their councils abridged. 355 to have rid or. an All with the face backward, nor to have fuf Bred what manyof themhave done. All this he doth, [lnterpoftd Dei et B. Petri autboritate,qud nulla poteft efe major.] Did Peter ever think that hisname would have thus fubduedEmperors and Kings? The Pope again in a prayer to God and St.Peter reciteth the zd. Pfalm, and telleth them how the Emperor would caft off his yoke, and again curfeth him fromChrift, and depoteth him from all his Government, and abfolvethall his Subjects from the Oath of Obedience laying, that _° he that may bind and loofe in Heaven hath power to take away on "Earth, both Empires, Kingdoms and Principalities, and whatever "men have to give or take away : If we judge the ruling Angel:, how "muchmore their Servants? Therefore (faithhe to the Bithops) Let Kings "and allfecular Princesunderfiand by the example of this man, how great "yourpower is in Heaven, and how much God efteemeth you, and let them "fear hereafter to break the commands of the Church.] Pars this fen- " tence prefently on Henry, that all may undevftand that this Son of iniquity "fell not from his Kingdom by Chance, but by your endeavor.] Plat. p. 180. Rodulph being killed, the Rebels fet.up the EmperorsSon, a Lad, a- gainft his own Father: But at thatprefent he was quieted, and the Em- peror went with an Army into Italy, and firft Conquered the Army of Mathildis the Popes Patronefs, and brought his own PopeClement the 3d. to the Chair, and was crowned by him : He befieged Gregory in the Cattle : Guifcard, a Norman cometh with an Army to fight for the Pope : The Citizensrefift him, (the Emperor being drawn out to Sens.). Guifcard burnt and deftroyed that part of the Citywhich is between the Laterane and the Capitol, and took the Capitol and deftroyed it. He gave the prey of the City tolls Souldiers, and delivered Gregory and carried him away to Caffinum and Salernum, where he dyed, having reigned 12 years. Bin. faith, that Henry befieged Rome three years be- fore he took it. When Robert Guifcard had delivered the Pope, he de- peed (quantum in fe) all the new Cardinals made by Clement 3. and surfed the Emperor again. Gregory himfelf faith that Italian, French, and German Bithops were for the Emperor, and they were alto for Clement 3. How fhallwe know then which was the true Pope? § y.q.. No lets than tenBooks ofHildebrand's Epiftles are added by Binnius to hislife. Moft of them for the Papahlntereft. In lib. z. Ep. S. He talkethofPhilip King of France as he diyfoftheEmperor, raying he was no King but a Tyrant, and declaring that he was refolved to take his Kingdom from him if he did not amend his wicked life. One of his crimes was refitting the Pope that would let Bithops in his Kingdom without his content. Epift. -13. He tells Solomon King ofHungary, that his Kingdom is the propriety of the Church of Rome, devoted to it by King Stephen; and reproveth him for diminifhing theRoman Kingdom, by accepting Ilen- Z z z gary
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