Note 124 — Chapter I · ARCHBISHOP THOMAS. 1162–1164.
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[122] See note B at end of chapter.
[123] Herb. Bosh. (Robertson, Becket, vol. iii.), pp. 280–285. The answers to the Constitutions in Garnier (Hippeau), pp. 84–89, seem to be partly Thomas’s and partly his own.
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“L’arcevesques respunt: Fei que dei Deu le bel, Co n’ert, tant cum la vie me bate en cest vessel!”
Garnier (Hippeau), p. 37. Cf. E. Grim (Robertson, Becket, vol. ii.), p. 383, and Anon. I. (ib. vol. iv.), p. 37.
[125] Garnier, as above. Will. Cant. (Robertson, Becket, vol. i.), p. 23. E. Grim (ib. vol. ii.), p. 383. Anon. I. (ib. vol. iv.), p. 37. Cf. Joh. Salisb. (ib. vol. ii.), p. 311; Herb. Bosh. (ib. vol. iii.), p. 288; Anon. II. (ib. vol. iv.), p. 103, and Thomas Saga (Magnusson), vol. i. pp. 167–169. Will. Fitz-Steph. (Robertson, Becket, vol. iii.), pp. 48, 49, says that Thomas did set his seal to the constitutions; but his statement is at variance with those of all other authorities; and he himself afterwards recites two speeches made at Northampton, one by Thomas and one by Hilary of Chichester, both distinctly affirming that none of the bishops sealed. Ib. pp. 66, 67.
[126] Garnier (Hippeau), p. 38. Will. Cant. (as above), p. 24. Joh. Salisb. (ib. vol. ii.), p. 312. E. Grim (ibid.), p. 383. Will. Fitz-Steph. (ib. vol. iii.), p. 49. Herb. Bosh. (ibid.), pp. 289–292. Anon. I. (ib. vol. iv.), p. 37.