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Epistle
VII.
To Candidus, Presbyter.
Gregory to Candidus, Presbyter, going to the patrimony
of Gaul.
Now that thou art proceeding, with the help of our
Lord God Jesus
Christ, to the government of the patrimony that is in Gaul, we desire
thy Love to procure with the money thou mayest receive clothing for the
poor, or English boys of about seventeen or eighteen years of age, who
may profit by being given to God in
monasteries, that so the money of Gaul, which cannot be spent in our
country1638
| 1638 Probably because
of the inferior value in Italy of Gallic gold. “Nullus
solidum integri ponderis calumniosæ approbationis obtentu recuset
exactor, excepto eo Gallico cujus aurum minore æstimatione
taxatur.” Novella Majoriani. | , may be
expended profitably in its own locality. Further, if you should
succeed in getting anything from the moneys accruing to revenue which
are called ablatæ1639
| 1639 Some kind of
due, so-called. See Du Cange under Ablata:—“Ablatio, Exactio,
Tolta…‘Liberos deinceps esse constituimus ab omni tallia,
ablatione et exactione, et questu.’ (A.
1173).’ | , from this too
we desire thee to procure clothing for the poor, or, as we have before
said, boys who may profit in the service of Almighty God. But, since such as can be found there are
pagans, I desire that a presbyter be sent hither with them to provide
against the case of any sickness occurring on the way, that he may
baptize those whom he sees to be about to die. Wherefore let your
Love so proceed as to lose no time in accomplishing these things
diligently.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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