KING CANUTE ajd 



c. 1027. 



A testimonie of certaine priviledges obtained for William of 

 the English and Danish Marchants of Con- ^''l'^'^-^^ 

 radus the Emperour and John the Bishop g^^^i^ Regum 

 of Rome by Canutus the King of England Anglorum. 

 in his journey to Rome, extracted out of a 

 letter of his written unto the Cleargie of 

 England. 



It vobis notum quia magna congregatio 

 nobilum in ipsa solemnitate Pascali, 

 Romae cum Domino Papa Joanne, & 

 imperatore Conrado erat, scilicet omnes 

 principes gentium a monte Gargano, 

 usque ad istum proximum Mare : qui 

 omnes me & honorifice suscepere, & 

 magnificis donis honoravere. Maxime autem ab im- 

 peratore donis variis & muneribus pretiosis honoratus 

 sum, tam in vasis aureis & argenteis, quam in palliis & 

 vestibus valde pretiosis. Locutus sum igitur cum ipso 

 imperatore, & Domino Papa, & principibus qui ibi 

 erant, de necessitatibus totius populi mei, tam Angli 

 quam Dani, ut eis concederetur lex aequior, & pax 

 securior in via Romam adeundi, & ne tot clausuris 

 per viam arcerentur, & propter injustum teloneum 

 fatigarentur. Annuitque postulatis Imperator, & Rodul- 

 phus Rex, qui maxime ipsarum clausurarum dominatur, 

 cunctique principes edictis firmarunt, ut homines mei 

 tam Mercatores, quam alii orandi gratia viatores, absque 

 omni anguria clausurarum & teloneariorum, cum firma 

 pace Romam eant & redeant. 



The same in English. [I. 127.] 



YOu are to understand, that at the feast of Easter, 

 there was a great company of Nobles with Pope 

 John and Conradus the Emperour assembled at Rome, ^^^&^^j^^ ^ 



■, „ , T--* • r 1 • r mountaine of 



namely all the Prmces or the nations rrom mount ^w^^ in 

 Garganus unto the West Ocean sea. Who all of them italie. 



