A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

CHAP. II. (Book 2)

The Life, Letters, and other Writings of Pope Innocent the Third:

INNOCENT the Third before he was raised to the Pontifical Dignity, went by the * 1.1 name of Lotharius. He was born at Anagni, being the Son of Thrasimond of the Family of the Earls of Signi, and of Claricia a Roman Lady. He studied at Rome, Paris, and Bologn; and being upon his return to Rome, was ordained Subdeacon by Gregory the 8th, and when he was but 29 years old, was made Chief Deacon by the Title of S. Sergius and S. Bacchius, by Clement the 3d. His Learning and Merit made him be unanimously chosen by the Cardinals on the very day of Celestin the 3d's Death, which happened on the 8th of January 1198; although he was then but very young, and no more than Deacon. He was consecrated Priest the 21st of February the same year, and raised to the Pontifical Throne on the Sunday next after the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Antioch. After having satisfied the People by the ordinary Largesses, and received an Oath of Allegiance from them, he made an Order, forbidding all Officers in the Court of Rome to take any Fee or Gratuity for what should be done at Rome, except the Rights that were due to those who drew up and writ the Bulls, on which he laid a very moderate Impost. Having remedied this Abuse, he applied himself wholly to decide in cases that should be brought before him. Thrice a week he had a publick Consistory, where he in person gave Judgment in all principal Causes, leaving the meaner ones to his Commissaries. This quick dispatch brought him a multitude of Causes from all parts of the world; so that an Author that lived in his time remarks, that he in his Popedom decided more and more weighty Affairs than had ever been decided in thrice the time in the Church of Rome. This was the occasion of his writing such a vast number of Letters, of which there is a Collection divided into nineteen Books according to the years of his Pontificate. The two first were published in the last Century, by Cardinal Sirlett, printed at Rome in 1543, and reprinted at Cologn in 1575, and at Venice in 1578. Monsieur Bosquet found four others, viz. the thirteeenth, and the three following Books at Tolouze in the Library of the College of Foix, and printed them in 1635. Monsieur Baluze has since published the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, with part of the fifth, and a Collection of the Letters that concern the Empire, and caused them to be printed at Paris in 1682, with some other Books that had been out before. The third, and the following Books to the tenth, were found in Manuscript in the Vatican Library. The three last are wholly lost. Because these Letters contain many Historical Facts and Points of Discipline, which may show us what the Ecclesiastical Polity of the Church of Rome was in the time of Innocent, by which the Popes have ever since taken their measures, I thought it might be worth while to make an extract (at least of part) of them, by particularizing the Subject of each Letter.

The first then is a Circular Letter about his Election, certifying all the Faithful how that * 1.2 after the death of Celestin his Predecessor, his Funeral being over, he was chosen Pope by the Cardinals; and recommending himself to all their Prayers, that God would give him Grace and strength to bear that heavy Burden of the Papal Chair. This Letter is full of expressions of Humility. The 2d and 3d are nothing but this same Letter directed, with some few Alte∣rations, to the King of France, and to the Abbots, Priors, and other Religious of that Kingdom.

There is an expression in the second which is no small honor to the King of France—In Consideration, says he, that the Kingdom of France has always remain'd in unity with the Church, We address the first fruits of Our Letters to You, that are the first and eldest Son of the Church of Rome.

He writ also a particular Letter to the Patriarch of Jerusalem upon the same Subject, in which he tells him what a fervent desire he has to recover the Holy Land, and deliver the City of Jerusalem. This is the eleventh Letter of the first Book.

In the fourth Letter of the same Book he writes to the Bishop of Paris, to put him in mind of exhorting King Philip to take the Queen his Consort again, and to use her kindly.

In the fifth he forbids the Archbishop of Strigonia to perform that Vow he had made of go∣ing to Jerusalem, unless the Kingdom of Hungary should be in peace. In the next Letter he entrusts him with the Reform of a Monastry.

In the seventh he reprimands the Abbot of St. Martin of Hungary, for being in a Conspi∣racy with a Lord of that Country against the King, contrary to the Injunction of Pope Celestin.

In the eighth he entrusts the Bishop of Ferrara with the care of the temporal and spiritual Affairs of the Abby of Nonantule, with Authority to punish the Abbot.

The ninth is a permission to the King of Hungary to remove a Monastry from one place to another.

In the tenth he advises one of the Sons of the King of Hungary to make a Voyage to the Holy Land to acquit himself of a Vow which his Father had made, and which he had obliged himself to perform.

The thirteenth is a moral Exhortation to the Princes of Germany, inviting them to take up * 1.3 Arms against the Infidels.

In the fourteenth he appoints the Dean Elect, and Nicholas de Levennes Canon of Cambray, Commissioners to give judgment in a difference about a Church that was between the Abbey of Prom, and that of Premontre: but because about the end of the Commission he had added these words, quantum de jure poteritis, after these, probationes praesentis partis recipere; and consequently the Commissioners seemed to have power to prepare things for a hearing without observing this Clause, the Pope explains himself in the 62d Letter, and declares that this Clause respects as well the Preparation for, as the Judgment of the Cause.

The fifteenth, which is written to two Cardinal Legates, is against an Agreement entred into without his knowledg by a Prior, and the Prelates and Consuls of the Cities of Tuscany, which he pretends is a Demesne of the Holy See.

In the sixteenth, written to the Chapter of St. Anastasia, having first establish'd this for a Maxim, that all important Causes are to be carried to Rome; he declar'd the Election of a Bishop, which this Chapter was forced to by the Secular Power, to be null, and order'd the Canons to proceed to the choosing another, who more desired to do good, than to enjoy the Dignity, qui non minus prodesse desideret, & noverit, quam prae••sse. He writ two Letters at the same time to the same purpose, the one to the Archbishops of Capua, Regglo, and Palermos, the other to the Empress, to procure a free Election. These make the 17th and 18th.

In the nineteenth, addressed to the Bishop of Paris, he declares, That a Priest who by the advice of his Physicians has been gelt for prevention of the Leprosy, is not thereby render'd un∣capable of discharging his Ministerial Office.

By the twentieth he commissions the Bishop of Troyes, and the Abbot of St. Loup to absolve a Priest that had been accused of murder, if he could clear himself canonically, and his Accu∣ser did not appear.

In the twenty first he orders the Archbishop and Archdeacon of Trani to inform against the Bishop of Vesti, for not having observed an agreement which he made with his Church, for the restitution of many things that he had taken from it.

In the two and twentieth he gives leave to the Archbishop of Milan to ordain those Dea∣cons and Priests who had received the Clericature of the Pope, because of the necessity he found himself in of having Priests.

The twenty third is an Oath of Fidelity taken by Peter the Prefect of Rome, and by two other Officers to Pope Innocent the Third.

In the twenty fourth he orders the Bishops of Spire, Strasburg, and Wormes, to command a German Lord to set the Archbishop of Salerno, whom he kept Prisoner, at liberty; and if he would not, to suspend the Diocess wherein he was detained.

In the five and twentieth he orders the Bishop of Sutri, and the Abbot of St. Anastasius to absolve Philip Duke of Suabia, provided he set the Archbishop of Salerno at liberty.

In the twenty sixth, which is superscribed to the same Persons, he orders them to charge the German Princes to set all the Sicilians at liberty that they had prisoners, and upon their refusal to excommunicate them, and interdict their Estates.

In the seven and twentieth he recommends the assistance of his Legates which he had sent into the Exarchate, to the Archbishop of Ravenna, and his Suffragans.

In the twenty eighth he desires the Archbishop of Sens, and the Bishop of Meaux to com∣fort the Countess of Champagne about the death of her Son, and to make use of Ecclesiastical Censures for the prevention of any ones doing her any injury.

The twenty ninth is to the Bishop of Ferentino, and contains a decision of the following Case. A Man had promised another by Oath to marry his Daughter; and there was no∣thing to hinder the performance of it but the Daughter's unwillingness to comply: Two or three years after another man espoused her, per verba de praesenti. The Pope's Judgment is, That the second Contract ought to stand, if it were certainly made per verba de praesenti; but if it was enter'd into like the other, per verba de futuro, then the former should take place.

The thirtieth he writes to the Chapter of Strasburg, to certify them, that for the preserva∣tion of the peace of their Chapter, the Provost of St. Thomas (in consequence of the Grant that he had made him of it by his Legate the Cardinal of St. Cecilia) had given up into his hands the right that he claimed to one of their Prebends, and had thereby put an end to the Suit that was between them and that Provost.

In the one and thirtieth, written to the Archbishop of Tarragon, and the Sacrist of Wie, he entrusts them with the Judgment of a Difference about the Election of an Abbot of St. Bennet of Bage.

The thirty second is an Act by which he confirms the Settlement that the Archbishop of Colocza had made of some Churches upon the Provost of that Church.

The thirty third is addressed to two Canons of Pisa, ordering them to take care that a cer∣tain Man's Goods which he had mortgaged for a sum of Mony should be restored him, he paying the Principal of that Sum for which his Estate was mortgaged.

In the thirty fourth he warns the Sovereign Magistrate, and the Counsellors of Viterbo, not to go on in that Treaty which they and those of Pisa had began to make with the Gover∣nors of Tuscany, without the Consent of the Holy See. He gives order in the following Let∣ter to his Legates to interdict the Pisans, if they did not obey this Command.

In the six and thirtieth he gives judgment that a Priest, who at the point of death has received a Monachal Habit from the hands of a simple Monk, and has thereupon been carried into a Monastry, but afterwards upon his recovery has quitted the Habit, and left the Monastry with the leave of the Abbot, is not afterwards thereby obliged to lead a Monastical Life.

The seven and thirtieth is the decision of a Suit that was between the Archbishop of Milan, and the Monastry of St. Donatus of Scozula.

In the thirty eighth he confirms the Excommunication of Marcovald by his Legates, for having seized upon the goods of the Church; and forbids all his Subjects to obey him, freeing them all from any Oath of Allegiance that they might have taken to him.

The thirty ninth is a Decree, ordering the Bishop of Lodi to settle a Clerk, named James, in the Prebend of the Church of Novara, which had been given him by his Predecessor, ex∣cept it could be proved that the two Persons who were in possession of the vacant Prebends were chosen before his Predecessor forbad the choosing any other but James. The next Letter is but the same over again, in respect of the other that had been chosen by the Holy See for the other Prebend.

By the forty first and forty second, he puts a Monastry, that depended before immediately upon the Holy See, under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Luni.

In the forty third he gives order to the Archbishop of Gnesn and his Suffragans to make use of their Ecclesiastical Censures upon the Princes of Poland that troubled the Duke of that Country.

In the forty fourth he gives the Bishop of Worms notice, to take care of the celebration of the Feast of St. Paul's Conversion in his Diocess.

The forty fifth is the confirmation of a Privilege granted by the Bishop of Chartres to the Curates of the Deanery of Esp••rnon, and to the other Archdeaconries and Deaneries in his Diocess.

In the six and fortieth, addressed to the Archpriest and Canons of Perusa, he confirms the Rules they had made for the government of their Church: which were, that there should be eight regular Canons and professed Monks in their Chapter, two other Clerks, Subdeacons or Acolites: that among the Canons there should be three Offices, an Archpriest, an Ordi∣nary, and a Chamberlain: that the Archpriest should be the chief, and should have the care of the Society: that the Ordinary should be entrusted with the care of the Cloister of the Di∣vine Office, and of the Reading, and should be President in the absence of the Archpriest: and that it should be the Chamberlain's business to take care of the temporal Affairs: for the Election of an Archpriest three persons should be chosen out of their Canons, who should take the Votes of all the others: that the Ordinary and the Chamberlain should be appointed by the Archpriest, but with the consent of the Society; and many other Rules doth this Let∣ter contain for the Settlement of this House.

The forty seventh is a Letter written to the Pope, by the Consuls and Inhabitants of the Castle of Mon••••-Bello, whereby they give themselves up to the Church of Rome.

In the forty eighth to the Bishop of Marsi he decides the following Case. A Man married a Woman with whom he had before been carnally acquainted; and after that married another of whom he had had Children: the first Woman demands either that he may live with her, or else she may have leave to marry another. The Pope's Answer is, that if this Man mar∣ried the former per verba de praesenti, he then ought to return her; but if per verba de futuro, they must then both have a Penance enjoined them, and the Woman be at liberty to marry whom she would.

In the forty ninth, to the Abbot and Religious of the Monastery of St. Prosper of Riom, he declares null the Alienation of the Possessions of this Monastery by Guy, a former Abbot thereof.

By the fiftieth he suspended the Patriarch of Antioch from the Power he had of ordaining Bishops, because he had, without permission from the Holy See, translated him that had been chosen Bishop of Apamea to Tripoli, and made him Bishop of that City. In the next he sus∣pends this Bishop too.

The fifty second, fifty third, and fifty fourth are writ about a Church newly built at Com∣peign, which they would have under the Bishop of Soissons. He writes to him to dedicate it, and that he is willing it should belong to him, so the Bishop of Arras would but consent. And to him too he writes to bring him to agree to it.

The fifty fifth is a confirmation of the Judgment of his Predecessor against the Canons of Limoges, for abusing and driving out a Priest that the Bishop of Perigeux would have made a Canon of that Church: whereby he ordered the Archbishop of Bourges to excommunicate the Canons, and interdict their Church till they gave the Bishop satisfaction. The Archbishop executed the Orders of Pope Celestin the Third. Innocent in this Letter confirms what his Predecessor had done, and orders the Archbishop of Bourdeaux to carry on the procedure against the Canons.

In the fifty sixth he settled the right of Metropolitan of all the Bishopricks in the Isle of Corsica, upon the Archbishop of Pisa, and grants him the Primacy of the Provinces of Sardinia.

The fifty seventh is to forbid giving any Fiefs or Benefices to those that were concerned in the Murder of the Bishop of Vicenza.

By the fifty eighth he took off the Sentence of Excommunication that the Legate of his Predecessor had pronounced against the Bishop of Zamora in Spain.

The fifty ninth is written to the Deans of the Churches of St. Mary, and St. Peter of Laon, and to the Chancellor of the Church of that City, about the Presentation to a Benefice disputed between the Archdeacon, who had presented a young man not twenty, and another who had provided a Priest. Innocent decides in favor of the last, if the thing was so as it was represented.

In the sixtieth he commits to the Bishop of Luques and two other Persons the decision of a Difference between the Bishop of Orense in Spain, and the Abbot of Cella-Nova, about the pretended Exemption of this Abbot.

In the sixty first to the Archbishop of Sens he revokes the Privilege granted by his Predecessor to the Bishop of Chartres, which deprived that Archbishop of the Power of absolving those whom this Bishop had excommunicated till their cause should be examined by the Abbots of St. Colombus, and of St. Germain des Prez.

In the sixty second he determin'd, that Women may come into the Church in a short time after their lying in; but yet, if they think fit to stay away out of respect, their Devotion is not to be condemned.

In the sixty fourth he makes null all the Presentations to Benefices by the Secular Power in the Archbishoprick of Aversa. And in the next Letter he dos the same for the Archbishop∣rick of Salerna, in all those Presentations that had been so made while that Archbishop was kept Prisoner.

In the sixty sixth he gives leave to the Monks of Gualdo, to change their confinement for liberty.

By the sixty seventh he commits the Reform of the Abbey of St. Maixant to the Bishop of Poictiers, and orders him to do Justice to the Prior of Azay.

In the sixty eighth he order'd the Bishop of Lodi not to have any regard to those forged Letters by which he had hindered the Election of a Bishop by the Chapter of Novara.

In the sixty ninth he discharged the Bishop of Troces from a Vow which he had made of going to the Holy Land, upon condition that he should send some religious Person thither, who for the relief of the Country should carry with him the Sum which he would have spent in his Voyage. In this Letter he mentions a Letter of Pope Alexander his Predecessor, which says, that the Vow of going to the Holy Land may be exchanged.

In the seventieth he commissions the Bishop of Liege, the Abbot of St. Tron, and the Provost of Utrecht to inform against the Archbishop of Treves, with Power to suspend him, if they should find him guilty of the Crimes whereof he stood accused by the Dean of his Church.

By the seventy first he entrusted the Bishop of Zamora in joint Commission with an Abbot and a Prior, to put in execution the Decree of his Predecessor Pope Lucius the 3d, which con∣stituted the Archdeacon of Troischateaux Bishop of Leon, notwithstanding a contrary De∣cree of his Legate published some time after.

The seventy second is written to the Bishop of Alifa, to excommunicate those that pretended to make him answer before Secular Judges.

The seventy third is an order to the Grand Master, and the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, to restore to the Church of Tripoli the Church of Nephin, and all its Dependencies, according as it had been ordered by the Holy See.

By the seventy fourth he permitted the Bishop of Anagni, with the consent of his Chapter, to mortgage the Church Lands, for to purchase a Castle which was for his conveniency.

The seventy fifth is a solemn Decree for confirming the Election of Ademar to the Bishoprick of Poictiers, which there had been a Suit about at the Pope's Tribunal. After the death of William Bishop of Poictiers the Chapter agreed to refer the Election of a Bishop to six of the Canons: these having let six Months slip without any Election, the agreement was renewed in the presence of the Archbishop of Bourdeaux, and Ademar was chosen. The Election was confirmed by that Archbishop; but on the other side the Dean, the Subdean, and some Canons opposed it, pleading that the time of agreement was expired; that 'twas true it had been renewed, but upon condition that the Election should be the same day; that the Electors had put it off to another day, and had done it privately, without making the Chapter ac∣quainted, contrary to the Appeal which the Dean had made to the Holy See. Upon these grounds they proceeded to another Election, and named the Bishop of Nants. Some of those that had made the former Election, seeing that the Earl of Poictiers did not much like it, came over to them. The rest stood to their Election, answering that Ademar was chosen the very day of the renewal of the agreement, and that the Archbishop of Bourdeaux notified it to the Chap∣ter, which agreed to it; that they dared not make it publick, because of the Earl of Poictiers, which was the occasion of the Electors securing themselves in some safe place before they ven∣tured to publish what they had done in the City: and as for the rest, that the consent of that Prince was not at all necessary for the validity of the Election. The Pope having heard the Attornies of both Parties in a publick Consistory, gave Judgment in favor of Ademar, though the King of England was against him.

In the seventy sixth he declared that tho his Predecessors had consider'd the Ordination of the Clergy that had no Titles, as nothing, yet he being willing to act with more Lenity to∣wards them, meant that those, or the Successors of those who had ordained them, should

provide for their Subsistence till they had Benefices: and this he enjoins the Bishop of Za∣mora in particular in the case of a poor Clerk whom his Predecessor had ordained Subdeacon, without any Title either to a Benefice or Estate.

By the seventy seventh he advised the Dean of Astorga to content himself with the Privileges and Rights that his Predecessors had enjoyed, without overloading the Chapter.

In the seventy eighth he ordered the Archbishop of Magdeburg to expel him that had been thrust into the Bishoprick of Prague by the Secular Power, and to give the Chapter the liberty of choosing one according to form.

In the seventy ninth he commanded the Archbishop of Auch to hinder all Ecclesiasticks obtaining Benefices by means of the Laicks. He ordered him also in the eightieth, eighty first, and eighty second, to make all the rambling Monks to return to their Monasteries; to take care for the Punishment of Hereticks; and to oppose Pluralities either of Livings or Abbeys.

In the eighty fourth he condemned the dealings of two Parsons who would have chang∣ed Livings; the one of which put a trick upon the other by making him resign his Living to a Kinsman of his, and then refusing to give him his own. The Pope ordered his Living to be restored him.

In the eighty fifth he wrote to the Archbishop of Milan to excommunicate his Advocate called Passeguerre, for having spoken disdainfully of a Decree he had made, if he did not give surety to make satisfaction within a fortnight.

The eighty sixth is an order to the Archbishop of Sens, to put the Curates of the Bishoprick of Chartres in possession of that Privilege of Exemption that their Bishop had granted them, and which had been confirmed to them by the 45th Letter.

In the next he ordered him to take care to provide for those who had been presented to Be∣nefices in that Diocess, and whom the Bishop had put by without any reason.

In the eighty eighth he vindicated himself from a reproach that the Magistrates of Tuscany cast upon him for intending to deliver up the City of Assisi to the Duke of Spoletto. He says, that he was fo far from that, that he had excommunicated the Duke, and had not given him Absolution but upon condition that he should deliver up the Country which he was in possessi∣on of, which he had in part performed by restoring the Cities of Foligni and Terni, and he had done the same by the Castle of Assisi had not the Citizens of that City and those of Perusa opposed it: as for the rest, the Reason he did not like that Treaty which they had made with his Legates, was only because there seemed to be some things in it which were not for the honour of the Church.

The eighty ninth is an Act of a Grant made to one Peter, of a Prebend of St. Hillary of Poictiers which had belonged to his Uncle.

In the ninetieth he adjudged a Prebend of the Church of Antwerp to him that the Chapter had provided, against one that his Predecessor had given a Canon's place to for his subsistence; because this last had conceal'd his having any more Benefices sufficient for his maintenance.

In the ninety first he gave leave to the Bishop of Alifa to hire an Estate to help forward the paiment of some Debts that he had contracted by the repairing of his Church.

The ninety second is against the incestuous Marriage of the King of Castile's Daughter with the King of Leon. He charges Cardinal Rainier to excommunicate them if they did not part. He orders him also to excommunicate the King of Navarr if he had broken that Treaty which he had made with the King of Castile, and to keep all the Kings and Princes of Spain in peace. The following Letter is to the same purpose.

In the ninety fourth he recommends it to the Archbishop of Aix to assist the Commissaries of the Holy See in their Proceedings against the Hereticks of Provence, and the Vaudois, Ca∣tares, Patarins, and others. This same Letter is likewise directed to the Archbishops of Narbonne, Auch, Vienne, Arles, Embrun, Tarragon, and Lions, and their Suffragans, and to all the Princes, Barons, Earls, and in general to all the People of those Provinces.

In the ninety fifth he exhorted all the Ecclesiasticks to favour the Brothers of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit founded at Montpellier: and in the ninety seventh he confirms the Privileges of that Hospital.

In the ninety sixth he ordered the Archbishop of Trani, and the Bishop of Bitonto to take care of the restitution of those things that had been taken from the Monastry of Pont de Brinde, by excommunicating those that were in possession of them, till they should restore them.

In the ninety eighth he gave Judgment that the Canons newly created in the Chapter of Fer∣rara ought to have part of the additions to the Revenues of that Chapter.

In the ninety ninth he puts the King of Portugal in mind of paying that acknowledgment which his Father Alphonsus had engaged himself to pay to the Holy See every year after hav∣ing received the Title of King, and informs him that he has given order to his Legate to force him, if he would not do it willingly.

In the hundredth he order'd the Chaplains of St. John of Persiceto to pay their Archpriest the right of Procuration, which he should give the Bishop of Bologn for his Visit.

In the hundred and first he ordered the Archbishop of Vienne to put him that had been named by the Abbot of Chaise-Dicu, in possession of the Abbey of Faverni, if he found that Abbot's right was well grounded.

In the hundred and second he answered the Chapter of Spoletto, that the Marriage of a Man with a Concubine which he kept while his Wife was alive, is valid, except it could be proved that one of them had a hand in her death.

The hundred and third is in favour of a Man who had a Canonry of the Church of Laon resigned him, but had been opposed in it by another that the Holy See had provided, and cast after a great deal of charges, in a Suit at Rome under Pope Celestin. The Pope willing to deal favourably with him, ordered that he should be acknowledged and considered as a Canon by the Chapter of Laon, and should enter upon the first Canon's place vacant in that Church, notwithstanding a Decree of the Holy See to the contrary. This is the Subject of this Letter written to the Archbishop of Sens, and the Bishop and Chapter of Laon.

In the hundred and fourth he determines that a Man who has enter'd into any Order when he was very young, and afterwards has changed it, because of his weakness, for one less rigid and severe, and has in this last received all Orders, may without scruple perform the Functi∣ons incumbent on those Orders, remaining a Monk in the latter Monastry.

In the hundred and fifth, and the hundred and sixth, he declared to the Archbishop of Monreal in Sicily, that he is obliged to redeem all the Estates of his Church which he had alie∣nated to no good purpose, and forbids him to alienate them any more.

In the hundred and seventh he determined that Beneficiaries are obliged to reside in the Church where their Benefices lie.

In the hundred and eighth he confirmed a Treaty made between Walter Archbishop of Rouen, and Richard King of England, by the consent of the Chapter and Bishops of the Province of Normandy; by which the Archbishop of Rouen was to give Andely to the King, except the Churches, Prebends, Fiefs, and the Land of Fresne: and the King in lieu was to give him all the Mills which he had at Rouen, the Towns of Diepe, and Boteille, with the Land of Louviers, and the Forest of Aliermont.

In the hundred and ninth, to the Bishops of Arras, Tournay, Terouane and Cambray, he laid open the whole Suit that had been about the Election of a Provost into the Church of Seclin in Flanders. The Countess of Flanders who claimed the Patronage of that Church had named a Provost for it: the Canons being unwilling to receive him, she appealed to the Holy See; notwithstanding which Appeal the Canons had chosen John of Bethune for their Provost, who had obtained a Rescript from the Predecessor of Innocent, ordering the Bishop and Pro∣vost of Soissons to maintain the Election, and excommunicate the Countess if she should op∣pose it. In pursuance of this the Commissaries had excommunicated the Countess, and their Judgment had been likewise seconded by other Commissaries: but at last the Case being brought before Innocent, he declar'd, That the Rescript in favour of John of Bethune had been obtained by a Trick, that the Countess had been unjustly excommunicated; and therefore he revoked all that had been acted by the Commissaries. This is the Substance of this Letter and the next to the Archbishop of Rheims.

In the hundred and eleventh he forbad the Archbishop of Canterbury to build a Chappel that might any way be a prejudice to his Cathedral.

In the hundred and twelfth he declared it meritorious to reform Women from their Iewd∣nesses, and to marry them.

By the three following he ordered that the Monastry of Baume should be subject to that of Cluni.

In the hundred and sixteenth, written to the Canons and Provost of St. Juvenca of Pavia, he order'd them to entertain the Canon to whom his Predecessor had given a Mandate to be admitted into their Chapter.

In the hundred and seventeenth to the Archbishop of Bourges, he declar'd, That the Pope alone has Authority to permit Bishops to change one See for another.

By the hundred and eighteenth he entrusted the Bishop, the Chanter, and a Canon of the Church of Paris with the execution of a Mandate which his Predecessor had given to Bernard of Lisle, for a Canonship of Tournay, in which he had been invested by the Dean of Paris.

In the hundred and nineteenth he gave Commission to the Bishop of Lamego, to a Monk that had before been Bishop of that City, and to a Prior, to be Judges in a difference between the Archbishop of Brague, and the Canons of St. Martins of Castre about Immunity.

In the hundred and twentieth he ordered the Archbishop of Milan to confer the Dignity of Chancellor of his Church on Henry Subdeacon of the Church of Rome.

The three next were written to procure the restitution of those things to the Cardinal of Sancta Maria, which had been taken from him by Hubert the Son of Palavicin. He ordered that unless within a fortnight they gave satisfaction for the damage done to that Cardinal, the Churches of Placentia and Parma should be deprived of their Bishopricks, and subjected to the Archbishop of Ravenna.

In the hundred twenty fourth, he gives leave to the Bishop of Oviedo to make a Monastry of a house of Regular Canons.

In the hundred twenty fifth, he gave permission to take off the Censure that had been publish∣ed against the Kingdom of Leon, and to absolve the King; but not before he had restored the Bishop of Leon, and made him reparation for the Injury he had done him.

In the hundred twenty and sixth to the Archbishop of Tarragon, he said, That having heard that his Church was too full by reason of the Benefices that had been given to a great many

Persons both within and without his Diocess, he would have him for the next seven years let alone the filling of Vacancies, that by this means it might be eased.

The hundred and twenty seventh is a Confirmation of a Mandate granted by his Predecessor for a Canonry of the Church of Cambray.

The two next have nothing in them worth taking notice of.

The hundred and thirtieth is the Confirmation of a Treaty between the King of France and Earl of Flanders.

In the hundred and thirty first, to the Abbots of Citeaux, and of Clairvaux, he forbad the Archbishop of Rouen to act in any thing against Philip King of France, to the prejudice of that Appeal which he had put in to the Holy See; and he trusts these two Abbots to see the Order executed.

In the hundred thirty second he granted the Bishop of Tortona the power of forcing the Monks of his Diocess to observe the Interdict which he had published.

In the hundred and thirty third he gave order that the Parishioners of St. Achindanus at Constantinople, dependent upon the Archbishop of Grado, should pay their Tenths to this Arch-bishop, tho they had been used to pay them heretofore to the Bishops his Suffragans.

In the hundred and thirty fourth he answer'd the Abbot and the Religious of Belleville, that they might build Oratories wheresoever they had Religious sufficient to celebrate Divine Office, provided still that they first have leave of the Bishop of the place. By the next Letter he freed them from that excessive Duty of Procuration which they owed the Religious of St. Irenaeus.

The hundred and thirty sixth is an Approbation of the Statutes of the Abbey of St. Waast of Arras.

In the hundred and thirty seventh he confirms the Customs and Privileges of the Abbey of Vezetai, and grants it some new ones, particularly that of singing Gloria in excelsis on the day of the Translation of St. Mary Magdalen in Lent.

In the hundred thirty and eighth he revok'd a Privilege granted to a certain Chapter, that their Church should never be interdicted upon the account of any injury done by the Lords of the place to the neighbour Churches, because they had abused this Grant.

In the hundred and fortieth he confirmed the Decree of the General Council of Lateran for settling the number of Domesticks that Prelates might take with them when they went a visiting.

In the hundred and forty first he gave his Approbation of the Agreement which the Abbot and Religious of Vezelai had made with the Earl of Nevers. He writes in the next to the Archbi∣shop of Sens, to the Bishops of Autum, Langres, Auxerre and Nevers, to take care that this Agree∣ment be observed by the Count of Nevers and his Successors.

In the hundred forty and third he determined that a Clerk who had bragged of his having abused a Woman, ought to be turned out of his Living, and that the Husband of the Woman should take her again.

In the hundred forty fourth he enjoins one who had been elected Bishop, to whom his Prede∣cessor had given leave to be for some time absent from his Diocess for the studying of the Holy Scriptures, and who had abused this allowance, so as to apply himself to the study of the Civil Law; he enjoins him, I say, to return to his Diocess, and to take with him one well versed in the Holy Scripture to instruct him.

In the hundred forty fifth he gave order to execute a Mandate which his Predecessor had given his Secretary for a Canonry of Poictiers.

The hundred forty and sixth is about the Reform of the Monastry of Caduin in Poictou. In the following he order'd that the Abbot of this Monastry should be upheld against the Abbots that had been forcibly put in by the Monks.

The three following concern the Privileges of the Abbey of Vezelai.

In the hundred fifty and first he allows him that had been chosen Bishop of Cambray to give up his right, and would have the Chapter to proceed to a new Election; and if they could not agree upon a Man, then that the Archbishop of Rheims, to whom this Letter is written, should provide one.

In the hundred fifty and second he gives leave to that Archbishop to erect the Abbey of Mou∣zon into a Bishoprick, or to build a Cathedral in the place according to a Grant made him by his Predecessor; provided all the while that the Monks be not driven out of their Monastry.

By the next Letter he gives him leave as long as he lives to appoint the Bishops of this new Bishoprick.

In the hundred fifty fourth he confirm'd the Judgment which Cardinal William Archbishop of Rheims had given in favour of the Chancellor of the Church of Tournay.

The next five Letters are written in favour of the Chapter of the Church of Tournay, to hin∣der the Alienation of their Estate, and about the Division to be made thereof between them.

The four following are in favour of the Church of St. Waast of Arras.

In the hundred and sixty fourth he commissions the Archbishop of Grado to give Judgment in a Difference between the Archdeacon of Trevisi and the Clergy of that Church.

The hundred and sixty fifth is addressed to all the Prelates and Christian Lords, to exhort them to assist his Legates Rainier and Guy, and to employ their spiritual and temporal Authority against the Hereticks which they should find.

In the hundred and sixty sixth he gave leave to the Abbot of St. Waast of Arras to send back the Regular Canons to a Church they had been of before, although they had been settled there since the Monks.

In the hundred and sixty seventh he order'd that all those that had a hand in the murder of a certain Bishop should come to Rome for Absolution, except they were in danger of their lives, or could not come thither in person.

In the hundred and sixty eighth and ninth he cited the Archbishop of Tours to Rome before the Feast of St. Michael, for the decision of a Difference between him and the Bishop of Dol.

In the hundred and seventieth he entrusted the Archbishop of Tarentaise, the Bishop of Aosta, and the Abbot of Bonnemont to prepare things for a hearing between the Bishop of Lausanna and his Chapter, who accused him of having robbed and wasted the Goods of the Church. The three hundred and thirty fourth is upon the same subject.

The hundred and seventy first is a Letter of advice to Philip Augustus King of France, ear∣nestly exhorting him to take his Wife again, and to put away her that he had married.

In the hundred and seventy second he appointed the Archbishop of Rheims to take care of the preservation of the Rights of the Abbey of St. Germain des Prez: which he confirms in the next Letter, as he doth those of the Abbey of St. Dennis in the hundred and seventy fourth, and fifth.

In the hundred and seventy sixth he recommends himself to the Prayers of the Religious of Ci∣teaux and other Societies.

By the hundred and seventy seventh he ordered the Archbishop of Armagh, to allow the Bishop of Robogh, who had resigned his Bishoprick to another, to retire, and the other to whom he had resigned it to remain in it, provided the Canons of that Church would choose him.

In the hundred and seventy eighth he approved of the Judgment that the Cardinal of St. Ma∣ry had given in a Suit between two private Men, about a Canon••••ip in the Church of Pavia.

The hundred and seventy ninth is a Confirmation of the Election of an Abbot of St. Dennis.

In the hundred and eightieth he gave leave to the Bishop of Agrigento to remove the Mona∣stries in his Diocess, which stood too much exposed, into places more secure, and to recover the Possessions of his Church which had been alienated.

In the hundred and eighty first he gave leave to the Abbot and Religious of St. Germain of Auxerre, in case the Bishop of Auxerre who was at fallings out with them should deny, or purposely to their prejudice defer giving them holy Chris••m for the Dedication of their Altars and Churches, or consecrating their Abbots, and ordaining their Monks gratis, to apply them∣selves to any other Bishop whom they pleased: and likewise forbids this Bishop to require any thing for the absolution of those belonging to this Abby that he had excommunicated. By the hun∣dred and eighty fourth he determined, that if this Bishop excommunicated them unjustly, his Ex∣communication shall be null: and by the hundred and eighty fifth he allows them to apply to the Archbishop of Sens for protection from the Injustice and Violences of their Bishop.

In the hundred and eighty second he appointed the time for the Trial of the Suit between the Bishop of Langres and his Chapter, to be at Michaelmas.

In the hundred and eighty third he nominated the Bishops of Arras and Senlis to take care of the Privileges of the Abbey of St. Dennis.

By the hundred and eighty sixth he appointed the Bishop and Dean of Mascon, Judges in the Difference between the Bishop of Au••un and the Monastry of Baume.

By the hundred and eighty seventh he order'd the Chapter of Milan to let the Bishop of Tor∣tona still enjoy the Canonry which he had in their Church before he was Bishop.

In the hundred eighty and eighth he wrote to the Archbishop of Sens to oblige the Bishop of Autun to observe the Sentence which the Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia, had given in the case between this Bishop of Autun, and the Abbot of Flavigny.

In the hundred and eighty ninth he confirm'd the Election of Hugues to the Abby of Vezelai, and advises him to discharge his Duty.

In the hundred and ninetieth he wrote to the Archbishop and Archdeacon of Sens, not to turn out of his Living a Clergyman that had by chance killed a Child as he was shooting an Arrow at a Tree, and had had Absolution for his Fault from the former Archbishop, who had absolved him, and permitted him still to keep his Benefice.

In the hundred and ninety first he empower'd the Bishop of Troies to oblige the Clergy of his Diocess that had Pluralities to leave them, and to force those whom he should have occasion for in higher Orders, to receive Ordination.

In the hundred and ninety second, to the Archbishop of Sens, and the Bishop of Troies, he disannuls a new Order made by the Canons of Troies; which was, That the Canons who had been already made, should receive their Incomes whether present or absent, whereas those that should be made for the time to come should not receive them but only when they were present.

In the hundred and ninety third he confirm'd an Agreement made between the Bishop of Troies and the Order of Premontre.

By the hundred ninety fourth, and fifth, he order'd the Bishop of Xaintes to depose the Prior of a Society of Regular Canons, for having wasted the Estate of the Monastry, and overthrown their Government.

By the hundred and ninety fourth, written to the Abbot and Religious of Premontre, he con∣firmed a Grant made them by his Predecessors, of taking in, and turning out whom they pleased of their Order, without so much as submitting to the Letters of the Pope, for the taking in those again whom they had cast out.

The next is a Confirmation of a Statute of the Chapter General of the Order of Premontre, forbidding all the Abbots of their Order to wear a Mitre and Gloves like a Bishop. In the hun∣dred and ninety eighth too he confirms another of the Statutes of their Chapter, by which they had order'd that they should not be obliged to receive any Nuns into their Order. In the two hundreth he gives them protection from any trouble that might be given them under the pre∣tence of the Right of Procuration. By the two hundred and second, and the two hundred and third he order'd that the Canons of this Order should be subject to their respective Abbots and Superiours, and those to the Abbot and Chapter General of Premontre, before which they should appear at the times appointed by their Orders. Lastly, he recommends in the two hundred and fourth, the Privileges and Rights of this Order to the care of all the Prelates in Christendom.

In the hundred and ninety ninth he ordered the Archdeacon of Laon to restore to Hugues the Abbot of Peirrepont the Horse which he had exacted of him on the day of his Promotion to that Dignity.

In the two hundred and first he wrote to the Bishop and Dean, and Archdeacon of Soissons about an Oath which the Religious of the Abby of St. Eloy of Noyon had made before they chose an Abbot, that he who should be chosen should have it in his Power to dispose of only three Obediences, and that he should not appeal to the Holy See, or to the Pope's Legate. Innocent determined, That they ought to have a Penance laid upon them for this Oath, and that there should be no obliga∣tion upon any one to observe it.

In the two hundred and fifth he reprimands the Bishop of Senlis for giving half a Prebend to a man that had a Mandate of the Popes; contrary to an Order of the Council of Tours, which forbids the dividing of Prebends. He order'd him to give this Man the first Canons place that should be vacant in his Church, on pain of being deprived of the conferring of them, till he had provided him one; and forbids the Canons to receive any other.

The two hundred and sixth Letter to the King of England, is a mystical Moral upon the Stones of four Rings which he had sent him.

In the two hundred and seventh he gave leave to the Bishop of Lizieux, to reduce all the Pensions upon the Churches in his Diocess which were contrary to the Decree of the Council of Lateran.

In the two hundred and eighth to the same Bishop, after having taken notice that he ought not to admit of those Appeals which were made only to evade Judgment, he granted him power of fixing a competent time to those of his Diocess, who had appealed to the Holy See, to prose∣cute their Appeal; which if they failed to do in that time, Judgment should be executed on them.

The two hundred and ninth is against a Dean of Rouen, and a Chaplain who had abused a Priest, and done other Violences. He order'd the Archdeacons of Bayeux and Coutances to sus∣pend them ab officio & beneficio, and to excommunicate them till such time as they should make satisfaction.

In the two hundred and tenth he order'd the Bishop of Evreux, and the Archdeacon of Li∣zieux to inform about a design of a certain Lord that had many Benefices in his Gift, of found∣ing in his own Land a Collegiate Church of Regular Canons, which should enjoy the Incomes of the Churches of which they were Patrons.

In the two hundred and eleventh he wrote to the King of Navarr to restore certain Castles to the King of England. If he should refuse, he threatned to proceed against him with Eccle∣siastical Censures.

In the two hundred and twelfth, to the Prior and Religious of Bourgueil, he declar'd it not to be in the power of their Abbot to alienate or mortgage the Estate of their Monastry, unless with the consent of the greatest and wisest part of their Society.

In the two hundred and thirteenth he order'd that the Knights should pay the Tenths of the Lands that had been given them, to the Church to which they belonged.

In the two hundred and fourteenth, he entrusted the Archbishop of Bourges, the Abbot of St. Cibar of Angouleme, and the Dean of Perigueux with the Regulation of a Difference between the Bishop of Angouleme and his Chapter, about the number of Canons in that Church.

In the two hundred and fifteenth he gave judgment in a Contest about a Prebend of a Church, in favour of him to whom this Letter is written.

In the two hundred and sixteenth he gives leave to the Abbot of Beza to send some of his Religious into the Obediences of Cluni, and to take some of the Religious of Cluni into his Mo∣nastry, for the reestablishment of it after its being very much damaged by fire.

In the two hundred and seventeenth he determined that the Merchants ought to pay to the Bishop of Bergues the usual Tithes.

In the two hundred and eighteenth he order'd the paiment of the yearly penny for every Fa∣mily, which the Earl of Couthnes had obliged himself to make all his Subjects pay as an Alms to the Holy See; and because the new Bishop of that Country had been the occasion of stopping the paiment of that Duty, he empowered the Bishops of Kirchval and Rosse to force him to it by Ecclesiastical Punishments.

By the two hundred and nineteenth he declar'd null the Grant which his Predecessor had made of a Church to a Canon of Mascon, not knowing that he had been excommunicated by his Chapter.

The two hundred and twentieth is written against a certain Chaplain that used to require Mony for the burial of the Dead, and the benediction of Marriages, and would pretend some hin∣drance or other if they would not pay him.

By the two hundred twenty first he committed to the Bishop of Lisbon and two Priors the Judgment of a Case between the Bishop of Coimbra and the Templers.

In the two hundred and twenty second he sent back to the Abbot, and two Monks of the Ab∣bey of Alcobacius in Portugal, the Examination of the Difference which was between the Bishop of Coimbra, and the Monastry of the Religious of the Holy Cross of Arganil, about an Exemp∣tion they pretended to under covert of a Privilege which they had by a trick gained of Pope Clement, by feigning that the Mother-Church was not the Cathedral Church, but the Church of Rome. His Determination is, That if this were all they went upon, they must e'en be subject to the Jurisdiction of that Bishop.

The five following are likewise written to maintain the Privileges of the Bishop of Co∣imbra.

The two hundred and twenty eighth is written to the Archbishop of Rouen, forbidding him to absolve those Persons which his Suffragans had excommunicated; and ordering him to send them back to their Bishop, and then if he should refuse to absolve them, giving him leave to do it, first taking security of the Accused upon Oath, and upon condition of full satisfaction being made to the Bishop, if he do not find that the man was unjustly excommunicated.

In the two hundred and twenty ninth he granted the Bishop of Lizieux the Privilege of not appearing before the Bishop of Rouen as Judg Delegate in case he suspected him, unless his Let∣ters of Commission should have this particularly in them.

The two hundred and thirtieth is to the King of England, wherein he gave him an account of what he had done as to the Restitution of that Mony which the Germans had exacted of him for his Ransom: and of what he had done against the King of Navarr to make him restore those Castles which belonged to him. Lastly, he makes a relation of the complaints and differences between the Kings of France and England, and protests that it was not his design to declare for either side, but to do all he could to make peace between them.

In the two hundred and thirty first he order'd the Archbishop of Bourges to inform against the Bishop of Angouleme, accused by his Chapter of wasting the Estate of his Church, and a great many other Irregularities.

In the two hundred and thirty second, to the Abbot and Religious of Cherlieu, he decided, That one of their Monks who was gone over into the Order of the Black Monks, and had there taken the Order of Priesthood, could perform the Offices of his Order.

In the two hundred and thirty third he determined moreover, that the Canons may be Wit∣nesses in the Civil Causes of their Church, and that credit ought to be given to their Testi∣mony.

In the two hundred and thirty fourth he commissions the Bishop of Autun, and the Abbots of Oigny, and of St. Margaret, to reform the Monastry of St. John of Autun.

The two hundred and thirty fifth is written to the Archbishop of Rheims, and to the other Archbishops and Bishops of the Kingdom of France, against the forging of the Popes Bulls; and to prevent it for the time to come, he order'd that the Bulls should be received either from the hands of the Pope, or of them who are commissioned by him to deliver them. And for the remedying what was past, he would have a Provincial Council called, and all that pretended to have any Letters from the Pope ordered to produce them, that they might be compared with the true ones: and if they were found to be forged ones, those who forged them should be punished; the Laicks with Excommunication, and the Clergy by being suspended ab officio & bene∣ficio. Lastly, he order'd that it should be publish'd, That all those who to their knowledg had any of these forged Letters, should be bound to produce them within a fortnight, under pain of Excommunication not to be taken off by the Pope himself, except at the point of death.

In the two hundred and thirty sixth he wrote to the Archbishop of Magdeburg, to force the Duke of Suabia to restore that Mony to the King of England which the Emperor Henry had ex∣acted from him for his Ransom. The two hundred and fifty second is to the Duke of Austria upon the same subject.

In the two hundred thirty seventh he empower'd the Bishop of Tarentaise to absolve those Incendiaries that could not come to Rome within three years, by reason of their sickness or hin∣drance by their Enemies.

In the two hundred and thirty eighth he settled upon the Bishop of Neytrach or Bezzenza all the Possessions that he might have, and exempts all the Lands of his Church which he kept in his own hands from all sorts of Tithes.

In the two hundred and thirty ninth, he determined that the Bishop of Oviedo was not oblig∣ed to restore the fruits of a piece of Land which belonged to the Bishop of Zamora, until he had paid what was owed him, that he might be in a condition to pay his debts.

By the two hundred and fortieth, and forty first, he revok'd that Privilege which he had grant∣ed the Bishop of Lizieux, of not answering, if he did not please, before the Archbishop of

Rouen; but he order'd that this Archbishop should never proceed against him till after having thrice admonished him; and that whensoever he appealed a futuro gravamine, the Archbishop should have no power to attempt any thing farther either against him or his Church.

In the two hundred and forty third he gave leave to the Prior of Locheier to keep the Estate of his Church in his own hands, paying the Chapter the Rents which the Farmers used to pay them.

In the two hundred and forty fourth, to the Bishop and Chapter of Angouleme, he determined, That the non-resident Canons should have no power to oppose any Orders made by the Chapter in their absence.

In the two hundred and forty fifth, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Bishops of Lincoln and Worcester, and to the Abbot of Tewksbury, he order'd, That the Monks be reestablished in the Church of Coventry, who had been turned out by the Bishop of Chester, under pretence of a Brief gained by a Trick from his Predecessor.

By the two hundred and forty sixth he commissioned the Archbishop of Bourdeaux, and the Abbots of St. Cibar of Angouleme, and of Nanteuil, to be Judges in a Difference between the Bishop of Angouleme, and the Archdeacon of Mairinac.

In the two hundred and forty seventh he committed to the Bishop of Nevers the examination of a Difference between the Bishop of Autun and the Abbot of Bussiere, about the goods of an Archpriest who had desired to be made a Monk in this Abbey, and had let them enjoy his Goods while he lived, of which the Bishop of Autun stript them when he was dead, pretending that when this Archpriest offered himself to the Monastry, he was not well in his senses; but, as he answered the Monks who asked him, Will you be a Monk? Yes, I will; so he answered ano∣ther, who asked him, Will you be an Ass? Yes, I will. The Pope order'd that if the Bishop could prove that the Archpriest was beside himself at the time he made this Donation, then the Monastry should be condemned to restore his Estate and the Use of it; but if he could not prove that, they belonged to the Monastry.

In the two hundred and forty eighth he entrusted the Abbot of St. Eucher, the Dean, and a Canon of Treves, with the Judgment of a Suit about a Prebend of St. Mary Magdalen of Verdun.

In the two hundred and forty ninth he order'd Cardinal Rainier to oblige the Kings of Portu∣gal and Castile to observe the Conditions of peace which they had agreed upon.

The six next Letters have nothing worth notice in them.

In the two hundred and fifty sixth he determin'd, That the Acts of Judges are not authentick unless they are authorised by the Witnesses.

In the two hundred and fifty seventh he confirmed some Rules made by the Magistrates of Benevento, about the dues of Officers of Justice.

By the two hundred and fifty eighth he order'd the execution of a Mandate granted by Pope Celestin for a Canonship of Benevento.

In the two hundred and fifty ninth he order'd the Archbishop and Chapter of Rouen to proceed according to the Resolution of the greatest and wisest part of the Chapter, that every Canon should contribute out of his Revenue towards the repairing of the Church.

In the two hundred and sixtieth, written to the same Archbishop, he exhorts him not to yield to the agreement which the Kings of France and England had made together, by which they re∣solved to appoint four Ecclesiasticks to examine whether the Judgments he had given, or should give, ought to be executed by them against their Subjects; and in case they should not give Judgment, that they ought to force them by seizing on their Estates to revoke their Judgment.

In the two hundred and sixty first he wrote to the Bishop of Winchester to punish the Simo∣niacks in his Diocess, notwithstanding their appeal to the Holy See.

In the two hundred and sixty second, to the Bishop and Chapter of Vesca, he order'd them to turn a certain Clergyman out of his Living for having forged Letters, by which he got his Liv∣ing again after having left it.

In the two hundred and sixty third he gave leave to the Bishop of Amiens to put what Ca∣nons he pleased into a House which he had given the Abbot of St. Martin of the Twins to place his Canons in, if the Abbot should neglect to do it after being put in mind by the Bishop.

In the two hundred and sixty fourth, to the Archbishop of Rouen, he determined, That a person who hath the Patronage of a Living cannot present himself to it, however fit he be for the Place.

In the two following to the same Person, he declar'd, That all the Diocesans as well Eccle∣siasticks as Laicks are obliged to submit to the Sentences of Interdiction published by the Bishop.

In the two hundred and sixty seventh, written to the Bishop, Archdeacon, and Sacrist of Ma∣guelone, about a Difference between this Bishop and the Provost of his Church concerning a Person nominated to the Archdeaconship of this Diocess, after having related the reasons urged on one side and the other, he declar'd, That following the Footsteps of his Predecessors, who were of op••nion, that the Judgments of the See of Rome might be altered when it was found there had been a Trick, he revoked the Donation of this Archdeaconship made by the Bishop, although approved of by his Predecessor Pope Alexander; and order'd the Chapter to proceed to a new Election. By the five hundred forty and first he settled the Archdeaconship upon him who had had it conferred upon him by the Archbishop of Arles.

In the two hundred and sixty eighth he recommended the protection of the Monastry of St. Victor of Marseilles to the Archbishops of Arles, Aix, and Embrun, and to the Bishops their Suffragans.

In the two hundred and sixty ninth he order'd the Bishop of Varadin to come to Rome to re∣ceive the Absolution of the Excommunication which he had incurred.

In the two hundred and seventieth he gave leave to the King of Hungary to keep back an Earl, and some other Holy Soldiers to the number of twenty, whom he had need of to keep himself firm in his Kingdom.

In the two hundred and seventy first he exhorted an Hungarian Lord to be loyal to his King.

In the two hundred and seventy second he confirmed a Judgment given by his Legate Cardi∣nal Gregory in favour of the Bishop of Transilvania.

By the two hundred and seventy third he entrusted the Archbishop of Arles with the Reform of the Monastry of Lerins, with leave to put in some of the Monks of Citeaux, if he did not find any of that Order there.

In the two hundred and seventy fourth he gave leave to this Archbishop to put some of the Monks of Citeaux into an Island in the stead of the Canons which were there, but had not subsistence.

In the two hundred and seventy fifth he order'd the Archbishop and Archdeacon of Narbonne to nullify all that the Abbot of St. Saviour of Lodeve had done against the Monks of his Mo∣nastry, and other Persons, to the prejudice of their Appeal put into the Holy See.

In the two hundred and seventy sixth he gave leave to the Canons of St. John of Besancon to settle another House with the consent of their Bishop.

By the two hundred and seventy seventh he discharged the Archbishop of Besancon from the ac∣cusation which his Canons had laid against him, they not caring to prosecute it; and he forbids them for the future to propose any thing against their Archbishop: but in the mean while he sets the Bishop of Challon and the Abbot de la Fertè to inform him of the Conduct of this Archbishop.

By the two hundred and seventy eighth he commissioned the Abbots of Citeaux and de Toul to proceed against the Treasurer of Besancon, to oblige him to residence, because, says he, it is agreeable to reason and equity, that he who has the honor and the profit should bear the charge of it, and that the Ecclesiastical Dignities were established for this end that those who enjoyed them should do Service to the Lord.

In the two hundred and seventy ninth he complained to the Archbishop of Milan of his saying that he had been deceived in the meaning of Letters from the Holy See for want of attention to what they contained, and order'd him for the future to take care of the execution of those that should be directed to him or his Diocesaus, except they had been gotten by suppressing and hiding the Truth, or by telling a Falshood.

The two hundred and eightieth is a Confirmation granted to the Chapter of Colocza to receive the Tithes of certain Villages.

In the two hundred and eighty first he committed the Reform of the Monastry of St. Stephen to the Archbishop of Colocza.

In the two hundred and eighty second, to the Patriarch of Grado, he order'd the execution of a Treaty made between the Church of St. Saviour, and that of St. Bartholomew of Venice.

In the two hundred and eighty third he determined, That the Church of St. Proculus should be totally subject to the Monastry of St. Zeno of Verona, and that the Archpriest and Clergy of that Church should be subject to the Abbot of St. Zeno, and should receive the Holy Chrism from his hands. He leaves them to take care of all that belonged to the Church of St. Proculus, the Chappels and Offices which depended on it, and the Privilege of choosing the Archpriest.

The two hundred and eighty fourth is a Confirmation of the Institution of the Order of Regu∣lar Canons of the Abby of S. Osytus of Chuc, and of its Privileges.

In the two hundred and eighty fifth he order'd that the Bishop of Segovia should have the Privilege of putting Canons into his Church with the consent of the greatest and wisest part of the Chapter, notwithstanding the opposition of some of the Canons.

The two hundred and eighty sixth is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Abbey of St. Germain of Auxerre.

In the two hundred and eighty seventh, to the Bishop of Pampeluna, he empower'd this Bishop to celebrate, or cause to be celebrated during the General Interdict, the Divine Office in a low Voice, the doors of the Church being shut, without ringing the Bells, upon condition that he should not assist any of those that were interdicted or excommunicated.

By the two hundred eighty and eighth he gave commission to the Bishop of Riez to give the Dean of St. Quintin who was in Lombardy, notice to appear before the Archbishop of Rheims, and the Bishop of Arras, whom he had appointed Judges in the Difference between the Dean and his Chapter, jointly with any other whom the Dean should please to name. The following Letter is the Commission to the Archbishop of Rheims and the Bishop of Arras.

In the two hundred and ninetieth he confirm'd the Election of Sifroy to the Provostship of Augsburgh.

By the two hundred and ninety first he commissioned the Archbishop of Bourges to inform against the Abbot of Esterpe.

In the two hundred and ninety second he gave leave to the Bishop of Aquino to retake the Possessions which had been alienated from his Church. In the two hundred and ninety fourth he gave the Bishop of Malta the same permission.

In the two hundred and ninety third he confirm'd the Order which the Bishop of Vatz in Hungary had made to oblige the Curates of his Diocess to come to his Synod.

By the two hundred ninety fifth he commissioned the Archbishop of Trani, and the Archdea∣con of Brindesi to be Judges in a Difference between two private Men about the Chantership of Otranto.

In the two hundred and ninety sixth he confirmed the Power of the Canons of St. Peter of Rome over divers other Churches.

In the two hundred ninety seventh he determin'd, That a Man who had been distracted, and was thereupon turned out of his Canonship, and made a Monk of, and being now come again to his Senses had protested against this dealing, should be put off a while, and reestablished in his Living.

In the two hundred and ninety eighth, to the Archdeacon of Milan, he declar'd that Here∣ticks cannot be chosen into Livings, nor have any right to choose.

In the two hundred and ninety ninth he entrusted the Bishop of Nevers, and the Abbots of Vezelai, and Maizeries, with the Judgment of a Difference between two Competitors to the Abbey of Flavigny.

By the three hundredth, to the Archbishop of Magdeburg and his Suffragans, he order'd them to make use of Ecclesiastical Censures to make the Estates of the Holy Soldiers, which had been taken from them while they were in the Holy Land, be restored them.

In the three hundred and first he commits to the Bishop of Lizieux, and the Abbot of Valricher, the Cause of the Abbot of Conches.

In the three hundred and second he exhorted the Bishop of Syracuse, and the Bishops of Apu∣leia, Calabria, and Tuscany, to preach the Crusade, and earnestly exhort all their Diocesans to go to the Holy Land.

In the three hundred and third he advised the Religious of St. Saviour of Telesa to proceed to the Election of a new Abbot, their Abbey being vacant by the voluntary Resignation of the former.

The three hundred and fourth is a Mandate directed to the Bishop of Limoges, and the Ca∣nons, for a Prebend of their Chapter.

In the three hundred and fifth he declar'd that the judgment of the greatest and wisest part of the Chapter ought to carry it.

In the three hundred and seventh he decided this Case, That a Man who wanted his left hand, and had been chosen Abbot without its being known that he was so maimed, ought to be turned out, as not being capable upon that account to receive Holy Orders.

In the three hundred and eighth he wrote to the Archbishop of Lyons about the absolution of his Archdeacon.

The three hundred and ninth is written to the Bishop of Padua against those Canons that lived more like Laicks than Ecclesiasticks, who wore the Habit of Laicks, and made no scruple of living publickly with Concubines; he order'd the Bishop to take care of them, to oblige them to live honestly, to wear a Clergyman's Habit, and to part with their Concubines, to eat in com∣mon, and never to lie out of their Cloister.

In the three hundred and tenth he wrote to the Archbishop of Montreal in Sicily, that the Ho∣ly See always kept the absolution of those that abused the Clergy in its own hands, to the end that if the honour and respect which was due to Ecclesiasticks could not keep men within their duty, at least the pains and trouble of a Voyage to Rome might restrain them: that the Church of Rome did sometimes abate of this Rigour by an especial Dispensation, where 'twas reasona∣ble: that in this it did not seek its own private advantage, but aimed at the preservation of the Privileges of the Clergy, and the Salvation of those that failed in that point. Upon these grounds he gave power to this Archbishop for three years to absolve such of his Diocess who were guilty of this Crime, as either for age or infirmity were not in a condition to come to Rome.

In the three hundred and eleventh he confirmed the Orders which had been made by the Bi∣shop of Rennes, commissioned by the Legate of the Holy See, in regard to the Duty of the Ab∣bot of Bourgueil and his manner of living; namely, that he should be obliged to eat in the Hall, and sleep in the Dorter, except he had some allowable excuse to assist in the Office, to take the advice of his Chapter in Affairs relating to the House, &c. He appointed in the next Letter the Bishop and Dean of Rennes to see these Orders executed.

In the three hundred and thirteenth he determined, That a Laick who had the Tithes in his hands might give them to a Monastry with the consent of the Bishop of the Diocess, without having need of taking that of his Clergy too.

In the three hundred and fourteenth he confirmed a Judgment given between two Priests of Trevisi, by a Cardinal whom he had commissioned for that purpose, in a Suit which they had about a Benefice.

In the three hundred and fifteenth he order'd the Archbishop of Milan to give a Canon's place in his Church to Bonacausius a Clergyman of that City, who had been sent on the part of this Archbishop to the Pope, and had gained a Mandate about a Benefice in that Church.

In the three hundred and sixteenth he confirmed the Privileges of the Archbishop of Montreal.

The three hundred and seventeenth is an account of a long Case between the Abbot of Pegaw, and the Bishop of Morsburg. This Abbot being accused of many Crimes, was called on by the Bishop to answer, who passed sentence upon him for Non-appearance, which was confirmed by

the I egate of the Holy See. To avoid the Consequences of this Sentence, and without telling a word of what had passed, he obtained a Grant from Pope Celestin, which exempted him from the Jurisdiction of this Bishop. Returning into Germany, and there showing his Grant, he was cit∣ed to the Court of the Emperor who had an account of it. From thence he appealed to the Holy See, and got Commissaries named. In the mean time the Archbishop of Magdeburg hav∣ing interdicted, and having a mind to turn him out of his Abby too, he was forced to put him∣self into the hands of this Archbishop, who gave an arbitrary Sentence. The Abbot not being pleased with this, made his complaints to Rome, and had Commissaries appointed not very favoura∣ble to the Bishop of Mersburg: they made their Information: it is carried to Rome, the Affair is sent back again from thence to other Commissaries, and at last made up by an agreement between the Parties. Notwithstanding this, the Abbot still applied himself to Rome, and got two of the prime Judges appointed Commissaries; the one of them gave his Information, and the Bishop appeal'd from it. The Pope gave them Commissaries, and upon their report of the Case, doth by this Letter confirm the decisive Sentence of the Archbishop of Magdeburg, except what re∣garded the validity of the Privilege. He revokes whatsoever is contrary to that, and order'd that the Monastry should remain free, and exempt from the Jurisdiction of the Bishop, till such time as the matter could be fully tried. By the following Letter he appoints Commissaries upon the place to inform of the matter.

In the three hundred and nineteenth he appointed the Archbishop, the Dean, and the Chanter of Lions to judg in a Case between two Archdeacons of Challon. He there determin'd, That a Man who hath been excommunicated for two causes, and hath been absolved upon the score only of one, remains still excommunicated.

In the three hundred and twentieth he warned the Clergy of Islande to take some order about the Disorders which reigned in their Country. The three hundred and twenty first is written upon the same Subject, and in the same Terms, to the People of that Island.

In the three hundred and twenty second, to the Archbishop of Otranto, he determin'd, That the Son of a Woman who passed for the Concubine, and was afterwards declared the lawful Wife of a Man, is Legitimate.

In the three hundred and twenty third, he declar'd, That a Deacon who had been deprived of his Benefice by an Abbot, who was afterwards out of revenge, without his knowledg, killed by his Kindred, and who out of sorrow for this accident turn'd Monk, and forbore executing the Functions of his Order for two years, might not only execute them, but be also raised to the Priesthood, if there was no other bar, but his suspected Innocence.

In the three hundred and twenty fourth he wrote to the Bishop of Arras and the Dean of Cambray, to put the King of France in mind of paying the Duke of Lorrain his Wife's Portion.

By the three hundred and twenty fifth he determin'd, That a Girl who was not eight years old, could neither contract Marriage, nor make any Promise that could oblige.

In the three hundred twenty sixth, he gave leave to the Bishop of Faience to remove to the Bishoprick of Pavia, to which he had been elected. There are very pretty things in this Letter about the spiritual Marriage of a Bishop with the Church his Spouse. What is said in Scripture about the indissolubility of the carnal Marriage, he presumes may be as well applied to the spiritual. He adds, that it should seem then as if it were not in the power of the Pope to break the spiritual Marriage of a Bishop with his Church: and yet Custom, which is the Interpreter of the Laws, and the Holy Canons always gave full Power to the Holy See, to which alone belong the placing, the deposing and translating of Bishops: wherein he sayeth the Popes do not exer∣cise human Authority, but that of Jesus Christ, whose Vicars they are. He takes notice that the Church of Pavia ought not to have elected, but have asked for him. Lastly, he declared, That he consents to this Translation only for the good which will thence accrue to the Church of Pavia.

In the three hundred and twenty seventh he confirm'd the Decree made by the Bishop and Chapter of Orense in Spain to admit of but six and twenty Canons.

In the three hundred and twenty eighth he recommended the Bishop of St. George to the Monks of Monte-Cassino that they might entertain him, and supply him with whatsoever was necessary during his abode in their Monastry.

In the three hundred and twenty ninth he commissioned the Archbishop of Cagliari, and two other Bishops of Sardinia, to sit Judges in a Difference which was between the Bishop of Oris∣tagni and his Chapter.

In the three hundred and thirtieth he gave in charge to the Bishop of Limoges to reprehend and correct the Clergy of his Diocess.

The three hundred and thirty first is an Approbation of the Order of Premontre, and a Con∣firmation of its Customs and Privileges.

In the three hundred and thirty second he entrusted the Dean of Lisbon and two Priors to examine the Privilege granted by the Bishop of Coimbra to his Chapter.

In the three hundred and thirty third he determined, That a deaf and dumb Person may marry.

In the three hundred thirty fifth he suspended the Bishop of Hildesheim, for removing to the Bishoprick of Wirtzburg without the leave of the Holy See, and deprived the Canons of Wirtzburg of the power of Election for this time, for having chosen him.

The three hundred and thirty sixth is a circular Letter, exhorting all Princes and People to take up Arms for the defence of the Holy Land against the Saracens.

The three hundred and thirty seventh is a Mandate granted to a Clerk for a Canon's place in the Church of Trevisi.

In the three hundred and thirty eighth, written to the Archbishop of Sens, he declar'd, That in case the Dean and Chapter of Sens had with an Oath fixed the number of Canons before the Pope granted his Mandate to the Clerk, then the Mandate should be null: and that all the Clerk had to do, was to make them come to Rome to maintain their pretended right: because, says he, as we expect to be punctually obeyed when we command any thing, so we would not com∣mand any thing which is unjust.

The three hundred and thirty ninth is a Mandate granted to a Clergyman for an Archdea∣conship vacant in the Church of Ivrea.

In three hundred and fortieth he exempts the Chapter of St. Domnin's-Burg from the Juris∣diction of the Bishop of Parma.

In the three hundred and forty first, to the Bishop of Otranto, he advised him to put the Religious of Citeaux into a Chappel, and into a Monastry, in compliance with the desire of the Earl the Founder of the Chappel, and Patron of the Monastry.

The three hundred and forty second is a Confirmation of a Privilege of Exemption granted to the Church of St. Nicholas du Mont near Narni.

In the three hundred and forty third he exhorted the Bishop of Lydda to continue his care and preaching in Sicily, to promote the raising of an Army for the Recovery of the Holy Land. By the next he gave him power to absolve those Excommunicated, whose Cases belonged only to the Holy See to remit, on condition that they would go in person to the Holy Land.

In the three hundred and forty fifth, addressed to the Prelates of France, he recommended to them the Legate whom he had sent into that Kingdom to make peace between the King of France and the King of England, and to gain them to assist against the Saracens.

In the three hundred and forty sixth he gave power to his Legate to summon such English Prelates as he thought necessary to procure the Peace. By the following he order'd him to pro∣ceed by way of Interdict against the Kingdom of France, if King Philip did not take his Wife again within a month. He exhorted this Prince to make and conclude the Peace with the King of England, in the three hundred and forty eighth Letter.

In the three hundred and forty ninth, written to the Archpriest and Canons of Milan, he discover'd a Forgery which had been practised in a Bull, by taking the Seal from another Letter, and fastning it to this forged one. He order'd the punishment of him who was suspect∣ed of it, and at the same time takes notice of the different ways that the Letters of the Pope might be forged. The first is to fasten a false Bull to them. The second is to tear the Bull from another Letter, and fasten it to a false one, by putting another Thread through it. The third is to cut one of the sides of the Thread of the Bull, and to fasten it to another Letter, by joining the Thread together again with Flax of the same Colour. The fourth is to slit the Load in two, and take out of it one side of the Thread, and afterwards to join it together again. The fifth is to raze out the writing of the Letters, and change them as we please. The sixth is to carry false Letters, and to mingle them rightly among the others, and so get the Bull fastned to them. This last sort is the hardest to be found out, and cannot be discovered but by the Stile, or by the Hand, or by the Parchment; whereas the others might be found out only by inspection.

In the three hundred and fiftieth he declared, That all Believers might appeal to the Holy See, and that no one ought to act against them in prejudice to that Appeal, or to proceed against those who would appeal. And in the following he says, That no one can proceed against a Person who is gone to Rome, for this is as it were an appeal in facto, and ought to be more considered than a verbal one.

By the three hundred and fifty second he ordered the Bishop of Ariano to inform about the Election of an Abbot of Benevento, that he might know whether it was fit to confirm it or no.

In the three hundred and fifty third he exhorted the Emperor of Constantinople to aid the Holy Land against the Saracens, and to labour for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches. In the next Letter he gave the same exhortation to the Patriarch of Constantinople.

In the three hundred and fifty fifth he exhorted the Kings of France and England to peace, and to furnish out Troops for the assistance of the Holy Land.

In the three hundred fifty sixth he ordered the Magistrates, the People, and the Great Lords of the Dutchy of Spoletto to obey his Legate, as being Subjects of the Holy See, to which the Duke of Spoletto had given up his Estates. This same Letter is also written to many other Cities of Italy.

In the three hundred and fifty seventh he wrote to the King of England, about a Chappel which the Archbishop of Canterbury had newly built, and had a mind to put Canons into, and make his ordinary residence at: The Pope is earnestly against this Establishment, and exhorted the King of England not to promote it.

In the three hundred and fifty eighth he recommended himself to the Prayers of the Abbots met together in the Chapter General of Citeaux, and desires them to excuse one of their Brothers whom he employ'd to preach in Sicily.

In the three hundred and fifty ninth he gave order to the Bishop of Ostia to consecrate some Al∣tars which they said were not yet consecrated, in obedience to a Vision which a Priest said he had seen, in which St. Peter appeared to him many times, and ordered him to give the Pope notice that there were a great many Altars which wanted consecration, and that he was careful to have them consecrated. Innocent says at the end of the Letter, That tho, according to the caution of the Apostle, we must not believe every spirit, yet because in a matter of this nature it is not likely that an Angel of Satan would transform himself into an Angel of Light, it is better to believe piously than to doubt rashly; and because the thing is otherwise good in it self, tho it had not been revealed, he was resolved to have it put in execution.

In the three hundred and sixtieth he justifieth his conduct to those of Milan in having excom∣municated their Advocate Passeguerre, for failing in that respect which was owing to the Judg∣ment of the Holy See.

In the three hundred and sixty first he granted the Inhabitants of Montefiascone an abatement of half the Tribute they were to pay to the Pope, upon condition they should maintain some Troops of Horse and Foot for his Service.

In the three hundred and sixty second he decided the case of a Man that was accused of Adultery by his Wife, thus; That Judgment could not be given upon an Information that was made lite non contestata, and all that could be done was to excommunicate the Man for refusing to make his appearance.

In the three hundred and sixty third he ordered the Goods of a Church, which had been alie∣nated from it, to be restored.

The three hundred and sixty fourth is about a Difference between two Irishmen for the Bi∣shoprick of Rosse: He sends back his Judgment of it to the Archbishops of Armagh and Cassil, and to the Bishop of Laom. The three hundred and sixty sixth is a Confirmation of the Electi∣on of the Bishop of Laghlin in the same Country. And by the three hundred and sixty seventh he order'd a Lord of this Country not to oppose this Bishop in taking possession of his Bishop∣rick, but to take care about the restitution of those Goods which had been taken from his Church.

The three hundred and sixty fifth is a Confirmation of the antient Customs of the Society of St. Agathus.

In the three hundred and sixty eighth he decided a considerable Affair about the Chancellor∣ship of the Church of Milan. The Pope had given it to a Subdeacon, a Canon of that Church, and had directed the Mandate for it to the Archbishop of Milan: he received it, and sent word back again that he had not given it him, because he had need of the Revenues of it. The next day he changed his note, and declared that he had given it above ten months before to Henry of Lampune; straight the Archbishop was cited to Rome before the Pope, and having sent his Attor∣ney with Witnesses to Rome, he proved that the Chancellor being dead in the month of January, he had by the application of his friends secretly in his Chamber given his place to this Henry, they having promised to let him enjoy the Revenues; that he had invested him in it by giving him the Book, and had received his Oath of Fidelity, but had not indeed given him the Patent till after having received the Pope's Mandate. This Donation was incumber'd with many Difficul∣ties. 1. The bargain made with his Kindred was unwarrantable. 2. It was made privately. 3. The Investiture was performed with an extraordinary Ceremony. 4. 'Twas maintained that the Chancellorship being a spiritual Benefice could not be conferred after such a manner. 5. That he on whom it was conferred, not being an ordinary Canon, was not capable of it. The Pope appointed Commissioners upon the place to inform about these matters, and interdict the Chan∣cellor the right of enjoying it. Upon this he applied himself to the Pope, desiring to have all things restored him; alledging, that the Patent had been given him before the receipt of the Mandate. As to the form of the concession, he defended that by maintaining that there was no Simony in keeping of the Income, as well because the Office of Chancellor is not spiritual, nor has any spiritual Functions annexed to it, as because there was no buying or selling in the case, and that the Fruits which he had given up had been separated from the Office, and kept back by the Archbishop before this Donation; that as for the rest, he was capable of the Office, being a Ca∣non of the Church of Milan, and having a voice in the Chapter, and a place in the Choir. That lastly he had had no hand in the bargain which they said his Friends had made, but had been purely and simply put into the Chancellorship. Upon these Allegations the Pope judges that the Archbishop was in the fault. 1. In giving different Answers. 2. In not pro∣viding a person more capable. 3. Because he ought not to bestow a Benefice upon any one, and keep the Income of it to himself, nor to make a Bargain to keep them before he will confer the Benefice. For his Punishment, he deprived him of the Privilege of conferring the first Pre∣bend vacant in his Church. And as for the Chancellorship, how great a mind soever he had, if he could do it with justice, to give it to the Subdeacon whom he had provided, yet he de∣clared he had not found Henry in fault sufficient to deserve being turned out, because he had made no bargain: and besides, it was not proved that the Chancellor had any spiritual Functi∣ons incumbent on him; the proposing the Ordainers and the examining of them, and the putting the Abbots and Abbesses in possession, which was customary for the Chancellors to do, belong∣ing properly to the Archdeacons, and being done by the Chancellors only by the Commission of the Bishops. He took off also the Interdict which his Commissaries had pronounced against him, and judged that the trouble of taking two Journys to Rome was punishment sufficient.

The three hundred and sixty ninth is an Order directed to the Magistrates and Inhabitants of Castellane, to take the Oath of Fidelity to those whom he had sent on his part to receive it.

By the three hundred and seventieth he order'd the Archbishop of Canterbury to retake those Goods which had been alienated from his Church, and confirmed the Reunion which he had alrea∣dy of some that had been alienated.

In the three hundred and seventy first he confirmed the Declaration of Richard King of Eng∣land, importing, that the subvention and help which had been granted him by the Clergy of England should be no hurt or prejudice to the Ecclesiastical Immunity.

By the three hundred and seventy second he approved of the Donation which the Archbishop of Louden had made to the Church of Roschild, on condition that he should enjoy it during his life.

In the three hundred and seventy third he confirmed the foundation of six Prebends which the Bishop of Arhusen had made in his Church.

The three hundred and seventy fourth is written to the Archbishop of Upsal about the Pallium which he sent him.

In the three hundred and seventy fifth he takes those of Perusae into his protection, and con∣firms their Privileges.

In the three hundred and seventy sixth he forbids the Clergymen whom he had made his Com∣missaries to do justice in Lombardy, to exact any Mony of the Parties, or to make any bargain with them for their Salaries.

By the three hundred and seventy seventh he commissioned the Bishop of Narni to prepare things for a hearing between the Abbot of Ferentillo and some Noblemen.

In the three hundred and seventy eighth he took into the possession of the Holy See two Ita∣lian Marquesses.

The three hundred and seventy ninth is a permission to one who had made a Vow to be a Hospitaller to enter into the Order of St. Bennet.

In the three hundred and eightieth he declared a Marriage null between a Man and a Woman, because the Woman had before they were married been Godmother to a natural Son which the Man had by another Woman.

In the three hundred and eighty first he answer'd divers Questions which had been proposed to him by the Archbishop of Drontheim: as, Whether an Altar upon which one that was excom∣municated had celebrated the Office, ought to be consecrated anew? If one might communicate with an excommunicated Person, who had given surety to obey the Church in that which it com∣manded him, tho he had not yet received absolution? Who those were that might communi∣cate with excommunicated Persons? What Punishment those deserve who do it? What is to be thought of those Priests that stir up others to the Combate, and are Commanders of Navys, tho they do not fight themselves? The Pope resolves these Questions in the following manner: That the Altar need not be consecrated anew on which an excommunicated Person hath celebrat∣ed: That we must not communicate with an excommunicated Person before he hath received absolution: That they who are excepted from not communicating with them are comprised in the Chapter quoniam multos: That other Persons who communicate with such of them as are accus∣ed, ought to be excommunicated themselves; and those who communicate with a Person who hath been excommunicated with his Accomplices, incur the punishment of Excommunication: That those Priests mentioned in the Question ought to be deposed. He adds some Answers to other Questions which were not demanded; namely, That such as resign their Benefices to Laicks, and take them again out of their hands, ought to be turned out of them: That the Table of an Altar which is consecrated, loses its holiness if it be removed out of the place, or have a consi∣derable crack in it: That one may mix Oil that is not consecrated with consecrated: That such of the Clergy as are excommunicated or were ordained by such, ought to be deposed.

The three hundred and eighty second is written to the Archbishop of Drontheim, and to the Prelates of Norway, against a Prince of that Country who tyrannized over the Church. By the following he desired the Kings of Denmark and Sweden to take the part of the Churches of Norway against this Tyrant; and in the three hundred and eighty fourth enjoined the Archbishop of Drontheim to suspend the Bishop of Berghes for favouring him.

In the three hundred and eighty fifth he determined, That a Clergyman who was guilty of homicide, ought not to be put in again tho he was not punished with death.

In the three hundred and eighty sixth he warned the Abbot of Montebassino, who was Cardi∣nal, to labour for the Reformation of his own manners, and those of his Monastry.

In the three hundred and eighty seventh he order'd the Magistrates of Venice to revoke an Order which they had given to a Lawyer never to appear more at the Court of Venice.

The three hundred and eighty eighth is written for the preservation of the Liberty and posses∣sions of the Churches of Hungary: and because some of them who had taken an Oath to defend the Church thought to dispense with their keeping of it by appealing to the Holy See, the Pope by the following Letter declar'd, That this Appeal doth not hinder but that they may be pro∣ceeded against as perjured Persons.

The three hundred and ninetieth is a Letter of the Archbishop of Regio's, wherein he puts this Question to the Pope; Whether, when he was commissioned with the Archbishops of Capua and Palermo, to judg in the Suit between the Archbishops of Montreal and Rossano about the Tithes, and finding himself sick could not come, the other two could proceed in the Judgment of the

Suit without him, and condemn the Archbishop in prejudice to the Appeal which he had put in to the Holy See after he was cited? The three hundred and ninety first is the Archbishop of Montreal's Letter upon the same Subject. And by the next the Pope determined, That if the case was really so as it had been made appear to him, the Commissioners had done ill to pro∣ceed to a Judgment in the case, and that all that in consequence of that Judgment had been taken from the Archbishop of Montreal, ought to be restored him.

By the three hundred and ninety third he granted to the City of Parma the right of the recovery of those Sums which had been stolen from the Cardinal Legate passing through their Country, which they had reimbursed to him.

In the three hundred and ninety fourth he order'd that the Religious of the Monastry of Feltri of the Order of Citeaux, should not bury where their Oblates did; and that they should give the fourth part of whatsoever they left in their Will to the Churches wherein their Oblates lived: but this without prejudicing the Church's Rights, or the Customs of the Order of Citeaux.

By the three hundred and ninety fifth he empower'd his Legate Rainier to reform all the Churches which he should pass through.

In the three hundred and ninety sixth he order'd the Archbishop of Aix to accept the Resig∣nation of the Bishop of Frejus, and put another Bishop in his place.

In the three hundred and ninety seventh he exhorted the Earl of Tholouze to undertake the War for the assistance of the Holy Land.

By the three hundred ninety eighth he gave leave to the Cardinal Foulques to take Monks and Regular Canons, and employ them in preaching the Gospel in the East.

In the three hundred and ninety ninth, addressed to all the Prelates of France, he order'd Usurers to be punished, notwithstanding all Appeals whatsoever.

By the four hundredth Letter he gave leave to the Archbishop of Siponto to turn a Collegiate Church into a Monastry of Regular Canons.

In the four hundred and first, after having compared the Spiritual and Pontifical Authority to the light of the Sun, and the Temporal and Kingly Authority to that of the Moon, he ex∣horted the Governors of Tuscany to be faithful to the Holy See, and assured them of his protection.

In the four hundred and second he gives the Archbishop of Naples and the Chapter of Aversa till Easter to appear at Rome to have their Trial in a difference between them.

In the four hundred and third he ordered the Archpriest and the Clergy of the Church of Borgo San Donino to obey the Bishop of Parma.

The four hundred and fourth is written to his Commissioners about the Letters of the Pope be∣ing charged with an Error. He says, That he who made the Charge to put off the Judgment of the Suit, and then could not make it good, ought to lose his Cause.

The four hundred and fifth is about the validity of a Mandate for a Canonship in the Church of St. Juvenca of Pavia, granted by the Pope to a Person whom they pretended to be unworthy of it: the Pope commissions Judges to see him put in possession if they could not prove his unwor∣thiness.

In the four hundred and sixth, to the Archbishops of Embrun, Arles, and Aix, and their Suffra∣gans, he recommended it to them to make some order in their Provincial Councils for the Pro∣vision of some Relief for the Holy Land.

In the two next he invited an Earl to go to that War.

The four hundred and ninth is written to a Legate who had raised Mony for the Holy Land, about the use which he should make of it.

The four hundred and tenth is an Act whereby he acknowledges Frederick King of Sicily, upon condition that he should pay Homage and Fealty to the Holy See, and likewise some ac∣knowledgment.

In the two following he regulates the manner of choosing Bishops in the Kingdom of Sicily, according to what followeth. The Episcopal See being vacant, the Chapter shall give notice to the King of the Bishop's death: It shall then proceed to an Election, and shall ask the consent of the Prince for the Person it shall choose, who shall not be enthronized till the King have agreed to it, nor shall perform his Office till the Pope have confirmed him.

In the four hundred and thirteenth he order'd all the Prelates of the Kingdom of Sicily to obey his Legate.

The four hundred and fourteenth is written against a Clergyman who had Pluralities in the Church of Naples.

In the four hundred and fifteenth he declared, That an Oath taken by a Person always to ob∣serve judiciary Forms, doth not take place in such Causes where one is not obliged to observe those Forms.

In the four hundred and sixteenth he forbad the alienation of the Possessions of the Monastries of Naples without leave of the Archbishop; and he declared in the next Letter that the Archbi∣shop of Naples might sell the Goods of the Church to pay its debts.

In the four hundred and eighteenth he order'd the execution of a Mandate for a Canonship of Poictiers, which the Chapter of this Church would not obey.

In the four hundred and nineteenth he confirmed the Primacy of the Archbishop of Lunden over the Churches of the Kingdom of Sueden.

In the four hundred and twentieth he order'd the Prelates of Jutland to reestablish the Cano∣nical Doctrine in their Country, and to put down that Custom which had been introduced of paying but one piece of Mony for satisfaction for all sorts of Crimes.

The four hundred and twenty first is a Mandate directed to the Archbishop of Lunden.

In the four hundred and twenty second he confirmed that Custom of giving Estates to the Church which was used in Denmark, by laying a little piece of the Land upon the Altar in the presence of Witnesses.

In the four hundred and twenty third he confirmed the Collation of the Provostship of Strand in Denmark; and in the following order'd the Goods which had been taken from that Church to be restored it.

By the four hundred and twenty fifth he confirmed the Privileges and Donations of the Abbey of Sora.

The four hundred and twenty sixth is an Act by which he takes the City of Todi into the Protection of the Holy See, and confirmed its Privileges.

In the four hundred and twenty seventh he gave Judgment in a difference between the Abbey of Calana, and that of Mont-sacre, and declared that the Abbey and Religious of the former of these should lay down all Pretensions to any right they might have on that of Mont-sacre, on condition that that should give them up a Church, and pay them every year an acknowledg∣ment of Olives.

The three next are written about the Election of a Bishop of Cambray. It was said that he whom the Chapter had chose, was crooked, and had married a Widow, by whom he had had a Son that succeeded him immediately in the Provostship of St. Peter of Douay. The Pope wrote upon this to the Chapter, and commissions the Bishop of Paris and Arras to examine if matters were really so, and in case they were, he declares this Election null.

By the four hundred and thirty first he nominated the Archbishop of Senlis to defend the Pri∣vileges of the Abbey of Compiegne.

In the five following Letters he condemns the undertaking of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who would build a Church notwithstanding all the Pope's Commands to the contrary; and or∣der'd that he should restore to the Monastry of Canterbury all that he had taken from it to endow this new Church with.

By the four hundred and thirty seventh he takes Almeric King of Jerusalem into the Protecti∣on of the Holy See.

By the four hundred and thirty eighth he exhorted many Princes of the East to assist the King of Cyprus against the Saracens.

In the four hundred and thirty ninth he order'd that those who had been dispensed with, for performing their Vow of going to Jerusalem in person, should pay a sum of Mony towards the defraying of the Charges of the Holy War.

In the four hundred and fortieth he forbids the augmenting the number of Canons in the Church of Acre in the East.

By the four hundred forty first he puts the King and Kingdom of Portugal under the Protecti∣on of the Holy See.

In the two next he forbad the Chapter of Auranches, and the Archbishop of Rouen, to pro∣ceed against the Theologal of the Church of Auranches, to the prejudice of the Appeal which he had put in to the Holy See.

In the four hundred and forty fourth he order'd the Archbishop of Upsal to hinder Bastards being admitted into Orders, or any Ecclesiastical Preferment.

By the four hundred and forty fifth he empowered the Bishop of Perigeux to make what Or∣ders he should think fit for his Diocess and Abbey, and to see them put in execution, notwith∣standing any Appeal. He order'd him by the next to make the vagabond Monks return to their Monastries.

In the four hundred and forty seventh he wrote to the Archbishop of Tours, that only the Pope could give leave to Bishops to remove to another Bishoprick.

In the four hundred and forty eighth he puts the King of Portugal in mind of paying the Tribute which he owed the Holy See; and by the next he order'd Rainier to oblige him to do it.

In the four hundred and fiftieth he order'd the Archbishop of Lunden to see that Men of no scandalous and ill lives were employed in the Church for receiving the Alms towards the War in the Holy Land.

In the four hundred and fifty first he confirmed the judgment given by the Bishop of Lodi in favour of the Canons of Novara, against a private Person who pretended to a Prebend of that Church, belonging to him by a Mandate.

By the four hundred and fifty second he accepted of the Resignation of the Bishop of Urgel; and by the next he order'd the Chapter of that Church to proceed to the Election of a new Bishop; whom in the four hundred and fifty fourth he recommended to the Archbishop of Tarragon.

He determined in the four hundred and fifty fifth, That a Religious Vow made before the year of probation is valid: but that the Abbots ought not to accept of it, and that that of a married Person ought not to be accepted, except she likewise to whom he is married makes a vow of perpetual continence.

The four hundred and fifty sixth is written in favour of a Priest who had had some forged Letters of the Pope's given him, and had made use of them, thinking them true. The Pope ex∣cused him upon account of his ignorance, and order'd the Archbishop of Siponto to put him to no trouble upon this matter.

In the four hundred and fifty seventh he gave leave to the Abbot and Religious of St. Ed∣mond to get their Church dedicated, and likewise to let such Crosses and Images as were not easily taken out remain in their places.

In the four hundred and fifty eighth he confirmed the Sentence given in favour of the Church of St. Paul, about the Privilege of having a Font, and baptising, which was disputed by the Church of St. Mary of Cervaro, near Monte-Cassino.

In the four hundred and fifty ninth he forbids the Prior and Religious of Durham to do any thing but with the consent of the Bishop of that City, which was to them instead of an Abbey.

In the next he upholds the Bishop of Durham in the right of conferring such Benefices as the Patrons had left vacant.

By the four hundred and sixty first he order'd the Bishop of Cesena to take off the Censure pronounced against those of that City, on condition they would take an Oath to submit to the Pope in those things for which they were interdicted.

In the four hundred and sixty second he declar'd that Laicks could not under any pretence whatsoever claim the Tithes of Churches.

In the four hundred and sixty third he confirmed the Orders for the Chapter of Arles; and in the four hundred and sixty seventh he forbids the receiving of any Canon into this Church who doth not make profession of the Order of St. Augustin.

By the four hundred and sixty fourth he gave leave to the Archbishop of Arles to proceed against the Abbot of St. Gervais of Fos, who would not obey him, and made no scruple to admit those to divine Service whom he had interdicted, and to give them Ecclesiastical Burial.

By the four hundred and sixty fifth he confirm'd the Privileges of the Abbey of Compeigne.

In the four hundred sixty and sixth he ordered the Suffragans of the Archbishop of Arles to be obedient to him.

In the four hundred and sixty eighth he gave leave to the Bishop of Chonad in Hungary to give absolution in Cases reserved for the Holy See, to the sick and old of his Diocess, upon condi∣tion, that as soon as they were well they should come to Rome.

In the four hundred and sixty ninth he order'd this same Bishop to make such Deacons and Subdeacons as were married, to quit their Wives.

In the four hundred and seventieth he confirmed the Institution of the Prebends created in the Church of Durham.

In the four hundred seventy first he forbids plurality of Livings.

In the four hundred and seventy second, and third, he forbids the Provost of the Church of Arles to borrow any thing without the consent of his Chapter, and would have him give them an account of what he received, and what he laid out.

In the four hundred and seventy fourth he order'd that the Archbishop of Arles should have the disposal of the Personates of his Church; and in the four hundred and seventy sixth he advises him to make a Reform in the Monastery of St. Gervais.

In the four hundred and seventy seventh he order'd the execution of his Mandates for the Ca∣nonships in the Church of Xainte.

In the three next he ordered Peter of Corbeil, famous for his Learning and Knowledg, to be put in possession of a Prebendary, and the Archdeaconry of York, which had been given him by that Archbishop.

The four hundred and eighty first contains a Rule of the Order of Trinitarians, which he confirms.

By the four hundred and eighty second he gave to the Provost of Alba the Privilege of pre∣senting to the Custody of his Church.

In the four hundred and eighty third he exhorted the Bishop of Poictiers to reform the Churches of his Diocess, and gave him power for that purpose.

By the four hundred and eighty fourth he confirmed the Privileges of the Abbey of St. Peter of Corbie; and by the four hundred and eighty eighth and ninth Letters, defended them against the Bishop of Tournay.

The four hundred and eighty fifth is written to the King of England in favour of the Monks of Canterbury, who had not been well dealt with by their Archbishop. He sends it in the next to the Archbishop of Rouen and the Bishop of Ely, that they might give it the King.

The four hundred and eighty seventh is a Letter of exhortation to Almeric King of Jerusalem.

The four hundred and ninetieth, ninety first, second and third, are written about the Transla∣tion of Maurice Bishop of Nantes to the Bishoprick of Poictiers, which the Pope permits and approves of.

In the four hundred and ninety fourth he accepted of the Resignation of the Bishop of Car∣cassonne.

By the four hundred and ninety fifth, and sixth, he named Commissaries to defend the Privi∣leges of the Church of St. Martin of Tours.

In the four hundred and ninety seventh he order'd the Bishop of Coventry in England to dispose of the Benefices of those Clergymen that were convicted of Simony, and to oblige those who were suspected of it to clear themselves canonically.

The four hundred and ninety eighth is an Act by which Guy Earl of Auvergne gave a Castle to the Pope, and desired his Protection against the Bishop of Clermont his Brother, who ravaged his Lands with a Troop of Biscayans.

In the four hundred and ninety ninth he commended the design which the Archbishop of Co∣locza had of reforming a Monastry, and gives him leave to put Regular Canons into it.

In the five hundredth he wrote to the King of Hungary to oblige the Sclavonians to pay their Tithes to the Archbishop of Colocza.

In the five hundred and first he determin'd, That no one ought to make a Promise of a Bene∣fice before it is vacant.

In the five hundred and second he gave permission to the Bishop of Tripoli to stay in that Diocess, although he was chosen to the Bishoprick of Apamea, and had been translated to that of Tripoli without the consent of the Holy See. In the next he takes off the suspension which had been pronounced against the Patriarch of Antioch for having made this removal with∣out the Authority of the Holy See.

By the five hundred and fourth he suspended the Bishop of Langres, accused by his Chapter of having wasted the Estate of his Church, for not making his appearance at Rome, and commits the examination of this Affair to the Bishop of Paris.

In the five hundred and fifth he cited the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Rome, about some diffe∣rences between him and the Patriarch of Antioch.

By the five hundred and sixth, and five hundred and seventh, he confirmed the sale of some Possessions, and a Translation made by the Templers of Montpellier.

The five hundred and eighth is written to the Bishop of Syracuse, and an Abbot of that Country, about the Crusade to oblige the Prelates and Ecclesiasticks of Sicily to furnish out sums towards the War in the Holy Land, in proportion to their Revenues, and to imploy those of the vacant Churches.

In the five hundred and ninth he exhorted this Bishop to labour for the conversion of Apo∣states, and to use Censures against them.

In the five hundred and tenth he order'd the Archbishop of Colocza, and two other Commis∣sioners, to declare null the Elections of the Archbishops of Otranto and Spalatro, if they found that they had correspondence with the Brother of the King of Hungary, who was excommunicat∣ed by the Pope.

In the five hundred and eleventh he advised the Prelates of Hungary not to excommunicate the Counsellors and Friends of the King, except it were upon some publick and necessary account.

In the five hundred and twelfth he forbids making any Imposition upon the Ecclesiasticks of the Patriarchate of Antioch.

In the five hundred and thirteenth he declar'd that such Witnesses as were to depose concern∣ing the exceptions of a Process, could not be understood, nor obliged to give witness about the Principal, unless one of the Parties desired it.

In the five hundred and fourteenth he determined, That the Marriage of Infidels with such as were of kin to them could not be dissolved when they turned Christians.

In the five hundred and fifteenth he declar'd, That Patriarchs and Prelates had no right of taking the first Trials of Clergymen who desired to be tried by their Bishop.

In the five hundred and sixteenth he judges, That Persons who have quitted the Cities where they were settled to go and live in others, ought not to pay their Tithes to the Bishops of the Cities which they left, but to him of the place which they removed to.

In the five hundred and seventeenth he declared, That a Man who hath taken the Habit of a Regular Canon, and has made the ordinary Vows, although he has for a long time fail'd of per∣forming them, ought to take his Habit again, and remain in the Monastry he belonged to.

The five hundred and eighteenth is Advice mixed with Reprimand to the Patriarch of Jeru∣salem, about his carriage to the King and Queen of Jerusalem.

In the five hundred and nineteenth he granted the Abbot of Corbie the Privilege of wearing a Ring.

In the five hundred and twentieth he order'd the Bishop of Coventry to recover the Goods which had been alienated by his Predecessors.

In the five hundred and twenty first he declar'd, That when the Patrons of a Church are in dispute about the right of Presentation, if their Suit be not ended within four months after the Vacancy, the Bishop is to put in a Vicar.

In the five hundred and twenty second he gave order to the Archbishop of Arles to inform himself of the State of the Church of Riez and its Bishop, that he might know whether it was fitting to grant him the Petition which he made to quit his Bishoprick.

In the five hundred and twenty third he declar'd null the Election of a Man to the Abbey of Luxen, because he never had been Monk.

In the five hundred and twenty fourth he determin'd, That such as when they were sick made a Vow to their Priests of becoming Monks, although they receive not the Habit, yet are un∣der the obligation of the Vow.

By the four following he appoints and recommends his Legates for the Kingdom of Dalmatia.

The five hundred and twenty ninth is a Mandate for a Prebend of Tripoli.

The five hundred and thirtieth is the Act of the Canonization of St. Homobonus, addressed to the Clergy and People of Cremona.

In the five hundred and thirty first he declar'd that an Abbot who had some forged Letters of the Pope's, without knowing of it, is not in fault.

In the five hundred and second, having proved that a Man who is chosen to a Bishoprick cannot be removed to another without permission from the Holy See, because the Election is as it were a Chain which fastens a Man to a Church; yet, through the abundance of his Power, he gives leave to a Man who had been consecrated Bishop of Angers, after having been chosen Bishop of Auranches, to possess the Bishoprick of Angers, and takes off the suspension of the Archbishops of Tours and Rouen who had consecrated him.

In the five hundred and thirty third he decided a difference between two Competitors to the Priory of St. Savinus in the Diocess of Spoletto, in favour of him who had been chosen by the Chapter, against him whom the Bishop had nominated.

The five hundred and thirty fourth is a Confirmation of the Possessions and Privileges of the Church of Coimbra.

In the five hundred and thirty fifth he determin'd, That the Pallium ought not to be given but to Archbishops whose Predecessors have enjoyed it.

By the five hundred and thirty sixth, to the Archpriest and Canons of the Church of St. Pe∣ter, he gives them the Revenues of the Seals of Letters granted to such as came to Rome for devotion.

By the five hundred and thirty seventh, and thirty eighth, he cites the Bishop of Lesina upon the Coasts of Dalmatia, who was called to the Archbishoprick of Zara, and some Canons of that Church to give an account of this Translation.

In the five hundred and thirty ninth he forbids the Venetians to assist or furnish the Saracens with Arms.

In the five hundred and fortieth he named Commissioners to judg the Persons who had cut off and taken away a Letter from the Register of his Predecessor Alexander, and afterwards had maimed it. The five hundred and forty ninth is upon the same subject.

By the five hundred forty second he exhorts the Prior and Religious of Grandmont to receive the submission of a Prior and Religious of a Monastry of their Order which was in the Diocess of Avignon.

In the five hundred and forty third he declar'd, That a Person who had taken twenty days for the execution of a Sentence, or his Appeal from it, could not be admitted to appeal when this Term was past.

The five hundred and forty fourth is a Commission about a difference between the Abbot of Felduar, and the Bishop of five Churches concerning a Privilege.

In the five hundred and forty fifth he confirmed the Judgment given by the Cardinal of St. Lawrence, by which Alberic Prior of St. Lawrence of Spello was turned out.

The five hundred and forty sixth is a Commission to the Archbishop of Strigonia, and to two other Bishops, to examine into the difference between the Bishop and Chapter of Varadin.

The five hundred forty and seventh, and five hundred forty and eighth, and five hundred fifty and seventh, are Confirmations of the Privileges of Monastries.

By the five hundred and fiftieth he appointed Commissioners for the difference between the Bishop of Coventry and his Monks, about some Exemptions which had been granted them by the Predecessor of this Bishop.

By the five hundred and fifty second he granted the Protection of the Holy See to the Mona∣stry of Cerfroy, of the Order of the Trinity.

In the five hundred fifty third he commissions the Bishop of Paris, and Peter of Corbeil, to judg the Bishop of Langres who was accused by his Canons.

In the five hundred and fifty fourth he explained the difference between a General Interdict, and a Particular Interdict; because when the Interdict is general, the Churches which have Pri∣vileges of the Holy See cannot celebrate Divine Office, except with the door shut, in a low Voice, and without ringing the Bells: whereas in a particular Interdict they pretended to a Privi∣lege of doing it publickly. To avoid any abuses that might arise from this Dispute, the Pope decides that an Interdict is to be accounted general, not only when a whole Kingdom or Pro∣vince, but likewise when a City or Castle are interdicted.

In the five hundred and fifty fifth he recommended it to the Archbishop and Chapter of Pisa to persuade the Pisans to enter into the General Peace of Tuscany.

In the five hundred and fifty sixth he frees the King of Navarr from an Oath, which the Kings of Castile and Arragon entring with an Army into his Kingdom had forced him to take, of giving his Sister in Marriage to the latter of them, who was her Kinsman in the third degree.

In the five hundred and fifty seventh he order'd the Bishops of the Kingdom of Sicily to stir themselves against Marcovaldus.

In the five hundred and fifty eighth he exhorted those of Capua to a vigorous defence against the Troops of Marcovaldus. The three next are upon the same subject.

In the five hundred and sixty second, third, fourth and fifth, he declared the Cardinal of St. Mary his Legate and Vicar in Sicily, Guardian to Frederick the young King, and exhorts this Prince and his Subjects to follow his Counsels.

By the five hundred and sixty sixth he entrusted the Archbishop of Palermo with the Reform of a Monastry in his Country.

In the five hundred and sixty seventh he exhorted the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem to make use of the methods of Justice, and not of Force, to right themselves in their differences with the Templers.

In the five hundred and sixty eighth, and sixty ninth, he declar'd, That all Churches are bound to pay the right of Procuration to the Legate of the Holy See, and none were ex∣empt from it.

By the five hundred and seventieth he gave his Approbation of the Rules of the Teutonick Order.

In the five hundred and seventy first he order'd that the Bishop of Passaw should judg the Causes of those that were under his Jurisdiction.

In the five hundred and seventy second he gave him Power to absolve the Incendiaries.

The five hundred and seventy third is the Judgment in a Suit about a Living.

In the five hundred and seventy fourth he order'd the Bishop of Hildesheim to remain in the Church where he was, and forbids him to remove to that of Wirtzburg, of which he had taken the Title without the permission of the Holy See.

In the five hundred and seventy fifth he order'd an Earl to keep a strict Guard upon the Priso∣ners which he had taken of the Party of Marcovaldus.

The import of the five hundred and seventy sixth, to the Bishop of Coimbra, is, That those Clergymen who call themselves Canons of the Holy Cross, or other privileged Orders, and live in their own Diocess in a secular Habit, and receive the Sacraments of the Church, are obliged to pay all Episcopal Duties. This Letter, which is the last of the first Book, bears date the 17th of February in the year one thousand one hundred and ninety nine.

Monsieur Baluze has added some Letters or Pieces made in the first year of the Pontificate of this Pope.

The two first are Oaths taken to Pope Innocent, the one by the Prefect of Rome, the other by Count Ildebrandin.

The third is the Decree for the Confirmation of a Treaty made between the Church of Penna in Abruzzo, and the Monastry of St. Vit of Fourche.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth, are written in favour of the Monks of Canterbury, concerning the difference which they had with their Archbishop about a Chappel he was building. And the last, which is the five hundred and eighty third in all, is a Letter of these Monks to the Pope upon the same subject.

In the first Letter of the second Book, to the Magistrates and People of Viterbo, the Pope in general forbids all sorts of Persons, in any manner whatsoever, to receive, protect or favour the Hereticks, and declares all that shall so do infamous, unworthy of any Voice active or passive in Elections, to have forfeited their right of Succession, and to be incapable of all sorts of Offices. He adds, that those who converse with Hereticks, whom they know to be so, incur the danger of an Anathema, and order'd that the Estates of Hereticks should be confiscated.

In the second he determined, That the Marriage of a Girl which had been nullified, because it was contracted before she was marriageable, might be renewed with the consent of the Wo∣man after she was to come to that age.

The third is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Abbey of Lundors in Scotland.

In the fourth he exhorted the Magistrates and People of the City of Jesi, to do all that was possible to bring the rest of the Marquisate of Ancona under the obedience of the Pope.

In the fifth, to the Bishop of St. Andrews in Scotland, he order'd him to provide for vacant Churches if the Patrons did not provide within the time set by the Council of Lateran. In the twentieth Letter he gave the Archbishop of Magdeburg the same orders.

In the next, written to the same Bishop, he gave him leave to build a new Church in his Dio∣cess, because those which were already there were not proportioned to the number of his Doce∣sans which encreased every day.

By the seventh he declar'd null the alienation of the Fiefs and Estates of a Church which was made in the form required by the Ecclesiastical Constitutions.

In the eighth he order'd the Patriarch of Aquileia to reestablish the Church of Ceneda.

By the ninth he recommended to the King of Marock the Religious of the Order of the Tri∣nity, who imployed one part of their Revenues to buy Pagan Slaves and exchange them for Christians.

In the tenth he approved of the Order made by the Chapter of Xainte, by which the num∣ber of their Canons was fixed at forty.

In the eleventh he declares that a Regular Canon could not leave his Monastry to remove into another, without the leave of his Abbot.

In the twelfth he order'd that no one trouble the Camaldolites for Estates which they have had the possession of for forty years.

In the thirteenth, to the Bishop of Modena, he order'd that the Appeal of such as are notorious Criminals, should not stop the Judgment of the Ordinary: because the remedy of an Appeal was never intended to serve the Criminal, but to be a relief to such as were unjustly dealt with.

In the fourteenth he declar'd that excommunicated Incendiaries ought not to be allowed Chri∣stian burial; that this is a Case reserved to the Holy See, and that if they could not come to

Rome no one else could give them Absolution, but upon condition of obeying whatsoever the Holy See should order them.

By the fifteenth and sixteenth he confirms a Judgment which had been given by the Cardinal whom he had appointed Commissary in the Case between the Bishop of Spoletto, and the Reli∣gious of the Monastry of St. Peter.

The seventeenth is a Confirmation of the Privileges and Possessions of the Bishoprick of Achoury in Ireland.

In the eighteenth he commanded the Dean and Chapter of Auranches to proceed to a new Electi∣on of a Bishop, because he whom they had chosen was not fit, and the Election ••esides had not been made in form.

The nineteenth is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Abbey of St. Mary of Casanova.

He settled by the twenty first the Deanery of Magdeburg upon him who had been chosen to it.

In the following he confirmed the Judgment given by the Archbishop of Lion in favour of the Abbot and Religious of St. Rufus of Valence.

The twenty third, twenty fourth, and twenty fifth, are written about the Treaty concluded between the King of England and the King of France, for which he expressed a great deal of joy.

In the twenty sixth he discharged the Chapter of Trevisi of answering the demand of a Clergy-man, who by virtue of a Mandate required their Provostship.

The twenty seventh, to the Magistrates and People of Trevisi, is full of Reprimands and Threatnings for the Exorbitances and Crimes which they were guilty of.

In the twenty eighth, which is written to the King of Arragon about a difficulty which he had proposed to him, concerning an Oath which he had made of keeping the Mony of the King his Father, which was counterfeited and diminished very much in its weight, he determin'd, That he ought not to suffer it to be any longer current in his Realm.

In the twenty ninth he order'd the Punishment of those who had counterfeited his Letters.

By the thirtieth he appointed Commissioners to examine into the Election of an Abbot.

The two following are Confirmations of the Privileges of two Monastrys.

The thirty third is a Letter of the Bishop and Magistrate of Castellane, who send their Tribute to the Pope, and desire his assistance.

In the thirty fourth he commanded the Archbishop of Embrun to declare the Bishop of V•…•… excommunicate, for not observing the Suspension which the Holy See had pronounced against him.

In the thirty fifth he order'd the Bishops of Avignon and Treguier to be no hindrance to the Provost and Canons of Cisteron's opposing the forming of a Church of Templers.

In the thirty sixth he declar'd, That the Order made by the Chapter of Bazas, which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their number of Canons at 18, ought not to be observ'd if the Revenues of that Church w•…•… sufficient to maintain a greater number; and he commissioned the Archbishop of Bourdeaux, the Bishop of Agen, and the Abbot of Sauve Majeur to inform of it, and to settle what number of Canons they thought fit therein.

The thirty seventh is the Judgment of a Process in favour of the Abbot of St. Donatus of Sco∣zula. And the next is the Judgment of another Suit in favour of the Abbot of Conches.

By the thirty ninth he exhorted the Abbot of Lucedia to procure a Peace between those of Placentia and those of Parna.

The fortieth, forty first, and forty second, are written about the Absolution which he would have given to the Earl of Flanders.

The forty third and forty fourth are written against the Earl of Nevers, who did not ob∣serve the Agreement which he had made with the Earl of Flanders.

In the forty fifth he took Baldwin Earl of Flanders, and the Princess Mary his Wife, into the Protection of the Holy See.

By the forty sixth, and forty seventh, he confirm'd the Judgment which had been given in a Case about a Prebend of Cambray.

In the forty eighth he determin'd, That when one doth not know the motives and circumstan∣ces of a Sentence, one ought to presume that it was just.

By the forty ninth he declar'd, That a Priest cannot celebrate Divine Office, nor ad∣minister the Sacrament of Penance, nor any other Sacrament in any Diocess, without the consent and permission of the Bishop; and that a Metropolitan cannot place a Priest in the Diocess of any of his Suffragans, without his agreeing to it.

In the fiftieth he determin'd, That though the Marriage between Infidels is dissolved when one of them is converted to the Faith, yet it is not the same thing in respect of those who were mar∣ried while they were Believers, when one of them becomes an Heretick or Pagan.

The fifty first is a Mandate for a Canonship of Orleans in favour of Peter of Corbeil.

The fifty second is a Commission to the Bishop of Nocera for the reestablishment of a Mo∣nastry.

The fifty third is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Order of Calatrava.

In the fifty fourth he wrote to the Chapter of Hildesheim, to nominate a new Bishop in the stead of him whom they had, who would remove to the Bishoprick of Wirtzburg. In the next he committed the Execution of this Decree to the Abbots of Corbic in Saxony, and of Herveden, and to the Dean of Paderborn.

In the fifty sixth he determin'd, That a Canon Regular of St. Austin, who had been made a Knight of the Hospital, had done well to return to his former Order; because it is not allow∣able to remove out of a stricter Order into a more remiss, as it is out of a remisser into a more strict.

By the fifty seventh he exhorted the King of England to put the Archbishop of York into pos∣session of the Estate of his Church again, of which he had stript him, and to give him liberty of performing his Functions. The two next are upon the same Subject. And in the sixtieth he declar'd, That all the Presentations made in the Archbishoprick of York without the consent of that Archbishop, upon pretence of his being suspended, were nothing.

In the sixty first he determin'd, That an excommunicate Person, who before he died acknow∣ledged his fault, and designed to come to Rome to receive Absolution, ought not to be denied Ec∣clesiastical Burial. Here are the words of his Answer, which may very well deserve your attention.

The Judgment of God is always founded on infallible Truth, but the Judgment of the Church often depends upon an opinion which may be under a mistake: Upon this account it some∣times happens that he who is bound before God, is free before the Church; and he that is free before God, is bound by an Ecclesiastical Sentence. The Chain wherewith the Sinner is bound before God, is loosened by a Remission of the Fault; but that wherewith he is bound in re∣spect of the Church, is loosen'd only by Absolution from the Sentence; which appears in the Resurrection of Lazarus, whom our Saviour first raises again, and then orders the Apostles to untie him. So the Man, concerning whom he is talking, having promised with an Oath to obey the Church, and to give signs of his penitence, might very well be absolved in the sight of God, but not having received Absolution, he is not so in respect of the Church. Yet the Church could and ought to remedy this, that is, because his penitence was true by the plain marks he gave thereof while he lived, it could give him Absolution after his Death: And it signifies nothing that the power of binding and unbinding was not granted the Church in re∣spect of dead men; so that it cannot bind or unbind any but what are upon the Earth, or, as it is written, cannot communicate with a man that is dead, with whom it did not communi∣cate while he was living; for although it did not communicate with him, yet it ought to have done it, it not being any ill will to Religion, but an inevitable accident which hindred him from receiving absolution. And we read in the Canons that the Church has bound and un∣bound the dead. He order'd that this Absolution be desired of the Holy See, the case for which he was to be absolved being a reserved case; that it should be performed with a penitential Psalm, the Lord's Prayer, and the Prayer used upon that occasion; and that his Heirs should make satisfaction.

In the sixty second he order'd a certain Lord to reserve a Treasure which had been found in a Country of the Patrimony of St. Peter, as belonging of right to the Holy See.

The sixty third is written to the Archbishop of Sens, about the Dean of Nevers, whom hav∣ing been suspected of Heresy, he sends back to him with orders to reestablish him, after he had canonically cleared himself by the witness of fourteen Priests.

In the sixty fourth he confirm'd the Order made by the Bishop of Osma in Spain, to have none but Regular Canons in his Church, and some other Constitutions which he had made.

In the sixty fifth he wrote to the same Bishop, and determin'd that such of the Clergy as were notoriously scandalous in keeping Concubines, ought to be condemned without Witnesses or Accu∣sers; but that such whose Crime was not so notorious but that it might admit of some doubt, could not be condemned but upon the deposition of Witnesses, and not on simple Decla∣rations.

In the sixty sixth he declar'd, That those Laicks who keep any of the Clergy in prison incur excommunication, as well as those who give them ill treatment. That such as communicate with an excommunicated Person so as to partake of or contribute to his Crimes, cannot be absolved of the Excommunication which they incur, but by him who excommunicated the Person with whom they communicated, or by his Superiour. But if they communicated with them only so as to eat or drink with them, or in any other manner without partaking of their Crimes, then they might be absolved by their own Bishop, or any other Priest. Lastly, he determin'd that not only those who have contracted two valid Marriages are to be accounted Bigamous, but those too who have contracted such as were nulled, because that although they were not in facto Biga∣mous for want of the Sacrament, yet the Intention of being so was the same, and there was a Fault committed besides: therefore he would not have a Dispensation granted such, as there is to other Bigamous Persons.

By the sixty seventh he confirm'd the Dean of Toledo in his Benefice, and puts him under the protection of the Holy See.

By the next he confirm'd an Archdeacon in his Benefices.

The sixty ninth is a Confirmation of the establishment of the Abbey of St. Michael of the Order of Premontre.

In the seventieth he order'd that the Saracens should be forced to pay their Tithes to the Parishes.

By the seventy first he nam'd the Bishops of Lincoln and Ely, with the Abbot of St. Edmund, to make up the difference between the Archbishop and Monks of Canterbury, or to give Judg∣ment in it.

The 72d, 73d, 74th, 76th, 79th, 89th, 90th, 92d, 93d, 98th, 100th, 101st, 102d, 108th, 109th, 110th, 116th, 153d and 274th, are Confirmations of the Privileges of Monastries.

By the seventy fifth he order'd the Archbishop of Compostella to make use of Ecclesiastical Censures to oblige the King of Leon to put away the Daughter of the King of Castille, whom he had married, tho she was his kin within the prohibited degrees.

In the seventy seventh, to the Archbishop of Tours, he determin'd, That a Metropolitan who is infirm, or has any other reasonable excuse, may commission another Bishop to consecrate his Suffragans.

In the seventy eighth he order'd the Bishop of Castellane to take off the Interdict pronounced against the Inhabitants of his City; because they had submitted and rejected him whom they had chosen Governor of the City without the consent of the Pope.

In the eightieth he committed to the Abbot of Fertè, and to the Archdeacons of Challons, the ordering of the difference between the Church of Autun, and the Monastry of Baume.

The eighty first contains the Judgment in a Process between the Monastry of St. Owen, and that de la Croix-Saint-Leufroy. His Judgment is in favour of the latter, according to the first Sentence in this case, tho there had been a second which seemed to contradict it.

The seven following Letters contain a famous Sentence in favour of the Archbishop of Tours against the Church of Dol, by which the Bishop of Dol is declared his Suffragan, and hath the Pallium taken from him.

In the ninety first, after having first given his Judgment that the Monks of Citeaux had acted rashly in changing the Abbys of Regular Canons which were in the Islands of Hieres, into Mo∣nastries of their Order, he nominated the Bishops of Marseille and Agde to make a Reform among these Regular Canons.

The ninety fourth is a Judgment in favour of the Templers against the Canons of St. Quentin.

In the ninety fifth he nullifies the Election of a Bishop by the Chapter of Cambray; because he whom they had chosen was nothing but a simple Shaveling before the Election, and had had a Child too by a Widow.

In the ninety sixth and seventh he warned the King of Hungary to restore to the Bishop and Church of Vatz the possessions he had taken from them.

In the ninety ninth he order'd his Legate in France and the Bishop of Paris, to look into the case of the Abbot of St. Martin of Nevers, who was accused of Heresy; and if he was found guilty, to depose him and shut him up in a Monastry.

In the hundred and third he decides, That the Bishops of Lisbon and Evora are Suffragans to the Metropolis of Compostella, and not to that of Brague. In the hundred and fifth he declar'd, That this Sentence doth not at all prejudice the Rights of the Archbishop of Brague. And in the hundred and sixth he advised the Archbishops of Brague and Compostella to make up the difference which they had about carrying the Cross, by agreeing that each of them should have it carried before him in the others Diocess.

In the hundred and fourth he wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury, to hinder the Bishops ex∣acting any thing for the Holy Chrism.

In the hundred and seventh he declar'd null the Order of the Canons of Tours, who had given four Prebends to sixteen Persons, on condition that four should be content with the Revenues of one Prebend among them, till the others were dead, so that he who died last should have the whole, as contrary to the Laws of the Church, which forbids divisions or succession in Benefices.

The hundred and eleventh, and twelfth, contain a Confirmation of the Election of the Bishop of Placentia.

The hundred and thirteenth contains a Judgment of a Suit between the Provost of the Church of Aquileia, and the Chapter of that Church, about the disposing of the Revenues, wherein he gives the cause to the Chapter.

In the hundred and fourteenth, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, he empower'd him to force all sorts of Persons to pay Tithes, notwithstanding any Appeal.

In the hundred and fifteenth, to the same Person, he order'd that the Churches should be freed from the new Pensions.

The hundred and seventeenth is a Commission to the Bishop of Tuy, the Dean of Zamora, and the Prior of St. Ifidorus of Leon, to enquire into a Suit between the Bishop of Orense, and the Abbot of Cella-Nova.

By the hundred and eighteenth he upholds the Abbey and Religious of Waltham in the right of presenting to the Livings of their Church. In the hundred and nineteenth he eases them from those excessive rights of Procuration which the Archdeacons exacted of them, and nullifies the Censures which had been made use of to force them. By the two next Letters, and by the 126th, 127th, 128th, 129th, 131st, and 132d, he confirm'd the Rights and Privileges of this Monastry.

The hundred and twenty second is a Letter by which he makes Rainier his Legate in the Pro∣vinces of Embrun, Aix, Arles and Narbonne, with Power to reform and settle the Monastries and Churches, to give Judgment in such Causes as presented themselves, to absolve such as were excommunicated for having struck any of the Clergy, provided Homicide did not follow upon it; to encounter the Hereticks, and to have them punished. By the next he order'd the Archbishops of these Provinces to acknowledg this Legate, and to obey and assist him.

By the hundred and twenty fourth he order'd the Chapter of Aquileia to put the Provost of that Church in again.

In the hundred and twenty fifth he upholds a Canon in the Possession of the Revenues of his Prebend.

The 133d, 134th, 135th, 136th, 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th, 143d, 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, 149th, 150th, 151st, and 152d, are written about the accommodation of the differences of the Church of Compostella and the Church of Brague, which was ended by an agreement of the Parties, and about some other things relating to the Church of Compostella.

The hundred and forty first, and second, are written against some Laicks of Metz, who had private Assemblies in contempt of the Church, and there had the Evangelists, the Epistles of St. Paul, the Morals of Job read in French, and took upon them to dogmatize and preach against the Priests.

The hundred and fifty fourth and fifth contain a Confirmation of the Reform which the Re∣ligious of Pontigny had made in the Abbey of Caduin.

In the hundred and fifty sixth he gave permission to the Bishop of Assisi to accept of the offer which the Archpriest of Peruse had made, of clearing himself canonically of the Crime of Simo∣ny, by the witness of three Persons.

The hundred and fifty seventh is a Confirmation of the Archdeaconship of Cirenza to him who had been presented to it.

By the hundred and fifty eighth he takes the Church of St. Michael of Travalde under the Protection of the Holy See.

By the hundred and fifty ninth he advertised the Suffragans of the Archbishoprick of Cirenza, that he would in a short time send them a Metropolitan fit to fill the place, and exhorted them to receive him with all due respect; and by the next he gives the same notice to the Chapter of Anglone.

In the hundred and sixty first he gives leave to the Archbishop of Cirenza to take his Friends into his Church.

The three following Letters are concerning the Immunities of the Canons of Matera and Ci∣renza.

In the hundred and sixty fifth he order'd that the Inhabitants of Matera should pay the whole Tithe to the Churches to which it belongs.

In the hundred and sixty sixth he wrote to the Bishop of Assisi that he should not think that those whom he had excommunicated were absolved, or that they had any Letters of Absolution from the Holy See, or from its Commissaries.

The hundred and sixty seventh and eighth are written about the absolution of Marcovaldus, and contain the Oath that was taken by him on that occasion. He did not observe it, and the Pope was forced to write against him again in the hundred and seventy ninth Letter.

In the hundred and sixty ninth he determin'd, That the Bishops may absolve those who are excommunicated for striking any of the Clergy, when they cannot commodiously come to Rome, unless they had been excessively rude indeed.

The two following have nothing remarkable in them.

In the hundred and seventy second he determin'd, That he who was chosen Abbot of Gem∣blours, and whose Election they had got confirmed by giving Mony without his knowledg, was not at all in the fault.

The hundred and seventy third is the Judgment in a Suit about a Canon's place of the Island in Flanders.

In the hundred and seventy fourth he order'd the Clergy and People of Regio to receive their Archbishop.

By the hundred and seventy fifth he forbids the Aretins to rebuild a Castle.

The hundred and seventy sixth is a Letter written to the Pope by the King of Dioclia and Dalmatia, by which he recommends and submits himself to his Holiness, and desires him to write to the King of Hungary to drive the Hereticks out of his Kingdom. The next is such a Letter from the Prince of Servia.

The hundred seventy eighth is a Letter written by the Archbishop of Dioclia and Antivari, by which he thanks the Pope for the Pallium which he had sent him, and presents him with the Or∣ders made by the Legates of the Holy See, and by the Prelates of Dalmatia against Simony, about the Celibacy of the Clergy, concerning the payment of Tithes, about the secrecy of Con∣fession, against those that abused the Clergy, or dragg'd them before Civil Magistrates; about the degrees of Affinity within which it is not allowable to marry; about the Clergys being shaved for the presentation to Benefices, and the preservation of the Possessions of the Church; and lastly, a Prohibition from putting the Children of Priests or Bastards into Holy Orders, and from ordaining any one Priest under the age of thirty.

The hundred and eightieth is written by the Pope to the Archbishop of Antivari about the Bishop of Soacino, who, upon suspicion of Homicide, had quitted his Bishoprick; the Pope or∣der'd that he be allowed wherewithal to maintain himself.

In the hundred and eighty first he gave notice to the Archbishop of Canterbury, that he ought not to allow the Secular Clergy to sit in the same place with the Monks at the Cathedral, or to go before them at a Procession.

By the hundred and eighty second he takes an Earl and his Lands into the Protection of the Holy See.

The hundred and eighty third, to the Bishop of Trevisi, is written against such of the Clergy as did not wear Clergymens Habits, nor were shaved; he order'd him to suspend them, and for∣bid the Archdeacon to let them take any higher Orders.

The hundred and eighty fourth is a Letter of Frederick King of Sicily to the Inhabitants of Montefiascone, to make them obey the Sovereign Pontiff.

In the hundred and eighty fifth he declar'd, That a Bishop elect, who has taken possession be∣fore the Election was confirmed, ought to be turned out of that Bishoprick.

In the hundred and eighty sixth he commissions the Bishop of Fiesoli to give Judgment in a Case that concerned a Monastry of Camaldolites.

In the hundred and eighty seventh he order'd the Metropolitan and the Bishops of Sicily to re∣deem the Estates of the Kingdom of Sicily which they had alienated.

The hundred eighty eighth is written to the Archbishop of Magdeburg, about the divorce of the Duke of Bohemia from his Wife, pronounced by the Bishop of Prague, without any regard to the Appeal which this Princess had put in to the Holy See, in consequence of which this Duke had married the Sister of the King of Hungary; he order'd the Archbishop to enquire into the truth of the matter, and write him word of it.

The hundred and eighty ninth is addressed to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the Bishop of Lydda, and to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and of the Temple, to whom he recom∣mends it with wisdom and fidelity to distribute the Alms which he had sent them, and to make him acquainted with the State of their Country.

In the hundred and ninetieth he order'd the Chapter of Capua to proceed out of hand to the Election of a Bishop.

In the hundred and ninety first he recommends to the People of Saxony, Westphalia and Scla∣vonia, the assistance of the Bishop and Clergy of Livonia against the Pagans their Enemies.

In the hundred and ninety second, and two hundred fifty and eighth, he order'd the Bishop and People of Civita to obey the Earl of Chieti, and take him for their Protector.

The hundred and ninety third is a Reprimand for the Chapter of Fondi which had made two faulty Elections, having chose Men who had not in them the Qualities requisite for a Bishop.

In the hundred and ninety fourth he decided, That a Monk who had his Forefinger cut off, was incapable of saying Mass.

The hundred and ninety fifth is a Mandate for a Canonship of Poictiers.

The hundred and ninety sixth is a Commission to the Archbishop of Brague and two Monks, to judg in a Difference between the Bishop of Coimbra and the Templers.

By the hundred and ninety seventh he exhorted the Prelates of France, to whom it is written, to do all that was in their power to bring the King to obey the Holy See, and to put away his Concubine, to take his Wife again.

The two following are Commissions about private affairs.

By the two hundredth he made the Archbishop of Tarento his Legate in Sicily.

In the two hundred and first he empower'd Conrade Archbishop of Mentz to confer those Bene∣fices, to which the Bishop of Hildesheim had presented, in the Bishoprick of Wirtzburg, upon whom he pleased, notwithstanding the Presentations of that Bishop.

In the two hundred and second, and two hundred and third, he order'd the Bishops and People of Italy to receive his Legate, and obey him.

In the two hundred and fourth he commands the Archbishops of Magdeburg, Mentz and Treves, and their Suffragans, to publish Excommunication against the Bishop of Hildesheim, who would remove to the Bishoprick of Wirtzburg without leave from the Holy See.

In the two hundred and fifth he exhorted an Earl of Italy to preserve that Fidelity which he had promised to the Holy See, and to observe the Peace.

In the two hundred and sixth he advertised the Bishop of Autun to provide maintenance for the Jews newly converted.

In the two hundred and seventh he exhorted the Magistrates of Viterbo to observe that Peace which they had made with the Romans.

The two hundred and eighth is a Letter of the Patriarch of Constantinople to the Pope, in an∣swer to a Letter which he had written to him, wherein he tells him that the name of Universal, which he had given to the Church of Rome, puzzled him, and he could not tell the meaning of it. He takes it ill too that he should accuse the Eastern Churches of being Schismaticks, since they professed the Faith of the Council of Nice, and believed that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Substance of the Father. At the end of this Letter he praises the Emperor of Greece. Pope Innocent answers this Letter in the two hundred and ninth, and after having been pretty large upon the Primacy of St. Peter, which he proves to be by divine Right from many places of Scripture, he explains in what sense the Church of Rome might be stiled Universal. He says that one doth not mean by this name all particular Churches, but this name we give to a Church that hath all other Churches under it; that it is likewise called the Mother of other Churches, not because it is the antientest, but because it has the Preeminence over all the rest. He tells him afterwards that he designs to call a General Council for the Reformation of Manners, and invites him to it to settle an union and good understanding between the two Churches. The Emperor Alexis too writ to the Pope the two hundred and tenth Letter about the Recovery of the Holy Land, and the Reunion of the two Churches, as of a very feasible thing. The Pope answer'd him in the two hundred and eleventh, and says much the same to him as to the Pa∣triarch of Constantinople.

In the two hundred and twelfth the Pope writ to his Vicar at Constantinople, not to suffer the Latin Priests to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation, which belonged to none but Bishops to do.

By the two hundred and thirteenth he order'd all the Latin Priests which were at Constantinople to obey his Legate.

By the two hundred and fourteenth, and two hundred and fifteenth, he cites the Prior and Re∣ligious of Sainte-Croix in Spain, to appear about the difference between them and the Bishop of Coimbra.

In the two hundred and sixteenth he frees the Canons of Wirtzburg from the Oath which the Bishop of Hildesheim had made them take to pay a certain Sum of Mony after his death to those as he would leave it to.

The two hundred and seventeenth, and two hundred and nineteenth, are Letters of the King of Armenia to the Pope; and the two hundred and eighteenth, and two hundred and twentieth, are the Pope's Answers to them.

By the two hundred and twenty first he stirs up the People of Sicily to war against Marco∣valdus.

The two hundred and twenty second to a private Person, is the Confirmation of a Prebend.

The two hundred and twenty third is a Commission to the Abbots of Lucedia, and St. Sa∣viour of Pavia for the reestablishment of the Monastry of St. Colombanus. In the next he de∣clar'd, That this Monastry shall still enjoy the exemption from the Jurisdiction of the Bishop of Bobio, but not so as to be any prejudice to the Rights of that Bishop.

In the two hundred and twenty fifth he order'd the Punishment of the Man that had killed the Magistrate of Benevento.

In the two hundred and twenty sixth he exhorted the Saracens of Sicily to be faithful to King Frederick, and not take the part of Marcovaldus.

In the two hundred and twenty seventh he determin'd, That a Priest who discovered to some Rogues a Person that they were looking for, and whom they afterwards killed, without knowing what they searched after him for, not being in any fault, might have leave to celebrate Mass which he had been forbidden by the Bishop.

In the two hundred and twenty eighth he order'd the Cardinal Bishop of Verona, to exami•• whether those that were accused of Heresy were really guilty; and that if he should find after having questioned them that they had no Errors in their Doctrine or Manners, he should declare them Catholicks; and if they had, and were ready to renounce them, he should give them Absolution after having taken the ordinary Oath.

In the two hundred and twenty ninth he declar'd, That such as let their Lands under borrow∣ed names are obliged to pay the Tenths, and that Clergymen are not to be allowed to have any Women live with them except they be of their kindred.

By the two hundred and thirtieth he granted the Bishop of Laghlin in Ireland not to be within the Power of any but the Pope's Excommunication; and in the next, allows him to turn out a Man that had gotten into the Archdeaconry of his Church, and to dispose as he thought fit of the Benefices of his Diocess.

In the two hundred and thirty second he declar'd, That a Woman who had taken upon her a Vow of Chastity to avoid being married, but upon condition of tarrying in her own house, and had afterwards married a Man by whom she had Children, ought to take her Religious Habit again, and observe her Vow.

In the two hundred and thirty third he determined, That a Girl of not above seven years of age could not be engaged by any promise of Marriage.

In the two hundred and thirty fourth he order'd an Abbot to provide for the subsistence of a Jew that was newly converted.

By the two hundred and thirty fifth he appointed the Abbots of Citeaux, Morimond, and la Creste to make strict search after Hereticks.

In the two hundred and thirty sixth he commissioned the Archbishop of Naples, and the Car∣dinal Legate in that Country, to inform against the Archbishop of Benevento.

In the two hundred and thirty seventh he forbids the turning the Revenues of Abbeys, which were intended for the maintenance of Monks, and the keeping of the Poor, to other uses.

In the two hundred and thirty eighth he forbids all the Bishops of Scotland any ways med∣ling against an Abbey which was immediately subject to the Holy See.

In the two hundred and thirty ninth he judged that the alienation of the Estate of a Monastry by the secular Authority is not to be minded.

In the two hundred and fortieth he gave leave to the Provost of the Chapter of St. Gaudentius of Novara to correct the Faults of the Canons.

In the two hundred and forty first he decided, That such Clerks as are under Interdiction, cannot be chosen to any Ecclesiastical Benefices.

In the two hundred and forty second he declar'd, That all Believers are bound to pay Tithes to their Parish, and that they cannot upon any pretence whatsoever exempt themselves from pay∣ing any part thereof.

In the two hundred forty third he order'd the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London to pronounce a Sentence of Excommunication against all such as had a hand in the Vio∣lences offered to an Abbot who was putting a Sentence of the Pope's in execution.

In the two hundred and forty fourth he says, That one ought to provide against the Commis∣saries that are appointed, not by way of appeal, but by challenging them.

By the two hundred and forty fifth, to the Prelates and People of Sicily, he appointed a Car∣dinal Legate in this Kingdom, and order'd them to obey him.

In the two hundred and forty sixth, to the Canons and Clergy of Brinde, he cites them to Rome to give an account of the Rout which they had made to hinder him that had been chosen of taking possession of the Bishoprick. The two hundred and forty seventh is upon the same Subject.

The three following Letters, and the two hundred and sixty third and sixty fourth, are Con∣firmations of private Men in their Livings.

In the two hundred and fifty first he desired the King of France to send aid to the King of Je∣rusalem against the Saracens, and to write to the Emperor of Constantinople to maintain a Peace with this Prince.

The two hundred fifty second is a Letter of Leo King of Armenia, complaining that the Earl of Tripoli, and the Great Masters of the Orders of the Templers, and St. John of Jerusalem, would dispossess the lawful Heir of the Prince of Antioch, and desiring the Pope to protect him, and send him some assistance against the Saracens. The Pope makes answer in the two hundred and fifty third Letter, that he will send to his Legates upon the place to judg in all these Diffe∣rences, and that in the mean while he'll order the Earl of Tripoli not to meddle. By the two hundred and fifty fourth Letter, he order'd the Lords and People of Armenia to assist their King in making war against the Saracens; and by the next he sends him the Standard of St. Pe∣ter to encounter the Enemies of the Cross.

By the two hundred and fifty seventh he revok'd a Judgment given by the Bishop of Sidon in Syria, who was commissioned by the Holy See against the Templers: And by the two hundred fifty ninth he order'd the King of England to restore the Templers a Castle which belonged to them.

In the two hundred and sixtieth he appointed Commissaries to inform of the matters for which the Abbot of Pomposa was accused.

In the two hundred and sixty first, to the Bishop of Rossano, he answer'd divers Questions which this Bishop had proposed to him. 1. That the Kindred of a Woman might marry the Kindred of her Husband. 2. That although a Husband and Wife are Godfather and Godmother to a Child, yet they do not thereby contract any such Compaternity as can hinder them from living as Man and Wife. 3. That the Latin Priests might neither have Wives nor Concubines. 4. That he might force the Abbots and Priests to come to his Synod. 5. That the Chaplains of the Castle of Rossano had nothing to do to judg of the validity or invalidity of Marriages.

In the two hundred and sixty second he gave some Lands to the Judg of the Archbishop of Fermo's Temporal Jurisdiction, or his Theologal.

In the two hundred and sixty fifth he order'd, That a Clergyman who had gained a Commissi∣on about an Affair that had been decided before by telling a false Story, should have no advan∣tage by this Commission.

In the two hundred and sixty sixth he gave a Lord notice to receive the Legate which he sends him with all due respect.

The two hundred and sixty seventh is a Mandate for a Canonship in the Church of Breuil.

In the two hundred sixty eighth, and two hundred and seventy second, he enjoins the Abbots of Citeaux and Premontre to give the fourth part of the Estates of their Abbys towards the Holy War.

By the next two he required of all the Bishops of Europe supplies of Men and Mony for that War; and of all the Faithful the same, in the two hundred and seventy first.

In the two hundred and seventy third he appointed the Archbishop of Tyre and the Bishop of Sidon his Commissaries to judge in a Suit between the Church of Tripoli and the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem about a Church.

The two hundred and seventy fifth and sixth are written about the Process concerning the Pre∣bends of the Church of Padua.

The two hundred and seventy seventh is written about the Election of an Archbishop of Capua by two thirds of the Chapter, maugre the opposition of the Pope's Legate and some Canons: the Pope found no fault in the form of the Election; and because he was not yet satisfied that the Person elected was thirty years old, he puts off the Confirmation of the Election, and in the mean while till the thing was settled, appointed the elected Person, who was Subdeacon of Rome, to administer both Spirituals and Temporals.

The two hundred and seventy eighth is also written about the removal of the excommunicated Bishop of Hildesheim, because he would without the permission of the Holy See take the Bishop∣rick of Wirtzburg: The Pope gave order to the Bishop of Bamburg to inform whether he ob∣served and was obedient to the Interdict; that he might know whether it was fit to pardon him.

By the two hundred and seventy ninth he confirmed the Institution which the Bishop of Amiens had made of four Religious in a Church.

In the two hundred and eightieth he advised the Lords and Magistrates of Sicily to labour with his Legate to promote the good of that Realm.

By the two hundred eighty first he confirmed an Agreement made between the Templers of Sclavonia and the Monastry of St. Cosmus and St. Damienus of the same Country.

In the two hundred and eighty second he declar'd null a Resignation made for fear of the King of England.

In the two hundred and eighty third he finished a Suit that had been depending at Rome about the Election of the Bishop of Sutri.

The four following are the same with some before.

By the two hundred and eighty eighth he confirmed the new Bishop of Hildesheim, who was chosen in the place of him who would remove to Wirtzburg, and declar'd null all the Alienations that the latter had made of the Possessions of the Church of Hildesheim.

In the two hundred and eighty ninth he empowered some Abbots in his name to present to the vacant Prebends of the Archbishoprick of Magdeburg, which the Archbishop and Chapter had neglected to fill within the time appointed by the Council of Lateran.

Monsieur Baluze takes notice after this Letter that this second Book of the Register of Pope Innocent's Letters is not compleat; because Roger of Hoveden quotes a Letter of this Pope's of the year 1199, about Giraudus Bishop of St. Davids, which is not to be found among these; and he adds, for a Supplement, some Letters which he had taken from divers places.

The first, which is the two hundred and ninetieth of this Book, is addressed to the Clergy of the Diocess of Penna in the Province of Abruzzo, whom he orders to submit to the Jurisdiction and Justice of the Bishop, as well in what respects their Tithes and Incomes, as what concerns the Causes of Marriage and Penance.

The two hundred and ninety first is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Church of Volterra.

The two hundred and ninety second is a Protection granted to a Priest.

In the two hundred and ninety third and fourth he exhorted all the Princes of Germany to labour for the Peace of the Empire, and for an Accommodation between Otho and Philip.

By the two hundred and ninety fifth he commits to the Bishop of Verceil, and the Abbot of Lucedia, the Judgment of a Process between the Monks and Canons of Milan.

The two hundred and ninety sixth is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Abbey of Maria∣dura.

By the two hundred and ninety seventh he takes the Earl of Montpellier into his protection, and tells him in the next that he will send him Legates to labour for the destroying of Heresy.

The two hundredth and ninety ninth, and three hundredth, are written about the Removals of Bishops. He of the Isle of Lesina upon the Coasts of Dalmatia had been required for the Archbi∣shoprick of Zara, and before this Demand was admitted in the Court of Rome, he had forsaken his Bishoprick of Lesina, and had done his Duty in the Archbishoprick of Zara: The Chapter of Lesina had chosen in his place the Bishop of Spalatro. The Pope puts off the execution of the matter till he was fully informed how things were, and appoints Commissaries for that purpose.

The three hundred and first is the Confirmation of a Treaty between the Archdeacon of Paris and the Abbess of Chelles.

The three hundred and second is a Constitution which forbids using any force to make the Jews be baptized, or doing them any injury, or offering them any violence.

By the three hundred and third he granted Indulgences of forty days to the Monastry of Vezelai, in which they say is preserved the Body of St. Mary Magdalen.

The three hundred and fourth is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Church of Placentia.

The three hundred and fifth and last of the second Book, is a Letter to the Clergy of Nor∣mandy, exhorting them to contribute the fourth part of their Revenue towards the carrying on of the Holy War.

Mr. Baluze not being able to recover the third and fourth Books of the Letters of Pope Innocent, has supply'd their place with a very antient Collection of the Decretals of this Pope, made by Rainier, Deacon and Monk of Pomposa: It contains many Letters of the first and second Books, and some of the following ranged under different Titles. We have already made an Extract of the first, and we have nothing left but to do the same with the latter. That which is in the first Title of this Collection is of that number; it contains a Resolution of some Difficulties about the expressions which are used in the Mysteries of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation. Here he takes notice that the Terms of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, signify the relative distin∣guishing Properties of the Divine Persons. He distinguishes in the Father three Particulars, his In∣nascibility, Paternity, and Emission. Then he examines in what sense Jesus Christ may be called Man; and having scholastically discust that Point, and given the Solutions of it which are given in the Schools, he remarks to the Archbishop of Compostella, to whom this Letter is written, that to answer in an Apostolical manner, which is the plainest and best, one may say that Men in this world cannot comprehend the true nature of God, and have no proper words to express it by, and therefore are forced to make use of Relative Terms.

The second Letter is a writing given to the Ambassadors of Philip Duke of Suabia, by which he sets the Priesthood above the Imperial Dignity, and pretends that it belongs to the Pope to de∣cide the Difference about the Empire; because it was he that brought the Eastern Empire into the West, and crowned the Emperors.

In the third, to the Emperor Alexis Comnenus, he also extols the Sacerdotal Dignity, and tells this Prince that he should not suffer the Patriarch of Constantinople to sit at his feet or on his left hand.

The other Letters of this Collection are almost all in the first and second Book, and have no∣thing worth notice in them, except some under the fortieth Title about Divorces and Poligamy.

In the first Letter of the fifth Book, Innocent III. determined that such Nuns as have fought, or have beaten any of their Sisters, or of the Clergy, may receive absolution of the Bishop who shall give it them in the name of the Pope.

The second is a Confirmation of the Statutes and Privileges of the Order of Grandmont.

The third is a Law made between the Clergy and Laicks of that Order.

The fourth is written to the Pisans against Marcovaldus.

By the fifth he gave Judgment in divers differences between the Bishop of Spoletto, and the Pri∣or and Clergy of the Church of St. Gregory of that City.

In the sixth he approved of the Translation of the Bishop of Imola to the Archbishoprick of Ravenna.

In the seventh he determined that the Son of a Godfather could not marry the Daughter of the Godmother to the same Child, although he was born before they baptized the Child. That if these two Persons had married they ought to be parted, and that whosoever knew of any such thing ought to discover it.

In the eighth he wrote to the Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina his Legate in France, to absolve ad cautelam the Archbishop of Magdeburg, whom he had excommunicated for not appearing at Corbeil, whither he had cited him, upon condition that he should promise to make his appearance, or send his Deputy, if he had not appealed to the Holy See before excommunication.

By the ninth he confirmed the Privileges of a Chapter of Regular Canons of the Diocess of Magdeburg, and by the next grants them the Privilege of eating meat, because the Order of St. Austin, which they made profession of, did not oblige them to abridg themselves of it.

The eleventh Letter is to the Archbishop of Sens to absolve the Bishop of Nevers.

By the twelfth he nominated Commissaries to judg the Archdeacon of Chartres, who was ac∣cused of Simony.

By the next he commissioned the Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina, his Legate, with the Abbots of Citeaux and Beaulien, of the Diocess of Verdun, to inform about the matters whereof the Bishop of Toul was accused by his Archdeacon.

In the fourteenth he confirmed the Election of Sifroy to the Archbishoprick of Mentz, and rejected the demand of the Bishop of Worms his Competitor.

The following Letters have nothing in them worth taking notice of.

In the twenty second he declared that when those Persons, the Judgment of whose Causes he had commited to his Commissiaries, could not safely come to the place appointed, they might then appeal to the Holy See, tho the Letters of Commission excluded any Appeal.

The twenty third is written to the Bishop of Worcester against the Religious, who made use of Appeals to hinder the Bishop from visiting their Monastry, and to avoid correction. He order'd him to take a course with them for all their Appeal. He gave the same Order to the Bi∣shop of Verona in the thirty second and thirty third Letters.

The twenty fourth and twenty seventh, are written to the Chapters of Chalons and Angers, about the Election of their Bishops.

In the twenty fifth and twenty sixth he nominated the Cardinal of St. Praxeda to be his Le∣gate in the East, with him of St. Marcellus, and orders all the Faithful to obey them.

By the twenty eighth he acquainted the Chapter of Prague that he has absolved their Bishop.

The thirty fifth is addressed to the Archbishop of Bourges, the Bishop of Nevers, and the Ab∣bot of Cluni, whom he commissioned to examine the Inhabitants of an Hospital who were ac∣cused of Heresy, and condemned by the Bishop of Auxerre, tho they had acquitted themselves at Rome.

The thirty sixth is written about a Difference in the Election of a Prior of the Church of St. Austrillus of Bourges, which he order'd the Theologal of Orleans to inquire into; and in case he should find the two Elections which had been made faulty, to make them proceed to a new Election in the ordinary forms.

By the thirty seventh and thirty eighth he recommended to the Prelates and Lords of Sicily, Walter Earl of Braine, whom he sends into Sicily with his Legates, and a Marshal, to car∣ry on the War against Marcovaldus.

In the thirty ninth, to the Bishop of Auxerre, who had demanded of him, 1. Whether the Power which he had of disposing of the Estate of the Clergy that died intestate, extended it self to Canons as well as others; 2. Whether such as left their Estates to be disposed of at the will of another, might not be accounted to have died intestate: The Pope answer'd, That under that name of Clergy were comprehended Canons, and that it was not to be thought that those Persons made no Will who left other Persons Masters of their Estates.

The forty first is a Confirmation of the Privileges of the Bishop of Siponto.

The forty second is a Letter of the King of Armenia, complaining of the Templers promising to remain in unity with the Holy See, and desiring him to grant that neither he, nor his Subjects, nor his Country, nor the Latins which were in it, might be excommunicated or interdicted by any

other than the Holy See. The Pope grants him his Request by the following Letter.

The forty fourth is a Letter of the Patriarch of Armenia to the Pope, desiring help of him. The Pope promises it him by the next, and exhorts him to keep the Churches of Armenia in union and submission to the Holy See.

The forty sixth is written to the Pope by another Archbishop of Armenia, who asks for a Pallium, which the Pope grants in the next Letter.

The forty eighth is written by the Pope to the Archbishop of Rheims about the Design of Philip King of France to get himself separated from his Wife. He tells him that it's fit the Queen should have liberty to produce her Witnesses and Proofs as well as the King, and that he ought to advise the King not to demand what cannot be in justice granted. In the next, which is written to that Prince about this Affair, he talks with him about that which his Ambassadors had complained of, that he had had harder usage in this case than other Princes had received up∣on the like occasions; seeing that King Lewis his Father, and the Emperor Frederick, and very lately John King of England had been separated from their Wives by the Judgment of their Prelates and Estates, which the Holy See had without any scruple confirmed. The Pope answers, that they were his Legates who separated the Emperor Frederick, and that King Lewis and the King of England were parted by their Prelates, but that was because there had been no complaint made to the Holy See; which was the very Reason that the Judgment was not revoked, because no body protested against it: but the matter now in hand had been laid before the Holy See; Pope Celestin had revoked the Sentence of Divorce, and had sent his Legates into France, who might perhaps have put an end to the Affair, if he had not eluded their Judgment; that it was in the power of the Holy See, if it would go to the rigour of the business, not only to annul the Sentence, but likewise to use Censures against those that had given it, as Pope Nicholas had done against Gontierus Archbishop of Cologn, and Tetg•…•…dus Archbishop of Treves, for having divorced King Lotharius of Tetberge: that he had offered his Ambassadors to send two under∣standing Persons into his Kingdom to hear the Witnesses, and to go to Denmark, if there was need, to receive the Queen's Evidence, to the end that they might give a true Judgment in the matter: that he was very willing if the Queen would consent, that he should choose two Persons out of his own Kingdom. In fine, he advises him to observe due form of Law in the Sentence, and to use his Queen well.

In the fiftieth he order'd his Legates in Sicily and his Marshal, to make up the Marriage of King Frederick with the Sister of the King of Arragon.

In the fifty first and fifty second, he forbids the Archbishop of Bourges to meddle in a business if separation which had been brought before the Holy See, and says, that an action against a Marriage which has for so long time remained firm, ought not to be easily admitted.

In the fifty third he gives Judgment in a difference about the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in fa∣vour of him who had been first chosen by the Archbishop of York. The fifty fourth is about the same business.

The three next concern particular Affairs of some Churches in England.

In the fifty eighth he takes off the suspension of the Archbishop of Messma.

By the fifty ninth he declared that the Desertors of the Order of Citeaux should not be re∣ceived, tho they had Letters of Reestablishment from the Holy See, except these Letters ex∣presly said that it should be no prejudice to the Discipline of the Order.

The sixtieth contains three Collects, and three Prayers for the Feast of St. Bernard.

The three next have nothing remarkable.

By the sixty fourth and sixty fifth he forbids giving of Benefices to the Children or Nephews of the Patrons.

In the sixty sixth he checks the King of England for the Violences he had done to the Bishop of L••noges.

The three next are about the Election of a Bishop and two Abbots.

The seventieth is a Confirmation of a Treaty made between the Abbot and Monastry of D•…•…e on one side, and Andrew of Chavigni Lord of Chatearoux on the other.

By the seventy first he confirm'd a certain Person's right to a Canonship.

By the seventy second he commissioned the Archbishop of Arles, and the Abbots of St. G•…•…a, and of Vallemagne, to publish the Deposition of the Abbot of St. William, and to get another chosen.

The seventy third is written against the Canons of St. Antoninus of Placentia, who would not receive a Canon who had a Mandate from the Holy See for a Prebend of their Church.

The seventy fourth is written to the Archbishop of Melphi to excommunicate all that took the part of Marcovaldus.

By the seventy fifth he forbids turning a Church into a Monastry without the consent of the Bishop.

By the seventy sixth he granted the Monks that lived in the place whither St. Bennet re•…•…∣ed, six Livres of Mony every year out of the Apostolick Chamber, beside the Subsistence which they had from the Monastry of Sublac.

In the seventy seventh he imposes this Penance upon a Soldier that had cut out a Bishop's Tongue; to go naked, with his Tougue tied with a string fastned about his neek, carrying Rods in his hand; to present himself in this posture at the Church door for fifteen days together, where he should have Discipline given him, fasting all this time only with Bread and Water;

and then to go for the Holy Land, where he should carry Arms for three years, and fast every Friday with only Bread and Water.

In the seventy eighth he imposes this Penance upon a Man who having been Prisoner among the Saracens, had killed his Wife and Daughter by the command of the Saracen Prince, and eaten of their Flesh; to abstain for the future from eating any meat; to fast every Friday on bread and water, and the Mondays and Wednesdays of Advent and Lent; to eat only one Meal all the other days of Advent and Lent, and on all Vigils; to go naked footed, with a woollen Coat, and a very short Scapulary, carrying a Staff a Cubit long in his hand, taking no more of any person than would just serve him that day, not remaining above two days in one place, never daring to enter into the Church without first having received Discipline, and to recite every day a hundred Pater Nosters, kneeling at every one of them; and after having observed this Pe∣nance for three years, to return to the Holy See to desire Absolution.

In the seventy ninth, to the Abbot and Chapter of St. John of Sens, he granted them the Pri∣vileges of not being interdicted or excommunicated but upon an evident and reasonable Account.

Hitherto the Letters of the fifth Book go on without any interruption, the rest of it is im∣perfect, many omissions there are, but those that we have I present you with: namely,

The eighty second, which contains the Rules for the Reform of the Monastry of Sublac.

The eighty fourth about the Affairs of Sicily, to Earl Walter Governour of Puglia or Apuleia.

The eighty ninth about the Death of Marcovaldus, at which he expresses a great deal of joy.

A Fragment of the ninety sixth, by which he annuls the Postulation of the Bishop of Leit••••rs to the Archbishoprick of Ausche, because this Bishop was troubled with the Falling Sickness.

A Letter by which he checks the Bishop of Penna for several Irregularities.

The hundreth by which he commissioned the Abbot of St. Columbus of Sens, and the Theo∣logal of Orleans, to confirm the League made between the Bishop of Paris and the Abbot of St. Genevieva du Mont, provided it had nothing in it which might derogate from the Authority of the Holy See, upon which the Church of St. Genevieva immediately depended.

The hundred and seventh to the Archbishop of Besanson, about some Persons in his Diocess who carried the Religious of Citeaux before secular Judges, and obliged them likewise to clear themselves by hot or cold Water, or by Duel. The Pope forbids all such usage of them for the time to come.

The hundred and fifth, which is a Letter of the King of Bulgaria, submitting himself to the Church of Rome. And the hundred and sixth, which is the Pope's Answer to him, wherein, after having recounted the usage which the Legates of Pope Adrian met with in Bulgaria, and how the Bulgarians had driven out the Roman Priests to take in the Greeks, which was the cause that the Holy See never sent any more Legates among them, he tells him that at his Request he would send a Legate into his Kingdom, there to act in his name. The hundred and seventeenth, which is a Letter of the Bishop of Zagora in Bulgaria upon the same Subject: And the hundred and nineteenth, which is the Pope's Answer to the Bishop.

The hundred and twenty first, which is an Answer to the Demand of John the old Archbishop of Lions, what Form Christ Jesus could make use of to transubstantiate the Bread and Wine in∣to his Body and Blood, and why these words were added in the Canon of the Mass, the My∣stery of Faith, which were not to be met with in any of the Evangelists? Innocent takes notice, 1. That not only these words, but those also, Having lifted up his Eyes to Heaven, and those of the Eternal Testament are not in the Evangelists, but that it is not to be thought that the Evangelists have omitted nothing, and that those omissions are to be supplied from other places of the Holy Scripture. 2. That some Persons have made use of those words, The Mystery of Faith, to main∣tain an Error, that the real Body of Christ was not in the Sacrament, but only the Appearance and Figure; that these Persons were deceived, because, altho we say that the Sacrament of the Altar is a Figure, we do not thereby deny that it is real, for the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ was an Example and Image too, and yet it was real; so that the reason why the Sacrament of the Altar is called The Mystery of Faith is, because we therein believe otherwise than we see: we see for example the Spec••es of Bread and Wine, and we believe the reality of Flesh and Blood, and the virtue of Unity and Charity: that three things are to be distinguished in this Sacrament, the visible Form, Bread and Wine, the reality of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, and the virtue of Union and Charity; that the first is Sacramentum & non res; the se∣cond, Sacramentum & res; and the third, Res & non Sacramentum. 3. He maintains that the Apostles received from Jesus Christ, and delivered to the Church that Form of words which is in the Canon of the Mass. This Archbishop had put another Question to the Pope too; namely, Whether the Water which was •…•…gled with the Wine in the Cup, was likewise turned into the Blood of Jesus Christ? The Pope answer'd, that it is the opinion of some, that as Blood and Water flowed from the side of Jesus Christ, being Figures of the Redemption and Regeneration of Man, so the Wine and Water in the Challice are changed into these two things: That others believed that the Water being changed into Wine was transubstantiated into the Blood of Jesus Christ, which is con∣trary to the opi••••on of Philosophers, who say it may be separated from it: That in the third place it may be said that the Water is not turned into Blood, but remains mingled with the accidents of the Wine, as new Wine doth when it is mixed with consecrated. He doth not condemn this opi∣nion, but he reject•• that of those Men who say that the Water is changed into the Phlegm of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Jesus Christ; and embraces as most probable that opinion of the Water's being turned with the Wine into the Blood of Jesus Christ. The third Desire of this Archbishop, is to

know how that change came to be made in the Secret of St. Leo: for where one reads in the antient Missals, Lord grant that this Offering may profit the Soul of thy Servant Leo, there the new ones have it, Lord grant that this Offering may profit us by the intercession of St. Leo. Inno∣cent answers, that he doth not know by whom or when this Change was made, but that it was not without reason, because seeing it is an injury to a Martyr to pray for him, all the Prayers therefore that are made for the Saints, ought to be applied to us, or to be understood in this sense, that we pray they may be glorified more and more upon Earth, although there are some that think that the Glory of the Saints may be augmented till the day of Judgment, and there∣fore the Church may pray for their Glorification. In fine, he leaves him to judg whether the Rule of St. Austin about Prayers for the dead may not be applied here.

The hundred and twenty second to the Emperor of Constantinople, who had written to the Pope, desiring him to hinder the Latins from invading his Estates; to give no Countenance to the Party of Alexis the Son of Isaac the Angel, who was gone to desire help of Philip Duke of Suabia to regain the Throne of his Father; and not to suffer Philip to be Emperor of the West. The Pope answers him that this Alexis had come to Rome to complain of his having deposed his Father, and put out his Eyes, and kept him in Prison: That afterwards he went to Philip and other Christian Princes, promising them that if they would reestablish him, he would assist them in the Conquest of the Holy Land; that he had been consulted about this too, but would give no answer till he had heard his Deputies, tho many had counselled him to favour the Design, because the Greek Church was not yet subject to the Holy See: that he was so far from favour∣ing Philip, that he upheld Otho in his Pretensions: that he exhorted him in token of the respect which he had for him, to labour for a Peace.

The hundred and twenty eighth to William Earl of Montpellier, who had by the Archbishop of Arles desired the Pope to legitimate his Children. Innocent proves therein first of all that the Legitimation of the Holy See is valid, not only in what concerns the Spirituals, but the Tempo∣rals too: and because this Earl alledges the Example of the King of France's Children, which Phi∣lip had by a Wife whom he took after having left Isemburga, to obtain the same favour for those whom he had had by a Wife that was married in the same manner, Innocent tells him there is a great deal of difference; 1. Because the King of France by his lawful Wife had a Son who was presumptive Heir of the Crown, whereas he had no Son by his lawful Wife. 2. Because the King of France had no more from the Holy See than what concerned the Spirituals, whereas he desired it both for Spirituals and Temporals. 3. Because the King had not left his Wife till he was divorced by the Archbishop of Rheims, and had these lawful Issue by the other Wife before the Holy See had forbid him to live with her, whereas he had observed no Form nor Law in the matter. 4. Because the King acknowledging no Superiour in Temporals, had submitted him∣self to the Holy See in this case, though perhaps he could have given himself this Dispensation as to Temporals; but as for him who depended upon other Soveraigns, this Dispensation could not be granted him without encroaching upon their Right, and he could not grant it to himself. About the end he begins to establish the Power which he had not over the Temporalty of St. Pe∣ter's Patrimony only, but over that of other States. And he concludes that he cannot grant his desire, unless he can prove to him that his Fault is less, or his Authority greater than it was thought.

The hundred and sixtieth to the King of England, wherein he reproaches him for having for∣saken the Party of Otho.

The hundred and sixty seventh, to the Holy Soldiers, which is full of Reproaches too about the taking of Zara in Dalmatia, which the Venetians had attacked and taken by storm with the help of these Crosses, and had divided the Booty of with them.

Monsieur Baluze has added to these Letters two Privileges granted by this Pope, the one to the Monastry of St. Laurence of Aversa, and the other to that of St. Paul and St. Peter of Canterbury, and some other Letters which had never been printed, which serve to clear some of those in this Book; namely, the Letters and Acts about the Accommodation between the Bishop of Paris, and the Abbot of St. Genevieva du Mont, confirmed by the Abbot of St. Columbus of Sens, and by the Theologal of Orleans, in pursuance of a Letter of Innocent's, viz. the hun∣dredth, and by the Pope himself in a private Letter which Monsieur Baluze speaks of; and the Act of the Legitimation of the Children of King Philip the Beautiful, of which he spoke in the hundred and twenty eighth Letter.

The fifth Book is followed by a Collection of Letters which concern the Contest for the Em∣pire between Philip and Otho, with this Title; The Register of Pope Innocent III. about the Affair of the Roman Empire. There are to be found not only the Letters of the Pope upon that Sub∣ject, but those likewise of the two Contenders, and of those of their Parties. There are seve∣ral considerable Circumstances of this History to be learnt there, and we may by them see the disposition of the Pope and Princes, and the different Motives which made them act on this or that side. At first the Pope seems to be neuter, and to desire nothing else but that the German Prin∣ces would agree and live in peace. The first and second Letters. Otho writes him a very sub∣missive Letter. The King of England, and other Princes which were for him, write to the Pope in his behalf. The fourth, fifth, and following Letters. Those who had chosen him give the Pope an account of his Election, and desire his confirmation of it. The tenth Letter. The Pope

answers them in general Terms. The eleventh Letter. On the other side the Princes of Germany that were for Philip, demand of the Pope four things; 1. That he would acknowledg Philip for King of Germany. 2. That he would do nothing against the Rights of the Empire. 3. That he would not refuse to crown him Emperor, when he should come to Rome for this Ceremony. 4. That he would not make war against Marcovaldus. The fourteenth Letter. The Pope an∣swer'd them that he is very sorry for the Differences in Germany, that he has no design of intrench∣ing upon the Privileges of the Empire; that he will give the Crown to him whose Election he shall find to have been according to form; but that he cannot favour Marcovaldus, who is a Re∣bel against the King of Sicily, and who had seized upon the Lands of the Holy See. The fif∣teenth Letter. Philip Duke of Suabia likewise wrote to the Pope by Ambassadors that he sends him. The seventeenth Letter. And Philip King of France earnestly recommends his Affair. The thirteenth Letter. The Pope answers the Ambassadors in a full Consistory, that it belonged to the Holy See to give Judgment in this difference. The eighteenth. Otho who found himself the weakest of the two, writes very submissive Letters to the Pope, and makes offers of peace, and to yield to all that the Holy See should think fit to order. The nineteenth and twentieth. The Pope wrote a Letter to the Princes of Germany; having recounted what was said on one side and the other to maintain the Validity of each Election, he lays open to them the mischiefs that this division might produce, and exhorts them unanimously to choose one only Prince. In the mean while the Archbishop of Mentz having called an Assembly at Andernach and at Cob∣lentz, had there made the Princes promise that they would execute what should be ordered in the first Assembly that should be held. The Pope was angry that this was done without his having a hand in it, and wrote thereof to the Archbishop in the twenty second Letter.

Hitherto the Pope had not declared himself, but now seeing that there was a necessity of do∣ing it, he weighs the Reasons and Interests that the Holy See might have, and finds that it is most for its advantage to declare for Otho. He himself has told us his Motives in his Memoir, Intituled, The Deliberation of Pope Innocent upon the three Competitors for the Empire; Frede∣rick, Philip, and Otho. He examines the matter by three Principles: Quid liceat; quid deceat; quid expediat. He says that it seems to him quod non liceat to reject the Election of Frederick, which was the first that the Princes of Germany made; quod non deceat, because he was put by his Father under the protection of the Holy See; quod non expediat, because there was reason to fear that when he should become powerful, and see that the Holy See had baulk'd him of the Empire, he should cast its Authority out of Sicily, and not make to it the ordinary Submissi∣ons, that he might revenge himself upon that which had taken the Empire from him. But then he sets against this, that his Election had been gained by force, and an Oath to maintain if had been taken by violence; that he was elected at a time when he was not capable of managing the Empire; and that supposing he had been chosen in a time that the Empire had been vacant in▪ yet non decet, because it is not reasonable that he who is under the Tutorage of others, should command and govern them: that non expedit, because the Kingdom of Sicily would by this means be united to the Empire, and there was reason to fear that the King of Sicily being become so powerful, would not do homage to the Holy See. For the Election of Philip he alledges, quod non liceat to reject it, because it had been made by the greatest number: non de∣ceat, for fear he should think that the Holy See minded only to revenge the Injuries done it: non expediat, because he was the most powerful. Then against his Election he says, quod non liceat to approve it, because he had been excommunicated, and elected while he was excommunicated; which is so true, that he would since have gotten his Absolution, which was nevertheless 〈◊〉〈◊〉 given him in due form, because he was a favourer of Marcovaldils, because he had taken an Oath to Frederick, and in the mean while acted contrary to this Oath: quod deceat to oppose him in it, because else it would seem as if the Empire was hereditary, when one Brother succeeded ano∣ther: quod expediat, because he is a Persecutor, and of a persecuting Race. Against Otho, quod non liceat to acknowledg him, because he was chosen by the least number: quod non deceat, for fear it should seem to be out of partiality: quod non expediat, because his Party seemed to be the weakest. For this Prince, because sanior pars consentit; because he is the most proper; because God will assist him. The Conclusion is to counsel the Princes of Germany to agree upon one person, and to advise them to declare for Otho. The twenty ninth Letter. After having made this Resolution, he wrote a Letter to the Archbishop of Cologn, and his Suffragans, and to the Princes of Germany, wherein he tells them that it belongs principally and finally to the Ho∣ly See to decide all Differences that should arise about the Empire, that they might be made up: principally, because 'twas that See that translated the Greek Empire to the Latins; and finally, because 'tis that that gives the Imperial Crown: that he had waited to see whether the two Con∣tenders would agree; but since that was not done, he had sent the Cardinal of Palestrina his Le∣gate into Germany, with Philip a Notary, and had order'd Octavian Bishop of O•…•… his Legate in France to repair thither, if he could, and see what was to he done. The thirtieth Letter. He wrote the same thing to the Prelates and Princes of Germany. The thirty first. In fine, he de∣clar'd openly for Otho, acknowledging him to be King of Germany lawfully elected, made a De∣claration of it to the Princes of Germany, and order'd them to obey him. The thirty second, and following Letters. He wrote likewise to the King of France to draw him to the same side with himself, and to the King of England to keep him firm on it. The forty seventh, and forty muth Letters.

The Princes of Philip's Party, astonished at what the Legate had done, complained of the Court of Rome's meddling in the Election of an Emperor, any more than the Emperor did in the Election of a Pope, which he might pretend to a right of doing. They said that the Car∣dinal of Palestrina could not do as he had done, either in quality of an Elector, for that did not be∣long to him; or of a Judg, because he had given Judgment in the absence of one of the Parties, and because he had no power to judg in this matter. The sixty first Letter. The Pope answer'd, That he acknowledges that the right of choosing a King who is afterwards to be made Emperor, lies in the hands of the German Princes, but that he hath a right to see what this Person is, be∣cause he is to consecrate and confirm him: That his Legate had acted the part neither of an Elector nor of a Judg, but of a Denunciator, by declaring that Duke Philip was unworthy, and Otho worthy of the Empire: That the Election of Philip was disorderly, &c. The sixty second Letter. Philip King of France complains of the Election of Otho, and tells the Pope that if he still protected him he would take his own measures, and assures him he had no reason to fear any thing from Philip. The sixty third Letter. The Pope answer'd, That he had no design to do any thing that might be a prejudice to France: That he had a greater affection for the King of France and his Subjects, than for all other Kings and States, Utpote in cujus exaltatione exaltars credimus Apostolicam sedem, & in cujus depressione, quod absit, ipsam deprimi crederemus. Then he gave the Reasons why he put by Philip; 1. Because he is of a Family that had been Enemies to the Holy See. 2. Because he is excommunicated. 3. Because one cannot trust him. But as for Otho, he assures him that he had engaged him to follow his Counsels in respect of France: That he is of Kin to Lewis the Son of the King of France: That it's none of his Interest to defend the English, and that he had not assisted them: That if he should take any measures against France, the Holy See would straight oppose him: Usque adeo enim Regni Francorum diligimus libertatem, ut non solummodo contra eum, sed contra omnem hominem qui illud molestare praesumeret, pro cujus immunitate staremus, & ejus defenderemus pro viribus dignitatem. He exhorts him to live in Peace, and touches upon some other Reasons of State, which should keep him from opposing the Empire of Otho. The sixty fourth Letter. The Pope wrote moreover many other Letters to the Princes and Prelates of Germany in favour of Otho, who had taken an Oath to obey the Church of Rome, and to restore it all the Lands which belonged to it, and among others the Exarchate of Ravenna, the Marquisate of Ancona, the Dutchy of Spoletto, the Lands of the Countess Mathilda, &c. The seventy seventh Letter. The Party of Otho growing every day weaker and weaker, the Pope exhorts the two Parties to come to a Treaty that there might be a Peace. The seventy ninth. Otho to get him on his side, promises to make a peace with the King of France. The eighty first Letter. The Report goes that the Pope's a going to leave him. He complains thereof. The Pope assures him that he has not changed his Sentiments; that he had sent no Letters against him, and that those which went about were forged. The eighty fifth and following Letters. On the contrary he excommunicated the Bishops that were against Otho, and exhorts all the Ecclesiastick and secular Princes of Germany to be on Otho's side. Philip, whose Party was very much strengthened, thought that he might at last perhaps gain the Pope; he wrote him a Letter to justify his Conduct, in which he says that his design at first was to keep the Empire for his Nephew Frederick: That the Electors refused to confer it on him: That he received the Empire whether he would or no, without any looking after it, or caring for it: That some Malecontents, corrupted by the King of England's Gold, had chosen Otho: That Lupold had been Canonically chosen Archbishop of Mentz. And he ends his Letter with promises of obe∣dience, and submission, and respect, protesting that it is a falsehood that he was excommunicated by the Pope his Predecessor; that all he wished was to be as certain of not being excommuni∣cated out of the Church Triumphant, as he was of not being so out of the Church Militant.

Within a while after things looked towards a Peace; the Pope sends Hugolin Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, and Leo Cardinal of the Holy Cross, in quality of his Legates into Germany to conclude it. They received Philip's Oath of obeying the Pope in all things for which he had been excom∣municated, and gave him absolution after he had taken it. They obliged him to set Bruno of Cologn at liberty, to turn out Lupold, and put Sifroy into possession of the Archbishoprick of Mentz. They made him disband his Army, and enter into a Truce for a year. The hundred and forty second Letter. Philip was killed not long after. You may see the Circumstances of his death in the hundred and fifty second Letter of Cardinal Hugolin. Otho is afraid that some body would dispute the Empire with him: The Pope promises stoutly to maintain him in it, and to hinder any one from rising up against him. The hundred and fifty third Letter. He wrote upon the same Subject to the Princes of Germany. Otho desires him to write in his behalf, and the Pope doth it, and exhorts the King of France too to make peace with him. To strengthen him still more, he empower'd Hugolin to grant a Dispensation for his marrying the Daughter of Philip. He writes him a pretty Letter about the Union which there ought to be between the Sacerdotal Power, and the Imperial: That they are the two Swords which ought to assist one another, and recommends his Legates to him. The hundred and seventy ninth Letter. In fine, Otho be∣ing come into Italy to receive the Imperial Crown, takes an Oath to the Pope, whereby he con∣sents to the liberty of Elections, allows of Appeals, renounces all pretence to the Revenues of vacant Churches, leaves the ordering of all spiritual Affairs to the Pope, promises to exterminate Heresy, and to render to the Church of Rome all its Lands; and particularly the Marquisate of Ancona, the Dutchy of Spoletto, the Exarchate of Ravenna, the Estates of the Countess Mathil∣da, &c. and promises assistance and obedience to the Pope. This Oath was taken in the

year 1209. at Spire, the twenty first of March; the hundred and eighty ninth Letter: And was confirmed by the hundred and ninety second.

We do not think fit to enter upon the rest of the Letters contain'd in the rest of the Books of Innocent's Register, which are about an infinity of private Actions and Affairs, the recital of which would be more tedious than useful. There you may find a great many Privileges granted or confirmed to many Abbys; many Confirmations of the Elections of Bishops; divers Suits brought before the Holy See, and Judgment given in them, or else they returned to the Com∣missaries; Mandates for Livings; Letters to animate the Christians to relieve the Holy Land, or to set the Catholicks about the exterminating all Hereticks; Advice to Princes and Bi∣shops; Questions about Marriages and Divorces, and particularly about that of Philip King of France, and that of Peter King of Arragon; and the decision of some Questions in the Canon Law. There are some too about the Regal Right as well in France as England, of which we shall speak in their place. The greatest part of these Letters are written in a formal and practical Stile. This Pope had a wonderful insight into Affairs, and a very particular Knack of hitting the joints of the Business in a few words, and of setting off the Reasons both on one side and the other in their full force; which he did with so much impartiality, that as the Author of his Life takes no∣tice, one can hardly discover which side he enclines to till he pronounces Sentence.

He composed many other Works both before and after his being Pope. Here's a Catalogue of them. A Treatise of despising the World, or of the misery of Man's Estate; in three Books: A Work of Piety much like that of the Imitation of Christ, of which there have been ma∣ny Editions, as at Paris in 1482, and 1594. at Venice in 1538. at Antwerp in 1540. and at Cologn in 1681. A Treatise of the Mysteries of the Mass, divided into six Books, printed likewise by it self at Leipsick in 1534. and at Antwerp in 1540. A Commentary upon the seven Penitential Psalms, printed at Antwerp in 1550, at Venice in 1578, and at Cologn the same year. Three Prayers in honour of the Saints. Sermons for the whole year, and for the Saints days, with four Discourses for the Consecration of the Pope. A Treatise of Almsgiving. A Treatise in the praise of Charity. Hymns or Proses in honour of Jesus Christ and the Virgin, and Prayers upon the Passion of Jesus Christ. Two Discourses to the second General Council of Lateran. The Acts and Canons of this Council. All his Works were printed with two Books of Letters in Folio at Cologn in 1552, and in 1575. These Works are full of Piety and Spirituality. The Book of the Contempt of the World may be very useful, and contains very lively Draughts of the Estate and Misery of Man. The Books of the Mysteries of the Mass are full of Mystical Reflections upon the Ceremonies of the Mass. The Stile of the Sermons is close, full of Divisions, An∣titheses, Allegories, and many Passages of Holy Scripture.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Life of Pope Inno∣cent III.
• * 1.2

  The Letters of Innocent III.
• * 1.3

  Pope Inno∣cent's Letters.