This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...by which he got so much money are explained by Avarice:90 "by pollage, and by shedynge Christen blood Crosers and mytars in Rome are good merchandyce And all to lyttle to maynteyne their pompe and vyce, Infidelitas says:91 "Now byshopryckes are solde and the holy ghost for gold The pope doth bye and sell The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...by which he got so much money are explained by Avarice:90 "by pollage, and by shedynge Christen blood Crosers and mytars in Rome are good merchandyce And all to lyttle to maynteyne their pompe and vyce, Infidelitas says:91 "Now byshopryckes are solde and the holy ghost for gold The pope doth bye and sell The people prestes do famysh And their goodes from them ravysh Yea, and all the worlde they blynde All prynces do they mock And robbe the syllye flocke Nothynge they leave behynde." To destroy Christ's law, Infidelitas sends out Hypocrisis and Pseudo-Doctrina. The former indulges in some unquotable remarks, and the latter is not far behind him. If true, they show great corruption among high church officials and extreme boldness on the part of the author in making accusations by name instead of skulking behind abstractions. For instance, we have Pseudo--doctrina accusing two cardinals by name:92 "In kynge ferdynands tyme in Spayne was a Cardynall Petrus menoza, was the very man that I meane, Of lemans he had, great nombre besydes the quene. One of his bastardes was earle, an other was duke Whom also he abused, and thought it no rebuke, "Joannes Cremona an other good Cardynall, For reformacyon of the clergye spyrituall Came over into Englande, to dampne prestes matrymonye And the next nyght after was taken doynge bytcherye "Doctor Eckius also, whych fearcely came to dyspute In lipsia with Luther, myndynge there hym to confute For maryage of prestys, thre chyldren had that yeare." Infidelitas fears the new sect, He tells Pseudo-doctrina:93 "They saye, thu teachest, nothynge but lowsy tradycions And lyes for lucre with damnable superstycyons. And thus they conclude that the draffe of popysh prystes Is good ynough...
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