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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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The aforesaid brethren and sisterne also causing mass to be said either on the Wednesday,1 Friday, or Saturday in church or chapel for the dead, shall deliver what souls they ⟨image 217⟩will, and as oft as they will out of purgatory, provided alway, so that they give somewhat to the aforesaid gild. Again, they saying devoutlye one Pater Noster and one Ave Maria at these feasts following, that is to say, Easter day, Whitsuntide, Corpus Christi, day, Mihelmas day, the first sunday in clean lent, and eight days following every of the said feasts, as oft as they shall so do, shall have clean remission of all their sins.2 They may also lawfully in time of Lent and other times of the year in the which white meats be prohibit and forbidden, eat Eggs, Cheese, Milk, Butter, & all other white meats freely and without scrupulosity or grudge of conscience: and if they be sick they also may eat flesh with counsel of their ghostly father and their Physician.3 And whosoever shall procure any man or woman to be brother or sister of the aforesaid gild, shall have for his Godly travail .v.C. years of pardon. Also every brother and sister with their fathers and mothers departed shall be made partakers of all Masses, Mattenses, Prayers, Suffrages, alms deed, ⟨p. 189⟩holy livings, pilgrims, and all other good deeds and works, of pity & charity, that which be done, and shall be done throughout the whole universal church Militant, and all the members of the same for ever.
The aforesaid brethrē and sisterne also causing masse to be sayd either on the Wednisday,1 Friday, or Saterday in church or chappell for ye dead, shal deliuer what soules thei ⟨image 217⟩wil, and as ofte as they wil out of purgatorye, prouided alway, so yt thei geue somwhat to the aforesaid gilde. Again, they saying deuoutlye one Pater Noster and one Aue Maria at these feastes following, yt is to saye, Easterday, Witsontyde, Corpus Christi, day, Mihelmas day, the fyrst sonday in cleane lent, and eyght dayes folowing euery of ye sayde feastes, as oft as they shall so doe, shall haue cleane remissiō of al their sinnes.2 They maye also lawfullye in tyme of Lent and other times of the yeare in ye whiche white meates be prohibite and forbidden, eate Egges, Cheese, Milke, Butter, & al other white meates freely and without scrupulositie or grudge of conscience: and if they be sicke they also may eate flesh with councell of their gostly father and their Phisition.3 And whosoeuer shall procure any man or woman to be brother or sister of the aforesayd gylde, shal haue for hys Godly trauayle .v.C. yeares of pardon. Also euery brother and sister with theyr fathers and mothers departed shall be made partakers of all Masses, Mattenses, Prayers, Suffrages, almesse dede, ⟨p. 189⟩holy liuinges, pilgrimes, and all other good dedes and workes, of pitie & charitie, yt which be done, and shal be done throughout ye whole vniuersal church Militant, and all the members of the same for euer.
Again, they may be buried in time of interdiction in Christen burial,1 of whatsoever death it shall happen them to dye, yea in places interdicted by ordinary authority also. And furthermore our said holy father hath granted to all Christen people being truly penitent & confessed or having purposed to be confessed at such times as the law hath determined, & there devoutly do visit the chapel of our lady in Boston,2 & also do visit three times .vii. altars there assigned in the parish church at the feasts of the glorious assumption, Nativity, & all other feasts of the same our blessed lady, or with in, viii. days following after every of the same feasts, or any day of the said Utas, putting to their helping hands to the maintenance of the charges of the same gild, shall have and enjoy all and singular indulgences & remissions of their sins, ⟨image 218⟩as if they had personally visited the church of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul at Rome and other the, vii principal churches there in the year of Jubilee and Grace and also shall have all the same indulgences and remissions of their sins, as they should have if they had personally visited the Church of S. James in Compos•el in Spain,3 and had done or caused to be done •here any other thing for the obtaining of the indulgences of the said year of Jubilee at Rome and Compostell. Also our holy father hath declared and decreed, that these said remissions, faculties, indulgences, and dispensations, shall never be revoked, suspended, nor denulled, but ever to stand in full strength and virtue from henceforth notwithstanding the year of grace or Jubilee at Rome or any other manner of cause, whatsoever shall happen in time to come. And every man or woman may be made a brother and sister of Boston gild, and enjoy all remissions, privileges, liberties, &c, if they will pay every one of them at their entering, vi. shillings, viii •ens, and every year after during his ⟨p. 190⟩or her life .viii. pens. or else .xiii. shillings,
Pope Clement the fifth granted to so many as give ought to the sustentation of the order of Saint Trinity of Hounslow,1 his blessing for ever, & twelve years, clx. days of pardon, with relaxations of the third part of their penance, and of the pain due for their sins. Pope Alexander the fourth to all the brethren & sisterne of the aforesaid order, that giveth some good portion of their goods yearly to the brethren or Messengers of the said order, or in their will and testament do give and bequeath some honest portion of substance for the relief of the said brethren, hath licensed and granted, to choose unto them any apt and meet priest to be their Confessor or ghostly Father, and to absolve them from all their since toties quoties, and also be buried in Christen burial, of what so ever death he deceased, ⟨image 219⟩if he were not excommunicate by name. Pope Innocent the third dispenseth with the Brethren and Sisterne of the aforesaid order concerning all vows of abstinence and of pilgrimage going, except only the vow of pilgrimage unto Peter and Paul at Rome and S. James at Compostell, so that it shall be lawful for them to change those vows of abstinence and pilgrimage unto other works of mercy & charity: and this hath he done of his special grace and mere motion to all them that give somewhat to the said order of S. Trinity. 2Pope Gregory the ninth hath granted to all brethren and sisterne of the aforesaid order, and to all their parents and friends, whether they be alive or dead, all those Indulgences and pardons (which are innumerable and may justly be compared with the Stars of the Sky and the sands of the Sea) that they have, which go on pilgrimage either unto Rome, or unto the holy land. Pope Pius the second hath granted and given to the aforesaid brethren and sisterne, once in their life ⟨p. 191⟩plenary remission, and full forgiveness of all their sins, yea, and that in all such cases as are reserved to the Apostolic Sea.
Pope Clement the fifte graunted to so many as geue ought to the sustentation of the order of Saint Trinitie of Houndeslowe,1
Pope Innocent the eight hath confirmed all the aforesaid privileges,1 indulgences, pardons, &c. and of his special grace hath doubled them all for the salvation of the brethren and sisterne of the order of Saint Trinity.
Pope Innocent the eight hath confirmed all thaforesayd priuileges,1 indulgences, pardons, &c. and of his speciall grace hath doubled them al for the saluacion of the brethren and sisterne of the order of Saint Trinitie.
AVtoritate dei patris omnipotentis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apostolorum eius, ac auctoritate apostolica mihi in hac part commissa: Ego absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis mihi per te vere confessis & contritis, & de quibus confiteri velles, si tuae occurrerent memoriae. Plenariam absolutionem omnium peccatorum tuorum, in quantum claves ecclesiae see extendunt in hac part, auctoritate istarum literarum Apostolicarum tibi do & concedo, ita ut sis absolutus ante tribunal domini ⟨image 220⟩nostri Jesu Christi, habeasque vitam aeternam, & vivas in secula seculorum. Amen. Which is thus in English.
AVtoritate dei patris omnipotentis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apostolorum eius, ac auctoritate apostolica mihi in hac parte cōmissa: Ego absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis mihi per te vere confessis & cōtritis, & de quibus confiteri velles, si tuae occurrerent memoriae. Plenariam absolutionem omnium peccatorum tuorum, in quantum claues ecclesiae se extendunt in hac parte, auctoritate istarum literarum Apostolicarum tibi do & concedo, ita vt sis absolutus ante tribunal domini ⟨image 220⟩nostri Iesu Christi, habeasque vitam aeternam, & viuas in secula seculorum. Amen. Whiche is thus in English.
By the authority of God the father almighty, and of his blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by the Apostolic authority committed unto me in this behalf: I absolve thee from all thy sins, by thee to me truly confessed and contrite, and of which thou wouldest have been confessed, if they had come unto thy remembrance. Moreover I give and grant unto thee full absolution and remission of all thy sins, so far as the keys of the Church do extend in this behalf by the authority of these Apostolic letters, so that thou •e absolved before the judging seat of our Lord Jesus Christ, and have everlasting life worlds without end. Amen.
By the auctoritye of God the father almightye, and of hys blessed Apostles Peter and Paule, and by the Apostolike authoritye committed vnto me in this behalfe: I absolue thee from all thy sinnes, by thee to me truely confessed and contrite, and of whiche thou wouldest haue bene cōfessed, if thei had come vnto thy remembraunce. Moreouer I geue and graunt vnto thee full absolution and remission of all thy sinnes, so farre as the keyes of the Churche doe extende in thys behalfe by the authoritye of these Apostolike letters, so that thou •e absolued before the iudgyng seate of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and haue euerlastynge lyfe worldes without ende. Amen.
1Pope John the xxiii. granted to so many as be brothers and sisters and benefactors of the friars hermits of Saint Austen, that they shall be partakers of all the Prayers, Sacrifices, Preachings, Contemplations, Fastings, Watchings, Pilgrimages, ⟨p. 192⟩Vows, Obedience, Chastity, Poverty, Patience, Mercy, Alms, and of all other spiritual Labours, Travails, Pains, Exercises, &c, that be done either of the friars of the aforesaid order, or of any other devout and religious people through out the world, with remission & forgiveness of all their sins A paena & culpa toties quoties.
1Pope Iohn the xxiii. graunted to so manye as be brothers and sisters and benefactoures of the friers heremites of Saint Austen, that they shall be partakers of all the Prayers, Sacrifices, Preachynges, Contemplacions, Fastyngs, Watchynges, Pilgrimages, ⟨p. 192⟩Uowes, Obedience, Chastity, Pouertye, Patience, Mercye, Almosse, and of all other spirituall Laboures, Trauailes, Paines, Excercises, &c, that be done eyther of the friers of the aforesayd order, or of any other deuoute and religious people thorowe out the worlde, with remissiō & forgeuenesse of al their sinnes A paena & culpa toties quoties.
The like pardon was granted of divers Popes to the fraternity of Burton Lazar,1 with dispensation of vows, and relaxation of some part of penance, with plenary remission of all their sins
The like pardon was graunted of diuers Popes to the fraternitye of Burton Lazare,1 with dispēsatiō of vowes, and relaxation of some part of penāce, with plenary remissiō of al their sinnes
AVtoritate dei patris omnipotentis, Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, & totius matris ecclesiae, a• virtute huius bullae & Papalis indulgenciae, ego absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis. &c. That is to say. By the authority of God the Father almighty▪ of the Apostles Peter and Paul, & of all the mother Church, & by the vertu• of this bull and of the Popes pardon, I absolve thee from all thy sins. &c.
AVtoritate dei patris omnipotentis, Apostolorum Petri & Pauli, & totius matris ecclesiae, a• virtute huius bullae & Papalis indulgenciae, ego absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis. &c. That is to say. By the authoritye of God the Father almyghty▪ of the Apostles Peter and Paule, & of all the mother Church, & by ye vertu• of this bulle and of the Popes pardon, I absolue thee from al thy sinnes. &c.
To them that gave any thing to the ⟨image 221⟩hospital of Saint Mary of Runcivall nigh unto charring cross without the walls of London,1 Pope Clement the fourth granted that they should be partakers of all the Masses, Prayers, Fastings, Watchings, Pilgrimage goings unto the holy land consecrate with the blood of Christ or unto the city of Rome privileged with the authority of the blessed martyrs & Apostles Peter and Paul•.2 And if they be priests or religious persons either men or women, and have failed to say their divine service, either through negligence, or defect of books, or sickness of body: the aforesaid holy father doth mercifully absolve them from all such offences, and release them from the pain & punishment due unto such offenders. Pope Clement the sixth also of his special grace hath given and granted to all them that give some part of their substance,3 being confessed and contrite, release of the third part enjoined them by their ghostly father and three years of pardon, we an hundred days mo of pardon, with free burial in places although interdict, and of whatsoever ⟨p. 193⟩kind of death they chance to dye, with a thousand Lents. lxv. years of pardon. &c.
To thē that gaue any thing to the ⟨image 221⟩hospitall of Sainte Marye of Runciuall nigh vnto charing crosse without the walles of London,1 Pope Clement the fourth graunted that they shoulde be partakers of all the Masses, Prayers, Fastinges, Watchinges, Pilgrimage goings vnto the holy lande consecrate with the bloud of Christ or vnto the city of Rome priuileged with the authoritie of the blessed martirs & Apostles Peter and Paul•.
AVtoritate dei omnipotentis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apostolorum eius, ac autoritate apostolica mihi in hac part commissaEgo absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis & paenis tibi in Purgatorio debitis propter culpas & offensas, quas contra deum & animā tuam commisisti. Et in quantum mihi committitur, restituo te illi innocentiae, in qua eras quando baptizatus fuisti, exceptis punctis hijs reseruatis Domino Papae, ut animae tua vivat cum Christo in secula seculorum. Amen. Which is thus in English.
AVtoritate dei omnipotētis, & beatorum Petri & Pauli Apostolorum eius, ac autoritate apostolica mihi in hac parte commissaEgo absoluo te ab omnibus peccatis tuis & paenis tibi in Purgatorio debitis propter culpas & offensas, quas contra deum & animā tuam commisisti. Et in quantum mihi committitur, restituo te illi innocentiae, in qua eras quando baptizatus fuisti, exceptis punctis hijs reseruatis Domino Papae, vt animae tua viuat cum Christo in secula seculorum. Amen. Whiche is thus in Englishe.
By the authority of God almighty and of his blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by the Apostolic author• tie committed unto me in this behalf I absolve thee from all thy sins and pains due unto thee in Purgatory for the faults and offences, which thou hast committed against God and thine ⟨image 222⟩own soul. And as much as lieth in my power, I restore thee unto that innocency, wherein thou were, when thou waste baptised: those points only excepted, which are reserved to the Lord Pope, that thy soul may live with Christ worlds without end. Amen.
By the authoritie of God almighty and of hys blessed Apostles Peter and Paule, and by the Apostolique author• tie committed vnto me in this behalfe I absolue thee from all thy sinnes and paines due vnto thee in Purgatory for the faultes and offences, whiche thou hast committed against God and thine ⟨image 222⟩owne soule. And asmuche as lyeth in my power, I restore thee vnto that innocencye, wherein thou were, when thou waste baptised: those poyntes only excepted, whiche are reserued to the Lord Pope, yt thy soule may liue with Christ worldes without ende. Amen.
1Pope Alexander the third hath granted to all them that give ought to the maintenance of the Collegiate Church of Saint John of Beverley an hundred days of pardon, and relaxation from the seventh part of their penance. And Pope Innocent the fourth hath granted to all the brethren of the same. Fraternity, pardon of all sins forgotten, & of all vows broken, except the vow unto the holy land, & at their latter •nd, remission & forgiveness of all their sins A paena & culpa: so that to every brother & sister of that Fraternity being confessed & absolved, their confessor may well say on this manner, as it is specified in the printed pardon▪
1Pope Alexander the thyrde hathe graunted to all them that geue ought to the mayntenaunce of the Collegiat Churche of Saint Iohn of Beuerlaye an hundred dayes of pardon, and relaxation from the seuenth parte of their penaūce. And Pope Innocent the fourth hath graunted to all the brethrē of the same. Faternitie, pardon of all sinnes forgotten, & of all vowes brokē, except the vowe vnto the holy land, & at their latter •nd, remission & forgeuenesse of all their sinnes A paena & culpa: so that to euery brother & sister of that Fraternitie being cōfessed & absolued, their cō fessour may well say on thys manner, as it is specified in the printed pardon▪
Agayne, they may be buryed in time of interdiction in Christen buryall,1 of whatsoeuer death it shal happen them to dye, yea in places interdited by ordinarye authoritye also. And furthermore our sayd holy father hath graunted to all Christen people being truly• penitent & confessed or hauing purposed to be confessed at such tymes as the lawe hath determined, & there deuoutly do visite the chappel of our ladye in Boston,2 & also do visite thre tymes .vii. altares there assigned in the paryshe church at the feastes of the glorious assumption, Natiuitye, & al other feastes of ye same our blessed lady, or wt in, viii. dayes following after euery of ye same feastes, or any day of the said Vtas, putting to their helping hands to ye maintenaunce of ye charges of the same gild, shal haue and enioy al and singular indulgences & remissions of their sinnes, ⟨image 218⟩as if thei had personallye visited the churche of the holy Apost•es Peter and Paul at Rome and other the, vii principall churches there in the yeare of Iubile and Grace and also shall haue all the same indulgences and remissions of their sinnes, as thei shoulde haue if thei had personally visited the Church of S. Iames in Compos•el in Spaine,3 and had done or caused to be done •here any other thing for the obtayning of the indulgences of the said yeare of Iubile at Rome and Compostell. Also our holy father hath declared and decreed, yt these said remissions, faculties, indulgences, and dispensations, shall neuer be reuoked, suspended, nor denulled, but euer to stande in full strength and vertue from henceforth notwithstanding ye yeare of grace or Iubile at Rome or any other manner of cause, whatsoeuer shal happen in tyme to come. And euery man or woman may be made a brother and sister of Boston gilde, and enioye all remissions, priuileges, liberties, &c, if thei will paye euerye one of them at their entring, vi. shillings, viii •ens, and euery yeare after during his ⟨p. 190⟩or her life .viii. pens. or elles .xiii. shillinges,4 iiii, pens for the whole for euery singulare person towardes ye mainteining & sustentation of priests, clerks & poore beadmen, which daily be foūd with the charges of the same gilde.
