[235] Whether the poem which passes under the name of Gunther Ligurinus be his work or that of some scholar in a later age is for the present purpose indifferent.
[236] Zedler, Universal Lexicon, s. v. Reich.
[237] It does not occur before Frederick I's time in any of the documents printed by Pertz; and this is the date which Boeclerus also assigns in his treatise, De Sacro Imperio Romano, vindicating the terms 'sacrum' and 'Romanum' against the aspersions of Blondel.
[238] Pertz, M. G. H., tom. iv. (legum ii.)
[239] Ibid. iv.
[240] Radewic. ap. Pertz.
[241] Blondellus adv. Chiffletium. Most of these theories are stated by Boeclerus. Jordanes (Chronica) says, 'Sacri imperii quod non est dubium sancti Spiritus ordinatione, secundum qualitatem ipsam et exigentiam meritorum humanorum disponi.'
[242] Marquard Freher's notes to Peter de Andlo, book i. chap. vii.
[243] So in the song on the capture of the Emperor Lewis II by Adalgisus of Benevento, we find the words, 'Ludhuicum comprenderunt sancto, pio, Augusto.' (Quoted by Gregorovius, Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter, iii. p. 185.)
[244] Goldast, Constitutiones.