Henricus odio eam coepit habere: ideo
incarceravit eam, et concessit ut plerique vim ei inferrent;
immo filium hortans ut eam subagitaret (Dodechin,
Continuat. Marian. Scot. apud Baron. A.D. 1093, No. 4).
In the synod of Constance, she is described by Bertholdus,
rerum inspector: quae se tantas et tam inauditas
fornicationum spur citias, et a tantis passam fuisse
conquesta est, etc.;
and again at Placentia:
satis misericorditer suscepit, eo quod ipsam tantas spurcitias
pertulisse pro certo cognoverit papa cum sanctâ synodo.
(Apud Baron. A.D. 1093, No. 4, 1094, No. 3.)
A rare subject for the infallible decision of a pope and council. These abominations are repugnant to every principle of human nature, which is not altered by a dispute about rings and crosiers. Yet it should seem, that the wretched woman was tempted by the priests to relate or subscribe some infamous stories of herself and her husband.