the sayd Kynge shulde in contynent without delay goâ— and prepayre in al hast a great nauey and an armye also to go into the holy Lande the which y â— sayd Kynge coulde not brynge to passe forcause of great warres y t he had at y t time against y â— FlauÌ„ders nacioÌ„ ¶ And thus this sayd ArrogauÌ„t bishop seynge y t he coulde not obtayne his purpose began to threten rebuke y â— kynge rygoryously sayeng that in case that he wolde not fulfyll his message he wolde cause hym to fle out of his Realme and for bycause y â— this bysshop enbassatour vsed hymselfe so rygorously agaynst y â— Kynge the Kynge toke hye displeasure and straytly coÌ„maunded hym to pryson ¶ After this tydinges came to this foresayd Boniface the .viii. Coloryk proud and arrogant aboue mesure And sente strayght an Archedeacon Embasadour coÌ„maundyng the kyng phyllyp the fayre that he shulde not enterpryse to take nor rayse no money Subsidie vpon the churche the whiche subsydie he was enforced to do for the great warres that he was charged with at that tyme for his defence And the sayd archedeacon dyscharged the sayd kyng for the InprysonemeÌ„t of the sayd bysshop that he shuld be exyled all y â— iurisdixion of Rome And that it shuld be auctorysed in Rome for euer his disobedyence and so taken nomynated as an Herytyke and a sysmatyke also y â— sayd Archdyacon syted hym with dyuers other Bysshops prelats of the Cleargy to come vnto Rome parsonally by a certeyn day and disanulled all the Preuylages of grauntes pardons gyuen by his predycessours of the see of Rome ¶ This was an extreme rygoure in the presens of all his barons and counceyll whiche was so dysdaynous proudly spoke by the sayd enbassatour without any seueryte or of good order and yf the Kynge were moued or abasshed it was no marueyle so coÌ„mauÌ„dynge with sober aduysement y t the fyrst Enbassatour the bysshop shuld be set at lybertye and that in all the hast with further deliberacyon he shulde depart his Realme and so in short tyme after he asseÌ„bled a great counceyll of Bysshops barons in the whiche the Kynge openyd all the vltrages and abhomynacyons y t the forsayd Innocent the eyght vsed agaynst hym and openly there expressed howe shamfully craftely this Boniface came by the see of Rome and tourned hym to the Clargy to y â— Lordes temporal sayeng of whome holde ye your Landes possessyons but of me wherfore I wyll ye ye henseforth not so hardy to send or pay any money or treasour to y â— court of Rome and hereupon caused all brydges portys and passages to be stopped and kept thus Boniface y â— bysshop of Rome cursed hym coÌ„spyred great malyce and ingeris agaynst y â— Kyng procured great enuyte agaynst hym by certayne Prynces and shortly this was the fyne and coÌ„clusion of this debate was thus ¶ The Kynge seynge y â— importunat malyce of this Antecryst bysshop y â— Kynge caused .200 men of armys conduted by two subtyle and wyse persons and they which went to y t towne of agnane wher the Bysshop lay in Naplys and toke hym ther in brought hym prysoner to Rome where he dyed myserably for doloure cursed mynde within .24 dayes after and his epytaphe was suche lyke as he deserued as foloweth Intrauit vt Uulpes regnauit vt Leo mortuus est vt cauis y t is in Englysshe he entred as a Foxe rained lyke a Lyon and dyed as a Doge ¶ Of a nother couÌ„ceyll holden in fraunce at Uyenne Anno DnÌ„i .892 THe auctour founde in olde auncyaunt Lybrary a Boke at Lyons wherin was wryten that from the tyme of Formosus bysshop of Rome began the .ix. sisme which shalbe more leargely treated of in y â— thyrd parte of this boke and so by the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of Lowys Kynge otherwyse called Lowys le balbe throughe the counceyll of his wyfe assembled a counceyll in the churche of saynt Saluatour where were gadered two legatê of Rome the one named pascal the other IohnÌ„ the archebysshop of Uyenne and Aurelyan archebysshop of Ualencie with many other prelates and learned men of the Clergye and yet at this tyme the preestes were maryed and at this counceyll was decreed this acte worde for worde ¶ Ut presbiteri non in villis sicut quibusdam consuetudinis est morentur et feminas suas secum in domibus suis habitare non permittant exceptis quas canonicas permittit auctoritas that is in englyshe That preestes which dwelt in Cyties in Townes of custume hauyng theyr wyfes with them dwellyng shulde no more so be suffered but onely those as shulde be permytted suffered by the auctoryte of the holy Canons ¶ Of a nother general couÌ„ceyl holden at Uyenne in Dolphyne .1312 AFter y â— Ignomynyous and shamfull deth of Bonyface afore wryten y â— .8 of that name bysshop of Rome succeded Benedictê° y â— eleuenth borne at Taruyse in Italye a blake Frere which was amoderat parsone nothynge lyke his predycessour for he assoyled Phillip kynge of Fraunce of y t sensurys of the churche whiche bisshop Bonyface surmysed agaynst hym so this good bysshop rayned but eyght monethes and .17 dayes after whom rayned Clement y â— .v. a gasken borne archbysshop of Burdux whiche was chosen by the Cardynallys resydent for the tym ethe yere of our Lorde at the instaunce of kynge Phyllyp la bel .1305 ¶ Thus shortly after this sayd ClemeÌ„t assembled a great companye of Cardynalles Bysshops to no lytell cost and charge to all y â— churche of Fraunce and so came to Lyons with great pompe wordly glory where met with hym many cardynalles of Italye where as he was corwned with great pompe Royalty at the which coronacion was kyng Phyllyp la bel w t his brother Charles all the prynces of Fraunce in all this pompe royalty befell a great sodayne myschauÌ„ce where as a great nombre of people were slayne in the fall of a great olde wall where as moche people were asseÌ„bled for to beholde this great pomp and ryalty in the which fall was â—layne the duke IohnÌ„ of Brytanye the kyng sore hurte and the new bysshop smyten from his Horse in so moch y â— his crowne fell from his hed lost the rychest stone there one called a Carbuncle estemed worth .vi. M. duccatê thus after this mysfortunat aduentour this sayd bysshop Clement departed from Lyons came to Auygnyon wher as he abode there remoued the See appostolyque from Rome vnto Auignyon the whiche see appostolike remoued abode there the space .lxxiii. yeres after afore it was remoued to Rome agayne ¶ The syxt yere after the forsayd Clementis coronacyon which was the yere .1311 in the moneth of NoueÌ„bre was asseÌ„bled a great generall couÌ„ceyl vnyuersal through all crystendome in the Cytie of Uyenna iÌ„ Dolphyne wher as was
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„
Almayne ¶ Uery longe tedyous it were to this abbreuyacyoÌ„ to excyte and set forth the wonderfull feates of warre with dyfferences alteracyoÌ„s appoyntementê y â— were happened bytwene this gregory the seueÌ„th henry y â— thyrde emperour of almaine gregori gaue out a great curse agaynst themperour his biâ—shops and themperour created another bysshop named Clement afore called gylbâ—rt archbysshop of Raueâ—na he was created and elected by a counceyl in Germany and this bysshop Gregory gaue his tytyle to the duke of saxon named Radulphus but thus in conclusyon after .iiii. bataylles faughten he was coÌ„uyeâ— and slayne by the sayd emperoure Henry the fourth And after these vyctorys cruâ—l bataylles this sayd emê‘our seÌ„t fyrst his soÌ„ne Henry y â— fourth to Rome to subdue the pryde of this arrogauÌ„t bysshop gregorye the .vii. and of his adhereÌ„ces and in this tyme was there dame mehault couÌ„tesse of Mantua which was an Appostasa an ypocryte sturdy and haâ—dy more then became any woman whiche resysted themperour in y â— bisshop of Romes cause whiche was also ouercome 〈◊〉 slayne and thus this forsayd emperour came to Rome byforce he brought w t hym clement his antypape there coÌ„secrated hym was intronysed or crowned so the bysshop Gregory y â— .7 whiche was the very occasion of al this mischefe euyll was beseged afterwarde escaped by the handes of Guyschard y â— normande prynce of poylle whiche conuayed hym yet notwithstandynge he lyued not loÌ„ge after for dolour sorowe and this gregorye was he y â— made many new strauÌ„ge coÌ„stitucions he ordayned that prestê shulde haue no wyues that they theyr wyues shuld not dwel together y â— no man shuld here y â— masse of hâ— y â— held or kepe a coÌ„cubine he ordayned y â— no ê‘sone shuld ete flessh on ymber dayes also y â— none shuld ere flesshe on y â— saterdayes trouth to say this Gregorie was to arrogaÌ„t rigorus as storys wryteth thus by y â— death of gregory y â— .7 the 16. sisme was almost abolysshed but not all hole for his successour named vyctor the .iii. abbote of the mounte cassyn wolde gladly haue susteyned the same opynyons whiche his predycessour helde agaynst y â— emperour but he was soone coÌ„strayned to y â— coÌ„trary whiche dyed other by preuy sycknes or by poyson after hym succeded vrbanus the seconde whiche medled nor enterprysed lytle of these forsayd matters and so this man came in to fraunce where was holden a great counceyll generall at cleremount in auernia wherin he moued al chrysteÌ„dome to haue warre agaynst the infydelys and to recouer Ierusalem with the holy laÌ„de by whose mocyoÌ„ was gadred vnyuersally throughe all chrystendome the greatest army that euer went iÌ„ to the holy land and godfray de bullyon was the chefe captayne therof as apperethiÌ„ the second parte of this boke ¶ Of the .17 sysme whiche arose by certayn quarelles y â— the bysshops of Rome moued agaynst y â— emperours PAscal the secoÌ„de of his name borne in tuskane was no les then a dyscyple of Gregorye the .7 which succeded vrban the .2 yet he dyd no lesse then his predycessours dyd for he began his quarell against y â— emperour supportyng the papall dygnyte so this mater hangyng Godfroy de bullioÌ„ w t al other crysteÌ„ princes helde strong warre batayls agaynst y â— sarasyns in surrey in y â— which tyme they conquered Antioch and Ierusalem Anno dâ—i .1099 whiche was .492 yeres after the sarasyns wan it fyrste in the tyme of Heracle emperoure ¶ After this y â— forsaid pascal some what hye mynded holdynge hye countenauÌ„ce agaynst Henry the fourth of that name emperour he sent his armie agaynst gilbert called ClemeÌ„t antipape elect in Almayne by themperour henry the thyrde and this armye was wel enforsayd and strengthed by Roger le NormaÌ„de Prynce of Sycyl which sent hym many men of armyes also a thousande ouncys of golde to mayntayne his souldyers w t al thus was this antipape for lack of help constrayned to fle the cytie y â— he lay in flede to saue himselfe into the handes of Rycharde de ChaÌ„payne of Naplâ—s and so after in short tyme he dyed for sorowe and dyspleasure This Rychard Erle of Champayne in Naples which fauored this sayd antypape gylbert called ClemeÌ„t he set vp an other antypape named alâ—ertus borne besyde Naples whiche within short tyme was deposed and the inhabitantes of Rome chose another whose name was Theodorus the whiche within a houndred and .v. dayes reuoked his auctorite became an hermit and so the thyrde was chosen called maginus a cytazyne of Rome whiche toke the tytle and auctoryte of the bysshop of rome at RaueÌ„na which was afterward ouer throwen by the romayns ¶ And after al these thynges yet the forsayd Pascal bysshop the seconde of that name recouered sertayne landes of the church of Rome byforce of armyes and so he came into Fraunce to reforme the churche ⧠⧠☞ ☞ ⧠⧠¶ Into Fraunce came this sayd Pascal the seconde in y â— tyme of kynge phyllyp the fyrst and gathered a counceyl attroy in champayne it appereth in the seconde part of this boke for the reformacyon of the church and so after this sayd counceyll he retourned towardes Rome whereas Henry the fourth was come afore hym to be crowned emperoure where as this emperour toke prysoner this sayd bysshop Pascal and all his cardynallys prelates curtasans and so set them at lybertie agayne wheÌ„ he hadde recouered his ryght and tytle that was taken from his predycessours for admyttyng the fre Elexcyon of bysshops of Rome the fyrst fruytes vnyuersal of the bysshops and prelates and benefysed men to be at the Emperours pleasure as his ryght title was and after y â— emperours departynge they reuoked all that they graunted thus was busynesse new to begyn agayne ¶ Of the .xviii. sysme THe .xviii. sisme began bytweÌ„ Gelasius the second bysshop of Rome borne in Gaiectan successour of the said Pascal the seconde another antypape called Benedictus a spanyard elected by Henry the fourth bycause of his tytle of elexcyons inuestures of the spyrytualtye so this sayd Gelasius came in to fraunce and dyed at Clugny in his place was chosen bisshop of rome calixtê° y â— seconde archbysshop of Uyenne in Dolphyne thus Benedictê° afore named antypape which held hymselfe stronge in Italy in the spyte of the sayd Gelasius bysshop and Calixtus his successour dyd in lykwise withstande Gelasius to his power but shortly in conclusyon he was vaynquyshed in playne batayl and taken by the ayed of the french men and the captayne of theym as the cardynall of senâ— Grisigone so set this Benedictê° vpon a camel trussed his vysage towardes the camylles tayle and so was led to rome in dispyt tryumphauÌ„tly with shame thus fynyshed the .18 sysme ¶ Of
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
valoure deposed hym from his dignite and set vp in his place IohnÌ„ y â— archbysshop of Sabyn whiche was called Syluester y â— thyrde about 49. daies after they chased hym out also bycause he was lesse then and an ydeot yngnoraunt vnprofytable but yet ye shall vnderstande he perceyuynge this solde his papasy to IohnÌ„ for redy money who was then aâ—chedeacoÌ„ of saint IohnÌ„ porte latyne whiche afterwarde was called Gregorye the .vi. for y â— which sclauÌ„ders rumour among y â— Romains then Henry y â— seconde of y â— name soÌ„ne to Conradê° y â— rained Anno .1039 who cam into Italy w t a great army puisauÌ„t where he assembled a great couÌ„ceyl general and so deposed these .iii. sysmatykes bysshops y â— is to wete Benedictê° the .ix. syluester the thyrde Gregorye the .vi. he created bysshop of Rome y â— bysshop of Baynbergh in Almayne who was named clement the second who was poysoned by his successour Damascus the secoÌ„de of y â— name also And thus to com to our purpose of the forsayd Benedictus the .ix. which was the cause of moch euil in the .xiiii. sysme solde his papalytye some storyes holde this fantasy or opynyon of hym after his deth was that he appered in facyon of a straunge wonderfull lykenes monstruous and horryble of whome was demaunded the occasyon of this wonderful forme and state myght signefye he made answere that thorowe the iuste iudgement of God he was thus condempned to be eternally for bycause he liued so bestially in y â— sege appoholyke thus through y â— ê‘turbacions of the wicked bisshops the turkes sarasyns oppressed so cristendome lost the holy laÌ„d w t ierusaleÌ„ An .1012 y â— tyme. ¶ Of the .xv. sysme appesed by the emperour Henry the thyrde THis tyme rayned emperoure Henry the thirde in almayne the whiche was Anno .1057 began the .xv. sisme and dyscorde in the Churche y â— cause herof was that after the deth of besshop Nycolas the seconde borne in Sauoy was elect the bysshop of Luke borne in Myllane this man was chosen by y â— Cardynalles of Rome they named hym AlexauÌ„der the seconde this bysshop had a good vertuous name where as he was resydent after his elexcyon y â— cardynalles came to hym to accompanye his person to Rome ¶ And so anone after his coÌ„mynge to Rome certayne bysshops Lumbardye coulde nor agre w t hym because he wolde not of theyr band and affynyte wherupon began the .xv. sysme bycause some held opinyon and sayd that he entred by symony this preâ—â—ted they thought to haue one of theyr affinyte mete for theyr purpose through the inuestigacion and counceyll of gylbert bysshop of parme in lombaâ—dye so these companyons cardynalles helde fast togyther as burres in a cluster and obtaynâ—d agaynst henry the .iii. emperour to chose an other bisshop of rome in his place to theyr owne purpose and mynde And herupon the Emperour they accorded and so these cardynals entred in to luÌ„bardye where they gâ—dred a counceyll amonge them selues whom was coÌ„sulted to chose one named Cadollus borne in parme marueylous ryche puyssaunt and peryllous to the whiche all Italy were agreed ¶ This is cadâ—llus chosen in the place of the papall see as an antypape and so in short tyme drewe hymselfe towardes rome with a myghtye power a great armye of luÌ„bardys agaynst alexander bysshop of Rome who was accoÌ„panyed with a great armye of romayns in lykewyse to withstande hym and inconclusyon this batailles encouÌ„tred the which was sturdy stronge sharpe vnder the mountayne golde where as was slayne pytefully moche people but in fyne the victory tourned on Alexaunders syde so retourned Cadollus vaynqueshed yet notwithstaÌ„dynge he lost not his courage but or it was a yere passed throughe secret conspyresyes of some of his affynyte the which secrete companye he obtayned by many within Rome whiche ran sodaynely vnto armyes so by Cincius saneofo the prouest of Rome conuayed Cadollus in to the castel aungell and so fynally byforce of his ennemyes he was fayne to yeld and pryuely bought his lyfe of certayne souldyers for vi.c markes and was â—orssed flede so to please the emperour Henry the .3 which fauored y â— sayd Cadollus he caused a couÌ„ceyl to be assembled at mantua to the which came the sayd emperoure Alexaunder bisshop of Rome and there Alexaunder pourged hym afore all that noble presence to be clene of y â— cryme of symony of ambysyon and so the one forgaue the other of all grudgâ—s thus fynyshed the .xv. sisme ¶ Of the .xvi. sisme which arose by a bisshop of Rome a blacke moncke whiche bâ—gan to lyfte vp his hornes agaynst the power of y â— emperoure wherof arose great euil rumur WIâ—hin a lytle and short tyme after the .xvi. sisme folowed moch lyke the other for after the death of Alexaunder the second succedyd Gregory the 〈◊〉 borne in senys in touskayne by the pâ—ocurement of y â— sayd blacke monke legal in fraunce which in contynent after the elexcyoÌ„ began a great discorde bytwene the bysshops of Rome and y â— emperour which engendred great debates myscheuous euylles innumerable ouer all crystendome as it shall appere herafter ¶ For in the tyme that this forsayd emperour was busyed and had great to do with his warres agaynst the Saxons his ennemyes this forsayd gregory bysshop of Rome whiche was coÌ„fyrmed by the Emperour for at that tyme no bysshop coulde be in Rome without the ful consent confyrmacyon of themperour and thus began this Gregorye the .7 to sporne with an arrogaunt mynde inhybytynge themperour to medle with any ecclesiastique auctoryte vpon payne of the hye sensuris and curse of the church of Rome nether that he shulde gyue nor admyt bysshoprych nor benefyce within his Empyre for they made pretens that the Emperoure dyd sell the dignytes of the prelacy in his Empyre the whiche this arrogauÌ„t Bysshop wolde haue the sale of y â— marchandise hymselfe as other of his predycessours had done in tymes past of auncyaunt institucyons and of ryght and olde customes ¶ These thynges were straunge newes to themperour Henry but that tyme he fayned with a fayre couÌ„tenauÌ„ce bicause of y â— great busynesse y â— he had that tyme iÌ„ the warres of y â— saxons yet notwithstaÌ„dynge this arrogaunt bysshop left not his purpose but procedyd agaynst hym sent forth curses and excoÌ„munycatyons agaynst certayne bysshops that helde with the emperoure thus in shorte conclusyon themperour had vyctory of the saxons and assembled in contynente a generall counceyll in the cytie of wormys vpon the ryne and there was concluded that thorowe all his Empyre that none so hardy shulde supporte any Cardynall nor mayteyne courte nor coÌ„systory that partayned to the see of Rome nor to any of his assystens and thus they shulde forsake them and obeye his commaundemente and iniunceyons in
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
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