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the treatise was written in that language. I do not know that the work is any where ex- tant or accessible. But no one can doubt, particularly considering that it must precede 1554, that it is the same as is known under the following title, which, as the book itself, is in Latin : — Consilium quorundam Episcoporum Bononiæ congregatorum, quod de ratione stabiliendæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Julio III. Ponb. Max. datum est. This document ap- pears in Brown's Fasciculus Rerum Exped. & Fug., which I adduce first, though out of chronological order, for reasons which will appear. It is in the second volume, pp. 641, and following, and is copied from the edition of William Crashaw in 1609, who derived it from different originals, not very distinctly described. There is, however, no reason to doubt their genuineness. It is dated and subscribed thus : — Bononiæ, 20 Octob. Anno mdliii.
| 1. | Vincentius de Durantibus Episc. Thermularum Brixiensis. |
| 2. | Egidius Falceta Episc. Caprulanus. |
| 3. | Gerhardus Busdragus Episc. Thessalonicensis. |
Vergerio, in the first and only volume of
