their Councils abridged: Vector Pope, and condemned Roland, called Alexander. The Letters of the Emperor and the Bithops tell-us, that this Council confifled of innumerable Bishops and Abbots, and that theEmperor, after a good Speech, departed, and left all to theirjudgments: "And that it was there proved by the Oaths of ma- ny \Nitneífes, that Vi tor was chofen by the full confent of the People and Clergy, and fome Cardinals, and that, twelvedays before Rolandwas chofen ; and that Roland was prefent and contradi&ed not, but bid them obey him that was chofen : And that after being Chancellor he fiole out of theCity, and the major part of theCardinals havingbefore the death of the lait Pope entered a Confederacy, to choofe none but one of themfelves that confedera- ted (againft the Emperor) they fecretly chofeRoland ; the People and Cler- gy (a multitude fubfcribing) all defiringVictor Three or ' fourKings alto confenting to accept him, when theCouncil declared him the onely true Pope, and Roland a perfidious Ufurper. Here is all the Romans, Clergy and People, the Emperor and many Prin- ces, and aCouncil of innumerable Prelates of Cermany,.Italy, &c. agamitthe major Vote of an 141pftart fort of Men called Cardinals, that had'confederated treacheroufly before : And yet the Roman Papacy is by Succeß'ion from this Man, that was no true Bifhop himfelf. CCCCXXVl, CCCCXXIII,ÇCCCXXIV, CCCCXXV. An. 1 1 6 i. Alex- ander got a Councilat Clermont, and another-at Nen,market, and another at Belvacum ; and An. s 164.. another at Tours, to curie the Emperorand Pope Victor. The French taking his part; (and the Englifb at lair) kept up the Schifm and Contention. TheReader mutt take this notice by the way, that fuck Meetings as we call Parliament:, the PopishHiftorians often call Councils, that they may draw Men to think that what Parliaments did was done by ClergyPower ; And when Lords, Commons and Bifhóps met in the fame Affembly, fome called them Parliaments, and fome Councils; And as Spelman faith, fag. 529. The fameA%mblies were indeedmixt, and partly Civil or. Royal (as he talleth them, becaufe called by the King) and partly Ecclefiaflical. But among the Romanifis, Councils' are greatly-advanced by this afcribing to them the AdIs and Power of Parliaments. Accordingly the Parliament at Clarendon is called a Council byBinnius, (CCCCXXVI) by the reproachful nameof Conciliabulum, because they fet- led rtheRights of theKing.asRuler of the Clergy ,. and would not let the Pope be Kingof England, (which is the Henrician, or Royal He'refie,'to. be punishedby Fire or other death on Kings themfelves, when the Pope is big enough to do it.) In this Council or Parliamerrt,Thomai of Canterbury , and the refl of theBithops concurred with the relt (for'fear.) ButThomas he 389 t3 i
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