The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled

And when the emperors ambassadors disdained, they answered who can resist the rage of the people, & prayed them to be con tent & to salute him as pope. And Adrian the third decreed that they should not abide and tarry for the Emperors confirmation or authority in choosing the pope, and hat• the pope only should call a general council, and not the emperor, or if the Emperor would presume that to do, the council should be of none effect / though all the prelat• of christendom were there, & though what soever they did were but GODS word. So mighty was the beast now waxed when he ones began to reign alone. And from this time h•therwarde perished the pour of the Emperors and the virtue of the pores, saith platina in the life of popes. For sins that time as there was none emperor of might, so was there no pope of any virtue

And when the emperours ambassadoures disdained, they answered who can resiste ye rage of the peple, & prayed thē to be cō tent & to salute him as pope. And Adrian the third decreed that they shuld not abyde ād tarye for the Emperours confirmation or aucthoritie in chosing the pope, and hat• the pope onely shuld call a generall councel, and not the emperour, or if the Emperour wold presume that to do, the councell shulde be of none effecte / though all the prelat• of chrystendom were there, & though what soeuer they did were but GODS worde. So mighty was the beast now waxed when he ones began to raygne alone. And from this tyme h•therwarde perysshed ye powr of the Emperours and the vertue of ye pores, saith platina in the lyfe of popes. For sins that tyme as there was none emperour of myght, so was there no pope of any vertue

Alter this Lewis, the empire of France and of all doutchlande was divided between his three sons which (as I said) fought one with an other and destroyed the strength of the empire of france. And from that time to this, which is above .vij. hundred years, thou shalt read of few popes