The bloudy rage of that great antechrist of Rome and his superstitious adherents, against the true church of Christ and the faithfull professors of his gospell. Declared at large in the historie of the Waldenses and Albigenses, apparently manifesting vnto the world the visibilitie of our Church of England, and of all the reformed churches throughout Christendome, for aboue foure hundred and fiftie years last past. Diuided into three parts ... / All which hath bene faithfully collected out of the authors named in the page following the preface, by I.P.P.M. ; Translated out of French by Samson Lennard.

CHAP. III. By what names the Waldenses haue bene called by their ad∣uersaries: and with what faults and offences they haue bene charged.

THe Monks, Inquisitors and mortall ene∣mies to the Waldenses, not being content to deliuer them euery day to the secular power, they haue besides layed vpon them many opprobrious imputations, affirming them to be the authors of all the heresies in the world which they endeuoured to purge, imputing all those monstrous abuses that they had forged onely to the Waldenses, as if they onely had bene the receptacle of all errours.

First therefore they called them, of Valdo a citizen of Lions, Waldenses; of the countrie of Albi, Albigeois.

And because such as did adhere to the doctrine of Val∣do, departed from Lions spoiled of all humane meanes, and the most part hauing left their goods behind them, in derision they called them the beggers of Lions.

In Dauphiney they were called in mockerie Chai∣gnards.

And because some part of them passed the Alpes, they were called Tramontaines.

And from one of the disciples of Valdo, called Ioseph, who preached in Dauphiney in the diocesse of Dye, they were called Iosephists.

In England they were called Lollards, of the name of one Lollard who taught there.

Of two priests who taught the doctrine of Valdo in Languedoc, called Henry, and Esperon, they were called

Henriciens, and Esperonistes.

Of one of their pastors who preached in Albegeois, na∣med Arnold Hot, they were called Arnoldists.

In Prouence they were called Siccars, a word of Pedlers french which signifieth Cutpurse.

In Italie they were called Fraticelli, as much to say, as Shifters, because they liued in true loue and concord to∣gether.

And because they obserued no other day of rest but the Sabbath dayes, they called them Insabathas, as much to say, as they obserued no Sabbath.

And because they were alwayes exposed to continu∣all sufferings, from the Latin word Pati, which signifieth to suffer, they called them Patareniens.

And forasmuch as like poore passengers, they wandred from one place to another, they were called Passagenes.

In Germany they were called Gazares, as much to say, as execrable and egregiously wicked.

In Flanders they were called Turlupins, that is to say, dwellers with wolues, because by reason of their perse∣cutions they were constrained many times to dwell in woods and desarts.

Sometimes they were called by the names of those countries and regions where they dwelt, as of Albi, Al∣bigeois: of Toulouze, Toulousains, of Lombardie, Lombards, of Piccardie, Piccards, of Lion, Lionists, of Bohemia, Bohe∣miens.

Sometimes to make them more odious, they made them cōfederates with ancient heretickes, but yet vnder more then ridiculous pretexes. For because they made profession of puritie in their liues, and of faith, they cal∣led them Cathares. And because they denied the bread which the priest shewed in the Masse to be God, they

called them Arriens, as denying the diuinitie of the eter∣nall Sonne of God. And because they maintained that the authoritie of Emperours and Kings depends not vpon the authoritie of the Pope, they called them Ma∣nicheens, as appointing two Princes. And for other causes which they fained, they called them Gnostiques, Cataphri∣giens, Adamites, and Apostoliques.

Sometimes they spitefully abused them. Matthew Pa∣ris cals them Ribalds. The compiler of the Treasure of histories calles thrm Buggerers. Rubis saith, that when a man speakes of a sorcerer, h••••••ls him Vadois. And that which is more, he takes vpon him to proue that they are so. To which temeritie it shall be necessarie to answer in his due place, where they shall be cleared from all those impostures which their enemies haue layed vpon them, out of those bookes from which we haue gathe∣red that which followeth.

• First they impose vpon them, that ancient calumnie wherewith the painims defamed the Christians of the Primatiue Church, that is, that they assembled them∣selues in the night time, in corners and lurking holes, and that the Pastour cōmanded the lights should be put out, saying, Qui potest capere capiat, that is, catch who catch can, whereupon euery man endeuoreth to fasten vpon whom he can, without any respect of bloud or paren∣tage, and that the lights being put out, they committed abhominable incests; many times the child with his mo∣ther, the brother with his sister, and the father with his owne daughter: adding moreouer, that they were to vn∣derstand, that the children begotten by such copulati∣ons were most fit to be Pastours.
• Secondly, they haue charged them that they main∣taine that a man may put away his wife when he will, and

• the wife her husband to follow that sect.
• The third calumnie that they charge them withall is, that they haue communitie of all things amongst them, euen of their wiues and all.
• The fourth is, that they reiect the baptisme of little infants.
• The fifth, that they adore their Pastors, prostrating themselues before them.
• The sixth, that they maintaine that it is not lawfull to sweare, for any cause whatsoeuer.
• The seuenth, that they ••aintaine that the Pope doth sinne mortally when he makes warre against the Turke, and that they likewise sinne mortally that do obey him, when by them he makes warre against heretickes.
• The eight calumnie is, that they vse no reuerence to∣wards holy places, and that he sins not more grieuously that burneth a Church, then he that breakes into any o∣ther priuate house.
• The ninth, that they maintaine that the Magistrate ought not to condemne any to death, and that they that do it sinne mortally: and that they maintaine this error, to the end they may escape the hands of the Iudge, and go vnpunished.
• The tenth, that the lay-man being in the state of grace, hath more authoritie then the Prince that liues in his sinne.
• The eleuenth, that with the Manicheens they ordaine two Princes, that is, one good God, the creator of good, and one bad, that is, the diuell, the creator of euill.
• The twelfth, that whatsoeuer is done with a good in∣tention, is good, and that euery one shall be saued in that which he doth in that said good intention.
• The thirteenth, that it is a meritorious worke to per∣secute

• the Priests of the Church of Rome, the Prelates and their subiects. And that a man may without sinne hurt them in their persons or goods, and withhold their tenthes from them without scruple of conscience.
• The last is taken out of the booke of Rubis, where he saith, that Valdo and his Pastors retired themselues into Dauphiney in the vale Pute, and the valley Angrongne, where they found certaine people rather like sauage beasts then men, suffering themselues to be mocked and abused, and where they became, saith he, one like ano∣ther, and such as rid post vpon a besom. Adding there∣withall (to bring within the compasse of his calumnies, the Townes, Cities, & States where the Gospell is recei∣ued in our times:) And to say the truth (saith he) these are two things that commonly follow the one the other, he∣resie and sorcerie, as it is verified in our times, in those Cities and Prouinces which haue giuen entertainment vnto heresie.

Notes

• Vaudois, Albigeois,
• Chaignards.
• Tramontaines.
• Iosephists.
• Lollards.
• Henriciens. Esperonistes.
• Arnoldistes. Siccars.
• Fraticelli.
• Insabathas.
• Patareniens, or Paturins.
• Passagenes.
• Gazares.
• Turlupins.
• Toulousains. Lombards. Piccards. Lionistes. Bohemiens,
• Cathares.
• Arriens.
• Manicheens. Gnostiques. Cataphrigiens. Adamites. Apostoliques,
• Ribalds. Buggerers. Sorcerers.
• This imposture is found in the booke of Al∣bertus de Capita∣neis, of the ori∣ginall of the Vadois, pa. 2. In the booke of Rameruis, de forma hoereti∣candi hoereticos. fol. 36. Item in the ac∣cusation of the Priests of Bohe∣mia, which they make to the king Ladislaus against the Va∣dois. Rai. ibid. fol. 37.
• Cloud. Rubis in his historie of Lion. pa. 269.
• S. Bernard in his Homily 66. vpon the Can∣ticles.
• Albert ibid.
• Albert ibid.
• Rain. fol. 36.
• Rain. ibid. fol. 22. article 32.
• Albert ibid.
• Idem ibid.
• Rain. in Summa fol. 12.
• Idem lib. de for∣ma haeret. fol. 21.
• Albert. de origi∣ne Vaud. fol. 4.
• Claud. Rubis in his historie of Lion, booke 3. pa. 269.