When the archbishop hears it
To a common meeting
He includes all in his sentence
Are conducted the king and his barons
Clerics and lay, none is spared
Great words were in conflict there
In his excommunication he ties all
But the honor of God was silent
Who to his people and possessions
Only the archbishop Thomas
Do evil and destruction.
Doesn't forget the honor of God
Of which throughout the court
Great quarrels and noise come out.
The pope with great
anguish
Under heaven doesn’t know what to do.
And the messengers, on the contrary
Do first one thing, then another.
He’d have great heaviness of heart
If he angered the king of France
And the French people.
That’s one of two parts,
But it requires rightness,
Law and loyalty and compromise.
For the other part King Henry,
To have possession of lands
With his bishops and clerks
Is completely opposed.
If King Louis doesn’t interrupt
Who knows when peace will be made,
For he is possessed of discretion,
Good judgment, and good sense.
The pope to the king
of France
Orders, as he has confidence in him,
That he put peace and love
Between the king and his pastor,
In such form and in such a way
That the holy Church is honored.
When the king hears the request;
He grants it gladly,
He’ll put great care into it
He’ll do so for both with such care
That he’ll reestablish peace.