was gathered. Paris. fol. 197.

MarginaliaThe Prelates of England charged to finde horse & harnes for the Popes warres.Ouer and besides all other exactions, wherwith þ^e pope miserably oppressed the Church of England, this also is not to be silenced, how þ^e pope sendyng downe his letters frō the sea Apostolicke, charged & commaunded þ^e Prelates to finde hym, some x. some v. and some xv. able men well furnished with horse and harneis, for one whole yere, to fight in the Popes warres. MarginaliaA subtile practise of the Pope.And lest the kyng should haue knowledge therof, it was enioyned them vnder payne of excommunication, that they should reueale it to none, but to kepe it secret only to themselues. Paris. fol. 200.

MarginaliaThe Popes batte layd for more money.The pope yet notwithstādyng partly being laboured by suters, partly of hys owne mynd thinking good somewhat to geue to the king and people of England, as fathers are wont to geue some thing to their babes to play with all to kepe them still, sent downe this releasement to the K. that hereafter whensoeuer any of the Popes nephews or of hys Cardinals were to be beneficed in any church of Englād, eiyther he, or the Cardinals should first make the K. priuy therof, and instantly craue his good will in obteynyng the procuratiō, or els þ^e same to stand in no effect. &c. Parisiensis. fol. 202. howbeit all this seemed to be done but of a policie, to get the kynges fauour, whereby he might be suffered more freely to passe with greater exactions, as afterward appeared.

MarginaliaA new law of the Pope, to season vpon all the goods of the clergie men that die in testate.For when the foresayd Pope Innocent 4, had knowledge the same tyme of certayne rich Clerkes leauing great substaunce of mony, which died intestate, as of one Rob. Hailes Archdeacon of Lincolne, which died leauing thousands of Markes and much plate behynd him, all which because no will was made, came to temporall mens handes: MarginaliaA note of certain ecclesiasticall persons dying in England worth great substance.also of M. Almaricke Archdeacon of Bedford, beyng foūd worth a great substaunce, when he died: and likewise of an other M. Iohn Hotosp Archdeacon of Northampton, who died sodenly intestate, leauing behynd hym 5000. Markes, & 30. standyng pieces of plate, with other infinite iewels besides: sent forth vpon the same a statute, to be proclaimed in England, that whatsoeuer ecclesiasticall person henceforth should decease in England intestate, that is, without making his will, all his goodes should redound to the Popes vse. Paris. fol. 203.

MarginaliaSixe thousand markes to be gathered of the clergie of Engl?d for the Pope.Furthermore the Pope yet not satisifed withall this, addresseth new letters to the bishop of Winchester, and to W. bishop of Norwich, for gathering vp amongst the clergy, and religious houses in England 6000. Markes to the behoufe of holy mother the church, without any excuse or delay, by vertue of obedience. Which tallage beyng greatly grudged of the Clergy, when it came to the kings eare, he eftsoones directeth contrary letters to all the Prelates and euery one of them, MarginaliaThe kyng beginneth to withstand the Pope, but durst not hold out.commaunding them, vpon forfeityng their temporalties to the kyng, that no such subsidie of mony should be gathered or transported out of the realm. But the Pope agayne hearyng therof, in great anger writeth to the Prelates of England, that this collection of mony, vpon payne of excommunication and suspension should be prouided, and brought to the new Temple in London, by the feast of the Assumption next ensuyng.

MarginaliaThe Pope in a chafe.And furthermore, forasmuch as he perceaued the kyng to go about to gaynstand his procedings, takyng therat great disdayne, he was about the same tyme to interdict the whole land. To whom then one of his Cardinals, called Ioannes Anglicus, an Englishman borne, speaking for the realme of England, MarginaliaThe wordes of Ioannes Anglicus, Cardinall to the Pope.desired his fatherhood, for Gods cause, to mitigate his modie ire, and with the bridle of temperaunce to assuage the passion of hys mynd: which (sayd he) to tell you plaine, is here stirred vp to much without cause. Your fatherhode (quod he) may consider, that these dayes be euill. MarginaliaThe miserable troubles of Christendome.First the holy land lyeth in great perils to be lost. All the Greeke Church is departed from vs. Fridericke the Emperour is against vs, þ^e mightiest prince this day in all christendome. Both you and we, which are the peeres of the Church are banished from the Papall sea, thrust out of Rome, yea excluded out of all Italy. Hungary with all the costes bordering about it, loketh for nothing but vtter subuersion by the Tartarians. Germany is wasted and afflicted with inward warres and tumultes. Spayne is fierce & cruell agaynst vs, euen to the cuttyng out of the Bishops tonges. MarginaliaOf Spayne he meaneth because the king of Aragonne a litle before had cut of the toungue of a certayne Bish. that did reprehend him. Paris. fol. 206.France by vs is so impouerished, that it is brought to beggary, which also conspireth agaynst vs. Miserable England beyng so often plagued by our manifold inuiries, euen much like to Balaames asse, beaten and bounst wyth spurs and staues, beginneth at length to speake & complain of her vntolerable griefes and burdens, beyng so weryed & damnified, that she may seeme past all recouery: And we after the maner of Ismaell hating all men, prouoke all men to hate vs. &c. Ex Paris. fol. 207.

MarginaliaPower geuē to the B. of Worcester to interdict the land.For all these wordes of Ioan. Anglicus his Cardinall, the Popes cholerike passion could not yet be appeased, but forthwith he sendeth commaundement with full authoritie to the bishop of Worcester, that in case the king would not spedely surcease his rebellion agaynst hys Apostolicall procedings, he should interdict hys land. MarginaliaThe K. fayne to relent to the Pope. 288So that in conclusion, the king for all his stout enterprise was fayne to relent at last, and the Pope had his mony. anno. 1246. Ex Parisiens. fol. 204.

MarginaliaOf this deuision read before pag.Ye heard before of the Greke churches vnder the Empire of Constantinople, how they sequestred themselues from the company of the Romish church. In so much that Germanus the Patriarch of Constantinople, & the Archbishop of Antioch did excommunicate the bishop of Rome. And after the sayd Germanus an other Archb. of Constātinople at the Councell of Lions protested, that where as before were 30. Suffraganes belonging to that prouince, now there were not iij. that held with the church of Rome. And this breache, albeit it chiefly brast out in the tyme of MarginaliaThe Grecians vsed to washe their altars, if any latin masse had bene said vpon them.
Ex Actis concilij lateranens. Cap. 4.Pope Gregory þ^e 9. an. 1230. to open warre and bloudshed, yet the same had begonne, and so continued long before, in such sort as in the tyme of the Pope Innocent the third, if any Priest had sayd Masse in theyr Churches, they would washe the aultar afterward: as appeareth by the actes of Laterane Councell Cap. 4. Wherfore Pope Innocent now (as his other predecessors had done before) bearing an olde grudge agaynst those Churches of the Grekes, and neither willing by conferēce to try with them, nor able by learning to match with them, thought by force of armes to subdue them, sent the Prouinciall of the gray Friers, with other associates of the same order into England, with his precept authenticall, conteinyng in it these Arcicles.

MarginaliaGoods gottē by vsury attached for the Pope.1. FIrst, that the sayd prouinciall, or his Friers should inquire vpon all vsurers beyng aliue, and of all such euill gotten goodes gayned per vsurariam prauitatē, should make attachement for the vse and preparation of this warre agaynst the Greekes, MarginaliaExcommunicatiō abused.excommunicatyng all them by district censures of the Church, that repugned agaynst it.

MarginaliaFalse Absolutiō of sinnes.2. That all they, which tooke the badge of the crosse, for the recouery of the sayd Empire of the Greekes, or with goodes and cattell would helpe sufficiently vnto the same, should be absolued of all their sinnes.

MarginaliaVsararia prauitas.3. Item, that all the goodes lefte in the Testamentes of them that were departed, beyng gotten by vsury, shoulde be taken vp to the subsidie of the Empire aforesayde, and whosoeuer repugned agaynst the same should be excommunicated.

MarginaliaGoods left in dead mens wills for restitutiō conuerted to the Pope.4. Item, that such goods as in the testamentes of the dead, left or which should be left three next yeares to come, for restitution of such goodes as the dead had euill gotten, they should take vp for the subsidie of the Empire aforesaid, excommunicatyng &c.

MarginaliaGoods vnbequethed in dead mens wills, cōuerted to warre agaynst the Grecians.5. Item, such goods as were left to be distributed in godly vses, after the arbitrement of executours, by the willes of the dead, or were not in their wils deputed to any certayne places or persons named, nor yet were bestowed by the said executors to the foresayd vses, they should collect to the vse and subsidie aforesaid, and geue certificate to the sea Apostolicke of the quantitie therof, excommunicatyng all repugners and rebellers agaynst the same.

MarginaliaGoods ill gotten cōuerted to the Pope.6. Item, that they should diligently enquire of such mens goods euill gotten or euil come by, as were alyue, and them they should attache for the subsidie aforesayde, in case the parties which ought to be satisified for those goodes euill gotten, could not be found, giuyng certificate thereof, & excommunicatyng. &c.

MarginaliaAbsolution for money.7. Item, that the sayd prouinciall, or his Friers, should haue full power to absolue those that were excommunicated, which wittingly had done any fraud touching the collectiō aforesayd, so that the sayd persons did make due satisfaction to the deputies aforesayd. Ex Math. Paris. fol. 205.

What man hauyng eyes so blynde, which seeth not these execrable dealings of the Pope to be such, as would cause any nation in the world to do as the wyse Grecians dyd, and perpetually to abrenounce the Pope, and well to consider the vsurped authoritie of that sea not to be of God. But such was the rude dulnes then of miserable Englād, for lacke of learnyng, and godly knowledge, that they feling what burdens were layd vpon them, yet would play still þ^e asse of Balaam, or els the horse of Esope, which receauyng the bridle once in hys mouth could afterward neither abide hys owne misery, not yet recouer libertie. And so it fared with England vnder the Popes thraldome: as partly by