fulnesse of his own purse, when as Archbishops payd so swetely for it. In so much that Iacobus the Archbyshop of Mentz (as is aboue touched pag 223. a litle before the councel of Basile where the price was wont to be but a thousande florences, could not obteyne it without xxvij. thousand florences.

Vpon certain dayes. &c. This difference there was betwene the pope & other archbishops. For the pope might were the palle at all tymes and in all places at hys pleasure. Archbishops might not weare it, but vpon certaine dayes, and in their churche onely within their prouince. MarginaliaEx libro grauā inum nationis germanicæ.Moreouer, this palle should not be asked but with great instaunce, and within three monethes without: whiche pall, he is not to be named archbishop, but may be deposed, hauyng it not after iij. monethes. And the same palle must also be buried with him when he dyeth. And when it is geuen some priuilege must be geuen withall, or the olde renued.

MarginaliaThe solemne oth of bishops made to the Pope.EGo. N episcopus. N. ab hac hora in antea fidelis et obediens ero beato Petro, sanctæque Apostolicæ Romanæ ecclesiæ, & Domino meo. D. N. Papæ, suisq̀ successoribus canonice intrātib⁹. Nō ero in cōsilio, seu auxjlio cōsēsu, vel facto, vt vitam perdant, aut mēbrū, seu capiantur mala captione. Concilium vero quòd mihi credituri sunt, per se aut per nuncium, seu literas ad eorum, me sciente nemini pādā. Papatum Romanum & Regalia S. Petri adiutor eis ero ad retinendum & defendendum saluo meo ordine, MarginaliaSaluo meo ord
this was the clause that made Becket to be banished & to be slayne.cōtra omnem hominem. Legatum Apostolicæ sedis in eundo & redeundo honorifice tractabo, & in suis necessitatibus adiuuabo. Vocatus ad synodum veniam, nisi præpeditus fuero canonica præpeditione. Apostolorum limina singulis trien nijs visitabo, aut per me, aut per meum nuncium, nisi Apostolica absoluar licentia. Possessiones vero ad mensam mei episcopatus pertinentes non vendam, neq̀ donabo, neque oppignorabo, neq̀ de nouo infeudabo, nec aliquo modo alienabo, inconsulto Rom. pontifice, sic me deus adiuuet, & sancta dei Euangelia. That is.

I N. bishop of N. from this houre hence forth, wilbe faithfull and obedient to blessed S. Peter, and to the holy Apostolique churche of Rome, and to my Lord L. N. the pope I shalbe in no coūsel, nor helpe, either with my consent or dede: wherby either of them or any member of them may be impaired, or wherby they may be taken w^t any euil takyng. The counsel whiche they shall commit to me, either by them selues or by messenger or by theyr letters, wittingly or willingly I shall vtter to none, to their hinderaunce and damage. To the reteyning and mainteyning the papacy of Rome, and the regalities of S. Peter I shalbe an ayder (so myne order be salued) agaynst all persons. The legate of the Apstolike see both in goyng and commyng, I shal honorably entreate and helpe hym in all necessities. Beyng called to a Sinode I shalbe ready to come, onles I be let by some lawfull and canonicall impechement. The palace of the Apostles euery third year I shal visite either by my self, or my messēger, except otherwise being licensed by þ^e see Apostolique. All suche possessions as belonge to the table and diet of my Byshoprike: I shall neither sell, nor geue, nor lay to morgage, nor leise out, or remoue away by any maner of meanes, MarginaliaAnd how be not those bishops then periured which at the death of q. Mary, set & let out a great part of their possessiōs, from their successors.without the consent and knowledge of the Byshop of Rome, so God helpe me and the holy Gospels of God.

☞ Hereby hast thou by the way (gentle Reader) to note and consider among other thinges whiche here may bee vnderstand: that since the tyme the othe began to be layd and thrust vpon byshops, all generall councels began to lose their libertie. For how could any fredome remayne for men to speake their knowledge in redresse of things: beyng by their othe so bounde to the Pope to speake nothing but on his side, to maintain the papacy & the church of Rome in all times & places. Cōiecture by thy self (christen Reader) what is more hereby to be considered.

BEsides this it was also decreed in the said councel at Rome of 310. Byshops, by Pope Alexander: that no men should haue any spiritual promotion, except he wer of lawful age, & born in wedlock. That no parish church should be voyde aboue vi. monethes. That none within orders should medle with tēporall busines. That priests should haue but one benefice. And that the bishop should be charged to find the priest a liuing, till he be promoted.

That open vsurers should not cōmunicate at Easter, nor be buried within the churchyard.

That nothyng should be taken for ministring Sacramentes, or burying.

Item, that euery cathedrall church should haue a master to teach children frely, without takyng any thyng for the same.

MarginaliaThe vowe of chastitie layd vpon priestes.In this councel the vowe of chastitie was obtruded and layd vpon priestes. Thomas Becket also, and Bernard were canonised for saintes.

During the raygne and time of this king Henry the second: the city of Norwige was destroied and brent by the men of Flaunders. Also the town of Leycester. Notingham wasted, and the Burgeses slayne by the Earle of Ferers. The towne of Barwike destroyed by the Scots. The king of Scots was taken in warre by English men, an. 1174. The towne of Huntington taken & burned. The towne of Canterbury by casualtie of fyre, brent with all the churches, specially with the Trinitye church, where Becket was woorshipped, an. eod. The yeare of our Lord. 1170. William king of Scots wyth Dauid his brother, and all the Barons of the realme did homage to the king of England. Irelande made subiect to England. Decreed in a Councel in Normandy, that no boyes or children should possess any benefice. A coūcel of Lateran was holden at Rome, where weee. 33. articles concluded, an, 1179. The French king came in pilgrimage to Thomas Becket, the king of England meeting hym by the way. An. 1184. MarginaliaRichard
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Archbishops of Caunterb.After the death of Richard archbishop of Canter. who folowed after T. Becket, succeeded Baldwinus, who of a Cistercian Monke being made a bishop, is sayd neuer to eate fleshe in hys lyfe. To whom a certain poore woman (bare and leane) meeting him in the streete: desired to know of him whether it wer true þ^t is said of him, that be neuer eat flesh. Whych thyng when he affirmed to be true: Nay, sayth she that is false: for ye haue eaten my flesh vnto þ^e bone. For I had but one cow wherwith I was susteined, and that hath your Deanes taken from me. True, true said the bishop, and thou shalt haue an other Cowe as good as that. &c. Iornal.

Moreouer, in the raygne of the sayd king Henrye, about the yeare of our Lord. 1178. I finde in the storye of Rog. Houeden & other, that in the citie of Tolouse was a great multitude of men and women, whom the popes Cōmissioners, to wyt, Peter Cardinall of s. Crisogom. and the popes legate: with the archbishops of Narbone and Bituriensis: Reginald bishop of Bathe, Iohn Byshop of Pictauia, Henrye Abbot of Clareuallensis. &c. dyd persecute and condemne for heretickes: Of whom some were scourged naked, some chased away, some compelled to abiure. Cōcerning whose articles and opinions I haue no firme ground to make any certayne relacion: forsomuch as I see the Papistes many times so false in their quarelyng accusations, vntrulye collecting mens sayinges, not as they ment, and meaninges, nor as they sayd: but wrestyng and deprauyng simple mens assertions after such a subile sorte as they lyst them selues to take them. But this I finde howe one of the saide cōmissioners or Inquisitors (Henry the abbot) in a certain letter of his, wryt thus of them: Nam et panem sanctum vitæ æternæ sacerdotis ministerio in verbo domini consecratium non esse corpus domini, nouo dogmate contendebat asserere. That is: After a newe opinion he affirmed,