^  See,  tf.^.,  the  letter  of  the  archbishop  to  Louis,  ap.  j^.,  30.  "  Vehe-
menter  perturbamur  in  his  quae  significata  sunt  nobis,  Comitem  scilicet
Henricum  .  .  .  securitates  ex  parte  vestra  .  .  .  Imperatori  dedisse,
quod  ilium  Octavianum  .  .  .  cum  ecclesia  Gallicana  in  Apostolicum
debeatis  recipere.''

*  "  Tota  Lombardia  ac  Tuscia  et  Romania  ad  nutum  imperatoris  fiiit
inclinata."    CAron.  regia  Coloniensis^  an.  1 162.
*  "Tunc  elevatum  est  cor  ejus  nimis,  et  timuerunt  omnia  regna
terrarum  ad  famam  nominis  ejus."  Helmold,  Chron,  Slav,,  i.  90.  The
precentor  of  Sens  was  justified  in  writing  to  Alexander  of  Fred. :  "qui
singularem  quaerit  in  mundo  principatum."  Ap.  Materials  for  the
Hist.  ofBeckety  vi.  143,  R.  S.
6o  ALEXANDER  III.
Lombardy  after  four  years  of  war  (1158-1162)  and,  with
Octavian  in  his  train,  marched  towards  D61e  with  a
powerful  army.  Pressed  by  Alexander,^  Ebehard,  the  holy
bishop  of  Salzburg,  had  made  a  last  effort  to  detach  the
emperor  from  Octavian  before  they  left  Italy.  But,  though
listened  to  with  respect,  he  had  failed  in  his  purpose,*  and
Frederick  crossed  the  Alps  with  the  firm  resolve  to  bring
about  the  deposition  of  Alexander,  if  not  the  recognition
of  Octavian.
