Note 7 — Chapter XXI
E. M. Lamond translation
Memorandum of Aug. 23, 1531, “Corp. ref.,” 2, p. 520 seq.; see particularly p. 526: Bigamy was allowable in the King’s case, “propter magnam utilitatem regni, fortassis etiam propter conscientiam regis.... Papa hanc dispensationem propter caritatem debet concedere.” Cp. G. Ellinger, “Phil. Melanchthon,” 1902, p. 325 f., and Rockwell, ibid., p. 208 ff.