A summe of the Guisian ambassage to the Bishop of Rome, founde lately amongst the writinges of one Dauid and aduocate of Paris, and translated out of French into Latin, and from Latin into English

❧ A Summe of the Guiſian Ambaſſage to the Biſhop of Rome, founde lately amongſt the writinges of one Dauid an Aduocate of Paris, and tranſlated out of French into Latin, and from Latin into Engliſh.

❧ Jmprinted. 1579.

❧ To the Chriſtian Reader, the Tranſlator ſendeth greeting in Chriſt Ieſu.

THis little Pamphlet, (good Reader) being fyrſt extant in French, and after tranſlated into Latin, came vnto my hands by chaūce, peruſing other bookes which were brought from Franckford: and ouerrunning ſhortly the ſame, and perceyuing that it contayned the diſcouerye of a very da • ngerous and miſcheuous practiſe of the Papiſtes in Fraunce, eſpecially of the Guiſian faction, which vnder pretence of the maintenaunce of the Catholick or Romiſh faith, (as it may ſeeme) beeing thereunto by the Pope, and his fauorers induced for the vpholding of his pride and ambicion, together with their Haeriticall and erronious doctrine, which by the Goſpell in the noble Realme of Fraunce, as in all other places in Chriſtendom is now laide open and plainly confuted, to their no ſmall loſſe & griefe, ſeeke I ſpeake rather to aſpire to the tytle of the Crowne of that mighty Kingdome, by priuye claiming vnto thēſelues, the right therof as the heyres diſcending lineallye from Charles the great: and pleading the Valoys, with the Borbones to be but vſurpers, and intruders: who at this daye are the right apparaunt heyres thereof: I thought good to publiſh the ſame to the view of the worlde, leauing the creadit thereof to the Reporter, that it may appeare both how cruell and bloodthirſty a generation theſe Papiſtes are, who can neuer be ſatiſfyed with the ſhedding of their breathernes bloode, and that from Rome that ſpirituall Babilon, as from a Fountaine flowing into all Chriſtē dome the continuall diſcords, contentions, tumults, warres vprores, treaſons and rebellions wherewith the ſame is lamentably at this day oppreſſed, and ouerwhelmed: as alſo to ſhew how vniuſtlye they burthen and charge the godly, and zelous nobility, and Subiectes of that Realme and other places with Treaſon and rebellion againſt theyr Soueraignes, and Princes, they themſelues being moſt giltye thereof, when they withſtand with all reaſonable, and lawfull meanes the vniuſt, violent, tirrannicall, and vnnatural oppreſſions, and inuaſions, practiſed againſt them, beſydes all lawe of God and man, by the Pope, abuſinge the Scepters and aucthorite of Princes, to the eſtabliſhing of his longe vſurped primacie, Pride and Ambition, in the Church of Chriſt. For how ſo euer he colloureth his purpoſes with faire ſhowes: yet is it euident to thoſe that are not blinded with affection malice, or by the iuſt iudgements of God caſt into a reprobate ſence, that he ſeeketh his owne and not thoſe thinges which appertaine vnto Chriſt, and that he diſcrieth him ſelfe to be very Antichriſte, in ſettinge vp his owne kingdom, with the ouerthrow of the kingdom of Chriſt, and his Goſpell, (as much as lyeth in him,) knowing, & feeling by experience, to his great griefe (Gods name be praiſed therefore) that the one cannot ſtand with the other.

Therefore when it pleaſed God to make manifeſt to the world, by the glorious light of the Goſpel of his ſonne, how trayterouſlye, wickedlye, and blaſphemouſlye in the middeſt of groſe and palpable darckneſſe, he hath vſurped & intruded vpon the kingdome of his Chriſt, and he begins to take againe poſſeſſion thereof, and ſhaketh, like a tottering wall, the kingdome of Antichriſt: he perceiuing the ruine of his vſurped tyranny to be threatned in all Chriſtendome, and Chriſt like to recouer his owne poſſeſſion againe, ioyned with his confederats, & laid their heads together, ſundry and diuers times, eſpecially in the late pretended counfell holden at Trent, and conſidered what was beſt to be donne in this ſo deſperate a ſtate: and when they had ſought by diuers meanes to bringe the ſame to paſſe, as by writing of bookes for their defence, by confeſſing ſum what to haue bin amiſſe, and to promiſſe redreſſe thereof (which they neuer ment in trueth) by often promiſing of a generall, lawfull, and free counſel, but neuer performing it, by threatnings, ſometime force and warres, and vſinge the ſame ſometime, & by diuers other ſuttle deuiſes, which neuertheleſſe by the prouidence of God came to nought. Then they determined at laſt in theyr ſayd pretenced Counſell of Trent, that ſeeing by no other waye they were able to compaſſe theyr intent, and to hold and proppe vp theyr ruynous ſtate, (which they make more accoumpt of then the glory of God): that ther ſhould be made (forſooth) a holy league betweene the holy father, and all his obedient Children which kiſſe his feete, againſt all the profeſſours of the Goſpell in Chriſtendome: with a full reſolution, that it ſhould be lawful for them by the diſpenſation of the holy Father, to vſe all Treachery, deceite, periury, violence and crueltye againſt them, as beeing heretickes, and condemned by the ſayde holye Counſell of Trent. And that the execution thereof might be donne with more heede, and dylligence, ſome were in all Countreys appointed who ſhoulde vndertake the ſame. And herehence, hath ſithens ryſen the Fyre and Flame of diſcentions, mutynes, and tumultes in all Chriſtendome.

This I thought good (gentle reader) to admoniſh thee of, that in reading of this ſmall diſcourſe, thou mighteſt with more light and iudgement, looke into the popiſh practiſes therein contayned. The Lorde God make vs wiſe in foreſeeing their pernitious coūſels, & auoiding the ſame in time. For as they haue in that noble Realme of Fraunce, and in other places ſhewed theyr malitious intents, ſo mynd they to do the like, it is to be feared in England, if God doo not of his mercy let them, which he graunt, for Ieſus Chriſte his ſake. Amen.

❧ A Summe of the Guiſian Ambaſsage to the Biſhoppe of Rome, founde lately amongſt the writings of one Dauid an Aduocate of Paris, &c.

THat the ciuill wars which haue ben in France, Th • war • Fra • mor • full • fitab • Apo • Sea • haue brought more hinderaunce, then furtheraunce to the Apoſtolick Sea, eſpecially for ye lyberty both to write Bookes, which are reprochfull to the ſayde Sea, as otherwiſe to deface the honour therof: by the which liberty, the minds of the Heretikes are encouraged & hardned, and moſt of the Catholyques brought to the contempt and ſcorne of the ſayd holy Sea.

That the ende and euent of all the victories which haue bene gotten in Fraunce, Hug • and • ſteri • curſe Apo • Sea haue fallen out vnto ſome peace ſhamefull, and diſhonourable to the King, wherof it maye be gathered, that the ſtock of Hugh Capet, albeit it hath ſucceded in the ſingular, and only gouernment of the kingdom of Charls the great: Yet it hath not ſucceeded it in the enioying of the Apoſtolical bleſſing: which bleſſing, conſecration, and inauguration properly, and peculiarly was beſtowed vpon the lygnage and poſterity of Charles the great. And further, like as Capet by taking to him and vſurping the bleſſing of the kings beſtowed on Charles the great, hath by his raſhnes and preſumption violated the ſame: ſo hath he prouoked vpon his own, and ſucceſſors heads, the continual curſe and malediction of the ſaid Apoſtolicall Seate: from ye which curſe ſo great falſehood, theft, and rebellion againſt the holy Sea haue ſprong, to the deſtruction & ouerthrow wherof, that deteſtable law, and ordinaunce hath bene enacted, and put in vre, which commonly amongſt the French men, is called the freedome or liberty of the French Church:The • tute 〈◊〉 the ly • of ye 〈◊〉 Chu •• brydl • Pop • which in former tymes hath bene a refuge & ayde to the Albigenſes and beggars of Lions, as they termed them, and now in our time to the Lutherans and Caluiniſtes, hath geuen occaſion and matter of rebellion. In ſomuch that it is not to be maruailed that the victories of thoſe kings which theſe .16. yeares paſt, haue vndertaken warre for the Catholike church, haue had no happy ſucceſſe, neither at any time ſhall, as longe as the Crowne ſhall reſt in the family of Capet.

That it may ſeeme that God in this concluſion of the laſt ſhamefull peace,The of Ch • the g •• waies full t • Apoſl • Sea. hath as it were called home the rightfull and lawfull heires of the Crowne vnto their right, and to haue offered occaſion and beginning to reſtore the Crowne vnto the heads of the ryght heires of Charles. Of whome there is not one vntill this day found, which hath not ſhewed vnto the holy Sea, fidelity, obedience, and due reuerence: and by that faithfulnes, and dutifulnes, hath declared him ſelfe to be the true, right, and lawfull heire of the Apoſtolicall bleſſing beſtowed vpon the crowne of Fraunce.

• ock of • pe • • d by • nd to • herof.That it is well knowen now to all men that the ſtocke of thoſe that deſcende from Capet, is caried headlong into a reprobate ſence by the iuſt plague of God, for that ſome of them are hartles, and wytles, of no wiſdome, or courage: ſome other reprobate, reiected, hated of God and men, Heretikes, excommunicate, and caſt of from the holy fellowſhip of the church.

That it is a token of this malediction, fyrſt that ſome of them are borne of an euyll ſhape of body, of fowle and ſtained blood: Further, that in the flowre of their age, they dye, leauing no heyres of their body to enioye the kingdome, and that there remayneth no hope of their ſtocke and yſſue, and therfore the inheritaunce of the kingdome is like to paſte away to Heretiks and excōmunicants, to the great hurt of the Apoſtolicke Sea.

That where great daunger now is at hand,What Cathol • endeuo • ought t • all the endeuour of all the catholickes ought to be employed, that the crowne of Fraunce be reſtored to the true and lawfull heires of Charles: eſpecially, ſeeing they are ſo freſh and floriſhing in mind and body, that they are well knowen to be moſt fytteſt to atchieue, and enterpriſe the greateſt matters, and of moſt accompt.

That the late warres hath aduanced them to attaine honors,Warre • fitable t • Guiſian but mu • more pe • rules and offyces: but that peace ſhall reſtore againe to them the lawfull inheritance of the kingdome, with great good will and lyking of all the French Nation. Wherfore it is not to be doubted,Sermo • to be n • and wh • but that the couenants, and conditions of this diſhonourable peace, which are graunted to ye Heretikes by their new Edict of Pacification, although they may ſeeme profitable, and conuenient to the Heretikes, yet are they framed and deuiſed not by mans counſell, but by Gods, that the prayſe, honour, and glory of the vanquiſhing of the Heretikes may reſt vpon God onely, and the bleſſing of his holy Vicar in earth. Wherfore it is to be prouided, that in all catholicke citties, wholſome Sermons maye be made, meete to ſtyrre vp the citizens mindes, and to let the aſſemblyes of the abhominable ſecte, permitted by the laſt Edict.

King • e war • and 〈◊〉 of.That the king is to be warned, that the new ſtyrres which he ſhall heare euery where to be continually rayſed, do not diſquiet,Duke uiſe to • t in : and 〈◊〉 hee • de do. and trouble his minde, and that he put the Duke of Guiſe in truſt to compoſe, and pacify them, who hauing authority from the king, with a ſtoute and valiant corage, ſhall make confederacies betweene the nobility, and the cities, & ſo ſhall bynd each one with an oathe, that they be not onely bound to ſolow his authority, but alſo priuatly, and properly his fayth, and ſhall ſweare that they wyll acknowledge no other chiefe of the confederacie, but the Duke of Guiſe himſelfe.

Theſe things being eſtabliſhed,Orde • taken Duke Guiſe Parri • with t • • riſh Pr • the Duke of Guiſe ſhal take order, that the Pariſh Prieſts, not onely in townes, but alſo in villages and hamlets, doo write out, and in bookes ſet downe, the names of all ſuch as are of yeares to beare armour, and doo ſende thoſe bookes vnto the ſayde Duke of Guiſe, who incontinēt ſhal appoint out Captaines into thoſe Pariſhes, which ſhal ſee and take a view what kinde of armor, or weapons euery one is fyt, and meete to beare.What Prieſt doo in cular c • ſion. The Prieſts alſo ſhall be wylled, that in auricular confeſſion they inſtruct euery one that is enrolled, of ye iuſt cauſe of this warre, which is for defence ſake of their conſcience, and ſhall exhort them that they with all ſpeede prouide them ſelues of Armour and weapons.

〈◊〉 the oughtThe king in the meane whyle ſhall prouide that Parliamentes or aſſemblies of al Eſtates and degrees of his Realme be called & ſummoned (which is a pyt made by the Heretikes for thē ſelues to fall in) and thervnto ſhall ordaine very great preparation, pompe, and ſolemnity (according to the manner of his Predeceſſors) and ſhall ſend vnto euery prouince of his kingdome, •• ylers 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 , and they do. ſuch councellours as are moſt faithfull and truſty to him, which ſhall by their counſayle direct and gouerne the particular aſſemblies of euery iuriſdictiō: Euery one of theſe ſhall conſider what is moſt meete for the kings purpoſe according to their wiſdom, and for the faith and oath, wherwith he is bound to God, and his holynes, and the catholyque king.

The Queene mother in the meane tyme, ſhall go to her yongeſt Sonne,What 〈◊〉 Queene mother ſhould who is lewde, & a chaungling, whom ſhe ſhall eaſily perſwade that he come to his brother ye King, & go with him to the Parliaments of his kingdom, and ſhall labour by all meanes to entice thyther the king of Nauar, her ſonne in lawe, and the Prince of Condie, and ſhe ſhall threaten them, that if they preſent not them ſelues at the Parliaments, they ſhall be proclaymed rebels, and obſtinate.

And to the intent,What t • King a • the Gui • ſhould d • take aw • all ſuſpi • on. that all the occaſion of ſuſpition and feare be taken away from them, the Duke of Guiſe and all his Brethren, ſhall firſt depart from the Court, as if it were for ſome diſpleaſure conceyued againſt them, & the king departing out of Paris, ſhal betake him ſelfe to ſome ſuch place, where ſhall ſeeme to be moſt free acceſſe vnto him & ſhall receyue & entertaine his Brother, & all the reſt which ſhall come vnto him, with all pretence of good wyll, and curteſy.

• e Cap • es of the • riſhes, at they to • ld do.About the time of the Parliamēts, the Captaines of the Pariſhes, ſhall euery one take a muſter, and view of his ſoldiours, and of thoſe bands ſhal chuſe out ſuch a number as the chiefe of the holy League ſhall appoint, that they may be in a readines to do thoſe thinges which ſhall be commaunded them.

• at is to one vpō • aye of Parlia • ts.When the day of the Parliaments ſhall come, before any thing is referred to the aſſembly, an oath ſhall be exacted in order of euery one, yt whatſoeuer ſhall be agreed vpon, & decreed in the Parliaments, ſhall be kept and obſerued. The Citizens moreouer ſhall binde their brotherhooddes to beare the charges of all the warres.

• at is to • ore of Pope.Laſtly, his Holines ſhalbe entreated, that it woulde pleaſe him by his authority to allowe, and ratify whatſoeuer ſhalbe decreed in theſe Parliaments:Prag • call d • and that it woulde pleaſe him that there maye be lyke force of theſe decrees, as hath bene accuſtomed to bee of the pragmaticall decree betweene the holye Sea, and this Realme, as heretofore it hath bene done in thoſe things, which haue ben agreed vpon betwene the Kings and the Biſhops.

Moreouer,What be don • cōuey •• tytle o • Crow • the ſto • Capet • to the entent the right of the royal inheritaunce may be conuayed away from the kinred, ſtocke, and family of Caper, and that depoſing of them maye according to the manner and cuſtome of our Forefathers be left in the power of the Parliaments: A decree ſhall be made, that if any Prince of the blood royall: if any peere, or noble man ſhall refuſe to obey the ſame decree of the Parliaments. The Prince from that daye forwarde ſhalbe Proclaymed vnworthy the inheritance of the kingdome. The peere or noble man ſhall be iudged vnworthy of all his honours and tytles, their goods ſhall be confiſcated: to the ende, that mony of the ſale therof gathered together, maye be employed to the vſe of the warre, and they them ſelues ſhall be adiudged to die. And if they be apprehended, they ſhalbe put to death: if not, their counterfaits, or pictures ſhalbe made faſt vpon the Gallous & gibbets, and rewards ſhalbe propoſed publikely to ſuch as ſhall ſlaye, or kyll them.

• ath of • tye to Pope, • a ſub • tion to • ounſel • tent to • equired.Theſe thinges being eſtablyſhed, and an oath to the ſame exacted, and geuen, the States of the Realme ſhal yeeld to the ſucceſſour of Saint Peter, a new oath of fidelity, and ſhall profeſſe that they wyl lyue, and die in the forme of that faith, & Religion which hath bene preſcribed by the Counſell of Trent, & the States of the Realme in theſe Parliaments, ſhall iudic • ide to the ſayde Counſell, and ſhall pronounce and proteſt all Edicts which in this Realme hath bene made againſt the authority of that Counſell, to be taken for voyde, vnlawfull, and as if they had neuer bene writtē: But on ye other ſide all thoſe Edicts which haue bene made to the rooting out, and abolyſhing of hereſies, to be kept and obſerued.

The King by the authoritie,The to diſ • with King made Prot • and diſpenſation of the holy Sea, ſhalbe diſcharged and abſolued from that oath which hee hath made to Heretikes, and their aſſociates, and confederates: And to the Heretikes ſhall a certaine day be appointed before the which they ſhall profeſſe before ye Eccleſiaſtical Magiſtrats, that they are ſory for their enterpriſe, to the entent they maye obtaine Abſolution for ſo great an offence, & they ſhal entreat ye Prince to pardō them of high treaſō.

And becauſe the execution of this Article may be hindred and ſtayed by certaine rebellious Prouinces which haue taken Armes,Viceroy made, the ſam • e the • c of • ſe. ſupplication muſt be made to the king, that he woulde make ſome Viccar generall, or Viceroy of his kingdome, which muſt be a fytte Prince, and ſkylfull of warres, able and luſtie, for courage, age, and body, apte to geue counſayle, and aduiſe of him ſelfe, and to endure the paynes of warre: eſpeciallye, ſuch a one, as hath alwayes kept him ſelfe pure, and vnſpotted, from all ſtayne, contagion, and company of Heretiks. And briefly, he ſhall be requeſted, that he woulde geue this honour vnto the Duke of Guiſe: whome, it is well knowen, to be furniſhed, and endued, with all helpes of wytte, and bodye, and ſkyll of warfare, to take in hande ſuch an office.

Then the Kinges Brother muſt be admoniſhed, and tolde,Order t • taken w • Duke •• lanſon. what a great offence he hath commytted, in that hee forſooke his Brother the King, to ioyne him ſelfe to Heretikes, yea, and to be their Captaine, and to leade an Armie againſt his Brother the King, and in that he forced his Brother to graunt vnto him, not onely a parte of his kingdome, and very large, and exceſſiue allowaunce, but alſo to ſuffer him to haue a Relygion of ſo execrable impietie. And foraſmuch, as this is the fyrſt, and higheſt poynt of treaſō againſt Gods Maieſtie, and the Kinges: for that it is not in the Kinges power to pardon ſo greeuous an offence, requeſt ſhall be made to the Parliamentes, that Iudges may be appointed to the Duke of Alanſon, which maye heare and determine of ſo great a fault, and the memorie of the moſt holy, & godly example of the Catholique King, ſhal be renued, which dyd not ſpare his onely Sonne.

• at is to • one in • nde of Parlia • s by the • mies of • e Pari • .Finally, at the day that the Parliaments ſhalbe diſſolued, from all parts of the Realme ſhall the Armies of the Pariſhes and other bandes, aſwell extraordinarie as ordinarie diſcouer them ſelues, to put in execution the decree of the Parliaments, and they ſhall apprehend the Duke of Alenſon, and the reſt which haue taken parte with him in his gouernement, and wicked warres.

• at by Duke Guiſe.By this practiſe the Duke of Guiſe hauing gathered a ſtrong Army, ſhal ſet vpon ſuch Prouinces, as haue rebelled, ye which he ſhal conquer either by force, and Armes: eyther by pollycie and deuices, and he ſhall with terrour ouerrunne, both farre and wide, ſpoyling the Country, and ſurpriſing all ſtrong Townes by hunger, force, and want, by buylding and rayſing vp Caſtels and Holdes neare about, by making often outroades vpon the inhabitants, and he ſhall not to lyttle purpoſe ſpende tyme in ſubduing by force and Gunſhotte, ſtrong Citties, as it came to paſſe at the aſſaulte of Rochell.

When the Duke of Guiſe hath gotten this famous and noble Victorie,The cōc • ſion of t •• whole pl •• forme betweene t •• Guiſian • and the Pope. and hath made his entraunce & way into the chiefeſt Cities of the Realme, hauing the nobility lincked to him: he ſhall finde meanes to make inquiſition of Duke Alenſon the kinges Brother, and other his aſſociates: and at the laſt by the lycence and counſayle of his holineſſe, ſhall thruſt the King and the Queene into a Monaſterie, following the example of his great Grandfather king Pepin: Who draue Childerick the king, entrapped by the lyke meanes into a Monaſtery: and by this deuice, the ſecular inheritance of the Crowne of Fraunce, together with the Apoſtolicall bleſſyng being recouered, he ſhal reſtore without exception, and reſtraint vnto the holy Sea, the auncient dignitye, power and authoritie: and ſhall repeale and reuoke the Priuiledges of the Church of Fraunce, as they are commonly called, yeelding his fayth and oath: fyrſt that he wyll when he ſhall haue gotten vnto him ſelfe the kingdome, religiouſly, and inuiolably performe all theſe thinges.

¶ An Addition.

LEaſt (good Reader) the effect of this Legacie ſhould not be knowen vnto thee, I haue thought good to annexe to this Reporte the famous, eyther inuention, or declaration of Pope Stephan, wherby the weake confirmation of the Guiſian right maye be knowen: It is extant in Rhegino, a Moncke of the order of Saint Benet, Abbot of Pruniack, in his Cronicles of the yeare of our Lorde. 753.

STephan Byſhoppe,A Legen • the ſeruaunt of the ſeruauntes of God. &c. As no man ought to vaunt him ſelfe of his owne merites, ſo ought not the woorkes of God which by him are wrought in his Saynctes, to bee paſſed ouer in ſylence, without his deſartes: but rather be ſet foorth as the Angell warned Tobie.

Whervpon I for the great oppre • siō o • the holy Church, by the moſt cruell and vnworthy to be named, King Haistolph, came into Fraunce vnto the good and faithfull Lord to Saint Peter: Pipine, moſt chriſtian King, where I was ſicke vnto death, and for a tyme remayned at the towne of Paris, in the reuerent Monaſtery of Saint Dioniſe Martir. Of whom when the Phiſitions dyd diſpayre, I was as it were praying in the Church of the ſayde bleſſed Martyr, vnder the Belles, and I ſawe before the aultar Saint Peter, and the teacher of the Gentyles Saynt Paule, and with all my minde I knewe them by their Surplices, and alſo Saynt Dioniſe at the right hande of Saynt Peter, being ſpare, thin and long, and the good Shepheard Saynt Peter ſayde. This our Brother doth deſire health, and Saynt Paule ſayde. He ſhall be whole ſtrayght wayes, and comming neare, he reached his hand to the breſt of S. Dioniſe louingly, and he looked to S. Peter, and S. Peter ſayde vnto Saynt Dioniſe mearely. It lyes in you to make him whole. And by and by Saint Dioniſe holding in his hand a Cenſor, with Frankinſence, and a Palme, hauing a Prieſt and a Deacon, which ſtoode by, came vnto mee and ſayde Peace be with thee Brother, feare not, thou ſhalt not dye, vntyll thou returne happely vnto thy ſeate: Ariſe hole, and dedicate this Aultar to the honour of God, and the Apoſtles, Peter and Paule, whom thou ſeeſt, ſaying Maſſe of thankeſgeuing: And out of hand I was made whole, and I woulde haue fulfilled that which they commaunded me, and they that were there, ſayde that I was mad: wherfore I told them and the King, and all thoſe that were with him, in order all that I had ſeene. Theſe thinges were done the yeare from the incarnation of our Lorde .753. the Ides of Auguſt. At what tyme being ſtrengthened by the power of Chriſte, at the celebration of the conſecration of the ſayd Aultar, and the offering vp of the Sacrifice, I annoynted as Kinges of Fraunce, King Pipine, and his two Sonnes, Charles a •• Charlemaine, alſo Bertrand the wyfe of the ſayde King apparelled with royall attyre, and with the ſeauenfolde grace of the holy ſpirite, haue ordained them: In the name of God: and ſanctifying the Nobles of Fraunce with the Apoſtolycall bleſsing, by the authority of Saynt Peter geuen him by Chriſt, bound them, and required them that they ſhoulde neuer from thencefoorth preſume by any manner of way, to appoynt eyther them ſelues, or any of their ſucceſſours after them, a King of any other ſtocke, ſauing of their Progenie.

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