viii. The Armenians of ye greater Armenia.
ARmeni are Christiās in greater Ar∣menia dwellyng by Antiochia, which cc. yeare agone were subdued of the Turkysh Emperoure & made tributary to hym. These Christiās differ muche frō the
The original [and] sprynge of all sectes [and] orders by whome, wha or were they beganne. Translated out of hye Dutch in Englysh.
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Romanes. They kepe no feaste or holydaye saue only the Sondaye. They faste not on Easter euen, they knowe nothynge of the Newyeare, Candelmasse & such lyke dayes. They saye that Christ rose on Easter 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at euensonge tyde. They eate flesh euery frydaye betwene Easter and Wytsontyde. Neuerthelesse they kepe and fast lent tho∣rowout, and that so straytly, that on wednis¦dayes and frydayes they nother eate fysh, flesh nor oyle, nor yet drynke wyne, coūtyng it more synne to vse wyne on these dayes, thā yf they stayned thēselues with goynge into an vnhonest house. Thre dayes in the weke do they absteyne from all maner of meate, but two dayes they eate once. On ye Tewsdaye and Sondaye make they mery. They haue no masse all Lente, saue onlye on Satyrdayes and Sondayes. Nother say they masse on ony frydaye of the whole yeare: for they wyll not offer on that daye that the oblacion was made. They housie yonge chylderen of two moneths & al other without excepcion. They mixe no water wyth wyne at theyr masse. They playe the Iewes wyth theyr vnclenly beastes, as hares, crowes and suche other beastes.
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They consecrate wyth wooden and glassy chalices, some wyth patine, some wythout ony massynge apparrel, some haue nomore but a cope on. Usury and Simony are com∣munely vsed amonge them both prestes & laye people, euen as the Georgians do, wt whome they are alwaye at variaunce, and ech part counteth ye other heretikes. Theyr prestes haue maryed wyues, but after hyr deceasse they renew not matrimony. They geue a man power to put frome hym hys wyfe that breaketh wedloke, and to take a∣nother. They vtterly denye purgatory, and saye ther are two natures in Christe. They shew the Georgians to erre in. xxx. artikles from the true fayth of Christe. Theyr pre∣stes are lusty, and ful, more than the laymē, and vse nigromancy for the moost parte.
They haue theyr owne spech and language wherin they execute all theyr Gods seruice preachynge and syngynge, so that both men and women do vnderstande them. Theyr chefe or heade byshop is called Catholicon, whome they worshyp reuerently. Some say they eate flesh all the yeare thorow.