Note 131 — Chapter V
H. White translation
Significasti si quidem nobis, fili carissime, te Hiberniæ insulam ad subdendum illum populum velle intrare, nos itaque gratum et acceptum habemus ut pro dilatandis ecclesiæ terminis insulam ingrediaris. (Adrian IV., Bulla 1154 in Rymer, Acta Publica.) If indeed you have intimated, dear son, that you wish to invade Ireland to subdue that people, we are accordingly well pleased, that for the purpose of extending the bounds of the church, you should invade that island.