their Councils abridged. 20 I durit flay from Rome in France no longer, left he loft all, (being,impri- foned for refuting the right Heir Charles) returneth, and fpeaketh fame big words, and turneth forced confent into fuper-Kingly commands, and faith ( Bin. p. loco ) eligimus merito et,approbavimus] folenniter ad Romani Imperiifceptra proveximus) et'Augujtali norcine d"scoravimus,&c. Aüd to difable the Kingly claim of inheritance he faith, [Nequeenim fi- bi honorem prefeemptuofé aff mpft, ut Imperatorfieret, fed tánquam deft-, deratus, et optatus, pofiulatus A NOBIS, it a Deo vocatas, et honorifi- catus addefendendam religionem et Chrifti ntique fervos tuendos, bumiliter et_ OBEDIENTER acceffit, &c. Nifá enim talon cognoviffemus ejus in- tentionem nunquam animus nofter fieret tam promptes ad ipfuspromotionem, &c. So if the Pope had not liked him, the Emperor's hereditary right had never made him Emperor. And the flattering Bithops fay to the Pope (Bin. p. i o i o.) ut non vos pries eligeret, fed contra vos earn et eligeretis et'diligeretïs:Et nos O Coangelice Papa, vetigiaveftrafe£tantes et falatriio monita recipientes,quemamatisamamus,quem eligiftis elágimus,&e. And now comes in Binnius withhis Comment and faith that[would our "refractory noveli(ts, who withgreat temerity dare profefs that the Roman "Popes in the crowning of Emperors have no other right then barely "minifterially to anoint and crown them, had but known theft Aïís (*)They (*) we "wouldfrom them have learned that that Pope John (alias Joan) didnot now "only anoint and crown Charles, but alfa by Gods inftin// did choofe him know "to govern the Empire, and raifed him to that fosblime dignity honouring them. "him with the Auguf al name, before he was anointed and crowned by him, and that the Empire was conferred on him, not by hereditary right offac- cejfion, but by the will of the Pope who chofe him and granted it to him.] BEWISE therefore O TE ICINGS, BE inf rutted ye that are fudges of the earth---Kifs the Popes foot left he be angry andye perifh in the way; Ifhis wrath be kindled, yea, but a little, &c. § 82. CCXCI. Au, 8,79. A concilium Pontigonenfe confirmed the choice "of Charles where it's faid (Bin. p. 1012) et legit Johannes Arietinus `iEpifcopus quandam fchedulam racione et authoritate carentem: Poftquam "legit Odo Belgivacorum Epifcopus gitadam Capitula aLegatisApoffóli- "cis, et ab Anfegifo (the Popes Vicar) et eodem Odonefine confcientias "fynodi diEtata, inter fe.diifòna, et nullam utilitatem babentia, verúm et "ratione et authoritate carentia, et ideohic non habenturfubjuneta.] § 83. CCXCII. An. 877, A council in Neuftria (Normandie) under Hincmarus Rhemenfis rebuked Hugo bate Son:ofLotharius for rebellion and devaftation of the Country. § 84. CCXCIII. An. 878. "a concilitem Tiecenfe where the Pope was prefent excommunicated Formofust Portuenf/s (one of the former Popes preachers to the Bulgarians, and one that was after Pope him- felf,) Alfo Hincmarus Laudunenfis was reftored blind, and joyned with the other that had his,Place, (and fo one Church had two Bithops infpite of his uncle Hincmarus Rhemenfis that oppofèd it, and had both put him in and caft him out. P 'p x 5 82.
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