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and Antichrist.

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and Antichrist.

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The pope is ashamed of that, that is to be pitied.

Antichrist.

The pope thinks that it is too close to his honor that he humbles himself, because he who humbles himself too nearly grows to despise him in the regiment. c. quando [c. 4.] 86. dist. (I, 259.) Thus the Glossa says: *) This is true of the fools; this is so much: one must rule strictly over the German fools, so they think much of us.

*) The gloss to the quoted passage: quod verum est inter fatuos.