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ErrataFaultes escapinge the printer in the first part of this worke.
PartFaultes escapinge the prynter in the seconde parte of thys vuorke.
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Preface¶ The preface of thys boke.
Part 1¶ The fyrste part of the Actes of English votaries, comprehendynge their vnchaste practises and examples by…
Section¶Marryage instituted of God.
Section¶ Marryage contempned of Sathan.
Section¶ Marriage of Prestes in both lawes,
Section¶ Englande inhabyted afore Noe and after.
Section¶ Albion with his Samothites.
Section¶ The Samothytes and their chastyte.
Section¶ Brute with his Druydes.
Section¶ The Druydes and their chastite.
Section¶ Priestes marryed and vnmarryed.
Section¶ Christ alloweth marryage in his.
Section¶ The Apostles & fyrst preachers maried
SectionBrytayne first conuerted by men maried.
Section¶ Christianite somwhat corrupted.
Section¶ The fyrst spryng of monkerye in Brytayne.
Section¶Heresye in Brytayne aryseth of monkerye.
Section¶A priestes sonne was Saynt Partrick.
Section¶Sayntes were begotten in whordome.
Section¶ Like examples are among the Turkes.
Section¶ More Sayntes yet begatten in whoredome.
Section¶ Whoredome estemed most holinesse
Section¶ Women greuouse and solaciouse.
Section¶ A spirytuall example of a votarye.
Section¶ Vrsula with her sort appoynted to marrye.
Section¶An history to their ghostly purpose
Section¶ Fyne workemanship to be marked.
Section¶ Vowynges ded not yet constraynt.
Section¶ The Saxons entre with newe Christianite.
Section¶ More English boyes sold at Rome.
Section¶ Augustine entreth with his Monkes.
SectionDyuersly were they of women intreated
Section☞ Their fyrst spiriituall prouysyons here.
Section¶ Their preparacions for Antichrist.
Section¶ The prouinge of Augustines Apostelshyp.
Section¶ The Englyshe churche begynneth with tyrannye.
Section¶What the Brytayne churche was afore.
Section¶ Antichrist approched fast to hys full age.
Section¶The chastite of hys masmongers.
Section¶Contempt of marryage wyth tayles.
Section¶Stryfe aboute the Eastre celebracion.
Section¶Great businesse for their other tradicions.
Section¶Religiouse examples dysuadynge mariage.
Section¶Other relygyouse examples of that age.
Section¶The wanton toyes of the holye fathers.
SectionThe ghostly bestowing of their vowes.
Section¶Erkenwalde and Osith, with their Nondryes.
Section¶The perfight age of the Beast,
Section¶For the variaunce had in supputaciōs.
Section¶Sealinges to the Beastes obedience.
Section¶ More sealinges yet to Antichristes kingedome.
Section¶Chastyte, Monkes, Monasteries, and Penaunce.
Section¶ The foundacyon of their Purgatorye.
Section¶Chastyte of Cuthbert and doctrine of Colfride,
Section¶ The fallen starre. and. ij. Hornes of the Beast.
Section¶ The fall of kingdoms, and rayse of the Papacy.
Section¶ An olde prophecy of Merlyne disclosed,
Section¶The whores fleshe eaten of the. x. hornes.
Section¶Actes of vowed virginite for that age.
Section¶A spirituall conueyaunce to be marked.
Section¶Kynges became pylgrymes, and their wyues Nonnes.
Section¶Great experymentes of virginite.
Section¶Images admytted, with chast examples.
Section¶Englysh monkes become Antichristes Apostles.
Section¶The great Apostle of all Germanye.
Section¶Kynges deposed, with other myracles.
Section¶Doctrine of Bonyface, with sale of whores.
Section¶ The monasteries of fulda & floryake.
Section¶Oxforde shurned. And Alcuinus monkes.
Section¶English men ponnished at Rome.
Section¶An English monkes peramoure, is a Pope.
Section¶Popes chosen from thens fourth by their. N.
Section¶Holy water, with a boke against marriage.
Section¶Other chast miracles of that age.
Section¶ A parelouse & foule bugge is mariage.
Section¶Mysfortune of. ij. marryed prestes and other.
Section¶ Miracles and wonders wrought.
Section¶Monkery augmented by Dunstane.
Section¶ The relygyouse Occupyeng of Dunstane.
Section¶Dunstane by sorcerye terrifieth Kinge Edmonde.
Section¶He vexeth king Edwine / retayning his concubine.
Section¶Dunstane kepeth the kynges of Englande vndre.
SectionWhat rule was at Rome in those dayes
Section¶ The chastite of holy churche there.
Section¶ A popes bastarde is made Pope.
Section¶ Thre whores made Goddeses for whoredome.
Section¶ A most hygh example of holye churches chastyte.
Section¶Dunstanes autoryte against marryed priestes.
Section¶Dunstane execute hys deuylyshe commission.
Section¶Kynge Edgare is brought vndre thereby.
Section¶Dunstane fashyoneth the kynge to his purpose.
Section¶The wyles of the serpent preuayle.
Section¶Dunstane chefelye loued the frutes of aduoutrye.
Section¶Kynges become the Beastes Images.
Section¶Dunstane is accused of yll rule,
Section¶ The king defendeth Dunstane & destroyeth wolues.
Section¶Ethelwolde with his lewde commission.
Section¶Oswalde wyth hys Beastly autorite.
Section¶ Dunstane maketh a king at his pleasure.
Section¶The prestes with their wiues restored
Section¶Dunstane maketh an Idoll to speake.
Section¶That Idoll is crowned King of England.
Section¶An example of Claustrall virginite.
Section¶Dunstane disputeth with sorcerye and murther.
Section¶Dunstanes prouysyon in Englande for Sathan.
Section¶Sygnes and plages folowynge these myschefes.
Conclusion¶ The conclusyon of thys fyrst boke.
List of authors¶ The autours names both Englyshe and other, out of whom thys present Boke is collected.
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PrefaceThe Preface of thys boke.
To the readerIohan Bale to the Reader.
FrontispieceAd illustrissimum Anglorum regem Edvuardum sextum, Ioannes Balaeus.
Part 2¶ The second part or contynuacyon of the English votaries, comprehendynge theyr vnchast examples for. CC.…
Section¶ The rynge leader of our votaries.
Section☞ The former hystoryes declared.
Section☞ The study and successyon of Prelates.
Section¶ The sorcerouse procedynges of Syluester.
Section☞ The Popes eleccyon from hen… fourth.
Section☞The electours and confyrmacyon of the Emprour.
Section☞ Masse, Purgatory, and musycke.
Section☞A prest and hys louely doughter.
Section☞Other hystoryes more of this age.
Section☞Deuyls buffetynge and temptynge of monkes.
Section☞ Saint Iues water, and Saint Walstanes myracles.
Section☞ A blasynge starre, Canulus and Fulbertus.
Section☞ The cōueyaunce of prelates in this age.
Section☞ The Emprour maryed Canutus doughter.
Section☞ Two dyuerse examples for that age.
Section☞Lecherie for lucre doth great myracles.
Section☞ S. Edwarde voweth chastyte in bedde.
Section☞ The Chronycles confuteth this deuylysh dreame.
Section☞ A voyce hearde, but not much regarded.
Section☞ The Papacye, ordre of Cardynalles, and Swanus.
Section☞Palumbus the prest, and the witche of Barkeley.
Section☞ Other chast myracles about the same tyme.
Section☞They laugh at lecherie, that frowne at marryage.
Section☞ Of Stigandus a lecherouse monke with lyke companyons.
Section☞ Saynt Freswydes, and Westmynster sanctuary.
Section☞ Berengarius, and the synode of Wynchestre.
Section☞ Lanfrancus and hys lowsye legerdemaynes.
Section☞ Byshoppes change their seates and tytles.
Section☞ An olde bawdy byshopp slayne of a wenche.
Section☞ Cecila kyng Wyllyams doughter. and Thurstinus.
Section☞ Hildebrande by sorcery and murther, obtayneth the Papacy.
Section☞The first busy buyldynges of this Hyldebrande.
Section☞ Other practyses in myschefe, of the seyd Hyldebrande.
Section☞ An acte of condemnacyon for prestes marryage.
Section☞ What myschefe sprange of that pectyferouse acte.
Section☞ Of whom it was in those dayes resysted.
Section☞ Hyldebrande made the church a full Sodome.
Section☞Marryed prestes are bayted wyth a bulle.
Section☞ Laye people worshyppeth the beast and hys Image.
Section☞ The treason of prelates and extorsyon of byshop Walter.
Section☞ The monkes dyspossesseth the prestes at Durham.
Section☞The vysyon of Boso, and acte of Tostius chaplayne.
Section☞ The myracles of Lanfrancus the archebyshop.
Section☞ Of Osmunde the byshopp, and of Salisbury vse.
Section☞Of Kenredus a prest, whych was gelded.
Section☞ Prestes payed a trybute for theyr wyues.
Section☞ Varyaunce amonge byshoppes for marryed prestes.
Section☞ God by sygnes manyfesteth the myschefe of thys age.
Section☞ Of a lecherouse byshop, and ij. supersticyouse earles.
Section☞ Of byshop Herbert, whych buylded Christes church at Norwych.
Section☞ The robbery, symony, and sacrilege, of the seyd Herbert.
Section☞ Other anoynted prelates of the lame race.
Section☞ Of Wulstane the mysbegotten byshop of Worcestre.
Section☞ Of Steuen Hardynge and hys Cysteanes.
Section☞ Graue sentences, declarynge. the malyce of thys age.
Section☞ Hildegardes prophecy, with other notes and examples.
Section☞The fyrst fytt of Anselme with kynge Wyllyam Rufus.
Section☞ Fyne conueyaunces of these wylye wormes.
Section☞ An other fytt of Anselme with kynge Wyllyam Rufus.
Section☞ Anselmes good deuocyon and prayer for women.
Section☞ Hys crafty conueyaunce in those. iij. counsels.
Section☞ A wonderfull ouerthrowe of the temporall power.
Section☞ Blasphemyes are vttered agaynst God and hys Christ.
Section☞ Anselmus, made Pope of Englande for hys practyses.
Section☞The chastyte of Anselme, and death of kynge Wyllyam.
Section☞ Kyng Henry marryeth a votary without dyspensacyon.
Section☞ Anselme wurketh wyles, and Randolfe playne treason.
Section☞ The chast procedynges of dyuerse holy prelates.
Section☞ Prestes marryage condempned of our Anselme,
Section☞ The actes of Anselmes great synode.
Section☞ Penaltees for them whych broke these actes.
Section☞ Abbotes deposed, and prestes in Northfolke depryued.
Section☞ The raylynge ryme of a folysh monke.
Section☞ The earnest resystaunce of Yorke dyocese.
Section☞ An other Synode at London for Sodomytes.
Section☞ A generall curse agaynst Buggerers.
Section☞ A ryght vnderstandyng of the same.
Section☞This curse is publyshed, and agayne dysolued.
Section☞ Anselmus is at contencyon wyth the kynge.
Section☞ The matter on both sydes debated at Rome.
Section☞ The conueyaunces of Anselme by epistles and writynges.
Section☞The first ordre of typpet men, or secular prestes.
Section☞ How the emperour was vsed in the tyme of their sorceryes.
Section☞ The homblye handelynge of prelates at Rome.
Section☞ Anselme bryngeth the kynge in subiectyon to Antichrist.
Section☞ An other synode of Anselme, for dyssoluyng prestes marryage.
Section☞ The closynge vp of Anselmes vnsauery doynges.
Section☞ The mone was darkened and what it sygnyfyed.
Section☞ Raufe the archebyshop of Canterbury, honoureth hys kynge.
Section☞ Of Pope Calixtus and the heade churche of Wales.
Section☞ Kynge Henry plaged, for sufferinge marriage to be condempned.
Section☞ Celsus an archebyshop had both a wyfe and chyldern.
Section☞ A lecherouse Cardynall condemneth prestes marryage.
Section☞ This Cardynall sheweth the first fruites of that chastyte.
Section☞ The kyng derydeth the byshoppes procedynges.
Section☞ A myddle swarmynge of Antichristes sectes in England.
Section☞ Kynge Steuen professeth a slauery to Antichrist.
Section☞The rebellyon and cantels of byshoppes agaynst the kynge.
Section☞ The kynge enprisoneth the canons wiues of Paules.
Section☞ An other counsell holden agaynst prestes and their wyues.
Section☞ The true meanynge of sygnes in the firmament declared.
Section☞ More examples, declarynge those marueyles.
Section☞ Prestes marryage at Norwyche, praysed and scorned.
Section☞ The tyrannye of those wycked ministers of Antichrist.
Section☞ Of Tundalus vysyons, and the prestes with their sea crabbes.
Section☞ An Englyshe pope hath a monke to hys father.
Section☞S. William of yorke. S. Wulfryck, and S. Robert.
Section☞ The marryage of Marye the abbesse of Ramseye.
Section☞ The begynnynge of the ordre of Gylbertynes.
Section☞A nonne at watton biget with chylde by a monke.
Section☞ The nonne dismembreth the monke, and is delyuered.
Section☞ The chastyte of all other monkes and nonnes in that age.
Section☞Malcolmus, S. Edwarde, and abbot Eldrede.
SectionSentences wonderful in those dayes vttered.
Section☞ The freshe and lustye begynnynges of Thomas Becket.
Section☞ Hys chastyte at Stafforde, and stoughtnesse at Clarendon.
Section☞ Antichrist he preferreth to hys kynges obedyence.
Section☞ Artycles, for whome Becket is admitted the Popes martyr.
Section☞Becket stayeth the Popes churche, by confoundynge heretykes.
Section☞ Hys trayterouse ende, and aduauncement aboue Christ.
Section☞ The false miracles, and canonisacyon of Becket.
Section☞Kynge Henry smelleth out Antichrist and is agayne blynded.
Section☞ A patronage proued lawfull by v. marryed prestes.
Section☞ Examples dyuerse that prestes in that age hadde wyues.
Section☞Remedyes taughte of S. Godrycke for vowes kepynge.
Section☞A counsell at Rome agaynste Buggerers.
Section☞ Notable sentences of a learned man in thys age.
Section☞ The insacyable glottonye of Benettes monkes.
Section☞ The abhomynable lecherye of the same monkes.
Section☞ Of two Englysh votaries, one a traytour, the other a thefe.
Section☞ A crowne of Pecockes fethers, sent to kynge Henrye.
Section☞A bishop made both an earle and high iustyce.
Section☞ The preuye membre of a fyshe, swaloweth in a monke.
Section☞The lasciuiouse hart of an other monke per…eiued.
Section☞King Richarde is sent abrode, and a bishop ruleth.
Section☞This byshop counterfetteth a woman, and is taken.
Section☞He dieth, & is lamented of an old rood.
Section☞ Antichrist detected, by Ioachim abbas.
Section☞ Antichrist apereth in hys full pryde.
Section☞An archebyshop execrated, and a byshop wounded.
Section☞ Prestes prouyded poysons dyuerse wayes.
Section☞ A byshop and an archedeacon taken in the warres.
Section☞ Fulco for the marryage of. iij. spirituall wyues.
Section☞ Men possessed of deuyls, and Ci…teane monkes.
Section☞ Two archebyshoppes rebuked, for collegys buyldynge.
Section☞A lecherouse votarye assoyled at Rome for money.
ConclusionThe conlusyon of thys seconde boke.