Some of the most powerful people in the world were here. The seven electors themselves were here, plus innumerable archbishops and princes and dukes and other nobles, all decked out in their sumptuous and bejeweled best, replete with gaudy golden chains and befeathered hats, and all of them stood agape at the curious spectacle of this humble monk walking into their midst, who in turn goggled back at them, doubtless staggered by the sheer breadth and wealth of dignitaries here assembled.
