[1347] Charles declares that at the commencement of his pontificate Paul was earnestly desirous of reforming the abuses of the church, but that his zeal rapidly diminished and he followed the example of Clement in contenting himself with empty promises.—“Com tudo despois com o tempo aquellas mostras e ardor primeiro se foi esfriando, e seguindo os passos e exemplo do Papa Clemente, com boas palavras prolongon e entretene sempre a convoçáō e ajuntamento do concilio” (Commentaires, p. 97).
[1348] Per serrar la bocca agl’ heretici i quali non facevano altro in voce et in scritto che dir male della corte di Roma.—Carraciolo, Vita di Paolo IV. MS. Br. Mus. (Young, Life and Times of Aonio Paleario, I. 261).
[1349] Concilium de Emendanda Ecclesia (Le Plat, Monument. Concil. Trident. II. 601, 602).
[1350] It has been customarily stated by Catholic writers that this proceeding of Paul IV. was directed not against his own work, but against the heretically commentated editions, but this, I believe, has been refuted by Schelhorn. See Gibbings’s “Taxes of the Penitentiary,” p. xlix.
[1351] Published by Clausen, Copenhagen, 1829.
[1352] Lib. ad Ration. Concord. ineundam Art. XXII. § 13 (Goldast. II. 199).
[1353] Formul. Reformat, cap. XVII. § 4 (Goldast. II. 335).
[1354] Ibid. cap. III. § 1, cap. V. § § 7, 9.
[1355] Synod. Augustan. ann. 1548 c. 10.
[1356] Synod. Trevirens. ann. 1548.