Confutation.
Nay, all are so farre from consenting in this poynt, that it may much more truely be auouched, that none entertained that conceit before Hildebrand: since he was the first broacher of this new do∣ctrine neuer before heard of, as many learned men of that age, and the age next following (to omit others of succeeding ages) haue ex∣presly testified. See for this poynt, the Epistle of the whole Clergie of Liege to Pope Paschal the 2. See the iudgement of many Bishops of those times, recorded by Auentine in his history, lib. 5. fol. 579. Also the speech vttered by Conrade Bishop of Vtrecht, in the sayd 5. booke of Auentine, fol. 582. And another by Eberhardus, Arch-Bishop of Saltzburge. Ibid. lib. 7. p. 684. Also the iudgement of the Arch-Bishop of Triers, in constitut. Imperialib. à M. Haimensfeldio editis. pag. 47. The Epistle of Walthram Bishop of Megburgh, which is extant in Dodechine his Appendix to the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus, at the yere 1090. Benno in the life of Hildebrand. The author of the booke De vnitate Ecclesiae, or the Apologie for Henry the 4. Sigebert in his Chronicle, at the yeare 1088. Godfrey of Viterbio in his History intituled Panthe∣on, part. 17. Otho Frisingensis, lib. 6. c. 35. & praefat. in lib. 7. Frederick Barbarossa. lib. 6. Gunther. Ligurin. de gestis Frede∣rici, and lib. 1. c. 10. of Raduicus, de gestis eiusdem Frederici. Vincentius in speculo historiali lib. 15. c. 84. with sundry others.