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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.
Yet all this notwithstanding it must be taken in the sense wherein Pius useth it, or else some of his predecessors Popes of Rome might likewise be worthily blamed for their doings.1 Pope Adrian wrote somewhat roundly to the Emperor Frederick. Imperator quod habe•, totum habet à nobis. Sicut Zacharias transtulit imperium à Graecis ad Teutonicos: it a not possumus illud transferre ab Alemannis ad Graecos. Ecce in potestate nostra est, ut demus illud cui volumus. Propterea constituti sumus à Deo super gentes & regna,2 ut destruamus, & evellamus, aedificemus, & plantemus. What soever the Emperor hath, he hath it of us. As Pope Zechariah translated the Empire from the Greeks unto the Germans, so may we again translate the same from the Germans to the Greeks. Behold it is in our power to bestow the Empire upon whom we list. Therefore are we appointed by ⟨p. 80⟩God over nations, and kingdoms, to pull down, to root up, to build and to plant again. No mouth would utter these blasphemies but the mouth of Antichrist.
Yet all this notwithstanding it must be taken in the sense wherein Pius vseth it, or else some of his predecessors Popes of Rome might likewise be worthily blamed for their doings.1 Pope Adrian wrote somewhat roundly to the Emperour Fredericke. Imperator quod habe•, totum habet à nobis. Sicut Zacharias transtulit imperium à Graecis ad Teutonicos: it a not possumus illud transferre ab Alemannis ad Graecos. Ecce in potestate nostra est, vt demus illud cui volumus. Propterea constituti sumus à Deo super gentes & regna,2 vt destruamus, & euellamus, aedificemus, & plantemus. What soeuer the Emperour hath, he hath it of vs. As Pope Zacharie translated the Empire from the Greeks vnto the Germaines, so may wee againe translate the same from the Germaines to the Greekes. Behold it is in our power to bestowe the Empire vpon whome we list. Therefore are we appointed by ⟨p. 80⟩