Seſſio viceſimaſexta Seſſio viceſimaſexta et eſt. Ponitorium cōtra papam et cardinales. Acroſancta generalis ſy nodus Baſilien̄. in ſpūſācto legittime cōgregata vni­uerſalem eccleſiā rep̄ſentās ad ꝑpetuā rei memoriaꝫ. xp̄i eccl̓ia varijs et acerrimis languoribꝰ ſubiace ret hominūqꝫ peccata et p̄uaricationes diuine legis magis ac magis indies ꝑnicioſo creſcerent augmē­to dignatus eſt omnipotēs deꝰ fideliū inſpirare cor­dibus/ vt in Baſileā Germanie ciuitatē ꝓfecto vndiqꝫ integerrimam Sacroſancta generalis Synodus cōueniret que p̄ſertim in reformā dis moribꝰ in capite qͣꝫ in mēbris/ et excitandis cordibꝰ fidelium in obſeruationē legis dei vigilantē impenderet operā vt diuinꝰ honor refloreret in terris/ et repreſſis enormitatibus peccatorū ad ꝓcurādā animaꝝ ſalutē efficatius ꝯuerteret̉ hominū ſollicitudo: Iam vero plu ribus annis in ea re ipſam Synodū exhibiti ſunt indefeſſi labores cōmemorata frequētius extitit regnantiū ſcelerū multitudo vniuer­ſam chriſtianitate in multas clades multaqꝫ diſcrimina adducere con ſpicit̉/ Eccleſia in chriſti nomine cōgregata cūctis palā curauit ingere­re monita ſalutis die ac nocte clamitans/ vt redirent p̄uaricatores ad cor obſeruarent legem dn̄i dei ſui. Deniqꝫ ſalubria decreta et ſacros canones inſtituit quibꝰ peſtis auaricie Symonie ambitionis/ alio­rum vitiorū que multorū corda nimiū incendebant arcerēt̉ a grege do mini et iuxta precepta chriſti atqꝫ ſanctorū patrū inſtituta dignitates eccleſiaſtice atqꝫ beneficia dignis idoneis paſtoribꝰ ac miniſtris gra­tuita collatione iuſtiſqꝫ et canonicis electionibus ac inſtitutionibꝰ di­ſtribuerētur/ quorum medio vniuerſus clerus et populus ſalubriter regeretur ac perduceretur in ſalutem. Sed qd̓ heu dolentiſſime referi mus ille qui primus hec exequi debuerat quēqꝫ et chriſti precepta/ et canones ſacrorū conciliorū ceteris ſeruare oportuerat/ immo et cete­ros ad hoꝝ obſeruātiā efficaciter inducere nulla vnqͣꝫ monitione nulla exhortatione induci iam longo tēpore potuit/ vt aliquā morum emen­dationem chriſto placentem/ aut notiſſimorū abuſuū correctionē in eccleſia ſancta dei efficere ſatageret. Quinpotius conſpicit vniuerſus orbis ſub eius regimine maiora ſemper ſcandala grauioraqꝫ exoriri Sanctiſſimū dn̄m Eugeniū papā quartū loquimur/ quē frequētibus monitis/ hec ſancta Synodus plurima caritate benignitate per ip̄ius Synodi oratores litteras etiā per eiuſdē dn̄i Eu­genij nuncios inducere curauit/ atqꝫ etiā aliquorum regū et princi­pum ambaſiatores hortatus eſt/ vt chriſti reuerentia et animarū ſa lute ſalutari animarū gubernationi operā daret Electiōes ꝓboꝝ pa­ſtorū fieri aſſentiret/ bn̄ficia a chriſto gratꝭ accepta gratis diſtribueret