A N S E L M. 255 the king relented forr.ewhat in favour of Anfelm, and he de- fired him to take a journey to Rome, to try if he couKI per- I'>;J. p. 7 8 f"u.ide the pope to relax. The pope, however, periitted in 79 ' refufing the king the right of invcliiture; but at the fame time he wrote a very tefpeclful letter to the king, earnetUy di-hring to wave the cunteir, and promiftng all poilible com- pliance in other matters. AnlVlm having left the court of Rome, returned to Lyons, and during his Hay here, the king fent another embally to Rome, to try to prevail with the pope to bring Anfelm to a lubmiflion. But the pope could not be gained; and he excommunicated (ome of the Englifli court, who had difluaded the king from parting with the in- veftitures, but declined pafling any ccnlure againii his ma- jetty. Anfelm perceiving the court of Rome dilatory in her pro- ceedings, removed from Lyons, and made a vifit to the coun- tel's Adela, at her cattle in Blois. At this lady's intcrceffion, the kng, when he came to Normandy, agreed to have a meetin^ with Anfelm, who accordingly waited upon his majefly, at a cattle called 1'Aigle, where the king rellorcd to him the revenues of the archbifhopric; but would not permit him to tome to England, unlefs he would comply in the affair of the inveftitures : which Anfelm lefufing to do, he continued in France, till the matter was lair 1 again before the pope. And now the Enghfh bifhops, who had taker IHd. p. So. p.irt with the king againft Anfelm, began to change their I i Bl ^'; b n J minds, as appears by their letter direded to Anfelm in Nor- ^ r c ' ol(lcr ., mandy, wherein they prefs him to come over with all fpeed,Colleaiorf promiling to ftand by him, and to pay him the regard due tf JjJJJ'J his character. Anftlm expreiied his fatisfaclion at this beha- at (iirfndo f viour of the bifhops, but acquainted them it was not in his hi? tle- power to return, till he was farther informed of the proceed- ^v^ 11 '
- n?s of the court of Rome. At length the embafladors re- s this f-
turned from Rome, and brought with them a deeifion more fair of ti favourable than the former; and though his hnlinefs woWJJJJaS!!l not wive up the point of invettiture, yet he d:fpei)fed fo (arai fj , R,. to give the bilhops and abbots leave to do homage for th temporalities. The king, being highly picked with irm cpi - f ' v h ' e defcenfion of the pope, fent to invite Anfelm lo England {c but the meflcnger finding him tick, hi-, majefty himlelr went over to Normanuv, and m..de him a vifit at th. abbi-y of ]]cc, where all c;'fterences were perfectly adjuftid. I'.ui Anfelm recovered frcm his ikkncfs, he emh.-.rkeil for Leg- land, where he was received with rxtr^ojdinary marks of < vility and kindnifs. After his arrival, r.tiliing rcmark-v. '.v happened
