A counterblast to M. Hornes vayne blaste against M. Fekenham Wherein is set forthe: a ful reply to M. Hornes Answer, and to euery part therof made, against the declaration of my L. Abbat of Westminster, M. Fekenham, touching, the Othe of the Supremacy. By perusing vvhereof shall appeare, besides the holy Scriptures, as it vvere a chronicle of the continual practise of Christes Churche in al ages and countries, fro[m] the time of Constantin the Great, vntil our daies: prouing the popes and bishops supremacy in ecclesiastical causes: and disprouing the princes supremacy in the same causes. By Thomas Stapleton student in diuinitie.

M. Horne. The .131. Diuision. pag. 80. a.

At this time Philip le Beau the Frēch kīg, begā his reign, brought

vp in the studie of diuinity, vnder Aegidius the Romain diuine, by (.423.) vvhose admonitions and also of other diuines, the Kinge beinge instructed in his duety, aboue al other thinges, endeuoured him selfe about the reformation of Religion, and ordering of Ecclesiastical matters. VVheruppō looking to the state of the Cleargy, he (.424.) deposed a certain Bishop for Heresie, ād gaue his Bishoprik to an other, and besides, claymed the inuestiture of al other Bi∣shops in his dominions: and calling Councelles at home in his ovvne Realm, woulde suffer none of his Cleargy to goo to the Popes (.425.) Councelles. He caused the Popes (.426.) Bulles to be burned. He cōmaunded the Popes (.427.) Legates to auoyde his realm. He commaunded, that no money should be caried out of the Realme to the Pope. He sette foorth a Law, that no mā shuld goo to Rome out of his kingdom. He called a Coūcel at Paris, and caused to be gathered thither all the Prelates and Barons of Fraunce: to iustifie his doinges. He shewed vnto thē why he tooke vppō hī to cal a Coūcel. He enueighed against the Pope for heresie, Symonie, Homicide, Pride, Ambitiō. &c. ād that of right he ought therfore to be deposed. He demaundeth of the Coūcel, vnto whom they be lawfully sworne, ād of whō they haue receiued their dignities? They al answere, that they are al the beneficiaries of hī alone, ād that mindful of their Faith, and the Kīges estate, they would suffer death, for his glory, po∣wer and saulfegard. Thervppō he setteth foorth a pragmaticall sanctiō or forceable law to diminishe the dignity of the Pope. Many other Ecclesiastical Lavves he made, agaīst the Ievves, agaīst the Tē∣plars, agaīst adultery, &c. He (.428.) made also Clemēt the fifth Pope, and svvor hī to certain cōditiōs before hand: by vvhose importune meanes also, the General coūcel of Viēna vvas holdē. In which Coūcel he laboured to haue Pope Boniface cōdēned for an Heretique, affirminge that he would proue hī so. But the matter vvas (.429.) takē vp, ād to satisfie the king, it was decreed, that all the processes of Bonifacius a∣gainst the kīg, were vniust, and the kinges doinges in any poīt agaīst the Pope shuld not be preiudicial to hī, or to his heyers.

Notes

• The 423. vntruth: he gaue him no admoni∣tiō to re∣forme re∣ligion.

  Anton. Naucler. Blond.
• Pau. Aem.
• The .424. vntruth. He depo∣sed him not, but depriued hī of his tēporal∣ties, and that vn∣iustly.

  Aemilius. Naucler{us}.
• The .425.426. and 427. vn∣truthes. by arte of multipli∣cation, a•• shall ap∣peare.

  Platina. Naucler. Antonin. Sabell. Naucler. Sabellic. Aemyl. Append. Vrspurg. Antonin. Naucler. Antonin.
• The .428. vntruth. He made him not, but made intercession to haue him made.
• The .429. vntruth. It vvas not taken vp, but decreed playne against the kinge.