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lutos ad conuersionem recipere et in uestro monasterio absque contradictione 

 aliqua letinere. 



Prohibemus insuper ut nuUi fratrum uestrorum post factam iu loco uestro 

 professionem fas sit de eodem loco absque licentia magistii sui discedere, 

 discedentem uero absque communium litterarum uestratum cautione uullus 

 audeat retinere. 



Paci quoque et tranquillitati uestre paterna sollicitudine prouidere uolentes, 

 auctoritate legationis qua fungimur prohibemus ut infra clausuras locorum 

 sen grangiarum uestrarum nuUus uioleutiam uel rapinam sine furtum com- 

 mittere aut iguem apponere seu hominem capere uel interficere audeat. 



Obeunte uero te nunc eiusdem loci abbate uel tuorum quolibet successorum 

 nullus ibi qualibet subreptionis astutia seu uiolenlia preponatur, nisi quern 

 fratres communi consensu uel fratrum pars consilii sanioris secundum deum 

 et beati Benedicli regulam ct institutionem Cisterciensis ordinis prouiderit 

 eligcndum. 



Ex apostolica ergo et legationis auctoritate qua fungimur per presentia 

 scripta decreuimus, ut nulli liceat omnino liominum prefatum monasterium 

 tenieie iKjrturbare aut eius jwssessiones auferre uel ablatas retinere minuere 

 aut quibuslibet inolestationibus fatigare sed omnia integra et illibata seruentur 

 coruni pro (|U(irum gubernatione ac sustentatione concessa sunt usibus (uiiui- 

 modis profnlura, salua iiiniirum apostolice sedis auctoritate. 



Si qua igitur ccclesiasticA secularisue persona in futurum banc nostre 

 constitutionis paginam sciens contra earn t<?mere uenire temptauerit secundo 

 tertioue coininonita, nisi rcalum suuindignasatisfactionecorrexerit, potestatis 

 honorisue sui dignitate carcat, reamque sc diuino iudicio existere de perpe- 

 trata inii|uitatc cognoscat, ct a sacratissimo corpure ac sanguine doi et domini 

 rcdemploris no.stri Jesu Cliristi aliena fiat, aUjue in extremo examine districte 

 ultioni subiacwit. Cunctis autem cidem loco sua iura seruantibus sit pax 

 douiini nostri Jesu Christi quatinus et hie fructum bone actionis percipiant 

 et apud di.strictuni iudiccm preniia ot^rne pacis inueniant. Amen. 



Datum Dublin : 



John of Salernum (Giovanni di Salerno) was papal legate in Ireland, and held 

 a Synod at Dublin in the year 1202,' which may therefore be taken as the date of 

 this instrument. His seal is still attached (see Plate II). The legend is much 

 injured, but seems to have been as follows : — 



s' ras d' sai.'s(o) SCI stkp(ha.m) i cel' mote pbbi (cabd') 



Of the granges or farms specified, we have already had in no. i, Cellainni 

 (Killenny), Mnlendinum Morain, and Dunnini. 



The abbot was Thomas ; as we learn from Charter 6, the abbot's name in 1204 

 was Iman. 



' Annals Loch CV : cf. C.D.I, i, 168 ; C.M.A. i, 11.} ; and R.T.A. 223. 



