SYNOPSIS

OF BOTH COMMENTARIES

No vice is fouler than avarice I
Especially in Princes governing the republic II
Most especially in sacred matters III
None the less, the "sacred hunger for gold" was imputed to Constantine the Great IV
And likewise to the first Elector Princes of Saxony in receiving the doctrine of Luther, by Pallavicino, Maimbourg, and Varillas V
By many others besides VI
Most recently by the Author of the Brandenburg commentaries VII
The reasons are disclosed generally why this judgment is by no means to be passed over VIII