Anselm will not pay for the pallium.
Anselm and William reconciled. scruple to add that he had, at the King's request, brought it for Anselm.[1] Would not the Archbishop pay something for so great a benefit?[2] Would he not at least, now that the pallium had come to him instead of his going for the pallium, pay the sum which the journey to Rome would otherwise have cost him?[3] Anselm would pay nothing. The King had thus to make the best of a bad bargain. As Anselm would not pay for either friendship or pallium, there was nothing to be done but to let him have both friendship and pallium without paying. The King once more consulted his lay nobles, and, by their advice,[4] he restored Anselm to his full favour, he cancelled all former causes of quarrel, he received him as archbishop and ghostly father, and gave him the fullest licence to exercise his office throughout the realm. One condition only seems to have been made; Anselm was to promise that he would observe the laws and customs of the realm and would defend them against all men.[5] The promise was made, but with the express or implied reservation of duty to God.[6] That was indeed the reservation which William most hated; but in his present frame of mind he may have brought himself to consentspopondisse consuetudines tuas, ipsas videlicet quas per rectitudinem et secundum Deum in regno tuo possides, me secundum Deum servaturum, et eas per justitiam contra omnes homines pro meo posse defensurum."]
- ↑ Eadmer, Hist. Nov. 33. "Dominus papa Urbanus, rogatu domini nostri regis, stolam illi archiepiscopatus per episcopum qui de Roma venit direxit." The pallium, they said, was sent to the King, but the words which follow show that they wished it to be understood that it was meant for Anselm.
- ↑ "Tuum igitur erit considerare quid tanto beneficio dignum regi rependas."
- ↑ "Laudamus et consulimus ut saltem quod in via expenderes si pro hoc Romam ires regi des, ne si nihil feceris injurius judiceris." They enlarge also on the dangers of the way; these had certainly proved fatal to some of Anselm's predecessors.
- ↑ "Principum suorum consilio usus."
- ↑ This is not mentioned now, but it comes out afterwards; Hist. Nov. 39. See below, p. 588.
- ↑ Ib. 39. "Scio quippe me [Anselmum
