443 ,/1 Revelation ofthe Apocalypfe. CAP.q. prove it, that he got a childesportion from thence, becaufe the Lom- bards turning their forcesagainft the Romans, delire to take thofé Ci- ties from the Popes ofwhich they had bereaved the Emperour. Whichbeing thus taken away 'Pope Zachary recovered againe with flattering words, and that with the vantage, if wemay beleeve the Popilli Writers. For he tookaway from Luitprandhesby Way ofagift unto blef"edPe- ter, and the Pope, betidesfame Cities that had beengotten from him by force,the Patrimony of Sabineum,andNarnia,andA_nconia, andHu- mana, and a great vally of the field ofSutrixum, andmoreover all things, which Lustprandau hadencroachedfrom effmilia, and thof e of Ravenna within two yeares, Decad. t. Book io. But out of controverfic, themunificence of `Pipine, Charles thegreat and Ludo- vickdid far exceed all this. Now was it that the .Exarchy was cal- led Romania, that it might acknowledge the Lord thereof by the very name that was given it. Now therefore did the Beaf begin to wax proudwith the Kingdomsofthisworld, whobefore did rather boast of a littleof dignity and honour, then the couldbe tobrag ofany pof- feßions ofCities and Lands. Having two bornes lihe to the Lambe. Thefe two homesare Pi- pine, and Charles the Great his fonne, the Kings of France, with whofe force ofarmes as it Were with bornes, this newBeast- did drive all his enemiesfar away. Pipine fuccoured Pepe Steppanus the fecond when he fled into France, againft AUlulphut the Kingof the Lem- bards.Whorn hecompelled by pafling twiceover the Alpes with his hoaft againft him,firft toyeeld all the things to thePopeagain,which hehid taken from him,and afier that to give over the Exarchy ofRa- venna, andwhatfoever almoll he had furprifed in Italy, to Peters Chair, Volat. lib.3. Charles the great curbed Dofderius theKingof the Lombards for Adrians fake,yea he quite tookawaythe kingdom from that Nation, that it might never be able to troubleRome after- wards. After that again,when Aragifius the Duke of Benevento,m,hadput Adrian into force fear,he came flying, as it were,into Italy, brought him into order againft his will, and fet Adrian free from all manerof fear. And when Leo 3. was the third time raft out by the Romans, he made hafte into Italy,feverely punifhed thofe that were feditious,and reftored him to hisChaire. The Popes of Rome hadnever filch ftrong and Pure defence to rely on in any of their hornes from the time ofthe firft ten horns,as theyhad in thefe two horns. Thefe twonotable horns therefore
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