208 W. E. Curtis — Pre-Columbian, VaHcan Documents. 



throughout th}^ entire province, and on those days only which 

 are written below, viz., the Lord's nativity, the Epiphany, the 

 Lord's Supper, the Resurrection, Ascension and Pentecost, on 

 the festivals of the blessed Mother of God, Mary, ever virgin ; the 

 feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the finding and exaltation of the 

 Holy Cross, the nativity of Saint John the Baptist, the feast of 

 blessed John the Evangelist, on the commemoration of all 

 saints, wdien consecrating churches or bishops, blessing abbots 

 or ordaining priests, on the anniversary of the consecration of 

 thine own church, the feasts of the Holy Trinity and of Saint 

 Olaf and the anniversar}^ of thy consecration. Wherefore let 

 thy fraternity perform all things with such diligence that the 

 ornaments of thy conduct may be in keeping with the fullness 

 of the great dignity thou hast received. Let thy life be an ex- 

 ample to all who are under thee, so that they may learn there- 

 from what they should seek after and what thej^ are obliged to 

 shun; be distinguished for thy prudence, chaste of thought, 

 pure in thy conduct, discreet in silence, useful in speech ; seek 

 rather to do good to men than to rule them. In thyself thou 

 shouldst consider not the power of order, but the equality of thy 

 condition. Have a care lest thy life render void thy teaching 

 or thy teaching be in contradiction with thy conduct. Remem- 

 ber that the government of souls is the art of arts. Strive above 

 all things to observe faithfully the decrees of the apostolic see, 

 humbl}^ obeying the same as thy mother and mistress. These, 

 most beloved brother in Christ, are some among the many 

 duties which pertain to thy archiepiscopal and sacerdotal office, 

 all of which thou canst easily perform with Christ's aid, provided 

 that thou hast charity, which is the mistress of all virtues, and 

 humility, and that thou hast inwardly what thou seemest out- 

 wardly to have. 



Accordingly we decree, etc, unto the end. 



Given in Rome, at Saint Peter's, by the hand of John, cardinal, 

 deacon of Saint Mary's, in Cosmedin, chancellor of the holy 

 Roman church, on the 13th day of February, the sixth indic- 

 tion, in the year of the Lord's incarnation 1205, and the 8th year 

 of the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. 



2. 

 986. Four letters from Pope John XXI to the archbishop of 

 Drontheim, relative to the collection of tithes in Greenland for 

 the Crusade, dated December 4, 1276. 



