any kind of assistance. We enjoin you, moreover, to
seize him, or cause him to be seized, wherever you find him,
and bring him to us without any delay, or to keep him in all
safety until you hear from us how you are to act with regard to
him, and till you receive the recompense due to your exertions
in so holy a work.
"As to his adherents, you will seize them, suppress them, and
confiscate their goods.
"As to his writings, if the best food becomes the terror of all
mankind as soon as a drop of poison is mixed with it, how
much more ought these books, which contain a deadly poison to
the soul, to be not only rejected, but also annihilated! You will
therefore burn them, or in some other way destroy them
entirely.
"As to authors, poets, printers, painters, sellers or buyers of
placards, writings or paintings, against the pope or the church,
you will lay hold of their persons and their goods, and treat
them according to your good pleasure.
"And if any one, whatever be his dignity, shall dare to act in
contradiction to the decree of our imperial majesty, we ordain
that he shall be placed under