In materia ſciſmatis
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qn̄qꝫ preſtita. ¶ Karolus dei gratia frācorum rex/ vni uerſis xp̄ifidelibꝰ ſalutem ī domino/ et ad eam quā ſumoꝑe deſideramuseccleſiaſticam vnionem vnanimiter aſpirare/ Pax eccīaſtica q̄ ſub vnico ⁊ certo chriſti vicario cōiungere debet vniuerſa membra ppl̓i xp̄iani ẜm ip̄ius xp̄i et apl̓i ſuidocumentū/ dum olim poſt mortem felicis recordationis Greg. pape vndecimi conturbari cepiſſet/ dumqꝫ ſciſma ꝑnicioſum mōſtrum horrendū ingens in eadē eccīa ſuboriri cerneret̉ ex cauſis toto orbe notiſſimisxp̄ianiſſimus tunc ac p̄clariſſime memorieꝓgenitor noſter Karolus qͥntꝰ ſuaſus multis vehemētibusqꝫ rōibus deliberauit adherere obīam p̄ſtare illi quē collegiū cardinaliū iureiurando aſſeruit in vita ⁊ in morte atqꝫ publicauit ſe canonice in ſummumpontificem ⁊ verū xp̄i vicariū ſponte ⁊ concorditer elegiſſe Arbitrabatur nanqꝫ veriſil̓r idem ꝓgenitor noſter vt erat totus feruens in zelo domꝰ dei/ et ex ſua fide pia alios diiudicans ꝙ ceteri pͥncipes ac p̄lati cūvniuerſo clero ⁊ ppl̓o ꝓtinus obedirer cōſil̓r; dū electꝭ em̄ hmōi ꝑ collegiū p̄fatū cardīaliū ſufficiēter eis innoteſceret rite fuiſſe celebratam/ ſed aliter eueniſſe dudū iamdeploramus. neqꝫ em̄ potuerūt vſqꝫ hodiedicti cardiuales hocip̄m. Nos idcirco cernentes/ exꝑientia tꝑeqꝫ docētibꝰ/ ꝙ hec obediētia p̄ſtita inualida erat ad tollēdū fūditus ſciſma peſtiferū. qd̓ in exiliū grauiſſimum/ pacem deſideratiſſimā ⁊ optimā detruſerat: deliberamꝰ eādē pacē ad ꝓpriū cubile ſuū qd̓ eſt eccīa velut ad ſuam regionēꝑ alias vias totis conatuū viribꝰ reducerehinc cōcilia crebra hinc legatiōes laborioſiſſime ac ſumptuoſiſſime/ ꝑ oēs pene xp̄ianitatis regiones frequētate/ tādē aſpirantedeo via ceſſionis vtriqꝫ cōtendentiū pro reuerſione pacis turpiter exulātis inuenta ēcōpendioſior abſqꝫ vlla dubitatione expediētior iudicata. Hanc ꝓinde viā cū omuiſolēuitate pn̄tari fecimus ſucceſſori illiꝰ cuiꝓgenitor nr̄ (ſicut diximus) obīam p̄ſtiterat/ quā obīam/ iō maxime poſtmoduꝫ abeodem ſucceſſore ꝓ tꝑe ſubtraximus. qꝛ nōſatis aꝑte ꝑ vie ceſſionis cōpendiū videbatur velle pacem reducere/ poſtpoſitis diſceptationū interminabiliū anfractibus ⁊ ingreſſibilibus aliaꝝ viarū labyrinthis. Atvbi viſus eſt nobis ad ſalubriora ſe cōuertiſſe cōſilia. rurſus abſqꝫ omni mutabilita
tis culpabilis nota/ obedinimus eideꝫ itatn̄ animo noſtro gerētes/ ſi ⁊ qͣꝫdiu hec obediētia nr̄a nō obſtaret eccīaſtice vnioni q̄ꝫadmodū in cōcilio vltimo eccīe regni nr̄imeminimꝰ ſatis datū intelligi neqꝫ enī voluimus vnqͣꝫ ſciēter (neqꝫ fas eſſe credimꝰ)obediētiā p̄ſtare cuiqꝫ mortaliū in pacꝭ vniuerſalis p̄iudiciū in ſciſmatis fomītē. in diſcordie inſtrumētū. Et o ſalutifer xp̄e princeps pacis/ qͣꝫdiuiam q̄ſiuimꝰ pacē ⁊ n̄ venit Expectauimus tempus medele/ tꝑs .ſ.iurate cōuentionis vtriuſqꝫ cōtendentiuꝫp ceſſione celebranda. Et ecce turbatioAnimaduertite hec dn̄i pͥncipes xp̄iani qͥbus eſt dolori talis tantaqꝫ mr̄is diſſipatōAttēdite inſuꝑ vobis ⁊ vniuerſo ppl̓o xp̄iāno vos ſacri pōtifices in qͦ poſuit vos ſpirituſſctūs ep̄os regere eccīam dei quā acqͥſiuit ſanguine ſuo. Attēdite q̄ſumus. nolite diſſimulāter agere/ vbi depopulat̉ gregēxp̄i miſeris modis/ tēpeſtas hec ſeuiſſimahorrēdaqꝫ vorago. Exurgat in vuū ppl̓uſvniuerſus/ tollere de medio ſui deformiſſimū hoc portentū vn̄ fit in obꝓbriū hoſtibꝰincredulis ꝓprijſqꝫ aīabꝰ damnationiſ eterne diſcrimen aꝑtū/ decidat vel inuitꝰ vnꝰaut alter. īmo vtriqꝫ cōtendētiū ab occupata ſede petri/ potius qͣꝫ vnitas eoꝝ contentione depereat Nam dū neutri ppl̓s obediet. neuter amplius de pͥmatu vel fruſtra cōtendet neqꝫ audiet̉ vltra vox illa crudeliſſime femine/ nec mihi nec tibi; ſed diuidaturſed illa pie matris/ date illi infantē viuumNos vero qͥ nihil ita poſt anime ſalutē deſideramus/ qꝫ videre ſereniſtimam paciſ facieꝫ nr̄is effulgere tꝑibꝰ/ iudicamꝰ exp̄miſſoꝝ ⁊ ſil̓iū cōſideratiōe nullū ad pūs pater̄validius in tam daſꝑato malo remediū/ qͣꝫꝙ neuter cōtendētiū aūt ſibi forte ſucceſſorum/ p̄ſtetur deincepſobediētia a ppl̓o xp̄iano/ deficiēte ſiquidē fomēto tantus ignisiſte infernalis ī ſe tādē deficiēs dāte deo collabetur. Qua ꝑꝑ p̄cedentibꝰ et hītis ſuperhoc vicibꝰ repetitis. magnis ⁊ maturis deliberationū cōcilijs cū ſapiētibꝰ ꝑitis et deuotis hoībꝰ/ deuꝫ ⁊ eorum ſalutē gerentibꝰp̄ oculis. Nos vt eccīa regni nr̄i ac delphīatus vienen̄. ꝓ nob̓ et ſubditis nr̄is eorūdeꝫregni ⁊ delphinatus/ decreuimus talē amplecti neutralitatē in feſto aſcēſionis ꝓxīevēturo/ niſi interea nob̓ vltro pax aduenerit. ꝓceſſuri nihilominus vlterius aſſiduaſollicitudine cū alijs pͥncipibꝰ ⁊ catholicis
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