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

§ 52. But lest you think that at least the Kingdom of Spain was fast, all this while to the Church of Rome, Lib. 8. Epist. 2. He writeth thus himself. [By the Letters of my Legate Richard Abbot of Marseilles you may know how great impiety is gone out of your Monastery (of Cluny) by the presumption of Robert a Monk, who imitating Simon Magus, feareth not to rise up against the Authority of St. Peter, with all the craft of his malignity, ¹and to reduce by his suggestion into their old error an hundred thousand men, who by our diligence began to return to the right way:] But he hopes that the Abbot thinks as he, for the honour of the Roman Church. He chargeth the Abbot to cast out this man that had so endangered Spain, adding [And by your Letters diligently acquaint the King who is deceived by his fraud, that he hath greatly provoked St. Peter's wrath and indignation against him, and his grievous Revenge against him and his Kingdom unless he repent, because he undecently ⟨p. 360⟩handled a Legate of the Roman Church, and believed falsehood rather than truth. Of which that he may worthily make satisfaction to God and St. Peter, as he hath disgraced our Legate, so let him by due humility and condign Reverence, make himself commendable and devout. For we think meet to signify to him by you, that we will excommunicate him if he correct not his fault,² and will solicit all the faithful in the parts of Spain to his confusion: And if they be not obedient to my command,³ I will not think much to travel into Spain my self, and there to endeavour dura et aspera, Things hard and sharp against him as an enemy of the Christian Religion.] O brave Pope! had not these men a notable Knack or hap that could sit and talk down Emperors, and Kings, and subdue and dispose of Kingdoms, by sitting at home and talking big, and telling them that St. Peter was angry with them?

§ 52. But lest you think that at least the Kingdom of Spain was fast, all this while to the Church of Rome, Lib. 8. Epist. 2. He writeth thus himself. [By the Letters of my Legate Richard Abbot of Marseilles you may know how great impiety is gone out of your Monastery (of Cluny) by the presumption of Robert a Monk, who imitating Simon Magus, feareth not to rise up against the Authority of St. Peter, with all the craft of his malignity,