did repente after their recantation, but after the seconde tyme, there woulde no pardone serue.
For so muche as we haue before mentioned the greuous complaintes of the Germaines made vnto the Emperour Fredericke of Austriche, against the Popes suppressions and exactions, hauing also declared howe that by the meanes of Eneas Syluius, they were twyse put backe & forsaken of the Emperour wherby they continued in the same yoke and bondage vntill the tyme of Luther, it cometh now to hande & we thinke it also good, here briefly to declare, howe the Germaynes in the tyme of Maximilian the Emperour remouing their complaynt againe. delyuered vnto the Emperour ten principal greuances, wherby the Germaines haue bene longe tyme oppressed, shewyng also the remedies againste the same, with certaine aduisementes vnto the Emperours Maiestie, howe he might withstand and resist the Popes subtilties and craftes. The order and tenour whereof here enseweth.
This list of grievances is translated from Matthias Flacius, Catalogustestium veritatis (Basel, 1562), pp. 321-22.
Marginalia1.THat the byshops of Rome, successours one vnto another doo not thinke them selues bounde to obserue and kepe the bulles couenantes, priuileges, and letters, graunted by their predecessores without all derogation. But by often dispensation suspencion and reuocation euen at the instāce of euerye vyle persone, they doo gainsaye and withstand the same.
[Back to Top]Marginalia2.That the electiō of Prelates are oftentimes put backe.
Marginalia3.That the electiōs of Presidētships are withstand, which the chapterhouses of many churches haue obteined with great cost & expence, as the church of Spyre and Haselles, doo well knowe. Whose bulle, touching the election of their president, is made frustrate, he being yet aliue whiche graunted the same.
[Back to Top]Marginalia4.That benefices and the greatest ecclesiastical dignities are reserued for Cardinalles & head notaries.
Marginalia5.That expectatiue graces called vowsones,
Advowson is the English term - inserted by Foxe - for an expective grace, a lien or claim upon a particular benefice
Marginalia6.That Annates or yearely reuenewes
First fruits are an English term for an annate, which is a tax of the entire first year's income upon the incoming holder of a benefice. But in England, first fruits were paid to the Crown, in Germany annates were paid to the Papacy.
Marginalia7.That the rule of the churches are giuen at Rome vnto those that are not worthy, which were more fitt to kepe and feed mules, then to haue the rule and gouernaunce of men.
Marginalia8.That new indulgences and pardones with the suspention and reuocation of the old are graunted, to gather & scrape mony to gether.
Marginalia9.That tenthes are exacted vnder the pretence of making warre against the Turke, when as no expedition doth follow therupon.
Marginalia10.That the causes which might be determined in Germany wheras ther are both learned and iust iudges are indistinctly caried vnto þe court of Rome, which thing Saint Berward writing to Pope Eugenius semeth wonderfully to reproue.
IF it shall seme good vnto the Emperores maiesty,
This list of remedies for the grievances is translated from Matthias Flacius, Catalogus testium veritatis (Basel, 1562), pp. 322-23.
I.e., Mainz.
I.e., Mainz.
I.e., Mainz.