension and practise of spirituall power and Iurisdiction at that setling and establishing it heare generally in Britaine And the Scottish Historians themselues when they come to make Relation of their Conuersion in the time of Pope Victor after S. Eleutherius time and after the Brittans and Britaine had generally receaued the faith of Christ and all Ecclesiasticall matters heare established they neither say that any one Bishop was sent vnto them by Pope Victor but rather the Countrarye when it is hard to finde in Antiquities how any greate and temporally independing people or Nation such as the Scots then clay me to haue bene except they were subiected to other Bishops to rule and gouerne them in spirituall affaires which is properly belonging to that highe spirituall dignitie were conuerted without a Bishop or Bishops 7. And when S. Victor Pope sent Preachers vnto them they doe say that he sent them vnto them in and throughout Albania as if they and not the Brittans had then possessed and inhabited there but they say the Scots were then taught and instructed by Preists which Pope Victor sent to Veremund Hect. Boeth l. 5. Scot. Hist preach the Ghospell of Christ vnto the vttermost part of Albion Sacerdotibus praeceptoribus quos Victor Pontifex Maximus ad Christi dogma propalandum in extremam miserat Albionem which furthest part of Albion is 300. miles distant from that part of Albania which ioyned with Loegria England Therefore we see clearely that the Scots onely then liued in the furthest and most remote parte of Albion or some Ilands thereof and possessed not our greate Albania the Brittans Country and Possession and in such sense they may call their small place or places of aboude
but was among other his singular gifts and graces in that time endowed with the spirit of Prophesie and thereby foretold vnto the Emperor Maximus heare in Britaine before his going from hence the vnhappy end he should come vnto Martinus Turanensis Antistes vir pietatis eximae Maximo praedixisse fertur quum in Britannia adhuc esset infelicissimum eius vitae exitum So Sabellic l. 9. Ennead 7. Polydor. Virgil. Angl. Hist l. 3. pag. 5. writeth Sabellicus and Polidor Virgil in the very same words and diuers others before them as the word fertur vsed by them both sufficiently proueth for which we may be bold to vse Seuerus Sulpitius who wrote saint Martins life liuing in that time and familiarly acquainted with him for witnesse for he speaking of the comming of saint Martine to Maximus at Treuers before his attempting any thing against Valentinian in Italy that he should at the first preuaile but shortly after be ouerthrowne and perish he addeth that saint Sulpitius Seuer l. de vit S. Martini cap. 23. Martine Prophesied this vnto Maximus longe before S. Martinus eidem Maximo longe ante praedixit futurum vt si ad Italiam pergeret bellum Valentini ano Imperatori inferens sciret se primo quidem impetu futurum esse Victorem sed paruo post tempore esse periturum quod quidem ita vidimus Which Prophesie vttered by saint Martine to Maximus longe before must needs be heare in Britaine for after such time as saint Martine was thus renowned Maximus was not longe time before this longe ante any where but in this our Britaine And were it not that the Historie of saint Martine vsually read in the Church on his Feast saith he was borne in Pannonia now called Austria we might giue no feeble reasons that he was borne in Pomonia one of our Ilands for heare we are sure he was heare was his Sister or Sisters heare many of his kindred heare many Churches and Monuments of honor founded in his name his name and memory farre more celebrated heare then in Pannonia now Austria or any other Nation whatsoeuer excepting France where he was longe time a most glorious and worthie Bishop Our Iland Pomonia neare those places in Britaine where saint Patrike the sonne of his Sister Couche and saint Ninian sonne of an other his Sister by the Scottish Antiquities was borne often entercourse being betweene our Britaine France at that time of our learned holy men with saint Hilary Tutor to saint Martine which we cannot by any warrant of Antiquitie affirme of Pannonia or Austria especially Sabaria now Lazius Abrah Ortelius de Ant. Regionib oppid alij in descrip Austriae named Stain or Stein in the furthest part thereof set downe for the place of his birth by Sulpitius Seuerus not allwayes holding the soundest opinion in all things and others afterward from him from his Authoritie 3. And except we should vtterly and very rashly deny the Authoritie of S. Bede William of Malmesbury the old Manuscript History of the life of saint Ninian and others whose Authoritie we may not neglect or alltogether condemne the best Scottish Antiquaries in relation of their owne auncient and Religious affaires and proceedings which would bring all our Antiquities into question we must needs say that saint Martine and his Sisters were in Veremund Hist Scot. Willelm ab Elphinscun Hect. Boeth Hist Scot. l. 7. Britaine heare longe before his seating himselfe in France for these Scottish Antiquaries tell vs that S. Martine was Vnkle to saint Ninian Ninianus Episcopus sanctitate Miraculis clarissimus ac Casae Candidae pontificalis in Galdia sedis primus Institutor aedem condidit diuo Martino suo Auunculo sacram And saint Ninian wonderfully allways honored saint Martine Sanctum Martinum miro M. S. Antiq. in vit S. Ninian Capgrau in eod Bed Hist Eccl. l. 3. c. 3. Henric. Hunting Hist l. 3. Gul. Malmes l. 3. de gest Pont. Angl. vit S. Nin. Capgrau in eod Pits Bal. cum alijs in Ninian Hect. Boeth Hist Scot. l. 6. f. 108. 109. Hollinsh Histor of Scotl. semper venerabatur affectu The Historians both of Scotland and England haue warranted vs sufficiently before that the Picts whose first Apostle was saint Ninian as saint Bede Henry of Huntington William of Malmesbury and others write Nima Natione Brito primus ibidem Christi praedicationem Euangelizauit did receaue the faith of Christ at the least in the time of their King Heirgustus when he and his people about the yeare of Christ 369. or 370. were conuerted Christians By which accompt if it be true that saint Ninian was borne of a Sister of saint Martine marryed to saint Ninian his Father heare a Noble and holy Christian Britaine this Sister of saint Martine must needs be marryed heare in Britaine before such time as S. Martine came first into France by Sulpitius Seuerus and other forreine Historians And it further inuincibly proueth that saint Ninian was in this Age many yeares brought vp at Rome made Bishop there and by the Pope sent Apostle vnto the Picts longe time sooner then the common opinion of Antiquaries assigneth to his comming hither And euident it is by all Histories that saint Martine dying as before S. Ninian Apostle of the Picts a Britan sonne of S. Martins Sister renowned in this time about the 400. yeare of Christ was liuing at Tours in France many yeares after saint Ninian the Apostle of the Picts was sent vnto them by the Pope from Rome and had conuerted them also Therefore I may boldly with the Scottish Histories accompt him among the holy and learned Fathers of this Age whereof he spent a greate parte in most holy and austeare conuersation of life preaching the Ghospell of Christ and conuerting Infidels to his true Religion allthough lyuing longe as the Secretaryes of this greate Saint say he suruiued vntill the next Age where I shall more remember him In this place I shall onely entreate of him and his proceedings as they belong vnto and were done in this fourth hundred of yeares 4. This holy man borne heare in Britaine in the Westerne part thereof where the Sea diuideth England and Scotland so now called his Father was Manuscr Ant. in vit S. Ninian Io. Capgrau in eodem a noble Christian and so great that the old Writer of his life writing presently after the Saxons setling there as his words of Brittish Kings there ruling within the memory of some then liuing quorundam memoria comprobatur doe sufficiētly proue calleth him a King Pater eius Rex fuit Religione Christianus His Mother as his Neighbouring Antiquaries of Scotland haue told vs was Sister to saint Martine not Couche the Mother of saint Patrike being greate difference M. S. Antiq. Laurent Surius Zachar. Lippol die 17. Martij in S. Patricio alij euen in time betweene their births and saint Patriks Mother
Sedis primus Institutor vbi aedem condidit diuo Martino suo Auunculo sacram Where we see that saint Ninian was the first Founder of that Episcopall See most renowned for sanctitie and miracles and dedicated his new Church vnto the honor of saint Martine his Vncle as they write 9. There was also an aâ—ncient Church in the same place dedicated to saint Ninian of which besides others both old and late Writers saint Alcuinus or Io. Pits aetat 5. in S. Nin. Gul. Malmes l. 3. de gest Pont. Angl. Alcuin Epistol ad fratres Candidae Casae Albinus in an Epistle to the Religeous men inhabiting there maketh this memory of the sanctity of that place and worthines of the miraculous man there buried as William of Malmesbury citeth him Scribit Alicuinus in Epistola ad Fratres eiusdem loci Candidae Casae dicens deprecor vestrae pietatis vnanimitatem vt nostri nominis habeatis memoriam in Ecclesia sanctitissimi patris vestri Nimae Episcopi qui multis claruit virtutibus sicut mihi nuper delatum est per carmina metricae artis quae nobis per fideles nostros discipulos Eboracensis Ecclesiae scholasticos directa sunt in quibus facientis cognoui eruditionem facientis miracula sanctitatem Where we haue the most learned Authour of this Land and his Age an ample witnesse of the learning holines miracles of this renowned Bishop Apostle and first Conuerter of the Picts by some of the Southerne Scots also Io. Pits supr to Christ Omnium primus Pictos Australes Scotos ab Idolorum cultu ad fidem Christi perduxit 10. We finde in this Age also many others renowned men and Saints of this Manny Brothers and Sisters children of Prince Bragbam Saints in this time Kingdome Braghan stiled King of Brecknocke a Noble BritaÌ„ who had 12. soÌ„nes and so many daughters all of them holy Seruants of Christ and happy Saints Rex Breghenocensium Fuerunt Regi illi filij duodecim filiae totidem omnes Deo placentes vitae sanctae Among these saint Canoch his eldest sonne and Manuscr Ant. in vit S. Keinae Virg. Capgrau in eadem Manuscript Gapgrau supr in S. Cadoco in S. Gundleo Heire forsaking his wordly honor and glory gaue himselfe wholly to the contemplatiue and Religeous life and estate therein long liuing and dying a glorious Saint His eldest daughter S. Gladus or Gladusa was married to King Gundleus also a Saint and they were the happy Parents of that our Illustrious Eremite Monke Bishop and Martyr saint Cadocus The second daughter named Melari or Melaria was Mother to saint Dauid our greate and renowned Archbishop his Father An other of the holy daughters was saint Keina who liuing a sacred virgin in a most strickt and austeare course of life was Miraculous at her birth in her whole life at and after her death The rest of these holy children are not so well remembred in our Histories but so in generall as I haue related King and Saint Gundleus husband of the eldest daughter and Father of saint Cadocus leauing his Rule and dignitie to his sonne saint Cadocus S. Gundleus how holy Religeous who shortly after also resigned it for the loue of the heauenly Kingdome builded a Church and there liued in greate austeritie and penance all his life many yeares his foode was bread of Barley the third part of Ashes and water his inward cloathing sackcloth he hauing forsaken all so much as the State of such a King neuer receaued any thing from others but liued by his labour euer at midnight rissing and diuing himselfe in the cold water Regale Palatium deseruit regno Cadoco filio suo commendato ad monticulum sibi ab Angelo nuntiatum peruenit Ecclesiam construxit ibi in magna abstinentia vitae sanctimonia viuere caepit Vtebatur autem cilicio pane hordeaceo cinere in tertia parte admixto aquamque potare consueuit nocte vero media surgens in aquam frigidam se immersit nihil de alieno sumens proprio labore vitam duxit And thus M. S. Antiq. Capgr in S. Cadoco Caradoc in vit S. Gildae Capgr in eod S. Dauide M. S. Capgrau in S. Carautoco perseuered to his death being very old in the next Age where I shall speake more of him and his holy sonne S. Cadocus who in this Age also began to be famous 11. So was S. Gildas Albanius both a renowned Preacher and Miraculous man in this time S. Carautocus also Sonne and Heire to king Kederic hearing that his Father being very old intended to resigne his Rule and gouernment vnto him fledd secretly a way in poore attyâ—e and embraced the Religâ—ous life and proued so excellent a man euen in this time that he preached in Ireland 30. yeares before S. Dauid was borne whose birth was in this time Tâ—â—ginta S. Gildas and S. Caratocus were now renowned annis ante natiuitateÌ„ sanct Dauid Episcopi in Hibernia coâ—uersari â—â—pit Multos populos in Hibernia ad fidem coÌ„uertit And it seemeth by the old Writer of S. Cadoc his life that he was euen in this Age a renowned man hauing besides S. Cadocus now renowned his holy conuersation and preaching in Britaine both in the part now named EnglaÌ„d as that called Scotland 7. yeares He went on Pilgrimage three times to Hierusalem seuen times to Rome and once to the holy Relicks of S. Andrew newly brought hither in this Age by S. Regulus as I shall set downe So S. Goudwall an holy Bishop or Archbishop heareafter where he was admonished by an Angell to stay and preach 7. yeares S. Gudwall also was renowned in this Age both in Britaine and other place Gudwà lus BritaÌ„niae finibus ortus ex nobili prosapia of Noble pareÌ„tage he was Manuscr Ant. de vit S. Gudwal Capgrau in eod Sur. Tom. 3. Molan add ad Vsuard Franc. Haraeus 6. Iun. Auth. of Engl. Martyr die 22. Febr. 6. Iunij brought vp in learning was consecrated Preist and after Bishop and by some an Archbishop in this Kingdome And that he might more quietly giue himselfe ouer to the contemplatiue life placing a worthie Bishop and Successor in his Pastorall charge and place went into a Monastery within his Diocesse hard by the Sea and there with an hunded and fourscore Monkes liued a most holy and Miraculous life He and his holy company in seuen ships went ouer into Flamders and preached there where by some he died and was first buryed at BlaÌ„dine neare GaÌ„t but Capgraue with the Antiquities which he followeth affirmeth his body was buryed heare in Britaine in an I le called then Plecit where it rested with greate honour vntill the Christian Britans bannished out of their Country by persecuting Pagans carried his holy Relicks with them and buryed them in that Monastery of Blandine Peractis
liued there many yeares aboue thirtie saith this Authour in Religious habite in patriaÌ„ redieÌ„s ad GlasconieÌ„se MonasteriuÌ„ secessit ibi in vita habitu Religioso caelestia conteÌ„plans plusquam annis triginta vixit Hauing bene some time with saint German and after this went to Rome to S. Celestine Pope But this belongeth to the next Age where it shall be more fully entreated Onely heare I say that his liuing at Glastenbury before his going to Rome Guliel Malm. l. 2. de gest Pont. is no incredible thing in History euen by the best Writer of the Antiquities of Glastenbury William of Malmesbury For after he had written that booke he discrediteth saint Patricks liuing and dying at Glastenbury after his CoÌ„uersion Gul. Malm. l. de Antiq. caenob Glast Manuscr Antiq. Glaston in Tab. ligneis M. S. Gallic Antiq. cap. 39. of Ireland making it vnworthie of credit si credere dignum And in his Manuscript of Glastenbury citing others for the same and the Antiquities of Glastenbury say he was borne of Couche Sister to saint Martine Archbishop of Tours in the yeare of Christ 361. by that accompt leauing him time sufficient to haue liued 30. yeares at Glastenbury before his going to Rome Which if it may be admitted for good will salue very many difficulties which are in the other opinion 8. An old French Manus Hist thus setteth downe S. Patricke loÌ„ge before he was Bishop in they eare 427. amoÌ„g the worthies of the ChristiaÌ„ world In this Histor Gallic Manuscr Antiq. an 427. time S. Patricke à BritoÌ„ by NatioÌ„ sonne to Conches Sister to S. Martine of Tours was renowned for holines miracles learning Our ProtestaÌ„t Historians theÌ„selues confesse as much saying that before he went to Rome he was renowned through the Latine Church for his wisedome vertue and skill He was borne in the Marches betwixt Hollinsh Hist of Irel. pag. 53. Pits aetat 5. in S. Patric EnglaÌ„d ScotlaÌ„d in a towne by the Sea side called Eiburne in Pembroke shire by some his Mother named Conches was Sister to S. Martine that famous Bishop of Towers in France Patrike of a child was brought vp in learning and well instructed in the faith and much giuen to deuotion And relating his captiuitie and deliuerance from it as I haue done they add as affliction commonly maketh men Religeous the regard of his former education printed in him such remorse and humilitie that being thenceforth weaned from the world he betooke himselfe to Contemplation euer lamenting the lacke of grace and truth in that Land and hearewith not despayring but that in continuance some good might be wrought vpon them he learned their tongue perfectly And alluring one of that Nation to beare him company for exercise sake he gott him into France euer hauing in his minde a desire to see the Conuersion of the Irish people whose babes yet vnborne seemed to him in his dreames from out of their Mothers wombs to call for christeÌ„dome In this purpose he sought his vncle Martine by whose meanes he was placed with Germanus the Bishop of Auxerre coÌ„tinuing with him as scholler or Disciple for the space of 40. yeares All which time he bestowed in like study of holy Scriptures prayers such godly exercise At the Age of 62. yeares being renowned through the Latine Church for his wisedome vertue and skill he came to Rome bringing letters with him in his commendation from the French Bishops vnto Pope Celestine to whome he vttered his full minde and secret voâ—e which longe since he had conceiued touching Ireland Celestine inuested him Archbishop and Primate of the whole Iland These men in this Narration approue and followe much Giraldus Cambrensis in his Topographie of Ireland by many much commended and if his opinion is as much to be allowed about the time and dayes of S. Patrike we shall finde that he was come to this renowne and spent the most part of his life in this Age. For he maketh him with others 120. yeares old at his death and to haue dyed happily in the yeare of Christ 458. obijt beatus Girald Cambr. Topograph Hibern c. 17. lib. ad Reg. Henric. 2. dist 2. Tit. de mirac Hibern Harpesfel Hist Eccl. p. 32. Theater of great Brit. l. 6. c. 9. §. 9. Patricius in Domino quieuit anno aetatis suae 120. ab Incarnatione Domini 458. ab aduentu HibernensiuÌ„ 1800. Our English ProtestaÌ„t Writers of the greate Theater of Britaine whome I dare not allowe make him farre more auncient then this time That which our Protestants haue before set downe of S. Patrike that the babes yet vnborne seemed to him in his dreames from out of their Mothers wombes to call for Christendome is testified more plainely and credibly by olde and better Authours that it was a true vision and calling of S. Patrike to be the Apostle of that Nation In a vision an Epistle was represented vnto him and the beginning of it was this is the voice of the people of Ireland haec est vox Hibernensium And reading this beginning of that letter at the same instant and moment of time the voice of Infants from their Mothers wombs in diuers Contries of Irelande crying as it were with one mouth ô holy Father we beseech thee that thou wilt come and walke amonge vs. By which extraordinary vocation S. Patrike was most certainely assured that God had called him thereby to be the Apostle of that Nation to conuert it to Christ gratias egit Deo certissimè sciens quod Dominus vocasset eum ad saluandos illos qui ipsum inuocabant The old Writer of Script vitae S. Dauid is apud Capgrau in eod Manuscr Antiq. Britannic the life of S. Dauid speaketh of this or the like vision to haue bene made to Saint Patrike when the birth of that glorious man S. Dauid to be so renowned in the Country now called wales was reuealed vnto him which was as those Antiquities say 30. yeares before S. Dauid was borne filio nondum nato nec nisi peractis annis 30. nascituro Yet S. Dauid as I shall proue hereafter was bornâ— in this Age. Therefore an old Brittish Antiquitie saith S. Patrike liued 153. yeares Vixit annis centum quinquaginta tres 9. Our old English Historie which the Continuator of Florentius Wigorniensis Continuatio Flor. Wigorn. in Geneologia Reg. West-Saxonum aboue 400. yeares since doth seeme to cite by the Title Chronica Anglica doth tell vs oâ— an Archbishop of London called Ternekin which is not found in any Cataâ—oge oâ— the Archbishops there neither haue I before made memory of him he liued Archbishop as that Authour testifieth in the beginning of the Reigne of Aurelius Ambrosius by which Accompt although it is not probable that he was Archbishop there in this Age yet not vnlikeâ—y but Old English Hist fol. 44. he was a worthie man of renowne in or not longe
those to gouerne in Britaine who were descended of a Brittish Line 362. 2. Seuerus borne in the Prouince of Tripolis in Affrica 363. 2. Seuerus descended of the regall Brittish race ib. Seuerus true Heire to the kingdome of Britaine ib. Seuerus Married a Brittish Lady 363. 3. Seuerus had by her a sonne named Bassianus ib. Seuerus came into Britaine to represse their discords 350. 1. 362. 1. Why he tooke this expedition to his one persone 364. 4. Seuerus causeth the wall of Separation to be made 336. 6. 368. 4. The time of his aboade in Britaine 363. 3. Seuerus ambitious of honour 362. 1. Seuerus the first persecutor after Nero. 346. 3. 365. 1. Seuerus cōmaunded none to be either Iew or Christian 365. 1. How moued thereunto ib. Seuerus otherwise a louer of Christians 366. 2. Seuerus protected the Christians in Britaine ib. Seuerus honoured Proculus a Christian in his pallace ib. Seuerus renowned both for warlike affaires and Learning 368. 4. Seuerus a seuear punisher of Adultery ib. Seuerus slaine in a Battaile ib. Seuerus left 32. legions to defend his Empire ib. The length of his reigne 368. 5. Sybilla Tiburtina brought with great solemnitie vnto Rome 7. 8. S. Simitrius a Priest Martyred 220. 2. 229. 3. S. Simon Zelotes neuer preached in or neare Britaine 42. 3. S. Simon had Egipt and Lybia in his diuision 44. 2. S. Simon Mattyred in Persia 46. 4. S. Sircicius Pope a great aduauncer of that Religion which Protestants call papistry 576. 8. S. Sixtus the 1. succeeded Pope Alexander in the Papall Dignitie 200. 1. The length of his Papacy ib. S. Sixtus renowned for sanctitie learning and well gouerning of the Church 201. 2. S. Sixtus Decrees euen according to Protestants ib. S. Socrates probably Martyred in Britaine and when 180. 9. Soder once Saract a Citty in the I le of Man 125. 2. Soder the first Bishops See in those partes ib. S. Soter Pope 234. 1. The space of his Papacy ib. S. Soter Martyred 235. 1. 247. 1. S. Soters Doctrine an Religion 235. 20. S. Soter sends diuers Bishops into Britaine 240. 6. Stamford and Vniuersity founded by King Bladud 206. 8. Stamford furnished with Philosophers from Athens ib. Stamford continued a place of Learning vntill the comming of sainct Augustine ib. Stamford interdicted by the Pope for Heresie ib. Sainct Stephen Pope consecrated but three Bishops 387. 2. or 397. 2. S. Stephens Decrees about receauing penitent Heretikes 384. 12. or 395. 12. S. Stephen apprehended at Masse 379. 5. S. Stephen martyred 379. 7. S. Stephen the eight Arch-bishop of London 391. 3. A Stone brought out of Egipt by Scota 11. 51. The Scottish Kings accustomed to be Crowned on the same ib. The same stone brought into Englād by King Edward ib. The same stone whersoeuer it be is a toaken that the Scots must reigne there ib. Subdeacons office 228. 2. Subdeacons can not entermedle in reconciling people to Christ or in administring Sacraments ib. Subdeacons not to marry 382. 11. or 392. 11. Suetonius v. Publius S. Syluester disputeth with the Iewes and confutes them 480. 4. The time of his death 537. 1. S. Sylnester of the present Roman Religion 538. 2. T. S. Tauriuus thought by some to be the first Archbishop of Yorke 178. 7. S. Taurinus renowned for Miracles ib. S. Taurinus did raise one from death and who she was 179. 7. S. Tephredaucus Disciple to S. Kebius 567. 5. S. Taphredaucus his Church in the I le of Man ib. S. Telesphorus succeeded S. Sixtus in the Papacy 208. 1. S. Telesphorus pietie and Religion ib. S. Telesphorus Martyred ib. The Temples of the Idols exceeding rich 305. 1. S. Thean the first Arch-bishop of London 217. 7. 307. 3. S. Thean founded S. Peters Church in Corne-hill in London 318. 3. S. Theodosius the first Arch-bishop of Yorke 318. 3. Theodosius the Emperour commended 575. 7. Theodosius austere pennance and why ib. Theodora Constantius his Concubine 392. 2. A white Thorne called Holy thorne growing on a hilby Glastenbury 127. 1. 136. 2. The same buddeth forth leaues and flowers on Christmas daye 136. 2. c. The branches thereof carried into forraine Countries 137. 2. The wounderfulnes of the Miracle 137. 3. It hath no cause in nature 137. 4. Part of the same Thorne florisheth cut of from the body 138. 4. A Protestant punished for endeuoring to cut it doune ib. The Thornes wherewith our Sauiour was crowned flourished 500. yeares after 420. 3. Thule the end of the once commonly knowne world 141. 3. Tiberianus Prefect of Palestina writeth vnto Traian concerning Christians 192. 1. Tiberianus an Heretike banished 574. 5. Tiberius informed of the preaching of Christ 192. 1. Tiberius his opinion of Christs heauenly power ib. Tiberius sent to Hierusalem for Christ to come to Rome to cure him of his disease ib. Tiberius cured of his disease by the Handkerchife in the which our Sauiour left the print of his face 13. 3. Tiberius request the Senatours that Christ might be accompted a God 14. 3. Tiberius threameth death to the Accusers of Christians 15. 5. Tiberius seuerly punisheth the Senators and why 15. 5. Tiberius neither maintained Garrison or attempted alleration in Britaine 23. 7. S. Ticca Abbot 333. 9. S. Ticca Abbot at Galstenbury ib. Tigris S. Patrikes Sister stolen by Pirats 595. 5. Timotheus an Heretike a Britan. 606. 1. Timotheus his Heresies ib. S. Timothy S. Pauls Disciple and Bishop of Ephesus neuer in Britaine 152. 7. S. Timothy Martyred 214. 2. S. Timothy sonne to our Brittish Lady Claudia 214. 3. S. Timothy one of the Baptysers of S. Lucius ib. S. Timothies last labours in Britaine 231. 1. S. Timothy probably baptised by S. Paule ib. S. Timothy Martyred 198. 4. 220. 2. 233. 3. S. Timothie leaues all his riches to Ecclesiasticall vses 229. 3. S. Titus ordained Bishop by S. Paule in Crete 143. 4. Titus the Emperour reigned 2. yeares and a few monthes 169. 2. Titus his mercy towards those who conspired against him ib. Traian succeeded Nerua in the Empire 171. 4. Traian kept the Empire allmost 20. yeares ib. Traian a persecutor of Christians ib. Traians Persecution cause of the nicrease of Brittish Christians 181. 11. Traian leaueth of all persecution and why 192. 1. Traian gaue free leaue for the Britans to be Christians 193. 1. Traians death 195. 3. Transsubstantiation allowed by saint Cyprian 380. 8. Trebellius a Roman Lieutenant in Britaine a Christian 237. 3. The whole Citty of Treuers Martyred 497. 2. S. Trophimus sent to Arles by saint Peter 67. 6. V. VAlens chosen for an assistant in the Empire 571. 3. Valens leaued the warre for his Religion ib. Valens fell afterwardes into Heresie ib. Valentinian declared Emperour 571. 2. Valentinian a constant Catholike ib. Valentinian depriued of his honours by Iulian the Apostata ib. Valentinian reigned diuers yeares in Britaine 571. 3. Valentinian the younger seduced by his Mother Iustina 573. 4. Valentinians Hereticall proceedings against saint Ambrose ib.
Antiquit. Glast Guliel Malm. l. de Antiq. Caeno Glast Capgr in S. Patricio S. Ioseph Aram. Manuscr Ant. de prima Instit Eccl. officij Vit. S. Lupi Sur. Haraeus in eod Constant in Vit. S. Germani Antisiodoren Antiq. Glaston Guliel Malm. supr Capgr in S. Patricio Manuscript Antiq Capgrau in S. Brendano Manuscr Brit. supr Capgr in S. Dubritio S. Dauid Antiq. Eccl. Landau Caius l. 1. Antiq. Cantabr S. Asaph in Vit. S. Kentigerni Capgr in eod they there submitted themselues and diuers of their sacred company to this Apostolike first Rule and Order of S. Ioseph lyuing in the same manner as he and his Associats did They themselues stayed there 9. yeares whether they died there or not the Antiquities doe not determine but clearely testifie they left there a Succession of their holy companie huing and dying there in that Apostolike holy Order and S. Eleutherius Pope granted diuers Indulgences to that holy place Our next Apostolike men sent hither from the Roman See and Pope Celestine both S. German and S. Lupus by an old Brittish Antiquitie and other Authours were before they were Bishops Monkes of the old Monastery and Order of Lirinum which both by them and others ioyned in one with our old Brittish Order heare and all agree that without all question S. Lupus was a Monke of that Order Rule and place and S. German liued euen being a Bishop and Legate a life as strict and in as great austeritie as any Regular then did vsed gaue and left that example heare S. Patrike the next Apostolike Legate of these parts was Abbot of this our sacred Brittish Apostolike Order and Rule in our Monastery of Glastenbury And then the Monks of Britaine Ireland and Scotland with other agreed in the same Order and Rule and of the same Order he sent Monks into America and the Ilands thereof S. Gomogillus and S. Vuandilocus had in their Monastary monachos circiter tria millia about 3000. Monks of the same Order and besides others the Monastery of Bangor had few lesse of the same Rule After S. German and his Associates departure hence S. Dubritius and S. Dauid were the Popes Legates or greatest commaunders heare by the highest spirituall Power S. Dubritius was a famous Maister to such Schollers and S. Dauid liuing long in the next Age founded many Monasteries of this Order and left his Rule after his death which I haue sett downe in due place S. Kentegern was renowned in his time fot this Regular life and had in his Monasterie continuall learned Preists and Preachers all most 400. Apostolike men besides others whome he sent to preach in all these westerne parts and liuing vnto the time of S. Gregory Pope who approued confirmed and much commended his holy Order state and course of life as S. Asaph his renowned Scholler and Successour in his Episcopall See and dignitie and Capgraue in his life are ample witnesses At before and after S. Augustines Ionas in Vit. S. ColuÌ„bani Capgrau in eod Bal. l. de Script cent 1. in Columbano Ionas in Vit. S. coÌ„ming hither S. Columban a Monke of Bangor of this Order with his holy companions was renowned in France Burgundy and Italy and there founded many Monasteries both of Monks and Nunnes of this our old Order and Rule and Pope Honorius confirmed it euer in those places 9. The Lirinum Monks of that learned Order vnited themselues with him in his Rule and among others S. Attila who succeeded him Abbot in his Monastery of Luxouium was one The Disciples and Schollers of S. Augustine in Vit. S. Attalae S. Eustachij Script Vit. S. Liuini Archiepisc Surius Haraeus al. in eod 12. die Nouemb. Antiq. Glaston Tabulis fixae Gul. Malm. l. de Antiq. Caenob Glaston sent into England by S. Gregory Pope ioyned in this holy Order and Rule such was S. Liuinus made Preist by S. Augustine and after a Bishop and by some an Archbishop who liued with S. Foillanus Helius and Kilianus were holy Monks of this our old Order S. Liuinus being Disciple to S. Benignus the renowned Abbot of Glastenbury Disciple to S. Patrike as the name place and time agreeing proue S. Paulinus the first Archbishop of Yorke in the Saxons time a principall man in the Roman Mission with S. Augustine liued in our Monastery of Glastenbury with our Monks there diuers monthes and made new buildings or reparations there for them and their holy Order Thus the Antiquities there testifie at lardge S. Brithwald a Antiq. Glaston Bed Hist Eccles Catal. Archiep. Cant. Godwin in Brithwaldo Monke of Glastenbury of our old Order was chosen to be Abbot among the Monks that came from Rome in their Monastery at Reculuer in Kent and after Archbishop of Canterbury S. Benedict Bishop one of the first and most renowned Abbots in Canterbury the first Englishman Abbot there after those of S. Augustins Mission and was first instructed by Monks of our old Capgr in S. Benedic Bisc Bed Histor Florent Wigorn. Chron. Matth. Westm Chronic. Antiq. Glaston Gul. Maâ—mesb l. Antiq. Caenob Glaston Brittish Order in Northumberland went thence to Lirinum Monastery that ioyned then with S. Columbanus and our old Order was there two yeares and there professed long before S. Benedicts Rule came thither went to Rome whence S. Augustine and his Monks came and there liued with the Roman Monks was after Abbot of S. Augustins in Canterbury Monke and Abbot among our Monks in Northumberland of our old Order no Monastery then and there hauing receaued S. Benedict his Rule And aboue 40. yeares after his death S. Ticca Abbot and Successour in his Monastery with his Monks Ticca venerabilis Abbas cum suis Monachis carrying with him in time of Persecution the bodies of S. Benedict and all the Abbots of that Abbey went to Glastenbury of our old Order then and hundreds of yeares after and was Abbot there many yeares Cum suis Monachis Glastoniam vsque peruenit eandeÌ„que Ecclesiam sub nomine Abbatis plurimos annos rexit It is euident by all Historians that the Monks of S. Benedict Biscop in our North England those of Glastenbury other Monasteries heare much differed in many and much materiall things from the Monks of any late or new Order then in Italy or other place or Nation As in Church seruice and obseruations habit dyet Abbots Monks and many things distinguishing such Rules not to be mentioned heare belonging rather to an other place and time if need be thereof THE XXVI CHAPTER THAT DIVERS OF THE BRITANS WHICH liued in that part of Britaine then called Albania now Scotland were conuerted by the same meanes and manner by these Roman Legats as the other Britans of Loegria and Cambria were at that time 1. BY this appeareth that as these Legats Commission was not confined within the temporall limits and bonds of King Lucius and the Romans heare in Britaine commonly by our Antiquities and