The Price oftbe Emperors Abfolution.He/e.k; the Popes Favaur.Hi& Sons rebel. 343 {~~~.~ } ~~~~ ~~~~~0~t~:~~~~~;;~rt~~~;li:~t~;~~~~~~~ ~~~he;t~~~~:~~d~~~r:~~i~~;~:~~~~l\~~ta~e::~ ;h ~ might allure unto him ~ tiddJty of thofe Cmes m the thy head, that challeng~h all amhor_ity to himfdf in the ~~t~~~ ~;~td.~r~~~t~;;~Mk~~~~~1;s1;~;~~~ ~~~h~~:~~Y t~~~~~~:~~~o;~~tj;::!e; !:.~~ ufUgc. And of th:lt' doth the E~peror, m Ius Eptl'clc T lltn thmfore, whm nothmg could ~done in the matTbetblrd Im~~a~h:i~~~~ ~~Y~~~;i~n'CX:,~~;:~k, :;,::~~e::;~~r:ro;r,~e\~ri',>k:;:~h ~~fro~ p•atllc~of and mollwickcdTrrofons. ~thtttwith could ·~ the was made and concl~dtdthem, bythchdpandin<~y ~~E~~ r:~~ &~·~~~~~fa~i:~(~~::~~~tj:~:~~ ~~~a'~f; ~~5d~J::n1 :tp;;l::;n~;~c;;=~~ or;~Dp~~ rot' · could : forhcprefi1m~no~only to fetvanance betw~l t~nt.abfolvmg theEmperor.FmlmctiJofh •s Excommu- 7h.pri«~ ::t•~fan JZ~;Jo~w~;::,;;;~r~~~ ~~~~:thbu~la~fut~1 ~~bea~~~~ ~~~~i =~ ~t::~~;~; l~h~ TI~~oo~hl~ ~~~~ ~:~ rMPnhrr, mnns, he cauftd btm to become an enemy unto htm. pm:, and alfo ofhts Kmgdoms. Now confidmng the :"h'"':J To whom when his Father had ~ffi gntd the Duke of uncouneous dtalingof the Pope with FrtdtrM:tbcEm- ;u~: Boioria (namtdLuJrvhus) tobehtS OverfmandCoun- pcror herein, who can fuflidntdy mufe and marvel at ~:;,: ~,~~~~r!:wr:,f~~~~~:nr~ r;:;sa.i{ d~: :~t~~e:1;r ~:J~~:~~~~~)t~afad~~ ~;!;:~ or elfe morevertuous, or dft more grave :md apt to be more gent!}' and ~rtroufly with FrtJr:uk than \~ ~·&t~ in authoriry: Htnry ftarin~ lefi he fhould unde~flandan~ mttt, or btfeemtd !urn to do? Who is •t that doth not lftll~t, knowofthek fcoet counltls, whichhewithlusConfpt- ftt his manifdlflattery, colourtdnCthtt withreafon,nor f:.!!"~m rators hadin hand3gainfihisFathcr, orthathefhouldt~t- fm:e~ diffimu.b~on? But ·~uch ~ore truly an~ ~ter f~i~f~~ f~a~~ ~~ef~;~ :~~~·h~r,~:~;;~:fd~~~~u~u~ho~i~ ;~~~~eC~t;~d~~h =;~1~:; ~~b~~·M::~l~~~: f[b~{':/il of the Court .and Stnate of Ronu, he ~t lu~ out of Of~ ~h1ch fi:r fo much mony lel leth that lu: rtc~1ved frcel~,~y- l'ope. fichtt ~:Jda:h~;~~~~;et~~.:~i~%r a:•z;xl~a;la~~ d~d;;~~"~t~~~· if he had r(Ct1vtd tt of Chnfi m- :k one from another) fharp and cruelWar might .be made: And yet althoogh the Emperor Frtdtrick concluded againll the Empero;, fo that, his fXJWer being d}firad: to with the Pope this .unprofitable peace fur himfc:lf, yet he the aPptaling ot l>ariablecomention, he might hunfelf be peri"orrned. thofc thm~ that Wtte a~d upon f:J..ithful - the eahacpprerfedofafew, ly.a1xldil•gently. But the Pope which thought it but.a n~ Em~. \~ th~Empcror no~vunderftOOd what fiirthe:Pope t~1ffie: tobrt"akhis ,promife, wouldnotfiand to theco1xl1ror bu ring kepl m all hls dominions m his abfcnce, and when he had tJons of that .peace he made. For by the way, to p.d"s ;~;~c':pc• fomewhat refonntd and· apprafed the troubles which he over other thmgs, neither had he refi~~ as he prom urfte!h fecretly had wrought him in the Kingdom of r..trufafem, mi(td, the Cufioms of the Land of Stcrly, neither y« ~f~jr. out ::~i~dt~~~~~~n~~~p~re ~~~i:\~~~00: hi~t ~f ~t~d~itbe:~~u~r:~~l, dJ~i~~~ :?~,;~~ 'At~ et~~~ them whom in his abfencc he found his trufiy Sub)ed:s: do both Frtdericlc in his Epifiles tefiilic, and alfo Ftfhe left in Afta Rma/Jus with his Garri~ons, commanding ~~us in his eighth Book, writing of the affairs of Siall rhe other OOnds to be under his appomtmnlt ; and with Clltd. Yet notWithflanding Frtduiclc, for the quiemdS .all fpttd. ~came forth in cn;ain Gallic> to Calabria. Du- and utiliry of the Comm01~wo.lch, fl!lrpofc:d with him· ring the tune of his tl~ being, which unlooked for came felf .to bar and fuffer tht'lc: frnall inJuri~ and funha ~W~~·r~:~~c~~~~~~:.~ :!h~a~F::~~~e~::~ ~::it a~~d~v~c ~~gh~ ~:bebyroh~ agi~n~ ~~~~f went tO Btrlrta, where he tamed twenry days, to whom friend. As when the Romans and othrn:of the &dc:fi. £mpcro.: came the Duke of Spolua~um with all his Ganifons ; a~d afii~l number made: War again(! the Pope for catai.n pof- fa~cb :be ~·h~::d ;~J~:n:~~'~;~1 ;~t~~~,~~:eF~~h~X;~~~f:~~~1 :h~ ~!~15a.:d~~hm~e t~~~t t~drl~~rsr,h;c:UI~~;~fgrn~ ~h~c~: fi~~~!~ s;:'.~J S1ege of Cnfa~1a, an~ Within (horc n~e by Gods help and th.inkmg to help the Pope at his earndl. requefi in lh •~l nnct C 11 ""' reco\'ereth aga•~ all Ius Holds an~ Domimons there. And tlltfc matters, fent his Legates unto t~em, willing them Jtl• ~.rt,. ;=. :~t~ ~~~~ :~;aT't::::·a!:d H~~~tt~~h;P; ~~y ~~~:trt=uld~i:f~;:~t~e ~~~ tC:X ~·1•:!' •11 ha? there, .evenalmofi toRomt, :uxl fo after that IJ_m· thcr requefl and dtlire, he levied an Armrasai?fi them at 11 ., br1aand Puma. AndnowalthoughtheEmperor(being his .own charge, anddrave .them from the S1ege of Vi• =~Yt~~;t•)to~f;o~~~~~~~~drh~fu ~~c~0: :~X'f;e~d'~* ,~~~ ~~hfh~:~at: t~~: ~~~~ entrance upon the Po~ Dom~ n~ons, whttb}' he might funding, to foon as the Emperor .was dePJ:ted with a have !evenge~ him ot all the mJmics don.e to him : }'et fma~l company. which he took w1th him utto S~cilia, :;.',~~~~~ ~~~~~~~:~~~~~~b~f:ktbt~~~;l~~~ec~:th~~~~:g~h~~~kht~~ l ~~yVIf~~ t~:t~a~~~n~:~~r;l~ aw~lO~~~~d::f ~~:; ~:;:r,. rdlrammg h1s ~vrat~ fo vthemen~ly ·urgtd a1xl kindled). he wnh the Romans (unknown to the Em.pero~) whom he •our, fendct~ unto lum hiS L:gat t:S to mtreat a peace, dedan!tg had procured to travel and labour t~ln With great ex- ~r~bt ~n~~~~t~;:t i,~·dJr:!:bl~~~v;=~ ~;~~~: ~lencE~~r;n~=~~~~~:is~vJI~~~'!nco%~::~fAmu~ that he '"ould make to him ~n aocol:'llt voluntanl}', ofaU the Territories of Vittrbium. A1.ld hrnof doth FreJ"hk ='.:." ::I~h!=r!d :d tb~i~ 111~i1t~~ff' u~;: t!b; ~h~~~ ~~ ~:~ 11er:,~Pia~~~ofi~~eh~~C:1~a~~ett~Er;~!:~ andalfothatforthis caufe hewillinglyoffertd uncoh1m wardshim. • ~h duty and obf~~nce. Furthcrmore,to the inmating of Therefore. greater commendat ion had Blondu1 defervtd, thtS\X?'ce, anddeodmgofallcontroverfi~ he:fenttot.he if he.h:td .wnttenoftht:fr:.trt"acheriesofthe Pope,th:mforPope~lght or ten of the noblell and cb teft~ about h1m gettmg h1mfelf (asunrohe:rs often itchan~~th) in writi ng that were Princrs and Dukes. o~ the E~pue; as Bar- both contrary to hi~fdfin the effeCt of thiS matter, ~nd 81..u..u.< P~~:~ofc;al~;;;~~d0k#~~;~t~t:~:~=~~~~!:}u: :~~;~!:~.,~~ie ~cfc~dJ:~i;~~~~~~:!~~~~~~ ~:;~~' ~hf~h;,j;;t:;:~e;t~,~~t!()~~d 1:;,~~:~ a;:;;_ ka~r;g~f~t~~ h:;th~/:u~~tlr;::~f~1~~H; h~~rJru, bringa11Dukcs;beC.dcsothersOftheNobilityto flage,bytbegreatpreparationohheWars, and bythec:-- accompany them. vent fptcially of the thing it fdf, gather the contrary. bo!u~~~;ote'~;~t~~~~!~~ra:!~~~J: c~~t fcJf. too too impudnit will B/MJ,i 1~«{$ Jhew him.. Whilll<
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