[470] Ibid., vol. ii, fol. 692, par. 74.
[471] Ibid., vol. i, folios 184, 298-299, “De mode bonorum Regalium inscribendorum.”
[472] Ibid., vol. i, fol. 299-300, “De non faciendis constitutionibus sine consensu Consiliariorum et Nuntiorum Terrestrium” et “De constitutionibus novis per proclamationes publicandis.”
[473] Cf. Caro, vol. iv, p. 311; Ref. in Poland, vol. ii, No. 7, p. 174.
[474] Compare, for instance, this special privilege given by Sigismund Augustus to Martin Cromer, canon of Cracow and the king’s secretary. “Sigismundus Augustus etc. Planum, testamentumque facimus universis, quorum interest, quia contributionem, in proxima Piothrocoviensi synodo decretam et laudatam, ven. Martino Cromero, canonico Cracoviensi, secretario nostro, ex omnibus sacerdotiis in diocesi Cracoviensi remisimus, remittimusque praesentibus litteris, ac de ea ipsum quietamus ac liberamus, volentes omnio, ut contributionis eius nomine nihil ab eo per collectores illius exigatur. In cuius rei fidem manu nostra praesentibus subscripsimus et sigillum nostrum imprimi fecimus. Datum Gostinii, 20 mai anno Dni 1552.” T. Wierzbowski, Materials for a History of Polish Writings (Materyały do Piśmiennictwa Polskiego), Warsaw, 1904, vol. ii, p. 7, No. 15. This is a sample of many similar exemptions given the clergy.
[475] Note Charters of 1422, 1433, 1454, and 1505.
[476] Balzar, Corpus juris polonici, vol. iii, No. 261, pars. 7, 8, 10.
[477] Ibid., No. 69, pars. 16, 19.
[478] See above, p. 60.
[479] See above, pp. 60-61.