Letters214 Letter CCXIV. To the same. (Circa A.D. 1140)
Letter CCXIV. To the same. (Circa A.D. 1140)
He recommends Nicholas, Bishop of Cambray, and Abbot Gottschalk.
If any regard for me, any recollection, however slight, of me, still remains in the heart of my lord, and if his child finds any small portion of the grace he once found in his sight, let him now experience it on behalf of that illustrious and humble man, Nicholas, Bishop of Cambray. I confess that I am under obligation to him, and that I am in debt for all that I can do, not only because he honours me and mine, whenever he can, but also for his uprightness, meekness, and justice, virtues which can recommend him also to you. And, if I mistake not, those who trouble him are false men, and truth is not in their mouth. In short, you are sure to approve of him, and there is no need for me to multiply words about him. He has, too, with him a religious and holy man, Abbot Gottschalk,- on behalf of whom, in like manner, I earnestly ask a hearing for his requests, if my intervention can lend any power to his merits. For I believe that he will make no petition which is unworthy of being granted.
Si cura, si memoria quantulacumque mei exstat adhuc in corde domini mei, et si qua portiuncula antiquae gratiae invenitur etiam nunc in oculis ejus a puero ejus, liceat hanc experiri viro nobili et humili Nicolao Cameracensi episcopo. Fateor me obnoxium illi, et omnium quae pro eo facere valeo debitorem: non solum quia ubicumque potest, honorat nos et nostros, sed et propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam, quae eum etiam apud vos commendabilem reddere possunt. Et, nisi fallor, qui eum tribulant, falsi sunt, et non est in ore eorum veritas. Denique vos probabitis, et non est mihi verbis laborandum super hoc. Est praeterea cum eo vir religiosus et sanctus Godescalcus abbas, pro quo similiter, si quid ad merita ejus nostra interventio addere potest, obnixe oro ut in suis petitionibus exaudiatur. Arbitror enim nullam illum facere, quae non digna sit exaudiri.