A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of…

¹That Key which he beareth,² is the Key of Error, it is the Key of the bottomless pit. Certainly Christ will say unto this Keykeeper, ⟨p. 8⟩woe be to thee Scribe and Pharisee, hypocrite, because thou shuttest up the kingdom of Heaven before men: for thou hast taken away the Key of Knowledge, thou hast not entered in thy self, & them that came in, thou forbadest. Let him therefore leave to deceive the world any longer under the names, and by the countenance of the Apostles of Christ. S. Hierome saith,³ it is no easy matter to stand in the place of Peter and Paul, & to hold the Chair of them now reigning with Christ. And again he saith: Non sunt filij sanctorum, ⁴qui tenent loca sanctorum, they be not evermore the children of holy men, which sit in the rooms of holy men. Peter was a principal Apostle: Paul was a vessel chosen of God to bear his name before the Gentiles, and Kings, and the children of Israel. Did they send such Bulls into the world? were they such workers of Treason? did they disquiet the Land by stirring up civill wars? verily these holy Apostles will reason this case with Pope Pius. What warrant haddest thou to use our ⟨p. 9⟩names? why doest thou make our Images, and set them before thy Bulls? what doest thou like unto us? or, what did we like unto that thou doest? is this our Gospel? did we preach thus? is this that for which we lost our lives? thou art not our successor: thou doest us wrong: we know thee not. We never discharged subjects from their oath of obedience: we did never stir up one Prince against an other: thou haste no deed of ours for thine example, thou hast no word of ours for thy doings: thou doest us wrong, we disclaim thee, we know thee not. Thus much of his Title and Arms.

¹yt Key whiche he beareth,²