Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…

Woe woe, to them that dwell on the earth; woe to the Paynim that worshipped Idols, and other creatures; woe to the Jew that trusted too much in the Old Law, and despised Christ; woe to the false Christian that knew the will of God, and did it not, and hath not contemplated his mercies and ways, and been thankful for his benefits, and hast made thy hart a house of swine, & a den of thieves, by unclean thoughts and delights: thou hast shut God out of thy heart, and he shall shut thee out of heaven, thou hast harboured the fiend, and thou shalt ever dwell with him in hell, thou shouldest have sung holy, holy, holy Lord: but thou shalt cry woe, woe, woe to me: but they that be saved shall joy in God, Joy all amongst themselves, and one of an others salvation: how happy be they that their travels be finished, and brought to so gracious an end: especially, that they have escaped the pains: O how happy are they for the endless bliss which they have in the sight of God.

Woe wo, to them that dwel on the earth; wo to the Paynim that worshipped Idols, and other creatures; woe to the Iew that trusted too much in the Old Law, and despised Christ; woe to the false Christian that knew the will of God, and did it not, and hath not contemplated his mercies and waies, and been thankefull for his benefits, and hast made thy hart a house of swine, & a den of theeues, by vncleane thoughts and delights: thou hast shut God out of thy heart, and hee shall shut thée out of heauen, thou hast harboured the fiend, and thou shalt euer dwell with him in hell, thou shouldest haue sung holy, holy, holy Lord: but thou shalt cry woe, woe, woe to mee: but they that bee saued shall ioy in God, Ioy all amongst themselues, and one of an others saluation: how happie bee they that their trauels bee finished, and brought to so gracious an end: especially, that they haue escapt the paines: O how happie are they for the endlesse blisse which they haue in the sight of God.

In this year began the Council of Constance,¹ called by Sigismond the Emperor, and Pope John the 23. for pacifying a Schism betwixt three Popes, all striving for the Pope-dome, which continued nine and thirty years: the Italians set up this John, the Frenchmen set up Gregory, the Spaniard set up Benedict, and every Nation defended his Pope, to the great disturbance of Christian Nations: this Council endured four years, wherein all matters were decided most by four Nations: the English, Germans, French, and Italians, out of every Nation was a president: there names were, John the Patriarch of Antioch for France, Anthony Archbishop of Rigen for Italy, Nicholas Archbishop of Genesensis for Germany, and Richard Bishop of Bathe for England: the aforesaid Pope John, resigned his Pope-dome, for which the Emperor thanked him, and kissed his feet: but after he repented himself, […] being disguised fled, but was taken by the Emperor and put in prison: this Pope was deposed, by the Decree of the Council; more then forty most heinous crimes proved against him; as for hiring a Physician to poison Alexander his predecessor, and that he was an Heretic, a Simoniac, a Liar, an Hypocrite, a Murderer, an Enchanter, a Dice-player, an Adulterer, a Sodomite, and many others: he held a Council at Rome about four years before, and ever when they assembled there was a huge Owl in the place, or somewhat else in the shape of an Owl, which did always look so earnestly upon the Pope, which made him still break up the Sessions, and at length to dissolve the Council: some said it was the Spirit of God in the shape of an Owl, indeed there Spirit is better figured in the shape of an Owl then of a Dove.