"For on a time when a cardinall Bembus did move a question out of the Gospell, the Pope (Leo X) gave him a very contemptuous answer saying:
“All ages can testifie enough how profitable that fable of Christe hath ben to us and our companie."
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Pope Leo X
The Pageant of the Popes anno 1574: on page 400
https://archive.org/details/pageantofpopesco00bale