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t Deposte ste ve di d’oro,
Pross rate avanti l’e piedi
d’ Allessandro , chiedeva
'misericordia ; Sc il Papa
postoli il piede destrosu il
collo, disse quelle parole
del S'almO ; Super Aspidfln
Cf Bafiliscum mnbulabis, &
conculcabis Leonem & Draco-
nem. Al cui motive 1’Im-
peratore rispose ; non tibi,
sed Petro. Et il Papa piu
forte Calcando il piede
Soggiunse & mihi & Petro.
Theodor. Valle' Cit. di Pip.
ch. 10. The same Story is
unanimottssy related by a
Thousand other Authors, a-
mong whom I jhall only cite
Alex. Maria Vianali, and
Ciipvanni Francefco Lau-
redano Two Mie Veneti-
ans. The firss wrote a Hi-
sicry os 'Ncnics,which is •ve-
ry much esteetnd, and the se-
cond the Hijlory os Pope A-
lexander. They are both
positive on this Subject. But,
iisiead os quoting that Pas-
sage tn the Psalnis, they
might have rather alledgd
the Example os Josliua, ch:
X. V. 14.
A New Voynet Vol. I.
Aoot T on the Emperor s Neck. This •
Adion would become Jess odious,
and more credible, if it were rela-
ted as it is represented in this ancient
Pidure. For the Pope seems only
to put his Foot lightly on the Shoul-
der of the Emperor, without flaw-
ing any Motion of Passion. The/
the I littory of the Popes mentions a
great number of ’em that were guil-
ty of the utmost exceises of Pride,
Brutiflrness, and Fury ; and tho’such
a haughty Prelate as this Alexander
was capable of the moll spiteful Re-
sentments, when he was animated
with Revenge and Indignation, it
ought to be considered, that so vi-
olent an Adion, on such an Occa-
sion, among Strangers, in a Publick
Place, and in the sight of such a
multitude of People, would have
been contrary to the Policy, as well
as the Gravity of God’s Vicar; where-
as it was not only a noble Briskness,
but also the Duty of him who re-
presents the Matter os the Universe,
and whose Government extends it
self over all the Kings of the World, on such an
Occasion to maintain the Dignity of his Cha-
rader. ’Tis true, that the Submission and Re-
pentance of the Vattal, ought to have been re-
ceiv'd with a Spirit of Meekness; but on the o-
ther hand, it was not jtitt that he (horrid be ac-
quitted for a (ingle Reverence. It was requisite,
as I observ’d before, that the Lieutenant of Jesus
Cbrisi, (hon’d maintain the Interett os his Matter,
and that, at leatt, he flrould make the Offender-
seel his Power, the same time that he granted
him
t Deposte ste ve di d’oro,
Pross rate avanti l’e piedi
d’ Allessandro , chiedeva
'misericordia ; Sc il Papa
postoli il piede destrosu il
collo, disse quelle parole
del S'almO ; Super Aspidfln
Cf Bafiliscum mnbulabis, &
conculcabis Leonem & Draco-
nem. Al cui motive 1’Im-
peratore rispose ; non tibi,
sed Petro. Et il Papa piu
forte Calcando il piede
Soggiunse & mihi & Petro.
Theodor. Valle' Cit. di Pip.
ch. 10. The same Story is
unanimottssy related by a
Thousand other Authors, a-
mong whom I jhall only cite
Alex. Maria Vianali, and
Ciipvanni Francefco Lau-
redano Two Mie Veneti-
ans. The firss wrote a Hi-
sicry os 'Ncnics,which is •ve-
ry much esteetnd, and the se-
cond the Hijlory os Pope A-
lexander. They are both
positive on this Subject. But,
iisiead os quoting that Pas-
sage tn the Psalnis, they
might have rather alledgd
the Example os Josliua, ch:
X. V. 14.
A New Voynet Vol. I.
Aoot T on the Emperor s Neck. This •
Adion would become Jess odious,
and more credible, if it were rela-
ted as it is represented in this ancient
Pidure. For the Pope seems only
to put his Foot lightly on the Shoul-
der of the Emperor, without flaw-
ing any Motion of Passion. The/
the I littory of the Popes mentions a
great number of ’em that were guil-
ty of the utmost exceises of Pride,
Brutiflrness, and Fury ; and tho’such
a haughty Prelate as this Alexander
was capable of the moll spiteful Re-
sentments, when he was animated
with Revenge and Indignation, it
ought to be considered, that so vi-
olent an Adion, on such an Occa-
sion, among Strangers, in a Publick
Place, and in the sight of such a
multitude of People, would have
been contrary to the Policy, as well
as the Gravity of God’s Vicar; where-
as it was not only a noble Briskness,
but also the Duty of him who re-
presents the Matter os the Universe,
and whose Government extends it
self over all the Kings of the World, on such an
Occasion to maintain the Dignity of his Cha-
rader. ’Tis true, that the Submission and Re-
pentance of the Vattal, ought to have been re-
ceiv'd with a Spirit of Meekness; but on the o-
ther hand, it was not jtitt that he (horrid be ac-
quitted for a (ingle Reverence. It was requisite,
as I observ’d before, that the Lieutenant of Jesus
Cbrisi, (hon’d maintain the Interett os his Matter,
and that, at leatt, he flrould make the Offender-
seel his Power, the same time that he granted
him