After that I now sufficiently declared my power in earth, in Heaven, and in Purgatory, how great it is, and what is the fullness thereof, in binding, and loosing, commanding, permitting, electing, confirming, deposing dispensing doing & undoing, I will entreat a little of my riches likewise, and great possessions, that every man may see by my wealth, and abundance of all things, rents, tithes, tribute, my silks, Purple mitres, Crowns of gold and silver, Pearls and gems, lands and lordships, how God here prospereth and magnifieth his vicar in the earth: For to me pertaineth first the imperial city of Rome, the Palace of Later an, the Kingdom of Sicily is proper to me, Aprilia and Capua be mine, also the Kingdom of England and Ir land be they not brought to be tributaries to me, 214. To these I admit also besides other Provinces and countries, both in the occident and orient, from the North to the South these dominions by name, & others moe: 216. which Constantinus the Emperor ⟨image 25⟩gave unto me, not that they were not mine of before, he did give them. 217. For that I took them of him, I took them not as a gift, as is aforementioned, but as restitution, and that I rendered them again to Otho, I did it not for my duty to him, but only for peace sake, what should I speak here of my daily enemies, of my first fruits, annates, palls, indulgences, Bulls, confessionals, indulgences & prescripts, testaments, dispensations, privileges, elections, prebends, religious houses, and such like, which came to no small mass of money, in so much that for a pall to the Arch-Bishop of Mentz which was wont to be gotten for ten thousand 218 Florence, now is grown to twenty seven thousand Florence which I received of Jacobus the Arch-Bishop not long before Basil council: besides the fruits of other Bishoprics in Germany, coming to the number of fifty, whereby what advantage cometh unto my Coffers, it may partly be conjectured. But what shall I speak of Germany, 219. when the whole world is my diocese, as my Canonists do say, and all men are bound to believe, 220. except they will imagine as the Manichees do two beginnings which is false and heretical. Moses sayeth. In the beginning GOD made Heaven and earth, and not in the beginnings, 221.
AFter that I now sufficiently declared my power in earth, in Heaven, and in Purgatory, how great it is, and what is the fulnesse thereof, in binding, and loosing, cōmāding, permitting, electing, cōfirming, deposing dispēsing doing & vndoing, I wil intreat a litle of my riches likewise, and great possessions, that everie man may see by my wealth, and abundance of all things, rents, tyths, tribute, my silkes, Purple myters, Crownes of gold and silver, Pearles and gumes, lands and lordships, how God heere prospereth and magnifieth his viccar in the earth: For to mee pertaineth first the imperiall citie of Rome, the Palace of Later an, the Kingdome of Cicile is proper to mee, Aprilia and Capua be mine, also the Kingdome of England and Ir land bee they not brought to bee tributaries to mee, 214. To these I admit also besids other Provinces and countries, both in the occident and orient, from the North to the South these dominions by name, & others moe: 216. which Constantinus the Emperour ⟨image 25⟩gaue vnto mee, not that they were not mine of before, hee did giue them. 217. For that I tooke them of him, I tooke them not as a gift, as is aforementioned, but as restitution, and that I randred them againe to Otho, I did it not for my duetie to him, but onely for peace sake, what should I speake heere of my dayly enemies, of my first fruits, annates, palles, indulgences, Bulls, confessionals, indulgences & prescripts, testamēts, dispensations, priviledges, elections, prebendes, religious houses, and such like, which came to no small masse of money, in so much that for a palle to the Arch-Bishop of Mentz which was wont to bee gotten for ten thousand 218 Florence, now is growne to twentie seven thousand Florence which I receaved of Iacobus the Arch-Bishop not long before Basil counsell: besids the friuits of other Bishoprickes in Germany, comming to the number of fiftie, whereby what advantage commeth vnto my Coffers, it may partly bee conjectured. But what shall I speake of Germany, 219. when the whole world is my dyocie, as my Cannonists doe say, and all men are bound to belieue, 220. except they will imagine as the Maniches doe two beginnings which is false and hereticall. Moses sayeth. In the beginning GOD made Heaven and earth, and not in the beginnings, 221.
