582 The Letterof/(. Richard the Second to Pope Boniface the Ninth. : ~r~~~:t;g~~~~tc:~~:~~~~~~~a~:~~~r ~~dt!~~ ~~li~r~ : ~~f~~v~i~~ ~i~b;ra~~~. l~t~c~~~;;~~:Jd~1~f\'l~ {~~~~} ~~~~;r : ~t~g~~~~1~~~1n~~~e~:~~~~ ~;~~~c~~ ;h~~rn~~'1:; : ~:g ~~t~~,c~~~n~fc.cheN~~~~~fo~etl~ites~~~sad~~~ ~~tC:::~ : ~~~~ :(fli~~ -~~-~~~~~·~;~·!~~~~v7~:~~~~~! : ~S~~~~=ti~~a~~~i~~rc0~;;~:~:' ~~cc~~~rd,;!~i~~~ ~~~;;~~.,. ', ~~;i~~ ~fs'S!;;;rJr: \~luch t~recd that no Pope fl1otlld : ~~nb~:_;~~~~~;;:'~fd ~e:~fra~fwtl~;~~~r!~~ ~a~;,: • ~~~~~~er;:;lec~~ ~~:t~~~~E~Zr~;~X~~~:~a~~~:: :;h~~ 1~fur3f:k~~~~~~:11 be~t~1:~~ct~~;it~e Y:i b~for~. 'mg then: to, as tt ap~reth 111 the.EltCbon of the bldfc:d IS WJth us.And is much tO be ft:U'ed ofall Cluillianmnt : 'Grtgor;. But M11rtmm Pope, WJth the confent of the 'For_t~t Phariftt begins now to be called the Pope of 'holy Synod,gp.ntcd Charles the Pown. to chufc the Po~. 'Avm1on among the people. But peradventure it would be : ~~~~~~~ ~~~e~~OC!~~~is~d~~ n~ d~:~~li![;r:~~ : ~~m:~b~~~o:~~~~l,~f~~: ~~;~~~ ~~~lf:l~~~~~ S«qJn ' Cardllta~ But aU t~e B1thops of LmnbllTdJ (for the moll that naturally the members put themfeh:tS in jeopardy to Pri-. · · ~ • part) w1thlloo:l. thiS ElcCbon, and chofe Cadulus to be 'favc the head, and the parts labour to favc the whole.:.~:~~£ 'Pope, faying, That the Pope ought nott? bechofenbut '_Ghrill fodeckedhisSpoufe,thathcrfwlcsfhould dQveto- 1bcl'opr. <of the Precind:of It~l;. \Vhm:forew~ thmk it no~ l fafe 'gether,and fhould uphold th("lllfelv~,and by tOlufcoftimc ' wav fo c:lrneflly to llJCk to the T radiuons of men, m the 'and OCClfion of things they fhouldcorrtd one another and ' fafhion of cbufing the Pope, and fo. ~:lft ro ch:mge, !t.:H 'clc:1ve together tuna?Jy. Did nQf: MoftJ put down .Aa'ron) ' w~ be thought to brc:1k Gcxls T r~chuons concernmg the ' becaufe he was_unfaithful ? Solomon put down Abiathar, ' nn~ty of the Church. Y ~ rnrhe: 1t were better yet to ?r- 'who ':'me by lm~l de_fcent from Anatotb, and removed ' d;~.m a new fu!l1ion of h1s EkCbon, and mcetn for hun ' his Pm:fihood from hi$ kindrro to the flock of EltaZAr 'as it hath been afore. But all things conceming the fame ' in ~he petfon of Sad«k which OOd his beginning from 7.~ft~ou~-: 7~~~:r~ ~!r1~~~~~Jl~j;e i~e~"C~,~~hloo:e~ : j~h~~i~~i~~ ~u~;;;_e 2~'1!d1;~~~~h! ~: =--~ ' upnghtly fought : for fuch a d~~~1ounng [bou\d be moft ' peror put dow!l GratJ~1111f,. becaufe he ufed Simony in ' hon~)llr umo you, a~d that S'\'lllg p~c~ [bouid be the ' buying and fellmg fpinruallivings. A_nd Otho depofed 'gcttmg of a grt':lter d1gni_ty, and the wdhng deJXlfin~ of 'Po~ BN}ntt the firti:,becaufe he thrull m bimftl f. There- ' your honour fhould obtam you the entry oftverl:rllmg 'forebylikertafon,wbymaynot Kingsand.Princcsbridle 'honour, andfhould procurethelowofthewhole world 'tbeRomifiJ Popein~efuultofthe Church; if the quality 'O?wardyou, and you l"hould dcfen:e to ?eexaltedcon- 'of hisfuultrequireJt, ortheneceffityof!hcChurch by ' tmually, as David was in luunblmg h1~nfdf. 0 how 'this CO~JXII to_bdp the ~hurch oppreff«< by tyranny? ' n;onllrous a _fight,and how foul a monller IS a mans llody ' In old ume fch1fms, wh1ch rofe about making the Pope, :~~~fer~ 'C~~i~1'ilio~~hl~~ ~a~~ ~~~~~~~~~if ~~ : f~l~rfiud~=~~e~~!;!:,r,;~:ti:::ePr~~~~nd!dt: 'were ru!W with two fi:tch heads: bUt that is not poffible, 'a Council before TbeoJeriws l{ing of !tal]. Hmry the 'lbe is C\'tt altogether fair, in whom no fpot is fowtd; 'Emtxror when two did firive to be Pope, depoftd them : ~~~~~~~;~f1~i~1~c~~/h:~. tl~~e ::~~tfuff:~:;y ~:~ : ~i. ~;:t1~c;~v(~~~~~~!~~ ~llfec~:e~h~c~~~~0n~ ~~. : f~:~: ~~i~r;~~::~~ ~~~~~\~~~a~n':s~u~ :~~mhi~t~ht;re/r=::~f:h· t~~ldw::,f;;:~tf::; g'11 b (Oo> ' tom by tl~e hands of two, that violently draw it in fun- ' to be Pope without his confent• .Alexander alfo overcame 11 • ' der. For 1f thefe rw_o ibould be fu~ered to reign ~ogcrher, 'four Popes fchilmaticks, all which Frtdtrick the EmperQf 'they would fo betwna them tear Ill pieces that little coat ' corrtded. ~:~: : ~~; ~~h:h~~i~~~~~~~ctt!%: ~~~i: 1~~ ~1~ ' a~~:SU:kfi~~ :~~:t ~~~;:~~~=1;~~~:;~~ ~':.t~~,~~: ' Chrift: for they wi.11mg to hm: tiJ£ Coat whole, faid, 'decided by the po~ver of fecular Princes, the fchifmaticks ~.·~. ; ~~ ilief~\~: ~~~~~~~i~~ ~~~/~-~~;v~~~e ~~t~a! t :~:r·~~~:~ ;~:~.r~i~:~· r~fi~r~d~~c;~~ 'trted by no lot nor way (although not in words yet in ' olddi run(Sagain. If it werenot lawfulforferular Prin-LI •rl"<>tthar 'deeds) they _pronounce this_fentence, It!llallneit!J£rbe' · lawfully made,:!,~ 'thinenormme,butletitbedJvidcd;fortheychoferather ' fuch a cafe he nltb!bod :;J:;~~~~:~~~~;ebeCOl~~~~~~~~~~;u~~it~o~f~:~~h~!~) : . la=~r'~~~~tt'P; : ~~~~ 1~J~.Iety~~~~~~~~~~ ~~:~~~i~~~ rb~~~ ~~~ ~:~~J :/;~ : ~~ii~: fur tisiS;Ce \no~~ ~~~~f::~~ 1~~~~\~ : ;j~~e~;t~;;~~~~r~t~~:~~d ~;~~~~~~~::~ ~f : io~~~~ ~~~/:1i;~o~ ~~:11tfi~d~i~Q~~~;a~W:dicn l~:: ' this into\Cr:J.ble confolicn1> by the fPJ.ce that thefe two in- 'comes children, that ye confider in your heart wd~ left in ; ~~t~~iJ':~~~~tifor 1::~~her~~~tthd~ 1~~~10~0~~~ : :J~%~~ ;~'d~ru~U: ~f~~~dar~: t~~sAr:;~~ 'dtathstheyprocured~nycomfort, butr.uhcrdylltgasit 'wefear theoneoftheft two lh:~Jlchancc:; cirheryelha.l l ' were in a doubt betwixt two ways,left to their SucccfJOrs 'caufe all the Princes of the world to rife againft you to ' matter of contention continual. But 110w for the fpace of ' bring in a true follower of Chrill to ln\·e the fhte of the 'feven )cars,whncas of their SuccdTors we dc!ired and loo- ' Apollolical dignity, or that is worfe,the whole WOIId,de- :;o~:hf~~il~1~~i~~~m~;e~=fatlfn:~~d1ce~eaj;~~ ; ~~!~~tl~:C~~~~~ ;,~~~ct~h~f!n~;~ ~~r~~~ ' But inafmuch as we hear the comfort of the Lord, whkh ' the ddtre of honour of t\\-"0 men l'hould bnng fuch a de-- c promifed tl1at mi~rnbly he would defiroy thofe wic~cd ' folation imo t~e Church of God : for them that depart- < mm> and l~t his Vmerar~ to other I-_Juslxmdmen whtch ' ing away, wluch the Af?ll!e prophdicd, lbould come beTl>rKla• t v.i_ll brin_g bun fill it at then rimes aP_POmted_,a.J~d hath pro- 'fore the coming~ Antlchnfl W('reat hand : which lbould fccmrcb : ~~~~: ~~~P~~~11:o~M~i~.!l~~~~~~;~ ~~c~;~ fi~~e~~~;:} : ~1::~h~~ \~\;ht 1~~:~~~.~l~~~~-:~1~;~~!Yn:~ ~~~~~ ~~~ < this promife, _and in hope '?ntrary to hope bdtevmg., b_y ' moll excellent H?linefs, how yt recCJ.ved the power from =-~bP!, 'Gods grace wJII put o~r hel~mg hands to the cafing of thiS 'God t? the ~ildlllg of the. Church, _;~.nd not ro ~he de- ' mi(ery,when a convcment tJmt fhall ferve,as much as our ' firuChon of Jt; that Clmll bath g~ven you _wmc and r.~~ : ~~~~~6~~~isthr~~o:!t~~;:!~:tm~~~ t~~~~:J: : ~f~ ~~ea~:~ t:~ef;·~:~; ~vh~;~~ ~~~n a::;~:tl1CI.7~~ r,::1~. nt· ' yet we being enoomagcd to this by the hope ofGods pro- ' and bath gtvcn us thefe things which ferve to n.gf~~
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