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That they would concede that on Lenten days and other times of the year and days on which the eating of eggs and meat was prohibited, it would be permitted to use and eat butter, cheese, and other dairy products, and furthermore, eggs and meat (these are still the words of the Bull). That they would diminish the number of Feast days somewhat. That they would permit them to partake of the Lord's Supper in its entirety, and finally, they promised no small amount of generosity (from another’s property, however) to those who possessed movable or immovable goods of the Churches, by settling with them, namely, and gifting some portion. These, in sum, were the conditions. But when they had anxiously offered them to many, and had remained in Germany for a long time, at last there was found no one who wished to be brought back; indeed, since they had been a source of laughter and mockery to all, they returned to Rome with great ignominy, having been almost hissed off the stage. Wherefore I wrote a letter to the brethren of Italy, certainly not long, barely of one page, with which I sent the copy of the Bull, which, God willing, I had been able (though not without difficulty) to obtain, and I exposed the conditions which the three Bishops had offered, and their entire most foolish attempt, in my narration: for I seem to remember