The Holy Roman Empire

Note 157 — Chapter IX · SAXON AND FRANCONIAN EMPERORS.

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Cf. St. Peter Damiani's lines—

'Roma vorax hominum domat ardua colla virorum, Roma ferax febrium necis est uberrima frugum, Romanæ febres stabili sunt iure fideles.'

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