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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…
A view of a seditious bull sent into England, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reverend Father in God, John Jewel, late Bishop of Salisbury. Whereunto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he delivered in divers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisbury, anno. 1570A viewe of a seditious bul sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, anno. 1569. Taken by the reuerende Father in God, Iohn Iewel, late Bishop of Salisburie. Wherevnto is added a short treatise of the holy Scriptures. Both which he deliuered in diuers sermons in his cathedral church of Salisburie, anno. 1570
London: printed by R. Newberie & H. Bynneman, 1582
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A VIEW OF A SEDITIOUS BULL SENT INTO ENGLAND.A VIEVV OF A SEDITIOVS BVL SENT INTO ENGLANDE.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Let Pope Pius tell his own tale: he saith, hunc unum super omnes gentes, & super omnia regna principem constituit: Christ hath appointed him only to be the Prince over all nations, and over all kingdoms Mark his words well, and see how they hang together, he saith I am a Servant, and that is not all: I am the Servant of Servants, therefore I am no Prince: But, as though he were sorry those words had escaped him, he mendeth the matter, I have power over all nations, and over all kingdoms, therefore I am no servant. If he be a servant, & so vile a servant, how is he a Prince? or, if he be a Prince, and so mighty a Prince, how is he a servant? what shift soever he useth, needs he must be taken. If he be true in the one, he is false in the other. It is well with him, that he can ⟨p. 11⟩not err, and that his words must be taken as the word of God: that he may judge all men, but all the world may not judge him: and that he may not with M. Hardings liking) be accused by *Hick, Hob, and Haunce, and judged by Jack and Gill. Were it not that he hath given himself privilege, thus to sit as God in the Temple of God, and to bear in hand, that he is God: Were it not that his props and upholders might so scorn and disdain the judgement of the whole world: it would be no hard matter to trip him in his tale, and take him in manifest untruth. For, when this Servant sitteth at table, the Emperor may not sit with him: When he sitteth in Council, the Emperor sitteth below at his feet: Princes and Kings do him service: they hold his Stirrup, lead his bridle, carry his train, and bear dishes to his Table: he walketh not forth on foot, but is carried on mens shoulders, in gorgeous attire, shining & glittering with gold and precious stones. It is worthy the noting which Albertus Krantzius, ⟨p. 12⟩who writeth the History of Germany, reporteth of Pope Boniface the eight, Utriusque penes see unum gladij potestatem manere affirmabat, 2quod ipso apparatu in eo qui tum agebatur in urbe jubileo solenniter fertur ostentasse, primo quidem solenni die in pontificalibus apparens populo, apostolicam illis benedictionem impartitur:
Let Pope Pius tell his owne tale: he saith, hunc vnum super omnes gentes, & super omnia regna principem constituit: Christ hathe appointed him onelye to bee the Prince ouer al nations, and ouer al kingdomes Marke his wordes well, and sée how they hang togither, he sayth I am a Seruaunt, and that is not all: I am the Seruaunt of Seruaunts, therefore I am no Prince: But, as though he were sory those words had escaped him, he mendeth the matter, I haue power ouer all nations, and ouer all kingdomes, therefore I am no seruant. If he be a seruant, & so vile a seruant, how is he a Prince? or, if he be a Prince, and so mightie a Prince, how is he a seruant? what shift soeuer he vseth, néeds he must be taken. If he be true in the one, he is false in the other. It is well with him, that he can