for their purpose the Canon, vnder the name and authority of Ierome writtē. Marginalia24. q. 1. Hæc est fides.24. q. 1. Hæc est fides papa. et. cet. where they do apply the wordes of Ierome most impertinently to the Pope of Rome, whiche he writeth to S. Austen, callyng him a most blessed Pope.

Marginalia11.By the which place of Ierome, it is manifest that the first Article of those doctours is false. Forasmuch as by these wordes appeareth that other besides the Bishop of Rome and his Cardinals, are called blessed Popes, holdyng the faith and seat of Peter, and are successours of the Apostles, MarginaliaAusten called Pope.as was Austen & other holy Bishops moe.

Marginalia12.Whereof it followeth moreouer, that the churche of Rome is not þ^e place, where þ^e Lord did appoint the principall sea of his whole church. For Christ, whiche was þ^e head priest of all, did first sit in Ierusalē, & Peter did sit first in Antioche, & afterward in Rome. Also other popes did sit some in Bonony, some at Perusiū, some at Auiniō.

Marginalia13.Item, The foresayd prelates are falsefiers of the holy Scriptures and Canons, and therfore are worthy to be punished: Which affirme and say, that we must obey the Pope in all thynges. For why, it is knowen that many Popes haue erred, MarginaliaPope Ioan a woman.and one pope was also a woman. To whom not onely it was not lawfull to geue obedience, but also vnlawfull to communicate with thē. As all Rubrices, and infinite Canons do declare.

Marginalia14.Item, their vi. vij. viij. ix. x. xi. Articles do stand and are grounded vpon vntrue and false persuasions. And therfore are to be reiected and detested lyke the other before: Seyng they doo induce not to peace and veritie, but to dissention and falsitie.

Marginalia15.It is manifest also to the laitie, that this dissension among the clergy riseth for no other cause, but onely for the preachyng of the Gospell, whiche reprehendeth such Simoniakes, and such heretickes in the churche of God, as namely haunte the courte of Rome, spreadyng out theyr braunches abroad into all the world. Who deserue to be remoued and extirpate not onely of the clergy Gospellers, but also of the seculare power. MarginaliaSimonie, Luxurie, Auarice, iii. causes of all dissention in the clergye.And so these three vices, to witte, Simonie, Luxurie, and Auarice (whych is idole worship) bee the causes of all thys discention among the clergie in the kingdome of Boheme, and not the other, which they falsely ascribe to the Gospellers of Prage. These three vices being remoued, peace and vnitie would soone be reformed in the Clergie.

Marginalia16.Moreouer, their last article is to muche grosse, & not onely is without all law, but also without al coulour of law: wher as they fondly and childishly doo argue thus: that þ^e processes made against maister Iohn Hus ought to be obeyed, because forsooth the common sorte of the Clergie of Prage, hath receaued them: By the same reason they may argue also, that wee must obey the deuill, for our first parentes Adam and Eue obeyed hym. Also our foreauncetours before vs were Paganes, wherfore we must obey them, and play also the Paganes.

Marginalia17.But let this friuolous opinion go, this is certayne truth: that the said processes made against maister Iohn Hus, by law are none. Forsomuche as they were obteyned, drawen, wrought, and executed contrary to the cōmission of the Pope, against the determination of the ho holy mother church, as appeareth Cap. Sacro. de Sententia excom. and a thousand other lawes beside.

Marginalia18.Finally, whosoeuer wittingly and obstinately do defend and execute the sayd processes made, or consenteth vnto them, are all to be counted as blasphemers, excommunicate, and heretickes, as hath beene afore wrytten, and exhibited to the lord General Bishop Olomucense. And more shalbe declared and proued, if audience maye be geuen openly before all the Doctors. Ex Aenea. Sylui. & Chocleo.

Vnto these obiections of Iohn Hus and his part, the Catholique Doctors agayne did answer in a long tedious proces: The scope whereof principally tended to de-fend the principallitie of the Pope, and to mayntayne hys obedience aboue all other potentates in the worlde: affirming and contending, that although Christ is the head alone of the whole multitude of them that are sleeping in Purgatorye, and which are labouring in the churche militant and which are resting in heauen: yet thys letteth not, but the Pope is head of the church here militant, that is, of all the faythfull, whych here in thys world lyue vnder hys office. Lyke as Christ is kyng of all kyngs, and yet Charles may be the king of Fraūce: MarginaliaAs Charles may be kyng of Fraunce: So also we graunt, the pope may be byshop of Italie, & so it is a good consequent.So say they, Christ may be the vniuersall head, and yet the Pope may be head vnder hym of the whole church. MarginaliaHe may so be, if God had so appoynted him, but where doth he so appoynt.And thus concluded they that the Pope is the head, and that the Colledge of Cardinals is the bodye of the Romish church, which church of Rome is placed in the ecclesiasticall office here ouer the earth, to knowe and define vpon euery ecclesiasticall and catholique matter, to correct errours, and to purge them, and to haue care vpon all such vniuersall matters, and cure vpon all vniuersall churches, and vpon the vniuersall flocke of faithfull Christians. For as much as in the regiment of þ^e church through the vniuersall world, there must nedes remaine in such office alwayes some such manifest and true successours of Peter, prince of the Apostles, and of the colledge of the other Apostles of Christ: neyther can there be found or geuen vppon earth any other successours, but onely the Pope whiche is the head, and the Colledge of Cardinals, which is the bodye of the foresayde church of Rome.MarginaliaEx Cochleo in hist. Hussit. And although the whole vniuersall MarginaliaCatholique that is, vniuersall.multitude of the faithfull do make the bodye of Christ, yet the same body of Christ is not placed here in office to exercise such autoritie vpon earth. Because that vniuersall multitude was neuer yet, nor euer can bee congregate together. And therefore necessarye it is, that some such true and manifest successors and iudges be appointed, to whom recourse must be had, in all such catholike and ecclesiasticall matters determinable. For like as in earthly regimentes, euery case of discord is brought before his Iudge, and hath his place assigned, where to be decided: MarginaliaIf ye go to humaine policie, who euer saw any priuate case of England brought to the Emperours court to be decided. If ye go to gods policie, thē shew gods worde for it.So like reason would requyre, that in principal matters and controuersies of fayth, some such presidēts & places be limited for the purpose to haue such doubtes resolued. And thys being graunted, then the doctors procede, and here muste needes conclude (saye they) that there can not be geuen in all the world any other place, but onely the church of Rome: the heade whereof is the Pope, and the bodye is the Colledge of Cardinalls. MarginaliaThe promise of Christ doctourly applyed.For lyke as Christ departyng out of this worlde in his corporall presence, left his bodye here with vs vnder Sacrament in an other forme, whereby he remaineth with vs (accordyng to his promise Mat. vlt.) vnto the cōsummation of the world: Euen so while Christ walked here in earth in his bodely presence, he was Pope hym selfe, and chief Byshop, and so head of the churche here militant in earth, corporally conioyned with the same, as the head is so his body. MarginaliaWhē Christ was here pope in earth: he tooke no such iurisdiction vpon hym, neither did he styrre vp such warres, as our popes doe.But after that hee departed out of the world, because his body, whiche is the church militante, vpon the earth, should not be headles, therfore he left Peter, and his successours to his Churche, for an head in his place, vnto the consummation of the world, saying to him: Thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I will builde my church. &c. Mat. 16. And agayn he sayth, feede my shepe. Ioan. vlt. That is to say, bee thou Peter, the head ouer thy brethren.

MarginaliaO deepe diuinitie of these doctours.Tedious it were to recite all þ^e bibbelbabbel of these doctours in this their long responsal. Who so liueth to see the bottome of their profound writyng & knowledge, may resort either to the history of Siluius, or els to M. Cochleus, in his first boke De hist. Hussit.

MarginaliaVid. Eneā Silui. et Cocleum. De Hist. Hußit. lib. 1.Thus then maister Iohn Hus beyng dryuen out of Prage (as is afore touched) by the motion of these doctors, and moreouer beyng so excommunicate, that no