The brutish thunderbolt: or rather feeble fier-flash of Pope Sixtus the fift, against Henrie the most excellent King of Nauarre, and the most noble Henrie Borbon, Prince of Condie Togither with a declaration of the manifold insufficiencie of the same. Translated out of Latin into English by Christopher Fetherstone minister of Gods word.

Title

The brutish thunderbolt: or rather feeble fier-flash of Pope Sixtus the fift, against Henrie the most excellent King of Nauarre, and the most noble Henrie Borbon, Prince of Condie Togither with a declaration of the manifold insufficiencie of the same. Translated out of Latin into English by Christopher Fetherstone minister of Gods word.

Author

Hotman, François, 1524-1590.

Publication

Imprinted at London :: By Arnold Hatfield, for G[eorge] B[ishop] and R. Newbery,

1586.

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Subject terms

Catholic Church. -- Pope (1585-1590 : Sixtus V). -- Declaratio contra Henricum Borbonium -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.

Popes -- Temporal power -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.

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"The brutish thunderbolt: or rather feeble fier-flash of Pope Sixtus the fift, against Henrie the most excellent King of Nauarre, and the most noble Henrie Borbon, Prince of Condie Togither with a declaration of the manifold insufficiencie of the same. Translated out of Latin into English by Christopher Fetherstone minister of Gods word." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03718.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE RIGHT HO∣NORABLE, THE LORD RO∣BERT DVDLEY, Earle of Leice∣ster, Baron of Denbigh, Knight of the most noble orders of the Garter, and of S. Mi∣chael, Maister of the Queenes horse, one of hir Highnesse most honourable priuie Councel; and Lord Lieutenant and Captaine general of hir Ma∣iesties forces in the Low coun∣tries.
• To the Reader.
• The blessings of our most holie Lord Pope Sixtus the fift, against the King of Nauarre, and the Prince of Condie.
  • Pag. 2.
  • Pag. 4.
  • Pag. 6.
  • Pag. 8.
  • In the same Page.
  • Pag. 9.
  • In the same Page.
  • Psalm. 109.
• THE BRVTISH THVN∣DERBOLT of Pope SIXTVS the fift, against HENRIE the most noble King of Nauarre, and the most excellent HENRIE BORBON Prince of Condie:
  • Of the incompetencie or insuffici∣encie of the iudge.
  • The manifold crime of impietie, and first for arrogating to himselfe the Godhead.
  • The crime of mocking religion.
  • Of feigned religions.
  • The inuention of the religion of Dominic.
  • The crime of vsing tyrannie in the Church.
  • Of the crime of corrupt Religion.
  • The crime of Sacrilege.
  • The crime of Treason.
  • Of that of England.
  • Of the kingdome of Arragonia.
  • Of the kingdome of Croatia and Dalmatia.
  • Of the kingdome of Denmarke.
  • Of the kingdome of France.
  • Of the empire of Germanie.
  • Of the kingdome of Spaine.
  • Of the kingdome of Hungarie.
  • Of the kingdome of Polonia.
  • Of the kingdome of Ruscia.
  • Of the kingdome of Sicilia.
  • Of the kingdome of Scotland.
  • The crime of Rebellion.
  • The crime of Forgerie.
    • The edition of the instru∣ment by Volate∣rane.
    • The decretall edi∣tion of the in∣strument.
  • part
  • Another most ancient crime of Forgerie.
  • The second Nullitie by reason of the falsenes of the Allegation.
  • The third Nullitie by reason of the want of iudiciall order.
  • The fourth Nullitie by reason of the forme of the sentence.
  • Of the vaine and contemptible thun∣derbolst of the popes.
  • Of the kingdome of Nauarre be∣traied by the pope.
  • The conclusion of the former protestation.
• THE DECLARATION OF OVR MOST HO∣LIE LORD POPE SIXTVS, Against HENRIE BORBON the supposed King of NAVARRE, and also HENRIE BORBON, the pretensed Prince of Condie, being heretiks, and also against their successors: And the deliuerance of their subiects, from all dutie of fide∣litie and alleage∣ance.
  • For the perpetuall memorie of the thing.
  • part
• Faults escaped.