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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 301
land, and with an endless multitude of his vassals, came to the
and after hearing
place which had been predetermined upon ;
the cause of arrival of the king's messengers, and their request,
he took counsel with his men, and replied that he could not
incline their minds to the giving of a tithe. And they for themselves
replied that they would never give a tithe and even if
;
the king of England and their lord the king of Scotland had
sworn that they would have it, they would never give it.
Therefore the king of England's messengers who had been
sent for this purpose saw that they could profit nothing in this
regard, although they had tried their best now with gentle and
now with bitter [words] ; and returned to their own land,
reporting to their lord the king of England, who was then in
Normandy, the answer of the king of Scotland and his men.
1188
BENEDICT OF PETERBOROUGH, GESTA HENRICI II, VOL. II,
pp. 57-58. !
Letter of pope Clement to Henry, king of England, concerning
John, bishop of St. Andrews of Scotland.
" Bishop Clement, servant of the servants of God, to the
illustrious king of England, greeting and apostolic benediction.
" When the authority and power of thy royal Excellency
has received from the apostolic see prayers to give effect to
which is beneficial for the preservation of the churches in
their state, and for the well-being of many ; diligently should
thy royal Sublimity heed them, and strive that the result
shall follow the wish, so much the more strongly and fer-
vently as the devout receiving of them and their diligent
execution redound equally to thy royal glory and well-being.
" Hence it is that we have thought fit to send with confi-
dence to your Serenity apostolic letters and prayers on behalf
of our venerable brother the bishop of St. Andrews,
asking with all the affection we can the highness of your
royal Eminence, and admonishing, and enjoining for the
remission of all sins, that thou admonish very needfully our
dearest son in Christ, William, illustrious king of Scotland,
through his reverence for St. Peter and for us, and by reason
of his persecution which it is certain that [John] has for a
long time endured ; and induce him, and if it be necessary
compel him, by the royal control in which thou standest
over him, and the authority yielded to thy royal Highness,
to set every pretext aside and relax to [John] the bitterness
1 Cf . Hoved., 'ii, 349-351, MSS. A and G only.