Note 1570 — Chapter IV · (continued 5)
Reading edition
We read directly after (Eadmer, Hist. Nov. 37) what was expected to happen;—“ut culpæ addictus, aut ingentem regi pecuniam penderet, aut ad implorandam misericordiam ejus, caput amplius non levaturus, se totum impenderet.” Anselm was determined to avoid the latter alternative.