quarell of his countrey, seemeth not onely to be glorious amongst the Rethoricians, but also happy and blessed, what shall we say for those deathes whiche are susteined for the countrey of all countreyes, the Church?MarginaliaNo death to be feared for Christs church. Truly most reuerent fathers, it is to much that our aduersaryes do persuade themselues of you: for they iudge you fearefull, sluggishe, and faynt harted: and therfore they do obiect the Princes vnto you, because they thincke that you will not suffer hunger, thyrst, exile in the quarell & defence of the Church.MarginaliaExample of Mariners & Hunters. But I thinke you will esteme it no hard matter, for the obteynyng of euerlastyng lyfe, to do the same which shypmen do for the obteinyng of transitory riches, to put themselues in daunger of the Sea & wynd, and suffer most cruell stormes.

The hunters lye abroad in the nightes in the snow in the hils and woodes, and are tormented with cold: yet haue they none other reward, but some wilde beast of no value or prise. I pray you what ought you then to do, whose reward shalbe Paradise? I am ashamed of our ignauie, when as I read that women, yea euē young maydens haue violently obteined heauen through their Martyrdome and we are made afrayde onely with the name of death.MarginaliaExample of the xi. thousand virgins. This Riuer of Rheyne whiche runneth along by the Citie in tymes past hath caryed. xi. thousand virgines vnto Martyrdome. In India (as Cicero writeth) when any man was dead, hys wiues (for there they had many wiues) came into contention who should be burned with him: and she whom he loued best, hauyng vanquished the other, all the rest ioyfully folowyng her, was cast into the fire with the dead Carcase of her husbād and burnt. The other which were ouercome, departed full of heuinesse and sorrow, wishyng rather to haue dyed then lyue.

The which courage we now takyng vpon vs for Christes sake, will aunswere Panormitan euen as the Lacedemonians aunswered Philip, who when as by his letters he threatned them, that he would stop all that which they went about, they asked i whether he would also let thē to dye. Therfore as you are excellent men, so vse your vertue, which is alwayes free, and remayneth alwayes inuincible. For you do know that power is geuen you of the Lord, and strength from the most hyghest: who will take accompt of your workes and examine your thoughtes: vnto whom ye should be carefull to render a good accōpt, iudging rightly and keepyng the law of righteousnes, and in all thynges walkyng accordyng to the will of God, and not accordyng to the will of men.

And where as the Ambassadours of Eugenius, do openly preach and declare a new doctrine, extollyng the Byshop of Rome aboue the vniuersall Church: to the end that ignoraunt soules be not snared: ye shall not cease or leaue to publish the three first conclusions, folowyng the example of the Apostle Paul, which would in no poynt geue place vnto Peter when he walked not according to the Gospell. As for the other matters, which do respect the onely person of Eugenius (because Panormitan and the other Ambassadours of the princes, shall not say þ^t we do passe our bonds) ye shal deferre them for this present.

When as Cardinall Arelatensis had made an end of his Oration, there was a great noyse, criyng out, and brawlyng euery where. The Presidentes commaundementes were not regarded, neither was the accustomed order obserued: for sometymes they spake vnto Panormitan, sometime vnto Lodouicus: no man was suffred to speake but in hast, the Byshops brawled with Byshops, and the inferiours with their fellowes. All was full of contention and debate:MarginaliaLewes Patriarke of Aquileia, Duke of Decke in Sweuia. Which when as Lodouicus the Patriarke of Aquileia perceiued, a man of no lesse courage and stomake, then of nobilitie and byrth, beyng also a duke, for the zeale which he bare vnto the vniuersall Church, turnyng himself vnto Panormitan & Lodouicus the Prothonotary, sayd: Do not thinke the matter shal so passe, you know not yet the maners of the Germaines, for if you go forward on this fashion, it will not be lawfull for you to depart out of this countrey with whole heades: With which wordes Panormitan, Lodouicus, and the Archbishop of Millaine, beyng stricken (as it were with lightning from heauen, rose vp and sayd: Is our libertie thus taken from vs? What meaneth it that the patriarke doth threaten vs, that our heades should be broken?MarginaliaThe Earle of Diersten. And turnyng themselues vnto Iohn Earle of Dierstene, which then supplied the protectors place, they demaunded of him whether he would defend the Councell, and preserue all men in their libertie, or no.

MarginaliaThe prayse of the citizens of Basill. The Citizens also and Senatours were present to prouide and foresee that no offence should rise: for the Citizens obserued alwayes this order, that they would be present in all affaires, which they supposed would breede dissension. foreseyng specially that no tumultes should rise, otherwise then with wordes. They vsed alwayes such a marueilous foresight & prouidence, that no mā vnto this day, could haue any cause agaynst them, to cōplayne for violating their promise. Wherfore if at any tyme, any Citizens haue deserued well at the handes of the Church, surely this prayse is to be geuen vnto the Basiliās. These men together with Iohn Earle of Dierstene, beyng present in the assembly of the fathers, gaue a signe of preseruatiō of their libertie. The earle (albeit he was moued at the straungenes of the matter, for he would not haue thought so great contentions could haue risen amōgest wisemen) aunswered by his interpreter, that they all should be of good cheare. For the Emperours safe conduict should be obserued and kept euen to the vttermost, neither should the patriarke, or any other, once violate the libertie, or take away the assuraūce graunted by the Emperour. Notwithstandyng he desired the patriarke that he would call backe his wordes agayne, and not to speake any more in such sort. But that famous father, beyng nothyng at all moued or troubled, committed his whole mynde vnto Iohn de Bachenstein, auditor of the chamber, a man both graue and eloquent, to be declared. Who affirmed that the patriarkes mynde was not to threaten any man, or to disturbe the libertie of the Councell, but to moue the fathers vnto constancy, that they should be myndfulle of the reformation, which they had promised vnto the whole world, and not to say one thyng to day & an other to morrow: for if they would so do, it were to be feared, least the layty seyng them selues deluded, and dispayring of reformation: should rise agaynst the Clergy.

Therfore he monisheth the Fathers to foresee and prouide before for the perill, that they should not depart from the Councell, nothyng beyng determined or done: and finally he desired pardon, if in his wordes he had offended either agaynst the Councell, Panormitan, or any other mā.MarginaliaHumilitie sister to nobilitie. Wherby he declared it to be true which is commonly sayd, that Humilitie is the sister of Nobilitie: both which did very excellently appeare in this man. Yet for all this, could not the humilitie of the patriarke stop or sta their noyse or cryes: For as often as mention was made of readyng the Concordatum, great noyse and rumours were still made, for to stop the same.MarginaliaAmodeus Archbishop of Lyons. Then Amodeus Archbyshop of Lyons, and primate of all Fraunce, a man of great reuerence and authoritie, beyng touched with the zeale of fayth, whiche he sawe there to be stopped and suppressed, sayd: Most reuerend fathers, I haue now a great occasion for to speake.MarginaliaAn. 1438. For it is now vij. yeares or more, that I haue bene amongest you, yet haue I neuer sene the matter at that poynt which it is now at, most lyke vnto a miracle: for euen presently I do behold most wonderfull signes of miracles: for it is no small matter that the lame do walke, the dumme do speake, and that poore men preach the Gospell. Wherupon, I pray you, commeth this sodayne chaunge?MarginaliaByshops that sit at home, haue tongue here to speake for the Pope. How happeneth it that those which lye lurkyng at home, are now sodenly start vp? Who hath geuen hearyng to the deafe, and speache to the dumme? Who hath taught the poore men to preach the Gospell? I do see here a new sort of prelates come in, whiche vnto this present haue kept silēce, and now begin to speake. Is not this lyke to a miracle? I would to God they came to defend the truth, and not to impugne iustice.

But this is more to be marueiled at then any miracle, that I do see the best learned men of all, impugne our conclusions which are most certaine and true:MarginaliaMarke how they are turned backe which some time fauoured the truth and are now become lyers and flatterers. And they which now reproue them, in tymes past haue allowed them. You are not ignoraunt how that Lodouicus the Prothonotary preached these verities at Louain and at Collen, & brought them from thence, confirmed with the authoritie of the Vniuersities. Wherfore, albeit that he be now chaunged, yet is the truth in no poynt altered.MarginaliaConstācie lacked in diuers of thys councell. And therfore I desire you and beseeche you all, that ye will not geue eare vnto these men, which albeit they are most excellently learned, yet haue they no constancy in them: which doth adorne all other vertues.

When he had ended his Oration, Lodouicus the Prothonotary rising vp, sayd: It is most true that I brought those verities, but you do call them verities of fayth, which addition seemeth very doubtfull vnto me. When he had spoken these wordes, Cardinall Arelatensis required that the Concordatum of the twelue men should be read, and many whispered him in the eare, that he should go forward, and not aulter his purpose.

MarginaliaPanormitane speaketh like hymselfe. Then Panarmitan, as soone as the Concordatum began to be read, rising vp with his companions and other Arragons, cryed out with a loude voyce, saying: You fathers do contemne our requestes, you contemne Kyngs and Princes, and despise Prelates, but take heede least whilest that ye despise all men, you be not despised of all men. You would conclude, but it is not your part for to conclude. We