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                                                   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.

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