A4 4.

bus electiuis ſolū fiant ꝑ electionē colle-giorum ⁊ cōuentuū/ ſcd̓m iuris diſpoſiti-nem/ que ſaltē in nonnullis religionibusneceſſario requirit p̄ſentiā ſuperioris fi-ant reſeruationibus ceſſantibꝰ. Et ibi decerimonijs obſeruandis in electionibusfaciendis.Generalis ſyno-AcroſanCa aus Paſiuen inſpirituſancto legitime cōgregata vniuerſa-lem eccleſiā rep̄ſentans/ Ad ꝑpetuā rei me-moriā. Sicut in cōſtruenda domo precipuaeſt architectoris cura vt tale iaceat funda-mentum ſuꝑ quo firmū ꝑduret edificium.Ita in generali eccleſie reformatiōe potiſſimū eſt huiꝰ ſancteſynodi ſtudiū/ vt tales eccleſijs p̄ficiātur paſtores qui tanqͣꝫ columne ⁊ baſes ipſam eccleſiā doctrine ac meritoꝝ viribus fir-miter ſubſiſtent/ quāta aūt in eligendis p̄latis diligentia adhibenda ſit officiū eis iniunctū euidenter oſtēdit. Ad regimē em̄aſſumunt̉ animarū ꝓ quibus dn̄s noſter Ieſus chriſtꝰ mortuꝰeſt/ ⁊ ſanguis eiꝰ p̄cioſus effuſus. Propterea ſacri canones ſpi-ritu dei ꝓmulgati ꝓuide ſtatuerūt/ vt vnaquaqꝫ eccleſia ac collegium ſeu cōuentus ſibi prelatū eligant/ quibꝰ hec ſancta Synodus eodē ſpiritu cōgregata inherens ſtatuit ⁊ diffinit generalē reſeruationē omniū eccleſiaꝝ metropolitanarū/ cathedraliū/ collegiatarū/ ⁊ monaſteriorū/ ac dignitatū electiuarū perRomanū pontificē de cetero ſieri aut facta vti nō debere reſeruationibꝰ in corpore iuris clauſis/ ⁊ his quas in terris Roman̄eccleſie ratione directi ſeu vtilis dominij mediate vel īmedia-te ſubiectis fieri ꝯtigerit ſemꝑ exceptis/ ſed quod ꝑ electionesac cōfirmationes canonicas ẜm iuris cōmunis diſpoſitionem