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Vol. I.
to ITALY.
And over the Gate, between the two Towers,
Roma aurea.
The Bull was granted at Nuremberg, in January
i?y6. by the Emperor Charles IV. with the con-
sent of all the States of the Empire, who were
assembl’d in that City. The design of the In-
stitutors was, that this Edict should
be perpetual and irrevocable; yet * * Particularly in the
many Innovations have been lince Treaties os Westphalia.
introduc’d. It describes particularly
the form of the Election of the Em-
peror, or f the
whom it frequ
poral Head of
It contains also several Regulations call'd th'Head of the Faith-
that relate to the Electors, concern- Christian°
mg their Rank , their Allembhes,
their Privileges and Immunities, the
Right of Succession to the Electorate, and the
Manner after which every one of them is to per-
form his respeCtive Function in publick Ceremo-
nies. It ordains these Princes to assemble once a
King of the Romans,
ently stiles the Tern-
the Christian World.
The Emperor,
King os the Romans, in the
sence os the Bull, are but one
Person. In it he is osten
Year to settle the Asfairs of the Empire. The
Elector os Saxony, in conjunction with the Elector
Palatine, are declar’d Regents of the Empire, af-
ter the Death of the Emperor. But since the Al-
teration that was made, in favour of the Duke
of Bavaria, that Elector pretends to the Regency.
’Tis a question whether the Regency was an-
nex’d to the Electorate, in which the Duke of Ba-
varia was inverted, or whether it was entail’d on
the Family of the Counts Palatines.
Now when there is a King of the Romans,
he is perpetual Vicar and Fleir of the Empire.
It was for this reason, that Philip II. had only the
Kingdom of Spain for his share, and that Ferdi^
nand his Uncle, who in the Lise of Charles V.
was elected King of the Romans succesded in the
Empire. E ; Franc-
to ITALY.
And over the Gate, between the two Towers,
Roma aurea.
The Bull was granted at Nuremberg, in January
i?y6. by the Emperor Charles IV. with the con-
sent of all the States of the Empire, who were
assembl’d in that City. The design of the In-
stitutors was, that this Edict should
be perpetual and irrevocable; yet * * Particularly in the
many Innovations have been lince Treaties os Westphalia.
introduc’d. It describes particularly
the form of the Election of the Em-
peror, or f the
whom it frequ
poral Head of
It contains also several Regulations call'd th'Head of the Faith-
that relate to the Electors, concern- Christian°
mg their Rank , their Allembhes,
their Privileges and Immunities, the
Right of Succession to the Electorate, and the
Manner after which every one of them is to per-
form his respeCtive Function in publick Ceremo-
nies. It ordains these Princes to assemble once a
King of the Romans,
ently stiles the Tern-
the Christian World.
The Emperor,
King os the Romans, in the
sence os the Bull, are but one
Person. In it he is osten
Year to settle the Asfairs of the Empire. The
Elector os Saxony, in conjunction with the Elector
Palatine, are declar’d Regents of the Empire, af-
ter the Death of the Emperor. But since the Al-
teration that was made, in favour of the Duke
of Bavaria, that Elector pretends to the Regency.
’Tis a question whether the Regency was an-
nex’d to the Electorate, in which the Duke of Ba-
varia was inverted, or whether it was entail’d on
the Family of the Counts Palatines.
Now when there is a King of the Romans,
he is perpetual Vicar and Fleir of the Empire.
It was for this reason, that Philip II. had only the
Kingdom of Spain for his share, and that Ferdi^
nand his Uncle, who in the Lise of Charles V.
was elected King of the Romans succesded in the
Empire. E ; Franc-