was a venecyan borne as Platina historial wryteth of his lyfe which propryete is very strauÌ„ge among meke good bisshops for in his warres he syted the Dolphyne of Fraunce whiche afterwarde was lowys the eleuenth kynge of Fraunce of that name that he shulde come w t a great company of men of armys to rayse and trouble the counceyl of Basyle agaynst Felix his aduersary y â— was chosen by the sayd counceyll whose name was Ame duke of Sauoy somtyme an holye heremyte and thus shortly to conclude this .xxiii. sysme that which was bytwene Felix eugenie whiche contynued .xvi. yeres tyll the deth of of eugenius whome succeded Nâ—colas the .v. borne in the towne of sarasanne in y â— lordshyp of luke sone to a physytien who was choseÌ„ Anno .1447 and at this tyme the church was in diuysion in thre partyes for the one alowed Eugenius and the other Felix and some neyther of both and were not content with the one nor with the other and inconclusyon it was determyned by themperour Fredericus the .iii. that felix of sauoy shulde be constrayned to gyue his dignyte profyte to the sayd Nicolas and this felyx was content to be come Cardynall and Legaâ— appostolyke ouer al countryes to se peace and vnyte vnyuersall and thus endeth the .xxiii. sysme and yet notwithstandynge al decrees and actes whiche the sayd Felix dyd in his papalyte was confyrmed to be good so dyed in good estymacyon and holynesse c. ¶ Of the .xxiiii. sysme which contyneweth to this day as we haue had and haue experyence of ANd so brefly to procede and conclude the .xxiiii. sysme began in calixtus dayes wherof I make no mencyon bycause myne auctoure leueth there at the xxiii â—â—sme as he then hauynge no delyte nor pleasure to wryte therof bycause the abuses and abhomynable vyces enormytes be to tedius to wryt specyally of the arrogauÌ„t abhomynacyons sysmâ—s bataylles blode sheddes luxury symony buggerys treasons poysons with in numerable vyces to moch abhorryng all Cyuyll lyuynge and vrbanyte what shal I say there is so many now lyuâ—ng that which haue experyence of the lyâ—e actes of some of these antecristyans bisshops of Rome folowynge specyalâ—y Iulius the seconde that I can wryt no more of pope holy lyuynge ypocrytall deceyt and dissymylacyon and extorsiâ—n and so to procede ¶ After Nycolas rayned Calixtus the thyrde who rayned .iii. yeres Anno dnÌ„i .1455 then rayned in england Henry the syxth crowned in Fraunce ¶ After hym rayned Pius the seconde Anno dnÌ„i .1458 in Henry the .vi. tyme. ¶ After Pius rayned Paulus the seconde who rayned .vii. yeres Anno dnÌ„i .1464 in whose tyme rained in Fraunce Lowys the eleuenth afore wrytten and kyng Edward the fourth in Englande ¶ After Pius rayned sixtus the fourth thurtyne yeres then rayned Edward y â— fourth in Englande Anno dnÌ„i .1471 ¶ After Pius rayned Innocentius the eyght who rayned .viii. yeres Anno dnÌ„i 1435. then rayned Rychard the thyrde in Englande iÌ„ whose tyme was great waters in Rome great famyne through al out eutopa great pesteleÌ„ce folowed ¶ After Innocentius Alexander the .vi who rayned .xii. yeres Anno dnÌ„i â—492 Then rayned kynge henry the .vii. of Englande ¶ After Alexander rayned Pius the iii.xxx dayes and Iulius the seconde succeded hym whiche was a great warryar and iÌ„ al his tyme was no peace through all crystendome but through his malycyous mynde was all Crystendome in warre batayl and stryffe w t shedynge of Crysten mennes blode to pytefull and lyued an excecrable lyfe both afore god man he rayned .x. yeres Anno dnÌ„i 1543. then rayned kyng Henry y â— seueÌ„th ¶ After this Iulius rayned Leo the .x. he rayned .ix. yeres Anno dnÌ„i .1513 in the v. yere of kynge henry the .viii. in his tyme began Luter to wryt Anno 1517. ¶ After leo rayned Adrianê° de traiecto who rayned one yere and .1522 the .xiiii. yere of kynge Henry the eyght ¶ And after hym rayned ClemeÌ„t the .7 Anno M. ccccc.xxii who rayned .xiii. yeres in the tyme of kynge Henry the .viii. ¶ And after hym Paulus y â— thyrde Anno M. ccccc.xxxv this Paulus was the .cc.xxi. bysshop of Rome in whose tyme now largly appereth the .xxiiii. sysme which longe hath endured and yet more largely shall appere to the hye honor of God and to the great tranquilite of all crysten regyons for the which let vs all gyue laudes and prayer to god that antechryst may be knowen apparently in his owne nature and kynde in the â—yes hartes of all crysten people and that he may be vtterly confounded with all his assystence and adherentes tradycyons sectes thus fynysheth this lytell abbreuyatyon foloweth the conclusyon of the auctor ¶ Here foloweth the coÌ„clusyon of this boke IT is to be vnderstonde that thynges concernynge prophesyes and thynges to come we haue no certayne determynatyons nor yet iust iudgementes of as coÌ„cernynge the veryte and trewth yet it is wryten y â— the world accordynge to scryptures shall fynysshe by fyre elymentall Also it is wrytten in scripture as the appocalypsis wytnesseth that afore that tyme Antechryst shall apere afore al people and shall be knowen after the antechryst openly knowen shall the great and horryble sysme appere the twenty four y t which so loÌ„ge hath ben hyddyn afore the people for the whiche crystyen kynges and prynces shal be in enforsed and constrayned to set to theyr power to resyst to sâ—t reformacyon in the church catholyke vnyuersall as it hath ben reuelated by inspyracyons reuelacyons dyuyne as appereth by the appostles prophetes sybylles sayntes auncyent astronomyers metamatisians whose inspyracions hath set furth a great part of the coÌ„mynge of such lyke thynges ¶ Yet notwithstandyng al such prophesyes and pronostycations as hath ben wryten yet remayneth storyes and wrytynges of dyuerse and of many other holy persons dyuyne which had reuelacyons as these auctours folowynge boccase saynt vincent de valentia abbat Ioachym of calabre raymundus lulliê° reuelacyons of saynt Brigit besyde certayne pagans which I make no mention of yet notwithstandynge I wolde y e no person shulde obstynatly stande faâ—te in ony lyke prophâ—syes and sayenges as an arâ—icle of scripture nor to gyue fayth there vnto none otherwyse then the catholyke churche wyll it admit and so aâ— all such senteÌ„syes wryten and set forthe in laâ—yne to the intent y â— all people may perceyue of whense they be of whome and so foloweth now the hole substauÌ„ce of all thynges that is afore wryten penned and declared by the most noble oratour mayster Alayn charter whiche wrytcth this sentensyes worde â—or worde in the end of his boke called Lâ—xil wherof I do translate but a parte which is expedyent and serueth for this tyme. ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ⧠⧠¶ In olde tymes past was decreed in y e latyne church now called Rome as concernyng
stode vacant the space of two yeres thre monethes .xvii. dayes For bycause y â— cardynalles coulde not agree at that elexcion and counceyl of carpentras in so moche that they fell togyther and fought in the whiche arroure was slayne two of the chefyste Cardynalles and this hurle burley in shorte tyme after they gathered a couÌ„ceyll at lyon and they held theyr coÌ„claue within the black freres called our lady of conforte where as they coÌ„cluded to haue IohnÌ„ the .xxii. of y â— name borne in Cauors Anno dnÌ„i 131â— and some wryters say that he was chosen by kynge Lowys and Phyllyp his brother kynges of Fraunce and his brother countye of poyeters ¶ After the coronacyon of y â— sayd IohnÌ„ the .xxii. of y â— name he kept his resydence in Auynyon and for his fyrst acte he exercysed a marueylous iustyce agaynst Hewe bysshop of caours the which bisshop was taken w t a coÌ„spyrasy agaynst the bysshop of Rome IohnÌ„ .xxii. for the which he was degraded and delyuered to the hangman and cruelly put to deth so in this meane season Lowys de bauaria kynge of romayns ouer came in batayl duke Frederyke of Ostrich whiche toke vpon hym bycause he had y â— corone of myllan he wolde vsurpe thempyre of Rome without auctoryte agaynst the whiche IohnÌ„ bysshop aforesayd withstode with great indignation with dyuerse censurys curses agaynst y â— sayd kynge of bauaria which was called nycolas the .v. which caused the .xxi. sysme which seassed not vnto y â— boniface counte de Pisa toke prysoner this sayde antipape the which raysed a great decyme thorowe al the church of Fraunce vnder colour to goo agaynst the sarasyns w t a hole crosse for the which was money gathered he dyd pretend nothyng lesse in this .xxi. sysme amonge the valdays and y â— comons of Lyon arose and engendred many great heresyes ¶ Of the two and twenty sisme longest incontynuaunce and most sclaunderous amonge all other for throughe it the lande of Boheme became full of heresyes ⧠⧠☞ ☞ ⧠⧠THis .xxii. sisme contynued forty yeres in the which season was many bisshops of rome one agaynst another whiche was so obscure and crafty that al y â— clargy in crystendome were troubled therwith to iudge to whome partayned the ryght and iust tytle who shuld possesse the iust patrimony of saynt peter called these appostolyke some sayd the one some opynyon of the other by the which dyuysion the bohemes fel in great decay and heresyes as then it was taken and called bicause partly it preteÌ„did agaynst y â— vsurped maiesti of y â— bisshops of rome and agaynst theyr fylthy deceytfull câ—uyâ—ousnesse inuented for theyr owne lucre for money and pylled and robbed al the worlde many yeres clene agaynst all goddes lawe and holy scrypture as nowe it is euydently perceyued that the lyght is at his lybertye and not darkened as it was then and these be the here syes y â— the Bohemes helde as then was that y â— bysshop of Rome was a bisshope of no hyer preeminence then other bysshops be eche for his perticuler dyoses also they held that there was no purgatory to be remitted by theyr power also that it was vayne and vnprofytable to pray for soules ons passed this lyfe but helde opynyon that it was a profyte inuented by the couetousnesse of Preestes onely for lucre also y â— ymages of Chryst and of sayntes were not to be worshypped nor to stande in syght for it was Ydolatry and also that all the orders of Fâ—eres beggers was not of God but inuented by the deuyllys crafte also that no preest nor bysshop shulde possesse no temporalytes nother in auctoryte nor in iurisdiccion these were great heresyes as y â— tyme required as nowe many may haue experyence ¶ And so to procede come to our purpose of the .xxii. sysme it began the yere of our Lorde a .1378 y â— was anone after the court of Rome was remoued from auynion to Rome agayne by the meane of bysshop Gregorye y â— eleuenth of that name borne in Limogis as I haue wryten more playnly in the seconde parte of this boke where as I wrote of two couÌ„cellys holden at Parys in the tyme of kynge Charles the syxt ¶ Thus that I may come directly and folowe the courses of these sysmes Ye shall vnderstand that in the yere aboue wryten the .xxii. sisme began in the tyme of Gregorie the .xi. the which remoued y â— â—ee appostolyke from Auynion vnto rome then at y â— tyme the cardynallys were deuyded in two bandys or partys so the cardynallys of Italy set vp Urban the .vi. borne in naples and the French cardynalles set vp Robert of Geneua who was called Clement the .vii. and he kept his see in auignion bycause of this sysme thus al cristendome was deuided in two partys by the wilfulnesse of these two monstruous Antypapes beynge a strauÌ„g syght as it were a man to haue two heddes and so this sysme infected the oryent partes of Italy Almayne Hungory which gaue obedyeÌ„ce to UrbaÌ„ the .vi. on the other part FrauÌ„ce spayne Englande helde with Clement the .vii. whiche was the occydent parte ¶ In the tyme of this great dyuysyon Lowys duke de aungeoy which fauoured bisshop Clement the .vii. which held his aucâ—orite in auynyon and so entred into Italy w t .xxxi. thousande horse men of armys party for the Realme of Naples and also to socoure quene Ione agaynst kynge Charles of Hungry as well as for the dyfference that was bytwene the two bysshops aforesayd antypapes to thend to gyue clemeÌ„t the hole auctoryte but in conclusyon this sayd duke of aungeoy soÌ„ne of kynge IohnÌ„ y â— was prysoner in England fel sycke and died within the space of two yeres in the land of polonya afore he had fynysshed his sayd warres for the which this sayd french men departed thense into frauÌ„ce agayne this forsayd bysshop Urban yet coulde not lyue in peace with Charles kyng of Hungry and of naples but was constraynt to flee out of Rome to Gennes by see where as in y â— passage he caused to be drowned .v. Cardynallys whiche were great frendes of this sayd clement in auynyon dyd fauoure hym greatly thus this forsayd quene Ione sold auinion the couÌ„ty of venyse vnto Clement the .vii. but some stories wryt y â— they chauÌ„ged for y â— tribuit which y â— realme of naples ought to y â— church of rome ¶ For to retorne wryte yet further of bysshop Urban the .vi. of the .xxii. sysme ye shall vnderstande that this sayde bysshop as storyes do wryt was a very peruerse man the which toke great pleasure to sowe disceâ—tions and debatys amonge crysten prynces soner raither then to set peace vnite and concorde the which dyscordys and debaytes were not apeased longe after his death and thus longe endured this sysme and so in his place was
¶ The Abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia Germania Italia and Gallia compyled by IohnÌ„ le maire de belges most excellent Hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the .xij. of late frenche kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng lowys Anno dnÌ„i .1519 ¶ Translated by IohnÌ„ gowgh the prynter herof by the kynges gracyous Priuilege for .vii. yeres ensewynge dwellynge in Lumbarstrete agaynst the stockys market ¶ The prologue of the translator IohnÌ„ gowgh vnto all chrysten Reders WHere as it is dyew and expedyent for all Chrysten people to haue the perfyte knowledge and puryte of chrysten lyâ—yng whiche oughte to be in the catholyke Churche mylytant here in erthe In the whiche Churche hath ben great abuses by the mynisters hedes therof to whom we haue gyuen great coÌ„fydence and specyally to theyr prophane Cerymonyes decres tradycyons fantasyes and dremes engendred and spionge vp by the vsurped hed therof very Antecrystes bysshoppes of Rome whiche many yeres hath ben called popes as in this present lytell boke is euydently to be red sene vsurpynge the dygnyte of Emperours kynges takynge on them to be hedes and gouernoures ouer all kynges Regyons and nacyons Resystynge all auctorytes temporall ordayned of God and by his dyuyne lawes The whiche abhomynacyoÌ„s I of a very zele and loue and for the honoure of God and that all englysshe men may the more perfyter se what other noble prynces hath don of late dayes haue of my symple capacyte translated this lytell worke out of Frenche in to our maternall tonge and language whiche was compyled of an noble and worthy Historiograffer named IohnÌ„ le maire 〈◊〉 yere paste at the request of kynge 〈◊〉 frenche kynge the last of that name whiche maryed the moste worthy Lady mary fuster to our most redouted Kynge Henry the .viii. whiche had as then great warres to defende the Armye waâ—re made by the pope Iulius whiche with great crueltye oppressed kynge Lowes domynyons couÌ„tres whiche orator dedycated this frenche boke vnto y â— forsaid kyng Lowes y e 〈…〉 yet in our dayes perceyued theyr abhomynable vsurpacioÌ„s the which bysshops of Rome arrogaÌ„tly withhelde agaynst al kyng◠〈…〉 whom he withstode with all his power for the which he was accursed in dyuers regioÌ„â— by the auctorite of this wycked antecryst Iulius can synge dyuers Kynges and countres to inuade his Realme moch lyke to his predecessours in tymes passed puttyng all cristendome to great conflyct and in shedyng of blood and all this was onely to support his eyeâ—rable lyfe vsurped power dygnyte emperyall regall which nothing lesse pertayned to the church of Rome as playnly apperyth in this lytle boke abbreyated out of dyuers autentyke cronacles storys with generall councelles and so most genâ—yll reader bycause there be yet a great nombre of secret popysh stomakes full loth to forsake y e dedly pryson that they theyr forfathers haue ben nourysshed with by these auncyaunt wypers popyssh adhereÌ„tes caused me to set forth this lytle boke by the whiche all men maye se what holy fathers hath ben in tymes past in y â— church of Rome and what peruerse workê they haue gone about in theyr generall counceylles wherfor let vs most crysten people with our hole mynd hart affexion draw in one lyue in one fayth and lawe with one God whiche is only in heuen ¶ And fyx our hartes with oâ—e accorde vnder ouâ— onely Kynge Henry the .viii. whose actes sheweth hym that he hath ben is shalbe euen preserued of God and sent to vs as an Angelycall Kynge to gouern the people of God frome all Babylonytys Ydolaters Murderers Destroyers of the Israelytys also ye shall not fynde yf ye ponder well in your myndes y â— God of his infynyt power hath not wrought in one Kynge so hye and wonderfull actys cyuyll and dyuyne worthy of memorye both farre and nere by yonde the sees and on this syde the sees as he hathe wroughte in this our moste right and worthy Kynge nowe raynynge ouer vs passynge all kynges wrytten of in the olde Testamente as Iosue Gehew Iosyas Ezechias kynges sent from God to gouerne greater Regyons then this is and yet to stable and confyrme vs the Lord god hath sent this out most noble kynge a prynce to gouerne vs when so euer it please hym to cal wherfore let euery man woman lyft vp theyr hartes and open theyr eyes behold the most gloryous and confortable lyght which is no more hyden in close but only to them that shall peryssh the which lyght shyneth onely in our most worthy kynge gyueÌ„ to hym from god afore all other princê reygnyng the which pure lyght his grace doth set forth dayly with his moost noble assystence and worthy councelles vnyuersally ouer al this his realme to y â— great comforte and vnyte of all vs his subiectes â—edressyng the occasyons of all pestelent enormytes sysmes which many yeres hath ben grouÌ„ded and roted in this realme agaynst Goddes honour his pryncely auctoryte wherfor humble I pray you all not to runne to fast afore nor to fare behynd but gladly go with our kynge and obedyently receyue al statutes Iniunccyons and ordynaunces the which be and shall be made by hym and his counceyll to our saluacyon preseruacyon and comforte and â–ª so shall weâ—se and haue agayn al thynges in his dâ—ew orderâ—kynd nature as holy auncyat dyuyne doctouâ—s of the prymatyue church maketh mensyon of in theyr catholyke workes accordynge to holy scryptur as they left it thus wyl god drawe vp by the rottyâ— through his mynysters all suche olde pestylent infexions growen and spronge out of that whore of babylon and of her adherentes for the whiche set vs all with our faythfull hart mynd gyue god thankes â—aude and prayse that through his omnypotent power wyll preserue the honoure helth and prosperyte of our moost noble kynge Henry the .viii. with our prynce Edwarde and his moste prudent counceyl may longe contynewe and endure to his hye honoure and glory and the hole comforte of this Realme nowe and euer AMEN ¶ The fyrste parte and dyfference of this boke FFyrst ye shall vnderstande howe the churche of Rome was fyrst infecte with treasure and possessyons As fyrst by the Emperour Constantyne the great and his successours Pepyne Charlemayn lowys de bonere And by dyuers other prynces Howe be it it was ingendred gadred vnder the shadowe of polecy throughe fayned holynesse Wherof sprang great infexions and therby was ingendâ—ed many wycked chyldren as Pryde Pompe Arrogansy Herisy Auctoryte of Kynges and Prynces suppressynge subiectes with great tyranny w tout mercy shame or pety after y â— whiche thynges there folowed great abusyons and debates in couÌ„ceylles generalles And thus of all these foresayd iniquites engendred great sysmes and diuysions seperacyons impedymentes w t percyalytes amonge chrysten Regyons wherof sprange great euylles trybulacyons incoÌ„uenyences persecutyons through all chrysteÌ„dom And thus through
other heresyes called Donastytes whiche baptysed y â— cristeÌ„ agayne as our late Anna baptystes vsed and as the enmonyans heretykê y e sayd that Iesu Cryste in his Godhede was not equall w t God the Father by dyuyne nature but onely by grace the massedonyas heretykes denyed the holy Ghost to be equall with the Father and the Sone thus these heresyes arose y â— .xii. persecucyoÌ„ through the coÌ„maundement of Iulian y â— appostata emperour that was fyrst a cristeÌ„ man and after fell to Ydolatry whiche persecucyon arose by euyll example sismes that he sawe in Chrystes church ¶ Here foloweth y e .iii. sisme of y e church of Rome in whiche tyme Rome was destroyed by y e gootes SHortly after the seconde sysme y e thyrde folowed bytweÌ„ Bysshop Damascus borne in Spayne and Ursysinus cardynall deacon his ennemy whiche was his open chalenger to batayll in armes within the church wherthrough were many men slayne one both partes so inconclusyon Damascus ouercame and vaynqueshed vrsysyne y â— antipape whiche was afterward content with the bysshoprycke of naples ¶ Thus is apparant to all the worlde what desolacyon and myschefe ensued vpon the possessions that was gyuen to the bysshops ofâ—Rome by CoÌ„stantyne his successours what w t violence of war persecucyon of tyranny vpon crysten people alas what pety was this to se y e see of Rome so pyteously brought iÌ„ such a name by Damascus bysshop this man was y â— fyrst bysshop of Rome that enterpressed dedes of armes warre for his dignyte yet notwithstandyng he is at this day acepted and taken for a holy glorious confessouâ— yet was he accused for adultrye and this man was the fyrst that auctorysed saynt Ieromes werkes and in his tyme Rome was taken and destroyed by Alarych Kynge of gootes the whiche ingendred great slaunder in the crysten church in somoch that y â— paynymes greatly reproched the chrysten relygyon for suche shamfull enormytes in somoche that many cristen Kynges and Prynces withdrewe theÌ„ frome seruinge of God and so fell frome y â— fayth where vpon saynt Austen compiled and wrote the boke called De ciuitate dei thus through this sysme the deuyll redy to al myschefe engendred another sorte of heretykes called Pelagyans whose opynyons was that maÌ„ myght meryt without the grace and gyft of God and that no maÌ„ shuld passe vpoÌ„ baptyme for the whiche errour was assembled a couÌ„ceyl generall in the cetye of Carâ—age there were asseÌ„ble .cc.xviii. prelates where as saynt Austen was one of them sheued wel his scyence vertue and learnynge ¶ Of the .iiii. sisme tribulacions befel in christê church of y â— great counceylles agaynst y â— great heresyes that then raygned whiche coÌ„tynewed fyfte yeres THus bytwene the thyrde sysme y â— fourthe was but foure pesyble bysshoppes of Rome whiche were Syryake Anastase fyrst InnoceÌ„t y â— fyrst zosynus after whose death began the .iiii. sysme deuisyon in the churche that is to wet bytwene Bonyface the fyrste and eulalyus cardynall preest The cause of theyr dyuysyon was that y â— clarge ware departed in to two partes and sortes in the which tyme the Emperour Theodosius beyng at Mallan w t his wyfe were banyshed shortly after Boniface was reuoked agayne and so made bisshop of Rome onely after that vnto y â— fyfte sysme began the heryses of PredestynacyoÌ„ y â— whiche affyrmed y â— no ê‘son aueyled to do any good werkes but euery ê‘soÌ„ to do his pleasure for god had predestynated euery maÌ„ to be saued daÌ„pned at his plesure in this seasoÌ„ was asseÌ„bled a couÌ„cel at CoÌ„stantynople in the tyme of gratiaÌ„ Emperour theodose damascus bysshop of Rome agaynst the errour of the macedonyans ¶ So folowyng not loÌ„ge after was asseÌ„bled y â— thyrde great counceyll at Ephese by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of Theodose afore wryteÌ„ bysshop Telestyn against y â— heresyes of the Nestoryans which held opynyon that the virgyn marye was not mother to the sone of God in this opynyon was many countres sore infected with as Fraunce Spayne Affrique with many other small domynyons in whiche tyme Ursula her coÌ„pany suffered deth and martyrdome at Colone ¶ And in this season was assembled the iiii generall counceyll in Calsydonye in Asia the lesse end the which was asseÌ„ble ccccc xxx bysshops by y â— auctoryte of bysshop Leo the fyrste of y t name MarsuÌ„ then emperour This assemble was to coÌ„uicte the heryses of Eutycyanes abbot of Constantynople who held opynyon that Chryst had takeÌ„ humanyte vpoÌ„ hymself y t he had iÌ„ hym but one nature that was pure dyuynyte the whiche heryses was fordone by y â— sayd counceyll and shortly after began another sysme called Archefallyke y t is to wyte without a hed which denyed all Canons of the sayd counseyll ¶ And this tyme befel a great mischyfe in Rome that Anastasius then seconde bysshop of that name borne in Rome became an herityke was named the seconde bysshop abhomynable in Rome for he fauoured the opynyons of y t nestoryans as Lyberius bysshop dyd afore wryten toke the opinyons of the Arians and this Anastasius was the fyrst that gaue out cursse vpon any Emperour or Kynge in synne this cursed Bysshop dyed full of misery in somoch y t his bowelles fell from hym syttyng at the sâ—ole of eysment as stores make meÌ„cyon he raygned one yere and .xxiiii. dayes ¶ Of the .v. sysme and counceylles gadred for the vnyte of the churche and destruccyon of dyuers herysyes THe .v. sysme of the churche of Rome beganne the yere .494 this sysme beganne bytwene Symachus and Laurence the cause of this dyuisyoÌ„ was that the clargye could not agree in theyr voyces whiche of these two shuld holde the see of Rome for the which rose great dyuysyon and dyssencyon in two pertes amonge the Romayns and in fine agreed to assemble a counceyll at Rauenna in y â— presens of Theodore Kynge of Gotes In the whiche counceyll they agreed that Symachus shulde be bysshop through Theodore y â— Kynge which bysshop was at Sardyne Laureus was made bysshop of Nucerre thus was fynyshed the .v. sysme ¶ Of the .vi. sysme of the Churches THrough the forsayd bysshops was the .vi. sysme fyrste w t in foure yers some of y â— clargy of Rome sediciuos persons and louers of newe tydynges with help of two senatours conspyred to depose Simacus bisshop and wolde haue put in LaureÌ„s afore wryten here vpon the Kynge Theodoryke beynge sore agreued he set one Peter Altyne to kepe the see of Rome for hym selfe and chased the forsayd two bysshops in exyle and so in coÌ„clusyon the sayd Symacus assembled a couÌ„ceyl of .vi. score bisshops and they purged hymselfe cleane of all thynges there layd agaynst hym for the whiche he abode styll bysshop of Rome and yet notwithstoÌ„dynge there was suche dyscorde
insomoch that after hym folowed his wyffe with gret noÌ„bre of people And w t them conradus kynge of romaynes Alfonce kyng of Spayne Rycharde the fyrste of England with great nombre of knyghtes and barons whiche was the seconde passage vnyuersall y â— crystendome made to the holy Lande of Ierusalem ¶ And as Platyne sayth this Eugenius and saynt Bernarde was the cheyf setters forth in this counceyl for this armye And so returned to rome quyetly ¶ Of the thyrd councell holdeÌ„ in Ouernya of two other councelles one at Towers another at Dygyon THus the .xx. sysme of y â— churche was agaynst bisshop Alysaunder the thyrde of that name borne at Senys the yere of our Lorde M.lxxx and this sysme dyuysion endured in the churche .xvii. yeres agaynst .iiii. Antypapes that then rayned were suffered by y â— emperoure frederyke called Barbarouse and so this AlyxsauÌ„der fled out of Rome for socoure vnto kynge Phillype augustus who then assembled a couÌ„ceyll in Cleremonde in Ouernya agaynst the forsayd Frederyke for mayntenynge of victor Antypape by the which varyaunce and dyuysyon in crystendome in this meane season Ierusalem was wonne by y e soul dan Saladyne which was neuer yet recouered to this day this was the yere of Chryste .1184 and so this emperour Frederyk wolde fayne a brought to passe a vnyte concorde wold haue had this coâ—â—ceyl at Dygyon iÌ„ Burgony where they shulde amet with kynge Phyllype and the kynge of Boheme and kynge of Scottes and shuld haue had the said antypape Uictor whiche he brought all to passe byforce of armes or els not ¶ But yet this Alexsaunder bysshup of Rome wolde not consent to come there for he had that place in susspecke and so gadered a nother counceyll at Towers and thus y â— emperour Frederyk in spyte and displeasur returned in to Almayne and sent Uictor his antypape in to â—talye thus was al thyngê in more pertur bacyon vnquyetnesse theÌ„ it was afore thus al cristen people may se what myschefe vengeaunce hath ben through y â— obstynacy of wycked bisshops of Rome ouer all crystendome euer wyll be vntyll the hande of God put remedy ¶ Of two couÌ„ceylles in fraunce holden in Parys in Phyllyps tyme and of the disiâ—e of Salandyne IN the tyme of this phyllip august came Enbassatoures quene Isabel from the kynge of Ierusalem which came for socour for the cristen prysoners y â— Saladyne soldaÌ„ had in captyuite wherupon was gadered a couÌ„seyll at Parys to no purpose but for the socour of crysten meÌ„ for the kyng Phillyp had as then great warre agaynst Hew duke of Burgone and other ¶ And thus this sayd Phillyp sent enbassatours to kynge Rycharde curedelyon desyring hym of ayed in this cause to the whiche he graunted w t good wyll so shortly after he assembled a great armye on both partys of Fraunce and England and went on a croose agaynst the ennemys of cristendome but the forsayd kiÌ„g Richard could not obtayne his purpose for he was slaine afore a Castel or he came to Ierusalem and notwithstandynge his sone toke that Iourney on hym for the mayntenaunce of this was payed al the hole rentes of the churches and monestaryes in Fraunce whiche was called y â— subsedy of Salandyne and after this forsayd company folowed Frederyke emperour w t a great puyssauÌ„ce which was called y â— thyrde generall viage in to the holy lande ¶ Of another couÌ„ceyl holden in FrauÌ„ce by a Legat of the bysshop of Rome agaynst kyng phillype augustus THus another couÌ„ceyll was holden agaynste Pyyllype after his retorne by y â— legat of InnoceÌ„t y â— thyrde of that name there was y â— kynge Pyllype enterdyted and all the Realme for forsakyng of the Quene which was the bysshops kynswoman and herupon the Kynge armyd hym raysed a great armye he exyled all the bysshops that consented to the curse and put them in Pryson and frome theyr benefyces c. ¶ Of the counceyll holden at Parys agaynst the albygens IN y â— tyme of Lowys father to saynt Lowys then Gregory the .ix. rayned Anno. DnÌ„i .1226 then came in to FrauÌ„ce a legat from the Bysshop whiche legat was named Romanus there was gadred a couÌ„ceyll they concluded to warre vpon the herytykes Albygoys whiche was in y â— couÌ„â—re of Auynion in ProuauÌ„ce Languedock whiche were repleat with great vyllany and herysyes and so the Kynge went vpon these countryes subdued them and in retournyng home he dyed ¶ Of the fyrst couÌ„ceyl holden at Lyons in the tyme of saynt Lowys kynge and of Innocent bysshop of Rome the .4 of y t name borne in Genys THe which bisshop came into FrauÌ„ce for socoâ—r for case that the Emperour Frederyk persecuted hym Anno DnÌ„i .1246 and y â— Emperour was syted to appere at this counceyll and came w t a great company and at turayne he retourned home agayne for his ennemies were entred into his countrye ¶ This debat contynued long tyme the space and tyme of thre bysshops of Rome successyuely y â— was Honorius the .3 the other Gregorye Innocent afore wryten and thus thorow y â— cruell obstynacy of these bysshops there arose great mischeffe dissencion through al cristendome so therby was engendred great war in al crystendom in the which tyme of warres was lost Constantinople so at this couÌ„ceyl was nothyng concluded through the great ruyne that fell in crystendome by these forsayd bysshops of Rome one after a nother ¶ Of the seconde counceyl of Lions in the tyme of Gregory the tenth and in y â— tyme of kynge Phyllyp sone to saynt Lowys THe yere of grace .1232 rained kyng Phillip sone to saint Lowys who assembled a nother counceyll at Lyons wherunto came Gregorye bysshop the tenth borne in Plesaunce this Kynge Phyllyp was the fyrst y â— gaue y â— bisshop a garde of men of armys also he gaue hym .3 stronge Places for his sauegard about Lyon and to this counceyll came themperour Michel paleolog of Constantinople for the Reformacion of the greke church which had fallen the .xiii. tyme in to Ruyne and yet wolde not be reformed ¶ Of another couÌ„cell holden at Parys in the tyme of kyng Phillyp the fayre agaynst y â— bysshop bonyface the eyght whiche vsed great tyranny agaynst y â— Clerge PHyllyp the fayre a prudent vertuous kyng began to raygne .1286 in his tyme possessed the see of Rome Boniface the .viii. successoure of Celestyne the .v. which was a wyse and a vertuous man the which Bonyface craftely deceyued this bonyface was of the nature facyon of the Italyans as arrogaunte and fyerse which nothynge considering the beneficial giftes y t his predecessours had receyued in FrauÌ„ce as ye shall here more at large ¶ This sayd Bonyface the .8 sent as strayte a coÌ„maundement vnto the kyng of FrauÌ„ce by an enbassade a fyerse bysshop howe that
asseÌ„bled aboue .300 prelates of dyuerse couÌ„tres through all crystendom this couÌ„ceyl was partly gadered at kyng Phillips reqÌ„st to reproue y e forsayd boniface an herytyke a sismatyke whiche was his cruell ennemy to disanul his actes and decrees howbeit it came not to pas though clement bysshop promysed hym the couÌ„ceyll wold not consent therunto yet notwithstaÌ„dyng it was iudged sayd and declared that his actes and decrees against y â— Kynge were nowght vniust and of no valoure ¶ Also at this couÌ„ceyll was vtterly destroyed all the rules wrytynges of the Templers and brent them and all theyr possessyons gyuen vnto y â— order of saynt IohnÌ„s in Ierusalem the which we call the knyghtes of the Rodes ¶ Also at this couÌ„ceyll the gray Fryers were at great dyuysyon within them selues for y â— which was decred many actes and decrees in y â— canon boke called Clementynys compyled by this sayd Clement bysshop of Rome also at this couÌ„ceyll was great counceyll for to recouer the holy Lande but it nothyng auayled also some hystoryans holde opynyon y t this bysshop Clement kepte two other couÌ„ceyls in Fraunce to destroye the herysyes that were in valdoyes and pyemont and sauoye this fynyshed y â— great counseyll of Uyenne ¶ Of a counceyll holden at Auynyon AT the tyme of the .xxi. sysme ye shal here more largly of in y â— later end of this boke and so this couÌ„ceyll of Auynyon began by Iohan bisshop of Rome the .xxii. of y â— name a graye Fryer in whose tyme arose an Antypape by y â— mayntenaunce of themperour Lowys of Bauaria the whiche antypape helde a counceyll in Italye where as he declared y â— sayd IohnÌ„ .xxii. of that name to be an herityke and this sayd Antypape and his company helde opynyon y â— Chryst his discyples were pore and y t they had nothyng pryue nor comon the which was proued the countrary in this counceyll of Auynyon ¶ Of two couÌ„ceyllys holden in FrauÌ„ce at Parys in y â— tyme of kynge Charles the syxth forcause of a great dyssencyon that was in the church in the two and twenty sysme SOme men wyll thynke that kynge Phyllyp la bell dyd for a polecy cause Clement to moue the see appostolyke from Rome so to be kept at Auynyoâ— but al thynges pondered it tourned his country to moche trouble ruyne and grefe as longe as it was there-holden the space of .lxxiiii. yeres for as sone as the see appostolike was moued to Auynyoâ— by Clement then succedyd IohnÌ„ the .22 of that name Anno .1327 of our Lorde in his tyme rayned Lowys de Bauaria Frederyk duke of oystryche which had great warre together by this meane also kynge Phyllyp de valoys father of kyng IohnÌ„ y â— was prysoner in EnglaÌ„d through y â— cause y â— .xxi. sisme of y â— which ye shal here more of in y â— last part of this boke thrugh this forsaid cause arose also an Antipape iÌ„ Italye named Nycolas y â— thyrd which was supported by the emperoure Lowys de Bauarya ¶ Also yet further incoÌ„uenyenses arose by this meane y t this sayd Bisshop preached and supported dyuerse visions faÌ„tasyes and dremyes of contemplacyon whiche was of lytle fayth y e whiche dyuerse doctoures in dyuyne withstode proued the contrarye yet furthermore this sayd bysshop oppressyd y â— realme of Fraunce w t imposycyons donacyons and decimis subsides expectatyues with other inuencyons such as y â— court of Rome could well coÌ„tryue in so moch that no learned man of Parys could obtayne any benefice but they were polled and pylled by cardynalles curtysians vnder theÌ„ of auynyoÌ„ through y â— whiche pyllage abhomynable liuynge it was generally called the whore of babylon for theyr great pyllage ryches pomp pryde in somoch they had the halfe of al the benefyces in FrauÌ„ce and this abhomynacyon was sore resysted by the vnyuersyte of Parys ¶ After this shamful ruyngne y â— sete appostolyke was remoued to rome agayn Anno DnÌ„i .1376 in y â— tyme of Gregorye the eleuenth borne in Lymogys and he was not longe without great preiudyce and flaunder by the .xx. sisme moued by Urbane the .vi. Neopolitane borne whiche Urbane caused .v. Cardynallys of Fraunce to be drowned and in this season was two bysshops in crystendome the one in Rome and y â— other in Auynyon in somoch that people were so a mased troubled that they colde not iudge nor knowe which of them was in y â— iust and in ryght auctoryte and this sysme endured .40 yeres which was more troblous and daungerous then any y â— euer befel afortyme thus befel euyll vpon eyull so the Bohemis became as y â— tyme requyred farre from the faythe vtterly denyed and disspysed the Romayns ¶ Thus was all crystendome vexed troubled with these two bysshops whiche contynued many yeres successyuely from bysshop to bysshop after the dethe of Urban y â— which held his see at Rome after whome succeded Innocent the .7 and after hym succedyd Augelus a Uenecyan whom was named Bonefacius the .ix. and thus after Clement .vi. y â— dyed in Auygnyon succedyd Benedictus .xiii. whose errours were worse theÌ„ were afore for this Benedictus was very obstynat ¶ By this occasyon was Charles sore moued and vnquyeted through these sysmes sent noble enbassatours vnto Auynyon to y â— bysshop which was onely for the concorde vnyte of cristes Church but it lytel auayled for they retourned without aunswer ¶ That seynge the kynge assembled at Parys a great counceyll of all his prynces and barons w t the prelates the best learned meÌ„ of his realme where as they coÌ„sulted togyder y t both bisshops shulde be deposed wherupon the duke of bauarye and y â— duke of Burgone went to the byâ—shop at Auynyon to discus this message with a noble power and when the bysshop vnderstode what was theyr comynge and wherfore for feare to conseÌ„t fled away secreatly out of Auynyon left them alone without farewel or leue taken retourned in to his natyue couÌ„trye wherof these dukes were abasshed and so retourned to Parys agayne pensiue where y â— Kyng lay after this they helde another couÌ„ceyl in the same Cytie in the tyme of charles y â— .vi. for this vnyon of the church to y â— which this bisshop y â— fled wold not coÌ„seÌ„t nor be coÌ„fyrmable ¶ Of other two couÌ„cellys in FrauÌ„ce the one at lyons y â— other at burges by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of charles y â— .vii. al to abolyshe this sayd sysme AFter the great couÌ„ceyl of coÌ„staunce whiche was assembled in Almayne by the aduyse of sygisemundus with the assystaunce of .v. pryncypall crysten nacyons that is to wet germany Fraunce Englande Spayne Italye for to extyrpe these sismes in the church and to depose thre bysshops sysmatykes y t was Gregorye the .xii. AlexauÌ„der the fyfth IohnÌ„
the .23 and after these was Martyne the fyfth of y t name created Bysshop at this sayd counceyl with the hole consent of all crystendome which counceyl contynued foure yeres and at this counceyl was condampned the bohemys herysyes confounded in this tyme rayned the puissaunt kyng Charles of FrauÌ„ce which held another counceyll for the susteynynge of Pragmatica sanxio this was so Anno 1438. ¶ Shortly folowynge Anno .1447 began a new discord called the .xxiii. sisme for y â— dignyte bytweÌ„ Eugeniê° a veneciaÌ„ and Felyx somtyme duke of Sauoy y â— whiche dyuysyon endured the space of xvi yeres vntyl Nycolas the .vi. agenâ—uoy and for this purpose kynge Charles the seuenth assembled a great counceyll at Lyons where at was concluded and fynyshed this sysme and this was the comon voyce Lux fuit in mundocessit Felix Nicolaio In this artycle y â— kyng Charles the seuenth prefered his decrees and actes of Pracmatica saÌ„xio and after hym rayned Lowys kyng the leuenth of that name in whose tyme rayned in Rome bysshop Pius the twelfth and this Lowys helde a nother great counceyll at Orlyaunce for the mayntenaunce of y â— Pracmatica sanxio wherin Pius bysshop was agreued ¶ Of two counceyllys holden in frauÌ„ce the one at towers the other at lyons Anno DnÌ„i .1510 that lasted two yeres ⧠⧠⧠⧠IT is to be vnderstand that at the last couÌ„ceyl holden at Basyll whiche was Anno .448 that then was the cytie of Lyon named by the sayd couÌ„ceyll most profitable and necessary be kepte there froÌ„ tenne yere to .x. yeres a generall couÌ„ceyl and so succedyd kynge of Fraunce after Lowys the .xi. Lowys the .xii. a noble a wyse prynce which held two couÌ„ceyls in his tyme in whose time rayned in Rome Iulius bysshop the seconde whose artes of ruyne nedeth not my pen to write for his holy liuing is manyfestly knowen of a great many now yet lyuynge y â— hath experyence of his cruell actes thus is fynysshed y â— seconde part of this boke and thus to this the thyrde part I wyll begyn at the later end of this fyrst boke which mensioneth of the .vii. sisme and I wyll begyn this third boke with the eyght sysme so end finish this lytle boke as foloweth ¶ Here begynneth y â— thyrde boke of this processe and fyrst of the .viii. sisme so procedeth to y â— last shewynge what iniâ—te mysery befel iÌ„ the churche of rome iÌ„ other places THe emperour Lowys y â— gentle kynge of FrauÌ„ce sone of charlemayne arose the .viii. sisme in y â— church bytwene Eugenius bysshop of Rome the .ii. of y â— name borne in Rome zozinus antipape whiche wrought through dyuerse cardinals great displeasures yet was this Eugeniê° a good maÌ„ a wyse so anone after the takynge of Rome by the Sarasyns ther folowed great euyllys throghe al the worlde and specyally in frauÌ„ce wherin the Normans the frysyaÌ„s entred fyrste exersysed their cruelty shortly after Ione the woman bysshop of rome borne in englonde possessed the see of Rome with great sclaunder to the Romayns and to the see appostolyke ¶ Of the .ix. sysme what befell in that tyme. SHamefull cruell sclaunderous out of measure was this .ix. iysme **** endured loÌ„ge tyme whiche began in the tyme of lowys the emperour the stutter the which occasion was this ¶ The bysshop IohnÌ„ the viii in Rome borne whiche fled in to fraunce for refuge socour the which was a man cruel nothynge pyteous but malyciously entreated formosus bysshop so this formosus for fere and daunger of the forsayd IohnÌ„ the .viii. bysshop he fled in to frauÌ„ce But afterwarde by constraynte of excomunycacyoÌ„s he was enforsed to retourne agayne to his bysshopryche at rome called port romayne afterward was he degraded deposyd made a seculer preest agayn to his formal state sworne y â— he shuld not iÌ„ nowyse retourne to his bysshoprych ¶ yet not w tstoÌ„dyng afterward he was absolued by Martyn bysshop of Rome the xii of y â— name in short tyme afâ— y â— sayd formosus bought 〈◊〉 papalyte y â— whiche another preteÌ„ded to 〈…〉 a romayne which coulde not as at that tyme obtayne it yet notwithstandynge afterwarde he obtayned his purpose through a conspyrasy mortall agaynst y â— sayd Formosus and so came in to FrauÌ„ce to kynge Lothayr and thus this sayd Formosus kept y â— poÌ„tifycalite of Rome fyue yeres a halfe in the whiche tyme he dyd nothyng worthy to be in memory but ingendred enemyes the whiche was reuenged of hym after his deth ¶ After this Formosus bysshop succeded Steuen the .vi. of that name there was but one bysshop bytwen them both which was named Boniface the .vi. borne in Tuskayne whiche rayned but .36 dayes And so this foresayd Steuen the vi with all his power abolyshshed and condempned all the Decrees and actes of Formosus And y â— next bysshop that succedyd dyd clene contrary and stablysshed and confyrmed them in theyr owne formal estate agayne whose name was Romanus And in lykwyse dyd Theodorus and IohnÌ„ the .ix. bysshop wherby arose great perturbaunce and busynes amoÌ„ge the people of Rome for cause some helde of one partye and some of the other And so all this hurly burlye was in faulte none but for lacke of good vertuous bysshops of Rome but they were all poysoned And yet after this succedyd Sergyus afore named y â— came agayne out of Fraunce whiche was worse theÌ„ any of y â— other afore hym ¶ This Sergyus the thyrde bysshop of that name retourned agayne in to Italy by the ayde and socoure of kinge Lowys the thyrde the whiche lowys deposed Chrystofer bysshop the viii that after formosus vsurped the papalyte the whiche Chrystofer was infected w t sysmes that was bytwene leo the .v. of that name and hym and so this forsayd Sergius to be auenged of the forsayde formosus In his furye agaynst all humanyte caused the body of formosus to be dygged out of his graue and clothed hym agayâ—e in his pontyfycalibus so caused the hangman to smyte of his hed and so threwe his body into the Ryuer of Tyber yet some storyes wryt that his body was takeÌ„ vp agayne pryuely and buryed by fyssher men ¶ This said sergius had a sone named Iohan the .x. of that name bysshop of rome whiche succedyd hym but not dyrectly for there were two that possessed the dygnyte afore hym whose names were Anastas the .iii. and landolphus This sayd Iohan the .x. was lytel better then his forefather sergyus Not withstandyng he was a great warriour a good man of armes for he droue the sarasyns out of Calabre by the ayde and helpe of Alberyke marques of Tuskan So in conclusyon this wycked IohnÌ„ bysshop onely to haue the name and renowme of this sayd vyctory agaynst y â— sarazyns caused the men of warre
the .xix. sisme THus after the death of Calixtus of Burgony Honorius the secoÌ„de of that name borne in Ymola in Italy succeded the papasy the which kept it peasybly the terme of .v. yeres and died and after hym succedyd Innocent the secoÌ„de of y â— name borne in Rome iÌ„ whose tyme began the .xix. sisme the occasyon ther â—f was for raysyng warres agaynst Roger le Normande whiche was called kynge of naples whiche withstode hym with all his power so bytwene them both was moche murther blode shede on both partyes but in conclusyon this sayd bisshop innoceÌ„t was vaynquyshed in batayle raygned â–ª taken prysoner by Wyllyam duke of Calaber sone to the sayd roger kynge of Naples yet was he honestly entreated afterwarde delyuered ¶ And so in the meane seasoÌ„ that this Innocent the secoÌ„de the forsayd bisshop was prysoner the romayns chose another called Peter of Lyon sonne of a myghty rych cetezyn of Rome and he was called Anacletus for the whiche elexcyon Innocent was inforsed to go into Fraunce for socours and at Cleremonde assembled the seconde counceyll and another at Rayns iÌ„ Champayne in the tyme of kynge Lowys le grosse and from thense he came to Lyege where as he fouÌ„de y â— kynge of romayns Lothayre the seconde of that name who promysed hym assysteÌ„ce with all his power thus what by the helpe of theÌ„perour Lothayr and the french men he retourned the seconde tyme into Italy w t great power whiche was Anno dnÌ„i 113â— thus was InnoceÌ„t restored to his papacy agayne and Anacletus the antipape was deposed and spoyled of all his treasure and reliqus of the Churche to paye the souldiers withal wherfore he died for sorow and dyspyte ¶ In certayne tyme after y â— bysshop eugeny the thyrde of y â— name borne in pysa and afore a monke of saynt Barnardes one of his discyples whiche came in to Fraunce for two purposys the one was for the Ingerys and dyspleasurs of the Romayns the other was to monysh the kynge Lowys to moue warre vpon the turkys in the holy Lande as it is more playne in the seconde party of this boke gathered a couÌ„ceyll at vezelay after y â— which tyme he returned to rome agayne peasible w t the help of y â— kynge Lowys ¶ Of the .xx. sisme whiche was in y â— tymâ— of themperour Frederyke the fyrst of his name called Barbarousse this sisme endured .xvii. yeres EUen of the same roote presydeÌ„ce y â— afore tyme hath growen y â— is to say for couetyse which alway rayned in y â— see appostolyk such lyke causes engendred this .xx. sisme that is to wyt onelye for admyttynge the clergye in to benefyces and possessyons who shulde haue the fyrst fruytes whiche began in the tyme of Frederyke barbarousse Emperoure whiche was a maruelous man prynce of slaueny who maryed in the countesse of Bourgonye and bycause he had percâ—yueraunce knowledge what ingeris and displeasures his preâ—â—ssâ—ssours had in tyme passed with the bysshops of Rome by vyolence and vniust cause he conceyued so greatyre and displeasurs agaynst theÌ„ for it that he scourged them in suche wyse that there was neuer senâ— so great dyuysion bytwene the Empyre and the bysshops of Rome in somoch y â— the consequence was yet wel worse that folowed for in the begynnynge of the raygne of this sayd Emperour whiche began to raygne Anno .1154 this sisme was begon bytwene Alexaunder the .3 borne in senis chosen and elect by the souerauÌ„ce of .xxiii. cardynallys an other named Octauyan a romayne whiche was chosen by .3 cardynallys specyall and named hym victor ¶ So this AlexauÌ„der thynking to haue good ryght made a frend by an enbassetouâ— vnto the emperour Frederyke barbarous whiche as y â— tyme lay sege afore the cytie of Cremona in lumbardy and that he shuld set adirexion amonge these aâ—â—ypapes the whiche Emperour to set a vâ—yte and concorde coÌ„maunded them both to mete with hym at payâ—ie there he wolde mete with them vnto the whiche Alexsander wold not consent for the which cause he abseÌ„ted hym selfe thâ—s so incontyneÌ„t frederyke without auctoryte assembled a couÌ„ceyl at pauye where the sayd Octauyan was present there was decreed y â— he shulde posesse y â— see appostolyke was confyrmed maâ—gâ—e the wyl of alexaÌ„der y â— thyrde And iÌ„ these causes the sayd AlexsauÌ„der excoÌ„munycated theÌ„perour frederyk barbarous so frederike toke vp y â— patrymonie profytes of saynt Peter otherwyse called the profytes of y â— church for y â— which cause this alexander fled from rome into frauÌ„ce in the tyme of phylip augustus there asseÌ„bled the thyrde counceyll at cleremound in auernia as we haue expressed in the seconde parte of this boke in the whichâ— couÌ„ceyll Alexander the thyrde named by vyctor antypape excomunycated octauian emperour in this tyme y â— emperour discomfited millan dertome bycause they were rebellyoÌ„s after seÌ„t an enbassadeâ— to kynge Phyllyp to fynde the meane to destroye this sysme then in the churche ¶ The place of this apoyntmeÌ„t was coÌ„seÌ„ted to be at dygyoÌ„ in burgoyne which was IndyffereÌ„t for both prynces for y â— emperour frederyk lay on y â— borders of burgoyne which came thyther w t a noble coÌ„pany w t his quene the kynge of boheme with y â— kyng of scottes theyr Antypape w t theym named vyctor w t a great noÌ„bre of meÌ„ of warre with theÌ„ yet wold not AlexaÌ„der come there sayeÌ„g y â— y â— place was not indyffereÌ„t for his persoÌ„ nor yet coÌ„uenyeÌ„t to kepe such a couÌ„ceyll which only pertayned to his auctoryte wherfore this vnworthy Emperoure w t his antypape ful of yre thretnyngê returned into Almayne w t great displeasure so when the forsayde antipape was deed there was created thre antipapes successiuely one after the other by this meane AlexsauÌ„der was fayne to flye out of rome to Uenyse in a strauÌ„ge habyt iÌ„ al this tyme was war thorow al chrysteÌ„dome al by y â— occasyon of these sysmes and errors y â— arose by these antipapes stoborne bysshops of Rome fynably the cytie of Ierusalem was lost agayne in this season wone by the turkes and sarasyns also the sayd Emperour made that tyme a great vyage in to Turkey a prosperous victorious vnto his death the whiche was great pyte for he was drowned in bathtynge hymselfe in a ryuer whiche was a great desolacyon to al his armye and a dyscomforte to al crystendome so soudayne a chaunce ¶ Of the .xxi. sysme whiche was in the tyme that the court and see of Rome was holden at Auynyon CLement bisshop the .v. of that name borne in burgony was the fyrst that moâ—ed the see of Rome to Auinion as I haue wrytâ—â— playne in the second part of this boke and after the death of hym the see of Rome