¶ Decreta concilii conſtan. riſimiles et ꝓbabiles coniecturas eueniūt Si in oībus p̄dicta via nihil petit difficile aut oneroſum vel inhoneſtum/ queritur ꝓpter quid pͥncipes ⁊ p̄lati debeant impro bare maxime pro tanto bono reunitionis obedientie huiꝰ totalis obtinendo. Quid enī graue erit ꝙ oīa indulgeant̉ p̄terita/ et non diſcutiant̉ ꝙ dn̄s Benedictus habeat bonos ꝯſiliarios nō ſuſpectos cuicūqꝫ ꝑti ẜm quoꝝ iudiciū agat qd̓ acturꝰ eſt/ ꝙ ip̄e a vindicando ꝓprias aūt alienas iniuri as immunis ſit ⁊ deo committat; aut certe vniuerſali bono eccleſie ⁊ pacis illas donet Idē dicimꝰ de ſubditis qͥbuſcūqꝫ erga dominū Bn̄dictū. Profecto nihil iſtoꝝ diffi cile ē niſi forte apd̓ illos apd̓ qͦs hūilitas ⁊ caritas ⁊ eccīaſtica vnitas fuerint oneroſe/ ſcꝫ qͥ turbationibꝰ gaudent ⁊ querunt q̄ ſua ſua ſunt/ nō q̄ Ieſu xp̄i. Aut qͥ ſuis ſententijs ceruicoſa aīoſitate nimis credūt. Aut ſi difficilia eſſe iſta quiſqͣꝫ contēderit anim aduertat ille obſecro ſi plures ſint in alijs vijs difficultates ⁊ ambages aut viam ali quā oī difficultate carente afferat ī mediū nos letis animis cōplectemur. Ꝙ ſi hͦ vel facere nō vult. vel qd̓ magis credimꝰ/ non pōt/ tunc cū aliqͥd agere neceſſe ſit ꝑgat no biſcum in hanc ſnīam; ⁊ attendat qͥd plus hēat dāni ꝓ eccl̓ia. vel ſic ſtare/ īmo qͦttidie magnis lapſibꝰ corruere; ⁊ dn̄m Bn̄dictuꝫ incarceratū eſſe ⁊ cardīales ſuis honoribꝰ ſpoliatos/ ⁊ pͥncipes ad ꝯtētionē ꝑiculoſaꝫ diſpoſitos videre: aut ꝙ ita p̄paremꝰ nos ꝑ hāc reunitionē pͥmā ⁊ totalē huiꝰ obedīe ꝙ cū alia celeriter ⁊ vtiliter tractare valeamꝰ. ⁊ qͣliter ſi qͥs q̄ſiuerit iā in ꝑte rn̄ſum ē ⁊ a prudētioribꝰ erit diligentiꝰ inqͥrendum ⁊ inueniendum facilius. Finit. ¶ Decreta in ſeſſione publica cōcilij generalis Cōſtantien̄. die ſabbati. ix. octobris Anno. Mccccxvij. Et pͥmo ꝓhemiū ſuꝑ futuris cōcilijs celebran dis ⁊ ꝓuiſione aduerſus futura ſciſanta Requēs generaliū ꝯcilioꝝ celebratio; agri dn̄ici precipua cultura eſt. q̄ vepres ſpinas et tribulos hereſū erroꝝ ⁊ ſciſmatū extirpat. exceſſus corri git. deformata reformat. ⁊ vineā dn̄i ad fru gē vberrime fertilitatis adducit. Illoꝝ ꝟo neglectus premiſſa diſſeminat atqꝫ fouet. Hec p̄teritoꝝ tempoꝝ recordatio/ ⁊ pn̄tiū ꝯſideratio an̄ oculos nr̄os ponūt. Ea ꝓpt̓ hoc edicto ꝑpetuo ſancimꝰ. decernimꝰ atꝫ ordinamus/ vt amodo generalia concilia celebrent̉. Ita ꝙ pͥmū a fine huius cōcilij ī qͥnquenniū immediate ſequēs. Secundū ꝟo a fine illiꝰ mediate ſequētis concilij in ſeptenniū ⁊ deinceps in decenniū ꝑpetuo celebrent̉ in locis q̄ ſummus pōtifex ꝑ mē ſemante finē cuiuſlibet concilij approban te ⁊ ꝯſentiente concilio vel in eius defectū ip̄m conciliū deputare ⁊ aſſignare teneat̉/ vt ſic ꝑ quādā continuatione ſemꝑ aut ꝯſiliū vigeat. aut ꝑ t̓mini ꝓuidētiā expectet̉. Quē terminū liceat ſūmo pōtifici de fratꝝ ſuoꝝ ſctē romāe eccīe cardinaliū ꝯſilio/ obemergētes forte caſus abbreuiare/ ſꝫ nullatenꝰ ꝓroget̉. Locū aūt ꝓ futuro ꝯcilio cele brādo deputatū abſqꝫ euidēti ncc̄itate nō mutet. ſꝫ ſi forte caſus aliqͥs occurrerit qͦ ne ceſſariū videret̉ ip̄m locū mutari puta obſi diōis guerraꝝ peſtꝭ aūt ſil̓is. Tūc liceat ſū mo pōtifici de p̄dictoꝝ fratꝝ aūt duaꝝ ꝑti um ip̄oꝝ ꝯſenſu atqꝫ ſb̓ſcpͥtōe/ aliū locū pͥus deputato loco viciniorē ⁊ aptū ſb̓ eadeꝫ tn̄ natione ſurroſare. niſi idē vl̓ ſil̓e īpedimētū ꝑ totā illā nationē vigeret. tūc ad aliquē aliū locū viciniorē alteriꝰ natōis aptū hmōi ꝯciliū pot̓it ꝯuocari. ad queꝫ p̄lati et alij qͥ ad ꝯciliū ſolēt cōuocari acceder̄ tene ant̉ ac ſi a pͥncipio locꝰ ille fuiſſꝫ deputatus Quā tn̄ loci mutationē vl̓ termī breuiatōꝫ teneat̉ dictꝰ ſūmꝰ pōtifex ltīme ⁊ ſemel ꝑ an nū an̄ p̄fixū t̓minū publicare ⁊ ītimare vti ad ip̄m conciliū celebrandū p̄dicti poſſint ſtatuto termino cōuenire. ¶ Si vero qd̓ abſit in futurū ſciſma oriri contingeret/ ita ꝙ duo vel plures ꝓ ſummis pontificibꝰ ſe gererent. a die quo ip̄i duo vel plures inſignia pontificatus publice aſſumpſerint. ſeu adminiſtrare ceperint. intelligatur ip̄o iure terminus concilij tunc forte vltra annum pendens ad annū ꝓximum breuiatꝰ ad quos omnes prelati ⁊ ceteri qui ad con cilium iretenentur ſub penis iuris ⁊ alijs per concilium imponendis abſqꝫ alia vocatione conueniāt. Necnon imperator ceteriqꝫ reges et principes perſonaliter vel ꝑ ſolennes nuncios tanqͣꝫ ad commune incē dium extinguendum/ per viſcera miſericor die Ieſu chriſti ex nunc exorati cōcurrant. Et qͥlibet ip̄oꝝ ꝓ romano pōtifice ſe gerēs
