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College (of Cardinals) to restore peace to the Church. Having taken counsel 

 with his son (Henry, Prince of Wales), and the prelates and nobles of the 

 kingdom, (Francis Uguccioni), Cardinal of Bordeaux, being also present, and 

 with their unanimous assent, he demands of the Pope, whose cause he had 

 hitherto embraced, that for the avoidance of scandals — not so much of the 

 Church as of the Apostolic See— lie will appear in the spirit of humility at 

 the place (Pisa) and time (25 March, 1409, when the General Council had 

 been appointed to meet), in order to fulfil his vow and oath (taken both before 

 and after his election as Pope, tliat he wonld resign the papacy). He states 

 that since the cardinals of both colleges have come to an agreement, and 

 almost (quasi) all Christian princes show themselves ready to help them, union 

 will certainly be attained ; and that it is inexpedient for him to stand aloof 

 from the other orthodox princes by not sending ambassadors and prelates to 

 the council. He reminds the Pope of the danger to souls caused by a 

 continuance of the schism, and of the slaughter of Christians — estimated at 

 not less than 200,000 persons — which it has occasioned ; in particular of the 

 death of .30,000 persons in a contest for the bishopric of Liege between 

 adherents of the Pope and the anti-pope. He calls on the Pope to suffer the 

 loss of the honour of the Apostolic See rather than the repetition of such 

 horrors in the future. And he mentions the creation of nine new cardinals, 

 which, " using the words of others," he calls a violation of the Pope's vow and 

 oath. 



Dated at the Palace of Westminster. 



The earlier part of this letter iras written on a leaf nONv lost. But a short summary of it is given 

 ill a letter of Henry IV to the clergy of Aquitaine, giving instructions for the sending of representa- 

 tives to the council, dated 24 December (Ryraer viii, 567), and in almost identical terms in a letter to 

 the Emperor Rupert, urging him to attend the council, of date 9 November, 140S (Martene and 

 Diirand vii, 8S7). A copy of the present letter is slated to have been enclosed with the latter. 

 From these summaries some particulars have been supplied which must have appeared in the portion 

 now lost. The latter shows that the letter must have been drafted some days before the date whicli 

 appears in tlie text. In the date the year is omitted ; but it was obviously 1408. 



103. Letter to A(rthur MacCawell), Bishop of Clogher (Clochoren. ; in 

 6 January, 1409. title Clogheren.). f. 22^. 



States that the archbishop has received from the cardinals of the sacred 

 Apostolic College letters addressed to him and his suffragans and to the 

 abbots, priors, and other prelates of his province, exempt and non-exempt, to 

 the effect that the cardinals, together with the cardinals of Peter de Luna, 

 called Benedict XII \sic\, desiring peace in the Church, have decreed that 

 there shall be a General Council as a means thereto, to be held at Pisa at the 

 feast of the Annunciation (25 March). The archbishop therefore cites the 

 bishop, and commands him to cite his dean and chapter and clergy to appear 

 before the archbishop in St. Peter's Church, Droghda, on 29 .January, to elect 



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