their Councils abridged. 285 and would have it; and Tome Bithops non fine magno la6oris pericolo,libel- los quidem vix tandem recipient, with much ado were brought to,fub- fcribe, Paying, It was novum '' inauditum. The refuters extra Synodum inglorii relifliPunt, were (hut out till they conformed: (Oh! that Inglorii was a cutting word. ) § 69. The Emperor hiding his anger againft thePope's Legates ( for the BulgarianUfurpation ) gave them great gifts, and fent them home. But at Sea they fell into the hands ofthe Sclavonians,who ftripped them of their Riches, and the Subfcriptionsand Copy ofthe Councll,and kept them Prifoners, and threatned their Lives :But by the mediation ofthe Emperor and Pope, they were delivered,and had force of their Writings again. § 7o. CCLXXXV. /In. 879. Carolus Calves King of France,un juftly poffeffed theKingdomof Lotharius, which by inheritance fell to Ludo- viens. Ludovicas got the Pope to interpole, who fent his Legates to Charles : But the Bifhops had not yet learned to obey Popes againft Kings in power. ACouncil of Bithops called at Metz., give the King- dom toCharles, becaufe he was the ßronger. This was called Concilium Fradatorium,a Council ofRobbers and Traytors : And no wonder,when a Bifhops mutt be theGivers of Kingdoms. Was it not enough for the Pope, to ufurp fuch power, to be over Kings, and difpofe of Crowns,but ordinaryBithops mutt do the like ? §71. CCLXXXVI. Yet another Council againft the Pope.King Charles had authorized Northman, a great man, to receive force Goods that were taken to belong to the Church. The Pope commandeth Hinc- marus, Bifhop of Rhemes, and the reit of the Bithops of France to ex- communicate Northman. Hincmarus and the Bithops refute to obey a him , only one Hincmarus Bifhopof Lao; (Laudanum) obeyeth him, and publifheth the Excommunication. ACouncil is called atWerrrcria, where Hincmarus Rhem. and theBifhops ( the King contenting) con- demn HincmarusLaudunenfas,for difobeying his Metropolitan, in obey- ing the Pope. He appeals to Rome They will not let him go. He writeth. Hincmarus Rhem. writeth largely againft him, ( though his Nephew) (hewing how he broke the Canons, how bad a man he was ; how he had negleEted his own Charge, left Children unbaptized , and for private quarrels excommunicated his Flock, and had filenced and fufpended the Minifters under him tyranically, d'c. Reader, Was the Pope's power yet fully received, when a Metro- politan was to be obeyed before him, and men condemned for obeying him? § 72.
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