Page:Select historical documents of the Middle Ages.djvu/448

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
428
SELECT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS.

his successors. But if it please the lord emperor to ask for a continuance in their grades of some who canonically received them, he shall be heard to the extent of 10 or 12, if he wish to insist.

18. Garsidonius, moreover, of Mantua, shall be restored to his former bishopric, in such way, however, that he who now is bishop of Mantua shall, by the authority of the lord pope and the aid of the lord emperor, be transferred to the bishopric of Trent; unless, perchance, it shall be agreed between the lord pope and the lord emperor, that provision shall be made for him in another bishopric.

19. The archpresbyter of Sacco, moreover, shall be re- stored in all plenitude to his former archpresbytery and to the other benefices which he had before the schism.

20. All those ordained by any former primates, or by their delegates, in the realm of Germany, shall be restored to the grades thus received; nor shall they be oppressed by reason of this schism.

21. Concerning, moreover, the said bishops of Strass- burg and Basel, who were ordained by Guido of Crema. the matter shall, in that same realm, be committed by the aforesaid mediators to 10 or 8 men whom they themselves shall choose ; and these shall swear on oath that they will give such counsel of their own accord to the Roman pontitf and the lord emperor, as they find that they can give according to the canons ; without danger, namely, to the souls of the lord emperor and the lord pope and their own; and the lord pope will acquiesce in their counsel.

22. The lord pope, moreover, and all the cardinals, just as they have received the lord emperor Frederick as Roman and catholic emperor, so they will receive Beatrix his serene wife as catholic and Roman empress. Provided, however, that she shall be crowned by the lord pope Alexander or by his legate. They will receive, moreover, the lord Henry their son as catholic king.

23. The lord pope and the cardinals will close a true peace with the lord emperor Frederick and the empress Beatrix, and king Henry their son. and all their supporters, have as to the spiritual matters which by the present writing are left to the disposition and judgment of the