The Acclamations of the Fathers at the ending of the Council.

The Cardinal of Lorrain said,

LOng life and eternal Memory to the most blessed PIUS, our Pope and Lord, and the Chief Bishop of the Catholick Church.

The Answer of the Fathers.

O Lord God, do thou long preserve the most Holy Father of thy Church, for many many years.

Cardinal. Peace from God and Eternal Glory and Felicity in the sight of the Saints be to the Souls of the most blessed Popes, PAUL the Third, and JULIUS the Third, by whose Authority this Holy General Council was begun.

Answer. Let their Memory be Blessed.

Cardinal. Let the Memory of CHARLES the Fifth, and the most Serene Kings who have promoted and protected this General Council, be for ever blessed.

Answer. Amen, Amen.

Cardinal. Long Life to the most Serene Emperour FERDINAND, always August, Orthodox, and Pacifick, and to all our Kings, Republicks and Princes.

Answer. Lord preserve our truly Pious and Christian Emperour; O Heavenly King keep and defend all those Earthly Kings which are the Defenders of the Right Faith.

Cardinal. Many thanks, and our wishes of long Life, be to the Legates of the Apostolick Roman See, and to the Presidents of this Council.

Answer. Many Thanks, many Thanks, the Lord reward them.

Cardinal. To the most Reverend Cardinal, and the most illustrious Ambassadors.

Answer. Many thanks, and we wish them long Life.

Cardinal. To the most Holy Bishops long, Life and a happy return to their several respective Churches.

Answer. To the Preachers of the Faith Eternal Memory, to the Orthodox Assembly long Life.

Cardinal. The Council of Trent is an Holy Oecumenick Council, let us pro∣fess the Faith it hath Taught, let us observe the Decrees it hath made.

Answer. Let us ever profess it, let us ever observe them.

Cardinal. We also believe, we are all of the same mind, we all with one con∣sent embrace and Subscribe to it. This is the Faith of St. Peter and the Holy Apostles, this is the Faith of the Fathers, this is the Faith of the Orthodox.

Answer. So we believe, so we agree, so we subscribe.

Cardinal. Adhering to these Decrees, we shall be made worthy of the mercy and favour of the chief and great High Priest Jesus Christ our Lord, by the in∣tercession of our Lady, the most Holy Mother of God, and of all the Saints.

Answer. So be it, So be it. Amen, Amen.

Cardinal. To all Hereticks whatsoever.

Answer. Anathema, Anathema.

After these things were done, the Legates and Presidents commanded all the Fathers upon pain of Excommunication, before they departed the City of Trent, to subscribe to the Decrees of the Council with their own hands, or to signify their Approbation of them by some publick Instrument. All which Fa∣thers did thereupon Subscribe, and were in number 255, that this to say 4 Le∣gates, 2 Cardinals, 3 Patriarchs, 25 Archbishops, 168 Bishops, 7 Abbots, 39 Proctors, for such as were absent being lawfully deputed, and 7 Generals of Re∣gular Orders.

Glory be to God.

WE the Secretary and publick Notaries of the Holy Oecumenick and General Coun∣cil of Trent, whose Names are here under-written, have compared the Decrees of the said Council, contained in this present Volume with the Originals: And because we find them to agree with the same, we have in witness thereof Subscribed it with our own hands.