1896-1898 Tome 18 - Ouvrages anciens sur Saint-Omer (Pas-de ...

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not the king (meaning your Majesty), when I wrote
to my Nuncio, this year past, to speak unto for this
General Gouncil, give no answer unto my said
Nuncio, but referred him for answer therein to the
French king : at what time, he might perceive by
my doing (lie said) that I was very well disposed
and, much spake for it. The thing so standing, now
to speak of a General Council, o good Lord ! But
well ! his commission and ail other his writings
cannot but be welcome unto me. » Thèse last words,
methought, lie spoke, willing to hide his choler and
make me believe that thèse doings did not affect
him, though I saw many évidences to the contrary ;
among others one which is hère taken for infallible,
with those that know the Pope's conditions, viz.
«that lie was continually folding up and unwinding
of his handkerchief, which lie never doth, but when
he is tickled to the very heart with great choler >>
and though lie was loth to leave this subject of the
General Council to ease his stomach, at last, lie
commanded the Datary to read on at the clauses,
si oporteat reverendis patribus and post, lie again
chafed greatly, finally saying, « questo e bienfatto »
(This is but well done). The clauses protestando,
and nos ad ea juris et facti remédia, he caused
the Datary to read again; and, not a little chafîng
with himself, asked what I had more. I then,
repeating my protestation, exhibited your Highness's
«.prooocatio » which lie delivered to the Datary
to read. In this also lie found himself much grieved,
noting in the beginning, first the Avords
archiepiscopo Eboracensi and afterwards citra tamen