Storia do Mogor 338.14.3

338.14.3

'Iniunctae nobis' sane 'de electione' inter communes: ibi 'sane, quam periculosum existat quod aliquis in officio, dignitate, vel gradu fore se asserat et pro tali etiam habeatur, nisi prius ipse quod asserit, legitimis ostenderit documentis, tam ex civilibus quam ex canonicis institutis, colligitur evidenter; asserenti namque cum mandatis principis se venisse, credendum non est, nisi hoc scriptis probaverit, nec similiter creditur se asserenti legatum. Numquam enim apostolicae sedis moris fuit absque signatis apicibus unumcumque legationem suscipere; sed nec dicenti se delegatum sedis ejusdem creditur vel intenditur, nisi de mandato apostolico fide doceat oculata.' [It is easy to see what a danger it would be, should anyone assert his claim to some office, dignity, or rank, and be admitted for such, unless he have first proved his claim by legal documents, whether according to the civil law or the canonical institutes. For no credence is to be given to one who claims to come with the orders of the prince, unless he prove it by written documents. In like manner no faith is to be placed in the word of one who asserts himself to be a (Papal) legate, for never was it the practice of the Apostolic See to entrust anyone with a legation of any sort without rescripts signed and sealed ; nor if even anyone should say that he is a delegate of the same See can we believe in and hearken to him, unless he produce secret proofs for believing in the Apostolic mandate he brings.]