HENRY II. AND BARBAROSSA ad. 



1157. 



parati sumus. Regnum nostrum, & quicquld ubique 



nostras subjicitur ditioni vobis exponimus & vestrae 



committimus potestati, ut ad vestrum nutum omnia 



disponantur, & in omnibus vestri fiat voluntas imperii. 



Sit igitur inter nos & populos nostros dilectionis & Commercia 



pacis unitas indivisa, commercia tuta : Ita tamen ut "^^^', , ^'^f" 

 ^ , . .... ' . . . J • 1 ..nos<5 Anglos. 



vobis, qui dignitate praemmetis, imperandi cedat autnori- 



tas, nobis non deerit voluntas obsequendi. Et sicut 



vestras Serenitatis memoriam vestrorum excitat in nobis 



munerum largitio, sic vos nostri quoque reminisci pra^op- 



tamus, mittentes quae pulchriora penes nos erant, & vobis 



magis placitura. Attendite itaque dantis affectum, non 



data, & eo animo quo dantur accipite. De manu beati 



Jacobi, super qua nobis scripsistis, in ore magistri 



Hereberti & Guilielmi Clerici nostri verbum posuimus. 



Teste Thoma Cancellario apud Northanton. 



The same in English. 



THere were present also the same time, the messen- 

 gers of Henry king of England presenting divers 

 rich and precious gifts, and that with great learning & 

 eloquence of speech. Amongst the which we saw a 

 pavilion, most large in quantity, & most excellent in 

 quality. For if you desire to know the quantitie therof, 

 it could not be erected without engines and a kinde of 

 instruments, and maine force : if the qualitie, I thinke 

 there was never any furniture of the same kinde, that 

 surpassed the same either in stuffe or workemanship. 

 The said king directed his letters also, full of sugred 

 speeches, the tenour whereof was this that followeth. 



To his entirely beloved friend Frederick by the grace 

 of God Emperour of the Romanes most invincible, 

 Henry king of England, duke of Normandie and 

 Aquitaine, Earle of Anjou wisheth health and concord 

 of sincere amitie. We doe render unto your highnes 

 (most renowmed and peerelesse Prince) exceeding great 

 thanks for that you have so graciously vouchsafed by 

 your messengers to visite us, in your letters to salute 



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