The B. of Sarisburie.
In the Communion booke, that beareth the name of Chrysostome, there is mention made of Nicolas Bishop of Rome, who, as I haue shewed before, liued welneare fiue hundred yéeres after Chrysostome,* 1.1 and was in order the seconde Bishop there, after Dame Iohane the woman Pope. Suche is the credite, and Antiquitie of M. Hardinges witnesses. This seconde Councel of Nice was hol∣den welneare eight hundred yeeres after Christe. To open the whole folie, and fondenes thereof, it woulde require a longe treatie. Ir••ne the Empresse a wicked woman, the Kinges Daughter of Tartarie, an Heathen borne, caused that Coun∣cel to be summoned in despite of the Councel of Constantinople,* 1.2 that had decreed against Images. She tooke her owne Sonne Constantinus, and pulled out his eies, onely because he woulde not consent to the idolatrous hauinge of Images. The Bishops and Doctours in that Councel manifestly corrupted the Scriptures,* 1.3 and falsified the holy Fathers without shame. They saide, Imago melior est, quàm Oratio: An Image is better, then a praier: And againe, Who so euer wil not Adoure the Godly Images, accursed be he.