456 
he makes mention of ‘ Beatus, abbas ex monasterio Scotorum, 
quod vocatur Honaugia, quod Benedictus episcopus in honore 
sancti Michaelis novo construxit opere, ubi ipse venerabilis pa- 
ter corpore requiescit.’ In the course of the charter he styles 
the monastery ‘casa Dei,’ and ‘ecclesia sancti Loci.’* 
‘* XI. October, 787, Charlemagne, on the petition of 
‘ Beatus abbas, qui est rector monasterii Hohenaugie,’ granted 
a charter, exempting the monastery from tolls and other im- 
posts. 
«« XII. An undated charter of Charlemagne, ‘commen- 
dat omnibus qui acceperunt aliquid de ecclesia Scotorum, 
que est in insula Honaugia, ut iterum reddat omne quod 
accepit, vel quod rapuit sine licentia abbatis Beati: et si 
quis retentat parum, commendat omnibus judicibus terre il- 
lius, ut illi querant omnes res ecclesiz cum ratione secundum 
Legem Francorum, quia res peregrinorum proprie sunt Regis. 
Ideo restaurentur omnia illa preedicta ad ecclesiam Scotorum 
sive ullo impedimento, sive terra, sive vinea, sive pecunia, 
sive homines, sive argentum, sive aurum. Si quis unum hoc 
non fecerit, recognoscat se regis preceptum non obaudire: 
quia Reges Francorum libertatem dederunt omnibus peregrinis 
Scotorum, ut nullus rapiat aliquid de rebus eorum, nec ulla ge- 
neratio preter eorum generationem possideat ecclesias eorum.’{ 
This is an exceedingly interesting record of the high esteem 
and favour in which the Irish of the Continent were held at 
that time by the greatest monarch of the west. 
«¢ XIII. An undated instrument of Charlemagne, in which 
he formally adjudicates to Adalbert or Odbert, advocate of 
St. Michael’s of Honaugia, or Beatus the Abbot, those lands 
in Vestiva and Gefida which had been occupied and now 
claimed by the monastery of Corbie in Picardy.§ 
«XIV. The closing charter contains the donation of the 
* Mabillon, Annal., tom. ii. Append. p. 698 6. 
+ Ibid, 6994, { Ibid, p. 699. § Ibid., p. 699 6. 
