The history of the rights of princes in the disposing of ecclesiastical benefices and church-lands relating chiefly to the pretentions of the Crown of France to the Regale and the late contests with the Court of Rome : to which is added a collection of letters written on that occasion : and some other remarkable papers put in an appendix / by Gilbert Burnet.

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The history of the rights of princes in the disposing of ecclesiastical benefices and church-lands relating chiefly to the pretentions of the Crown of France to the Regale and the late contests with the Court of Rome : to which is added a collection of letters written on that occasion : and some other remarkable papers put in an appendix / by Gilbert Burnet.
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Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.
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1681.
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XVI. The Pope's Answer to it. (Book 16)

CHarissime in Christo Fili Noster. A Dilecto Filio nobili Viro Duce d'Estrées accepimus Majestatis tuae Literas, quibus constantem tuam in Apostolicam Sedem observantiam profiteris, & reipsa comprobas, dum mandasse te scribis dilecto Filio Nostro Cardinali d'Estrées, ut expe∣dito Itinere ad Urbem proficiscatur, tuam nobis mentem Declaraturus super Negotiis Regaliae: de quo postremis ad te Literis scripsimus, eo Affectu, quem Causae Mag∣nitudo & Gravitas, & indispensabile Apo∣stolici Muneris Debitum, Nostra{que} erga Te tuam{que} Salutem aeternam Paterna Charitas postulabant. Libenter eas Literas accepimus,

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& quae Literis, idem Dux Orator tuus ad∣junxit: Libentius multo excepturi Cardi∣nalem ipsum ad nos venientem, praestante virtute, & in rebus gerendis Solertiâ virum, nobis diuturno usu plane perspectum ac probatum, quem propterea egregium fore speramus Voluntatis nostrae omnia Majesta∣ti tuae laeta ac prospera cupientis Interpre∣tem: quae sané voluntas, nulla rerum vel temporum adversitate labefactari aut re∣primi poterit, quin Majestati tuae impense suffragetur de promovendo Divino Hono∣re, & Catholica Religione amplificandâ assiduo cogitanti, de quo nos & meritas tibi laudes tribuere, & uberes Divinae Bo∣nitati gratias agere nunquam cessabimus, omni Ope, Studio, Authoritate nostrâ, ac∣curatis{que} apud Deum praecibus pio magna∣nimo{que} Majestatis tuae Proposito affuturi. Caetera ab eodem Duce d'Estrées plenius cognoscas, tibi{que} Apostolicam Benedictio∣nem amantissimé impertimur.

Datum Romae, 12 Julii 1680.

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