The pageant of popes contayninge the lyues of all the bishops of Rome, from the beginninge of them to the yeare of Grace 1555. Deuided into iii. sortes bishops, archbishops, and popes, vvhereof the two first are contayned in two bookes, and the third sort in fiue. In the vvhich is manifestlye shevved the beginning of Antichriste and increasing to his fulnesse, and also the vvayning of his povver againe, accordinge to the prophecye of Iohn in the Apocalips. ... Written in Latin by Maister Bale, and now Englished with sondrye additions by I.S.
Bale, John, 1495-1563., Studley, John, 1545?-1590?
7. Anastasius.
ANastasius a Romaine, appointed that whyle the Gospel [ 39] was reading they should stand & not sitte. He exempted from the ministery those that were lame, impotēt, or disea∣sed persons, and slept with his forefathers in peace being a confessour. Anno. 404.
