Chap. 5. the. 3. Diuision.
Agayne the cause why the Metropolitane differed from the reste, and why the callyng of the Synode was gyuen to him, as it appeareth in the same Councell, was for that the* 1.1 greatest concour〈1 line〉〈1 line〉e was to that place, and moste assemblie of menne, wherevnto also may be added, for that there was the best commoditie of lodgyng and of vittayling, and for that as it appeareth in other Councells, it was the place and feare of the Empire. But with vs ney∣ther the greatest conc〈1 line〉〈1 line〉urse nor assemblie of men, nor the greatest commoditie of lodgyng and vittayi〈1 line〉〈1 line〉g, neyther yet the seate of the kingdome is in the Metropolitane citie, therefore with vs there is no suche cause of a Metropolitane or Archebishop.
This is not alleadged as a cause why there shoulde be a Metropolitane, or why he differed from ye rest, or why the calling of the Synode was giuen vnto hym, but rather why he was placed in the chiefe citie: so that these wordes touche not the Metropo∣litane or his office, but the aptnesse of the place where he shoulde continue. And yet if credite be to be giuen 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉yther to interpreters, or to the glosse in Gratian, caus. 9. quae. 3. per singulas, the wordes be not as you interprete them, for thus they be set downe in the booke of Councels, Tom. 1. Pr〈1 line〉〈1 line〉pter quod ad Metropolim omnes vndi{que} qui ne∣goti〈1 line〉〈1 line〉 videntur habere concurrant, For the which let all that haue any businesse haue recourse from all places into the Metropolitane citie. An other 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ranslation is thus: Propter quod ad Metropolitanam ciuitatem ab his qui causas habent con〈1 line〉〈1 line〉urratur. And this last interpretati∣on