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Most illustrious and Reverend Lord,
THE Bishop of Tortosa (who is one of the Com∣missioners for the affair of the Patriarch) being to go to Milan, to see the Duke of Sesse his Nephew, the Ambassadors of Ʋenice made their solicitations that the abovesaid Commissioners might give their report and declare their judgement thereof before his departure. Wherefore to satisfy these Ambassa∣dors we were oblig'd to put off the general Congre∣gation yesterday in the afternoon, to dispatch this particular one which lasted from one a clock till night. The Commissioners whose names we send your most Illustrious and reverend Lordships were all there, except the Ambassador of Poland, who was indisposed in the Country, and they all gave their suffrages one after another according to their prece∣dence. All the sentences were uniforme, that in the Patriarch's letter there was not one heretical word, nor any which might not be found in S. Au∣gustin, S. Prosper, S. Bernard, S Thomas, & other H. D. Whereupon they all concluded that he ought to be acquitted of the calumnie raised against him; adding further, that it was not onely their own judg∣ment but also that of all the Divines of their nations with whom they said they had diligently consulted upon the whole matter. Nevertheless the Archbishop of Granada & the Bishop of Segovia appear'd a little reserv'd, saying they had not consider'd the cause ac∣cording to thir desire; but so far as they had consider'd it then, they judg'd that the Patriarch was to be ab∣solved, with reservation to give a more manifest de∣claration another time of what they thought of it, & desiring first to see the sentences which were sent to Rome, which were accordingly given them. Some also said that the author of the letter seem'd little vers'd in the Scholastick way, but that nevertheless he so fully clear'd things in the Apologie, that there remain'd no scruple; when they had all ended giving their sentences, we desir'd them to give us the sub∣stance of the same compendiously in writing to the end we might consider them & frame our judgment to which they all agreed. Your most illustrious Lord∣ship sees now in what posture the Patriarch's affaire stands, and may give notice thereof to our H. Father. The present being to no other end, we kisse your hands and humbly recommend our selves to your Lordship. From Trent the 14. of August. MDLXIII.
Your most illustrious and most Reverend Lord∣ships most humble servants,