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papatū/ dicere. ꝙ alteri eſt obediendū. ē error in fide ⁊ moribꝰ. Nā cū caſus pn̄tis ſciſmatis ſit in tali dubio ꝓbabili ⁊ notorio. ſivnqͣꝫ fuit vel erit tale dubiū. oēs qͥ obediuerūt vſqꝫ nūc vel obediūt vni ꝑti vel alterierrāt in fide ⁊ moribꝰ. Item ꝙ in eodē dubio qͥlibꝫ ꝯtendēs tenet̉ cedere iuri ſi qd̓ hꝫ⁊ ſil̓ia. Itē ꝙ a papa lꝫ appellare. ⁊ ꝙ liciteappellatū ē in hac materia Auiꝰ tn̄ oppoſitū det̓minauit nuꝑ totū ꝯciliū cardinaliuꝫvt d̓r. Itē forte accuſabunt̉ multi de multꝭcriminibꝰ tā in fide qͣꝫ in moribꝰ/ q̄ dn̄t puniri morte. ⁊ merēt̉ ẜm leges ⁊ decreta/ ꝑpetratores taliū exheredari ꝓ ſe ⁊ ſuis poſterꝭ⁊ ita videre facile ē ꝙ horrēda ſciſſura fieretIta tn̄ debere fieri in ꝯtractādo materiasan̄dictas/ videt̉ veriſimiliꝰ. Nā ſi bn̄dictꝰaccuſet̉ ad mortē ⁊ ſui fautores. nōne credibile ē/ attēto ſuo ꝙ alios ſiml̓r accuſabit admortē ſi poterit. Preẜtim ſi fautores aliqͦshēat/ eoꝝ qͦs accuſare voluerit/ īimicos odioſos imo ⁊ forte accuſabit p̄latos regnide ſentētijs excōicationis multꝭ ⁊ noīatimquia ꝯſenſerūt contra iura vt dicet. et contra eccleſiaſticam libertatem/ ſubſidia prodominis tꝑalibꝰ abſqꝫ cā manifeſte ncc̄iitatis ⁊c̄. ¶ Prelati econtra volēt ſe tuerUolēt ēt dare bn̄ficia ad nutū ſicut modo⁊ hoc forte būdictꝰ nō volet neqꝫ ſui cardiſnales Item forte retorq̄bit oīa ꝯtra p̄deceſorem ſuū Clementē ⁊ ſui fautores/ qͥ ꝯtraipſum allegabunt̉. ſalteꝫ qͦ ad ipſa ꝯcernūtmodos diuerſos machinādi ꝓ impedimēto vnionis; non dico ꝙ iuſte/ ſed nec etiamꝙ iniuſte/ ꝑcat oībus deus ¶ Poſtremoqͦ ad hoc videnda ſunt ſcpͥta ꝯtinētia rōescontra Benedictū. ⁊ videātur ſiml̓r rn̄ſiones/ atqꝫ ponderent̉. Et forte videbimus/quicqͥd ſit in re qꝫ nō poterit ſufficēter dehereſi aūt ſciſmate ꝯuīci; qd̓ tamē exigitur.Eſt enī difficillimū ꝯuincere aliquē ꝑtinacē ⁊ incorrigibilem fuiſſe an̄ iudiciū. Naꝫ⁊ ſi aliqͥs milleſies repetiuerit/ ⁊ ꝓteſtatusfuerit ante ſnīam/ ꝙ defendet errorē ſuumnec reuocabit tn̄ admittit̉ ad veniā in pūcto ſnīe ꝓferēde/ ſi ſe mōſtret penitere / ⁊ velle ſtare iudicio ſuꝑioris ſui/ qͣꝫuis ip̄e okanvideat̉ oppoſitum in ſuo dialogo ſuaſiſſe.Cōtra qd̓ eſt vſus ⁊ lex eccīe ¶ Quarto ſicarguit̉ ex fine ꝯcilij/ ī obediēdo. ¶ Uideamus itaqꝫ ẜm verā ⁊ iuſtā eſtimationē. Siqͥlibet de ꝯcilio tenebit maiorē partē beneſentētiaſſe/ qͣꝫtumcūqꝫ ſit in ſui opprobriū

vel dānū/ vel infamiā. Nā cū ꝯciliū etiā totum poſſet errare vt dictū eſt in his q̄ tractāda h̓ ꝓponunt̉; nonne poterit leuiter dicereꝯdemnatꝰ in hͦ ꝯcilio; certe ꝯciliū errauit;conciliū male ſententiauit. Fuit hic inimicicia/ vel odiū/ vel ignorātia facti/ vel alicuius ſil̓is. Conſideremꝰ obſecro / ſi pars q̄ſubtraxit nec vult obedire / condemnaret̉male egiſſe/ aut ſaltē d̓bere obedire. An pareret huic ſnīe. ſcio ꝙ facile ē dicere/ ita/ obedirēt. Scio ꝙ etiā ita obedire poſſent.Sed an hͦ debeat ẜm moralē eſtimationeꝫ⁊ ꝯiecturā credi/ ex his q̄ vt in pluribꝰ accidāt hūanitus. viderint qͥ ſic vidēt ego nonvideo. Si vero nihil ſententiet̉/ irriſoriuꝫ⁊ vauū erit ꝯciliū. Si aliqͥd ſententiet̉ qd̓non teneatur. erit pernicioſum/ et ſcandaloſiſſimum pro omnibus concilijs in poſterum celebrande/ ⁊ erit ſciſmatum in numerabiliū ⁊ irreꝑabiliū cauſatiuū/ non ſolū inter iſtā obediam in ꝑtibꝰ ſuis; īmo ⁊ inter iſtā obedīam ⁊ altera. qm̄ remanebimꝰin irriſione ⁊ in infamia apd̓ eos ꝑpetua/ īfabulā qͦꝫ ⁊ deriſum. Et forte nō poterit eēꝯcordia in mō reſtituēdi / qꝛ alij volent extoto/ alij ex ꝑte. Iſti volēt in ſpūalibꝰ/ alij ītꝑalibꝰ. Aut ergo volumꝰ nos qͥ ſubtraximus/ reſtituere obedīam. ⁊ ita meliꝰ eſt ꝙnoſip̄os libere faciamus qͣꝫ coacti iudicioAut nolumꝰ/ ⁊ ita exponimꝰ nos ꝑiculis p̄tactis ſi petamus concilium. ¶ Sed dicetaliquis iſtud conciliū peti deberi/ non qd̓fieri debeat/ aut ſperetur. ſed quod interimabſqꝫ ſcandalo tempus ꝓtrahatur/ quo currente morietur Benedictus ⁊ ita liberabitnos dominus. ⁊ eligendi libertatem dabitPoſſet hic allegari illud vulgatuꝫ puerisnotiſſimū. In mortē alterius noli ſperareſalutem. Quis ſcit enim qͣꝫtum viuet quādo moriet̉. Et interim in quo ſtatu ſumusimmo in quos ſtatuſ corruimꝰ/ nemo nonvidet. Porro et ſi cras moreret̉ Benedictꝰattendamuſ incredibilia pericula. Primodiceretur ab inobedientibꝰ ſibi ꝙ mors eius fuiſſꝫ proditorie accelerata. ⁊ ita ſuſpecti de hoc ꝑſequerent̉. Itē obedientes nūcſibi/ obedientiam negarēt ab illo qui nouiter eēt electꝰ. Tum qꝛ iudicarent cardinales amiſiſſe ius electionis/ tum qꝛ veriſimiliter alium eligerent per aliquos cardinales qui non ſubtraxerūt. Aut forte ad aliaꝫobedientiā ſe diuerterēt. Immo rebꝰ ſe habentibus inter nos/ vt ſe habent/ cecus eſt

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