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A solemn contestation of diverse popes, for the advancing of their supremacy: quoted and collected faithfully out of their own canon law, according to the very words, stile, and tenor of the same their own canons, decrees, decretals, clementines, extravagantes, bulls, epistles, and common gloss upon the same. Histories and stories of Romane bishops [et]c. In form and words, as their are to be seen, and found by the quotations here unto annexedA solemne contestation of diuerse popes, for the aduaunsing of theyr supremacie: quoted and collected faithfully out of their own canon law, according to the very wordes, stile, and tenor of the same theyr own canons, decres, decretales, clementines, extrauagantes, bulles, epistles, and commen glose vpon the same. Histories and stories of Romane bishops [et]c. In forme and wordes, as their are to be seane, and found by the quotations here vnto annexed
London: printed by John Daye, 1560London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1560
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The same also is free from all laws,1 so that he can not incur into any sentence of excommunication, suspension, irregularity, or into the penalty of any crime, but into the note of crime he may well.
The same also is fre from all lawes,1 so yt he cā not incurre into any sentence of excommunication, suspension, irregularitie, or into the penaltie of any crime, but into ye note of crime he may wel.
Finally he by his dispensation1 ⟨image 50⟩may grant, yea to a simple priest, to minister the Sacrament of confirmation to infants, also to give lower orders, & to hallow Churches, and virgins &c.
Finally he by his dispensation1 ⟨image 50⟩maye graunt, yea to a simple priest, to minister the Sacrament of cōfirmation to infantes, also to gyue lower orders, & to hallowe Churches, and virgins &c.
These be the cases wherein I only have power to dispense, and no man else, nether bishop, nor Metropolitan, nor legate, without a special licence from me.
These be the cases wherin I only haue power to dispēse, and no man els, nether bisshop, nor Metropolitane, nor legate, without a speciall licence from me.
After that I have now sufficiently declared my power in earth, in heaven, & in purgatory, how great it is, & what is the fullness thereof, in binding, losing, commanding, permitting, electing, confirming, ⟨image 50⟩deposing, dispensing, doing, and undoing &c.1 I will entreat now a little of my riches likewise and great possessions, that every man may see by my wealth and abundance of all things, rents, tithes, tributes, my silks, my purple, Mitres, Crowns, Gold, silver, Pearls & Gems, Lands, & Lordships, how God here prospereth & magnifieth his vicar in the earth. For to me pertaineth first the imperial city of Rome, the Palace of Lateran, the kingdom of Sicily is proper to me, Apulia, Capua be mine. Also the kingdom of England and Ireland be ⟨image 51⟩they not or ought to be tributaries to me?A To these I adjoin also, besides other provinces and countries both in the occident and orient, from the North to the South, these dominions by name, Bas Surrianum, Montembordon, & lunae insulā, Cor•icae regnū, Paruam Mantuā, Montenselete, Insulam venetiarū, Ducatum ferrariae, Canellum, Caniodā, Ducatum Histriae, Dalmatiam, Exarchatū Ravennae, Faventiam, Cesenam, Castrū Tiberia•us, Roccā Mediolanū, Castrū ceperianum, Castrum Cu•ianū, Terr• ̄ Cornulariā, Ducatū Arimini, Contā, Montē ferretum, Montem Capiniae, seu Olympicum, Castrū exforij, Robin, Eugubin, V•bin, forum Sempronij, Galli, & Senogalli, Anconā, Gosam, Ducatū perusij, Urbenetā, & Tudertū, Castrū Cinianū, Ducatū Spoletanū, Theanū, Calabriā, Ducatū Neapolim, Ducatū Beneventi, Salernū, Sorrenti insulā, Cardiniā insulā, Anciae insulā, Territorium Cutisan, Territorium praene••inum, Terran Silandis, Terra• ⟨image 51⟩
What should I speak here of my daily revenues of my first fruits Annates, ⟨image 52⟩palls, indulgences, bulls, confessionals, indults & rescripts, testaments, dispensations, privileges, elections, prebends, religious houses and such like which come to no small mass of money. In so much that for one pall to the Archbishop of Mentz, which was wont to be given for ten thousand EFlorence, now it is grown to xxvij. thousand florence, which I received of Jacobus the archbishop not long before Basel council. Besides the fruits of other bishoprics in Germany,2 coming to the number of fifty, whereby what ⟨image 52⟩vantage cometh to my coffers,3 it may partly be conjectured. But what should I speak of Germany, Fwham the whole world is my diocese, as my Canonists do say, and all men are bound to believe, Gexcept they will imagine (as the manichees do) ij. beginnings which is false & heretical. For Moses saith: In the beginning god made Heaven and Earth, & not in the beginnings.H Wherefore as I begun, so I conclude commanding, declaring, & pronoun cing, to stand upon necessity of salvation, for every humane creature to be subject to me.
What shoulde I speake here of my dayly reuenues of my first fruites Annates, ⟨image 52⟩palles, indulgēces, bulles, confessionales, indultes & rescriptes, testaments, dispensations, priuilegis, elections, prebendes, religious houses and such like whiche come to no small masse of money. In so muche that for one palle to the Archebishoppe of Mentz, whiche was wont to be giuē for ten thousande
After that I haue now sufficiently declared my power in earth, in heauen, & in purgatory, how great it is, & what is the fulnes thereof, in binding, losing, cōmaūding, permitting, electing, confirming, ⟨image 50⟩deposing, dispensing, doyng, and vndoyng &c.1 I will entreate now a litle of my riches likewise and great possessiōs, that euery man may se by my wealth and aboundance of al thinges, rentes, tythes, tributes, my silkes, my purple, Miters, Crownes, Golde, siluer, Perles & Gēmes, Lands, & Lordships, howe God here prospereth & magnifieth his vicare in the earth. For to me pertaineth firste the imperiall citie of Rome, the Palace of Lateren, ye kingdom of Sicile is proper to me, Apulia, Capua be mine. Also ye kingdome of England and Ireland be ⟨image 51⟩they not or ought to be tributaries to me?A To these I adioyne also, besides other prouinces and countries bothe in the occident and orient, from the Northe to the Southe, these dominiōs by name, Bas Surrianum, Montembordon, & lunae insulā, Cor•icae regnū, Paruam Mantuā, Montenselete, Insulam venetiarū, Ducatum ferrariae, Canellum, Caniodā, Ducatum Histriae, Dalmatiam, Exarchatū Rauēnae, Fauētiam, Cesenam, Castrū Tiberia•us, Roccā Mediolanū, Castrū ceperianum, Castrum Cu•ianū, Terr• ̄ Cornulariā, Ducatū Arimini, Contā, Montē ferretum, Montem Capiniae, seu Olympicum, Castrū exforij, Robin, Eugubin, V•bin, forū Sempronij, Galli, & Senogalli, Anconā, Gosam, Ducatū perusij, Vrbenetā, & Tudertū, Castrū Cinianū, Ducatū Spoletanū, Theanū, Calabriā, Ducatū Neapolim, Ducatū Beneuēti, Salernū, Sorrēti insulā, Cardiniā insulā, Anciae insulā, Territorium Cutisan, Territorium praene••inum, Terrā Silandis, Terra• ⟨image 51⟩Clusiū, Terrā fundan, Terrā vegetan, Terr• ̄ Claudianā, Terrā camisinā, Terram Fabinē sem, Terrā Siram, Terrā portuēsem, cū insul• Archis. Terrā Ostiensem cū maritimis, Ciuitatem Aquinēsem, Ciuitatem lamentum, & Sufforariam, Ciuitatem Falisenā, Fidenam, Feretrum, Cliternā, Neapolim, Galiopolim, with diuerse mo Cwhich Cō stantinus the emperour gaue vnto me, not that they were not mine before he did giue thē. DFor in that I toke thē of him I toke them not as a gifte, as is afore mentioned, but as a restitution. And that I renderyd them agayne to Otho, I did it not for anye dutye to him, but onlye for peace sake.
