and their Councils Abridged. His Prcdeceffor purpofed to revoke the decree for thutting up theCar- dinals in Conclave, and this man finned the revocation, and till the dayes of Celettine 5th. that renewed it, it flood revoked, faith Onuphrius. § -2 25. Next came Nicholas 3cl. after fix months contention andvacancy. King Charles as Senatorprefding and pleading for aFrench Pope. He is commended much, fave that he fet up all his own Kindred too much. 4 22e. After three years reign, eight months and fifteen dayesof Ni- cholas came Martin 2d. vulgo 4th. faith Binius andOnupbriur a Frenchman : la his time, the Greek Emperour Paleologur (not keeping his promife to the Pope )- joyned with Peter Kingof Arragon, who claimed Sicilyas his Wives inheritance ; and though the former Pope had fet him on, this was againfc him, refloring King Charles to be Senator at Rome, and fidingwith him , becaufe he was a Frenchman But the fatal Sicilian Vefpers killed all the French, and Peter overcame Charles and took his Son, and Charles and the Pope fhortly diedof Fevers. But before he died the Pope played the old Game, excommunicating and curling KingPeter, and gave his Kingdomfor a prey to any one that would get it, and abfolved all his Subjees from their Oath of Allegiance, and figned Croifado's ( Soldiers under the lign of the Cr.(*) to fight againft him. 4 227. Honorius the 4th. cometh next ( his Brother being Senator at Rome) He confirmed the fame Anathema againft Peter King of Arragon, who fhortly after diedof a wound received in tight by theFrench. The Pope dieth ( and the feat is void ten moneths) 1287. after twoyears Reign. 4 228. Anno 1287. CCCCXLVIII. A Council was held at Herbipolis by the Popes Legate, endeavouring tohave got the tenthpenny of theEfiates of the Clergy for the Pope, and of the Laity for the Emperour (by their joynt confent.) But Siphridus Arch-Bifhop of Colen, and Henry Arch-Bi- (hop of Trevers dourly oppofrng, frufirated both their Conciliary delìgns. 4 229. Anno r288came P. Nicolas 4th. a Religious Man, General of the Minors, when he had four years together laboured in vain to flay the blood in Italy, between the Guclphes andGibelins, and to reconcile the French and Englith, and to relieve the Chriftians in PaleJhne, he died : And the Cardi- nals, though for liberty they went to Perufium, kept the Church headlefs two years and three months by contention, though Princes in vain endea- voured to perfwade them to agreement. ( Are thefe no interceflionsof the Succellion ?) In this time died Mich. Paleologur Emperour of Conflantinople, and the Clergy and Monks wouldnot fuffer him to be buried in holy ground , be- caufe in the Council at Lyons, he had confented to the Church of Rome, Plains. was this a true Reconciliation of the GreekChurch ? 4 230. Anno 1286. CCCCXLIX. A Council at Ravenna (in Honorius time)made fore Canons for Reformation. 4 23 r . Anno 129 1 CCCCL. A Council at Saltsburg for reconciling for= Chiiftians. Hhh 2 § 232. 419
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