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A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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The King had entered into an Obligation to pay unto the Pope two hundred thousand Marks, besides other fifty thousand pound sterling, For payment whereof, the Bishop of Hereford, being then the Popes Agent, had bound the Bishops of England, before they were ware. Such like pretty gnats your Pope can strain, if Kings and Princes will give him leave.
The Kinge had entred into an Obligation to paie vnto the Pope tvvoo hundred thousande Markes, bisides other fiftie thousande pounde sterlinge, For paiement whereof, the Bishop of Herforde, beinge then the Popes Agente, had bounde the Bishoppes of Englande, before thei were ware. Sutche like pretie gnattes your Pope can straine, if Kinges and Princes wil geue him leaue.
Joh inns Sarisburiensis,1 otherwise called Rupertus Carnotensis, in the familiar talk, that he had with Pope Adrian. 4. said thus unto him: Ipse Romanus Pontifex omnibus ferè est intolerabils: Lae•atur spolijs Ecclesiarum: quaestum omnem reputat pietatem: Provinciarum diripit spolia, acsi Thesauros Croesi studeat reparare: The Pope is now become untolerable almost to all the world: He rejoiceth in the spoil of Churches: Al manner of gain he counteth Holiness: He maketh such havoc of Kingdoms, and Provinces,2 as if he had intended to repair again croesus Treasury. Again, His Legates so rage, and ramp for money, as if the Infernal Furies were sent from Hell to go at liberty. What shall we need many words? Ambition, and Avarice have no bottom. Matthias Parisiensis saith, In Romana Curia omnia possunt pecuniae: Monie may do all things in y• Court of Rome. And he calleth these unsatiable prowlings of the Pope, Quotidianas Extortions, Daily Extortions. Again he saith, that the King of England, upon a very frivolous, & fond matter, made true payment unto Pope Alexander the fourth, 3