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proved [[addition]] afterwards [[/addition]] a great Source of Disturbance in Germany. Violence & Force by the name of [[underline]] [[foreign: German]] Faustrecht [[/foreign]] [[/underline]] occasioned disorders without number. & Amidst it the Feudal Government took its Origin. [[deletion]] For [[/deletion]] None was lookd upon as great but Him who had the greatest Number of Vassals. The [[underline]] Independenty [[/underline]] [[addition]] Independency [[/addition]] of the greater Lords became extreme, whilst the lower Class were reduced to be more Slaves. & in [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] Proportion as the Greater Lords obtained Power the Crown lost its Consequence & was obliged to look upon them [[deletion]] as their Con [[/deletion]] as [[underline]] its [[/underline]] their Counsellors: Thus already at the Convention of Coblertz. in the Year [[underline]] 860. [[/underline]] or as others will have it at Mersen. 851. we find traces of the German Constitution. Nothwithstanding these warlike times the [[addition]] Clergy [[/addition]] Continued to mentain its [[deletion]] Superior [[/deletion]] power owing to their Superiority in what was called [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] learning. This was greatly increased by [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] the appearance of a Singular supposed to be wrote by Isidore Bishop of Savill & known by the Name of Papal Decretalia. that is to say pretended Ordinances publis by the Bishops of Rome
