their Councils dbridded. 387 Alexander, and refigneth to him all his right in Tufeulum. Whereupon the Tufculanes receiva Alexander, who there heard the Ambafladorof Henry King of England, purging himof the guilt of the deathof rho. Becket; and Pent into England two Cardinals with power to examine all the matter who im- poled on the King, though fweanng he was innocent, that for Penance he fhould maintain Soldiers for f erufalem, and for three years {Mould have an Ar- my againff the Barbarians, anddefend theChurch-liberties in hisLand , and not hinder Appeals to Rome ; All which he fware : [By which, faith Plating, he merited that theTde of the Kingdomof England fbould be trap erred on to him, and his Heirs, by the Pope's confene : whence, it is obferveel that all theKings of England do recognize (or acknowledge) the Rights of the Kingdomfrom the Popeof Rome. ] A jufi Reward for their ferving the Titular.Servant of Servants in his pelfilent Ambition ! That he fhould thence take them for his Vaffals, and take himfclf for the difpofer of their Crowns ; frooping to fuch Prieffs, dothmake them Kings of Kings. Yet Alexander hath not got poffellìon of Rome it felt, fo far was he from being received by all the world ; and fo low did he condefcend as tooffer the Citizens, [That if they would receivehim, he would come in peace,and meddle with nothing but Divine matters,leaving to them the care offecular things : Andwhen they wouldnotgrant him this much, he went to Sigma. ] Was this man truly the Bifhop of Rome, that had no more of the Citizens confent fo much as to - dwell among them.? There he Canonizeth the Archbifhop of Canterbury, rho. Becket, for a Saint. The Emperor entereth Italy, and ta- keth many Cities, but the Venetians owning the Pope, and he being wearied with Wars, at Papia treateth of aPeace. But this not taking, the Emperor fhortly returned with another Army into Italy, but was fo hard put to it by theMillanois and others in onefight, that he narrowly efcaped death himfelf. This one lots made theNobles that followed him fay, That they fufered this, becaufe theyfought unlawfully againft the Church and f he made not his peace prefently with the Pope, they wouldgo home: So that the Emperor was forced to fubmit to the Pope, for fear of being forfaken by his Subje&s and Soldiers. At Venice they met, and the Emperor killing the Pope's feet, credible Hiifori- ans fay, Thatthe Pope trod on his Neck fcornfully, and profanely repeating the words of thePfalm, [Thou (halt treadon the Lion andAdder,&c.Pfgt.' 3.) But Baronius and Binnius will not believe this,though as Fowles noteth,p.2.6 Y. it is recordedby Ciaconius, Metfon. and abundance more of their own Hiffo- rians, and preferved in.the Archives of the Library at Venice, and the Picture, of theStory hang'd publickly in the Senate Houté. The Emperor's fevcrity againft them ofMilan was not for nothing : They not only brake their Oath byRebellion, but when his wife Beatrixcame to fee the:City,.fet her on aMule backward with the tail in her hand, and fo led her in fcorn from one Gate:out.at theother: What may not fuch provocations do to an Emperor ? D d d 2 The
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