The answere.
I say first, that that councell of Constantinople saith indeed, [ 1] that S. Iames did de••iuer a certain form of the masse, in which hee shewed the custome of mingling water with the wine; but of praying to Peter or to Paule, it hath not one worde at all.
I say secondly, that pope Gregorie (who liued well neere [ 2] an hundred yeares before that councell,) either knewe no such masse deliuered by S. Iames, or at least reputed it for a coun∣terfait and forged thing. For the same Gregory auoucheth (as shalbe prooued when I come to speake of the Masse,* 1.1) that the Apostles did celebrate the holy communion, onely with the Lordes praier: and their owne deere frier Carranza witnes∣seth the same, while he confesseth that there is no such traditi∣on extant, as that whereof the councell speaketh. Whereby it well appeareth with what intolerable burdens and counterfaite bookes, the papistes doe this day oppresse and seduce the sim∣ple people. For this disholy Masse is currant euery where, and my selfe haue one of the bookes.