It  was  also  decided  in  this  session,  that  no  prelates  should  be  translated
against  their  wills.
The  third  of  the  same  month  and  the  same  year,  followed  the  fortieth  session,
wherein  certain  decrees  were  constituted  and  read,  as  touching  reformations  to
be  made  through  the  whole  church  by  the  pope  that  next  shoidd  be,  with  the
coimcil,  before  tliis  synod  should  break  up.  Item,  That  they  should  so  proceed
to  the  election  of  the  bishop  of  Rome,  notwithstanding  the  absence  of  those
cardinals  who  were  with  pope  Benedict  in  Spain.  This  done,  the  order  and
manner  was  decreed  for  the  election  of  the  pope.
After  these  things   thus  decreed,  in  the  next  session,  which  was  the  forty-  Tlie
first,  the  constitution  of  Clement  VI.  was  read,  concerning  the  order  and  diet  onier  and
of  the  cardinals  hiding  in   the  conclave  about  the  choosing  of  the  pope ;  and  ^^  ,ije


upon   the  same,  oaths  were   ministered  imto   the  cardinals  and  other  electors,  conclave

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the


binding  them  to  observe  and  keep  all  such  things  as  they  shoidd  be  bound  to,  ?"  '^■'""=*


during  the  time  of  the  election.
I.  That  they  should  enter  into  the  conclave  within  ten  days  after  the  fortieth
session,  which  was  this  present  day,  after  simset.
II.  That  every  cardinal  should  have  but  two  servitors  attending  upon  him  at
the  most,  either  of  the  laity  or  clergy,  as  they  woidd  themselves.
III.  That  they  should  remain  togetlier  in  the  said  conclave,  without  any
wall  betwixt  them,  or  any  other  cover,  save  only  bare  curtains,  if  any  were
disposed  to  sleep.
