7, 1806; to the Pope, Feb.22, 1806 and to cardinal Fesch, of the same date.

"His Holiness will have the same consideration for me in temporal matters as I have for him in spiritual matters....

My enemies will be his enemies."-- "Tell people (in Rome) that I am Charlemagne, the sword of the church, their emperor; that I must be treated the same; that they should not know that there was a Russian empire....

If the Pope does not accept my conditions, I shall reduce him to the condition he was in before Charlemagne."] [Footnote 5135: Decree, May 17, 1809.

"Whereas, when Charlemagne, emperor of the French, and out august predecessor, donated several counties to the bishops of Rome, he gave them only under the title of fiefs and for the welfare of his own states, and as by the said donation Rome did not thereby cease to form part of his empire,...