Letters378 Letter CCCLXXVIII. To the same (A.D. 1149)
Letter CCCLXXVIII. To the same (A.D. 1149)
He asks assistance in grain for the Religious of the Diocese of Bourgcs.
To my very dear lord SUGER, by the grace of God the venerable Abbot of S. Denys, Brother BERNARD, Abbot of Clairvaux, wishes health and sends the assurance of his prayers.
We have in the Archdiocese of Bourges some brethren who are in want of bread; they are those from Maison Dieu, and I hear that the crops of corn of the lord King are very abundant, and, because abundant, they are not of great value. Therefore, I entreat you that out of those crops you would order such a supply to be bestowed upon those brethren as you shall see tit. For the King, whenever he was in that district, was accustomed to make some gift to them.
Domino dilectissimo SUGERIO, Dei gratia venerabili abbati Sancti-Dionysii, frater BERNARDUS Clarae-Vallis abbas, salutem et orationes.
Fratres nostri de Bituricensi archiepiscopatu, de Domo- Dei, egent pane: et audivimus quod abundat ibi annona domini Regis, et parum venalis inibi videtur. Itaque rogamus vos, ut praecipiatis eis dari de annona illa, quantum visum fuerit prudentiae vestrae. Nam et dominus Rex, dum in hac terra esset, eis benefacere solebat.