[404] “Et quia Romana ecclesia ... aliud jus habet in Insula quam in terra magna et continua, nos ... magnificentiam tuam rogamus et solicite commonemus ut in præscripta terra jura beati Petri nobis studeas sollicite conservare,” etc., etc.
[405] E. H. R., viii. 45.
[406] Ibid. p. 50.
[407] In the text of ‘De principis instructione,’ as is pretty generally known, the words “sicut a quibusdam asseritur aut confingitur, ab aliis autem unquam impetratum fuisse negatur,” precede this letter. They look, Mr. Dimock thought, like a marginal note which has found its way into the text. I confess that to me also that is what they suggest.
[408] According to Giraldus, the sole authority for its existence.
[409] The two letters hang together absolutely, it will be seen, in every way.
[410] Dublin Review, ut supra, p. 90.
[411] E. H. R., viii. 48.
[412] E. H. R., viii. 23.
[413] Dublin Review, ut supra, pp. 97–103.