The estate of the Church with the discourse of times, from the apostles vntill this present: also of the liues of all the emperours, popes of Rome, and Turkes: as also of the Kings of Fraunce, England, Scotland, Spaine, Portugall, Denmarke, &c. With all the memorable accidents of their times. Translated out of French into English by Simon Patrike, Gentleman.

Multiplication of the orders of Munkerie.

In this time the order of the Templers beganne,* 1.1 and the order of Regular Chanons, in a difference from secular Cha∣nons. Volateran.

The order of the Monkes of Grandmont, of the rule of S. Benet, tooke his beginning of one named Stephen of Fraunce, which carried haire vpon his flesh. Ʋolaterane.

The order of Charterux began, Bruno borne at Coloigne,* 1.2 a Schoolemaister, and after a Chanon of Rheimes, hauing heard the voyce of a Doctor renowmed in his life, when he made his obsequies saying, I am cōdemned by a iust iudgement of God, was afraid, and for suertie entered into an Hermitage with cer∣taine Disciples, and founded the Charter house in the Country of Dalphine, in the Diocesse of Grenople, by the meanes & help of Hugues Bishop of Grenople, who also receiued the habite of

Chartreux. And so beganne the order, the yeare of Christ, 1084. Chron. Sigeb. and Emil. lib. 5. and Plati.

The yeare of Christ 1089. in the time of Gregorie the se∣uenth, and of the Emperour Henry the fourth. The Abbey of S. Sauiour of Andim, of the order of S Benet, in the country of Hai∣nault, in a litle Iland called in Latin commonly Aquacinctum, or Aquis cinctum, was beganne by two noble persons, Sicherus, and Gualterus, which went vnto Ancelme of Ribemont, a noble man, and demaunded the saide Ile,* 1.3 beeing part of his patrimony, where the Abbey was builded. Sigeb.

Victor 3. of that name, borne in Italie, called before Didier, [ 1086] Abbot of Montcassin, and Cardinall of the Court of Rome, was made Pope, not by election of Cardinalls, or of the Romane people, but was there inthronized by that harlot Matilde, and the Normaines of that faction, and gouerned a yeare and foure moneths.

After he had receiued the Papall dignitie as Gregorie his successour, he beganne lustily to maintaine his part against the Emperour and the Pope Clement: and hee which was a Monke to defend his predecessor Monke, according as he had bene in∣formed by the said Matilde, the louer of Gregorie. But death kept him from shewing by effect, yea with some great publike calamitie, that poyson which hee had hidde in his heart, and the inraged hatred which hee had conceiued against them. For the yeare of the Lorde 1088. hee finished his life with his Papacie, and that sooner then he looked for. Some Authors, as Herman. Contract. Carsulan, Peter de Premonstre, and many others, recite that he died of poison which was put in the Chal∣lice by his Subdeacon as he sung Masse. Yet Ʋincent is of an other opinion as Platina rehearseth it, when he saith that he dy∣ed of a Fluxe of the bodie, and that is not farre from a suspi∣tion of an impoysonment: For they which take poyson doo sometimes fall into a Fluxe of the belly, because the guts and inward parts are wasted & corrupted. Some Historiographers, slaues of the Romane seate, haue maliciously said that this was procured him by the Emperour Henry, others by the Pope Cle∣ment, although this wicked act was done by no other but by his

Chaplaine, doing his office of Subdeacon. Some haue left by writing, that in this time many prodigious & straunge things a∣gainst nature appeared. For domesticall birds, as hennes, geese, pigeons, and peacocks, fled into the mountains & became wild, & that the greatest part of fishes, as well of Riuers as of the Sea, died.

Philip King of France forsooke his wife Berthe, the daugh∣ter of Baudwin, Counte of Holland, of whom he had a sonne and a daughter. Chronicles of the Kings of France.

The Relickes of S. Nicholas, were transported from the ci∣tie of Mirrhe, into the Towne of Bar. Whereof came that fa∣mous Idoll which giueth the name of Saint Nicholas in Lor∣raine.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Templers. Rugular Chanons. Grandmont.
• * 1.2

  Chartreux.
• * 1.3

  The Abbey of Andim. Victor. 3.