_1588._ _Queen Elizabeth_ issues a proclamation forbidding, under severe penalties, the printing of schismatic, seditious, slanderous, or fantastic works; existing copies of such works (the determination of their character appears to have been left to the bishops) must be delivered to the bishops for destruction.[60] Among the titles specified of seditious books thus to be destroyed is that of a pamphlet entitled _The Gaping Gulf_, which had to do with the scheme for the marriage of the Queen with the Duke of Anjou. =3. Regulations in the Netherlands for the Supervision of Books, 1521–1550.=--Between the years 1521 and 1550, a series of ordinances for the regulation of the printing-press which were issued under the instructions of Charles V, were published in the form of placards throughout the Provinces. The regulations became each year more severe. These ordinances were confirmed and strengthened by Philip II. _1522._ _Charles V_ gives a special permit to Franz van der Hulst to possess and to read books by Luther and by other heretics, for the purpose of refuting their heresies. The regulations and orders above specified are, it may be noted, issued under the sole authority of the Emperor. There is no reference to the _Bulla Coenae_ or to any other papal utterances. The prohibitions concerning literature issued by the theological faculty of Louvain are based upon the authority and instructions not of the pope, but of the Emperor. With the introduction into the Netherlands of the Inquisition, however, the pope begins to take part in the supervision of literature. _1522._ _Charles V_ appoints Van der Hulst as Inquisitor. He is confirmed by Adrian VI with the proviso that, as Van der Hulst is a layman, he must have two ecclesiastics as assessors. The succeeding inquisitors, who were all ecclesiastics, were in like manner appointed by the emperor or by the stadtholder and confirmed by the pope. Several of the edicts of Charles contain prohibitions of special books. _1524._ An ordinance orders the delivery, for destruction, of copies of heretical books, under penalty of confiscation of goods and corporal punishment. In 1526, was added the penalty of banishment, and in 1529, that of death. The reports of the time speak of frequent bonfires of masses of confiscated books. In 1526, it was ordered that no book should be printed or imported without a permit from the imperial commissioner. The penalty for delinquents was banishment and confiscation of one third of their property.[61]