Quare quis tandem me reprehendat, si quantum cæteris ad festos dies ludorum celebrandes, quantum ad alias voluptates, et ad ipsam requiem animi et corporis conceditur temporis: quantum alii tempestivis conviviis, quantum aleæ, quantum pilæ, tantum mihi egomet, ad hæc studia recolenda, sumpsero. CIC. PRO. ARCHIA. Le changement d'étude est toujours un delassement pour moi. Harding 4-22-52 78972 40. ΤΟ THE MOST NOBLE BERNARD EDWARD DUKE OF NORFOLK ; HEREDITARY EARL MARESCHAL OF ENGLAND: &c. &c. &c. THIS WORK IS, WITH THE PERMISSION OF HIS GRACE, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY THE AUTHOR. 1.-Rise of the temporal power of the Pope 2. Decline of the temporal power of the Pope 3.-Resistance of the Sovereigns and Legislature of England to the attempts of the Popes to establish 1.—Birth and early years of Grossetete 2. His proficiency in Literature; 3. His Sentiments on the different nature of Spiritual 4.-Contests between bishop Grossetete and the Crown 63 A general view of the state of Literature during the middle 4.-Probable exaggeration of the Ignorance and Super- stition of the middle ages |