The Actes of the ambassage passed at the meatinge of the lordes and princes of Germany at Naumburg in Thuringe concerninge the matters there moued by Pope Pius the iiij. in the yeare of our Lord 1561 and the fyfth day of February item, the answere of the same lords and princes, geuen to the Popes nuntio vpon the eygth day of February / translated out of the Duch into English. 1561 Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-12 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A08049 STC 18412.5 ESTC S2244 23189523 ocm 23189523 26359

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THE ACTES OF THE AMBAſſage PASSED AT THE meatinge of the Lordes and Princes of Germany at Naumburg in Thuringe concerninge the matters there moued by Pope Pius the iiij. in the yeare of our Lord. 1561. and the fyſth day of February.

Item, The anſwere of the ſame Lords and Princes, geuen to the Popes Nuntio vpon the eygth day of February.

¶ Tranſlated out of Duch into Engliſh.

¶ Imprinted at London by John Day, dwelling ouer Alderſgate, beneath S. Martins.

¶ Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae Maieſtatis.
The Summa of the matters moued by the Nuntio of Pope Pius the forth, at ye meating of the Lords & Princes of Germany at Naū burge in Turinge the fyfth day of Februarij, in the yeare of oure Lorde. 1561.

The Popes Legate ſayd. AS ſone as the Popes holynes was called to the gouenmēt of holy churche he by and by, according to his Paſtorall office & Popedome, ſett all his thought and care howe to reforme, the euel and corrupt manners of lyfe, now vſed, that the fredome of the church, might once agayne be reſtored, & all people reduced to the vnity of one faith. And foraſmuch as, to the reducing of good, & putting away of euil ther can be found none other medicyne nor helpe, but by the kepinge of a generall Councell: he hath with ye mature and wel aduſſed councell of his Cardinalls, by his full powre & auctoritie geuen him of god, determined to hold an holy Councel, at Eſter, in the citie of Trient. And to thende that this may be knowen to al princes, that they alſo may take the like care, and in like manner do theyr diligence in councelling that ye Duch nation may haue peace & quietnes, & ioyning in care with ye Popes holynes, they may together ſett to theyr helpinge hande, he hath of very loue & good wil which he hath euer borne vnto ye Duch nation, & for ye great deſire to ſeke their vnity, ſēt furth vs his legats yt we in his name ſhuld proue & moue euery Lord ſeuerally, pray, admoniſh, & moſt erneſtly aduertiſe, & require them, ye thei wil viſit this general coū cel, & permit yt this his bleſſed care & purpoſe may procead & take effect. Foraſmuch as all matters therin ſhalbe quietly mildly & peaceably handled, & howſoeuer the matter falleth out, yt ſhalbe with lyke mildnes herd & determined. For ye popes holynes in this, ſeketh none other thinge, but how ye church may again be brought to peace and tranquilitye.

And to this ende the pope is is ready to giue vnto ye Princes a free and ſuer ſaulfe Conducte, in all the beſt and in as āple & large maner as euer yet hath bene' geuen, or els may be inuēted to be geuen. Wherfor ye popes holines beſecheth and admoniſheth, that ye Princes will, all & euery one ſende their Ambaſſadours with ful aucthority thether, that throwe theyr diligence, after the Schiſme (wherein are as many ſondry kindes of religiō as good Imaginations, & ſo many ſōdry goſpels as teachers) be pacified, the church may again be reſtored to her former bewtie, one faith may be holden in al countreyes, and one God of all men in all places worſhipped.

VVhat more is in oure Ambaſſage (ſayd the Legate) it ſhall be declared by my felowe Cōmiſſioner.

Then ſpake the ſame as here after foloweth. RIght Noble Princes, foraſmuch as the pops holynes hath geuē vs both one commaundement, I thinck it not neadful to repete thoſe things that my felowe Commiſſioner hath propounded concerning the miſerable eſtate of the church. For euery man may openly ſee, to what myſery the mater wil growe, & what wil be the ende therof. For one miſery ſpringeth after another, and it ſhall at laſt giue an open way to the enemy of chriſtendome, to deſtroi ye commō welth It were very nedeful therfor to preuēt this miſchief, this imminent peril requireth ſpeady redres this councelleth ye good oportunitie of tyme & goodnes of Pope Pius, whoſe full endeuour good meaning & diligēce alſo is to be regarded. There was neuer a better oportunity, to making of peace, nor neuer can ther be a better thē is at this preſent, when al Chriſten realmes are in quiet, & one pope is geuē of God, who bereth his ſinguler good will & fauour toward ye Potentats, & ſeketh the ſaluaciō of theyr ſouls, and holly endeuoureth hiſelf to bring ye church again to vnity peace and quietnes.

The anſwer of the lords & Princes of Germany geuen to the Popes Nūtio, in the Diet of Naūburg in Thuring, in Febr. An 1561.

THe right high excellēt and noble Lords and Princes of ye holy Romayn Empire here preſent, & alſo Thambaſſadours & councellers of thoſe that be abſent hath cōmaunded to geue this anſwere, vnto your wurds & meſſage, done & preſented befor theyr moſt honorable lord ſhips and Princelye graces. Namelye, that theyr Noble Lordſhips and Princely graces doubt nothing at all, that many men wel learned, wyſe & fearing God, at all tymes & among al people of the whole worlde & that of longe tyme haue wiſhed, that the Chriſtē churche might be brought to ſome better eſtate and ſtaye, & euen now at this tyme make thei deuout and harty prayer with ſighing vnto God that once at the laſt the pure doctrine may be reſtored and ſett vp, and the horible miſuſes, which haue bene brought into the Church, may thorow a Chriſtian reformacion ceaſe & be put away. Whiche deſire of reformation, & prayer to God for the ſame doubteles ought as well to be in the Romiſhe Popes who ſo longe & many yeres haue taken vpon them with ſo great pōpe the name & title of the Churche. But to what purpoſe? Nameli, with luſt to reigne ouer other, to ſet kigdown & realmes at debat, & to bring in by heapes, into the church manifeſt & knowē Idolatry, to maintaine euery Pope for his time their gloriouſe eſtate rather thē to helpe & refourme the abuſes of the churche, which thinge is manifeſt to all honeſt & goodherted Chriſtians, whiche thing alſo many wiſe & ſage men, yt other wiſe haue ioyned & confederat them ſelues to the pope, dothe themſelfes acknowledg and confeſſe.

But the forſaid noble lords & princes here preſent & ye Ambaſſadours of the lords abſēt wōder much of what prowd cuſtome or preſūptuouſe hope pope Pius ye iiij. preſumeth by this his meſſage to ſummone thē to a coūcel, or to apoit thē to come to Triēt. Seing. it is not vnkno wē both to yt pope & to you what religiō ye eſtates of ye auſpurg confeſſiō holdeth & vpon what occaſions they haue bene dryuē & cōpelled to purg & reforme their churches according to ye trewe doctrine of ye goſpel, & to ſeperate thē ſelfs from yt multitude yt with thoppreſſion of yt trueth & godly doctrine, ſeeke muche more their own gaine, then Chriſts glory. For the lords & Princes pleaſur is, yt the pope & al that take his parte ſhall perfectlye know & be aſſured, yt they acknowledg not ye power or auctority of ye romiſh ſea. And yt thei know it for an vndouted trueth by ye teſtimony both of Gods law & mans, yt it belongeth not of right to ye Romiſh pope to apoint a general coū cel. For yt yt ſelf & ſame ꝑſon, of whō all diuiſiō & ichnine in yt church hath come, which alſo horribl • • ugneth ye opē & manifeſt trueth, ſhuld take vpon hī ye dignity & office of a iudg, to determine ye matters in controuerſy, yt cōmō wit of mā be it neuer ſo ſimple, & ye teſtimony of Gods law, doth vs to vnderſtāde that it is vnright.

Furthermore theyr honorable eſtats & lordſhips erneſtly ſay, yt theyr graciouſe honors ar vnfrēdly vſed, wt this your talke & maſſage done vnto them: as who ſaith to men yt know not what their faith is: but yt ther are, as many Goſpels as teachers, & as many religions, as mens good meaninges. For their high honors, haue not only made a pure & cleare Cō feſſion of their faith, whiche thei deliuered to Charles the v. at Auſpurg in the yeare of our Lord. 1530. but alſo they haue ſince yt time ſett furthe & declared ye ſame trueth of godly doctrine, & is welſet furth by mani other writigs which are euery where to be ſene.

But in what errours ye Romiſh Churche is at this tyme drowned, & with what abhominable miſuſes & Idolatriſh inuentiōs of men, the doctrine of ye goſpel is there oppreſſed, yea ſo farre: yt it is more lyke an Heythneſſe then a Chriſtiā Religiō, is ſufficiētly witneſſed by the manifolde cōplaint of all the worlde. And foraſmuche as the noble Lords & Princes of Duchland, no • as men fallē in errour, not of froward & contēnouſe minde, nor nor new fangelled lightnes, but by the erneſt and ſtraight cōmaundement of God, be cō pelled to departe frō the Romiſh churche, they are purpoſed vpon the ſame grounde & commaundemēt ſo to cōtinue & can not ſuffer that the pope ſhal make or appoint any law for them. For they acknowledg none other power or magiſtrate, then their Emperour Ferdinando, whoſe Ambaſſadours are here and haue declared vnto vs, what theyr hop • & purpoſe is as concerning a general councell.

¶ Laſtly as concerning your own Perſons, theyr hye honours and graces, wolde ye ſhield be thus perſwaded, that yf ye had not brought this meſſage frō ye Romiſh Pope, they wolde haue welcomed you, as ſuche as come of the honorable Venetyan howſe, & haue ſhewed to yow all louing and gentil inter ſaynment, ther by to declare in ſompart theyr frendly good will to that honorable regiment of Venice, and alſo to doo you vnderſtande, that they iudge you worthy bothe prayſe & theyr fauour for your honorable behaueour, high prudēce, and wyſdome.

FINIS.