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Chap. XV.—B. P.] A SPANISH RIOT ACT. 
cause one country was not able to contain them, nor 
could they have found in one the means of subsistence 
and preservation; therefore God our Lord gave the 
charge of all these people to one man, named St. Peter, 
whom he constituted the Lord and head of all the hu¬ 
man race, that all men, in whatever place they are 
born, or in whatever faith or place they are educated, 
might yield obedience unto him. The whole world 
he hath subjected to his jurisdiction, and commanded 
him to establish his residence in Pome, as the most 
proper place for the government of the world. He 
likewise promised and gave him power to establish 
his authority in every other part of the world, and to 
judge and govern all Christians, Moors, Jews, Gentiles, 
and all other people of whatever sect or faith they 
may be. To him is given the name of Pope , which 
signifies admirable, great father and guardian, because 
he is the father and governor of all men. Those who 
lived in the time of this holy father obeyed and ac¬ 
knowledged him as their Lord and King, and the Em¬ 
peror of the Universe. The same has been observed 
with respect to them who, since his time, have been 
chosen to the pontificate. Thus it now continues, and 
will continue to the end of the world. 
“ One of these pontiffs, as Lord of the World, hath 
made a grant of these Islands, and of the Tierra Firm4 
of the Ocean Sea, to the Catholic Kings of Castile, 
Don Ferdinand and Dona Isabella, of glorious me¬ 
mory, and their successors, our Sovereigns, with all 
they contain, as is more fully expressed in certain 
deeds passed upon that occasion, which you may see 
