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sigebert_n the_o twelve_o council_n of_o toledo_n remember_v this_o thing_n as_o we_o have_v declare_v and_o before_o that_o council_n hincmarus_n and_o before_o hincmarus_n gregory_n the_o first_o witness_v that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n in_o his_o time_n so_o ancient_a that_o the_o contrary_n have_v never_o be_v hear_v of_o under_o any_o christian_a prince_n then_o if_o we_o shall_v adâ—…it_v that_o sigebert_n have_v be_v silent_a yet_o the_o right_n of_o prince_n in_o this_o thing_n be_v sufficient_o prove_v against_o the_o pope_n 50._o but_o let_v we_o hear_v what_o the_o cardinal_n can_v say_v for_o himself_o we_o must_v needs_o examine_v his_o proof_n because_o diverse_a other_o do_v rest_n upon_o his_o judgement_n and_o deliver_v it_o peremptory_o that_o sigebert_n have_v devise_v this_o tale_n and_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o truth_n because_o the_o discourse_n of_o baronius_n be_v long_o i_o will_v gather_v his_o reason_n and_o will_v leave_v out_o nothing_o 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and_o where_o can_v the_o action_n of_o the_o french_a king_n be_v better_o 80._o know_v then_o by_o the_o story_n of_o that_o nation_n say_v thus_o charles_n come_v to_o rome_n at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o there_o keep_v easter_n and_o before_o he_o go_v away_o there_o be_v a_o council_n of_o one_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o three_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n there_o pope_n hadrian_n by_o the_o consent_n of_o all_o the_o council_n gaùe_v he_o the_o honour_n to_o choose_v the_o pope_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o archishop_n and_o bishop_n shall_v hold_v and_o have_v their_o sea_n by_o he_o functius_n have_v 772._o the_o same_o story_n huldericus_n mutius_n witness_v as_o much_o sabellicus_n say_v hadriano_n autore_fw-la decretum_fw-la ut_fw-la carolus_n rex_fw-la qui_fw-la opâ—…imè_fw-la 7._o esset_fw-la de_fw-la romana_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o italia_n meritus_fw-la pontificem_fw-la lâ—…geret_fw-la etc._n etc._n par_fw-fr illi_fw-la potestaâ—…_n de_fw-fr patritiatâ—…_n dando_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la provinciatim_fw-la 8._o eligendis_fw-la ut_fw-la omne_fw-la demum_fw-la irrita_fw-la haberentur_fw-la nisi_fw-la quae_fw-la carolus_n probasset_fw-la walthramuâ—…_n bishop_n of_o naumburg_n say_v hadrianus_n papa_n collaudantibus_fw-la romanis_n &_o plâ—…na_fw-la synodo_fw-la etc._n etc._n carolo_n m._n &_o episc._n eius_fw-la successoribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n sub_fw-la anathemate_fw-la concessiâ—…_n patrâ—…tiatum_fw-la &_o investituras_fw-la 〈◊〉_d i_o must_v entreat_v the_o reader_n patience_n for_o i_o be_o force_v to_o cite_v these_o witness_n only_o for_o the_o justify_n of_o sigebert_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v if_o baroniâ—…s_n have_v not_o bring_v sigebert_n as_o it_o be_v to_o hold_v up_o his_o hand_n at_o the_o bar_n unreverent_o rake_v up_o the_o ash_n of_o the_o dead_a &_o disquiet_v the_o grave_n of_o a_o man_n that_o â—…as_v bury_v with_o honour_n and_o have_v resâ—…ed_v so_o many_o age_n without_o disturbance_n until_o the_o 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regâ—…i_n &_o imperij_fw-la româ—…ni_fw-la in_o which_o he_o have_v the_o same_o story_n that_o charles_n come_v into_o italy_n at_o the_o request_n of_o pope_n hadrian_n &_o that_o hâ—…drian_n grant_v investiture_n 7â—…4_n to_o charles_n in_o a_o synod_n hold_v at_o rome_n â—…asciculus_fw-la temporum_fw-la write_v by_o rollewinkins_n warner_n say_v likewise_o of_o hâ—…drian_n iste_fw-la hadrianus_n &c_n &c_n iâ—…s_a carolo_n super_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la sedis_fw-la apostolâ—…_n &_o institutione_n episcoporuâ—…_n abbatum_n etc._n etc._n in_o 〈◊〉_d alâ—…_n concilio_fw-la dedit_fw-la marsilius_n pataviâ—…s_v in_o diverse_a place_n do_v witness_v the_o same_o imperij_fw-la thing_n but_o more_o express_o in_o his_o book_n dâ—…_n translatione_fw-la imperij_fw-la where_o he_o say_v thus_o tune_v hadrianus_n benefiâ—…ijs_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la dicti_fw-la principis_fw-la allectus_fw-la 153_o episcoporum_fw-la &_o abbatâ—…m_fw-la concilium_fw-la râ—…ma_fw-la congregavit_fw-la ibique_fw-la 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pontificis_fw-la &_o ordinandi_fw-la sedem_fw-la apostâ—…licam_fw-la etc._n etc._n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n speak_v martinus_n who_o be_v entitle_v papâ—…_n primarius_fw-la capellanus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o speculo_fw-la historiali_fw-la have_v the_o same_o narration_n at_o full_a of_o the_o 168._o siege_n of_o papia_n of_o charles_n his_o come_n to_o rome_n of_o the_o privilege_n grant_v to_o charles_n by_o pope_n hadrian_n in_o a_o council_n among_o which_o investiture_n be_v express_o name_v 53._o nauclerus_fw-la
so_o that_o we_o be_v not_o to_o look_v for_o any_o help_n from_o this_o edition_n baronius_n have_v do_v his_o lust_n upon_o it_o and_o so_o many_o eye_n watch_v and_o hand_n work_v to_o see_v that_o nothing_o may_v come_v to_o light_n which_o may_v disprove_v that_o which_o baronius_n have_v once_o with_o such_o confidence_n undertake_v but_o these_o work_n of_o darkness_n though_o never_o so_o cautelous_o handle_v will_v be_v find_v out_o and_o bring_v shame_n upon_o the_o worker_n for_o 1._o platina_n witness_v that_o anastasius_n bibliothecarius_n write_v this_o that_o pope_n hadrian_n yield_v this_o right_n to_o charles_n the_o great_a his_o word_n be_v these_o bibliothecarius_n scribit_fw-la lodovicum_fw-la liberam_fw-la eligendorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la potestatem_fw-la paschali_fw-la 〈◊〉_d cum_fw-la antea_fw-la â—…a_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o re_fw-la imperatores_fw-la consulerentur_fw-la quam_fw-la potestatem_fw-la ab_fw-la hadriano_n pontifice_fw-la carolo_n concessam_fw-la 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â—…_n cuncto_fw-la etiam_fw-la clero_fw-la huius_fw-la sanctae_fw-la rom._n ecclesiae_fw-la exquirentibus_fw-la usus_fw-la leges_fw-la &_o â—…res_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la ecclesiâ—…_n &_o imperij_fw-la where_o the_o same_o testimony_n for_o investiture_n follow_v at_o large_a this_o man_n 1._o credit_n have_v not_o be_v call_v in_o question_n for_o aught_o that_o i_o can_v find_v and_o there_o can_v be_v no_o reason_n to_o except_v against_o he_o be_v the_o pope_n register_n or_o in_o some_o chief_a place_n under_o he_o for_o writing_n and_o the_o better_a to_o declare_v the_o truth_n and_o fidelity_n of_o this_o man_n it_o be_v worth_a the_o observe_n that_o he_o have_v with_o exact_a care_n record_v where_o he_o find_v these_o antiquity_n name_v the_o place_n where_o these_o book_n may_v have_v be_v see_v of_o all_o man_n at_o that_o timâ—…_n when_o he_o write_v for_o before_o his_o book_n he_o write_v thus_o incipit_fw-la oxon._n descriptio_fw-la de_fw-la inuestitura_fw-la episcopatuum_fw-la regum_fw-la teutonicorum_fw-la ex_fw-la quodam_fw-la antiquissimâ—…_n libro_fw-la florentino_n per_fw-la i_o theodoricum_n de_fw-fr niem_fw-la litâ—…rarum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la scriptorem_fw-la &_o abbreviatorem_fw-la reperto_fw-la dum_fw-la dominus_fw-la papa_n johannes_n 23._o illiâ—…_n cum_fw-la curia_fw-la sua_fw-la resideret_fw-la fide_fw-la litter_n extracta_fw-la &_o sequitur_fw-la de_fw-la verbo_fw-la ad_fw-la verbum_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la libro_fw-la videbatur_fw-la scriptum_fw-la 58._o this_o man_n then_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o john_n the_o three_o and_o twenty_o be_v the_o pope_n register_n or_o secretary_n or_o in_o some_o such_o office_n deal_v faithful_o for_o this_o extreme_a impudency_n be_v not_o then_o know_v in_o the_o world_n which_o be_v now_o so_o much_o practise_v in_o the_o court_n of_o rome_n we_o have_v also_o declare_v from_o the_o testimony_n of_o nauclorus_fw-la who_o john_n reuclin_n a_o man_n so_o much_o 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seem_v that_o iuo_o also_o write_v this_o before_o gratian._n howsoever_o it_o be_v we_o have_v witness_n enough_o to_o prove_v sigebert_n a_o honest_a man_n and_o yet_o have_v we_o just_a cause_n to_o exclaim_v o_o sâ—…lus_fw-la o_fw-la impostura_fw-la o_fw-la fraus_fw-la for_o when_o we_o find_v the_o mouth_n of_o antiquity_n stop_v the_o testimony_n of_o approve_a writer_n partly_o reject_v as_o imposture_n only_o because_o they_o make_v against_o the_o pope_n jurisdiction_n partly_o expunge_v by_o sacrilegious_a hand_n and_o malicious_a and_o cruel_a heart_n that_o the_o truth_n by_o all_o mean_n may_v be_v deface_v and_o falsehood_n adore_v and_o maintain_v by_o a_o generation_n frame_v and_o fashion_v to_o vanity_n and_o untruth_n 9_o appear_v with_o the_o countenance_n and_o hair_n of_o woman_n that_o be_v of_o harlot_n for_o their_o impudence_n with_o the_o tooth_n of_o lion_n for_o their_o cruelty_n with_o the_o tail_n of_o scorpion_n for_o their_o sting_a and_o expunge_v of_o 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vicarius_fw-la 5._o that_o be_v a_fw-la christian_n emperor_n in_o his_o office_n be_v christ_n vicar_n and_o again_o omnis_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o imperator_fw-la habet_fw-la officium_fw-la publicum_fw-la ad_fw-la publicam_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la or_o diâ—…atum_fw-la publica_n utilitas_fw-la est_fw-la paâ—…ad_fw-la quam_fw-la ordinantur_fw-la iusticia_fw-la &_o iusta_fw-la praelia_fw-la principium_fw-la autem_fw-la pacis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la â—…inem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d â—…rigere_fw-la subditâ—…s_fw-la &_o media_fw-la illum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la sacra_fw-la institâ—…ta_fw-la religionum_fw-la quare_fw-la prima_fw-la cura_fw-la imperialis_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d obseruandis_fw-la verâ—…ur_fw-la that_o be_v every_o king_n and_o emperor_n have_v a_o public_a office_n ordinate_a to_o the_o public_a good_a the_o public_a good_a be_v peace_n whereunto_o justice_n and_o just_a war_n be_v ordinate_v the_o fountain_n of_o peace_n to_o direct_v subject_n to_o a_o eternal_a end_n the_o mean_n to_o obtain_v 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