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The B. of Sarisburie.
In what stéede these Legates stande the Churche of God,* 1.1 it maie appeare by these fewe vttered thereof by Camotensis:* 1.2 Legati Papae ita debacchantur in Pro∣uincijs, acsi, ad flagellandum Ecclesiam, Satan egressus esset à facie Domini: The Popes Legates doo so rage in al Countries, as if Satan were gonne oute before the face of god, to scourge the Churche. And Machiauel saithe, There haue benne fewe warres, or Commotions enflamed these many late yéeres, but by the meane, and whisperinge of these Legates. What other Doctrine they teache, or what other good they doo, it were harde to saie. And therefore the Fathers in the Councel of Aphrica refused vtterly, to haue any sutche Legates sente emongest them: For thus they write vnto the Pope,* 1.3 Vt aliqui, tanquam à tuae Sanctitatis latere, mittantur, nulla inuenimus Patrum Synodo constitutū: That any Legates shoulde be sente vnto vs, as frō your holinesse side, we finde it not appointed by any Councel of our Fathers. Againe they saie, Executores Clericos Vestros quibus{que} Pontentibus nolite mittere: ne fumosum se••culi typhū in Ecclesiam Christi videamur inducere: Send not your Clerkes (or Cardinalles) to put maters in execution, to any Noble man, or Mighty Prince: Leste wee seeme to bringe the smoky pride of the vvorlde into the Churche of Christe.