... Ex decreto et consensu Amplissimi Iuris Antecessorum Ordinis in vetustissima & inclyta Basiliensium Academia Pro summo in utroque Iure gradu & privilegiis Doctoralibus consequendis subsequentes Conclusiones de legitimatione liberorum

XVI.
The father offers this petition if he does not have a wife who is the mother of the natural children, or if he indeed loves his children very much, while the woman is not without sin in his eyes, nor is she worthy of any legitimate title.

XVII.
It is doubted whether the father can do this through a proxy. And since nothing prevents him from doing so, he certainly will.

XIIX.
What we have said about the Prince is also to be transferred to the Roman Pontiff.

XIX.
As well as to those to whom the Roman Emperor has granted such power.

XX.
Concerning the aforesaid, a most elegant question arises, namely, to whose jurisdiction this power of legitimating belongs. We do not place it, as Bartolus does, among the mixed [jurisdictions], nor, as Alciatus does, among the simple [jurisdictions], but among those things that are specially granted.

XXI.
From this it clearly follows that the opinion of those who have hitherto maintained that all Counts and Barons possess this faculty of legitimating in their own territories is erroneous.

XXII.
It also follows expeditiously from the aforesaid source that the Count Palatine possesses this power.

XXIII.
Which legitimation by the Palatine, however, differs from that of the Prince in terms of effect, concerning which, if questioned, I shall respond.