Since therefore this pertaineth to your office we
command you by apostolic letter that when you shall
be requested by the father our son the king you shall
place the crown upon the head of their said son, by
the authority of the apostolic See ; and what shall be
therein done by you we decree to remain valid and
firm. You shall further show to him due subjection
and reverence in all things, saving his father's com-
mands, and^ shall admonish others to show the same.
[Cardinal William ;iiv^e a condHatory letter to Thomas, to
which the archbish«)p returned a sharp answer. Two letters
from him and William of Pavia of a^out this date are founds
both probably drafts. John of Salisbury {Wateriethyyi,, pp. 217
and 220; strongly disapproved of their tone. The earlier
{Materials , vi., p. 208) was almost certainly not sent, nor is it
certain that even the latter was despatched.]

Nov. 18, 1167. The meeting between the Legates
and the Archbishop.
Herbert of Bosham, Materials y iii, p. 409.
