HONORIUS, ETC., TO ILLUSTRIOUS KING OF MAN.

ANNO VII. EPIST. 76.

FOR this purpose Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, from whom thou owest to acknowledge the temporal power conceded to thee, has raised thee to the throne of the Kingdom, viz., that thou shouldst love the Churches and religious places, existing throughout thy Kingdom, and shouldst honour them, by stretching out the hand of thy bounty to them, freely and cheerfully, and by exhibiting other works of piety to them. Since then it has reached our ears that certain Churches of thy Kingdom, of all of which thou art the patron, are said not to possess free land, we beg, we advise, we exhort your highness, as earnestly as possible, since it appears every way unbecoming the said churches should be entirely free from a sufficient dower, to bountifully bestow upon each of them, at least thirty paces of land according to canonical sanction, in free alms, beyond the cemetery, upon any side thereof, for the building of habitations for the priests, that the same may be retained for thee, to implore the mercy of God, that it may be with thee whithersoever thou goest, and that he may grant thee his grace at this present, and glory in the world to come. Dated at the Lateran, the 13th of the Kalends of February,* in the seventh year 1223.

EPISTOLIE DE VATICANO.

HONORIUS, ETC., . . . ILLUSTRI REGI MANIE.-ANNO VII. EPIST. 76.

ADD. MSS.

AD hec Rex Regum et dominus dominantium Jesus Christus, a quo tibi concessa temporalem debes recognoscere potestatem, ad Regni te soluim sublimavit ut ecclesias et loca religiosa per tuum regnuro existentia diligas, et honores, munificentie tue manum eis tam liberaliter, quam ylariter ¹ porrigendo, et alia in eis pietatis opera exhibendo. Cum igitur sicut nostris est .auribus intimatum quedam ecclesie Regni tui quartim omnium es patronus, non habere terram liberam asserantur, serenitatem tuarn roganmus, monennns, hortamur attente quatinus, cum indecens omnimodis videatur, ut ecclesie memorate competenti dote penitus sint expertes, ipsarum cuilibet saltem triginta passus terre juxta canonicas sanctiones in liberam elemosinam extra cimiterium a parte qualibet earundem ad doraos clericorum faciendas ibidem liberaliter largiaris, ut eidem pro te teneantur Dei misericordiam implorare, ut semper sit ubicumque ambulaveris ipse tecum, suamque tibi concedat gratiam in presenti, et gloriam in futuro. Datum Laterani XIII. Kalendas Februarii, Anno septimo 1223.

* 20th January.

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