Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…

§. 22. The Man that did this and got the Popedom, was Sergius 3. who had been twice before cast out: ¹saith Baron, and Bin. (p. 1052.) [That wicked Sergius (Nefandus) by Albertus Arms got in: A Man that was the servant of all Vices, and of all Men the most wicked (Facinorosissimus) invaded the Popedom, and so was by all Men taken for no lawful Pope: To his horrid Sacrilege, he added the most impudent filthiness; and by Marozia (a great Whore) the Daughter of that most famous Whore Theodora, he begot his Son John (after Pope.)] For many Historians tell us, how these two famous Whores did rule Rome, and make and unmake Popes.

§. 22. The Man that did this and got the Popedom, was Sergius 3. who had been twice before cast out: ¹saith Baron, and Bin. (p. 1052.) [That wicked Sergius (Nefandus) by Albertus Armes got in: A Man that was the servant of all Vices, and of all Men the most wicked (Facinorosissimus) invaded the Popedom, and so was by all Men taken for no lawful Pope: To his horrid Sacriledge, he added the most impudent filthyness; and by Marozia (a great Whore) the Daughter of that most famous Whore Theodora, he begot his Son John (after Pope.)] For many Historians tell us, how these two famous Whores did rule Rome, and make and unmake Popes.

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§. 23. This Pope undid again all that had been done for Formosus, and against Stephen: For both the King of France, and Sergius, were Enemies to Formosus, for setting up other powers against France, and because his party was against Sergius: But I wonder that Platina tells us, that both Stephen and Sergius took Formosus out of his Grave, and the one cut off his three Fingers, and the other his Head; and both cast into Tiber! If this be true, he was taken up again the first time, and buried again. But I suppose that it was but his Fingers that were cast in the first time, and the Corps after; or else he was found after the first time. Platina saith, It is reported, but not of any certainty; that some Fisher-men found the Corps, and buried it t St. Peters Church, and that while it was doing, the Church Images bowed to it (It's well Uncertainty was put into the Story:) and that some thought this moved Sergius to envy; but that indeed it was, because Formosus party were against his Papacy. It seems by this that the Fisher-men found him after the first casting into Tiber; or else his burial by them could not be called the occasion of Sergius fact. So little rest had this Popes Carcass, being twice buried, twice taken up, twice judged, and executed after death, and twice cast into Tiber. But saith Platina, [Popes now seeking and getting the Popedom by liberty and ambition, disregarding Gods Worship, exercised enmity against one another; no otherwise than do the cruellest Tyrants, glutting their own lusts the more securely, when there are none left to restrain Vices. This wicked Man for almost seven Years enjoyed the fruits of his iniquity.