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At this time was renewed the old strife betwixt the Dominic fryers, & the Franciscans,¹ about the conception of the the virgin Mary: the Franciscans held, that the virgin was without original sin, the Dominicks were of the contrary mind. Ann. 1476.

At this time was renewed the old strife betwixt the Dominicke fryers, & the Franciscans,¹ about the conception of ye the virgin Mary: the Franciscans held, that the virgin was without original sinne, the Dominicks were of the contrary mind. Ann. 1476.

1. 1Old strife betwixt the Dominicks and Franciscans.

Pope Sixtus 4. joined with the Franciscans,¹ & ordained a solemnization of the feast of the virgins conception, offering all men & women, which would hear mass, & service, from the first evensong of the same feast, to the Octaves of the same, as many days pardon, as Pope Urban 4, and Martin 5 did grant for hearing service of Corpus Christi day. He made also an addition to the Ave Mary, ²granting pardon of sins to all that would with the same addition, pray unto the Virgin. The addition is: and blessed is Anna thy mother, of whom thy virgins flesh hath proceeded without blot of original sin. This did pope Sixtus afterward, that the Dominicks might conform themselves thereto, confirm with a bull: dated 1483. whereby the Dominicks were compelled to give to the virgin every night an Anthem in praise of her conception, and to subscribe to the Franciscan doctrine.³