¶Howe the treatie that had been at Reynes / bitwene the Frenche kyng and the kyng of Almaygne / concer∣nyng the vnyte of the churche was folowed. And howe the bysshoppe of Cābrey was sent by the sayd kyn∣ge to Rome and to Auygnon / to thē that wrote them selfe popes / to thē∣tent that they shulde depose thēselfe fro their papalytes / and submyt thē to the order of these two kynges. Capi. CC .xxxii. (Book 232)
YE haue herde here before / howe yt kyng of Almaȳne and ye kyng of Fraunce / & the lordes of thempire and their coūsails had ben at the cytie of Reynes / and there they had dyuers secrete counsayls. and their entencion was / to bring the churche in to a parfyte vnite / for to folowe the way that the churche helde as than. The errour was to great. And also ye haue herde howe may∣ster Peter de Ailly bysshoppe of Cambrey / was sent in legacion to Rome to speke with pope Boniface. he spedde hym so in his iour¦ney that he came to Foūdes / and there foūde pope Boniface / and to hym he delyuered his letters of credence / dyrected fro the kynges of Almaygne and of Fraunce. The pope re∣ceyued them / and the bysshoppe right meke∣lye. The pope knewe well parte of his mes∣sage. Than the bysshoppe declared ye cause of his cōmynge. Whan the pope hadde well herde hym he sayde / Howe the answere laye nat all onely in hym / but also in all the cardy