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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sundrie of them which loued quietneſſe more than contention, ſatiſfyed his mynde, but others refuſed vtterly ſo to doe, taking great indigna|tion that ſpirituall cauſes were thus diſpatched for money,Sale of ſpiri|tuall promo|tions. & eccleſiaſticall prefermentes bought and ſolde, no otherwiſe than ſecular poſſeſſions and prophane dignities.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſh clergie cited to Rome. Incontinently therevpon Gualo cited them to Rome, ſuppoſing that rather thã to take vpon them ſo long a iourney, they woulde haue com|pounded with him at his pleaſure.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Notwithſtanding they beeing nothing in doubt thereof,The cõplaint of the Scottiſh cleargie to the Pope. went vnto Rome, and at theyr commyng thyther, made vnto the Pope their complaint in moſt grieuous maner, of the inſuf|ferable iniuries attempted in England & Scot|land, by his moſt couetous Legate the foreſayde Gualo:The auarice of Cardinall Gualo. By reaſon of which complaint, and of ſundrie ſuch letters and informations as dayly came out of England and Scotland, from other Biſhoppes and Abbots, conteyning right grie|uous accuſations concerning the inſatiable aua|rice of Gualo, the Pope reuoked him home vnto Rome, to make anſwer in his preſence vnto ſuch matters as were layd to his charge.

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