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remember. To their speeches Lord Antony began to reply first in an earnest and highpitched voice, saying:[1] “. . . . . . . . you always want nothing good to be negotiated without the Pope.” And many other things did he say in great anger. And Lord Albert also said: “We reserve all things that appertain to the Holy Father for His Holiness, and likewise for His Imperial Majesty; but it is a marvellous thing, that you prelates are displeased at seeing secular people, or endeavour to prevent them from, effecting anything good by negotiation together, but want every thing to pass through the prelatical power and office, and require that you clergy should know every thing about all secular affairs.” And he also said a good deal be-
- ↑ Here is another of these shameful “Censure gaps,” “Censur Lücken,” as Palacký calls them in his history.
