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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 337 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 845)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There were at the same time other legats sent in|to other parts of Christendome about the same mat|ter, as into France, Spaine, and Germanie.

Sée after in the extract out of Guicci|ardine.

A craftie feare of the pope.

For pope Leo calling to remembrance, that the feare con|ceiued of the Turkes had brought no small gaines to diuerse of his predecessors, he began to feare too. But for that such feare was now too well knowne to be v|sed as an ordinarie shift of the popes, when they stood in néed of monie, this practise was at this time vsed in vaine; so that Campeius hearing that it tooke not place in other parties, left off his earnest sute a|bout it, and with great rewards receiued of the king and cardinall, returned to Rome, not without hope yet (by reason of promises made vnto him by his fréends) that the popes request might hereafter be granted, according to his motion. There attended him to Rome one Iohn Clearke a lawier, as am|bassadour from the king.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 338 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 845)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 This man obteined for the cardinall, authoritie to dispense with all men for offenses committed a|gainst the spirituall lawes, which part of his power legantine was verie profitable and gainefull. For then he set vp a court, and called it the court of the legat: in the which he prooued testaments,The court of the legat erec|ted by the car|dinall. and heard causes, to the great hinderance of all the bishops of this realme. He visited bishops, and all the cleargie exempt and not exempt, and vnder colour of refor|mation he got much treasure. For thorough bribes & rewards, notorious offendors were dispensed with, so that nothing was reformed, but came to more mis|chéefe. The example of his pride,Examples of great ones what it dooth. caused préests and all spirituall persons to wax so proud, that they ruf|fled it out in veluet and silks, which they ware both in gounes, iackets, doublets, and shooes. They vsed o|pen lecherie, and bare themselues so stout by reason of his authorities and faculties, that no man durst reprooue any thing in them. So that we sée here vere|fied in proofe how forcible the examples of great men be in the inferior sort; as the wise man truelie saith:

Qualis erit princeps, talis praefectus habetur,Gu. Ha. in Eccl. cap. 10.
Nobilitas qualis, plebs quoque talis erit.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
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[But before we inferre further processe of other EEBO page image 846 accidents, it were good to heare a full discourse, for the exact vnderstanding of the popes affaires, where|abouts he addressed so manie cardinals into so ma|nie parts of christendome, as solicitors to obteine succour against the Turke. ¶ Now followeth (saith mine author) the yeare 1518, Abr. Fl. ex Guic. pag. 756. in which the regions of Italie, contrarie to the precedent of manie yeares before, felt not the least impression or motion of war, yea there appeared the selfe same disposition in all other princes of christendome,The pope so|liciteth all the princes of chri+stendome a|gainst the Turke. betweene whome by the operation of the pope, though happilie more with faire reason, than with substantiall counsels, was so|licited an vniuersall expedition of all christendome aginst the pride of Selim prince of the Turkes.

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