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Adrian III. a Roman, installed in 884, died in Sept.

Adrian III., who then filled the papal chair, was by birth an Englishman; and being on that account the more disposed to oblige Henry, he was easily persuaded to act as master of the world, and to make, without any hazard or expense, the acquisition of a great island to his spiritual jurisdiction.

Brower, Adrian, iii, 182; his Escape from a Cruel Master, iii, 183; Brower, the Duke d'Aremberg, and Rubens, iii, 184; his Death, iii, 184; his Works, iii, 185.

Adrian III., who then filled the papal chair, was by birth an Englishman; and being, on that account, the more disposed to oblige Henry, he was easily persuaded to act as master of the world, and to make, without any hazard or expense, the acquisition of a great island to his spiritual jurisdiction.