The History of Freedom, and Other EssaysActon, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
Philosophy
The History of Freedom, and Other Essays
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
History; History -- Philosophy; Liberty -- History
[Footnote 147: Principi saeculari nulla ratione permissum est,
haereticis licentiam tribuere haereses suas docendi, atque adeo
contractus ille iniustus.... Si quid Princeps saecularis attentet in
praeiudicium Ecclesiasticae potestatis, aut contra eam aliquid statuat
et paciscatur, pactum illud nullum futurum (R. Sweertii, _De Fide
Haereticis servanda_, 1611, p. 36).]
[Footnote 148: Ad poenam quoque pertinet et odium haereticorum quod
fides illis data servanda non sit (Simancha, _Inst. Cath._ pp. 46, 52).]
[Footnote 149: Si nolint converti, expedit eos citius tollere e medio,
ne gravius postea damnentur, unde non militat contra mansuetudinem
christianam, occidere Haereticos, quin potius est opus maximae
misericordiae (Lancelottus, p. 579).]
[Footnote 150: De Rozoy, _Annales de Toulouse_, iii. 65.]
[Footnote 151: Alva to Philip, June 5, 1565; _Pap. de Granvelle_, ix.
288; _Comment. de Monluc_, iii. 425.]
[Footnote 152: Charles IX. to Mondoucet, Aug. 31, 1572; _Compte Rendu_,
iv, 349.]
[Footnote 153: _Bulletins de Bruxelles_, xvi. 256.]
[Footnote 154: Granvelle to Morillon, Sept. 11, 1572; Michelet, p. 475.]
[Footnote 155: Floquet, iii. 137.]
[Footnote 156: Walsingham to Smith, Nov. 1, 1572; Digges, p. 279. Ita
enim statutum ab illis fuit die 27 Octobris (Beza, Dec. 3, 1572; _Ill.
vir. Epp. Sel._ 621). La Mothe, v. 164; Faustino Tasso, _Historie de
nostri tempi_, 1583, p. 343.]
[Footnote 157: _Discorso di Monsignor Terracina a Gregorio XIII.;
Thesauri Politici Contin._ 1618, pp. 73-76.]
[Footnote 158: Infin che ne vivera grande, o picciolo di loro, mai non
le mancheranno insidie (_Lettere del Muzio_, 1590, p. 232).]
[Footnote 159: Coupez, tronquez, cisaillez, ne pardonnez a parens ny
amis, princes et subiets, ny a quelque personne de quelque condition
qu'ils soient (D'Orleans, _Premier advertissement des Catholiques
Anglois aux Francois Catholiques_, 1590, p. 13). The notion that Charles
had displayed an extreme benignity recurs in many books: "Nostre Prince
a surpasse tout mesure de clemence" (Le Frere de Laval _Histoire des
Troubles_, 1576, p. 527).]
[Footnote 160: Serranus, _Comment._ iv. 51.]
[Footnote 161: Bouges, _Histoire de Carcassonne_, p. 343.]
[Footnote 162: _Sommaire de la Felonie commise a Lyon._ A contemporary
tract reprinted by Gonon, 1848, p. 221.]
[Footnote 163: On this point Smith may be trusted rather than Parker
(_Correspondence_, p. 399).]
[Footnote 164: _Bulletins de Bruxelles_, xvi. 249.]
[Footnote 165: Qui e venuto quello che dette l' archibusata all'
ammiraglio di Francia, et e stato condotto dal Cardinal di Lorena et
dall' Ambasciator di Francia, al papa. A molti non e piaciuto che costui
sia venuto in Roma (Prospero Count Arco to the Emperor, Rome, Nov. 15,
1572; Vienna Archives).]
[Footnote 166: Zuniga to Philip, March 4, 1573; _Arch. de l'Empire_, K.
1531, B. 35, 70. Zuniga heard it from Lorraine.]
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