Note 1155 — Chapter V · THE YOUNG KING 1223–1227
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It is more difficult to understand what Henry can have expected to gain by another embassy sent out about the same time as the one to Germany. On 14th January, 1225, Ansoldus of Genoa is ordered to buy a hundred marks’ worth of scarlet and “tela de rey” to give from the King to the Soldan of Damascus, the King promising to pay him when he returns from the Soldan. Close Rolls, vol. ii. p. 13 b.